This group won the 6th Class Group: Best Display (Primary) Project .

The title of their project was "Is Air Pressure more Powerful than Water Pressure?

Ms Mary Flanagan(adjudicator) with Éabha Dolan, Sophie Coen, Michael Corcoran, Niall Brennan, Liam Egan(prize winners, Kilteevan National School) and Ms Fiona Gallagher, Principal CBS Roscommon.

This group won 2nd Place overall (primary) for their project "Does Air Exert Pressure?"

The science fair hosted by CBS Roscommon in conjunction with SciFest and was held on Tuesday 11th  November 2014.

Scifest inspires and encourages students to develop and exhibit science and technology projects. It supports interest in science through an enquiry based approach and hands on activities.

Congratulations and well done to pupils and staff of Kilteevan National School .

Mattie our man

Tall and strong

Decided to reclaim the wall

Meticulous planning

The guiding light

Clement weather granting

Slowly, methodically

Drag in hand

He set about unveiling the treasure

Back bent low

With dogged determination

Dragging, dragging amounts beyond measure

The goal clear

Time not wasted

A job to be done by close of year

Painstakingly clearing away

Evident pride in tidiness

Wheeling, wheeling, no talk of displeasure

Infrequent but respectful breaks

For smiles and chats with passersby

Wall and drag exalted, no talk of aches

Gradually stone upon stone revealed

History sealed deep inside

Haunting echoes heard in fields

The wall sings of Kilteevan’s past

Daffodils concealed in waiting

To join in springtime chorus blast

Lost…..gallons of perspiration

Gained….tons of inspiration

Nothing but thoughts of admiration

                                                    Anonymous , November 2014

Thank you Mattie Murphy for this MONUMENTAL contribution to your community.

Nár laga Dia do Lámh.

Following their success in a qualifying round on November 3^rd,  pupils from Kilteevan National School will be representing Roscommon Town library in the Roscommon County Library School Quiz on November 17^th in The Quad Centre, Roscommon.

We wish you all the very best of luck in the final.

Congratulations to Laura Croghan who graduated from NUIG with a Foundation Certificate in Youth Leadership and Community Action on Saturday 18th October 2014.

Laura was one of fifteen young people chosen in Roscommon for the Dermot Earley Youth Leadership Initiative programme.  Laura was representing St. Josephs GAA Club Kilteevan.

The unique Youth Leadership Programme, honouring one of Ireland's greatest leaders, the late Dermot Earley (RIP), was organised by the National University of Ireland Galway, Foróige, and the GAA.

 The programme aimed to help young people develop the skills, inspiration, vision, confidence, and action plans to be effective leaders.

As part of her course Laura organised the very successful Ceol, Craic agus Caint,

St. Patricks Day Celebration in Kilteevan this year.

We hope Laura inspires other people to train in leadership and community development.

Laura is currently a 5^th Year student in Convent of Mercy, Secondary School, Roscommon.

Congratulation to Michael Egan from Kilteevan on winning the All Ireland, Boys, Junior Singles, Under 15, 60x30, School Handball tile.

Michael, a pupil of Roscommon Community College has the honour of bringing the first All Ireland Handball title to his school.  He defeated Jack Holden, Grennan College Kilkenny in the final, demonstrating great skill with tremendous wraparounds, backwall kills and solid control in the middle of the court.

The All Ireland Final was played on Saturday 25^th October  2014 in St Coman’s Handball Alley, Roscommon.

WATCH OUT !!!

There are very scary characters about tonight.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN ! (2014)

Don’t forget to watch the All Ireland School Choir Competition at 5.20pm on RTE 1 this evening (Sunday October 26th. 2014). Students from Convent of Mercy, Secondary School Roscommon have done us all proud by being selected to participate in the competition. We will all be watching out for the faces we know this evening!!

Well done to Miss Cox and everyone in the choir. Keep up the good work!

There was large crowd in attendance at Kilteevan Coffee Morning on Sunday October 19^th  2014 in aid of the Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation.  The Foundation exists to provide palliative services to people with life limiting illnesses and their families in Co. Mayo and Co. Roscommon.  While affirming life, and respecting the uniqueness of each individual, the Foundation works to meet the physical and emotional needs of these patients and their families.

