The 2016 Táin March Festival gets under in Rathcroghan on Sunday morning with a re-inactment and mock battle followed by the first leg of the March- a 25km walk between Rathcroghan and Scramogue. The Táin March Festival is a family-friendly celebration, tracing the route of Queen Meabh and her army in their attempt to seize
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Ahead of this afternoon’s Captain’s Run at BT Murrayfield, Connacht Head Coach Pat Lam has named his match day squad to take on Leinster Rugby in the Guinness PRO12 final tomorrow. For the first time all season, the Connacht coach has made no changes to the match day 23 from the last fixture. Galway man
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Roscommon County Council officially launched their new corporate identity and logo at the monthly council meeting on Monday 23rd May. The move to the new Civic Headquarters marks the launch of a modern era of doing business and connecting with communities. The launch of the new logo will complement and emphasise a new appetite for
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Kilglass Gaels 3-14 Michael Glaveys 4-6 Our ladies played Michael Glaveys in Division 2 13 aside League on Sunday morning in Kilglass and made it three wins out of three. U-12 Boys win Our U-12 boys travelled to Woodmount on Friday evening and recorded a good win in a game played in terrible conditions. Fixtures
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Gardaí recently announced details of 355 new speed camera locations throughout the country which will be monitored from midnight tomorrow, Friday May 27th. The new locations of Speed Cameras in Roscommon are as follows: N61, Between Barrybeg and West Athlone. N61, Between Boyle and the N4 Junction. N4, A 3.8km strech at Ardcarne, either side
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Roscommon’s Daire Feeley finished 63rd in today’s fifth stage of the An Post Rás but, such was the closeness of the race, he climbed 8 places to 37th in the overall classification. He currently sits 11th in the Under 23 category, 4th in the “Irish County Rider” category. Picture Credit ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy Wouter Mol of
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Scrabbagh National School, Kilmore will celebrate their 50th Anniversary on the June bank holiday weekend and have a programme of events for all the family. The celebrations will get under way on Friday the 3rd of June at 7pm with a blessing of the School and the launch of the Souvenir Booklet, followed by refreshments
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Connacht Rugby have released a short video to coincide with the recent launch of its Vision & Strategy 2016 – 2020. Further details on the national launch of the Vision & Strategy 2016 – 2020 can be viewed here. Grassroots to Green Shirts is a journey that starts with participation, is fuelled with perspiration and
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Eire Og 5-5 St Faithleachs 7-11 We were defeated in the U14 Football League Division 3 Play-off on Tuesday 24th in James Timothy Park. Eire Og Lotto Result Numbers the numbers drawn were 12 13 15 25. There was No Jackpot Winner: €20 Winners: Chris Giblin, Pat Murphy, Eithne Doory, Tony Gilligan, Joe Freeman. This
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Headstrong, the non-profit organisation supporting young people’s mental health in Ireland, have announced that Jigsaw Roscommon will re-open in July. In a statement released a short time ago they again stated their disappointment at the temporary closure of the service in February due to difficulties in recruiting new staff, adding that they strongly believe that
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Michael Fitzmaurice has welcomed the news that the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has extended the deadline for the sowing of Wild Bird Cover, under the GLAS Scheme, by two weeks. Speaking a short time ago he said “I have been informed today that in connection with the GLAS Scheme 1 and 2, that the
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The Literary Festival for children, the BookWorms Festival makes a welcome return to Roscommon next month. Last year’s inaugural festival proved so popular with youngsters that this year it’s back and it’s even bigger! The festival runs from Wednesday 8th – Saturday 11th June with events taking place all around Roscommon town including Roscommon Arts
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Roscommon’s Daire Feeley has continued his fine form in the An Post Rás, finishing 17th in today’s 162.8 kilometre stage. The result saw him moved up 9 places in the General Classification to 41st. Picture Credit ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy In addition, Daire sits in 2nd place in the Dunboyne Castle County Rider Stage standings, 4th in
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St Dominics 50-50 Draw The Club congratulates Miriam Costello, c/o Department of Education. (Seller: Noel Joyce) who won €1,170 in the Club’s weekly draw on Saturday 21st May. 50/50 draw next week, Saturday 28th May will be in Kellys, Lecarrow. You can sign up for the next 52 weeks (Cost €100) or 26 weeks (Cost
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The Minister for Health Simon Harris announced today (Wednesday 25th) that Boyle is one of 14 Primary Care Centres in Ireland which have been approved for construction. Construction start up activities for all of the 14 sites is expected to commence from May 30th with a timeline for completion of 12-24 months. Service commencement for
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