Carrickmacross / Carhaix Town Twinning

At a public meeting called by Carrickmacross Urban District Council in the Holy Family Hall in April 1993 a motion was passed to set up a six-person committee to seek a suitable twin town for Carrickmacross. Pádraig Breathnach, Cooleremoney, Noel Hand, Ardross Avenue, Breda Moroney-Ward, Ballybay Road, Michael Mc Mahon, Derryolam, Francie O' Donoghue, Magheross and Róisín Smyth c/o Saint Louis Secondary School were elected to do the job and report back by April 1994.

The six committee members donated £10 (punts) each to a start up fund. Requests for patrons brought a generous financial response from: Bank of Ireland, Birdy Newsagents, Capaldi Office Supplies, Carrick Travel, Conagra Ltd (proprietor Michael Mc Evoy) Nuremore Hotel. Shirley Arms Hotel, Inver College, Patrician High School, Saint Louis Secondary School and Valley Lodge Pub (proprietor Eamonn Traynor).

With resource material from Carrickmacross Tourist Association, Monaghan Tourist Association, Carrickmacross Tidy Towns Committee, The Arts Festival Organisers, The Kavanagh Yearly Committee, and Carrickmacross Lace Co-op information packs about Carrickmacross, which included photographs and text in the French Language, were prepared. The packs were sent to six towns in Northern France selected from a data base of French Towns looking for an Irish twin town provided by Seán O Riordán from the Institute of Public Administration, Landsdowne Road, Dublin. Positive replies were received from all six, four of which looked particularly promising. After further research, in which Kevin Thorpe, Chairman of Rush, Co. Dublin Twinning Committee encouraged the Twinning Committee, it was decided that Carhaix was the best match for Carrickmacross. (Rush is twinned with Gourin which is not far from Carhaix. Kevin had been to Carhaix a few times and knew Carrickmacross).

Carrickmacross Welcomes Carhaix School Group 2012
The Carrickmacross-Carhaix Twinning Association played host to a group of fifty-two students from College St. Trémeur in Carhaix along with their teachers on Thursday, March 22nd.  The students are studying English and History with a particular emphasis on the Famine in Ireland.
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October 2011 - Soccer Weekend
Carrickmacross Rovers under 16 squad, team coach Francis Matthews with coaching assistants Peter Maxwell and Gary Mc Carthy were in France for the third in a series of inter club games with Twin Town Club DC de Carhaix.
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March 2011 - Group of Adults Visit from Carhaix
A group of adults from Carhaix were in Carrickmacross in March and walked with members of Carrickmacross/Carhaix Town Twinning Association in the St Patrick’s Day Parade.
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May 2010 - Young Musicians Travel to Carhaix
A group of 14 young musicians drawn from Ceoltóirí Drumlin, the local branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Eireann, travelled to Carhaix on Friday, May 14th.
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November 2009 - Soccer Exchange
On Sunday, October 25th 2009, a group of eighteen 15-16 year old players from our Twin Town Soccer Club DC de Carhaix arrived in Carrickmacross
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July 2008 - Adult Group Holiday
Twenty five adults had a most enjoyable and relaxing holiday in France from July 5th to July 12th.
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October 2008 - Soccer Exchange
Team managers accompanied fourteen under 15-year-old soccer players on an exchange programme to Carhaix from October 26th to October 29th.
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New Street Names in Carhaix
Carhaix Municipal Council have honoured us by naming one street in a new housing development rue de Carrickmacross while another street in the same area will be known as rue d’Irlande.
(Carrickmacross Street and Ireland Street)
 

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