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Lorrha Redwood School's Combine For Football Final
Lorrha Redwood schools were unfortunate not to win their group football final on November 8th.
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Lorrha Parish Calendar Launch
Lorrha Development Association launched the very popular calendar for 2013 in 'The Shed' on Saturday night last after Denis, Lil and Staff served up a smashing 4 course meal. Local lady Sheila Dillon was on hand to launch the calendar which is now on sale throughout the parish. Here you will find a small selection of photo's from the launch.
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Kathleen Celebrates Her 90th
Enjoy this small selection of photos from Kathleen Kennedy's 90th birthday celebrations last week-end.
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Puppets in Portumna Library
Junior pupils from Lorrha N.S. enjoy a puppet show in Portumna Library.
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Book Launch
Seamus King launched his latest edition "A Lorrha Miscellany" in The Shed last Friday night. Here you can view a small selection of photographs from this lovely occasion. Well done Seamus.
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Lorrha School Pupils celebrate Athletic Success
Pupils from Lorrha N.S. brought back Gold, Silver and Bronz medals in their groups from the schools athletic day held in Thurles.
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RAGS at the K Club
The local golfing society RAGS took a first time trip to the K club in Kildare last week-end.
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Lorrha GAA Lotto Winners
Mother & Daughter Annie & Rita Coughlan scooped the local GAA lotto & took posession of their cheques in Kelly's Rathcabbin to a night of celebrations.
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Lorrha Reaching Out Meeting
Lorrha Development Association held a "Ireland Reaching Out" meeting last week which attracted a great crowd and was addressed by Henry Healy, John Joe Conwell Irelans xo and Patrick Killeen of LEADER.
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Watering The School Flowers....
Lochlann and Fergus were delighted to get away from the classroom to water the school flowers and anything else they felt needed some water too...
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Lorrha Rovers v Kilruane
Lorrha Rovers Minor team had a narrow victory over Kilruane in Motefield.
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Lorrha U6 & 8 Blitz
Lorrha U6 & U8 travelled to Puckane for a blitz where they played, Burgess, Toomevara and Kildangan.
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U.S. Grandmother Visits Lorrha School
When the U.S. grandmother Marie, visited her two grandchildren Daniel and Fergus O'Donoghue in Lorrha N.S. before her return to the States, there was great joy and excitement from the pupils, not to mention her grandchildren.
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Village Store Make Over
Feargal Quinn & his retail therapy crew change the Village Store like you have never seen it before!!
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Guided Heritage Walk in Lorrha
Local historian Pat Hough gives a guided talk on the Lorrha's history.
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Tipp Intermediate Camogie All-Ireland Semi-Final
Two Lorrha girls Caoimhe Kennedy & Megan O'Meara donned the Tipp jersey for the Intermediateteam in the All-Ireland semi-Final v Derry where Tipp were unfortunate to loose.. Caoimhe is pictured here in action.
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Parish Golf Outing
The Annual Parish Golf Outing took place in Portumna on Saturday Aug. 18th.
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Tree Comes Down in High Winds
The road from the Pike to Rathcabbin was blocked for a time today Wednesday 15th as a tree came crashing down in high winds. Thanks to Daniel O'Donoghue for the photos. A young photographer in the making!! Well done Daniel.
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North Premier U/12 Games
Lorrha participated in the North Premier hurling finals which was held in Ballinderry on Saturday Aug 11th & Lorrha won their group under Captain Michael Houlihan.
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Retail Therapy Community Spirit
Feargal Quinn & crew were filiming progress in Kelly's of Rathcabbin & also the community spirit in the village as they get ready for opening day.
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Birr Vintage Week Parade
A small selection of photo's from the Birr Vintage Week Parade where people from the parish made a large contribution.
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Mary & John's Wedding
Mary Keane and John Lambe, Rathcabbin on their recent wedding.
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Cruising The River Shannon
Scenes from a cruise on the River Shannon on a rare Sunny Summer Day. Take a look and see do you know on what stretch of the River the cruise took place.. Many thanks to everyone who send photos to the parish web site. Keep them coming...
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Martin O'Meara Memorabilia
Memorabilia of Lorrha native Martin O’Meara who was awarded a Victoria Cross for his bravery during World War 1 while on duty in Pozieres, France with the Australian Imperial Force, is now on display in the window of Pat Hough, Publican, Lorrha.
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Drama & Art Summer Camp
Pupils show their expertise after their week long Drama and Art summer camp in which was held in Banagher with Tracey McGarry & Anne Clarke.
