The Impartial Reporter

1 day ago | impartialreporter.com | Gerry Mclaughlin

2 1/1 As Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young sang: “Teach your children well. And feed them on your dreams” Successive teachers did just that in St. John the Baptist Primary School over the past 65 years, as the local community shed tears of joy and sorrow, saying slán to a very special school on a soft summer Wednesday in June. Canon Michael McGourty set the tone at an emotional and beautiful Mass in Toura Chapel, where the children were the stars of the show.

2 days ago | impartialreporter.com | Gerry Mclaughlin

Colin Urwin (Image: Supplied) Long ago in rural County Tyrone and Fermanagh, long before electric light, running water, or, indeed, the internet, mobile phones, and endless apps, ordinary folk made their own entertainment. It has often been said that the Irish are world champions of storytelling, thanks to an oral tradition stretching back thousands of years. This tradition lives in the Irish language, which carries its own rhythm and poetry.

2 days ago | impartialreporter.com | Gerry Mclaughlin

Confidence is the key word for Fermanagh’s experienced full-back Ciara Clarke as the Ernesiders visit Tyrone in the All-Ireland Intermediate Championship quarter-final. And she believes the team has the ability to go all the way and emulate last year’s All-Ireland Intermediate champions Leitrim whom the Ernesiders beat in last year’s league encounter.

2 days ago | impartialreporter.com | Gerry Mclaughlin

Kane Connor (Image: File photo) The one that got away! The last time Fermanagh Ladies played Tyrone in the League they were deservedly leading by three points - but were hit with a late sucker punch goal which deprived them of a big psychological victory. Tyrone edged home by 4-11 to 3-11 in an entertaining affair. On Sunday, they have a big chance to make amends when they lock horns again with the Red Hands with an All-Ireland Intermediate semi-final slot at stake.

4 days ago | impartialreporter.com | Gerry Mclaughlin

But it is quite another when you do not do yourself justice. And deeply disappointed Fermanagh captain Declan McCusker was trying to come to terms with why his team did not get out of the blocks when it really mattered. “It is so disappointing. I thought the game was there for us in the second half at times," he said.