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Two Councillors voice their ‘total opposition’ after claiming existing halting site at Shandon is ‘trouble enough’ By Christy Parker WATERFORD Councillor Damien Geoghegan has stated his “total opposition” to any plans to provide a transient
halting site in Dungarvan, claiming that the permanent Traveller facility in Shandon was “trouble enough.” The Councillor declared his stance at September’s DungarvanLismore Municipality meeting
after Cllr. Siobhán Whelan asked if the Council was “obliged” to provide a transient site. Cllr. Whelan said the arrival of Travellers at the Quanns area on the eve of the Entente Florale adjudicators had “annoyed a lot
of people” and with clarification on the transient site matter “that issue might not be there.” Cllr. Geoghegan said Dungarvan was the only town in the county with a permanent halting site but it had
“brought nothing but trouble, hassle and aggravation.” He claimed what was witnessed at Quanns was “people driving cars worth €70,000 and €80,000 each – and to think now that we must provide a
transient site for those people who, let’s be honest about it”, he continued, “are living elsewhere during the winter and have houses in places like Rathkeale in Limerick.” c Continued on page 2 Sisters Jana and Rebecca McCarthy (Kent) who played at the Concert for ACT in The Park Hotel last Friday night. The Concert, which was organised by Clara Mannion, raised over €2,500 for the charity which promotes information about Meningitis and Septicemia around the country.
Local Property Tax to remain the same for 2019 WATERFORD Council has unanimously agreed to keep the 2019 local property tax the same as 2018, writes Paul Mooney. This means that householders in Waterford City and County will be paying 2.5 percent above the baseline rate as they did in 2018. The baseline LPT will bring in €9.3m for the Council, but the extra 2.5 percent will bring in an additional €233,142. Homes which are valued up to €100,000 will pay €92.25; homes valued between €100,001 and €150,000 will pay €230.63; and homes valued between €150,001 and €200,000 will pay €322.88; while homes valued at over €200,000 would pay a variable rate. Cllr. John Cummins asked what percentage of Waterford households fit into the four valuation bands.
Mr. Walsh said the vast majority of households would be in the €225 valuation band (€100,001 to €150,000) and below. In a public consultation on the LPT held during July and August of 2018, there 19 submissions from the public - one which recommended the LPT rate should increase; six which recommended the rate should not increase; and 12 which recommended the LPT should be decreased. Originally, the Chief Executive of Waterford Council, Michael Walsh, sought a ten percent increase in the LPT, which would have brought in an additional €932,570, which, he said would be used for a footpath renewal scheme (€600,000) and the rest to be invested into the Village and Urban Renewal Scheme. c Continued on page 2
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Cllr. Seamus ing water O’Donnell. supply. C l l r . O’Donnell said he would be asking about “the cost to bore all those holes in Mapstown looking for a water source, because Irish Water are no longer considering taking the water from there”. WATER PROBLEMS The problems with the water supply in the Gaeltacht have been going on for more than 20 years, with recent ‘boil water’ notices put in place for a number of months, as the current water supply is considered ‘high risk’, particularly if there has been heavy rain. LAYING OF PIPES Cllr. O’Donnell said he was disappointed to find out recently that Irish Water had laid new water pipes across the road at Shandon (from Kilrush roundabout to Wolfe Tone Road) but did nothing to replace the lead piping going into the houses. “What was the need to dig up the road for five weeks in the first place?” he asked. He said many of the houses up along Shandon have lead piping leading into the houses, and Irish Water should have also replaced those pipes when they carried out work there recently.
c FROM FRONT PAGE The councillor said if money was to be spent on housing in Dungarvan it should “be spent on upgrading our housing stock -front and back doors for people that need them in some of the older housing sites. One halting site here is trouble enough.” Cllr. Geoghegan maintained that “very few towns or councils have done as much for Travellers as Dungarvan has down through the years.” He observed that “quite a number” of Travellers had been housed. That was “no problem, absolutely great but a transient site is a bridge too far!” Cllr. Séamus O’Donnell also opposed any provision of a transient site, voicing that the existing halting site was “hard enough to control.” He was “surprised that Cllr. Whelan is looking for another halting site for Dungarvan” to which Cllr. Whelan
responded that she was “only asking the question” and “not saying I’m in favour of one.” Housing Officer Derek Lyons clarified that the council was now constructing a new Traveller accommodation plan, for the entire county, not just Dungarvan, to start next year for five years. It was inviting “expressions of interest from all interested parties that would normally be associated with putting that plan together.” The process was in-house but “commentaries from the public” through an advertising process were invited.The councillors too would have an opportunity to comment with the “final make-up of the plan” based on “best advice with input from people taken into consideration.” The officer could not say whether a transient site would form part of the outcome, or where, but there would not be one prior to the new plan being enacted.
Local Property Tax to remain the same for 2019 c FROM FRONT PAGE Explaining to Councillors his reasoning for seeking a ten percent increase in the LPT, Mr. Walsh said a ten percent increase would average around an extra €20 per annum for householders, and said there is “no logical reason why I would change my recommendation, as to do so would be to accept that the resources being provided are adequate, when patently, they are not”. Mr. Walsh said nothing has changed in terms of the Council’s finances and there is no additional income of consequence, and on top of that, staff payroll increases are continuing in the current year, as well as increments in pay. He said there isn’t enough being spent on the Council’s assets, such as roads and other infrastructure in terms of maintenance. Mr.Walsh said there have been no increases of any consequence which would moderate the nine years of declining income for the Council. “Our resources aren’t adequate. We’ve come through a very tough time and the reality is that every local authority has shed over 20 percent of its workforce,” he said. Mr. Walsh warned that surface dressing and road strengthening cycles which are more than one in 50 years or one in 100 years is “simply not sustainable”. “The only thing that can happen in that context is deterioration, whether its a footpath or a road,” he said. Mr.Walsh said there is an obligation on the Council to do the right thing, because the consequences of not doing it means that the inevitable cost will be significantly greater a few years down the road. Cllr. James Tobin described the LPT process as “the same circus every year”. He warned that a revaluation of property will be coming soon (expected next year) as there
hasn’t been a revaluation of property since 2013. “Even if we don’t increase the LPT, it will be increased by Revenue next year because we’ll be after a General Election and house prices have gone up,” Cllr. Tobin said. He added that the people who are paying the most in LPT (rural dwellers) will be the people who benefits the least from it. Cllr. Pat Fitzgerald said the Council could be adding to the woes of people by increasing the LPT, as a revaluation of property is due next year. “When LPT was introduced, property was at its lowest level, but over the last five years, property prices have increased by 10 to 12 percent each year - so the revaluation could come in at 50 percent overnight and that will have nothing to do with the Council,” Cllr. Fitzgerald said. Cllr. Jim Griffin said the country is facing the worst housing crisis ever and that Councillors receive phone calls regularly from hard-pressed constituents. “They haven’t got two hapenny’s above the odds anymore,” he said. “People have never been so hard-pressed and for us to try and put an increase on the people cannot be done this year. We should leave it [LPT] alone because we can’t put another increase on the people of our city and county.” Cllr. Griffin said the majority of people living in estates want to keep them clean and tidy. “But, they are now forking out for collection of their bins, which was privatised and is another tax on them,” he said. “And the majority of the time residents’ associations are paying for their own landscaping and cutting of grass, which is something the Council would do years ago. “No matter what they do regarding their house, property or area they are living in, it seems it’s one thing after another, bringing them down the whole time when they have that few pound that they might be able to do
something with. It’s just another tax thrown at them and it’s back to the same old thing - hand-tomouth, they are not surviving as they should at all,” Cllr. Griffin added. Cllr. Damien Geoghegan slammed the fact that the LPT rate has to be decided months in advance of the Council’s budget which he said was “farcical” and said this needs to be addressed at government level. CEO Mr. Walsh agreed with Cllr. Geoghegan saying that logically the LPT should be decided at budget time. “Yet, because of deadlines imposed by the Revenue Commissioners in terms of their implementation of the Local Property Tax, we are obliged to complete this function by the 30th September, which is not idea,” Mr. Walsh said. Cllr. Eddie Mulligan wanted to know if tenants on HAP /RAS are also excluded from paying LPT as Council tenants are? Mr. Walsh said the Council pays the LPT for local authority tenants. In regards to tenants on HAP, it is the property owner who is liable for LPT. Cllr. Sean Reinhardt warned that if the landlord ends up paying LPT, it will very likely be passed onto the tenant, “so people on those schemes won’t escape any increase”. Following a half hour recess, Cllr. Damien Geoghegan proposed that the Council rejects the Chief Executive’s recommendation of a ten percent increase in the 2019 LPT. “That would certainly be unacceptable to us on this side of the house,” Cllr. Geoghegan said. He proposed that the LPT rate remain the same in 2019 as it was in 2018 (2.5 percent above the base rate). This proposal was seconded by Cllr. James Tobin. With no counter-proposal or objection, the proposal was unanimously passed by all the Councillors.
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Proposed Knockanore wind farm further discussed By Christy Parker THE proposed windfarm for the Knockanore region was, inevitably, raised again at September’s Dungarvan-Lismore Municipality meeting. Cllr. James Tobin sparked the discussion when he asked whether there had been any correspondence between the developing company (Innogy Renewables, Ireland) and the council executive “at any stage.” The developer’s agents were, he proceeded, still holding “a cloud” over the parish, with reps “going around talking to people, carrying out site investigations and doing several other things.” Before an answer was forthcoming, Cllr. Tobin continued that “frightening stuff ” was being written in newspapers about wind farms, with much of it at odds with the planning department’s outpourings. That said, he reminisced that the council’s planning department had “not led me astray” through his 20 years as a Councillor. The Councillor feared the wind farm company was “just driving on”, whereas someone hoping to build a house would be obliged to dig a test hole and be in abeyance to the council. “But if I want to put up 25 or 40 masts I can do what I like and needn’t tell the council at all!”, he thundered. Senior Executive Planner Hugh O’Brien responded, “of
late I am not aware of any correspondence.” He said the developers had presented “a very provisional proposal” to staff members on day one, with the proposal that the wind farm be deemed a strategic infrastructural development, which they would be taking “straight to the Bord.” It had been “a very preliminary informative approach”, he stressed and as far as he knew, the only contact made. Cllr. Tobin wondered if Bord Pleanála would “have the courtesy” to contact the council had the developers approached the Bord. Mr. O’Brien believed there was “no requirement of them to do that” but he would contact Bord Pleanála and ask them had there been any further contact. TO BE EXEMPT OR NOT TO BE EXEMPT Cllr.Tobin next inquired asked that “a Section 5” be f defined, given that Bord Pleanála and Waterford Council seemed to be involved with it in this instance! The planner said it was “a small piece in the Planning Act that allows a developer to ask the planning authority if something is either development or exempted development.” It boiled down to whether a development required Council permission or not for a project. The Bord “does not have a specific timeline to make the determination”, explained Mr. O’Brien, but would usually do so within 18 weeks.
Cllr. Siobhán Whelan said the situation highlighted the need for “proper guidelines” on wind farms that the government was “for some reason refusing to publish.” Environment Officer Ray Moloney, however, felt the Government were being extra cautious to ensure that the guidelines did justice to all strategic environmental assessment.“That’s quite a big body of work”, he observed, “and I’m also cognisant of recent changes in the Planning Act that only came in over the summer and which will require that all national guidelines are subject to strict strategic environment requirements instigated form Europe. LEGAL ADVICE Meanwhile, Cllr. Tobin reminded the meeting that he Cllr. John Pratt and Cllr. Pat Nugent were expecting the independent legal advice they had sought on the power to amend the county development plan to exclude wind turbines to be delivered very soon. Cllr. Nugent hoped it would contradict the ruling previously conveyed by council CEO Michael Walsh. Cllr. Séamus O’Donnell hoped so too, adding that he had “no faith whatsoever” in Bord Pleanala. They had decreed an incinerator was suitable for the middle of Cork harbour and “don’t care about anybody”, he concluded.
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Council receives funding to provide water stations on Greenway By Christy Parker WATERFORD Council has received €16,000 funding to provide water stations along the Greenway, Environment Officer Ray Moloney told September’s Dungarvan-Lismore Municipality meeting. The money was allocated from the Environmental Protection Agency for waste prevention
projects under the Local Authority Prevention Network. The allocation will enable greenway users to refill reusable bottles instead of bringing single use plastic bottles. It is hoped the move will eliminate a considerable number of plastic bottles against an analysis that shows pedestrian and cyclist traffic on the greenway at Bilberry measuring 70,894 users between January 1st and July
20th. The number at WIT Carriganore was 80,364 during the same period. Mr. Moloney said the initiative, for now, was designed to see how many people avail of it. He explained also that the water stations can only be placed where there is a water supply and not at regular intervals. Cllr. Declan Doocey then proposed writing to the Department of Environment seeking advice
on how to attain scarce markets by which to supply waste plastic. Mr. Moloney felt that “rather than trying to find a market we’d prefer to get rid of plastic” and would shortly be “doing so regarding plastic bottles from within the chamber.” Cllr. Doocey further urged the council to promote biodegradable products, such as coffee cups. Mr. Moloney welcomed the fact that compostable coffee cups
were increasingly coming on the market, albeit they needed to be disposed of in proper compost bins, from where they would be collected and re-composted into a commercial composting facility. The Environment Officer also noted that Dungarvan Tidy Towns was lobbying local coffee shops and retail outlets to join the refill.ie campaign. That initiative meant traders who were willing
to display the appropriate sticker would refill a water bottle with tap water for free. “He urged the Council to adhere to supporting such campaigns. The flowing conversation prompted Cllr. Siobhán to remind the meeting that a workshop on the dearth of public toilets on the greenway had been promised last month. It was agreed to discuss the matter at an tourism meeting.
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Various issues discussed at DungarvanLismore Municipality meeting By Christy Parker BOREEN NA RUA Cllr. Siobhán Whelan appealed for traffic calming measures to counteract motorists “flying down” Boreen na Rua.The councillor said that while drivers had to contend with speed bumps at the top of the hill and in Kilrush, they descended at high speed. She wasn’t seeking speed bumps but wanted larger signage or other measures. Senior Engineer for roads Gabriel Hynes agreed to investigate. SPRAYING AND RAGWORTH Cllr. Whelan claimed there were health concerns amongst locals about the Council spraying hedgerows on windy days. She also warned that ragworth was “making a bit of a comeback”, with consequential danger to animals. Mr. Hynes said curtailing the “noxious” weed was the responsibility of landowners, not least due to the absence of sheep to the job as per days past. To prevent it spreading, “it needs to be pulled out not cut”, he advised. The Engineer added that spraying only occurred when other options were untenable, “maybe for health and safety reasons.” TREES AND PRUNING Cllr. Séamus O’Donnell reported that a lady taking her children to school Ballycurrane week earlier was narrowly missed by a falling tree. He wanted Coillte
contacted to remove tree along the sides of roads by up to three metres. Mr. Hynes responded that from September 1st all landowners, including Coillte were responsible for cutting their hedges and also to ensure there were no dangerous trees or overhanging limbs. Notices were about to be dispatched to that effect, with fines or prosecutions for non-compliance. Cllr. O’Donnell asked that the council not be “too strict about farmers cutting trees” as many of them were “completely busted”, at present. “Including myself ”, he added to deaf ears. FIRE SERVICE Cllr. James Tobin paid tribute to the response of the fire service – and his neighbours – for dealing with a recent fire at his residence while he was attending a funeral. He availed of the occasion to advise the Council and TDs to remain hands off essential community services. GULLIES Cllr. Tobin complimented the Council on clearing gullies in the region and urged that the work continue until end of November in rural and urban townlands. Mr. Hynes said drainage was key to protecting roads but was “very dependent on budgets.” Cllr. John Pratt was concerned about the GAA pitch in Cappoquin flooding when heavy rain ran down the roadway into it, probably due to blocked gullies. He also felt
some of the rainwater needed to be diverted away from the field anyway. Senior Executive Engineer Josephine McGrath said she would investigate. WALL DAMAGED Cllr. Pratt also pointed out that a wall in the Cappoquin GAA pitch area had been damaged by a lorry and felt a barricade was needed in front of it lest it collapse. Again Ms. McGrath agreed to act. FLOWER BEDS Cllr Damien Geoghegan Asked that flower beds at the entrances to An Cluan estate on the Youghal road and also at Beeches Estate be replaced with cobblestone, loose chippings or any more manageable “solution” as they were un-maintained nowadays. Housing Officer Derek Lyons agreed to take up the matter with the council’s presentation crew. ROAD CLOSED Cllr. Declan Doocey complained that some months ago Coillte had agreed to remove trees from Mollocop Ballyduff following local flooding. They had closed a road “for two months” to do so but the route now remained closed after that timescale. With schools reopened, parents and children were experiencing “great hardship” in accessing the bus service by a longer route. He wanted a finishing timeframe or a daily exemption for parents. Mr. Hynes understood there had been further trees identified for removal but he would contact Coillte.
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Council ‘not currently purchasing privately owned properties’ By Christy Parker WATERFORD Council is currently not purchasing privately owned properties houses as it concentrates its social housing ambitions on a capital delivery programme, Housing Officer Derek Lyons told September’s Dungarvan-Lismore Municipality meeting. The Officer was responding to an inquiry from Cllr. Siobhán Whelan representing an elderly man on a RAS scheme in private accommodation on the grounds
of CareChoice Nursing Home Dungarvan. She said the man had received notice to quit “because the owner is selling.” He was “very upset” partially at what he felt was the “callous way” he had been treated and partly because he had “put a lot of work into the house” internally and externally. He had furthermore believed he would have another five years in the property, having signed a 10 year lease. Cllr. Whelan was concerned that when the Council rehoused the man, as per RAS agreement,
he was not entitled to any assistance with moving. The house being a “one or two bedroom” property, she also wondered if the council might buy it. Mr. Lyons said the Council was not purchasing private properties at present. He was aware of the case in question and was prepared to discuss it in a non-public environment. He would also investigate whether the man had been mistreated by any housing agent or indeed any council employee, which he believed was “unlikely.”
Councillors to raise Grange junction fears with TII By Christy Parker COUNCILLORS serving the Dungarvan-Lismore Municipal district will raise safety concerns in the Grange area when they meet Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) officials next month. The junction, about four miles from Youghal Bridge, was described by Cllr. Damien Geoghegan at October’s meeting, as “the most dangerous junction on the N25.” The councillor reflected that, almost uniquely, two local roads formed a junction with a main road, while a bus stop, church,
school, post office and local housing created a high density population. He noted two stop signs and road markings for two distinct roads alongside each other, creating an “extremely dangerous” situation. “It’s terrifying to stand there and see speeding traffic passing through”, he informed. The Councillor recommended a traffic calming regime similar to Leamybrien, where vehicles “slow down approaching and then speed up again at the opposite side” as a solution. TII needed to have this impressed on them, he stressed. Senior Roads Engineer
Gabriel Hynes said TII had, had previously decided that there was “not enough development in the area” to warrant traffic calming on byroads meeting a national primary route. Cllr. Geoghegan said it wasn’t a case of “just putting a traffic calming scheme on byroads” and said he’d challenge anyone from TII or the council “to stand on that road for ten minutes and see what’s happening out there!” Mr. Hynes was not disagreeing and believed a significant reduction in speed was needed to render the area safe. He said it would be on the agenda when a delegation next meets with TII.
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Larry O’Keeffe of Clonmel serving the public for 37 years FOR 37 years Larry O’Keeffe has been serving the people of Clonmel and beyond with quality furniture sourced from all over the world. The business has expanded over the years and is now able to offer a large range of beds, bedroom furniture, 3 piece suites and dining furniture to suit all tastes and budgets. Larry and wife Helen still run a family business with the generations lined up to carry on
serving the people of Ireland long into the future. Son Brendan has worked in the business for 17 years, and now manages the stores on a day-to-day basis, alongside William, responsible for logistics; daughter Mary, in charge of IT and personnel and Ailish, looking after the most important business of sales in store. They are fortunate to have many loyal and long serving members of staff to support all the activity, which in later years
has expanded from furniture and beds to carpets and interior accessories. Having just held an enormously successful sale, Larry and his family would like to thank all his customers for their continued support and that they look forward to serving the people of Clonmel and beyond for many years to come. Call in and say hello, you’ll always receive a friendly welcome and excellent service.
