Playwright, Author and Poet, Tom MacIntyre

An event organised by Cavan County Council and Cavan Arts Office. To acknowledge the contribution made by Cavan Playwright, Author and Poet, Tom MacIntyre to the Arts. The event was captured by Cavantv.com

Phil Coulter in Concert Hotel Kilmore Cavan June 2012

Phil Coulter talks to Cavantv.com's The Green Room about his Music and Songs. He played to a packed house in the Hotel Kilmore. Phil featured the Loreto Choir as part of his Cavan Concert

Charity Excavator Challenge Final Success Sunday 3rd June 2012

There was great elation on the site of the excavation on the banks of the Woodford River/Erne Shannon Waterway Canal when the Atlas 30 ton 1702 Excavator sitting 15 feet below the wetlands of Fermanagh since 1992 was finally raised to the surface. Cavantv.com recorded the event on Saturday and Sunday and spoke to the elated members of the organising committee after the event. The event attracted a large gathering of supporters on the Saturday and Sunday. The Woodford River/Erne Shannon Waterway Canal was lined with Boats for all of the proceedings. All procedes from this event will be donated to charity Dernagore, Derrylin, Co.Fermanagh Email: charityexcavatorchallenge@gmail.com

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Saturday 2nd of June, this is 3hours of uneditted video sped upto 25mins and give an idea of the preparation work carred out prior to the excavantion challenge.

www.charityexcavatorchallenge.com / Sat Nav 54.13036,-7.541771
30 ton Atlas 1702 sitting 15 feet below the wetlands of Fermanagh since 1992? Can it be shifted? All procedes from this event will be donated to charity
Dernagore, Derrylin, Co.Fermanagh

Email: charityexcavatorchallenge@gmail.com

UPDATE ANGLO CELT LOCAL SEPT  13TH EDITION NEWSPAPER

 The Atlas 1702 long reach digger, which was recovered from the bog in Dernagore, Derrylin over the June Bank Holiday weekend 2012, has been purchased jointly by Wilton Waste Recycling and Laz Metal Recycling.  The machine weighed 20 tonnes.  Wilton Waste Recycling and Laz paid €210 per tonne and donated €1,000 on top of this to the Charity Excavator Challenge.  The machine is to go to India for metal recycling.  The cheque of €5,200 now takes the total raised to €27,000.  Donations of €500 each have already been given to Spina Bifida and Down's Syndrome.

Pictured are Rodney Wilton (Wilton Waste) and Mark Lavery (Las Scrap Metals) presenting the cheque for €5,200 to the event organiser Sean Donohoe.  Also present in the photo is Fergal Heavy, one of the mechanics responsible for starting the differ.