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Tour to Ballintober Abbey, Knock and Country Life Museum The tour to Knock, Ballintober Abbey and the Country Life Museum on Wednesday, 23rd of August will collect first at the car park in Elphin at 8 am. The bus will then collect at the Sacred Heart Church car park in Roscommon at 9 am. The tour will first be headed to Knock for Mass. The tour will then go to Ballintober Abbey and will conclude in the Country Life Museum in Castlebar. For further information please contact Teresa at 090-6661188 or Mary at 090-6661957.

New classrooms for schools in Croghan and Ballyfeeney Senator Frank Feighan has welcomed funding approval from the Department of Education for classrooms for Croghan and Ballyfeeney primary schools. “Funding has been allocated for a two-classroom ASD Unit for Croghan National School while Ballyfeeney National School, Scramogue has received funding approval for a mainstream classroom with a universal access toilet. “I am delighted this funding has been approved for the two schools.” Senator Maura Hopkins also welcomed the funding.

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Senator Frank Feighan has welcomed the start of resurfacing works on a stretch of the R361 BoyleFrenchpark Road, near Killaraght cemetery. “As has been the case with many roads, this section of the R361 has been severely affected by heavy rainfall and is badly in need of a new surface. This particular stretch of the Boyle-Frenchpark road is in County Sligo and following my representations at the time, Sligo County Council confirmed that resurfacing works were planned. I am glad too see that these works are now underway, funding for which is included in the Council’s Restoration Improvement & Maintenance programme for 2017.”

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Pictured are Senator Maura Hopkins, An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Alan Harney with Nuala and Jack Ryan, Ardnaglug, Ballydangan in the office of An Taoiseach recently.

Join Roscommon Rose Deirdre at Rose of Tralee Roscommon Rose Deirdre Cribbin is rallying her supporters to join her in the Dome on Thursday, 17th of August at the Rose of Tralee International Festival (from 16 to 22 August). She will be among 64 Roses from all over the world to take part in this year’s Festival which will include parades, funfair, circus, over 70 hours of free and affordable entertainment, Fashion Show and fireworks displays. Deirdre, 27, a primary teacher, said: “I am really looking forward to all that lies ahead for me as the 2017 Roscommon Rose, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their support so far.” Prior to arriving in Tralee, Deirdre will embark on a three-day tour taking in some of Ireland’s top tourism landmarks in County Kildare including the Irish National Stud and Japanese Gardens, The K Club, Lullymore and Kildare Village. All 64 Roses will stay at the magnificent Glenroyal Hotel and Leisure Club in Maynooth. In Dublin, the Roses will visit Ireland’s top visitor attraction, Guinness Storehouse and Malahide Castle. When the Roses arrive in the Kingdom of Kerry, they will sample some of the most famous scenery and tourist attractions in the world in Tralee, Dingle, Killarney and Kenmare and they will stay at the luxurious Rose Hotel in Tralee,

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Pictured in Croke Park on Sunday evening last were Áine, Olivia, Breege and Celine Heslin. Picture: Andrew Fox

Saturday evening Staying with relations in Castleknock (who looked after us royally), we pop over to The Roselawn Inn ‘to watch the football.’ Kildare v Armagh is a pulsating encounter on the big screen. It’s one of those homely Dublin pubs, with high ceilings, lots of fine décor and the familiar lilt of salt-of-theearth Dubs providing an ongoing backdrop to the match commentary. Across from us, perched on high stools, are three men who, while now easing into late middle age, all look like they could still clatter a careless corner-forward if he ventured near their domain. Just as well there’s table service. When the thriller in Croker is over, a staff member calmly makes the big screen disappear, returning it to its home closer to the ceiling, and revealing an impressive brick fireplace behind where the screen was. Fortunately for the till in the Roselawn, we have a fascination with brick fireplaces, so we are undaunted by the absence of the big screen, order a few more pints, continue to chat and experience the atmosphere.

Sunday morning After a great breakfast, the first big decision of the day; car v train. We opt for the train. At nearby Coolmine, it’s quiet when we arrive, but soon there are weaving lines of Roscommon and Mayo fans filling the platform, with an occasional Kerry or Galway supporter too. A Mayo man is accompanied by his young son. They’re from Cong. ‘The Quiet Man’ I say, in reference to the famous film. ‘Yeah, my grandad was in it’ the boy retorts. Not John Wayne himself, I’m presuming. They too are salt-of-the-earth people. It’s the first of many conversations with Mayo people where we (Roscommon fans) bashfully

accept their praise of Kevin McStay’s young team. We are miles behind them when it comes to this type of chat. Is it psychological warfare or just small talk from quiet men? If we’re suddenly feeling closer than ever to our Mayo and Galway counterparts, it’s nothing to how close we suddenly become when we join the crowds that are already on the train. It’s as crowded as any city underground or subway. Of course the mood is one of good humour. Once you’re on, you’re facing whatever way you’re facing and, in this environment at least, it’s not possible to make a u-turn (politicians, please copy). There are occasional outbreaks of banter and lots of small talk, but ultimately everyone is in a world of their own, alone with their own thoughts. Croke Park. The match. The possibilities. The untold story ahead of us.

Sunday afternoon The first goal had us on the edge of our seats. The second goal had us out of our seats. Roscommon’s whirlwind start underlined what I think is fairly obvious: Kevin McStay’s team carries a real goal threat once they go for it. The first goal was a beauty. Ciaráin Murtagh’s lovely pass was caught by Fintan Cregg as three Mayo defenders responded to the imminent danger like security men who had suddenly seen shadows outside a vault. Cregg didn’t wait to help them with their enquiries, swivelling away from the three Mayo men before lobbing the ball into the net. The second goal soon followed. Critically, Roscommon conceded immediately afterwards, Lee Keegan bearing down on our goal with all the appearance of a man whose pride had been injured in public. Keegan’s deflected shot found the net and cruelly cut the brief seven-point lead while our dreams were still gestating. Mayo now reinforced their suspect and

shell-shocked defence and Roscommon, incredibly, matched their score-shy second quarter in the Connacht Final. Mayo settled, picked off tidy scores and led by two (1-8 to 2-3) at half-time. I met the Castlerea Mart manager, Brendan Egan, at half-time. I don’t usually talk cattle prices, and this was no time to start. The GAA enthusiast wisely remarked that just about every game is decided in the second half. We parted with cautious optimism. I thought Roscommon’s secondhalf performance was massively impressive. Two points behind this greatly accomplished, formidable and experienced Mayo team, Roscommon showed courage, growing maturity and fierce hunger for victory to grasp the initiative for most of the half. This young and fearless and increasingly confident Roscommon team was not going to dance to history’s tune. We led by a point with a few minutes to go; we just couldn’t find that elusive twopoint lead. The atmosphere in Croke Park was sensational. Mayo and Roscommon threw everything at one another, like boxers who had dispensed with caution. The stands rocked with noise, emotion and passion. It was electrifying. The ghosts of agonising narrow defeats in decades past suddenly appeared as Mayo equalised, then edged in front. ‘There will be at least an additional six minutes…’ was greeted with a huge roar of relief and hope from Roscommon fans. Then, the free came, and Donie Smith displayed some startling combination of heroic courage and innocence. We were level, we were alive in this championship again. Frenetic final moments followed until the referee ended the torture. What a second half. What a performance by Roscommon. Mayo, resilient beyond belief again. Roscommon, utterly heroic. We couldn’t have been prouder. The story resumes on Monday.

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47th Annual Show on Saturday, 19th August VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR SHOW Church gate collection on Saturday, 5th & Sunday 6th in most Churches in Roscommon area

Pictured at the 2016 Roscommon Agricultural Show were Cal Murphy, Robyn and Russ Reynolds. Picture: Andrew Fox

The launch of this year’s annual Roscommon Agricultural Show will take place on Thursday, 3rd of August at 9 pm in Hannon’s Hotel. All are welcome to attend. This year’s show will take place on Saturday, 19th of August. All sponsors and general public welcome. Volunteers are needed on the day. A Church gate collection will be held on Saturday, 5th and Sunday, 6th of August in aid of this year’s show in most Churches in the Roscommon area. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Seven-race card at Roscommon Races on Tuesday next Following trainer Willie Mullins at the last Roscommon meeting proved profitable. And it’s no secret that for next Tuesday’s meeting at the Lenabane track punters should be noting those that travel well at Ballybrit this week to mark their card. Racing on Tuesday gets underway at 5.40 pm. Roscommon enjoyed a hugely successful two-day meeting in July, where the tote average each day was close to €300,000. Ladies Day yet again drew a big attendance and major competition in the fashion stakes. This Tuesday, there is a seven-

race card. The Railway Bar, J. F. Hanley, Paul Byron Shoes, Class Grass, Michael Holland Tyres and EBF sponsor the races. Once again every race on the card is sponsored with prize-money in some of the races reaching €25,000 to €30,000. This meeting comes hot on the heels of the biggest summer festival of racing in Ireland, namely Galway, and weather-permitting, can be the biggest meeting of the year with a mixture of loyal supporters and holidaymakers. Whether broke, a few euro ahead, or just still on a high from the week at the Galway Races, this

coming meeting often tends to be lucrative for the most eagle-eyed of observers. “Those keeping an eye on Ballybrit could find a few major pointers for Tuesday’s meeting,” said racecourse manager Michael Finneran. “This meeting tends to be very well attended. Indeed attendances have been very satisfactory this year and we hope that this trend will continue. “Our July meetings were very strong in every sense and we have to thank our many sponsors and loyal followers who ensure that we maintain a very high position on the list of tracks nationwide,”

Mr. Finneran added. Music in the main bar on Tuesday is after the second last race with Billy Garvin. Admission is as follows: adults, €15; OAP/ students, €10. Ros Special, which consists of admission, race card, two-course meal and €10 betting voucher is available for €30. Attractive discounts on group bookings. For any further information email roscommonracecourse@ eircom.net or phone 0872203288. For updates: www. roscommonracecourse.ie or follow the racecourse on facebook.

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Pictured in Croke Park on Sunday evening last were Cormac Regan, Michael Regan, James Kearns, Mary Kearns, Luke Kearns, Daniel Regan and Michael Regan. Picture: Andrew Fox

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Mothers inspire raising of over €29,000 for Portiuncula Children’s Ward A complete revamp of the children’s ward at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe is set to get underway in the coming weeks and months, thanks to the fundraising efforts of four women who were united by a common struggle – a cancer diagnosis for their child. Lisa Kelly of Birr, Co. Offaly, and three Roscommon women – Sarah Sweeney-Harney of Drum, Priscilla Egan of Dysart and Marian Dolan

of Roscommon town – set up ‘Funds for St. Therese’s Ward’ and last Monday they conducted a raffle draw at Glendeer Pet Farm that saw nearly 60 prizes given out in front of over 100 attendees, including hordes of young children who were delighted to take advantage of the party taking place and all the attractions outside. The group started out with a target of raising €10,000 but they’ve been inundated with support and consequently over €29,000 has been raised

Priscilla Egan, Sarah Sweeney-Harney, Aisling O’Shaughnessy (representing the nursing staff of St. Therese’s Ward), Marian Dolan and Lisa Kelly pictured during the fundraiser for Portiuncula’s children’s ward at Glendeer Pet Farm on Monday.

so far, with more set to come in when a number of valuable items are auctioned online. Planned projects include a complete repainting of the ward, renovation of the two isolation units, a full overhaul of the playroom for children and more, all in addition to the recent installation of a Fairy Garden at the front of the hospital. Tommy Kelly, Conor Egan and Evan Dolan all lost their battles with cancer over the past year, but 2-year-

old Alora Hanley was in attendance, despite the fact that she continues to undergo treatment. “Two years ago we started on a journey that would see us visit Crumlin Hospital and St. Therese’s Ward on a regular basis, and while the staff are just wonderful, it was clear that there was an opportunity for so much to be done with the ward, and we’re incredibly grateful for the support we received,” said her mother Sarah on Monday.

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NewsPeople Special Mass for Healing A Special Mass for Healing of the Family will take place at Our Lady Star of the Sea Prayer Centre, Curraghboy, Athlone on Friday, 11th of August, commencing at 8 pm. The celebrant will be Fr. John Walsh. Confessions will be available from 7 pm prior to Holy Mass and individual blessings for healing will take place after Mass. All are most welcome. For further details, contact 086-4054489.

Comhaltas Castlerea Music Session The next Castlerea Comhaltas music session takes place this Friday, 4th of August. The Session for Comhaltas Castlerea Rambling House Drop will be held in Doherty’s bar. All are welcome.

Launch of new craft tourism initiative Inside CRAFT, an ambitious new craft tourism initiative, is set to raise the profile of Counties Leitrim, Cavan, Roscommon and Longford as a creative region by showcasing the work of craftspeople, designers and artists living and working here. As part of a long-term creative strategy ‘Creative Connections’ pioneered by the Local Enterprise Offices

NEWS…at a glance for all the family. Music with Billy Garvin in PJ’s will round off our day of fundraising. The village is now preparing for the final judging so a huge thanks to everyone who has worked so hard at having everywhere looking fantastic.

of Cavan, Leitrim, Longford, Roscommon, over the next six months Inside CRAFT will embark on a collaborative series of pop up-events, craft trail open studios and a new website and social media activity. The official network launch will take place this Thursday, 3rd of August in the Virginia Show Centre, Co. Cavan and will be officially performed by Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD. Participating Roscommon crafts people include: Anne Rigney, Frances Crowe, Geraldine Beirne, Irish Felt Fairy, Kate Oram, Michelle Made This, Naomh Padraig Handcraft, Rachel Feeley, Siobhan Cox, Smyth Knives, The Claypipe Visitor Centre and Una Bhan Tourism & Crafts.

Castlecoote Tidy Towns Duck Race Castlecoote Tidy Towns are holding their Duck Race on Sunday, 20th of August at 4 pm. Delicious burgers and sausages will be served and all is in aid of Tidy Towns. Come along and enjoy the fun at the river

Bus to Lough Derg – some seats available There are some seats available on the bus to Lough Derg leaving Ballyleague Hall at 7 am on Sunday, 27th of August. The bus passes through Scramogue, Rooskey, and Carrick-onShannon. All are welcome. For further enquiries, contact Mary at 043-3321969.

Castlerea Celtic Youths’ Fun Cycle fundraiser Pictured in Croke Park on Sunday evening last were Natasha Brady, Sheridan and Katie Ann O’Toole. Picture: Andrew Fox

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Castlerea Celtic Youths Fun Cycle fundraiser will take place on Saturday, 12th of August from 10 am to 5 pm at The Square, Castlerea. This event always delivers a fun but challenging environment for our young players.

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We would appreciate your support on the day by honking your horn when passing or a small donation – or why not both. 100% of all proceeds from our Cycle Fundraiser goes towards the further sporting development of our boys and girls teams. We look forward to your continued support on the day.

Annual Franciscan Pilgrimage to Lourdes The annual Franciscan Pilgrimage to Lourdes takes place from 22nd-27th of September 2017. Fare is €699. Flights are available from Dublin and Shannon. For further information and application forms contact Pilgrimages Abroad on 01-6359300. Sick/disabled pilgrims apply by contacting 021-4370302.

Cancer Care West Fun Run/Walk in Keadue The annual 5k fun run/walk in aid of Cancer Care West and Keadue Tidy Towns will take place on Friday, 4th of August. Registration will take place at 7 pm in Keadue Hall, and the run/ walk will start at 7.30 pm. Refreshments will be served afterwards. All are welcome.

Blackberry Hearing – Better hearing, much better prices Prior to entering the market, Blackberry Hearing’s market research validated that there was significant consumer dissatisfaction with pricing and after-care service. So, the focus for the company has been on providing quality, affordability, price transparency and simplicity but ultimately ensuring the customer gets the best possible solution for their individual needs. To achieve this the company has instilled an ethos where no stone is left unturned to ensure total customer satisfaction. Employing only BSc qualified audiologists, a rarity in the business, ensures that the customer receives the best possible consultation and thereafter the best possible solution. Price transparency has been a cornerstone of the Blackberry Hearing philosophy. Research again revealed that prices advertised in the industry were rarely available during or after the consultation. To this end, Blackberry Hearing ensures that anyone attending one of their free hearing consultations is aware

beforehand of the cost of hearing aids for them, should they want to proceed. This then is backed up by a 45-day cooling off period, where a customer has the assurance they can return the hearing aids for a full refund should they not be fully satisfied. The ultimate measure of a company’s success in providing customer care must come from the customers themselves. Blackberry Hearing has expanded rapidly and now holds over 60 fortnightly clinics. The feedback from both clinic partners and customers has been overwhelmingly positive. An example of comments from letters sent to the regional press includes “I can only say that the service was top class”. “We did not necessarily set out to be disruptive” according to John “but our low pricing and strong customer care seems to have done just that. Being able to hear again is transformative to people with hearing loss. Research shows that people with hearing loss retreat from social interaction with family, friends, and colleagues with drastic

results on their mental wellbeing. Changing peoples’ lives for the better at an affordable price is a really good feeling.” While 2016 has been the first full year of trading, Blackberry Hearing has expanded significantly to most of the country and hopes to bring its service to the far reaches of the country by 2017. Meanwhile, you can book a FREE hearing consultation at a clinic near you or find out more by phoning Blackberry Hearing directly at 01-6978470.

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Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur – you can enter online now Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur is open to anybody between 18 and 35 with an idea/commercial venture for a start-up or an existing business. This competition is open to all sectors, structured at County and Regional levels, which culminate in a National Final. The IBYE Competition is broken down into three

categories. 1. Best Idea: To enter the Best Idea category you must have a new idea or concept for a business that has not yet commenced trading at time of application. 2. Start Up: A start-up business for the IBYE Competition is a business, which has started trading and is less than 18 months in existence. 3. Established: An established

business for the IBYE Competition will be trading for more than 18 months. Applying is simple. There is a 2 million euro investment fund and targeted business supports on offer to help you turn your business idea into a reality. Each LEO has an investment fund of Desmond Dolan, Nigel O’Reilly and Kyle €50,000. One can apply online McLoughlin who were IBYE 2017 County by logging onto www.ibye.ie Roscommon winners. Pic: Gerard O’Loughlin

Pictured in Croke Park on Sunday evening last were Paddy and Niamh McTeague. Picture: Andrew Fox

Team Hope needs you this year! Team Hope Roscommon are currently recruiting volunteers for this year’s Christmas Shoebox Appeal. The team would like to hear from anyone interested in volunteering from September 1st onwards. They have a range of roles available for volunteers and anyone interested should contact the coordinator Emma Clapison on 087-3179370 or email roscommonshoeboxappeal@outlook.com as the team will be meeting interested volunteers over the next couple of weeks to match them with a role to suit their skills and time commitments.

Congratulations, Ita Congratulations to Ita McDermot (Emoe, Roscommon), who competes in this year’s RDS Horse Show on 9th of August-13th of August. Ita rides ‘Con Air’ in the 5-year-old eventing class and ‘Hillside President’ in the 4-year-old class. Wishing Ita the best of luck.

Athleague Community Fund 50/50 Draw The next 50/50 Draw for the Athleague Community Fund will take place on Saturday night, 5th of August. One envelope costs €2, or 3 for €5. The winners of the last two draws were M. Mulhern, Athleague, and Laurence Fallon, Rahara. Envelopes are available in local businesses. Please support.

Collection for Tulsk Text Alert Collectors will be calling to houses in the Tulsk area for the collection of contributions for the funding of the local Text Alert Scheme for 2017. Some of the 400 people who receive text messages have already contributed. As some houses are yet to be collected from the remaining donations need to be received as soon as possible in order to keep the running costs of the service covered. This covers not only the payment of text messages but also insurance, membership fees and administration charges. If contributors wish they can pay local collectors or committee members Noel Sheerin, Jackie Carleton or Chris Campbell. Contributors are reminded to include their name and up to date contact number. Those wishing to receive receipts for contributions can request one from collectors or committee members. The cooperation of collectors and subscribers for this important scheme is very much appreciated.

Kilrooskey Pony Drive success Sean McDermott (Emoe, Roscommon) wishes to thank everybody who sponsored, supported and attended his recent ‘Pony Drive’ held in Kilrooskey. A total of €250 was raised, which went to Beaumont Hospital Foundation.

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Lough Ree Monster returns to Lanesboro!  DAN DOONER

Lanesboro is currently preparing for one of its biggest weekends of the summer with The Lough Ree Monster Festival due to take place across this bank holiday weekend. The festival was officially launched last Friday (July 31st) in the Lough Ree Resource Centre followed by a performance of the play ‘The Lough Ree Monster’, which was penned by Newtowncashel native John Kenny. The play, which was directed by Dermot Healy, ran for a second night last Saturday in St. Mary’s

Hall. Local organiser, Joe O’Brien, says there will be lots of different fun and games throughout the weekend. “This event has been 16 months in the making and we’ve worked hard to get the very best in entertainment for the town,” he said. There will be events for all the family this weekend including a family fun day, a planetarium and a gyroscope, to name just a few. The fun will begin on Friday with a kids’ disco from 7-9 pm. The Lough Ree Monster is due to arrive between 9 and 9.30 pm, just in time for live music from David Kiernan

and Cliona Hagan later that night. “The Monster looks great and a big thank you must go to Kevin Hanlon and his wife Stephanie for creating it,” said Joe. Country music superstar Mike Denver is the highlight on Saturday

Pictured at the launch of the Lough Ree Monster Festival were Stephanie Hanlon, Deputy Eugene Murphy, Catherine Kelly, Joe O’Brien, Teresa Ormsby, John Kenny and Cllr. Orla Leyden, Chairperson of Roscommon County Council. Picture: Andrew Fox

night and there will also be performances from Painted Skies, Reprisal and Natty Wailer over the weekend. Joe adds: “There will be a fireworks display on Sunday evening to give the Lough Ree Monster a big send-off as it returns to the lake. The monster will be leaving at 9 pm.” The long weekend will continue on Monday afternoon as Lanesboro Triathlon Club host a sponsored swim at 2 pm with all proceeds going towards Multiple Sclerosis Ireland. On Monday evening, Lanesboro

Credit Union will celebrate its 50th jubilee with festivities in the Big Red Barn beginning at 7 pm. Joe reckons Lanesboro will be a hive of activity throughout the weekend and the fun could reach fever pitch on bank holiday Monday as Roscommon fans return from Croke Park. “It’ll definitely be the place to be to celebrate a Roscommon win next Monday evening!” he said. So head along to Lanesboro this weekend for the return of the Lough Ree Monster and a funfilled festival the whole family will enjoy!

Pictured at the launch of the Lough Ree Monster Festival were David Johnston, Frank Conmy and Jim Clancy. Picture: Andrew Fox

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An initiative by Roscommon County Council to deal with dog fouling was launched in Boyle. Green Dog Walkers is a non-confrontational, friendly way to change attitudes about dog fouling. It is a community-based scheme that volunteers can adopt and promote in the community. Pictured are members of Lisnamult Residents Association with members of Roscommon Tidy Towns, Cllr. Kathleen Shanagher and Suzanne Dempsey, Environmental Awareness Officer Roscommon County Council. Picture: Andrew Fox

Roscommon groups to receive €59,000 in childcare grants Four Roscommon childcare services are to receive €59,000 to provide extra places for children of school-going age, according to Minister Denis Naughten. Minister Naughten says it will prepare services for significant changes in childcare, starting with extra supports for families in September. A new phase of an awareness campaign has also been launched to inform parents in Roscommon about the new supports available for their children. Minister Naughten added: “My independent colleague, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr. Katherine Zappone, has listened to the concerns of parents and childcare providers in Roscommon and is responding.” The four services in Roscommon that will benefit are – Kilnashee Childcare, €20,000; Lisacul Childcare, €19,475; Frenchpark Childcare, €9,557; Right Start Montessori, Minister Denis Naughten pictured with Minister for Children Kiltoom, €9,991. and Youth Affairs, Dr. Katherine Zappone

Funding boost for O’Carolan Festival Fine Gael Senator Maura Hopkins, who is also Seanad Spokesperson for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, has said that it is extremely positive that the O’Carolan Festival in Keadue is to receive €3,000 in funding through the Department of Arts and Heritage. “I have been working extremely hard with

committee members and Minister Humphreys over the past number of months to ensure that this funding would be made available. I received confirmation last Thursday from the Minister that funding of €3,000 is being made available to support the O’Carolan Festival this year, which takes place this week and over the August Bank Holiday weekend.”

Funding for Beara Breifne Way walking/cycling route Fine Gael Senator Maura Hopkins says it is extremely positive that funding has been allocated to improve a network of marked walks through Roscommon and Galway. Minister Michael Ring has allocated €986,692 to enhance aspects of the Beara Breifne Way walking/cycling route from Co. Cork to Co. Cavan via Roscommon and East Galway. News of the funding has also been welcomed by Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice. Senator Hopkins: “The Beara Breifne Way runs 500km from the tip of Beara Peninsula at Dursey in Co. Cork to Blacklion area in the Breifne area of Co. Leitrim and Cavan. This cycling and walking trail is based on the historic march of O’Sullivan Beara in 1603 and links villages and towns from Cork to Cavan.” Senator Hopkins added: “This project, when complete, could easily be viewed as the Irish equivalent of the Camino. It will be a fantastic recreational project when completed. “The villages and towns such as Loughglynn, Ballinlough, Castlerea, Trien, Athleague, Ballaghaderreen, Ballygar and Ahascragh through which the walk/ cycle route runs, are rich in tradition but have seen limited numbers of tourists. These areas are set to benefit from this funding announcement. The Beara Breifne Way will form part of the Miners Way near Arigna, Hymany Way in Galway and Suck Valley Way in Roscommon. It is important that the work completed on these individual established routeways will now be linked to form a major national walk-

Senator Maura Hopkins with Minister Michael Ring in Roscommon recently.

ing and cycling route.” Cllr. Michael Creaton, who was also involved in the project, said: “The development of this trail will be a major benefit in attracting tourists to our area. I have no doubt that this route will grow and flourish in the coming years and attract great numbers. I am delighted that this potential has now been realised and supported by Government.”

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Pictured at the launch of the Lough Ree Monster Festival were Maggie Donohoe, Martina Reynolds, Breda Greaves and Mairéad Moorhead. Picture: Andrew Fox

Glenamaddy Heritage Project office is seeking assistance in establishing a Heritage Database and its ongoing development. We are looking for someone with business administration skills and strong Excel experience. Database experience would be a plus. Work will include data entry, oversight of

other volunteer staff and project advancement as well as database backup and security. If you think you’d be interested in helping on this project we’d love to hear from you. Please call, in the morning, to Convent House, Glenamaddy or telephone 094-9659029.

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‘Over 3,500 on waiting list for physiotherapist’ Fianna Fáil TD for Roscommon/Galway Eugene Murphy has said that it is totally unacceptable that over 3,500 people across counties Roscommon and Galway are on a waiting list to attend a physiotherapist, with more than 400 left languishing for over a year. Deputy Murphy recently raised the matter through a parliamentary question with the Minister for Health Simon Harris when he queried the number of per-

sons on a waiting list to attend a physiotherapist in Counties Galway and Roscommon for 2016 and 2017. “Once again it’s a case of long delays and more waiting lists – the latest figures I received in relation to physiotherapy indicates that there are a total of 3,586 people from Counties Roscommon and Galway awaiting physiotherapy services. A breakdown of the figures show that there were 3,132 people on

waiting lists for County Galway in May of 2017 and of that figure over 1,000 were waiting more than six months, while 402 were left languishing on a waiting list for a year or more. The figures also show that there has been a 14% increase in the numbers on waiting lists for physiotherapy services in County Galway since December 2016. “In County Roscommon there has been a rise of almost 10% in the number of people on physi-

otherapy waiting lists since December 2016 to May 2017. The figures for May 2017 show 454 people from County Roscommon on the waiting list with 19 waiting for six months or more. “Physiotherapy is a vital tool to helping to improve strength, range of motion and endurance and also helps to alleviate pain for patients so it is simply unacceptable to see more than 3,500 people on waiting lists for these services.”

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A Cabinet Minister has welcomed a new commercial project which will create jobs in the heart of Ireland. Denis Naughten, Minister of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, has been working closely with the developer behind PriMe6, a new property development for the life sciences sector near Athlone, to ensure the project attracts international interest that will create hundreds of local jobs. The modern design positions a seven-wing facility around a central core – a total area of 78,340 sq. ft., with potential to increase to more than 138,000 sq. ft. Partially built, the facility has full planning permission. It is hoped agreement will be reached within 12 months for one or more companies to be based at the strategic Monksland site, creating more than 300 jobs. In addition, at least 80 jobs are expected to be created during the construction phase. Work on the former Pharmaplaz Technology Park site – bought by Bobmar Ltd. in 2015 – will start once contracts have been agreed with companies, with units built to client specifications and requirements.

Minister Naughten said: “It is a very attractive and unique investment opportunity which will bring more than 300 jobs across the Lakelands region into the heart of Co. Roscommon and Athlone. There has been keen interest shown already from US and international operators but I also see an opportunity here for UK operators in light of Brexit. The site is a key strategic site just off the M6. With all the utilities in place combined with a skilled and willing workforce in the heart of the biapharma life sciences sectors in Ireland, it is ideally located. “I have been working closely with the developer Robert Keane as well as Enterprise Ireland and the IDA on this project. PriMe6 will copperfasten Monksland and Roscommon as the home of the biapharma life sciences sectors in Ireland and the local workforce as leaders in this field. What is unusual about the cluster of pharmaceutical companies that already exists in this area of the Midlands is that they all work collaboratively with each other and they encourage other companies to come in. I am looking forward to PriMe6 being one of these companies.”