Bord Bia has announced the twenty products that have been shortlisted for The National Organic Food Awards 2018. Pictured at the announcement was Conor Mulhall, The Little Milk Company, who have been shortlisted in the Export Award category for Organic Cashel Blue cheese. Conor is pictured with Sarah Furno, Cashel Farmhouse. The awards presentation will take place on Wednesday, 10th October at Bord Bia’s offices in Dublin. The shortlist for the awards is representative of the wide selection of organic food and drink products available through an increasing number of consumer channels from direct sales and retail to foodservice and increasingly, export. [Chris Bellew / Fennell Photography 2018]
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Waterford’s Little Milk Co. shortlisted in Bord Bia National Organic Awards BORD BIA has announced that The Little Milk Company based in Dungarvan Co. Waterford, has been shortlisted in the The National Organic Food Awards 2018. They have been shortlisted in the Export Award category for their Organic Cashel Blue Cheese. In total, twenty entries from Irish organic food and drink growers and manufacturers have been shortlisted. They represent the growing number of organic food and drink products being made available through an increasing number of consumer channels including foodservice, retail, direct sales and export. Hosted by Bord Bia, in association with the Department of Agriculture and Food.The National Organic Food Awards recognise developments in the sector across key categories as judged by a panel of experts. A new award in 2018 highlights the sustainability achievements and contributions of organic producers to their local communities. “We are delighted to be shortlisted for this award,” said Conor Mulhall of The Little Milk Company. “Our product is the result of a partnership between a farmer producing delicious organic milk and a company producing Ireland’s best-loved farmhouse cheese, Cashel Blue. We are very proud to be selling our product overseas to some of the best retailers and hoteliers in the world.” Speaking about this year’s Awards Karen Tyner Senior Manager, Food and Beverage, from Bord Bia said: ‘The Irish organic market is currently valued at over €200 million and the global organic market is set to jump in value to €224 billion by 2022. Innovative products are continuing to contribute to growth in the sector and consumers are seeking more opportunities to choose organic.These awards
recognise producers and manufacturers whose products differentiate themselves in the marketplace to meet this growing consumer demand both at home and internationally.’ The shortlisted entrants were selected from the following categories: Chef ’s Award, Retail Award, Direct Selling Award, Export Award, Best New & Innovative Product Award and the newly added Business in the Community Award. Among the key judging criteria for this year’s Awards were taste and quality, market opportunity, value for money, packaging and branding, versatility and ability to overcome market challenges. Commenting on the standard of entries for the 2018 Awards, judge Frank Bardet, Sourcing Director, Biocoop France said,“It was a real pleasure for me to see the wide range of products available in Ireland in the organic sector. Our company as market leader In France, accounts for a significant part of the organic retail market. I look forward to seeing Ireland’s continuing focus on sustainability and organics. I would in particular commend those entrants who have made sustainable packaging part of their offering, as I firmly believe that organic producers can lead the way in this aspect. As ever, the quality of the dairy and meat products in Ireland particularly impress me.” Winners will receive a tailored support package from Bord Bia to assist in growing their businesses. The judging panel for this year’s awards comprises a cross section from food, industry, and media as follows: Evan Doyle, Proprietor, Brooklodge Hotel and Spa, Dr. Oliver Moore, Irish Examiner Journalist and UCC Lecturer; Gillian Nelis, Food Writer, Sunday Business Post; Frank Bardet, Sourcing Director, Biocoop France.
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Two Waterford restaurants retain Michelin Guide status TWO popular Waterford restaurants – House Restaurant at Cliff House Hotel, Ardmore and Copper Hen in Fenor – have retained their Michelin Star and Bib Gourmand status respectively in the new Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2019 just published. Bib Gourmand awards recognise those establishments that offer good food at affordable prices of EUR40 or less for a three-course meal. Situated in an impressive cliff-side setting above Ardmore village, House Restaurant prides itself on its fine dining and spectacular sea views. Having opened its doors in 2010, Copper Hen offers a casual and fun dining experience using locally sourced produce and is located in Fenor village on the road between Tramore and Dungarvan. Published by tyre manufacturer Michelin, the Great Britain & Ireland 2019 Guide is priced at EUR18.99 and is available at http://travel.michelin.co.uk/ and in bookshops from Thursday, October 4th.
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Council to consider tyre collection day By Christy Parker WATERFORD Council is willing to consider an ‘amnesty day’ for waste tyres following a proposal by Cllr. Pat Nugent at September’s Dungarvan-Lismore Municipality meeting. The councillor said battery, oil and dangerous substances disposal needed such initiatives and now tyres, including tractor tyres,
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By Christy Parker WATERFORD Council will address the issue of narrow parking spaces at Scanlon’s Yard, Dungarvan, within next year’s roadworks programme and budget, Senior Engineer Gabriel Hynes told September’s Dungarvan-Lismore Municipality meeting.
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but the council had charged just €5 to partly cover recycling costs as recycling mattresses is “difficult in this country.” Cllr. Nugent asked if it had been well publicised and was reassured that it had been advertised in newspapers, social media, on the council website and in Council reports. Mr. Moloney agreed to consider a collection day for tyres.
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Cllr. Séamus O’Donnell had raised the issue, claiming cars – including his own – had been damaged due to the tight spaces. He further warned that kids were inclined to exit a car before it had parked because they can’t open the doors afterwards! “Parking is a disaster everywhere in town”, he added, before suggesting the council find a developer to build a “proper two-storey car park.”
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Cllr. Damien Geoghegan proposed removing the bottle bank from the yard to create up to eight more spaces. He too had received complaints and said the Council was “not gaining anything” with narrow parking slots because some of them were so narrow the remained empty. He felt the section nearest the credit union alone had adequately wide spaces.
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Aqua vitae – the water of life DUNGARVAN has been blessed with a more than adequate water supply for nigh on sixty years since the borehole at The Spring and more recently at Ballinamuck were brought into service. The quality and taste of the water are excellent and while people may need to clean their kettles regularly, it is a small price to pay for not having to worry about adequate supplies of our most important element of life. This was brought home to us in no uncertain fashion during the Summer drought this year. The hosepipe ban has just expired at the end of September. Not so elsewhere where shortages and poor quality are a year round problem. Now it is time to share our water wealth with the adjacent communities in Ring who have been suffering shortages for a number of years. Our news columns report that work has already started on installing a pipeline from Ballinamuck to Ring, which will be completed in two years, much to the satisfaction of the people of the Gaeltacht who will look forward to this improvement in their every-day lives. Aqua vitae, the water of life is well named and it is little wonder why the wells of Ireland have been a focus since time immemorial, since the Saints walked the earth. We should be thankful for our benefits and to the people who look after our water needs.
Accommodating Travellers WHILE some people may not agree with the sentiments expressed at the recent meeting of the Dungarvan & Lismore Municipal District Council, in regard to the activities of some members of the Travelling Community locally, the veracity of the Councillors claims cannot be queried. With a permanent Halting Site in the town, a further
INCORP. MUNSTER INDUSTRIAL ADVOCATE Serving the community of County Waterford for over a century 1912–2018 facility is hardly required and it would be difficult to justify, on several grounds, the provision of one. It is now sixty years since the first report on the life and lifestyles of the Travelling Community was published – not a single copy of which could be found recently – a great deal has been done by the official agencies and voluntary organisations to remove much of the hardship the community had suffered in their meagre accommodation, educational opportunities and their status which was perceived to be lower than the rest of the community. Few would object to the very significant resources which have been invested in this programme of improvement, which was not always successful and did not always yield the desired benefits. But Irish society has tried to reach out to the Travelling Community and accord them the equality which is their due. The response has not always been positive; the opportunities not always availed of; nor has the investment fully yielded the desired results. The local Halting Site was built at very considerable expense and refurbished at equally great expense, with continuing upgrades where necessary. This should have adequately fulfilled the needs of the Travelling Community and assist in extending to them opportunities to move towards equality with the rest of the population. However, a positive response has not always been forthcoming with opportunities provided at significant expense not always availed of. The members of the Travelling community must respond in a more positive fashion to retain the confidence and support of the settled community.
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There is, as the Members of the Council pointed out, adequate accommodation for Travellers in the town and a further site is unnecessary. The town has done well by the Travelling Community in the matter of housing and other benefits and further transient accommodation is not necessary. The forthcoming plan for the town and county will establish if there is need and how to fulfil it. The lifestyles of some of the Travelling community, with expensive cars and other trappings of wealth, are not calculated to gain public support for their cause. Many have permanent homes in other towns and providing free accommodation away from home would correctly be seen as too much of a luxury.
The Crash – a decade on IT is not difficult to believe that it is a full ten years since the economic crisis and financial collapse in this country. Few were insulated from the Irish catastrophe and almost everyone suffered to some degree in the years after the crash. Jobs were lost by the thousand; investments and pensions disappeared overnight and the emigrant trail was populated by many of our best and brightest, who saw no future in the country, preferring a new life in America, Australia or some country where their hard work and determination would yield financial gain and a bright future. It would be easy to claim that our Government got us out of our financial mess, but it was the people who paid a huge financial and social price for our recovery. The legacy is still there and the politics and culture of this country and economy give people very little hope for a home of their own, or even a decent wage and security of employment. In this, the country has changed utterly. The crash cost the people of this country €64 billion half of which we will never see again. Thankfully, many of our emigrants have returned, but the Ireland they were forced to flee is socially no better than what they left.
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ESB Networks Safety Message for Hedge Cutters ESB Networks has issued a public safety message warning people about the dangers of coming into contact with power lines when hedge cutting. Coming in contact with overhead electricity wires is extremely dangerous and can be fatal. ESB Networks Safety Manager Arthur Byrne says: “At this time of year, we want to remind those who are hedge and tree cutting to be mindful of the risks associated with such activity. Some of the most common dangers include hedge cutters cutting into electricity stays and bringing down poles and wires. There is also the risk of trees or hedges coming down on overhead wires while being cut or the hedge cutter damaging electricity poles.” ESB Networks is also calling on the general public to contact them should they see any possible risks in relation to tree felling and hedge cutting. This includes tree branches scorched or branches overhanging the line or growing above.
Councillors bask in glow of Dungarvan’s silver medal double By Christy Parker
NEVER, under any circumstances touch an electricity wire or anything the wire may be in contact with, including the inside or outside of a tractor/lorry/trailer etc. Please contact ESB Networks immediately on 1850 372 999. Please read carefully the “Farm Safely with Electricity” Booklet which can be downloaded from our website www.esbnetworks.ie. Also the “Guidelines for safe working near overhead lines in agriculture” and the “Code of Practice for Avoiding danger from overhead electricity lines”. These can be downloaded from the HSA (www.hsa/ie) and ESB Networks website (www.esbnetworks.ie)
ESB NETWORKS SAFETY TIPS FOR HEDGE CUTTING 1. Look out for any damage on the machine that may become unattached in operation. 2. The circular saw is by far the most dangerous attachment; keep onlookers away from its operation. 3. Place guards around the tractor cab to protect from flying debris from the hedge. 4. Keep windows clean to maximise visibility. 5. Use appropriate signage and warning lamps when working on the road. 6. Take a minute to look at the ground conditions and the field slope before starting work. 7. Have the ESB emergency number in the tractor. 8. Look out for overhead wires in dense foliage and high ditches. 9. Match the hedge cutter size and tractor size. 10. If unsure, stop and don’t ask questions later.
FEW things enrich a councillor’s heart more than recognition and the warmest of glows emanated from October’s DungarvanLismore Municipality meeting following Dungarvan’s two-silver success in this year’s national Tidy Towns and international Entente Florale competitions. The town also won an Entente Florale Jury Prize for the Mitigation of Climate Change, courtesy of the excellence of the Greenway and the foresight of its promotors. The details being well documented the councillor’s spoke as members of the local Tidy Towns were present prior to a photo shoot. Cathaoirleach John Pratt began by congratulating the volunteers and outdoor staff of Dungarvan Tidy Towns and Waterford Council for their “very hard work.” Noting that “every group had “made improvements from last year”, he said it was “onwards and
upwards” from there on. He also acknowledged the work of tidy town committees in all the towns and villages of the county. KEY ROLE Cllr. Damien Geoghegan noted that Dungarvan was looking “exceptionally well” for which the council’s environment officer Ray Maloney deserved “enormous credit.” He too commended the volunteer committees and outdoor staff, not least just-retired outdoor worker Michael Connolly who had “played a key role for many years “in ensuring Dungarvan looked exceptionally well”, he commended. Cllr. Geoghegan suggested the approach should be year on year improvement, as he observed that “things have changed with the advent of the Greenway.” The Councillor had been pleased to see Minister at State for Rural and Rural and Community Development Michael Ring mention Dungarvan “in the same breath as Ennis and Westport and Killarney” on prime time TV.
EFFORT BY SMALL BUSINESSES Cllr. Geoghegan further advised that many of the businesses that got involved for the Entente Florale effort were “smaller business who put their hands in their pocket to make their premises really nice” while “larger institutions such as the banks did not, despite having budgets to do it.” Cllr. Pat Nugent concurred with previous sentiments and lauded the town’s “civic spirit”, adding that “entering Entente Florale was a seismic change.” Cllr. Declan Doocey said that thanks to the organisational skills of the council executive and the volunteers, the “ducks were in line” when the judges came calling “and the rewards came back.” Cllr Doocey also paid tribute to Lismore for reaching 16 consecutive gold medals, which he describes as “a phenomenal standard of attention to detail.” GET INVOLVED Cllr. James Tobin said the success showed what could be achieved when a local authority
and a community collaborated. He then noted that councillors had decided against increasing the property tax a day previous but that those who would have criticised an increase “would be better of getting up off their backsides and helping people in Entente Florale and Tidy Towns” rather than leaving it to the same small number of people year in, year out. By the time Cllrs. Siobhán Whelan and Séamus O’Donnell got to speak, they were left with echoing their colleague’s sentiments. A/Director of Services Ferghal Reidy said the efforts were “a partnership between the council and communities” and “an expression of pride in the town and in communities.” It had brought “incredible recognition” to Dungarvan and a momentum that every sector “must maintain.” He concluded that the Council would be reviewing reports with its partners “to see how they can be further improved.”
Public toilets for Dungarvan due for Autumn discussion By Christy Parker THE issue of public toilets for Dungarvan is to be discussed at upcoming workshops (private discussion sessions to you and me) after the matter again surfaced at September’s Dungarvan-Lismore Municipality meeting. Cllr. Declan Doocey urged the council to “put in an effort” as he recalled meeting “several visitors, busloads”, during a busy summer, who were looking for such a convenience. Cllr. Damien Geoghegan said the matter
was supposed to be aired at a special workshop months ago and that should now occur so that details like finances and location could be “thrashed out.” Cllr. Séamus O’Donnell, seldom caught short for a viewpoint, had also met people with pressing needs and said it was “embarrassing for councillors to have to say the nearest one is across road in a pub.” He added that a similar problem persisted on the greenway. “Every councillor here should put their foot down and say we need a public toilet in
Dungarvan”, he insisted. Cllr. O’Donnell continued that it was unacceptable for families cycling on the greenway to have to wait until Kilmacthomas to use a toilet. “Where is all the money gone”, he asked, in lieu of people’s need to spend a penny, as it were. A/Director of Services Ferghal Reidy said there would be a tourism workshop for the plenary council in October, followed by one at Municipal District level and the issue could be discussed then.
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HAP system creating “the new homeless” – Cllr. Pratt By Christy Parker TENANTS losing their HAP accommodation are “the new homeless”, Dungarvan-Lismore Municipal District Chairman John Pratt told October’s Municipality meeting. The chairman also attributed the rise of Airbnb in some instances to exacerbating the problems of re-housing those forced to exit HAP, despite “paying their way and being very good tenants.” He said the problems of finding one’s own accommodation was commonplace in larger and
smaller towns alike and that the only answer seemed to be more house building. Housing Officer Derek Lyons concurred that the council was “finding great difficulty” in sourcing alternative accommodation when someone is served notice to quit, equally under RAS or HAP. The termination notices were also sometimes “not in conformity with the agreements”, he added. Cllr. Pratt said HAP tenants in a tenancy for a long period of time were “in one sense deemed to be housed, yet in another still on the housing list.” He wondered were such individuals “get-
ting fair crack of the whip as someone who is otherwise on the list in seeking a Council house.” Mr. Lyons said the HAP scheme afforded applicants in the first couple of weeks the opportunity to write to the council and express an interest in remaining on the housing list. Subsequently their time on the list would accrue while in HAP accommodation and would be applicable in the event of someone serving them notice to quit. Meanwhile, in some instances, the officer continued, “the alternative is to present as
homeless. That triggers another mechanism for us to deal with those particular instances – though we don’t want that situation in the first place.” He conceded that presenting as homeless “trumps most things” in terms of allocating accommodation. Mr. Lyons explained that while seeking to alleviate homeless, “by the same token we have to be conscious that there are other people too on the list and are there longer. It is not an easy one fits all solution”, as the “number of houses we have access to through HAP and RAS is deteriorating.”
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Crisis-hit Waterford Airport awaiting Government decision
Waterford Senator attends IUA Oireachtas Information Day – The fact that State core funding per third level student has halved over the last decade was highlighted at a recent Oireachtas Briefing Day hosted by the Irish Universities Association, which is urging the Government to act now on the funding crisis. Pictured at the event were Patrick Prendergast, Provost, Trinity College Dublin and Senator Paudi Coffey.
THE crisis-hit Waterford Airport is still anxiously awaiting a Government decision which could secure its future. Previously,Taoiseach Leo Varadkar pledged his support for Waterford Airport to restore commercial flight routes. Since then, it is understood that there are plans proposed to extend the runway, which would require Government funding as well as private sector investment. Cllr. Davy Daniels sought an update on the airport situation and the planning application
for a runway extension at the September Plenary meeting of Waterford City and County Council. He also wanted to know if the Council has made any further progress on land acquisitions. Chief Executive of Waterford Council, Michael Walsh, said they are awaiting a Government decision on a proposal that has been presented and reflects the potential to bring private sector funding to the table. Mr. Walsh confirmed there is “continuing
engagement with landowners” which, he said “is between professionals, such as auctioneers and valuers for both parties”. Mr. Walsh said there is no particular impediment to developments at the airport. He said the planning application which proposes to extend the runway has not been lodged, as of yet, “but, it is literally ready to be lodged and all the work is done”. “The key issue is the decision from Government,” Mr. Walsh added.
Meeting expected shortly between Council and TUSE Steering Committee WATERFORD Council is expected to hold a meeting very shortly with representatives of the Technological University of the South East Steering Committee (TUSE). At the September Plenary meeting of Waterford City and County Council, Cllr. Eddie Mulligan said he found it insulting “that junior Minister, John Paul Phelan had mentioned on radio that there was no interac-
tion from myself, and he named me personally, with the Steering Committee”. “Not only did I put in a submission, but I’ve been looking since last May, for the Steering Committee to appear before this Council so we can interact with them,” Cllr. Mulligan said. “We all know the situation regarding the ‘brain drain’. It is a hugely important and a submission from the Steering
Committee had to be in before 30th September. I hope we will have a date confirmed for the Steering Committee to interact with us soon,” he added Meetings Administrator, Honor Dunphy, confirmed she has been in contact with the TUSE Steering Committee and there is communication going back and forward to try and confirm dates. She said she would inform Cllr. Mulligan when a
date for the meeting is confirmed. The South East Institutes of Technology in Carlow and in Waterford are committed to the creation of an engaged, ambitious and proactive multi-campus Technological University of international standing which will be a key component of the infrastructure required to drive sustainable regional economic and social development.
Waterford Hospice handover €2m to new Palliative Care Unit THE Board of Waterford Hospice, presented T.J. Dunford, General Manager, Primary Care, with a cheque for €2m, the first instalment of the €6m pledged towards the construction of the new Regional Palliative Care Unit on the grounds of UHW. Work began on the new unit in 2017, and is currently on schedule for completion in early 2019.
Danette Connolly, Chairperson,Waterford Hospice said 'This is a very exciting time, not just for Waterford Hospice, but for the people of Waterford and South Kilkenny, who have fundraised tirelessly over the past 30 years, this cheque is a result of their unwavering support and they should be very proud today. This is the first instalment of the €6m pledged, to date we have raised €4.6m, so we are still
working to raise the final €1.4m. This year we launched our 'Buy a Brick' campaign to help us to reach that target, and we are overwhelmed by the response to date. You can support this campaign by logging onto www.waterfordhospice.ie/buyabrick, look out for our leaflets distributed throughout the City & County, or contact the office on 051844847.'
