Lanesboro
Ballyleague Notes
Scrap Metal Collection
Rathcline
GAA Player’s Fundraising Committee have organised a ‘Scrap Metal Collection’
within the wider community area. They invite scrap wire, metal storage tanks,
any unwanted scrap metal, scrap cars, old fire ranges, unwanted machinery,
unwanted batteries, emersion cylinder, old gates etc. We all have lots of these
items lying around at the back of our houses and gardens and now here is an
ideal opportunity to de-clutter.
There
is a collection service available over the next few weeks and if you want to
get rid of any of the aforementioned contact any of the following and they will
arrange for collection – Kevin Hanley 086-8908436, Alan Fayne 087-7870252, Ryan
Fallon 086-1020542, Michael Hanley 086-3636166, Conor Casey 086-1075173 or
James Hanley 086-1611790. You are asked to contact immediately as presently
there is a big demand on the lads services.
Youth Ministry Concert
Diocese of Elphin – Youth Ministry. A fundraising
concert featuring Dana, supported by the Elation Ministries will be held on
Sunday 8th May 2011 at Kilbride Community Centre, Four Mile House,
Co. Roscommon at 8pm. Tickets €15. Contract Frank on 087 9880690 for tickets or
further information.
Shannonside Camera Club
The
Shannonside Camera Club monthly meeting takes place on Tuesday 5th
April at 8pm in the ESB Sports & Social Clubhouse at 8pm. Conor Dowling
from the Boyle Camera Club will show and discuss a panel of photographs
which qualified him to be a licentiate
member of the Irish Photographic Federation. All those interested are cordially
invited to attend the showing and enjoy a cup of tea afterwards. Photographs
taken by members of the recent local Horse Fair and St. Patrick’s Day Parade
will be posted on the club’s internet site next week- these may be viewed by
going into a Google search for Shannonside camera club.
Lanesboro Pike Angling Club
Lanesboro
Pike Angling club would like to inform all anglers that they will be holding a
boat competition on Sunday 17th April in Lanesboro. Fishing will be
from 11.00am to 4.00pm and entries will be taken from 10.00am at Lanesboro
harbour next to the duck pond. This is a catch and release competition, all
boats must carry a suitable tank to hold fish and it is required that all
anglers have club insurance. It is also advised that all anglers wear life
jackets on the day. The entry fee is €50 per boat with a maximum of 4 rods per
boat and no more than 2 rods per angler. The prizes are 1st €500, 2nd
€300, 3rd €250, 4th €200 and 5th €150.
Following the weigh-in the presentation of prizes will take place in the Yacht
Bar.
The
committee would like to thank all the club members for all the time and effort
that they put into building the wonderful float that won 1st prize
in the club category at this year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade in Lanesboro.
Social Services Whist Drive
On Friday
night next 1st April Lanesboro Social Services will host their April
Whist Drive in St, Mary’s Hall at 8.45pm.
Lanesboro Social Services continues to do tremendous unseen and
unheralded work in the community throughout each year. Of late there is a
greater demand on their services and your support will be greatly appreciated. As
usual a great night of card playing and fun among friends is assured.
Easter Ceremonies Volunteers
Volunteers
are being sought by Fr. Reilly for Easter ceremonies on Holy Thursday 21st
April, Good Friday 22nd, Holy Saturday 23rd, and Easter
Sunday 24th April. If you are interested in helping and playing your
part in the Easter ceremonies please call to Fr. Reilly.
Lanesboro Bridge Club
The results
of the Lanesboro Bridge club competition held on Wednesday 23rd
March are 1st Bernadette Clancy & Kathleen Hanley, 2nd
Frank & Frances Brennan, 3rd Elish Gray & Mary Mc Gushin and
4th tie between Cyril Hussey & Phil Chalmers and Loretto Cooney
& Peg Clarke.
MIDOC
For urgent
need of a doctor during out of hour you are invited to call MIDOC service 1850
302702.
County Council Workers come to
Rescue
As usual
last Thursday the county council workers arrived in Lanesboro to carry out
their usual duties and shortly after their arrival they became aware of a swan
in distress on the middle of the road in the vicinity of the church. The two
men Hughie Keenan and Paul Menton quickly made their way to the stricken swan
and quickly gathered the bird who was in deep distress. The men brought the
bird back to the harbour behind the car park and released it where it took the
swan a few minutes to regain its composure before flying out onto the lake.
Both men must be complimented for their quick reaction and rescuing the swan
and they began the day with a good deed.
