The Erris Journal

Bangor Hibs soccor team were founded in February 1995. In their first year they took part in the Erris League and went on to win the Erris Shield. The following year they entered the Mayo League. They played in the second division for a few seasons, then they were promoted and made it to the Super League in 2008 but unfortunately only stayed there for one season. The team won their first trophy in 2006 when they defeated Partry in the Tonra Cup. Their most successful season was in 2011 when they won the Tuohy Cup, the Premier B League Cup and also received the Mayo Club of the Year Award. The team would also travel to England for the Brendan Conway Memorial Cup for a number of years in the early naughties.  The club had success with their underage teams. In 2000, the U12's team won the U12 Mayo Cup and within two weeks, the U16's also won the U16 Mayo Cup. The underage teams have remained but the senior team has been out of action since 2019. Covid came, leagues were cancelled ...

  IMAGE: ISPCA Parrot Rescue Ireland  are based in Sligo and they have taken on the care of a number of exotic birds who were recently rescued from 'a hoarding situation' in the Midlands. In total, 121 birds of various species including parrots, budgies, quail, parakeets, finches, cockateils and domestic hens were found in what the ISPCA has described as 'deplorable conditions'. When a member of the public reported their concerns to the ISPCA, a multi-agency operation was organised including, the gardai, the HSE and the National Parks and Wildlife Service. ISPCA Inspector Lyndsey Delaney detailed the horrific conditions to  The Journal  where she described how there was a build up of faeces, fly infestation, rotton food and the bird cages had cobwebs on them making it clear how neglected these birds were. They found birds who were already deceased and others who had beak damage, broken wings and severe feather loss. The premises had an absolutely appalling smell resu...

Eddie Maguire was born in Blacksod and then moved to Aughleam as a young boy. Although Eddie now lives in Navan with his wife Joan who hails from there, a part of his heart will always be in Erris. Over two decades ago while working as a secondary school teacher, a freak accident left Eddie almost completely blind. Following medical regeneration he is now visually impaired meaning he now has around 6% sight. Eddie was only 57 at the time of the accident and had a sporting career in both football and athletics. Having always been an active person, loosing his sight left Eddie completely devastated. After a couple of hard years he did some soul searching and decided he was not going to let his disability define him. So with the help of his loving family, Eddie began to rebuild his life. Picture Credit: The Meath Chronicle Eddie recalled he had an interest in golf while living in the US as a young man. He payed a visit to the South Meath Golf Club in Trim and his love of the game was awok...