Lanesboro Ballyleague Notes
The Green – a living memory
Speaking to James Harold, Main Street, on Sunday last he told me that prior to houses being built on the Green that the Rathcline club played their football there.
Geraldine Gillhooley, (nee Kirwan 43) recalls her fathers and his times with Bord na Mona in an email received last week.
My Dad Jerry Kirwan (No.43) was Transport Foreman with Bord Na Mona and my Uncle Michael Kirwan (No.38) was a Supervisor. They both came from Killererin, Tuam, Co Galway – a world away from Lanesborough, Co Longford in those days. Dad moved throughout Ireland when Bord Na Mona was established seeking workers to come to Lanesborough. The offer of a weekly wage and a new house with running water, electricity and a bathroom was very attractive to men who would otherwise have to emigrate or live in poverty at home. Many could not provide for their wives and children. Mostly they came from small farms throughout the country which could only support one son and his family so the other sons had to find employment elsewhere. This is where Bord Na Mona offered a lifeline. Although in todays’ terms Lanesborough would not be considered a ‘town’ to these new families they were moving from very rural areas to an ‘urban’ area. Dad was in charge of allocating plots of turf for footing to various men and their families. I vividly remember men calling to our house on foot, by bicycle and on tractors seeking work. Callers left bags of potatoes and eggs to show their appreciation when they secured work. I also remember people calling to our house at Christmas with cigarettes for my late Dad and a box of chocolates for the children. These boxes of chocolates had a ribbon on right hand corner and maybe a picture of a horse or some other animal on the front of box. A real luxury item in the 1960’s! In later years I often heard my mother, Tess, say that the wives of the men who were anxious to get their husbands with Bord Na Mona would stop her coming out of mass and ask her to do her best to get their husbands and sons for summer work. I’ve met people in past years who told me had Dad not taken them on for summer work they would never have been able to go on to secondary education. If a son of the family was studying for the priesthood that family always got the work. No interviews or application online required. I also remember Dad used to have a pile of Bord Na Mona cheques every Thursday evening. Apparently he delivered them by hand to the various workers on a Friday. He had a little loco (small train) and he went from one part of bog to next, however, if he had cheques for some of our neighbours he gave them to me to deliver as I was the eldest in our family. I loved this job as I used to get maybe 3p from the head of house or sweets. I particularly loved to get John Reilly’s (54) cheque (dad to Mary Claire Wallace, Myles, Paudie, Michael, Eugene & Phelim (RIP) because I always got money in that house!! There were no computers in those days so I remember Dad at end of kitchen table filling in the timesheets. There were no electronic fund transfers of wages to the bank but everyone was very happy to receive their cheque into their hand.
Cemetery Sunday Dates
The dates have just been announced for the three cemetery Sunday’s in the parish of Rathcline.
Lanesboro ICA
The relatively new and vibrant ICA guild in Lanesboro will hold its regular monthly meeting in St. Mary’s Hall on this Wednesday 10th June at 8pm.
The ICA welcomes all cultures that would like to understand and partake in the many and varied aspects of the ICA.
Lough Ree Golfing Society
The next outing of the Lough Ree society is to Loughrea, Golf Course, Loughrea, Co Galway.
The tee is booked for one hour from 11am to 12noon on Saturday the 20th June. It is a lovely challenging course and the club house offers the finest of refreshments in a beautiful setting.
The first two outings of 2015 have been very well attended and as many are looking forward to this, the first visit of the society to Loughrea, a large crowd is expected. To book your place on the time sheet text Frank on 0879730611. Keep it straight!! See you all in Loughrea.
