Bray Emmets GAA Club
Draw Details for April 6 2025
| Prize |
Value |
Winners |
Jackpot
Match 4 numbers to win/share. |
€ 20,000.00 |
0 |
There was no on-line Jackpot winner this week with the Jackpot standing at a staggering €20,000.
The draw takes place live each Sunday night at 9.00pm in the clubhouse. Manual entries will be checked for winners after the on-line draw. In the event of winners among both the on-line and manual tickets the jackpot will be split equally.
The winner of the on-line Lucky Dip for €25 was Paul Heaney. Congratulations Paul.
Focal na Seachtain:
Each week we’ll have a word or a phase in Irish. Why not join in and try and use it in your conversations during the week.
“Bhí an t-ard linn.” = “We were lucky!”
Dad Joke/ Groaner of the Week:
When the Invisible Man married the Invisible Woman, the kids were nothing to look at.
Tales of Ó Muireartaigh: The commentaries of Michael Ó M are the stuff of legend.
“Johnny McBride with the kick…he’s from the Loop Club in Derry…and there’s a loop on the kick as well
Seanfhocail na Seachtain:
“Oidhreacht na smaointe I seanfocail sinsear.”
“A heritage of thoughts is to be found in the proverbs of (our) ancestors.
…And that’s why we include one in our Newsletter every week.
This or That:
Pick between the two items below and see if you’re right.
Which country in the world has the most pyramids in the world: Egypt or Sudan?
They Said It:
“I often wonder if we changed the names of every county and the jersey colours and started all over again, would it make any difference?”
- Kevin O’Brien, Wicklow’s first All Star
Brain Teaser of the week:
What is unusual about the following words: revive, banana, grammar, voodoo, assess, potato, dresser, uneven?
Old Irish Customs:
The website duchas.ie has a treasure trove of Irish customs from times past. There are also many other sources of the ways of old:
Answers to this week’s puzzles:
This or That:
Sudan contains more pyramids than Egypt. Egypt is famous for the pyramids because the Great Pyramid of Giza is so large, not because it has the most pyramids.
Brain Teaser of the Week:
Take the first letter of each word and place it at the end. It will spell the same word backward.
