The Titanic

100 years ago this morning, 15 April 1912, the world awoke to the astounding news that overnight the RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City. The sinking of Titanic caused the deaths of 1,514 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. She was the largest ship afloat at the time of her maiden voyage. One of three Olympic class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line, she was built between 1909–11 by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland. She carried 2,223 people

Trip of a Lifetime

A trip of a lifetime has become available to Special Olympics Connaught and we are delighted to present the opportunity for others to be in with a chance of winning this excellent prize that is on offer. The details of the prize are [here...]

Boyle ICA - trip to Titanic Expo in Belfast

Wednesday 18th: Leaving the Crescent at 7am sharp. Stop at Linen Green Shopping Centre and lunch at The Killyhevlin Hotel, Enniskillen, then onwards to Belfast.
• You do not have to be a member of the ICA to travel. To book please call Mary on 085 161 8420 or 071 966 3235 ...what a great idea from ICA. I wish you every success and look forward to joining you on the trip.

Western Alzheimers Tea Day

Friday April 13th: Come along to our Annual Tea Day from 11 to 5 in the Western Alzheimers Charity Shop, Elphin Street, Boyle. There’ll be lots of special bargains from their new spring range now in stock. Come along for a browse and a cuppa and support the work of Western Alzheimers, looking after families caring for loved ones with Alzheimers Disease in your locality. View poster [here...]

New Nursing Home / Retirement Village

Mulryan Construction are completing the construction of a new purpose built State of the Art Care Centre & Nursing Home in Boyle. Abbey Haven Care Centre & Nursing is scheduled to open in Autumn 2012. This is the first phase of the proposed retirement village.
• Mulryan Construction Ltd is a construction company based in Boyle with a diverse range of buildings and developments, from small scale building extensions, redesign and renovations to mixed use developments. These include constructions for Residential, Education, Industrial and Healthcare sectors.
• "We pride our company on excellent quality standards with stringent cost management. Our pledge to our clients is to provide our services to the highest levels of integrity, safety and quality. Mulryan Construction set standards in the speed and quality of their construction consistent with the company philosophy to complete contracts on or ahead of programme, within budget and to the highest standard.

Plunkett Home bed numbers reduced

Once a 60-bed unit, the Plunkett Home will be registered in future as a 41-bed unit to satisfy the requirements of the HSE. Boyle Town Council have been informed that the 19 beds will not be reinstated.

One Way System - Public meeting

Thurs 19th April: Everyone is asked to attend a Public Meeting in St. Joseph's Hall so that Boyle's One Way System may be discussed and an action plan put in place to have it removed or amended.

Table Quiz

Friday 13th: Boyle Summer Show Table Quiz in Dodds Bar at 9.30pm. A quiz is always a great night’s entertainment and your support will be most appreciated. Table of four, €20.

Foroige Walk-a-Thon

Sunday 15th April: 5km Family Walk starting at 2pm in Lough Key Forest Park. Registration at lough Key Visitor Centre from 12 noon. All proceeds will go to Boyle Neighbourhood Youth Project

Tennis Coaching...

Tennis coaching for children will recommence on Monday 16th April for 6 weeks until Monday 28th. 5 to 9 years old between 4pm until 5pm. 9 to 12 years old between 5pm until 6pm. Members €20, Non members €30 which will include membership until March 2013. Any enquiries contact Noreen Hawkins on 071 966 2996                          

"No Name Club" for Boyle...

Bernie Divilly wrote: We are trying to set up a No Name Club  club in the area ...
• No Name Clubs are run by and for young people aged 15 years and over, who come together with their peers in a safe environment for fun, friendship and to enjoy a wide range of activities and outings free from the pressures associated with alcohol or other drugs.
• Contact: Bernie Divilly on 087 9918252 or email bdivilly@yahoo.

