Senior Scór

Pride of place this week goes to Shane Hagan who won the Senior Scór Solo Signing county title in Abbeylara at the weekend. Shane now goes on to represent Longford in the Leinster Semi finals. Hard luck to our Set Dancers: Sinéad Corrigan, Catherine Heaney, Laura Mimnagh, Sinéad Breslin, Siobhán Gearty, Emma Duffy, Catherine Collum and Aisling Nertney who performed brilliantly but narrowly missed out on the title. Thank you to Lorraine and Von Corrigan for co-ordinating once again this year

Lotto

The lotto draw was held in O’Reilly’s Bar, Drumlish on Monday last, February 10^th. The Jackpot was €2,600.

The numbers drawn were as follows:

10, 17, 20, 26

There was no winner.

€30 winners

1. Jack & Eileen, c/o Quinn’s Bar
2. Rianne Lynam, Church View Drive, Drumlish
3. Nellie McGoldrick, Ennybegs, Killoe
4. Nancy Walshe, Aughnacliffe
5. Paddy O’Neill, Drumlish

€20 Sellers’ Prize

1. Jimmy Courtney x2

The next draw is in The Mill Bar, Drumlish on Monday, February 24^th. The Jackpot is now €2,800. Tickets are available from the usual outlets and from any member of the executive. On lotto duty this weekend are Stephen Cosgrave and Gearóid Nertney. Thank you to everyone who continues to support our lotto.

Gaeltacht Grant

Grant application forms for students wishing to attend the Gaeltacht this summer are now available. If interested, please contact Lorraine Corrigan

Longford

Best of luck to Paddy Collum, manager Padraic Davis and the rest of the Longford team and management as they face Down in the National League this weekend. Hard luck to Conor Keenan and the Longford U20s on their defeat by Dublin in the Leinster Championship

Club Membership

Club Membership for the forthcoming year is now available. The cost is €30 for adults and €15 for students. Membership is required for all playing members and for use of the gym. Membership entitles you to attend monthly club meetings and if received before March 31^st, entitles you to a vote at next year’s AGM and entry into the draw for All Ireland tickets. To pay please contact Registrar, Bridie Reilly

Lotto

The lotto draw was held in The Mill Bar, Drumlish on Monday last, February 24^th. The Jackpot was €2,800. Results are currently available on the club website and will be published in next week’s notes. Tickets are available from the usual outlets and from any member of the executive. On lotto duty this weekend are Derek McCormack and Seán Whelan. Thank you to everyone who continues to support our lotto.

Longford

Hard luck to Paddy Collum, manager Padraic Davis and the rest of the Longford team and management on their narrow defeat by Down on Saturday last. Paddy had another terrific match kicking two vital long range frees and pulled off a couple of excellent saves to keep Longford in contention. Best of luck next weekend against Tipperary. We wish backroom team member and clubman Gordon Smyth a speedy recovery from the injury he sustained recently.

Club Membership

Club Membership for the forthcoming year is now available. The cost is €30 for adults and €15 for students. Membership is required for all playing members and for use of the gym. Membership entitles you to attend monthly club meetings and if received before March 31st, entitles you to a vote at next year’s AGM and entry into the draw for All Ireland tickets. To pay please contact Registrar, Bridie Reilly

Monthly Meeting

The monthly club meeting takes place this Thursday, February 27th in Monaduff at 10pm. All club members are invited to attend

Scór Sinsir

Best of luck to our quiz team of Ciarán Cooney, Pauric Gill, Joseph Gill and Gabriel Higgins who are taking part in the Senior Scór Tráth na gCeist this Thursday.

National Club Draw

All tickets have been submitted and the draw will take place in Croke Park on the 12^th of March. Thank you to everyone who bought and sold tickets

Coronavirus (Covid-19)

As has been well publicised in the national and local media, all GAA activities have been postponed until March 29^th, in an effort to curtail the Covid-19 outbreak. All training sessions, matches and other GAA events are off until then. The club has offered to help collect the shopping/groceries/medication for the elderly and vulnerable in our parish. If you need this assistance or know of someone who does, please contact our secretary Lorraine Corrigan on 0864017301. We have a team of volunteers who have offered to help. We hope everyone stays safe during this period. This is going to be a difficult time for many people so it is important for everyone to play their part in following the advice of medical experts. Ní neart go chur le chéile!

 

Lotto

The lotto draw was held in Quinn’s Bar, Drumlish on Monday last, March 9^th. The Jackpot was €3,000.

The numbers drawn were as follows:

9, 10, 22, 27

There was no winner.

