Lanesboro Ballyleague
Table Quiz
I have been told that this is a very important notice and to treat it as such, so here goes.This Friday night 29th July promises to be a wonderfully fun filled night for everyone when they travel in the Peer Inn, Lisnacusha where the Shannon Gael Minor Club will be hosting a Table Quiz. The club looks forward to great support from within and outside of the parish and they look forward to welcoming everyone to a full house in the Peer. All club members minor and senior are asked to make their teams up from outside of the player base and to encourage everyone to the Table Quiz. The first question will be thrown in at 9pm. The minor club continues to work with the development of young players within the parish and are striving hard to be back amongst the front runners in all underage grades. Your support will be hugely supported. Please come along and spread the word.
Charity Swim
Lanesboro Triathlon club is once again holding their annual Charity Swim. This swim is a true challenge of a person’s ability as it is the Ironman distance swim of 3.5km. There can only be a limited number of entrants to ensure safety and if you are intending to swim please register immediately by emailing sponsoredswim@trilanesboro.com The swim will benefit the Children’s Cancer Charity ‘Hand in Hand’ and there is no doubt but your contributions will be of an enormous value to this particular charity and I urge your most generous support. All swimmers will have sponsorship cards and you can also sponsor in O’Brien’s where there will be a card on the counter.The swim will commence at 2pm from the Bord na Mona bridge at Kilnacarrow. Swimsuits are compulsory and swim hats will be provided. There will be safety boat cover. Following the race refreshments will be provided.If you are a family whose lives are affected by childhood cancer you are invited to contact Han in Hand in confidence. You can contact by any of the following means: phone 091-483 694, mobile – 087 6600 103, email – info@handinhand.ie or postal address Hand in Hand, Main St., Oranmore, Co. GalwayThis is a club that does not rest on its laurels and they are always prepared to support a great cause and with your support you can make it a fabulous weekend for Hand in Hand.
Family Celebrations
Last week it was a wonderful and memorable few days for Bernie and Margaret Carberry, Lough Ree Park as their son Brendan and his wife Yvonne, Strokestown Road, celebrated the birth of a baby boy and a few days later their daughter Maureen and her partner Raymond O’Reilly Ballyclare Court celebrated the birth of a baby boy. Many congratulations to everyone.
Holiday Race Meeting
Tuesday next 2nd August the day after the August Bank Holiday is always the race meeting not to be missed. The race day coincides with the beginning of the holiday season and it is a meeting that is always hugely attended as most people home on holidays in the region make it a great day in Roscommon.It is a great day for spotting talent, that is of the equine nature. On Tuesday next it will be the very first time you will see three-year-old horses jumping hurdles. There is always a great excitement is seeing these National Hunt babies taking their first voyage over hurdles. There is no doubt but there will be a future champion on view on Tuesday.Go along, have a great time with friends and family and renew acquaintances with many of the faces and names of the past. The first race is scheduled for 6.10pm
Hottest in the Country
Met Éireann have their own weather recording station at Mount Dillon and on Tuesday last it was all the news as the that weather station was recording the highest temperature in Ireland with a high of 30 degrees (to my American readers 86°F). Unfortunately, our heat was short lived but we all hope that it will be on its way back to us very soon as the rest of the hay has to be saved and the turf still to be brought out of the bog.
Wedding
The marriage took place on Friday 15th July at St. Mary’s Church, Lanesboro of Aoife Farrell daughter of John L and Geraldine Farrell, Rathcline and Shane Quinn son of John and Margaret Quinn, Newtownforbes. Chief bridesmaid was Noleen Donlon, friend of the bride and the bridesmaids were Therese Hanly friend of the bride and Sinead Farrell sister-in-law of the bride. Bestman was Aidan Fallon friend of the groom, Groomsmen were David Hannify friend of the groom and Pauric Quinn brother of the groom. Pageboy was Eoghan Quinn nephew of the groom and Flower girl was Laoise Farrell, niece of the bride. The marriage ceremony was celebrated by Fr. Michael Reilly. The wedding reception took place at the Landmark Hotel, Carrick-on-Shannon. We wish the happy couple many years of wedded bliss.
