Senior Championship: This Friday is a massive day for the club as we face St. Mary’s Granard at 8:30pm in the senior championship relegation play off in Kenagh. Please come out and support the team. The venue has yet to be confirmed but will be communicated in due course.

ACFL Division 3: Our Junior team have a league match this Sunday, August 27^th at 1pm in Monaduff against Abbeylara. Please support

Lotto: The Lotto draw was held last Monday, August 14^th in O’Reilly’s Bar, Drumlish. The Jackpot was €7,200. The numbers drawn were as follows:

7, 17, 25, 27.

There was no winner.

€30 winners

1. Kevin Heany, Drumgowna.
2. Colin & Maria Duffy, Lettergullion, Ballinamuck.
3. Marie Matthews, Teffia Park, Longford.
4. Dessie Brady, Drumlish.
5. Rebecca Mitchell, Mohill, Co. Leitrim.

€20 Sellers’ Prize

1. Liam Lynch.
2. Thomas Gill.

The next draw is in The Porter House, Drumlish on Monday, August 28th. The Jackpot is now €7,400. Tickets are available from the usual outlets and from any member of the executive.

Marquee in Drumlish – August 18^th to 21st Our 8^th Annual Marquee in Drumlish Festival was held last weekend and we would like to thank everyone involved for helping make it such a tremendous success. Thank you to the artists who provided such wonderful entertainment on each of the 4 nights. On Friday we had Seán Rooney, State Lights, Chasing Abbey and DJ Fergal D’Arcy. On Saturday night we had Robert Mizzell and Derek Ryan. On Sunday we had Small Time Thieves (aka Top Shelf), The Blizzards and The Aftermath/Cronin and on Monday it was the Declan Nerney night with many special guests including Big Tom, Una Healy, Jimmy Buckley, Mick Flavin, Dominic/Barry Kirwan, John McNicholl, Philomena Begley, Séamus Moore and Trudi Lawlor.  Thank you to the Gray family for the use of the Old School site. Thank you to the many volunteers who worked in the preparation of the site and over the course of the weekend. There were many early starts and late finishes but your hard work paid off and is greatly appreciated. Thanks to all those who helped run the Monster Bingo in Ballinamuck on Sunday and to those who ran the youth event in the Marquee on Saturday afternoon. Thanks to the Order of Malta, Civil Defence and An Garda Síochána for their tireless work also.

A word of thanks goes to Mark Cunningham at Cunningham Design and Planning Chartered Engineers for his work in helping us secure our licence for this year’s festival. Thank you also to O’Reilly’s Bar, Drumlish who were our licencing partner. Thank you to Mike and Martin Mulleady at Mulleady Properties who sponsored the festival this year.

Finally, a massive thank you to all those who came from near and far to attend the Festival. We are sure you all had an enjoyable weekend and we are looking forward to seeing you all back in Drumlish next year. We are extremely grateful to the people of Drumlish/Ballinamuck for their continued support in running the festival. Without this kind of support from the people of the community it would be impossible for us to stage such an event. Go raibh míle maith agaibh go léir.

All Ireland Ticket Draw: The draw for the football and hurling All Ireland final tickets will be held at the lotto draw on Monday, August 28^th in The Porter House, Drumlish.

Sympathy: We at Fr. Manning Gaels would like to express our sympathy to the family and friends of Marcella Hurson (formerly of Gaigue) who passed away recently. We also extend our condolences to the Reynolds family (Longford Road) on the passing of Bernard Reynolds (Carrigallen). Solas na bhFlaitheas orthu.

The Lotto draw was held last Monday, August 14^th in O’Reilly’s Bar, Drumlish. The Jackpot was €7,200. The numbers drawn were as follows:

7, 17, 25, 27.

There was no winner.

€30 winners

1. Kevin Heany, Drumgowna.
2. Colin & Maria Duffy, Lettergullion, Ballinamuck.
3. Marie Matthews, Teffia Park, Longford.
4. Dessie Brady, Drumlish.
5. Rebecca Mitchell, Mohill, Co. Leitrim.

€20 Sellers’ Prize

1. Liam Lynch.
2. Thomas Gill.

The next draw is in The Porter House, Drumlish on Monday, August 28th. The Jackpot is now €7,400. Tickets are available from the usual outlets and from any member of the executive. Thank you for your continued support.

Senior Championship: Hard luck to our senior team who exited the senior championship despite their 1-18 to 2-12 victory over St. Brigid’s, Killashee on Saturday evening last. We finished the group on 5 points along with Ballymahon. However, their superior scoring difference of +13 was greater than our scoring difference of +8. We now find ourselves in the unfortunate position of a relegation play off despite having won 2 matches and drawn another. The team and scorers were as follows:

Paddy Collum (0-1, pen), Mickey Kelly, Cian Brady, Emmet Noonan, Eoin Keane (0-5, 4f), Mark Duffy, Nigel Kiernan, Seán Whelan, David Collum (0-1), Kevin Whelan (0-1), Diarmuid Cooney (0-3), Pauric Gill (1-1), Martin Cassidy (0-1), Petie Collum (0-5, 2f), Mark Hughes.

