Hopes of a normal Christmas dashed by new restrictions
The measures announced will be implemented from December 7 until January 9.
• The closure of nightclubs;
• That visits to homes over Christmas be kept to people from a maximum of three other households — four households in total;
• The return of strict social distancing in bars and restaurants — table service only and a 1m distance between groups;
• A maximum of six adults per table;
• No multiple table bookings;
• The continuation of a midnight closing time for pubs and restaurants;
• A maximum of 50% capacity for entertainment, cultural, community, and sporting events, which must all be fully seated;
• That Covid passes be required for gyms and leisure centres.
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Eugene Kearns R.I.P.
St. Joseph’s Parish Newsletter
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King House, 8pm Sunday 5th December
Bernadine Casserly accompanied by Anne Kielty
Tickets €15
Proof of Covid Immunity and ID must be produced. Masks are required to be worn.
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Sheepdog Trials – from 8.30am Sunday 5th December
Eddie Egan will host Sheepdog Trials on his farm at Knockroe, Boyle. A wonderful display is anticipated from dogs and their handlers
Photos to follow …
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Weather
TODAY – FRIDAY 3RD DECEMBER: Becoming cloudy overall. Patchy light rain and drizzle will spread from the Atlantic through the morning and afternoon, clearing to scattered showers by evening. Highest temperatures of 7 to 9 degrees.
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The 8 at 8: Friday
Here is what is making the headlines this morning.
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Abbey Community College, Christmas 2021
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Church View, Boyle, Christmas Lights 2021
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Ann Wrote:
December Morning Sky
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Please Support Boyle Traders of the Day:
Magees Fashions : Marians Fashions : Open Table Restaurant : Abbey Haven Nursing Home : Ardcarne Garden Centre : Boles of Boyle : Brogans Chemco Pharmacy :
Stride-Beyond Coaching : Siobhan Gallagher Coaching : Stewarts Oil : Studio Eleven Yoga : Tai Chi Chinese : Drumderrig Nursing Home : Carmel’s Skincare & Beauty :
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Dalys Off-Licence
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Christmas TV
RTÉ and Virgin Media both announced their seasonal TV programming schedules today with Tommy Tiernan and Mrs Brown leading the charge for the national broadcaster, while Virgin Media has plenty of Christmas specials to keep people busy.
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Irish troops banned from drinking in Lebanon… even on Christmas Day
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Ardcarne Garden Centre and Cafe
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Carmel’s Skincare & Beauty
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Drink driving at Christmas and New Year
RSA and An Garda Síochána highlight life-changing impact of drink driving at Christmas and New Year in road safety appeal
• 83 fatalities and 709 serious injuries in Christmas / New Year period over the last five years
• Morning after highlighted as one in four drivers admit to driving over the limit the morning after.
• Drivers reminded that all drink driving offenses carry a disqualification
• Almost 4,500 drivers arrested for drink driving to date in 2021
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Roscommon Herald 30th November
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Just A Thought
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Major Boost for Arigna with €500,000 for Energy Inclusive Discovery Park and Miners Trail
Local TD and Minister of State Frank Feighan has today warmly welcomed the announcement from Minister Heather Humphreys TD that funding of €500,000 is allocated for the development of the Arigna Energy Inclusive Discovery Park to include a panoramic viewing platform, inclusive activity area and an energy and biodiversity trail.
The announcement was made under the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS) which will benefit some 84 projects across Ireland.
Arigna Energy Inclusive Discovery Park and Miners Trail received the funding under measure 3 of the programme.
“This is fantastic news for Arigna and North Roscommon in particular, this project will compliment the success of the Mining Experience and will build the visitor experience for tourism for visitors to the region including South Leitrim where Carrick-on-Shannon and Drumshanbo have some rally interesting attractions to visit including ‘The Shed Distillery Visitor Experience’ to name but one”
“I wish to congratulate the project promoters and Roscommon Co Council for their successful application, and can I thank in particular Minister Humphreys who’s department allocated €879,830 to Roscommon under the latest ORIS funding stream” concluded Minister Feighan.
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Boyle has been lit up and our Christmas lights are bright & beautiful
The Toon Team – Garth Brooks
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Boyle GAA Club – Update
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Bridge Street, Boyle
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Christmas Tree decoration 2021
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Hiring at Boles of Boyle
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ONESONIC make an appearance on the Late Late Toy Show
Philippa’s Hair Design, Main Street
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Tony Conboy “An Oblique View”
Reaching out to you, Tony casts a sensible, practiced, well-tuned eye on happenings Local, National and International.
