Mohill
Girl Makes TV Debut
Mohill
native Katherine Lynch made her television debut on
Tuesday night, January 15th, in the first part of a
three-part mini-series titled 'Katherine Lynch's Working
Girls'.
The series could be described as a comedy 'Mockumentary'
which documents the lives of three very different Irish
women, all played by comic Katherine. The first episode
introduced us to the character 'Singing Bernie Walsh',
a wannabe country and western superstar from a traveling
background. Katherine is the daughter of Tom and Maureen
Lynch, who reside at Castle Gardens in Mohill. She
is the eldest in a family of four children, with John,
Mary
and Michael being her siblings, and members of the
'Lynch Gang'. The family is well known in Gaelic Athletic
Association
circles while Maureen Lynch is the niece of the famous
Irish poet Patrick Kavanagh, 1904 - 1967.
American
Tourist?
Rare
Bird Sighted Near Mohill
A
Blue Winged Teal, which is not usually found outside
the American Continents, was sighted at Cloonfinnan
Lake near
Mohill on January 12th. The distinctly marked drake
is a native of the southern half of the United States
and the
northern countries of South America. It is not known
what would have brought this lovely bird to our shores.
The
adult male has a grayish head with a white facial
crescent, a brown
body with a small white patch near the rear, and a
black
tail. Both male and female of the species have a blue
patch on their wing, which is especially prominent
during flight.
Their natural habitat is in marshes and ponds in Central
and North America, and they usually migrate in late
autumn to Central and South America. There have been
very few
sightings of these birds in Europe but their distinctive
markings and
yellow legs set them apart from European species. These
birds usually feed on plants and in shallow water.
The mating call
of the male is a short whistle, while the female uses
a soft 'quack'.
50th
Wedding Anniversary
John
Patrick and Teresa Bohan from Lough Rynn, Mohill, celebrated
their 50th wedding anniversary on January
2nd. Teresa is
a former President of the Leitrim Gaelic Athletic
Association County Board and a long serving President
of the Mohill
G.A.A. Club.
More
Developments For County Leitrim
Despite
growing concerns about the construction industry and
property market, a number of planning
permits
have been made for further developments in
the county. Over
the next
few weeks the local planning authority will
decide whether or not to give the green light to the
residential developments
in Carrick-On-Shannon, Manorhamilton and Kinlough.
Rally
Ireland Generates 48 Million Euros
Last
November's Rally Ireland W.T.C. (World Rally Championship),
which featured three
Co. Leitrim
stages, generated
a massive 48 Million Euros in revenue according
to a recent
research
carried out by the University of Ulster.
G.A.A.
News
Scór Na nÓg
Finals
Scór Na nÓg is a competition which is affiliated
with the Gaelic Athletic Association, specializing in Irish
culture, language, dancing and music. Four Co. Leitrim
clubs tasted success at this season's Connacht Scór
Na nÓg finals in Claremorris, Co. Mayo, on
January 19th. The successful acts were Rachel McLoughlin
representing
Mohill in solo singing, Fintan Fitzpatrick representing
Aughnasheelin in recitation, The Sean O'Heslin's
ballad group and the Fenagh St. Cailin's dancers.
We now look
forward to the All-Ireland Finals in Athlone, Co.
Westmeath.
Co.
Leitrim Sports News
Who Wants to be a Thousandaire?
The
Leitrim Ladies County Board recently commenced their
new fundraising campaign with the launch
of a 'Who Wants
to be a Thousandaire?' competition in Clarke's
Hotel a few weeks back. The competition will take
place in Clarke's
Rynn Valley Lodge Hotel in Mohill on February
1st. Commencing at 8:30 PM the event will be run on
the
basis of the TV
show 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?' The committee
members include Damian Brennan, Mary Shanley,
Mary Clancy, Gerry
Stenson, Geraldine Creamer, Jerome Quinn and
Kathleen McManus.
Connacht
F.B.D. League
(The
F.B.D. League is an Irish football league sponsored by
the Federation of Business Disciplines
Irish Insurance
Board.)
Galway 0 - 13
Leitrim 1 - 9
Leitrim
Seniors were most unfortunate to be pipped at the post
by their Galway counterparts
in the
F.B.D. Connacht League following a controversial,
competitive
and thrilling encounter played in the county grounds in Carrick
on January 13th. Leitrim had midfielder
Michael Duignan sent off quite early in
the second
half in a case of mistaken identity. The match referee has
since admitted he made a mistake and issued an
apology
to the
player in question and to the Leitrim
County Board. Leitrim scored what looked like a perfect point
in the closing stages, which went up
on the scoreboard,
but was signaled wide by the umpire,
a scenario which left supporters somewhat confused. Leitrim
Manager, Des Dolan, has requested a replay but the
Galway County
Board is unwilling to facilitate
a refixture.
Leitrim
chalked up their second win in the Connacht F.B.D.
League courtesy of a 0 - 12 to 0 -
7 victory over reigning Connacht champions Sligo
in Carrick on January 20th. Having earlier in the competition
beaten the students of G.M.I.T. (Galway-Mayo
Institute
of Technology),
Leitrim would now be in
a final, only for the controversial defeat at the hands
of Galway.
Hastings
Cup
Our
Leitrim Under-21 footballers have suffered two defeats
in this year's Hastings Cup competition
and
have lost out to
neighbors
Longford and
Roscommon.
Hurling
Our
county hurlers have yet to get off the mark for this
year, suffering defeats to next door neighbors
Sligo
and Roscommon.
Basketball
The
Senior Girls basketball team from Carrick-On-Shannon
Community School qualified for the All-Ireland
semi-finals following
a round robin series
of games held
in Limerick recently.
Boxing
Sean
McDermott's Boxing Club recently held it's annual tournament
in Killague. The bouts
were
held in various
weights and age
groups. There
were also
two female bouts for the first time. The
participants came from the five Counties
of Leitrim, Sligo, Donegal, Derry and Tyrone.
Soccer
A
famous face from the past appeared in County Leitrim
during the month of January
when
former Glasgow Celtic
star John
'Yogi Bear'
Hughes
attended a
party for Celtic supporter Sean Pilkilinton
to mark the occasion of Sean's 60th
birthday. The
celebration
was
held at the
Barge Steakhouse in Leitrim
Village. Sean's parents both come from
County Leitrim.
Leitrim
G.A.A. Annual Awards Night
The
Bush Hotel in Carrick-On-Shannon hosted this year's Annual
County Board Awards Night recently.
Guests of honor on the night were the Leitrim Ladies
Team, who captured the Inaugural All-Ireland Intermediate
title
in 2007. Award winners honored on this gala occasion
were Hall of Famer, Pat Conifrey; Senior County Player
of the
Year, Conor McCauley; Under-16 Player of the Year, Shane
Flanagan; Referee of the Year, Michael Leydon; Under-Age
Referee of the Year, Pat Flanagan; County Hurler, Niall
Glancy; Young Hurler, Morgan Quinn; Club Grounds of the
Year, Kilturbrid; Ladies County Player of the Year, Michelle
Reynolds; Club Hurler, Michael Dolan; Senior Handballer,
Tony Cullen; Junior Handballer, Aidan Gilmartin; Ladies
Handballer, Shauna Clancy; Club Player of the Year, Gene
Bohan.