Death
The tragic death of Padraic Hanley, Shannon Heights, Ballyleague occurred on Sunday 17th July. Padraic was a young man who had a most genial nature. Padraic was a very welcoming young man with a big smile and warmth of greeting always made it a pleasure to meet him. He was a tremendously hard worker as has been recounted by many people over the past number of days. Padraic was very popular amongst his peers and that was clear to be seen by the sadness shown by their number. Padraic will be sadly missed by everyone that had the pleasure knowing him and the memory of him will never fade. Padraig remains reposed at his home on Tuesday last until the removal of his remains to the Church of the Holy Rosary, Ballyleague on Wednesday for his Funeral Mass. Following Mass his remains were laid to rest in Cloontuskert Cemetery. To his father Patsy, mother Kathleen, sister Marie, brother Alan, relatives and many friends we extend our sincere sympathy.
Church Gate Collection
The Irish Wheelchair Association Church Gate collection will take place on this weekend Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st July at all masses
With your support IWA can continue to maintain vital services to people with disabilities in
Do you know your soccer?
All you need is an email and a credit card with €10 on it to enter the Last Man Standing competition. This is a fund raising venture for the Ladies club and they are asking supporters worldwide to go online and join in and pit your soccer knowledge against one another to see who goes the furthest and wins the first prize. On your search engine you should look for Rathcline Ladies Last Man Standing and enter your details as requested by the site. The club is hoping for great support from everyone and it is bound to create a lot of banter amongst everyone taking part.
Search for Memorabilia
As part of Lough Ree Summer School this August, Lanesboro Library will display an exhibition commemorating the Longford people who took part in 1916 Rising. The launch date is Friday 19th August at 7pm. If anyone has any memorabilia from that era, Stella O’Sullivan would love to display your offerings as part of this exhibition. If you can help by donating memorabilia can you contact Stella at the library phone 33 21291.
Sympathy
We would like to extend our sincere sympathy to Olive Ginty, her son Philip and daughter Caroline, Ballyleague, on the death of Philip Ginty last week. Philip was originally from Knock and we would also like to extend our sympathy to his brothers Tom, Seamus, Gerry and Joe, sisters Angela, Eileen and Marian. Philip was laid to rest in Cashel Cemetery on Friday last. Philip had been in failing health over a number of years. One abiding personal memory of Philip takes me back to when we were children running around Knock and Philip was our expert sword maker for all the sword fights after watching the Three Musketeers. As a result, he was always a lifelong friend and he will be sadly missed.
Engagement
We extend many congratulations to Alan Mc Cormack, son of Pat and Rita Mc Cormack, Gortgallon and Coleen Gallagher, daughter of Brendan and Carol Gallagher, Lucan who announced their engagement last week.
Festival just12 months away
This time 12 months the long awaited Lough Ree Monster festival will be almost upon us. Already we have stared our bookings and we are delighted to announce that we have confirmed that Irish Country Entertainer of the Year and winner of Album of the Year for Cut Loose, Mike Denver will be appearing in Lanesboro on Saturday 5th August. This is a wonderful coup for the organising committee and they expect to make further high profile announcements in the near future. By coincidence local Newtowncashel playwright John Kenny wrote a play entitled The Lough Ree Monster and John has kindly offered the play to make its stage debut as part of Lough Ree Festival. It is especially rewarding to have John our local playwright offering our group his play and it is a big honour for our group that he should have recognised our efforts and has been willing to come on board with the Lough Ree Monster Group.We have got a very exciting 12 months ahead and if you would like to be a part of the group we would love to hear from you. As we are in the holiday season the group is taking a break and they will return at the end of August, Wednesday 31st in Clarke’s Bar at 9pm. If you would like to get involved you can contact Teresa Ormsby, John Kenny Newtowncashel, James O’Flaherty, Madaleine Murray, Alan Farrell, Gerard Farrell, Mike Greene or Joe O’Brien.Ideas: if you have any ideas or have a preference for one type of event or another please let any of the above know. We are open to all ideas as we put the rest of our plans in place. Be a part by your attendance or your ideas we would love to hear from you.Visit our website www.loughreemonsterfestival.com
Sympathy
The death has taken place in London of Olive Keaveney Whelan formerly of The Green. Olive was daughter of the late Olive and Pat Keaveney. She is mourned by her husband Michael, daughter Sinead, son Ciaran, sister Beryl Keaveney Moran, and brother Cecil. Our deepest sympathy to all the family.
