Articles in the Glaslough Category

A celebratory atmosphere reigned at the Oakland Recreation Centre on Friday evening last when Monaghan Co Council accorded civic honour to the village of Glaslough on their national victory in the 2019 Tidy Towns contest. The Council recently agreed to confer a civic reception on the North Monaghan hamlet and its population to honour their outstanding contribution to the enhancement of their locale and the various community and environmental initiatives which earned them the honour of being named as Ireland’s tidiest village and tidiest place. A delegation of Council members ...

Peter Hughes It was confirmed at the October meeting of Monaghan Co Council that the local authority will hold a civic reception to mark Glaslough’s national Tidy Towns victory at the Oakland Recreation Centre on Friday, November 1 next. Tributes were paid to the North Monaghan village community’s standout achievement and to other Tidy Towns-related success recorded throughout the county. At the meeting’s outset, Cathaoirleach Seamus Coyle (Fianna Fáil) said that since the last Co Council meeting they had experienced a number of joyous occasions in the county. They had ...

Jubilation, celebration and congratulation were general throughout Co Monaghan this week following the announcement on Monday that the North Monaghan village of Glaslough had been chosen as the overall winner of the national Tidy Towns competition for 2019. Glaslough was adjudged the best of a record 918 entries for this year’s SuperValu-sponsored competition and also received the award for Ireland’s Tidiest Village for the second year in a row. The village, which previously won the national title in 1978, was awarded 346 marks by the adjudicators, one more than Blackrock, ...

Santa arrived on cue at St Salvator’s Church of Ireland in Glaslough on Tuesday evening with a number of gifts for the junior choir and presentations for the Minister, Reverend Lorraine Capper and choir conductor, Ethne McCord. It was all part of ‘A Winter’s Tale’, a special celebration of Christmas that has been taking place at this church for the past five years. It is a crosscommunity and cross-border event that has become so popular that the tickets are usually sold out in advance and the organisers have had to ...

Peter Hughes The acquisition by Henderson Foodservice of Glaslough firm BD Foods has been described by the North Monaghan enterprise as “an excellent move” that will help the company to progress. BD Foods (Barbarrie Duckling Limited) was established by the Bowe family in 1993. Henderson Foodservice stated that under the acquisition BD Foods would continue to operate as a stand-alone business in Glaslough and would retain its corporate name and identity. “It is a terrific company with a strong reputation which we will continue to uphold,” they….

Monday April 30 2018 was a memorable day for the Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board’s second group of trainees who successfully completed what was formerly called the British Horse Society Assistant Instructor Course at Castle Leslie Equestrian Centre, Glaslough. They assembled with family members to celebrate their successes in the salubrious surroundings of the castle on the estate in glorious sunshine and were treated to champagne and canapés in the company of host Sammy Leslie together with team tutors and representatives of Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training ...

By Cianna McNally A well-known Monaghan Town man who received an award in recognition of his work to promote the town has described himself as being “totally honoured.” Leslie Crawford was named runner up for Ireland’s Heritage Hero award at a ceremony last Wednesday for his tireless work on his Facebook page, which he set up less than a year ago, that features a daily mini history lesson on characters and buildings that have made the town so special. The photos and writing that Leslie uploads on his ...

By Colm Shalvey The famous old rivalry of Monaghan and Cavan makes its return to the Allianz National Football League Division One in front of what should be approaching a full house in Castleblayney this Sunday. It’s a first league meeting of these neighbours since Cavan won in Division Three back in 2013, but Monaghan have had two dramatic one-point Ulster SFC wins since then. Both of Monaghan’s NFL games in Blayney since the return of county football to St. Mary’s Park after an absence of almost a decade have also ...

The rich and varied life of Glaslough baronet the late Sir Jack Leslie will be recalled at an event in Monaghan Co Museum on Monday, December 5 next from 7.30 pm. The very sad news broke early this year that Sir John Leslie, known as ‘Sir Jack’ had died at Castle Leslie. Sir Jack was many things to many people: aristocrat, war hero, conservationist, historian, even party animal. To those who knew him best, he was a warm, compassionate, generous and truly unique man. He was a very strong supporter of Monaghan ...