Wed April 29th 2026
Bereaved:
We offer somewhat belated but sincere sympathy to Trish Hopkins and family, Loughan on the passing of her father Joe Lohan, Curraghroe, Co Roscommon which occurred on March 27th at his home. May his gentle spirit rest easy.
The Hill: A new Chapter Begins:
Last night, Tuesday 28th April marks the beginning of a new chapter in the life of The Hill. Originally constructed as a National School and converted into our parish hall in 1969/1970. It has served us well since that time with dances, bazaars, drama productions, countless group meetings, cake sales to name but a few happy events and times. Under the control of the diocese as a parochial hall, it has sadly come time to look at a different model of operation going forward.
Under funding rules, no agencies are permitted to grant aid parochial halls so the alternative is for the Community to take out a lease on the hall therefore opening it up to a lot of funding.
And so, last night a well-attended meeting in the Hill voted unanimously to go down this route and elected a new committee to sign a lease with the Diocese of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise and run it as a community centre.
The committee elected is as follows:
Chairperson: Martin Skelly MCC
Vice chairperson: Liam Finnegan
Secretary: Helen Hassett
Assistant Secretary: Linda Ferguson.
Treasurer: James Flynn
Assistant Treasurers: Declan Murtagh and Thomas Delaney.
Health and safety officer: Maura Brehon
PRO Thomas Delaney.
Hopefully the committee will have the lease signed shortly and we can look forward to a new beginning for this much-loved community hall.
Of course, while it’s a new beginning, we have to thank the outgoing hall committee for their hard work and dedication to keeping it open and in relatively good condition.
Money was often scarce, but they kept it afloat and heated for all to use, they put a new roof on it last year so it’s safe and weatherproof for long into the future.
While years ago, there was a large committee, it whittled down to four in the end, Fr Kenny as Chairman (Fr Brady prior), Catherine Gallagher as secretary, Peter Hanley as Treasurer and Monica Farrell.
We owe them all a great debt of gratitude for all the hard work and dedication for nearly 40 years.
Catherine also took bookings and had people knocking at her door at all hours for keys.
In recent times we had Yvonne Healy taking on the role of bookings Secretary and we thank her for all the work she does.
Also, we thank Richard Farrell who for years looked after the Hall, always with a smile and a willingness to help out.
Charmaine O’Shea who has taken on that role now looks after the place as if it were her own, we are lucky to have had and still have people like these in our community.
Fr Kenny has been a strong supported of this move towards the community taking charge of the Hill and we thank him for his willingness on an ongoing basis to help out.
So, a new beginning and we hope the community will get behind the idea and fully support the committee going forward.
25 Card Drive Results:
Results from Monday nights 25 drive in The Local as follows:
Winners: Pat and Geraldine Greene.
Runners up: Danny Ganley and Tim Fox.
Six full tables, so still a big attraction for many, keep up the good work.
Thanks to Fiona and staff for venue and refreshments.
Cashel GAA Lotto Results:
Lotto draw held on Monday 27th April 2026
No's drawn: 01-07-16-28
No jackpot winner.
Draw winners:
€30 €5 envelopes to Maureen McCann.
€30 to John McCann,
€20 each to James & Colette Mulvihill and Tony Garvey
Next weeks’ draw will be held in The Local on Monday 4th May and the Jackpot is €2,200
Lotto team on next week's draw is Emily Farrell, Ger Farrell and Gary Beattie
Thanks for your support.
Townland Trivia:
This week we look at Greenhall Lower, pronounced as written and first mentioned in 1713 as Greenhall.
Official Irish name An Halla Glas Iochtarach.
Evidently Greenhall Upper and Lower were once a single townland, but what they were called pre-Conquest is not certain.
The name is probably names for a landowner named Greene and Hall is a common 18th century name for a grand house.
If this is so, the official Irish which means a hall which is green in colour, should read Halla Green or if he was of Irish descent, Halla ui (or mhic) whatever Irish version of the surname Green (there are several) is the right one, then we have Greenhall Upper – Official Irish name An Halla Glas Uachtarach.
Liam Finnegan.