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.

Recent Fixtures

We received the points from Grattan Óg in the last round of the ACFL Division 2 league which means we finish in second place. We now await the conclusion of Divison 1 to see who finishes second fom bottom there where we then play in a promotion/relegation play off.

In the last round of the junior championship last week, we received the points from Granard. This now concludes the season for the juniors. Thank you to Anthony McKeon and the the squad for the effort they put in all year

Lotto

There was no lotto draw last weekend on account of the Marquee. The next draw is in Quinn’s Bar, Drumlish on Monday, August 26^th. The Jackpot is now €17,400. Tickets are available from the usual outlets and from any member of the executive. On lotto duty this weekend are Anthony McKeon and Derek McKeon. Thank you to everyone who continues to support our lotto.

The Marquee In Drumlish

Our 10^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. 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.

Thank you to Quinn’s Bar, Drumlish and the Ledwith Family who were our licencing partner. Thank you to Mike and Martin Mulleady at Mulleady Properties who sponsored the festival again this year along with Imagine Lte.

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 our parish 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.

Win a weekend trip to New York

To celebrate 10 years of the Marquee in Drumlish Festival, we are holding a raffle in Quinn’s Bar on Friday night, August 30^th at 9pm where one lucky winner will win a weekend break to New York City (or a travel voucher worth €1,000). Tickets cost €5 and can be bought off any member of the club. Thank you to Cunningham Design  & Planning and Larkin Aluminium for their kind sponsorship of this great prize.

Lotto

The lotto draw was in Quinn’s Bar, Drumlish on Monday last, August 26^th. The Jackpot was €17,400. Results are currently 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 Bridie Reilly and Brendan Corrigan. Thank you to everyone who continues to support our lotto.

The Marquee In Drumlish – Monster Bingo

The 10th Annual Marquee Monster Bingo in conjunction with the Marquee in Drumlish, was held on Sunday August 18^th in the ’98 Hall Ballinamuck. This year it was in aid of ‘Meals on Wheels Longford’. The Marquee Bingo Committee would like to thank everyone who sponsored prizes for the raffle, gave donations and bought bingo books. Thanks also to the ‘98 Hall Committee for the use of the hall, FÁS who prepared the hall and having it looking so well on the day, Ballinamuck Bingo Committee for their support and all the other people who helped on the day selling raffle tickets etc, the Longford Leader for promoting the event, not forgetting Johnny Cooney and Tommy McVeigh for co-ordinating the traffic. On behalf of the committee and Fr. Manning Gaels, we thank you most sincerely. The event was a huge success and enjoyed by everyone. The Club appreciates your generosity and continued support to Fr. Manning Gaels.

Win a weekend trip to New York

To celebrate 10 years of the Marquee in Drumlish Festival, we are holding a raffle in Quinn’s Bar on Friday night, August 30^th at 9pm where one lucky winner will win a weekend break to New York City (or a travel voucher worth €1,000). Tickets cost €5 and can be bought off any member of the club. Thank you to Cunningham Design  & Planning and Larkin Aluminium for their kind sponsorship of this great prize.

St. Helen’s

Hard luck to St. Helen’s who were beaten in the semi final of the championship on Sunday last.

Sympathy

The club offers its’ sincere condolences to the family and friends of Liz Nicholson (Gaigue) who passed away recently. Solas na bhFlaitheas uirthi