05/11/2025
💫💫Thanks Margaret for all your help over the years. A dedicated volunteer one in a million.👏👏National Meals on Wheels Network
While looking and researching a story I found a new story, with Margaret Devine of Meals on Wheels Longford. The charity was set up in Longford by a determined Nun, Sister Calasanctius, (Susan Duffy) originally from Moyne, County Longford. Constantly on Albert Reynolds coattails to get funding, seeing a need for that service. Sister Calasanctuis had a hard working team of volunteers around her, Anette McDonald, who also did collections for Hospice for years, Padraic Gearty, Doctor Gerard McDonagh (Medical Officer to the hospital), Maureen Drumm, Derek Cobbe, Dessie ‘Des’ Brennan helping for many years and worked for the Longford Leader for many years. Margaret Devine, started at the begining of this group and still volunteers fifty plus years later. Fair play to Margaret, great to see such dedication to charity. Meals on Wheels founded in 1971 as part of County Longford Social Services, by Sr. Calasanctuis, who was the then Matron of St Joseph’s Care Center. They surpassed 37,000.00 meals in 2021. The building they are currently in will be soon knocked but they wont have far to go, only a stones throw in the same complex in St Joseph’s Dublin Rd. Longford Town. Well done to all involved today behind the scenes keeping this much needed service in service.
http://mealsonwheelslongford.ie/