Google’s Autumn Adopt A Start-up opens up for Roscommon applicants Google is inviting high potential start-ups from Roscommon to apply for its Autumn Adopt A Startup programme as it opens applications from this week. This is an opportunity for ambitious entrepreneurs from across Roscommon to receive hands on mentoring from experienced Google employees over a 12week period and attend an exclusive programme of lectures and workshops at the company’s Dublin HQ, learning insights and strategies to position your company for new growth opportunities. At the end of the 12 weeks, participating companies will make a pitch to a panel of senior executives and industry experts, with the winning company receiving €10,000 of AdWords credit and eligibility for the Google Cloud

Platform for Start-ups programme which comes with $100,000 of Google Cloud credit. Seven runners-up will also be eligible for the programme, along with $20,000 Google Cloud Credits while one company will also win 6 months free hot desking in DogPatch Labs, Google For Entrepreneurs Tech Hub partner. With just 30 places up for grabs, companies are being urged to get their applications in early, before the closing date of 9th of August. The successful companies chosen to participate in the Autumn Adopt A Start-Up will be announced at the programme launch on the 31st of August. Interested start-ups can apply online at https://events.withgoogle. com/adoptastartup/apply/

Launching the call for entries are former winners Wes Roddy, Collette Doyle, Luca Boschin from Logo Grab with Paddy Flynn, Google Ireland.

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Family Open Day at Donamon Castle is this Sunday! Big draw, mega rafﬂe!

t There will be many draws for spo of and day the out ugh prizes thro raffle course we will have the mega ny ma and , 500 €1, e priz rst fi h wit more prizes! ) Tickets at €5 each (book of 5 €20 ! day the ing dur sale on will be tion Michael Fitzmaurice TD will auc other gifts, which have been erous sponsored by many of our gen sponsors.

Fun for all the family! On this Sunday, 6th of August, the annual family picnic day takes place once again on the grounds of Donamon Castle, Roscommon. Donamon Castle is set on the banks of the River Suck and is the home to the Divine Word Missionaries who came to Donamon in 1939. This is a historic building, dating back to 1154! Having started in 1995 this picnic day provides a range of memorable entertainment for everybody, drawing crowds from far and near who have had an association with the castle in the past. This year’s programme incorporates a blend of entertainment to suit all tastes with The Castlerea Brass & Reed Band, Patsy McCaul, David Keenan, Crazy Corner & Bill Haugh all taking to the stage during the day! One of the highlights this year will be Jake Carter (brother of Nathan) together with his band making his first appearance at the castle before starting on his debut Irish tour in September 2017! Another of the highlights will be The Duggan School of Irish Dancing who will perform with 20 Irish dancers! Once again there will be train rides, pony rides, face-painting, bouncy cas-

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Pictured at the 2015 Donamon Family Fun Day were Zoe, Megan and Aisling King. Picture: Andrew Fox

tles, book, DVD and cuddly toys stall and of course the castle tours to see this beautiful majestic building! Fun 4-U entertainment from Longford will provide entertainment for the children with clowns, balloon modelling and various Disney characters making their appearance. A wide range of flowers and shrubs and other crafts will be available to buy on the day.

As Donamon Castle is overlooking the River Suck, Inland Fisheries Ireland will have a wide range of fish and fauna on display. An eagle will also be on display! At 2 pm there will be a presentation to Fr. Norman Davitt SVD who will be celebrating 70 years as a priest on the 15th of August. Fr. Norman was one of the first ‘recruits’ to Donamon in

Ring’s recreation funding boost for local projects €118,040 in funding for 15 outdoor recreation projects in Roscommon has been announced by Michael Ring, Minister for Rural and Community Development. In all, €11m in funding nationally has been announced under the 2017 Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme. In County Roscommon, the following amounts have been announced: The Lake O’Flynn Loop Walk, Ballinlough, €10,000; Rinn Duin National Looped Walk, Warren Point & Castle Loop, Lecarrow, €1,092; Miners Way and Historical Trail, North Roscommon, €5,520; Padraig Pearses GAA Club walking track, Moore, Taughmaconnell and Creagh, €10,000; Ballinapark repair of toilets, Ballinapark, €6,400; Various Trails, Castlerea/Roscommon, €9,102; Doon shore Amenity, Lough Key, Boyle, €10,000; Killukin Cascade Waterfall, Carrick-onShannon, €8,000; Errit Lodge Walk, Castlerea, €6,400; Elphin Town Trail – Windmill Woodlawn, Elphin, €10,000; Frenchpark Walk Way, Frenchpark, €5,926; Suck Valley Cycling Route, Castlecoote/Donamon, €6,000; Tarmon Bog Trail, Tarmon, €10,000; Cloonlarge Loop, Kilteevan, €10,000; Elphin Public Amenity Garden, Elphin, €9,600. News of the funding was welcomed by

Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice and Senators Frank Feighan and Maura Hopkins. Deputy Fitzmaurice noted that five projects had received funding in Galway. “They are Palace Grounds Community Park, Tuam, €10,000; County Galway Park Trails, Tuam and Loughrea, €10,000; Roxborough Commonage Nature Trail, Kilchreest, €10,000; Kilconly Community Recreation, €9,500 and Lismany Bog Nature Walk, Laurencetown, €4,000.”

1939. Fr. Norman was very good to the sick and less well off in our area over the year so a well deserved tribute to Fr. Norman indeed! This day and the events taking place will leave fond memories for young and old alike. Admission and parking is free! Sandwiches, tea, coffee, ice cream, sweets and hot dogs will be on sale during the day.

The open day is made possibl k because of the dedicated wor undertaken by a very active committee and local volunteers and with the help of many organisations and generous many sponsors and also the help of n agencies including Roscommo l County Council, the Gardaí, Civigroup, Defence, Roscommon LEADER other rural social scheme and many groups. the The open day committee and Rector of Donamon Castle Fr. Pat rd Hogan SVD and the Divine Wo ryone eve ite inv to h wis Community lively to Donamon to enjoy a mega . day d cke -pa and fun 30 The day starts with Mass at 12. , pm in the Divine Word Church Donamon. We look forward to seeing you

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Music by: Jake Carter and his Band The Castlerea Brass & Reed Band, Patsy McCaul, David Keenan, Crazy Corner, Bill Haugh The Duggan School of Dancing. Come and enjoy a great day with family and friends. Train Rides, Pony Rides, Face Painting, Bouncy Castles, Book & DVD Stall, Fun4U Entertainment and much more.

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Community’s moving tribute to Gardai who were shot dead in 1980  SEAMUS DUKE

Over 500 people attended the unveiling of a memorial last Friday to John Morley and Henry Byrne, the two Gardaí who were shot dead at Shannon’s Cross outside Loughglynn after a robbery at the Bank of Ireland in Ballaghaderreen on Monday, 7th of July 1980. Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan TD unveiled the stone memorial. A commemorative book was also launched. The monument is a large block of Irish limestone. Morley family members: Frances, Shane, Gillian and Gordon. Byrne family members: Anne, Paul, Henry and Aisling Byrne. The stonecutter was Michael Carney and the stonemason was Frank McNulty. The ceremony was attended by the Byrne and Morley families, TDs, Senators, senior Council officials and county councillors from Roscommon and Mayo, senior Gardai from all over the country, members of the clergy, officials of the GAA from Roscommon and Mayo, and representatives from Kiltimagh GAA Club, with whom both men had an association. Guests were treated to refreshments in the Loughglynn Remembering Our Fallen Heroes…the book was launched Community Centre and by Charlie Flanagan, Minister for Justice and Equality, pictured with Brendan Gordon, of Event Organising transported the short It was an emotional day for Anne Byrne and Frances Morley. Committee. distance to Shannon’s John Morley and Henry Cross where the official tribute to the Garda Frances, and the rest Siochana and the work Byrne on the day of the ceremony took place. of the Morley family, they do in public. murders at Shannon’s The Army Band was he thanked everyone Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan two fine men struck down in the prime at “These public servants Cross. He paid tribute on hand to provide involved for honouring welcomed the families and friends of 37 and 29 years old. lost their lives in the to his mother Anne who entertainment and even their late father. the two late Gardaí. He said that the two “The book we launch today gives an inline of duty on the he said had raised the the rain stayed away! Paul Byrne (son of men gave their lives in the line of public sight into the characters of both men and 7th of July, 1980, and family “without any The Mayor of Henry Byrne) said that duty and the memorial was a fitting trib- how much they were respected and how they are an example to animosity or bitterness” Roscommon County the memorial was a ute to the courage of the men. The Min- much that was lost. I also want to pay all for their unselfish despite her huge loss. Council, Cllr. Orla “beautiful and fitting ister said that the sacrifices that they had tribute to the Gardaí who were with John contribution to society The local organising Leyden, said that she tribute” to the two men made should never be forgotten. and Henry that day and to the bravery and what it means to “What has happened here today is a of all Gardaí who serve the community committee were Brendan was very moved by the and that the Byrne testimony to the regard and respect that on an ongoing basis. I would also like to Gordon, Michael ceremony. On behalf of serve the public,” he family were so thankful the local community have for John Mor- pay tribute to the 86 other members of said. Creighton, Martin the entire community for the efforts of ley and Henry Byrne. I want to formally the Garda Siochana who have lost their Shane Gilmartin, Freeman, and Kevin Cllr. Leyden paid everyone involved. He extend my sympathies to both families lives protecting the citizens of our State the Chairperson of Murtagh and Martin tribute to the work of said that the memorial who continue to live with the loss of the since its foundation,” he said. Kiltimagh GAA Club, Duggan also played a An Garda Siochana. would always be a huge role in terms of the Mr. Eugene Cummins, said that the two reminder to people of He spoke of his fond to bring the project to the Morley family men would never be organisation. the Chief Executive of the high esteem that memories of their time fruition, and he paid a were so thankful to forgotten and that they Congratulations to Roscommon County John and Henry were in Ballaghaderreen, special tribute to Martin everyone involved with were an example to all everyone involved Council, said that held in. Roscommon and Duggan for his input the memorial project. young people in their with the launch. It was despite the fact that it He welcomed retired Castlerea, and his and friendship. He thanked the local club, even years after superbly organised and was a very sad day for Garda Derek Kelly and love of all sports, and Mr. Morley recalled organising committee the tragedy. the families and for the the son of the late Garda those responsible should especially his work with Michael O’Malley, both memories of his late and reminded people of Shane Morley (son be very proud of their members of the Gardaí, Community Games. On the huge amount of hard dad, saying that he was of John Morley), told efforts on the day. it was a privilege for of whom were with behalf of his mother a great community man. work that was required the attendance that him to be able to pay

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Assistant Commissioner, Anne Marie McMahon lays a wreath at the monument to her two fallen colleagues.

Retired colleagues of Garda Henry Byrne and Garda John Morley: Mick Kelly, Hollymount; Jim Fleming and Brendan Walsh, Ballaghaderreen. Retired Sergeant, Martin Hogan, with his wife Marian and daughter Rosanne Deeney.

At the unveiling were John Kilgannon, Michael O’Grady, Jim O’Kelly and Paul Byrne.

At the unveiling were Kevin Morley, Fionn Sweeney and Amy Sweeney.

Assistant Garda Commissioner ‘moved’ Assistant Garda Commissioner Anne Marie McMahon said that it was hugely important that the events of 7th of July, 1980 were remembered. “I must say that I was really moved here today listening to the other speeches at the level of support for An Garda Siochana and the genuine appreciation for the job that we do. I was humbled to hear that, I have to say. “We (the Gardaí) have been through a very difficult couple of years and on some occasions we have not shown ourselves in a great light but for the vast majority of the time I think we do a pretty decent job,” she said.

A Sunday treat… ‘Wind in the Willows’ at Strokestown Park! This Bank Holiday Weekend, Chapterhouse Openair Theatre Company bring their very popular stage production of Kenneth Graham’s classic tale, The Wind in the Willows to Strokestown Park. Children of all ages will enjoy the lively adventures of Toad, Ratty, Mole and Badger, in the Victorian Walled Gardens on Sunday, 6th of August. This is the first event of its kind at Strokestown Park and promises to be one to remember for the whole family.

Strokestown café is open until 5 pm with light snacks available in the gardens throughout the show. Toilet and baby changing facilities are also available on site. The show begins at 5 pm, and patrons are urged to arrive early to avoid disappointment. Don’t forget to bring a picnic blanket or lowbacked chair! Tickets range from €14 for children over 3 to €19 for adults. Family tickets are priced at €56 for two adults and two children. A 10% discount applies for groups of 10 or more. All tickets can be purchased from www. strokestownpark.ie or at the gate on the day. For further information call 071-6933013.

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Strokestown, Co. Roscommon Sunday, 6th August, 5.00pm Tickets and Information from Strokestown Park (071) 9633013 or www.strokestownpark.ie See Tickets (0871) 2200260 or www.seetickets.com Adult €19 / Child €14 Family (2 Adults & 2 Children) €56 10% discount for parties of 10 or more Please bring your own rugs or low-backed seating. This Bank Holiday Weekend, Chapterhouse Open-air Theatre Company bring their very popular stage production of Kenneth Graham’s classic tale, The Wind in the Willows to Strokestown Park

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PEOPLE PLATFORM Rossie fans too meek and mild? Are Roscommon GAA fans too meek and mild? That’s a question posed this week by our occasional correspondent, one Seamus Thompson, who writes: Dear Editor, For all Rossie fans, last Sunday was a dream come true – our heroes performed as if life itself depended on it and were an enormous credit to their team and county. No doubt there will be plenty of comment in this week’s ‘People’, but one aspect that saddened me (and I feel should be highlighted) is the lack of ‘corporate’ roar from the supporters. Okay, they were heard aloud at times, but nothing like the Mayo gang who egged on their boys with ‘Ma-yo, Ma-yo, Ma-yo’. Not sure if this was a critical factor but the din of noise from the Mayoers in the final quarter was deafening and must have been a worry to our boys as they dug deep for energy and a plan. Can we do anything about this in the few days before next Monday? Rossies now don’t need to be so demure and ‘respectful’ to ANY opposition, the lads were nothing short of brilliant and we must have a local chant or song or some identifiable sound that is clearly a response to ‘Ma-yo’ to further encourage the lads on this most important day in Roscommon footballing history. We have great musicians, entertainers, activists and some worthwhile entrepreneur expertise in the county. Can heads be knocked together as a matter of urgency to come up with a suitable jingle before next Monday’s battle of the west? Even copy our overseas soccer outfits… anything to put the ‘cream on the cake’ that we so deserve. Our excellent supporters now have a critical role to play! Yours sincerely, Seamus Thompson

Roscommon players emerge from the changing rooms for the team photograph last Sunday. Picture: Andrew Fox

Thanks to the people of Roscommon Dear Editor, On behalf of Trócaire I would like to thank parishioners in Co. Roscommon for their support of the national Church collection held on 22/23 July, which was called by the Bishops of Ireland. The money donated to this collection will fund Trócaire’s life-saving work in drought-ravaged east Africa. East Africa stands on the brink of

‘Art of conversation at risk’  MARY HUNT

The orange and yellow buildings beside the Ha’penny Bridge match the colours of the evening sunset. There is something vivid about both the buildings and the sunset, sharp-edged and bright. I remember more muted sunsets, softer colours, pinks and lemon yellows. I prefer the gentler times. Everything is brighter now, louder. We don’t have time to do anything but process information in this 21st century, fibre optic broadband world. Life seemed simpler long ago, closer to the earth. I grew up on a farm in Co. Roscommon. We saved the hay, moved cattle from one field to another,

catastrophe with almost 25 million people at risk of starvation. The support Trócaire has received from people across the county will enable us to provide emergency food, water and medical care to people across Somalia, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya. Our health centres and feeding programmes are saving lives but the needs in the region are enormous. The generosity of people in Ireland will allow us to reach even more people with lifesaving aid. We are very grateful to the Bishops of Ireland for calling for collections to be taken up at all Masses across Co. Roscommon to support Trócaire’s emergency

looked after the sheep. I went to school, which I hated by the way, but life was slower and information overload, well, that was a future thing. Today we have phones and laptops, ipods and kindles, and we are forever “plugged in”. Nowadays no-one talks on buses or trains. They have headphones or are tapping or swiping. There is a multitude of information on communication skills in popular psychology sites on the Internet, yet, ironically, we are losing the real skills. The art of conversation is at risk. I’ve always loved the Roscommon sense of humour, where you were easily made laugh or indeed put in your place by a sharp-witted remark. I would hate to see that culture of language and relationships with neighbours diminish. During the bus strike by Bus Eireann I had

response and I have no doubt that parishioners have responded with their usual generosity. I would encourage readers to visit our website – trocaire.org – or follow us on social media for information about how their support is helping us save lives in east Africa. The people of Ireland have shown time and again that they have an amazing affinity for, and solidarity with, people in the developing world who are facing crisis. Governments of the world could do worse than follow this example as the response of the international community to this disaster has just not been good enough. Globally, this crisis has received very little attention. Appeals for aid are

under-funded. For example, the UN has received just 37% of the funding it needs to respond to the crisis in Somalia. The world is distracted by the actions of a handful of powerful politicians, while in east Africa millions suffer in silence. It is an absolute scandal that in 2017 that so many are going hungry. Thank you once again to all your readers who have donated to our life-saving appeal. Donations can also be made directly to Trócaire at www.trocaire.org or by phoning 1850 408 408 (ROI) or 0800 912 1200 (NI). Yours sincerely, Eamonn Meehan Executive Director,

cause to travel on the Local Link Bus to Roscommon town. It was a harkening back to the past in a way. Conversation flowed above the blare of a radio. No-one had headphones. You could be heard at the back of the bus, so I learned the stories of the few passengers. The local link is a great service in rural Ireland. People go to Roscommon for some shopping and a day in the town, or to an appointment at the hospital – and the bus is full of chat. The driver was friendly and knew everyone. I felt transported to another time. A few days later, Bus Eireann was back. The 21st century hit me full blast. Headphones in. Tapping on the phone. No conversation and away we go. Something in me was sad. Yes, we had more time for our neighbours before the information superhighway and 21st century life.

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Anthony Scaramucci might reasonably have thought that he’d survive the silly season. Nah, not in Trump-land.

We once reported that the then Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, was on the look-out for a holiday home in North Roscommon.

‘Tis the season to be silly… As the so-called ‘silly season’ kicks off, a tongue-in-cheek PAUL HEALY recalls some suitably silly journalistic experiences… T ypical of Donald Trump, he ignored the big day. How could he? Well, I guess he could. I am writing these words on Tuesday. Tuesday, 1st of August. Some people will credibly argue that it begins in July, but to me the silly season really kicks off at the beginning of August, or certainly it peaks during this month. The silly season? That’s the media’s rueful label for the season of ‘no serious news’. The season when, if we don’t quite make up news, we are forced to trade in the daft, obscure, eccentric, and….well, silly. Anthony Scaramucci might reasonably have thought that he’d survive the silly season. After all, he was only appointed as successor (as White House Communications Chief) to Sean Spicer thirteen days ago. A quiet August during which to find his feet in the job? Nah, not in Trump-land. Donald’s not going to recognise the silly season, it seems. Scaramucci got the sack on Tuesday, 1st of August, just eleven days after he got the job. Breaking news in America: No silly season when Donald’s ‘in charge.’

ack home in Roscommon, I’m a veteran of the silly season at this stage. In Roscommon and throughout the country, media folk are bracing themselves for the great month of no news, or little enough news. It’s never as bad as is initially

feared. Of course there will be some news. But Plans B, C and D will be required. So, old tried and trusted ideas are revisited. Of course it’s the politicians who are to blame. Yes, we give out about them all year, but their conduct in August is particularly objectionable. They bugger off, away from the Houses of the Oireachtas at least. They will insist they are still working, but it’s not the same. Watch now as your television and radio become politician-free zones. It might sound appealing, but you will miss those tetchy exchanges and rows after a week or so. Replacing the usual fare on Prime Time, Tonight With Vincent Browne, The Week in Politics and the various radio programmes, will be some of that usual ‘filler’ material that gets the media through the silly season. Watch out for reporters sneaking up on tourists on Grafton Street/ Dublin Airport/English Market in Cork, asking mundane questions. Await the features in print, on radio and on television, on those giant vegetables at the show, Ireland’s biggest potholes, unusually shaped trees (is that the face of Jesus?), advice on what to bring with you to a concert, advice on what not to bring with you to a concert, and Marian Finucane’s thrilling guide to how to keep your

children entertained during the summer holidays. Watch out for the festival specials, and the certainty that some reporter will be cycling around Ireland with a microphone. Do you recall a radio reporter doing a piece a year or two ago on where in Ireland you can get the best 99? I do. Meanwhile, in newspaper offices nationwide, photo editors will desperately seek out celebrity weddings, beam on receipt of pictures of C-list celebrities at the races, and insist on one more photo of Bertie Ahern/Brian O’Driscoll/ Ryan Tubridy walking amongst ordinary people into Croke Park/ the Aviva. Prepare too for grossly excessive coverage of incredibly dull uterrances made by serious looking people at summer schools in quaint places.

nyways, I’m not sure if my own silliest journalistic endeavours all belong to the silly season – a quick recap in my mind suggests that I have been capable of silly season type stuff even when it’s the normal season. One ‘story’ that I did enjoy working on had a silly season feel to it but was actually an April Fool’s Day inspired effort. It was the early 1990s and the late Sean Doherty was happy to go along with the idea. We

reported that the then Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, was on the look-out for a holiday home in North Roscommon. Mr. Doherty, a prominent politician, ‘confirmed’ to the Roscommon Champion (where I was working at the time) that he had arranged for a top secret house-hunting visit by the Duchess to Rooskey. Eanna Brophy, in the Sunday Press, picked up on our April Fool’s story and was very complimentary about it. Was it a silly season story when photographer Gerard O’Loughlin and I decided to ‘doorstep’ a psychic called Madame Lisa, who was meeting clients in a hotel in Roscommon, again, back in the early 1990s? We were both very cynical about this fortune-telling business. We arrived in the Royal Hotel, introduced ourselves to ‘Madame Lisa’ and proceeded to conduct a cynical ‘interview’ along with photos. Madame Lisa didn’t like us. We parted on less than wonderful terms. ‘Surely she should have seen us coming?’ was our rather dry view of that episode. Frank Chisum, Ireland’s greatest ever Elvis impersonator, surely saw us coming – but couldn’t escape in time – when we doorstepped him in his dressing room after a concert in Ballyforan. We’d had a few drinks earlier in the evening, and now Frank/Elvis was going to be bored/

interrogated by the Champion team. More silly season stuff. Still, we got a nice feature from it before Elvis (hastily) left the building. In Longford and Cavan (where I worked before coming to Roscommon) there was always the risk of being cornered by some character who was a bit mad (can I still use that word?)/media obsessed/annoying/eccentric. The same ‘risk’ remains in Roscommon! Typically, these well-meaning people assume that (a) their ‘story’ is of great importance and (b) you have all day to listen to them. Approached by such people in the silly season or during the non-silly season, the poor journalist has to call on all their diplomatic skills, unless of course the first defence – ‘Tell them I’m not here’ – has actually worked. Of course the greatest silly season saviour of them all is the old reliable ‘vox pop,’ where the reporter and photographer will take to the streets to ask unsuspecting members of the public some rivetting question (Who will win the match? Do we need an election? Is Donald Trump mad? Can I still use that word?). Back in 1987 I was on vox pop duty on a sunny July day in Cavan. Cavan were due to play Monaghan in the Ulster Final. With vox pops, you really never know what you are going to get. Continued on page 25 –>

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Food for thought:Why I can’t really propose a toast to this hospital ‘patient’ It’s Thursday evening of last week and once again – for the second time in five days – I find myself in the old Regional Hospital, now the University one, in Galway city, and at about half past nine I am sitting in the x-ray area waiting (obviously enough) for an x-ray. This time, surprisingly, I am not the patient, but rather it is an immediate family member who is. By the time we got as far as the x-ray room, we had already been in the hospital for six and a half hours. As is the norm, there isn’t a lot of chat going on in the waiting area, when this lad in his late thirties sits beside me and immediately starts to talk to me. It’s hard to miss the strong smell of drink off him. He asks: “Will you be let home tonight? You never know when you come into these places.” So I try to explain that I am not the hospital patient, and that, yes, hopefully we will get home later. When he repeated the exact same

question five or six times in the next few minutes, I thought to myself that he wasn’t fully with it and so I asked him what he, himself, was doing in the x-ray department. Before I got an answer, the girl who had given out the cups of tea and stuff about an hour or so earlier, came by to collect the dishes, and my mate wasn’t missing his chance. He called her over and asked for a cup of tea and two slices of toast. Now I could see the young girl was doubtful about him and she too asked why he was in the x-ray department. He said he was waiting for a dressing for two large cuts he had on his arms. She threw her eyes up to Heaven but agreed to get him his tea and toast, along with the six packets of sugar he asked for. Anyway, off she went while he enquired another few times as to whether I’d be going home later, until fairly quickly the young girl was back, complete with the required items.

I watched him as he put the butter and jam on the toast with his fingers and before you could blink, the whole lot was gone and so was he. Out the door with him, none of his cuts dressed, and away into the night, and I couldn’t help but wonder if he had only come in after a few pints for his supper and equally, does it happen on a regular basis? Now obviously I don’t know, but he certainly had no business being where he was medically, and the only conclusion I could come to was that he knew he would get something to eat in the hospital – and how right he was. As for us, my family member was admitted for the night after another couple of hours and did eventually get a bed, but once again, under outrageous pressure, the medical staff did a wonderful job and we can only applaud them for being so kind, courteous, and professional, under appalling working conditions.

Massive fundraiser for Caislean Oir in Glinsk Sharon Gannon has asked me to tell you all about the massive fundraiser that Caislean Oir, Glinsk Community Childcare, are having. A draw for a brand new Dacia Sandero car, or €10,000 in cash, will take place in Dowd’s, Glinsk on Saturday night, 12th of August. There are other prizes as well and tickets are only €10. What an

amazing undertaking by the Glinsk community, so make sure you buy those tickets and support a worthy cause. Tickets can be got at the creche, from local businesses and also online at www.caisleanoir.com. All proceeds go to the day to day running of the non-profit community creche, and you could be driving

Range of services at Vita House highlighted Marian Keigher, Director of Services at Vita House, Roscommon, recently presented her Annual Report for 2016. Ms. Keigher said: “We continue to grow and develop our services to respond to the needs of the community and we have a lot to be proud of. Our community-based counselling services are extremely important to people. We strive to ensure that when people seek help that they will find effective support in a timely manner. Last year we assisted 351 clients with 2,350 counselling sessions. “Our Cancer Support Service is almost four years in operation, and we

away in a lovely new car or leaving Dowd’s with a bagful of cash! On the night there will be music by Shane Moore. It should be great craic; but get out now and buy those tickets. I must buy one, as the old Almera is nearing the end of its natural life. Also, keeping in with all the local publicans, Bernie Naughton wants

to let all Luke Kelly fans out there know that on this Saturday night she has James Gallagher and his band playing in PJ’s bar in Castlecoote, and I am told that he is a brilliant entertainer, a real star, and the ultimate Luke Kelly soundalike. If you like Luke and want a great night’s music, don’t miss it – and tell Bernie I sent you!

Almost converted to Rossie-ism Finally for this week, it was great to be in Croke Park last Sunday. Even though I was disappointed with what I felt was another spineless performance by our Galway footballers, the game between Mayo and the Rossies was just fantastic, and while it was probably a fair result, I thought the young Rossies were a credit to themselves, to their management team (two Mayo men and a Galway man) and to their county, and they have lit up what has otherwise been a mediocre championship. I thought they were the better team on Sunday and although I have to say this Mayo team has extraordinary resilience, I believe the primrose and blue will have at least two more visits to Croker. I met loads of the supporters and the colour and atmosphere they brought to the Capital was wonderful, and by the time I had a few lovely pints of Bowe’s best Guinness – a lovely pub off Fleet Street – I was nearly converted to Rossie-ism. Next weekend, with the football quarterfinals, (three of them including this replay) and the hurling semi on Sunday, it promises to be one of the great sporting weekends of all time. Throw in the Open Day in Donamon, the musical treats that Ballygar Carnival have in store for us (love to see Lisa McHugh), and all I can say is it’s great to be alive.

r now ‘Till next week, Bye fo

Pictured from (l-r): Michael Simpson, Stacey Kearney, Rosie Kearney, Dr. Robert O’Connor, Head of Research for Irish Cancer Society, Laura Mullooly, Roscommon Cancer Support Service Coordinator, Sarah Brennan, Sinead Tumulty, Marian Keigher, Director of Services, Vita House.

are delighted to say we are making a difference and helping cancer sufferers on a daily basis. We continue to be part of the Irish Cancer Society’s Affiliation Programme, which means we are part of a nationwide network of groups, who provide information and support services to people with cancer and their families. Counselling is available and provided by an experienced, accredited psychotherapist. We also offer a range of Complementary Therapies, which include Massage, Reflexology and Reiki. Dr. Rob O’Connor of the Irish Cancer Society opened our new Complementary Therapy Room in September.

“As well as counselling and complementary therapies, we also facilitate other activities such as Yoga, Meditation and Relaxation and Keep Fit classes. Our ‘Something to Sing About’ Choir meet at Hannon’s Hotel every Wednesday evening. “In conjunction with Boyle Family Resource Centre, we organised a Suicide Prevention and Postvention conference in Trinity Arts Centre, Castlerea, which saw around 100 attendees hear from a number of experts in the fields of psychology and suicidology, as well as a parent affected by suicide. The conference was also used as a platform to officially launch the

newly-developed protocol for the county, as well as a new resource pack for families,” Marian added. “Members of staff got out into the community to promote our various services at a number of local events, such as agricultural shows, throughout the year. Our English classes for Brazilians and European non-nationals continue to be well supported. “In addition, there is a good level of participation in our wellness programmes. These range from Arts and Crafts to Mindfulness Workshops and Aromatherapy. “Rainbows, a group for children experiencing loss through bereavement

or separation, and Parenting when Separated have consistently provided support to families struggling with change. “I would like to thank the people of Roscommon for their ongoing support since Vita House was established in 1993. I would also like to thank TUSLA and HSE for their support and partnership approach. Great appreciation is due to our directors, volunteers and staff,” she concluded. To contact Vita House, call to the premises at Abbey Street, Roscommon, call 090-6625898, or email info@vitahouse.org.

