Congratulations to the team SHOUT made up of Georgia Helliwell, Chloe Carroll, Aoibhe Kelly, Ciara Compton and Aoife Frayne in getting into the final three teams in the 17 to 21 category in the Irish Social Tech InnovAtion Challenge 2018 HELLO EVERYONE … I’m HUBSY, the SHOP STROKESTOWN elf 😊 I’ve found my way to Strokestown from the North Pole! I’ve been asked by STROKESTOWN TOWN TEAM if I can help around town, promoting all of the AMAZING Gifts, Food, Drink and Gift Vouchers that you can buy in Strokestown … YOU DON’T NEED TO GO ANYWHERE ELSE!! I am just a bit cheeky and I’d like to meet as many of you as I can before Santa arrives … I will be popping into local businesses causing mischief so if you see me in town come over and say HELLO and take some photos … the best ones that are posted onto the Strokestown Facebook page may receive a PRIZE FROM SANTA. Keep checking the Strokestown Facebook page to get clues on where I might be visiting. A meeting of the Co. Roscommon Historical and Archaeological Society will take place at 8.00pm on Tuesday, 13th November, 2018, in the Percy French Hotel, Strokestown. Following the meeting, at 8.30 p.m. (sharp), a talk will be given by Mike McCarthy BSc. (Pharm) M.P.S.I, entitled ‘Cattle Raiding on a Grand Scale - Na Tána and Cruachan Aí’. Many of the great Táin Bó (Cattle Raid) Tales in the Irish epic literature, such as Táin Bó Flidais, Táin Bó Aingen (the Adventure of Nera), Táin Bó Fráoch and Táin Bó Regamon have a heavy association with the ancient Connacht capital of Rathcroghan (Cruachan Aí). Indeed the centrepiece of them all, the great Táin Bó Cuailgne (Cattle Raid of Cooley), our National Epic, has both its origin and dramatic ending in Rathcroghan and features characters such as the Warrior Queen Medb, the mighty Battle Goddess ‘Mórrígan’, the Connacht Warrior Fráoch, and the boy hero Cúchulainn, all of whose legendary deeds are inextricably linked with the landscape that surrounds us here in Co. Roscommon. Mike’s talk will incorporate a telling of the great Irish literary epic - ‘The Cattle Raid of Cooley’, incorporating many of the supporting remscéla or foretales, all in the environs of where these stories are said to have taken place, at the ancient Connacht capital of Cruachan Aí. A love of history, folklore and mythology brought Mike to Rathcroghan, the Royal Site of Connacht in Co. Roscommon, where he now works as a Tour Guide and Research Assistant. He is also involved in the organisation and promotion of the annual Rathcroghan Winter Conference and has co-authored a number of publications pertaining to Rathcroghan, including ‘Slí Seandálaíochta Ráth Cruachan’ - the Rathcroghan Archaeological trail and the recently published ‘Rathcroghan - The Guidebook’. Strokestown Community Development Association are holding a fund-raising Table Quiz on Friday, November 9th 2018 in aid of Easter Parade 2019. This will be held in Hanly’s Bar @ 9.30 pm. A table of 4 costs €40 or €10 per person. There will be a Raffle on the night. Please support. Roscommon Women's Network is running the attached course, starting 07/11/18, in Strokestown Park House. More information can be found on their Facebook page. Strokestown Tidy Towns AGM will take place on Monday November 5th, 2018 in SCDA Office @ 8 pm. The main objectives of this meeting is to elect a new committee with a view to taking Strokestown to a new level of development within the scope of the objectives set out for Tidy Towns. All interested parties welcome. |