It’s an extremely busy weekend on the Roscommon Sport scene with action at local and national level. So far we’ve seen Castlerea Celtic defeat MD Town in The Herald Premier Division of the Roscommon and District Football League and two Roscommon men, Denis Buckley and Danny Qualter help cement their place at the top of
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Your Roscommon Weather forecast for Saturday March 5th A bright, cold dry day with the chance of a few scattered showers. Highest temperatures only 5 – 8 degrees, in a fresh northerly wind
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There were 700 cattle on offer at Castlerea Mart on Thursday March 3rd, with prices remaining firm backed by a strong farmer and feeder demand. Heifers in particular were a fiery trade with good quality lots on offer. Bigger numbers of suck calves on offer this week with plainer type lots a little easier while
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The Elphin Community College Senior Boys team finally finished there volleyball season when they were defeated by a strong St. Brigids side from Loughrea in the All-Ireland Volleyball Cup Semi-Final. Despite some decent exchanges during the three sets Elphin could not get control of the game at any stage and put pressure on the Galway
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There are games across all three Divisions of the Roscommon and District Football League Fixtures for Friday March 4th to Sunday March 6th are as follows: Friday 4th March The Herald Premier Division (8pm) Castlerea Celtic v MD Town Norio’s Takeaway Division 1 (7.45pm) Shiven Rovers v Loughglynn Utd Saturday 5th March The Herald Premier
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250 Years of Roscommon Parish Records, from all the Dioceses which cover the county, are now available online at Ancestry, the world’s largest online family history resource. Ancestry, the world’s largest online family history resource, has made 10 million historic Catholic Parish records from Ireland available online and are providing free access to all Irish
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Castlerea Macra are holding a Table Quiz tonight, Friday 4th March at 9pm, in Hesters Golden Eagle, Castlerea. There will be something for everyone in the questions, including rounds on TV Series Fr. Ted and Mrs. Brown. Tables of 4 cost €20 and your support would be greatly appreciated. For more information visit the Castlerea
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The first legs of the Roscommon Pool League Shield Quarter-Finals take place tonight, Friday March 4th, with “The Silver Eel” taking on “The Forge” and “Farrells” facing “Eddies”. The Central and Sorohans topped the Group Stage with 99 points and received a bye to the Semi-Finals on Thursday March 18th. There, Sorohans will meet the
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Pictured above is Norah Casey with students of The Convent of Mercy Roscommon with a Make-A-Wish ‘Kids for Wish Kids’ award for excellence in ‘Commerciality’, and ‘Funds Raised’ for their sponsored haircut fundraiser – Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow. Picture: Kinlan Photography. The Convent of Mercy Roscommon town received two Awards at the annual “Kids for
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The big weekend has arrived for annual Ronan McCormack Charity Challenge in Roscommon town. Over the last 3 years over 1,000 participants have taken part and raised €81,000 for charity and this year the chosen charities are Pieta House West, Roscommon Mayo Hospice, Crannog Child Respite Services Galway and Roscommon Special Olympics. This year’s Event
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Your Roscommon Weather forecast for Friday March 4th is as follows: Sunny with scattered showers, mainly falling as rain. Fresh and gusty, northerly winds setting in will make it feel rather cold for the time of year. Highest temperatures 5 to 8 degrees.
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Fergal O’Donnell and Kevin McStay have named their Roscommon Senior Football team to face Down in the Allianz League on Sunday. The first 15 shows one change from the side that defeated Cork in Round Two with Conor Daly starting in place of brother Niall, who was injured against Cork The panel in full is
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eir have confirmed 2,040 homes and businesses in Roscommon are among the 100,000 locations that will benefit from the first stage of their rural fibre broadband roll-out during the next 12 months. A breakdown of the numbers of homes and businesses in Roscommon that will benefit from this phase of the roll-out are as follows:
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Picture credit: Brendan Moran / SPORTSFILE Seán O’Brien looks ahead to this weekend’s Allianz Hurling League games Round 3 of the Allianz Hurling League is on next weekend’s agenda in the first double-up of the season, which also features a full football programme. Waterford (1A), Clare and Limerick (1B), Antrim and Westmeath (2A), Down and
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Roscommon GAA has confirmed that Sunday’s Roscommon v Down Allianz Football League game, which was due to be played in Dr. Hyde Park, has been switched to Glennon Brothers, Pearse Park Longford. In a statement release a short time ago Chairman of Roscommon GAA Seamus Sweeney said “It was with great regret that Roscommon GAA
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