Articles in the Tydavnet Category

By Michael Fisher One of County Monaghan’s oldest residents Pat Treanor from Doogary in Tydavnet passed away peacefully on Saturday at his first and only home in his 104th year. Pat had lived through two World Wars, the troubles in the North and many other important world events. He celebrated his 103rd birthday on January 31st with his family, in the house where he had lived since his birth in 1912. He was the son of Eoin Treanor and Brigid Woods. Pat was married to Molly McGee from Middletown in County Armagh ...

Michael Fisher Art student Frances Treanor from Drumdart, Tydavnet, who won this year’s Texaco Children’s Art Competition, will travel to Japan later this month to see her stunning self portrait exhibited in Tokyo. At the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin last Thursday, 18 year-old Frances was one of five Monaghan entrants to collect their prizes. She was presented with a cheque for €1500 by local TD and Minister for the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys.   Frances is the first person from County Monaghan to win the overall prize in the ...

By Veronica Corr The community of Tydavnet scooped the top prize at the 12th annual Irish Public Bodies (IPB) Co-operation Ireland Pride of Place Awards which were announced in Treacy’s West County Hotel, Ennis, Co. Clare on Saturday last. Clones and Corduff Raferagh also won awards. There was an attendance of 800—1,000 people from across the 32 counties present. RTÉ’s Marty Morrissey acted as master of ceremonies. Saturday night’s gala ceremony was video-linked to all of the communities involved, so that everyone could enjoy the fruits of their labour. Tydavnet took poll position ...

Game developer Terry Cavanagh from Tullyvogey, Tydavnet has been listed in the influential Forbes ‘30 under 30’ list of people to watch. Terry who is based in London also made the list in 2011. It nominates the most influential 450 young people from around the globe in selected categories from finance and technology to Hollywood, art and science. The Tydavnet man, who is son of Patricia and Peter, is 29 years old and director of Distractionware Ltd. Terry is a former pupil of St Dympna’s National School, ...

By Michael McDonnell michael@northern-standard.ie THE intensity of local opposition to new plans to build a “biomass” incinerator in the Bragan/Carrickroe area was strongly signalled at an emotionally charged public meeting in a packed community hall in Carrickroe on Monday night. The sense of anger at the proposal to build what was described as a 40 megawatt plant, said to be costing in the region of €115 million, at the site of the former Marley Compost plant on the R186 between Tydavnet and Clogher was amplified by frustration at the fact that ...

RESIDENTS in the North Monaghan area are staging a public meeting next Monday to express public opposition to a proposal for the building of a major waste incinerator in the area. The meeting will be held at Carrickroe Community Centre, near Tydavnet. While the advocates of the incinerator claim it would prove “a tremendous benefit to the area and region in general” in relation to the disposal of waste, thereby enhancing the environment, a spokesman for the protest group said yesterday : “ The people of the area are ...

The Police Service of Northern Ireland have said that investigations are likely to continue for some time into the death on New Year’s Eve of Tydavnet teenager Jason McGovern. The nineteen-year-old student was found dead at the home of a friend in Emyvale after being the victim of two separate assaults when earlier socialising in Omagh, Co Tyrone. A subsequent post mortem showed that Mr McGovern had died from head injuries, and a murder investigation was launched. Four men and a teenage boy, all from Omagh, appeared ...

The Police Service of Northern Ireland confirmed yesterday that they have launched a murder inquiry into the death of a 19-year-old Co Monaghan man believed to have been assaulted twice in Omagh on New Year’s Eve. Jason McGovern from Tydavnet was found dead around midday on Monday at the home of a friend in the North Monaghan village of Emyvale. The results of a post mortem carried out by the State Pathologist at Our Lady’s Hospital in Navan showed that Mr McGovern died from head injuries. The ...

Members of Scotstown GFC, including Monaghan county team captain Darren Hughes, are pictured with members of the Tydavnet Parish Show Committee at the club’s Kilmore training grounds, which will form the location for the 61st Show on Saturday next. Included are Suzanne Graham, Show Secretary; Peggy Treanor, Chairperson and Mary McCarra, President. See the Northern Standard for full Show preview. © Rory Geary/The Northern Standard