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The Board of Waterford Hospice, presented T.J. Dunford, General Manager, Primary Care, with a cheque for €2M, the first instalment of the €6M pledged towards the construction of the new Regional Palliative Care Unit on the grounds of UHW. Work began on the new unit in 2017, and is currently on schedule for completion in early 2019. Also included were Danette Connolly, Chairperson, Stephanie Taheny and Marie Dennehy, Board of Waterford Hospice, Alice Medjaen, Interim General Manager, UHW and Anne-Marie Lanigan, Head of Primary Care Service. [Noel Browne]
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HAP landlords accused of ‘getting greedy’ for increasing rents SOME landlords of HAP tenants have been accused of “getting greedy” by forcing their tenants to pay nearly double their rent on top of the HAP payments received from the Council. HAP (Housing Assistance Payment) is a housing support provided by local authorities for households that qualify for social housing support. The maximum Waterford Council pays in HAP to landlords is €600, but there are some landlords who receive additional rent money from the tenant on top of that. Cllr. Blaise Hannigan told the September Plenary meeting of Waterford City and County Council that he was aware of six families (HAP households) who contacted him in recent weeks to say their landlords are increasing the rent by €200 / €250 starting from 1st October. “As an example, a single parent with children is paying €200 in rent (with HAP). That woman’s rent will now increase to €400 (with HAP),” Cllr. Hannigan said, meaning the landlord will be receiving up to €600 from the Council and up to €400 from the tenant. “This is an ongoing problem
for all Councils, because landlords are getting very greedy,” Cllr. Hannigan said. He noted the maximum Waterford Council will pay under HAP is €600 a month, which, he said is the lowest in the South East. He asked if Waterford Council will up its HAP limit to come into line with other local authorities around the South East. “This will be a problem for all of us,” he said. “There are a lot of people who are going to be under pressure [from increasing rents] in the coming months.” Director of Services, Ivan Grimes, pointed out that Waterford Council does have the discretion to go above the €600 HAP limit. “If the individual concerned contacts our HAP office and produce evidence of the increase in rent, we’ll see what we can do,” Mr. Grimes said. He said the HAP rent levels are set by the Department using officially recorded rents, and the Council has no control over them. Cllr. Seán Reinhardt said he also had concerns about HAP and that anytime he went to the Council’s housing office to assist
Greenway success creating Abbeyside parking problems By Christy Parker A DOWNSIDE of the greenway was discussed at October’s Dungarvan-Lismore Municipality meeting when Cllr. Damien Geoghegan raised the issue of parking – or lack of it – at Abbeyside. The councillor cited areas such as Strandside north and south, upper and lower Sexton Street and Sarsfield Street as amongst those particularly disaffected by greenway visitors. Cllr. Siobhán Whelan said it was almost impossible to park on any Dungarvan street and suggested a “no man’s land” area beside Tom Curran’s on the square and another space close to the Ormond hotel as possible sites for parking development. CAMPER VANS Cllr. Geoghegan diverted the discourse towards camper vans, declaring that their owners now favouring the Pond as their choice for immobility, along with a tendency to veer towards the Abbeyside church. “They are
being encouraged through apps and other communication systems amongst themselves to do so”, he asserted, whereas the council’s preference was that they go to the Lookout or Sports Centre. The councillor elaborated that he welcomed camper vans “but they must be in the right location.” He said the greenway must not become “a negative experience for Abbeyside residents” and the council should “grasp the nettle and put a traffic management plan in place for Abbeyside in particular.” A/Director of Services Ferghal Reidy responded that proposals for camper van parking were “going through the Council’s Strategic Policy Committee (SPC) in regard to “what should be the correct locations for next season.” In terms of parking generally, senior roads engineer Gabriel Hynes said it could be discussed at an upcoming workshop. “But to find a solution we need funding”, he warned.
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people, he was told the Council could only help if the person presents as homeless. He sought a letter from Mr. Grimes stating that the Council has discretion to help people experiencing problems in HAP, “because what is being said here in the Chamber and what is happening in the housing office are two different things”. “I would like to show a letter to the people I spoke to in the housing office and say to them they do have discretion when it comes to HAP rent and that the person doesn’t have to present as homeless,” Cllr. Reinhardt said. Mr. Grimes said he didn’t see the need to provide a letter. “The discretion [in HAP rent] is available to the Council and it is written into the HAP scheme,” Mr. Grimes said. “We do apply the discretion to individual cases on a case-bycase basis. If there is a specific case, you can come to me or the people dealing with HAP and we’ll look at those cases. But, there is also a responsibility on us not to apply discretionary increases across the board, because that would completely distort the market,” Mr. Grimes added. Dungarvan Observer
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Tenant Purchase Scheme has a 40 percent refusal rate UP to 40 percent of applicants who sought to purchase their Council house were refused, according to a report at the September Plenary meeting of Waterford City and County Council.
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AA Rescue, a breakdown assistance provider, 19.35% of respondents stated that since beginning driving they have locked their keys inside their car on at least one occasion. Fortunately, in most cases where
keys have been locked inside a car the vehicle was empty, with just 2.42% of such incidents invol-ving a pet also being locked in the car and 0.81% involving a child locked in the vehicle. “Keys being accidentally
locked in a vehicle happens far more often than you’d think – in fact, on average, we estimate that our AA Rescue team get called out to such incidents on average 6 times each day. However, when it does happen you may feel
somewhat embarrassed and often people feel like they’re the only person to have ever found themselves in this situation,” Conor Faughnan, AA Director of Consumer Affairs stated. “These incidents are usually the result of a brief lapse in concentration, something which happens to us all, but the good news is that in the majority of cases retrieving the keys and accessing the vehicle is a relatively straightforward task.” The survey also found that almost a third of motorists have accidentally left their lights on resulting in a breakdown. 29.03% of those surveyed about their driver history stated that on at least one occasion in the past they had left their lights on and drained the battery. Men were more likely to have committed this faux-pas with 33.82% admitting to having drained their car’s battery because they failed to turn off their lights, compared to 22.21% of women.
“Both these breakdowns can be a little embarrassing to admit to, given that they are a product of the motorist’s own lapse in concentration, but they’re easily remedied,” Faughnan added. “More generally, however, as we move into the Winter season we would urge people to set some time aside to get their car ready for the change in weather conditions to avoid being stuck at the roadside in the pouring rain.” “Particularly during Winter our AA Rescue team see a significant increase in callouts relating to drained batteries and cars failing to start. As the temperatures dip, older or weaker batteries are more likely to encounter problems first thing in the morning or after the car has been idle for a significant length of time. If your battery has been giving you some issues recently we would definitely encourage getting it checked by your mechanic and replaced if necessary.”
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LESS than 40% of motorists would stop and offer assistance to a driver who has experienced a car breakdown according to a recent survey. In response to a survey of over 5,000 motorists undertaken by AA Rescue, the breakdown assistance wing of AA Ireland, 38.79% of respondents indicated that in the event of encountering a broken down vehicle they would be very likely to offer the driver assistance. Meanwhile, a further 35.59% indicated that they would be somewhat likely to offer assistance but would have some reservations in doing so. Of those surveyed, almost 55% indicated that concerns about their personal safety would be one of the key factors preventing them from offering assistance to a broken down motorist. 16.91% of respondents ‘strongly agreed’ that they would not stop out of fear of jeopardising their safety with a further 37.41% ‘somewhat agreeing’ this was the case. “Breakdowns are almost an unavoidable part of motoring life as even if you follow all the manufacturer’s servicing guidelines things will unfortunately go wrong. With this in mind it’s important for motorists to consider who they would be able to contact for assistance if they were to have a car issue as there is at least some reluctance on the part of passing motorists to offer help,” Conor Faughnan, AA Director of Consumer Affairs stated. “Ultimately, people always have
to prioritise their own personal safety and it’s understandable that people would choose to do so, but breakdowns can be a huge cause of stress so even offering the affected motorist use of your phone could be a huge help.” Unsurprisingly, the survey did find an increased willingness on behalf of respondents to offer assistance to an elderly driver who had suffered a breakdown. When asked about a hypothetical breakdown affecting an elderly driver, 54.35% of respondents stated they would be very likely to stop and offer assistance, with a further 30.07% describing themselves as somewhat likely to do so. “Many of us will have experienced a breakdown at some point in the past so we have a degree of sympathy any time we come across one and will clearly be willing to offer assistance in some cases. However, individual motorists need to give some thought to their own breakdown planning, particularly if they’re not highly knowledgeable in terms of basic car repairs,” Faughnan added. “Whether it’s the AA, your spouse, a family member or friend you want to know who you will be contacting in the event of a breakdown. The last thing you want during the panic that a breakdown will cause is to find yourself searching through your contacts questioning who out of your friends, family and coworkers knows the most about car repairs!”
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Variation to Development Plan brings in new Camping Site policy for Waterford WATERFORD Councillors unanimously passed a variation of the County Development Plan which brings in a camping site policy, which, the local authority said, is to ensure policies and standards are supportive and up-to-date in relation to the tourist industry and a more developed tourism offer in the city and county, while also reflecting the requirement to protect and enhance existing towns and villages and safeguard the natural, built and cultural landscape of Waterford. Waterford Council noted that there is an increased vibrancy and buoyancy in the tourism industry in the city and county due
to the ongoing significant investment in tourism-related infrastructure. This has resulted in an increased demand for various types of accommodation. The new policy governs camping sites throughout the city and county places a ban on camping sites in open countryside and instead encourages such sites to be located within, or adjacent to settlements, with safe pedestrian links to the settlement. The policy also ensures that all camping sites are of a standard which do not adversely impact on environmental and landscape quality and amenity and uphold the reputation of Waterford as a high quality destination for
guests. The local authority will consider proposals for standalone campervan facilities, such as designated parking bays with electrical supply, within car parks, in terms of availability of surplus parking and capacity of the site and location. A total of nine submissions were received on the proposed variation, which were considered as part of the final draft of the variation. On the proposal of Cllr. Lola O’Sullivan, seconded by Cllr. Eamon Quinlan, the variation was unanimously adopted by the Council.
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Agreement between Waterford, Kilkenny and Wexford will see network of Greenways developed
WATERFORD Councillors unanimously approved a Section 85 agreement with Kilkenny County Council and Wexford County Council, which gives permission for Kilkenny Council to carry out work on lands within Waterford Council’s administrative jurisdiction to construct a 22 km Greenway route from Abbey Road, Ferrybank, Waterford as far as New Ross, in County Wexford, and is expected to cost up to €10m.
Titled the ‘Waterford to New Ross Greenway’, Kilkenny County Council, as the lead local authority on the project, plans to develop the disused railway line into an off-road cycle and pedestrian route, which extends from within Waterford Council’s administrative boundary through townland in County Kilkenny to Rosbercon, New Ross. Wexford County Council has plans to create a similar Greenway approximately 56 km in length, titled ‘Waterford to
Rosslare Harbour Greenway’, for an off-road cycling and walking path along the existing rail corridor from Rosslare to Waterford City, with a link from Rosslare to Rosslare Harbour. It is believed the estimated cost of this Greenway will be in the region of €12m. Both the Kilkenny and Wexford Greenways will link up with the Waterford Greenway, with Waterford City as the ‘hub’ and it will be the largest concentration of
Greenways in the South East. At the September Plenary meeting of Waterford City and County Council, on the proposal of Cllr. John Cummins, seconded by Cllr. Cha O’Neill, Councillors unanimously approved the agreement between the local authorities, under Section 85 of the Local Government Act 2001, which allows for the development of the Greenways from Waterford to New Ross and Waterford to Rosslare Harbour.
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Meet the people who make Food & Drink the Waterford Way – their place, their history, their community, their stories
Clotilde Bernard COMERAGH MOUNTAIN POULTRY CLOTILDE Bernard of Comeragh Mountain Poultry has an infectious passion for food. The French-Irish woman, with the French-Irish accent first came to Ireland in 2001 to learn English and very quickly fell in love with the place. One thing she wasn’t too enamoured with though, was the chicken that we were eating on a daily basis. “I found it so hard to find good poultry,” she said. “Everything was so intensively bred and it was distinctly lacking in any flavour. I thought to myself ‘My God, we really need to rear some proper poultry.” It would take another ten years but with hard work and perseverance, Clotilde started her little Comeragh Mountain farm with a small polytunnel with some tomatoes and lettuce. She then invested in a few acres of land, some mobile housing for the chickens and a dog to keep a watchful eye on them. “We started with turkeys for Christmas and then came the chickens,” Clotilde said. “Our chickens are all reared outdoors in very small batches. They’re fed, from only weeks old, with grains, cabbages, dock leaves etc. After week four they’re moved out to pasture where they eat the amazing Comeragh grass and the leftovers from our home grown fruit and veg. All the food our chickens eat are 100% natural and anti-biotic free.” Clotilde’s chickens probably eat better than you and I and she even gives them Apple Cider Vinegar to ‘promote healthy girth’ and keep diseases at bay. “It’s like with humans, you’re trying to promote a healthy system inside the animal,” Clotilde said. “I think that’s one of the things that makes our poultry different. The texture of the meat is really meaty, and the skin, when roasted in the oven is really crispy, like we remember from our childhoods. It’s so hard to find that in a lot of chickens you get in supermarkets because there is so much fat underneath the skin that it doesn’t have a chance to crisp up. It’s the same with the juice that you get at the bottom of the dish…with our chickens it’s really tasty and brown and can be used for a delicious stock or gravy.” If you love food, there’s a good chance that you can almost taste those chicken now, just by reading those words. At the moment, Comeragh Poultry is a very small operation who sell many of their chickens in the Dungarvan Farmer’s Market and from their Facebook Page. You can also pick them up from Kiely’s Butchers in Lisduggan and Michael Street and in Ardkeen Stores.
Council to remind public about problems over Japanese Knotweed WATERFORD Council is due to run a campaign in the coming weeks to highlight awareness amongst the public over the dreaded Japanese Knotweed. Japanese Knotweed is a non-native invasive perennial species and vigorously invaded natural habitats and out competes native plants. The weed can seriously damage buildings, hard surfaces and infrastructure, and can grow through concrete and tarmac. Cllr. Pat Fitzgerald told the September Plenary meeting of Waterford City and County Council that “it seems we are fighting a losing battle”. “Some local authorities claimed to have completely eradicated knotweed from their counties, but in this county, we seem to have more and more outbreaks all the time,” Cllr. Fitzgerald said. “There is one particular outbreak and it is almost doubling in size every year,” he said. The control of knotweed growing on private property is the responsibility of the property owner. Cllr. Fitzgerald pointed out that many members of the public may be unaware of what knotweed looks like, and while the local authority will have the expertise to treat it, a member of the public
What motivates you? “I have a serious passion for good food,” Clotilde said.“I make everything from scratch and that has nothing to do with being snobby, it’s just how I was reared. I really believe that good food is all around us and we should be devouring it!” What do you think of the food industry in 2018? “Ireland has come a long way actually,” she said. “For years she struggled to get fed so that probably explains why some of the bad food habits came from. Thankfully the people of Ireland are now opening themselves up to real, home grown food like the amazing produce of Food the Waterford Way. It would be great though if the Government could do a bit more to help the small food producer as we are really outsized by the big food companies.” What’s next for Comeragh Poultry? “Well we’ve only started the Farmers’ Market in Dungarvan so I’m looking forward to getting settled there and building up a new customer base,” Clotilde said. “We want to get more established and more well known, particularly amongst the fine restaurants that we have here in the South East. I just want to get to know the customer and for the customer to get to know me and my chickens.” Want to learn more – check out www.foodthewaterfordway.com or follow us @Waterford_Way
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wouldn’t have the expertise, particularly in relation to the toxic chemicals used to eradicate knotweed. He asked the Council to start an information campaign to raise awareness of the weed and how to treat it. Senior Engineer, Gabriel Hynes, said this is the time of year when Japanese Knotweed should be sprayed. “We will be engaged in spraying Japanese Knotweed on primary and local roads in the coming months,” Mr. Hynes said. “To be clear - knotweed on privately owned land is the responsibility of the owner and people should be aware they can be prosecuted for non-treatment of Japanese Knotweed under the Noxious Weeds Act,” Mr. Hynes said. He pointed out there is information about Japanese Knotweed on the Council’s website (www.waterfordcouncil.ie) “and there is also an app where people locations and we can track those, on public or private land”. Mr. Hynes acknowledged that it was timely to carry out another awareness campaign in the coming weeks to alert the public to Japanese Knotweed and the issues and problems it creates if not treated.
Further Education ALTHOUGH the new term has just started the Nursing Studies and Healthcare students have already completed some of the training courses that will be required when they start their work experience placement. NURSING STUDIES By choosing to complete a Level 5 QQI qualification students have the opportunity to try out a career area before committing to four years of study. Our Nursing Studies course includes subjects such as Nursing Theory and Practice, Mental Health Awareness, Anatomy and physiology and Work Experience. PROGRESSION OPPORTUNITIES This course is ideal for anybody interested in continuing onto Nursing Degrees and pursuing a career in nursing. Other Degrees that are available through the Progression route are Applied Social Studies in Social Care, BA in Social Science, and BA in Social Care Practice in WIT.
Many other colleges such as UCC and Trinity also accept applications from graduates with QQI qualifications in Nursing Studies and Healthcare Support. These degree courses have reserved places for students with QQI awards.The Higher Education Links scheme (HELS) gives learners the opportunity to use level 5 or 6 major awards to apply through the CAO for a place at a University or Institute of Technology. Graduates that have achieved five distinctions can apply through the CAO on a competitive basis. Many of our students have availed of the expert advice offered by our Career guidance teacher when applying through the CAO. HEALTH CARE SKILLS/SUPPORT If you are interested in working in Healthcare, the Healthcare Skills/Support course leads to degrees such as Social Science in UCC or Health Promotion in WIT. This course is also a route to working as hospital porters, healthcare assistants, paramedics or in the pre-hospital emergency care field. APPLY NOW FOR REMAINING PLACES Follow us on facebook at Coláiste Chathail Naofa – College of Further Education @ccnplc for the latest updates. Our website address is ccndungarvan.com and has further details on all our courses. Contact us on 058-41184 or by email at ccn@wwetb.ie
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Dungarvan’s dedicated tapas and wine bar NOW OPEN from 7.00 to 11.00 p.m. Contact: 089 470 9802 for bookings Coppercoast2018@gmail.com Mark Hennessy from Kill, Co. Waterford who won €22,000 on last Saturday’s National Lottery Winning Streak Game Show on RTE. Pictured here at the presentation of the winners cheques were from left to right: Sinead Kennedy, Winning Streak game show co-host; Elaine Brazil, Mark’s wife; Mark Hennessy the winning recipient; Brett Cross, Head of technology at the National Lottery and Marty Whelan, Winning Streak game show co-host. The winning ticket was bought from SuperValu, Breamor Road, Churchtown, Dublin 14. [Mac Innes Photography]
Waterford tractor salesman makes a good deal winning €22,000 on Winning Streak
A TRACTOR salesman from Co. Waterford has got himself a bargain – by winning a cool €22,000 on the National Lottery TV gameshow, Winning Streak last Saturday on RTÉ One. Mark Hennessy from Kill in Co. Waterford got a late birthday surprise when he was watching Winning Streak two weeks ago, which was the surprise of his life when he saw his own ticket be pulled out of the drum. Mark turned 35 at the start of the month so is relishing this belated birthday surprise! It’s been a lucky year for Mark who married his partner of five years last month, Elaine Brazil. The couple met in Australia while Mark was travelling and hit it off. Mark has also done a bit of travelling in New Zealand and Australia, where lived for five years. Mark is a cabinet maker by trade but works as a sales rep for Kill Agricultural Services where he is a tractor (and other farming machinery) salesperson. He was well supported in the
audience by his gang from Waterford which included his aunt and uncle Joan and Martin (who raised him after his parents passed away when he was young). Also cheering him on was his father-in-law, Liam Brazil who is a local Councillor in Waterford and his brother-in-law the Waterford hurler, Michael “Brick” Walsh who plays centre back for the Waterford senior team (Michael is married to Elaine’s sister). Mark, himself, is a keen sportsman himself who has played hurling for Waterford at under 21 and minor levels. He plays for his local club Kill GAA and is a massive fan of the Waterford hurling side. Also supporting him from home was his brother Eamon. Mark has also sought advice from a friend who appeared on the show in the past and hope to do as well as fellow Waterford man, Brian Fleming who won a considerable sum back in 2008. A total of €190,000 was won on last week’s show. The enhanced National Lottery game
show, co-presented by Marty Whelan and Sinead Kennedy, features some perennial favourite games as well brand new games including Play or Pay, Roll for Riches, WinFall and Electric Dream – where one player will win an electric car worth €25,000. The popular show, which is the second longest running game show in Europe, first appeared on our screens in September 1990 and since then a massive 5,975 people have taken part, winning in excess of €170 million in prizes. A brand new-look Winning Streak scratch card is available in the 5,900 National Lottery retailers all over the country, where as well as the chance to appear on the Winning Streak TV game show if you get three stars, players will also be in with a chance to win some great cash prizes up to €5,000. The odds for those who purchase a Winning Streak to win is 1 in 1.76 to win a cash or three star prize. Players can also send their scratch card stubs
into the National Lottery where each week, on the show, a player will be drawn as the winner of a Luxury Cruise for two valued at €5,000. The winner of this week’s cruise was Elizabeth Devlin from Clonmany, Co Donegal. As ever one of the lucky five players will get the chance to spin the wheel and win up to €500,000. But this series a €100,000 segment will be added to the iconic Grand Prize Wheel every show if less than that was won in the previous show, improving players chances to win a massive prize. Nearly 30 cent in every €1 spent on National Lottery games go back to Good Causes in the areas of sport, youth, health, welfare, education, arts and heritage. In total more than €5.3 billion has been raised for Good Causes since the National Lottery was established 30 years ago. In 2017 alone, the National Lottery raised over €226 million for such good causes.
