Updated February 16 th The inaugural Dr John Stafford Festival – a weekend of Traditional Music and Gaeilge takes place in Elphin from February 17th to 19th. The Festival is named after Dr John Stafford of Portobello House, Elphin, who was life long friend and patron of the legendary harpist Turlough O’Carolan. While staying at …
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Fine Gael Senator Maura Hopkins has said that it is very positive that funding has been approved for the construction of a new Special Education Support Room that at Tibohine National School. Senator Hopkins stated, “The Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton TD has informed me that Tibohine National School has been approved for …
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Two Roscommon children are among 75 regional finalists who are in with a chance of being crowned the winner of this year’s Doodle 4 Google competition. For this year’s Doodle 4 Google competition students were asked to design a Doodle based on the theme of ‘If I could create anything it would be…’ with the …
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All-Ireland Scór Champions Congratulations to our newly crowned All-Ireland Scór Champions: Ina, Derabhla, Courtney, Aine, Shane, Lorcan and Karl who brought home the National title in the Leiriu competition on Sunday and to Zoe who was author of the piece. The team had travelled north to Belfast’s Waterfront Hall to contest the 2017 final. The …
Michael Fitzmaurice TD has said that “A serious debate must take place in Ireland on the future after Brexit as we cannot trust the EU to do a deal on our behalf given the special ties that exist between Ireland and the UK.” He added “There is just too much at stake and we cannot …
The final preparations are under way for Buccaneers take on “Lip Sync Battle” which takes place in the Sheraton Hotel, Athlone this Friday, February 17th “Lip Sync Battle – Buccs Fizz Style” features 16 acts and should provide fun and entertainment in abundance for all the family. Athlone lady Niamh Donohoe is leading the choreography …
Western Gaels Annual Table Quiz Our annual table quiz which was held last Saturday night last was a brilliant success. There was another bumper crowd present with a total number of 55 tables competing for the top prize. After a very tight last few rounds it went all the way to a tie breaker with …
Tomorrow at the Roscommon and District Football League Grounds in Lecarrow the League’s representative side will take on the Cavan/Monaghan League in the last sixteen of the Oscar Traynor Cup. By Vincent Brooks Before the Christmas break the Roscommon and District Football League beat the Mayo League 2-1 at Lecarrow with a Darragh Concannon goal …
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Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy believes that spare capacity in private nursing homes should be used to relieve overcrowding. Eugene Murphy was commenting on figures which showed that capacity levels in State-run nursing homes has dropped by 18% in the past six years while there are spare beds available in private nursing homes which could …
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O’Rourke Cup-Senior League The O’Rourke Cup senior League begins on Saturday night 18th February when we take on St. Croan’s at 8pm in Kiltoom. Registration We had a very well attended registration night last week in the clubhouse. We remind everyone that membership is now due and anyone wishing to train and play matches or …
Ballymoe FC defeat St Johns Athletic 5–4 on pens The senior side progressed to the next round of the Connacht Cup after beating St. Johns in a penalty shoot-out. Keith Muldoon, Jason Tarmey, Adrian Collins, Micheal Kenny and Maurice Connaughton scored the penalties. Ballymoe trailed 2-0 with twenty minutes to go but two goals from …
Well done To Colm Lavin who played again for Roscommon on Sunday. Two games and two good performances from Colm, well done. Results and Fixtures The intermediate team will play Boyle in Abbey Park Boyle on Sunday next at 2pm in round one of the O Gara Cup. Our minor team had a good victory …
Results and Fixtures Intermediate The Intermediate team start their 2017 Tansey Cup campaign with a home game against St. Aidan’s next Sunday at 2pm. Minor The St Michaels/St Ronans minor team gave a good performance only to lose out to Éire Óg by two points at a cold and breezy Ardcarne Park on Sunday. Training …