€30 winners

1. Siobhán Kirwan, c/o Lorraine Corrigan
2. Anna Mae & Frank McNamee, Drumlish
3. Mark Breslin, Drumlish Hill
4. Séamus Noonan, Monaduff
5. Eddie Crowe, Drumlish

€20 Sellers’ Prize

1. Liam Forde
2. Micheál McCann

The Jackpot is now €3,200. Thank you to everyone who continues to support our lotto. Please note that as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak, our lotto draw has been postponed until April 20^th. This may change depending on the national situation.

North Longford Rebel Trail

The North Longford Rebel Trail/Greenway between Monaduff and Drumlish was officially opened by Minister Michael Ring recently. This is a wonderful facility for the parish. Thank you to everyone who has made this a reality

Division 1/2 Promotion/Relegation Play Off

 

On Friday night last in Killoe we played Longford Slashers in the Division 1/2 Promotion/Relegation Play Off. Unfortunately we were defeated on a scoreline of 1-8 to 1-4 having lead 1-3 to 0-4 at the break. The team and scorers were as follows:

Paddy Collum (0-1, 1f), Cian Murphy, Cian Brady, Derek McCormack, Mark Hughes, Gary Connell, Emmet Noonan (1-0), Liam Lynch, Aaron Quinn, Dean Cosgrave, Darren Farley, Anthony Kane, Martin Cassidy, Pauric Gill (0-3), Cian Cassidy. Subs used: Ryan Crowe, Kevin Whelan.

This concludes activity on the pitch for 2019 and we would like to thank all the players, management, back room team, supporters and sponsors for helping this year be a successful one for the club.

 

Lotto

The Lotto draw was held last Monday, November 18^th in The Mill Bar, Drumlish. The Jackpot was €18,600. Tickets are available from the usual outlets and from any member of the executive. On lotto duty this weekend are Gary Brady and David Collum. Thank you to everyone who continues to support our lotto.

 

Annual General Meeting

This year’s AGM takes place on Saturday, December 14^th at 8.30pm in the clubhouse in Monaduff.

 

Annual Christmas Quiz

Our Christmas Quiz is back again this year and will take place in Cassidy’s Olde Village Inn, on Friday night, December 27^th at 9pm

 

Dinner Dance

The Dinner Dance takes place on Saturday night, January 18^th in Lough Rynn where the victorious Intermediate team will be presented with their championship medals. More details to follow in the coming weeks

 

Sports Capital Grant

It was announced last week that the club are to receive €23,273 from the Sports Capital Grant for our floodlighting on the training pitch. This is very welcome news for the club. Thank you to those who worked on our application

 

Hurling

Hard luck to Paddy Collum and the Clonguish club on their defeat in the Leinster Junior semi final at the weekend. Well done on a successful year.

 

Sympathy

 

The club extends its’ deepest sympathy to the Hughes family, Breanrisk, on the passing of Eileen’s mother Mary Ann, last week. Solas na bhFlaitheas uirthi

Lotto

 

The Lotto draw was held last Monday, November 18^th in The Mill Bar, Drumlish. The Jackpot was €18,600.

 

The numbers drawn were as follows:

 

12, 17, 22, 27

 

There was no winner.

 

€30 winners

 

1. Ann Maguire, c/o Martin White
2. Nathan Baxter, Esker Glen, Drumlish
3. Alex Jones, Newtownforbes
4. Catherine Reilly, Cloonaugh, Drumlish
5. Shane Reilly, Drumhass, Leitrim

 

€20 Sellers’ Prize

 

1. Jodie Corrigan.
2. Mike Mulleady.

 

The next draw is in Quinn’s Bar, Drumlish on Monday, December 2^nd. The Jackpot is now €18,800. Tickets are available from the usual outlets and from any member of the executive. On lotto duty this weekend are Mickey Kelly and Eoin Keane. Thank you to everyone who continues to support our lotto.

 

 

Annual General Meeting

 

This year’s AGM now takes place on Saturday, December 14^th at 9pm in the clubhouse in Monaduff.

 

Annual Christmas Quiz

 

Our Christmas Quiz is back again this year and will take place in Cassidy’s Olde Village Inn, on Friday night, December 27^th at 9pm

 

Dinner Dance

 

The Dinner Dance takes place on Saturday night, January 18^th in Lough Rynn where the victorious Intermediate team will be presented with their championship medals. More details to follow in the coming weeks

Lotto

 

The Lotto draw was held last Monday, December 16^th in the’98 Bar, Ballinamuck. The Jackpot was €19,000. Results are available on the club website and will be published in next week’s notes. Tickets are available from the usual outlets and from any member of the executive. On lotto duty this weekend are Lorraine Corrigan and Sinéad Corrigan. Thank you to everyone who continues to support our lotto.