You can help with the Monster Auction
Rathcline GAA club is hosting a Monster Auction on Saturday 27th June at 1pm in Clonbonny. The club is asking the community for donations of goods and services which we can use in the auction and they are hoping that over the next few weeks you can assess what you can donate towards the auction. The club is actively asking people to donate goods for auction e.g. gym equipment, household goods, furniture, antiques, toys, building materials, fuels, vouchers, tickets etc. Services can also be donated e.g. tradesman services, gardening, painting, physiotherapy, hairdressing, beauty treatments etc. Lifestyle donations such as holiday breaks, gym memberships and activities of all sorts. Donations can be left into Farrell’s Agri Supplies or contact Gerald Farrell on (086) 8745180. The club has huge undertakings to make repayments on the club grounds, run the club for the year and at the same time try and put some funds together to help further develop the club grounds at Clonbonny. If you can help please do not hesitate to contact Gerald.
The present executive, as with all previous executives, are only minders and developers of the club providing football for boys and girls, ladies and men and ensuring that the future will be bright for the future generations. I am sure some of you reading this will be some of the executives in the coming years and I am sure you will want to receive the reins of the club in an excellent state. Please be supportive and encourage where you can others to donate towards the Auction and help progress your own club and parish.
Hot Wok
Local Clonfower residents Gerry Kiernan and his wife Sinead, are running a thriving bar in Ballymahon and recently the new Hot Wok Chinese and Thai Restaurant opened over the bar. It has proven to be a very popular place to drink and eat with a large number of locals frequenting.
Lanesboro Community College Graduation Mass
Last week Fr Mickie Reilly celebrated the annual graduation mass as Lanesboro Community College. The graduation class of Daniel Barry, Roberts Berzabinds, Jack Casserley, Nicole Dalton, Michelle Farrell, Christopher Feeney, Ryan Guinan, Edgar Kurkovs, Rebecca Loftus, Dylan Mateos, Darren Nerney, Dominic O’Reilly, Saffron Quigley, Toby Salami, Andrew ward, Nicole Bergin, Michael Cox, Melissa Coughlan, Joseph Farrell, Grace Feeney, Cian Gannon, Jonathan Hussey, Jack Irwin, Daniel Lulham, Louise Mullen, Cathy O’Reilly, Shane Phillips, Daire Regan and Kevin Sorohan played a full and active part in the graduation mass.
Siamsa
An Irish Language Summer Course (SIAMSA!) will take place from Monday 6th July to Friday 10th July in Gaelscoil Longfoirt. The course will take place from 9.30am to 3.00pm each day and will cater for students from Second Class to First Year. Further information and Applications forms available from Yvonne Ní Mhurchú 087-2642665.
Lanesborough/Ballyleague Community Childcare Service:
We wish to thank the Parishioners of Lanesborough, Ballagh, Ballyleague and Curraghroe who generously contributed towards our recent Church Gate collection, your support is greatly appreciated.
Also, we wish to thank those parents who carried out the Church Gate collection on our behalf.
There are a limited number of places still available on the free preschool scheme for September 2015. There are places available for our playgroup session starting September 2015 (for children starting preschool in September 2016). Our afterschool service will begin again in September. This runs from 2pm-6pm and includes a hot meal and provision for homework. Anyone who is interested in any of these services please telephone 043.333.0957 and leave a message, or email teresaplayschool@gmail.com for further information.
Lanesboro Triathlon Club
The racing season has well and truly kicked off in style with members taking part in various events over the past while, including Lough Cutra, Swim a mile, Keenagh 5/10km run, Metalman Swim, Tri Athy (with some members taking on new distances) and also a special mention to a new member of the club Dean Masterson who completed his first triathlon at Ironman Lanzarote, great to see a new member start his triathlon career with such a challenging race. It’s hard to keep up with all the different events members are participating in. We wish you all well in up and coming events.
Congratulations to Ballyleague Renewal for all the hard work that was put into the opening of the new Riverside Park and Promenade. Over 30 swimmers turned out last Thursday to put on an entertaining swim spectacle as part of the official opening of the park. It was a great success and wonderful to have been part of the celebrations.
Reminder that the Two Provinces Triathlon takes place this year on Saturday 11th July.
