We're planning (planting) for 2022‼️

⭐Melissa Newman⭐ was on hand to bring her encyclopaedia like wisdom, and that is more than appreciated 🙏
🎀Beverley and Byron Rogers, Ruth Jacob and Breda Sneyd♥️ from the Strokestown Women's Shed got stuck into planting spring and mid summer bulbs🌷 to bring some colour to the area. They also replanted pollinators in the Grotto to assist our pollinator plan 🐝

With the continuing growth and support from groups like The Women's Shed, The Men's Shed, The Green Hub Gardening Club, Scoil Mhuire Strokestown, Strokestown Town Team, The Hub Community Café and 👉YOU👈 we know we are going in the right direction.

THANK YOU 🖤💛

📣📣Stay local, Shop Local Competition📣📣

In support of the Stay Local, Shop Local Campaign Roscommon County Council have 5 x €500 vouchers for a Roscommon shop of your choice to give away.

Spend over €50 in any County Roscommon Shop (non-grocery) during month of December, take a picture of your receipt and send it in to ✉️ staylocalshoplocal@roscommoncoco.ie

1 receipt per entry, multiple entries allowed.

📅Closing Date 31st December 2021

Guess what is coming back for 2021???

Strokestown Christmas Markets. 🤶🎅🤶🎅!!!

Are you excited??  I know we are. 

Our Christmas Markets will be held on Friday 3rd, Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th December 2021 on Bawn Street, Strokestown.

To book your place as a craft or food vendor, please contact us via Facebook, email: strokestowntownteam@gmail.com or tel: (087) 246 3221.

The Town Team Lights sub-committee and volunteers will be hard at work putting up lights and getting the town ready to sparkle on Friday 3rd December.

Please take care when you see them out and about, and give them a "beep beep" to show your appreciation 👍👍

With the support of GRETB, Strokestown Women's Shed presents a four-week gardening course with Catherine Maguire beginning Friday, November 5th, in the beer garden of the Hayloft, Bridge Street, Strokestown from 2pm - 4pm.

These courses are FREE! All you need to register is to bring your PPS Number with you. 

In the first class, Catherine will talk about what to do in the garden at this time of year. We will learn how to make and use compost. There will be slides as well as practical demonstrations, and Catherine will give advice to those of us who are volunteering to plant bulbs in Strokestown this weekend with the Tidy Towns group.

​Looking forward to seeing you there. 💐🌿🍁🌱🌼

3 WEEKS TO GO!!

** The countdown to Christmas has begun - the Christmas lights team are busy getting the town ready to sparkle.
** Santa and Mrs. Claus are gearing up to greet everyone!

Strokestown Town Team have been busy bees and we are super excited to invite you all to Christmas in Strokestown 2021.

What better way to start the festive season than joining us for a fun-filled weekend 3rd, 4th and 5th December - whether you're a Scrooge or a Christmas Elf, the Christmas Market is the place to grab some presents and get yourself in a merry mood!

This year promises to be an amazing weekend with over 50 vendors which we have carefully sourced, there truly will be something for everyone with a vast array of amazing gifts and treats for you all, not to mention there will be live music, kids’ street entertainment and lots of surprises along the way.

So, grab your Christmas jumper, coat and hats and pack everyone into the car and come visit us on Bawn Street for Strokestown Christmas Market - you won't be disappointed!

Thank you to our sponsors.

The Department of Rural and Community Development is holding a series of Rural Ideas events in the coming weeks.

The series of three online events will focus on specific themes within Our Rural Future, the national rural development policy published earlier this year, and will be an opportunity to discuss the challenges and opportunities that impact on rural communities and economies.

Attendees will learn more about ongoing work relating to key objectives contained in the policy, and hear from a panel of key stakeholders.

Registration for these events is available via Eventbrite.

The three events scheduled are as follows:

18 October – 11am-1pm: Remote Working - An Opportunity for Rural Ireland
27 October – 11am-1pm: Transitioning to Climate-Neutral Society
10 November – 11am-1pm: Revitalising Towns and Villages

Take part and have YOUR voice heard!

Strokestown Tidy Town Group are delighted to announce that we are working in partnership with The Hub Community Café on 💐🌺🌷A Blooming Great Project🌷🌺💐.

Two beds at the slipway have been adopted by the service users. They are taking over responsibility for the planting, maintaining and improving of the area.

We enjoyed working with Aoife from Roscommon Youth Service who supplied some bulbs and we have added to the collection and added perennial shrubs. We hope that the area will be looking bright, vibrant and an attractive area for pollinators next spring and for many years to come.

Thank you to all the team in Midway, Brothers of Charity Services Ireland and Strokestown Town Team for their continued efforts and we look forward to working with you all for years to come 🤗.

🎅🤶🎄🎅🤶🎄🎅🤶🎄🎅🤶🎄
The Countdown is on with only 25 Days to the start of our Christmas Market and Lights On for 2021.

We are looking for your assistance to help in any way you can with the Market or the Lights, even just for an hour or two.  

Let’s get that Strokestown Community Spirit going again!

For anybody wishing to help, please contact Strokestown Town Team by email or Facebook.

Many thanks!
🎅🤶🎄🎅🤶🎄🎅🤶🎄🎅🤶🎄

📌 Just a few days remaining to get your poem in for the Children's Book Festival - Ros na nÓg Poetry Competition.

📆 Closing date is October 31st 2021.

Write a poem on the theme of “Speaking Up” (just writing a poem about something is speaking up!)

Poems must be between 2 and 50 lines long and be the original work of the person entering the competition. Each person can submit a maximum of two poems.

