Lotto: The Lotto draw was held last Monday, December 17^th, in The Olde Village, Drumlish. The Jackpot was €14,000. The numbers drawn were as follows: 4, 9, 22, 27 There was no winner. There were additional prizes for Christmas. €30 Winners

1. Samantha Tully, Newtownforbes
2. Cormac McGann, Kenagh
3. Brendan Dillon, Drumlish
4. Dara McGann, Kenagh
5. David Cox, Rooskey, Co. Roscommon

Turkey Winners

1. Michael McAvey, Drumlish
2. Stephen Cosgrave, Drumlish
3. Kathleen Gill, Corrick, Drumlish

Bottle of Whiskey Winners

1. Mary Buckley, Gala, Ballinamuck
2. John Collum, Lettergullion
3. Michael Cox, Drumlish

Tin of Biscuits Winners

1. Mary O’Toole, Ballinamuck
2. Paddy Howe, Ballinamuck
3. Brian Duffy, Drumlish

€20 Sellers’ Prize

1. Rúairí Carthy
2. Paddy O’Neill

The next draw is in O’Reilly’s Bar, Drumlish on Monday, January 7th. The Jackpot is now €14,200. 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 will be held in The Mill Bar, Drumlish on Friday, December 28^th at 9pm. A great night’s entertainment is assured and there will be prizes for 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place as well as a raffle on the night. A table of 4 costs €40. The Player of the Year and Clubperson of the Year awards will also be presented on the night. Please come out and support 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. There is a new prize for participating clubs whereby there is a chance to play a club championship match in Croke Park. Individual prizes include: A brand new Renault Clio 4 Expression; 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. 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 2019 and with hard work hopefully we can make next year a more successful one. 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.

Annual Christmas Quiz: Our annual Christmas table quiz was held in The Mill Bar, Drumlish on Friday last, December 28^th. With over 30 tables it was our biggest and best quiz to date and a great night was had by all. Before the quiz started our club award winners were presented with their trophies. Dean Cosgrave was presented with the Eamon Kerrigan Senior Player of the Year Trophy by Eileen Kerrigan; Bridie Reilly was presented with the John Joe Brady Clubperson of the Year Trophy by Kathleen Brady and Aaron McGee was presented with the Jimmy Tully U20 Player of the Year award by Patrick Tully. Well done to all the award winners. In the quiz in first place was Eamon Bennett’s team (Tarmonbarry) on 76 points; 2^nd place was Marie Gill’s team on 75 points and 3^rd place was Packie Duffy’s team on 71 points. Thank you to all three teams who kindly donated their prize money back to the club. There was a special prize (a case of Bulmers, sponsored by McKeon’s Wholesale Bottlers) for the best team name and that went to the Women’s Shed for their name “The Hen House”. The raffle prize winners were as follows: Christmas Hamper (sponsored by McCarrick’s Cash & Carry) – Aoife and Sophie Mallon; Meal Voucher for Dillon’s Bar & Bistro, Ballinamuck (sponsored by Peter Dillon) – Edel Sheridan; 2 bottles of Brandy (sponsored by Mike and Martin Mulleady at Mulleady Properties) – Helena Brady and Brian Duffy; Case of Bulmers (sponsored by McKeon’s Wholsesaler Bottlers, Longford) – Martin Mulleady; Bag of Goodies (sponsored by Lorraine Corrigan) – Johnny Duignan. Thank you to Eoin Brady, Caroline and all the staff at the Mill Bar for the use of the premises and their hospitality. Thank you to Lorraine Corrigan for the difficult task of setting 100 questions; Billy Kellegher for doing MC on the night; Von Corrigan and Betty Creegan for correcting all the answer sheets and to Séamus Gallagher, Bridie Reilly and Mike Mulleady for collecting sheets and helping out. 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 was.

Lotto: On account of Christmas and New Year, the next draw is in O’Reilly’s Bar, Drumlish on Monday, January 7th. The Jackpot is now €14,200. Tickets are available from the usual outlets and from any member of the executive. Thank you to everyone who continues to support our lotto.

Longford Seniors: Best of luck to Paddy Collum, Pauric Gill, manager Padraic Davis, and backroom team members Ian Higgins and Gordon Smyth as Longford play Louth in the O’Byrne Cup on Saturday next, January 5^th in Pearse Park.

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. There is a new prize for participating clubs whereby there is a chance to play a club championship match in Croke Park. Individual prizes include: A brand new Renault Clio 4 Expression; 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.

