Book launch by Sen. Michael McDowell on Sun., 27th Nov., 4pm, in St. George’s Heritage Centre and all are invited. Light refreshments …
‘The Election of the Snows,’ as it became known due to the atrocious bitter weather at the time, encompasses the story of Thomas J. Devine of Boyle, who had been a respected member of Roscommon County Council and otherwise politically and socially active, as a candidate in the prickly three-way by-election occasioned by the death of the long-serving MP for North Roscommon, James J. O’Kelly.