Our guest at Wexford Rotary on Monday 20th October was Dr Patrick Prendergast, Provost of Trinity College. Patrick was accompanied by his mother Mary. Originally from Oulart, Patrick attended St Peter’s College and then went to Trinity in 1983 as an undergraduate student. After post-doctoral positions in Bologna, Italy and Nijmegen, The Netherlands, he was […]
Speaking on behalf of Wexford Rotary, President Madeleine Quirke, said “I am overwhelmed with the response we received from the community. The donations in terms of bicycles, clothes, electrical goods, tools and so on were phenomenal and our 40ft container was packed with really good quality items which Fr Sean Devereux had requested. The assistance […]
The response from the public to Rotary Wexford’s appeal for bicycles and other items to be brought to Wexford Enterprise Centre Car Park on Saturday 27th September was overwhelming. Many families called by with bicycles, clothes, toys, computers, seed trays and most importantly school copy books, pencils/pens and reading material. People were so generous and […]
The Rotary Club of Wexford is again seeking to recognise and support the work of Wexford Priest Fr. Sean Devereux in Gambia. Fr. Sean has now spent almost 15 years helping poor communities in the diocese of Banjul Gambia. The Rotary Club of Wexford supported by South East Radio presents “Recycle for Gambia” a special […]
Wexford Rotary was delighted to welcome as their guest Fr Sean Devereux who very kindly agreed to share with us an outline of the wonderful work he is involved in as a missionary priest in The Gambia. Fr Sean, a native of Tachumshane who did his training in the seminary in St Peters, has been […]
Madeleine Quirke is CEO of Wexford Chamber becomes the New President of Rotary Club of Wexford. Having formerly worked for Irish Ferries, Madeleine is well known throughout the business community of County Wexford. She has been involved in community and voluntary work for many years and believes that Rotary is now the right platform for […]
Wexford Rotary was delighted to welcome Mary to Wexford. She was an extremely interesting and gracious guest and was very generous with her time. Madeleine Quirke, on behalf of Wexford Rotary, presented Mary with a handmade pendant depicting Wexford’s Twin Spires, made by Martins Jewellers. A copy of Nicky Furlong’s book ‘County Wexford in the […]
The death has occurred of Ronan Furlong of Ferrybank, Wexford. Ronan was a Founder Member of Wexford Rotary and has been involved with our Club since 1979. His background was banking and finance and he was Regional Manager, based in Wexford, with Bank of Ireland for many years. Wexford Rotary has expressed deep sadness at […]