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.

Welcome Home: Welcome home to Darren “Chippy” Farley who is back on these shores after a couple of years living and working in New York. It is great to have Darren back and he will be a massive addition to us on the playing field.

Sympathy: The club would like to express its sympathy to the family and friends of Frank Kelly (formerly of Drumlish) who passed away in Dublin recently. Solas na bhFlaitheas air.

Drugs, Alcohol & Cyber Security Awareness: Fr Manning Gaels & St Vincents are hosting an Information Evening on Drug, Alcohol and Cyber Security Awareness on Friday January 18th ‘19 in the clubhouse Monaduff from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. This promises to be a very informative evening given by Professionals. Every parent and child should know about the disease of addiction, both substances and behavioral & it’s effects on the family, also to learn about the basic cyber security tips to protect you and your family. It is open to the wider Community, to all Parents and Secondary school children age group up. All welcome so please come and join us. This is a free event, there will be a question and answer session also light refreshments.

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

4, 10, 14, 26

There was no winner.

€30 Winners

1. Seán Beirne, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim
2. John Davis, Ballinamuck
3. Pat Faughnan, Kilnashee, Drumlish
4. Lucy Powell, c/o Dillon’s, Ballinamuck
5. Muriel Jones, Newtownforbes

€20 Sellers’ Prize

1. Cian Brady and Aiden Gray
2. Quinn’s Pub, Drumlish

The next draw is in The Mill Bar, Drumlish on Monday, January 21^st. The Jackpot is now €14,400. Tickets are available from the usual outlets and from any member of the executive. Thank you to everyone who continues to support our lotto.

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. There is a new prize for participating clubs whereby there is a chance to play a club championship match in Croke Park. Individual prizes include: A brand new Renault Clio 4 Expression; 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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

Longford Seniors

 

Hard luck to Longford who were beaten by Westmeath in the O’Byrne Cup semi-final on Saturday last. Best of luck to the squad as they now prepare for the National League.

 

Drug, Alcohol and Cyber Security Awareness: 

 

Fr. Manning Gaels and St Vincent’s are hosting an information evening on Drug, Alcohol and Cyber Security Awareness on Friday, January 18th  in Monaduff from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. This promises to be a very informative evening given by professionals. Every parent and child should know about the disease of addiction. Substances have a physical and behavioural impact on individuals and families. You will also learn about the basic cyber security tips to protect you and your family. It is open to the wider Community, parents and children of secondary school age and up. All welcome so please come and join us. This is a free event, there will be a question and answer session and also light refreshments.

 

 

Congratulations

 

Well done to Raymond Gallagher who won the clubperson of the year award for the Longford GAA club in New York. Ray is club treasurer and has done trojan work in helping Longford secure a historic first senior championship title.

Lotto: The Lotto draw was held in The Mill Bar, Drumlish on Monday last, January 21^st. The results are currently on the club website and will be published in next week’s notes. The Jackpot was €14,400. Tickets are available from the usual outlets and from any member of the executive. Thank you to everyone who continues to support our lotto.

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. There is a new prize for participating clubs whereby there is a chance to play a club championship match in Croke Park. Individual prizes include: A brand new Renault Clio 4 Expression; 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.

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.

Longford Seniors: Best of luck to Longford in the first round of the National League next Sunday away to Louth, particularly our representatives Paddy Collum and Pauric Gill along with manager Padraic Davis and backroom team members Gordon Smyth and Ian Higgins.

Drug, Alcohol and Cyber Security Awareness: Our Health & Wellbeing information event was held on Friday night in Monaduff and it was a great success. A big thank you to our two speakers, Enda McGahern and Seamus Hughes who gave a very detailed power point presentation on the topics of alcohol, drugs and cyber security. This is a positive start to our Health and Wellbeing program.

Feedback on the event was very positive and encouraging with more to come.

Thank you to the parents and young people who attended.

Sympathy: The club extends its sincere sympathy to the family and friends of Tom Davis (Drumbad) who passed away at the weekend. Solas na bhFlaitheas air.

Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust: The McGee family, with the assistance of the County Longford Association of New York, are hosting a fundraiser to benefit the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust who so kindly assisted during the tragic loss of their son Danny in November last. The fundraiser will take place on Saturday February 9th at John Sullivan’s Pub and Restaurant 2010 W 35th Street, New York from 5pm until 11pm. For more information or to donate directly to the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust, please visit www.kevinbellrepatriation trust.com