Paul Williams, Carole Coleman, Deirdre O’Kane, Lisa McInerney, Sara Baume and Ross Donlon will all be in Boyle very soon as part of Boyle Arts Festival, which runs from July 21st to 31st and as always there will be a strong emphasis on spoken word events. By Brendan McGee Picture Credit: Brian Farrell Undoubtedly, one …
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St Faithleachs 6-15 St Barrys 0-6 The ladies played St.Barry’s on Sunday morning in the Junior Ladies Championship Team : Marie Kelly, Kate McPhillips, Aisling Orsmby, Sarah Hoare, Amy Curley, Megan Banahan, Emma Kenny, Amanda McLoone, Laura McLoone, Keeley Byrne, Ellen Hegarty, Ellen Irwin, Sarah Scally, Emma Donlon, Leona Hoare. Subs : Natasha Hegarty, Aileen …
Senator Maura Hopkins raised the spiralling costs of motor insurance which is placing a massive burden on motorists in the Seanad this week. She stated that “earlier this week the CSO has found that motor insurance jumped by 38.6% in June compared to the same time last year”. The Senator continued that she knows “of …
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Castlerea St Kevins 3-12 St Joseph’s 2-7 The junior team defeated St Joseph’s in the championship last Friday in O’Rourke Park. Other Results and Fixtures The boy’s minor team play Boyle in the div3 championship next Wednesday in O’Rourke Park at 7-30pm. The U14 boy’s defeated Eire Og and Kilglass Gael’s/St Barry’s in the division …
Eire Og Lotto Numbers drawn 12-18-32-35 There was No Winner €100 winner- Ciara McDonnell €20 winners- Sean McCann, Kevin Ganley, Stephanie Gallagher. Next week it’s €3100 in Coney Island Bar Gorthaganny. Eire Og 4-16 St Dominics 2-9 Congrats to our Intermediate team who had a good win over St Dominics at the weekend in the …
For St Comans Handball Club it was a brotherly affair in Hospital, Co. Limerick last weekend for the final Onewall tournament of the season, billed as ‘King of the Gym’. The Cusack brothers Oisin and Fionn, the Carthy brothers Rory and Eoghan and Dylan Hanley all represented St Comans with reasonable success. All players played …
Roscommon suffered an 11 point defeat to Galway in today’s Connacht Senior Football Championship Final Replay in a game that players, Management and Supporters will want to forget. Galway started brightly and some excellent attacking Football, added to last week’s Blanket Defence saw them lead by 0-3 to 0-0 after six minutes. It took Roscommon …
Roscommon trounced by Tribesmen in Connacht Final Replay Read More »
Here are the Roscommon GAA Results from Adult to Underage level, in Football and Hurling, for the week ending July 17th. Connacht Senior Football Championship Final Replay Roscommon 0-14 Galway 3-16 (Match Report here ) Kepak Senior Hurling Championship Oran 3-10 Athleague 1-14 Four Roads 2-12 Roscommon Gaels: 0-8 Warm n’Cosy Homes Junior A Football …
After last Sunday’s dramatic draw (Match Report here) Roscommon and Galway meet in MacHale Park on Sunday at 3:30pm. This will be their first Connacht Final Replay since 1998. That year, after drawing 0-11 each in Tuam Stadium, Galway won the replay after extra-time in Dr. Hyde Park by 1-17 to 0-17 and went on …
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Barnardos’ 11th annual School Costs Survey is now open and there are just ten days left for parents to shine a light on the real cost to families of Ireland’s ‘free’ education system. Barnardos are particularly keen to hear the views of parents of school-age children (primary and secondary), from Roscommon as so far only …
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Today has been another historic day for Ireland West Airport and the region, following the arrival of the first transatlantic service operated by Aer Lingus, from Boston, to Ireland West Airport and the first official chartered pilgrimage from Boston to Ireland’s National Marian Shrine. The Aer Lingus 757 airplane, carrying over 170 passengers from a …
Once again, an exciting range of children’s and adults workshops have been organised for Boyle Arts Festival which will run from July 21st to 31st. Picture Credit: Brian Farrell First up, for Children aged 7 to 11 on July 22nd there’s ‘The Secret Lives of Mothers’ a poetry workshop by Gerry Boland, who will use …
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Fianna Fail TD for Roscommon/Galway Eugene Murphy has said that the ongoing threat of flash flooding is a reality which the Government needs to address and the Castleplunkett area has suffered considerably in this regard in recent times with people left stranded in their homes and roads cut off for long periods of time. Deputy …
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Elphin representatives on County Teams Best of luck to Fintan Cregg and the Roscommon Seniors in the Connacht Final Replay on Sunday, to Enda Killoran and the U-17s against Dublin in their Semi-Final on Saturday and to Niall Higgins and the U-16s in the Ted Webb Competition on Friday in the Connacht GAA Centre and …
Junior and Intermediate Scratch Cups The entry for the Junior Scratch Cup Cup played off the blue course was swelled due to the Junior Cup North Connacht Zone Qualifier been held in Carrick Golf Club over weekend Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th. Players from 16 clubs battled it out for The Laird Cup, with Boyle …