Benefit Night – please support
A benefit night remembering William Elliott will take place in the Longford Arms Hotel on Tuesday night next 16th June featuring some of Ireland’s leading artists. The late William Elliott has family relatives in the area and we hope that a huge number form the area will travel for this great ‘Night with the Stars’. Appearing on the night will be Robert Mizzell, Mick Flavin, Matt Leavy, Simon Casey, the Sheerin family, Noel Cassidy, Bernie Heaney and many more top acts. Dancing will take place from 8pm to 12am. Tickets are priced €10 and are available in O’Brien’s shop or from Maurice and Kathleen Donlon, Church View.
Harvest Festival 2015
The Harvest Festival of 2015 will take place on Sunday 23rd August and the events leading up to it are about kick off. The first of these is the Tractor Run on Sunday 14th June. Tractors will assemble at Gav’s Bar in Kenagh prior to the 12 noon start. The ‘Run’ will go to Newtowncashel and back to Gav’s Bar. The price of participation is €20 and the proceeds of the event will go to St. Christopher’s Longford. To enter of for more information call Paddy Finnegan 087-2705014 or Rachael Thompson 087-6772454.
A follow up fundraiser will take place in Kenagh on Sunday 26th July –details will follow at a later date.
A Longford Harvest Festival meeting will take place in ‘The Local’ Newtowncashel on Friday 2th June. New members will be made very welcome.
Lough Ree AC
Claremorris was the venue for the Connaught U9 to U12 championships on Saturday last and weather-wise it was a miserable place to be.
To start with: – ‘Brownie Points’ to the parents who traveled to the Mayo venue. It would have been so easy to stay in bed on Sunday morning. As this competition is based on teams of two, it is essential that both parties are in attendance.
The news is “no medals from Claremorris”, Hopes were that the Turbo Javelin might oblige, but no such luck. With strong cross-winds in bursts from the Atlantic, the youngsters had never encountered such conditions. This is not to be taken as a criticism and no doubt but their day will come. On the track, Aoife Kennelly is something else. She brought in the 2nd fastest time and has buckets of ability and determination. She still has to find her most suitable event.
All-Ireland Medal – Last week this column complimented Ryan Murray on winning the Connaught schools Discus title and qualifying for the All-Ireland where he finished a very credible 7th. He will be young enough for the same event next year. In the meantime a young Ballagh student escaped under the radar. He won the Connaught Junior Discus qualifying to the All-Ireland Finals where he put up a wonderful performance where he finished in 2nd place. Conor Rohan, a product of Ballagh N.S. introduced himself to the sport and took on the might of Clongowes Wood, Belvedere, Roscrea, Blackrock College etc. where winning the “College of Science Cup” is their main aim. National event coaches are employed as P.E. teachers or visit their colleges on a monthly basis. There are no words that describe Conor’s performance only ‘wow’. Well done Conor.
Incidental, next weekend 13th/14th June the Lough Ree Annual Church Gate collection will be held. The championships for U13 and upwards is fixed for Claremorris on Saturday with the Co. Longford Community Games Finals taking place in Ballymahon on Sunday. Wishing all the club athletes the very best of luck on Saturday and Sunday.
50/50
The 50/50 draw took place in The Yacht Bar on Monday night last 1st June and the lucky winner was Ita Reynolds and Kitty Murphy, Cloontuskert. The lucky ladies received €40 between them. The club thanks everyone for their support and encourages everyone to support their weekly draw. For just €2 you too can be a winner.
Community Games Reminder
The County Finals will take place on Sunday June 14th in Leo Casey GAA Grounds, Ballymahon. Field Events will start at 10am and Track at 12pm sharp. Competitors must be at the venue 30 minutes before they start. Admission €5 per adult, U16s free.
Raid my Runway for Samaritans
Raid My Runway is an exciting novel event which was established earlier this year by two Roscommon Ladies designed to help ladies de-clutter their wardrobes and turn that clutter into cash. Most ladies have wardrobes bulging with items they never wear, shoes that don’t fit, and a multitude of bags, hats and accessories that were most likely bought on impulse.
