Thursday, January 03, 2008

 

The number’s up for bingo session

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IT’S the end of an era for a Northside bingo session which has been running for over 50 years.
The curtains have been drawn for the last time on the regular Wednesday night bingo in St Fergal’s centre in Finglas.
Local Bob Furlong set up the session with friend John Hayden five decades ago but this month they were forced to call ‘time’ instead of ‘house’.
“T’was popular for many years but sure the people get older and eventually die so the numbers get fewer and fewer,” he told Northside People.
“People prefer to go to bigger halls now where there are bigger prizes.
“Back about 50 years ago we used to get about 200 people on the Wednesday nights but recently only about 80 people have been turning up, but you’d need an attendance of about 150 to cover the costs.”
He added: “The bingo has been a big part of the Finglas community.”

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