Boyle GAA Update
The following were thye €20 winners at the most recent Club Lotto draw which was held in Kate Lavin’s - Pat and Angela Leonard, James and Eilish Goldrick, Al and Mary Cunningham, Tara Brady, Gillian Cleary and Darren O’Connor. The house prize was won by Tom Browne. The jackpot wasn’t won and it will stand at €6,500 at next Saturday night’s draw which will be held in Patrick’s Well with Team E in charge.
It was a mixed week for the McGovern Directional Drilling Seniors. GAA Blog [here...]
It was a mixed week for the McGovern Directional Drilling Seniors. GAA Blog [here...]
Boyle Golf Club update
Junior Members from Boyle, Ballaghadereen & Castlerea who took part in the
Junior Foreclub Alliance. pic courtesy of MIchael Gilmartin
Sunday's Roscommon Herald 18 Hole competition was won by Shane O’Dowd with a great score of 46pts, 2nd Michael Bannon 41pts, Gross Adrian King, 3rd Cillian Doyle 41pts. The front nine was won by John McGuinn and the back nine was won by Francie Flanagan. At the presentation the Captain Padraig O’Connell thanked The Roscommon Herald for sponsoring the prizes and thanked the members for a great turnout. He also thanked Michael Rush for organising the competition. The Winner Shane O’Dowd said he was delighted to win and thanked the Herald for their sponsorship. He also complimented the ground staff for the great condition of the course adding that the greens were “awesome”. Thursdays Mens Competition was won by Michael Rush 29pts, 2nd Pat Conroy 27pts, 3rd Jim Mooney 27pts. Fridays Scramble was won by Terry Canning, Tish Perry & Tom Kearney, 2nd Michael Reid, Jim Suffin & Peter Leydon, 3rd Brendan Gaffney, Michael Rush & Cillian Doyle.
Read the full update [here...]
Read the full update [here...]
Thank you from Join Our Boys Concert held 7th June
Anne Walshe wrote: "Just want to thank most sincerely all who helped out in so many ways with the recent concert in aid of Join our Boys Trust which was held in St Joseph's Hall Boyle, the committee, stewards, back stage crew, lighting, sound, hall committee, sponsors of the tickets and prizes for the raffle, MC for the night, the wonderful artists who took part and finally to everyone who supported the concert on the night. It was a great success. The amount collected was €3,143.88."
Corpus Christi Procession
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This year's Corpus Christi Procession took place today following 11.30am mass, assembling on St. Joseph's church grounds and proceeding via Abbeytown to the Forest View Green area. More [photo...] and [photo...]
Grad Mass
During 7.30 mass, Fr. Donal Morris scotched rumours regarding the Graduation Mass cancellation by management at Abbey Community College. Fr. Donal stated clearly that Abbey College cancelled the mass and that "Boyle clergy DID NOT refuse permission to have the mass celebration in Boyle. Student(s) arranged for the mass to be held elsewhere."
Read between the lines ...
Frank Feighan TD spoke eloquently at the Thank You Social for Maura Hopkins. In a wide ranging address he reminded us that he is the only Fine Gael Roscommon TD in Government, that Ireland is on the way out of its financial mess and that to get to this sate, tough, unpopular decisions had to be made by himself and by government.
He suggested that we may have an opportunity to vote for two Fine Gael candidates in the forthcoming by-election following Ming Flanagan's 'rise' to Europe. The two candidates may be himself Frank Feighan and Maura Hopkins.
Leaving party politics aside, just think about it ... having two TD's from this area in government would benefit all of us!
He suggested that we may have an opportunity to vote for two Fine Gael candidates in the forthcoming by-election following Ming Flanagan's 'rise' to Europe. The two candidates may be himself Frank Feighan and Maura Hopkins.
Leaving party politics aside, just think about it ... having two TD's from this area in government would benefit all of us!
Bewley's Open Water Swim
Trisha Brennan and Shane O’Doherty © realboyle photos
The 1.5km course included swimming around Castle Island while the 750m swimmers swam to buoys at the island and back. Shane O’Doherty from Sligo won the 750m event in a time of 10.10 while his partner Trisha Brennan won the 1.5km event in 19.30.
Choppy waters greeted the open water swimmers, but the 19C water temperature was pleasant for these accomplished swimmers. Trisha Brennan finished the 1.5km course, way and away ahead of the others. When I jokingly asked her mother if she had given birth to a fish (or mermaid), she replied "No, and she wasn't born on a Friday either"
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Choppy waters greeted the open water swimmers, but the 19C water temperature was pleasant for these accomplished swimmers. Trisha Brennan finished the 1.5km course, way and away ahead of the others. When I jokingly asked her mother if she had given birth to a fish (or mermaid), she replied "No, and she wasn't born on a Friday either"
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