Substitutions used: Dean Cosgrave, Fergal Reilly, Anthony Kane, Ciarán Cooney

ACFL Division 1: We were due to play both Mostrim and Mullinalaghta in the senior league this coming week but both have been postponed until a lter date

Lotto: There was a mistake in last week’s notes, the draw will be held in O’Reilly’s Bar, Drumlish on Monday, August 14^th, not the previous Monday. The Jackpot is €7,200. Results will be on the club website when available and will be in next week’s notes. Tickets are available from the usual outlets and from any member of the executive.

The Marquee in Drumlish – August 18^th to 21^st We are all ready go for this year’s Marquee In Drumlish Festival which starts this Friday night the 18^th until Monday the 21^st. A massive thank you to all those who have prepared the site during the week at the Old School in advance of the Festival. This is a weekend not to be missed, with something for everyone to enjoy over the course of the 4 days. On  Friday night we have Seán Rooney, State Lights, Chasing Abbey and DJ Fergal D’Arcy. On Saturday night we have Robert Mizzell and Derek Ryan. On Sunday, Small Time Thieves (aka Top Shelf), The Blizzards and The Aftermath/Cronin will entertain everyone for the night and on Monday it is the Declan Nerney night with special guests Big Tom, Una Healy, Jimmy Buckley, Mick Flavin, Dominic/Barry Kirwan, John McNicholl, Philomena Begley and Trudi Lawlor. We hope you have an enjoyable weekend and wish you a safe journey to and from Drumlish.

Annual Monster Bingo: The Annual Monster Bingo in conjuction with the Marquee in Drumlish will take place on Sunday, August 20^th in the ’98 Memorial Hall Ballinamuck at 3pm. There will be prize money of €2,500 plus a Monster Raffle on the day. All proceeds will be donated to County Longford Hospice Homecare. This service provides excellent, professional care to clients and ensures that they can be cared for with dignity and respect in their own homes. It also provides support to families that require this Hospice Homecare service. Please support this worthy cause as it can make a real difference to the lives of hospice patients in Co Longford. Please come out on the day or give a donation/raffle prize to any of the Marquee bingo committee.

Leaving Cert Results: Best of luck to all those who are receiving their Leaving Cert results on Wednesday.

The Lotto draw was held last Monday, July 24th. The Jackpot was €7,000. The numbers drawn were as follows:

07, 09, 13, 20

There was no winner.

€30 winners

1. Sean Tyrell, Drumgowna
2. Mary Gearty, Drumlish, Co. Longford.
3. Michael McGarry.   
4. Enda Hughes, Drumlish, Co. Longford.
5. Michael Reynolds, Kiltycon, Moyne.

Sellers’ Prize

1. Thomas Gill.

2. Packie Duffy.

The next draw is in O’Reilly’s Bar Drumlish on Monday, August 14. The Jackpot is now €7,200. Tickets are available from the usual outlets and from any member of the executive.

Senior Championship

We suffered a bad defeat on Saturday last to Longford Slashers in the first round of the championship on a scoreline of 2-16 to 0-8. It was always going to be difficult against last year’s county finalists but our cause was not helped with injuries to Dean Cosgrave, Pauric Gill and Darren Farley the week before the match. We wish the lads a speedy recovery along with Derek McCormack and Nigel Kiernan who had to retire injured during the game. The team and scorers were as follows:

Aiden Gray, John Paul Farley, Emmet Noonan, Derek McCormack, Mark Hughes, Eoin Keane (0-1), Nigel Kiernan, Liam Lynch, Paddy Collum (0-1, ’45) Cian Cassidy (0-2), Seán Whelan, Anthony Kane (0-2), Martin Cassidy (0-2, 2f), Podge Gill, Conor Keenan.

Subs used:

Mark Duffy, Cian Brady, James Noonan, Ryan Crowe, Stephen Cosgrave

The next fixture is this Friday, August 14^th at 8pm against Carrickedmond in McGann Park, Kenagh in the second round of the Senior Championship. There will be a limited number of tickets available so please keep an eye on social media regarding their distribution

Congratulations

Congratulations to long serving clubman Ciarán Cooney and his bride Caoimhe who got married at the weekend. Everyone at the club wishes the happy couple a lifetime of health and happiness.

Club Membership

Thank you to everyone who has paid their membership to date, there has been a great response the last few weeks. If anyone else wishes to become a member, please contact Registrar, Bridie Reilly. This is necessary for anyone wishing to play Junior or Senior with the club this year. Please note that club members will be given priority for tickets for matches this year. The cost is €30 for adult members and €15 for students.