Articles in the Carrickmacross Category

By Veronica Corr The Nelson Doyle Dancers from Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada, visited the Patrick Kavanagh Centre, Inniskeen, last Thursday afternoon, on the first stop of their whistle-stop tour of Ireland. Vice-Mayor of Monaghan County Noel Keelan, who put the item on the itinerary, felt that it was important to bring the dancers to the centre since Patrick Kavanagh is the mascot of their annual Irish Festival in Miramichi. In fact, he and County Mayor Hugh McElvaney were only just back from visiting New Brunswick themselves. Local historian Larry McDermott, who acted as master ...

By Veronica Corr Congratulations to former Carrickmacross reporter for The Northern Standard Blathnaid McCaul, ADCRG, who recently passed her exams with An Coimisiún le Rincí Gaelacha, which means she is now a Commission Certified Irish Dance Adjudicator. Her older sister Sorcha, who is six-time World Champion and toured extensively with Riverdance, also holds the distinction, having completed the same exams two years ago. Blathnaid took her ADCRG along with nine others, and only four out of the ten passed, such is the high standard required. The Sorcha McCaul School of Irish Dancing aside, there ...

CONSIDERABLE public interest was aroused at the weekend into a Health Service Executive report into the death of a 31-year-old South Monaghan lady, following treatment at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, which found that the hospital had “completely failed her”. THE controversial review also stated it was “very concerned” that, after reports into other adverse events at the hospital, a delayed diagnosis of a cancer patient, Carrickmacross lady, Sharon McEneaney, who was a former crèche manager, had occurred. “This calls into question ...

GARDAI are investigating a raid at the weekend on a major machinery centre at Monaghan Road, Castleblayney, in which it was estimated that close on €10,000 worth of equipment was taken. The thieves forced their way through a window to gain entry to the premises owned by Castleblayney Plant Hire Limited and used a vehicle to make their getaway with the equipment in the early hours of last Monday morning. The firm is headed by prominent local businessman Mr. Padraig Watters. Gardai have appealed for any information ...

The free walking tour aims to promote Carrickmacross and highlight the rich heritage that this market town has to offer. The tour visits buildings including the Workhouse, Fever Hospital, Carrickmacross Lace Gallery, St. Joseph’s Church and St. Finbarr’s Church and Essex Castle, in addition to many other stops along the way. This tour is for people of all ages, and welcomes people from Carrickmacross and its surrounding areas, as well as tourists from further afield. The walking tours commence at 11am and meet at Carrickmacross Courthouse every Saturday. You can find the ...

By Cianna McNally Tributes were paid at Monday afternoon’s meeting of Carrickmacross Town Council to outgoing Mayor of the town, Sinn Féin’s Noel Keelan. Before handing over the chain of office to incoming Mayor Darcy Lonergan, Councillor Keelan said that his year representing the people of Carrickmacross had been an honour and a privilege. The role had been challenging at times but he was thankful for the opportunity and hoped that he had been fair to the councillors at their meetings. Cllr Keelan thanked his colleagues on Carrickmacross Town ...

The committee, parents, and children of Carrickmacross Community Childcare wish to sincerely thank everyone that braved the heavy rain last Friday, 8th June, to attend the official opening of their new sensory garden. A large crowd gathered into the Workhouse where they were warmly welcomed by Eileen Gomez, chairperson of the fundraising committee, who outlined the benefits of a sensory garden to children with additional needs. While Carrickmacross Community Childcare has been in operation since 2002 and has always provided playground facilities to children in attendance, until now they were unable to ...

By Cianna McNally Carrickmacross Town Council elected the youngest mayor in Ireland on Monday afternoon, 11th June when Green Party councillor Darcy Lonergan accepted the chain of office. Councillor Lonergan is also the first Green Party member to take on the mayoral role in Carrickmacross. The 22-year-old was unanimously elected after she was proposed by party colleague Kristina Jankaitiene and seconded by Sinn Féin’s Matt Carthy. Councillor Jankaitiene described Cllr Lonergan as being wise beyond her years and said that she held a degree in politics and was in the process of completing a ...

• Michael McDonnell Gardai are still appealing for information following last Friday’s audacious raid on a bank in Kingscourt which resulted in a number of vehicles on the street catching fire. An armed and masked gang rammed the door of the Bank of Ireland at Main Street, Kingscourt with a white-coloured Citroen van a short time before 5pm. Two of the men then confronted staff — who had just closed to the public for the day — while armed with handguns. A substantial sum of cash is reported ...

FIRE units from three Co. Monaghan towns were called yesterday (Wed) to deal with a major fire which swept through an industrial store on the outskirts of Carrickmacross.  The premises, which formerly used by Barford Meats Limited, was discovered ablaze shortly after lunch-time.  A huge pall of smoke engulfed a wide area around the town as the fire raged between 2 and 3 p.m. Fire units from Carrickmacross, Castleblayney and Ballybay were called to the scene and helped to prevent the hazard of the fire spreading ...