Please support our Traders of the Day – 23rd September

Drumderrig Nursing Home : Abbey Haven Nursing Home : Ardcarne Garden Centre : Clarke’s Bar & Restaurant : Drumderrig Nursing Home

Boyle Cycleway under construction

The plan is to develop a cycleway from Lough Key Forest Park’s Activity Centre to Boyle Town Centre.  Funding was allocated under the Minister Michael Ring’s Department’s under an Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme.

The Toon Team – Holy Water for Boris

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to visit LA this week

After engagements in New York, Varadkar will travel to LA to inaugurate the new Hollywood base, which is being touted as a big resource to the Irish film industry.
While on his trade mission to the west coast, Varadkar will make site visits to a number of client and target companies of Screen Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and the IDA.
He will also have a courtesy call with Mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti.

Scoil na nAingeal Naofa – beautiful exterior repaint

House and Church for sale – prime town centre location

Boyle GAA Club Update 22nd September

Boyle Golf Club Update 22nd September

Boyle GAA Trip to the Ploughing Championships

Martin Dolan wrote: “There has been a very favourable reaction to the Club’s Social Initiative trip to National Ploughing Championships on Wednesday last, September 18th. Our driver Seán Heslin safely transported 52 happy passengers to and from Fennagh, Co. Carlow in the Club Rossie bus. We were blessed with clear blue skies and high temperatures and these greatly enhanced the occasion. The Club wishes to thank all who participated in the outing. We are already seeking ideas for next year’s trip. We wish to thank our driver Seán and also Damien Regan who brought the bus to Boyle in advance of the trip and brought it back again. Thanks to Kathleen who provided refreshments in the Clubroom before our departure.”

Leo Varadkar and Boris Johnson – a 2nd meeting

Confirmation of a second meeting between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and British prime minister Boris Johnson has raised hopes a Brexit deal is possible before the October 31 deadline.
The Government confirmed yesterday that Mr Varadkar and Mr Johnson will meet on the fringes of the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week.

Google to subsidise houses in Dublin

Google is willing to subsidise general housing in Dublin to ease the accommodation crisis, its CEO says.
“It’s something we would think about doing over time,” Google CEO Sundar Pichai told Independent.ie “It makes sense for us as a company to do it and it’s also the right thing to do.”
Google now employs 8,000 people in Dublin and, with staff salaries averaging close to €100,000, it is looking for ways to invest in the wider community here.

Taoist Tai Chi Introduction Class

Taoist Tai Chi – Introduction Class, Boyle, Monday 23rd September in the Convent Primary School – FREE

MEP Mairead McGuinness

Mairead McGuinness MEP for Roscommon and first Vice-President of the European Parliament represented the European Parliament at a G7 conference in Brest, France, recently under the theme ‘Parliaments committed to the oceans’. It addressed the protection and governance of oceans; the impact of climate change, pollution and plastics on our oceans and the role Parliaments can play. The important role of research and innovation in the preservation of oceans was emphasised.

Pictured (l-r): Bruce Stanton, Deputy Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons; Mairead McGuinness; Wolfgang Schäuble, President of the German Bundestag; Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives; Richard Ferrand, President of the French National Assembly; Roberto Fico, President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies; John Bercow, Speaker of the U.K. House of Commons.

Marians Fashions, Bridge Street, Boyle

Clarke’s Bar & Restaurant – Chilli Con Carne Lunch

 

King House Tea Rooms

Nordson Medical

Emmy Awards 2019 – win for Chris O’Dowd

Chris O’Dowd poses for a portrait in the press room with the award for outstanding actor in a short form comedy or drama series for “State Of The Union” on night two of the Television Academy’s 2019 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles

“Outstanding Actor In A Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
State Of The Union, “Dolphins”
SundanceTV, See-Saw Films
Chris O’Dowd as Tom”

The Toon Team – Five in a row

Know Your Rights: Returning to Ireland

Question: My son has been living in Australia for the last fifteen years and is planning to return to Ireland next year for good. Where can he find practical information about returning home?

St. Joseph’s Parish Newsletter

King House Tea Rooms – Open Mike

Stewarts Oil FREE Giveaway

This useful USB charger not only charges your phone while in your car, it could save your life or a life if you are unfortunate to come across an accident. With it you can break your window and cut your seatbelt. Stewarts Oil will give you one of these this chargers -FREE- when you order Stewarts Home Heating Oil while stocks last.

Tony Conboy “An Oblique View”

Safepass Course

A Safepass course will take place at Boyle Enterprise Centre on Friday September 27th from 8.00/5.00. For more information or to book a place please email info@boyleenterprise.com or call 071 967 3100 / 086 203 9182

“Unveiling Main Street” 

Wednesday 11th September: This evening we are getting a look at renovation works carried out on the first section of Main Street, and it looks great. Roofs have been cleaned and frontages painted in ‘traditional’ colours.
• Scaffolding is now being erected on the next section of the street.
• Boyle was chosen as one of six towns nationwide to receive €140,000 in funding to enhance the streetscape of Main Street in the town, under the Historic Towns Initiative (HTI) 2019, a joint initiative between the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and the Heritage Council.