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Miriam’s MUSINGS MIRIAM KERINS Stop brainwashing minimum wage workers C’mon the Rossies! into believing we’re ‘middle-class’ elite! Words of wit and wisdom with

Last week, Leo-I’m-an-early-riser-I-get-upat-6.45 am-Varadker struggled to explain how he, the esteemed leader of our country, the man we’re all looking up to, came to the conclusion that those of us on minimum wage (me…and, for the record, I rise daily at 5.45 am), could be considered as ‘middle class’ even though we struggle to pay our bills! Well swaddle me in Leo cheer folks, ‘cause following that little insight into the dashing doc’s psyche I actually came to the conclusion that our standard of living will not advance one iota until our minted (and possibly delusional leader) gets a reality check! You see, in my opinion, Mr. Varadkar TD, MD, GP and, ahem, STUD (to many of his admirers), could do with reading the latest CSO figures, which found that nearly half a million adults are home to roost with d’

mammy because they can’t afford a mortgage, meaning they’re living from hand to mouth! So I’d like to ask him would these be the ‘middle class’, ‘minimum wage’, ‘standard statistic’, citizens you’re talking about Leo or do you have some other theory in mind and if we begged you with our ever so polite middle class manners, would you share it with us? Pretty purleeesee! Look folks, for those living on minimum wage –and according to the CSO’s Quarterly National Household Survey, “over 10 per cent of Irish workers are being paid the equivalent of, or less than, the national minimum wage of €9.25 per hour” – can I just state the bl***ing obvious here for Leo? These workers, these voters, due to no fault of their own, are now expected to work for a lot less money; as in your government has no problem using highly

qualified, experienced professionals like you and me as cheap labour while TDs have got the temerity to reinstate their own pay cuts – awarding themselves a €5,000 restoration – and then try to brainwash us, as if we’re intellectually barren pillocks, into believing we’re in the ‘middle class’ earning league! Oh come on Leo, you’re like the typical, cheesy, handsome pantomime Prince Charming, leading me to wonder who shoved a couple of blue birds into you? Dare I suggest, was it Bertie Ahern, because that performance on Vincent Browne was Bertie-esque at its best. Yeah, you keep peddling son, and maybe the mud won’t stick! Now excuse me while I leg it to the supermarket to stock up on cheap wine before you lash a massive tax on my favourite “mindbending drug!”

Electric cars: Not such a bright spark! The Government’s latest lofty ambition is to phase out diesel and petrol cars with all new vehicles sold being capable of having zero emissions by 2030. That means by 2030, 800,000 of us could be driving electric vehicles, and while I welcome any measure that helps our environment, I want to know if the Government loses the €2 billion

revenue generated from fuel excise last year alone, what cunning plan do they have in store for taxpayers to replace it? In addition, do we have the infrastructure for this ambitious move? At present we’ve got around 1,200 charging points across Ireland…hardly enough. So they’ll need to be increased and I suppose

we, the driver, will be forced to pay rocketing electricity bills in order to fund this little venture. However, according to Minister Shane Ross, “infrastructure will not be a barrier” and the move will “actively set Ireland on the right path to decarbonisation and cleaner air.” I’ve a quicker and cheaper

solution to cleaner air Minister. TDs should stop spewing a load of bulls**t – that’ll severely cut the toxic emissions. Sure you couldn’t even fix a feckin’ water leak in the North-East last week, so while I’m all for a cleaner environment, I’ll believe your battery breakthrough theory when it happens…if it happens. Vroom, vroom!

Didn’t we almost have it all? Just how sweet was that taste of a near-victory last Sunday – but alas, despite the lads’ best efforts, despite them rising to the occasion of it all, despite them getting the better of Mayo in the opening minutes, and despite me screaming at d’telly when they scored, rendering hubby to run in from the shed thinking I’d been attacked; the Rossies failed to gain the advantage. But never mind, I’m sure come bank holiday Monday they’ll bring their best game forward, do battle and do the bizzo in Croker! I won’t mention the petty booing levelled at Andy Moran, only to say, to those who took part; do try and mature before next week. That behaviour is not indicative of the genuinely decent and lovely Roscommon people I’ve come to know! Mind you, I won’t lie, this Dub will also be cheering All-Ireland champs Dublin on Saturday; so as I’ll be unleashing my inner scream queen this weekend, I should probably get poor hubby a set of ear plugs!

‘Tis the season to be silly… Continued from page 23 –> I will quote from my 1995 book, The Search for Sam: “We wearily approached a man of about fifty, who had no teeth and one cap, and who was propped up on a window sill which, it transpired, was not his own. He was not a man of the road, not of this one anyway, and we felt he should have some opinion on the pending Ulster showdown. We should have known better. We asked him who would win between Monaghan and Cavan and he proceeded to engage us in a conversation about turkey eggs, which while interesting, was not exactly relevant.” illy season endeavour it surely wasn’t, but an interview I did with then Taoiseach Albert Reynolds in his plush office in Government Buildings produced a curious moment of embarrassment, which certainly should have been avoidable. It was 1994. The Rooskey man was in charge of the country. I had secured a one on one interview. In his office. For as long as I wanted. And it went really well. Except for that curious, odd struggle of a moment. While I could have spoken to him about policies and politics, I

had convinced myself that I wanted the interview to be a ‘human interest’ one…the real Albert, the man behind the prestigious position. I wanted to talk to him about Rooskey, about sport, about horses, about his favourite television programmes, his kids, how he relaxed… It was going fine. I was firing all these ‘What’s Albert like at home?’ type questions at him. I could see his expression slowly changing, but he complied. ‘Eh, I don’t watch much telly…no, I don’t need much sleep at night… sure I grab a few winks in the car or the helicopter.’ Still I continued with the ‘real Albert’ questions. He looked at me. I knew he was thinking ‘Ask me about Gadaffi, or even Padraig Flynn…’ Then I hit him with it. ‘What’s your favourite food, Albert? What’s your favourite food?’ He looked at me, but fair play, he blurted it out. ‘Chicken.’ Then, an odd uneasiness descended as we both realised how silly this had become. And the word ‘chicken’ suddenly just hung in the air, like it was trapped on its way from the Taoiseach’s lips across his

Albert Reynolds’ favourite food was chicken apparently ....

desk and into my notepad. But I had asked and he had answered and neither of us could go back in time. Often when someone says the word ‘chicken’ it’s not funny or awkward or embarrassing. But just now it was draped in embarrassment and awkwardness. There was a horrendous fraction

of a second when our eyes met, two Rooskey men at one with one another at this moment in time, with just the word ‘chicken’ hanging between us. Albert was looking at me, or was he? In reality I think he was either looking through me or just vacantly staring. Perhaps images were hurtling through

his head…images of how he had overpowered Haughey, befriended Clinton, negotiated with Adams, strutted the world stage, met an Ambassador that very morning… and now he was reduced, by a fellow Rooskey man to… ‘chicken.’ At least I didn’t mention turkey eggs.

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Natasha Mahady, Rooskey Rose 2017 cuts the ribbon to officially open the Rooskey Heritage Festival. Picture: Andrew Fox

On your bike to support Childaid! Cycle proceeds will go to two charities  DAN DOONER

The annual Childaid Cycle Challenge is due to take place in Roscommon on Sunday, August 13th. The 100km and 50km events will be leaving Rosbowl at 10 am on the day and proceeds will go towards children’s charity Childaid and the Roscommon Cancer Support Centre. Childaid was granted its charitable status in 2001 and is run by a fiveperson board of directors, all of whom are volunteers. The charity supports child-orientated projects both in Ireland and overseas, and raises funds by organising group treks to places such as Mt. Kilimanjaro, Everest base camp, Ben Nevis and Carrauntoohil, among other destinations. Castlecoote woman, Mary Clark, is a Childaid volunteer and told the Roscommon People about one of Childaid’s Tanzanian projects. “We coordinate a programme in Tanzania where we bring volunteers to an orphanage called ‘Msamaria’, which Childaid started supporting last year. “This project is part orphanage and part halfway house for street children aging from infancy to 16 years old. It hosts up to 50 kids and Childaid funds rent, education and food,” she said. Childaid runs a programme whereby sponsors can send a child to school and Mary has also contributed to this. “I am currently sponsoring children in this programme who live in Nairobi and are in their second year in secondary school. I get to see these children on my return visits to Africa as Childaid also supports projects in Nairobi. “As a volunteer you get to spend

Volunteers Mary Clark and Deirdre Brady pictured with Tanzanian students who are sporting new school uniforms which were provided by Childaid.

time with these children, listen to their hopes and dreams and help them with their school work. They love this. They feel so special and it’s a very rewarding experience for volunteers.” Mary, whose husband John also supports Childaid and has climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, is currently training to climb Annapurna in support of Childaid. Closer to home, she highlighted the importance of another local charity however. “This is my fourth year organising the charity cycle in aid of Childaid and this year we have also decided to support Roscommon Cancer Support Centre in Roscommon town. Like most families, I have had experience with the disease this year and I feel it’s good to give back.

“The people of Roscommon have been great in supporting these charities and the Childaid Cycle over the last few years and we are really looking forward to this year’s event and continued support,” she concluded. If you would like to donate to or volunteer for this year’s Childaid Charity Cycle or indeed volunteer with Childaid worldwide, contact Mary Clark on 086-1084536 or Secretary Graham Tobin on 0876886101. The Childaid Charity 100km and 50 Cycle will take start from Rosbowl on Sunday, August 13th at 10 am. Entry costs €30 from 9 am on the day or €25 online at www.eventbrite.ie. The first 100 to register will receive a free cycling jersey and there will be free refreshments on the day.

Castlecoote woman Mary Clark pictured in Tanzania with two of the children Childaid support in the Msamaria orphanage.

Volunteers Mary Clark and Deirdre Brady pictured with some of the children Childaid support in the Msamaria orphanage in Tanzania.

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12-page Special Souvenir Edition AUGUST 2017

ALL-IRELAND QUARTER-FINAL (REPLAY)

LIFT IT ONE MORE TIME! Rossies return to the big stage Fintan Cregg scores Roscommon’s first goal against Mayo during last Sunday’s Quarter-Final in Croke Park. Pic: Andrew Fox

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All-Ireland Quarter-Final: Roscommon 2-9 Mayo 1-12

Ciaráin Murtagh drills his shot past Colm Boyle and David Clarke to score Roscommon’s second goal. Picture: Andrew Fox

Last-gasp Donie Brave performance beﬁts the big stage The Verdict Seamus Duke

Seán Mullooly charges toward the Mayo goal with Aidan O’Shea giving chase. Picture: Andrew Fox

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” That’s a quote from Nelson Mandela – and as I sat in the heavy traffic coming from Dublin last Sunday evening, one word kept coming back to me about this unbelievable battle that we had just seen – and that was ‘bravery’. There was bravery everywhere to be seen in Roscommon’s performance. There was the bravery of our young team who went into the cauldron of Croke Park against a battlehardened Mayo team before almost 66,000 people. Despite being inferior in terms of size,

experience, and strength and conditioning, they refused to bend the knee. Even the fullforward line, which had a bad day, battled to the finish. Some of the Roscommon tackling was ferocious as they put their bodies on the line to secure possession time after time, play after play. At one stage in the first half a 50/50 ball broke between Niall Kilroy and Aidan O’Shea. I and everyone else in the stadium winced when we saw the clash coming. Kilroy is 5’ 9”, O’Shea 6’ 4”. Both players fell to the ground. Kilroy shook himself and got straight up and continued on as if nothing happened. It was happening all over the field as Roscommon played as if their

lives depended on it. I don’t think I was ever as proud of a Roscommon team leaving Croke Park. What courage, what bravery. The bravery wasn’t confined to the pitch. Kevin McStay and his management team showed unbelievable bravery too. After the match Kevin admitted that he hadn’t expected Stephen Rochford to put Lee Keegan on a man-marking job on Enda Smith. But if Keegan did stop Enda Smith and scored 1-3 in the first half, Kevin and his selectors pulled a masterstroke by moving Enda Smith into full-forward after half-time. Not only did Lee Keegan follow him, the Westport man’s influence on the game was much less in that second period and Enda Smith came more into the game as it wore on. It may not have been a classic in terms of the quality of football, but what a contest it was, especially in that rollercoaster of a second half when the result of the game was on a knifeedge for the last 25 minutes. It was chaotic, frantic, edge of the

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All-Ireland Quarter-Final: Roscommon 2-9 Mayo 1-12 Key Moments Seamus Duke First Half Fintan Cregg pointed from close range after 30 seconds following a pass from Diarmuid Murtagh to open the score for Roscommon. Enda Smith landed a spectacular point from 43 metres in the 7th minute. A minute later Lee Keegan bombed forward and scored a brilliant point with the outside of his right foot. Thirty seconds later Ciaráin Murtagh found Fintan Cregg who got away from Keith Higgins, Diarmuid O’Connor and Seamus O’Shea before lobbing the ball over David Clarke. Roscommon’s second goal arrived in the eleventh minute. A fantastic pass from Conor Devaney found Diarmuid Murtagh who fed brother Ciaráin who steered the ball under Clarke. Mayo responded from the kick-out as the ball broke to the marauding Lee Keegan whose goal bound effort flew in off Niall McInerney. Roscommon went 23 minutes without a score as Mayo took over. Points from Cillian O’Connor (free), Lee Keegan (2), Colm Boyle and Andy Moran saw Mayo ahead by 1-7 to 2-2 by the 34th minute. A Ciaráin Murtagh free from 30 metres in the 34th minute stopped the rot but Jason Doherty’s point in injury-time saw Mayo go in at the break leading 1-8 to 2-3.

Lee Keegan and Enda Smith battle for possession. Picture: Andrew Fox

‘banks’ replay! seat stuff as both sides tried to edge over the finish line, urged on by their fanatical supporters. In all the years that I have been going to Roscommon matches I have never seen such a crowd to support the team. The atmosphere was unbelievable. But what was most pleasing about this game was that Roscommon’s young team went toe to toe with Mayo and refused to bow. Now that they know they can match them, they know that they can finish the job on Monday next. On the down side, our fullforward line did not perform on the day and that is a worry. If you told any Roscommon supporter on Sunday morning last that Roscommon’s attack, with the exception of Fintan Cregg, would misfire and that our best player, Enda Smith, would be out of the game for long periods, then a lot of people would not have bothered travelling. But there were many other heroes last Sunday. Fintan Cregg played his best game in a Roscommon jersey. His firsthalf display was phenomenal

and he scored as fine a goal as I have ever seen at headquarters. (Memo to The Sunday Game – he WAS going for it). Niall Kilroy was sensational. He covered every blade of grass on the park and never made one mistake in the 80 minutes of football played, which was a remarkable achievement. John McManus continues to improve. His tackling, distribution and coolness under pressure was so important to Roscommon in such a helterskelter environment. Sean Mullooly was also a colossus and he is fast maturing into a class act. Tadgh O’Rourke was also so important to the team throughout – he goes about his work quietly but is so effective. There were also good periods for Niall McInerney, Brian Stack and Davy Murray. But every single player made a positive contribution at one stage or other. Even the players who were not doing well were getting in tackles, and were doing everything they could for the cause. Donie Smith came

on and kicked a beauty of a point immediately and he lofted over that 73rd minute free from 45 metres out under the most severe pressure. A class free from a class player. But Roscommon showed their inexperience at times, especially in the final ten minutes when the wrong option was taken and the ball was turned over too easily. Too many times players were robbed of the ball when they could have recycled possession. But make no mistake: that game was there to be won and this learning experience for Roscommon will certainly stand to them in the replay. It also must be acknowledged that Mayo missed three late chances to win the game but they panicked and the pressure they were being put under told. This is a young Roscommon team but they are learning very quickly. Kevin McStay and his players now know that they have the temperament, the skill and the quality to play in Croke Park, They can deal with the hype, the pitch, the noise and the pressure. I tipped Ros-

common to win last Sunday because I genuinely believed that they would do it. I am even more convinced that they can win it now. Our attack will never play as poorly again. We have the youth, pace and the will to win to finally put Mayo away. Las Sunday was one of

the greatest occasions that I have ever been at involving a Roscommon team and I was so proud of our team, management and fantastic supporters. After surviving that last 15 minutes last Sunday we will survive anything! What a day and what a match. I can’t wait for next Monday!

Teams & scorers Roscommon: Colm Lavin; Davy Murray, John McManus, Niall McInerney; Seanie McDermott, Sean Mullooly, Conor Devaney (0-1); Enda Smith (0-1), Tadgh O’Rourke; Fintan Cregg (1-1), Ciaráin Murtagh (1-2, 2 frees), Brian Stack; Cian Connolly, Diarmuid Murtagh (0-2, 1 free), Niall Kilroy. Subs used: Ian Kilbride for O’Rourke (18, blood sub), O’Rourke for Kilbride (23), D Smith (0-2, 1 free) for Connolly (51), Colin Compton for C Murtagh (58), Cathal Compton for D Murtagh (62), Ian Kilbride for McDermott (64), Ronan Stack for Devaney (71). Mayo: David Clarke; Brendan Harrison, Ger Cafferkey, Keith Higgins; Paddy Durcan (0-2), Chris Barrett, Colm Boyle (0-1); Lee Keegan (1-3), Seamus O’Shea; Kevin McLoughlin, Aidan O’Shea, Diarmuid O’Connor; Jason Doherty (0-1), Cillian O’Connor (0-3, 2 frees), Andy Moran (0-2). Subs used: Donie Vaughan for Boyle (52), Colm Loftus for Moran (58), Tom Parsons for S O’Shea (62), Stephen Coen for D O’Connor (65), David Drake for Doherty (71). Referee: Joe McQuillan (Cavan).

Second Half Roscommon re-jigged their team at the start of the second half and were level within a minute. Conor Devaney scored a peach of a point from play and Diarmuid Murtagh pointed a 30-metre free. In the 36th minute Diarmuid Murtagh fisted over after a strong run and a minute later it was level again when Paddy Durcan arrowed over a fine point from 35 metres. In the 48th minute Ciaráin Murtagh’s free edged Roscommon ahead again but four minutes later Andy Moran tied up the scores again with a point from play. Substitute Donie Smith scored a point from play after brilliant play from brother Enda. As the winning line game into view, Mayo kicked two points to edge ahead. Cillian O’Connor from close range in the 65th minute and Durcan from 40 metres gave Stephen Rochford’s men the lead. The referee indicated seven minutes of injury-time and in the 73rd minute Donie Smith lofted over a sensational point from a free out near the sideline to level the game. Cillian O’Connor did have two late chances to give his side victory in the dying minutes but both drifted wide and it will take another day to sort out these two teams. Final score: Mayo 1-12 Roscommon 2-9.

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All-Ireland Quarter-Final: Roscommon v Mayo in Croke Park

TIME ADDED ON… Rochford: ‘Draw a fair result’

McHale: ‘We’ll learn a lot from this!’

 SEAMUS DUKE

Stephen Rochford praised the influence of All Star Lee Keegan but admitted that despite Mayo being two points ahead at half-time, last Sunday’s draw was a fair result. “I thought taken in the context of being seven points down, someone had to take the game by the scruff of the neck and put us back into a position to firstly compete and then obviously to go ahead, and I thought Lee (Keegan) did that very, very well. And obviously the other side of that is that he had Enda Smith to try and also deal with. “There’s no doubt that the leadership qualities in that guy are second to none and the skill and effort that we saw was top class in that he scored some fabulous scores in that 1-3. For the goal he ran 40 or 50 metres, and two or three of the scores from the Hogan Stand side were really good, but that was only half the job. We were very conscious of the influence Enda Smith had in the Connacht final and maybe we’ll look back and say that we should have pushed Lee out five or ten minutes early. “But it’s all retrospective. We were two points up, got ourselves back into that position again heading into the final stretch and probably should have been driving it on, but we’ll look at that and see what we can put together for next week. But look, in the overall context of the game, a draw was probably a fair result,” he concluded.

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Roscommon coach Liam McHale saw plenty of positives following Roscommon’s All-Ireland QuarterFinal stalemate against Mayo last Sunday and was already looking forward to another day in Croke Park at the final whistle. “Mayo are a fantastic team and are really experienced and at times we couldn’t get our hands on the ball but our lads kept at it and they will have learned a lot from that today. The last few times we played Mayo in the league we were well beaten so this has to be a huge positive for us. No-one likes a draw but this is a good day for us and we have another huge game coming up. “Lee Keegan was a huge factor today and we never thought he would have such an influence on the game. Not alone was Lee nullifying Enda Smith but he was scoring points too but we switched Enda inside and that worked for us and Lee was not as big a factor in the second half. “I thought Donie Smith’s free at the end was fantastic. Remember that he did that in very poor conditions in Galway last year too in the drawn game and he has that composure and belief in himself. Some guys would try to force it from that far out but he didn’t and it went over and it gives us another go at it next week,” he said.

STAT ATTACK Wides:

Mayo 13 (3 first half) Frees awarded:

John Evans @JohnEva31155651 These young Rossies are growing in

Roscommon 12 (5 first half), Mayo 17 (8 first half)

Red cards:

None

Black cards:

None

Yellow cards:

Roscommon 3 (Cian Connolly, Niall McInerney, Fintan Cregg), Mayo 3 (Cillian O’Connor, Diarmuid O’Connor, K Higgins)

Scores from play:

Roscommon 2-5 Mayo 1-10

Man of the Match: Niall Kilroy (Roscommon) Attendance:

65,746

MEDIA WATCH Roscommon coach Liam McHale and Mayo manager Stephen Rochford pictured at the final whistle in Croke Park last Sunday. Pic: Andrew Fox

MATCH DAY TWEETS Eamon Donoghue @ DonoghueEamon The GPS tracker on Brian Stack must’ve exploded at this stage

Roscommon 13 (8 first half),

stature & experience, have no doubt they will improve in belief.

another day. #HonDaRoss #GAA

chris o’dowd @BigBoyler Some games are about quality and some about quantity. This was a whole lot of game. The underdogs live to bite

Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan @lukeming Just home from watching the #rosmayo game. Thanks to @officialgaa @ RoscommonGAA @MayoGAA for a great day. Only a 5er a head for my 2 girls. Class.

“I think that Mayo will win the replay for the simple reason that I think they will be slightly embarrassed by their performance, there was so little quality compared to what we are used to. We have only seen patches of what Mayo are capable of. “They don’t seem to be able to put in the 15 or 20 minutes sustained effort and 15 or 20 minutes of Mayo’s best would have been more than enough to put that Roscommon team away.” – Oisin McConville (RTE.ie) “I was in Hill 16 for the day and was nestled in between Mayo, Galway, Kerry and Roscommon fans who had made the long trip from all four homelands to roar on their team. “Around 3:55, the Rossies entered the field of play and the place absolutely erupted as colours of yellow and blue filled the stands and terraces of Croke Park. A Galway supporter who had stuck around for the game was standing beside me and joked, ‘is there anyone left minding the house in Roscommon at all?” – Darragh Berry (Joe.ie) “I think Roscommon are in a good place tonight. They know they can compete with Mayo now. They know their young players can play in Croke Park. I think they should take an awful lot of heart out of today. “I don’t think we can rule Mayo out because time and time again they come back but Kevin McStay, I think he should be in a very positive place with his team tomorrow and I fancy them to win the replay.” – Colm Cooper (The Sunday Game)

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All-Ireland Quarter-Final: Roscommon v Mayo in Croke Park McStay ... in his own words

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That experience today was great. We see it (the experience) as money in the bank ahead of the replay. That’s good for next year and our development too.”

We were very disappointed with Lee Keegan’s goal to be honest. I screamed at Liam (McHale) to go down and get the players to tighten up and he only got ten yards and the ball was in the back of the net.” There was plenty of belief in our dressing room. Those young Roscommon players want to get to Mayo’s level. They are hungry and ambitious. They may not have the full knowhow and strength and conditioning yet.” Our lads know now that they can play here and like Armagh here last night they will not be afraid to be here again. A lot of the things that we talked about playing in Croke Park; the noise and the atmosphere and all associated with that are now things that they know they can cope with. It’s very positive.”

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We were annoyed with our full-forward line and we said it to them. They were dropping balls that were coming in with a nice bounce and the Mayo backs were getting a hand in. There was no excuse for it and there were a few balls that we were a little shy going for as well and we told them that at half-time.”

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I have to say that every player, even the lads that were struggling, all made a contribution. No one downed tools and that’s one thing that I am so happy with.” I thought that Niall Kilroy was outstanding. He is so brave and does the job that we have given him. He had one clash with Aidan O’Shea today and I thought he was going to get killed but he survived it. He also saved a goal at one stage – he was so effective today.”

McStay: ‘We won’t be afraid to play here again’  SEAMUS DUKE

Roscommon manager Kevin McStay had the air of a reasonably contented man when he faced the media in the aftermath of a titanic quarter-final battle in which the spoils were shared. Understandably he was immensely proud of his team and the way they battled right to the finish. “What I can recall of the last 10 minutes is turning over the ball and giving it back to Mayo but I thought that it was a fair result overall. I thought we showed a lot of bottle as a young team. You all know that we have never played here before in the championship with the exception of Seanie McDermott, who played here once. So that experience today was great. We see it (the experience) as money in the bank ahead of the replay. That’s good for next year and our development too. We made so many errors during the game and we kept turning the ball over but we never gave up and we kept at it all the way. “We were very disappointed with Lee Keegan’s goal to be honest. I screamed at Liam (McHale) to go down and get the players to tighten up and he only got ten yards and the ball was in the back of the net. Our lads probably got a bit carried away when they saw that we were seven points up and we didn’t pick up for the kick-out and Lee Keegan ran in unopposed. That knocked us back hard.

“At half-time we were quite deflated. We had only played well for about 10 to 15 minutes. The rest of the half was not good enough really,” he said. McStay discussed the key match-ups and admitted that Lee Keegan’s role came as a surprise. “The Mayo match-up of Lee Keegan on Enda Smith was a good call by them. We tried everything we could to try to solve that but he (Keegan) did a great job and we decided that we couldn’t have him dominating the game. So we put Enda Smith in full-forward and thankfully Lee Keegan followed in there and we were delighted with that. In all the matchups that we looked at Lee Keegan at midfield was not one of them so it took us by surprise,” he said. The Roscommon manager was pleased with his side’s performance in the second half. “We had to make it a contest in the second half and we did that and we got level and (were even) a point ahead at one stage. Mayo kicked a number of bad wides and they were tired wides if you know what I mean. I thought we might just hang on but it didn’t happen. “There was plenty of belief in our dressing room. Those young Roscommon players want to get to Mayo’s level. They are hungry and ambitious. They may not have the full knowhow and strength and conditioning yet. If

we had been tidier on the ball we would have done better. Take Donie Smith for instance. He got two great points and one was a real clutch point at the end there but he had three turnovers in two minutes and I’m not picking on him but Mayo gobbled us up when we took the wrong option. It happened so many times,” he added. McStay agreed that his charges coped well on the big stage but was disappointed with the Croke Park surface. “Our lads know now that they can play here and like Armagh here last night they will not be afraid to be here again. A lot of the things that we talked about playing in Croke Park; the noise and the atmosphere and all associated with that are now things that they know they can cope with. It’s very positive. “I was very disappointed with the pitch to be honest and it’s not good enough. A lot of players were slipping today. If one of our young corner-backs slipped at a crucial moment and the ball ended up in the net he would never be allowed to forget it. It is not good enough to have such a large area of the pitch affected.” Despite the many positives, McStay called for improvement in the full-forward line. “We were annoyed with our full-forward line and we said it to them. They were dropping balls that were coming in with a nice bounce and the Mayo backs were getting a hand in. There was no excuse for it and there were a

few balls that we were a little shy going for as well and we told them that at half-time. I thought our ball into the full-forward line was good for the most part. But I have to say that every player, even the lads that were struggling, all made a contribution. No one downed tools and that’s one thing that I am so happy with. “I thought that Niall Kilroy was outstanding. He is so brave and does the job that we have given him. He had one clash with Aidan O’Shea today and I thought he was going to get killed but he survived it. He also saved a goal at one stage – he was so effective today,” he said. The former Mayo U-21 manager also highlighted the pressure on his former player, Stephen Rochford. “I have great time for Stephen Rochford. He is a great fellow working in horrendous circumstances trying to win an All-Ireland with Mayo. The rest of us managers are happy to get a provincial title but he has to go the whole way and that’s the way it is. He did a good job today but we would like to think that we did something similar and we will meet again. “Mayo have a lot to lose every day they go out but we had a lot to lose out there today as well. It is 37 years since we won a championship game at Croke Park and we so wanted to win today and we nearly got there but it wasn’t to be,” he concluded.

