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2015 County Roscommon Ballyfarnon
Tidy Towns Competition 2015 Adjudication Report Centre: Ballyfarnon Ref: 291 County: Roscommon Mark: 296 Category: B Date(s): 25/06/2015 Maximum Mark Mark Mark Awarded 2014 Awarded 2015 Community Involvement & Planning 60 42 42 Built Environment and Streetscape 50 39 40 Landscaping and Open Spaces 50 40 40 Wildlife, Habitats and Natural Amenities 50 28 30 Sustainable Waste and Resource Management 50 18 20 Tidiness and Litter Control 90 61 62 Residential Streets & Housing Areas 50 28 28 Approach Roads, Streets & Lanes 50 33 34 TOTAL MARK 450 289 296 Community Involvement & Planning / Rannpháirtíocht an Phobail & Pleanáil: Ballyfarnon is most welcome to the 2015 Tidy Towns competition. Many thanks for your application form with additional information. There are a number of easy ways in which you could enhance the presentation of your application form. In the first instance it is recommended that you use the electronic form over the hardcopy. This will give you all the space you need to describe your projects clearly and succinctly. The second point is to do with your additional information. The adjudicator welcomes the use of photos but these should be limited in number and be specifically related to projects undertaken. It is best to leave long descriptions out in favour brief captions which refer back to the application form. If presenting before and after photographs one of each is quite sufficient. Your additional information was tied together rather loosely in four different collections and this presented the adjudicator with a rather unwieldy volume of material. You could use a small ring binder or, better still, insert the photos digitally into the application form, thereby eliminating the need for loose pages. -
N5 Ballaghaderreen to Scramoge Road Project Natura Impact Statement DECEMBER 2017
N5 Ballaghaderreen to Scramoge Road Project Natura Impact Statement DECEMBER 2017 Roughan & O’Donovan - AECOM Alliance Roscommon County Council Consulting Engineers N5 Ballaghaderreen to Scramoge Road Project N5 Ballaghaderreen to Scramoge Road Project Natura Impact Statement TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 1 1.1 General Introduction ............................................................................................ 1 2. DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT ........................................................................... 3 2.1 Site Location ........................................................................................................ 3 2.2 Description of the Proposed Road Development .................................................. 3 2.2.1 Baseline Ecology Environment ................................................................. 4 3. SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT SCREENING ......................... 6 3.1 Background to European Sites ............................................................................ 6 3.1.1 European Sites ......................................................................................... 6 3.2 European Sites in the Zone of Impact of the Proposed Road Development ......... 7 3.3 Conclusions of Appropriate Assessment Screening Report ................................. 7 4. NATURA IMPACT ASSESSMENT .................................................................... 9 4.1 Annaghmore Lough -
Local Authority Arts Officers: Contact Details
APPENDIX IV: Local Authority Arts Officers: Contact Details Carlow County Council Donegal County Council County Offices, Athy Road, Carlow Co Library, Rosemount, Letterkenny, www.carlow.ie Co Donegal Sinead Dowling www.donegal.ie T: 059 9170 301 Traolach O`Fionnáin E: [email protected] T: 074 9121 968 E: [email protected] Cavan County Council Farnham Centre, Farnham St, Cavan Dublin City Council www.cavanarts.ie The Arts Centre, The LAB, Catríona O`Reilly Foley Street, Dublin 1 T: 049 4378 548 www.dublincity.ie E: [email protected] Ray Yeates T: 01 2227 849 Clare County Council E: [email protected] County Library, Mill Road, Ennis