 

Annual General Meeting

 

This year’s AGM took place last Saturday, December 14^th in Monaduff. Full report of the meeting will be in next week’s notes.

 

Annual Christmas Quiz

Our Christmas Quiz is back again this year and will take place in Cassidy’s Olde Village Inn, on Friday night, December 27^th at 9pm. A table of 4 costs €40 and there will be cash prizes for 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd place as well as a raffle with many great spot prizes. This has been a great success over the past number of years and a great night’s entertainment is ensured once again.

 

Dinner Dance

The Dinner Dance takes place on Saturday night, January 18^th in Lough Rynn where the victorious Intermediate team will be presented with their championship medals. Tickets are €35 and are available from Betty Creegan. Music on the night by Nite Fever and there will be a special guest for the presentation.

 

Longford

Well done to Paddy Collum and the Longford team and management on their win against Carlow in the O’Byrne Cup at the weekend and qualifying for the semi final.

 

National Club Draw

The National Club Draw tickets are back on sale again this year and this great initiative by the GAA has helped contribute vital funds to our club for the past number of years. Individual prizes include: A brand new Renault Clio; a €2,000 travel voucher; All Ireland Hurling & Football packages; various shopping vouchers and many more. Details of each prize available are on each ticket. Tickets cost €10 and can be bought from any member of the Gaels squad. As always, your support is greatly appreciated.

 

 

Sympathy

The club expresses our deepest sympathy to Fiona Kiernan and the Kiernan family, Lettergonnell on the recent passing of Fiona’s father, Patrick Kelly in Kinnegad. Solas na bhFlaitheas air.

Lotto

 

The Lotto draw was held last Monday, December 16^th in the’98 Bar, Ballinamuck. The Jackpot was €19,000. The numbers drawn were as follows:

9, 11, 17, 30

 

Massive congratulations to Marian Friel (Hannify), Donegal, formerly of Drumlish Hill, who is the lucky winner of our Jackpot. We wish Marian all the best with her Christmas winnings! The other winners were as follows:

 

Turkey Winners

 

1. Eoin Burke c/o Mitchell Meats.
2. Danny O’Toole, Moyne
3. Terry McNally, Ballinamuck.

 

Whiskey Winners

 

1. Brian Duffy, Drumlish.
2. John O’Neill, Creenagh.
3. Tom McKeon, Cloone

 

Tin of Biscuits Winners

 

1. Danny O’Toole, Moyne.
2. Catherine Reilly, Clonaugh.
3. Tommy Carolan, Clonmacart

 

 

€20 Sellers’ Prize

 

1.The Mill Bar.

2. Jimmy Courtney.

 

The next draw is in Dillon’s Bar & Restaurant, Ballinamuck on Monday, December 30^th. The Jackpot is now €2,000. Tickets are available from the usual outlets and from any member of the executive. Thank you to everyone who continues to support our lotto.

 

 

Annual General Meeting

Our AGM was held last Saturday, December 14th in Monaduff. Secretary Lorraine Corrigan gave a comprehensive report on the events of the previous year and Treasurer Stephen McDermott outlined the Income & Expenditure for 2019 in his report. Chairman Séamus Gallagher then expressed his gratitude to the outgoing committee and all those who supported the club in any way during the year. The officers elected for 2020 were as follows:

Presidents: Fr. Bernard Hogan, Jimmy Breslin, Frank McNamee, Jimmy Courtney, and Mary Gilhooley.
Chairperson: Séamus Gallagher.
Vice Chairperson: Mike Mulleady.
Secretary: Lorraine Corrigan.
Assistant Secretary: Pauline Corr.
Treasurer: Stephen McDermott.
Assistant Treasurer: Betty Creegan, Von Corrigan & Kathleen Brady.
PRO: Pauric Gill.
Registrar: Bridie Reilly.
County Board Delegates: Pat Corrigan, Paddy O’Neill, Pat Donnelly.

Sub-Delegates: Séamus Noonan & Mike Mulleady.
Insurance Officer: Paul Dowler.
Development Officers: Thomas Gill & Brian Duffy.
Irish Officer: Michael Lennon.
Club Health & Well Being Officer: Darren Smith.
Children’s Welfare Officer: Dessie Connell

Scór Co-Ordinator: Lorraine Corrigan & Von Corrigan

Senior Team Manager: Jack Lynn. Selectors: Dessie Connell, Niall Mulleady and Graham Lee

Junior Team Manager: Darren Smith.

