Athleague Camogie Dinner Dance The club held its dinner dance on Sunday 27th March in the Abbey Hotel. On the night the Minor team received their county medals for the third successive year. The victorious Senior team also received their county medals on the night. Nora Brennan received the Minor player of the year, while …
Vincent Brooks looks back on the weekend’s action from the Roscommon and District Football League and the Connacht Junior Cup Quarter-Final. Premier Division side Ballinasloe Town advanced to the Semi-finals of the Connacht Cup following a 4–0 win over fellow Premier side Ballaghaderreen at Ballinasloe. The day started poorly for the losers as they had …
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Roscommon narrowly missed out on causing another upset in Carrick on Shannon earlier when they suffered 1-12 to 1-13 defeat to Dublin in today’s final round game in Division One of the Allianz Football League. Picture credit: Oliver McVeigh / SPORTSFILE The designated home side outscored the reigning League and All-Ireland Champions Dublin by 1-9 …
Roscommon GAA Results from the past week, including games at Adult and Underage level EirGrid Connacht GAA Under 21 Football Championship Final Roscommon 1-10 Mayo 1-11 U16 Football League Division One Castlerea St Kevin’s 5-12 St Dominics 4-11 St Brigid’s 6-11 Oran 0-4 Clan na nGael W/O Roscommon Gaels scr U16 Football League Division Two …
A number of Roscommon and District Football League games have fallen victim to the weather but here are the results from the weekend so far: The Herald Premier Division Castlerea Celtic PP Dysart FC Moore United PP MD Town Killeen Sports Ground Division 2 Cloonfad United B 2-2 Skyvalley Rovers B The Herald Premier Division …
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Following pitch inspections there has been venue changes in games due to be played today The Allianz Football League between Roscommon and Dublin has been moved to Páirc Seán Mac Diarmada, Carrick-on-Shannon, due to Dr Hyde Park being unplayable. Throw-in time remains 2pm. The Connacht Junior Cup Quarter-Final between Ballaghaderreen FC & Ballinasloe Town was …
Rehearsals are continuing for the Roscommon Youth Theatre’s production of ‘If I was at the GPO we would have won” which is written and directed by Catherine Simon. Picture Credit: Brian Farrell It’s the story of Bridie Reardon (Molly Mew, pictured above with Tara Keane, who plays Lily O’Reilly) a young woman passionate for her …
ICSA beef chairman Edmond Phelan has reacted to the statement from Meat Industry Ireland which claims that factory “insurance” charges are in farmers’ own interest. Mr Phelan said that, in light of the statement from the meat industry, processors should now move to provide complete transparency on the amount of money collected and the amount …
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On Easter Monday the people of Ballymoe, Ballintubber and surrounding areas converged on the old Garda (and RIC) Barracks in Ballymoe to attend a commemoration ceremony for Éamonn Ceannt and The Easter Rising 1916. Picture Credits: Glynn’s Photography, Castlerea It was in that building that Eamonn Ceannt, one of the seven signatories of the 1916 …
Boxing, Golf, Gaelic Football, Rugby and Soccer are just some of the items in this weekend’s Roscommon Sport preview. Today, the action begins in the Boxing Ring as Dylan Towey of Ballaghderreen BC takes on David Doyle of Thurles BC 48kg Class of the Boys 2 National Boxing Finals. This afternoon Ethan Sharkey of Castlerea …
IFA Animal Health Chairman Bert Stewart has strongly criticised the lack of action by the Department of Agriculture in providing a cost effective and competitive fallen animal collection service as farmers in parts of the country are left without a service to collect fallen sheep. In recent weeks, knackeries are either charging up to €50 …
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Sheep chairman of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association John Brooks has criticised the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for failing to include sheep fencing in the next tranche of TAMS II, which opened for applications on March 26th. Of the decision, Mr Brooks said “ICSA has continuously highlighted the need for …
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Children’s performing arts network, Starcamp, reminds parents that plans are advancing for Starcamp Roscommon which will take place in CBS Roscommon, Abbeytown from 2-6th August next. Supported by banana importer Fyffes, the week-long camps for boys and girls aged 4-12 are designed to teach performance and build confidence amongst those taking part through song, dance, …
“They Dared to Challenge, in the Garrison Town of Boyle”, by Barry Feely will be launched tonight in King House, Boyle. The book is a fascinating, highly detailed account of the revolutionary period (1914 – 1922) in the area and features photographs and drawings depicting many of the key events. From archival sources, personal contacts …
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Artworks by two Roscommon students are amongst entries being presented to adjudicators who will select winners in this year’s 62nd Texaco Childrens Art Competition. Pictured, on the left, is an entry entitled ‘Two-Faced’ by 16-years old Hannah-Ruth Halford and ‘Playing on the Keys’ by 16-years old Jade Grehan, both of whom are pupils at Roscommon …
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