Ladies fixture this evening this Fri. @ 7.30 v Ros. (hauled!!!) Junior Co. League and on Mon. @ 6pm v Claregalway in 2nd round of Junior league both games in the Abbey Pk. Boyle in O'Gara Cup v St. Mls. Monday at 11am
Thurs. 10.30 pm. this is a kind of rolling (small) news situation.
1. Tomorrow is dedicated as Rossies Day and it is suggested that people show their colours by donning some of the blue and gold. It will be interesting to see what that brings so anyone with a camera I wait the results.
2. ****** I've just heard of a very important 'big' match in the Abbey Park at 12 noon (high). apparently it an Army League final between Galway i.e.Renmore and Athlone. so if you are around and have time to spare you could drop in.
3.tomorrow night in the Bush Hotel there is a tribute to Shannon Gaels legend Paddy Mulvey at 9.30. I hope to get over.
Sin e .....for now anyway!
Thursday 6pm. A. Observations. Pity about the ticket confusion and the fact that they are not easily accessible in Boyle and North Roscommon. This will have to be improved. I reckon there are a good few people who would go if this issue was made easier.
B. I hear that cars are the modus of travelling to under age games or some of them at least. I think it has come to the time when car drivers/owners should be compensated by the parents of those who they are carrying outside their own children. Travelling to say Pearse's is a pretty expensive trip now with the astronomical cost of of petrol/diesel. So the time for the travelling €3/4 or so is on us.In a local context it is great to see the increasing use of bicycles. Decades ago we cycled miles to school. I wonder can cycling to school make a comeback?
C. We all watch ads. I am impressed by at least 2 at the moment. One is the heart alert which is very obvious and striking. The second one concerns the peer pressure to drink, eroding the personal choice of the individual, young people here. One of the real curses of Irish drinking was/is the round system. This I believe has contracted in recent years but decades ago it was insidious.(I think it was a ral Irish thing). I imagine there are few people who will remember a GAA campaign to stop the ROUND system maybe 30 years ago. The GAA has an issue at the moment with Guinness sponsorship which is problematic. There seems to be no rumblings of opposition within rugby to the Heineken sponsorship. So take a hard look at this cautionary drinking ad. as Donie's song goes ' We should have stood on our own two feet'.
D. Johnny Lyons is taking part in a sponsored beard shave this coming weekend in The Mayfly, Ballinafad with an impressive supporting cast. Good luck to Sligo in New York at the week-end. This was a great occasion for the followers of Connacht counties years back but the crash burst that bubble as well.
1. Boyle v St. Michael's is on Monday (Bank holiday) at 11am. That should give you a 'clear run at the day'.
2. The train notice below reminds me of the times (as recorded on papers of yore etc.) when 'match specials' were a standard for events such as games and races etc.
3. It is good to see the colours getting put up especially on the Crescent today. I see from realboyle that Londis has an assortment of Ros. material available.
4. I misnamed the person in my Query below. It was Ossie Bennett who was the masseur to Roscommon and mostly to the great Tipp. hurling teams of the sixties. Ossie Kilkenny is, I am told involved with the backroom team of U 2!! I haven't heard of any connection between him and the Dub. U 21 player. The query re. the Kilkenny connection to the 'Slated Halls' on the Green still stands.
5. Michael Regan has added the names of Gene Kelly/Fergus Chapman/Liam Coen/Ray Gannon/Padraig Langan to the 1980 school pic. list.
CUSTOMER NOTICE
Football All Ireland U-21 Championship
Roscommon V Dublin – Tullamore
Sunday 6th May 2012
Train
Service will operate as follows:
Depart
Castlerea 11.25hrs
Depart
Roscommon 11.42hrs
Depart
Athlone 12.14hrs
Arrive
Tullamore 12.45hrs
Return Train Departs Tullamore Station
at 16.33hrs(4.33hrs) serving Athlone, Roscommon & Castlerea.
Tickets available on-line at www.irishrail.ie or at your local Iarnród
Éireann Station
Passengers are not permitted to bring
Alcoholic Drinks on board the train.
Advance
booking is essential
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