A Rail Pop Up Sale event will take place at the Sheraton in Athlone on Sunday 14th June. Billed as the “Ultimate Girls Shopping Day out in Athlone” it is hoped ladies will use this opportunity to raid their wardrobes, clear out the pesky clutter and numerous unworn and pre loved items and take them along on the day with a view to selling them on to a new home. It only costs €25 euro to bring along your own rail on the day but booking is advised.
“We are happy to provide a charity rail on the day for the local Athlone Samaritans as this very worthy charity has been a beacon of light and tremendous support for many people in the Midlands now for many years” added organiser Geraldine Grealy. Geraldine is a local lady she is formerly Geraldine Murray from Thureen. The Clothes Rail Pop up sale will run from noon to 4pm.
Those who wish to sell from their own rails and stands are invited to donate a single item, if they so wish to the Samaritans Rail, but there is no obligation. All monies raised at the Samaritans Charity Rail will go direct to the Charity which will be manned on the day by Samaritans PRO Deirdre Collins and a member of her team.
Following on from the success of the recent Raid My Runway event at the Abbey Hotel in Roscommon, organisers decided to stage the Summer 2015 event in Athlone. It is hoped to stage another event at the Abbey this October.
All visitors to the event on the day will be entered into a free draw for a makeover thanks to Athlone makeup artist Dawn Melissa Hand, and a lucky shopper will also take home a gift voucher towards a stunning bespoke head piece from Rachel Feeley Designs. Perfect if you are planning on attending Ladies Day events this summer.
Rachel and Geraldine will also dispense free stylist advice on choosing an outfit and matching suitable accessories. If you wish to come along and sell items on the day please register by no later than Friday 12th June by calling 086 3276584 or 087 6798322. Check out their FB page raidmyrunwayrail otherwise it’s free admission to come and browse and perhaps bag a bargain on the day.
Tell your friends and make it a fun day out for the “Raid My Runway” Rail Sale extravaganza on June 14th in the Sheraton Athlone.
Library News
A History of Business in Lanesboro and Ballyleague
The launch of our exhibition on A History of Business in Lanesboro and Ballyleague will be held in the library on 16th July. Anyone with old photographs of Business in the town or business people, old shop signage, old artefacts etc. and would like them included in the exhibition, please drop them in to Stella in the library. Thank you.
Lanesboro Community College Art Display:
A fantastic display of the art created by Lanesboro Community College students is on display in the library for the summer months. Please drop in and appreciate their fine work. Also the students have entered 3 sculptures in the Strokestown Park Schools Sculpture Competition. Pictures of their entries are on display in the library. They would really appreciate your voting for Lanesboro entries at Strokestown House to help them win €2,000.
Art Class: There will be another six week Art Class starting on Wednesday 10th June. Cost €10 per night. To register call into the library, call Stella on 043 332 1291 or email lanesborolibrary@longfordcoco.ie.
Lasraí Writers Group: Next meeting is on Monday June 8th 7 – 9pm. New members welcome.
Knitting & Crochet Group meetings every Monday 2 – 4pm. All welcome.
Active Age Group meetings every Tuesday 3 – 4pm. New members welcome.
Book Club continues on Friday morning June 26th June at 11am where the book for discussion will be ‘Tenderwire’ by Claire Kilroy
ESOL classes (English for speakers of other languages) continues each Tuesday evening 7 – 9pm.
Tickets on sale in the library for Fast Track Stroke Service for The Mater Foundation. €3 each or 2 for €5. Please support this very worthy cause.
Foreign Currency Appeal Reminder The library is still collecting unwanted foreign currency and old coins/notes in aid of ISPCC. The smallest donation can make a huge difference.
Used stamps also being collected at the library for ISPCC.
The Kerry Way Cancer Research Walk
Pat Falvey led the first ever Irish expedition to reach the South Pole on January 2008. Falvey had previously been involved in numerous endurance treks including climbing the highest peak on every continent.
Pat Spillane is a winner of 2 All-Ireland U21 medals, 8 All-Ireland senior All-Irelands, and 9 All Star awards and presently a TV pundit with the Sunday Game.
Both men joined forces to launch the Breakthrough Research, Kerry Way Cancer Research Walk which will take place in Kerry in July.
