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Scenes from the 2023 Granard Easter Festival parade Pictures: Shelley Corcoran
Granard Easter Festival returns on Saturday, March 30 and Easter Sunday, March 31.
There is the usual 5km run on Saturday at 3pm. Prize money for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each category.
Entertainment and Parade from 1pm on Sunday. All floats are welcome and can meet at the Granard Mart from 12.30pm. Any queries please call Sinead 086 4039298.
Knights & Conquests
There will be a historical talk by Mr Ros McAdden at the Knights and Conquests Heritage Centre on Easter Saturday, March 30 at 12 noon. Ros will speak on the topic of 'O'Farrell Power in a Norman Land, (1172-1315)''.
By 1200AD, within just thirty years of the arrival of the Normans to Angaile (modern Longford) the Gaelic O'Farrell rulers had lost their chief in battle, their lands had been granted to Norman lords and great castles had been constructed on their front door.
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