Lanesboro Ballyleague
Talent by the Shannon
Be sure to come along to Ballyleague Hall on Friday, 27th May at 8pm. This is a night not to be missed. “Talent by the Shannon” is a talent show which has been organised by the Parent’s Association of Ballagh NS and 15 Acts are taking part. These acts include solo singers, ukulele player, a youth choir, classical ballet dancers, traditional Irish musicians and dancers as well as an act involving hula hoops so there is sure to be something to entertain everyone who attends. Contestants are all ages and come from all over the surrounding areas. Eamon O’Flaherty is MC on the night. There are two prizes to be won. A voters’ prize of €500 and a judges’ prize of €200. Admission on the night is: Adults €10, Students/OAPs €5, Family Price €25. Please be certain to come along and enjoy the variety of talent which will be showcased on the night.
Great excitement
The Lough Ree Monster Festival 2017 is over 15 months out and the support of the people of the community both home and away is really phenomenal. The enthusiasm for the Festival is amazing. The group are really appreciative of the response and want to put on the best show humanly possible for everyone and if you have any view of what you would like to see included please contact me joea@iol.ie The Festival will run from Thursday 3rd to the Monday 7th August 2017.
We are beginning our fundraising activities by staging a Céilí with local band Rise the Dust providing the music in Lanesboro Parish Hall on Sunday 5th June from 4pm to 7pm followed by a sponsored Monster Greyhound Night on Friday 17th June at Longford Greyhound Track.
Tickets for the Greyhound night cost €10 and we hope you will all come along and have another wonderful night with us at Longford Greyhound Track.
We will welcome you
Come along and be a part in the ever increasing excitement of the Lough Ree Monster 2017 Festival by joining the group discussions at their next meeting in Clarke’s Bar on Wednesday night 25th May at 9pm.
Lanesboro Bridge Club
The results of the competition held on Wednesday 11th May are: N/S 1st Frank and Francis Brennan, 2nd Phil Chalmers and Cyril Hussey and 3rd Una Clarke and Brendan Dowling. E/W 1st Margaret Gillen and Peter O’Hara, 2nd Philomena Walsh and Katharine Harrison and 3rd Mae Casey and Noreen Dunne.
50/50
The Rathcline 50/50 draw took place in Adie’s on Monday night 2nd May for a sum on €389. Local man and great club supporter Chris Cullen was the winner last week.
The club would like to thank everyone for their support and encourage those not already playing to put their €2 in the blue envelope sold throughout the community. The aim is to have the weekly prize reach a constant €500 or more each week. This can only be done with your help.
Come with us to the Dogs
Our local community is well known for greatly supporting the Night at the Dogs when organised by different groups in the Lanesboro/Ballyleague area. We are again asking you to support the Monster Greyhound Night at Longford Greyhound Track on Friday 17th June and to encourage all your family and friends to go on the night.
Please make sure you buy your ticket before you set off for the dogs that is the only way you can support us as money paid on the gate on the night does not go to the Festival group.
By purchasing your €10 ticket you are ensuring yourself of a wonderful night out and even if you do not go you are making your contribution to the Festival. Let’s make it the best night ever at the dogs and support your very own Monster Festival. Tickets are available locally or from O’Brien’s.
Buster tickets
If you cannot make it home to the Monster Greyhound Night, then you can contribute by buying our ‘Buster tickets’
Buster Tickets cost only €2 each and you can buy tickets, €10 or €20 or greater denominations by forwarding your money to Teresa Ormsby, Chairperson, c/o Clarke’s Bar, Joe O’Brien, Secretary, Corner Shop or James Flaherty, Treasurer, Lehery, Lanesboro. For your contribution you may be the lucky winner of the 1st prize of €400. The ‘Buster’ is a ticket with all combinations of the finishing order of a selected race on the night and it may be you that will be winning the €400 prize.
Canoeing Lanesboro to Limerick
Time is nearing for the mammoth paddle buy local man Junior Hannon as he undertakes a huge paddle from the bridge crossing the Shannon in Lanesboro Ballyleague to Limerick City on Friday 27th May.
Junior is seeking sponsorship for his paddle and the money will go to the Irish Cancer Society who are tirelessly working to find a cause and cure for cancer. Cancer is a blight on every community that has left no home unaffected and your support will be a wonderful help towards all the great research being done. If you have not already sponsored, you can do so in O’Brien’s.
Honda 50 Run
The sight of the Honda 50 runs taking place during the summer months brings you back in time and all the fun that we had on the old Honda 50. Lanesboro has its own Honda 50 Run and this year it will take place on Sunday 12th June. Registration will take place in Lanesboro Parish Hall from 10.30am to 12.15pm. The trip is a 50-mile trip around Lough Ree. There is a no helmet no run policy. Refreshments will be available in the Parish Hall before and after the run. Contact Jimmy Clancy 087-2289468.
