Archive for category: Scór

The two Leitrim entries were unsuccessful at the All Ireland Finals in Athlone on Saturday. Both Aisling Maxwell from Sean O Heslins in the Solo singing and St. Marys in the Ballad Group were considered to be in the final reckoning both neither were lucky enough to be called at the end of the day.

The full list of winners were:

Rince Foirne : Carrigaline, Co Cork

Amhránaíocht : Mullingar Shamrocks, Westmeath

Ceol : Boherbue : Cork

Aithriseoireacht : Mayobridge, Down

Bailíad Ghrúpa : Killyclogher. Tyrone

Trath na gCeist : Beaufort, Kerry

Nuachleas: Carnew Emmets, Wicklow

Rince Seit: Kilcummin, Kerry

18-Feb-07 by Sean O Suilleabhain

There has been a big increase in the number of schools participating in Scór na mBunscoileanna this year. Entries are up 50% with sixteen schools about to participate. Since Scór na mBunscoileanna started two years ago it was possible to run it off in one night. However this year there will be two nights of competition and the good news is that Coiste Scór Liatroma have decided that the winners on both nights will get medals. Each night will be run independent of the other, there will be no County Final as such, but the winners of each competition on both nights will receive medals.

This year there will be a plaque for presentation to the best school overall. The plaque has been donated by the MacGiolla Family to commemorate the late Cormac MacGiolla who was the man who initiated Scór na mBunscoileanna just two years ago. Since then it has developed countrywide.

There are two new competitions this year: solo music and solo dance and these have also generated great interest. Each school is being asked to have one person with them who would help at stewarding on the night. Each night will start with Tr?th na gCeisteanna at 6.30 promptly. The other events will start with Rince Foirne at 7.00 sharp. The venues and schools taking part are as follows:

Thursday 9 November in Gortletteragh, starting promptly at 6.30 with Tr?th na gCeisteanna: Cluain?n, Achadh Easa, Maothail, Gort Leitreach, Droim M?le, Barr na Cuille, Carraig ?lainn, Gaelscoil Cora Droma R?isc, Drom?n M?r.

Friday 10 November in Ballinamore, starting promptly at 6.30 with Tr?th na gCeisteanna: Achadh Mhaoileann, Droim Liath, Achadh na Sileann, Cill Tiobraid, Droim Caorthainn, F?onach, Liatroim.

Beidh dh? o?che iontach maith ag lucht leanta Scór Liatroma.

02-Nov-06 by Sean O Suilleabhain

[b]Scór na mBunscoileanna[/b]

Preparations are about to begin for Scór na mBunscoileanna in Leitrim. Scór competitions for National Schools have been run very successfully in Leitrim for the past two years. The idea, which was initiated by the late Cormac MacGiolla, has now been taken up by many counties.

Competitions are run in Figure Dance, Set Dance, Solo Singing, Ballad Group, Recitation, Novelty Act, Question Time and Music and the winners in each section receive medals. All pupils attending national school are eligible to compete for their own school.

[b]New Solo Items[/b]

This year a new venture to help the smaller schools is the introduction of Solo Dance and Solo Instrumental Music to the competitions. Many schools may have one young person who can play a musical instrument or one dancer. They can now enter those solo competitions also. It is hoped that many more schools will enter this year in these and other events. The important thing is to get the maximum number of boys and girls taking part. Full details will be sent to schools shortly.

Scór na mBunscoileanna will take place on 9th and 10th November at venues to be arranged.

02-Oct-06 by Sean O Suilleabhain

It will be a big occasion for Leitrim Scór in the Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney on Saturday next when no less than four items take the stage in pursuit of All Ireland honours. Glencar/Manorhamilton, Aughnasheelin and Bornacoola are the clubs involved. All of them are no strangers to the All Ireland scene and two of them have tasted All Ireland success already.

