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poker classic

are you going…?

***Tickets can be bought behind the bar in The Village Inn from Kevin or drop by my house

 From Yes folks 7 tables of 7 people will battle it out for the title of Ballyboughals best poker player in just over 2 weeks time.

The gig won’t take place in O’Connors [...]

the tidy towns...

Florrie dropped by with this last week in paper format [thanks florrie ]…. scanned it in and now its here for all to see. There’s talk now [for the first time in a while now I believe...?] of the Ballyboughal garden competition returning which is great to see

In the meantime here’s how Ballyboughal did last [...]

the muppet show…

so it seems some very intelligent person[s] broke into the garage [one assumes] last night. Today passing by there appeared to be attempts to start a fire at the door of the shop and a decent sized hole big enough for someone to stoop through, in one of the windows.

I maybe a very an old man and im [...]

what is the name of the pub...?

Some people not from ’round these parts are getting mildly confused about what the name of the pub is…?

I thought I’d put it out there and see what you thought…. what should the pub be called…?(polls)

'the' junior cup....

myself, cian and the cup…

Last night Cian Delaney so very kindly dropped by my house with ‘the’ cup.

Yes the cup that this town has waited so long to see….

For those who haven’t seen it and as Brian Killarney pointed out to me… this is what it’s all about.

As you [...]

Country fair, cake sale and boot fair

If you missed the big red sign posted outside the school then this could be news to you. This coming Sunday the 11th of Oct 2009 there will be a country fair, cake sale and boot fair at Ballyboughal National School grounds.

Starting at 10am and running until 1pm so come along and support [...]

first time to lift the junior cup….?

One would think that for the Ballyboughal junior team that lifting the junior cup on Sunday last that it was their first time….. I got a knock on the door on Monday evening to tell me otherwise….

….?

and so in 1983 Cian Delaney got to lift the junior cup….. a little taller [...]

the greatest day in ballyboughal

At this stage if you don’t know what happened yesterday…. and you live in Ballyboughal If you live a little further afield I reckoned you may want a little taster of how the entire day actually went….. 

I’ve put this one in the historical category. Take a peek at what happens when a local gaelic [...]

ballyboughal rangers 2009 champions

champions…

i’m going down to join in with the lads and the celebrations…. so I guess a proper report and video will just have to wait a little….

For the moment… I’ll leave you with this  Congratulations once again. Thank you all.

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The day before the big match....

On the verge of rewriting history…. I went down to meet the men behind the men who will return triumphant to this small village in North Dublin.

Take a look at just what exactly winning this cup really means….

**don’t forget: if you can’t get to the match – there is a solution via live text commentary [...]