Lanesboro Ballyleague Notes
Lanesboro Bridge Club
The results of the competition held on Wednesday 26th September are; N/S 1st Marie Sheeran and Mary Mc Gushin, 2nd Frank and Frances Brennan and 3rd Patsy Canavan and Kathleen Kelly. E/W 1st Brid Mc Dermott and Una Lawlor, 2nd Philomena Walsh and Katharine Harrison and 3rd Noreen Dunne and Mae Casey.
Wedding
The wedding took place at The Church of the Holy Name, Ranelagh, Dublin of Sinéad O’Shaughnessy, daughter of John and Phyllis O’Shaughnessy, Ballyleague and Laurent Sailou, Paris, France. Bridesmaid was Deirdre O’Shaughnessy, sister of the bride. The Bestman was Jean Christophe Serralta friend of the groom. The marriage ceremony was celebrated by Fr. Bernard Kennedy and the wedding reception was held in the Merrion Hotel, Dublin.
We wish the happy couple many years of wedded bliss.
Social Services Whist Drive
Lanesboro Social Services Whist Drive will take place on this coming Friday night 5th October in St, Mary’s Parish Hall at 8.30pm.
Lanesboro Social Services does tremendous unseen work within our community and their work can only be done with your support and help. The Whist Drive is a major fundraiser supporting their great work and you are encouraged to go along on Friday night and enjoy a great night of fun and card playing.
The Gathering in Lanesboro
On Tuesday night last in Adie Farrell’s meeting room a number of people came together to initiate the beginning of the ‘Gathering 2013’. The ‘Gathering 2013’ will welcome people home from all ends of the world to all the events, that the excellent committees, within our community holds during the year and propose to host the greatest welcome home festival gala weekend for everyone that ever resided in our parish.
We are seeking to set up a data base of all people living in our parish and their families that no longer live amongst us. Included in that database will be all the people that lived in the parish and while their family no longer resides in the parish we want to welcome them back too. The task ahead is mammoth but we know with the support of everyone from every townsland we will make a tremendous success of the ‘Gathering 2013’
The committee elected on Tuesday night was Chairman Adie Farrell, Vice Chairman Gerard Farrell, Secretary Joe O’Brien, delegate to County committee Anne O’Reilly.
The next meeting will take place on Wednesday week 10th October in Adie Farrell’s meeting room at 8.30pm.
Death
It was with great sadness and regret we learned of the death on Saturday 22nd at the County Hospital, Roscommon of Pearl Crooke, The Green. Pearl was a refined lady with a lady like disposition that endeared her to everyone that had the pleasure to know her. Her gentle ways and gentle manner will be sadly missed. Pearl always had a word and time for everyone. She was totally dedicated to her family and their progression through life. She was a great support to her husband George and indeed until recent times where you seen one you seen the other. Pearl was a great neighbour and friend her passing will leave a great void in our community. She had a passion for animal welfare and was a volunteer with L.S.P.C.A. where she worked tirelessly. A short time back she fell into ill health and she bore her cross with great fortitude and dignity. Her remains reposed in Farrell’s Funeral Home on Sunday and Monday until the removal of her remains for Service in St. John’s Church, Lanesboro. The attendances at both bore ample testimony to the esteem in which she was held. Her remains were laid to rest at the graveyard of St. George’s Church, Kenagh.
To her husband George, son Roy, daughters Thora, Lorna and Janet, brother Walter, relatives and friends we extend our deepest sympathy.
Lough Ree 2000 Bridge Club
The club once again had a Howell competition on Monday night last 24th September and the results are; 1st Patricia McGann and Joan Browne, 2nd tie Des and Eileen Watts & Eugene Donlon and Carol Hamill and 4th Bernadette Gillen and Goretti Kenny. Gross: Hannah Clyne and Maureen Hynes.
You are reminded that the club competition starts at 7.45 p.m. Don’t be late
Harvest Thanksgiving Service
On Sunday next 7th October the annual Harvest Thanksgiving Service will take place in St Coman’s Church of Ireland Roscommon at 4 p.m.
The special preacher for the service will be Rev. Mark Lidwell, Cavan. Everyone is welcome and share in the Thanksgiving Service. There will be no morning service that morning.
Kilgefin Community Games
Kilgefin Community Games will hold the AGM on Monday night next 8th October. All parents are invited to attend. If there is not sufficient interest and support the local Community Games will cease to exist and this will create a tremendous deprivation to all the young people of the parish and their talents. The last few years have been a struggle for the committee and they now feel unable to continue unless more support comes from the local community. If you are interested in this important sporting organisation in the entire Kilgefin community please either come to the AGM on Monday 8th October at 9pm in Ballyleague hall or contact our Secretary, Angela Walton at 087 7514634.
