Lanesboro Ballyleague Notes
Sympathy
It is with great sadness we record the death of Packie Rooney, Stockport, Manchester, last week. Packie was the eldest son of the late Pat and Mary Rooney Rathcline. We would like to extend our deepest sympathy to his wife Bridie and family, his sisters Mary, England, Ann, England, Bridie, Strokestown, Kathleen, England, Rose, Killoe, Frances, England and Margaret, Longford, and brothers Tom, Joe and John, all Rathcline.
Grow your own course
You are invited to take part in an ’Organic Fruit & Vegetables’ in St. Mary’s Parish Hall commencing on Tuesday 1st March. The course will take will take from 7pm to 9 pm over a three week period. The course fee is €45. You are asked to contact Pearse at 086-2841114. Further details are available at www.sogrownow.com.
25 Card Game in Peer Inn
The winners of the regular Sunday night card game in the Peer Inn, Lisnacusha are; 1st Pauric & Paddy, 2nd tie, Mickey & Tom and Sonny & Paddy. Table prizes went to Packie, Tommy, Johno and Brendan.
The Peer Inn card players would like to extend their sympathy to the Rooney family on the death of Packie in Manchester.
The game continues every Sunday night in the Peer Inn commencing at 9pm.
Sympathy
It with deepest sympathy we extend our condolences to John and Barbara Ferguson and family, Knock, on the death of John’s brother, Liam Ferguson in Dublin on Friday last.
Search for a Star
Tickets for the Saturday night show are now at a premium and if you intend going on Saturday you are advised to contact Martina or Bridgie, phone 33 21107), immediately. Sunday night tickets are still freely available and early booking is advisable.
Sympathy
We would like to extend our sincere sympathy to Mrs Molly Kenny and her family, Knock on the death of her daughter Philomena in Queens New York last week.
Lanesboro Gun Club
The club extends its sympathy to John Ferguson on the recent passing of his brother in Dublin. May he rest in peace.
Any farmer in the area that requires vermin control can contact any member of the club and the club’s best efforts will be made to help.
Ladies Hands across the Shannon
An 8 week programme (1 hour session) entitled ‘Gaelic 4 Girls’ will start on Saturday 5th march on St. Faithleach’s GAA pitch at 4pm. This programme is aimed at 9 – 13 year old girls in the hope that they will continue to play with their local clubs in their area. The programme is focussed on fun and participation, allowing girls to get an introduction to ladies Gaelic Football in a non-competitive environment.
Rathcline and St. Faithleach’s have come together to run this programme and it cost €8 for one over 8 weeks.
Parents are encouraged to bring along their children as it will be an 8 week programme full of fun and games.
Lanesboro Bridge Club
The results of the competition held on Wednesday 9th February; N/S 1st Maura Hanly & Loretto Cooney, 2nd Marie Sheeran & Mary Mc Gushin, 3rd Bernadette Gillen & Mona O’Flaherty. E/W 1st Gemma Douglas & Elish Gray, 2nd Noreen Dunne & Mae Casey, 3rd Katharine Harrison & Phil Walsh.
Lanesboro Community Games
The Lanesborough U-12 Chess team Played Ardagh in the County Final. Lanesborough started strongly and the contest was very close with all to play for when the final match was being completed. Ardagh won out, however all Lanesborough’s team captained by Séan Maguire and Ashling Casey and supported by Séadhna Ryan, Brían Casey and Áine Connelly with substitutes Dúileach Ryan and Cormac Casey, played excellently, though they had only been practising for a few weeks. Thank you to all the parents who helped out. The U-16 team have a bye into Leinster.
The chess will continue on Monday Nights 7-8pm all are welcome. A local team league will be held to finish off the season.
Congratulations to Zach O’Hanlon and Leah Wyse who won the U-10 hand writing completion and will now go through to the county final. Thank you to the schools and other children for providing over 20 entries and to Margaret Nohilly for judging the competition.
The committee would like to extend its sincere sympathies to John Rooney and to the Rooney family on the death of their brother Packie in England last week.
St. Patrick’s Day Parade
The St. Patrick’s Day parade will take place in Lanesboro on Thursday 17th March. Anybody interested in taking part on the parade should contact the Co-Op to receive application form. I would encourage as many as humanly possible within club and associations to get active and make this year a wonderful and best year of the parade.
25 Drive in Co-Op
First prize went to Michael Kelly & Sean Hanley with 13 games. Joint second on 11 games were Michael Rogers & Michael Finan and Eamon Kenny & Tom Dennigan. Table prizes were won by Pat Joe & Tim. The raffle winners were Mary Sweeney, Bridie Glennon, Brendan Hanley and Elizabeth Clyne. Next week’s jackpot stands at €360.
Indoor Market
The Indoor market continues every Friday in the Co-Op hall from 11am to 2pm. If you are unable to attend and want to place an order you should ring the Co-Op 33 27070.
