Articles in the Monaghan Category

Members and officials of the Monaghan Municipal District, members of the former Monaghan Town Council and local residents gathered before the Church Square memorial just before 9 am on Tuesday, May 17 last for a wreath-laying ceremony to mark the 42nd anniversary of the 1974 bomb attack in Monaghan Town. Seven lives were lost in the incident, which occurred on the same day as the explosion of three other car bombs in Dublin. In all, 33 people and an unborn child were killed in the attacks, which were the deadliest ...

Ryan Sheridan, centre, showed his support to the Pieta House Darkness Into Light Walk which will be held at Monaghan Harps GFC on Saturday 7th May at 4.15am, when he met with Rose Donnelly and Eimear Galligan, two of the members promoting the event, after his concert in The Hillgrove Hotel. The walk which is starting at 4.15am and crossing the line just as dawn is breaking, will celebrate its eighth year on Saturday, May 7th 2016, with over 100 venues across Ireland and beyond lined up. ©Rory Geary/The Northern ...

Monaghan U3A walkers and friends in happy mood in the Monaghan sunshine as they depart for the Greenway and Rossmore Park on the first day of their 2 day walking festival. Over the 2 days the walkers were expertly guided by Enda Galligan in Rossmore, Noel Carney in Dartry and by Theresa Loftus from the County Museum in Monaghan town.

Monaghan 1916, when the whisper of an Irish Republic exploded into a roar following the bombshell of the Rebellion. A never before told story about the lives of Monaghan people caught up in the Rising as well as the Monaghan people who fought in the British Army during the Battle of Somme. This ground breaking exhibition looks at life in the county during this turbulent time and how these violent and chaotic events affected everyone in Monaghan and changed their lives forever. Monaghan County Museum has been working in collaboration ...

Monaghan Town FC are pleased to announce Smyth Property, 5 Glaslough Street, Monaghan as the new sponsor for the club’s tenth anniversary jersey. Local businesswoman, Deirdre Smyth, was delighted to be afforded the opportunity to sponsor the team and has expressed her delight at being the clubs main kit sponsor for this season.    As things stand the squad find themselves challenging at the top of the Cased Dimensions Premier League. They are primed for an assault on both cup competitions with a cup final date already penciled in for 12 ...

Calls were made at Monday’s meeting of the Monaghan Municipal District for a forceful Garda clampdown on persistent outbreaks of anti-social behaviour that, councillors claimed, had become a regular weekend occurrence in the centre of Monaghan Town, particularly the Dublin Street area, in recent weeks. Representations from the business community in Dublin Street for local authority action to be taken, including the night-time closure of a number of public walkways connecting the thoroughfare with the town centre car-parks, were brought to the meeting’s attention by Independent representative Seamus Treanor, who claimed ...

The anti-water charges movement Right2Water have called for a National Day of Action this coming Saturday February 20 assembling at 2 pm in Parnell Square, Dublin. Following on from a series of local and national mobilisations held over the past year, organisers are intent on ensuring the controversial water charges issue becomes a focal point for discussion over the remaining days of the General Election campaign. Sinn Féin councillor Seán Conlon, local co-ordinator with Right2Water stated: “Saturday’s event is a continuation in a series of anti-water tax rallies held locally and nationally since ...

Although the temperatures may not have been warm over the last couple of weekends, young and old alike were transported to the land of Snowdale to follow the adventures of Elsa, Anna, Olaf, Chris – as well as Nanny Frostbite, Lord Wesel, Prince Hansom, Sergeants Wibbly and Wobbly to name but a few – as Monaghan Dramatic Society played to seven full houses when their production of Freezin’ the Pantomime was brought to the Garage Theatre over the past two weekends. The success of the show was in no small part ...

An emergency county meeting has been called for tonight, Thursday in Castleblayney’s Glencarn Hotel in an attempt to stave off a threat to the future of Community Games in Co Monaghan. The County Committee of the organisation said this week that they have been unable to fill vital officer positions, and will not be able to continue without these key roles being filled. Thousands of young people in Co Monaghan have traditionally been introduced to sporting activity through the medium of Community Games, and the county has a proud record of achievement ...