St Dominics 50-50 Draw The Club congratulates Liam Donnelly, Rahara. Seller: Ann Glennan, who won €1,266 in the Club’s weekly draw on Saturday 17th September. 50/50 draw next week, Saturday 24th September will be held in The Claypipe, Knockcroghery. You can sign up for the next 52 weeks (Cost €100) or 26 weeks (Cost €50) …
As expected there were no late entrants in the race for the vacant position of Roscommon GAA Senior Football Team Manager position. Outgoing Joint-Manager Kevin McStay and former Under 21 Manager Nigel Dineen have been officially confirmed as the candidates. The vacancy arose following the resignation of Fergal O’Donnell, Stephen Bohan and David Casey earlier …
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Senator Frank Feighan has welcomed the news that Roscommon LEADER Partnership is planning to launch the new LEADER funding programme for the county next month. Senator Feighan said “The LEADER 2014-2020 Funding Agreement for Roscommon has already been signed by the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Heather Humphreys. I now understand …
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The possibility of closer ties between Roscommon County Council and their Leitrim counterparts has been proposed following a meeting of the Carrick-on-Shannon Municipal District Councillors. At their last monthly meeting Councillors discussed matters relating to bordering areas which come under the remit of both municipal districts. The areas include Cortober/Carrick-on-Shannon, Rooskey, Battlebridge, and the road …
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Supercrop1, designed and manufactured by Acres Machinery, Athlone Road, Roscommon has been named “Machine of the Year” at the National Ploughing Championships. Supercrop1 is designed to reduce the time and costs involved in the wilting process of hay and silage by combining three processes. It was formally launched at the National Ploughing Championships on Tuesday …
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Michael Fitzmaurice TD has called on the Minister for Agriculture to extend the deadline for Slurry Spreading by a few weeks following the recent spell of bad weather. Deputy Fitzmaurice said “Over the past few weeks soil conditions, particularly in the West and North West have deteriorated to such an extent that some farmers are …
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James Guihen from Arigna has been chosen as one of 76 graduates from throughout the country selected to take part in the ESB’s Graduate Development Programme. Picture Credit: Chris Bellew / Fennell Photography. The three year programme will see the Arigna man and his fellow graduates from the fields of engineering, IT, HR, marketing, trading …
IFA’s Smart Farming programme leader Thomas Cooney has encouraged farmers to drop by the IFA stand at the National Ploughing Championships this week and take the €5,000 Smart Farming on-farm cost saving challenge. Speaking on the first day of the Ploughing he said, “Commodity prices across all sectors remain challenging, with IFA President Joe Healy …
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Volkswagen Senior All Ireland Football 7’S Tournament Clann na nGael travelled to Kilmacud on Saturday to take part in the annual VW 7’s tournament. The pitches were in perfect condition and the tournament was very well organised. We played three games; against Leixlip (Kildare), Corofin (Galway) and St. John’s (Antrim). The games started off at …
Junior Ladies Championship Hard luck to our Junior Ladies who were defeated by Michael Glaveys in the Junior Ladies County Final on Saturday last.Result: St Faithleachs: 2-9(15) Michael Glaveys : 4-4(16). Team : M.Kelly, K.McPhillips,A.Orsmby, S.Hoare,A.Curley, M.Banahan, E.Kenny, A.McLoone, S.Sally,K.Byrne, L.McLoone, E.Irwin, A.Nerney,E.Donlon, E.Hegarty. Subs: J.Banahan, Q.Cox, L.Hoare, T.Nerney, R.Banahan, J.Geoghan, L.Cox,N.Sally, N.Hegarty, S.O’Neill, N.Parker, …
Underage Round-up The championship season has drawn to an end for some of our underage teams. Our U14 Division 1 team lost to a stronger St Brigids team in the County Semi-Final on Friday night last. The lads and their management have had a busy season to date, including their Féile adventure. They have the …
Eire Og V Kilbride Our Intermediate team play an important game on Sunday next at 12 o clock in James Timothy Park against Kilbride in the O’Gara Cup relegation match. The winner retains their O’Gara Cup Status for the year 2017. All support greatly appreciated. Ticket Raffle Congratulations to Ronan Cahill and Gary Jordan who …
Western Gaels Lotto Results Draw dated 17/09/16. Number Drawn:07-19-20-23 – No Jackpot Winner. €20 Winners · Padraig Cooney · Lorcan Sampey · Francie Drury · C. Beirne · Ciaran Cafferky Next Draw Venue: The Goal Post Next Draw Date: 24/09/16 Next Jackpot: €3,800 Ladies Football Intermediate Ladies Team The Kilrane O’Callaghan & Co sponsored intermediate …
Kilglass Gaels/St Barrys Under 16s 4-9 Western Gaels 4-12 Commiserations to our amalgamated Kilglass Gaels/ Barry’s U 16 who lost out to Western Gaels in championship semi final on Saturday evening last. The lads were down by six at the break but rallied in the second half and had it back to a two point …
Gardai in Ballygar are appealing for witness following the death of a man in a single vehicle fatal road traffic collision near Ballygar on Monday. The man has been named locally as Jacek Tokarz, a resident of Roscommon town. Mr. Tokarz, who was in his 40’s, was fatally injured when the car he was driving …
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