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Successful St. Patrick’s weekend festival tinged with loss of life tragedies
Well, well, so much has happened in the last seven days that it truly is difficult to know where to begin, or on what topic. But we’ll start with a good one, the St. Patrick’s Day parade which was held in Athlone on the Saturday, March 16, rather than on the 17th. There was a lot of Facebook criticism about the decision to shift back to the Saturday, but the volunteer committee who are the backbone of the parade arrangements stuck to their guns, and it turned out to be a great success.
St Patrick’s Day at The Skeff
THE SKEFF Bar will host a jam-packed St Patrick’s Weekender featuring live bands, DJs, food and drink specials, including the limited edition Paddy’s Day Cocktail, Leitrim Rising!, as well as sporting action live across the TV screens.
Ireland Not Performing to Expectation in Six Nations
The Six Nations is underway and by their own admissions things are not going according to plan for the Irish team. In 2018 they were riding high after becoming the Grand Slam winners so sitting in third place is not entirely cutting it. Freetips.com looks at their game so far.
Kids disco fever this mid-term break at the Prince of Wales
With mid term break fast approaching, you may be looking for activities to entertain your kids. Younger guests can dance the afternoon away on Sunday, February 24.
Friends in strange places.
Our friend ‘Captain H’ who had ingeniously planted a dictaphone in the confessional under the stairs in the Town Hall prison, was up to his old tricks again. Somehow he had managed to plant a ‘friendly’ Sergeant Gates who chatted and smiled, and was a friend to all, and dangerously caught numerous snatches of conversation from the hundreds of prisoners within. These were reported to Captain H.
Lucky number eleven at The Prince Athlone during Six Nations
All eyes will be on Ireland this weekend as they travel to Murrayfield for a clash with Scotland. Ireland will hope to raise the psychological as well as physical standards required to return to winning ways following loss to England.
Six Nations rugby pulsates with promise as cold weather snap looks imminent
I hope you are wrapped up well and fit for the rigours of the late January cold spell which we are having. As I write this column, it appears that this Thursday and Friday will be the crunch days when there could well be accumulated snow. All we can do is prepare ourselves, expect the worst and be glad if it doesn’t turn out as severe as has been forecast.
Irish Cancer Society fundraising table quiz at the Prince Bar
Gather the people you truly love this Valentine's for a night of 'Sex & The City' trivia'. Enjoy a night of laughs, Cosmopolitans, Manolo Blahniks and post-it break ups. Brush up on your trivia about this television and film classic and be tested on the scriptures according to Carrie, Charlotte, Samantha and Miranda.
Calling all males - Athlone First Dates returns to The Prince of Wales Hotel
Calling all men and women over the age of 30.
‘Muishe, is it yourself that’s in it, Mr O’Brien?’
Liam Ó Briain, professor of romance languages UCG, was arrested by the Black and Tans on November 21 1920. He was taken to the RIC barracks, at that time in Dominick Street, and then up to the army barracks at Earls island, where he was identified. Other men arrested stood in line. They were watched by ‘pompous young officers’ who, with ‘a hand on their guns’ ‘sniggered’ at the standing prisoners. They went up and down pulling hands out of their pockets. Ó Briain, in his recently published essays on his experiences,* did not sound too concerned. He was well known to the police authorities. Because of the murder and mayhem during the week of his arrest, he must have been expecting to be picked up.