St Philip’s Church celebrated its 150th anniversary with a flower festival, a history exhibition and plenty of socialising over refreshments on the weekend of 12–14 May 2017. The festivities kicked off with the official opening of the flower festival by noted biologist, environmentalist and broadcaster Éanna Ní Lamhna on the…
The work on the organ in Sandford Church is progressing steadily, and within the last couple of weeks the old swell soundboard was removed to make way for the installation in March of the new one. Though less than half of the organ is playing at the moment, a number…
Sandford & St Philip’s Milltown Craft Group * New initiative * First gathering: Monday 20 March at 7pm in Cinnamon, Ranelagh A community group to meet regularly to pool resources and ideas and to work towards the goal of supplying the stalls at the Christmas & Spring Bazaars. All welcome!
St Philip’s hosted its third Art Sale and Exhibition from 3 to 6 November in the Parish Hall. The event was opened on Thursday 3 November by Patrick J. Murphy, a past Chairman of the Arts Council of Ireland and Art Adviser to the President. Patrick has also just published…
We had a great day in Sandford Church on 21 May at our hymnathon when we were joined by various organists and choirs, with people dropping in and out throughout the day. We sang a total of ninety hymns! Thanks to those of you who took the time to drop…
With nearly 60 people in attendance at the St Philip’s annual table quiz earlier in February, St Philip’s Hall was filled with the sound of ticking brains, whispered murmurings and clinking glasses! This has become a popular event in St Philip’s calendar when everyone present can be assured of a…