STROKESTOWN TOWN TEAM would like to promote the following:

The Arts Council Strategic Funding
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The aim of this funding scheme is to provide funding on a competitive basis to support arts organisations with ambitious and imaginative proposals to assist artists in developing their practice and their ideas, and/or deliver excellent arts experiences to the public.

Click HERE for more info and to APPLY (by 22nd October 2020).

National Women's Enterprise Day

An important date for your diary ... Wednesday 14th October 2020 ... Stronger Together.

Stay tuned for #NWED details coming soon!

#LEORoscommon

Fundraising event for Strokestown Ladies GAA and Strokestown Community Playground.

A new App (for your phone and tablet) is being developed to show the location of defibrillators across County Roscommon.

It also has information regarding the Recovery Position and CPR techniques.

Please download the App and contact the team with locations of defibrillators.

It's a fantastic initiative.

📣📣📣 Roscommon County Council is seeking Expressions of Interest from interested Community Groups for the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme 2020 ...

This provides funding for the development of new & existing outdoor recreational infrastructure in rural areas, such as cycleways, walking trails & mountain access routes.

Closing date is Wednesday, 23rd September 2020.

Full details are available here: ow.ly/xp2i50BpSrF

#ORIS #ProjectIreland2040 #Community

Culture Night / Oíche Chultúir returns on Friday, 18th September, with a programme of free online and offline cultural events ... 

Culture Night is an annual event brought to you by Arts Council Ireland to celebrate #culture, #creativity and the #arts.

Be sure to Like and Follow Roscommon Culture Night for events lined up for #Roscommon

The National Monuments Service - Archaeology have just announced a very welcome #Community #Monuments #Fund for 2020.

✳️✳️✳️Important Information✳️✳️✳️
✔️RCC can select a max of 3 projects from #community #groups or owners/custodians of #monuments for consideration by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
✔️To be eligible, all works must be completed & a recoupment claim made to the Department by 10th November 2020.

🏛️Applications must be submitted to heritage@roscommoncoco.ie by Thursday 17th September. Let’s see if we can achieve something really positive for our beloved #County of #Roscommon with this opportunity. 

If you have an application in mind, please contact the Heritage Office on 087 9078860 or email heritage@roscommoncoco.ie to discuss your project idea & get the scheme particulars & application form. 

More information is available from www.archaeology.ie/news/cmf-2020-call-for-projects

#LoveYourHeritage #RoscommonHeritage

**Attention** ... 12 - 15 year old's in Strokestown!

Youth Café starting Wednesday 23rd September 2020 in the Community Centre from 5:45pm - 7pm ... games, activities, meet new friends & chill out, 🎮🏓

Registration is a must so please contact Karen 086 603 7598 / Aoife 086 603 6050.

**Attention** 13-17 year old's in Strokestown!

Music Generation is back! 🎸🎼🎤🎹

Wednesday 23rd September 2020 in the Community Centre from 4pm - 5:30pm.

Registration is a must so please contact Karen 086 603 7598 / Aoife 086 603 6050

Great prizes to be won for turning trash into treasure!

Can you create something new out of something old?

Why not enter the 2020 Up-cycling Challenge?

Full details here:  ow.ly/3h4250BtkNw

#My Waste Ireland #UpCycle

The latest addition in the fight against Co-Vid19 ...

Thanks to Strokestown Town Team for their assistance with the chalet.

For Contact Tracing compliance ALL players are required to sign the registration book within ... there are NO EXCEPTIONS.
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The game of golf has been a sanctuary for many throughout this, and we at Strokestown Golf Club are doing our best to keep our members and visitors safe.

🥳 GREAT NEWS 🥳

Karina McLoughlin, former Scoil Mhuire student, has just notified us that she has gone through to the next round of the 2020 Irish Hereford Breed Society photo competition 😀😃 ... congratulations to her 😁 ...

... and THANK YOU Strokestown for helping her 👍👍

On next Saturday and Sunday (19th and 20th September 2020) volunteers are requested for two hours each day ... only 2 hours ... not a minute more!

Bully's Acre ... Cloonfree Burial Ground ... is in need of a MAJOR overhaul.

We have obtained permission from the Heritage Department of Roscommon County Council to begin clearing this historic and important area ...

Will you help?

Just a reminder for Sat 12th ... it's our 2nd Birthday!!

Lets celebrate virtually ... if you complete a 5k walk, run or jog any day this week,  it will be considered your celebration for our birthday 🎂☕

Sean, Ian, Luke & Jamie did theirs today in Strokestown Park ... thank you lads for getting us started (and brilliant times too!!).

Get the families out to take part any time up to and including Sunday ... please let me know when completed and get in your pics and times if you wish.

As you maybe aware there is also an Official 'Not Parkrun' every week ...  this is organised by Parkrun Head Office and it allows you complete as many 5ks as you wish from Sunday to Saturday ... you simply submit your time via your Parkrun profile so you need your Barcode No and the password you originally used when registering!! Sounds complicated but it really isn't.