Poetry and Filíochta in the Sisters
Whether it is in the Irish or English language you want to read your own poetry or a chosen piece of your favourite poem then the place to be is in the Sisters Restaurant on Main Street on this Wednesday 27th July. This is a very new venture between the Sisters and the local writers group and it is becoming a great hit with locals and visitors alike. You are invited to go along have a cup of tea or coffee or something more substantial and be part of a terrific ambiance from 4 to 5pm.
Summer Bridge
The results of the summer bridge competition held on Monday July 18th: N/S: 1st Loretta Cooney and Katharine Harrison, 2nd J.J. Donlon and Joan Donnellan, 3rd Eileen Kelly and Nancy Dolan and 4th Essie Nugent and Mary Mc Gushin. E/W: 1st Goretti Kenny and Mary Jameson, 2nd Mary and Ann Kilduff, 3rd Mary and Brendan Murtagh and 4th Teresa Kiernan and Mary Farrell.
Be part of celebrating local Biodiversity
The chance does not come around too often to be able to play an active part in the
While we all have a great interest in the environment her is the opportunity to play your part and support the local environments in our community.
On 27th August with Bord na Mona and local community groups we will be holding an environmental awareness event in Corlea, Co Longford. This community event is for everyone with an interest in the environment around us. The event will focus on recording all biodiversity (birds, mammals, plants, mosses and invertebrates) in Corlea and will focus on habitats such as cutaway bog, intact raised bog and scrub.
During the day events such as a bird talk, bat walk, moth trapping along with general biodiversity walks will be organised. All events will be free of charge and will be available to everyone, young and old. A timetable of events will be available soon.
If you or your group would be interested in helping run one of the events on the day, please let me know and we can work together on a schedule of events. Please feel free to forward this email to anyone who may be interested. Contact David Fallon: David.Fallon@bnm.ie phone; 087 9711658 or 057 9345993
Blood Donation Clinic
The Blood Donation Clinic returns to Longford at the Longford Arms Hotel on Wednesday 27th, and Thursday 28th July. The clinic will be open from 4.30 and 8pm each of the three days.
There is always a great demand for blood and at this time of the year with holidays and other travels there tends to be a drop off in donors but the high demand for blood still remains. If you are already a donor and have not been there for a while, please consider going back and if you have not previously donated blood please begin in the Longford Arms on the above dates.
If you cannot make it to Longford for this clinic then mark in the next clinic in the Hyde Centre, Athlone Road, Roscommon from Tuesday 16th August to Thursday 18th August.
Lanesboro Library Upcoming Events
Summer Opening Hours are as follows: Monday 2-8pm, Tuesday 2-6pm, Wednesday 10am-1pm 2-5pm, Thursday-Closed, Friday 10am-1pm 2-5pm, Saturday 10am-1pm.
Call 0433321291 for enquiries.
Storytime with Frances: Every Wednesday morning at 11am for the month of August, there will be a story time in Lanesboro Library for children aged 3-8. Places limited so please contact library to book a place on 043 332 1291.
Longford 1916 – Lanesboro: As part of Lough Ree Summer School this August, Lanesboro Library will display an exhibition commemorating the Longford people who took part in 1916 Rising. The launch date is Friday 19th August at 7pm. If anyone has any memorabilia from that era, Stella would love to display same as part of the exhibition. Contact the library on 043 332 1291. Many thanks.
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Old Trafford for the first Home Game
Time running out to see of Manchester United’s Premiership games under new manager Jose Mourinho on Saturday 20th August is what is on offer. The Roscommon branch is organising an overnight trip to Manchester for the home game against Southampton. The bus will leave Roscommon town and the cost will include bus, ferry, overnight stay at hotel including breakfast and transfers to and from the match. The cost of the trip is €239 and if you wish to book yourself in to travel or need further information you can call 086-8417264 as soon as possible as seats are limited.
50/50
Last Monday night the 50/50 draw took place in the Yacht Bar and the winning ticket was in the name of Dawn Egan, Derryhaun. The winning prizemoney on night was €335. The club thanks you for your support and encourages everyone to support the draw weekly. The blue 50/50 envelopes are on sale locally throughout the town for only €2 alternatively you can purchase a pink ticket that allows you into the draw for 1 year for a price of €100.