www.clarelibrary.ie Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Siobhán Mulcahy County Council T: 065 6899 091 County Hall, Marine Road, E: [email protected] Dun Laoghaire www.dlrcoco.ie Cork City Council Kenneth Redmond City Hall, Cork T: 01 2719 508 www.corkcity.ie E: [email protected] Liz Meaney T: 021 492 4298 Ealaín na Gaeltachta Teo E: [email protected] Udarás na Gaeltachta, Doirí Beaga, Litir Ceanainn Cork County Council www.ealain.ie County Hall, Carrigohane Road, Cork Micheál O Fearraigh www.corkcoco.ie T: 074 9531 200 / 9560 100 Ian McDonagh E: [email protected] T: 021 4346 210 E: [email protected] APPENDIX IV: LOCAL AUTHORITY ARTS OFFICERS: CONTACT DETAILS continued Fingal County Council Kilkenny County Council Fingal County Hall, Main Street, John`s Street, Kilkenny Swords, Co Dublin www.kilkennycoco.ie/eng/services/arts www.fingalarts.ie Mary Butler Rory O`Byrne T: 056 7794 138 T: 01 8905 099 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Laois County Council Galway City Council Aras an Chontae, Portlaoise, Co Laois City Hall, College Road, Galway www.laois.ie www.galway.ie Muireann Ní Chonaill James Harrold T: 057 8674 344 T: 091 5365 46 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] Leitrim County Council Galway County Council Áras an Chontae, Carrick on Shannon, Aras an Chontae, Prospect Hill, Galway Co. -
Beirne O'beirne
Beirne With or without the “0” prefix, the Beirnes are an important sept of North Connacht. They have inhabited northeastern County Roscom- O’Beirne mon beside the Shannon for two millennia. O’Beirne belongs almost exclusively to Connacht. One branch, allied to the MacDermots and the other leading Roscommon families, in the thirteenth century displaced the O’Monahans as chiefs of a territory called Tir Briuin between Elphin and Jamestown on the Co. Roscommon side of the Shannon. The O’Beirnes appear as such in the “Composition Book of Connacht” (1585), and in 1850 there was still an O’Beirne of Dangan-t-Beirn in that territory. The other branch possessed territory in the adjoining county of Mayo, north of Ballinrobe. At the present time, O’Beirnes are chiefly found in Counties Roscommon and Leitrim. The O’Beirnes are predominantly Gaodhail (Milesian) Celts but with blood of the Fir Bolgs (Belgae) and possibly of those Norwegian Vikings who settled on the banks of the Shannon where the O’Beirnes lived and who may have given them their surname. From historic times, some also must have blood of the French or Spanish and many of the English. The “Book of Irish Pedigrees” states that they are de- scended from Milesius of Spain through his son Heremon who reigned in Connacht circa 1700BC. It further records that in the 12th century, the O’Beirnes /O Birns were chiefs of Muintir O’Mannnachain, a ter- ritory along the Shannon from the parish of Ballintober to Elphin in Roscommon. Family Tree DNA and the researchers at the University of Arizona have identified a particular subglade for O’Beirne descen- dants that connects them to a specific area of Roscommon. -
Ballaghaderreen and the Mayo-Roscommon Boundary
..;.. BALLAGHADERREEN AND THE MAYO-ROSCOMMON BOUNDARY h Map Location of Ballaa:haderreen: In 1824 the British Parliament authorised a survey of the whole island of Ireland, at a scale of six inches to one mile. This undertaking was entrusted to the military Board of Ordnance, and the survey became known as the Ordnance Survey. The beautiful 6" maps, produced as a ,result of the survey, were published over the years 1833 to 1846. The maps for County Roscommon appeared in 1837; those for County Mayo in 1838. If one wishes to find the map of the Ballaghaderreen area in that first Ordnance Survey, one turns to Mayo, sheet 74. After the first survey, the Ordnance Survey - as the surveying body became known - continued the work of mapping the country. It produced maps at different scales, and it published revisions of earlier maps. A major revision of the original 6" maps took place in the early years of this century. If one wishes to find the map of Ballaghaderreen area in this edition, one must now tum to Roscommon, sheet 8. Clearly by that time Ballaghaderreen had moved to County Roscommon. The Ordnance Survey does not, of course, decide the county boundaries. It simply follows the boundaries laid down by the bodies, who organise local government in the country. These bodies, sometime near the end of the last century, decided that the boundary between Counties Mayo and Roscommon should be re-drawn, so as to bring the Ballaghaderreen area from Mayo into Roscommon. Since the boundary was over three hundred years old at that time, it seems of interest to ask who made the change, and why they made it. -