Winter grooming WITH the change in weather and the wet ground underfoot your dogs grooming needs may well change.You probably want him left with a longer coat for extra warmth – but please don't make the mistake of having less regular grooms. Now more than ever your dog needs daily brushing a d regular trips to the groomer for trims and styling. Longer hair is harder to keep knot free and it's important for warmth that the coat is not matted as this retains moisture and
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Bench warrants issued A BENCH warrant was issued for the arrest of two people who failed to appear in court last week in relation to the non-payment of a court-imposed fine. Enforcement cases are brought to court under the new Fines (Payments and Recovery) Act 2014. At last week’s Dungarvan District Court, Judge Brian O’Shea issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Nicholas Veale, originally from Kyne Park, Abbeyside, Dungarvan, for failing to appear in court in relation to the non-payment of a €500 fine which was imposed at Dungarvan District Court on 9th March, 2016, on conviction for being intoxicated in public, contrary to Section 4 of the Public Order Act at Grattan Square, Dungarvan, on 11th July, 2015. The due date for payment of the fine was 7th June, 2016. Judge O’Shea issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Joanne O’Brien, with an address at Belmount Close, Seacrest, Ballyguile,Wicklow, for failing to appear in court in relation to the non-payment of a €500 fine imposed by Dungarvan District Court on 27th January, 2016, on conviction of a road traffic offence of failing to restrain a child in a child restraint in a vehicle, when stopped by Gardaí at the Pike, Dungarvan, on 22nd July, 2015. The due date for payment of the fine was 25th July, 2016. •••••••••••••••••••• A WATERFORD driver who failed to appear in court last week had a bench warrant issued for his arrest. Nicholas McCarthy (30) with an address at 17 The Crescent, Ferrybank, Waterford, is accused of allegedly driving while under
the influence of an intoxicant; driving with no insurance; driving with no licence; failing to produce licence and insurance, at Ringcrehy, Dungarvan, on 9th July, 2017. The accused did not appear at last week’s Dungarvan District Court and Judge Brian O’Shea issued a bench warrant for his arrest. •••••••••••••••••••• BENCH warrants were issued for the arrest of two men who failed to appear in court last week. Sean Franklin (20) and Michael McKevitt (29) both with an address at 61 Cathal Brugha Place, Dungarvan, did not appear at last week’s Dungarvan District Court to answer charges in relation to alleged offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act. Franklin is accused of alleged possession of a controlled substance for his own personal use, contrary to Section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, at 61 Cathal Brugha Place, Dungarvan, on 30th April, 2017. McKevitt is accused of two charges of alleged possession of a controlled substance for his own personal use, contrary to Section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, at the same location and date. He is also accused of two charges of alleged possession of a controlled substance for sale and / or supply, contrary to Section 15 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, at the same location and date. Solicitor David Burke noted that neither of his clients were in court. With no valid reason for the absence of the two accused, Judge O’Shea issued the bench warrants for their arrest.
Dungarvan man fined for damage to Garda vehicle A DUNGARVAN man who has no memory of causing criminal damage to a marked Garda patrol vehicle was fined in court last week. Joe McGovern (32) with an address at 20 Lismore Avenue, Dungarvan, pleaded guilty to criminal damage at Castle Street, Dungarvan, on 14th April, 2018. At last week’s Dungarvan District Court Inspector Larry Sheahan told Judge Brian O’Shea that a Garda patrol were dealing with a call at Castle Street on the date in question. “When the Gardaí returned to their vehicle they observed that the wing mirror had been kicked off. A passer-by identified the suspect,” Insp. Sheahan said. He said the suspect, who was the accused, was in an intoxi-
At last week’s Dungarvan District Court, Inspector Larry Sheahan told Judge Brian O’Shea that the accused was observed in an intoxicated state outside a licensed premises. “He was unable to stand and had to be arrested for his own safety,” Insp. Sheahan said. The court heard that the accused has 34 previous
cated state and was arrested. The cost of repair to the Garda vehicle was €309. The accused has 17 previous convictions. Solicitor Niall King said his client has the compensation in court. He said his client is single and living at home with his mother. “He is a young man who was previously troublesome, but he hasn’t been in any trouble since 2011,” Mr. King said. He explained that two weeks prior to the causing the damage to the Garda vehicle, the accused’s best friend died in tragic circumstances. “My client went back drinking,” Mr. King said. “He doesn’t remember causing damage to the Garda vehicle. He has no recollection of it
whatsoever.” “My client was taken to the Garda Station where he apologised and was remorseful. He has paid compensation,” Mr. King said. “He has pleaded guilty at the first opportunity and is ashamed of his behaviour. He thought he had left his past behind him. It has been a rude awakening for him.” Mr. King said his client has moderated his drinking since. “He suffers from anxiety and depression and is seeing a psychotherapist on an ongoing basis and has applied to see a psychiatrist.” Insp. Sheahan acknowledged that the accused did issue an apology to Gardaí the next day and said he was aware of the accused’s best friend dying in tragic circumstances.
Drugs charges dismissed under Probation Act TWO men found in possession of cannabis had the charge struck out when they made a donation to the court poor box. Davidas Simkunas (23) with an address at The Yard House, West End, Castletownbere, Cork and Turlaigh Connolly (24) with an address at Kilmacowen, Eyeries, Beara, Cork, both pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis for their own personal use, contrary to Section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, at the Burgery, Dungarvan, on 31st March, 2018. At last week’s Dungarvan District Court, Inspector Larry Sheahan told Judge Brian O’Shea that both accused were each found in possession of small quantities of cannabis. Insp. Sheahan said that Simkunas has no previous convictions, and while Connolly has two previous convictions, he doesn’t have any convictions under the Misuse of Drugs Act.
Fine imposed for public order offence A FINE was handed down to a Dungarvan man last week for a public order offence. Daniel Fraher (22) with an address at 3 The Beeches, Dungarvan, pleaded guilty to being intoxicated in public, contrary to Section 4 of the Public Order Act, at Crossbridge Street, Dungarvan, on 21st October, 2017.
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convictions. Solicitor David Burke said a lot of the accused’s previous convictions relate to similar type offending - “drinking to excess”. Mr. Burke said his client has a place at the treatment centre ‘Aiseiri’ from 9th October, next. Judge O’Shea handed down a €200 fine, allowing the accused six months to pay the fine.
Both accused, who were in court, represented themselves. They each paid €200 to the court poor box and Judge O’Shea struck out the charges against each of them, under Section 1 (1) of the Probation Act. •••••••••••••••••••• A DUNGARVAN man who paid a donation to the court poor box had a drugs charge struck out last week. Michael O’Mahony (32) with an address at 11 St. Thomas Terrace, Dungarvan, pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis for his own personal use, contrary to Section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, at George’s Court, Dungarvan, on 13th January, 2018. At last week’s Dungarvan District Court, Inspector Larry Sheahan told Judge Brian O’Shea that Gardaí observed the accused on the date in question and stopped him to carry out a search. “They found him in possession of €10 worth of cannabis. He admitted his guilt at the scene and signed the Garda notebook,” Insp. Sheahan said. The court heard that while the accused has two previous convictions, he has none for anything similar. Solicitor David Burke said his client is in a full-time relationship and has a young child. He said it was “a silly situation my client got himself into”. “He wouldn’t be involved in any drug use. He is involved in
fitness and sport, and regrets his actions. He made a full admission and would welcome an opportunity to make a donation to the court poor box,” Mr. Burke added. A donation of €200 was paid and the charge was dismissed under Section 1 (1) of the Probation Act. •••••••••••••••••••• A DONATION to the court poor box resulted in a drugs possession charge being struck out last week. Jamie Walsh (23) with an address at 8 Western Bay, Dungarvan, pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis for his own personal use, contrary to Section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, at his home on 1st November, 2017. At last week’s Dungarvan District Court, Inspector Larry Sheahan told Judge Brian O’Shea that Gardaí executed a search warrant at the home of the accused on the date in question and found him in possession of approximately €20 worth of cannabis. Insp. Sheahan said his client admitted possession and was cooperative with the Gardaí. Solicitor David Burke said his client has no previous convictions and would welcome an opportunity to keep his record clean. A donation of €200 was paid to the court poor box and Judge Brian O’Shea dismissed the charge under Section 1 (1) of the Probation Act.
Judge O’Shea said the aggravating factor in the case was the fact that the damage was caused to a marked Garda vehicle. He noted the accused has previous convictions, but the last one dates back to 2011. He took into account the accused’s plea of guilty, his apology to Gardaí, his co-operation and admissions; the fact that compensation has been paid and the accused’s efforts to rehabilitate himself. “He has let himself down, rather than anyone else,” Judge O’Shea said. Judge O’Shea handed down a €300 fine for the criminal damage, warning that if the accused had not dealt with the case in the manner he did, then he would be facing a custodial sentence instead.
Man fined for second drugs conviction A FINE was imposed on a Dungarvan man in court last week, for his second conviction for possession of drugs. John Duggan (38) with an address at 51 Cathal Brugha Place, Dungarvan, pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis herb for his own personal use, contrary to Section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act, at his home on 16th December, 2017. At last week’s Dungarvan District Court, Inspector Larry Sheahan said Gardaí executed a search warrant at the home of the accused on the date in question. “They found a small quantity, approximately €20 worth of cannabis herb in his room. He admitted possession of the substance and was co-operative,” Insp. Sheahan said. He said the accused has ten previous convictions, one of which is for a similar offence. Solicitor David Burke said his client acknowledges that this is his second conviction under the Misuse of Drugs Act. “He is of limited means,” said Mr. Burke. But Judge O’Shea relied: “He seems to spend it on cannabis”. Mr. Burke said his client is addressing the matter and is engaging with the services. “He was on a residential treatment programme for a period of time,” Mr. Burke said. “He’s had a difficult family background and has mental health issues. He is working hard to address all that and is making good efforts,” Mr. Burke added. Judge O’Shea handed down a €350 fine.
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Cannabis worth €32k seized in Youghal GARDAÍ have arrested a man in his 20s and seized approximately €32,000 worth of suspected cannabis herb in Magners Hill, Youghal, Co Cork on the 26th September 2018. At approximately 7.00 p.m., Gardaí from the Midleton District Drugs Unit carried out a search at a house in Magners
Hill. During the course of the search Gardaí seized approximately €32,000 euro worth of suspected cannabis herb (pending analysis). A man in his 20s was arrested at the scene and brought to Cobh Garda Station where he was detained under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice (Drug
Trafficking) Act 1996. He has since been charged and appeared at Cashel District Court the following day. He is due to appear before the next sitting of Youghal District Court later this month.
Book on Peter Crotty’s boxing career now available LAST Thursday night in Lawlors Hotel, Dungarvan, a book detailing the boxing career of Peter Crotty, who had a very successful career in the 1940s and 1950s was launched to an audience of boxers, family and members of the public.The book was written by Tom Keith who has a dozen other local history titles to his credit, since he published his first book on the Balkan Conflict and Ireland’s humanitarian response in 1993. The book was launched by Waterford’s other great Welterweight Champion, Neil Gough who has eight National Senior Boxing Titles to his credit which held the record for several years. Author, Tom Keith outlined some of the highlights of Peter’s five year international career as well as his domestic campaigns and his trips to the Olympics and to Chicago for the International Golden Gloves bouts. He said he was pleased to be
able to create a record of Peter’s career which would be available for generations to come. He thanked the organisations and individuals who had helped him gather material, especially the Crotty family and the Dungarvan Library who were most helpful. In launching the book, Neil Gough recalled Peter Crotty’s very successful domestic and international career, winning four senior boxing titles in a division which attracted the largest number of contenders. He recalled the four army titles which Peter had also won, beginning when he was a member of the Defence forces and then with the Army reserve. He recalled Peter’s trip to America to the prestigious Golden Gloves contest in Chicago in 1951 when illness prevented him from boxing at his best. Likewise, he was unlucky in the Olympic Games when a clash of heads ended the contest in his opponent’s favour.
But Peter had a glorious International career fighting in contests against ten European countries, gaining victories in the vast majority. Peter’s daughter Myra, who was present with her daughters Emer and Leanne thanked Neil for his kind words. She thanked the audience for coming and honouring Peter’s memory. She thanked the author Tom Keith for his work in recording Peter’s career, a record which would be there for generations to come. In reply, Tom thanked everyone for their generous words and said it was a pleasure to record the successes of a true native of Dungarvan, the only Waterford boxer to go to the Olympics, or to box in the prestigious Golden Gloves Tournament in Chicago. The competent MC was Tom Keith, Jnr. The book is on sale in several outlets in Dungarvan and Abbeyside at a price of €10.
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O’Donnell R O S A RY O N welcomes T H E C OA S T F O R work to THE LIFE AND construct FA I T H I R E L A N D new paths S u n d a y, 7 t h O c t o b e r 6 . 0 0 p. m . and lighting at D av i t t ’s Q u a y Ballycurrane ( n e a r K i n g Jo h n’s C a s t l e National g at e s ) A L L A R E W E LC O M E School Bring a friend! WORK has commenced at Ballycurrane National School, Clashmore to construct a new footpath and public lighting. The work, which commenced last Monday, was welcomed by Cllr. Seamus O’Donnell who said he has been making representations for a long period of time to the Council for funding for the work to be carried out. Cllr. O’Donnell said funding of €31,000 was set aside for the work. “I’m glad to see the work has started,” Cllr. O’Donnell said. “Especially as the school is in a rural part of the county and rural areas have to fight that bit harder to try and get funding,” he added.
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Pictured at the book launch of ‘Peter Crotty – The Iron Man’ which was held in Lawlors Hotel last Thursday night. Front from left: Kate Douglas, Carmel Keith and Áine O’Riordan. At back from left: Tom Keith (Author), Killian Walsh, Coach, Dungarvan Boxing Club, Neil Gough, former Irish Welterweight Champion who launched the book and Gerry [Tom Keith] O’Mahony, Chairman Dungarvan Boxing Club. (12-10)
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The Field Mouse By Mandy Tompkins THE Field Mouse lives in any habitat with good vegetation, although they are most commonly found in Woodland, Hedgerows, Gardens, Scrubland and the Wildlife Garden. The Field Mouse has a long, pointed snout with whiskers, which they use to sense movement in air and objects around them, in the same way that Cats do. They are grey in colour, with quite large eyes and ears, and a grey or light brown hairless, scaly tail which is the same length as their body. Weighing between 12-30 grams the Males and Females are alike. The Field Mouse is between 6.4cm and 8.9cm in size and slender enough to squeeze through a 1 cm opening, but it is their relatively small feet which distinguishes the Field Mouse from a young Brown Rat. Field Mice have excellent vision, but not in colour and their hearing is superior, often extending into an ultrasonic frequency. The Field Mouse has a sharp pair of incisors, or front teeth, in each jaw and their teeth are chisel shaped. The incisors are constantly growing and are prevented from becoming too long by gnawing on hard materials, such as grain husks or nuts. If their teeth become too long it cannot chew properly and may starve to death.
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Waterford company in Google's Adopt A Startup Programme GOOGLE has announced a strong mix of regional and Dublin based startups that will be taking part in its Autumn Adopt A Startup programme which begins on the 13th September. The 26 Irish startups, and 4 European startups will undergo an intensive 12 week mentoring programme by industry experts and attend an exclusive programme of lectures and workshops at the company’s EMEA Headquarters in Dublin. This year, there are companies taking part in the Adopt A Startup programme that operate across a wide variety of sectors including technology, beauty, educational, entertainment and recruitment. At the end of the twelve weeks, eight startups will get the opportunity to showcase their results from the programme and pitch their business to the panel of judges which includes senior members of Google Ireland’s leadership team and prominent figures from the Irish startup community. The winning startup will receive €10,000 in AdWords credit as well as eligibility for the Google Cloud programme which comes with $100,000 Google Cloud credit. One lucky company will also win three months free hot desking in Dogpatch Labs, a Google For Entrepreneurs partner.
Anthony Cronin and Jonathan Shaw of Waterford based FlexiWage with Rebecca Walsh, Program Manager of Google’s Adopt A Startup initiative at Google’s EMEA headquarters in Dublin for the launch of Google’s Adopt A Startup programme. Companies will attend an exclusive programme of lectures and workshops as well as receiving hands on mentoring from experienced Google employees over the next 12 weeks. Paddy Flynn, Director, Google said: “Dublin is lauded for its strong start-up ecosystem, so for Google, it's really important that we reach out to support the many vibrant startups located outside Dublin. Half of the startups in our Autumn programme are located in the regions and we're excited to see this diverse regional spread. It's
reflecting the strong entrepreneurial mind-set emerging across the country. We also have four category winners from the European Digital Top 50 competition taking part in this year’s edition of the programme.” “Google’s Adopt A Startup programme has gone from strength to strength over past number of years and is now
recognised as a platform where scaling companies can come and develop their business strategies with hands-on support and advice from our top class mentors. We believe it's important to foster entrepreneurial talent wherever it happens and we’re delighted to be doing that for the sixth year in a row with this programme.”
‘Hand on Heart’ Campaign Vicky Phelan calls for courage and people to stand up for Health Equality Field Mice are Omnivores, meaning that they eat plants and animals, and in the wild their diet consists of leaves, fruit, roots, stems, buds, seeds, grains, nuts and insects. A Field Mouse uses speed as its best defence, although they can also climb, jump and swim if they must. They are active all year round and excavate underground nesting chambers with many escape routes to facilitate each female having 6 to 8 litters a year, each producing between 4 and 10 young, with a weaning period of 3 weeks, as it takes between 8-12 weeks from birth to become sexually mature. Although Field Mice are Nocturnal they will venture outside during the day if food is scares, but they have a wide range of predators, including Cats, Birds of Prey and Foxes. Frequent litters are an insurance of their survival, as most do not live beyond a few months. The Field Mouse does enter buildings during the colder Winter months seeking shelter, warmth and food and this has earned it the name of House Mouse. Usually the only sign of their presence are the dark oblong droppings which are seen along well established paths. Mice can be repelled indoors naturally by using Peppermint Oil, Citronella, Black Pepper and Onions, as all of these restrict their ability to breathe and they will simply move on.
VICKY Phelan along with patients and family members impacted by service restrictions in the South East cardiac service took part in a ‘Hand On Heart’ rally and reiterated the need to deliver 24/7 cardiac care to the South East region as soon as possible! Contributions on the day included a short demonstration on immediate CPR to a cardiac casualty. PRO for HEFSE who organised the event Matt Shanahan reminded those attending that ‘despite recent positive announcements nothing in essence has been delivered as yet’! ‘Critical to gearing up Interventional activity at UHW Cardiac Centre is the need to immediately progress the appointment of an additional full time Interventional Cardiologist to UHW’. This would demonstrate some follow through’ says Shanahan by the HSE and ‘indicate that the intention to deliver increased
service at the hospital is real’. Vicky Phelan is a WIT staff colleague of the late Una McDermott who passed away in UHW in March 2018 after failing to access CUH as the Waterford Cath Lab was closed.
She spoke of the need for people in the region to ‘stand up and support campaigners and those trying to deliver a service and reminded people that only by standing up will people pressure Government to
deliver equality in healthcare’. HEFSE awaits further details from Dept of Health on recent announcements of capital funding announced by South East Oireachtas members.
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Nostalgic film in SGC Dungarvan of dating in the old days WHAT should prove to be a very interesting film, taking a nostalgic look back several decades to the dating habits of the people in Dublin and how they used to meet for their dates before the advent of texts, twitter, facebook or mobile phones. For most people, it was also the era without home phones which had incredibly expensive call rates at the time. The film is called ‘Under The Clock’ a feature documentary, telling the fascinating stories of a generation of people from all over Ireland whose relationships began at one of Ireland's most famous meeting places, the large and decorative clock on the frontage of Clery’s Department Store. It tells of a time when Dublin, as the songs say, was more of a town than a city, where it seemed that most people knew most others. Talking with one of the Producers, Adam H. Stewart, he said that the idea came from a casual conversation he had with fellow Producer, Garry Walsh and
Colm Nicell, who eventually directed the movie and they spoke about the changing face of Dublin, changing habits, the emergence of the Millennial generation and the passing of many old traditions. When Clery’s Clock was mentioned, the germ of an idea was born and they agreed that they should find people who, in the phrase of the day, ‘met under Clery’s Clock’. A two year hunt for people with such stories followed and eventually, one by one, they found people with fascinating tales to tell about their dating days, the customs of the time, the good memories, the romances, the marriages and subsequent family life. It is a fascinating story which will recall good memories for those who dated at the time and an insight into old Ireland for the younger generations, who may find some of it difficult to believe. How we have changed and not always for the better! Nowadays, instead of meeting ‘Under the Clock’, people meet in a less personal way, a less inti-
mate way via facebook, tinder or twitter “They stalk each other, almost,” says Adam, “they miss that initial heartbeat, the moment when you see someone for the first time. My parents are in the film, because they met under Clery’s Clock for the first time and had their Wedding Reception in the Ballroom above Clery’s Store looking out on the clock. “The Director, Colm Nicell’s parents also met Under the Clock and his mother tells very interesting stories of their family growing up and her relationship with her husband through the decades.” It is not all about the generations who were not well off by today’s standards, there are many warm and happy stories as well. The film evokes all the emotions,be it the romance of a first date, the joy of meeting loved ones, a nostalgic reunion of old friends, or the curious excitement of a visiting tourist. ‘Under The Clock’ unites stories of love and loss, hope and disappoint-
A NATIONAL school in An Sean Phobal is to get a new entrance. Independent Councillor Seamus O’Donnell said he made representations on behalf of Scoil Náisiúnta Bhaile Mhic Airt to secure a new entrance. “I’m delighted that entrance has been secured for the school. It is for special use, to get into the back of the school for cutting of hedges, grass, etc.,” he said. “I welcome that development,” Cllr. O’Donnell added. ment that all began under the iconic landmark, Clerys clock. Those stories are infused with gentle humour, and stories that will be fiercely nostalgic for the tens of thousands of people who met under the clock of Clery’s once-bustling department store. The film is produced for Snackbox Films, the award-winning production company behind the hit documentary,
Older Than Ireland a look back into the lives of people who were over a hundred at the time. The film opens in SGC Dungarvan on Friday, the 5th October for just one week to 12th October and will play each day at 4.00 p.m. and 6.00 p.m. Sounds like a good time for a date . . . even if you are married and old enough to remember the iconic Clery’s Clock.
