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Lanesboro Ballyleague Notes Monday 10th October 2022

Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Death Following a relatively short illness it was with the greatest of sadness we learned of the death on Wednesday 5th October at his residence in Doughill of Oliver Brehon. Oliver was predeceased by his parents Pat…

Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Monday 26th September 2022

Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Text Alert In 2012 Rathcline Text Alert system was introduced in the local community. For many years this system has served us greatly in getting word out about suspicious activity and messages throughout the community. With the…

Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Monday 12th September 2022

Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Death On Tuesday last 6th September at the Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar the death took place of Gertie Fallon, Knock, formerly Gertie Murray from Rathcline was predeceased by her parents Jimmy and Ruth, sister, Pat and brother,…

Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Monday 29th August 2022

Lanesboro Ballyleague notes An Autumn and Winter of Expectation Last week I wrote of the exciting times that Stephen Dowd was going to bring to Lanesboro with his Sensory Garden, the four Incubator Pods and the Premier Lakelands Food Hub.…

Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Monday 22nd August 2022

Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Exciting Times about to Begin During the week I was chatting with Stephen Dowd who gave an insight into the development of the Sensory Garden, the Incubation Pods and the Premier Lakelands Food Hub. The Sensory Garden…

Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Monday 15th August 2022

Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Wedding The marriage took place in St. Patrick’s Church, Mohill, Co. Leitrim on Saturday 6th August of Brian Murtagh son of Andy and Breda Murtagh, Ballyleague and Laura Coyne, Mullingar. Bestman was Ciaráin Murtagh brother of the…

Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Monday 8th August 2022

Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Lanesboro/Ballyleague Town TwinningSince Covid restrictions meant that the Lanesboro/Ballyleague Town Twinning (LBTT) committee could not have meetings things had to lapse. Now that restrictions are lifted, everything is beginning to get back to normal and the LBTT…