Morris Corporation’s Rugby Tour Party Grown from Seven to 50

Morris Corporation’s Rugby Tour Party Grown from Seven to 50

There aren’t too many organisers of local events who took their visitors to Sheila Prendiville’s Bar and Grocery to make a great first impression. The small handful who did were delighted with what they found there. No Shushing Conversation It could also have been what they didn’t find there. For there, you didn’t have a…

Morris Corporation’s Rugby Tour No. 6 …and Counting

Morris Corporation’s Rugby Tour No. 6 …and Counting

I’m convinced for years now that Ireland’s big tourism picture is made up of little dots. Pockets of pixels – or clusters of grain – if film is your thing. These pockets of human decency and warmth so vastly populate the landscape that the overall picture only becomes apparent when stepping away after an up…

The ‘Old Boys’ were Back in Town

The ‘Old Boys’ were Back in Town

A touring group, from the New Jersey, USA based Morris Rugby Corporation has just returned to ‘The States’ after another bond-building visit to Castleisland. Led by Castleisland native, Seamus Brosnan, the tourists enjoyed the hospitality of the local Rugby club and played an ‘Old Boys’ game on the hallowed Crageens under lights and the most…

US Rugby Tourists Planning to Return

They’ve no more than touched back down on US soil and already they’re talking about a return visit. Members of the Munster Rugby supporting New Jersey based Morris Rugby Club spent a long weekend here in Castleisland at the end of last month and to say that they ‘clicked’ with the locals is an understatement.…