Council isn’t keeping up with number of new housing applications A WATERFORD Councillor has said that the local authority is not keeping up with the number of new housing applications received. Cllr. Joe Kelly noted at the September Plenary meeting of Waterford City and County Council that there have been 681 new housing applications in the year to date, but the number of housing allocations given to tenants in the same period was 177, while there were 143 houses given out through the Choice Based Letting Scheme. “By my calculations, that means we are short by 361, so we are not even keeping up with new housing applications,” Cllr. Kelly said. COUNCILS BLAMED FOR HOUSING CRISIS Cllr. Kelly also noted that local authorities are being blamed by those in government for the housing crisis. He said Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has said a number of times that there is any amount of money to build social housing, but the Council’s have been accused of not building the houses. ‘LOVE LETTER’ FROM HOUSING MINISTER Cllr. James Tobin enquired if Waterford Council received the ‘love letter’ from Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy,“critising us for not doing the job that he was to do?”. “Did we get that letter?” Cllr. Tobin asked. Director of Services, Ivan Grimes, said the Council did not receive any such letter. “As far as I’m concerned, there’s no reason why we should [receive such a letter],” Mr. Grimes said. Cllr. Siobhán Whelan said the comments from Minister Murphy about Councils not meeting targets and underperforming “are most unfair”. “The housing crisis cannot be blamed on Councils - but on successive govern-
ment policies!” Cllr. Whelan said. She said it was unacceptable that there are 21 people at present awaiting emergency accommodation. Cllr. Whelan also sought the provision of emergency homeless services in West Waterford, rather than just for Waterford City. “Emergency accommodation in the city doesn’t suit people seeking homeless services in Dungarvan and West Waterford for obvious reasons,” Cllr. Whelan added. Cllr. Kelly said the Council has landbanks and asked if they could “start building whatever amount of houses on our various landbanks?” “And, do we have to come up with the money upfront and eventually get it off the government, or do we get the money upfront from the government and then build the houses?” he asked. Cllr. Kelly said the Council has been accused of ‘sitting on its hands’ when it comes to building social housing, but acknowledged “I don’t think it’s quite as simple as that”. “If we had the money, I’ve no doubt we would build what we needed,” Cllr. Kelly said. Director of Services, Ivan Grimes explained that the Council prepares proposals for social housing and submits that to the Department of Housing for approval. When the Department approves those housing projects, the Council has to pay for the projects, and the money is later recouped from the government. “That is the system which we are operating in,” Mr. Grimes said. Cllr. Kelly asked if the Council obtains the money from the bank to build housing projects. “Not necessarily,” Mr. Grimes replied. “The money can come from our reserves on the capital accounts.” He said money that is paid out in advance by local authorities is recouped
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from the Department at a later date. This was also confirmed by the Chief Executive, Michael Walsh, who said that everything the local authority does in conjuction with the Department, means that funds have to be recovered in arrears. “As a consequence of that, we are always out of pocket to some extent,” Mr. Walsh said. He said the Council tries to manage that by streaming the housing developments, so there isn’t a big impact on the Council’s finances. CPOs NOT THE ANSWER Mr. Walsh told the Council that in terms of workload and uncertainty, Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPOs) would not be a solution to the housing crisis. He was responding to Cllr. Eamon Quinlan, who expressed concern “about how Waterford Council has gone about tackling the housing crisis”, noting that the Council will be in debt for a considerable period of time as it awaits to get reimbursed from the Department of Housing for social housing projects, which the local authority will have to pay in advance. He suggested that instead of building on landbanks and then having to play ‘catchup’ to install services and infrastructure, that it might be cheaper to purchase vacant properties around town centres and redevelop them for housing. “It would not have as great an impact on us financially, as the services and infrastructure will already be in place,” he said. Mr. Walsh said he doesn’t think it matters which way social housing is provided, in terms of costs or implications. However, he said he wanted to “absolutely assure everybody” that CPOs “would not be the solution to the housing crisis in Ireland”. He said despite the fact there are quite a number of vacant houses in various towns and villages, “our forefathers placed
a little bit of lineage in the Constitution that frankly is a pain in the neck in the context of people’s rights, but the extent of work that is required with every individual CPO is frightening”. Mr. Walsh said Waterford Council has commenced a significant body of work in relation to CPOs and would be the foremost amongst other local authorities in terms of the number of CPOs which have been issued and will be issued in the future. “We expect to have reached around 50 CPOs in the current year,” Mr.Walsh said. “We are, in many instances, having to pull back from some of those, because we are generating momentum with the owners to actually do something with their vacant houses,” he said. Mr. Walsh acknowledged that everyone has a right to object to An Bord Pleanála and in some instances the Council has lost a case or two for CPOs, but said it’s far from clear and described the process as “very difficult and quite expensive” and a drain on costs, “because if we were to CPO 700 houses in the next year, I couldn’t tell you how much it would cost”. He said costs could be determined two years down the line by arbitration and it could have attached to it matching costs of very high proportions, in terms of legal and professional fees. “Some lobby groups are suggesting this [CPOs] is a solution to all our ills. I can absolutely assure you, based on 30 years experience interfacing with the CPO process, that it is not the solution,” Mr. Walsh said. “It may be part of the solution,” he said, pointing out that the Council made allowances in the budget last year to cover the cost of issueing CPOs. He said the CPOs have begun in Waterford City and will gradually spread out into all the county towns and villages, to help address dereliction.
Fire Service praised THE Fire Services were praised at the September Plenary meeting of Waterford City and County Council for coming to the rescue of one Councillor who had an incident on his property. Cllr. James Tobin told the meeting that he required the services of the Fire Brigade very recently, and brigades from Tallow, Lismore and Cappoquin attended the incident on his property. “I would like to compliment them and thank them for the wonderful work they done in saving what I had,” Cllr. Tobin said.
Report on Dog Pound sought A WATERFORD Councillor has sought a regular report on Waterford Dog Pound for local authority meetings. At the September Plenary meeting of Waterford City and County Council, Cllr. Pat Fitzgerald noted that he hasn’t seen any report on the dog pound to the Council “in a couple of years”. He requested a regular report so that Councillors can be informed as to what’s happening at the pound.
Council thanked for helping WDN to find a new home WATERFORD Council has been thanked for their help in finding a home for Waterford Disability Network. Cllr. John Hearne told the September Plenary meeting of the local authority that offices were found by the Council for WDN “and they are absolutely delighted with the generosity of the lease”. “They are delighted with the facilities they have and I’d like to thank the Council for that on behalf of the WDN,” Cllr. Hearne said. The WDN officially opened their new premises last week, which are based at Enterprise House, New Street, Waterford, just up from the Apple Market.
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New Santa Experience for Ireland’s Biggest Christmas Festival BOOKINGS NOW OPEN FOR SELECT WINTERVAL EVENTS WINTERVAL, Ireland's biggest Christmas festival that is taking place in Waterford city, welcomes an exciting new Santa experience this year. Tickets for this neverbefore-seen Santa attraction at Ireland’s Christmas Capital are now on sale at www.winterval.ie. The full programme of events for the 7th annual Winterval — running from 17 November to 23 December — will be unveiled in mid-October. Waterford event creation specialists, Momentum Events, will create an ‘Enchanted Christmas’ Santa Experience at the Old Sorting Office, Custom House Quay for Winterval 2018. New Festival Director, Tommie Ryan said: “We are delighted to be working with Momentum Events, who bring years of experience with them to create an all new Santa experience at Winterval 2018. The Enchanted Christmas attraction will be in the old post office at Custom House Quay, in the heart of Waterford City, and only moments away from the festival market. “Not only will children meet Santa himself, they can enjoy storytelling with Mrs Claus and get involved in
an exciting narrative, by helping the elves find Santa’s missing sleigh. A truly immersive and enchanting attraction, we invite both young and old alike to experience the magic of Christmas at Winterval.” Bookings for festival favourites, Winterval on Ice at the Gasworks, Waterside; Winterval Express Train; and the Horse Drawn Sleigh, are also now open at www.winterval.ie. The ‘Enchanted Christmas’ Santa Experience is priced €17 per child accompanied by up to two adults. Both the Winterval Express Train (€6 adults and €5 children) and Horse Drawn Sleigh (€7 adults and €6 children) feature a festive tour through the heart of Waterford’s historic city centre. The full Winterval 2018 programme, which will include some exciting new additions, will be unveiled in mid-October. The majority of events will be free-ofcharge. For full details, visit www.winterval.ie or visit: Facebook: @WintervalWaterford Twitter: @Winterval_WAT Instagram: @winterval_waterford
Release of Count John McCormack’s entire recordings rooted in Clashmore man’s gesture 40 years ago! By Christy Parker A YOUGHAL man responsible for the restoration and release of the complete career recordings of legendary Irish tenor Count John McCormack says he owes his interest in historic singers to a West Waterford record collector. Jeremy Meehan, formerly of Youghal’s Front Strand, but now a teacher living in Ballincollig, says he was introduced “to the whole world of historic singers on shellac 78’s” (a resin that preceded vinyl) by the late Jim Morrison. Originally from Clashmore Jim later relocated to Youghal. Jeremy was friends with Jim’s son Cormac and often visited the Morrison’s home in Upper Strand as a teenager in the 1970’s. “Jim always had a warm welcome for callers and would entertain from his vast record collection”, Jeremy remembers. “He would lend me records, including some of McCormack’s songs, which actually I didn’t particularly enjoy first. Then some-
thing clicked and he became a lifetime’s interest!” Jeremy also acknowledges Ardmore man John Kennedy, who died suddenly this year and who regularly played McCormack on his local radio show. “He was very supportive both of this venture which was four years in progress and also an earlier McCormack project”, recalls Jeremy, “as was Jim Ryan now a retired Dungarvan school principal”, he adds, adding more west Waterford to the backdrop. GREATEST EVER Born in Athlone in 1884, John McCormack is widely regarded as having been Ireland’s greatest ever singer. He was an ‘Elvis’ of his time, filling major auditoriums across the world with his mix of operatic and popular songs. His repertoire could equally invoke Mozart's Il mio tesoro as it could delve into It’s a Long Way to Tipperary of which he was the first artist to record, or The Foggy Dew, etc. The singer, who was both religious and philanthropic, per-
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formed at the 1932 Eucharistic Congress in the Phoenix Park and was entitled a count by Pope Pius XI for his work for Catholic charities. McCormack made over 600 recordings, in several languages. In other aspects of his life he became a naturalised American, starred in three films, lived in Hollywood and included amongst his friends Errol Flynn, John Barrymore and Basil Rathbone. He died having returned to Ireland, in 1945. CHANCE MEETING It’s a long journey borrowing a few records from a Clashmore man to releasing a performer’s entire career collection to the world at an expense of over €30,000. It took a chance encounter, in 2012, to bring it about. That was when Jeremy was purchasing four restored 1904 cylinder recordings of McCormack on e-bay.The seller was one Ward Marston, a Philadelphia jazz musician and world renowned record restore
engineer. Marston’s recoveries and enhancements include the first ever stereophonic recording in 1932 and candidate speeches by Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. Born blind and the owner of 16,000 discs, the engineer’s skills have earned him a Grammy award.The two collectors chatted several times and realised a mutual desire to have every McCormack recording available on CD. FUNDRAISED Marston also revealed his disappointment that a project to restore over 90 recordings made by the singer for the Odeon Company of London between 1906-09, had failed because multi-billionaire John Paul Getty II - a huge fan of historic singers - had died in 2003, just a week before he was due to fund it. Instead, Jeremy set about fundraising and in 2014 The John McCormack Odeon Edition, a four-CD set, was released. Gramophone magazine said it “must be counted as one of the major historic CD releases of the last decade.” By then Marston had also issued eleven separate CD’s covering McCormack’s 1910-24 output, called The John McCormack Acoustic Edition, for the Naxos record company. “That left only two periods of John McCormack’s great store of recorded vocal art that had not been issued”, explains Jeremy. “These were the very early 1904 cylinder and disc recordings and 250 records cut from 1925-42 under the new electrical method that followed the invention of the microphone. It would be a tragedy to stop, so I persuaded Ward to allow me to fundraise again. It was the kind of proposal that had large companies lining up to offer you sponsorship”, he reflects, “but I believe that significant things can be achieved if
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many people band together.” His assertion was correct. Four years later those periods are now also covered. Additionally, the duo had also secured the complete Getty McCormack collection, with each of them buying part of it. “I’m still incredulous that it was possible to do that without breaking the bank”, Jeremy laughs. ELECTRIC EDITION So all the McCormack collections and purchases combined, including some spoken deliveries, comprise 16 CDs known as The John McCormack Electric Edition. Not only does the collection feature every song ever recorded, but also comes with a booklet of essays written by McCormack top experts, Gordon Ledbetter and Michael Aspinall.
The work will be released prior to Christmas with advanced subscription now available at a €60 reduced cost of €99.95 +€12 p&p. Only 1,000 sets are being pressed worldwide, many have already been ordered. With Marston working for a minimal fee, Jeremy is keen to stress that the project was always intended towards the possible rather than profit.“We’ll be lucky if we break even but all that matters is that it has been done”, Jeremy smiles. When Jim Morrison handed a teenage Jeremy Meehan a few records forty years ago he could never have imagined how far and how wonderfully that gesture would prevail. To subscribe to The John McCormack Electric Edition, or to contact Jeremy, visit www.johnmccormacktenor.com
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Cappoquin’s Linda Foley completes 40,000-piece jigsaw puzzle for display during fundraiser Coffee Morning fundraiser in memory of Clodagh Cummins, Saturday, 20th October, at Cappoquin Community Centre, from 10.00 a.m. to 12 noon By Paul Mooney A CAPPOQUIN woman who spent seven months putting together a 40,000+ piece jigsaw puzzle is to display the finished work at Coffee Morning fundraiser in aid of Ronald McDonald House Charities Ireland. Linda Foley from Shanbally, Cappoquin, began putting the puzzle together last February and she only just recently completed the project. The entire piece of work is to be placed display as part of the fundraising Coffee Morning and in memory of Linda’s Godchild, Clodagh Cummins. The large jigsaw comprises of ten scenes from Disney movies and when put together, the jigsaw measures a whopping seven feet high by 23 feet long (two metres high by seven metres long). Because of the size of each individual jigsaw scene (one metre by 1.25 metres) and comprising of around 4,000 pieces, it means her kitchen table has been out of action for the past seven months. “I did a bit of the jigsaw everyday,” said Linda speaking to the Dungarvan Observer. She paid tribute to her mum, Lena Foley and niece, Caitlín Foley for their help and assistance in building the jigsaw. “Some days would be great and I’d get loads done, but other days it would be like ‘this needs to go in the fire’,” she laughs. Having completed such a large scale jigsaw is a huge achievement which requires plenty of patience. But Linda persevered and her hard work, with the help of her mum and niece, paid off. “I always made up jigsaws and I enjoy doing them. I have several framed, because I don’t like breaking them up after, especially if they’ve broken my heart,” said Linda.
Linda, 31, is a past pupil of St. Anne’s Cappoquin and Blackwater Community School. She works at Little Scribblers Pre-school, Lemybrien. Linda will transport the ten individual jigsaw scenes to the main hall at Cappoquin Community Centre which will then be all connected together to
make up the entire project for display during the fundraising Coffee Morning on Saturday morning, 20th October, from 10.00 a.m. to 12 noon. Linda wants to raise money for the Ronald McDonald House in Crumlin, which provides accommodation and a caring and supportive environment
for families whose children are seriously ill and are hospitalised or undergoing medical treatment at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin 12. “The Coffee Morning fundraiser is also being held in memory of my Godchild, Clodagh Cummins,” said Linda. “All are welcome to attend.
There will be tea, coffee, buns, etc., and there will be no charge - but there will be buckets on the day to accept donations - all donations will be greatly appreciated,” Linda said. Linda expressed her thanks to Murphy’s Toymaster, Dungarvan, who supplied her with the jigsaw.
After the fundraiser, Linda said she will be seeking a home for the 40,000+ jigsaw. “I’d like to donate it to a children’s charity or some place where children would be around - but people need to keep in mind the size of the whole thing - 7ft by 23ft (2 metres by 7 metres),” she added.
The final piece: Linda Foley pictured putting the final piece into The Lion King Disney jigsaw film scene - which she said was one of her favourite Disney movies. There are ten jigsaw scenes, each with 4,000 pieces which will be put together to make up the completed 40,000+ piece jigsaw to be displayed during the Coffee Morning at Cappoquin Community Centre on 20th October next. Below: What the completed ten Disney movie scenes 40,000+ piece jigsaw will look like when it is put together.
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Yvonne Dillon, Nutrilicious and Orla Dawson, Dungarvan Credit Union pictured at the Dee Hutchinson Big Business Boost Event organised by Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber supported by Local Enterprise Office Waterford. [Dan McGrath]
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Triona O’Mahony, Munster Vales and Martina McGrath pictured at the Dee Hutchinson Big Business Boost Event organised by Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber supported by Local Enterprise Office Waterford.
Aoife Brockie, The Half Light Gallery and Oksana Gucmeryte, McDonalds Dungarvan, pictured at the Dee Hutchinson Big Business Boost Event organised by Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber supported by Local Enterprise Office Waterford. [Dan McGrath]
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Andrea Gaffney, MRII and Lucia Quealy, Terra Nua Building Contractors, pictured at the Dee Hutchinson Big Business Boost Event organised by Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber supported by Local Enterprise Office Waterford. [Dan McGrath]
Aileen O'Connor, VTOS Dungarvan; Karen Dempsey, Karen Dempsey Photography and James Fraher, Fraher Media, pictured at the Dee Hutchinson Big Business Boost Event. [Dan McGrath]
Joanne O'Leary, La Crème; Tracy Quinlan, Morgan McKinley and Mealla Fahey, Lismore Heritage Centre Company, pictured at the Dee Hutchinson Big Business Boost Event. [Dan McGrath]
Yvonne Baumann, Baumann Jewellers; Alan Noone, Advent Solutions and Ola Flynn, The Park Hotel, pictured at the Dee Hutchinson Big Business Boost Event. [Dan McGrath]
Brid Kirby, Waterford Local Enterprise Office; Teresa Roche, Capelli Hair Salon and Olivere Lannen, Olivere's Health & Beauty, pictured at the Dee Hutchinson Big Business Boost Event. [Dan McGrath]
Dee Hutchinson, Jenny Beresford, CEO Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber and Brid Kirby, Waterford Local Enterprise Office, pictured at the Dee Hutchinson Big Business Boost Event. [Dan McGrath]
Niamh McGrath and Vinny Sullivan, Dalton Jewellers, pictured at the Dee Hutchinson Big Business Boost Event. [Dan McGrath]
Liam McDonnell, Legacy Irish Cider; Ronan O’Connor, Ardmore Adventure; and Maurice Kiely, Maurice Kiely Domestic Appliance Repairs, pictured at the Dee Hutchinson Big Business Boost Event. [Dan McGrath]
Shane Curran, Shane Curran Home Company; Déaglán Moloney, ClearWave Ltd. and Ola Flynn, The Park Hotel, pictured at the Dee Hutchinson Big Business Boost Event organised by Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber supported by Local Enterprise Office Waterford. [Dan McGrath]
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The Waterford Branch of the Labour Party held their Convention in Lawlor’s Hotel, Dungarvan, last week to select two candidates to contest the forthcoming Local Elections. Cllr. John Pratt and Ger Barron were selected as the two candidates to contest the Lismore Electoral Area and the Portlaw-Killmacthomas Electoral Area respectively. Included in the photograph with members of the Waterford Branch of the Labour Party is Deputy Alan Kelly TD, who chaired the Convention; Gary Honer, Chairperson of the Waterford Branch of the Labour Party; former TD Brian O’Shea; and former Mayor of Waterford City, Jack Walsh.