U20 Team Manager: Paddy Collum. Selectors: David Collum & Ciarán Cooney
The club would like to welcome all the new members on board and also express a big thank you to all the committee members who stepped down after their years of hard work and service. The club would also like to wish the new committee all the best for the coming year.

Annual Christmas Quiz

Our Christmas Quiz is back again this year and will take place in Cassidy’s Olde Village Inn, on Friday night, December 27^th at 9pm. A table of 4 costs €40 and there will be cash prizes for 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd place as well as a raffle with many great spot prizes. This has been a great success over the past number of years and a great night’s entertainment is ensured once again.

 

Dinner Dance

The Dinner Dance takes place on Saturday night, January 18^th in Lough Rynn where the victorious Intermediate team will be presented with their championship medals. Tickets are €35 and are available from Betty Creegan. Music on the night by Nite Fever and there will be a special guest for the presentation.

 

National Club Draw

The National Club Draw tickets are back on sale again this year and this great initiative by the GAA has helped contribute vital funds to our club for the past number of years. Individual prizes include: A brand new Renault Clio; a €2,000 travel voucher; All Ireland Hurling & Football packages; various shopping vouchers and many more. Details of each prize available are on each ticket. Tickets cost €10 and can be bought from any member of the Gaels squad. As always, your support is greatly appreciated.

 

Happy Christmas

Finally, the club would like to wish all our members, players, mentors and supporters a very peaceful and happy Christmas. Safe journey to all who are travelling near and far over the Christmas period. Nollaig faoi shéan agus faoi shonas daoibh

Lotto

The Lotto draw was held last Monday, December 30^th in Dillon’s Bar & Restaurant, Ballinamuck. The Jackpot was €2,000. Results are available on the club website and will be published in next week’s notes. Tickets are available from the usual outlets and from any member of the executive. Thank you to everyone who continues to support our lotto.

 

 

Annual Christmas Quiz

Our annual Christmas table quiz was held in The Olde Village Inn, Drumlish on Friday last, December 27^th. Another great night’s entertainment was had by all. In first place was the Gill team of Marie, Joseph and Pauric Gill; in second place were John & Mary Breslin’s team and in third was Séamus Hannon, James Bennet and Conor & Niall Farrell. Thank you to all three teams who kindly donated their prize money back to the club. The raffle prize winners were as follows: Christmas Hamper (sponsored by McCarrick’s Cash & Carry) – Séamus Noonan; Hamper (sponsored by Jodie, Von, Lorraine & Sinéad Corrigan) – Claire Dowler; Budweiser Crate and Box of Roses (sponsored by Eamon and Gearóid Nertney of Nertney Electrical) – DJ Christie McCormack; Bottle of Whiskey (sponsored by Mike and Martin Mulleady of Mulleady Properties) – Claire Dowler; Bottle of Whiskey (sponsored by Mike and Martin Mulleady of Mulleady Properties) – Paddy O’Neill. Thank you to Tom Cassidy and all the staff at the Village Inn for the use of the premises and their hospitality. Thank you to Lorraine Corrigan for the difficult task of setting 100 questions (Do you know what a Deltiologist collects?); Séamus Gallagher for doing MC on the night along with Bridie Reilly reading the questions; Von Corrigan, Betty Creegan, Pauline Corr for collecting and correcting all the answer sheets and helping out. Thank you to all who kindly sponsored the raffle prizes. Finally, thank you to all who came and took part and bought raffle tickets. Without all this work and support, the event would not be the success it continues to be every year and we look forward to it again next year.

 

Dinner Dance

The Dinner Dance takes place in Lough Rynn Hotel on Saturday January 18th, with presentation of medals to the Intermediate Team and presentations to St Vincent’s and St Helen’s Players. Tickets cost €35 and are now on sale until Wednesday 15th of January and can be purchased from Betty Creegan, Seamus Gallagher, or Lorraine Corrigan. Dinner will be served at 8pm followed with music by Nite Fever. No tickets will be sold on the night

 

Club Meeting

The first club meeting of 2020 takes place this Thursday at 9pm in Monaduff. All club members are welcome to attend

 

National Club Draw

The National Club Draw tickets are back on sale again this year and this great initiative by the GAA has helped contribute vital funds to our club for the past number of years. Individual prizes include: A brand new Renault Clio; a €2,000 travel voucher; All Ireland Hurling & Football packages; various shopping vouchers and many more. Details of each prize available are on each ticket. Tickets cost €10 and can be bought from any member of the Gaels squad. As always, your support is greatly appreciated.

 

 

 

 

Sympathy

The club expresses our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of Peggy Casserly, Main Street, Drumlish who passed away recently. Solas na bhFlaitheas uirthi.

