Wed March 25th 2026

25 Card Drive Results:
Results of Monday nights 25card drive was as follows:

Winners: John O’Byrne and Paul Finnan on 11 games.

Joint Runners Up: Brian Mulvihill and Frank McCormack, Kathleen Clarke and Owen Casey, Sean McArdle and Patricia Hopkins, all on 10 games.

Last Game Winners: Anthony Melia and David Kelly.

Well done to all and a big thank you for supporting a very worthy cause, also thanks to Fiona and staff for hosting and supplying refreshments.

Cashel GAA Lotto Results:

Lotto draw held on Monday 23rd March 2026

No's drawn: 06-07-17-23. No jackpot winner.

Draw winners: €30 €5 envelopes to Pauline Harper.

€30 to Liz McGann, €20 each to Irene Casey and Declan Gilmore.

Next weeks draw will be held in The Local on Monday 30th March and the Jackpot is €1,700.

Lotto team on next week's draw is Declan Murtagh, Kevin Farrell and Vicky Nolan. 

Thanks for your support.

Townland Trivia:

This week we look at Drumnee, pronounced as drum-nee, first recorded in 1655 as Dromnigh. Official Irish name is Droim Ní. There was a spelling, Dronin in 1629, but all records since that were versions of Drumnee, which is how Dromnigh was pronounced. Dromnihey in 1659, with its three syllables, might give a better idea of the meaning.

Ní means the act of washing, nigh pronounced the same, is the verb ‘wash’. No spelling includes ‘an’ which could offer other meanings like droim an fhiaich. 
The townland is on the shores of Lough Ree where clothes may have been brought to be washed. 
This was O’Donovans interpretation. Possibly the original Irish was Droim n, followed by a vowel, but which one? Droim n-Aoidh? Droim Niadh, a personal name? less likely, Droim Neidh.

Taken from Sean Murphys book on Co Longford Townlands 2022

One is still left wondering.

Rural Ireland – Forgotten:

It has come a time when we in rural Ireland need to wake up to the fact that without self-help, we won’t have a viable community, yes there are schemes and funding to be had but without community involvement and leadership we won’t survive in Cashel. We have seen the last shop close in the parish, only one pub left, no Post office anymore, the loss of a teacher in our school, Fr. Kenny possibly being the last PP in our Parish, GAA clubs in rural Ireland not able to field teams, next for us is the future of the “Hill”, the list goes on. So, while we are up to our eyes in modern living, slowly the fabric of our community is slipping away, almost un-noticed by many. 
It is time to get down off the fence and do something about it. 
I remember Fr McAuley, would get very upset when he would hear people saying “they” should have this amenity for older folk, amenities for our youth etc, etc. He would say Who are They, They are We. How very true that statement is.

## With that in mind, Tune into TG4 for “Iniúchadh” - on this Wednesday 25th March at 9.30pm featuring the parish of Cashel and challenges facing rural communities. Includes interview with local GAA representatives, be sure to tune in.

I hope it will spark a reaction, and we will fight for our communitys ‘future’. The Cashel way of life is worth fighting for to preserve.

So “They” that should do this that and the other, are actually “Us”.

Plastic Collection:

Note from Martin Skelly MCC that a Farm plastic collection will take place tomorrow Wed March 25th at local farms, please give him a call if you wish to be included.

Co. Longford Ploughing Championships:

Last Sunday all roads led to Ballymahon for the 90th annual Co.

Longford Ploughing Championships, lovely weather brough huge crowds to the event at an idea venue in Drinan, by the banks of the royal canal. 
The committee are to be praised and indeed thanked for such a fantastic show, with something for all age groups and families, even the family mutt was catered for. Well done to all involved including the many volunteer stewards who managed the occasion so well.

Childcare Provision:

The committee working on proposals for Childcare provision in Cashel

will hold a follow up meeting tonight Tuesday March 24th in the Hill at 8.30pm. 
All interested please attend, if successful this will be of huge benefit to families locally. 
Please don’t leave it to others to decide.

Please read below a post on Facebook from Bríd Hanley (Killian) and still think this doesn’t concern you.

Will you think back for a moment to your time in St Mary's National School, Newtowncashel.

The classrooms, the yard, the friendships. The teachers who shaped you!

For many of us, that school wasn’t just a building it was where we spent eight of the most important years of our lives. 
It’s where we learned who we were. 
It’s where we grew.
And now, that very place is at risk. I’ll be honest, I have buried my head in the sand about this

that last while and told myself, “It’s not my fight, my children won’t be going there.”

And then it dawned on me. How would I feel if the school that shaped me wasn’t there anymore? Devastated. And I know I’m not alone in that.

Because this isn’t just about the children who are there now. It’s not just about families who

might attend in the future. This is about our community.

This is about one of the cornerstones of our parish. And the truth is, if nothing changes, numbers will continue to fall. And if numbers fall, we all know what comes next.

What makes this even harder is knowing that decisions are being made by people who will never feel the impact of that loss. People who will never understand what this school means to us.

So the question becomes, how many of us are willing to stand up?

Stand up for the place that shaped us. Stand up for the generations that came before us.

And stand up for the children who deserve the same chance we had!! to grow, to learn, to belong.

We are all busy. Life is hectic. There’s always something else we could be doing. But sometimes, showing up is everything. Because presence speaks. Presence shows we care.

Presence tells decision makers that this community will not be ignored.

So no matter your connection, past, present or future, come to the meeting this Tuesday in The Hill at 8:30pm .

Show up. Stand together. Be counted!!
Because if we don’t act now, we may not get another chance. 
And this is a moment where our community needs “US”.

The Hill:

Recently the hall committee retired/resigned, and a new committee needs to be elected. From the initial meeting a steering group were asked to explore how the Hill can be leased by the community which would open lots of funding opportunities etc. Work is ongoing on these ideas, and a public meeting will be held after Easter to explain the possibilities going forward. The Hill is crucial to the future of our community and your support is vital if we are to succeed. More details later.

Local Notes:

This week we welcome David Higgins to the group. Membership now stands at 262. 
If you know of anyone who may want to receive our notes please forward details to me. 

Liam.