Launch night for ‘Curtains’
Boyle Musical Society are holding a launch night for “Curtains” in The Patrick’s Well at 8pm on Monday August 25th and everybody is welcome. Come along and meet the production team, learn about exciting plans for the show along with the audition and rehearsal schedule. On Wednesday August 27th in St. Joseph’s Hall, there will be dance and ensemble auditions for everybody followed on Thursday by private auditions for anybody interested in taking a leading role. Links to music and script excerpts for auditions are available now through the Boyle Musical Society Facebook and Instagram pages. Full rehearsals will begin on Monday September 1st in St. Joseph’s Hall and ‘Curtains’ will be staged from November 19th to 22nd .
Local Authority move on derelict sites in Boyle
Roscommon Co Co has on August 1st made an order that from September 1st a property known as 43 Termon Road, Boyle will be vested in the Local Authority free from encumbrances and all estates, rights, titles and interests of whatsoever kind, pursuant to Section 17 of the Derelict Sites Act 1990. Any person, who immediately before the making of the order has any estate or interest in or right in respect of the land acquired, may apply to the Senior Executive Officer, Housing Section, Roscommon Co Co, Aras and Chontae, Roscommon no later than twelve months after the making of the order for compensation in respect of the estate, interest or rights.
‘Truth Seekers’ event planned for venue near Boyle
A ‘secret’ location near Boyle is the venue for an proposed upcoming event titled “Rebels Across the Pond”. According to the organisers: “The purpose of this event is bring together a rare mixture of Irish, US, Canadian and British “truth seekers” under one canopy in a positive day celebrating courage, truth, history and philosophy from multiple perspectives with a focus on solutions for the future. This is not a “political” event with a single perspective, it draws upon the experience of people from across the Atlantic who have been brave enough to speak out publicly before and since the COVID era to share their stories and visions for the future for all of us”.
The event is scheduled to take place on Saturday September 20th. Speakers include Eddie Hobs, Dr. Marcus de Brun and Fergus Power, along with many others. In relation to travelling to the venue, the organisers say: “We will be asking you to meet us in the town of Boyle at 9.30am-11.30am on the day, The event is to start at 1pm and conclude by 8pm, with the time split fairly evenly between speakers. There will be food available at the event, but you are welcome to bring your own. There is no parking available on site, but we will be providing minibuses from Boyle on Saturday morning.” Tickets cost €144 and are limited to the first 200 people to book.
Presidential candidate has been a good friend to Boyle
There has been broad welcome to the news that former Minister Heather Humphreys is to seek the Fine Gael nomination for President of Ireland. Heather is no stranger to Boyle and visited the town many times during her tenure as Minister For Rural and Community Development. On each visit she spoke of her admiration of Boyle and it’s potential and this was evident by the amount of grant aid Boyle received during her time in office. In a statement during the week, Boyle man Deputy Frank Feighan expressed his support for Heather’s nomination saying: “I am glad to be able to call Heather a good friend but aside from that she is a colleague that I have worked with closely in government as a TD and Minister from 2011 up until the 2024 general election. Heather’s work as a Minister added to her ability to communicate with people across our rural and urban communities, to understand their challenges and opportunities, has ensured that under her watch and initiatives, so many of those communities have prospered. I believe that Heather would be an excellent President if selected by Fine Gael and elected by the people, I believe she will be in a position to do so much to bring our communities together and she will of course make an enormous contribution in our ongoing ambition to heal divisions on this island”.
News snippets from around Boyle
Corrigeenroe Defibrillator Group Quiz Night tonight Friday 22nd August at 8:30 pm in Clancy’s Bar, Knockvicar. Entry: €40 per table of 4 with raffle on the night. All donations are greatly appreciated. If you’re unable to attend but would like to support, please contact: Aideen: 087 2996841, Carmel: 086 4415103, Linda: 086 2313633, Mary: 087 2036083……….While it is great to see night time work underway during the week reinstating the carriageway surface from Corrib Oil to and including Christ the King Junction, what a pity they did not notify the general public of the work. There was no notice on Roscommon Co Co website or no notification was issued to this website, but in any case, it’s a beautiful surface!……….Well done to former Boyle Celtic youths players Amy O’Donohoe, Shauna McGrath, Annie O’Connor and Rachel Flynn who all played for Sligo Rovers U19 vs Mayo FC last Sunday………Tickets are now on sale here for Ardcarne Garden Centre “Grow and Harvest” event on Saturday September 13th………There was a bit of a panic earlier this month when a concerned boat owner reported an evening fire on Castle Island on Lough Key resulting in a trip out to the island by Boyle Fire Brigade personnel. The owner of the island later clarified online that it was a “reiki breathwork folk music session with 12 lovely musicians and a little camp fire burning twigs” with “an unwarrented and unchecked call to the Fire Brigade”……..Well done to Shannon Gaels GAA club who had the Dillon Quirke Foundation visit Croghan Community Centre this week and in the process had 45 children aged 12 to 17 registered and receiving full heart screenings for SADS (Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome)………….“Styled by Saidhbh” will be opening on St. Patrick Street Boyle in early September, offering services including all hair services, make up, brow laminations, lash lifts, brow and wax tints and lots of more. Opening date to be announced soon with bookings from September 9th…………Children’s Story Time in Boyle Library on Saturday at 12 noon………Great work as usual last evening by Boyle Tidy Town volunteers who did a great job cleaning up Greatmeadow.
And finally…..!
Once, there was a preacher who was an avid golfer. Every chance he could get, he would be on the golf course swinging away.
It was an obsession.
One Sunday was a picture-perfect day for golfing. The sun was out, no clouds were in the sky, and the temperature was just right.
The preacher was in a quandary as to what to do, and shortly, the urge to play golf overcame him.
He called an assistant to tell him that he was sick and could not do church, packed the car up, and drove three hours to a golf course where no one would recognize him.
Happily, he began to play the course.
An angel up above was watching the preacher and was quite perturbed.
He went to God and said, “Look at the preacher. He should be punished for what he is doing.”
God nodded in agreement.
The preacher teed up on the first hole. He swung at the ball, and it sailed effortlessly through the air and landed right in the cup 250 yards away. A picture-perfect hole-in-one.
He was amazed and excited.
The angel was a little shocked.
He turned to God and said, “I beg your pardon, but I thought you were going to punish him.”
God smiled. “Think about it – who can he tell?”
(Please note: There will be no Boyle’d Pot next Friday August 29th)
