Dromahair Anglers

Dromahair Anglers will be taking memberships next Monday, 4th March, in The Depot at 8 p.m.

Season Memberships:

Family €60;  Adult €40;  O.A.P. €25;  Under-16 €15

Zumba in the Depot

Walk of Light for DARC

The DARC project had great news yesterday, with the approval of grant funding from Leader of more than €178,000 for Phase 1. That's a fabulous reason to come out and join the Walk of Light for DARC on Friday next, 1st March. Bring a torch, light sabre or something luminous and meet up at the Primary Care Centre at 6.30pm to walk through the village to the Park. Tea and coffee will be provided in the pavilion, and you can bring cakes or goodies to share. Come and celebrate the good news!

Big Wave Bootcamp

Makes a change from Bundoran...

How many of you have been watching Big Wave Bootcamp on RTE 2 on Tuesday evenings? The series follows eight Irish teenagers as they pick up their surfboards and head for Hawaii, where they  undergo a gruelling three week training course in the world's most extreme surf school, under the watchful eye of surfing legend Ken Bradshaw.  Those who qualify will get the opportunity to tackle some of the planet's biggest waves. Local teenager Daniel McGlynn is among the surfers representing Ireland at this event. You can watch his progess on RTE2 at 5pm this evening, and for the next 6 weeks. Good Luck Daniel, our own Big Kahuna.

Parade Meeting

Just a reminder that the St. Patrick's Day Parade organising committee is meeting tonight, Tuesday 26th, at 9pm in The Blue Devon function room.

This is your chance to have a say and share your ideas, so why not come along?

All are welcome!

Well done Maggie & Declan

Congratulations to Maggie McLoughlin and Declan Fowley who took silver for DARC last Friday evening in the Sligo Lions Club Celebrity Jigs 'n' Reels event.

Well done Maggie and Declan. You did Dromahair proud!

Will The Riverbank be in the running?

Nominations for the Irish Restaurant Awards 2013 will open on Sunday 24th February at a gala ceremony in the Burlington Hotel in Dublin. After that, it's over to the public to get their votes in. Full details of how to vote will be published on the Diary next week. This is our chance to make sure our wonderful local restaurant, The Riverbank, and head chef John Kelly and his team get the recognition they so richly deserve. Let's get behind them!

St. Patrick's Day Parade

Jigs & Reels for DARC

Black Ice at Jameson Dublin International Film Festival

Local film-maker Johnny Gogan's first feature since Mapmaker (2001) describes a shady black market world where everyone, it seems, is on the take.

Jane McGrath gives a mesmerising performance as Alice, a young girl traumatised by the death of her brother, while Love/Hate's Killian Scott has the requisite charisma for Jimmy, the loner who lures Alice in. The white-knuckle night races are convincingly staged while the pulsing soundtrack captures the adrenaline rush of the chase on these haunting, blacked-out back roads.

Black Ice is showing at the Light House Cinema, Market Square, Smithfield at 8.50 pm on 

Wednesday 20th February.   Tickets are available at jdiff.ticketsolve.com

The Parade is ON!

Following a meeting of interested parties last night, it has been confirmed that the first annual revived Dromahair St. Patrick's Day parade will take place on Sunday 17th March. This will be a fantastic opportunity to showcase all that's best about our wonderful village. Local businesses are encouraged to get involved, as are local clubs and organisations, to put on a display showing what a community can do when it pulls together. So get those thinking caps on and plan your floats and entries now!

The Dromahair Parade has its own Facebook page at www.facebook.com/patricksparadedromahair where you can keep up to date with all the plans and put forward your own ideas. You can also contact the organisers at patricksparadedromahair@hotmail.com or come along to the next meeting in the Blue Devon on Tuesday 19th February at 9.00pm.

If you're further afield and planning a visit to Dromahair in this year of The Gathering, why not come for the Parade and join in the fun!

Is Féidir Linn!

New GAA website

St. Patrick's GAA, Dromahair have recently launched their new look website. With news and reports, history and some great old photographs, the site is well worth a visit and should be top of the bookmarks list for local GAA fans. You can find it here stpatricksdromahair.gaa.ie

As part of a new initiative for 2013, St. Patrick's is introducing a Members Loyalty Card scheme to run in conjunction with its monthly Members Club Draw. Local businesses will offer discounts to card holders, so members benefit on the double, with chances to win prizes in the monthly draws as well. Full details of the scheme can be found here.

St. Patrick's Parade Meeting

A meeting will be held next Tuesday, 12th February at 9 p.m. in the Blue Devon function room to discuss the holding of a St. Patrick's parade here in Dromahair in this, the year of The Gathering. Ideas, helpers and support are needed. All are welcome!

Library Opening Hours

Georgina Oates, our local librarian, has informed the Diary that the Library's opening hours are changing with effect from next Tuesday, 12th February. 

The Library will be open from 12.30pm to 6.00pm on Tuesdays in order to allow the school and the playschool time to visit. 

Friday opening hours will remain the same, 2.30pm to 8.00pm, closed 4.00pm to 4.30pm.

Restaurant Mystery?

Spotted this ad on Gumtree a couple of days ago...

Italian chef
Dromahair Co Leitrim, County Fermanagh
Italian chef required for new restaurant in lovely village in Ireland. On fabulous grounds with rental cottages and a hunting lodge that is currently undergoing a big renovation.

This ad was posted on 27th January - Is there something we should know?

Garda Station Closure

Well Done Leitrim!

After yesterday's fine win, it's only fitting that we congratulate the Leitrim Team. Well done lads. Here's to a great year ahead.

Closure of our Garda Station - Public Meeting

Public Meeting in Dromahair 

to discuss the way forward and plans for future policing in the area following the closure of our local Garda Station on the 31st of January.

A meeting is to take place in

The Blue Devon on Tuesday the 29th of January 2013 at 7.30p.m.

A good attendance is essential.

The Gathering: Then and Now

All the Library authorities in Ireland have produced Then and Now postcards for The Gathering.

There are some available for Dromahair in our local library. They are priced at 20c each. All monies raised will go towards events in the library.

North Leitrim A.C. AGM

North Leitrim Athletics Club A.G.M.

A reminder for all members, parents and those interested in North Leitrim A.C.: the club's AGM takes place next Wednesday, 30th January at St. Clare's Comprehensive School, Manorhamilton at 8pm.

We would request that as many members and parents of juvenile members as possible attend the AGM. This is your chance to have a say in the running of the club. Your support is appreciated.

The passing of Eugene McDermott

It was with great sadness that the Diary learned of the untimely passing of Eugene McDermott of Drumlease.

Our thoughts and sympathies at this difficult time are with Eugene's partner Kathryn and their daughter Rebeccalee, his parents Helen and Eugene Snr., his brothers and sister, extended family and his many friends and neighbours.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dilis.