There is a draw organised in conjunction with the run and the winning names will be drawn following the run. Tickets, priced €2, are on sale locally and your support will be appreciated.
The prizes are 1st 28bales of Briquettes sponsored by Bord na Mona, 2nd Voucher for PS Red, 3rd Voucher for Keenan’s, 4th €50 voucher for Byrne’s Filling Station, Battery Road, Longford, 5th Bottle of Brandy, and 6th 2 bottles Whiskey.
The run and draw is in aid of Longford Multiple Sclerosis MS.
Monster Céilí
The Lough Ree Monster Group will host a Monster Céilí on Sunday 5th June in Lanesboro Parish Hall. Dancing to the hugely popular and local céilí band Rise the Dust will be from 4pm to 7pm. Lanesboro is recognised as having one of the best dance floors around and we welcome everyone that has not yet had the pleasure to make the 5th June as a date to dance on one of the best dancing floors around.
Cemetery Sunday
Just a note to inform you that Cemetery Sunday in the Rathcline parish will commence in Rathcline cemetery on Sunday 3rd July and continue in Lanesboro cemetery 10th July and finishing in Clonbonny 17th July.
Siamsa
An Irish Language Summer Course (SIAMSA!) will take place from Monday 4th July to Friday 8th July 2016 in Gaelscoil Longfoirt giving children an opportunity to learn, practice and improve their spoken Irish. Events and activities include morning Oral Irish Classes, Games, Sports, Art and Crafts, Drama, Music and Céilí Dancing. The course will take place from 9.30am to 3.00pm each day and will cater for students from Second Class to First Year. Experienced teachers teaching through total immersion and excellent supervision apply. Further information and applications forms available from Yvonne Ní Mhurchú 087-2642665.
The Shed
Are you going to Perth? Do you live in Perth? Breda Kenny, formerly Fermoyle and daughter of Anna and the late John Kenny, has recently finished renovating the legendary ‘Shed’ and the new Skye Bar was born out of the renovations. The new renovation is getting great reviews from all that have visited so far and if you are in the Perth area do call in and say hello to one of our own.
Traditional Music Classes
Newtownforbes Longford CCÉ are taking expressions of interest for beginner and improver traditional music classes. Any adults or children interested should contact us on 0878507726 or newtownforbeslongfordcce@eircom.net
Women’s Mini Marathon
The Women’s Mini Marathon will take place on Monday 6th June. Pam Farrell is, again, organising a bus to Dublin on the day. If you would like to book a seat or want to find out more details you are invited to call Pam at 087-4146987. As I write there are just eight seats left on the bus.
Fr. Peyton Centre Visit
A visit to the Fr. Patrick Peyton Centre, Attymass, Co. Mayo will take place on Tuesday 26th July. The cost including bus, refreshments, lunch and entertainment will be €30. The coach will depart Kenagh village at 9am and returning at approx. 6pm. To secure a place on the coach you are invited to contact Rose Egan, Kenagh Village with payment and contact details.
Thank You
Cystic Fibrosis would like to thank everyone that contributed to their recent church gate collection. The total amount contributed to the collection amounted to €620.
Fostering
TUSLA is currently recruiting families to care for children of all ages, from birth to 18years. Also, supported lodgings and After Care families. If you are interested you are asked to contact the Child and Family Agency for information phone 043-3350771 or 043-3350770
Accommodation and Boats needed
The Lough Ree Angling Hub will host four major fishing competitions on the Shannon here in Lanesborough and Ballyleague between June 4th and October 10th – culminating with the World Championships. We will host 200 people for these events and urgently need self-catering houses to rent over the next 4 months. If you have one available, please e mail: loughreeanglinghub@gmail.com this week please. The hub also needs 40 boats for the world championships in October and is presently 20 short. For four days’ boat hire you could earn 400 Euro for the world championships and insurance will be covered by the organisers. If you have a lake boat to hire with an engine e mail: loughreeanglinghub@gmail.com or phone Liam at 085 1698032 or Alan at 086 8697952 this week please.
June Competition: 5 pegs have been retained for local anglers in our forthcoming competition on June 4th,5th and 6th here in Lanesborough. To take part you need to ring Liam or Alan this week and put down your name before Sunday next. €3000 Prize money at stake.
