Category: News

Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Exciting news breaking Since the closure, many years ago, of the Lough Ree Arms and the Sliabh Bán Hotels in Lanesboro and Ballyleague there has always been a local comment that our community was in bad need…

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Lanesboro Ballyleague notes What a Day The welcome back day of BnM & ESB Recollection and Reconnection Day held in Lanesboro Parish Hall was an outstanding success. It was very fitting that the event took place this weekend as on…

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Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Welcome back day on Saturday next Saturday next 26th September will prove to be a powerful day (pardon the pun) in the community as we welcome former workers and their families back to Lanesboro for a Reconnection…

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Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Death Battling illness can make a person feel very despondent but the manner of spirit, strength of mind and body that Paddy Nolan, Magheraveen fought his illness over the past few years was testimony to the strength…

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Lanesboro Ballyleague notes New School Principal to LCC A Longford native, and a past pupil of St. Patrick’s Primary school in Ballinamuck and Moyne Community School, Brendan Mc Glynn has been appointed as the new Principal of Lanesboro Community College. Brendan…

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Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Death Losing a mother is always a very difficult thing but when the mother is just a few weeks short of 100 years old it is felt all the more poignant as was the case when we…

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Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Notes inclusions Anybody that wants items included in the local notes is advised that they have their note with me on a Sunday night at the very latest. This is to ensure inclusion in the notes of…

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Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Remarkable Exhibition A lot of work has gone into the Heritage Society’s preparation to celebrate National Heritage Week. To say it is an excellent exhibition is an understatement as the quality of the work, the amount of…

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Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Deaths   Over the past week our community has been shook to its very core with three locals passing away. Each one of them in their own right holding legendary status within the community for the type of…

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Lanesboro Ballyleague notes Metro Link On Monday last in the Irish Times I read an article relating to the proposed MetroLink in Dublin and its costing. The new 18.8km MetroLink running from Swords to Charlemont was originally estimated to cost…

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