The sponsored walk will feature the usual three day walk from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th July. This walk on part of the world renowned Kerry Way will be over the distance of 70k. This year the walk is celebrating its 10th Anniversary and for the very first time there will be a new nine-day team event over the full 200km distance of the Kerry Way. The Kerry Way walk will combine impressive mountain views, dramatic peaks and glens, wild moorlands, wooded paths and lakes. It is one of the most impressive walks in Ireland if not the world. If you are interested in the 3-day or the 9-day team event you should log onto e www.kerrywaycancerwalk.ie or email e info@breakthroughcancerresearch.ie phone 1890 998 998.
Cart before the Horse
The norm for all is to train hard for a triathlon and most probably do a duathlon first but Dean Masterson turned the norm on its head when he undertook the Lanzarote Ironman two weeks ago. Ironman Lanzarote is the second hardest Ironman in the world.
Dean returned home from Australia last October after nearly 2 years and decided he wanted to give triathlon a shot seeing that his brother Joe and sister Ronie had completed many triathlons and also achieved the Ironman accolade having completed their in Newcastle, England, a few years. When he entered Ironman Lanzarote he knew he was undertaking a mammoth task.
Dean set about getting himself a training programme and healthy diet and at the weekends he was to be seen in the Sliabh Bloom Mountains or the Wicklow Mountains training with his sister Ronie’s partner Derek Rutherford. Derek also did ironman Lanzarote but unfortunately he didn’t get to finish as he missed the cut off point at 109k in the cycle by 8mins. Therefore he was not allowed to continue. This was devastating for him. Ironman can be a harsh sport at times but the rules are the rules. Derek is already an ironman after completing Zurich
Ironman only 10 months ago. Once an ironman always an ironman.
Dean was out of the water in a time of 1:20 (2.5miles) he finished the cycle in 8:01 (180k) and ran the marathon 26.2 miles in 4:45. He completed the course in a time of 14 hrs 19 mins. This was a marvellous achievement by Dean and I am sure the upcoming annual Triathlon in Lanesboro on Saturday 11th July will just feel like a light training session.
Tennis Club
The Lough Ree Bay Tennis club continues weekly coaching for all local children from 6 to 8pm every Saturday evening at the tennis courts in the marina in Ballyleague. Children aged 5 to 10 normally train between 6 and 7pm. Older children are coached by Tennis Ireland level 2 coach Richard Turner from 7 to 8pm. All club members and their parents are requested to get in touch with the club this week to confirm their plans for next weekend. Please e mail: loughreebaytennisclub@gmail.com if you wish to take part
Lanesboro Tidy Towns
The committee would like to thank all those who supported our Table Quiz on last Friday evening in The Yacht Bar, your support is very much appreciated. Judging for the Tidy Towns competition commences next Monday, please join the volunteers on the weekly clean ups, on Wednesdays from 8 to 9pm, meeting at the Parish Hall. Recent projects completed include the installation of a new sign by Coillte at the entrance into the woodland walk, hanging baskets and planting of the boat and planter boxes/litter bins, biodiversity project involving the tilling and planting of barley in the co council field on the Longford Road, new school garden at Lanesborough NS, new sculpture using recycled river navigation buoys at the newly planted butterfly garden the entrance to the Hot Water stretch, photographic display in the Old Post Office windows, installation of a three bay segregation litter bin at the Parish Hall, kindly sponsored by Lough Ree Power and the launch of the Lanesborough Tree Trail . The objective of the trail is to raise awareness of the different species of native trees and their contribution to our community. The trail includes a main information panel located on the Main Street and trail map. The trail includes twelve native species of tree and at each location on the trail you will find an information panel on the particular tree species. The tree trail is part of our Tree Project which also involves the installation of a “Tree of Life” mural, a beautifully hand painted mural by members of Brushstrokes Art Group. The mural has been installed on the premises next door to Supervalu. We hope to continue our programme of projects during the coming months, you can help by picking a piece of litter, sweeping a footpath outside your house, joining the weekly clean up, painting a gate/front wall, putting up a window box/hanging basket and giving your ideas for future projects to any member of the committee.
