James Connolly Heron, the great-grandson of 1916 leader James Connolly, recently visited the historic properties on Moore Street, used as headquarters during the Easter Rising, and was disgusted with what he found. He found the building to look worse than before the protection order was issued in 2007.

James Brendan Connolly was born in 1868 to Irish immigrants and raised on Gold and E Street. He competed in the hop, step, and jump competition, now known as the triple jump in the Modern Olympic Games held in Athens, Greece in 1896 and took home the silver medal which was the highest award at the time. Connolly also placed second in the high jump. Connolly was the first athlete in 1896 to receive his medals and came home a hero.

Monaghan are moving on to the intermediate division courtesy of a two point junior final win over a defiant Celtics team that looked as if they were put away only to recover and make the last five minutes very interesting.