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The Children and Staff at the Early Years Pre-School, Convent Road, Ballaghaderreen would like to thank parents, families and friends who contributed to their Pyjama Day. A fantastic total of €203.61 was raised for Early Childhood Ireland. The money will be used to help special needs children in Ireland.
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Western Gaels Membership As our games begin again for the coming year it is extremely important that all players are fully registered before they play for any team this year. Membership fees were set at the AGM back in Dec 2016 and cost the following: Family = €100 Adult single = €50 Senior Players (over
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Monday March 6th, peacefully, in the loving care of her family at Castleturrin Nursing Home, Athenry. Mai McGreevy (née Carter) RIP, late of Ardlavagh, Carrick-on-Shannon. Predeceased by her husband Brendan. Mai is survived by her daughters Mary, Ann and Deirdre, sons Michael and Padraig, sister Joie, brothers Pat and Denis, daughters-in-law Lorraine and Geraldine, sons-in-law
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Eire Og GAA club are starting a major fundraising initiative which will be launched on Thursday next at James Timothy Park at 8pm. Everybody is invited to attend. Several Roscommon Footballers will be in attendance so we hope you’ll join us there too. Fixtures Our Intermediate team play Castlerea on Sunday in the O’Gara Cup
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Tarmonbarry 100km Cycle Challenge The Annual cycle challenge takes place on April 23rd this year. Get on yer bikes! St Barrys GAA Social & Presentation Night The club’s annual Social & Presentation Night takes place in Keenan’s on March 18th. Good Wins For U16 Girls The weather reeked havoc with fixtures last week, with only
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Boyle GAA Lotto Sean and Seamus and Owen Garvan were €20 winners at the most recent Club Lotto draw which was held in Clarke’s Bar. The house prize was won by Alison O’Shaughnessy. The jackpot wasn’t won. It will be at €2,800 for the next draw on Saturday March 11th which will be held in
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Originally published March 5th. Updated Monday 6th at 10pm The former Abbeyfield Hotel in Ballaghaderreen, which has been transformed into an Emergency Reception and Orientation Centre is set to receive it’s first intake of refugees on March 14th. A first group of 39 people were due to arrive in Ballaghaderreen tomorrow with a second group
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Results and Fixtures O’Gara Cup Round two of the O’Gara Cup takes place on Sunday 12th as St.Faithleachs face Creggs at 2pm. U16 Boys League Division 3 The U16’s play St.Aidan’s in Ballyforan on Sunday 12th at 11am. U16 Girls Championship Division 3 The girls play Eire Og on Sunday 12th in Ballyleague at 4pm.
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Congratulations The pride of the club this week goes to Diarmuid Regan who received his Ted Webb shield winners medal and Fr. Manning Cup winners medal from Liam McHale and Kevin McStay at the county board underage medal presentation in the Abbey hotel on Saturday night. The Ted Webb shield and Fr. Manning cup were
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Saturday March 4th, following a tragic accident. Eamonn O’Donohoe RIP, late of Curramore, Kiltoom and formerly of Palmerstown, Dublin. Deeply regretted by his heartbroken wife Sharon and children Sarah, Alex and Lucy, his mother in law Kay Ryan, brother in law Martin and his wife Maria, sister in law Carmella, nephews Liam and Rory, friends,
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Picture Credit: Meath Local Enterprise Office. Hexafly, led by CEO and Ballaghaderren native Alvan Hunt has won the “Best Business Idea” Award at Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards which were held in Google HQ Dublin earlier. Based in Kells Hexafly aims to “bring an insect farming revolution to the world and find
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Results and Fixtures All games this weekend were postponed due to unplayable pitches. Our Intermediate Mens team play Western Gaels B on Sunday in Frenchpark at 2pm in the O’Gara Cup. Underage Membership An Event will be held Saturday March 18th from 3pm to 4pm in Michael Glaveys Community Centre. County Players from the club
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Picture Credit: Mary Lane Fixtures Our Tulsk Fuels FloGas sponsored Senior League team play Elphin at 2pm on Sunday in Tulsk. Good luck to all concerned. Tulsk GAA Annual Fundraising Draw Our Annual Fundraising Draw was launched at the recent Presentation Night in The Tulsk Inn. Tickets cost €50 and secure your entry into three
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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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