Quoile Area

Downpatrick Women’s Institute – June 2017 news

  On a pleasant June day ladies from Downpatrick and Ardglass Institutes travelled by coach to Malahide in county Dublin to visit the historic castle and gardens. The very enjoyable outing was carefully planned by social s...


Killinchy Women’s Institute – June 2017 news

On Saturday 2nd June we held our annual outing .We visited Mountstewart House and Gardens. The weather was kind to us and we were able to view the newly restored entrance hall as well as the rest of the house. Many of us had a ...



Killinchy Women’s Institute – May 2017 news

President Lynne Weir welcomed members and visitors from Crossgar, Downpatrick and Moneyrea Institutes to our visitor’s evening. A special welcome was given to our speaker for the evening, Mrs.Betty Lyttle from Portaferry ...


Seaforde Women’s Institute – May 2017 news

In May Vice-President Jennifer Heenan welcomed everyone to the meeting. Our speakers for the evening were from Tescos and they gave a very interesting and informative talk about the food they sold. They then gave out ‘goodie ...



Annalong Women’s Institute – May 2017 news

 Vice President Olive Gordon warmly welcomed members to the last meeting before the summer break on Thursday 11th May in the local Community Hall  Olive had a special welcome for her nephew Andrew Boyd speaker for the evening...


Downpatrick Women’s Institute – May 2017 news

The guest speaker at the May meeting was Averil Milligan who exhibited a beautiful range of handmade soaps which she produces locally. Averil is head gardener for the National Trust and she explained how she has applied her lov...



Quoile Area – Women Walk the World – 29th April 2017

            17 ladies representing Ardglass, Crossgar, Downpatrick and Seaforde went to Delamont Country Park on Saturday 29th of April and afterwards had lunch at the Smuggler’s Table in Kil...


Killinchy Women’s Institute – April news 2017

President Lynne Weir welcomed everyone to our April meeting especially our Demonstrator for the evening Clare McAuley who is studying floristry at Greenmount and works in Floral Creations in Comber. Clare demonstrated a modern ...



Seaforde Women’s Institute – News April 2017

Our April meeting brought some of the members of the Heart of Down Scottish Dance Group to entertain us. They performed a series of dances that left us out of breath just watching! They also gave a short history about each of t...


Downpatrick Women’s Institute – April 2017 news

At the April meeting Mrs Sally McCurry, President of Comber Flower Club, demonstrated beautiful Easter flower arrangements, passing on many useful tips to the audience. She also shared her experience of arranging flowers for th...