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All-Ireland Quarter-Final (Replay): Roscommon v Mayo in Croke Park

Improved Rossies Mayo v Roscommon on Monday in Croke Park at 2 pm. Referee: Anthony Nolan (Wicklow). Wishing the Ros Roscommon common team the best of luck on Mon Monday day

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knowns attached to this fascinating replay on Monday next that credible analysis could go out the window as these two great rivals meet once again to decide who will play Kerry in the All-Ireland semifinal. If any Roscommon supporter was told on Sunday morning last that the fullforward line would misfire and that our most talented player, Enda Smith, would be out of the game for long periods then a heavy defeat would have been the confident prediction. But, as we now know, other heroes emerged as Roscommon battled their way to a deserved draw. It’s the nature and beauty of championship football. So many questions need to be answered in this game. The collective wisdom of the national pundits is that Mayo played poorly and will complete the job on Monday, but I don’t see it that way. I reckon that there is huge room for improvement in Roscommon from last week. From a Mayo point of view, they were solid in defence and they had aces in the pack in Lee Keegan – who remains Mayo’s biggest attacking threat – Paddy Durcan, and Colm Boyle. I presume Keegan

will be played in the halfback line in the replay and Kevin McStay will have to devise some sort of a strategy to curb the multitalented Westport man. Keegan is undoubtedly Mayo’s most potent attacking threat. Mayo will most likely start Tom Parsons at midfield and they will hope for better showings from Aidan O’Shea and Cillian O’Connor, who are talismans for their team. Andy Moran is usually worth at least two or three points and Conor Loftus and Diarmuid O’Connor remain a big threat. This is a Mayo team that will be hoping that their incredible resolve and reserves of experience can pull them through another big championship encounter – but they have to be nearing the end of the road. Roscommon have much to work on too. In that frantic second half, while their workrate was huge, there were many mistakes made and the ball was carried into contact and lost far too often. Many Roscommon players took the wrong option late in the game and instead of recycling possession they ran up a blind alley or were dispossessed. Kevin McStay will be hoping for a huge improvement in that area of performance on Monday. If it is forthcoming,

Brian Stack gets his shot away at goal while under pressure from Keith Higgins. Picture: Andrew Fox

Roscommon are in with a huge chance. The Roscommon defence looked strong last weekend but they will have to remain focussed for the entire game on Monday. A number of times in the first half last Sunday Mayo players were allowed to run straight through the middle and that could prove fatal with the likes of Lee Keegan and Cillian O’Connor around. Roscommon will have to get a grip on the mid-

field duel and I would persist with Enda Smith and Tadgh O’Rourke there. Fintan Cregg is an option too. Niall Kilroy will continue in his role as the ‘spare man’ and his workrate and clever use of possession is so vital to this Roscommon team. Roscommon will also need the likes of the Murtaghs, Cian Connolly and Donie Smith to perform and get vital scores. Mayo’s use of Ger Cafferkey and Keith Higgins

to stop Diarmuid Murtagh paid off most of the time last Sunday but Roscommon will need Murtagh to prosper if they are to win it. Roscommon’s kick-outs were good last Sunday and every bit of spare possession will be so vital. Roscommon will have to show the same hunger and intensity that they displayed last Sunday and take the game to Mayo from the first whistle. They have the youth, pace and intensity to do it.

5 things to think about!  DAN DOONER

1. Rossies’ workrate While Mayo looked somewhat fatigued due to the number of battles they have endured this summer, Roscommon put in another all-action display. Constant off the ball running and intense pressing caused Mayo huge problems early on and a second wind in the second half had Roscommon back on terms. Roscommon will need to once again leave everything on the Croke Park pitch if they are to vanquish their neighbours once and for all.

2. Kilroy’s vital role Sweeping up breaking ball is one thing Niall Kilroy does extremely well but it’s his distribution which lays the foundation for Roscommon attacks. He consistently picked out the right pass last Sunday in another accomplished performance. His reading of the game and his calmness under pressure will be a vital asset in the replay next Monday.

David Murray narrowly misses out on a goal chance as Aidan O’Shea makes a vital interception. Picture: Andrew Fox

Murtaghs, Enda Smith, Conor Devaney and Fintan Cregg have the ability and vision to pick Mayo apart but there needs to be more movement and a higher number of penetrating runs closer to goal. Mayo are likely to play tighter next Monday so early and accurate ball is crucial.

4. Push Keegan back Say what you want but Lee Keegan is one of the finest footballers around. Not content with marking the opposition’s main threat out of the game, he sprints forward and causes havoc at will. The big question will be where he’s deployed next Monday. Perhaps it’s time to take the shackles off Enda Smith and test Stephen Rochford’s resolve in keeping Keegan further back – the further away from Roscommon’s goal the better!

5. More composure required

3. Direct, early passing

Much like the Connacht Final, Roscommon went through an alarming period of wastefulness. Granted, it’s very easy kicking points from the press box, but should Mayo place extra bodies in front of their goal, green flags will be at a premium. Keep in mind that Mayo put huge pressure on 12 out of 16 (75%)* Roscommon point efforts and even half-chances become that much more important.

Some of Roscommon’s kick-passing from the middle sector was sensational last Sunday and led to chances aplenty. The

* according to @dontfoul.

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All-Ireland Quarter-Final (Replay): Roscommon v Mayo in Croke Park

can seal the deal Extra-time if necessary. The Roscommon players now know that they can cope with the big day in Croke Park; the pressure, the atmosphere and playing in such surroundings. They will have learned so much from last Sunday that will stand them in good stead this weekend. Of course you have to have a bit of luck in any big game and hopefully that will be on Roscommon’s side this weekend. Mayo are a magnificent team and they have marvellous players all over the field but how often can they go to the well in terms of the huge effort and intensity that it takes to win these big championship games? One thing is for certain, Roscommon will not be standing back. They know that this is a great chance to beat one of their fiercest rivals and get to an All-Ireland semifinal. I am expecting another titanic struggle between these two teams on Monday and of course things will happen that no-one will have predicted and in a lot of cases those things will have a huge influence on the outcome. Anthony Nolan is the referee and he will bring a different em-

phasis to proceedings for sure. I know the rules are the same for every referee and team but different referees concentrate on different elements of the play so both sides will have to be aware of that too. Joe McQuillan let a lot go last Sunday but Nolan could be much stricter. I saw a lot of jersey pulling off the ball last Sunday – mostly by Mayo players – and it was something that was penalised a lot in the Connacht final. It will be interesting to see if Anthony Nolan picks up on that on Monday. I know that it’s all part of championship football, but it’s against the rules too. Last week I predicted that Roscommon would win and I am more convinced than ever that they can do it on Monday. There is huge improvement in this young and hungry Roscommon team and if they can get going in attack we have the players on the field and the management on the line to get us through by a point or two. Match odds: Mayo 1-2; Roscommon 9/4; Draw 8/1. Prediction: Roscommon.

Ciaráin Murtagh speeds away from Ger Cafferkey. Picture: Andrew Fox

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All-Ireland Quarter-Final: Roscommon v Mayo in Croke Park

So impressed with Roscommon… but Mayo to win Mayo View John O’Mahony (Former Mayo manager) “It was some occasion last Sunday and there is no doubt that Roscommon (and Armagh) are the story of the Gaelic football summer; I was so impressed with their spirit and workrate last Sunday. This replay is now 50/50 and no more than that. “It will be really intriguing to see what the tactical approach of both sides will be and especially with regard to Lee Keegan and Enda Smith and where each player will be played. It played a huge part in last Sunday’s game. “Mayo did not play well at all last Sunday but you have to hand it to them. They are so resilient and they refuse to lie down and go away but this year they have played almost twice as much championship football as the likes of Kerry or Dublin and it has to tell at some stage or other. It is a question of just how long they can keep this intensity going. “I look at this Roscommon team and it is like looking at Mayo seven years ago. They

are young, fresh and hungry, but whether they will be able to beat Mayo is another thing – but this replay will have nothing in it again and I’m convinced about that. “So many things happened last weekend that were so hard to predict. The Roscommon full-forward line was out of the game for long periods and the gamble of playing Lee Keegan at midfield to combat Enda Smith was a success. But I was so impressed with Fintan Cregg for Roscommon. He was sensational in the first 20 minutes and his hard running and positional sense was fantastic to watch. Roscommon have huge potential to improve for this replay and Mayo will know that. “But there is also room for improvement in Mayo. I expect that Tom Parsons will start and Aidan O’Shea will surely improve. He was well marshalled last Sunday. Cillian O’Connor was also a bit off colour and he is a great talisman for the team.

“One thing that I feel strongly about is the booing that went on last Sunday. Andy Moran was a target for some Roscommon supporters and I also know that some Mayo supporters were booing Donie Smith when he was taking that last free and there is really no place for that in the game. I know that core Roscommon and Mayo supporters would not have anything to do with that kind of carry-on. I welcome the statement from the Roscommon team management and Roscommon County Board on the matter and I hope that we do not hear that this Monday. It is something we do not need in our game. “Having said all the above I have a slight preference for Mayo to win this replay. I think that there are several Mayo players who can step up and play better than last week. I think that the tiredness factor is a bit overplayed. Neither side will do much training this week and there is a huge determination in Mayo to go another step, and to beat Roscommon would be a huge boost for them. But it is not a foregone conclusion by any means. I am expecting a huge struggle but Mayo to win narrowly.”

Diarmuid Murtagh puts David Clarke under pressure. Picture: Andrew Fox

Punch-drunk Mayo avoid knockout  SHANE REYNOLDS

Make no mistake about it, Mayo were there for the taking on Sunday. They were like a punchdrunk fighter on the ropes for long periods, but unfortunately for Roscommon, they failed to land any substantial killer blow during a second half when both teams appeared to do their best not to win the game. During an encounter which was high on intensity and drama but low on quality, neither team did enough to win the game, yet both would have felt hard done by if they had lost it. Overall, a draw was the fair result, and both managers will acknowledge that there is major work to be done for the replay. Hampered by the inclement weather conditions, it was a sloppy affair throughout, with both sides guilty of coughing up possession on numerous occasions – 56 turnovers during the proceedings tells its own story. However, no-one can question the passion, determination and endeavour of both sets of players who provided a riveting contest from start to finish. There are many positives to be drawn from this latest Roscommon performance. One must remember it was this team’s first outing in Croke Park but they seldom looked like letting the occasion overawe them – their lightningfast starts to both halves are testament to this. There was also a prevailing opinion that if the game was hanging in the balance in the final quarter that a more experienced Mayo side

Diarmuid Murtagh searches for support. Picture: Andrew Fox

would grind out the victory. However, Roscommon matched their counterparts during the dying embers of the game with Donie Smith showing composure beyond his years to snatch a last-gasp draw in the most dramatic of circumstances. There were some interesting sub-plots taking place all over the field and both managers can claim to have got their match-ups correct. Lee Keegan shadowed Enda Smith and curbed his

influence in the opening half, whilst also contributing handsomely himself. Sean Mullooly restrained the rather subdued Aidan O’Shea, while Cillian O’Connor had an off-day, registering several uncharacteristic wides throughout. After a frenetic opening to the game during which Roscommon exposed the weaknesses in the Mayo full-back line, Keith Higgins was deployed in a sweeping role, which plugged the hole in their

defence. After that Roscommon’s frustrations grew as they struggled to penetrate a reorganised Mayo defence for the remainder of the half. Indeed it was a day when both defences came out on top, as talismen found the greasy Croke Park surface conditions difficult to deal with. Although there was an array of attacking talent on view, a combined tally of only 0-5 was registered from play from the respective forward line units. Meanwhile, their defences – contrastingly and surprisingly – contributed 1-7. Looking ahead to the replay this Monday, it is difficult to envisage Mayo playing so poorly again. They have staggered their way through the qualifiers, and based on this latest display, their powers are beginning to wane. They already have a lot of mileage on the clock this summer and perhaps this contributed to a lacklustre performance. Roscommon should grow in stature following last Sunday’s outing. One just hopes that they haven’t missed the boat on this occasion, and there is no doubt that Mayo were there for the taking. If Roscommon can add a little more conviction and composure to the heart and passion they showed then they will be there or thereabouts again on Monday. What last weekend’s encounter confirmed is that Roscommon have nothing to fear going into the replay. They have bridged the sizeable gap which developed between the sides in recent times. Perhaps, come Monday evening, they will have completed the giantkilling once and for all.

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All-Ireland Quarter-Final: Roscommon v Mayo in Croke Park

A great day – now for Monday!  SEAMUS DUKE

I was terrified that I would be held up in traffic on the way to the match last Sunday, which is why I left at 9 am. Yet I often encountered more traffic travelling to Dublin on a normal day and we were parked close to Croke Park at 10.40 am. Was it that there was to be a small crowd? Where was everyone? On the way to Dublin there was not much cause for the Rossies to be hopeful. On Paul Collins’ ‘The Championship’ show on Today FM, both guests Liam Kerins and Paul Caffrey went for Mayo to win. We headed for the Croke Park Hotel and the crowds soon started to arrive. We saw many familiar faces and soon it became clear that the masses had in fact moved from the West to Dublin 3 for the evening. We met a number of foreigners who were looking for somewhere to buy tickets for the matches. I showed them what the Roscommon colours were and told them to be sure to support the Rossies later in the day!

I went into Croke Park at about 1 pm and the usual suspects were in the press area. I had a chat with Darragh Maloney and Dessie Dolan who were on TV duty for the first game between Galway and Kerry. I also met Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh, who looks as good as ever. The first half of the Galway v Kerry game was interesting enough and it was a treat to see Kieran Donaghy in such devastating form – but the second half was as poor as I have seen in a long time as Galway just lay down and accepted their fate. In fact you could hear people chatting away in the stands in that second half, such was the lack of atmosphere. That all changed shortly before 4 pm when Mayo and Roscommon took to the field. The atmosphere was incredible as the huge crowd rose to acclaim their heroes. What followed may not have been the greatest game of football ever played in terms of quality, but it was a massive contest and edgeof-the-seat stuff for all of what was a

Seanie McDermott gets a hand in to break the ball away from Jason Doherty. Picture: Andrew Fox rip-roaring second half. The crowds roared on their heroes, however I thought it was unnecessary to boo Andy Moran when he got the ball in that second half. Regardless of what he may have done in the past he is an ordinary man who has to get up and go to work every day, the same as the rest of us. We should try to keep that out of the game. There is always a strange feeling at the end of a game that ends in a draw, but I think the consensus is that it was a fair result. When the after-match interviews were completed, every Roscommon person I met on Jones Road was so proud of their team and all the talk was about when the replay might be.

Paddy Joe Burke held court on the street outside the Hogan Stand, RTE were interviewing people for their ‘Marty Squad’ programme. I heard the end of that show when I got into the car and Shane Curran was one of the guests. The traffic was bumper to bumper until we got to the toll bridge, but no-one was complaining. Roscommon people were travelling home in the knowledge that their team is well capable of coming back and finishing the job on Monday next. Colm Cooper on The Sunday Game reckoned that Roscommon would win the replay. Most others don’t though. In fact I think that the national coverage that the game received was almost all about

Mayo and there was very little about Roscommon. There is only one way to fix that –and it can be done next Monday. The town of Roscommon was packed on Sunday night. Late on I met a great Roscommon man who told me he was so thrilled by what he had seen earlier in the day. This man is in his 70s. “They were mighty today and they have great heart. I am so glad for Kevin McStay who has proved the doubters wrong and shown that he is a great manager. He has done a great job and I am delighted for him after all the criticism that he gpt earlier in the year. We will go up to Dublin next week and win the replay,” he concluded. I couldn’t have put it better myself. Roll on Monday!

Parish pride on display at Croke Park  DARRAGH O’CONNOR

Sunday was a proud day to be from the county of Roscommon with the team battling back at the end to earn a draw against a fancied Mayo team. It’s always a special day when you see your county play in Croke Park, but it’s even more special when your local club is represented on such a big stage. There are a total of 16 clubs represented in the current Roscommon squad, which is quite impressive considering Roscommon are towards the bottom of the list when it comes to the number of GAA clubs in each county. When you hear the team being

named by the public announcer at Croke Park, you give each player a cheer but you always give an extra-loud cheer when a player from your own club is announced! While looking that little bit closer at how players from your own club are playing you’ll also be that bit more protective and reluctant to criticise! Players like Tadgh O’Rourke, Niall Kilroy and Conor Devaney also give hope to clubs playing outside of the Roscommon Senior Football Championship, that if they are good enough they will get chances no matter what level they feature at for their clubs. Personally, seeing Conor Devaney represent my

club Kilbride and Roscommon on the big stage last Sunday, gave other members and myself a great sense of pride. It must be extra-special for the families of the four sets of brothers that are currently in the Roscommon squad. To have two players from a club in the squad is terrific but to have two from the same house – three in the Murtaghs’ case – is special and extremely rare these days. It’s great to have yet another day out next Monday and I’m sure all the players will once again put in a performance that will fill the people from all over County Roscommon and among the sixteen clubs with immense pride. Fintan Cregg puts Lee Keegan under pressure. Picture: Andrew Fox

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All-Ireland Quarter-Final : Roscommon v Mayo in Croke Park

Pictured in Croke Park on Sunday evening last were John Corcoran, Margaret O’Rourke, Fran Nicholson, Janette and Eamon O’Rourke.

At the match

Pictured in Croke Park on Sunday evening last were Aoife, Mairéád, Jack and Robbie Walsh.

Pictured (above) in Croke Park on Sunday evening last were Clodagh Wynne, Mary Brehony and Aoife Brady.

Picture: Andrew Fox

Pictured (right) in Croke Park on Sunday evening last were John Dempsey and Tony McDonagh.

Pictured in Croke Park on Sunday evening last were Olive Kelly, Melissa Kelly, Eileen Clogher and Adam Clogher.

Pictured in Croke Park on Sunday evening last were Oisín, Joe, Nicola, Conor, Linda, Eugene and Nadine Murphy.

Pictured in Croke Park on Sunday evening last were Lorraine Grimes, Lily and Marcus McDermott.

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All-Ireland Quarter-Final : Roscommon v Mayo in Croke Park

Pictured in Croke Park on Sunday evening last were Amy, Tom and Imelda Lavin and Michael Corcoran.

Pictured in Croke Park on Sunday evening last were supporters from Strokestown.

At the match

Picture: Andrew Fox

Pictured in Croke Park on Sunday evening last were the Hanley and Dwyer families.

Pictured in Croke Park on Sunday evening last were supporters from Cloonfad.

Pictured in Croke Park on Sunday evening last were Eilish, Haulie, Kylie and Catherine Beirne and Fiona Scott.

Pictured in Croke Park on Sunday evening last were Trevor, Natalie, Chris and Noel Grady.

Pictured in Croke Park on Sunday evening last were supporters from Fuerty and Boston.

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All-Ireland Quarter-Final: Roscommon v Mayo in Croke Park

PAUL HEALY’S…BIG MATCH C’mon Ros, the Rossies, Roscommon? While ‘C’mon the Rossies’ is a fine roar, make no mistake about it, a problem manifested itself during Sunday’s highly charged second half. Just what are thousands of Roscommon fans meant to chant together, when duty calls? Decades ago, we used to sing out

‘We are Ros, We are Ros, We are Ros.’ I’m not sure I have any particular recollection of ‘Roscommon!’ being chanted, presumably because it’s a ‘mouthful’ – in the same way you wouldn’t expect to hear a regular chant of ‘Tipperary!’ There were times during Sunday’s match when the game was ebbing

and flowing one way and another leading to Mayo fans starting up a timely ‘Mayo! Mayo! Mayo!’ The problem for Roscommon was suddenly and starkly highlighted. ‘C’mon the Ros’ or ‘C’mon the Rossies’ is a great call when you meet a few fellow or opposing fans on a street outside the stadium, but it

doesn’t ‘transfer’ to a terrace/stand chant. On the other hand, ‘Mayo! Mayo! Mayo!’ is just the right length, a perfectly formed and quite powerful cry. How do we respond when thousands of Rossies are at a big match and the team needs a spontaneous burst of support? I’m not sure this dilemma was addressed

Boyle hero salutes Boyle hero

Willie’s wonders!

The man behind Moone Boy was over the moon on Sunday when a fellow Boyle man scored a sensational late leveller for Roscommon. Actor Chris O’Dowd responded to Donie Smith’s great free with this pretty self-explanatory tweet: Donieeeeeeeeee!!!!!

On the way out of Croke Park on Sunday, I overheard someone making the observation that Willie Hegarty’s commentary was likely to have been of the vintage variety. And they were sorry to have missed it. We were glad then to hear a few snippets on Monday evening, when Newstalk’s Off The Ball team – well established as Hegarty fans – introduced a panel discussion on the match with some Willie wonders. And sure enough our man was in great form, describing Roscommon’s two superb goals, and then Donie Smith’s epic long-range free, in typically colourful style.

The Star on the day? The Irish Daily Star went against the popular view that Mayo’s Lee Keegan was man of the match, instead opting for Roscommon’s Sean Mullooly, with reporter Karl O’Kane concluding: “Lee Keegan had a massive first half with 1-3 from play, after starting at midfield, but Mullooly just about gets the nod on a red letter day for the Rossies. The centre half-back never relented from start to finish, driving at Mayo all day long.”

Ming and Myers… Spotted at Croker: MEP Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan, holding a huge Roscommon flag as he chatted to fans en route to a seat in the Cusack Stand. He later tweeted a thank you to the GAA for only charging a fiver admission for children, following up with this tweet on Monday: ‘August tomorrow. Roscommon still in the Championship and Kevin Myers on the dole. What a time to be alive. Go on the Rossies!’

Roscommon players… read this (and be inspired) In Monday’s Irish Independent, columnist and Kerry great Eoin Liston seemed pretty certain that Mayo will be playing Kerry in the All-Ireland semi-final: “I don’t see Mayo making as many mistakes in the replay and while Kerry are now in the wilderness for three weeks without a competitive game, Mayo will have a chance to rectify some basic errors, sharpen up an set up an almighty semi-final clash.” So it’s definitely Kerry and Mayo is it?

Sentence we never thought we’d read… From Malachy Clerkin in Monday’s Irish Times: “In front of 65,746 visitors to Croke Park – including a busload of Syrian refugees from Ballaghaderreen – they offered up a compelling garden-fence squabble.”

Pundits excited but not wowed! Michael Lyster’s RTE panel felt the Roscommon/Mayo game was very exciting and the pundits were gracious enough overall, but they lamented what they saw as a distinct lack of quality. Fair enough, they’re entitled to their view, and no-one is saying it was a classic quality-wise, but the analysis of the three wise men is often quite simplistic and predictable. I liked the tweet by Irish Daily Star journalist Kieran Cunningham who made the nuanced point that the RTE panel tend to dismiss any team they think is unlikely to win the All-Ireland, when in fact the campaigns of both Mayo and Roscommon are already noteworthy, irrespective of how far the teams ultimately go. And sometimes it’s all black or white with the three wise men, such as when Brolly was musing about what Kerry or Dublin would do to either Mayo or Roscommon, eventually making a facial impression to imply it wouldn’t be pleasant for whichever western side was involved! It would be unfair to compare The Sunday Game’s veteran critics – O’Rourke, Brolly and Spillane – to Statler and Waldorf, the grumpy duo in the posh seats in The Muppet Show. But unfair to whom?!

‘They don’t know what they’re talking about! Mayo and Roscommon was a cracker!’

on Sunday. I think it fell into an awkward series of gutteral versions of ‘C’mon Ros!’ or ‘C’mon Roscommon!’ In the absence of any winning tweaking of the options, I think ‘Roscommon! Roscommon!’ is probably the one to go with for now? * See also ‘People Platform’, page 22.

Kara and Fiachra Collins pictured in Croke Park. Picture: Andrew Fox

Sweeney: ‘Rossies have no fear’ of the Longford NEWS (now

s Editor Many years ago when I wa orter was Eamonn Sweeney, a Sligo rep rts spo our e), gon pion at one sadly at the Roscommon Cham native who also soldiered s obvious to me that he was a talented gain regular stage. Editing his copy, it wa . Sweeney has gone on to writer with a bright futurehis very popular, always well informed and deserved plaudits for n in the Sunday Independent. (As an Hold The Back Page colum with this man’s knowledge of sport, contests). aside, I’ve never met anyone s, detailed recall of games/ or, more accurately perhap ndent, Sweeney hailed Roscommon’s In Monday’s Irish Indepe against fearlessness. scommon play their replay “The GAA should let Ro on the front. Or wearing underwear ‘R’ Mayo in jerseys with a big ething superheroish anyway. Because outside their shorts. Somside have performed the incredible feat this year Kevin McStay’s vincial finals, but, in all likelihood, the of rescuing not just the pro well.” All-Ireland quarter-finals ass injury-time equaliser sums up their He added: “Donal Smith’ shot for a sub to attempt at that juncs spirit. It was an outrageou de it. What Smith’s shot displayed, ture, yet the Boyle man ma ence of fear.” above all else, was the abs

Joe wished he was back in Dodd’s

If Joe Brolly wasn’t already guaranteed free beer in a certain pub in Boyle, the deal must have been sealed on Sunday… Writing in the Sunday Independent recently about his taking part in a panel discussion for Boyle GAA Club, Brolly was glowing in his praise of the after-event craic in Dodd’s of Boyle. He returned to his new role as a pub spy during The Sunday Game analysis of Roscommon v Mayo. Hailing Donie Smith’s epic late equaliser, Brolly broke into a broad grin, suggested punters would be raising a pint in Dodd’s to the local hero, and wistfully added ‘I wish I was there now!’

Quick, get me to Dodd’s in Boyle! Joe Brolly meets with fans as he makes his way to Croke Park last Sunday. Picture: Michael McCormack.

Odds and ends…

Roscommon captain Ciaráin Murtagh speaks to RTE’s Clare MacNamara after the game. Picture: Andrew Fox

Mayo and Roscommon are set to do battle again after their All-Ireland SFC quarter-final at Croke Park ended in a 2-9 to 1-12 draw. As a result, Mayo have been eased out to 8/1 from 7/1 in the All-Ireland outright, with Roscommon now 66/1 from 50/1. Mayo head into the replay with the betting on their side at 2/5. The Rossies are 11/4. Aoife Heffron, Spokeswoman for BoyleSports commented: “Mayo and Roscommon are set to do it all again next Monday after they played out a draw, but it is Mayo who go into the match as the firm favourites at 2/5 as Connacht champions Roscommon are expected to struggle.” We’re not so sure about that!

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Pictured in Croke Park on Sunday evening last were Martin Hannon and Mick McCormack.

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Pictured in Croke Park on Sunday evening last were Andy and Martina Quinn and Gerry Keogh.

Pictured in Croke Park on Sunday evening last were Tony and Cliodhna McNamara.

At the match Picture: Andrew Fox Pictured in Croke Park on Sunday evening last were Martin Brady, Jackie Kelly and Paul Kelly.

Pictured in Croke Park on Sunday evening last were Clodagh Kennedy, Lauren Beirne and Leah McGinley.

Pictured in Croke Park on Sunday evening last were Seán Óg Bergin, Seán Bergin, Ava Mae Keating, Loretta Bergin and Darragh Bergin.

Pictured in Croke Park on Sunday evening last were Marese, Kara, Barry and Rebecca Gill.

Pictured in Croke Park on Sunday evening last were the Raftery family, Ballinlough.

Pictured in Croke Park on Sunday evening last were Tanya O’Grady, Yvonne Conry, Fiona O’Grady, Paul McKeon, Tony Conry, Sharon Conry, Michael O’Grady and Kevin Conry.

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James Gallagher brings Luke Kelly to PJ’s Bar! Well-known Galway busker plays Castlecoote this Saturday This Saturday night (August 5th) PJ’s Bar, Castlecoote is excited to welcome James Gallagher and his band. Inspired by the late, great Luke Kelly, James is a well-known busker on Shop Street in Galway City. James plays the banjo and has a presence that makes him stand out when he sings and plays. So all you Luke Kelly fans come along and enjoy a great night of music as James Gallagher and his band take the stage at 10 pm. PJ’s Bar and Lounge, Castlecoote wishes Niall Kilroy, the Roscommon management and team the best of luck in the All-Ireland Quarter-Final replay on Monday.

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Cherish The Ladies set for Keadue The O’Carolan Harp Festival takes place in Keadue, Co. Roscommon this weekend. The festival is held to commemorate the harper and composer, Turlough O’Carolan, whose music is played and appreciated nationally and internationally. O’Carolan is interred in the cemetery on the outskirts of the village. The annual event is now one of the leading harp and traditional music festivals in Ireland, espe-

cially promoting harp music and the music of O’Carolan. It attracts harpers from Ireland and overseas who attend the Harp School Classes and compete in the International Harp Competitions. The highlight of this year’s O’Carolan Harp Festival will take place this Sunday night (6th) as Cherish The Ladies take the stage. The group is led by whistle and flute player extraordinaire, Joanie Madden who was born in the

Bronx, New York, to Irish parents and is an All-Ireland champion on the flute and whistle. Joanie became the first American to win the senior All-Ireland championship on the tin whistle in 1984. Since 1985, she has been the central force behind Cherish the Ladies, driving them to international acclaim. Other members of the group are Mary Coogan, Mirella Murray, Grainne Murphy, Deirdre Con-

nolly and Kathleen Boyle. The all-female band have been looking forward to their Keadue performance for some time and seats are selling fast ahead of the concert which takes place this Sunday at 9 pm. With set dancing classes, the world famous Door Dancing competition, Ceilidhs, a Crafts, Food & Arts Display and much more over the coming days, Keadue is well worth a visit this weekend.

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Pictured (above) at the Rooskey Heritage Festival were Megan Courtney, Natasha Mahady, Rooskey Rose 2017 and Louise Shanley.

Faces & P laces Pictured (right) at the Rooskey Heritage Festival were Sinéad Compton and Chelsea Harte.

Pictured (above) at the Rooskey Heritage Festival were Maura Sharkey, Bernie O’Neill and Andrea Clews.

Pictured (right) at the Rooskey Heritage Festival were Aoibheann and Caireann O’Neill.

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Pictured at the Rooskey Heritage Festival were Patrick and Rose Gallagher.

Pictured at the Rooskey Heritage Festival were Margaret Healy and Paddy Nugent.

Pictured at the Rooskey Heritage Festival were Helen and Diane Sweeney.

Pictured at the Rooskey Heritage Festival were Declan Donohoe and Ger Moran.

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Pictured in the Silver Eel on Saturday night last were Tracey Carthy, Cliff McInerney and Denise Lally.

Pictured in the Silver Eel on Saturday night last were Martina Murray, Tracey McDermott, Mairéad McDermott, Sharon Harrington, Mary McDermott and (front) Jackie Casserly and Ellie Ann King.

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Pictured in the Silver Eel on Saturday night last were Sarah Behan and Padraig McGuire.

Pictured in the Silver Eel on Saturday night last were James Hughes, Mairéad McDermott and Alba Bazalbataz. Pictured (above) in the Silver Eel on Saturday night last were Liam Masterson and Lorraine McGlynn.