Waterford Labour to field two candidates in Local Elections By Paul Mooney THE Labour Party in Waterford are hoping to up their game and come out of the political wilderness at the next local elections by fielding two candidates in the Waterford Constituency. The Waterford Branch of The Labour Party selected incumbent Councillor, John Pratt and former Councillor, Ger Barron to contest the 2019 Local Elections for the Lismore Local Electoral Area and the PortlawKilmacthomas Local Electoral Area respectively. The Labour Convention was held in Lawlor’s Hotel, Dungarvan last Thursday evening and was chaired by TD Alan Kelly. The Executive of the Labour Party decided to run one candidate in the Local Electoral Areas of Lismore and PortlawKilmacthomas. Currently, there is only one sitting Labour Councillor (John Pratt) representing the current Local Electoral Area of Dungarvan-Lismore. Following recent changes, the Dungarvan-Lismore constituency will be split into two
separate electoral areas, and the Comeragh area will lose a seat (from six to five) and be renamed Portlaw-Kilmacthomas. At the selection convention, Cllr. Pratt was proposed by Gary Honer, Chairperson of the Waterford Branch of The Labour Party; and seconded by his wife, Margaret Pratt. Mr. Barron was proposed by Cllr. Pratt, seconded by Margaret Pratt. Both candidates were deemed selected unopposed to represent the Labour Party in their respective constituencies in the forthcoming Local Elections. Cllr. Pratt has been elected on two previous occasions and has served ten years in local politics. This will be the fifth time Mr. Barron is to contest the local elections. He has served 15 years in local politics, winning three elections previously, and losing one (2014). Both candidates acknowledged that the local elections in 2019 will be extremely important to Labour and that there is a lot of work to do, after the party was all but wiped out in the last local and general elections. Cllr. Pratt, who has been the
sole Labour Party member on Waterford City and County Council for the past four years, said he will continue to work and represent the people to the best of his ability, and has a body of work over the past four years, representing his constituents. “I never take any vote for granted and I hope the people will again put their faith in me,” he told the Labour Convention. He thanked the Labour members for their support and appealed for their continued support during his campaign in the local elections and for his campaign as a candidate in the next General Election. Mr. Barron said he was honoured and pleased to be nominated and said he was looking forward to the challenge. “And, it will be a challenge, I’m under no illusion how difficult a task it will be in a reduced [seat] area,” Mr. Barron said. “I do believe I have a body of work done in that area and I believe I can succeed and I will be out there on doorsteps and will put all my energy and time into trying to get re-elected,” he said. “It was very hard in 2014 and
Left to right: Billie Sparks, National Organiser, Labour Party; Deputy Alan Kelly TD, who chaired the Convention; and Gary Honer, Chairperson of the Waterford Branch of the Labour Party.
John Pratt was the one shining light in our election campaign. It is very hard to lose your seat in an area where you grew up and worked diligently, and where you achieved quite a lot, but the tide was out on us and I think anyone will tell you that. “It wasn’t just me that lost a seat, we lost a lot of really good people, great candidates and Councillors in that election. It was horrific and it was very hard,” Mr. Barron said. He said his priorities, if elected, will revolve around the core issues of the Labour Party health, housing, education and work. “These are our core values in my view and these are what we stand for - if we don’t stand for these, we stand for nothing.” Mr. Barron said he also hoped to add to the momentum that has been created in the county by the Greenway. He supported his colleague, Cllr. Pratt’s proposal, to extend the Greenway westwards towards Cappoquin, Lismore and Tallow. “The Greenway has been a revelation in the county and Alan Kelly TD should get credit on it, because he was in the two ministries which gave us two tranches of money - and that was the only government money we got for the Greenway,” Mr. Barron pointed out. Mr. Barron said he saw the Greenway as a catalyst for creating an industry that produces jobs. “In my own area of Kilmacthomas, there has been 90 new jobs created - that’s like a factory! These are sustainable jobs that weren’t there before the Greenway,” he said. He said that while there is more to Waterford than the Greenway, the amenity opens up
the area to people who have never visited before. “I’m proud of the fact that a year and a half since it opened, the Greenway has had such an impact.” He said the successful amenity needs to be enhanced, by linking up with other greenways in the region. “Then you get a major regional product which can be sold to European tourists, who want seven to ten days activity for them to consider coming here.” Chairperson of the selection convention, TD Deputy Alan Kelly, acknowledged the work ahead to rebuild the Labour Party in the wake of their 2014 losses, and said the party would go back to its roots. “The Labour Party’s people are people who go out and do an honest day’s work. We represent the people who work, those who want to work and the marginalised,” said Deputy Kelly. “We need to take on Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil, dismiss Fine Gael and take on the ‘alphabet crowd’ - whatever their name is today - and we need to do it in a fairly direct way. We need to be proud of what we stand for and we need to stop apologising. We need to talk about the future and go back to our core beliefs and in doing so take no messing from others and direct what we are, our policies and how we are going to make change, how we are going to distinguish ourselves and how we are going to ensure people’s lives get better, and actually do it - there can never be a day where we don’t do what we say,” Deputy Kelly said. He said that going forward Labour needs to build a new trust with the Irish electorate and to work and represent the people
who have been left down, in a realistic way, whereby the Labour Party will ensure that what is being put forward will be delivered. “We won’t talk about Utopia; we won’t promise everything to everyone; we won’t say everyone can have everything they want and nobody has to pay for it; we won’t talk that rubbish - that populistic absolutely irritating rubbish, because I believe we can get through this and I believe we can cut through all of that populistic rhetoric and the people will come to us as long as they see we are being genuine and talking about the real issues that affect them and that we can affect real change,” Deputy Kelly said. ALL HANDS ON DECK BY PARTY MEMBERS Former Waterford Labour Deputy Brian O’Shea was in attendance at the convention and said that in order for Labour to win two seats, political success will require all hands on deck by party members. “It’s a tough time to be going out there,” Mr. O’Shea acknowledged. “But our vote isn’t too far away - we’ve got to go out and ask for it. “This is not going to be a local election that is won on debates it’s a local election that will be won on work and reconnecting with the people because that is a lot of our problem - we’ve no connection with the people now,” Mr. O’Shea said. “We have to go out and listen to the people, because there’s nobody much listening to anybody at the moment.We need to find out what the people are looking for and what they want us to do. This is a time to be humble, to listen and take our mandate from the people,” Mr. O’Shea added.
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Staff and customers of 360 Cookhouse pictured with Kodaline last Wednesday.
based at Castle Street, Dungarvan, when they arrived in at lunchtime last Wednesday, 26th September. The band spent two hours at the popular restaurant, enjoying their lunch in the Pergola Room in front of the outdoor roaring fire. Michael Pettit, joint proprietor of 360 Cookhouse with his brother, Vincent, said everyone was delighted with the visit and described the band members as “a smashing bunch of lads” who are “very down to earth”. Afterwards, the Kodaline Van picked them up and whisked them off, as the band prepare for their Tour across Europe, America and Canada this week. Michael said Kodaline heard about Dungarvan and 360 Cookhouse because it was recommended to them. “It highlights how Dungarvan is receiving exposure and there is
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awareness out there of our town,” said Michael. “Dungarvan is very much on everyone’s radar to come and visit. We are the envy of many other towns around the country because of our Greenway. Whatever we are doing, we are doing it right,” Michael said, adding that the Council should be complimented for all their work, particularly CEO Michael Walsh. “It’s up to us now, the businesses, to create the services and the entertainment,” Michael added. GEORGINA CAMPBELL AWARD Meanwhile, Michael and his brother Vincent, who also run Jitterbeans on Main Street, Dungarvan, were in Dublin last week to collect an accolade at the Georgina Campbell Awards. 360 Cookhouse was named as ‘Pet Friendly Restaurant 2019’ at the prestigious awards.
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Councillor seeks unused money for housing adaptations A COUNCILLOR has asked Waterford Council to write to the Minister to find out if they can be awarded funds for housing adaptation grants which have been returned unused by other local authorities. At the September Plenary meeting of Waterford City and County Council, Cllr. Breda Brennan asked if any other local authorities return unused funds
which are allocated for housing adaptations? “If so, can these unused funds be used in other local authority areas?” she questioned. Director of Services, Ivan Grimes said he could guarantee “that none of the Councils are not spending their allocations”. “I know our allocation from the Department is used up fairly quickly and I’d be very
surprised if other Councils weren’t having the same experience,” he said. However, Cllr. Brennan revealed that it was brought to her knowledge that there are some other local authorities not using their allocation for housing adaptations and are returning some of the grant to the government. Mr. Grimes said he could
“certainly look into that”. “There is no mechanism at the moment for reallocation of that money, and it’s ultimately a decision for the minister and his department,” Mr. Grimes said. Nevertheless, Cllr. Brennan urged the Council to write to the minister and ask about possible reallocation of money for housing adaptations.
Waterford people will have their say on a directly elected mayor - Coffey THE people of Waterford are to have their say on the possible introduction of a directly elected mayor for the city, a Fine Gael Senator has said. Fine Gael Waterford Senator, Paudie Coffey, welcomed the news that Waterford is one of the cities to vote on the proposal next year. “The people of Waterford will get to vote on this important question of a directly elected mayor at the same time as the Local Government Elections in May 2019. “Two main options have been outlined for the enhancement of the role of local authority mayors. “We could have directly elected mayors, without additional functions but based on the current role performed by Cathaoirligh/Mayors/Lord Mayors of local
authorities. “Alternatively we could have executive mayors, whose functions would include both existing Cathaoirleach/Mayor functions and executive functions currently residing with the chief executives of local authorities, and who could be either elected directly by the electorate or indirectly from among the elected members of the Council. “This is a really good opportunity for the citizens of Waterford to discuss and debate our aspirations for the future development of our city and county. “Issues such as our how our city can lead the way in the region with regard to economic development, health and educational matters would be obvious priorities in any debate, and candidates for the role of directly elected Mayor for Waterford could outline
his or her vision on how our city will grow and prosper under the Ireland 2040 national plan. “As part of this plan we want to ensure that Waterford is competitive on the international and world stage. “Voters can then decide who is best to lead our city by electing a Mayor with very real executive powers to make their priorities happen. I welcome the news that Waterford voters will have a say in this plebiscite on whether they would prefer a directly elected Mayor or the status quo that currently exists. “While the Government is to work through the details of the plebiscites and the questions to be put to the electorate over the coming months, it is very positive to hear that the people of Waterford could have a say on this as soon as next May.”
Youghal’s waste water treatment plant is officially opened By Christy Parker OVER 20 years of longing has come to an official conclusion following the formal opening of Youghal’s wastewater treatment plant. The short ceremony took place at the Greencloyne plant following a low-key reception at the East Cork Municipality Offices. Amongst the attendance were Minister of State for Justice, Equality, Immigration and Integration David Stanton, who would later unveil a commemorative plaque orior to a complimentary tour of the plant by the invited attendance. Other guests included Deputy Mayor of Cork County Mary Linehan-Foley, Irish Water communications officer Richard O’Hara, Irish Water Infrastructure Programme Manager Mark Murray, representatives of Sorenson Civil Engineering, Atkins Consulting Engineers, Electrical and Pumping Services (EPS), Cllrs. Susan McCarthy. Several children from Youghal’s South Abbey national school also attended, representing Youghal’s future and very much the longterm beneficiaries of the new plant. It was a relatively low-key event in contrast to the often boisterous demand for the scheme over its preceding
Pictured at the official opening of the Youghal Wastewater Treatment Plant by Minister of State For Equality, Immigration and Integration, David Stanton, were Irish Water’s Infrastructure Programme Manager Mark Murray; Minister Stanton and pupils from South Abbey School Sara Murray, Katie O'Shea and Isabella Linhares. [Daragh McSweeney/Provision] decades, not to mention the rapturous welcome when it finally commenced in 2015. The plant, which has actually been operating since January, holds long-term, positive repercussions for the entire Blackwater basin in regard to tourism, economic development, health and environment. As well as the €12.5m wastewater treatment plant the project also upgraded the existing pumping stations, constructed a new pumping station at Green Park
and installed 9km of new or upgraded sewers and new rising mains. The entire works ran to €26m. TOWN’S POTENTIAL Minister Stanton described the installation as “a key step in helping Youghal to fully realise its enormous potential as a great place to live, work and visit.” Clean water was, he emphasised, “hugely important for tourism, businesses and industries” and no less a priority in the context of the upcoming Ironman triathlon
and other such possibilities. The minister asked the children – and everyone else- to imagine 44,000 wheelie bins of polluting material entering the waters of County Cork per day. Youghal was now greatly and forever exempt from that equation. Mr. Murray intoned that “for too long the practice of discharging untreated waste water into rivers and lakes” had persisted. Irish Water was committed to ending it in 44 towns and villages around Ireland by 2021 at a cost of €292m. Cllr. Mary Linehan-Foley had often in her younger days enjoyed swimming in Youghal harbour but reflected that how as a councillor she had campaigned for the treatment plant facility for decades. She said Youghal had “suffered a lot of negative press” from the absence of such a facility. The councillor thanked the agencies who, during the prolonged and highly disruptive construction period, listened and informed in equal measure when concerns arose. Cllr. Linehan-Foley recalled also that Youghal had acquired an unprecedented three blue flags in 2011 – Redbarn, Claycaslte and Front Strand- only for the latter two to lose theirs when stricter regulations were introduced. She believed the status quo would soon return thanks to the new plant. The yearning was over.
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A PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN (Never known to fail) – O most beautiful Flower of Mount Carmel, Fruitful Vine, Splendour of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me in this my necessity. O Star of the Sea help me and show me therein you are my mother. O Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succour me in this necessity; there are none that can withstand your power. O show me herein you are my Mother. O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to Thee (3 times). Holy Mother I place this cause in your hands (3 times). Holy Spirit you who solve all problems, light all roads so that I can attain my goal, you who gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget all evil against me and that in all instances of my life you are with me. I want in this short prayer to thank you for all things as you confirm once again that I never want to be separated from You in eternal glory. Thank You for Your mercy towards me and mine. The person must say this prayer three consecu-
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tive days. After three days the request will be granted. This prayer must be published after the favour is granted. K.H. THE MIRACULOUS PRAYER – Dear Heart of Jesus, in the past I’ve asked for many favours. This time I ask you this very special one (mention favour). Take it, Dear Heart of Jesus, and place it within your own broken heart where your Father sees it. Then, in his merciful eyes, it will become your favour, not mine. Amen. (Say this prayer for 3 days, promise publication, and favour will be granted). Never known to fail. THE MIRACULOUS PRAYER – O, Sacred Heart of Jesus, I have asked you for many favours, but I plead this one (mention favour). Take it, place it in your open broken heart and when the eternal Father looks upon it, covered with the cloak of thy most precious blood, he will not refuse. It is not my prayer, but thine. O, Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in thee. (Say this prayer for 3 days, promise publication, favour will be granted). Never known to fail.
IN MEMORIAM AYLWARD (6th anniversary) – In loving memory of Cecilia Aylward (nee Boland), late of St. Anne’s Terrace, Kilmacthomas, whose Fifth Anniversary occurs on 10th October, 2016. A day that’s filled with sadness, Returns to us today, To mark the day you left us, In such a sad way. In thoughts we see you just the same, In love and pride we speak your name, Sunshine passes and shadows fall, But love and memories outlast them all. No matter how our lives have changed, No matter what we do, A special place within our hearts, Is always kept for you.
–Always in our thoughts and prayers, love Dad; your brothers and sisters and their families. Anniversary Mass will be celebrated on Sunday, 7th October, at 11.30 a.m. in Newtown Church.
BERESFORD (10th anniversary) – In loving memory of Maureen Beresford, late of Glendine House, Dungarvan, who died on 4th October, 2008. R.I.P. Mass offered. A mother’s love is a blessing, A gift beyond compare, You only know its meaning, When you find she’s no longer there. So hold her in your arms dear Lord, Treasure her with care, For you have in your possession, A mother beyond compare.
–Sadly missed and always in our thoughts and prayers, your loving family at home and away.
CROKE (1st anniversary) – In loving memory of Rosemarie Croke, late of ‘Roncalli,’ Mount Melleray Road, Cappoquin, who died on 5th October, 2017. R.I.P. Anniversary Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, 6th October, at 7.30 p.m. in St. Mary’s Church, Cappoquin.
DOWNEY (1st anniversary) – In loving memory of Tommy Downey, late of 14 Congress Villas, Dungarvan, who died on 12th October, 2017. R.I.P. Anniversary Mass will be celebrated in St. Joseph’s Hospital Chapel on Sunday, 7th October, at 10.00 a.m.
THINK OF ME Please think of me when I am gone, As in life you carry on, Think of me when I’m not here, And for me shed a little tear. Think of me some years from now, As long as memory will allow, Think of me whatever you do, Cause I will always think of you.
Each time we look at your picture, You seem to smile and say, Don’t be sad but courage take, Love each other for my sake.
–Sadly missed by all his family and friends at home and away.
FRANKLIN (1st anniversary) – In loving memory of my wife Alice Franklin, late of Drumroe East, Cappoquin, and formerly of Modeligo, who died on 1st October, 2017. R.I.P. Mass offered. We want to tell you something, So there won’t be any doubt, You’re so wonderful to think of, But so hard to do without. Memory is the only friend, That grief can call it’s own.
–Sadly missed by your husband James and family Pat, Ivan and Catherine; daughterin-law Anna and son-in-law Bruce.
–So sadly missed by Mam; sisters Martina and Olive; brother Micheal; sister-in-law Sharon; brother-in-law John; nephews Robert and Thomas.
BERESFORD (2nd anniversary) – In loving memory of John Beresford, late of Coolnagour and White’s Orchard, Dungarvan, who died on 4th October, 2016. O’er the Unknown Sea To the Unknown Shore A few who watched me sail away Will miss my craft from the busy bay Some friendly barques were anchored near Some loving souls my heart held dear In silent sorrow will drop a tear But I shall have peacefully furled my sail In mooring sheltered from the storm and gale And greeted friends who had sailed before O’er the Unknown Sea To the Unknown Shore - Elizabeth Clark Hardy
–Lovingly remembered by Louise, Raymond, Jenny, Mary and families.
ENRIGHT (10th anniversary) – Treasured memories of a loving husband, dad and grandad Denis D. (Dom), late of Tallacoolbeg, Clonea, who died on 7th October, 2008. CONDON (3rd anniversary) – In loving memory of our dearest sister Jacinta, late of Baile na nGall, Ring, Dungarvan, whose Anniversary occurs on 4th October. We hold you close within our hearts, And there you shall remain, To walk with us throughout our lives, Until we meet again. We think about you often, We talk about you still, You have never been forgotten, And you never ever will.
Your life was love and labour, Your love for your family true, You did your best for all of us, We will always remember you.
–Loved and sadly missed by your wife Sheila and family.
–Always loved and so sadly missed, your loving sisters and brothers and families, XXXX.
UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN Those special memories of you, Will always bring a smile, If only I could have you back, For just a little while. Then we could sit and talk again, Just like we used to do, You always meant so very much, And always will do too. The fact that you’re no longer here, Will always cause me pain, But you’re forever in my heart, Until we meet again.
–Love you always, your loving grandchildren Freya, Betsy and James, XXX.
–Fondly missed by Margaret; his sons (New Zealand and Ireland) and daughters; grandchildren, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law and brothers. Anniversary Mass will be celebrated on Sunday, 14th October, in Ballinroad Church at 10.00 a.m.
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CURRAN (10th anniversary) – In loving memory of John Curran, late of 34 Comeragh Crescent, Dungarvan, and formerly Cappoquin, who died on 2nd October, 2008. R.I.P.
You can shed tears because he is gone, Or you can smile because he has lived, You can close your eyes and pray that he’ll come back, Or you can open your eyes and see that he’s left. Your heart can be empty because you can’t see him, Or you can be full of the love you shared, You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday, Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday. You can remember him and only that he’s gone, Or you can cherish his memory and let it live on, You can close your mind, be empty and turn your back, Or you can do what he’d want: Smile, open your eyes, love and go on …
FRANKLIN (1st anniversary) – In loving memory of Alice Franklin, late of Drumroe East, Cappoquin, and formerly of Modeligo, who died on 1st October, 2017. R.I.P. Mass offered.
CONNERY (10th anniversary) – Treasured memories of John Connery, late of Park Terrace, Dungarvan, who died on 8th October, 2008. R.I.P. Every day in some small way, Memories of you come our way. Masses offered.
–Forever in our thoughts and prayers, Máire, nieces and nephew, relatives and friends. Molad go deó le Dia.
