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ALL senior citizens in the Newmar- ket parish have been invited to come along for a day at the seaside as part of the Newmarket Senior Citizen Organisation’s last ‘trot out’ of the year.
The senior’s day out will take place on Saturday, August 25, where a eroup of up to 80 people from the parish will spend a day on Kilkee strand. The day out will also include shopping in Kilrush before heading to the beach and will end with high tea at the Boree Log being entertained by PJ Murrihy in the evening.
“The people come along, meet up
and have great craic. They make new friends and meet up with people who they haven’t met before, maybe from the other end of the parish, and meet with people who they probably wouldn’t meet except for on these outings,’ said Michelle Quigley, Committee Member of the Newmar- ket Senior Citizen Organisation.
“It gives them a sence of being somewhere else and not sitting at home all day every day. The out- ings are great for getting them out of themselves — they go to the seaside, put their feet in the water, eat peri- winkles along the promenade and things like that.
“Some of them might be a bit immo-
bile too, they mightn’t have the use of a car or be able to drive and travelling in a coach is much more comfortable for them than getting public trans- port. So they may not necessarily do these things themselves, but with the day out they go with their pals and have a great time.”
The Newmarket Senior Citizen Organisation host around four trips away each year. Most recently a group from the parish made their way to Knock last May.
“We have a fairly good group, the parish is quite big so we would get a good number. Normally at any of the outings that we would have had in recent times we would have up-
wards of 60, 70, 80 people,’ contin- ued Michelle.
“We organise regular outings maybe about four times a year. We had an outing to Knock there a few months ago and we would like to have one last trot out before the end of the year.
“We get people from all over the Newmarket parish, which extends down to the wells, Drumline, Bal- lycar and the full of the Newmarket or bursys mae
The trip to the beach departs from the Green in Newmarket at 10.30am on Saturday, August 25 and costs €5. Please contact any senior citizens committee member if interested.