Hold onto your hat it's the final day of voting
Hold onto your hat – for another Friday morning Newsletter. Today, we are going Country! Kellie with you again this morning and I don’t need to tell many of you that Rikki and I attended the NI Country Music Awards at the Tullyglass Hotel on Monday night. Live performances from none other than Philomena Begley, Derek Ryan, Susan McCann and granddaughter Sinead Heaney, Owen Mac and Louise Morrisey who also helped compere the event. What a night we had- well worth the two and a half hour round trip journey to Ballymena! And yes – I know you’re probably wondering what Armagh I are doing traipsing away up to Ballymena but let’s face it, we are a city full of country people and we just had to indulge!
Thank you to everyone who joined our live stream and live blog of the event. We loved seeing your comments coming through and a wee birdy told me that you even had the ‘phones ringing off the hook’ at the Tullyglass when our stream went down! Excellent. The evening was an absolute blast and great practice for us, given that we will be hosting our own Awards Night in just under 4 weeks’ time – we are going full bells and whistles with a live stream and blog of our event too.
I think I’ll leave it there for this week. There’s plenty included below to give you bit more reading – and on the subject of reading – I have just picked up a book for the first time in about a month! Not like me to leave it so long between novels but I just haven’t had the time. I’m currently reading The Troop by Nick Cutter but I’m always looking for recommendations so please feel free to make a suggestion. I’m not a lit snob. I’ll read anything – except romance. I’d believe in zombies sooner than Prince Charming!
Seachtain na Gaeilge 2022: Packed programme of events this March — www.armaghi.com
Cinema tickets
Win cinema tickets: Branagh returns in front of camera in Christie’s murder mystery — armaghi.com
Heres this week's listings and chance to win a pair of tickets
Headlines you might have missed...
Armagh I People of the year awards: Last chance to vote as event edges closer — www.armaghi.com
Cool FM's Rebecca McKinney will compere the evening at the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium.
Tandragee man who kept ‘suffering’ snake in homemade vivarium appears in court — www.armaghi.com
He was disqualified from keeping reptiles for five years.
Almost £500,000 for two groups who helped in fighting devastating Mournes blaze — www.armaghi.com
Mourne Mountain Rescue received £212,000 and Skywatch NI received £284,000 from the new £2million Covid Scheme.
The Independent Card
We would like to give a warm welcome to a few more retailers who have joined our Independent family over the last week - Callan Cove, Ask Boutique, Simply Pink and The Paint Shop - we are delighted to have you on board. Thank you to those who have already ordered their Independent and if you are yet to get your card, you can order it today by clicking the link below.
Armagh I's Independent Card — form.jotform.com Please click the link to complete this form.
Quiz...
What an amazing response. Sorry they were so hard. Not a single person scored 10 out of 10.
So far our leaders are: Tom Wilson, Keith Cunningham, Peter Re and Sinead McParland who all scored 9 out of 10. There were three others who scored nine but did not include their names.
Anne Rooney, Colum Loughran, Laura I, Chris Teefy and Ballina all scored 8. There were four others who also scored similar.
Lurgan
Shaw's Lake
Fane
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Sharon Haughey-Grimley
Cullyhanna
The Hole in the Wall (Armagh)
Crimean War
Milford
1965
Try this week's quiz here..
Police urge caution over ‘Romance Scams’ after one victim loses £130,000 — www.armaghi.com
"This is a heart-breaking statistic, but it is also a personal story of a female who has had their life ruined by someone they grew to trust and build a relationship with".
To conclude...
So, it's over and out from me today. I will be back again in a fortnight's time. I will leave you with another little clip of Rikki and I being ever-professional on the job. Hope it gives you a few laughs.