Shannon Gaels Minor Club
Under
14. The under 14 team had a thrilling encounter against Clonbroney in Clonbonny
on Sunday last. This was a wonderful performance by a very young side. It was a
brilliant to see a young team giving everything they had to the point of
exhaustion for the sake of their team mates. The disappointment etched on their
faces at the end of the game told its own story. The team mentors should be
rightly proud of their young charges and indeed these young men are a credit to
their parents and club.
Minors
– the minor game for Sunday has been rescheduled for this Wednesday night in
Kenagh at 8pm.
The
ASAP launch will take place in clubhouse on this Thursday night at 8pm. All
parents are invited.
U
8, 10 and 12 training
Training
for all U8, 10 and 12 players will recommence on this Thursday in Clonbonny
from 7 to 8pm. All parents are asked to ensure their children are in
attendance.
Vintage 35 Tractor.
A
member of our community contacted Joe Murphy, chairman of the Dromard regarding
information on a vintage 35 tractor currently being worked on by his club.
Could that man please contact Joe again, phone 087-1340132
25 Card Game in Peer Inn
The
25 drive held in the Peer Inn on Sunday night produced the following winners; 1st Paddy Fayne & Sonny Shea,
tie 2nd Packie Feeney & Tom Scally and Johno Beirne &
Brendan Casey. The table prize winners were Adie Farrell & Mike Brennan and
Padraig Hand & Paddy Flood. The game continues on Sunday night next at 9pm
Lough Ree 2000 Bridge Club
Lough
Ree 2000 bridge club played for our President, Mai Casey’s beautiful Prize on
Monday night.
They had 13 tables and everything ran smoothly, in the very capable hands of
John Godden. Thank you very much, John. Glad to see John out and about again
and the club wish him well.
Thanks, too, to the players who filled in at the last minute, as usual.
Well done to Orla Mc Entee and Mark Tiernan, Ballymahon, on their success in
taking 2nd place in the All-Ireland Pairs in Athlone on Sunday – a great
achievement. Hopefully, they will be eligible to try again next year.
Our other Longford representatives did very well also, as did our neighbours in
Roscommon. Congratulations on a great performance from all.
Lanesboro Ballyleague Community
Playschool
Lanesboro Ballyleague Community Playschool will
shortly be contacting parents of children on the list for September 2011. If you have not already registered your
interest with the preschool you can now do so by telephoning 043.333.0957. If there is nobody available to answer your
call you are asked to leave your name
and contact number on the voicemail and a member of staff shall call you back as soon as possible. You can also express your interest by email
to: teresaplayschool@gmail.com. The Playschool is participating in the free
pre-school scheme.
Lasraí Ladies Group
Anyone
interested in joining the Lasraí Ladies Group are very welcome to go along on a
Thursday night at 8.30pm. The group take part in a number of different
activities e.g. crochet, flower arranging and relaxation. Each night finishes
with a cup of tea and a chat. For further information phone 087-1422395.
Lanesboro
Badminton Club
The
club would say well done to the Men’s Grade 7 Lanesboro Team who were
runners-up in the Midland League Grade 7 Competition on Thursday 24th March in
Ballymore. The team is Ronán Cullen, Satish Baskeran, Joe Browne and Donal
Casey and the sub is Séan Casey. Well
done to the juniors who took part in the Junior competition in Kenagh on
Saturday last.
Bord na Mona Support for Ballyleague
Tidy Towns
After
picking up more than twenty additional points in last year’s National Tidy
Town’s adjudicator’s report the people of Ballyleague got a great boost this
week when Bord na Mona rowed in behind them with a major sponsorship package
that will ensure the grass is mowed regularly and the village kept in top class
condition in 2011.
Bord
na Mona Mount Dillon works Manager Paul Riordan and local man Danny Murray were
on hand in Ballyleague to hand over a cheque of support to Denis Dunne – the
Chairman of the Ballyleague Village Renewal & Tidy Town’s committee and voluntary
workers from throughout the Shannonside area who have invested in a new state
of the art ride-on lawnmower to ensure that hundreds of metres of grass is cut
on a regular basis along the approach roads to the beautiful village that is
hoping to increase its points again in the National Tidy Towns awards in 2011.
“We
would like to sincere thank Paul and Danny and their colleagues in Bord na Mona
for once again showing great support for the local community” Chairman
Denis Dunne said, “we have always known that Bord Na Mona is full square
behind our efforts to make this area very special and keep it clean and tidy.