Speaking at the Coffee Morning in Kilteevan John Murphy, Chairperson of the Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation provided detailed information on the work of the hospice movement.

Mr. Murphy explained that that people in palliative care in Mayo Roscommon receive;

• Palliative Home Care Services
• Social Work Services
• Family Therapist Service
• Assist in the provision of Hospital Palliative Care Services

Mr Murphy went on to explain that while many patients receiving care are cancer patients, the Hospice service has now expanded and has catered for patients with Heart Failure, Motor Neurone, COPD, Muscular Dystrophy, MS and end stage Dementia.

The plan for the proposed Palliative Care Supportive Unit in Roscommon was on display in the Community Centre and was warmly received by all in attendance.  The proposed facility will be built to the south of and linked to Roscommon General Hospital.

Mr. Murphy explained that there would be a delay in the commencement of the building in Roscommon due to the proposed building of a Rehabilitation Unit attached to Roscommon hospital.

Mr. Murphy as confident that in the very near future, the planned Palliative Care Support Unit linked to Roscommon hospital would be built.  He thanked the people of Kilteevan for their support in organising the coffee morning.

Speaking on behalf of the Kilteevan community Eileen Fahey acknowledged and thanked the many volunteers who for the past twenty one years have worked tirelessly to secure  hospice services for people in Mayo and Roscommon.  Ms. Fahey also thanked the hospice teams working in area ,helping people in the community, who have to cope with serious illness and the loss of loved ones.  

Eileen also thanked the people of Kilteevan for their goodwill and support for the Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation

The success of lasts night's (September 18th )visit to Trad on the Prom in the Galway Bay Hotel is the talk of Kilteevan this morning. GAA Social Initiative event was organised by Saint Joseph’s club.

A group of 40 people travelled in comfort on the Club Rossie coach, ably navigated by Club Rossie volunteer driver Padraig Healy.

In his introduction Chris Kelly, Producer of the show gave a hearty Céad Míle Fáilte to the packed audience from all over the world.  He singled out the St Joseph’s Club contingent and referred to his Kilteevan connections.

Trad on the Prom celebrates the passion of Ireland’s past with a modern production of world class music, song and dance. The talent of each performer on stage was unquestionable.  In the intimate venue we saw dancers leaping, fiddle bows flying, nimble fingers playing with soul and songs delivered with such passion, tears were close.  The show was so full of versatility, energy and brilliance it is too difficult to a single out a highlight of the evening.  It was all quite simply electrifying.The Kilteevan group was captivated from start to finish at Trad on the Prom.

A very poignant moment of the show for us, was when Chris Kelly dedicated his magnificent rendition of Sean O Riada’s Míse Eire, to the memory of his uncle, the late John Mooney, Doogarymore, Kilteevan.

All in all, it was an unforgettable night’s entertainment for us in the City of the Tribes.

Thanks to Club Rossie, Padraig Healy and to Saint Joseph’s for giving all of us this wonderful opportunity.  It was a fitting event as part of the celebrations of 125^th anniversary to St Joseph’s Club, Kilteevan.

 Michael Fahey Chairperson, Roscommon Co Board and Joe Davis St Joseph's at Trad on the Prom 

                                                                The Club Rossie Coach 

Our Time Capsule was created and buried in Kilteevan on August 17^th 2013 as part of the Gathering Ireland and to celebrate National Heritage Week in 2013.

The purpose of the time capsule was give people of Kilteevan in one hundred years time, a brief snapshot of what life was like in Kilteevan in 2013. In order to ensure the capsule of real historical value, the decision was made that the capsule would remain buried for one hundred years.

To celebrate National Heritage Week August 2014, a limestone memorial plaque was erected to mark the capsule and Kilteevan Community Development Group presented to Roscommon County Library a sealed envelope containing the following;

• letter to the people of Kilteevan in 2113
• list of contents and the names of the donors of each item in the capsule
• photo of members of Kilteevan Community Development Group with the capsule just before it was buried.
• information on the location of the capsule.

The envelope was sealed and presented to Roscommon Co Library for safe keeping for the people of Kilteevan in 2113.

When the capsule is unearthed in 99 years time, Kilteevan Community Development Group would like the contents of the capsule to be under the stewardship of the local authority of the time.