Rathcline GAA
Monster Auction – Rathcline GAA are hosting a Monster Auction on Saturday 27th June at 1pm in Clonbonny. We are asking the community for donations of goods and services which we can use in the auction so get thinking over the next few weeks of what you can donate. We are looking for people to donate goods for auction e.g. gym equipment, household goods, furniture, antiques, toys, building materials, fuels, vouchers, tickets etc. Services can also be donated e.g. tradesman services, gardening, painting, physiotherapy, hairdressing, beauty treatments etc. Donations can be left into Farrell’s Agri Supplies or contact Gerald Farrell on (086) 8745180. Thank you in advance from all at Rathcline GFC.
50/50 Draw – Congratulations to Ita and Kitty, Cloontuskert, who were last week’s winners of €540 in our 50/50 draw. The draw takes place every Monday night at 9pm and envelopes are available in all local businesses. The next draw takes place on 08th June in Clarke’s at 9pm.
ACFL Division 2 – Hard luck to the Intermediate lads who lost against Ballymahon in Leo Casey Park on Saturday evening in the league. Final score Ballymahon 0-13 Rathcline 0-6. Their next game in the league will probably be after the Longford game in the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers, fixtures will be posted on longfordgaa.ie when confirmed.
Alison Smyth Memorial Match – Congratulations to the Rathcline ladies who emerged victorious against Garrycastle in the annual Alison Smyth Memorial match which was held in Clonbonny on Bank Holiday Monday 01st June.
Clothes Collection – Anyone with any unwanted clothes can drop articles into Mike or Madeleine, the collection is ongoing.
Shannon Gaels Minor Club Notes – Shannon Gaels Minor Club would like to take this opportunity in wishing all Leaving and Junior Cert students the best of luck in their exams which they are sitting at this time.
Lanesborough seeks world angling venue
Fresh from the success of their staging of an International Coarse fishing event in recent weeks the Coarse Angling Federation of Ireland has formally nominated the Lanesborough and Ballyleague area to contest a bid to host the World Championship Angling ‘Predator Boat’ event in October 2016.
This competition is boat based for anglers catching pike and perch on the Shannon and attracts fishermen from 22 countries. It will bring a significant financial boost to the local economy of the Lanesborough-Ballyleague area.
This major announcement represents a boost of well over a quarter of a million euro to the local economy of Longford and Roscommon.
The financial spin-off will come from the following:
Accommodation & Food & Drink:
Fishermen and women from at least 22 countries will be attending the event on October 2016. Each international team will be made up of approximately 14 people – this includes the team members who fish, the manager and other officials of the home federation of anglers who travel to support their country.
This means that approximately 300 people will require accommodation locally for 5 days – which is the duration of the world championship event. The knock on benefits for those providing B & B, food and drink in local pubs, restaurants and the hospitality sector are evident.
The accommodation dividend can be calculated at approximately €100,000 and the local Lough Ree Angling hub would like to now appeal to all local property owners who wish to provide self-catering or B & B accommodation to come forward to us before Friday next June 12th at 6pm with an e mail that should contain some photos of their house and facilities. To register your accommodation please contact Hub Members Gerald Farrell, Alan Farrell, Joe Cribbin, Alan Horohoe Hugh Keane, Philip Gordon or Ciaran Mullooly urgently.
Boat Hire
The world championship predator boat event will require a minimum of 40 lake boats per day to be hired locally with the services of a gilly/boatman. The market rate for this boat hire is €100 per boat per day so the return to the local community over the course of the five day event in October 2016 will be €20,000.
Specific arrangements will have to be made for the launching of boats in the local harbours/marinas and the provision of a facility to host the gala presentation at the end of the 5th day of the championships. A venue that will be able to cater for at least 400 people will be required for this event.
