Caiseal Gaels, Carracastle Juvenile Hurling Club
Caiseal Gaels , Carracastle Juvenile Hurling Club was established in November 2008.  Our membership is in the region of 80 members and growing. This year Caiseal Gaels has entered teams in U-8, U-10, U-12,U-13, U-14 grades club competitions. Name and Crest Caiseal Gaels, Carracastle was chosen as the name due to the existences of Celtic stone forts in Carracastle and in the surrounding areas, thus giving the people of the parish and bordering parishes a common identity. The caisea read more

Parish Churches
St. James Church Carracastle. The church was built in 1877 and was officially opened and blessed on 21st October 1877.       The altar of caen-stone and marble was consecrated by Bishop Francis McCormack on 9th of June 1884.     St. Joseph's Church Rooskey. The Church was built in 1890 under the gu read more

Wild Flowers
Wild Flowers Of Clooncoose 'What is this life if, full of care We have no time to stand and stare..' W.H. Davies For years, we have delighted in the profusion of wild-flowers growing along the roadside of our village, Clooncouse, near Charlestown. On May 1st 1999, we set off with our camera to record the wild flowers we found in this, the last year of the present millennium. Our walk took us from the Ballaghadereen road to the Ballymote ro read more

Bro. Jim Horkans Golden Jubilee
Bro. Jim, from Barroe, now 80 years of age, went to the USA in 1949. He took his vows on 29 June 1953. Bro Jim has retired from Western Samoa, where he had been since 1980, to the Motherhouse in New York. We wish him the best of health, and many active and happy years on his return to USA.       Bro. Jim and John Horkan with their life long friend Martin Clossick from Cloonmore.  John Horkan, Barroe, with his brother, Bro.  read more