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Saturday 29th April. John Keyes RIP, late of Knock, Taughmaconnell and formally of Erill, Rathdowney, Co. Laois. Deeply regretted by his loving wife Lizzie, sons Brendan & Joe, daughter-in-law Mary, grandchildren, sister Sr. Canice, brother Billy, nieces, nephews, relatives, neighbours and friends. Funeral Arrangements Reposing in Grenham’s Funeral Home, Ballinasloe on Sunday from 5pm to
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Friday 28th April, peacefully, at Tearmainn Bhríde Nursing Home, Brideswell. Delia McDonald (née Gately) RIP, late of Ballyforan, and formerly of Greenwich, London, and Liswilliam, Dysart. Predeceased by husband Phil (formerly of Cootehill, Co. Cavan). Deeply regretted by her sisters Margaret McDonnell (London), Teresa Kelly (Muckloon, Ballyforan) and Eileen O’Connor (Rahara), brother Tommy Gately (Liswilliam,
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Former Clann na nGael and Roscommon GAA Player, Manager and Officer Donie Shine Snr passed away today peacefully at home surrounded by his family. Donie played an important role in Clann na nGael’s domination of the Roscommon and Connacht Club Championship in the mid 1980. Those sides won eight successive Roscommon titles, six successive Connacht
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Local Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy had described the proposal for the establishment of a task force to deal with the fall out of recent job losses in Ballaghaderreen as a cosmetic exercise that will lead nowhere. Eugene Murphy said that a direct route to the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Mary Mitchell O’
Roscommon Gaels Lotto There was no winner of the jackpot next week’s jackpot is €2,950 and the numbers drawn were 12,15,20,22. The weekly winners were :- Kathy Oates, Creevy; Simon Mc Guinness c/o Down the Hatch; Shane & Sharon c/o The Hyde; Bobby & Maeve Lyons, Athleague. 2016 Awards Presentation Night We held our Awards
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Eire Og GAA Lotto Result The Numbers drawn were 8-16-17-30. There was No Jackpot winner. The Match 3 number winners were; Mary Conry, Mary and Harry Carty, Vida Pain x 2. €20 winners- Cormac Callaghan- James and Andre Lavin- Pat Roddy. Next week’s jackpot is €7,100 with the Draw being held in Coney Island. Results
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The Minister of State for Tourism, Patrick O’Donovan has announced that Four Festivals in Roscommon are to receive funding under the Fáilte Ireland 2017 Festivals and Events Programme. The Boyle Arts Festival has been allocated €3,000; the O’Carolan Harp & Traditional Music Festival in Keadue has been allocated €2,500; the Percy French International Festival in
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Passed away on Wednesday 26th April. Michael Moran RIP, Grange, Four Mile House and formerly of Tully Ganny, Mayo & Manchester, England. Husband to Maureen, Father of David, Andrew and Karen, Brother of Bridie, Paddy and Anne, Brother-In-Law of the Lohan Family, Grange, Four Mile House. Funeral Arrangements Reposing at O’Connor’s Funeral Home, Tulsk, Friday
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The work of Four Mile House based Fibre Artist Frances Crowe is currently on display at Roscommon Hospital as part of a new initiative. Entitled “Then and now” the Exhibition features a selection of signed, framed, limited edition prints of original handwoven tapestries and runs until May 27th. Commenting on the title of the exhibition
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St Croans 3-7 (16) Western Gaels 1-15 (18). Our Senior team played Western Gaels in the O’Rourke Cup on Saturday evening last in Enfield. After a keenly contested game the visiting side came out on top. Follow us on facebook and twitter for details on the upcoming championship and next league fixtures. St Croans GAA
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Results and Fixtures The club’s Tulsk Fuels FloGas sponsored Senior League team were beaten by Roscommon Gaels 0-18 to 0-11 on Sunday. Team: R. Fahey, S. Lennon, D. O’Rourke (0-01), N, O’Connor, N. McNamara, G. Callaghan, R. Galvin, D. Jones (0-02), T. O’Rourke (0-02), R. Kelly (0-01), P. Scott (0-01), C. Burns, C. O’Rourke (0-01),
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Wednesday April 26th, peacefully, at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe. John James “Jack” Greene RIP, late of Ruane, Kilglass. Sadly missed by his heartbroken wife, Liz, sisters Chrissie McLoughlin (Knockhall) and Evelyn Reynolds (Dromod), stepchildren, nieces, nephews, brothers-in-law John and George, cousins, relatives, neighbours and friends. Funeral arrangements Reposing at Leavy’s Funeral Home, Scramogue, on Friday from
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Adult Football Following defeat at the hands of Shannon Gaels in Croghan on Sunday 16th April our Tansey Cup team bounced back with a win over Elphin at Orchard Park on Saturday. Recently our division 5 team put in a galant performance away to Michael Glavey’s but came up short, they play Kilglass Gaels on
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Kilbride recorded their first league win on Saturday against Clann na nGael B. Kilbride took control in the second quarter and ran out easy winners on a scoreline of 2-17 to 0-06. Team – C McDonagh; K Coyle; S Lohan; T Davis; R Kelly; J Donnelly; D Gavigan; M Feeney; C Shanagher, 0-01; K Battles;
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Local Fianna Fáil TD Eugene Murphy has hit out at the lack of action by the Transport Infrastructure Ireland to introduce traffic calming measures along sections of the N61 between Roscommon and Athlone. Commenting on the issue Eugene Murphy said that there were a number of dangerous locations and particularly busy junctions along the N61