Fishing Competition Deferred
Due to the poor weather conditions Lanesboro Pike Angling Club regrets that they had to cancel their fishing competition on Sunday last. The club would like to apologise to any members looking forward to this event. The club will set a new date for the competition in the near future. You are advised to keep an eye on the local notes for up to date information.
Lanesboro Triathlon Club
Annual General Meeting: The Lanesboro Triathlon Club shall hold their AGM on Saturday Oct 06th at 8pm in the Lanesboro Co-Op hall. All members are asked to attend.
Congratulations: More celebrations for Lanesboro Tri Club this weekend as Marie Sudway, Naoise Sudway and Ciaran Sudway finished their year off in style. They headed to the Mourne Olympic Triathlon in Castlewellan Co. Down where Naoise took first in his category in a time of 2:24, then not far behind was Marie, who took first in her age group in a time of 2:32 and soon after that in a time of 2:49 came Ciaran, who was delighted with his race – one which was considered very challenging!!
Fiachra, Marie & Naoise will also now be awarded the ‘National Champion’ titles at the Triathlon Ireland Vodafone awards dinner on Saturday 3rd November. Naoise is “National Champion in the 16-17 Age Group for the Standard Distance”, Fiachra Sudway is “National Champion in the 18-19 Age Group for the Standard Distance”, while Marie Sudway is “National Championship in her Age Group, Standard Distance”. These awards are hugely deserved after all the hard training and super performances throughout the year! Well done to you all.
Death
The news of the death at Roscommon County Hospital on Wednesday last 26th September of Frances Mc Cormack, Gortgallon sadden the hearts of both parishes. Frances a native of Rosenallis, Co. Laois came to Lanesboro with her late husband Jim – who got a job in the local lime quarry – many years ago. Frances, Jim and family very quickly immersed themselves in our community. The bought the house and land in Gortgallon following the closure of the quarry. Frances, 50 years ago, lost her husband Jim and she was left with a young family to rear. She was big in stature and heart and her strength of mind and will helped her overcome the cross she was left to bear. She worked hard and made sure her children did well –which they all did- and there was never a prouder lady. Frances was a warm hearted lady whose beaming smile and cheery welcome endeared her to everyone. She was a very social lady and enjoyed nothing more than a game of bridge and was a member of the two local clubs. Even during her time of ill health her family took her out to the bridge nights. Frances will be sadly missed by everyone that had the pleasure to know her. Frances was predeceased by her husband Jim, daughter Kathleen, grandson Ronan and daughter-in-law Catherine. The attendance at the reposing of her remains In Gortgallon and again at her Funeral Mass and interment to Rathcline cemetery was a testament to the esteem in which she was held.
To her sons Brian, John, Jim, Pat, Bob and David, sister Till, relatives and friends we extend our sincere sympathy.
Lough Ree AC
The results of the last three Tuesday road races are on display in O’Brien’s window. The runs will continue until the changing of the clock later in the month. Note the improvement of Aoife Nolan finishing with her fine win in the County Longford Primary School cross-country last week. The County Roscommon Primary schools will take place this Wednesday . Lets hope there are some brave enough to attend.
Lanesboro Tourism Co-Op
Thursday 4th October the men’s club will re-start At 12 noon. All are welcome and this will continue every Thursday from here on in.
Lanesboro Tourism Co-op would like to express their thanks to the Lanesboro Gun club for the stocking of the duck pond.
This has been a valuable amenity and we note that from 1st September and the starting of the shooting season that this has been an essential safe place for the wild ducks to find sanctuary.
Lanesboro Tourism Coop would like to thank all the local clubs and organisations that contributed to the hanging baskets in the town this year.
It was noted in the tidy towns report and helped in the achievement of an extra 10 marks.
We do appreciate this financial support and wish all them well in their activities for the year.
Lanesboro Community Games
Lanesboro Community Games will hold their AGM on Wednesday 10th August at 9pm in the Co-Op hall. At the meeting it will be decided what events will be entered in 2012/13 year. The last year has been very successful in terms of the level of participation with huge numbers of children, well over 100 kids taking part in activities across the board – achieving great success. Unfortunately this level of activity cannot be continued due to the few parents involved – so more parents are required to get involved. There are a number of important changes to the structure of community games at national level that will impact on the timing of the events at local events. Therefore at AGM it will be decided how all this will be managed. At the AGM the registration forms for 2012/13 will be issued and registration will take place on the following Wednesday the 17th at 8pm.