Rathcline GAA
The club held it’s AGM on Friday night last. The following were elected to the executive: Chairman – Liam Connerton. Vice Chairman – Louis Skelly. Secretary – Denis Crinigan. Assistant Secretary – Cathal Chapman. Treasurer – James Casey. Assistant Treasurers – Chris Cullen, Albert Cooney. Registrars – Peter Skelly, Denis Crinigan. Players’ Registrar – Brendan Rhatigan. PRO – Caroline Ginty. Assistant PRO – Pat Connerton. ASAP Officer – Seadna Ryan. Irish Officer – Shannon Gaels Minor Club. Development Officers – John L Farrell, Padraig Kenny, Albert Cooney. County Delegates – Denis Crinigan, Albert Cooney, Peter Skelly.
Club membership is now due; €50 for players and €20 for non-playing members.
A reminder to all that the fortnightly club lotto will be held this coming weekend.
The draw for the Senior A and Senior B Championships were made last week. In Senior A Rathcline were drawn in a group with Dromard, Colmcille and Ballymahon. In Senior B Rathcline were drawn alongside Colmcille, Longford Slashers and St Columba’s.
Rathcline has been put into Group B in Division 1 alongside the following teams; Mostrim, Ballymahon, St. Marys, Colmcille, Carrickedmond, Clonguish and Abbeylara. Our first league game will be away to Abbeylara on 19th March.
The club would like to extend our sympathies to the Rooney families, Rathcline, on the recent death of Packie Rooney, Manchester (formerly of Rathcline).
We would also like to extend our sympathies to the Kenny family, Knock, on the death of Philomena.
The minor club are busy preparing for Search For A Star which will be held Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th February. After the success of previous years, tickets are selling fast so you are advised to get your tickets early. Tickets are priced at €10 and are available from O’Brien’s Corner Shop.
Hard luck to the minors who lost to Carrickedmond in the 1st round of the minor league. Training continues for U-16s Wednesday evenings. Players will be notified by text to confirm time.
Lanesboro Community College, Ireland
Comenius Partnership Project
With
HIVSET, Belgium
and
CLG Chateaubriand, France
Entitled
‘Caring for our Environment’
PRESS RELEASE
After 50 years of providing excellent education in the area, Lanesboro Community College turned over a new leaf with the commencement of the Comenius Project.
Entitled ‘Caring for our Environment’ the general aim of the project is to enhance the quality and to reinforce the European dimension of school education and encouraging collaborative and creative learning. The working language of the project is English.
Students of the three partner countries, Belgium, France and Ireland, will work together on challenges of sustainable development, taking care of our environment, exchanging creative work they have done through virtual discussions using ICT.
Teachers will share best practice, develop a learning methodology and learn from each other.
Aim: Raise awareness of the importance of sustainable development in daily life to build the future for next generations through involvement between schools in Europe by means of the e-twinning “twin space” to reflect, discuss and plan.
A shared learning experience for teachers and students they will never forget, and which will lead to further reflective practice, encouraging lifelong learning.
Enhance quality, reinforce the European dimension of school education and encourage language learning. Finally to promote the core value of caring as a means of bringing about sustainable development.
Goal: Enhance relations between European countries, and at the same time promoting tourism and jobs for the future in our community. Give our students an opportunity to do something concrete for the environment and in the process learn the link between interdependence and sustainability. Their world; their responsibility.
This program is funded by Leargas Education Services under ESF funds and will be for 2 years.
The week kicks off on the 14th of February with a guided walk in the North Commons Woodlands, Lanesboro, prepared by our 2nd year students and Katy Egan .On Tuesday we’re off to Corlea interpretive centre and under the tutelage of Noel Carberry look at our bogs and our relationship with them down through the ages up to the present day. Finally on Wednesday we head towards Lough Cé in Boyle to spend the day teambuilding with Deirdre Cunningham, our outdoor education teacher and her team of students. In between we will be working with each other on blogs and presentations, planning and creating the different aspects of the project. It won’t all be hard work though…plenty of music, dancing and craic is laid on in the evenings with Irish set dancing workshops and a sing along on the Monday and Tuesday night in St. Faithleachs , finishing up with a traditional night out in a local pub.
At heart this project will be about creatively collaborating with each other on the themes of interdependence and sustainability. We are, all of us, dependant on our environment, our family, our community. And they are dependent on us. This is the simple idea that the students and teachers from these schools are trying develop in this project. We need each other. We are interdependent and to think that you can go it on your own is fundamentally unsustainable. Over the next two years students and teachers from the three countries will continue to develop these themes.
We hope that, after experiencing our warm Irish welcome, our beautiful, unspoilt environment and our happy hardworking school ,our European friends will have only one thing on their mind…when can they come back to our town!
Ar Aghaidh le Chéile