Articles tagged with: Castleblayney

TOWN councillors and gardai have agreed on joint moves to curb street charity fund-raising collections in the vicinity of a pedestrian crossing near a mini-roundabout at the Monaghan Road/Main Street junction in Castleblayney, because of the serious hazard posed to the safety of pedestrians. The proposal was put forward at a meeting of the Castleblayney Town Council joint Policing Committee at the Glencarn Hotel, Blayney, on Monday night last. It was claimed during the meeting that four pedestrians were killed in separate road traffic accidents ...

Clontibret 012 Castleblayney 0-14 BY COLM SHALVEY CASTLEBLAYNEY got their first points of this year’s SFL with a hard-earned win away to Clontibret last Sunday. The teams were level five times in an entertaining first half and they were never separated by more than four points, but Blayney’s greater need for league points told in their favour. Blayney, who were again well short of full-strength, had good performances from Martin McElroy, Ciarán Hanratty, Dermot Malone and Mark Treanor, while Clontibret, who were still without Dessie Mone and Paul McGuigan, were over-reliant on Conor McManus, who ...

By John Graham Castleblayney won the Silver Hill Foods Seniior Hurling League Final last Saturday and now have their eye on the bigger stage of the Ulster club championship. Blayney boss Paul Hughes saw the league final as ideal preparation and also a good occasion to give some of the squad players match experience but he is also aware that it is a big step up from senior hurling in Monaghan to the standard at intermediate level in Antrim. “Yes we were able to bring in a full complement of substitutes and we ...

Hurling BLAYNEY V INNISKEEN BY JOHN GRAHAM It has become a real power struggle between Inniskeen and Castleblayney as to who will be top dog on the hurling scene in the county this year and that hunger for success will be central when these two sides go head-to-head again on Sunday morning to decide the destination of this years Silver Hill Foods senior hurling league title. Castleblayney go into the game as reigning senior hurling champions having defeated Inniskeen in that final back on August 12th and they will be very keen and very ...

By JOHN GRAHAM It was understandable that there would be contrasting reactions at the end of last Sunday evening’s senior hurling championship final with Castleblayney celebrating the fact that they had retained the title and Inniskeen left to rue missed chances that could have seen them take their second senior hurling championship. Castleblayney manager Paul Hughes immediately acknowledged that he had expected a tough game from Inniskeen and that was exactly what Castleblayney had got. “Yes, absolutely that is what we got and Inniskeen to be fair to them have been putting it ...

CASTLEBLAYNEY 3-16 TRUAGH 0-07 COLM SHALVEY reports from Gavan Duffy Park CASTLEBLAYNEY are one win away from retaining the Silver Hill Foods Senior Hurling Championship title after a commanding performance in last Thursday’s semi-final against Truagh at Gavan Duffy Park. Castleblayney quickly took charge with points from play by Stephen Forde and Barry Reilly and a 50-metre free by Mickey McHugh. A well-taken point by Gary Boyd was followed by two in quick succession from Forde, before Boyd hit another good score from out on the left wing. The gap became ten points ...

The latest reports to emerge from the findings of Census 2011 have shown that Castleblayney is the fastest growing town in Co Monaghan. ‘Blayney experienced a 44.5% population growth between 2006 and 2011, according to the census findings. The news vindicates the stance taken by Mid-Monaghan members of Monaghan Co Council who successfully lobbied at the February meeting of the authority to have Castleblayney categorized as a Tier Two rather than a Tier Three town in the Core Strategy document which will inform the production ...

CASTLEBLAYNEY 1-13 CURRIN 2-07 COLM SHALVEY reports from St Victors Park Castleblayney are joint-leaders in the Drumlin Group of Credit Unions Senior Football League after they held off a spirited challenge from Currin in Toome last Sunday. Despite starting without Ciarán Hanratty and suspended backs Cormac Brady and Paddy Mallon, Blayney were much quicker out of the starting blocks and although Currin rallied strongly, they were never able to catch up. Blayney won more than two-thirds of the kick-outs (24/35), but senior newcomers Currin stayed in contention until the final whistle. All six Blayney forwards got ...

A 47-year-old Castleblayney man who has served 25 years of a 40-year sentence for the kiling of a Garda Sergeant during an armed robbery has lost a High Court bid to be considered for remission. Noel Callan, Cullaville, who is serving the sentence for the murder of Garda Sergeant Patrick Morrisey in 1985, had sought to be granted eligibility for remission, but his application was refused by Mr Justice Michael Hanna. Callan had claimed that he had been unlawfully deprived of the right to remission, which could reduce ...