Shannon Gaels
The club is hosting another one of the award winning Seamus O’Rourke’s play ‘For Club and County – the making of our county team’ in St. Mary’s Parish Hall on Saturday 3rd November at 8.30pm. Tickets will be on sale soon and the club looks forward to your support.
Scór na nÓg practice is on-going and the club is still seeking competitors in quiz, instrumental, solo singing, and set and figure dancing. You are asked to contact Sean Kenny or Brendan Keane.
The club extends sympathy to the Crooke family The Green and Mc Cormack family Gortgallon on their recent sad bereavements
Well done to the senior ladies team that qualified for the League semi-final on Sunday last..
Rathcline Ladies GAA
Well done to the senior ladies who had a convincing win over Dromard in their league semi-final last Sunday morning. The final will be played in the next few weeks.
Good luck to the ladies representing the club in the mini sevens in Dublin next weekend
Rathcline GAA
Our senior team suffered defeat at the hands of Drumlish in the league last weekend. The team now face the runners up in Division 2 in a promotion/relegation play off.
This week’s winning lotto numbers were 4, 5, 15, 25, 28 and 33. There was no winner of the €1,400 jackpot. The winners of €25 each were Jimmy Leavy, Hughie Smith, Brendan O Sullivan and Eugene Hester.
The winner of the tickets to the All Ireland Hurling final replay was Albert Cooney. The second place prize of €30 was Michael Gill, while the third placed prize of €20 was Marty Parker.
The Croker Clash
Helen Feeney, last year, stepped into the ring for a hugely successful ‘white collared’ fight night. This year Helen is not stepping into the ring but she is raising the bar hugely when she is part of the organisers of The Croker Clash that will bring a very special night of celebrity boxing to the Hogan suite in Croke Park on Friday night week 12th October with the doors opening at 7.30pm. The suite will hold 1000 people and I hope that there will be a huge representation from the Rathcline and Kilgefin parishes living in Dublin and the surrounding counties and indeed hopefully many from home will also make the journey to help swell the numbers. Helen has invested huge time and energy in this night and we should all give her our support.
Helen has enlisted the support many superstars and personalities for this very special night. Leading the pack into the ring are Olympic silver medallist John Joe Nevin and Jim (The Pink Panther) Rock who represented Ireland in boxing many times as an amateur before turning professional. Also in attendance will be Michael Carruth gold medallist from the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona and the legend that is the wonderful Jimmy Magee to mention but a few. If you are available on the night there is nowhere else you should be and supporting an extremely wonderful cause.
The proceeds of the night will go to Pieta House – Pieta House, founded in 2006, is a non-profit organisation providing a specialised treatment programme for people who have suicide ideation or who participate in self-harming behaviours. Their services come free of charge and 80% of their funding comes from fundraising events and donations.
Tickets priced at €20 for this great event are available from every Ticketmaster outlet or from www.ticketmaster.ie . You will never spend a better €20.
New Training Classes
Shaping–up with Bonnie continues to grow and she has recently introduced a new training class – Kettle Bell and Interval Training – beginning on this Thursday 4th October at 8pm in St. Mary’s Parish Hall. The Pilates evenings will continue as usual. You can join anytime and there is no time like the present. When you are going along you are asked to bring a kettle bell and mat. For further information contact Bonnie by phoning 087-2238237.
school. Thanks again.
Baby Massage Course
A baby massage 5 week course will start on Saturday week 13th October at the Lough Ree Co-op, Main St.
For all information you are invited to contact Emily Rooney phone 086-4428442.
This course is being run in association with Baby Massage Ireland; Irish Chapter of International Association of Infant Massage (I.A.I.M.) Places are limited so book early to avoid disappointment.
The course is suitable for babies from birth to pre-crawling.
Learn how to massage your infant. Oils & literature provided. Refreshments will be served after class. This is an opportunity to meet other parents and their babies. Infant massage is an ancient, beautiful and enjoyable art, which encourages learning about you, your baby and their needs. Benefits of baby massage and loving, positive touch include: Wind and constipation relief, Improves baby’s sleeping patterns, Helps with Post Natal Depression, Stimulates weight gain and growth in premature infants, Nurtures bonding between parent and baby, Instils confidence in parents handling of baby, Relaxes both parent and baby, Aids Digestion, Stimulates circulation, Improves skin condition and Increases muscle tone
One to one baby massage instruction & Colic Relief instruction available on request.
Spanish Conversational Classes at Lanesboro Library
Are you interested in learning conversational Spanish? These classes are aimed at adults wishing to develop their conversational skills and are particularly suited to people travelling abroad or even for parents wishing to help their children with their homework.
The class will be one hour per week for six weeks. Each six week course costs €30.