 

Club Membership

Club Membership for the forthcoming year is now available. The cost is €30 for adults and €15 for students. Membership is required for all playing members and for use of the gym. Membership entitles you to attend monthly club meetings and if received before March 31^st, entitles you to a vote at next year’s AGM and entry into the draw for All Ireland tickets. To pay please contact Registrar, Bridie Reilly.

 

Happy New Year

We would like to wish all our members, players, supporters, coaches and sponsors a very happy new year. Thank you to everyone who helped us in anyway way during the last 12 months. Athbhliain faoi shéan is faoi mhaise daoibh.

 

Thank You

Thank you to Padraig O’Brien and all the sports team at the Longford Leader for their publication of our club notes during the year and their continued, excellent coverage and promotion of our games. Go raibh míle maith agaibh.

Leinster Club Championship

Well done to Jack Lynn and the team on an excellent one point victory over O’Hanrahan’s of Carlow on Sunday. The team done extremely well do hold out for a 1-10 to 0-12 win. Aaron Quinn got our all important goal near the end of the first half when he intercepted a short kick out and powered his way through, blasting the ball to the roof of the net. Our next outing is against Rosenallis of Laois on Saturday, November 9^th in Pearse Park. The team and scorers were as follows:

Paddy Collum (0-2, 2f), Darren Reilly, Cian Brady, Derek McCormack, Emmet Noonan, Gary Connell, Mark Hughes, Liam Lynch, Aaron Quinn (1-1), Dean Cosgrave, Ryan Crowe, Conor Keenan, Pauric Gill (0-2), Martin Cassidy (0-5, 4f), Cian Cassidy

Subs used:

Eoin Keane, Kevin Whelan

The club wishes Emmet Noonan a speedy recovery from the injury sustained in the first half. The club would like to thank all the supporters who made the long journey down to Fenagh to help the lads across the line. A special word of thanks to Peter Davis (Green Pasture Meats) who once again sponsored the team after the match. Thanks also to Joseph Gill who provided a live stream of the match on Twitter for our supporters who could not make it down.

Lotto

The Lotto draw was held last Monday, October 21^st in The Olde Village Inn, Drumlish. The Jackpot was €18,200.  The numbers drawn were as follows:

15, 17, 19, 24

There was no winner.

€30 winners

1. Tommy & Teresa Carolan, Drumlish
2. Gerry Crowe, Drumlish
3. Oliver Naughton, Breanross South, Mohill
4. Mary Joe Conboy, Cornakelly, Moyne
5. Betty Crowe, Drumlish

 

€20 Sellers’ Prize

1. Paddy O’Neill
2. Jimmy Courtney

The next draw is in O’Reilly’s Bar, Drumlish on Monday, November 4th The Jackpot is now €18,400. Tickets are available from the usual outlets and from any member of the executive. On lotto duty this weekend are Liam Lynch and Kevin Whelan. Thank you to everyone who continues to support our lotto

Dinner Dance

Our Dinner Dance will be held on the 18^th of Janaury in Lough Rynn. More details closer to the date

Leinster Club Championship

The first round of the Leinster club Championship takes place this Sunday, October 27^th in Dr. Cullen Park, Carlow against the Carlow champions at 1pm. Best of luck to Jack and the team and we hope to see a good crowd down to support the lads.

Patsy Reilly Cup Final

On Friday evening last we were well defeated by Granard in the Patsy Reilly Cup final on a scoreline of 1-16 to 1-4. Short a number of regulars we were always chasing the game having fell 1-4 to no score down  early on. A penalty from Paddy Collum after Pauric Gill was brought down helped close the gap mid way through the first half but Granard pushed on for a deserved win. The team and scorers were as follows:

Paddy Collum (1-0, pen), Cian Murphy, Cian Brady, Derek McCormack, Mark Hughes, Liam Lynch, Conor Keenan (0-1), Aaron Quinn, Seán Whelan, Anthony Kane, Ryan Crowe, Kevin Whelan, Pauric Gill (0-2), Dean Cosgrave (0-1), Eoin Keane

Subs used:

Darren Reilly, Ciarán Cooney, David Collum, Stephen Cosgrave, Cian Cassidy

Lotto

The Lotto draw was held last Monday, October 21^st in The Olde Village Inn, Drumlish. The Jackpot was €18,200. Results are available on the club website and will be published in next week’s paper. Tickets are available from the usual outlets and from any member of the executive. On lotto duty this weekend are Robin O’Neill and Paddy McNally. Thank you to everyone who continues to support our lotto

Hurling

Well done to Clonguish and our own Paddy Collum who won their Leinster championship match agains Bardarrig of Wickow at the weekend.