Spend time in BOYLE

Way back in August 2010 I designed a book containing some photos from the area and Business Card sized Graphics from Boyle traders.
I will add the cards of several of the surviving Boyle Businesses over the next few days
At the time, we had an active Chamber of Commerce promoting everything ‘Boyle’.

 

FCA Association trip to Áras an Uachtaráin

Members of 19th. Inf. Bn. FCA Association and friends on their visit to Farmleigh House and Áras an Uachtaráin where they were greeted by President Michael D. HIGGINS and his wife Sabina. The Association presented the president with an Association plaque, the president replied thanking them for their attendance and in particular their long service to the state. They were then treated to refreshments and a grand tour of the Áras and the grounds.

Ardcarne Garden Centre

Autumn has truly arrived, with schools buzzing back to life and days shortening. What better time then to learn a new skill? Over the next few weeks we have a very exciting range of Spanish, Print Making and Herbal remedy classes (click ‘read more’ for more details)
Autumn is of course bulb planting time and you’ll find all your favourites in stock right now, plus some unusual varieties. Get them in early if you can as the roots will start growing in the damp warm soil and be well established by the spring for putting on a fantastic display. As usual you’ll find lots of plants for bringing colour to your garden and containers.

Know Your Rights: One-Parent Family Payment

Saint Patrick Street (St. Patrick Street)

***NOT*** Patrick Street / Patrick’s Street / St.Patrick’s Street.
I accept that road signs are frequently misspelt (Tobercurry/Keadew etc) but know that considerable research was a feature before ordering Boyle’s Street Signs

Boyle Brochures – where?

A realboyle.com viewer wrote “Sean, where can I get Boyle Brochures”. I went to the Úna Bhán Tourism Gift Shop to see what is available. I was disappointed to find that there are only two:-
A folded Lakelends Waterways map and a Boyle/Lough Key Visitors Map & Moone Boy Trail. Boyle TM (Chamber of Commerce) produced both several years ago. Both are now out of date and contain mistakes and should receive makeovers

Heuston Rail Station, Dublin

There is an enormous difference between facilities available at Connolly and Heuston rail stations. I took the Luas from Connolly and spent an enjoyable time in Heuston Station on Tuesday 3rd September. A highlight for me was an excellent €12.50 Beef Lunch in the station’s Galway Hooker Restaurant/Bar. My photographs will give you a Heuston experience.

Philippa’s Hair Design

Tai Chi – change of opening days

The ever popular Tai Chi Court Chinese Restaurant is open from 5pm until 11pm 6 days every week, with closed on Tuesdays

Lough Key Visitor Centre hours

 

Boyle Junior Tennis Lessons

A new 8 week term of junior tennis lessons on Wednesdays. A 6 week term will begin next Monday. All equipment is provided and lessons are provided by Tim Clarke our Tennis Ireland qualified coach. Booking is essential so please contact Tim on 083 115 5374 to find out a suitable group and time slot.

Boyle and District I.C.A.

• Meetings: Boyle and District I.C.A will resume their monthly meetings in Tawnytaskin Community Centre on Tuesday 24th September.
New members are always welcome at the I.C.A., so please feel free to come along for a cuppa and a chat. For information please call Eimear on 087 955 7036

King House – open until the end of September

Open to the public from the first week in April until the last week in September. Tuesday to Sunday from 11am with last admissions at 5pm.
Open Sunday 11am to 4pm. (last tours at 3pm)
We are also open over holiday weekends and on Bank Holiday Mondays.
• Pre-booked groups are welcome all year round.
• The house is available for corporate/private function hire.
• King House is a fully-licensed civil wedding location.
• King House is fully accessible to wheelchair users, with an elevator between floors.
• A tour of the house takes approximately 60 minutes. Audio Packs are available for self-guided tours. During peak season, we also host guided tours throughout the week, times for which are advertised at the Reception Desk in King House. Visitor Guides are available in French, German, Italian and Spanish

The Park and Boyle Traders

28th August: Only the following Boyle Traders have leaflets on the Lough Key Visitor Centre Notice Board:
Kelly’s Londis, Angling Services Ireland, King House Tea Rooms, The Stairs Gastro Pub, The Book Lady, Mayo Roscommon Hospice Shop

The Park & N4 signs to Boyle

The main thrust of this sign is to N4 and Dublin/Sligo. Boyle and King House/Boyle Abbey are secondary and in smaller letters