Read More >>
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New Covid curbs: home visits and hospitality
New limits on the number of people permitted to sit at tables indoors, caps on household visits and a reduction in capacity at live music venues are among the measures being discussed by the Government as it struggles to get the fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic under control. The National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) will meet today, but it is not expected to recommend significant new restrictions.
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Christmas Lights 2021 – Abbeytown, Boyle
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A thought for Christmas 2021
Most everything you will need is available from traders in the Boyle area … except a very wide range of toys and musical instruments (or am I wrong?)
graphic © realboyle
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Roscommon Herald 23rd November
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“Charlotte Brontë – An Irish Odyssey” by Michael O’Dowd.
The Toon Team – Lotto Tickets
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Boyle Golf Club
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Maurice Harron’s Gaelic Chieftain
Maurice Harron was born in Derry, Northern Ireland. After studies at the Ulster College of Art and Design, he began to teach.
For a number of Years, Maurice and his family lived in Cloonloo near Boyle while teaching art in a secondary school in Roscommon town.
Read More >>
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BOI Sketch
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The Air Ambulance Service
People have been asked to stay away from the areas where the Air Ambulance Helicopter lands so that the service may be carried out as quickly and efficiently as possible. Apparently a member of the crew now has to shield the patient’s face so that some over-eager members of the public cannot identify the patient with their smartphone. cameras.
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Boles of Boyle window display “with Christmas in mind”
Photo realboyle.com
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Three generations of the Keenan Family at the Keenan Cup presentation 14th November
Photo Courtesy of Mary Regan
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Boyle Canal – November 15th
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Well Hello … !!
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Ardcarne Garden Centre Christmas Shop
Brigid O’Toole, Mary Frances Dwyer & Ciara Callaghan recently launched the Ardcarne Garden Centre Christmas Shop in aid of The Local Hospice
Photo courtesy of Mary Regan
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New lease of life for Ballinafad Field Study Centre
Arrow Community Enterprises (ACE) Limited, the group for local community development in the Lough Arrow region of south Sligo, are delighted to announce that we have come to an agreement with Patrick Ward to operate the Field Study Centre at Ballinafad, Co Sligo in line with the original ethos of this flagship initiative, which is to maximise the tourism potential around our local historic sites, heritage, and archaeology.
Local businessman, Patrick Ward, of The Coach House Hotel in Ballymote and The Fox’s Den in Keash will develop the centre in partnership with the Lough Arrow community as 2-star guest accommodation. Commenting on his venture, Ward said, “During the pandemic, I saw the opportunity to connect tourism-based community enterprise in Ballinafad.
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Reprise – 2010 – Guess Who
NPHET advises people to work from home as much as possible
NPHET is advising people to work from home as much as possible – and is appealing to employers to be supportive. It is also asking people to reduce their social contacts.
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Feighan calls on local Community Groups to consider €9 million Fund to support them if impacted by COVID-19
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- ‘Fund to provide small grants for community groups impacted by the Pandemic’
- Facilities such as community centres, men’s and women’s sheds, parish halls and youth centres to be supported
- Supporting community groups a key focus of ‘Our Rural Future’
- Read More >>
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When will the Lough Key Visitor Centre Reopen?
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Time fast running out to turn tide on Covid surge
Irish Independent: A rise in Covid-19-infected patients in hospital have put the country back in the grip of the virus, amid desperate appeals for people to heed warnings to cut back on their socialising. But time may already be running out to dramatically turn the tide, with “the Christmas lights already up” and the festive season of get-togethers with vulnerable relatives not far off, warned chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan.
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Lough Key Forest Park
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Evening Sky November
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’tis the Season
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It’s time we fixed our troubled relationship with alcohol
Irish Independent: “Children and teenagers are bombarded by both advertising and sponsorship messages that can encourage early-drinking and increased risk-taking regarding alcohol and alcohol use. Rugby springs to mind as a sport that has long been in the sponsorship pocket of major drinks brands.