The estimated benefit from this single event will be approximately €30,000
The overall benefit to the local economy will therefore total (in the region of) Accommodation/Food drink: €200,000: Boat hire: €20,000: Gala presentation: €30,000
Estimated Total Dividend for local economy – Minimum: €250,000
In addition to the above it is expected that anglers from all over Ireland- who are not competing – will actually attend the event as spectators at various stages during the five days. It is not possible to provide an accurate estimate of numbers that might come to Lanesborough and Ballyleague because issues such as weather are factors that will influence anglers from around Ireland but a modest estimate of €25,000 is being included here for the moment. (That would represent just 500 visitors – in total – from around the country over the course of 5 days which is considered to be a modest estimate)
The overall estimate for the economic spin off for the local economy is therefore calculated at a quarter of a million euro.
To win the right to stage this event the Lough Ree Angling hub is preparing a formal presentation to the International officials of the angling federations who will visit here around June 15th and examine the venues.
We would be grateful if local community groups and business owners could provide us a letter of support and any other appropriate brochures you have before Friday June 11th by sending details to loughreeanglinghub@gmail.com
St. Faithleach’s GAA
Senior League: Our senior team played Western Gaels on Sunday at home. Result: St. Faithleach’s 1-08 Western Gaels 1-12. Team: A. Manning, J. Sweeney, D. Murray, B. Scally, J. Walsh, H. Kenny, P. Cox, C. Gunn, D. Rooney (1-1), D. Hussey (0-1), C. Murtagh (0-2), B. Hussey (0-1), B. Murtagh, D. Murtagh (0-2), A. Dooney (0-1). Subs: P. Brennan, J. Kelly. Junior League: The Junior team played Kilbride on Friday evening last with a score line of Kilbride 1-12 St. Faithleach’s 1-04. Team: D. Thompson, W. Donoghue, B. Scally, J. Farrell, J. Sweeney, P. Hunt, P. Rooney, P. Reynolds (0-01), A. Manning, P. Kenny, B. Hussey (1-01), A. Kenny (0-01), N. Dooney, P. Brennan, J. Kelly. Subs: A. Brehon (0-01), J. Wallace. Mothers &Others: Wednesday evening saw the Mothers & Others take on Oran. Team : A. Mc Loughlin, S. Curran, E. Hannon, M. Dunne, P. Kenny, M. Donlon, R. Burke, C. Farrell, U. Kilcoyne, L. Cullen, M. Rohan, C. Connaughton, M. Curley, C. Feeney, E. Dillon, C. Donlon, T. Browne, S. Brady, A. Mullooly, E. Cox, C. Connaughton. U14 County Ladies: The U14 All- Ireland semi-final between Roscommon and Donegal takes place on Sat 13th at 2pm in Templeport, Cavan. We would like to wish our club reps Ellen Irwin (capt), Kate McPhillips & Jennifer Brennan as well as their team mates best of luck. U12 Girls: The U12 Girls are through to the Division 4 Final on Sunday 14th June @4pm after beating Kilglass last week. We wish the girls and their management team of Frank Burke and Carol Manning all the best in the final against St. Brigid’s. All division finals take place in Ballyleague.
Community Games: Community Games Football Semi-Finals take place in St. Faithleach’s GAA Club grounds on Sat 13th. 125 Years: We would like to say congratulations to our club member and principal of Roxboro N.S. Michael Cleary on the schools milestone of 125 years. Lotto: Numbers drawn 2,5,19 and 23. There was no jackpot winner and the five €20 winners were – Theresa Fallon, Eddie Casserly, Ann Farrell, Isobelle Ryan, and Mia Brehon. The next draw for a jackpot of €12,000 will take place on Tuesday 16th June.
Cards: Winners; John O’Beirne, Paic Feeney. Second; Sean Cox, Tim Fox. Last game: Mick and Paddy. League winners: Congrats to John O and Paic who won the Summer League and Sean Parker who was runner up. Thanks to everyone for their support. Next week’s game is in aid of the Scared Heart Home, Roscommon. Sympathy: The club would like to extend its deepest sympathy to Roscommon GAA PRO Colm Beirne on the recent passing of his brother Padraig.