Inniskeen Enterprise Development Group receive runner up prize in the Pride of Place Competition 2011

(Tourism Category)

The date for the Annual Patrick Kavanagh Weekend 2012 has been announced.  The 2012 event will take place from Friday, 28th - Sunday, 30th September 2012.

To view details of the 2011 event, please click here >>

The official announcement of the results was made on Friday, 30th September at the opening of the Annual Patrick Kavanagh Weekend.

Full details here >>

Killanny Heritage Committee in association with N.U.I. Maynooth Killanny presents: 
A series of historical lectures of local interest

Lecture 1
The famine and its effects on south Monaghan and Killanny area and the history of Local Carrickmacross workhouse. Speaker: Kevin Gartlan
Date: Friday, 28th October 2011  Venue: Killanny Community Centre  Time: 8.00pm

Lecture 2
Norman settlements in the Inniskeen & Killanny Area. Speaker: Joe Callan
Date: Friday, 18th November 2011   Venue: Killanny Community Centre  Time: 8.00pm

Lecture 3
The 1916 Rising. Reactions in the Killanny & Inniskeen Parishes. Speaker: Dr. Terence Dooley NUI Maynooth
Date: Friday, 9th December 2011  Venue: Killanny Community Centre  Time: 8.00pm

Lecture 4
Survey of the Sherley Estate 1844 particular reference to Killanny and Inniskeen area. Speaker: Mary Kerley
Date: Friday, 3rd February 2012  Venue: Killanny Community Centre  Time: 8.00pm

Lecture 5
Farney During the Irish revolution 1920 - 1923.  Speaker: Dr. Terence Dooley NUI Maynooth
Date: Friday 30th March 2012   Venue: Killanny Community Centre   Time: 8.00pm

Tickets available from Gartlan’s Shop & Committee Members or at the door on the night
Tickets: €10.00 per lecture or €40.00 for all five lectures