Colm Meagher RIP: We were greatly saddened to learn of the passing of former Gaels and Longford great, Colm Meagher this week in the UK. Colm was a stalwart of the club, playing at full back in the 1950s and 1960s and played both in goals and defence for the county. The club would like to extend our deepest sympathies to the Meagher family. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.

Lotto: The Lotto draw was held last Monday, June 26^th in The ‘98 Bar, Ballinamuck. The Jackpot was €6,600. The numbers drawn were as follows:

9, 10, 12, 30.

There was no winner.

€30 winners

1. Mick Green, Brocklagh.
2. Seán Kelly, St. Patrick’s Court, Ballinamuck.
3. Sharon Curwin, St. Patrick’s Court, Ballinamuck.
4. Ray Noonan, Edgeworthstown.
5. Laura Foley, Newtownforbes.

Sellers’ Prize

1. Betty Creegan.
2. Peter Dillon.

The next draw is in Gallagher’s Bar, Drumlish on Monday, July 10th. The Jackpot is now €6,800. Tickets are available from the usual outlets and from any member of the executive.

Junior League: Our juniors are out in ACFL Division 3 action this Sunday in Monaduff at 2:30pm against Ballymahon. Please support.

Senior Team: Our seniors have a very important league match this Friday evening at 8.30pm in Monaduff against Colmcille. Please show your support.

Senior Challenge: Our senior team had a worthwhile challenge on Sunday morning last in Monaduff against Cavan side Redhills. We ran out comfortable 3-11 to 0-10 winners in the end. We would like to thank Redhills for travelling down for the match and wish them all the best for the rest of their season. The team and scorers were as follows:

Aiden Gray, Mickey Kelly, Cian Brady, Dan Gorman, Emmet Noonan (1-0), Mark Duffy, Nigel Kiernan (0-1), David Collum (0-1), Eoin Keane (0-2), Dean Cosgrave, Diarmuid Cooney (1-1), Ciarán Cooney, Petie Collum (0-3), Liam Lynch, Pauric Gill (0-3).

Substitutions used: Seán Whelan (1-0), Kevin Whitney, Stephen Cosgrave, Michael Heslin.

Longford Seniors: Commiserations to Paddy Collum and the Longford seniors on their gallant Qualifier defeat to Donegal on Saturday evening last in Ballybofey.

Marquee in Drumlish – August 18^th to 21st: With all of our acts in place for the upcoming festival, we now need volunteers to help out for the weekend. If you would like to help out in any capacity please contact Pakie Duffy or any member of the Executive.

Congratulations: Congratulations to Martin Mulleady on his election as Mayor of County Longford.

Lotto: The draw will held in The ‘98 Bar, Ballinamuck tonight Monday, June 26th. The jackpot is €6,600. Results will be available 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.

Reserve Team: Our Senior Reserve team had their last round of the championship against Ballymahon on Sunday last in Monaduff. There was only pride at stake as we were unable to qualify for the knockout stages and unfortunately, despite a good display were unable to finish the campaign on a high. The final score was 2-17 to 2-9 in favour of Ballymahon. The team and scorers were as follows:

Jason Nertney, Cathal Howe, Anthony McKeon, James O’Neill, Darren Cawley, Declan Donnelly, Aaron McGee (0-1), Seán Whelan, Mark Hughes (0-3), Emmet Noonan (2-3, (2f)), Anthony Kane, Rúairí Carthy (0-1), Kevin Whitney, Micheál Kane, Ryan Crowe (0-1).

Substitution used: Kevin Whelan for Darren Cawley.

Longford Seniors: We wish Paddy Collum and the Longford seniors all the best as they face a difficult task in the second round of the Qualifiers away to Donegal this Saturday.

The Marquee in Drumlish – August 18^th to 21^st The  line up for the Marquee in Drumlish has been finalised. It is now all systems go for August 18^th – 21^st. On the 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. As normal, the Monster Bingo will be held on the Sunday in the ’98 Hall in aid of charity and there will also be the Old Fair Day in Ballinamuck that day. 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 are on board again this year as our licencing partner. Finally, a special thank you to Mike and Martin Mulleady at Mulleady Properties who are sponsoring the festival this year. Without this kind of support from the people of the community it would be impossible for us to stage our festival. Go raibh míle maith agaibh go léir.

