The extra prize of the wood-burn Portlaoise plaque could have been sold many times in the pub for at least €50 , but was not: instead , as intended, it was raffled in a separate (free) draw and was won by one of three locals who had just dropped-in to the Club for a game of pool/snooker! The same crew of Republicans that run this monthly raffle for the Movement are now in the process of helping to finalise arrangements for the next event - the Annual Eve Of All-Ireland Rally. Hope to see you there!
Thanks!
Sharon.
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" GET THE LAST OF THE TICKETS , NOW....! "
Since the mid-1970's , a dedicated group of Irish Republicans in the Dublin South-West/Mid-West area of Dublin have held a monthly raffle , on the second Sunday of each month : approximately 600 tickets are sold each month by this dedicated team , and the money made from one raffle is given to the Dublin Comhairle ('Executive') of Republican Sinn Fein whilst the money made from the next such monthly raffle is handed-over to the CABHAIR organisation .
Over €400 is handed-out as prize money in each raffle -
- and , occasionally , extra prizes are included , with no increase in ticket price : the Sunday 14th September 2008 raffle , for instance , will include an extra prize of a wood-burn plywood print , which was made this year in Portlaoise Gaol by Republican prisoners -
- so : this wee blog would like to say a big 'Go raibh maith agaibh!' to all concerned in this long-standing fund raiser - between ye all , you have helped pay the bills in Head Office and take some of the pressure off the families of imprisoned Republicans.
Thank you all for that !
Sharon.
