Sligo promoted to Division 2
National Football League Division 3
Sligo 0-20 Roscommon 0-13
Sligo made it two promotions in successive seasons after beating Roscommon by seven points in a very sunny Markievicz Park, Sligo on Sunday afternoon.
Sligo came out flying in the first few minutes with three early scores from Mark Breheny and Stephen Gilmartin. Sweeney added another point for the home side to give the Yeats men a four point to no score lead.
It took Roscommon 13 minutes to record a score which came from the boot of John Rogers. David Kelly pointed expertly for the home side. But Karl Mannion replied almost immediately to reduce the gap to three points. A free on 18 minutes from Rogers helped Roscommon more into the game. The hard working Breheny and Kelly combined to score through Breheny to leave the score 6-3 at this stage. Breheny another score before Roscommon replied with two scores of their own.
‘Arms Crisis’ captain – portrait unveiling
Captain James Kelly
The unveiling of a portrait by Robert Ballagh of the late Captain James Kelly (1929-2003) will take place at Pearse House, Pearse Street, Dublin 2 on May Day. Ray Yeates, the artistic director of the Axis Theatre, Ballymun will read from “Orders for the Captain”. This was a personal account written by the former Irish Army intelligence officer, who throughout his life considered himself to have been made a scapegoat, and at the time issued details to back up his claim that the Irish government had taken steps to stop publication, which ultimately required to be self-financed.
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