Sponsorship: The club would like to thank Mike and Martin Mulleady at Mulleady Properties for their recent, generous sponsorship of club jackets for the executive. We would also like to thank the Davis Brothers at Green Pasture Meat Processors Ltd for their generous sponsorship of our new away kit. It is greatly appreciated.

Donation: We received a very welcome donation this week that will be of great interest to many members of our club. We have in our possession the medals won by the late, great Packie Thompson, who played with Drumlish in the 1940s, before emigrating to the UK. These medals have been very kindly donated to the club by Packie’s sons Paul and Mark and will be on display in the clubhouse in the near future. We would like to thank the Thompson family for this lovely gesture.

Gym Membership: A reminder that those wishing to use the gym in Monaduff must pay their club registration fee to Registrar Bridie Reilly, otherwise they are not covered by insurance.

New Arrival: Congratulations to senior player Liam Lynch and Breda Corrigan on the birth of their baby daughter, Róisín, at the weekend.

The Lotto draw was held last Monday, June 12^th in Dillon’s Bar, Ballinamuck. The Jackpot was €6,400. The numbers drawn were as follows:

10, 17, 22, 27.

There was no winner.

€30 winners

1. Noel Connell, Ballinamuck.
2. Pete McWade, Drumlish.
3. Pat Heaney, Drumlish.
4. David Kellegher, Greagh, Drumlish.
5. Adrian Lennon, Ballinamuck

Sellers’ Prize

1. Paul Donnelly.
2. Colin Crowe.

The next draw is in The ‘98 Bar, Ballinamuck on Monday, June 26th. The Jackpot is now €6,600. Tickets are available from the usual outlets and from any member of the executive.

Lotto: The draw was held in Dillon’s Bar, Ballinamuck on Monday last, June 12th. The jackpot was €6,400. Results will be available 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.

Reserve Team: Our Senior Reserve team were well beaten by Colmcille in the first round of the Championship on Sunday last in Monaduff. Despite a promising start, with a couple of excellent points from Ruairí Carthy and Mick Kane, Colmcille were too strong and we were always playing catch up for the rest of the match. The final score was Colmcille 2-15 Fr. Manning Gaels 0-10. The team and scorers were as follows: Michael Heslin, Darren Cauley, Declan Donnelly, James O’Neill, Brean Kane, Stephen Cosgrave, Ruairí Carthy (0-1), Seán Whelan (0-1), Mark Breslin, Mike Kiernan (0-2), Anthony Kane, Micheál Kane (0-1), Kevin Whitney, Mike Mulleady, Scott Howe (0-2, (2f)).

Substitutions: Gearóid Nertney (0-2) for Kevin Whitney, Darren Smith for Darren Cauley, James McCann (0-1) for Mark Breslin, Derek McKeon for Scott Howe, Cathal Howe for James O’Neill, Seán Breslin for Brean Kane.

Our next match in the group is away to Granard at 2.30pm this Sunday, June 18^th. Please come out and show your support.

Longford Seniors: We wish all the best to Paddy Collum and the Longford seniors as they face Louth in the first round of the Qualifiers in Drogheda this Saturday.

Marquee in Drumlish: There were further announcements for the Marquee this week as both Robert Mizzell and Derek Ryan were confirmed for the festival, which is on from August 18^th – 21^st.

Golf Classic: The 2017 Seamus Butler sponsored Coiste na n-Óg Golf Classic takes place in the Longford Golf Club on Saturday 26th August. The event tees off at 8 am with the last teams out at 2 pm. As per last year, a team of 4 will cost €160 and tee sponsorship costs €100. All monies raised goes towards Development Squad projects such as the 3rd level Bursaries and Leaving Cert Grinds for the minor panelists . The event will be launched at the senior meeting next Tuesday evening in Áras Uí Bhríain.

Sympathy: The club would like to express its sincere condolences to the family and friends of Matt Mcloughlin (formerly of Kiltycreevagh), Pauline Coppinger, Ned Costello and  Christy Monaghan who all passed away recently. Solas na bhFlaitheas orthu.