Pictured (right) in the Silver Eel on Saturday night last were Ruth McGrath, Malachy Mannion, Declan and Trudy Buckley.

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“The festival which could be described as the Electric Picnic of the west is centrally located, right beside the town’s amenities. The weekend hosts well over 30 acts with lots of local talent being showcased. “There are also traditional crafts and stalls as well as workshops from blacksmithing to pottery, storytelling and West African Music. I am happy to have been able to assist the organisers with funding of the festival in the past and the organisers have worked to keep the ticket price as low as

possible. “It is very positive that this year the festival is being supported by the Boyle Municipal District Funding Scheme. “The festival has been very successful in bringing people both all age groups into to our area, with over 1,000 people attending last year’s festival. This influx of people creates a spin-off for the local economy.” Senator Hopkins concluded: “Each year the festival offers something unique and knowing the orgnaisers I have no doubt that this year will do the same.”

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tor with a little step so your child can easily reach the loo and let them choose a fabulous array of big girl/ boy pants! ·Allow your child to sit on the potty/seat whilst fully clothed at various times during the day to help them become used to this fun grown-up activity. ·Show them how to use the toilet by allowing them to see you pee. It normalises the process for them if they see how mammy/ daddy pulls down their underwear, sits on the seat, pees, wipes, flushes and washes their hands afterwards. ·Get them some colourful, illustrated picture books specific to their gender and read with them. A sticker reward book to motivate and encourage them is a great idea. I used one when helping to toilet train my granddaughter at 18 months. When her mother was small, we didn’t have such colourful resources,

so I gave her a chocolate button every time she successfully used the potty and made a huge deal of it, putting a gold star on a blackboard I’d fitted to the bathroom wall. When my kids had an accident, I didn’t say a word; I told them not to worry, cleaned them and forgot all about it. Some kids aren’t swayed by the chocolate bribe, so use whatever tactic that’ll encourage them and reward them accordingly. ·Gently ask your toddler if he/she needs to pee about

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GAA supporters to be reimbursed after being ‘wrongly clamped’ Fine Gael Senator Frank Feighan says Irish Rail will be reimbursing five Roscommon GAA supporters who had their cars wrongly clamped at Boyle Garda Station at the weekend. Senator Feighan met with Irish Rail to discuss the issue and says the company accepted there were some problems with the paid parking system at Boyle station. According to Senator Feighan, Irish Rail said the matter will be resolved to the satisfaction of

the car-owners who were affected. The motorists discovered their vehicles had been clamped when they returned to Boyle station from the Roscommon-Mayo game in Croke Park on Sunday. Senator Feighan: “Irish Rail said that not only will it reimburse the motorists, but it will apologise to the customers in question. “I also think this is an opportune time for the rail company to reconsider the use of paid parking at Boyle station. There are many other

similar-sized towns along both the Sligo and Westport lines which do not have paid-parking in place. “I think paid-parking at the station in Boyle is not only bad PR for the town, but also for Irish Rail. “Separately, I have also raised concerns about Roscommon supporters in Boyle who prebooked seats on the Boyle-Dublin train for last Sunday’s game only to find there were no seats available to sit on for the journey.”

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William Partridge remembered at Ballaghaderreen commemoration On the 22nd of July, Roscommon Sinn Féin held a commemorative event in Ballaghaderreen to remember William Partridge who died one hundred years ago after playing a central role in the Easter Rising. Events commenced in Ballaghaderreen Library where Dr. Conor McNamara, a historian and lecturer from NUI Galway, gave a talk on William Partridge. Conor gave a fantastic account of Partridge’s life and what led him to become the most prominent leader of the Dublin workers after Jim Larkin and James Connolly during the Great Lockout of 1913. The talk followed a march to William Partridge’s grave at Kilcolman cemetery. Here, proceedings were chaired by Roscommon Sinn Féin’s spokesperson, Claire Kerrane. Cllr. Michael Mulligan read the Proclamation and Seamus O’Brien read the Roscommon Roll of Honour. A number of wreaths were laid on the grave of William Partridge. Martin Hogan laid a wreath on behalf of the Coen/Mulrennan Cumann, Ballaghaderreen, Henry Hughes laid a wreath on behalf of Roscommon Sinn Féin, Jim Gaffney laid a wreath on behalf of the Republican Movement and Liam McAuley laid a wreath on behalf of the Partridge family. Brenda Flanagan played the role of Constance Markievicz recreating the scene that took place at the grave one hundred years ago where

The Irish Red Cross is calling for Roscommon to celebrate its unpaid Carers by nominating them for the 2017 Irish Red Cross Carer of the Year Award. The award is open to any member of the public currently providing voluntary care. Previous winners include men and women from around the country who provide care for loved ones that are ill, vulnerable or living with a restrictive disability. Last year’s winner, Vincent Callaghan from Roscommon, has cared for his two children all their lives. Whilst in 2015, Bernie O’Reilly from Cavan, has cared for her son Damien who has cerebral palsy for more than 30 years. Pat Carey, Chairman of the Irish Red Cross, praised Ireland’s Carers. “Unpaid Carers offer a standard of living to sick and vulnerable members of the community that would be impossible without their selfless commitment. It is essential that both Carers and care recipients are recognised and supported members of our communities and of society as a whole.” As part of its Health and Social Care programme, the Irish Red Cross offers a range of resources and services for Carers in Ireland. Services include a Carers Handbook, ‘Helping You to Care’ course, Therapeutic Hand Care services and free First Aid app. The Irish Red Cross are currently in the process of developing a Carers app, aimed at helping carers and family members care for the most vulnerable. Nomination can be made online or you can download an application from www.redcross.ie/Carer+of+the+yea r+award+2017 and should be returned by Thursday, 31st of August. The winner will be announced in November and the 2017 national winner will receive a cash prize and luxury hotel break.

Threshold ‘protects more than 1,000 people from homelessness in west of Ireland’ Pictured is Senator Pádraig MacLochlainn speaking at the graveside of William Partridge.

Constance Markievicz delivered his funeral oration in which she described Partridge as “the purestsouled and noblest patriot Ireland ever had.” Markievicz then fired a salute over the grave with her own pistol. Sinn Féin Senator Pádraig Mac Lochlainn gave a powerful and moving oration at the grave. Events ended with the lowering of the flags and a rendition of Amhrán na bhFiann with refresh-

ments in the Fiddler’s Elbow afterwards. Roscommon Sinn Féin would like to pay special thanks to members of the Partridge family who attended on the day. We also wish to thank the colour party, the Four Green Fields Flute Band, Dr. Conor McNamara, Senator Padraig Mac Lochlainn and all who played a role in making the event so memorable. Go raibh mile maith agaibh.

Partridge fought in the College of Surgeons during Easter Week. After the surrender he was imprisoned in Dartmoor and Lewes prisons in England where his health deteriorated. He was released on health grounds in April 1917. He went to stay with his family in Ballaghaderreen, where he died three months after his release.

New figures from national housing charity, Threshold show that its Tenancy Protection Service prevented 1,014 people from becoming homeless in the west of Ireland in the last year. The figure is included in the Galway Tenancy Protection Service Annual Report 2016-17, which was launched last Sunday, 27th of July by Minister of State for Community Affairs, Natural Resources, and Digital Development, Seán Kyne, TD. The Galway-based service opened in June 2016 and provides advice and support to households at risk of homelessness in Galway, Mayo and Roscommon. Almost half of the 534 households supported by the service were families, and a total of 406 children were prevented from becoming homeless. The report found that the two biggest factors that threatened tenancies were tenants being issued with notices of termination requiring them to leave their rented property (35%), and rents being increased by their landlord (31%).

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Farmers in Roscommon asked to remain vigilant for water pollution Inland Fisheries Ireland has issued an appeal to farmers in Roscommon to remain vigilant during the summer months when harvesting silage and spreading slurry to avoid water pollution and the loss of nutrients to water. There were 31 separate fish kills across the country last year, with eight of those directly attributable to agricultural activities. The eight fish kills caused by agricultural practises in 2016 occurred in Meath, Kilkenny, Cork, Kerry, Sligo and Galway. Fish killed in these incidents included brown trout, atlantic salmon, eel, stone loach and stickleback. In addition to the agricultural-related kills, two

fish kills were as a result of municipal works and one by industrial works. In four instances, the exact cause of the fish kill was difficult to ascertain while 16 incidents of fish kills were as a result of disease and natural causes. As agriculture was the largest identifiable and avoidable attributing factor to fish kills last year, farmers in Roscommon are reminded of the importance of managing their silage operations correctly. Silage operations are ongoing all summer and silage effluent has the potential to cause devastating pollution in streams and rivers. Silage effluent is a significant polluting substance,

starving fish and invertebrate life of oxygen, resulting in potentially massive fish kills if it enters a watercourse. With some rivers low during summertime with little dilution capacity, the effect of a small leak can cause huge damage. Inland Fisheries Ireland is advising farmers in Roscommon to follow its simple plan to ensure good farmyard management and reduce their risk of polluting. Use round bales as the most environmentally friendly way to store silage. If a silage pit is being used, ensure it is properly sealed to prevent leakage from under the slab. Carry out slurry spreading in dry

Crop Loss Scheme improvements secured – IFA

Bullocks, Heifers & Dry Cows, Weanlings & Suckler Cows Each Friday at 11a.m. ----------------Tuesday, August 8th

Lughnasa Show & Sale of Weanlings Show at 3.30p.m. Sale at 5 p.m. Best Weanling Bull born 1st July to 31st December 2016 in exhibitor’s own herd Best Weanling Heifer born 1st July to 31st December 2016 in exhibitor’s own herd Bookings accepted up to 5 p.m. on this Thursday, August 3rd ------------Friday, August 11th at 11 a.m.

Autumn Special Sales Heifers & Bullocks Also Dry Cows Bookings accepted up to 5 p.m. on this Thursday, August 3rd ---------

Lambs & Cast Ewes Each Wednesday at 11 a.m. Please note that as and from Wednesday, August 9th Ewe Lambs will be sold separately ------------Saturday, August 5th

Breeding Ewes & Hoggets Sale at 11 a.m. Gates open at 8 a.m. -----------------------

Premier Show & Sale of Pedigree Suffolk Sheep Saturday, August 12th Show at 11.30 a.m. Sale at 1.30 p.m. ------------Full details of all our sales on our Website and Facebook pages

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weather and never when heavy rain is forecast. Never spread slurry close to a watercourse, be aware of the slope of land to the watercourse. Do not clean tanks beside any watercourse, stream or a river. Do not allow any effluent or washings to enter any rainwater gully. Inland Fisheries Ireland has a confidential hotline number to enable members of the general public to report incidents of water pollution, fish kills and illegal fishing – 1890 34 74 24 or 1890 FISH 24. For more information on Inland Fisheries Ireland, visit www.fisheriesireland.ie.

Picture shows Cathal and Tony Lavin (Strokestown) and judge Pat Lyons with commercial champion at the recent Mullingar Show.

Farmers who suffered weather-related crop losses last harvest will be able to access up to €10,500 in support under the Crop Loss Scheme for the 2016 Harvest. The new limits were agreed following IFA negotiations with Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed and the Department of Agriculture. Recently, the IFA suspended its six-day occupation of the Department of Agriculture following a commitment by Minister Creed to enter into negotiations about the proposed scheme (without preconditions). A limit of €5,000 per farmer had originally been included in the scheme by the Department of Agriculture. IFA President Joe Healy said: “Grain farmers have had to endure a long wait for this scheme since their crops were badly affected by unprecedented weather conditions during the 2016 harvest. IFA’s campaign highlighted the severe impact on their incomes and insisted that a credible scheme had to be put in place. This culminated in the IFA Grain committee being forced to take action by occupying the Department’s offices for six days.” Following negotiations, IFA Grain Committee Chairman Liam Dunne said significant progress has been made compared to what was on the table originally.

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Manager’s report… Brendan Egan, Castlerea Mart

Bullocks

“There were 560 cattle on offer this week with numbers and prices showing an increase compared to the same period last year. “Trade for all classes of stock on offer was very strong with better quality weanlings on offer. Prices were improved by €30€40 per head, with strong export, feedlot and farmer demand. “The heifer and dry cow trade has also remained firm and the bullock trade also witnessed some strong prices with forward bullocks making up to €1,075 over. Calves and runners also reported good clearances. “Sales continue at Castlerea Mart today (Thursday, August 3rd) with our usual sale of bullocks, heifers, cows, calves, runners and weanlings on offer. All sales commence at 11 am and there will be three rings in operation.”

Ch 495kgs €1295, Lm 450kgs €1160, Ch 500kgs €1320, Lm 535kgs €1350, Lm 560kgs €1345, Lm 610kgs €1425, Chx 795kgs €1870.

Calves

Heifers

Weanling bulls

Chx 340kgs €1145, Chx 405kgs €1080, Lm 420kgs €1055, Lm 475kgs €1245, Lm 615kgs €1595, Ch 585kgs €1385, Lm 565kgs €1345.

Ch 275kgs €900, BBX 265kgs €815, Lm 460kgs €1200, Ch 345kgs €1145, Lm 410kgs €1145.

Dry cows

Lm 270kgs €815, Ch 270kgs €815, Ch 385kgs €1105, Lm 345kgs €1025, Lm 340kgs €995, Ch 425kgs €1100.

AA 765kgs €1640, Ch 660kgs €1330, Ch 715kgs €1355, Sim 615kgs €1335, Ch 680kgs €1255.

Young calves made form €250 to €400 with stronger runner types making from €280 to €715 per head.

Weanling heifers

Roscommon Mart sample prices Dry cows

Bullocks

Simm X 775 kgs €1530, Char X 780 kgs €1515, Simm X 735 kgs €1475, Lim 760 kgs €1470, AAX 735 kgs €1400, Lim X 685 kgs €1330, Char X 745 kgs €1285, Char X 685 kgs €1265, Lim X 610 kgs €1130.

Char X 710 kgs €1635, Char 690 kgs €1615, Char X 730 kgs €1600, Char X 590 kgs €1355, Char X 585 kgs €1325, 2 Lim X 557 kgs €1250, Char X 505 kgs €1140, Lim X 515 kgs €1100, Char X 435 kgs €1005, Lim X 445 kgs €870.

Heifers Char X 605 kgs €1365, Char X 585 kgs €1340, Char X 530 kgs €1245, Lim X 570 kgs €1200, BBX 410 kgs €1160, Char X 570 kgs €1150, Simm X 565 kgs €1145, Simm X 445 kgs €1105, Char X 470 kgs €1105, Lim X 440 kgs €1005, AAX 400 kgs €925.

Finished lambs 49.70 kgs €110, 49.60 kgs €110, 46.90 kgs €100, 48.3 kgs €100, 40.7 kgs €95, 46 kgs €95.

Store lambs

41.1kgs €90, 38.7 kgs €90, 36.8 kgs €88, 40kgs €86.5, 34.7 kgs €86, 36.70 kgs €84, 35.1 kgs €82, 35.3 kgs €81, 36.6 kgs €78.

Manager’s report… Maura Quigley, Roscommon Mart “There were smaller numbers on offer this week. However, there was a good trade for all classes of stock. “Prices for bullocks averaged from €2.24 per kilo up to €2.69 per kilo, while heifer prices ranged from €2.24 per kilo up to €2.49 per kilo. There was a lively trade for dry cows with prices ranging from €1.60 per kilo up to €2 per kilo. Dry cows made from €860 to €1345, heifers made from €405 to €725 over and bullocks made from €540 to €800 over. “Sales as usual tomorrow (Friday) for bullocks, heifers, weanlings, suckler and dry cows. Dates for your diary – weanling show and sale on Tuesday, August 8th and special sales for heifers and bullocks on Friday, August 11th. Bookings accepted up to 5 pm on Thursday, August 3rd.”

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IFA demands stronger policy delivery on beef and sheep Stronger action at EU and Government level is required to address the ongoing income challenges in the beef and sheep sectors, according to Roscommon IFA County Chairman, Mr. John Hanley. Mr. Hanley said a policy framework must be developed with the aim of returning viable cattle and sheep prices and increased targeted direct payments, which are essential to maintain confidence in the sectors and our national breeding herds which provide the backbone to €2.5bn in output value. The County Chairman said technical efficiency is very important inside the farm gate, but getting the national and EU policy right for a profitable sector at farm level is absolutely essential. Mr. Hanley said viable

price returns to farmers are possible from the market provided there is a fair share out of the retail price across the chain. He said cattle prices in the range from €4.00 to €4.50/kg are essential to cover the cost of production on the most efficient farms, and leave a margin. On lamb prices, he said mid-season prices need to be in the order of €5.00 to €6.00//kg. He said market demand for beef is strong and export market prices, particularly in our main market in the UK, are very strong. Cattle numbers will be much tighter than originally forecast due to increased live exports and lower carcase weights. “Beef markets are in a strong position and there is no basis for any pressure on cattle prices. In addition, live exports are performing

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very well, up 45%, with 140,000 head exported to date this year.”

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NEW TO THE MARKET A prime and established commercial property offering excellent potential. Owners Retiring – Selling as a going concern

“WARDS OF BALLYFA”, NEW INN, BALLINASLOE, CO. GALWAY

Lot 2: c. 9.13 acres at The said lands are laid out in one lot on the R371 from Scramogue Cross to Lanesborough. POA. ----------------------------------------------------------------

Lot 3: c. 5.06 acres at

NORTHYARD, SCRAMOGUE, CO. ROSCOMMON The said lands are suitable for grazing and are situated c. 2 miles from Scramgogue. POA. For further information please contact Joint Selling Agents: Kieran Leavy & Associates, Elphin Street, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon. Phone: 071 96 34737 / 087 6025597 OR TP Walsh Auctioneers, Main Street, Dromod and Rooskey. Contact: 087 7691518 / 071 96 58652

Prime Tulsk lands available at Earley’s John Earley, FIPAV, of Property Partners Earley, Roscommon is this week offering new to the market prime lands set out in one lot containing c. 15.25 acres of lands located at Rathmoyle, Tulsk, Co. Roscommon. All offers after €100,000 to sell. The agents describe the property as “prime quality parcel of lands located in a renowned farming district. Seldom does this style of agricultural lands come on the market. Note feature stone wall and gates servicing the said property. These lands should be of interest to all farmers in the area. We now invite all offers after €100,000 for immediate sale.” To arrange maps or for further details contact John Earley, FIPAV, of Property Partners Earley, Stone Court, The Square, Roscommon on 090-6626579, email jearley@ propertypartners.ie or log onto www.propertypartners. ie. Find us on facebook at www.facebook.com/propertypartners.earley.

A renowned and regarded 7 day licenced premises with established grocery shop, filling station and restaurant business with the benefit of full dance and restaurant licences. First established in c. 1887 “Wards of Ballyfa” offers the would be purchaser a prime opportunity to acquire a thriving business in a self advertising location offering huge potential for expansion on the outskirts of the village on the R348, servicing the Loughrea and Athenry routes. Note: Option to purchase a 3 B/R two storey detached residence located adjacent if desired. The auctioneers now invite immediate viewings and all offers to sell this once in a lifetime family business. BER: D1. LEGAL: MESSERS CP CROWLEY & CO, GALWAY. 091 566131. -------------------------------------------------------------------

NEW TO THE MARKET A PRIME HOLDING OF QUALITY LANDS CONTAINING C. 25.57 ACRES LOCATED AT

CURRAGHBOY VILLAGE, ATHLONE, CO. ROSCOMMON An extremely attractive parcel of dual purpose agricultural lands with excellent road frontage and holding potential due location adjacent to Curraghboy village and all amenities. The said lands are set out in one lot and are of excellent quality throughout. The auctioneers now invite immediate enquiries and all offers for immediate sale. LEGAL: JENNIFER LIDDY FEHILLY, MESSERS LIDDY NEILAN & CO, ROSCOMMON. 090 66 27498. -------------------------------------------------------------------

FINAL OFFERS INVITE INVITED D FOR SALE A RENOWNED LEASEHOLD INTEREST IN A PRIME TRADING POSITION LOCATED AT MAIN STREET, ROSCOMMON TOWN Price Guide: €30,000

Roscommon Sheep Breeding Event on

Farm of John Brooks, Racepark, Taughmaconnell, Co Roscommon Tuesday 8th August, 2017 from 6 – 8 p.m. Sign in for KT registration from 5:45 – 6:45pm for year 2 of KT Programme Topics covered on the evening • Ram and Ewe selection pre-mating. • Sheep welfare scheme (mineral nutrition). • Sheep health (Causes/Prevention of abortion). • Live lamb demonstration re: QualEUtex bonus. • Live carcass display/market requirements. The event is organised by Teagasc Roscommon, QualEUtex lamb producer group and Kepak Athleague. Signposted from Taughmaconnell & Bealnamulla Athlone (H53 NY93)

Clooneycolgan, Clashaganny, Tulsk, Co. Roscommon.

David Difﬂey’s Property of the Week David Diffley, MIPAV, TRV, of Property Partners Earley, Roscommon is this week offering new to the market a prime commercial garage property of c. 2,000 sq. ft. located at Clooneycolgan, Clashaganny, Tulsk, Co. Roscommon. Guide price: €80,000 ono to sell. David describes the property as “a primely located and self-advertising commercial garage property, prominently positioned on the main N61 Roscommon/Sligo route. “The property offers spacious commercial space throughout and offers c. 15 ft. of clear roof height internally and is serviced by a large sliding door to the front elevation. An ideal property for the would-be purchaser to operate a garage or workshop which benefits from a paint kitchen and paint/spray booth. The auctioneers now invite immediate enquiries and all offers to sell.” For further details, please contact David Diffley, MIPAV, TRV, of Property Partners Earley, Roscommon on 090-66 26579, logonto www.propertypartners.ie or email ddiffley@propertypartners.ie.

A unique opportunity to acquire a prime leasehold interest in one of Roscommon towns most recognisable hairdressing salons. “Jack Edwards” occupies a premium trading position on Roscommon’s main street with a high profile dual fronted shop unit of c.730 sq.ft. The said shop unit is fitted out to the highest standard and is in turn key condition throughout together with an extensive and established clientele. The property is held on favourable lease terms which are available on request. The auctioneers now invite immediate enquiries and final offers to sell for this prime leasehold interest.

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ELPHIN STREET, STROKESTOWN, CO. ROSCOMMON Phone: 071 96 34737 / 087 6025597 Web: www.kleavyauctioneer.com Email: property@ kleavyauctioneer.com

FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION C.26.78 Acre Residential Farm at

Bunnamuck and Mountbrown, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon On Friday, 18th August at 4pm in the Percy French Hotel, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon This is a top quality holding in a prime farming area off the main Strokestown to Tulsk road. The holding will be offered to the market in two lots.

Sales of the week at REA Seamus Carthy REA Seamus Carthy are delighted to announce the sales of the following properties this week… * We have a number of underbidders seeking properties in various locations throughout the county. Should you be considering selling your property please contact Seamus conﬁdentially at 090-6630001 or email info@reacarthy.ie

Lot 1: Two Bedroomed Residence on Circa 18.47 acres. The lands are of good quality grazing lands extending down to Lough Lee, a renowned and well stocked fishing lake.

Highlake, Ballinaheglish, Co. Roscommon Caddlebrook, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon

Attractive two-bedroomed country home presented to the market in excellent condition. This impressive property offers a large and mature landscaped site together with a detached garage. The property was recently sold for €70,000.

Detached two-storey traditional residence set on a quality 0.25 hectare (0.62 acres) mature site with the benefit of outbuildings. The property presented an ideal refurbishment opportunity and recently sold at Public Auction for €85,000.

Lisseyegan, Eglish, Ballinasloe

Attractive four-bedroomed detached, quality family home which provides an ideal refurbishment opportunity. The property is situated in an attractive, picturesque rural location, convenient to town of Ballinasloe and villages of Ballyforan and Ahascragh. The property was sold at €115,000.

Lot 2: Circa 8.64 acres at Mountbrown, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon. The lands are of dual purpose agricultural nature with site potential.

Trien, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon 7 Anville Cort, Roscommon Town, Co. Roscommon

The subject property is a three-bedroomed semidetached property situated in a central location in Roscommon Town, within walking distance of all local amenities. The property provides an ideal investment opportunity as it is split into two separate apartments, each with independent access. The property was recently sold through REA Seamus Carthy.

FOR MAPS AND PARTICULARS, PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE 071-9634737 Legal Messers M.F. Butler & Co Solicitor, Longford 043 33 41118

Prime Strokestown lands available at Earley’s David Diffley, MIPAV, TRV, of Property Partners Earley, Roscommon is this week offering new to the market prime roadside lands of c.8.26 acres set out in two lots located at Muckanagh, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon. David describes the lands as “prime lands set out in two main lots located in a select agricultural district overlooking Kilglass Lough. “The said lands can be sold in one or more lots should market interest dictate, as follows – Lot 1: The Entire. Lot 2: c. 6.59 acres with the benefit of dual road frontage and with a mobile home standing thereon. Lot 3: c. 1.4 acres (stand alone field).” The auctioneers now invite immediate viewings and all offers to sell. To arrange maps or for further details contact David Diffley, MIPAV, TRV, of Property Partners Earley, Stone Court, The Square, Roscommon on 090-6626579, email ddiffley@propertypartners.ie or log onto www.propertypartners.ie. Find us on facebook at www.facebook.com/ propertypartners.earley.

Exclusive two-storey residence on the market in Ballygar Moran & Co. Auctioneers & Valuers are this week offering for sale a very attractive four-bedroomed two-storey residence, which has a prime residential location in the centre of Ballygar. The residence has a floor area of c.143 sq.mts. and requires some work. There is a large garden at the rear offering ample room to extend. This sale offers a great opportunity to acquire a family home or investment property with distinctive character in a sought after location. Price region is €125,000. Inspection is highly recommended. For further details call David Moran, MSCSI, MRICS, of Moran & Co., Ballygar. Tel. 090-6624531.

A most attractive four-bedroomed family home with detached double garage set on a beautifully mature site in Trien Village, midway between the larger towns of Castlerea and Williamstown. The residence offers a quality family home with spacious living accommodation throughout. REA Seamus Carthy are delighted to achieve the asking price of €150,000.

New Estate, Knockroe, Castlerea Lands at Rooskey, Co. Roscommon

REA Seamus Carthy are delighted to announce the sale of 83 acres of good quality agricultural land with substantial road frontage and a range of quality agricultural outbuildings. The subject lands were sold in three lots to a US buyer.

Impressive three-bedroomed detached bungalow with detached garage situated in a sought after residential neighbourbood, convenient to and within walking distance to all amenities. Well presented and meticulously maintained by its present owners. The property was recently ‘sale agreed’ at €120,000.

Carraig Rua, Fermoyle, Lanesboro

Quality detached dormer four-bedroomed bungalow with the benefit of a large detached workshop, situated on a most picturesque rural site offering elevated and scenic views of the surrounding countryside. A very well presented and maintained property. REA Seamus Carthy are delighted to advise that the property is now at sale agreed.

REA Seamus Carthy specialise in all valuation requirements REA Seamus Carthy understand that valuations underpin nearly every financial decision we make – from home mortgages and investments to corporate finance and land transactions. Any person or organisation that occupies, owns, develops or trades assets in today’s global markets relies on a valuer’s expertise, quality standards and ethics. Aishleen O’Toole of REA Seamus Carthy advises that we have seen an uplift in the number of residential valuations required for those purchasing or building houses. We understand that these valuations are

required quickly to ensure that there are no delays in the lending process. REA Seamus Carthy are on the majority of lending institutions panels and can provide these valuations efficiently. Aishleen advised that they also specialise in Red Book valuations for commercial and residential portfolios, land sales, capital gains tax, rental valuations, fair deal valuations, probate valuations and landlord and tenant advice. At REA Seamus Carthy we ensure that the highest professional standards are adhered to at all times. We are Registered Valuers and differentiate

Boston Exhibition taking places in March

REA Seamus Carthy Exhibition in Boston a huge success Aishleen O’Toole, REA Seamus Carthy

ourselves from others. For further information or to get professional advice in relation to commercial, residential or land valuations contact Aishleen O’Toole or Seamus Carthy at REA Seamus Carthy on 090 6630001 or email info@reacarthy.ie.

New to the market…at Abbeyville REA Seamus Carthy are delighted to present 36, Abbeyville, Roscommon new to the market. This is a quality 4/5 bedroomed two-storey home situated in a sought after residential suburb in Roscommon Town convenient to schools, shops, Medical Centre, Leisure Centre, Swimming Pool, Golf Course, etc.Finished to a high standard internally and externally the said residence is set on a generous mature site with its attractive paved driveway and private rear garden.

Seamus Carthy of REA Seamus Carthy conducted a property exhibition in The Lennox Hotel, Boston, on Thursday 23rd March showcasing properties from his office to US buyers. Following up with Seamus Carthy this week, he confirmed the exhibition has been a resounding success with many sales concluded to US buyers since his trip to Boston this year and New York last year. As part of this event REA Seamus Carthy have gained large exposure on www.irishcentral.com which is number 1 for online Irish News in America and boasts the largest Irish Diaspora website in the world with 3.5 million unique visitors per month. REA Seamus Carthy’s properties are now promoted via their E-Newsletter to 300,000 subscribers and shared on social media to 550,000 followers, ensuring maximum exposure. Should you have a property to sell and you would like to talk to us confidentially about our US contacts please do not hesitate to contact Seamus at 090-6630001 or email info@reacarthy.ie

Three-bedroomed townhouse in Ballygar

Overall this is a quality family home offering situated in a prime location. REA Seamus Carthy

invites enquiries, please contact Seamus at 0906630001 or email info@ reacarthy.ie

Moran & Co. Auctioneers & Valuers (Ballygar) are offering for sale this week a well-kept three-bedroomed townhouse with central location just off the Market Square in Ballygar. The property is a ‘ready to go’ investment opportunity or alternatively it can be a comfortable family home. Price region: €90,000. Inspection is highly recommended. For further details contact the auctioneer, David Moran, MSCSI, MRICS, of Moran & Co., Ballygar. Tel. 090-6624531.

