U.14 Feile na nGael Competition. The first round of the Under 14 Feile na nGael competition commences on Saturday next when the U.14 team take on Oran in the first round of the competition in Athleague. Parents will be notified during the week of the starting time of the game. Club Registration Registration for all
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Cloonfad United 0-1 Carbury FC Our first team will kick themselves for not getting the better of Carbury earlier today (Sunday) in the Connacht Junior Cup. Arriving with a huge reputation Carbury were lucky to escape Cloonfad with a 1-0 win. We started well and Shaun Kearney and Andy Glennon almost put us in front.
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Updated on Sunday at 6pm: The deceased has been named as Eamonn O’Donohoe RIP, late of Curramore, Kiltoom. Picture Credit: RNLI (File Picture) A local man has died following a kayaking accident which occurred on Lough Ree this morning (Saturday March 4th). In a statement released a short time ago Lough Ree RNLI said that
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Friday March 3rd, peacefully in the tender and loving care of the Palliative Care Team at Roscommon Hospital, surrounded by her loving nieces and nephews. Mary-Frances Curley (née Egan), Newtown, Bealnamulla, Athlone. Predeceased by her husband James. Sadly missed by her loving brothers Thomas and David, nieces Margaret and Denise, nephews Thomas and Damien, grand
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The Roscommon team to face Kerry in Sunday’s Allianz Football League has just been announced and shows two changes in personnel and a number positional switches from the side defeated by Mayo. Michael Glaveys’ Darren O’Malley replaces Éire Óg club man Colm Lavin in goal while Tom Corcoran of Strokestown makes way for Roscommon Gaels’
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Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy said that as a country with one of the highest rates of cystic fibrosis per head of population, Ireland should be at the forefront of new technologies and strategies to deal with the condition. Eugene Murphy was speaking this week following his attendance at the second Orkambi protest at Leinster
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Picture Credit: Roscommon Local Enterprise Office Two local businesses are battling it out with regional winners across the country for one of three Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur titles in Dublin on Sunday. Desmond Dolan won the Best Business Idea Category in the Roscommon-Mayo-Galway region for MistCalls at an event in January. MistCalls is an app
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“Any plans to ban the use of diesel vehicles in Dublin and other major cities and to introduce additional taxes on diesel vehicles might appease our friends in the EU but it would have a devastating effect on small haulage companies and many other small businesses throughout the country who are already struggling to survive”.
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It’s top against bottom as Buccaneers and Dolphin battle for precious Ulster Bank League points at Dubarry Park tomorrow (Saturday). By Michael Silke Buccaneers are within touching distance of promotion to the top flight and they will be eager to stretch their superb unbeaten sequence. Kick off for this key Division 1B match in Athlone
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There’s local, provincial and inter-league action in this weekend’s Roscommon and District Football League Fixture programme. Saturday 4th March Killeen Sportsgrounds RDFL Division Two Strokestown United V Castlerea Celtic B, 7:45pm Sunday 5th March FAI Oscar Traynor Trophy Inishowen League V Roscommon & District Football League, 12:30pm. Match preview here. The Tommie Brennan T P
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Thursday March 2nd, peacefully in his 93rd, year at the Oakwood Nursing Home. Victor White RIP, late of Circular Road, Ballaghaderreen. Predeceased by his wife Maureen. Victor is survived by his loving sons Richard and David, his grandchildren, great-grandchildren, relatives, neighbours and friends. Funeral Arrangements. Reposing in The Sharkey Funeral Home, Ballaghaderreen on Saturday from
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The Roscommon Ladies Football focus returns to club action this weekend, indeed it is to the forefront for the next two weekends as the action hots up. Adult Fixtures Last Sunday saw the rearranged first round division 1 fixture between Clann na nGael and St Brigid’s once again postponed due to the inclement weather. The
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Vincent Brooks preview Sunday’s Oscar Traynor Cup Quarter-Final which sees the Roscommon and District Football League team take on the Inishowen League side on Sunday. This Sunday the Roscommon and District Football League make the long journey to Buncrana where they play the Inishowen League in the Oscar Traynor Cup Quarter-Finals. The Game is being
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Thursday 2nd March, peacefully in the tender care of the staff of Drumderrig Nursing Home, Boyle and surrounded by her devoted family. Mary McQuaid (née Gallagher) RIP, late of Deerpark, Boyle. Beloved wife of the late Seán Mc Quaid (Haulage Contractor) and predeceased by her son-in-law Esmonde Kelly, grandsons Seán, Thomas and Noel. Mary is
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NUI Galway has received the archive of Flynn and Lehany Coal Mining Company Limited as a gift from the Flynn family. Its archive, one of a very small number on mining in Ireland, is a significant source of information about the mining industry, State energy policy, the operation of the company and the social and
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