Articles in the Carrickmacross Category

By PATSY McARDLE RAIN, hail or snow, Saint Patrick will be putting the progressive rural community at Oram, near Castleblayney, on the world map once again this Sunday!. Residents of the area—both young and old–are also geared for huge St. Patrick’s Day celebrations—even though they plan to stage the shortest festive parade on the planet, and hope they might get into the Guinness Book of World Records! Local showband legend, Big Tom McBride, who is always the central figure of life in the close-knit community, will be ...

THE ENTIRE Co. Monaghan community was shocked and stunned last weekend to learn of the tragic death in an horrific road accident of a young Mid-Monaghan mother-of-two who died when her car was involved in a collision on the N2 main Dublin road. The tragedy happened during another black weekend on the roads, as four others died in separate accidents. Mrs Michelle McCabe, who was in her mid-thirties, and a member of a very highly esteemed and popular local family from Kilkitt, Shantonagh, died in the two-car collision which ...

By Veronica Corr The 2012 Carrick Emmets Christmas Day Swim at Creevy Lake, the 32nd one of its kind, in aid of local charities was a great success, Jimmy Finnegan told The Northern Standard. Each of the 122 participants had no trouble staying cool this yule either, as the water was apparently very cold just after noon on December 25th! Participation was up on last year and Jimmy wished to thank all the swimmers, and welcome 22 new ones on board from local schools: the Patrician High School, St. Louis Secondary School, Inver ...

By Veronica Corr The Embrace the Punt Campaign may have originated in Clones but Carrickmacross Chamber of Commerce has brought it to South Monaghan …. Recently a local lady who was spring cleaning found £100 worth of Carrickmacross Gift Vouchers in the old currency in a bottom drawer in mint condition which expired in 1993. So she brought them into Carrick to show Jim Hand, President of the Chamber of Commerce. Jim told The Northern Standard: “This being the season of goodwill, we were delighted to exchange the old gift vouchers for new ...

By PATSY McARDLE A SOUTH Monaghan businessman and his wife are at the centre of a major legal battle after the businessman’s release from prison by a High Court judge in the wake of a shock claim that he may have been unlawfully detained. Michael Quinn of Cloughvalley Stores, Carrickmacross, was given a three-months’ jail term for failure to pay a €6,000 fine, and a further €6,500 in costs imposed in his absence in the District Court last July. The prosecution was ...

FIVE Co. Monaghan farmers were given suspended jail sentences on Monday last, ranging from two to six months, for breaches of the Department of Agriculture disease control regulations relating to the movement of livestock on farms in the area. The five faced a total of 207 charges but pleaded guilty to sixty, and the remainder were struck out, at a special day-long sitting of Carrickmacross District Court. The charges related to alleged breaches of regulations in the movement of cattle, and an incorrect recording of ...

A liquidator has been appointed to Cavan/Monaghan based home heating distribution company Oriel Oil Ltd. The application for the appointment of a liquidator was sought by Topaz which supplied oil to Oriel and claimed it was owed a “considerable” sum of money by the company. A spokesman for Topaz said it regretted the move. “Despite our best efforts over a long period of time we were unable to reach an accommodation with Oriel Oil. Unfortunately we were left with no option but to take this course of action”.’ This newspaper also contacted ...

By Veronica Corr The Monster Vintage Day scheduled to take place in Carrickmacross this weekend has been cancelled due to the adverse weather condtions. It is hoped the event, which was to have taken place this Sunday 30th September will be re-scheduled when the weather improves, although no date has yet being confirmed. The day, organised by Carrickmacross Vintage Club would have been in aid of Steadfast House. Carrickmacross Vintage Club and Steadfast House would like to thank the community for their input, interest and good will. In addition, they wish to ...

By Veronica Corr “A dollop of practice, an ounce of precision and a pound of passion…” – that’s Neven Maguire’s recipe for success. Cavan’s own celebrity chef packed out the Convent Hall last Thursday night as he hosted a fundraising cookery demonstration in aid of St. Louis Secondary School, Carrickmacross. Gerry Shankey, Principal of St. Louis Secondary School, who took part in the demonstration himself, spoke to The Northern Standard on the night about how the whole thing came about. He explained that the Parents Council had put their heads together in terms ...

By Veronica Corr The Nelson Doyle Dancers from Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada, visited the Patrick Kavanagh Centre, Inniskeen, last Thursday afternoon, on the first stop of their whistle-stop tour of Ireland. Vice-Mayor of Monaghan County Noel Keelan, who put the item on the itinerary, felt that it was important to bring the dancers to the centre since Patrick Kavanagh is the mascot of their annual Irish Festival in Miramichi. In fact, he and County Mayor Hugh McElvaney were only just back from visiting New Brunswick themselves. Local historian Larry McDermott, who acted as master ...