Mary O'flanagan
Hidden gems and Forgotten People COUNTY ROSCOMMON ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY Mary O’Flanagan Early in the 1940s Castlerea and its surrounding areas were still without any post- primary educational facilities. It is recognised that, at that time secondary education was still reserved for the privileged few. However, Mary O’Flanagan, who was joined by her sister Bea, was to change all that. A native of Cloonfower, Castlerea, Mary O’Flanagan was educated at Cloonbonniffe NS and later at the Dominican Convent, Eccles Street, Dublin. She went on to attend University College Galway where she obtained a BA a B.Com, her H. Dip and an MA. She taught for a short time in Navan, Tubbercurry and in France before returning to Castlerea to set up the first co-educational school in the town, a system of education that was very controversial at the time. On September 4th, 1940 Mean Scoil Iosef Naofa was founded at St. Patrick Street. It opened with 13 students, but by the end of the year the number had increased to 26. Mary O’Flanagan later purchased a building further down Patrick Street which was to become the school’s permanent home until free education was introduced in 1968 and then the numbers doubled. Mary O’Flanagan remained principal until her retirement in 1979. In 1983 it amalgamated with the Vocational School, which subsequently amalgamated with the Convent Secondary School in 1993 to form Castlerea Community School. Past pupils tell many stories of Mary O’s exploits – and she will go down in the history books as the woman who patrolled the streets to make sure that none of her students were out after 5 pm. -
ROINN COSANTA. BUREAU of MILITARY HISTORY, 1913-21. STATEMENT by WITNESS DOCUMENT NO. WS 692 Witness James Quigley, Sandpark
ROINN COSANTA. BUREAU OF MILITARY HISTORY, 1913-21. STATEMENT BY WITNESS 692 DOCUMENT NO. W.S. Witness James Quigley, Sandpark, Tulsk, Co. Roscommon. Identity. Member of Irish Volunteers, South Roscommon, O/C. 2nd Battalion south Roscommon Brigade, 1918 Subject. National activities, South 1917-1921. Conditions, ii any, Stipulated by Witness. Nil File No. S.2000 FormB.S.M.2 STATEMENT OF MR. QUTGLEY Sandpark Tulsk, Co. Roscommon. I was born at Rathconnor Four Mile House, Co. Roscommon and went to School in Carnalasson Schools and later to Farraher Christian Brothers Schools. My father was associated with the Fenian Movement hut it was not through him I inherited my rebel tendencies as he tried to impress on me to have nothing to do with such movements. It was through my association with the G.A.A. that I became interested in the Independence Movement. In travelling around to Football Matches I met and listened to the talk of many of the men who afterwards became prominent in the Movement. Though my football associations I got to know Liam Mellows. In 1916 during the period of the Rebellion our house was raided and searched by Police and Soldiers. I cannot say why this was done. Perhaps my association with some of the men who took part in the Rebellion through Football led them to believe I was also mixed up in it or it may have been on account of my father's Fenian association. I decided then that as I had the name I might as well have the gains. "Joining the Irish Volunteers". -
8-Strategic-Transport-Assessment.Pdf
