County Final Kilglass Gaels play their most important game for a few years when they play Creggs in the Warm and Cosy Homes sponsored Junior Final in Strokestown on Sunday next at 2pm. The Club is looking forward to a large turnout of supporters and encourages as many families to display the club colours in …
St Dominics 50-50 Draw The Club congratulates Kate Walsh, Knockcroghery. Seller: Clay Pipe, who won €1,051 in the Club’s weekly draw on Saturday 1st October. 50/50 draw next week, Saturday 8th October will be held in Ned’s, Knockcroghery. You can sign up for the next 52 weeks (Cost €100) or 26 weeks (Cost €50) at …
Under 14 Girls win Our U.14 Girls played their Div.1 County Semi-Final against a strong Boyle team on Friday 30th of September. This showed to be a great game with excellent displays of football from both teams. Final score 9-19 to 2-8. The Clann na nGael girls will now play our near neighbours St. Brigid’s …
Following on from her critically acclaimed success at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Maxine Jones is bringing her hilariously funny act ‘Now We Are 60’ to the Trinity Arts Centre, Castlerea. The gig, on Saturday October 15th is part of her nationwide tour and promises to be a night, full of belly laughs, not to be …
Large numbers of beef farms attended the Teagasc National Beef Conference which took place today, Tuesday, October 4th, in the Hodson Bay Hotel. Picture Credit: Clare Frances Photography The theme for the conference was putting “Practice into Profit” and speaking at the opening of the conference, Teagasc Director, Professor Gerry Boyle said: “Teagasc through its …
Senator Frank Feighan described last Thursday’s meeting between Minister for Health Simon Harris, members of the Roscommon Hospital Action Committee and local Oireachtas public representatives as very productive. Senator Feighan facilitated the meeting in the Minister’s office at the request of the HAC. “I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of those …
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Dog Fouling is an inconsiderate and irritating litter problem and a new initiative was launched by Roscommon County Council in Lough Key Forest Park to deal with this problem. Picture Credit: Daniel O’Loughlin Green Dog Walkers is a non-confrontational, friendly way to change attitudes about dog fouling. It is a community based scheme that volunteers …
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Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy has welcomed the eight submissions under the first phase of the Town and Village Renewal Scheme and hopes the scheme will continue in the future. Deputy Murphy said “Total funding of €380,000 for County Roscommon will go some way towards injecting a well needed boost to local towns and villages …
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Our girls played Strokestown in the Semi -Final of the U14 Championship on Saturday morning last. It was a tight competition with little given by either side throughout the 60 minutes of the competition. There was blocks, hand passes, kick passes, carrying of balls and plenty of scores throughout the game, with an eventual winner …
Mens Results and Fixtures Hard luck to the Minor boys team who were defeated in the Minor Championship by Kilmore/Shannon Gaels on a scoreline of 5-5 to 0-13 The Junior B Mens team play Elphin B in the Junior B Championship on Saturday October 8th in Elphin at 5:30pm. The Under 14 boys play St.Brigids …
Four Mile House based company Gilligan Farm Fresh Meats has received three prizes at Blas na hEireann, The Irish Food Awards. Their Honey & Mustard Bacon won the Bronze Award in the Bacon (Other products) category and their Mexican Beef Stir Fry won the Silver in the Beef (Other products) category. They also won the …
The rise in Roscommon House prices has continued with the average asking price now standing at €123,798 – that’s up 1.9% over the last three months. The good news for anyone wishing to buy is that Roscommon House Prices remain among the lowest in the country, according to today’s report from Daft.ie. In percentage terms that …
Roscommon IFA will host a Financial Information Meeting for farm families in Hannon’s Hotel this Wednesday, October 5th at 8.30pm. Roscommon IFA County Chairman John Hanley said “2016 has been a very difficult year for farm income across many sectors. The purpose of the IFA Financial Information meetings is to provide farmers with information on …
It was another day of mixed news for Connacht Rugby with the announcement of a new signing, three new injuries and four contract extensions. This morning it was announced that Sean O’Brien, James Connolly, Peter Robb and Caolin Blade had all extended their contracts. The four Academy graduates will continue to play at the Sportsground …
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Ladies win again The fairy tale continues for our Senior ladies who have now quailfied for a Connacht Senior Club Semi Final having beaten St.Nathys of Sligo in the quarter final on Sunday afternoon in Ballinlough . Kilbride 3-9 St. Nathys 0-10. The team now face Leitrim champions Kiltubrid next Saturday in Bornacoola at 4pm. …