Pre-booking is advisable as numbers for each class are limited. To do this or to obtain further details please contact Lanesboro Library on 043 3321291.
St. Faithleach’s GAA
Minor Championship: Well done to our Minor Team & their Management, who are through to the D2 Championship County Final after defeating Tulsk on Saturday evening last, in Kilbride. Final Score – St. Faithleachs 1–14 Tulsk 0-16. Team: Callum Farrell, John Walsh, Mikey Cox, Jonny Sweeney, Damien Gibbons, Eran Farrell, Kevin Farrell (0-1), Cathal Gunn (0-1), Shane Phillips, Colin Gannon (0-3), Cian Gannon, Diarmuid Murtagh (0-9), Jonny Hussey (1-0). Subs: Keelan Kelly, Joseph Farrell, Jerome Kelly, Daniel Barry, Jack Irwin. The date and venue of the final will be fixed during the coming week.
U14 Girls Championship: Well done to our U14 girls and their management, who are through to the D2B Championship County Final after defeating Strokestown on Saturday evening last in Strokestown. Final score – St. Faithleachs 3-09 Strokestown 2-04. Team: Denise McCaffrey, Leona Hoare, Katie Browne, Natasha Hegarty, Jade Farrell, Sarah Hoare, Lauren Cox, Niamh Parker (0-1), Maire Kelly, Jillian Banahan (0-1), Megan Banahan (0-5), Amy Curley, Ellen Irwin (1-2), Kelley Byrne, Sarah Scally (2-0). Subs: Caoimhe Glennon, Claire Curley, Laure Farrell, Lauren Fahy, Isobel Farrell, Emer Collier, Jennifer Brennan. As we go to press there are no details of the final time and date.
Well Done: Congratulations & well done to St. Faithleachs GAA club player, Sarah Scally, who was selected to play on the Donegal team for the INTO/Respect GAA Go-Games on All-Ireland Final Day at Croke Park.
Golden Jubilee Celebrations: On 3/10/1962 following a Meeting in St. Marys Parish Hall, Ballyleague, St. Faithleachs GAA Club was formed. To mark the 50th Year of St. Faithleachs GAA Club, we will commemorate this meeting with a General Meeting in St. Faithleachs GAA Club House on 3/10/12 at 7.30pm followed by Mass in the clubhouse at 8.30pm. We invite all Club Members past & present, all local parishioners & anyone connect with the club throughout the years, we would like to welcome you all. There will be a special “Photo Display” on the night with many memories “Down through the Years”. Please come alone & share your stories, in what promises to be a great event. Refreshments will be served on the night. Further Golden Jubilee Celebrations will take place in the clubhouse on Saturday 6th October, “Reeling Back the Years” with special guest, Brian Carthy, RTE at 9.30pm. This will be a night of interviews, chat & many memories. All welcome.
St. Faithleachs Fitness Challenge: Many thanks to all who attended the launch & registration night for St. Faithleachs Fitness Challenge on Friday night last. Due to demand, a second registration night will take place this coming Saturday 6th October at 7.30pm in the clubhouse. The Fitness Challenge starts on Tuesday 9th October for 8 weeks in St. Mary’s Hall, Ballyleague. This is a “Fun & Fitness Programme” for adults. For those who are interested in getting in shape or getting active. All classes will be given by qualified instructors who will cater for all levels. The emphasis is on having fun in a group and providing a safe & enjoyable environment for people to try different classes. Advice on healthy eating and living will be given throughout the 8 weeks. Free health checks will be given throughout. Members & non-members welcome. Cost €50. For further details, contact Ray Cox (086) 6085272. Many thanks to Dr. Colm Farrell and to Gareth & Ann Marie Johnston for their help on Friday night last.
Lotto: The numbers drawn were – 9, 11, 22 and 24. There was no jackpot winner and the five €20 winners were – Elaine Dunphy, Church View. Kevin Mc Donagh, Roscommon, Kathleen Finan, c/o cards, The Neilon Family, Ballyglass and Michael Sorohan, Ballyleague. The next draw will take place on Tuesday 9th October for a jackpot of €7,000.
Cards: Card game takes place every Tuesday in the clubhouse at 9.00pm. All welcome. The results of last week’s games were – Winners, JohnO/Pakie. Runners-up, Sean/Seamus. Last game, Paddy/Mick. Ticket Winners – Michael, Tom, Sean and Michael.
Congratulations: To John Hanly & Anja Reynolds who got engaged recently.
Sympathy: The Club extends deepest sympathy to the McCormack Family on the death of Frances McCormack, Gortgallon. The Club extends deepest sympathy to the Clarke Family on the death of Tom Clarke, Trim & Ballyleague.