It isn?t unusual for Leitrim to have four items in the All Ireland Finals. They had four items in last year?s finals and in fact for three years in a row, 1998, 1999 and 2000; Leitrim had four items on the stage. The outcome varied. In 1999 in the Ulster Hall in Belfast, Leitrim won no less than three All Ireland titles. On that occasionÓglencar/Manorhamilton won the Rince Foirne, Aidan Dockery from Bornacoola won the Aithriseoireacht and Carrigallen won the Nuachleas. By coincidence, two of these clubs are back in the same events: Glencar/Manorhamilton and Aidan Dockery. In 1998 and 2000, Leitrim were not so lucky as none of their four items won. Last year Fenagh won in the Nuachleas.

Glencar/Manorhamilton are always strong in Rince Foirne. As last week?s Leitrim Observer indicated in a fine article on the club?s Scór history, they have won the County title in this discipline on 21 occasions and have won in Connacht on 13 occasions. They won the All Ireland twice, in 1993 and 1999. This is their fourth year in a row in the Finals and they could do it this time. They certainly are wonderful performers and with Clair McMorrow at the helm nothing will be left undone in their quest for the honours. Their dancers are: Nicole O?Hara, Amanda Sweeney, Michelle Kelly, Ciara Flynn, Aidan McLoughlin, Michael J Rooney, Craig and Emmet McMorrow.

Bornacoola are another of Leitrim?s great Scór clubs. After a relatively quite period they were back in Scór big this year. However, it was during a period of relatively less participation that their first ever All Ireland title came when Aidan Dockery won in the Ulster Hall in Belfast in 1999 in recitation. Aidan is back again and will make a bold bid for another title. Bornacoola are also competing in the Trath na gCeist. Aidan Dockery, Marie Therese Dockery and Liam Rabbitte will take some beating. As is happens, Bornacoola were competing in these two events in 1999 when they won the Recitation but lost the Question Time.

Aughnasheelin would richly deserve an All Ireland title at this stage. They have been outstanding in Bail?ad Ghr?pa for a long number of years. Four times in the last five years they have reached the All Ireland Finals. They have been close on all those occasions and could make the break through on this occasion. Their singers are: C?it Cullen, Sin?ad Egan, S?le McNulty, Brendan and Declan Sammon.

A large number of supporters will be traveling to Killarney and we hope that All Ireland titles will be coming back to Leitrim on Sunday morning. T? seans maith go mbeidh ceann n? dh? ar a laghad.

21-Apr-06 by Sean O Suilleabhain

[b]Leitrim Scór Finals [/b]

The Leitrim County Finals of Scór Sinsear took place Saturday night in the Bee Park Centre in Manorhamilton. There was a big crowd present and a wonderful night?s entertainment on stage.

The big winners on the night were the Aughnasheelin and Bornacoola clubs who won three titles each. The other two winners were Glencar/Manorhamilton and Leitrim Gaels.

The winners in [b]Figure Dance[/b] were [b]Glencar/Manorhamilton[/b]

In [b]Solo Singing, Ann Whitne[/b] y from [b]Leitrim Gaels[/b] was the winner. This was a historic win as it was Leitrim Gaels first ever county title in Scór at any level.

[b]Instrumental Music[/b] was won by [b]Aughnasheelin[/b]. This was Aughnasheelin?s first time ever to win the Music title.

[b]Recitation[/b]: The winner was [b]Bornacoola?s Aidan Dockery[/b]

[b]Aughnasheelin[/b] won the [b]Ballad Group[/b] title for the seventh successive year. Indeed Aughnasheelin have reached the All Ireland Final for the last three years.

In [b]Trath na gCeist, Bornacoola[/b] took the title with a narrow win over neighbours Annaduff.

[b]Aughnasheelin[/b] won their third title of the night in [b]Novelty Act[/b]. It is thirty years since Aughnasheelin last won a Novelty Act title in Leitrim.

Finally the [b]Rince Seit[/b] went to [b]Bornacoola[/b]. Bornacoola were famous for their set dancers in the 1980s and 1990s so it was wonderful to see them back winning a county title again.

[b]Club na Bliana[/b]: The club of the year award went to the [b]Bornacoola[/b] club who were represented in seven of the eight events in the County Final.

[b] The Connacht Finals are in Tubbercurry on Sunday 26 March. [/b]

13-Mar-06 by Sean O Suilleabhain, Leitrim Scor