Jul 25
The dedication ceremony for the memorial Henry Byrne and John Morley will be held on Friday 28th July at 3pm at Shannon’s Cross in Aghaderry, Loughglynn, Co. Roscommon*. As there will be a lot of people coming – from near and far – please follow the instructions of the stewards about parking. * where the L1229 crosses …
Jul 07
Thirty seven years ago today, Detective John Morley and Garda Henry Byrne were killed in the line of duty when they intercepted a gang fleeing from a bank robbery in Ballaghaderreen. This summer, the community of Loughglynn, with assistance from Lisacul’s CE scheme, are building a monument to these brave men.
May 25
Brightsparks is twenty this year and will be marking this special anniversary with a party in the Community Centre on Saturday 17th June from 2pm to 4pm for current and past pupils, teachers, parents, guardians and everyone in the community. The highlight of the party will be the official opening of the new sensory garden, …
Mar 02
The joint school reunion for Lisacul and Currasallagh national schools was held just over twenty years ago. A copy of the souvenir booklet recently turned up in the Resource Centre so we’ve scanned it in to the archives and it’s now available to share. Click on the graphic below to open the file. We thought …
Feb 01
So we’ve come to the end of our 365 photo taking, but there is still time to submit photos taken in, of or from Lisacul between 1st February 2016 and 31st January 2017. You can drop them into the centre and we’ll take them from a USB stick or a CD-ROM or you can email …
Nov 10
What do Ann Grennan, Betty Duffy, Breda Conroy, Breege Coleman, Denise Deery, Eileen Corrigan, Geralyn Gallagher, Margaret Costello, Margaret Tynan, Mary Touhey, Pauline Deary, Rose Morely, Sarah McIlhone, and Teresa Foley have in common? Give up? Well, apart from being members of the Ladies’ Club*, they have all worked to create this wonderful double-bed-sized quilt …
Sep 09
Time to light the fires for autumn, but could you bear to disturb the fearful symmetry of the stack in one of this week’s pictures?
Aug 25
One of our regular suppliers of photographs went down to Éire Óg club last weekend and sent lots of pictures of the seniors match, far more than were needed for the 365 project, so we thought we’d do a special post on the club and use the photographs that way. Éire Óg was founded in …
