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 18
This year’s Cemetery Mass is on 23rd July at 10am and once again we will welcome friends and family of villagers coming to pay their respects and remember those who have passed on with tea and coffee in the Main Hall at the Community Centre after the Mass. The Centre is, as you know, being …
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 …
Apr 06
Lads, we’ve only been and gone international and multiplatform! Artist Visit Last week, Lisacul played host to Brian John Spencer, an artist from Belfast who is travelling around Ireland in 32 days, spending a night and a day in each county and taking impressions about politics, post-Brexit and post-colonial, drawing people and landscapes and talking …
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 …
Dec 21
“If there are lots of events happening and lots of photos being taken for 365, the website will fall over and play dead.” So we had masses of things happening – Santa visited Brightsparks and heard them singing Christmas songs, then he turned up at the Parents’ Association Christmas Fair; Loughglynn held their Winter Wonderland; …
Dec 07
If this is your ticket number, contact a member of the Ladies Club or the Resource Centre on 094 9880495 to claim your prize. Second prize, a bottle of whiskey, was won by Tina O’Brien with ticket number 33 Third prize, a box of chocolates, was won by John Logan with ticket number 78
Dec 02
Hard frosts, mists and the occasional burst of sunshine and blue skies are giving our photographers lots of inspiration, even if the weather is not great for drying. We’ve had visitors to the parish too, and a new calf. And the whooper swans have come back.
Nov 11
It’s ninety-eight years since the Armistice that signalled the end of World War One. It’s two days since we woke to the results of the US presidential election. And we’re into the final three months of the 365 project which is, I hope, showing us that life goes on and core values endure. …