Strategic Transport Assessment Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER 1 PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION OVERVIEW – NATIONAL , REGIONAL AND LOCAL 3 1.1 Policy Hierarchy 3 1.2 The National Spatial Strategy (NSS) 3 1.2.1 Aims of National Spatial Strategy 3 1.2.2 Transport and the National Spatial Strategy 4 1.2.3 The Regional Planning Guidelines (RPGs) for the West Region 2010-2022 4 1.2.4 Transport and the RPGs 4 1.2.5 Smarter Travel – A Sustainable Transport Future A New Transport Policy for Ireland 2009 - 2020 5 1.2.6 National Cycle Policy Framework 5 1.3 Transport, County and Local Development Plans 5 1.3.1 Local Planning Policy: Settlements and Transportation 5 1.3.2 The County Development Plan - Key Sustainable Development and Transport Policies and Objectives and Specific Objectives 9 1.3.3 Local Planning Policies 9 1.3.4 Local Area Plans and Area Plans- Key Sustainable Development and Transport Objectives and Specific Objectives 9 1.4 Summary 10 Chapter 2 Overview of Road and Rail Transportation Networks National, Regional and Local 11 2.1 Introduction 11 2.2 Roads Overview – County Roscommon 15 2.2.1 National Roads 15 2.2.2 Regional Roads 15 2.2.3 Local Roads 15 2.4 Strategic Roads Investment 16 2.4.1 Proposed Roads Projects 16 2.5 The Rail Network – overview 16 Chapter 3 Transport Demand Types 19 3.1 Vehicular Travel 19 3.2 Rail Travel – Overview of Service within County Roscommon 20 3.2.1 Train Schedules 21 3.2.2 Rail Travel for Work Commuters 22 3.2.3 Rail Travel – Recent Patronage Trends 22 3.2.4 Rail Travel -
The Subjection of Connaught
The Subjection of Connaught The O’Conors of Connaught an Historical Memoir, compiled from a MS of The Late John O’Donovan, LL.D. with additions From the State Papers and Public Records By the Rt. Hon. Charles Owen O’Conor Don (1891) A.D. 1476-1503. Owen (Caech) “ O’Conor Don,” Son of Felim Geancach. A.D. 1474-1485. BETWEEN the death of Felim O’Conor in 1474, and the death of his son Owen in 1485, little reference is made to the latter in any of the public records of the period, from which we may safely conclude that he was more peacefully inclined than some of his predecessors. He did not immediately succeed to the chieftaincy after his father’s death, as he was in captivity at that time, and, as mentioned above, the O’Conor Don sept was for a short period represented by a certain Teige O’Conor. This Teige was killed in 1476, when Owen, surnamed Caech, or the short-sighted, assumed the chieftaincy. He married Dervorgilla, [1] the daughter of Felim Finn, O’Conor Roe, and ac- cordingly we find him and Felim Finn close allies in all the family conflicts which sub- sequently arose. These conflicts were varied by attacks made by O’Donnell upon O’Conor Sligo and the English, and for several successive years little is recorded in the Irish chron- icles save the exploits of O’Donnell. In 1478 the annalists record that disputes arose “ between Felim Finn and O’Conor Don on the one side, and the young sons of Teige O’Conor, the descendants of Felim, and the sons of O’Conor Roe on the other,” and Turlough Roe, the son of Roderic, the son of Felim, “ a choice son of a king, was slain.” At this period the English influence in Connaught was very slight. -
Repair Reuse Repair & Reuse
REPAIR REUSE REPAIR & REUSE R O S C O MMO N 2nd Edition Roscommon Repair & Reuse Directory Waste Prevention is one of the main principles of the current Connaught Ulster Regional Waste Management Plan. Roscommon County Council has compiled the 2nd edition of the Repair and Reuse Directory to encourage people to reduce consumer consumption by promoting the repair of household items rather than disposing of them, thereby reducing waste generation. Roscommon County Council would like to acknowledge the assistance of the following groups in collating the repair services contained within this directory: • Ballintubber Tidy Towns • Castlecoote Tidy Towns • Roscommon Tidy Towns • Roosky Tidy Towns • Strokestown Tidy Towns Roscommon County Council does not advocate or endorse any listing. Prior to using any service, please ensure that you are satisfied with the service provider’s relevant experience, authorisation and liability cover. 