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On this day 70 years ago, June 1 1953, Scoil Íde opened for the first time. In 1952, the Sisters of Jesus and Mary purchased Allen’s Hotel on Dalysfort Road which had been run by John and Angela Allen. It had at one time been known as Daly’s Fort House, a high-class hotel run by a Mrs Galbraith. She sold it to a Mr Miller of Persse’s Distillers who used it as a private house and he sold it on to the Allens. Many will remember it as the place where Bruce Woodcock, the English Heavyweight champion, trained for his famous fight with Máirtín Thornton.

Buccaneers Rugby Football Club celebrate a hugely successful season when their annual awards presentation ceremony takes place on this Saturday, May 14, in the Shearwater Hotel, Ballinasloe.

Buccaneers U20s captured a first ever Leinster title when they defeated Naas 24-20 in a keenly contested J.P.Fanagan Leinster Premier 3 Division encounter at Forenaughts, Naas, on Sunday - victory over their closest challengers ensured that the Pirates were champions with one round of this league yet to be played.

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