Ballymote

Well, at the moment, you're probably aware we're doing a, a history project, and you're, you're in charge of the podcast.

But I'm learning a lot more than I have forgotten, really, and, uh, I'm credited with being one of the seminal seeds in so far as Gerry Conway met Fintan Brett outside Tahoney's sto- electrical stores back in 1975 after Creveroe had been beaten by, uh, by, um, Eastern Harps by a point in Ballymote in a county final.

And Fintan was saying, "You know, why don't we get together a team?" So he, uh, Gerry allegedly said, "Go and talk to Tommy Carroll." Why I was being used, I, I suppose I was a bridge in so far as, uh, my father had been a, a founder member of Murrinypha, along with Dick Kent and, uh, Paddy McGuire and, uh, Jim Killeery and Roger Eames and Frankie McGlone.

I remember all those people so well.

And it's not just, you know, there's a number of children in the community in Royal Sligo who's not just from Gertrude Village.

So you've got Ballymote, And there's a number of different schools.

So there would be enough children to have a school bus running from our communities.

But the transport system just refuses to put one on.

What we've been on to Transport for Ireland, they've given us the following statement saying that they're delighted with the increase in demand on the 977 mooring service to Sligo and they thank the National Transport Authority for providing the additional capacity to ensure all passengers are accommodated.

In order to meet demand, they say, they have four buses with a combined capacity of 167 passengers on the 977 morning service to Sligo.

The four buses converge in Ballymote and yesterday morning, they say, the four buses left Ballymote with 160 passengers on board.

Two of the buses serve Gurching at 7.20am and 7.30am and they recommend intending passengers boarding at Gurching or any other stop to be there 10 minutes before departure.

The Silent Performer is the first tune here.

Rocking the Baby and the Boys of Ballymote.

Hazel White.

¦ ¦ Hazel White with her jigs from this year's Rassy Restitution Contest.