After two years of uncertainty and not knowing what the future may bring, we are absolutely thrilled to be able to return to the stage with the hilarious comedy, It’s The Real McCoy. You could wring the delight from that opening line of reaction from the Sliabh Luachra Drama group members as they prepare to…
The Scartaglin based Sliabh Luachra Drama Group has just had a great weekend with their staging of ‘It’s the Real McCoy by Tommy Marren. They sold out the Saturday and Sunday night shows and are sold out again this coming Friday and Saturday nights. “We have only a few tickets left for the coming Sunday…
A knock on PJ Teahan’s door back in April of this year brought the welcome news of a musical goldmine found in a house in Lisheen, Gneeveguilla. Devotees of Sliabh Luachra Music will be onto the fact already that this is no ordinary house but that of the late and great Denis and Julia Murphy…
Ballybay Community College in Co. Monaghan has had a student from the Kingscourt, Co. Cavan part of its catchment area selected as one of only four students on the Irish team to compete in the International Linguistics Olympiad this week in South Korea. Son of Cordal Native Páidí Walsh is a son of Cordal native,…
It was all the go one time, and fashionable even, to say that things were selling like hot cakes – even if it was only half true. Talking about fashion and things selling like….. you know: Tickets for Friday night’s fashion show at Ó Riada’s Bar and Restaurant in Ballymacelligott sold out nearly as soon…
After a time marked and saddened by the passing of one of their towers of strength, members of the Scartaglin based Sliabh Luachra Drama Group are back threading the boards. This year’s addition to their always appreciated offerings is Translations by Brian Friel at their local heritage centre from this weekend on. There’s a habit…
Handed Down, the Scartaglin based, monthly dip into the culture and music of the area will take a trip down memory lane on Saturday night from 8pm. One of traditional music’s leading exponents, Donal Murphy will tell the story of his boxplayer father, the late Dan Murphy from Knocknagoshel and late of The Fáilte Bar…
Scartaglen GAA Club Lotto draw was held in O’Connors Bar for a jackpot of €10,400. There was one winner. Numbers drawn were 2 – 9 – 18 – 20. By Paul Murphy, PRO Congratulations to John Collins, Clonakilty, Co. Cork – brother of Timmy Collins. Thanks to everyone who entered. Next Lotto Draw The next…
The success of Johnnie Roche’s recently published book, Listowel to The Liffey has taken him aback, somewhat. And that took some doing as anyone who knows him will understand. I took a phone call in the middle of Galway City last Thursday from a lady in some branch of Easons in Kerry looking for his…
It’s an enduringly sad and sorrowful story of the betrayal of a good man. It’s one that darkened the whole of Holy Week ever since the first, or certainly most celebrated, crucifixion over 2,000 years ago. Its dramatic story line and turns and twists in the telling is what grips us and draws us back…
