‘One of biggest crowds ever for Clare Ploughing Championships’
*Photograph: Natasha Barton “A RECORD CROWD” attended the Clare Ploughing Championships.
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Social dancing returns to Newmarket-on-Fergus as hall comes back to life
SOCIAL DANCING returns to Newmarket-on-Fergus Community Hall this Saturday, five decades on from when it first started at the same location.
Calvey & Rodgers included in U18 6 Nations squads
NEWMARKET-ON-FERGUS’ Emmet Calvey has been included in the Ireland U18 Schools squad that will compete in the U18 Mens Six Nations Festival with Rebecca Rodgers of Killaloe part of the women’s squad.
Sweet success for Headford Honey
Ollie Hester (Racing Manager) presents the winning trophy to John Leahy of Headford on the win by Headford Honey of the Galway A3 525 on Saturday night. Blaze Bill was in command in the opening heats of the Ann Cheevers Memorial A5 while Galway’s feature contest on Friday, the A3 525 went to the Seamus …
John Collins’ influence on Newmarket-on-Fergus camogie lives on through new memorial tournament
A CAMOGIE tournament in memory of the late John Collins will be held in Newmarket-on-Fergus marking one of the most successful mentors to have been involved in the sport at underage level with the Blues.
Clare Ploughing Championships return as Meehans maintain 100 year link
AFTER A THREE YEAR ABSENCE, the Clare Ploughing Championships will be held this coming Sunday.
CLARE CUP: Four teams unbeaten after second round ties
Two rounds into the race for the Clare Cup, senior hurling league, and just four teams have maximum points.
26 years of Newmarket-on-Fergus parish walks marked along famine footpaths
The Road from Kilmaleery Cross to Reynolds Cross, constructed in famine times was the route taken lately by Newmarket-on-Fergus walkers in a recent parish outing.
Unbeaten Slaney Mags wins Moet Final
Slaheny Mags winner of MOET Accountants A6/A7 final. Peg Lenihan accepting the trophy. Photograph: Joe Buckley The Limerick and Clare GOBA were responsible for sponsoring the entire card at Limerick Greyhound Stadium on Saturday night.
Flooding making electrical gates redundant in Mogullaun
GATES at the entrance to a house in Newmarket-on-Fergus “won’t even open or close,” due to the impact of flooding, an elected representative has highlighted.