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Fundraising Walk For Nadine
A fundraising walk took place recently to raise funds to purchase a trike for 5 year old Nadine Clancy Rathcabbin.
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Tipp Do It On The Double
Tipperary Senior & Intermediate teams had victories over Kilkenny in the All-Ireland Championship last week-end. Congratulations to Caoimhe Kennedy who Helped the Intermediates to a one point victory while she donned a subs jersey for the Senior team. Well dne Caoimhe.
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Midland Artistic Gymnastic Club
Students from the The Midland Artistic Gymnastic Club based in Lorrha had great success in competition recently.They train weekly in the GAA Centre in Lorrha and anyone wishing to find out about training times etc.call (087) 7528346.
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Tipp v Offaly Senior Football Championship
Tipp had 5 points to spare over neighbours Offaly when they met in Semple Stadium last Saturday June 30th.
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Tipp Senior Camogie v Clare
Tipp recorded a great victory over Munster Champions Clare in the 2nd round of the All-Ireland Championship. Lorrha's Caoimhe Kennedy is a sub with this team.
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Councillor Michael is elected New Mayor of North Tipp
Councillor Michael O'Meara held a Charity fundraising night and a celebration of his election as the new Mayor of North Tipp at a function in Kellys Rathcabbin on Thursday night June 28th.
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Maura Retires From Teaching
Principal of Redwood School Maura Kennedy retires after spending 12 years there.
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St. Kierans Celebrate 25th Anniversary
St. Kieran's Nursing home in Rathcabbin celebrated 25 years in business on Saturday June 16th.
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Official Opening Of Friars Park
Lorrha has a new Park, the envy of many a village and town. It was officially opened to the public on Tuesday June 12th. and a large crowd turned out to celebrate the occasion.
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Lorrha School Raise Second Green Flag.
Students and staff raised the second green flag in the school on Tuesday June 12th.
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Lorrha v Borrisokane
Lorrha senior hurlers had 8 points to spare over neighbours when they met in the last round of the championship in Cloughjordan.
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O'Sullivan Beara Play & Walk
Actor Aidan Dooley performed his one act play O'Sullivan Beara The Last Gaelic Chieftain in Lorrha Hall & the next morning, a group walked part of the route taken by O'Suilleabhain in 1603.
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Retail Therapy in Rathcabbin
Darina Kelly has Feargal Quinn and the Retail Therapy film crew visit her shop in an effort to save her Village Store.
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North School Final
Lorrha/Redwood v Rearcross.
In hearthbreaking circumstances, Lorrha lost by 2 points when Rearcross were awarded an injury time free that resulted in a goal in a game that Lorrha should have won...
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Lorrha School Concert
Pupils from Lorrha N.S. stage an end of school summer concert.
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Redwood Bog Fire
A fire spread rapidly through Redwood Bog recently destroying everything that came in it's way, including a clamp of turf.
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Graduation Day
Pupils in Little Feet pre-school Lorrha celebrated their graduation day recently in the school.
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Getting Ready For Official Opening
Lorrha Development are holding the official opening of Friars Park on Tuesday June 12th and the preparations are well under way.
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Two Green Flags For The Parish
Lorrha N.S. were presented with their second green flag while Redwood took hold of their third at an awards ceremony in Athlone on Wednesday 23rd.
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Intermediate Munster Camogie Semi-Final
Commiserations to Caoimhe Kennedy & Tipp Intermediate team who were unlucky with Cork in the Munster Semi-Final last week-end.
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Confirmation
Bishop Kieran O'Reilly paid his first visit to the parish on Friday May 18th to administer twenty two young people from Lorrha, Redwood & Rathcabbin schools with Confirmation.
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Redwood N.S. Visit Water Plant in Coolbawn
As part of their Green Flag application, Redwood N.S. pupils visit the C.Council water plant in Coolbawn.
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Artists At Work In The Dark Of The Cold Night
Artists Ute Duggan, Liz Hussey & Carmel Slevin preparing Friars Park for the official opening on June 12th.
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Young Artists Exhibition
A selection of creations by students of Bramble Art Studio Lorrha. Teacher Ute Duggan can be contacted at (090) 9747127, (087) 9151356. The exhibition can be viewed in Portumna Library until Wednesday May 9th.
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Lorrha Seniors v Portroe
The championship continues and so does Lorrha's bad luck run as they go down heavily in their third outing.
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