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The Toon Team – Climate Summit
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Tai Chi Court Restaurant, Boyle
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St. Joseph’s Parish Newsletter
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November Leaves
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High Court: “whether Roscommon County Council has breached a court order”
Know Your Rights
Know Your Rights: Your rights as a tenant – Read More >>
Know your rights: Non-Geographic Numbers – Read More >>
Know your rights: Applying for a student grant – Read More >>
Throughout the pandemic, it has been business as usual for the Citizens Information Service (CIS), with the local teams working tirelessly behind closed doors providing independent, non-judgmental, and confidential information, advice/assistance and advocacy to the public. Since March 2020, the service has responded to over 82,000 queries regionally via phone, email and where necessary with face-to-face meetings by appointment.
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Tai Chi Court
Another tasty meal choice available only at Tai Chi Court Chinese Restaurant, Boyle … Beef and Veg in a delicious Orange Sauce.
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Lough Key Forest Park
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Open Table Restaurant, Boyle
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The Toon Team …
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The Gaelic Chieftain, a year ago …
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Friends don’t let friends drive … designate !!
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Studio Eleven
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Studio Eleven, Main Street, Boyle
The official launch of Christine and Neil Stewart’s STUDIO ELEVEN purpose-built Yoga, Meditation and Rest Space will take place on a date early in 2022. In the meantime, a small gathering of regulars will have opportunities to enjoy this beautiful studio on a regular basis. The studio has everything one might need for a welcoming comfortable holistic experience complete with piped underfloor heating and an overhead silent heat exchange air conditioning system as well as a beautiful cork floor layered over padded insulation.
• More information and class schedules will follow shortly.
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Marian Shrine, Boyle
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EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum
October, Chris and I thoroughly enjoyed a few hours in the EPIC Museum, Dublin
EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum, located in Dublin’s Docklands, covers the history of the Irish diaspora and emigration to other countries. It was designed by the London-based design firm Event Communications, and was voted as “Europe’s Leading Tourist Attraction” at the 2019 and 2020 World Travel Awards.
View Photos from a previous visit >>
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The Toon Team – Clown Team
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The McAleese Collection, King House
It is possible that from information discussed at a recent meeting The McAleese Collection donated to King House, Boyle in October 2015 will be downsized. In the past the collection was removed during the King House off-season for “safekeeping”
View Photos 29th September >>
and at the 2015 launch HERE >>
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Connaught Rangers Remembrance Room 29th September 2021
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Evening Dining at the Open Table Restaurant
The Open Table Restaurant is now Open Thursday, Friday & Saturday evenings. Last orders 8pm serving from 5pm. Also available Wednesday evenings when booked.
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Boyle Cistercian Abbey
This © realboyle.com photo is of one of the sculptured heads on the building and this one is located on the north-facing wall, looking towards the GAA Abbey Park.
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Drumderrig House Nursing Home
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Abbey Haven Care Centre & Nursing Home
Boles of Boyle
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Ardcarne Garden Centre
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Gaelic Chieftain Sculpture on the N4
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Tai Chi Chinese Restaurant
Stride-Beyond Coaching
Stewarts Oil
Siobhan Gallagher Coaching
Sean Carty Cars
Marians Fashions
Magees Fashion Shop
Stock up on heating fuels …
Reprise
Brogans totalhealth Pharmacy
Sketches – entrance to L. Key Forest Park from the N4
Does Sunshine vitamin D help put Covid in the shade?
Irish Examiner: “A group of medical professionals and academics is now calling on the government to recommend a daily dose of 20 to 25 micrograms (mgs) of vitamin D for every Irish adult as a preventative treatment for Covid-19. They also want the government to provide vitamin D supplementation to vulnerable groups such as frontline healthcare workers, those with pre-existing conditions like diabetes and high blood pressure and older adults, especially those living in nursing homes.”
“Non Nationals” – a short story by John Mulligan
Sketches
Sketching, for me, is a challenging, occasional activity I have enjoyed since I was a pre-teen. Now in this Covid Lockdown era I find myself “drawn-to-drawing” with a renewed energy. “High Art” … certainly not … !!
Alcoholics Anonymous
Just a gentle reminder – “we would be delighted if you could put a small message on realboyle.com regarding our AA meeting. It takes place every Thursday at midday in St. Joseph’s Hall.
Alcoholics Anonymous is an international fellowship of men and women who have had a drinking problem. Their stated purpose is to enable “members to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety.” It is nonprofessional, self-supporting, and apolitical.”