admin January 30, 2022 Peter B. Sands- An Appreciation Born in 1924 to Bernard Sands and Mary Murtagh, Peter was one of four children; Molly, Peter, Frank and Patricia. Although born in Darver, the family moved to Cappogue, Dromin where Peter attended school in Dunleeer. At the age of 16 he was then employed as …
admin January 30, 2022 Paddy Halpenny- An Appreciation Philipstown lost one of its most popular residents with the death of Paddy Halpenny. Paddy lived all his life in the locality and was a man of many parts. Born in 1940, he was a pupil of the old national school, which stood at the site of …
admin January 30, 2022 Tommy Powderly- How does one start to pay tribute to a man who has penned an untold number of tributes in his time, be it a presentation at a club reunion, a wedding, a birthday, a retirement or a death. This was the man who could put together the most detailed …
admin January 23, 2022 U20 Shield Final Vs Stabannon St. Kevin’s: 1-5Stabannon/O’Connell’s/ Glyde Rangers: 1-12 Hard luck to our U20 team who played in their U20 Shield Final against Stabannon, O’Connell’s/Glyde Rangers. Unfortunately, today just wasn’t our day, however, they kept up the good fight right until the very last second. They had a brilliant season …
admin January 19, 2022 Oliver Sands- An Appreciation Oliver Sands, the eldest son of Mr. & Mrs. Peter Sands, Dromin Junction, died unexpectedly at the tender age of 23 on the 7th February 1969. Oliver was described as an “extremely popular, obliging and able person.” Oliver was educated at Stabannon N.S, Ardee De La Salle school and went on to further …
admin January 17, 2022 Rose Smyth- A Tribute. Over a lifetime maybe once or twice you might encounter someone special, someone with fine qualities, who can tune in on your wavelength, listen and can say much in very few words. Those of us were involved with Rose saw she was such a person. Rose Tiernan, …
admin January 17, 2022 Linda Matthews- An Appreciation Anyone who was around Philipstown in the 80’s and 90’s can well remember the many dozens of youngsters who arrived on bicycles ti Philipstown field. Ten-speed racers in luminous red, purple and silver with handle-bars like goat horns all parked inside the gate on your right. And …
admin January 17, 2022 Paddy Murray- An Appreciation by Tommy Powderly “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight that matters; it’s the size of the fight in the dog, and the size of the courage and football ability that was packed into the five feet four frame of the late Paddy Murray …
admin January 17, 2022 Bernadette McCabe- An Appreciation by Tommy Powderly According to Margaret McArdle and Alice Brennan the seeds of a camogie club was sown when in 1979, Pat Lane, secretary of St. Kevin’s organised a summer football league for girls. Yet, to get the very primary seed of the venture. Margaret says that …
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