Ballyleague Tidy Towns
Ballyleague Tidy Towns are presently involved in key projects in the community – working on the Roscommon road (new stone wall facing near Lakeview Filling station), Salmon’s Lane (new nature walk, benches and signage), Strokestown road (litter picking enroute to Cloontuskert) and working with locals and owners to change the face of derelict buildings in the village. In the next 3 weeks we will embark on regular litter picks in the area and are taking this opportunity to ask all dog owners to observe the law when it comes to cleaning up after their dog. This regulation will be enforced by the dog warden in the riverside park and promenade area down at the Shannon where dog owners are reminded that a dog that is not on a lead may be retained by the warden. The national tidy towns judges will be here shortly after June 4th so we appeal to all residents to play their part by tidying up along the public road near their home, giving a lick of paint to a front wall if necessary and introducing flowers and hedge trimming where it is needed. Our thanks to to everyone for playing their part.
Rathcline GAA
We say hard luck to Denis Connerton, his team management and panel of players on their defeat to Offaly on Sunday last.
Thriller: Anyone that was in Clonbonny on Saturday last for the Reserve League game against were thoroughly entertained with what was one of the most entertaining games played in Clonbonny in many years. We were on the wrong end of the result but the enjoyment that all players from both sides must have gleaned from this game must have been immense. When a scoreline reads 5-9 to 3-10 you can surely see that this was a game that was free flowing and when you consider the missed chances then you really missed a cracker from both sides. The club would like to thank all the players for their effort and we look forward to much greater days ahead.
The senior team will travel to Ballymahon next weekend for a leader Cup League game. The day and time has yet to be confirmed. The senior fixtures for the coming weeks are Saturday 28th May V Killoe in Clonbonny and Saturday 4th June away to Colmcille.
On Thursday last our Under 16 team qualified for the final following a great but hard earned victory over a strong and determined Sean Connolly’s/Wolfe Tones. The final scheduled for Tuesday 18th May in Pearse Park against a very strong St. Francis/St. Vincent’s. We have had a few tough games against the same opposition this league and it promises to be a humdinger of a final.
Our U13 team will travel to Michael Fay Park on Thursday for their first outing of the year when they take part in a blitz. At 7pm they will take on Granard/Ballymore in their first game and their opposition in the other game at 7.45 will be dependent on winner/loser of other section.
There will be an U8 blitz in Clonbonny on Wednesday evening.
Well done to Lanesboro Primary School on winning the B final against Kenagh and hard luck to Fermoyle who were defeated by Newtowncashel in the A final in the Primary School Finals held in Pearse Park last week.
St. Faithleach’s
Senior: O’Gara Cup: St. Faithleach’s play Tulsk in Ballyleague at 8pm on Wednesday 25th May.
Junior League D6: St. Faithleach’s play Tulsk Lord Edwards on Saturday 21st in Tulsk at 6pm
Junior Ladies League: The ladies play Shannon Gaels on Sunday 22nd at 12pm.
U14 Girls League: The girls were defeated by Four Roads on Wednesday last. Result: St. Faithleach’s 2-2 Four Roads 6-8. Next game against Strokestown on Wednesday 18th May at 7pm.
U12 Girls Championship: The girls play Strokestown on Sunday 22nd in Strokestown at 6pm.
U10 Blitz: U10 Blitz takes place on Sunday 22nd at 10:30am. Group 2: Kilbride, St Aidan’s, St Faithleach’s, Oran, St Ciaran’s. Host club: St Aidan’s.
Best of luck: Best of luck to Roscommon U16 Ladies and our club reps Ellen Irwin, Sarah Scally, Sarah Hoare and Marie Kelly as they play Leitrim in the Connacht U16 B Final on Wednesday 18th, venue to be confirmed.
Cumann na mBunscol: Congratulations to club member Lee Kilcoyne who has been chosen to represent Roscommon in Cumann na mBunscol exhibition matches at this year’s Connacht Final on Sunday July 10th, 2016, and to Shane Cox who was selected to represent Roscommon Cumann na mBunscol at the Roscommon / Leitrim match on Sunday 22nd of May.
Cards: Take place every Tuesday night in the clubhouse at 9pm. Last week’s winners; Packie Feeney & Jimmy Bracken, runners up Pat joe Fallon & Tim Fox, last game Tom and Brendan.
Ballagh National School: ” Talent by the Shannon “.
Be sure to come along to Ballyleague Hall on Friday, 27th May at 8pm. This is a night not to be missed. “Talent by the Shannon” is a talent show which has been organised by the Parent’s Association of Ballagh NS and 15 Acts are taking part. These acts include solo singers, ukulele player, a youth choir, classical ballet dancers, traditional Irish musicians and dancers and something to entertain everyone who attends. Contestants are all ages and come from all over the surrounding areas. Eamon O’Flaherty is MC on the night. There are two prizes to be won. A voters’ prize of €500 and a judges’ prize of €200. Admission on the night is: Adults €10, Students/OAPs €5, Family Price €25. Please be certain to come along and enjoy the variety of talent which will be showcased on the night.