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Buccaneers 27 Corinthians 15

In the summer of 1831, famine returned to County Mayo, and the starving took to the roads in search of food. Travellers on the roads witnessed and recorded many desperate people in the fields feeding on mustard, cress, and other herbage. Convoys of horses and carts carrying food also plied the roads, and it was not long before the starving turned their attention to them. The carts had meal and flour imported through Westport, destined for markets, big houses, and famine relief depots. The authorities responded by assigning armed escorts, but hunger had disarmed people of their fear of armed soldiers and constables.

The Leaving Certificate, also known as Gaeilge as the Árd Teist, was first established in this country in 1924 and the first papers were marked in 1925. It is the final examination in the secondary school system and also serves as the university matriculation exam. There was a time when these two were separate exams. It is for the senior school cycle, most of the participants are 16 to 19 years old, although an increasing number of mature student now sit the tests.

Rosemount GAA recently hosted a successful golf classic in Moate Golf Club and with the weather proving favourable all participating teams savoured the occasion on the perfectly manicured fairways and greens.

Connacht kick off their season tomorrowwith a highly attractive fixture against top English club Sale Sharks at Dubarry Park in Athlone (7pm).

The Connacht Hockey community was celebrating on twin fronts this week.

This one will sting, more so than the other recent defeats in the concrete caldron on Jones Road on the biggest day of all. 

They left it late, but that won’t matter a bit to Balla after they booked their place in the Mayo Intermediate Championship final in dramatic fashion in MacHale Park on Sunday afternoon.

Week V

Leading independent paint retailer, Pat McDonnell Paints, is celebrating 40 years in business.