Congratulations to Tom Gilleran, The Walk, Roscommon  who won €405 in St Josephs 50/50 Draw on Saturday 18th April.

The next draw will take place in Paddy Finns on Saturday 25th April. 

The Cuckoo!

Yes, heard loud and clear on the Ciorcal Cluain Creamha (Clooncraff Circle Walk).

Hearing the cuckoo is a cause of celebration as it is becoming an increasingly rare sound. Cuckoo numbers in Ireland have dropped 50% in the past 30 years.

The cuckoo comes to Kilteevan from central and southern Africa from mid April onwards and leaves again at the end of summer.

Adult cuckoos head south from late July onwards while the young birds follow in August and September. It’s one of nature’s mysteries how the young birds know where to go when they head off on their long journey.

The cuckoo’s diet is mainly caterpillars and insects

Only the male makes the distinctive “cuc koo cuc.koo” call.

The female call is a distinctive “pupupupu” call.

The Burren and Connemara hold the highest density of breeding pairs.

So open your windows in Kilteevan,  be still, listen and celebrate the wonderful biodiversity we enjoy by living here.

19th April  2015

Congratulations to Bobby Smith, Kilteevan who won €450 in St Joseph's 50/50 draw last night(April 11th) . The next draw will take place next Saturday night (April 18th )in Down the Hatch, Roscommon.

Kilteevan Community Development Group would like to express a sincere thanks everyone who supported our Social Dance last Friday night (April 10^th).  The event was most successful and enjoyed by all in attendance. The proceeds have also given our newly elected Tidy Towns sub-committee a much needed boost.

Congratulations to Stephen Glynn, Galway Road , Roscommon who won €458 in St Joseph’s 50/50 draw last Saturday night.

The next draw will be held on Saturday April 11^th in Paddy Finns, Kilteevan.

Results from the recent Roscommon/Kilteevan Parish Community Games Art Competition saw Kilteevan National School emerge with the following fantastic results

Girls U10                                 1st. place Maria Fox

Boys U12                                 1st. place Noah Fallon

Girls U12                                 1st. place Shauna Treacy

Boys U14                                 1st. place Adam Lalwani

Girls U14                                 1st. place Éabha Dolan

We wish you all the very best of luck in the County Competition after Easter .

Well done to all our budding artists of the future.                                                                    

(March 2015)

Robert Owens, Liam Egan, Michael Corcoran and Callum Coughlan, pupils of Kilteevan National School won County Roscommon, Cumann na mBunscol County Sports Quiz.

Kilteevan National School scored 68 out of 80 marks and finished joint top with Roxboro and Ballymurray National Schools but won the thrilling tie-breaker by answering all five questions correctly. Well done boys, congratulations from everyone in Kilteevan. The quiz took place on March 19th. 2015 in the Abbey Hotel, Roscommon.

Kilteevan Heartsavers completed their refresher course and received their HSE certificates from tutor Laura Dempsey today 14th March 2015.

Left/right Brian Mc Neela, Seamus O Neill, Conor Coen, Noel Maguire, Declan Hunt, Teresa Hanlon, Maeve Cribbon,Colman Hanly, Michael Coyle, Evette Mc Neela, Sally Anne Hickey, Alec Dempsey, Kathleen Keegan, Marie Spellman, Laura Dempsey (tutor).Absent from photo Michael Fahey, Fergal O Gara.

Our sincere thanks to Laura  Dempsey for all her voluntary support and assistance with this lifesaving project.

Kilteevan Community Development Group is delighted to announce the formation of a new sub –committee Kilteevan Tidy Towns.

The following officers were elected at a very well attended community meeting last night 9th March 2015.

Chairperson                 Seamus O Neill

Secretary                     Evette Mc Neela

Assistant Secretary      Joe Davis

Treasurer                     Sharon Mc Geeney

PRO                            David Gibbons

Youth Liaison              Jennifer Coyle

We wish the new committee every success. We are asking everyone in the community to support them in their work.

Please note that our forthcoming Social Dance on Friday April 10^th with the Liam Mannering Band is a fundraiser to support Kilteevan Tidy Towns. 

Following the Annual General Meeting of Kilteevan Community Development Group Limited on Wednesday February 25^th 2015 the following are our Company Directors for 2015.

Chairperson/Director                          Eileen Fahey

Vice Chairperson/Director                  Michael Spellman

Secretary/Director                             Fiona Coen

Assistant Secretary/Director              Brian Carroll

Treasurer/Director                          Hugh Brennan

Director                                           Liam Mc Manus

Other directors may be added shortly

Michael Coyle, John Dolan, Paul Gilleran, Sean Mooney and William Stroker, stepped down after thirteen years of service to the community group.

We welcome Brian Carroll, Michael Spellman and Liam Mc Manus into the fold.