Boyle seems lost in a confusion of signs as motorists exit on to the N4

The Park and Boyle

The end of summer 2019 and schools reopening is a time to make observations and ask questions, for instance …
• • a/ Lough Key Forest Park appeared to get more visitors than ever
• • b/ How many of those visitors came in to Boyle and what did our Traders, Chamber of Commerce, Town Team do to attract them?
I have ideas, just as you have and will write/discuss this topic further

Area Photos

Realboyle Photo Album pages: [King House…] [Boyle Abbey…] [Lough Key Forest Park…]

Four possible routes for N61 road

New designs for the N61 between Tulsk and Boyle have been put forward by Transport Infrastructure Ireland and Roscommon County Council.
• The N61 route between Roscommon and Tulsk is a busy National Secondary Route with current traffic flow in the region of 3000 – 4000 vehicles per day approx.
• A final route will be decided by December 2019, with the public asked to make their own submissions on the project up until the 23rd of September.
• Online submission can be made here .

Pleasure Grounds Playground

I took the photo below in April 2016.  The playground is still a great resource close the middle of town and is used by parents and enjoyed by children all through the year. At the moment it appears – not like in this photo – but ‘worn out’ and the attractions badly in need of a repaint. It would be great if some or any grouping of our many clubs and voluntary organisations could find time to add a playground repaint to their busy schedules.

The Toon Team – McDonald’s/Beef

Did you know?

Erita – Nails and Beauty Boutique

L-R: Aisling Duignan, Erita O’Carroll, Leah Meredith

Erita O’Carroll – Nails and Beauty Boutique – Nails, Waxing, Makeup, Lash Lift, Spray Tans, Eyelashes, Eyebrows and Sunbeds … 085 271 0045 … Bridge Street, Boyle.

Cigarettes – €20 a pack?

A packet of 20 cigarettes costs roughly €13, and raising this by around €1.17 a pack in the next six Budgets would mean the price of a pack would reach €20.
According to the IHF (Irish Heart Foundation), around 20% of people in Ireland over the age of 16 – around 800,000 people – are current smokers. Department of Health figures also suggest the number of adults smoking in Ireland has declined by around 80,000 in the past few years.

Know Your Rights – Appealing your Leaving Cert results

Marians of Boyle

 

 

Boyle Fire Service – new Car Park

“The Lawn” … untended, broken down, last year’s leaves …

Located in Boyle Town Centre, “The Lawn” runs along the southern bank of Boyle river. Let the photos speak for themselves …

Progress at Boyle Courthouse

Works are continuing onsite. The award of a six-figure Leader sum will ensure that the roof is weather proofed, some windows will be repaired, an 8-urinal etc toilet block will be constructed alongside other internal and external works.
• Previous grant monies went towards works including painting, carpeting, heating and front window replacements etc in the main courtroom area.
• Much work has been done on the Model Railway project and additional funding will be required before an eventual opening to the public.

Clarke’s Bar & Restaurant

The Toon Team – Cycle Path

Know Your Rights – Emergency medical card

Good old-fashioned hand painted Signwriting

Brogans totalhealth Pharmacy

State Laws and Coillte Bye-Laws

There is no State Law or Coillte Bye-Law that says dogs must be kept on leads … “effectual control” is the requirement
13. Subject to Bye-law 14 a person shall not cause or allow a dog to be on Coillte lands without it being kept under effectual control as required under the Control of Dogs Act 1986 (No. 32 of 1986).

Tangier House on 2.9 acres FOR SALE

A viewer suggested “Wouldn’t it make a great town centre hotel … with its existing entrances on Shop Street and The Crescent … loads of room to extend and add ‘out of sight’ buildings.”
• Tangier Tots Childcare Centre NOT included
• Person or persons with money and vision required !!
• Call Smith Kelly Scott on 071 966 2124

The Crescent Bye-Laws

Following several years of lobbying (and pleading), Roscommon Co Councillors passed the new bye laws for trading on the Crescent and other site in the county
Roscommon councillors have voted by a majority of 15 to 2 to bring in casual trading laws for the county after the issue was first mooted more than a decade ago.
The bye laws will apply to all towns in the county and cover issues like goods that may be traded, designated trading areas and trading times, insurance requirements and parking of vehicles.

Clarke’s Bar & Restaurant

Always a favourite – Bangers & Mash for Lunch

Boyle Flowers and Plants 2019

A special shout out and thank you to Boyle resident Seamus Young who financed and placed potted plants at several locations on the Crescent and Elphin Street.
Flower and plant displays are looking great all over town this year thanks to Boyle Tidy Towns, Mandy Toolan, Teresa Ward, Boyle Traders, Boyle Residents and Seamus Young

The Toon Team– The Queen’s Portrait

 

Alcoholics Anonymous

A viewer wrote: “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.”

Remember man thou art but dust

Clarke’s Bar & Restaurant

Abbey Haven Nursing Home, Boyle