The Louth Rose of Tralee committee will hold information nights in Dundalk and Drogheda this Wednesday.
Anyone interested in getting involved in the competition or who wants to find out anything about it can come along to the D Hotel in Drogheda at 7pm or The Fairways Hotel in Dundalk from 8.30pm.
Last year’s Louth Rose was Dundalk girl Sarah McCrave, who featured in the recent St Patrick’s Day parade.
This week’s Dundalk Democrat leads with the death of local businessman Edward Haughey and his efforts to get the Narrow Water Bridge built. There’s also coverage of this year’s St Patrick’s Day parade in Dundalk and an interview with a local woman about her time on a trolley in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.
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Check out this superb timelapse video of the Dundalk St Patrick’s Day parade, as captured from the bottom of Clanbrassil Street.
Over the course of two minutes 44 seconds, ‘Louthish’ has captured everything in the parade.
For those who missed it, it will give you a slight favour of all that featured in what was a superb parade in the town yesterday.
Meanwhile, RTÉ’s coverage of the Dundalk parade can also be viewed here.
Pajo the calf
Monaghan’s celebrity calf Pajo will be appearing in four St Patrick’s Day parades this weekend, including the one in Dundalk.
The calf, who is now eight-months-old, found fame last year when his owners Sean and Alan Sheridan claimed he could predict the outcome of big matches. His success was such that he even appeared on The Late Late Show.
Pajo will be at the Dundalk parade on Monday, which gets underway at 1pm, and will also be appearing at the parades in Oram, Ballybay and Carrickmacross over the course of the weekend.
Part of the schedule of events planned for St Patrick’s weekend in Dundalk has been unveiled.
There will be a vintage bike and BMX bike display in the town centre on Saturday March 15th. Anyone with an old bike is invited to bring it along on the day as the town looks forward to the arrival of the Giro d’Italia here in May.
The following day there will be a family Treasure Trail with great prizes.
Then on the Monday – St Patrick’s Day – the parade will take place at 1pm with Grand Marshals Darach McQuaid and Jack Murphy accompanied by the Cuchulainn Cycling Club.
The parade will be followed by a concert and prize giving on the Market Square.
Market stalls and kiddies rides will also be in place over the weekend on the Market Square.
If you would like to take part in the parade contact 042 9336343 or email us at certs@dundalk.ie
Darach McQuaid will be joint grandmaster of the St Patrick’s Day parade in Dundalk, alongside Jack Murphy of Cuchulainn Cycling Club
One of the key figures in bringing the Giro d’Italia to Ireland in May, Darach McQuaid, will be joint grandmaster of this year’s St Patrick’s Day parade in Dundalk.
Mr McQuaid – the brother of former UCI president Pat McQuaid – will share the honour with Jack Murphy of Cuchulainn Cycling Club, who also played a huge role in ensuring the prestigious race came through the town and county.
Jack has numerous Irish Championship titles from the 60s, 70s and 90s and is father in law of Cuchulainn chairman and Cycling Ireland board member, Pat O’Shaughnessy.
A global audience of 250 million viewers will see the Giro d’Italia make its way through Dundalk town centre on May 11th, with a spring also taking place here.
The race arrives in Louth from its start in Armagh via Keady, over Keady mountain, Newtownhamilton, Lislea, Longfield Rd, and into Louth on the Carrickasticken Road, on its journey past Forkhill, into Kilcurry and joining the R177 Armagh Road, onto Lisdoo and into Dundalk town centre.
Leaving Dundalk, it travels on via Castlebellingham, and Drogheda to Dublin.
Talk of the Town 