CURRAN (19th anniversary) – In loving memory of John Curran, late of Kilrush, Dungarvan, who died on 6th October, 1999. R.I.P. No matter how life changes, No matter what we do, A special place within our hearts, Is always there for you.
–Always remembered by your loving wife Noreen and family. Anniversary Mass will be celebrated in St. Mary’s Parish Church, Dungarvan, at 10.00 a.m. on Sunday, 7th October.
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I think of you in silence, I often speak your name, But all I have are memories, And your picture in a frame. Your resting place I visit, And put flowers there with care, But no one knows the heartache, As I turn and leave you there.
–Sadly missed by your husband Joe. Anniversary Mass will be celebrated in St. James’ Church, Ballinameela, on Saturday, 6th October, at 7.30 p.m.
KELLY (4th anniversary) – In loving memory of Eileen Kelly, late of Helvick, An Rinn, who died on 4th October, 2014. “I’d like the memory of me, To be a happy one, I’d like to leave an after glow, Of smiles when life is done. I’d like to leave an echo, Whispering softly down the ways, Of happy times and laughing times, And bright and sunny days. I’d like the tears of those who grieve, To dry before the sun, Of happy memories that I leave, When life is done.”
–Always remembered and very sadly missed by her loving husband Bill; daughters Yvonne and Elaine; sons-inlaw Lorcán and Ian and grandchildren Éva, Isabel, Katie, Orna, Colm and Fiadh. Anniversary Mass will be celebrated on Sunday, 7th October, at 11.45 a.m. in Séipéal San Nioclás.
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KEANE (9th anniversary) – In loving memory of my wife Kitty Keane, late of Killeshal, Cappagh, whose Anniversary occurs on 6th October.
HURLEY (17th anniversary) – In loving memory of John Hurley, late of Monea, Ardmore, who died on 25th September, 2001.
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We cannot bring the old days back, When we were all together, The family chain is broken now, But memories live forever.
–Always remembered by your loving wife Joan; sons, daughters-in-law, grandchildren and great grand-daughter.
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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 5 October, 2018
IN MEMORIAM
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT † JAMES (Jimmy) COFFEY Seamus Ó Cobhthaigh
Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace; Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; And where there is sadness, joy.
–Fondly remembered by his wife Kitty; sons, daughters and their families in Ireland, England, Canada, Australia and Italy.
NUGENT (6th anniversary) – In loving memory of Michael Nugent, late of Ballygalane, Lismore, Co. Waterford, whose Anniversary occurs on 5th October. You never said “I’m leaving,” You never said goodbye, You were gone before we knew it, And only God knew why. A million times we needed you, A million times we cried, If love alone could have saved you, You never would have died. In life we loved you dearly, In death we love you still, In our hearts we hold a place, That only you can fill.
Jimmy's family wish to thank most sincerely the Doctors, Consultants, Nurses and C.I. team at University Hospital Waterford. Dr. Tom Higgins who looked after Jimmy so well over the years, Dr. Grainne Ní Fhoghlú who worked above and beyond the call of duty. The Nurses and staff of Strandside Medical Centre. Ray and Mrs. Kelly and staff of Kelly’s Pharmacy and Molly Byrne, Community Nurse. His home help Alison who he looked forward to seeing every morning for the chat. Antonio and Lisa of the "Square Grill" where he loved to frequent. The Doctors, Nurses and staff of Vincent’s Community Hospital, Dungarvan, who were so kind to Jimmy in his final days and were more than helpful and kind to his family. A special word of thanks to Fr. Cooney and Fr. Willie Ryan who administered to Jimmy during his time in the Community Hospital. Ár mbuíochas ó craoí leis an tAth Conchubhair Ó Ceallagh a thug cuairt ar Jimmy ar an gcéard aoine leis an gComaoineach Naofa. We also express our gratitude to the people who visited him at home and in hospital. To Sr. Patrice and Sr. Bernadette of the Carmelite Order who visited him in hospital and prayed for him. To Sr. Philomena who recited the Rosary; to the many people who attended the Rosary, removal and burial. Thank you to Caroline, the Sacristan, and to the altar server Dominic and to the gravediggers. Ár mbuiochas Ó craoí le Ciarán O Gealbháin a shein an fonn mall alainn sin, "Taimse im Chodhladh" To Tom Drohan, Funeral Directors, for their help and attention to detail and for their professionalism. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered for your intentions. A Tribute to Jimmy by Deuglán Turraoin "MY SILVER BARD" Sleep your sleep my silver bard, You've earned your right to rest. A road long travelled, sometimes hard, Surmounting every test.
And though you're gone your voice lives on, I smell roses round that cabin door. We sit with you on the old rustic bridge And we weep at the Mall of Lismore.
Pedalling bright and early, Through many a dark and misty dawn, Fuelled by a manly ethic, From deep roots in Ré Na dTeampán.
Those dark grim tales from New South Wales Or taobh na gréine de Shliabh na mBan. Was Sliabh Geal gCua penned just for you? Mileadha's soul you poured into that song.
Blessed with a gentle nature, Good deeds were yours by choice And you proudly used the talent Of that special golden voice.
With Sé fáth mo bhuartha you broke our hearts Or other love songs light and airy You regaled us with a rogueish yarn Of An Mhacha amuigh lán de thincéirí.
The trials and tribulations of life and times you often told. Gently, sweetly, clearly, Haunting, sure and bold.
Sometimes I fear the empty space Left behind where you have passed Will the future in all its wisdom Forget the values of the past?
A strong heart beating proudly, Gave rhythm to your word And filled our hearts and heads with pleasure Like the early morning bird.
But sleep your sleep my Silver Bard Your golden legacy is secure The Coffey Shanahan collaboration Will keep the treasure sweet and pure.
Jimmy’s 1st Anniversary Mass will be offered on Friday, 5th October, 2018, at 7.30 p.m. in the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Old Parish.
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Though her smile is gone forever, And her hand we cannot touch, We still have so many memories, Of the one we loved so much. Her memory is our keepsake, With which we’ll never part, God has her in his keeping, We have her in our hearts.
–Always remembered by her daughter Mary; son-in-law James and grandchildren Karen, Louise, Gillian, Maria, Sarah, Deirdre and Olga.
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–Your loving sister May; husband Pat and family, Birmingham.
ORGAN (2nd anniversary) – In loving memory of Kitty (Catherine) Organ, late of ‘Toomard,’ Sarsfield Street, Abbeyside, who died on 8th October, 2016.
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MORRISSEY (23rd anniversary) – In loving memory of John Morrissey, late of Ballinaskeha, Dungarvan, who died on 1st October, 1995. R.I.P.
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O’BYRNE – In loving memory of Helen O’Byrne (nee Byrne), late of Lower Glen, Modeligo, Cappagh, whose birthday occurs on 4th October.
Put your arms around her Lord, Don’t leave her on her own, For today it is Mam’s birthday, Her seventh away from home.
It doesn’t really matter, If we’re together or apart, You’re never really far from us, You’re always in our hearts. You gave so much to others, And always busy too, So on this your birthday Helen, We are doing something for you. We will walk some miles upon the roads, All just for you and we know you will be up there, With a big smile on your face, But those footprints that you left down here, Will never be replaced …
–Love Johnny, Nicole.
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–Always loved and sadly missed by Mam, Dad, Rita, Mike, Toss, Denise, Mary, Jim, Ka and Trevor, Ed, Martha, Lar, Elaine, Therese, Brian, Sean, Anne-Marie, Noelle, John, Carol, Mirza and all your nieces, nephews, uncles, aunts and their families.
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ABBEY BRIDGE CLUB (25/9/2018) – 1st Andrew McGrath & Kolette Enright; 2nd Mary French & Hilary Browne; 3rd Sheila Veale & Therese Dipple; 4th Sheila Towey & Rita Harnedy. KILMACTHOMAS BRIDGE CLUB (26/9/2018) – 1st Bridget Aherne & Ann Murphy; 2nd Breda O’Sullivan & Anna Ryan; 3rd Mary Prendergast & Chrissie Shanahan; 4th Maeve Coghlan & Mary Cummins. CUNNIGAR BRIDGE CLUB (26/9/2018) – 1st Ann Moran & Anne Holland; 2nd Aida O’Neill & Margaret Foley; 3rd Liz Donnelly & Eileen Rua; 4th Sheila Lane & Ann McGrath; 5th Kay Shanley & Mary Mitchell. (19/9/2018) – 1st Peg Hennebry & Patricia Doyle; 2nd Margaret Hanafin & Yvonne Power; 3rd Kathleen McGaley & Liz Donnelly; 4th Aine Veale & Sheila Lane; 5th Aida O’Neill & Ella Whelan.
HARBOUR BRIDGE CLUB (27/9/2018) – 1st Ann M. Fitzgerald & Colette Power; 2nd Gemma Hickey & Kitty Power; 3rd Carmel O’Brien & Cathy Connolly; 4th Ann Stack & Pat Stack; 5th Pat Harrington & Maureen Ryan. DEISE BRIDGE CLUB (24/9/2018) – 1st Mary Casey & Maureen Power; 2nd Eileen Harty & Ann Holland; 3rd Brigid Burke & Michelle Spratt; 4th Marianne Mulcahy & Helen Russell. (1/10/2018) – 1st Kay Kirwan & Cait Christopher; 2nd Brid Killigrew & Ruth Byrne; 3rd Yvonne Power & Mary Cusack; 4th Maureen Power & Paddy Lannen. AFFANE BRIDGE CLUB (27/9/2018) – 1st Bernadette Fives & Claire Meaney; 2nd Nellie Moloney & Mary Fletcher; Joint 3rd Margaret Clancy & Mary Navin, Laboure Cliffe & Kathleen O’Mahoney.
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Pat Deasy, of the Deise Bee Breeders Group assesses the Co. WBKA’s native Irish honey bees. Note that Pat is able to go quite close to the hives, and even though bees were flying, not one attempted to sting him.
Cllr. John Pratt, Cathaoirleach of Dungarvan/Lismore District Council who officiated at the recent County WBKA Apiary opening, pictured with Micheal Moynihan, of Moynihans’ Honey and Colette O’Connell, Chairperson of the County WBKA, standing in front of the The Irish Beekeepers’ Association CLG Banner, to which the County WBKA is affiliated.
Micheal Moynihan cuts the ribbon surrounded by Co. WBKA committee members, James Claxton in the denim jacket, David Leahy, photographer extraordinaire, Catherine Curran, Honorary Treasurer, and Tomas Murray, Honorary Secretary.
Micheal Mac Giolla Coda of The Native Irish Honey Bee Society and The Galtee Honey Farm, and the Galtee Bee Breeders Group, are given a warm welcome to Waterford by Mary Curran and Colette O’Connell.
County Waterford Beekeepers’ Association – Official Apiary Opening PPN Environmental Representative, Alan Walsh, chats to Cllr. Pratt.
Three generations of Moynihans attend the opening of our Apiary, Micheal and son Michael with his twin sons, Gavin and Michael, enjoying a pre-ceremony laugh.
SUNDAY, 26th August last saw the official opening of the County WBKA Demonstration Apiary, with beekeepers from far and near coming together to show support to members. Representatives of the Native Irish Honey Bee Society, (NIHBS), the Galtee Bee Breeding Group, (GBBG), the Claire Chavasse Research Project, Deise Bee Breeders, and the Irish Beekeepers’ Association CLG, all attended. Former members and new members were also present. Many messages of support were received from those attending the Papal mass in Dublin that day. Chairperson Colette O’Connell, welcomed all acknowledging those present and those unable to attend. Papal blessings were obvious with the cessation of the rain and the appearance of the sun, just before 2.00 p.m. Colette acknowledged the support and goodwill from all; in particular Waterford City and County Council officials and employees on the ground. County WBKA is a native Irish honey bee supporter. County WBKA has always been a supporter of our Native Irish honey bee, more commonly referred to as the “black bee”. The special genetic diversity of this honey bee, refined by nature over many generations and assisted more recently by various groups in Ireland and abroad, has been acknowledged in the constitution of the County WBKA and more recently reaffirmed by a
recent motion to the same constitution. Members, ever mindful of the threat of extinction of our native honey bee have embarked on breeding programmes, the supply of bees and queens, advice to the public and advocate against the importation of bees from abroad. As well as negatively impacting on the genetic pool in this country, risk of disease and pests being imported is very real. The presence of representatives of NIHBS, the GBBG and the Deise Bee Breeders, who are all supporters of the native Irish honey bee was reaffirmation of the County WBKA as a black bee association. Chairperson Colette O’Connell, spoke of the vibrancy of the County WBKA when she took up beekeeping in the nineties. Taught by some of the best in the nineties, many no longer with us, their memories, smiles and laughter will always be with us; Martin Curran, Michael Moynihan Snr, and former President of the Federation of Irish Beekeepers’ Association, the Tailors, Noel and Tom Lonergan, Claire Chavasse, Jim Moloney, Fr. O’Farrell and so many more, she was always determined to give back some of what she got in those early years. Acknowledging the many messages of support from all around the country, with many of those missing due to attendance at the Papal mass in Dublin, Colette stated the hope of many that the Apiary will continue as a liv-
ing testimony to those who have done so much for Irish beekeeping and getting beekeeping to where it is today. Colette gave praise to the active committee members of the County WBKA, and the “silent” members behind them; David Leahy, always with a camera in hand, supported by Lorraine, James Claxton, supported by Yvonne, Tomas Murray, Honorary Secretary, supported by Olivia and Catherine Curran, Honorary Treasurer, supported by Eamon. The success of the opening would not have been possible without the time and energy of each. Special thanks to members who are always at hand to assist, too many to mention, but one who stands out, Conor Johnson, must be mentioned.To all who help and share their knowledge a special thanks. Colette also acknowledged the support of Waterford City and County Council to the County WBKA. Not one for speeches, Colette happily handed over to Micheál who was guest of honour on the day. Micheal Moynihan, whose father Michael Moynihan was one of the founding members of the County WBKA, kindly agreed to open the apiary. Micheal, who will always hold a crowd with talk of his childhood memories of his earliest beekeeping experiences, lived up to the task on the day. With pride, Micheal told us that his memories of the County Waterford Beekeeping Association go back to his earliest memories.
“The Association was revived in the mid/late ‘50’s at Two-mile-Bridge. Those involved were Michael Moynihan, Martin Curran, Paddy Morrissey, Ballycoe House, and Mossie Brennock. They were later joined by the late Fr. O’Farrell, Mrs. Connolly from Melleray, Tom and Noel Lonergan, the Tailors from Cappoquin, and John Cunningham. The County WBKA has a long heritage in County WBKA, spanning sixty plus years. Regular beekeeping demonstrations, lectures, meetings and outings are part of the regular activities hosted for members. Visits to schools, assistance with projects for example the BT Young Scientist, Eco Unesco etc as well as beginners courses in beekeeping held each February in partnership with the local VEC. Colette brought a new dimension when she entered the association to the Waterford City and County
Community and Voluntary Awards and secured funding for the establishment of the Association Apiary, where beginners can get used to handling and learning about bees. Michael expressed his pride when County WBKA won the Environmental section of the awards, having been entered as acknowledgement to past members who had brought the association to where it is today. My father used to say that there are three Michael Moynihans here now. One of us is going to have to go soon…..My father is now dead.There are three Michael Moynihans here now, myself, Michael and his sons Michael and Gavin. One of us will have to go soon and my wish is that those remaining will continue in the beekeeping tradition for many years. I am truly honoured to open the County Waterford Beekeepers’ Demonstration Apiary.
Honey bees and other pollinating insects, on which so much of our food and crop pollination depends, continue to decline. Check out how you can help them by visiting, The All-Ireland Pollinator Plan, www.biodiversityireland.ie Anyone interested in finding out about honey bees can contact the County Waterford Bee Keepers’ Association by email at countywaterfordbeekeepers@gmail.com Members are only too happy to visit schools, groups and welcome interested members of the public to our lectures and talks.
COUNTY NEWS NEWSREEL … Anxious or Depressed?
COME to our Support Group Meeting in Dungarvan.Venue: Deise Day Care, Dungarvan, Community Centre, Mitchel Street. Date: Every Tuesday at 7.30 p.m. Helpline: 1800 804 848. You are not alone! Please note change in time.
Brewery Lane Theatre THE full length play 'Little Gem' by playwright Catherine McVicker will be staged at Brewery Lane on Saturday, 13th October at 8.15 p.m. Admission €12. Refreshments. Booking 086-1274736. ‘Little Gem’ is being staged as part of an Irish tour.
Afternoon Cream Tea THE Nora Fahey Memorial Skydive which is scheduled to take place on 13th October with 6 brave souls taking the dive has an ***Event alert*** on Sunday, 7th October, we will be holding an “Afternoon Cream Tea” at Seaview House Windgap, Dungarvan. This event will take place from 2.00 p.m. and is guaranteed to be a bit of fun and you will get to take in one of the best views in Dungarvan. All money raised on the day is going to the Irish Red Cross Portlaw Branch & Unit.
GROW ‘Love Your Life’ talk GROW are proud to present a talk by John Lonergan and Caroline Crotty ‘Love Your Life’ on Tuesday, 9th October at 7.30 p.m. in St. Mary’s Church of Ireland, Dungarvan. Free entry. Donations to GROW.
Ballyduff and Araglin Dancing Classes ALL dancing classes will resume as normal next week from the 8th of October. The Ryan School of Irish dance classes with Michael Ryan are every Monday evenings in the Carnegie Library in Ballyduff. Tom Hyland's Set dancing classes will begin in Araglin Community Hall on Tuesday the 9th, Adult set dancing class will be in the library every Thursday, teenagers and young adults on Friday evenings and children's classes will be held on Saturday mornings in the Carnegie Library. We look forward to welcoming new and old members to all the classes. For more details contact Tom on (086) 8208242.
NPCpp welcomes positive outcome for Becky Carter and LC students THE National Parents Council post primary welcomes the clarification brought about through the brave actions of Becky Carter in taking her case for immediate admission to UCD following the discovery of errors in the marking of her Leaving Certificate papers. She commences first year Veterinary Medicine today in UCD. The status of students who successfully appeal their Leaving Cert results and then have to wait until the following year to obtain their place has been a long standing cause of concern. The situation has been further exacerbated by the decision of colleges to commence courses earlier in September and impose a late starting cutoff date. The Council welcomes the decision of the Minister for Education and Skills to request the Dept to review the timetable for the marking of exams and the appeal process. The Council endorses the thoroughness and openness in the review of exams papers as undertaken by the State Examinations Commission.
Abbeyside (4th Waterford) Scouts MEETING 26/9/18 & OVERNIGHT 29/9/18 Our meeting this week was centred on our overnight camp at The Glen in Glenshelane. We arrived on Saturday in the afternoon and spent some time putting up tents, our shelter complete with stove and getting our housekeeping in order. One older and two young Scouts decided to sleep outside in ‘bivvy’ bags so they had to build shelters to protect them from the elements. We also had three new Scouts on their
first overnight. Well done all! The plan for the rest of the afternoon was to build a rope bridge across the river. The plan was carried out successfully although one Scouter went for an unexpected swim! A bit of free time exploring the woods followed and then it was down to preparing the chili con carne with rice, which was truly delicious. Darkness comes early in the middle of a forest so we had a game of hide and seek after dinner. It was not for the fainthearted as it
was pitch black there. We ended the evening with s’mores and a bit of a disco around the campfire. Although the night was cold, it didn’t rain so we were up early packing up. A breakfast of sausages, toast and hot chocolate was the order of the day. Then it was time to get going and, as always, leave no trace! Well done everyone on a fantastic fun overnighter. See you all next Wednesday.
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The 6th Annual World Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day in Waterford ON Sunday, 7th October, the 6th International Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day takes place all over the world when prominent buildings in many countries will "Light Up Teal" for one night. It's a horrible, debilitating disease that can suck the life out of sufferers on a daily basis because of the excruciating nerve pain in the head and face. It is one the most painful conditions known to mankind and has no known cure as of yet. It's a progressive disease, it can be managed to some degree with heavy duty medications, procedures and invasive brain surgery, but once again these are hit and miss and all sufferers respond differently. With this in mind, I am pleased to say that Dr. Mark Rowe from Waterford Health Park has agreed that on Sunday next 7th October, Waterford Health Park will light up in teal green to help raise awareness of this disease. It is a very rare condition that affects as few as 26 people in every 100,000 which equates to just over 1,000 sufferer's in Ireland. The building will be listed on the International TNnME website later that night and will join around 300 buildings all over the world including Niagra Falls in Canada, Mansion House, Dublin, CN Tower, Toronto, Elizabeth Quay Bridge Perth Australia and many more in Lighting Up Teal. My own wife Alma has suffered with this disease for the last 16 years and we know of other sufferers in Waterford City and County. I am trying to get as many people as possible to turn up at Waterford Health Park on Sunday next, 7th October, at 7.30 p.m. for a group photo to help raise awareness and education of this disease and also to sign up to the online petition for Trigeminal Neuralgia and Facial Pain Disorders in requesting the World Health Organization to add Trigeminal Neuralgia on their health topics list http://www.tnnme.com/ Thanking you in advance, it shouldn't take up more than half an hour of your time.
