Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Monday 14th October 2024

Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Fashion Show The County Longford ICA Federation is once again hosting a Fashion Show. This year there will be a host of celebrities strutting their stuff on the catwalk and a wonderful night’s entertainment is assured. The…

Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Monday 9th September 2024

Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Cloontuskert Cemetery Following an impromptu meeting called, last weekend, to discuss the resignation of the Cloontuskert Cemetery committee. It was expected that a small number would attend as the meeting was called at short notice. Showing the…

We are Staring into an Abyss

Facing into the Abyss Back in the first August edition of the Mayo weekly paper The Western People, Edwin McGreal wrote a very thought provoking article  ‘We’re sleepwalking into rural decimation’. Another article on similar lines “We’re sleepwalking into something…

Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Monday 26th August 2024

Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Book Launch On Saturday last the Corlea Trackway Centre was filled to overflowing for the launch of Martin Carberry’s book “Wood of the Stony Land”. It was wonderful to see so many different generations from Derryhaun and…