Author: Joe

Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Death When the comfort blanket of a body is removed then there is a sense of insecurity and such was the feeling on Monday 30th September when we learned of the death following a short illness at…

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Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Tommy Fleming Update As I write a very small number of physical tickets for the Rathcline hosted Tommy Fleming concert on Sunday 24th November at 8pm in St. Mary’s church have just become available. The sale of…

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Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Tommy Fleming Update As I write a very small number of physical tickets for the Rathcline hosted Tommy Fleming concert on Sunday 24th November at 8pm in St. Mary’s church have just become available. The sale of…

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Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Hospice Coffee Morning St Faithleach’s GAA club are hosting a coffee morning in aid of Hospice in their Clubhouse on Saturday 28th September from 10.00am to 1.00pm. Come along and enjoy a coffee and a chat and…

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Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Cloontuskert Cemetery Following an impromptu meeting called, last weekend, to discuss the resignation of the Cloontuskert Cemetery committee. It was expected that a small number would attend as the meeting was called at short notice. Showing the…

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Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Mindless Vandalism The consequence of not being policed was really highlighted last Sunday 25th August and that we continue not to be policed is truly a shame on Garda management and an insult to our community. What…

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Facing into the Abyss Back in the first August edition of the Mayo weekly paper The Western People, Edwin McGreal wrote a very thought provoking article  ‘We’re sleepwalking into rural decimation’. Another article on similar lines “We’re sleepwalking into something…

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Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Book Launch On Saturday last the Corlea Trackway Centre was filled to overflowing for the launch of Martin Carberry’s book “Wood of the Stony Land”. It was wonderful to see so many different generations from Derryhaun and…

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Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Shamrock 165 Shamrock 165 is a trilogy of books written by Sligo native Gavin Walsh on the first ever Aer Lingus plane crashed on Snowdonia National Park, Wales This is the true story of both the Irish…

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Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Electric Vehicle Charger I have just been informed by EasyGo that their electric charging points in Lanesboro car park have just become active. This is a fantastic facility for those in need of charging within and passing…

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