This sponsorship is proof of the ongoing commitment of the Bord to the people
of this community.”
Denis
went on to outline details of a very ambitious programme of work for the
Ballyleague Village Renewal & Tidy Town’s Committee in the coming year.
“Our annual Spring clean is starting in the next couple of weeks”
Denis confirmed, “and we will be out and about on the side of the road,
collecting litter and cleaning up the area once again.” This year
Ballyleague Village Renewal and Tidy towns committee will have their state of
the art new mower at their disposal for the full season and it is hoped to cut
the grass on all approach roads from Strokestown and Roscommon. The group has
also targeted work on a new kerbed area alongside the stone wall and the
roadway opposite the national school in Ballyleague for a major programme of
work. “We hope to get as much support from the people of the community as
possible to prepare this new area for flowers, shrubs and grass again”
Denis Dunne says, “we will need manpower and woman power to get the job
done and we are appealing now for volunteers to come forward for the first
clean -up day which is on Saturday April 9th at 10am. It is hoped to have a clean-up
every Saturday at 10am and every Wednesday at 6-30pm during April. All
volunteers are asked to meet at the old Sliabh Ban Hotel and it is hoped
to provide gloves and bags for the litter. Anybody with earth-moving
equipment available would be especially welcome to assist with the work on the kerb
way along the roadside between the Sliabh ban hotel and the Church of the Holy
Rosary in Ballyleague.
After
a lot of hard work in the last 18 months the main road through Ballyleague is
now in top class condition and thanks to a lot of lobbying by the committee, a
brand new tarmacadam footpath has been put in place opposite St. Faithleach’s
GAA clubhouse which is already proving popular with pedestrians in the area.
The
Village Renewal & Tidy Town’s committee has appealed to residents to come
out and clean up the public areas alongside their own private residences during
the Spring clean in April and throughout the Summer. A lick of paint and a
general clean-up of walls and hedges would be very welcome and help to build on
the great work that was carried out last year when the derelict Sliabh Bawn
hotel was nicely painted by the committee
Apart
from the kind support of Bord Na Mona the local committee is indebted to
Roscommon county council for its on-going support. Special thanks to local
council staff who carry out great work every year and to Mr Kieran Madden and
his staff who ensured the new road through the village was completed properly
in 2010.
The
committee is hopeful that Roscommon county council will now work with them and
Waterways Ireland to help them put a new safe and secure fence in place along
the river Shannon banks adjacent to the old swimming pool in the coming year.
This area is very dangerous for children at the moment because of the state of
the fence and the county council has assured the committee that a new fence
will be erected. It is hoped this work can be complete by the County manager Mr
Frank Dawson and his staff before there is loss of life or serious injury
caused by the dangerous state of the old fence along the river. The county
manager has been made aware of the danger that is present.
The
Ballyleague Village Renewal and Tidy Towns committee only recently carried out
some fantastic hedge-cutting work on the Roscommon road and a special committee
is also looking at the future enhancement of the area where St. Faithleach’s
well is located on the Roscommon Road. A landscaping plan for the village is
also to be carried out in the coming weeks by a professional consultant and new
shrubs, trees and flowers will then be planted in areas that have been chosen
for enhancement.
“We
would like to thank all those who are helping us in a voluntary capacity”
Chairman Denis Dunne says, “but in 2011 we need more manpower and
womanpower to help carry out the physical work and we are appealing to lots
of new faces to turn up on Saturday April 9th at 10am for the first
clean-up session of the New Year. Remember the village belongs to all of us and
how it looks reflects on all of us when visitors pass through.”
If
you would like to help clean-up Ballyleague in the coming weeks or make a
private contribution to the workload please contact Denis at 0433321150 or e
mail the committee: keepballyleaguetidy@gmail.com
BOOST
FOR BALLYLEAGUE; Bord na Mona has teamed up with the residents of the beautiful
Shannonside village of Ballyleague to help support the acquisition of a
new lawnmower and on-going tidy towns work in the area. Our picture shows local
man and football Legend Danny Murray, on behalf of Bord Na Mona, presenting the
cheque in the presence of the hard-working voluntary local committee in
Ballyleague. Pictured (left to right): Mary Greally, Eamon Bolger, Marie Burke,
John O’Loughlin, Cormac Thompson on the new mower, Danny Murray (Senior
Production manager Bord Na Mona, Mountdillon works), Denis Dunne (Chairman of
Ballyleague Village Renewal & Tidy Towns accepting the sponsorship cheque),
Paul O’Riordan (Manager Bord na Mona works, Mountdillon), Margaret Thompson,
Gerry O’Reilly, Detta Cox and John Francis Donlon. Picture: Mick McCormack.