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NEW TO MARKET PRELIMINARY NOTICE Keyfield, Ballinlough, Co. Roscommon

FINAL OFFERS – Friday 18th August

NEW TO MARKET An increasingly rare opportunity to acquire quality site with the benefit of Full Planning Permission

Traditional 3 Bedroom Country Cottage on 25 Acres of Land with Outbuildings

Brooklawn, Deerpark, Boyle, Co. Roscommon

Situated in a picturesque rural setting close to the village of Ballinlough, this select residential farm holding offers obvious potential and exceptional value for money. Overall this is a quality property to come to the market and the auctioneers now invite immediate enquiries and offers to sell. Price Guide €150,000

Offering enormous potential, a 4 Bedroom Detached Storey and a Half traditional style Residence set on what is considered a most prime elevated and mature site on the outskirts of Boyle Town. A picturesque setting considered private and secluded with stunning views of the surrounding countryside, Boyle Town Centre is less than 2km. The property for sale is contained within Folio RN 17776F, confirming a site area of .32 Hectares/.79 Acre with boundary fences not clearly defined on the ground. The property is attractively set off the public road with access via a right of way leading to charming and enchanting avenue style entrance. Property being sold online and the Contract for Sale is available so that purchasers and their solicitor can inspect same immediately. Contact our office immediately for further details. AMV: €95,000

Highly attractive c. 0.5 Acre Site with the benefit of Full Planning Permission (PD13/3050). Set on the outskirts of Castlecoote Village, the said site has a grant of full planning permission for highly impressive Two Storey Residence (235 Sq.M/2500 Sq.ft). Proposed accommodation consists of Feature Hallway, Kitchen, Dining Room, Sitting Room, Sun Room, Utility, Ironing Room, W.C and Bedroom 1 at Ground Floor with 4 Bedrooms (3 ensuite) at First Floor.. Development Contribution of €5,580 Paid. Immediate viewings advised and Offers now invited. Price Guide €50,000

NEW TO MARKET

Top quality Home

Lavagh, Rooskey

Quality Residence Under Construction

An attractive traditional 4 bed country home with stables, extended and modernised and set in a most picturesque rural setting with panoramic views across the countryside and the River Shannon. The house and grounds extend to c. 1.8 acres. The house has been extensively renovated with many of its original features maintained and restored. Rooskey on the River Shannon is the local town, a popular tourist location and with Carrick on Shannon a short journey away, a busy market town with a choice of shops, restaurants and pubs is nearby. Rooskey has much to offer including fishing, sailing, hunting, golfing, etc Strokestown is located just south of Rooskey with its famous Strokestown Park House and historic famine museum. . The auctioneers now invite immediate viewings and all offers to sell. Every Offer Above €200,000

Detached 4 Bedroom Bungalow situated on a prime site, in the townland of Derrinturk, convenient to Roscommon Town. Comprising of a Sitting Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, Utility, W.C, Bathroom and 4 Bedrooms (1 ensuite), we now invite enquiries. Finished Specifications can be tailored to suit clients requirements. Contact our office today. REA Seamus Carthy 090 66 30001

Fuerty, Roscommon

Quality 4 Bedroom Family Home on a quality 1 Acre site in a quality location. Comprising Entrance porch leading to bright spacious Hallway, 2 Front Reception Rooms each offering solid fuel open fireplaces, Kitchen with attractive Timber Presses and Oil Fired Stanley Stove, Utility offering excellent fitted presses, W.C, Fully Tiled Bathroom and 4 Double Bedrooms (1 ensuite). Presented in Good condition internally and externally. Viewing is strongly advised with immediate enquiries recommended. With the award winning village of Castlecoote on your doorstep and Fuerty National School only 0.5 miles, Families take note. Contact Sole Selling Agents today. Every Offer Above €200,000

Castlecoote, Roscommon.

Kilteevan, Roscommon

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CHIMNEY REPAIRS

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PHONE NO: 087 4668675

POWER SWEPT No Mess Reasonable Charge ALSO AVAILABLE FOR POWER WASHING

TELEPHONE: 087 9657933 090 66 26752

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• Removes up to 50% more than traditional methods • Firebacks replaced and flues repaired • Can be cleaned from the bottom up • Chimney cowels and crow guards fitted Pwer washing and gutter cleaning services.

Please contact: Tel: 087 2798704

CAREER ADVICE CAREER ASSESSMENT & ADVICE

Grace O’Reilly B.Sc. Psych., B.Comm., H.Dip. in Ed., MBPS & PSI Registered Occupational Psychometrician Assistance with: • Interview Preparation • CAO & UCAS Course Application • Subject & Course Choice • Study Skills / Exam Preparation

CONTACT: Abbeyside House, Abbey Street, Roscommon. Tel . 090-6630760. Email: abbeysidehouse@ eircom.net Facebook: www.facebook. com/careersgraceoreilly Opening Hours: 9 am - 5.30 pm, Mon-Fri.

CHIROPODIST PODIATRIST/ CHIROPODIST Siobhan Murray BSc (Hons) Podiatry M.Ch.S.I. Department of Health Approved Every Monday - Cuan Aire Resource Centre, St. Patrick’s Street, Castlerea

For appointment: (094) 96 21647 / (089) 4142233 • Home visits • Insoles and Orthotics prescribed

Providing IT services for Homes, Businesses & Schools. Home Callouts. No Fix No Fee. PC Maintenance – Upgrades, Repairs, Virus & Spyware removal. Network Solutions – Cabling, Hardware & Software Installation & Maintenance. Contact David Conboy Tel: 087 7496459

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Kathleen’s Mobile Footcare Provided in the comfort of your own home Kathleen Wynne MCFHP, MAFHP

Foot Care Practitioner

071 9637984 / 086 3562718

Email: info@dccomputerservices.ie Web: www.dccomputerservices.ie

CHIROPODIST PODIATRIST/ CHIROPODIST Mark Kilgallon B.Sc Podiatry (Hons) M.Ch.S.I. Department of Health Approved

EVERY FRIDAY St. Joseph’s Resource Centre, Boyle For appointment 085 1503353 086 8538404 Email: m.kilgallon23@ gmail.com

• House Visits • Insoles and Orthotics Prescribed • Chiropody Services Clinics also in Ballaghaderreen and Castlebar.

FOOT CLINIC ROSCOMMON – MOLLOYS PHARMACY (Monday to Saturday) Also available in Boyle & Athlone Carrickon-Shannon -------Chiropody treatment and all aspects of Foot Pain. Orthotics prescribed

By Appointment Only – Tel 087 2982214 Catriona Byrne DIP CHFP

DRIVING LESSONS

Paul McStay DSA/ADI (UK) RSA

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MIAM ROSPA Approved Driving Instructor Former BSM Driving Instructor and UK advanced Met. Police Driver. GIFT VOUCHER CARDS AVAILABLE Castlerea & Roscommon

RSA REGISTERED AND FORMER DRIVER TESTER

School of Motoring Excellent pass rates

CAR - 12 EDT LESSONS CAR & TRAILER (B&E) TRUCKS - RIGID, ARTIC & CPC

GIFT VOUCHERS AVAILABLE

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EDT Lessons Available

CHIROPODY/ ACUPUNCTURE LENNON’S CLINIC Galway Road, Roscommon Phone: (090) 6626023 (086) 8225575

CHIROPRACTOR ROSCOMMON CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC Specialising in:

• BACK PAIN • HEADACHES • NECK PAIN • LIMB PAIN

Phone: (086) 8433433

Roscommon West Business Park, Circular Road, Roscommon. David Connor BSC (Hon.) Chiro. MSc. Chiropractic Association of Ireland

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Roscommon Driving School CONTACT: (090) 66 61102 Road Safety Authority Approved Driving Instructor

Telephone: (094) 96 20099 Mobile: (086) 8936012 This driving School conforms for the new RSA regulations & legislation

DOCKERY’S SCHOOL OF MOTORING • ROSCOMMON

R.S.A. Approved Driving Instructor Tuition in Car Also 16 seater mini bus Car Available for Tests Gift Vouchers

(094) 98 80281/ (087) 2031909

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Have you a licence to tow a trailer? Car/Jeep & Trailer Training available

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DENTAL Dental Design Studio • Natural Cosmetic Dentures • Palate Free Dentures • Flexible Dentures • Repairs & Re-lines • Express replacement of lost/broken dentures

Patrick Lynch Clinical Dental Technician

Henry Street Medical Centre Roscommon TELEPHONE: 090 66 65917 087 228 8780

FARMING  A B AT TO I R S E R V I C E AVA I L A B L E : Cattle, lambs and pigs. Ready for freezing. Home Cured and Honey Dry cured traditional bacon (not pumped with water) now available. TEL: Webb’s Butcher’s, 094 96 20005 or 086 4094715.

BOOM SPRAYER TESTING SERVICE • Sprayers tested on owners premises • Test report D.A.F.M. stickers provided. • Small stock parts fitted on site (if necessary) Contact: Thomas Neilan on 087 2395171 or 090-6663069 e-mail: thomasneilan4@gmail.com

D.A.F.M. Approved Reg No: EL000083

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Classifieds FARMING  PRESSURE TREATED STAKES FOR SALE: • 6ft stakes 4inch only €2.40 per stake or bale of 70 for €160 delivered • 5ft stakes 3inch only €2 per stake or bale of 100 for €180 delivered • Pressure treated Larch Strainers 8ft 7-10inch only €11 delivered or bale of 25 only €250 delivered • 200 meter rolls barbed wire €25 per roll • 100 meter 3ft sheep wire €75 per roll. Also staples and nails available. Contact Tom on 086 2628439.

FENCING/GATES DES KELLY FENCING Over 20 years in business All types of fencing supplied and erected Including: • Cresoted Posts • Agricultural Fencing • Site Fencing • Security Fencing • Post & Rail Fencing • Concrete Fencing • Grant Approved Fencing No job too big or too small Just give us a call on 087 2346364  FRANCIS REGAN FENCING LTD: For all your agri fencing needs. Tel: 087 2172281.  TULLY GATES & RAILINGS: Highest quality wrought iron gates and railings. Also wooden gates. All budgets catered for. Made to spec, also selection in stock. Ring 086 0602173 for brochure.

FOR HIRE RM TOOL HIRE Roscommon West Business Park, Circular Road, Roscommon Hire – Sales – Repairs – Construction DIY & Garden Equipment Mini Digger Hire Tel: (090) 6630700 Mobile: (087) 8299628.

FOR SALE  FOR SALE: New complete double divan bed including leather base and headboard, memory foam pocket sprung mattress. Still in packaging. Retail €950, will sell for €240 including free delivery. Tel: 086 4438919.

GARDENING WALTER BEGLEY Gardening, Maintenance & Painting Roscommon Town • Indoor & Outdoor Painting • Winter Garden Clean-Up • Power Washing Driveways - Paths • Prepare Lawns for Spring • Hedge Trimming • Planting • Grass Cutting • General Maintenance

Contact Walter on 087 9519873

To advertise, telephone 090 66 34633 or email advertising@roscommonpeople.ie

GARDENING DANGEROUS TREE REMOVAL SERVICE • Woodchipping • Log Splitting • Tree Surgery • Hedge Cutting

Bernard Conroy Timber Clearance Ltd Tel: 087 2533101 or 090 66 22328 Over 30 years in business

GATELY GARDENING Four Roads, Co. Roscommon • Landscaping • Timber Decking • Patios • General Maintenance Contact Liam on (086) 8749550 or (090) 66 27496

ALL ABOUT THE GARDEN • Roscommon Town • Grass and Hedge Cutting • General Maintenance • Strimming and Weeding

CONTACT KEVIN: 090 6630879 087 2835742

PARKLAWN TREE SERVICES • Certified Arborists • Tree Surgery • Dangerous Tree Removal • Wood Chipping • Leylandii hedges reduced and shaped. Comprehensive insurance cover. I.S.A. member. Telephone: (086) 6077307/(086) 8125165. www.parklawntreeservices.com

GARDENING SERVICES Including: • Hedge Cutting • Hedge Planting • Grass Cutting • Spraying • Strimming • Weeding • Garden Tidy-ups • Planting • Gutter Cleaning, etc. Chainsaw work also available

Phone John on 087 2860428

Garden Clearance Complete garden clearance services with debris disposed of. Safety certified and insured. TEL: 086 2437376

LANDSCAPING  LANDSCAPING AVAILABLE for building and ground works, hedge, lawn cutting ,hedge planting and general maintenance TEL: 085 2854468

HOLISTIC SEAMUS HUNT • Massage & Sports Therapist • Holistic Massage • Injury Assessment & Treatment • Ultrasound & Infra Red Available

Tattie Hoaker, Health Store, Goff Street, Roscommon Phone: (086) 1930766

KATHLEEN KELLY M.I.R.I.L. • Reflexology • Reiki • Indian Head and Shoulder Massage • Gift Vouchers Available • Evening appointments available

Tattie Hoaker, Health Store, Goff Street, Roscommon

Phone: (086) 3614230

PSYCHIC DOLORES PSYCHIC MEDIUM CLAIRVOYANT

• Tarot & Angel Card Reading • Honest & Confidential • Spiritual Guidance • Need Direction? Phone for an appointment (090) 66 23898 or (085) 7857191 Athleague

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL  GENTLEMAN WOULD LIKE TO MEET lady companion. Roscommon/Athlone area. Please reply to Box No: 1019 c/o Roscommon People, Abbey Street, Roscommon.

KENNELS LISBROCK BOARDING KENNELS & CATTERY Brideswell, Athlone, Co. Roscommon • Spacious Kennels provided • Spacious exercise areas outside • Short Term - Long Term boarding welcomed • Dogs walked on request.

For further details contact Mary (087) 6162191 or Barra (087) 9764250. www.lisbrockkennels.ie Members of IBKCA

HOLISTIC JOAN MOORE Therapy Rooms • Sports Massage • Deep Tissue Massage • Reflexology • Indian head Massage • Reiki • Aromatherapy • Dry needling • Thai Massage Roscommon West Business Park, Circular Road, Roscommon

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Neuromuscular Therapy Providing: • Deep Tissue Massage Sports Massage • Dry Needling • Sports Injury Treatment • Postural Analysis & Corrective Treatment Treatments may be covered by Laya or Aviva Healthcare For Appointment Contact:

Michael O’Reilly Roscommon Primary Care Centre Golf Links Road Roscommon Town Tel: 087 2979855 email: mormovement10@ gmail.com

PHYSICAL THERAPIST Roscommon Physical Therapy Clinic 18 years experience in treating babies to adults Physical Therapy CranioSacral Therapy Medical Dry Needling Prescription Orthotics Pilates – Small Classes Can we help you? Call us today to enquire Ph. 090 663 0009 Like us on Facebook www.rosptc.com We are now located at: 2 Castleview, Castle Street, Roscommon F42 C902

PLANNINGS

PAINTER & DECORATOR Private & Commercial Power washing 25 years experience Free Estimates Given

Telephone Alan on: (090) 6661635 or Mobile: (087) 2683079

PROFESSIONAL PAINTING & DECORATING CONTRACTOR For all your decorating needs

CONTACT JOHN 086 4679798 OUR DEADLINE IS STRICTLY 2PM ON TUESDAY

We cannot guarantee publication after this time

THE MOST READ NEWSPAPER IN COUNTY ROSCOMMON! TEL: 090 66 34633 EMAIL: advertising@ roscommonpeople.ie

REFLEXOLOGY MARINA FUREY (MNRRI) African & Classical Reflexology/ Reflexology may bring relief from conditions such as: • Allergies • Eczema • Migraine • Back Problems • Infertility • Respiratory Disorders • Blood Pressure • Insomnia • Stress • Exam Stress • Bowel Disorders • Joint/Muscle Problems • Thyroid Imbalance • Colic • Pain Relief • Emotional Disorders - Hand Reflexology - Foot Reflexology - Ante Natal Reflexology - Infant/Child Reflexology Mobile Service Available Marina Furey B. Sc. (Hons)

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facebook.com/moleskinarch NOTICE TO PLANNING AUTHORITY. GALWAY COUNTY Kilcolumb, Glinsk, Co. Galway. I hereby apply to the above authority on behalf of Ronan & Paula Keane for planning permission to demolish existing dwelling house and store and to construct a fully serviced private dwelling house with treatment unit and polishing filter to include all associated works at the above location. Signed ; Oliver Ruane. Survey, Design and Planning Services. Fohenagh, Ahascragh, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway. Phone / Fax: (090) 9688516. Mobile : (087) 8188596. The application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the Planning Authority at The Planning Office, Galway Co. Council, County Hall, Prospect Hill, Galway, during office hours, 9.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m. Monday to Friday ( Wednesday 10.00a.m. to 4.00p.m. ) A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of a fee of €20.00 within the 5 week period beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application and such submission or observation will be considered by the Planning Authority in making a decision on the application. The Planning Authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

PLANNINGS ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL We, Maureen and Francis Geelan, are applying to Roscommon County Council for Planning Permission for the construction of a 2 storey dwellinghouse to attach on to our existing dwellinghouse, and for the construction of an attached outbuilding, together with all ancillary site works and services at Hanly Avenue, Warren or Drum Td., Boyle, Co. Roscommon. Signed: Michael Archer (Agent for Maureen and Francis Geelan) Archer Consulting Engineers Mill Road Boyle Co. Roscommon Tel: 071 9663360 The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours and that a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

MORRIS LOHAN Consulting Engineers Castle Street, Roscommon Phone: 090 66 27950 • PLANNING APPLICATIONS • ASSIGNED DESIGN & CERTIFIER ‘New Building Regs’ • BER RATINGS ‘Domestic & Commercial’ • STRUCTURAL & CONDITION SURVEYS • FIRE DESIGN CERTIFICATES

www.morrislohan.ie

PROPERTIES TO LET/RENT/WANTED CHAZEY PROPERTIES: We require properties for waiting tenants, we advertise, conduct viewings, arrange references, read meters, set up tenancy agreements and arrange direct debit payments straight into your bank. We charge a one off fee only if we are successful in renting your property. If not no fees are payable. Call (086) 8212732.

 RETIRED LADY SEEKS ACCOMADATION: Excellent references, no pets and nonsmoker. TEL: 086 4019508  TO LET: Two bedroomed house in Roscommon town. Both en suite. No open fires. Oil heated and broadband. Available for viewing early August. TEL: 086 2601438  TO LET: Large apartment, The Walk, Roscommon Town. TEL: 087 2822534.

SITUATIONS VACANT  CHILDMINDER REQUIRED to mind two children in children’s own home. Athlone road area. Required for school collection, two hours every evening preferably nonsmoker, references required. TEL: 0863295606  CHILDMINDER REQUIRED to collect and mind two school going children in children’s own home. Own transport (full driver’s licence) and references are essential. Three days per week ( Tues – Thurs) as per school year. Cloverhill area, please reply to Box No: 1046 c/o Roscommon People, Abbey Street, Roscommon  CHILDMINDER REQUIRED to look after two children in Ballyleague/ Lanesboro area. One school going age, Monday – Friday. Must have own car and references essential. Please Reply to box No: 1038, c/o Roscommon People, Abbey Street, Roscommon.  CLEANER REQUIRED: for two hours a week in Castlerea area. TEL: 086 0767155  BAR PERSON REQUIRED: to work in bar in Roscommon Town. Minimum of two years experience required. For more details contact Matthew on: 086 8100701  CLEANER WANTED: for house in Strokestown area. Must be available on Saturdays. TEL: 087 7836403  HAIR STYLIST REQUIRED: Male or female fully qualified hair stylist for a busy salon in Roscommon Town. Must have experience in all aspects of hairdressing. Call Ramune on: 085 1600663

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Classifieds SITUATIONS VACANT  CHILDMINDER REQUIRED: Athleague/ Four Roads area. To mind two young children in either children’s own home or childminder’s home. Experience and fluent English essential. MondayFriday. TEL: 087 1947130.  PERSON REQUIRED: to mind three children for three days a week in Ballinlough area. Own transport required for school collections. TEL: 087 6626808  INTERESTED IN WORKING IN CHILDCARE ? Full training and work experience provided to become a qualified Early Years Educator. To be eligible for this training and employment programme, you must be 21 years of age or over and are in receipt of a social welfare /DSP payments for 1 year or more. Successful candidates will receive a top up payment in addition to your Social Welfare/DSP payment. Free childcare may also be provided. Vacancies in Croghan, Derrane, Loughglynn, Tulsk, Frenchpark and Ballaghaderreen. For further information please contact Kara or Linda on 09498 70111 or 0876486457

To advertise, telephone 090 66 34633 or email advertising@roscommonpeople.ie

TAXIS AND HACKNEYS

TOM KILDUFF CABS Tel: (086) 2544662 086 3821515

KELLY’S EYE Taxi and Mini Bus hire.

PHONE: 087-2727888.

Pete’s Cabs

Roscommon

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Peter Lynch 086 8400002

OPERATIVES REQUIRED: for night time cleaning. Must have Manual handling, Safe Pass and full driving licence. Please CONTACT AVRIL : 090 6634880

SITUATIONS WANTED  BABYSITTER AVAILABLE: 16 year old girl available for babysitting at weekends and evenings. Derrane/Kilteevan/Roscommon area. Please apply to Box No. 1048 c/o Roscommon People, Abbey Street, Roscommon.

TAXIS AND HACKNEYS JOHN BEATTIE Cab and Bus Hire Roscommon

086 2670670 BUS HIRE FOR ALL OCCASIONS

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TELEPHONE: 086 8099 503

SOULMATES SOULMATES - DON’T BE ALONE, LOVE IS ALL THERE IS: Find that special person for friendship and romance with like-minded people. Safe, reliable and confidential. Tel: 087 9216302/087 7720250.

TUITION GRINDS IN JUNIOR AND LEAVING CERTIFICATE BUSINESS AND ACCOUNTING Tutoring for college students in Business, Accountancy and Taxation.

LEAVING CERTIFICATE STUDENTS Would you like to do Accounting or Business as an extra subject? Higher or ordinary levels catered for

Contact: Nuala McGowan on 086 0352849.

DOG WALKER/ PET SITTER  PET SITTERS AND DOG WALKING SERVICE Roscommon Town and surrounding areas . TEL: 083 8070169.

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Padraig Healy Car & Mini Bus Hire Wheelchair Accessible Call car direct

(086) 2714879 TURF/FUEL/ FIREWOOD  THIS WEEK’S SPECIAL OFFERS: • Bags of seasoned timber €2 per bag, buy 20 bags get 2 free • Bags of top quality black turf only €2.50 per bag, buy 20 get 2 free. €75 DEAL: 1 tonne logs + 1 tonne turf, 2 bags 20kg coal + 1 free bale briquettes: for €75 • Tonne bags of turf and timber €35 delivered. ALSO PACKAGE DEAL: 1 bale of briquettes, 1 bag of logs, 3 bags of turf, delivered only €10. Price cannot be beaten. Contact Tom: 086 2628439.  FOR SALE: Top quality turf, 10 x 6 trailer loads of turf with crates packed up for €450 delivered. Also bags of turf of €3.50 each delivered. TEL: 086 382 4585 WANTED: Fallen trees for firewood. Ash, Beech, Birch and Whitethorn. We are safety certified and insured. Phone: 086 2437376.  Large 6 tonne lorry loads for sale, screened and delivered. TEL: 086 7236301  TURF FOR SALE: High quality turf- one tonne bag €45.00 delivered. TEL: 086 0442967  FOR SALE: Top quality turf in trailer loads or bags in the Creggs area. Can be delivered anywhere. TEL: 086 8829664

USEFUL SERVICES DOMESTIC APPLIANCE REPAIRS: WASHING MACHINE, REPAIRS, DISHWASHER REPAIRS, OVEN AND TUMBLE DRYER REPAIRS Contact Paul on (086) 0538977. www.appliance-repairs.ie

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TELEPHONE MICHAEL HAVERTY: 086 8381227 or 086 1997815  ELECTRICIAN AVAILABLE: Rewires, first and second fix new houses, fuse board upgrade. All farm buildings and sheds, security lighting and garden lights. Tel Tom on 086 0815802.  ELECTRICIAN AVAILABLE: Safe electric registered. All work considered. No job too small. Phone Paul on 086 2553153 anytime or email: p0862553153@gmail.com  PJ’S SWEEP AND CLEAN: complete cleaning service, carpet and upholstery cleaning, chimneys, windows, gutters and power washing. TEL: 086 3189982

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General & Farm Labour • Lawns • Gardens • Powerwashing • Firewood & Log Splitting • Turf saved and brought home NO JOB TOO BIG OR TOO SMALL

Contact Vincent on 083 4130827

Quality Small Job Services For Home or Business

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KEANE OIL BOILERS • Servicing • Repairs • Efficiency Testing Printout ALL WORK GUARANTEED Fully qualified and insured TEL: 087 9131664

 WINDOW CLEANING: Competitive rates. All areas covered. Also Gutters/fascias. Contact John: (087) 2291931.

CLEANING  HOUSE CLEANING SERVICE: Max & Dee’s Cleaning service. Full house clean or regular maintenance. Book your cleaning today. TEL: 089 2316588 (SMS or WHATSAPP) our visit or facebook page.

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2 Adorable Hand Reared puppies require a Happy & Responsible home. With Ample space to Run/Play. Have been very well cared for since birth via a local vet. Now 11 months old. Regrettably owner unable to look after the Two Miniature Labrador/ Terrier X puppies. You Will Fall in Love at First Sight Two Different and Wonderful

Do you have a house or shed that you want cleaned out and all unwanted items removed? If so ring: 087 9657933/090 6626752

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PERSONALITIES Also Pedigree Patterdale/ Lakeland Terrier cross for sale.

Only True Animal Lovers need reply Phone 089 4484037 (Anytime)

PLANNING EXTRA ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL I, Kevin Doherty, intend to apply for permission for extension and alteration to the development previously granted under Planning Refs. PD/09/16, PD/00/809, PD/03/1373 and amended pursuant to An Bord Pleanála <http://www. pleanala.ie/> conditions ref: PL.20235612 with late alterations granted under PD/17/188 at this site Cuilmore Townland, Cootehall, Boyle, Co Roscommon. The development will consist of a) proposed ground floor kitchen area extension to the kitchen area previously granted under Planning ref: PD/17/188 to the eastern elevation with smoking area for guests under the canopy on the southern side, b) proposed ground floor dining area extension to the dining area previously granted under Planning ref: PD/17/188 to the western elevation with toilets and showers for marina guests on the northern side, c) Internal changes including reconfiguration of the permitted kitchen, storage and toilet facilities, all at ground floor level, d) Reallocation of the proposed carpark spaces with total number increased from 40 previously granted under Planning ref: PD/17/188 to 45 as per following configuration; 2 no for people with disabilities, increase from 13 to 15 no for restaurant guests, 26 for marina users, 2 no for apartment guests, e) all associated site development works at Cuilmore Townland,Cootehall, Boyle, Co Roscommon. The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of the prescribed fee of €20.00 within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application and such submission or observation will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

PLANNING EXTRA ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL We, Morris Lohan Consulting Engineers are applying to Roscommon County Council on behalf of Sean McFadden for Planning Permission to retain as constructed dwelling house which differs to that granted permission under PD/00/995 at Drumman More, Roosky, Co. Roscommon. Signed: Morris Lohan Consulting Engineers, Castle Street, Roscommon, Ph Office: 090 6627950, www. morrislohan.ie The planning application may be inspected, or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours and that a submission or observation in relation to the application may be made to the authority in writing on payment of the prescribed fee within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application.

ROSCOMMON COUNTY COUNCIL We are applying on behalf of Hilda Gaynor for outline planning permission to construct a dwelling house with wastewater treatment system and raised polishing filter and all associated site development works at Curry Td, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon. Signed: AOL Design Ltd. Consulting Engineers C/O Albert Looby, Killeenboy, Kilteevan, Co Roscommon. Tel: (090) 66 28184 Mobile:(086) 8167365 The planning application may be inspected or purchased at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the offices of the planning authority during its public opening hours. A submission or observation in relation to the application may be made in writing to the planning authority on payment of a fee of €20.00 within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the planning authority of the application and such submissions or observations will be considered by the planning authority in making a decision on the application. The planning authority may grant permission subject to or without conditions, or may refuse to grant permission.

THANKSGIVINGS NOVENA TO ST. JUDE O Holy St. Jude! Apostle and Martyr, great in virtue and rich in miracles, near kinsman of Jesus Christ, faithful intercessor for all who invoke your special patronage in time of need: to you I have recourse from the depth of my heart, and humbly beg to whom God has given such great power to come to my assistance. Help me in my present and urgent petition. In return I promise to make your name known and cause you to be invoked. St. Jude pray for us and all who invoke your aid. Amen. (Say 3 Our Fathers, 3 Hail Mary’s & 3 Gloria’s.) Publication must be promised. This Novena has never been known to fail. I have had my request granted. Publication promised.S.C

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Roscommon Leader Partnership are inviting Applicants to apply for Positions which may arise in a Fixed Term capacity, in the 2017/2018 year from which a panel will be formed for a 12-month period.

· LTI Coordinator · LTI Assistant Coordinator

Administrative Position in Teagasc

These positions will involve the delivery and coordination of training on a Galway/ Roscommon Education and Training Board supported Local Training Initiative.

