Mullingar’s Aidan Keena is looking forward to this Saturday’s Scottish FA Cup game against Celtic. Keena, who has been playing as striker for Falkirk FC, in Scottish League One is hoping to lead the line against the Glasgow Giants in the Third Round of the Scottish Cup, at Celtic Park, this Saturday evening with kick off at 7.30pm.
There aren’t many All-Ireland senior football medal winners living in Westmeath, even fewer are living in Mullingar, but this week Topic caught up with one man who has been living in Mullingar for many years and has three All-Ireland senior football medals.
Earth Hour, started by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and partners as a symbolic lights-out event in Sydney in 2007, is now one of the world's largest grassroots movements for the environment.
Three young US students have come to Mullingar to act as lay ministers, helping out in Mullingar parish for a two year period, and hoping to make contact with many young local people, schoolgoing and otherwise, during their time in the town.
As Offaly GAA’s Cultural Officer, Michelle Hogan is responsible for promoting the use of the Irish language and Scór within the county. The Birr woman was elected to the position at the 2019 county convention after serving on her club’s committee since 2005.
Three GAA clubs in south Offaly are to share a GPO (Games Promotion Officer). Birr, Drumcullen and Seir Kieran GAA clubs announced simultaneously on social media last Thursday, March 18 that former Offaly camogie manager and current Offaly U20 hurling selector Adrian Clancy has been appointed as their full-time GPO.
A renewed drive is being made with Westmeath GAA’s novel fundraising event, the Westmeath Movathon Challenge, which will run until Easter Monday, 5 April.
