Cookstown RBL

Tickets for the 2026 Festival of Remembrance are now on sale!

Join us on Saturday 24th October at Church House, Belfast, for a poignant evening of music, performance, and reflection.

🎟️ Book online: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-royal-british-legion-northern-ireland-festival-of-remembrance-tickets-1999312073231?aff=oddtdtcreator

📮 Need a hard-copy ticket? Email [email protected]

Check the poster for the full lineup and timings!

🧠🌺 POPPY POWER… AND A LITTLE BIT OF USELESS KNOWLEDGE 🌺🧠

Think you’re the brains of Cookstown?

Know your history from your hit songs?
Your sport from your soaps?
Or are you just very good at confidently guessing 😂

The RBL Cookstown Women’s Section is putting your grey matter to the test with our QUIZ NIGHT!

📅 Friday 11 September 2026
⏰ 7.30pm
📍 RBL Cookstown
👥 Teams of up to 6
💷 £5 per person

🏆 Bragging rights are absolutely included!

And because no Women’s Section fundraiser would be complete without a little extra excitement…

🎟️ Raffle
☕ Light refreshments
🤣 Plenty of laughs
🤔 At least one question you’ll argue about all the way home!

You don’t need to be a mastermind — you just need a team, a fiver and the confidence to whisper “I’m nearly sure that’s right…” 😂

🌺Everyone is welcome, so round up the family, friends, neighbours, workmates and that one person who seems to know a suspicious amount of random trivia!

Come along, support the RBL Cookstown Women’s Section, have a great night and help us raise funds while we’re at it.

❤️💙 GOOD CAUSE. GOOD CRAIC. QUESTIONABLE ANSWERS. ❤️💙

📣 Tag your quiz team below — who’s the brains, who’s the guesser, and who’s only coming for the tay and traybake? 👇😂

🌺 See you there! 🌺

⚽🔥 45 YEARS, ONE CLUB… AND A BBQ WORTH GETTING OFF THE BENCH FOR 🔥⚽

The 1st Royal Cookstown Northern Ireland Supporters Club is celebrating a fantastic 45 years of loyalty, friendship and support — and everyone’s invited to join the team for the celebrations 🥳💚

Forget the half-time pie… we’re firing up the BBQ for the full 90 🍔🌭🔥

🏆 1st Royal Cookstown NISC 45th Anniversary BBQ
📅 Saturday 12 September
📍 RBL Cookstown
⏰ Kick-off from 7:00pm
🎟️ Tickets: £20

Expect delicious BBQ food, great company and a fantastic night as members, family and friends come together to celebrate 45 brilliant years.

And this is one fixture where the result really matters — proceeds are in aid of the club’s 2026 charity ❤️

⚽ No VAR
🔥 No dodgy refereeing decisions
🍔 Plenty from the grill
🎶 And hopefully a few moves after the final whistle!

Whether you’ve been supporting since 1981 or you’re a new signing, EVERYONE IS WELCOME!

So get your ticket, get the squad together and come along for a cracking night celebrating 45 years of loyalty, friendship and support 💚⚽

COME ON COOKSTOWN 🙌⚽🔥

🌺 RBL Cookstown Women’s Section Meeting 🌺

RBL Cookstown Women’s Section Meeting returns in September following our summer break, and we would love to see as many members and new faces there as possible.

📅 Saturday 5 September
⏰ Time: 2pm
📍 RBL Cookstown

The Women’s Section offers a welcoming and supportive space for women to come together in friendship, contribute ideas, support remembrance, and help shape future fundraising and community activities within the branch.

Your support helps strengthen the work of the Royal British Legion in our local community, ensuring we continue to remember, support, and connect.

We look forward to seeing you 🌺

🌺 LEST WE FORGET | NARROW WATER 1979 🌺

Yesterday, Thursday 27 August, RBL Cookstown Branch Piper Bert Harkness had the privilege of taking part in the Commemoration Service at Narrow Water, Warrenpoint, with Frontier Pipes & Drums, in memory of those who lost their lives in the Narrow Water bombings on 27 August 1979.

As part of this solemn Act of Remembrance, Bert played The Lament, paying tribute to those who died and ensuring their memory continues to be honoured with the dignity and respect they deserve.

We are extremely proud to see Bert representing RBL Cookstown Branch at such a poignant occasion. The sound of the pipes has long held a special place in remembrance, and a lone lament provides a particularly moving opportunity for reflection.

Our thoughts remain with the families, friends and comrades of all those whose lives were lost or forever changed by the events at Narrow Water 47 years ago.

Thank you, Piper Bert Harkness, for representing our Branch and for honouring their memory through your music.

🌺 At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. Lest We Forget 🌺

🌟 REMINDER 🌟

🌺 RBL Cookstown Branch Meeting 🌺

📅 Date: Thursday, 10th Septemer 2026
⏰ Time: 8:00 p.m.
📍 Location: Burn Road, Cookstown

All members of are invited to attend the Branch meeting.

Let’s come together and continue working to support those who have served, their families, and to keep remembrance alive in Cookstown.

If you are considering becoming a member, do not hesitate to visit the Branch meeting.

Membership is open to everyone. If you support the aims and objectives of the Legion and want to help those who have served and their families, we would love to welcome you. Membership provides opportunities to become involved in a wide range of activities and events locally, regionally and nationally throughout the year.

Lest We Forget 🌺

⚫️🟡 THIS SATURDAY – FROM MARCHING FEET TO DANCING FEET 🟡⚫️

The Last Saturday is nearly upon us!

This Saturday 29 August, Dungannon will be filled with colour, pageantry, banners and bands for the 2026 Last Saturday County Demonstration.

And when the last band has played and the marching feet have earned a well-deserved rest… RBL Cookstown is calling 😏🎶

🍻 RBL COOKSTOWN CLUB – OPEN 12 NOON TO 1AM
🎧 FREE DISCO WITH DJ JOHNNY
💃 Great music | 🍺 Cold drinks | 🕺 Great company

So polish the shoes, straighten the collarette and enjoy the day in Dungannon — then let DJ Johnny provide the beat as we swap marching feet for dancing feet 🎶
Go to the parade… come back for the party 🥁➡️🎧

No admission. No tickets. Just bring whatever energy you've got left after the Last Saturday 😂

⚫️🟡 See you Saturday at RBL Cookstown Club 🟡⚫️