AFTER three years in charge, Seamus Ryder has stepped down as Erne Gaels Belleek manager. Ryder, a former player with the Belleek side, led his team to the Fermanagh Intermediate Football Championship title in 2021 and the Mannok Senior Football League Division One trophy in 2022. Under Ryder’s guidance, Erne Gaels also reached two successive […]
Don’t forget to wind back the clocks this weekend!
UNFORTUNATELY it will mean that the evenings are getting darker, but at least we’re going to have an extra hour in bed when summertime officially comes to an end this weekend. With the colder nights beginning to close in, clocks will go back one hour on Sunday, (October 29) at 2am, and they won’t be […]
Interest in learning Irish language is ‘increasing’
ONE of Fermanagh’s leading Gaeilgeoirs feels that more needs to be done throughout the county so that the ‘new generation of people’ will embrace and want to learn the Irish language. Growing up in Roslea, Ciarán Mag Uidhir’s love of Irish language stemmed from listening to the likes of TG4 commentators Brian Tyres and Mac Dara MacDonnacha […]
McHugh releases new single
THIS morning (Friday), Lisa McHugh treated her fans to a special surprise by dropping a new single ‘Think About Me’. The 35-year-old from Glasgow, who now lives in Enniskillen, has established herself as one of the leading acts in the Country music scene and she recently revealed she’s writing a new album. “The new album […]
Autumn’s magical time of the year
By Rebecca Gilroy SEPTEMBER is upon us, Autumn a very magical time of year. We now begin to notice those large purple flowers, flowering all over the country, buddleja often spelt buddleia. You may or may not be aware of this plants’ name or any facts about it, but I can guarantee you have seen […]
Parents inspired Vincy’s career
AFTER almost three decades of performing in pubs and venues across Fermanagh, Vincy Walmsley has established himself as one of the top local singers in the county. From an early age, the aspiring singer Vincy’s talents were recognised by many different music professionals, but self-admittedly, the PJ Treacy & Sons employee never expected his career […]
Carrybridge RNLI crew member ties the knot
CARRYBRIDGE Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) crew member, Richard Shea Daly, took a day off saving lives at on the lough to marry his partner, Cona Gallagher, in a ceremony on the banks of Lough Erne on Friday, May 26. Shea joined the volunteers at Carrybridge in February 2016 to crew the station’s B-Class Atlantic 85 Lifeboat. Cona […]
Abigail set to star in comedy show
A KESH social media influencer and model recently filmed a segment for ‘Big Comic Energy’, a new comedy programme which is set to be on BBC Sounds at the end of August. Since her appearance on Miss Northern Ireland in 2021, Abigail Parkinson has risen to fame on social media, over 13,000 followers on Instagram […]
Roscommon clash is ‘massive’, says Baldwin
FERMANAGH manager Joe Baldwin is well aware of the significance of Sunday’s Allianz Hurling League round three game against Roscommon. “We said from the outset that our target was to stay in the league (division 3A), but if we can get another win at home, we could have one foot in a National League Final. […]
Cullen back in the game
LEE Cullen last played for Fermanagh against Meath in the 2019 league campaign but you could hardly tell the Belnaleck man hasn’t played at this level for almost four years. Cullen returned from Australia in December and started at full back against Down at the weekend. He picked up their danger man Pat Havern and kept him to one […]