Pieta House, the suicide and self-harm charity is calling on people to sign up to for Saturday’s Darkness Into Light event, which is set to be the biggest ever held. The charity’s annual fundraising and awareness event in association with Electric Ireland takes place in three locations across Roscommon and 90 venues throughout Ireland this …
Roscommon Support Group, Derrane, Roscommon host Social Dancing classes every Tuesday from 1:30pm – 3pm. The classes are €5 per session will take place in the Dale Centre, Derrane and All welcome. For more information call 090 6625852 and select option 2.
Roscommon town native, and performance artist Anthony Keigher aka XNTHONY, takes to the Roscommon Arts Centre stage with his backing singers, The Penny Slots, this Saturday May 7th at 9pm with their hilarious show ‘DOUZE’. In 2015 Pop Star XNTHONY set out for Eurovision glory. Armed with as many fizzy pop songs as he could …
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St. John’s Parish Heritage Group are hosting a talk on Memorial Art on Headstones in Kilcommon Ancient Graveyard in St. John’s Community Centre, Lecarrow on Wednesday May 11th at 8pm. This informative illustrated lecture will be delivered by Mary B. Timoney M.A. & M.I.A.I. Author of “Had Me Made”, study of headstone art in County …
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Sliabh Bán Athletic Club are hosting a 10K Road Race and 5K Fun Run / Walk on Saturday June 16th in Aid of the Strokestown Children’s Playground. The 10K Road Race is measured and licensed by the Athletics Association of Ireland. It is Chip timed and the entry fee is €15. The entry fee for …
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Ballintubber is set to play host to a month of cultural, historical and musical events beginning in June. The festivities will be launched on June 25th and will incorporate the Eileen Óg Festival, “Day in the Bog” and the arrival of American archaeologists and students who will be residing and working in the area for …
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If you fancy a spot of lunchtime theatre then why not pop along to Roscommon Arts Centre on Friday 6th and Saturday 7th May at 1.10pm to catch ‘Rebel Rebel’. This play is set in Dublin on April 24th 1916. Dropping their costumes in the dressing room, two of Ireland’s leading actors abandon their matinee …
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It is said that if 50,000 people in Ireland reduce food waste by just 1 kilogram per week, just over €1 million will be saved, and that’s the equivalent of over 5.7 million meals.” Another interesting statistic is that every family in Ireland wastes domestically approximately €700 a year on food. But fear not, the …
Cookery Demo and Food Waste Rescue Event on Sunday at Roscommon Lamb Festival Read More »
The 2016 Roscommon Lamb Festival will be officially opened tomorrow at 11am by President Macra na Feirme Sean Finan. The ceremony will take place at Roscommon Mart and will be followed by the Oliver Burke Memorial presentation. In addition there’s a Special Sheep Sale, trade stands and a “lamb on spit”. Now in its ninth …
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National Poetry Day, which takes place this Thursday April 28th, will be marked by a series of free events throughout Roscommon. The County Library, Roscommon town hosts two events with the first, a series of writing workshop, getting under way from 10am. The workshops, with the loose theme of ‘Revolution’, will be facilitated by Louise …
Limited tickets remain for the eagerly awaited performance of ‘A Nation Once Again’ by Roscommon Drama Group and Roscommon Solstice Choir, which is being held in association with the Roscommon Lamb Festival on Thursday 28th, Friday 29th and Saturday 30th of April at 8pm nightly. Written by Tommy Murray and under the direction of Tom …
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Celebrity TV Chef Kevin Dundon is among those who will feature at the new two day Lough Ree ‘Taste of the Lakelands’ food festival in October. With over two hundred visitors from fifteen countries visiting county Roscommon in October for the World Predator Boat Fishing Championships, the Lough Ree Angling Hub has set up a …
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The April Meeting of St John’s Parish Heritage Group will take place on Tuesday next, April 26th, at 8pm in the Heritage Room of St. John’s Community Centre, Lecarrow.
The rescheduled Axe Forestry Roscommon Ploughing Championships get under way at 12pm on the farm of James and Eleanor Coffey, Lecarrow. Activities commence at 12pm with the official opening set to take place at 2pm. As usual there will be something for all the family, from Trade Stands and Sheep Dog trials to Bouncy Castles …
With just two weeks to go, Pieta House, the suicide and self-harm charity is calling on people to sign up to for what is set to be the biggest Darkness Into Light ever held. The charity’s annual fundraising and awareness event in association with Electric Ireland takes place in 90 venues across Ireland this year. …
Two weeks left to register for Darkness Into Light events supported by Electric Ireland Read More »