Boyle Charity Duathlon

Sunday May 6th at 12pm: The third annual Boyle Charity Duathlon in Lough Key Forest Park made up of 5k run - 20k cycle - 2.5k run.
• The charity supported this year will be "The Ciara Grehan Foundation" in association with Ability West. Log on to www.runireland.com to register and support a great cause
• €25 entry includes chip timing, technical shirt, age group prizes and spot prizes and entry to a draw for two Westlife concert tickets.
• For more information pleasecall 0868586225

Easter Pike Angling on Lough Key

155 anglers from far and near, and a host of interested viewers helped Boyle & District Angling Club celebrate the 20th running of its Saturday / Sunday Easter Pike Angling Competition on Lough Key. Record-breaking local angler Michael Egan came first winning €3,000, a magnificent Silver Trophy and a heavy duty Club All-Weather Jacket.
• Our Angling Clubs quietly perform with accustomed efficiency, dedicated work and style, to attract enthusiasts to the area. Well done once again!
• This year's Photos [here...]

Fight Night - a great success

Congratulations to Boyle Boxing & Fitness club for staging its second, and highly enjoyable Fight Night in St. Joseph's hall on Saturday night. Hard-work and detailed planning made sure that the event ran without a hich, that the audience enjoyed the spectacle and that beyond a few expected bruises, nobody got hurt. Simon O'Donnell as referee for all contests was the caring overseer who gave struggling and tiring boxers breathers when needed with timely adjustments to protective headgear etc.
• Raffle prizes were gratefully received from: Londis, SuperValu, Dodd's, Moylurg Inn, Kelly's Gala, Taylors, Brogans, Wynne's Bar, David O'Connor, Drumderrig Nursing home, and Kevin Mullin's Express Shop.
• Enjoy the photos [here...]

Ardcarne PlantsPlus, Boyle

Wednesday 11th April, 11am–12noon:
Children’s Gardening Workshop. Activities will include:

• Planting up a window box with a selection of easy vegetables and flowers

• Making a pot from Recycled comics

• Sowing a Sunflower

• Planting a cherry tomato in a Recycled container

ALL MATERIALS SUPPLIED – TOTAL OF 15 PLACES AVAILABLE

€10 per child – BOOKING ESSENTIAL

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King House 2012 Events Launch

Season of Events Launch: Last night's well-attended, King House 2012 Events Launch was a very informative, well-structured event that left me feeling certain that Roscommon County Council is committed to making best efforts to ensure a positive future for our beautiful King House. Thanks to Roscommon County Council executives, in association with national and local interested groups, we now have a programme of planned events for each of the months April through September 2012.
• Positive plans and hopes for the future of King House were expressed by speakers Co Manager Frank Dawson, Directors of Services Kathleen Martin and Richie Farrell as well as Mayor Eugene Murphy. "Local involvement and ownership" was an imperative from each speaker so that King house can move from strength to strength.
• Present at the Launch were Roscommon Co Manager Frank Dawson, Roscommon Mayor Eugene Murphy, Services Directors Richie Farrell and Kathleen Martin, Adminstrative Officers Mary Mullins and Úna Ní Chuinn, Members of Roscommon Co Council, Boyle Mayor Jane Suffin and fellow Town Cllrs, Boyle Chamber of Commerce Presidents Ciaran O'Connor and Siobhan Gallagher, representatives of Boyle Groups and several interested individuals.
• Photos [here...]
• King House, alongside the newly refurbished Boyle Abbey, splendid Lough Key and the Forest Park Visitor Resort Area are premier local and national tourism attractions that will always offer Boyle opportunities in reaching its deserved tourism potentia

Boyle's Tourism Potential

I have frequently referred to Boyle's Tourism Potential.
• It remains a mystery to me as to why more is not made of the beautifully poignant, locally based Legend of Úna Bhán [here...]
• A long term plan for expansion of the "Lough Key Experience" could include buying and refurbishing Castle Island on a phased basis that would allow for having it as a venue to which a people-carrier boat could ferry visitors to enjoy daytime/night-time meal and dramatic re-enactment, with song story and dance of the Legend of Úna Bhán ...our own "Bunratty Castle"
• An interim suggestion might be that the Moylurg Rockingham Company develop its existing, almost redundant "Moylurg Room" in the Visitor Centre to house an Úna Bhán re-enactment either live or on a screen.
• "Dream on" you might say, but if Ros Co Co can get €18 million for new offices in Roscommon town, then anything is possible in a spirit of good will towards Boyle