Manorhamilton

HILLWALKING FESTIVAL

Folkloric tales of lake monsters i.e. the Glenade Lough’s An Dobharchú, recent archaeological finds and the opportunity of panoramic views of the Sligo and Donegal coastlines will enchant the walker at the annual North Leitrim Glens Hill Walking Festival this Easter in the stunning Glenade Valley on this Saturday, March 31, and on this Sunday, April 1, The festival run by the dynamic Holey Soles Hillwalking Club will also see the inaugural Walk of the Arroo Trail Head on Easter Sunday, made possible by the inspirational co-operation between local landowners and agencies for the benefit of the general public.

A special festival evening event in Manorhamilton’s Glens Centre will give the walkers and the public a chance to wind down with a film by documentary maker Michael Brown.

Now in its 25th year, the North Leitrim Glens Hill Walking Festival will be exploring Glenade, or the ‘Jealous Valley’ as it’s known in local folklore, and somewhat like Scotland’s Lough Ness and its monster.

For more information on the North Leitrim Hill Walking festival please see – sites.google.com/ site/hshillwalkers – the Holey Soles Hillwalking Club website.

AUTO JUMBLE

All the proceeds from the Northwest Vintage and Heritage Club Auto Jumble and car boot sale that will take place in Manorhamilton’s Bee Park Community Centre on Sunday, April 8, starting at 11 a.m., will go to Cancer Care West and the MS Thera- py Centre Sligo.

In conjunction with the Auto Jumble, the Northwest Vintage Club is promoting a massive draw in Leitrim plus the surrounding counties and for which tickets will be widely on sale this week at locations in all the leading towns.

The massive draw itself will take place at the Auto Jumble event on April 8 at 3 p.m. in the Bee Park Community Centre. All, who wish to book a table at the Auto Jumble costing €10 should contact Tommy, phone 087 9489057 or Seán, phone 086 4009070 or Tommy 087 2328319.

NETWORK MEETING

A meeting of the North Leitrim Community Network will take place on Tuesday night, April 3, at 8 p.m. in Caisleán Hamilton Café Manorhamilton (beside the castle).

The meeting will discuss what funding opportunities for North Leitrim community and voluntary organisations (groups) are currently available, as well Network planning for the year ahead.

All North Leitrim Community Network member organisations and voluntary groups are invited to send representatives to this meeting. Meantime other North Leitrim organisations and voluntary groups, from Tarmon to Tullaghan and from Dowra to Dromahair, who are not members of the Network, are also welcome.

SARAH’S GOOD RUN

St Clare’s Comprehensive School’s Sarah Brady, who finished an excellent fourth in the recent Connacht Schools Cross Country finals Intermediate Girls 3,000 meters race in Calry, was also Leitrim’s top finisher in the provincial championships.

The Intermediate Girls 3,000 meters race was won by Maeve Gallagher St Joseph’s Secondary School Castlebar. Eala McDermott Mercy College Sligo finished second and Sarah Gilhooley Presentation College Athenry placed third. After her fine run, Sarah Brady finished a very close fourth to Ms Gilhooley.

DISTRICT NEWS

Please send items for the Manorhamilton District News by 8 a.m. at the latest on Friday morning to PJ Leddy at pjleddy@ yahoo.com. 071 9164958 before 5 p.m. on Thursday.