Centra Castleisland Manager, Jim Healy hosted the latest gathering of the An Ríocht 50/50 Fundraising Draw for the re-surfacing development of the perimeter walk area of the town park facilities. Frank O’Sullivan from the Scart side of Dromulton emerged as the winner of the €412 prize on offer. Next week’s draw will be held at…
God and the government willing, the next Drive-in-Bingo in Castleisland will be held on the May bank holiday weekend. There is lots of time to be thinking about starting times and jackpots in the meantime. Often copied, never equalled was a well know advertising slogan a few years ago and it could well apply today…
Excitement was building at Muire Gan Smál Presentation Primary School just before Christmas as angels, stars, elves and a host of other festive characters were arriving with family and friends for the school’s annual Christmas concert. The big show kicked off with an amazing performance by teacher Grace Kelter’s dance group followed closely by Junior…
The tee times for this Saturday’s Castleisland First Responder fundraising Golf Classic have been confirmed and released with an 8am start and Walsh Colour Print leading the way. “The Castleisland CFR group would like to thank the local community which has positively supported us on our first major fundraising initiative,” said PRO Oorla Casey. The…
The Castleisland based An Riocht Athletic Club, in association with Lee Strand, held its eighth annual Kingdom Come 10 Miler and 5K run on Sunday. There was a fantastic turn-out with over 500 runners and walkers of almost all ages taking part across the two events. Support from Far and Wide Athletes and participants travelled…
On November 2nd last, local businessman Joe Walsh sent in a list of observations on how Castleisland is doing business-wise at present – and perhaps, how it could and should be doing. Joe made a list of suggestions that he feels would bring the town out of the dip it, and many others like it,…
Kathleen O’Sullivan claims not to be particularly lucky when it comes to draws and raffles and that kind of thing. Yet, she was invited to Walsh Bros Electrical off Main Street, Castleisland on Wednesday morning to collect a 49” Panasonic Television. Kathleen had learned the previous day that she had won the giant screened TV…
Echoes of local man Mike Flynn resonated through the fields of Cordal on Friday evening as the Kilmurry National School annual 5K Fun Run took place. The weather could not have been more perfect, with its bright blue skies and gentle breeze. This had already set the scene for great evening of enjoyment for all…
The first time I ever heard of Daffodil Day was by way of a note from my Knocknagore neighbour, Peggy Reidy. That was in March of 1989. Then, Castleisland was just about to catch up with the cities and hold a version of the previous year’s launch of the novelty, fund-raising idea. Peggy and her Irish…
The NUI Maynooth Senior Law Lecturer, Liam Herrick who was appointed Special Adviser to President Michael D. Higgins last week has strong, local family connections. His mother Anna is one of the Walsh family from Kilmurry and, as a teenager, Liam spent a few summers working with his twin uncles, Gerard and Joe in their…
