Abbeys, burial places, castles and all kinds of monuments of renown around the country are to share in a €4 million conservation and maintenance project fund. And Castleisland’s 1226 established Norman castle is to benefit to the tune of €21,516.00 in the project aimed at supporting the conservation, maintenance, protection and promotion of local monuments…
While there was never a fear that it wouldn’t eventually get out there, an online tribute to the great Con Houlihan was ambushed on its first attempt by the kind of gremlins he so often mentioned in his back page or Tributaries columns in the Evening Press. The tribute was mounted by way of an…
Kevin Lenihan, Eamon Nolan and James McDonnell from Casteisland Community College were proud recipients of a National Garda Youth Achievement Safety Award last week. The award was presented to them at a ceremony in Portloaise. As part of their Leaving Cert Agricultural Science Project the three students were conscious of the many dangers present on…
Abbeyfeale Enterprise Expo has drawn huge attention from all kinds of businesses, clubs and organisations with over 100 stands booked for the Friday night from 6pm to 9pm. and at least 90 more on the Saturday afternoon from 11-1.30pm. There will be loads happening on both days with a business panel of Abbeyfeale people on…
Peter Browne, broadcaster and piper, will return to the source of arguably his finest piece of collecting and radio broadcasting work in the course of his ongoing career. He will present his talk: In Search of Padraig – The Making of the RTÉ Radio One Documentary in Scartaglin on Saturday night. That he managed to…
For years now the Animal Heaven Animal Rescue (AHAR) business has divided opinions into two very distinct camps. People who concerned themselves with the operation at Cragg West found themselves in two diametrically opposed sides. They were either for or against. There was no grey area or no man’s land in this protracted war of…
RTÉ broadcaster and journalist, Miriam O’Callaghan has been confirmed as the key speaker for next month’s Bank of Ireland Enterprise Town Expo. No stranger to Castleisland, Ms. O’Callaghan has extensive family connections in the Currans and Farranfore areas and has been down here several times recently on family occasions. She visited Castleisland Day Care Centre…
This month’s Cordal GAA Club Lotto has been growing over the past few months and is now creating its own bit of club history with each passing month it avoids the clutches of an outright winner. Tickets are being bought and sought high and low in advance of the next draw at Browne’s Bar in…
Five years to the weekend after his all too early passing in 2011, Mike Kenny, artist, sculptor, musician and singer – and more – is to be remembered in his home town with a two-day festival crammed with a bit of everything he loved. Behind the scenes are organisers, publican, Peter Browne and Ted Kenny…
An appeal has been made by Castleisland’s Ray of Sunshine volunteers for some last minute supplies of pencils and crayons and unwanted, new baby and young children’s clothes. The goods need to be packed and documented before January 30th in preparation for their departure on February 7th. Charlie Farrelly, Martina O’Mahony and Hannah Curtin will…
