Rahara Tidy Towns & Development

03/09/2026

Lecarrow Benevolent Committee will be making a presentation to Mags Riordan who is the founder of the Billy Riordan Memorial Clinic, Cape Maclear, Malawi. The presentation will take place on Saturday the 5th of September in Rahara National School at 5pm.

Katie Kenny will give a brief run down as to where the money raised in her February bakesale was utilised. Light refreshments will be served on the evening, all welcome.

Lecarrow Benevolent Fund

03/09/2026

We are delighted to see the pumpkins we donated to Rahara National School have grown so big over the summer. These were grown from seeds saved from last Halloween's pumpkins 🎃 🙌

01/09/2026

Message from Roscommon Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Roscommon SPCA):

FUNDRAISING CHURCH GATE COLLECTION IN RAHARA

ROSCOMMON SPCA (Registered Charity No: 20206904 - CHY 18790)

Currently at this time of the year our financial resources are running low and yet there has been a significant increase in the amount of injured and sick animals in desperate need of our assistance.

The Roscommon Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Roscommon SPCA) is run completely by Volunteers who give up their free
time to fundraise and work tirelessly each weekend to gather enough funds to cover upcoming costly vet bills.

Our Fundraising Church Gate Collection will take place in RAHARA at The Church of Mary Immaculate on Sunday 6th September 2026.

Your kind support is very much needed and appreciated with ALL money donations collected on the day going directly to animal welfare in Co.
Roscommon.

28/08/2026

Reminder: Rahara Field Names Project will feature on the CountryWide show on RTE Radio 1 tomorrow morning. The show starts at 8am.

UPDATE: This will now air on Sat 29th Aug. I've updated the post below.

Rahara Field Names Project will feature on CountryWide RTE Radio 1 show on Saturday 29th Aug. The show starts at 8am. There may be a few familiar voices being interviewed.

Thanks to Treasa Bhreathnach from RTÉ Radio 1 for taking the time to visit our event on Sunday.

If any Rahara landowner didn’t get a chance to share their field names or stories yet, you can contact Orla at (086) 6036432 or email [email protected].

25/08/2026

Roscommon County Council invites members of the public to have their say on and inform the publication of the first Biodiversity Action Plan for the County. 📢

The public consultation process will be in two stages with the first-round consultation open until the 29th August 2026 focusing on the Biodiversity Action Plan Discussion Paper.

In person events will be taking place this week:

✔️ Roscommon County Council Athlone/Monksland MD office Monday 17th August 2-4pm
✔️ Roscommon Library Wednesday 19th August 2-4pm
✔️ Boyle Area Office Friday 21st August 2-4pm

Copies of the discussion paper are available online on Roscommon County Council public consultation portal or from Biodiversity Officer by e-mailing [email protected].

Submissions are welcome until 5pm on the 29th August 2026 online using the Roscommon County Council consultation portal 👉 https://ow.ly/zW6Z50ZArUH or alternatively by post to: Biodiversity Officer, Roscommon County Council, Aras an Chontae, Roscommon. F42VR98.

25/08/2026

Free drop off of paint from householders up to Thursday 27th Aug, from 8am to 4pm, at Roscommon Civic Amenity Site ♻️

25/08/2026

It was wonderful to get an insight into the history of Roscommon Castle last week with a tour from Dr Kieran O Conor for Heritage Week.

This was a rare opportunity to get to see the castle from a different viewpoint, with thanks to the local landowners surrounding the site.

25/08/2026

It was great to be able to chat to Clare Doyle, Co. Archivist, at Archives Evening last week in Roscommon Libraries and Archives, where they launched their Archives webpage.

There were some interesting documents relating to Dr. Douglas Hyde on exhibit in the Local Studies room for all to see.

Roscommon Library is a fantastic resource for anyone interested in local history.

25/08/2026

A very interesting presentation was held in Roscommon Libraries and Archives last Thursday entitled "If Fields Could Talk - Collecting Roscommon's Field Names" presented by Rita Kearney, researcher & project co-ordinator.

Local historian Anne Coyne also gave a very informative presentation on the field names collected in the townland of Tremane.

If any Rahara landowner would like to share their field names or stories with our Rahara Field Names Project group, you can contact Orla at (086) 6036432 or email [email protected].

Roscommon County Council