Local Notes: Major sports funding, line dancing, social dancing and coffee evening fundraising
, , and getting ready for the line dancing at Ballinagare and Leisure Centre last weekend where celebrations marking 25 years open as a gym facility took place.Pic.
A special Memorial Mass for the late John Connor, former TD, of Cloonshanville will take place at Frenchpark Church on Friday, October 5th next at 8 p.m.. This Mass, organised by the Fine Gael party, is in recognition of John's significant service and contributions to the local and public office.
Social dancing will be held at the Parish Hall in Frenchpark on Sunday, October 13th next from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.. Music by Paul O’Connor. Refreshments served. Admission €10. All welcome
The death occurred peacefully of Mrs May Creaton, Cloonkeen, on Tuesday, September 17th last at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin. Mother of Declan Creaton, Fairymount, the late Mrs Creaton (née Smith) is also survived by her heartbroken family, husband, Eddie; daughters, Annette, Valerie and Maria; son, Eddie; grandchildren, extended family, relatives, neighbours and friends. May was pre-deceased by her parents Michael and Mary Ellen and her uncle Billy. Her remains were removed to St. Patrick's Church, for Mass of the Resurrection on Saturday, September 21st last. Following Requiem Mass, celebrated by the local clergy, the funeral proceeded to St. Joseph's Cemetery in Castlerea.
The death has taken place, after a short illness, of Sr Mary Leonie McDerrmott, Cornashina, Fourmilehouse and Burgess Hill Sussex, England. Aunt of Pauline Gibbons, Demesne, Frenchpark, Sr. Leonie (94) was pre-deceased by her father, Martin, mother Ellen, brothers James, Vincent and John, sisters Mary, Sr Pauline, Teresa and Gretta. Funeral Mass was celebrated on Thursday, September 12th last in St. George’s Retreat, Sussex followed by burial afterwards on Convent grounds.
Pray for the repose of the souls of Mr Eddie Cullen, Tallaght Dublin and Avoca, County Wicklow (brother of Liz O Gorman The Oaks Frenchpark); Mary Watson, Manchester and late of Mullaghnashee, Fairymount; Mary Hanmore, Emlagh, and Maggie Smith, London, England. May they rest in peace.
Masses will be held in Tibohine at 7 p.m. on Tuesday (1st), in Frenchpark on Wednesday (2nd) at 10 a.m., in Frenchpark at 7 p.m. on Thursday (3rd), in Ballinagare at 7 p.m. on Friday (4th), in Frenchpark at 11 a.m., Tibohine at 7 p.m. and Ballinagare at 8.30 p.m. on Saturday (5th) and in Frenchpark at 10 a.m. and Fairymount at 11.30 a.m. on Sunday (6th). Calls to the Sick & Housebound will take place in Fairymount & Tibohine on Thursday (3rd) and in Frenchpark & Ballinagare on Friday, October 4th next at the usual times.
St. Nathy's College Open evening will takes place in Ballaghaderreen on Thursday, October 10th next at 5.15 p.m.. A special invitation is extended to all Sixth Class students who will be commencing First Year next September and their Parent(s)/Guardian(s) to this special evening. Phone (094) 9860010 for further details.
Western Gaels held its weekly lottery draw on Saturday, September 28th last. There was no winner of the jackpot. The numbers drawn were 4, 7, 11 and 20. Cash prize winners were John Finn, James Kilcoyne, Martin & Pauline Phillips, Susan Ryan and Imelda Towey. The next draw (jackpot €6,100) will take place at the clubhouse in Frenchpark on Saturday, October 5th next. Tickets are available on-line through the Clubforce app or from local outlets.
Mildred Beirne has resumed classes in Frenchpark Hall on Wednesdays at 7.30 p.m.. Please join us for some fun and craic.
There was great news for Tulsk Club recently with the news that the development of the grounds took another giant step forward with the allocation of €150,623 in the Sports Capital Grant Scheme to fund lighting and fencing for the new fields. The club would like to acknowledge all who helped make this possible, especially those who made a donation last winter to help us get the pitch built. This put the club in a position to apply for grant aid and that success is because of everyone who has helped so far. Thanks are once again extended to all concerned.
Details of this year’s Tulsk Christmas Fair have been announced. This annual event, one of the highlights of the local social calendar, will take place from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Tulsk Macra Hall on Saturday, December 7th. The day will feature indoor and outdoor markets, food stalls, Santa’s grotto, children's entertainment, face painting, story time with Mrs Claus with live music throughout the day. The event promises to be a fun-filled affair with something for all the family. Watch this space for further details.