Rathcline GAA
Rathcline
Club will launch its ASAP policy in the Clubhouse on Thursday next 31st
March at 8pm. The aim of this policy is to ensure that all club members are
kept safe from drug related harm when involved in club activities. All club
members, players, coaches and parents are invited to attend the launch. Light
refreshments will be served.
Hard
luck to the senior team who were beaten by Mostrim in the first round of the
league with a score of 1-12 to 11 points. Once again it was great to see such a
large crowd in attendance. Thanks to everyone for their support and we hope it
continues.
Our
Reserve League 2 team are out again this coming weekend Saturday April 2nd
at 6.30pm against St. Columba’s in Clonbonny. The team will be looking to make
it four wins out of four. It would be great to see a large crowd again
attending this match. Please support.
Congratulations
to our Longford U-21 players James Carroll, Patrick Mullooly and Fiachra Beirne
on their Leinster semi-final victory over Westmeath last week.
The Players
Fundraising Committee embarked on a fundraising campaign which started a few
weeks ago and which will finish this coming weekend. The event Spring Clean –
Scrap Metal Collection will take place this Saturday April 2nd. This
gives a chance for people to donate any unwanted scrap metal which they may
have lying around and also assist the club in generating much needed funds. We
would greatly appreciate any donations of scrap metal. Collection service
available and collection is on-going. For more information on collection depot
or collection arrangements please contact any of the following players: Kevin
Hanley, Alan Fayne, Ryan Fallon, Michael Hanley, Conor Casey or James Hanley.
There was no winner of the club’s fortnightly
lotto. The winning order of numbers drawn was 6, 2, 3, 4, 1 and 5. The €20 euro
winners were Anthony Melia – Newtowncashel, Alan Jones – Kenagh, Claire Flynn –
Xlntee, Main St, Kevin Chapman – Lisnacusha, and Martha Farrell. A reminder
that it is Rathcline’s turn to do the lotto again this coming weekend.
The
annual County Board Punchestown racing festival is scheduled to take place May
4th this year. Once again it is Rathcline’s intention to fill as
many tables as possible for the club. Anyone who is interested can make early
contributions to Liam Connerton so as to avoid the last minute rush for tickets
in the coming months.
St. Faithleach’s
GAA
O’Rourke
Cup: We played against Kilbride at home on Saturday evening last. Final Score –
St. Faithleachs 0-11 Kilbride 0-15. Team: M. Tarmey, C. Brennan, J. Connor, D.
Thompson, A. Murtagh, D. Murray, B. Scally, A. McCormack, M. Reynolds, A.
Dooney, P. Wallace, D. Hussey (0-2), H. Kenny (0-1), G. Cox (0-3), C. Murtagh (0-5).
See fixtures for details of next game.
U16
Girls: Our U16 Girls had away to St. Barry’s on Sunday last. Final Score – St.
Faithleachs 4-9 St. Barry’s 2-5. Team: M. Banahan, N. Carty, E. Kenny, S.
Brennan, S. O’Neill, J. Geoghegan, A. Nerney, K. Murphy (3-3), R. Costello, C.
Brennan, E. Hegarty (0-2), T. Nerney, A. Collier (1-0), C. Cleary (0-1), R. Banahan
(0-3).
Midland
Motor Club Rally: St. Faithleachs GAA Club grounds was a height of activity on
Sunday last as the Midland Motor Club Rally took place. Many thanks to all
involved. Thanks to all who helped out in many ways on the day & all who
supported the event.
Minor
Membership/Registration: Players yet to register can do so Tuesday evening from
8.30 to 9.30 in the Club House. Note – Membership is now overdue.
St.
Faithleachs GAA Club ‘ROSE’: Our St.
Faithleachs GAA Club Rose Night takes place this Saturday Night, 2nd April.
Doors open 9.00pm. Please come along & support the ladies on the night.
‘Night
at the Dogs’: Tickets now on sale for our ‘Night at the Dogs’ on the 15th April,
€10 each. Music in the Clubhouse afterwards with Colm Mulligan.
Cards:
Every Tuesday in the Club House, 9.00pm. All welcome. Last week’s winners: 1st,
Dan/Gerry. 2nd Tom/Frank. Last game Michael/Frank. Ticket winners – Peggy,
Kevin, Sonny, Noreen.