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A wave of sadness swept through Monaghan Town on Bank Holiday Monday last when people learned of the passing of Tom Swift of 9 Plantation Terrace. Tom, who passed away peacefully at his home, was a beloved local personality well known and esteemed in a variety of circles. Tributes on social media from friends and acquaintances originate from across the wide range of interests and activities in which he engaged, but all have the common thread of affectionate remembrance of his amiability and gentlemanly qualities. Tom was a well-known member ...

Spudfest 2023 held a successful launch event in Monaghan Shopping Centre last Friday 21st April as final preparations for this years festival are in full swing. Spudfest is Monaghan’s Alternative Music Festival promoting mental health awareness, suicide prevention and is named in honour of Jason “Spud” Mc Elvaney RIP to mark the anniversary of his untimely passing. This year the festival activities begin at 3pm on Saturday 29th April in McKenna’s Bar on Dublin Street with a family fun themed day of activities, entertainment and something for everyone from charity ...

Local artist Sinead Berry, Founder and Art Tutor @Masterapiece.ie will appear on TG4’s ‘Beidh me Arais’ this Sunday April 30th 8.30pm. The crew came to film Sinead’s unique Blind Painting sessions in Wright’s, Coach House and Olde Bar earlier this year for the Tourism series and competition highlighting the most unusual tourist attractions all over Ireland. Sinead’s business @masterapiece.ie host a range of creative camps and activities for both adults and children as well as Summer Art Camps, children’s Art Parties, inclusive monthly Art sessions. Blind Painting is specifically designed ...

Senator Robbie Gallagher and Monaghan MD Cathaoirleach, Cllr Raymond Aughey heard Hanley Energy CEO Dennis Nordon confirm that within 12 months it is expected that 150 people will be employed in the former John E Coyle factory in Monaghan Town. Senator Gallagher and Cllr Aughey were given a full guided tour of operations this week to see for themselves the new hub for the company. Senator Gallagher said, “This is probably the biggest one-off job announcement here in some 30 years or more. It is super announcement for Monaghan Town and ...

The home of country music is dancing to a different beat these days, according to Monaghan woman Liz McGuinness, who has undertaken a seven-day self-funded promotional tour in the USA to promote the 2023 and 2024 Féile Oriel traditional music festivals in Monaghan Town. Liz began her campaign at the St Patrick’s Week Tradfest in Nashville organised by Brenda Willis and continued her promotional activities at the main Irish hub in the city: McNamara’s Irish Bar and Restaurant run by Paula and Seán Mc- Namara. “That was a fantastic opportunity ...

Important refurbishment and conservation work planned for St Macartan’s Cathedral in Monaghan Town received funding of €100,000 this week. The Government’s Historic Structures Fund will assist in the works, which will entail work to the spire, pinnacles tower and south transept of the cathedral, with internal high-level plaster repairs. Two other places of worship in the local area have also been successful with applications to the fund. Shanco Church in Emyvale gets funding of €35,000 for conservation works to the roof, for the removal of vegetation and biocide cleaning, and ...

Friday’s St Patrick’s Day Parade in Monaghan Town had a worldwide audience thanks to live video streaming, with the crowds gathered before the reviewing stand in The Diamond responding enthusiastically when Master of Ceremonies Sean McCaffrey called for “a wave to the world” as the cavalcade of 70 participating elements began its wave through the main thoroughfares of the town. Declared a significant success at Monday’s meeting of the Monaghan Municipal District, the event embraced the theme of “Pedal Power for the Future”, an ecofriendly text translated colourfully and imaginatively ...

By Veronica Corr Former Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader Bertie Ahern received a rousing welcome from a packed function room on Monday night in The Shirley Arms Hotel, Carrickmacross. He was there at the invitation of Dr. Rory O’Hanlon and South Monaghan Fianna Fáil, but it was a public event and people from different traditions, with no political affiliations, were welcomed too. This was not a party political broadcast. Rather it was a commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, which ushered in a new era of ...

A man in his 50s died in a two-vehicle road traffic collision which occurred on the N12 at Knockaconny outside Monaghan Town on Saturday morning last, March 11. The man who received fatal injuries was the sole occupant of one of the vehicles involved in the incident. His body was removed from the scene for post mortem examination. Two occupants of the second car were taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda and Cavan General Hospital for treatment to injuries which were described as not life-threatening. Gardaí and ...

Muineachán Le Gaeilge have called for the establishment of a centre for the Irish Language Community in Monaghan. There are now four Gaelscoileanna in the county, as well as Coláiste Oiriall at secondary school level, making Monaghan the county with the highest percentage of children attending Irishmedium education on the island, outside of the Gaeltacht. With such schools and the continued growth of Irish language activities in the English medium schools, Monaghan is now considered one of Athbheochan na Gaeilge’s ongoing success stories. See inside for I dtreo Cultúrlainne – ...