There are 3 ages categories, under 8 years, 9 to 12 years and 13 to 18 years.

Drop your entry into your local branch library or email to library@roscommoncoco.ie. Please include your name and age on a separate sheet.

The winners will be chosen by award winning poet Jessamine O Connor.

Library membership is free. Join online at: www.librariesireland.ie/join

Ros na nÓg is supported by the Creative Ireland Programme, an all-of-Government five-year initiative, from 2017 to 2022, which places creativity at the centre of public policy.

Further information from www.creative.ireland.ie and www.ireland.ie

This Hallowe'en Strokestown Tidy Towns are asking you to 'Use Your Pumpkin'!!

Something to think about later this week folks.

With the increasing focus on biodiversity, reusing and reducing our waste, let's assist in getting the balance right.

​Start here 🎃 get them Pumpkins working for our wildlife

Are you 12 to 25 years old?

Follow this link https://forms.gle/s5z8GaimG21ZnoMYA to complete our 'Issues Affecting Young People' survey.

We are gathering information on issues affecting young people in County Roscommon to inform our AGM workshops.

At the AGM, we will discuss the top 5 issues identified in this survey, prioritise the recommendations and vote for the main issue affecting young people in County Roscommon.

This will become Roscommon Comhairle na nÓg's key work topic for 2022.

It's World Stroke Week this week. Irish Heart Foundation have a great schedule of programmes, these talks and events are open to the public! Some fantastic talks and great information for those who have had a stroke or those who know or support a person who has had a stroke.

World Stroke Week events links:

Wednesday 27th:
Dr Giles Yeates: https://www.eventbrite.com/.../dr-giles-yeates-consultant...

Thursday 28th:
Fatigue Talk: https://www.eventbrite.com/.../fatigue-talk-with-michelle...

Music Therapy: https://www.eventbrite.com/.../music-therapist-kevin-mc...
Working/Vocational Options: https://www.eventbrite.com/.../caroline-early-chartered...

​Friday 29th:
Dietitian: https://www.eventbrite.com/.../dietician-orna-obrien...
Demo Chef Brian McDermott https://www.eventbrite.com/.../demo-chef-brian-mcdermott...

Calling all budding photographers!

Strokestown was captured last year through the eyes of our very own superstar snapper -- Jonathan Cassidy 📸

How do YOU see Strokestown?

TidyTowns Ireland is running a photography competition and we want you to show us how you view Strokestown 🤔

Get snappy and get those images in -- we would kindly ask Mammy's and Daddy's to kindly use their phones for this (if they don't mind) 🙏😁.

Email your images to 👇 tidytowns@drcd.gov.ie 👈

Pop them up on Facebook and tag us -- use the #strokestown #ourtown #yourtown #tidytowns #community -- and there might be a little prize for the winners 🍧🍨🍩🤤

Teachers, this could be an excellent opportunity to get the kids out and about to show Strokestown and how its surrounding areas are so picturesque at this time of the year 🍂🍁

Halloween Fancy Dress Party 🧛‍♀️🧟‍♀️ 

In the Hayloft Bar the 23rd of October start time 9pm.

There will be live entertainment by the Black Sticks, also will be Spot Prizes and Hampers to be won. 

So set the date in your calendars

From the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, the 🎵MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE SCHEME🎵 (MEBAS) is open for applications from 1pm on Monday 4 October to 1pm on Monday 18 October 2021. 

Businesses whether sole traders, partnerships or incorporated entities operating exclusively within the live entertainment sector may apply.

Businesses of musicians and singers of all genres are eligible to apply, as are sound engineers, lighting engineers, audio engineers, stage managers, stage technicians, sound and lighting equipment suppliers, live-streaming equipment suppliers and full-time Disk Jockeys. 

Guidelines and eligibility criteria available here.

World Mental Health Day takes place on Sunday 10th October 2021 as part of World Mental Health month.

The goal of World Mental Health Day is to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and to mobilise efforts in support of mental health.

You're not alone -- ask for help -- speak with a friend -- contact your GP -- check out this support guide.

FINDING NEW CUSTOMERS on social media, taking a sustainable approach to managing a business, or just discovering new ways to blitz your to-do list.

Each year, National Women’s Enterprise Day helps women around the country to build their business future and network with people from all kinds of backgrounds, and this year's takes place on Thursday, October 7 2021.

This year’s theme, Build The Future, is a response to a challenging 18 months for businesses and entrepreneurs around Ireland.

The annual event, an initiative of the Local Enterprise Offices, features a series of talks, networking sessions and workshops that are free and open to anyone. Thanks to the online-only format, attendees can get as much as possible out of the event without being restricted by location – a setup that proved incredibly successful last year.
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And just like an in-person event, there’ll be opportunities to meet other women in business, plus exhibition stands to browse, and the chance to put your business or startup questions to Local Enterprise office representatives.

Enrolment is now open to join Roscommon County Youth Theatre!

Roscommon County Youth Theatre will re-commence face-to-face classes on Monday evenings commencing October 4th 2021 at Roscommon Arts Centre.

They cater for two groups:

* 10 - 12 year olds (4th, 5th & 6th class students) 4.30 - 5.30pm;
* 13 - 18 year olds (second level students) 5.45pm - 7.15pm

Workshops in all aspects of actor training to build confidence, make new friends, have fun and use your imagination. All our tutors are highly experienced, professional artists.

PLEASE NOTE: Booking is ESSENTIAL.

Enrolment can be made via this link: https://roscommoncountyyouththeatre.ie/join-roscommon.../...