Drumcliffe/Rosses Point GAA Club Notes
The Oxfield committee will launch their Christmas fundraising members draw this Thursday night (24th) in the Yeats Tavern, Drumcliffe, at 9:30pm. Work has started on the construction of the new dressing-room and toilet facilities at the Oxfield Centre. We’d like encourages club members to attend Thursday’s launch and to support…
Drumcliffe/Rosses Point GAA Club Notes
Drumcliffe/Rosses Point GAA Club Notes Sunday, October 30th, 2016 There was disappointment for our girls U16 footballers in the county ‘A’ championship final last Thursday night when a spirited second-half display came up just short against Tourlestrane on a final scoreline of 2-12 to 3-4. It was an enthralling contest…
Drumcliffe/Rosses Point Club Notes
Sunday, October 23rd, 2016 Congratulations to our senior men’s footballers who regained Division 1 status for 2017 thanks to an impressive 1-15 to 1-6 win over Geevagh in last Sunday’s Division 2 league final at Markievicz Park. The team produced a fine hour of football with all bar four of…
Pay-by-weight system just two weeks away
The new pay-by weight system will come into effect for all housholders in the north west in exactly two weeks on the first of July. The idea of it is similar to that of the water charges – it aims to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill and…
Drumcliffe parish facing €10,000 bill after break-in at church
A North Sligo parish community is now facing a bill of up to €10,000 following a break-in to their church. It occurred at Drumcliffe Church, beside which the Nobel winning poet William Butler Yeats is buried. The thieves stole a security system, which had only recently been installed. Archdeacon Isaac…
Drumcliffe/Rosses Point GAA Club Notes
Sunday, May 22nd, 2016 The boys minor footballers came from four points down at half-time to run out convincing 6-14 to 1-11 winners against St Michael’s and collect their second league win in Division 3 at Oxfield last Friday evening. Team: Ronan McCormack (C), Jack McLoughlin Luke McDermott, Noah Harte,…