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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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The stage is set for the Roscommon Youth Theatre’s production of ‘If I was at the GPO we would have won” – written & directed by Catherine Simon which comes to Roscommon Arts Centre over the coming days. Picture Credit: Brian Farrell As nationalist fever swells to a bloody climax with the revolution of Easter
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Roscommon Support Group, Derrane, Roscommon are starting Social Dancing classes every Tuesday from 1:30pm – 3pm commencing on Tuesday next, April 26th. The classes at €5 per session will take place in the Dale Centre, Derrane. All welcome. For more information call 090 6625852 and select option 2.
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Working Artists Roscommon (WAR) are celebrating 25 years in existence and to mark the occasion they are hosting an exhibition,in conjunction with Roscommon Lamb Festival, in Harrison Court, Roscommon town from April 28th to May 1st. The exhibition will be opened on 28th April at 6.30pm by Arthur Duignan CREATE, who will also officially launch
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Bord Bia and GIY have launched a competition to dig up Roscommon’s biggest Spudlover and crown Ireland’s Top Tuber. Picture Credit: Patrick Browne GIYers and budding Spud growers are now invited to sow their potatoes and join in ‘SpudLove 2016’, an initiative which is encouraging Irish communities to fall in love with the spud all
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The Scrabbagh NS 50th Anniversary celebrations will take place on Friday and Saturday the 3rd & 4th of June 2016. Friday evening will see a special blessing taking place at the school at 7pm followed by refreshments for young and old in the school. Old roll books and much more will also be on display.
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