Community Programs
- Be Oola Proud
LIST OF CLUBS AND PROGRAMS
Community Centre Oola Choir
Community Alert / Senior Alert Oola Tidy Towns
Oola Defibrilator Group Oola Youth Club
Oola ICA
Oola Community centRE
Oola Community center and sports hall is an incredible resource for the village and local community. The hall currently supports numerous classes and activities including Irish Dancing, Taekwando, Bingo, and much more. A stage is available for theater productions or concerts
The hall can accommodate events for up to 200 people. Kitchen facilities are available. Changing rooms, showers, and bathroom facilities are available.
Weekly Bingo held every Tuesday night at 8:30 sharp
Card held every Thursday night at 8:30pm
Availability
Main Hall available for rental at €30 per hour
Meeting rooms available for €20
Location
Glebe, Oola, Co. Limerick
Oola TIDY TOWNs
OOLA Tidy Towns have been voted in as the fourth finalist in this year’s Limerick Going for Gold Community Challenge.
Two key projects have begun in Oola in the past 12 months including the restoration of a stone wall that dates back to the 1840s which has enhanced the east Limerick village and plans are also underway to develop a wildlife park at the top of the village.
Oola Tidy Towns encourages young people in the area to come out and get involved with the work carried out by the local committee.
oola community alert / senior alert
Enable older members of our community to live securely in their homes with confidence, independence, and peace of mind by providing free personal monitored alarm
Order an Alert system for your home or for a member of you family, please contact Joe Meagher, or email OolaSeniorAlert@gmail.com
https://www.pobal.ie/…/06/Senior-Alert-Scheme-leaflet-2017.…
The equipment will be funded by Pobal and made available through Oola Community Alert, registered with Pobal under the Senior Alert Scheme
OOLA CHOIR
The choir hold a weekly learning hour every Wednesdays at 8 pm in the church sacristy where new or associate members are always welcome.
Oola choir was founded in the year 2000 for the initial purpose of enhancing the liturgy of the Saturday vigil masses. . Since then the choir has grown and supports all liturgical services of the parish. Christmas and Easter are particular highlights for the church choir when we celebrate the Resurrection and birth of Jesus with much acclaimed song and music. The Christmas gathering is a cherished reunion of all choir members and parishioners where we celebrate the birth of Jesus with joyous and spiritual music together.
Photo taken at a recent choir practice of Oola church choir. Some active members of the choir missing from photo on the night.
Back row:
Bertie Quirke, shauna O Brien,Peter Gardiner, Dolores Burke, Vera Ryan, Helen Buckley, Michael Buckley, Teresa Roche, Vivian Dee, Gerry Ryan
Seated:
Philip Lowe , Mollie O’Brien, Mairead Quirke , Katerina Cowin, Ursula Madden, Mairead Ryan, Therese Ryan, Michael O’Donovan
OOLA YOUTH CLUB
Youth club takes place on a Saturday evening in Oola Community Centre and is a recreational safe space for young people with trained leaders. Members welcome from the parish or who go to school locally. Boys and girls who are 10-12yrs old are eligible to join.
Activities include sports, arts and crafts, team building games, day trips, cooking. Also the time is 6-7:30pm for the summer time. We have it in the winter from 5:30-7pm.
Also if you are in first year of secondary school why not join our senior group.
FACEBOOK PAGE
SCHEDULE
Saturday Evening
Summer: 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Winter: 5:30 - 7:00 pm
Location
Oola Community Center
OOLA DEFIBRILATOR GROUP
Oola Defibrillator support group was set up in May 2013. There was a Defibrillator at the Community Centre for a number of years , but there wasn’t a contact system in place to get the Defibrillator in case of emergency. We got together as a group to formalise a rota of phone holders and first responders to attend emergency situations. We have organised a number of training sessions in using the Defib and CPR , this in conjunction with the Red Cross . The last one was in April of this year and a further 9 people were trained up . Just recently we have introduced a new system in contacting first responders .the NEW phone number is 061-953500 . This is an automated number, When you ring this number a first responder will be contacted and will get the Defibrillator. Remember you should always dial 999 first !
We now have 2 Defibrillators in the village , 1 at the community centre and 1 at the church . We always welcome new members and if you would like to join this group and learn a new skill we would be delighted .We have a Facebook page where training dates and updates on our activities and fundraising are available.
Please contact Una Hogan / Marie O Donnell / Annmarie Armshaw if you would like to join
Availability
Two Defib stations available in Oola Vilage
Location
Oola Community Center
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Oola Church
OOLA ICA
Location
Oola Community Center
2nd Wednesday or every month
Oola ICA continues to go from strength to strength Meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday or every month in the Community Centre. You will be made very welcome. We usually have a speaker or demonstrator. For example, in our June 2019 meeting, we had a speaker from McDonnel Paints present on interior design and paint colours, We are a very active group and have numerous outings throughout the year. in 2019, our annual outing was a day-trip to East Cork including a visit to Ballmaloe. We also traveled to Cobh in July for Australia Day. Our Christmas outing was to Adare manor for Afternoon Tea. One of the highlitghs of our year is our involvement in the annual Senior Citizen’s Christmas Party in the community centre. We would love to see new members joining our group.