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Local artists and designers invited to exhibit at Roscommon Lamb Festival

Roscommon Lamb Festival 2017 is offering a unique opportunity for local emerging artists and designers to exhibit their work at the Festival over the May Bank Holiday weekend. The Exhibition, which is being hosted at Aras an Chontae (Roscommon County Counchil HQ) will be officially opened on Friday April 28th by Roscommon native and multi-award

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Best places to eat in Roscommon announced

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The best places to eat in Roscommon were announced at the Connaught leg of the Irish Restaurant Awards, which took place at the Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa, Sligo earlier this evening. Speaking at the awards, Adrian Cummins, Chief Executive of the Restaurants Association of Ireland (RAI) said: “Now in their ninth year, the Irish

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Keadue family host Sligo Art Exhibition

Arigna Ballyfarnan Keadue, Local News, Things to do

A Father and daughter artistic team from Keadue are the creative forces behind a new exhibition which has opened at Hyde Bridge gallery in Sligo. ‘Earth and Water’ is an exhibition of painting, photography and installation by James and Sally Maidment from Keadue, and seeks to convey and explore their fascination with skill, place, identity

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Busy month ahead for South Roscommon Singers Circle

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South Roscommon Singers Circle kicks off a busy month of activity with their regular “1st Saturday Session” on April 1st in Murray’s, Knockcroghery, with Special Guest Padraic King. Padraic is an amazing singer from Tuam and has been to the South Roscommon Singers Circle “1st Saturday session many times in the past, but as special

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Roscommon County Council to host Workshops Tidy Towns Seminar

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Following on from the very popular Invasive Species/Japanese Knotweed and Pollinators Workshops held last year, Roscommon County Council with the support of the Heritage Council, is delighted to provide another FREE opportunity for anyone who missed out last year to come along to the annual Roscommon Tidy Towns Seminar which takes place in Áras an

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“I Hear You And Rejoice” comes to Roscommon Arts Centre

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Following his acclaimed, multi-award winning production of “The Man in the Woman’s Shoes”, Mikel Murfi makes a much anticipated return to Roscommon Arts Centre on Tuesday 4th April with his new one-man follow up show, “I Hear You And Rejoice”. Late in his life, Pat Farnon, a cobbler and all-round contented man, marries the redoubtable

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Lots of St Patricks Day Parades in Roscommon

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There are seven St Patrick’s Day Parades in Roscommon and there is sure to be something for everyone and the start times are as follows: Cootehall – 2pm. Ballaghaderreen – 2.30pm. Ballyleague to Lanesboro – 2:30pm, starting at St. Faithleach’s GAA Club. Ballintubber – 3pm. Elphin – 3pm, starting at the Fire Station. Boyle –

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Irish team to attempt 4 x 1 Mile World Record in AIT tomorrow

Other sports, Sport, Things to do

An athletic event that will go down in history will take place at the AIT arena in Athlone, tomorrow, St Patrick’s Day at 4pm. The return to Irish soil of Sean Tobin will see a classy quartet of Irish milers assemble to take on a World Record set by the USA only weeks ago! If

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Kilbride hosts Roscommon GAA Scór Sinsir County Finals

Gaelic Games, Things to do

The Roscommon GAA Scór Sinsir County Finals take place tomorrow, Saturday March 11th, in the Kilbride Community Centre, and promise to be a great night of entertainment. Scór Sinsir is specifically for all GAA Club members who are age 17 and over as of the 1st January 2017. Members may represent their Club in at

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The Eliminator comes to Strokestown

Local News, Strokestown, Things to do

Strokestown Community Playground fundraising committee are delighted to introduce “The Eliminator” An Action packed, fun, multi-inflatable, activity event. “The Eliminator” includes fun and challenging games such as snake pit, human football, wipe out, bungee run, slippery sailing , gladiator jousting and many more. The eliminator had been described as “An Electrify knock-em-out team challenge where

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Get involved in National Poetry Day 2017

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Calling all Roscommon writers: You are invited to celebrate National Poetry Day at lunchtime, in Boyle, Ballaghaderreen and Roscommon libraries. National Poetry Day takes place on Thursday 27th April and events will be held in the three libraries at 1.30pm that day. Light refreshments provided, and all are welcome. The theme this year is “movement,

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The Curse of the Button Accordion hits Roscommon Arts Centre

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Sharon Mannion is a worrisome child. She worries about the end of the world; about giant meteorites hurtling from the sky and destroying everything in their path, starting with Roscommon, where she is from. She worries about failing to live up to the expectations of her ex-showband father and of her Midwest FM radio-loving mother.

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Drum Community Centre to host Health Information morning

Health, Local News, Monksland Drum Cornafulla Bealnamulla, Things to do

A free health information morning will be held in Drum Community Centre, Summerhill, Athlone on Wednesday next, March 15th. The event is organised by Drum Community Centre in partnership with local health and wellbeing practitioners. It aims to provide people with a chance to find out more about the various health and wellbeing services available

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Roscommon Further Education Centre hosts events as part of Adult Learner Festival

Education, Things to do

Roscommon Further Education Centre are hosting two events this Thursday to celebrate the National Adult Learner Festival. “Come Scratch With Me” is an introduction to coding using Scratch, while “Become Smartphone Savvy” aims to help adults download apps, receive and send emails, surf internet, share video and photos from their smartphones. Both events are scheduled

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The Politics of Sport to be explored at Croke Park

Gaelic Games, Sport, Things to do

Picture Credit: Keystone/Getty Images The GAA Museum is hosting a fascinating series of talks at Croke Park from Thursday 29th June to Saturday 1st July examining the theme of ‘Sport and Politics’ and the effects they have had on one another since the 1870s. National and international leading experts in their field will discuss diverse

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