Articles in the Glaslough Category

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 ...

Shine a Light Night is a truly touching event where the Business Community come together for one night to raise vital funds and to stand in solidarity with people experiencing homelessness in Ireland today. Castle Leslie Estate’s owner Sammy Leslie is taking part (once again) this year in Focus Ireland’s Shine a Light Night. Sammy will be rolling out her sleeping bag and sleeping out rough at Christ Church Cathedral Dublin to help raise money to prevent homelessness in Ireland. She’s hoping to raise €5,000 for this very worthy cause. She’s earnestly ...

Glaslough Tidy Towns who were recently crowned the 2016 County and Gold Medal Award winners in the National Tidy Towns Competition were delighted to learn that they had also won the ‘CAN IT’ award which was sponsored by Alupro Ireland. The Can Mill which featured in an article by Sylvia Thompson in last week’s Irish Times demonstrated how Glaslough like other tidy town groups have become Eco Centres. Located in St Mary’s community Garden along the Monaghan Road the Can Mill stands 25ft high. Sitting proudly on ...

The Monaghan Municipal District is to seek the views of the local public on the way they would like to see the popular Rossmore Forest Park amenity in Monaghan Town developed in the future. There is now an enhanced local authority role in the running of the park following the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Coillte. The Municipal District have a substantial budget to carry out improvements at the amenity, funding from their own coffers recently augmented by grant assistance announced by Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht ...

A brand new, self-guided audio tour which brings the chocolate-box village of Glaslough to life was launched by Minister Heather Humphreys on Friday 23rd September. The One Village, Two Voices app tells the compelling story of this beautiful village in County Monaghan, part of Ireland’s Ancient East, and the unique relationship that has flourished between the local community and the world-famous Castle Leslie Estate. Starting in the heart of the village at The Diamond, the tour follows a 2km trail, taking in 350 years of history and ten fascinating points of interest ...

Louise Duffy, Chairperson of Glaslough Tidy Towns had the honour recently of being presented with a cheque for €1,000 from Ms. Odile Le Bolloch, Environmental Protection Agency and Cathoirleach Monaghan County Council Cllr. Noel Keelan for winning the National Waste Prevention Award in the National Tidy Towns 2015 competition.   Speaking about the win Ms. Duffy explained that a massive community effort went into all the projects which included, harvesting water from roofs for use on hanging baskets in the village, installation of energy saving equipment in the Community Centre and ...

PETER HUGHES In the manner in which he so often traversed the grounds of the Castle Leslie estate and the streets of the nearby village, in the manner in which he lived out his almost-century of years, Captain Sir John Leslie took his final journey yesterday afternoon with an air of stately and unhurried grace. A glass carriage drawn by two immaculately manicured black horses was the mode of conveyance that brought the coffin of the 4th Baronet of Glaslough and Pettigo, who died on Monday last, from the grounds of the ...

Captain Sir John Leslie, one of the last surviving veterans of the Second World War and one of Co Monaghan’s most celebrated and beloved citizens, died in his 100th year early last Monday morning at the Castle Leslie family seat in Glaslough. “The Leslie family are sad to announce that Captain Sir John Leslie Baronet (age 99) passed away peacefully in his sleep this morning with the dawn chorus surrounded by his family,” read the announcement of the death which appeared on the Castle Leslie Estate Facebook page. Sir Jack, as he ...

It’s just over a year since Kieran McAree went missing in Enniskillen. The remains of the 23 year-old from Stramore, Glaslough, were recovered from the waters at the Round O jetty 64 days later after an extensive search, co-ordinated by the PSNI and involving volunteers from communities on both sides of the border. His family decided to mark the occasion on 17th December this year and organised a short prayer service at the Sligo Road at 5.15am last Thursday. The commemoration was not publicised in advance as the family were anxious ...