One Day Retreat to Lough Derg
The annual one-day retreat to Lough Derg will take place on Sunday 4th September. The bus will leave from Lanesboro Parish Hall at 7am. For information and bookings, you can contact Mary Doyle on 3321969.
Childaid Cycle Challenge Sunday Week
The 50K or 100k (your challenge) will take place on Sunday week 7th August commencing from Rosbowl on the Lanesboro Road, Roscommon at am. Registration will take place from 9am on the morning. The registration fee is €25 on the day or €20 if entering by email to maryschildaidchallenge@gmail.com. The first 100 people to register will receive a free cycling jersey. Refreshment will be served on the day and if you require any further information contact Mary at 086-1084536. Childaid is attempting to make a world fit for children and your support will go greatly towards fulfilling the aim of the organisation.
Food Festival
With over 200 people from 15 countries coming to Lanesborough and Ballyleague for the world fishing championship in October a food festival will be staged in a marquee behind St Mary’s Hall at the bridge. ‘Taste of the Lakelands’ will feature a special business to business networking event, the very best of local food produce and LIVE cooking displays by top chefs such as Kevin Dundon and our own Kiernan Glennon on Friday October 7th and Saturday October 8th. If you’re a local food producer of any type and would like to take part, please ring Liam Sweeney at 085 1698032 or the Lough Ree Angling Hub office at 04333 21734
Visitors are really flocking to the area
Last weekend over a thousand people visited the Ballyleague-Lanesborough area and attended events before, during and after the River Shannon Boat Rally. The highlight of the weekend for many was the Family Fun Day in Ballyleague riverside park on Sunday afternoon where there was great turnout of children and their parents and friends for a food and fun fair – a day when you could get the very best of Irish and International cuisine and baking in a market organised by the ‘Taste of the Lakelands’ festival committee. Well done to Alan and Joe and Stephen and Ciaran and all the others who helped to run the event and special thanks to Sarah, Stephanie, Jason, Helen, Jose and Alchemica for coming along and displaying their fantastic food products. This core group will also be involved in the big International Food festival that is taking place in Lanesborough on Friday Saturday October 7th and 8th as part of the World Fishing Championships programme. If you are a food producer of any size or scale, we would like you to join us. Please e mail: tasteofthelakelands@gmail.com
Rathcline Ladies
The senior ladies will travel to Drumlish for their Senior Championship for the next round of their championship on Friday next at 7pm.
The championship last weekend against Mostrim was deferred due to a death in Edgeworthstown and the game will now take place on Tuesday next 2nd August in Clonbonny at 7pm.
The U12 and U14 Summer Leagues are coming to it conclusion and it is great to know that both teams are in the final shake up in the leagues.
The county U16 team will play their All-Ireland Final on this Wednesday night in Augher, Co. Tyrone. We wish team mentor Darragh and our five representatives Rebecca Stavorous, Ciara Healy, Zoe Gallagher, Áine Bannon and Sinead Farrell and their teammates the very best of luck.
Last Man Standing competition: All you need is an email and a credit card with €10 on it to enter the Last Man Standing competition. This is a fund raising venture for the Ladies club and they are asking supporters worldwide to go online and join in and pit your soccer knowledge against one another to see who goes the furthest and wins the first prize. Search online for Rathcline Ladies Last Man Standing and follow the process.
Rathcline GAA
Last Sunday was a bad day for us in the Senior Championship first round when we went down heavily to Carrickedmond. This was a game that we never got out of the blocks and allowed Carrickedmond dominate us.
The good thing about this year’s championship is that the chance of redemption comes around very quickly and that is the case for us as we travel to Cashel to play Ballymahon in the second round at 8pm. The very best of luck to the lads and we hope for a great enthusiastic following on Friday.
The 50/50 on Monday night 18th July was won by Sharon Rooney, Rathcline. Sharon was the lucky winner of €377. Tickets are on sale locally in all shops and the club thanks you for your continued support. The pink ticket is also available and the pink ticket is the yearly ticket and you can contribute €100 and be in for all draws over the course of the year.