Oct 20
… you can be a member of Lisacul Players. The group is desperately seeking new cast members for next year’s presentation. They will be holding a reading on Monday 23rd October at 8:30 and anyone interested can come along and sit in.There may even be cake. They will also be looking for back stage crew – make …
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 …
Jun 28
As promised, pictures from the building projects taking place in the Centre over the summer. The kitchen The Insulation
Jun 22
Visitors to the Community Centre and passers-by will have spotted the scaffolding going up around the building. What’s happening? We’re putting external insulation onto the building to reduce heat loss and to keep the building warmer over the winter – and we’ll save money on our heating bills too! We were able to part fund …
May 26
Growbags For our final lesson, Richard showed us how to get the best out of our growbags When you get your growbag, it will have been stored with lots of other bags and the compost will be compressed. You need to give it a good thumping all over to loosen the compost. You will need …
May 18
You may have seen a slight change of decor around the village recently. The CE team have been out and about putting in new plants in our plant holders ready for summer and giving the plant holders a coat of paint while they were at it. Now all the wooden planters around the village match …
Apr 07
This week started off with some shameless boasting about the size and growth of our mustard plants. Everyone has germination and tiny (and not so tiny) shoots are being watched and cherished like the most precious of infants. Richard tells us we can’t harvest them until each shoot has three or four leaves but we …
Mar 23
Isn’t he a beauty? One of his descendants, a heifer worth €1,000, is the first prize in the Éire Óg GAA fundraising draw. Other prizes include a load of turf, two nights B&B and a dinner at Westport Woods Hotel, and a year’s subscription to the Éire Óg lotto. The draw will take place …
Feb 15
A lovely surprise in the in-box this week. An email from Chris Murphy in Manchester, with a photograph of his grandfather, Michael Higgins, of Lisacul. Michael left home in the 20s for Manchester and married Lily. They had two children: Kevin and Eileen. Eileen is Chris’ mother. Chris also attached two poems inspired by his visits to …
Jan 19
The first meeting of the year for the Community Development Company is on Wednesday 25th January at 9pm. Among other things, the CDC manages the Community Centre so part of the business of the meeting will be to plan the activities taking place in the year ahead – the auction, the craft fair, the play, the …
