Month: January 2017

RIP Roscommon Death Notices

Mary Coyle (née Furey) RIP, late of Lecarrow

Wednesday 25th January, peacefully, at her home, in her 99th year, in the loving care of her family. Mary Coyle (née Furey) RIP, late of Lecarrow. Predeceased by her husband Henry. Mary is survived by her daughters Mary Reilly (Tuam), Betty Raftery (Roscommon), Catherine (London) and Patricia Kelly (Brideswell), son Noel (Roscommon), brother Jimmy (Mount …

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Roscommon Sports Castlerea Community School

Castlerea Community School claim SUBWAY All Ireland U16 C Schools Basketball title

Picture Credit ©INPHO/Gary Carr. Castlerea Community School: 45 Holy Child Killiney: 40 (After overtime; Full time score 36-36) There was just six seconds left on the clock when the ball landed in the hands of Sandra Keane for Castlerea Community School. Just six seconds on the clock, and her team were down by two and …

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Western Gaels

Western Gaels to host Annual Table Quiz and Social Night

Annual Table Quiz The date for the much anticipated Western Gaels GAA Club Annual General Knowledge Quiz and Social Night has been set for Saturday 11th February at 8pm in Into The West Restaurant & Bar. Following on from last year’s successful and very enjoyable night we hope to see another bumper crowd taking part …

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Clann na nGael

Double All-Ireland winner confirmed for Clann na nGael Dinner Dance

Clann na nGael Annual Dinner Dance We are delighted to welcome Pádraic Joyce – winner of 6 Connacht titles, 2 All-Ireland titles, 3 All-Stars awards and the 2001 Footballer of the Year – as our special guest for the Annual Dinner Dance which takes place on Saturday 28th January in the Shamrock Lodge Hotel. There …

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Castlerea Musical Society

Castlerea Musical Society present “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”

Castlerea Musical Society are proud to present the West of Ireland Premiere of ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ in The Hub, Castlerea from Wednesday 8th February. The show will run at 8pm nightly with the last show on Saturday February 11th. Tickets are €15 each and there will be special concessions on our opening night for OAP’S …

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Smear Test

Roscommon Women urged to ‘Share the Wisdom’ on cervical smear test programme

Picture Credit: Marc O’Sullivan Women aged 25-60 and living in Roscommon, are being called upon to support the Pearl of Wisdom campaign which is jointly championed by CervicalCheck – the National Cervical Screening Programme and the Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA). The campaign was officially launched by campaign ambassador, RTE broadcaster Maura Derrane, just ahead …

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Roscommon Sports Castlerea Community School

Roscommon Sports round-up January 24th

Picture Credit ©INPHO/Gary Carr. Our Round-up of today’s news from the Roscommon sports scene includes Basketball, Gaelic Football, and Soccer news and some match coverage. Basketball Congratulations to the Castlerea Community Schools U16 Girls Basketball Team on winning the All-Ireland C title. They defeated Holy Child, Killiney, 45-40 after over time. Read the report and …

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RIP Roscommon Death Notices

Ethna Rushe RIP, late of Strokestown

Tuesday 24th January, peacefully in the loving care of all the staff of St. Eithne’s Rest Care Centre, Tulsk, surrounded by her loving family. Ethna Rushe RIP, late of Cloonfree, Strokestown and Palmerstown, Dublin. Ethna is survived by her sister, Kathleen Dalton (Strokestown), brother PJ (Birmingham), nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Funeral Arrangements. Reposing at …

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N61 Boyle Roscommon County Council

Roscommon County Council allocated €11.7 million for Road works

Roscommon County Council has been allocated over €11.7 million to carry out maintenance and improvement works on regional and local Roads. The news came as part of an announcement by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross TD, of a €324 million investment programme in regional and local roads. Speaking this afternoon the …

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St Michaels

St Michaels GAA appoint new Intermediate Team Manager

Team Managements Best wishes to our new Intermediate team manager Stephen Sheeran and his selectors for the coming season. Best of luck also to the underage management teams for the coming year who were ratified at last weeks club meeting. Cash for Clobber The current clothes collection will come to an end next week, bags …

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