Teagasc is the agriculture and food development authority in Ireland. Its mission is to support science-based innovation in the agri-food sector and the broader bioeconomy that will underpin profitability, competitiveness and sustainability. We are now seeking applications for the following temporary job sharing post (week on week off ) for maternity leave cover from September 2017 to March 2018

The position of assisting the team where necessary in managing and supporting the participants on the Local Training Initiative and ensuring participants receive the required training to acquire a QQI Level 5 ebusiness Award and develop other necessary skills, including personal skills. These positions are based in Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon. Further details are available on: http://www.rosleaderpartnership.ie/?pagid=news

Clerical Officer G2 – Castlerea The clerical officer is responsible for assisting and supporting the Regional Manager, Staff Officer & Advisors in administering and prioritising the general clerical duties of the Teagasc Advisory office. Leaving Certificate and experience working in an office administrator role desirable Starting salary for these vacancies will be of €21,346 per annum. Starting pay will be at the minimum of the scale as per Government Circular E100/8/82.

Suitable candidates must have: • A relevant nationally recognised qualification in teaching • Relevant qualifications in ebusiness/business studies • Formal qualifications to QQI level 6 or above in Business/Entrepreneurial Skills • A minimum of 3 years’ experience in the above • Knowledge of QQI qualifications and modules • The ideal candidate will have at least two years ‘experience of working with economically, socially, geographically and / or educationally disadvantaged learners • Have a high level of general administration and organisational skills

How To Apply For further information on this vacancy please email Mary.McDermott@ teagasc.ie. Teagasc is an equal opportunities employer. Canvassing will disqualify. Completed application forms to be submitted by email to mary.mcdermott@teagasc.ie

Selection Process: Application is by cover letter and CV by email only to: recruit@ridc.ie by Friday 11th August at 5.00pm Short listing will take place immediately on close of application.

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The District Court Area of Ballaghaderreen

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DISTRICT NO. 4

PUBLIC DANCE HALLS ACT, 1935 – SECTION 2 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR A PUBLIC DANCE LICENCE

District No. 4

REGISTRACTION OF CLUBS (Ireland) 1904-1995 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF A CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION UNDER THE REGISTRATION OF CLUBS (Ireland) 1904-1995 IN RESPECT OF THE BALLAGHADERREEN GOLF CLUB OR THE ALTERNATIVE REGISTRATION UNDER THE SAID ACT TAKE NOTICE that an application will be made on behalf of Mark Frain, Hon Secretary of Ballaghaderreen Golf Club situate at Aughulistia, Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon at Ballaghaderreen District Court on the 08th day of September 2017 at Ballaghaderreen at 12 Noon for a renewal of the Certificate of Registration of the said Club under the Provisions of the said Acts. Dated this 2nd August 2017 SIGNED Fahy Neilan & Company, Solicitors, Station Road, Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon. (Solicitors for the Applicant) TO The Chief Fire Officer, The Superintendent, The Courthouse, Garda Siochana, Roscommon. Castlerea,

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MH HOSPITALITY LIMITED Applicant TAKE NOTICE that MH Hospitality Limited having its registered office at Ardsallagh Beg, Roscommon in the County of Roscommon intends to apply to the Judge sitting at Roscommon Annual Licensing District Court on the 19th day of September, 2017 at 10.30 a.m. or an adjourned date thereafter, for a Dance Licence for Public Dancing pursuant to the provisions of the Public Dance Halls Act, 1935 in respect of premises known as “Hannon’s Hotel” situate at Ardsallagh Beg, Roscommon in the County of Roscommon in the Court Area and District aforesaid. Dated this 2nd day of August 2017 Signed: __________________________________________ Patrick J. Neilan & Sons, Solicitors for the Applicant, And: The Chief Fire Officer, Golf Links Road, Roscommon County Council, Roscommon Aras an Chontae Roscommon To: The Superintendent, Being the Fire Authority Garda Siochana, for the purposes of the Garda Station, Fire Services Act, 1981 Roscommon And:

The Secretary, Roscommon County Council, Aras an Chontae Roscommon Being the Local Authority for the purposes of the Public Dance Halls Act, 1935

And:

The District Court Clerk, Court Services Government Buildings, Golf Links Road, Roscommon

Small sized practice based in Co. Roscommon is seeking an accounts assistant to maintain bookkeeping records for clients. • Duties: Preparation of VAT returns Assisting in the preparation of weekly and monthly payroll for clients Preparation of accounts for sole traders, partnerships and small companies Assisting the tax team with income tax and corporation tax compliance Preparation of company secretarial documentation Education and experience: Excellent written and verbal communication skills Experience in working with Microsoft Excel and Word Ability to work as part of a team Willingness to work towards deadlines Experience in working with payroll and accounting programs would be an advantage We are looking for a part-time employee who will work at least 3 days a week, we are flexible with working hours.

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PRAYER TO ST. EXPEDITE For desperate causes... My Saint Expedite of urgent and just causes, please intercede for me with Our Lord Jesus Christ. Succor me in this hour of affliction and despair, my Saint Expedite. You who are a Holy warrior, You who are the Saint of the afflicted, You who are the Saint of the desperate, you who are the Saint of urgent causes, Protect me, Help me, Give me Strength, Courage and Serenity. Hear my plea. ____________ (Clearly express what you want, and ask him to find a way to get it to you.) My Saint Expedite, help me to prevail through these difficult hours, protect me from all those who want to harm me, respond to my plea with urgency. Bring me back to the state of peace and tranquillity, my Saint Expedite. I will be grateful to you for the rest of my life and I will speak your name to all those who have faith. (Now promise to give Saint Expedite a specific offering when your desire is granted.) Amen. (Say one Our Father, one Holy Mary, and make the sign of the cross.) (Be sure to provide the offering you promised if Saint Expedite grants your petition)A.K THE MIRACULOUS PRAYER Dear Heart of Jesus in the past I have asked you for many favours. This time I ask this special one. (mention it). Take it Dear Heart of Jesus and place it within your own broken heart where your father sees it. Then in his merciful eyes it will become your own favour, not mine. Amen. Say this prayer three times, for three days, promise publication and favour will be granted.U.G PRAYER TO ST. JOSEPH O glorious Saint Joseph, faithful follower of Jesus Christ, to you we raise our hearts and hands to implore your powerful intercession in obtaining from the benign heart of Jesus all the helps and graces necessary for our spiritual and temporal welfare, particularly for the grace of a happy death and the special favour we now request. (mention your request). O guardian of the Word Incarnate, we feel animated with confidence that your prayers in our behalf will be graciously heard before the throne of God. O glorious St. Joseph, through the love you bear to Jesus Christ and for the glory of His name, hear our prayers and obtain our petitions. Amen.A.H

NOVENA TO ST. JUDE O Holy St. Jude! Apostle and Martyr, great in virtue and rich in miracles, near kinsman of Jesus Christ, faithful intercessor for all who invoke your special patronage in time of need: to you I have recourse from the depth of my heart, and humbly beg to whom God has given such great power to come to my assistance. Help me in my present and urgent petition. In return I promise to make your name known and cause you to be invoked. St. Jude pray for us and all who invoke your aid. Amen. (Say 3 Our Fathers, 3 Hail Mary’s & 3 Gloria’s.) Publication must be promised. This Novena has never been known to fail. I have had my request granted. Publication promised.A.H

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FAMILYNOTICES ....ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND ANNIVERSARIES MULRYAN (nee Quinn) Maureen Brookvale Avenue, Roscommon (4th Anniversary) She passed into God’s Eternal Home on 6th August 2013

LYONS (nee WARD) Eileen Late of Templeogue, Dublin 6W And formerly Castlecoote, Co Roscommon. (1st Anniversary)

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Lovingly remembered by Michael (Haul), Edel, Adrian, Elaine, Deirdre, Raff, Caio, Anna and baby Luan Anniversary Mass on Monday 7th August in The Sacred Heart Church Roscommon at 10.30 am.

MULRYAN (nee Quinn) Maureen (4th Anniversary) In loving memory of my sisterin-law Maureen, who died on 6th August 2013 R.I.P. A silent thought A quiet prayer, For a special person in God’s care.

On the First Anniversary of Eileen’s death (August 6th, 2016), we, her husband Tom and children Garry, Petrina, Arlene, Tommy, Leah and Alva would like to offer our heartfelt thanks for the overwhelming support and sympathy we received following our sad loss. A special word of thanks to the Ward and Lyons families, in particular Eileen’s wonderful sisters, who helped to provide care and support to her during her illness and brought her such comfort during that difficult time. Thank you to the staff at St. James’ Hospital and Our Lady’s Hospice, Harold’s Cross for the care and compassion shown to Eileen throughout her illness. We would also like to thank all those who participated in Eileen’s Removal and Funeral Service: Funeral Directors Pat and Tom Smyth, the gravediggers, Sr. Christina and those who helped prepare the church, Canon Liam Devine who presided over Eileen’s Funeral Mass, Fr. Tom Curran, Fr. Billy Molloy, Fr. Michael O’Grady, Fr. Gregory O’Brien, Fr. Joe Fitzgerald, musician Niall O’Sullivan, singer Shona Henneberry, and the many other parishioners and friends involved in organizing a truly memorable farewell to Eileen. Our sincere gratitude to all those who visited our home, attended Eileen’s Removal, Funeral Mass and Burial and sent Mass cards and messages of condolences. We are forever grateful for such thoughtful and kind gestures. Eileen is lovingly remembered and sadly missed by husband Tom and family. Eileen’s Anniversary Mass will take place in the Church of the Assumption, Castlecoote, Co. Roscommon on Sunday, August 6th at 11.30am.

BEIRNE John Knockmaine, Athleague, Roscommon Who died on the 7th of June 2017

Loved and remembered always, Ann. ~~~~~~~~~~ Will those who think of her today, A little prayer to Jesus say.

Always loved and remembered by Tommy, Lynda, Darren, Sara Jane, Marie, Ernie, Noah and Albie.

MULRYAN Maureen (4th Anniversary) Gone from our lives But not from our thoughts You will live forever In our hearts.

Fondly remembered by Fred, Sadie, Shane and Karen.

O’DONNCHADHA Tomás

Knock, Taughmaconnell, Ballinasloe, Roscommon. (1st Anniversary)

St. Ciaran’s Park and Lisnmult, Roscommon. (2nd Anniversary)

As we lovingly remember Tomás on this his first anniversary, his wife, Anne, his daughters Róisín and Aidín, his son-in-law, Paul and his extended family would like to thank most sincerely all those who helped and supported them throughout Tomás’ illness, during the days of his funeral and since his passing. To all our fantastic neighbors and friends who helped us in so many ways, bringing and serving food, controlling traffic and providing immense love and support to us. We will forever be indebted to you all. To Tomás’ wonderful colleagues, who went above and beyond to help us. Your kindness and generosity will never be forgotten. A heartfelt thank you to Miriam Hunt, Síofra Cox, the school choir and soloists who made the Mass so special for us. Huge gratitude must also be extended to Mons. Travers and all the priests and deacons who officiated at Tomás’ Mass. A special word of thanks to those who sent Mass cards, letters and floral tributes both during his illness and upon his death and those who travelled long distances to attend Tomás’ funeral. Much appreciation to Smyth’s Undertakers for their professionalism, guidance and sensitivity. As it would be impossible to thank all individually, please accept this acknowledgement as a token of our sincere gratitude and appreciation. Go raibh maith agaibh go leir as ucht bhur gcinéaltas, gcairdeas, grá, agus mórchroí. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered for your intentions. Tomás’ first Anniversary Mass will be celebrated on Sunday, August 6th at 12:15 in the Sacred Heart Church, Roscommon. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dilís. Ni bheidh a leithéid arís ann.

In loving memory of Pat, who died August 5th 2016.

In loving memory of our dear son-in-law Ray.

Every day in some small way, Memories of you come our way, Though absent you are always near, Still missed, still loved and always dear.

God saw you getting tired And a cure was not meant to be He put his arm around you And whispered: “come to me” With tearful eyes we let you go And watched you fade away Although our hearts were broken We could not make you stay A golden heart stopped beating Hard working hands at Rest God knows why He took you He only takes the best

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SCALLY Raymond

Hawthorn Drive, Roscommon and Inis Óirr, Aran Islands Who Died on August 4th 2016.

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John’s brother, Paddy, sister -in- law Mary, niece and nephews and extended family wish to express our thanks to all who sympathised with us on the death of John. To all who attended his Funeral , sent messages of sympathy and Mass cards, we express our gratitude. A special word of thanks to our priests. Fr. Ray Milton P.P Knockcroghery and Canon Peadar Lavin, as well as the choir, Ministers of the Eucharist and Mass servers. A sincere word of thanks to Smyth’s Funeral Directors, to the Gravediggers and to Hannon’s Hotel. We are grateful to all who helped care for John over the past number of years and especially to all the staff of Oakwood Nursing Home, Roscommon and to his G.P., Dr. John Keenan. Please accept this acknowledgement as a token of our appreciation. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered for your intentions. John’s Month’s Mind Mass will take place in St. Patrick’s Church, Knockcroghery on Saturday the 5th of August at 11am.

FLYNN Patrick (Pat)

Fondly remembered by your loving family: Wife: Mamie, sons: Jimmy and Gerard, daughters: Mary and Valerie, grandchildren: Padraic and Joseph Lennon, Simon and Charlene Grehan, sister: Lizzie Keyes and nephews: Brendan and Joe Keyes. First Anniversary Mass for Pat Flynn will be celebrated on Sunday August 6th in St Ronan’s Church Taughmaconnell at 11am.

HYNES Eugene Birchgrove, Creagh, Ballinasloe. (8th Anniversary)

Loving remembered by Ann and Seamie Farrell.

COYLE Vincent Carrowcrin, Roscommon. (32nd Anniversary)

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THANKSGIVINGS NOVENA TO THE SACRED HEART Dear Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the past I have asked for many favours. This time I ask for this special one (mention it). Take it, dear Heart of Jesus and place it within Your own broken heart where Your Father sees it. Then, in his merciful eyes, it will become your favour, not mine. Amen. Say this prayer for three days, promise publication and favour will be granted. Never known to fail. Many thanks.S.C

THE MIRACULOUS PRAYER Dear Heart of Jesus in the past I have asked you for many favours. This time I ask this special one. (mention it). Take it Dear Heart of Jesus and place it within your own broken heart where your father sees it. Then in his merciful eyes it will become your own favour, not mine. Amen. Say this prayer three times, for three days, promise publication and favour will be granted.J.P.W

In loving memory of Eugene Who died on the 4th of August 2009. Deep in our hearts your memory is kept, To love, to cherish and never forget.

Lovingly remembered and sadly missed by your wife Bridie and family. Anniversary Mass will be celebrated on Saturday the 5th August in Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Creagh, Ballinasloe at 6.30pm.

In loving memory of Vincent Coyle, who died August 5th 1985. Rest in Peace. Always remembered by his loving mother, brothers, sisters and friends. Vincent’s Anniversary Mass will be celebrated on Friday the 4th August at 8pm in St. Joseph’s Church, Kilteevan.

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McGRATH Joe

Late of Four Mile House (12th Anniversary)

Celtic Avenue, Roscommon (9th Anniversary)

In loving memory of a dear wife, mother and grandmother Who died on 10th of July 2005 You are always in our thoughts and prayers.

Missed and lovingly remembered by John and family. Anniversary Mass on Saturday 5th of August in Four Mile House Church at 8.15pm.

KENNEDY Mary Creevy, Roscommon

In loving memory of Mary who died on the 10th of August 2016 A smile for all A heart of gold The very best this world could hold Never selfish Always kind These are the memories you left behind

Always remembered and sadly missed by David, Teresa, Maria and Grace. First Anniversary Mass in St. Joseph’s Church Kilteevan on Sunday the 6th of August at

FAMILY CIRCLE FAMILY CIRCLE 29/7/17 FIRST PRIZE €50: Sadie Mulryan c/o Ros Vets Supplies SECOND PRIZE €25: Michael Oates Eight Til Late

THIRD PRIZE €20: David Kilduff c/o K. Hoare

8 RESIDUAL PRIZES OF €10 EACH: PTAA c/o John Igoe Alannah c/o Mary MulhernDenis o’ Shea Abbeytown Frank + Joe c/o K. Hoare Pake Mewton c/o K. Collins Harry Byron c/o Murray’s Kathleen Hoare

5 PROMOTERS PRIZES OF €5 EACH:

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In loving memory of Joe who died on 10th August 2008 May he Rest in Peace Missed in the morning of every day, Missed in the evening as light fades away, Missed in a thousand and one little ways, Around every corner a memory stays.

Sadly missed by his wife Kathleen, daughters Mary and Martina, son-in-law James and grandchildren Clíona, Alanna and Ella. Anniversary Mass on Thursday the 10th of August at 9.30am in the Sacred Heart Church, Roscommon THE MIRACULOUS PRAYER Dear Heart of Jesus in the past I have asked you for many favours. This time I ask this special one. (mention it). Take it Dear Heart of Jesus and place it within your own broken heart where your father sees it. Then in his merciful eyes it will become your own favour, not mine. Amen. Say this prayer three times, for three days, promise publication and favour will be granted.N.M THE MIRACULOUS PRAYER Dear Heart of Jesus in the past I have asked you for many favours. This time I ask this special one. (mention it). Take it Dear Heart of Jesus and place it within your own broken heart where your father sees it. Then in his merciful eyes it will become your own favour, not mine. Amen. Say this prayer three times, for three days, promise publication and favour will be granted.A.H NOVENA TO ST. JUDE O Holy St. Jude! Apostle and Martyr, great in virtue and rich in miracles, near kinsman of Jesus Christ, faithful intercessor for all who invoke your special patronage in time of need: to you I have recourse from the depth of my heart, and humbly beg to whom God has given such great power to come to my assistance. Help me in my present and urgent petition. In return I promise to make your name known and cause you to be invoked. St. Jude pray for us and all who invoke your aid. Amen. (Say 3 Our Fathers, 3 Hail Mary’s & 3 Gloria’s.) Publication must be promised. This Novena has never been known to fail. I have had my request granted. Publication promised.B.D

Irish Water ‘investing €2.7m locally’

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PRAYER TO ST. EXPEDITE For urgent need... Our dear martyr and protector, Saint Expedite, you who know what is necessary and what is urgently needed. I beg you to intercede before the Holy Trinity, that by your grace my request will be granted. (Clearly express what you want and ask him to find a way to get it to you.) May I receive your blessings and favours. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen. If Saint Expedite grants your request, place fresh flowers beside his statue in your home or in the church. Also place an ad in the newspaper thanking Saint Expedite, so that his name and fame will grow.A.K PRAYER TO ST. EXPEDITE For quick action... Saint Expedite, Noble Roman youth, martyr, You who quickly brings things to pass, you who never delays, I come to you in need: _______ (Clearly express what you want and ask him to find a way to get it to you.) Do this for me, Saint Expedite, and when it is accomplished, I will as rapidly reply with an offering to you. (State your vow or promise). Be quick, Saint Expedite! Grant my wish before your candle burns out, and I will glorify your name. Amen. As you say this prayer, light a glass-encased Saint Expedite candle (with the saint’s picture on it) next to a glass of water. Recite the prayer once a day for as long as the candle burns (usually several days) and when your request is granted, pour the water from the water glass into the empty glass container that held the candle. Place some fresh cut flowers in the candle glass, use it like a vase. You may also offer a slice of pound cake. Then place an ad in the newspaper thanking Saint Expedite, to spread his fame.A.K PRAYER TO ST. PADRE PIO O God, You gave Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, Capuchin priest, the great privilege of participating in a unique way in the passion of your son, grant me through his intercession the grace of ...... which I ardently desire; and above all grant me the grace of living in conformity with the death of Jesus, to arrive at the glory of the resurrection. Glory of the resurrection. Glory be to the father... (3 times)A.K

3 DAY NOVENA TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN O, most beautiful flower of Mount Carmel, Fruitful Vine, Splendour of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me in my necessity. O, Star of the Sea, help me and show me herein you are my Mother. O, Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart, to succour me in my necessity (your request). There are none that can withstand your power. O, Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee. Holy Mary, I place this cause in your hands, after each prayer, say 9 Hail Marys. You must publish and it will be granted to you.S.C

AN CHUIRT DUICHE (The District Court) The District Court Area of Ballaghaderreen

District No. 4

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF A PUBLIC DANCING LICENCE UNDER THE PUBLIC DANCE HALL ACT, 1935. SECTION 2 TAKE NOTICE that I, Andrew Durkin of The Square, Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon intend to apply to the Judge of the District Court sitting at the Annual Licensing District Court on the 08th day of September 2017 at Ballaghaderreen at 12 Noon for grant of renewal of an Annual Dance Licence to use the premises known as “Durkins” situate at the Square, Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon within the District Court Area aforesaid for public dancing. Dated this 02nd day of August 2017 SIGNED Fahy Neilan & Company, Solicitors, Station Road, Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon. (Solicitors for the Applicant) TO The Superintendent, Garda Siochana, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon. The Sergeant in Charge, Garda Station, Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon.

Irish Water is investing €2.7m in flow monitoring and performance sampling equipment in wastewater treatment plants across the North and West region as part of a nationwide project which will provide enhanced protection for rivers and coastal waters. The project will also allow Irish Water to identify where investment is needed in the wastewater infrastructure to facilitate future development in the county’s towns and villages. In a statement, Irish Water said: “There are three separate contracts underway in the region. The first has been completed and represented an investment of €1.7 million in Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Monaghan and Sligo. A second contract worth €500,000 is currently underway in parts of in Cavan, Galway, Monaghan and Roscommon and a third contract also costing €500,000 is taking place in Donegal and Mayo. The areas in Roscommon to benefit from Irish Water’s flow monitoring programme are Athleague, Ballinameen, Ballyfarnon, Bellanagare, Boyle, Cloonfad, Crogha, Keadew, Monksland and Tarmonbarry.” The programme involves the installation of flow measurement devices, storm event recorders and sampling equipment at treatment plants in strategic locations around the region. This project will also ensure compliance with EPA Wastewater Discharge Authorisations with respect to monitoring and sampling requirements.

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We have recently celebrated the Ascension of the Lord and we prepare ourselves to receive the great gift of the Holy Spirit. In the first reading, we saw how the apostolic community was united in prayer in the Upper Room with Mary, the mother of Jesus (cf. Acts 1:12-14). This is a picture of the Church with deep roots in the paschal event: indeed, the Upper Room is the place where Jesus instituted the Eucharist and the priesthood during the Last Supper, and where, having risen from the dead, he poured out the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles on the evening of Easter Sunday (cf. Jn 20:19-23). The Lord directed his disciples “not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father” (Acts 1:4); he asked that they might remain together to prepare themselves to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. And they gathered together in prayer with Mary in the Upper Room, waiting for the promised event (cf. Acts 1:14). Remaining together was the condition given by Jesus for them to experience the coming of the Paraclete, and prolonged prayer served to maintain them in harmony with one another. We find here a formidable lesson for every Christian community. Sometimes it is thought that missionary efficacy depends primarily upon careful planning and its intelligent implementation by means of specific action. Certainly, the Lord asks for our cooperation, but his initiative has to come first, before any response from us: his Spirit is the true protagonist of the Church, to be invoked and welcomed. In the Gospel, we heard the first part of the so-called “high-priestly prayer” of Jesus (cf. Jn 17:1-11a) – at the conclusion of his farewell discourses – full of trust, sweetness and love. It is called “the high-priestly prayer” because in it Jesus is presented as a priest interceding for his people as he prepares to leave this world. The passage is dominated by the double theme of the hour and the glory. It deals with the hour of death (cf. Jn 2:4; 7:30; 8:20), the hour in which the Christ must pass from this world to the Father (13:1). But at the same time it is also the hour of his glorification which is accomplished by means of the Cross, called by John the Evangelist “exaltation”, namely the raising up, the elevation to glory: the hour of the death of Jesus, the hour of supreme love, is the hour of his highest glory. For the Church too, for every Christian, the highest glory is the Cross, which means living in charity, in total gift to God and to others. (Excerpt from the Homily of Pope Benedict XVI, Sunday, 5 June 2011) – Scott Hahn Ph.D., www.salvationhistory. com (and courtesy of Sacred Heart Church)

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This weekend’s action

Horses for Courses by Tom Red

Today, Galway continues featuring the Galway Hurdle at 4.35 pm, first starting at 1.40 pm. Tomorrow the Guinness Handicap, over a mile and a half, is the feature at 6.50 pm with racing away at 5.10 pm. On Saturday, the feature race is the Galway Shopping Centre Handicap Hurdle, the 2nd race at 3.05 pm, the first is off at 2.30 pm. The festival finishes on Sunday starting at 2.15 pm and features the EBF Stallion Farms Ahonoora Handicap over 7f at 3.55 pm. There is national hunt racing at 2.05 pm in Cork on Bank Holiday Monday with a flat card on Tuesday stalls for the first open at 5.55 pm. On Monday there is also racing on the level at the Curragh off at 2.25 pm. Tuesday sees the start of a week’s racing in the west and midlands starting here in Roscommon in Lenebane, a 5.35 pm start, with a flat card, followed by 2 days national hunt racing at Cleveragh in Sligo starting at 6 pm on Wednesday with an all chase card. Last Saturday’s King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot showed that Enable is a very classy mare winning by 4½l and ¾l from the Michael Stoute trained Ulysses and Aidan O’Brien’s Idaho. Last year’s winner Highland Reel was another 4l away in 4th.

Galway Preview Today the opening beginners chases looks a very open 14-runner race with Don’t Tell No One expected to battle it out with Tesseract. Don’t forget to look at Jennot De Nonant and Daryl Jacob riding for Gordon Elliott, or Just Cause who may put his chasing experience to good use. The choice is Jennot De Nonant for value. Only 8 got to post in the novice chase and Lenebane winner Townsend is given the vote over the consistent Don’t Touch It in what will be a close call. There are 3 flat races on the card, 2 handicaps and a Listed race and the wideopen handicaps are best watched. The listed race looks between Dermot Weld’s Raymonda, top rated, Aidan O’Brien’s Music Box and trainer of the year Jessica Harrington’s Drumfad Bay. Watch out for Shelia Lavery’s Truffles who missed out in the feature on Tuesday.

There is a novice hurdle before the big one and it looks a push over for the WP Mullins’ Lac Kivu who has only 5 to beat. JP McManus will make a brave bid for the Guinness Galway Hurdle supplying 7 runners of the 20 in plus the first reserve. Barry Geraghty has opted for Tigris River, well backed for this race last year, and Aidan Coleman rides Timiyan but Max Dynamite, Airlie Beach and Clondaw Warrior from WP Mullins’ yard will give them all to do. The closing bumper sees only 7 horses go to post with Dayna Moss, 4th here on Monday under Katie Walsh, will probably be all the rage but Emmet Mullins’ Peacock Secret would not be winning out of turn following 3 placed efforts. Today is Ladies Day and the prize is an €10,000 prize for the winner of the G Hotel and Spa Best Dressed Lady competition and €2,000 prize for the Best Hat competition. The competition will be judged by a panel of 5 people and throughout the day, there will be live music on-course. Tomorrow, in the Blazers Chase, local hope Aranhill Chief is back for another shot at this race, missed the cut in the Plate yesterday, never runs a bad race around Ballybrit and is worth giving a chance to. If you do not collect today’s Best Dressed Lady competition fear not, as Athlone Towncentre sponsor The Fair Lady at Galway Races with €1,000 shopping voucher and a lot of other prizes tomorrow. Judging will be RTE’s Marietta Doran and Lottie Ryan. Weld has 4 entered in the EBF 2-Y-O maiden over 1m on Saturday and Mujaazy, 2nd in her debut over 7f at Leopardstown, looks the best of them but be guided by Pat Smullen. Aidan O’Brien has 6 entered and will probably offer most resistance. The bumper on Sunday is a winner’s bumper ran in memory of the late Fr Sean Breen and while it is a very open race DKW’s First Figaro, last year’s winner returns, but will have all to do to beat Jessica Harrington’s Punchestown 2nd The Birdie Crowe. Sunday is Family Day and children are free in. There is also the Mad Hatters Competition very popular among younger, and some older, punters.

Tuesday at Lenebane A flat racing card at Lenebane on Monday opens with 4 flat races over the

Dylan Robinson on Balko Des Flos winning at Fairyhouse.

minium distance, 7f, starting with an EBF sponsored fillies maiden with 16 entries followed by a nursery handicap sponsored by John F Hanley with 35, the largest field of the night, going to post. Third on the card is a conditions race sponsored by Paul Byron Shoes. The fourth is a handicap for 3-Y-O’s only with another local sponsor Michael Holland Tyres. The feature race of the day is the EBF Connaught Oaks Handicap for 3-Y-O and upwards fillies. The penultimate race is a valuable 1m 2f handicap sponsored by Class Grass and racing closes with a conditions race over for 3-Y-O fillies sponsored again by a local The Railway Bar. Best turned out is sponsored by P & G Cards, Athleague. There will be music as usual in the main bar after the second last race with Billy Garvan. Going as of Wednesday is good, good to firm in place. Roscommon Committee agreed to this change tall flat card to facilitate Sligo who stage an all national hunt card on Wednesday.

Competition corner Fiona Thompson, Mary Kelly, Creggs

and Antonine Winston, Roscommon are off to Roscommon next Monday, August 8th compliments of the Secretary/Manager Michael Finneran. I hope you all enjoy your evening out. Last chance to win tickets for Kilbeggan on August 12th. We want to know which horse won the Midlands National at the track last Friday week? Answers for the competition please on a post card to The Roscommon People, Abbey Street Roscommon or by e-mail to tomred17@gmail.com by 12 pm on Wednesday, August 9th and don’t forget to include your name, address and a contact phone number with all competition entries. Racing returns quickly to Roscommon, on Monday 21st August and we have 3 pairs of tickets for the meeting. To win Roscommon tickets we want to know how many meetings are there in Lenebane in August? Answers please on a post card to The Roscommon People, Abbey Street Roscommon or by e-mail to tomred17@gmail.com by 12 pm Wednesday, August 16th. Please do provide a contact phone number with all competition entries.

