Manorhamilton

CONNACHT SCÓR WINS

The Glencar/ Manor GAA Club enjoyed double success at the recent Connacht Senior Scór finals in St Brigid’s Hall Tubbercurry when both their figure dance and set dance troupes claimed provincial titles.

It was a great achievement for the North Leitrim Club’s dancers when one considers that two of the seven Connacht titles on offer in Tubbercurry were won by the Glencar/ Manor representatives.

In the Connacht Scór figure dance final, the clubs competing against Glencar/ Manor were Castlebar Mitchels from Mayo and Kilglass Gaels from Roscommon. The members of the winning Glencar/ Manor troupe on Saturday were Aoife Feeney, Niamh Fox, Holly Beardmore, Bronagh Rooney, Aidan McLoughlin ( deputising for Brendan Byrne), Owen Clancy and Evan Sweeney.

Meanwhile, Glencar/ Manor’s opponents in the Connacht Scór set dance final were Elphin from Roscommon and Meelick/ Eyrecourt from Galway. The winning Glencar Manor set dance troupe members were Nicole Clancy, Amanda Sweeney, Bronagh Rooney, Clare McMorrow, Shane Connaire, Declan Byrne, Aidan McLoughlin and Michael Joe Rooney.

Glencar/ Manor will compete at the all- Ireland Senior Scór finals in the Waterfront Hall Belfast on Saturday, May 6, starting at 3 p. m.

ART WINNERS

St Clare’s Primary School had most worthy winners from its first, second and fifth classes in the recent Sligo Feis Ceoil art competitions when Adam, Hannah, Anastasia, Aimee and Áine took home notable awards from the annual long- running prestigious Sligo event that was first held in 1903.

The Sligo Feis Ceoil awards were presented to the St Clare’s Primary School students recently at a prize giving ceremony in the Sligo Park Hotel. St Clare’s Primary School is always delighted to participate in the Sligo Feis Ceoil competitions. Some St Clare’s students are currently fully engaged reciting, and indeed re- reciting, their poetry and drama pieces for Feis Ceoil’s competitions in early April.

NETWORK MEETING

The next North Leitrim Community Development Network meeting takes place in the Bee Park Community Centre Manorhamilton on Tuesday night, April 11, at 8 p. m.

All North Leitrim voluntary community organisations and groups from Tarmon to Tullaghan and from Dromahair to Dowra are invited to send representa- tives to their Network meeting in Manorhamilton on Tuesday night, April 11.

VINTAGE CLUB MEETING

The next meeting of the Northwest Vintage and Heritage Club takes place in Bee Park Community Centre Manorhamilton on this Thursday night, April 6, at 9 p. m.

All members are requested to attend and new members will be most welcome. More information on the Northwest Vintage and Heritage Club is available from Tommy ( 087 9489057) or Seán ( 086 4009070) or Tommy ( 087 2328319).

GRAVES CEREMONIES

The dates for the 2017 Blessing of the Graves ceremonies in the parish of Cloonclare-Killasnett Cemeteries are – Sunday, July 16, in Diffreen and Killenora Glencar; Sunday, July 23, in St Clare’s and Cloonclare Manorhamilton and Sunday, July 30, in Mullies and Kilroosk.

DISTRICT NEWS

Please send items for the Manorhamilton District News to PJ Leddy at pjleddy@ yahoo. com by 8 a. m. at the latest on Friday morning.