Articles in the Carrickmacross Category

Carrickmacross Lions Club has announced that Hassan and Hussein Benhaffaf will lead this year’s Twin(s) + Parade sponsored by Healthy Hearts, Healthy Lives on June 4th 2011. The 17-month-old former conjoined miracle twins who recently met Queen Elizabeth II, will travel to Carrickmacross for the festival weekend accompanied by their parents Azzedine and Angie and their sisters Malika (7) and Iman (3). The boys who were joined from the chest to the pelvis and had only one leg each were separated after a 14 hour operation in London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital ...

By Veronica Corr PROUD FATHER Joe Liffey, originally from President Barack Obama’s ancestral home of Moneygall, but now living at Creevy Lake, Carrickmacross, contacted took this picture of his six-month-old son Ryan being held by the American President during his trip to the small village in County Offaly on Monday last. Ryan’s dad Joe said that he had never seen his home village, with a population of just 300 people so busy, stating that there were Gardaí, army and Secret Service personnel everywhere. Joe and his wife Darina, who are avid fans of ...

By Veronica Corr Gardai were called to a stand-off at Quinn’s Superstore, Castleblayney Road, Carrickmacross when representatives of the receivers appointed by AIB Bank, arrived at the business premises with instructions to change the locks on Friday evening last. It is understood that the owners Michael and Bridget Quinn tried to prevent locksmiths from doing so. Kavanagh Fennell Ltd. were appointed as receivers to the business by AIB Bank on January 13th last, as €7.2 million was owed to them. It has also been reported that the Quinn’s recent ...

The Duffy quads, Thomas, Orla, Niall and JohnPaul recently celebrated their 30th birthday in their hometown of Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan. Born on May 7, 1981 at Craigavon Area Hospital in Co. Armagh, the four siblings were delivered by Dr. David Lowry and are Ireland’s first known natural surviving quadruplets. Parents Peader and Elizabeth Duffy raised the quads in Kilsaran, Castlebellingham, Co. Louth along with their younger brother Conor (26) and older sister Roisin (31). Interestingly, their father Peadar Duffy is originally from Lough na Garnaman, Carrickmacross.

Gardai are warning homeowners to be especially vigilant about valuable vehicles parked outside their houses at night, following a spate of “creeper theft” incidents in which high-powered cars and jeeps have been stolen after raiders broke into the owners’ houses to find the keys. It is suspected that one gang is behind the series of robberies, which are possibly being carried out to order. A black Renault Fluence with a 2010 registration was stolen from a house in the Latton area at about 2.30am on Tuesday last, gardai confirmed, ...

By Cianna McNally THE 2011 Monaghan Rose who was crowned last weekend has vowed to do her best to represent the county. Caoimhe Daly from Truagh was one of 15 entrants in the competition who battled it out in the Four Seasons Hotel, Monaghan last Saturday night to scoop the coveted title. Speaking to the Northern Standard, the 24-year-old who is daughter of Eamon and Leontia Daly described her win as “a complete shock” but said she was delighted to have the opportunity to represent Co Monaghan. “I entered the ...

By Veronica Corr Feedback regarding the Carrick Emmets Strictly Come Dancing event at the Nuremore Hotel on Friday night last was universally positive, as participants had the time of their lives and spectators felt that it was a truly unique idea, which put the fun back into fundraising. The large audience weren’t disappointed as the dancers’ feet didn’t fail them, and the six weeks of rehearsals paid off. Here follows a list of the brave souls who put their best feet forward for the event in aid of the GAA club’s new development ...

By Veronica Corr Amelia Ryczan, a little Polish girl living in Foxfield, Carrickmacross, has just returned from a week of intensive tests for an experimental trreatment in the United States for Battens Disease. Battens Disease is a rare neuro-degenerative condition that affects babies, young children and juveniles. The invasive procedures she underwent during her trip involved taking a sample of her spinal bone marrow, MRI scans and eye exams, which would be an ordeal for an adult, but brave little Amelia only turns four tomorrow, Friday, April 22nd. Tamara, Amelia’s mother accompanied ...

By Veronica Corr At Monday’s meeting of Carrickmacross Town Council, a row erupted when the recently co-opted Green Party Councillor Darcy Lonergan introduced a notice of motion, proposing that both Queen Elizabeth II and the American President Barack Obama receive commissions of Carrickmacross Lace on their forthcoming visits to Ireland. Cllr. Lonergan felt that this could boost tourism to the town by promoting it to a wider audience, whilst also increasing sales of Carrickmacross Lace. However, she clearly stated at the outset that she did not want it to become a ...

Once again Main Street, Carrickmacross was filled with thousands eager to enjoy the Carrickmacross St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Over 60 colourful groups and organisations took part in the parade this year which was blessed with a crisp, dry day! The Carrickmacross branch of the Comhaltas Ceoltoirí warmed the crowd up prior to the parade by playing a selection of traditional tunes which are always guaranteed to entertain. True to tradition, the parade was lead by the 3rd Monaghan C.B.S.I., who marched in impressive formation through the town, followed by the ...