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Welcome to DowneU3A. New members are very welcome, just check the calendar for our
next monthly meeting (Monday 30th January at 10am in Downpatrick Golf Club) and come along.
So far this autumn our speakers have been the Fermanagh poet Kevin Quinn who gave us a Tour of
Ireland in Poetry in September and Finbar McCormick who gave us a fascinating insight into the
history of holy wells and in particular Struell Wells. The November meeting was dedicated
to Christmas goodies with food being discussed by Patricia Mc Clean and festive punch by
Raymond Crea. In January the speaker will be Mairead Mc Allister on the history of ladies
and gents underwear.
Check the list of groups on the right hand side to see what you might enjoy (click each title
for more details). If your special
interest is not there come along and find others with similar ideas. We have recently
started new groups -- concerts, daytime bridge and hill walking -- and others will
emerge as new members join. For more information e-mail info@downeu3a.eu
, leave a phone number and we will contact you.
What is a U3A?U3A stands for University of the Third
Age. It is a collective of older people which enables members to share many educational, creative and
leisure activities. Anyone in the Third Age can join a U3A provided they are no longer in full time
employment. There are currently more than 760 U3As in the UK with over 250,000 members, 20 in Northern Ireland
with 4,000 members. For an idea of what U3As are about check an Australian video on
What is U3A
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Christmas party 2011
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Downe U3A There are now over 150 members of Downe U3A -- check the photo
gallery to see who you know.
There is a monthly meeting, in Downpatrick Golf Club, generally on the last Monday of each month,
with a guest speaker followed by a discussion of the events being planned. Most of these groups
have between 10 and 20 members and new members soon get to know a wide group of people with
similar interests. Many of the documents on the site are in Portable Document Format. If you do not have a PDF reader installed one can be downloaded free from [ Adobe Reader]
Recognised by HM Revenue and Customs as a charity XT2006
Updated:3 December 2011
Designer Pat Devlin
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GROUPS
Art
Books 1
Books 2
Bridge
Concert
Crafts
Film
Hill walking
History
How
Lunch
Opera
Out & About
Poetry Appreciation
Scrabble
Tai Chi
Theatre
Travel
Walking
Wine Tasting
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