A round-up of the weekend’s action from the Roscommon Sports scene including Gaelic Games, Soccer, Camoige, Cycling and more. Cycling Daire Feeley finished 3rd in the Under 23 National Road Race Championships and 7th in the Seniors event. Gaelic Football A late Lorcan Daly point saw the Roscommon Minors secure a 0-14 to 2-7 win …
Roscommon 0-9 Westmeath 2-8 By Marie O’Brien Roscommon suffered defeat at the hands of Westmeath in their second game in the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Premier Junior Championship at The Downs yesterday. Picture Credit ©INPHO/Tommy Grealy Roscommon travelled in confident mood having won their first round game while Westmeath had lost out to Carlow. It was …
Two National Handball Awards were bestowed upon members of St Comans Handball Club at a ceremony in Croke Park on Saturday. Michael Naughton, Roscommon’s very own ‘Mr. Handball’ received the Hall of Fame Award and it is unlikely that there will ever be a more deserving recipient. For virtually all his adult life Michael has …
Fianna Fail Deputy Eugene Murphy has called for urgent action in a bid to address the farm income crisis. Picture Credit: Brendan Duffy Deputy Murphy was speaking following his attendance at last week’s IFA briefing of Oireachtas members on the farm income crisis which took place in Dublin. Members of the IFA’s Executive Council which …
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Independent County Councillor Tony Ward will be elected as the Cathaoirleach of Roscommon County Council at this afternoon’s Annual Meeting. The Curraghboy based Councillor will succeed Fianna Fáil Councillor Paddy Kilduff. The new Leas-Cathaoirleach will be Ballintubber based Independent Councillor Nigel Dineen, who will succeed Fianna Fáil Councillor Paschal Fitzmaurice of Castlerea. It will be …
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Mid-Western Girls Soccer League Team perform well in Gaynor Cup The Mid-Western Girls Soccer League Under 16 Team took part in the Gaynor Cup in Limerick at the weekend and acquitted themselves exceptionally well. The girls got off to a flying start with an emphatic 6-0 win over South Tipperary. Ailish Morrissey, Aoife Gavin (2), …
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Orla Connolly from Runnamoat National School was the runner-up in the recent Waterways Ireland “Young Journalist” Schools Competition. The Young Journalist Schools Competition was launched at the annual INTO Congress in March and was open to entries from 4th – 6th Class (and Primary 5 – Primary 7) pupils throughout Ireland. It was based around …
The Roscommon County Council Civic HQ, Áras an Chontae, won two Awards at the 2016 RIAI Irish Architecture Awards, which took place on Friday last. Picture Credit: Glynn’s Photography, Castlerea The Building, which was designed by ABK Architects, picked up the Best Public Building and Best Sustainable Building Awards. This year’s RIAI Architecture Awards received …
Results and fixtures The senior team play St Faithleach’s in the O’Gara Cup next Sunday at 3pm in Ballyleague. The junior team were defeated by Strokestown last Sunday in the junior championship in Lisnamult. The boy’s U16 team conceded to Clan Na nGael last Sunday, they play Oran next Saturday in Oran at 7-30pm. The …
St Barrys 0-6 Ballinameen 3-14 Our Adult Ladies played the 1st Round of the Junior Championship yesterday evening (Sunday) in Ballinameen. Unfortunately, they were well beaten by a physically stronger home side. Ballinameen started strong, and led the game from start to finish. The St Barry’s defence held out well, inspired by a string of …
Tulsk V Boyle Our Junior B team play Boyle (Away) in the Junior B Championship on Friday evening at 8pm. Good luck to all concerned. Kellogg’s GAA Cúl Camp A Camp will take place in Elphin from 11th to 15th July. Camp costs €55 for one child, €100 for two children and €40 for 3rd/4th …