Irish language classes for adults continue in the Cruachan Ai (F45 51) Tulsk on Tuesdays from 7 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.. This course is suitable for all levels with an emphasis on conversational Irish. The classes will run for six weeks and there is a nominal fee of €20. This course is being supported by Municipal District. For further information please contact Deirdre at 087 3807773 (evenings) Bígí linn.
The October meeting of the County Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society will take place at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, October 8th in the Rathcroghan Visitor Centre, Tulsk. Following the meeting, at 8.30 p.m. a talk, entitled ‘Sightings of Skeffington Gibbon’, will be given by society member, . Skeffington Gibbon’s racy book of Recollections of the lives and characters of the nobility and gentry of Roscommon was published in 1829, and has entertained many readers since, but who was the author, and was that his real name? The lecture will reveal aspects of Gibbon’s own colourful life and character, as discovered recently by the speaker. Anybody unfamiliar with Skeffington Gibbon’s work, ‘The Recollections of Skeffington Gibbon from 1796 to 1829 of the Lives and Characters of the Nobility and Gentry of Roscommon’, can read it for free online. At its time, it was a publication which must have caused great unease and anxiety among the nobility and gentry, and left those hoping their activities were not included! Members of the public are warmly invited to attend this lecture the Society’s first of the 2024-25 season.
St. Mary’s Club thanks from Networks for sponsoring new jerseys for the club’s junior ladies team. Meanwhile, the sponsored U-16 girls finished their season recently after getting to the county final. It was a brilliant effort from all girls and their management of Edit, Sean and Elaine. Well done to all concerned!
This year’s eagerly anticipated Rathcroghan Conference 2024 entitled ‘Archaeology Above and Below’ takes place on Saturday and Sunday, November 16th and 17th in the Rathcroghan Visitor Centre. The event is an opportunity for people from heritage communities’ island wide to meet and celebrate the history of the landscapes communities inhabit and seek to learn more about. The conference allows participants to meet, exchange ideas, and enrich one another in an encouraging environment. It is also an opportunity for all those with a heritage interest to immerse themselves in the heart of archaeological discoveries, across a variety of fields, as participants disentangle heritage, its opportunities and issues, for a day or a weekend. For those who are far away, it will be possible to enjoy a live broadcast of the lectures taking place in the visitor centre. To book, visit https://www.eventbrite.ie/.../rathcroghan-conference-2024...
The Seamus Donohue painting sponsored Tulsk U-12 team were on the road last weekend, playing their fourth summer league match against a second string Clann na nGael outfit. Playing with the wind in the first half, worked to advantage and some fine scores were taken in the opening period. The second half was more even as the rain fell and with the full Tulsk panel getting loads of playing time the boys enjoyed their trip to . The team’s next U-12s summer league game is against which will be confirmed later in the week. Meanwhile the club’s U-13 against ’s was postponed, as a mark of respect following a fatal road traffic accident in at the weekend.
Congratulations to members of the Tulsk ICA (Irish Countrywomen’s Association) branch who raised a total of €765 arising from their Coffee Evening, in aid of Mayo-Roscommon Hospice last week which took place in the local Macra Hall. The event was generously supported by the local community.
Local residents will be saddened to learn of the death of Mrs Mary Flynn, (née McHale), late of Retreat Heights, Athlone and formerly of Tulsk. The deceased passed away peacefully at her adopted home. The deceased was a regular visitor to and was a sister of the late , an acclaimed musician who was honoured with a commemorative plaque in village a couple of weeks ago. Predeceased by her beloved brothers, T.J, Brod, Paddy, James, John, Michael and Tom, the deceased is survived by her husband, Joe; daughter, Amanda; son, Anthony; son-in-law, Ken; daughter-in-law, Caroline, her adoring grandchildren, Joseph, Robyn, Aaron, Katie and Laura, in-laws, nephews, nieces, relatives and many friends. The deceased reposed at Flynn's Funeral Home, The Strand with Requiem Mass in . Mary's Church followed by burial in .
Local residents would like to extend their sympathies to Ann Moylan of Tulsk on the passing of her sister (nee Finan) of Kanefield, Tulsk, whose death has occurred in the care of staff at Sonas Cloverhill Nursing Home. Predeceased by her husband, Brian, brothers Martin and Sean;=, the deceased is survived by her sons, Francis, Damien and his partner Amanda (Kunaka) and Derek and his wife, Teresa; granddaughter, Liá-Maevé; grandson, Rían-Lincoln; sisters, Ann, Marie and Geraldine; brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, relatives, neighbours and friends.