2 Contents • Bicycle Repairs 4 • Clothes Alterations 4 • Clothes Alterations & Hat Upcycling 5 • Computer & Mobile Phones Repairs 6 • Domestic Appliances Repairs 7 • Domestic Appliances Repairs (continued) 8 • Furniture Repair & Upholstery 9 • Iron Gates & Railing Restoration 9 • Jewellery & Watch Repairs 10 • Lawnmowers & Garden Machine ry Repairs 11 • Leather & Shoe Repairs 11 • Musical Instrument Repairs 12 • Old Photo Restoration 12 • Sports Equipment Repair 12 • Window & Door Repairs 13 • Roof & Gutter Repairs 13 • Second-Hand Shops 15 • Charity Shops 15 • Charity Shops (continued) 17 • Upcycling Workshops 19 • Men’s Sheds Groups 19 3 Bicycle Repairs & Servicing Chain Driven Cycles Main Street, Boyle, Co. Roscommon Tel: 086 3540627 | Email: [email protected] Repairs to Bicycles, Kids Scooters, accepts Trade ins. Lecarrow Bicycle Repairs Dermot Kelly, Lecarrow, Co. -
Roscommon Summer Programmes July 2021
Roscommon Summer Programmes July 2021 WHAT Where WHEN WHO CONTACT Adventure Trip – Closed Group Roscommon 04/06/2021 10-12 Yrs Gary STEM Group Castlerea 06/07/2021 10-12 Yrs Gary Sports Day/ Water balloon wars Castlerea 07/07/2021 10-12 Yrs Gary Wellness Method- Closed Group Castlerea 07/07/2021 18-24 Yrs Linda Dance Group Roscommon 08/07/2021 10-12 Yrs Gary Beginners Coding Roscommon 08/07/2021 10-12 Yrs Gary Intermediate Coding Roscommon 08/07/2021 10-12 Yrs Gary Next Step Programme 18-24 Yrs Online July 13th, 20th, 21st 18-24 Yrs Linda Junior Guitar Group Boyle 13/07/2021 10-12 Yrs Sean Sports Day / Water Balloon Wars Roscommon 13/07/2021 10-12 Yrs Gary STEM Group Roscommon 14/07/2021 10-12 Yrs Gary Music Generation Camp Castlerea 15/07/2021 13-17 Yrs Gary Junior Guitar Group Ballaghaderreen 19/07/2021 10-12 Yrs Sean Zip It Trip – Closed Group Castlerea 19/07/2021 13-17 Yrs Gary Forest Games Castlerea 20/07/2021 10-12 Yrs Gary Anime Day Roscommon 21/07/2021 10-12 Yrs Gary Music Generation Camp Castlerea 22/07/2021 10-12 Yrs Gary Surfing Trip – Closed Group Roscommon 23/07/2021 15-24 Yrs Gary Transition Programme Monksland 26/07/2021 6th Class Aoife Transition Programme Strokestown 27/07/2021 6th Class Karen Transition Programme Castlerea 28/07/2021 6th Class Gary Transition Programme Roscommon 29/07/2021 6th Class Gary Bike Safety Programme Ballaghaderreen July 6th & 8th 10-13 Yrs Sean Online Transition Programme Online 07/07/2021 6th Class Sean Transition Programme Boyle 14/07/2021 6th Class Sean Fishing Day Boyle 15/07/2021 10-12 -
Wildflowers of County Roscommon Yelly Flag Meadow Sweet Dandelion Seed Head Birdsfoot Trefoil Water Avens
Wildflowers of County Roscommon Yelly Flag Meadow Sweet Dandelion Seed Head Birdsfoot Trefoil Water Avens Here are some special places in County Wildflowers of Wildflowers of Roscommon special interest in to see the best County Roscommon County Roscommon The Pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea) wildflowers... is a bogland plant native to North America Ox-eye Daisy but was introduced into Ireland in the early Annaghmore Lough 1900s and planted in a few midland bogs. Primrose Annaghmore Lough The plant is carnivorous. The leaf is pitcher near Strokestown shaped and holds water. Insects fall into the water and the plant absorbs nutrients from Bogs throughout the county the dead insects. Hedgerows everywhere This tall plant grows in one bog near the river Shannon in northeast Roscommon. Lake O’Flynn near Ballinlough Lough Allen shore Pitcher Plant Lough Funshinagh Lough Ree shore Mote Park Wood and bog Lough Key Forest Park Protected St John’s Wood Wildflowers A number of wild plants are protected Suck Valley under the Flora Protection Order 1999. In County Roscommon two protected wildflower species grow; Mudwort (Limosella aquatica) and Irish Lady’s Tresses (Spiranthes romanzoffiana). Both species have been recorded near Lough Allen in North Roscommon. Irish Lady’s Tresses Produced by Roscommon County Council © 2009 Text and images: John J Earley MSc. © 2009 Funded by the Heritage Council. Wildflowers of County Roscommon Wild orchids County Spring Wildflowers In early Spring with the lengthening days and warmer weather the first signs of new in Roscommon Roscommon season plant growth begin to appear. Generally the catkins appear on the Hazel tree around the first week of February.