Ballybrit review The first day of Galway, the crowd, up nearly a thousand, saw Barry Geraghty return to action and get punters off the mark when Le Richeboug run out a very easy winner for Joseph O’Brien and JP McManus at odds on from Twobelucky with the Dermot Weld’s Aydoun 3rd beaten 5l and 16l. In the Easyfix Handicap Hurdle 14/1 shot Pateen slipped the field off the final bend under Paddy Kennedy to win by 5 ½ l and 3l from Artful Artist and The Irregular. Punters were out of luck again in the first flat race of the meeting as Spiorad Saoirse caught Quizical on the line to win by a short head. Elusive Don was 3rd and the odds on favourite Medal of Honour a poor 4th. Looking a winner having gone for home off the final bend under Colin Keane Twist Of Magic was caught in the last strides by Dinky Inty ridden by Gary Halpin with Delegating in 3rd in The Claytonhotelgalway.com Handicap. The winner was 12/1 and the runner up 20/1. In the feature of the day the Connaught Hotel Qualified Riders handicap last year’s winner Swamp Fox, despite getting the kiss of death of the best turned

out, put in a brave effort to retain his crown finishing runner-up to the WP Mullins trained Whiskey Sour under Aubrey McMahon beaten 2¾l and finishing a head and a nose in front of Lagostovegas and Digenta Mullins more fancied horses. The winner gave WP his first winner of the race as a trainer but for son Patrick, rider of the 3rd, this prestige race still evades him. The penultimate Eventus Handicap was won by local owner Martin Cullinane whose Pearl Of The West was trained by Pat Fahy and ridden by Billy Lee, both Galway men. The filly won by 3¾l and 1l from Mr Adjudicator and Acclamatio. The bumper provided no respite for punters as the WP Mullins trained Poet Power drifted from 9/2 to 6/1 but that did not stop the 5–Y-O mare from winning by 3½l and a head from Chess Grand Master and Cool Robin. On Tuesday, things were not much better for punters with only 2 favourites winning. In the opener Barry Geraghty kept Housesofparliament in the van and skipped the last alongside the favourite Law Girl and stretched away to win by 1¾l from Morgan who passed Law Girl close to the line to finish 2nd 2½l

away. The winner is trained by Joseph O’Brien. The Latin Quarter Beginners Chase was won by Three Wise Men who led then all a merry dance going on under Noel Fehily to win from Bamko Moriviere and Lean And Keen. Flat racing opened with a win for the Joe Murphy trained Shekiba ridden by Gary Carroll at 9/1 from Moghamarah and the fav Sizzling. In the Caulfield Industrial EBF Maiden Robbie McNamara trained his first Galway Festival winner with Cascavelle ridden by Galway native Billy Lee. The 3-Y-O beat High Altitude and Pure Action by ½l and 1¾l. The Caulfield Industrial Athlone Handicap there was another upset as Water Sprite, Gordon Elliott’s outsider, beat Artful Artist and his stable mate the more fancied Automated 1¼l and 4¼l. The final race went to the Gordon Elliott trained Knockmaole Boy ridden by Abbeyknockmoy native Leigh Roche winning by ½l and 1¼l from Allegio and Hasslenott. On Wednesday, racing opened in good weather with another for Willie Mullins ridden by Ruby Walsh as Minella Beau, 5/4 favourite from 5/2, won by ¾l and

4¾l from Turbojet and stablemate Castello Sforza. Punters off to a good start. In the 2m EBF Mares handicap hurdle Miss Eyecatcher upset a gamble on the Charles Byrnes trained Rosie Alice ridden by Davy Russell. The winner is trained in Co Waterford and was ridden by David Mullins and Gracemount finished 3rd. The winning distances were 1¼l and ¾l. The first reserve David’s Charm from the John Joe Walsh yard won the Tote Handicap Hurdle from Clara Sorrento and Hareth at 14/1 by 7½l and 1½l. All the top riders fought out the finish in the Qualified Riders Maiden as Patrick Mullins won on Exchange Rate from Jamie Codd on Great Trango with Katie Harrington 3rd on the favourite. Rickrack by 7½l and 1½l. Katie Walsh was 4th on Decision time. Exchange rate gave WP Mullins his 5th win of the week. Michael O’Leary, who won last year’s Galway Plate with Lord Scoundrel and the 2014 race with Road To Riches, won it again with Balko Des Flos ridden by Davy Russell trained by Henry de Bromhead. A major gamble, 10’s to 3’s went astray on the runner up Shaneshill

trained by Willie Mullins with Slowmotion trained by Joseph O’Brien 3rd. The winner was formerly trained in Clonsutton by Mullins. The 6th was won by Jet Streaming trained by Adrian Keatley and ridden by Danny Sheehy. The filly came from last to first in the straight to catch the favourite So You Thought and Ontheiflist by ½l and the same in the shadow of the post. More punishment for the punter as Dermot Weld’s Sansibar Jewel failed miserablely in the penultimate as Michael O’Callaghan’s Perfect Soldier proved just that winning by head and 3l from Giorni Felice and Kupa River. Once again Miss Mardan proved her resilience when under top weight she again ran into 4th place in the Win Big With The Tote Handicap over 2m. The race was won by Magna Cartor trained by Shark Hanlon and ridden by Athlone native Rory Cleary from Waret Sprite and the favourite St. Stephen’s Green. The winning distances were 1¾l, ¾l and 1½l. A good day for the layers with one favourite in 8.

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Seamus Duke ON SPORT Rossies can improve ahead of replay @SeamusDuke

It is hard to sit down and actually sum up in a few hundred words what happened in Croke Park last Sunday, such were the array of emotions. When a major championship game ends in a draw people are unsure how to react. The overriding emotion among Roscommon people was one of immense pride in the performance of our young team. The game is analysed in detail elsewhere in the paper this week but it was a magnificent occasion and Roscommon supporters can be very happy with how the team battled to the end. But it is important to remember this; Roscommon did not play well last Sunday. Sure, there were bucketfuls of heart, determination and huge work rate from all the players but it is a fact that Fintan Cregg aside; our attack did not play well. In addition, probably our most talented player, Enda Smith was taken out of the game by fair means and foul. There is loads of room for improvement and if we can make that improvement then we will win this replay.

I know that football is a game of opinions but I thought that in general, the national coverage of the game was very biased towards Mayo. Almost every pundit was of the view that it was a poor performance from Mayo and very little credit was given to Roscommon. Oisin McConville was especially scathing in his remarks (you can read them elsewhere). There is only one way to answer that criticism and that’s to go out and win the match on Monday and I think we will do that. Kevin McStay and his selectors will be working very hard this week to engineer the improvement we need to win this replay and I will be very disappointed if we don’t pull it off. I realise that this is a magnificent Mayo team but surely their trips to the well have become too frequent. I thought that Lee Keegan, Paddy Durcan and Colm Boyle were outstanding last Sunday but a lot of their players looked tired and out on their feet. Again this week all the predictions are that the ‘Big Four’ will qualify for the semi-finals. I think Roscommon can put a spanner into those works.

The first game last Sunday was a total bore. It was bearable in the first half as Kieran Donaghy dominated the game but in the second half Galway were resigned to their fate and Kerry went through the motions. Either Kerry did not get out of second gear or they are very beatable. I was very disappointed with Galway. What a crowd of people were there last Sunday. To attract 65,000 people to a couple of quarterfinals is a phenomenal feat. Remember too that Galway and Kerry did not have a huge support there. I enjoyed both games that were played on Saturday night and there was some mighty football played. However I expect both winners to be knocked out this weekend. We were chatting about the ‘Super Eight’ at the weekend and the way things stand at the moment it is a real possibility that there could be a lot of mismatches under that new regime. The way things stand, Dublin, Kerry and Tyrone are a long way ahead of the rest and I would fear for the other teams under the new system.

Championship Watch

Huge gulf remains in soccer It is hard to believe it but the English soccer season is back this weekend when the Championship and other lower leagues begin again for another nine months. It is hard to get excited about it while Roscommon are still in the championship and the money that the clubs are now prepared to play for players is gone off the end of the scale. You look at PSG who are talking about paying €185 million for Neymar while at the bottom of the food chain Bray Wanderers are struggling to make ends meet. I read in the paper last week where 536 people attended a recent home game. Is it any wonder they are gone bust? Surely something has to give with the madness that is going on at the top end of the game.

game of the weekend All-Ireland SHC Semi-Final

Galway v Tipperary on Sunday in Croke Park at 3.30 pm What a game this promises to be. Galway are many people’s fancy to win the All-Ireland title this year but Tipp have been improving with every game through the back door. Some of the match-ups will be fascinating and Galway will be under pressure to deliver on their early season promise. I am giving them the nod, but with no real confidence at all. Match odds: Tipperary evens, Galway evens, Draw 9/1. Prediction: Galway

Galway hurlers set for Tipp clash There will be massive interest locally in Sunday’s huge All-Ireland semi-final clash between Galway and Tipperary with another 65,000 crowd expected. Galway have been the talking horse in the hurling championship this year but Tipperary are running into form at just the right time. There will be a big crowd of Galway supporters travelling to the game and with huge interest in Roscommon in the fortunes of the Galway hurlers, hopes will be high that they can pull off a famous win. Many pundits are calling this clash ‘The All-Ireland Final’ but I’m sure Cork and Waterford will have something to say about that.

You can say what you like about the GAA but what a day out we had last Sunday and this weekend there will be 83,000 on Saturday, 65,000 on Sunday and at least 40,000 on Monday. It is brilliant to be a part of it. There were several complaints about the state of the Croke Park pitch, which was very slippy on Saturday and Sunday. Apparently about 40 yards of the surface was re-laid after the U2 concert and it has been a problem since. Kevin McStay called it right. He said that if a young corner back slipped at the wrong time and the ball ended up in the back of the net he would never be allowed forget about it. It’s not good enough. Finally, Roscommon brought the biggest crowd I have ever seen to a major championship game last Sunday but I would appeal to them not to boo Andy Moran or any other player. I know that what he did in Kiltoom at the FBD game was ill advised, but he is an ordinary guy who gets nothing out of playing and I would prefer if the Roscommon fans were determined to drown out the Mayo fans rather than being negative.

All-Ireland SFC Quarter-Finals in Croke Park on Saturday next

Tyrone v Armagh at 4 pm This will revive memories of some marvellous clashes in the early ‘noughties’. Armagh had a great win last weekend but they face much stiffer opposition this week and Tyrone are a battle-hardened side who have their eye on a much bigger prize. It would be a shock if Tyrone do not win it easily. They should have a bit to spare. Match odds: Tyrone 2/9, Armagh 4/1, Draw 12/1. Prediction: Tyrone Seán Mullooly moves possession forward for Roscommon. Picture: Andrew Fox

Caddie may not be Rory’s problem

Rory McIlroy has split from his caddie JP Fitzgerald following recent poor form.

Rory McIlroy is clearly in crisis as he has sacked his caddie of ten years, JP Fitzgerald, in an effort to arrest his slide. But I am not sure that Rory’s problems lie with his caddie. It is more likely in the few inches between his ears. He clearly has the talent, but has he the hunger? It’s a big risk by McIlroy especially with two huge tournaments this week and next. It will be interesting to see how it goes.

Dublin v Monaghan at 6 pm Dublin will unleash all their attacking power against a talented but limited Monaghan team on Saturday. Malachy O’Rourke’s team did resurrect their season against Down last weekend but they will not be good enough here. Match odds: Dublin 1/14, Monaghan 9/1, Draw 20/1. Prediction: Dublin

All-Ireland SFC Quarter-Final replay

Roscommon v Mayo in Croke Park on Monday at 2 pm This game is ‘Game of the Weekend’ for most of our readers and is previewed in more detail elsewhere this week. I am convinced that Roscommon will complete the job on Monday afternoon. Match odds: Mayo 1/2, Roscommon 9/4, Draw 15/2. Prediction: Roscommon

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SPORTING WORLD WITH DAN DOONER

You shouldn’t pick a pocket or boo!

Hodson Bay Cup winner! Adrian Kelly (font row left) hit a superb 65 nett to land the Hodson Bay Cup at Athlone Golf Club recently. Also in the picture are (back row l-r): Padraic O’Connor, Aidan O’Driscoll, Catherine Linehan and Tom Donohoe (captain). Front row: Adrian Kelly receiving the cup for James Mannion (Hodson Bay Hotel, sponsor) and Margaret Byrne (Ladies’ competition winner).

Ronan Brady @AnomalyRonan Proud of @RoscommonGAA lads at the weekend. Let’s not see a repeat of the booing of @andypmoran on monday though. #gaa #supportdonthate (The former Roscommon footballer called for cool heads next Monday.)

Love the status on the @MayoGAABlog page – “Sweet suffering Jesus. We go again. More later.” (Mayo have had a tough summer, but they’re unlikely to get any sympathy here!)

Dan Dooner few years - even in times of cruel heartbreak – there will always be a minority (like any county) who let the side down. Roscommon are certainly no different. Success and participation in Croke Park means an increase in the numbers travelling to games. This increase may include a small number of fans you may never see huddled on the terraces for FBD League games in the depths of winter and are therefore unfamiliar with the spirit in which Gaelic football is supposed to be played. However, the jeering of Andy Moran did occur at a FBD League game and as such it’s unfair to lay all the blame at the door of those unfamiliar with the atmosphere at a Gaelic football match. So-called ‘real’ GAA fans can obviously get caught up in the heat of the moment too and not just in Roscommon - Donie Smith’s last minute free was also booed by a section of Mayo fans last Sunday. So what’s happening? Has the rise of social media added to the ‘pressure’ on fans? Perhaps, thinking

Sporting week on Tweet Street

Declan Varley @declanvarley

THE LEAD STORY People Sport received two separate press releases from Roscommon GAA earlier this week. Both concerned events at last Sunday’s All-Ireland QuarterFinal in Dublin. The first press release highlighted the scourge of pickpockets around Heuston Station and the second addressed the booing of Andy Moran. The advice I’d give in terms of avoiding petty theft is quite simple: Be on your guard and avoid carrying belongings in open view or quantities of cash on your person if you can. The issue of booing is slightly more complex but it didn’t just start last Sunday in Croke Park, nor did it rear its ugly head for the first time ever in an FBD League game in Kiltoom earlier in the year. It has been around for a few years now and doesn’t look like it’ll be eradicated anytime soon. Firstly, no county can claim the moral high ground when it comes to the behaviour of supporters. While the vast majority of Mayo fans have been brilliant over the last

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Eamon Mc Gee @EamonMcGee Sad to see Rory go, loved working with him. A born winner, passionate GAA man and so important to our All Ireland win in 2012. (Donegal’s Rory Gallagher became the latest managerial casualty last week.)

The sporting brief Golf

Captain’s Prizes everywhere

Brian Stack wins possession for Roscommon during last Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC QuarterFinal against Mayo. Picture: Andrew Fox

ahead to the possibility of slagging and bragging on Facebook and Twitter, supporters are more inclined to vent frustration at the opposition, referee and even their own team. Maybe winning has become too important in Gaelic games and the idea of defeat isn’t as easily accepted. Whatever the reasons, Andy Moran, just like Donie Smith, is representing his county in his free

time away from his day to day job. He deserves to be treated with respect from the terraces – and 99% of fans don’t need to be told this. Personally, I don’t think there was any real malice in any of the booing last Sunday. I believe the jeering of Andy Moran was a delayed response to his goal celebration in Kiltoom a few months ago. In fairness to Andy, he was

probably only responding to a few heckles that day too! In the end, it’s a storm in a teacup and the vast majority of Roscommon and Mayo fans will travel to Croke Park once again next Monday to cheer on their respective teams. They’ll continue to ‘Give Respect and Get Respect’ as Andy and Donie and Co. go about their business in their usual sporting way.

We start our weekly golf round in Strokestown where the Jack O’Sullivan team recently advanced to the zone final with a great win over Ballaghaderreen. The final will played next Wednesday (August 9th). Thankfully the GAA took account of the fixture list in Strokestown when rescheduling the replay thus allowing the Captain’s Prize to the Men to go ahead as planned this Sunday (6th). The Captain’s Prize to the Ladies was won by Anne Neary with Martina Fitzpatrick in second and Kitty Dowd finishing third. Speaking of ‘Captain’s Prizes’, the first day of Roscommon Golf Club’s Captain’s Prize took place last Saturday with over 140 golfers participating. The second day of the competition will be played this Sunday. Meanwhile Gerry Finn (39 points) won the men’s seniors competition ahead of Tommy Fallon in second place and Michael Connaughton in third. The ladies’ competition was won by Yvonne Waldron (37 points) with Joan O’Gara a point behind in second place. Congratulations to Tom Higgins, Fionn Hoare, Cian O’Connor and Simon Walker who represented Connacht in the Interprovincial Competition held in Blarney Golf course last week. Moving north to Carrickon-Shannon and Noeleen Moffatt’s Captain’s Prize was won by Attracta O’Connor recently. Attracta finished ahead of Maureen Egan and Sheila Carney in second and third respectively. Meanwhile, Siobhan Talbott took gross, Geraldine Farry claimed the first nine and Renee Dolan won the second nine. Mary Molloy was nearest the pin and

Dolores Mulvey boasted the longest drive. Paul Reid was best of the men while Robbie Donaldson won the seniors’ competition. Last week’s ladies’ competition in Athlone was won by Margaret Byrne with 40 points with Catherine Linehan in second also on 40. Elsewhere, James Keegan won the recent open with 42 points while Joshua Lennon came a close second with 41. V. Connaire claimed the AWGS, the Plumbers was won by Tom Blaine and Maria Elliot was victorious in the 97 Club. We finish our round in Castlerea where last week’s ladies’ competition was won by Ciara Maher with 41 points. Mary Colleary (38) and Laura Griffith (38) finished second and third respectively. This weekend the club’s fundraising classic takes place from Friday to Sunday (4th to 6th) featuring teams of four with lots of prizes on offer.

Darts

Concannon wins! The Hollywood Bar Superleague continued in The Hollywood Bar last Friday with some superb darts on show. The final came down to a thrilling shoot-out between Thomas Concannon and Mick Kilroe. Concannon had booked his spot in the decider with a an unbeaten run in the group stages followed by wins over Luke Concannon (3-0) and Paul Carton (3-1) in the last eight and last four respectively. Kilroe was also unbeaten in his group before narrowly beating Brian McCormack in the quarter-finals (3-2) and Gary Concannon (3-1) in the semis. In the end it was Thomas Concannon’s consistency which won out in the final and he took the prize following an impressive 3-1 win.

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Rossies fall to mighty Orchard All-Ireland Premier Junior Camogie Championship ARMAGH ROSCOMMON Armagh, with the aid of the strong wind at their backs in the second half, pulled away to win eas-

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ily against a disappointing Roscommon team in this quarter-final played at Knockcroghery last Satur-

day. The excellent Ciara Donnelly scored a great goal as Armagh led by 1-2 to 0-4 at half-time. Shauna Fallon scored four points for Roscommon to keep them in touch but it was not a great return for the home side after playing with the elements. Armagh took over in the

second half and scored almost at will as Roscommon’s challenge faded. Ciara Donnelly scored a second Armagh goal with ten minutes to go and when Rachel Merry scored Armagh’s third goal late on, the game was over as a contest. Roscommon: C Con-

naughton; R Dolan, N Farrell, M Tiernan; S Spillane, E McNally, J Beattie; R Fitzmaurice, L Fleming; A Lenihan, R Brennan, S Fallon (0-6); J Healy, F Connell, L Kenny. Subs: N Watson (0-1) for Lenihan, C Kelly for Healy, C Jones for Connell, B Moylan for Brennan.

U-21 Hurling Champions!

GAA Results Friday, July 28th Hodson Bay Hotels AFL Division 1 Clann na nGael 2-12 Elphin 1-9 Seamus Carthy Auctioneers JBFC - Section A St. Croan’s W/O St. Aidan’s Kilbride 1-22 Clann na nGael 3-9 Saturday, July 29th Seamus Carthy Auctioneers AFL Division 3 Ballinameen 3-11 St. Ronan’s 2-9 Seamus Carthy Auctioneers JAFC - Section A Clann na nGael 3-11 Kilglass Gaels 0-17 Seamus Carthy Auctioneers JBFC - Section B St. Faithleach’s 3-13 Tulsk Lord Edwards 3-11 Fuerty W/O Kilglass Gaels Sunday, July 30th All-Ireland SFC Quarter-Final Roscommon 2-9 Mayo 1-12

GAA Fixtures Saturday, August 5th Kepak SHC Play-Off Final At Athleague: Athleague v Tremane. 7 pm Seamus Carthy Auctioneers AFL Division 4 (7 pm) At Lisnamult: Roscommon Gaels v St. Croan’s At St. Dominic’s: St. Dominic’s v St. Brigid’s At Pairc an Phiarsaigh: Pádraig Pearses v Strokestown Seamus Carthy Auctioneers AFL Division 5 (7 pm) At Abbey Park: Boyle v Kilglass Gaels At Kilteevan: St. Joseph’s v St. Aidan’s At Tulsk: Tulsk Lord Edwards v St. Faithleach’s At Kilmore: Kilmore v Michael Glavey’s At Davonna Park: Ballinameen v St. Barry’s Sunday, August 6th Seamus Carthy Auctioneers AFL Division 4 (2 pm) At Mulhern Park: Fuerty v Clann na nGael Monday. August 7th All-Ireland SFC Quarter-Final Replay At Croke Park: Roscommon v Mayo. 2 pm Seamus Carthy Auctioneers AFL Division 5 (2 pm) At Kilbride: Kilbride v St. Michael’s

Ladies update Abbey Hotel Ladies SFC Shannon Gaels 6-10 Pádraig Pearses 4-14 Kilbride 6-23 St. Brigid’s 0-2 Clann na nGael 2-10 Strokestown 6-4 Hydrotech Water Supplies Ladies IFC Western Gaels 2-11 Boyle 0-15 All-Ireland U-16 C Camogie Championship Roscommon 5-7 Cavan 2-3

Pádraig Pearses’ U-21 hurlers completed their first U-21 four in a row when they defeated Four Roads 3-13 to 2-10 in the county final last Tuesday in Athleague. Pictured following the presentation is the Pádraig Pearses panel (Back row L-r): Mark Haynes, Eoghan Costelloe, Jamie Donoghue, Matthew Comerford, Eoin Galvin, Kelvin Kelly, Matthew Feehily, Padraig Downey, Sean Dunne, Aaron Johnson, Anthony Kelly. Front row (L-r): Tony McEvilly, Shane Downey, Jamie Curley, Oisin Kelly, Aaron Carty, Karl Feehily, Daniel Glynn, Andrew Flood, Leon Feehily.

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Tremane turnaround! Tremane 2-18 St. Dominic’s 1-14 Tremane will face Athleague for a place in the play-off final following this hard fought win against St. Dominic’s in Athleague on Saturday. The first half was a fine contest with both sides scoring some superb points and at the break Dominic’s led by 0-10 to 0-8. Tremane opened the second half with a vital goal from the excellent John Brennan and points from Dylan Keaveney and Sean Mahony added to the Tremane lead. With 10 minutes to go Tremane all but sealed victory when Dylan Keaveney scored their second goal after good work from John Brennan. St. Dominic’s battled away and John Murray scored a fine goal with 3 minutes left but late

points from Dylan Keaveney and Sean Mahony sealed the deal for Tremane. Tremane scorers: D Keaveney (1-5), J Brennan (1-3), S Mahony (0-4), W Boyle (0-3), C O’Meara, M Keaveney and P Kellehan (0-1) each. St. Dominic’s scorers: J Murray (1-4), M Byrne (0-6), R Kilcline, S Naughton, T Doyle and N Connaughton (0-1) each.

Athleague power through Athleague 5-15 Roscommon Gaels 3-10 Athleague powered into the play-off final with an impressive display against Roscommon Gaels. The home side sowed the seeds for their facile win when they led by 4-8 to 1-1 at half-time. In fact it was the Gaels’ who struck first when Gearoid Egan scored on

the rebound after Paul Lennon’s penalty was saved. But Athleague totally dominated after that. Robbie Fallon scored their first goal soon after and they pulled away. Just a few minutes later Robbie Fallon scored his second goal from close range. Just 60 seconds later Athleague had their third goal from Mervyn Connaughton and with barely 20 minutes on the clock Eamon Bannon got Athleague’s fourth goal. In the second half, Cillian Egan scored Roscommon’s second goal from a penalty and Gary Waldron got the Gaels’ third with 11 minutes to go. But Athleaue were cruising and Robbie Fallon completed his hat trick of goals in the 58th minute. Athleague scorers: R Fallon (3-2), E Flanagan (0-8), M Connaughton (1-1), B McGahon (0-3), E Bannon (1-0), D Flaherty (0-1). Roscommon Gaels scorers: C Egan (1-4), G Egan and G Waldron (1-1) each, P Lennon (0-2), B Mullen and T Mullen (0-1) each.

Underage update Thursday, August 3rd O’Rourke Fireplaces & Stoves MFC Division 1 (7.30 pm) At Johnstown: Clann na nGael v Strokestown iQ Financial MFC Division 2 (7.30 pm) At Orchard Park: Elphin-Ballinameen v St. Dominic’s At Tulsk: Tulsk Lord Edwards v Pádraig Pearses At Mulhern Park: St. Ciaran’s v Kilmore-Shannon Gaels Paul Earley Consulting MFC Division 3 (7.30 pm) At Kilbride: Kilbride v Éire Óg At Pairc Naomh Bearraí: Kilglass Gaels-St. Barry’s v Boyle King & Moffatt Building Services MFC Division 4 (7.30 pm) At TBC: St. Michael’s-St. Ronan’s v Western Gaels At: Michael Glavey’s: Michael Glavey’s v St. Croan’s Oakwood Nursing Home U-14 FC Division 2 (7.30 pm) At Kilbride: Kilbride v Kilmore-Shannon Gaels Friday, August 4th Paul Earley Consulting MFC Division 3 (7.30 pm) At Ballyleague: St. Faithleach’s v St. Aidan’s Monday, August 7th All-Ireland SFC Quarter-Final Replay At Croke Park: Roscommon v Mayo. 2 pm The Peppermill U-17 HC (Group A) At Pairc an Phiarsaigh: Pádraig Pearses v Four Roads. 12 pm The Peppermill U-17 HC (Group B) At St. Dominic’s: St. Dominic’s v Athleague-Tremane. 12 pm Oakwood Nursing Home U-14 FC Division 2 At Strokestown: Strokestown v Kilbride. 7.30 pm

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‘Rossies ready for battle!’ Dowd says improved Rossies can win  SEAMUS DUKE

Roscommon selector Ger Dowd told the Roscommon People on Tuesday that there are no injuries to any Roscommon player following the drawn game against Mayo last Sunday. He also says that the mood among the players is very positive and the feeling among the management and players is that there is much to improve on ahead of the replay on Monday. “Last Sunday was some occasion and we were delighted with the way the players applied themselves and with their workrate throughout. But we know that we can play a lot better and we have plenty to work on this week ahead of the replay,” he said. “Looking back at the match last Sunday we had an ocean of possession in the first 20 minutes yet we only ended up with 2-2, which was not a great

return. We made a lot of mistakes and were not as accurate as we were hoping (to be). We also made a lot of mistakes in the final ten minutes and those are errors that we hope to eliminate for the replay. “However, some of our play was excellent too. Take Niall McInerney, there wasn’t much about him after the game but he held Cillian O’Connor to one point from play, which is a phenomenal achievement. Niall had a brilliant game and there were plenty more who did too. A lot of people were commenting on Cillian’s misses but he was being put under pressure on those shots and that’s never mentioned. “It was a fantastic experience for the players and now that they know that they can cope with Croke Park and the big occasion they can kick on this Monday. There was a massive Rossie support last Sunday

and we hope that they are there again on Monday. I’m sure they will be. “We are training on Wednesday and Saturday this week and I reckon it will be Saturday before we pick a team. It is fantastic to be still involved and when we line out on Monday there will only be five teams left in the competition which is a great place to be in. “The mood in the camp is really positive and I think if we can correct some of the mistakes we made last Sunday and tighten up a bit all over the field we can sneak a win. It won’t be easy but we know that and are prepared for a battle again,” he concluded. Roscommon selector Ger Dowd shakes Fintan Cregg’s hand at the end of the AllIreland Quarter-Final against Mayo last Sunday in Croke Park. Pic: Andrew Fox

All aboard the Club Rossie bus! Roscommon GAA has announced that additional corporate sponsorships have been secured for the renowned team bus. The new bus livery appeared ahead of last Sunday’s All-Ireland Quarter-Final match against Mayo. These increased sponsorship agreements were negotiated by Club Rossie on behalf of Roscommon GAA and brings the total number of travel partners to ten. Commenting on the announcement,

Roscommon GAA Chairperson Seamus Sweeney said: “Club Rossie have done a fantastic job securing additional corporate sponsorship from not only local companies but also companies based in Dublin, London and New York. On behalf of Roscommon GAA, I would like to sincerely thank all the travel partners for their generous sponsorship as well as the panel of volunteer drivers and logistics coordinator Nuala Diffley who give

of their time so generously throughout the year.” Club Rossie Chairman, David O’Connor said: “The interest and support from sponsors is brilliant, the income generated allows Roscommon GAA to reduce its travel costs whilst at the same time leveraging the bus’s marketability to enhance interest in Gaelic Games throughout the county particularly at underage level.”

Roscommon GAA condemns Moran booing  DAN DOONER

Following last Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC Quarter-Final draw between Roscommon and Mayo at Croke, Roscommon GAA released a statement condemning the booing of Mayo player Andy Moran by some sections of the crowd. The statement read as follows: “The Roscommon Senior Football management and players would like to publicly thank the many Roscommon supporters who travelled to Croke Park on Sunday to support them. “During the game, it was obvious that a section of Roscommon supporters tried to upset Andy Moran by booing him while on or near the ball. “The Roscommon players and management do not condone this behaviour from any set of fans but especially our own and believe it has no place in Gaelic Games or indeed any sport. “We strongly urge all supporters to please refrain from booing any player. “We as a team have a value set and we always try and play the game in a sporting manner and expect our supporters to support in a similar manner. Thank you for your continued support.”