To date Strokestown is showing very low numbers for the Official 'Not Parkrun' so it would be a great birthday present if as many of you as possible submit a time for this week.

Thanking you in advance ... Ger & Team

STROKESTOWN TOWN TEAM would like to promote the following:

Coca-Cola Thank You Fund

In recognition of the vulnerable and marginalised young people that have been disproportionately affected by the economic and socio-economic impact of the pandemic, the Coca-Cola Thank You Fund will award either €5,000 or €10,000 in funding to charities, community and voluntary organisations and NGOs seeking support for initiatives targeted at supporting young people aged 16-25.

Over the years, the Fund has supported many much-needed projects aimed towards promoting healthy, active lifestyles and environmental leadership in young people. To date an incredible €1,055,000 has been given to 93 non-profit organisations across the island of Ireland.

Click HERE for more info and to APPLY (by 11th September 2020).

Strokestown Park were delighted to launch today a new interactive outdoor experience to the National Famine Way, with the establishing of a unique National Famine Way Passport/Guide and OSI Trail Map. 

The 14-page National Famine Way Passport/Guide highlights local historical landmarks and allows walkers and cyclists to record their progress with 27 stage stamps along the specially developed route. The Trail details the ill-fated journey of 1,490 famine emigrants who walked from Strokestown Park to ships in Dublin in 1847, at the height of the Irish Famine. A completion certificate is awarded at the end of the Trail at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum. 

The National Famine Way is an accredited 165km Heritage and Arts Trail from Strokestown Park, Co. Roscommon through six counties to Dublin, mostly along the Royal Canal. With its captivating layers of history and culture, the Trail is designed to be accessible for families, schools, casual walkers and cyclists, through to famine and historical enthusiasts. It offers a safe, recreational option available 365 days a year in a self-guided and paced format with signposting and trailheads along the route.

The new Passport/Guide is centred around the walk of one of the original famine walkers from Strokestown Park - 12 year-old Daniel Tighe - who remarkably survived the horrific journey to Quebec, Canada on one of the worst famine ships.

Award-winning author Marita Conlon-McKenna has written vignettes reimagining Daniel’s journey in 1847 and connected to over thirty pairs of bronze children’s shoes interspersed along the route and audio recordings of these are available to listen to online at www.nationalfamineway.ie.

Learn more here www.nationalfamineway.ie/strokestownpark.ie/passport-national-famine-way/.

People in suicidal distress are often not looking for specific advice but merely to be listened to with compassion and empathy ... Encourage them to tell their own story in their way and at their own pace ...
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Don’t underestimate the power of a conversation ... On World Suicide Prevention Day take a minute to reach out to someone - it could make all the difference and change a life ...
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https://www.iasp.info/wspd2020/

We here at The Hub Community Café are so delighted to see our customers back in the coffee shop and our second-hand shop ... it's great to see you all 😀😀 

Pop in anytime for a cuppa, chat and a browse around our shop.

Thanks so much as always for your custom ... it's much appreciated.

In case you’re wondering STROKESTOWN TOWN TEAM can happily confirm that work on refurbishing a number of town building frontages (the last element of our 2018 Town & Village Renewal funding success) has finally begun 😍😃
 
Keep checking the work as it progresses ... a visible, and important, sign of beneficial changes to our community 👍

#SupportStrokestown 😀

​STROKESTOWN TOWN TEAM would like to send best wishes to all local students receiving Leaving Certificate results today 🙏🤞 ... 

You’ve all had a strange year but remember ... numbers don’t define your future ... YOU DO 👍👍

#SupportStrokestown 😀

​​💫Best of luck to all getting their results today!💫

​Ye have had a tough year of uncertainty and deserve all that ye wish for💫

​​Wishing all the Students the very best of luck receiving their Leaving Cert results today 👍🏻

#TheNextChapterBegins

​Congrats to all the Leaving Cert students who got their results this morning!

It has been a strange and tough year for the Leaving Cert students of 2020 as never before in history have LC students collected results without having sat exams. The students of 2020 must be commended for their resilience and I wish them all the best for the future. Please remember there are many options and paths to take so weigh up your options and decide what is best for you going forward.

​Congrats and well done to you all - you are a credit to yourselves and your parents.

​​Best of Luck to all the leaving cert students who receive their results this morning.

​​Good luck to all students that are receiving their Exam results today 🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛

A Dictionary of Roscommon Biography is the output of over 20 years research and shines a light on the obituaries of 5,000 people associated with County Roscommon, spanning four centuries.

The 930 page hardback volume, compiled by Mike Lennon, covers the careers of representatives from politics, sport, arts, religion, law, business and journalism.

The book also has details of many individuals who were born close to the borders of County Roscommon, including parishes and districts in East Mayo, South Sligo, Carrick-on-Shannon, Lanesboro, Athlone, Ballygar, Ballinasloe and Ballymoe.

The book, which sells at €30, is available from Dawn Til Dusk, Elphin Street, Strokestown and Strokestown Park House.

Further details of the book can be found on its website www.roscommonbiography.com.