SEIRBHÍS BUS I NGAELTACHT NA NDÉISE Tá seirbhís bus idir Aird Mhór agus Dún Garbhán ar fáil anois. Tá stadanna in An Sean Phobal, Heilbhic, Baile na nGall, ag Oifig an Phoist agus i Maoil ‘a Choirne. Seirbhís ceithre uair sa ló, Luan go Satharn atá ann. Tuilleadh eolas ar www.locallinkwaterford.ie AN GHAELTACHT CLG TREALLAMH DARA LÁIMHE Tá An Ghaeltacht ag lorg treallamh CLG dara láimhe atá agat sa mbaile! Camáin, clogaid, buataisí, láimhíní srl. Is féidir linn an treallamh seo a úsáid sna scoileanna agus bheadh sé thar a bheith úsáideach. Labhair le coach do pháiste má tá aon rud agat. Is féidir treallamh a fhágaint leis na coaches ag Halla Pobail Na Rinne aon oíche Aoine. SPRAOI – GRÚPA SÚGARTHA NA RINNE Tiocfaidh Spraoi, Grúpa Súgartha do thuismitheoirí agus páistí, le chéile i Halla Pobail na Rinne ar an Aoine beag seo ón 10r.n. go 12i.n. Beidh comhrá
deas agus cupán tae/caifé ar fáil. Tuilleadh eolais: tar i dteagmháil le Bríd: 087-7470428. GRÚPA SÚGARTHA I nDÚN GARBHÁN Beidh grúpa súgartha do leanaí agus tuismitheoirí ag teacht le chéile Dé Máirt i nDún Garbhán.Tá an grúpa lonnaithe i Leabharlann Dhún Garbhán gach Máirt ón 10.30 r.n. go 12 i.n. Beidh scéalaíocht, rannta, ealaíon agus cluichí. Tuilleadh eolais: téigh i dteagmháil le Cabríní 083-4455914 nó cuir r-phost ag cabrini@glornangael.ie. An Irish language playgroup will meet in Dungarvan Library from 10.30 a.m. to 12.00 noon on Tuesday. Further information: contact Cabríní on 083-4455914 or email cabrini@glornangael.ie SCÉIM TÚS An bhfaigheann tú an Liúntas Cuardaitheora Poist? An bhfuil tú dífhostaithe agus ag iarraidh obair a dhéanamh ar tograí pobail? Bíonn deiseanna ar fáil faoin scéim TÚS do dhaoine dífhostaithe sa Rinn agus sa Sean Phobal. Más rud é go bhfuil tú faoi 25 bliain d’aois, tá buntáiste mór ar fáil. Déan teagmháil le cigire TÚS Cian O hAileasa ag
087-3770256 nó Bainisteoir Comhlacht Forbartha na nDéise, Críostóir Ó Faoláin ag 05846664 nó cfdeise@gmail.com Are you on job seekers allowance? Are you Unemployed and interested in working in Local Community Projects? Tús provides work opportunities for all unemployed people in the An Rinn/An Sean Phobal area. If you are less than 25 years of age there will be a major financial incentive for participating. Contact the Tús supervisor Cian O hAileasa at 087-3770256 or the manager of Comhlacht Forbartha na nDeise, Críostóir Ó Faoláin 058-46664. CAIRDE NA GAELTACHTA Buaileann Cairde na Gaeltachta, Cumann Gníomhaíochta Lucht Scoir i nGaeltacht na nDéise, le chéile an céad Máirt den mhí ag 3i.n. in Ionad Pobail na Rinne. Tá fáilte is fiche roimh cách. CUMANN NAOMH UINSEANN DE PÓL Má theastaíonn ó éinne teagmháil a dhéanamh le Cumann Naomh Uinseann de Pól sa cheantar, is féidir teacht
orthu ag (058) 46125 nó 0851422902. The contact numbers for the An Rinn / An tSean Phobail branch of St Vincent de Paul are (058) 46125 or 085-1422902. SCÉIM FOLÁIREAMH DO SHEANÓIRÍ Más maith leat cnaipe práinne agus siogairlín a fháil faoin Scéim Foláireamh do Sheanóirí, tar i dteagmháil linn – 058-46664, cfdeise@gmail.com. If you think you could benefit from a panic button and pendant under the Seniors Alert Scheme, contact us on 058-46664, cfdeise@gmail.com. MEÁIN SHÓISIALTA / TEAGMHÁIL / CONTACT Is féidir an nuacht is déanaí agus eolas faoi imeachtaí a bheidh ar siúl sa Rinn agus sa Seanphobal a fháil ar an leathanach Facebook atá ag an gComhlucht Forbartha agus táimid ar fáil ar Twitter anois chomh maith – @cfdeise. If anybody has events / news to be included in Nótaí na Gaeltachta, send them to cfdeise@gmail.com or 05846664.
Old Parish Vintage Run
The Old Parish Vintage Tractor, car, bike or 4x4 run will take place on Sunday, 21st October at John Paul’s Pub, Old Parish, to raise funds for the Palliative Care Unit Dungarvan Community Hospital. The run will start at 12 noon and will take one hour. Registration will commence at 11.00 a.m. at John Paul’s. Donation €20. All vehicles should be taxed and insured. Refreshments will be available before and after the run. An auction, raffle and music will be in John Paul’s after the run. Please support this very worthy cause. Any donation welcome.Pictured is Trish Cleary, Francis Lally and John Cleary, committee of Old Parish Vintage Run.
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KILROSSANTY WHIST Whist this Friday night in the hall at 8.00 p.m. sharp. New members very welcome. ICA The Guild will hold their October Meeting in the hall on 8th October at 8.00 p.m. The competition is for the best Hallowe’en Hat home made. Hope to see all members present at this meeting and maybe a few new ones. TRACTOR RUN Kilrossanty National School Fundraising Cake Sale and Monster Tractor Run will take place on this Sunday, 7th October. Calling all bakers and sandwich makers. The Cake Sale will be held at 11.00 a.m. in the hall and this will be followed by the Tractor Run gathering at the school at 12.30 p.m. We will have some wonderful raffle prizes on the day. All donations of cakes/sandwiches for either of the events would be greatly appreciated and may be dropped to the school or the hall on the day.
FIRST AID CLASSES First Aid classes will be held in the hall on Tuesday, 9th October from 7.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. they will continue on 16th and 23rd October. HOSPICE The total raised for the Hospice from the Coffee Morning was €1,150. DEISE DRAW The club had two winners in the Deise Draw last Wednesday night in Gaultier. Anthony Mulhearne won €200. Also Moira Power was the winner of €200. There is only one more draw left and money has to be with Jason or Mairead by that date which is 31st October, otherwise names will be deleted. BINGO Bingo was a great success last Friday night. The next bingo will be held on the 26th October and the proceeds from the bingo will go towards the training fund for the senior footballers. WELL DONE Well done to our Senior Footballers who are through to the County Final against Ballinacourty or Nire.
KILL Michael Walsh (tractor owner), Eddie Hennessy and Robert Crowley (tractor 1954 Zetor tractor imported from Finland) pictured at the Irish Wheelchair Assocaition Tractor Drive in Stradbally.
STRADBALLY PHOTO ARCHIVE Irish Wheelchair Association Tractor Drive STRADBALLY GAA Centre was the organising hub. The Quarry Field (Matt Cummins) was the parking area for the tractors. Many came to view the “big and the small, the old and the new tractors”. (photos courtesy of Tom Hickey) Queries to Tom 087-9386209 or brianjcorry@yahoo.ie BARRON HALL Our Clothes Collection for October will be on Saturday, 6th October. The Hall will be open from 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. for all your old bedding, school uniforms, bags, shoes and unwanted clothes. Money from this ongoing project is shared between the Hall Renovation Fund and LauraLynn House, both registered charities. Any queries, please ring Nicola on 087-7160700. Councillor Ray Murphy will be back for his monthly clinic on Saturday, 6th October between 12.15 p.m. and 12.45 p.m. He'll happily answer any questions you have in privacy.
SOCIAL DANCE TIME Join us for weekly dancing in Kill Community Centre with live music provided by different musicians each time. Dances will take place every Monday night from 9.30 p.m. to 12.15 a.m. Refreshments are served every week and we will have great social dance bands each week. For more information, please contact Cheryl on 087-4358054. YOUTH CLUB Seaview Celtic Youth Club
takes place in Seaview Celtic clubhouse, for 8-14 year olds every Friday from 7.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. Admission is just €4 per child. You do not need to be a member of the soccer club to join. Activities include use of our Lego Room, PS4, pool tables, table tennis, Fussball, board games, puzzles and lots more. All current supervisors are Garda vetted. New parent supervisors are always most welcome subject to the Garda vetting process.
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Participants, advisor and steward Pat Curran, Martin Fitzgerald, Billy Fitzgerald and John Curran pictured at the Irish Wheelchair Association Tractor Drive in Stradbally.
COPPER COAST GEOPARK VISITOR CENTRE Autumn is drawing in and the evenings are getting shorter but this year we are keeping the Copper Coast Cafe and the Visitor Centre open on Saturdays and Sundays from 11.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. for the month of October! We have a busy schedule of events lined up until Christmas with a couple more to be confirmed. On October 6th, we have a Skills Taster Day with Hamersley Art. We have our second Copper Coast Geopark Literary Weekend in November with events including Tramore Yarners do Book Club on Thursday, November 1st at 10.30 a.m., An evening of music and poetry on Friday, November 2nd
at 8.00 p.m., a Book arts workshop with Southpaw Book Arts on Saturday, November 3rd at 11.00 a.m., a Board Game Meet Up on Saturday, November 3rd at 1.00 p.m. and of course the Copper Coast Book Fair on Sunday, November 4th at 1.00 p.m. More details are available on our website www.coppercoastgeopark.com or please call into the Café for information and tickets. BONMAHON COMMUNITY SOCIETY The Lotto numbers drawn recently were 22, 18, 20 and 3. We had no Jackpot or match winners. Our 2 Lucky Dip winners were Sean Veale and David Power who share €100. Our next Jackpot up for grabs stands at
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On Saturday, 29th September the Greenway Joggers Group held a Family 5k Fun Run/Jog/Walk to remember their friend and member Mary Weldon who they lost to cancer on the 29th March, 2018 (6 months to the day). They met at the car park in Kilmacthomas. Refreshments were served at Kiersey’s Tea Rooms afterwards. All donations collected on the day went to the Waterford section of the Irish Cancer Society. Pictured are walkers who took part on the day; Waterford Greenway Joggers with members of the Weldon family and Helen Ridgard and Mary Kirwan (Helen representing Waterford Hospice). [Michael Faulkner]
KILMACTHOMAS RIVER WALK The Ladies from the Wednesday Walking Group in Kilmacthomas presented a cheque to John Kiersey, who is a member of the River Walk Development Committee. The money is for improvements to this beautiful river walk which is enjoyed daily by many walkers. Well done ladies TIDY TOWNS Congratulations to Kilmacthomas Tidy Towns Committee on upping their marks by 8 points in this years competition. An enormous amount of work was carried out during the year by a very hard working committee. A total of 278 was scored this year, so all the hard work is acknowledged and appreciated. Well done to all concerned. DANCING Social Dancing is to commence in Kill Community Centre on Monday nights, music from 9.30 a.m. to 12.00 midnight. Top social dance bands each night, refreshments served, come along and enjoy a good nights dancing. LOTTO Following are the results for the Kilmacthomas AFC lotto
draw on Saturday, 29th September, letters drawn were G, O, P and X. No Jackpot winner. Five winners of €20 each to Ann Power, c/o Lenihans; David Power, Scrahan; Caroline Casey, Glen; Dinny Barry, Ballylynch and Jay Bowdren, Newtown. Next week’s Jackpot €1,350, be in to win. WHIST Results for the Ballylaneen Whist Club for Monday night last, Alice Walsh, Mary Power, Eric Townsend, Mary A Coffey, Mary B. Bowdren, Maureen Sullivan, Mary O'Donnell, Hannah McGrath, Brigid Power, Biddy Carroll and Sheila Morrissey. Raffle winners Maureen Sullivan, Mary O’Donnell and Brigid Power. A BIG THANK YOU A big thank you to all who supported Anna Scurry in the recent Evening Echo Cork Women's Mini Marathon and to all who supported the Coffee Morning in the Rainbow Community Hall, to all who gave donations and bought tickets for the raffle. Thanks to all who send good luck messages by post and text. It is very much appreciated. The amount raised for comfort needs
and activities for the residents in Dungarvan Community Hospital was €2,237.90. The results of the raffle are as
follows: Hamper - Sr. Consilio, Dungarvan; Pre NCT voucher Ann McNamara, Abbeyside; Petrol Voucher - Ger Barron,
Tracey's Hill;Voucher for Coach House - Mary O'Brien, Lisfennell, Dungarvan; Voucher for Kiersey's Tea Rooms - Tom
Members of the Wednesday Walking Club making a presentation to John Kiersey.
Fitzgerald, Abbeyside; Hamper Mary Moloney, Ardmore and Pressure Cooker - Mary B Bowdren, Walsh Place, Kilmac.
[Michael Faulkner]
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LISMORE Lismore Tidy Towns THE past week has been a rest week for the Lismore Tidy Towns work team with attention instead having moved to the Adjudicator's Report of the 2018 SuperValu Tidy Towns where the active members had a full and frank discussion on issues raised in it and ideas put forward for their resolution.The planning sub group will also be organising plans for 2018/2019 in the next week or so keeping in mind the overall aims of the Tidy Towns three year plan covering the years 2018, 2019 and 2010. Gordon and Jim our two CE workers did great work in the Millennium Park collecting debris from trees after the recent windy weather, Weeding again was done in the gravelled area at Lios an Oir and also at the two beds at the entrance to Beechgrove.
Autumn is really in with a blast and because of all of the trees in Lismore we have major problems with leaves on footpaths so the community is again asked to do its bit and sweep up leaves outside properties owned or rented regularly. Cigarette butts were an issue raised in this year's Tidy Towns report and businesses whose customers smoke outside their premises are reminded that it is their responsibility to keep that space clean and free from cigarette butts - volunteers on the litter roster should not be expected to do that. ECO TIP OF THE WEEK Stand house plants on a saucer filled with gravel and water them from the top so that the roots do not sit in water and rot. It also helps to create a great micro - climate. Great for Orchids if you own some.
Pictured with their revamped pieces of furniture are some members of the No Limits Club Lismore who recently attended a furniture upcycling workshop in the Red Hall Lismore facilitated by Marianne Heaphy who runs an upcycling business called “Revamp Tramp” in Waterford City. This workshop received funding from Waterford City & County Council's Waste Prevention Grant Scheme 2018 for which the group is very grateful.
Parish of Lismore and Ballysaggart EVERY Parish exists for the sake of mission. Every person who is baptised shares in that sense of mission. What is this mission except be a witness both in deed and in words to the reign of God made known through Jesus Christ. I begin with this note as October is Mission awareness month.When you read the book by Msgr Michael Olden 'The Faith journey of the Deise People' you will get a sense of the sacred story of our ancestors. From the beautiful pictures of all the places of Church worship in the diocese you can see the financial sacrifices parishiones
made to build and maintain so well these parish churches. You can also imagine the leadership offered by the priests working in all these parishes for in the past nearly everything rested on the priests shoulders. All is changed now. We have had the Second Vatican Council. The role of the laity in the work of the Church is given much prominence. You might like to revisit those documents from the council and see for yourself what I mean. By now you who are reading this piece each week are aware that the time has come to elect a new pastoral council. Very good
work was done by the outgoing council. The system we have means that half the council will be returned to office. We need continuity otherwise a totally new council could spend too much time trying to find their role and responsibilities. I could not function as priest in parish without their work. We work as a team. We listen to each other and try to plan together. We know we cannot do everything but what we try to do we try to do as well as we can. I would hope that many will consider seriously whom they deem suitable for this mission.
When the forms come available you will be able to ask first if the person you intend to nominate is interested and has time before you put their name down. You will be giving your own name to as one who carefully is recommending this person MASS TIMETABLE Weekday Mass at 10.00 a.m. Saturday, 6th October - Vigil Mass in Lismore at 6.15 p.m. Sunday, 7th October Morning Mass in Ballysaggart at 9.30 a.m. Sunday Mass in Lismore at 11.00 a.m. PRO(E) Pastoral Council Parish Radio Link 103.9FM
Lismore Heritage Centre Space Week 2018 AS a proud participant of Space Week Ireland, Lismore Heritage Centre has been running Space events for children for the past 4 years. World Space Week is 4th11th October. Space Week in Ireland is co-ordinated by Blackrock Castle Observatory and they have a huge array of events on, check out spaceweek.ie for more information. “It IS Rocket Science” will take place in Lismore Heritage Centre on Saturday 13th October from 11.00 a.m. -1.00 p.m. We will explore different types of rockets, build some and of course do lots of blasting off. This workshop is suitable for children aged 6-12 years old. Just €10 per child, a great way to set future Rocket Scientists on their path. Call us now on 0761102157 for details or e-mail rleddy@lismoreheritage.ie
Bonnie’s Bouquets Hallowe’en Fancy Dress Parade BONNIE'S Bouquets, Lismore will hold their annual fancy dress parade on Sunday 28th October in Lismore Castle Courtyard. This is the 16th year of the parade, which is always held in aid of either a local charity or organisation. This years proceeds will go to the 16th Waterford Scout Group which are based in Cappoquin and include members from Cappoquin, Lismore and the surrounding areas. As usual there will be category
prizes on the day as well as a prize for the best homemade costume. Registration will open at 2.00 p.m. and the parade will start at 3.00 p.m. sharp. Registration is in the Castle Courtyard (weather permitting), if it is raining, the registration and parade will be held in the Banqueting Hall by kind permission of Lord and Lady Burlington. If you have any queries, please contact Veronica, Bonnie's Bouquets, Lismore at 058-54734.
TALLOW SCALLYWAGS 10th BIRTHDAY – WHAT A GREAT CELEBRATION! Thank you to all the families that came to help us celebrate on Sunday, 16th September, we had a great day. The weather couldn’t have been better, Pat had the place in immaculate condition, Heather and Deirdre were very busy making all the lovely food and the Birthday Cake! Staff were on hand to help out. There was much running and practicing ball skills in the green, the bouncy castles were a great hit, and as for Claire the face painter, she was amazing! The balloon modeller got his days mixed up but promises that he will make it up to us another time. We hope all the children enjoyed themselves and went home happy and tired! SIOLTA VALIDATION On Tuesday 18th September we had two representatives from Better Start come to Scallywags and spend some time in the setting. They were validating the Portfolio that we had forwarded to them some time ago. The Portfolio is made up of the sixteen standards (75 components) and all the evidence that went with each component.
The validators go through the portfolio and then spend time in the setting to make sure that we are doing what we said in the portfolio. At the end of the visit they congratulated us on our service and awarded us the top mark of 4 (Comprehensive evidence of Quality) in each of the 75 components. We are so thrilled to have maintained our mark and we will strive to continue giving our families the quality care they deserve. GYMBOREE Jade from Gymboree will begin her classes on Tuesday 2nd October. We are really looking forward to this as we saw on the demonstration day how well she engaged with the children and how much fun and exercise they had. Fee is €10 per month (this is an optional extra). FAMILY WALL A great response from families so far, Please don’t forget to email or bring in photos for the family wall. There are limited spaces available in the Butterfly room (2 ½ - 4 year olds). For more information please contact Linda on 058-72893.
Three One Act Plays for Conna DRAMA season has come around again and for their Autumn production this year Conna Drama Group Present Three One Plays. Directed by Brendan Hurley, Ann Hurley and Anne Barry and featuring a host of local performers, it’s all shaping up to be an excellent nights entertainment. Dates for the diary are Friday 12th and Saturday 13th of October and again the following weekend Friday 19th and Saturday 20th. So plenty of chances to catch these excellent plays. Tickets available at the door each night, curtain up at 8.15 p.m.
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Ballysaggart Ladies Club Knock Visit, the very satisfied group preparing to leave Knock after their beautiful visit.
BALLYSAGGART BALLYSAGGART LADIES CLUB On Saturday, September 22nd Ballysaggart Ladies Club organised a bus to Knock. At 6.45 a.m. a luxury 50 seater coach from Tom Cavanagh in Fermoy left The Village, first stop Lismore at 7.00 a.m., by now we had 39 people on board, Ladies and Gents from Ballysaggart, Lismore, Knockanore, and Dungarvan. Our first stop was O'Sullivans in Gort for breakfast which was served promptly and with a smile, it was then on to Knock arriving there at 11.45 a.m. to a beautiful day. Everyone was free to do their own thing until we all met up again at 4.30 p.m. when we left this Lovely Shrine. It was now back to Gort again to O'Sullivans this time for a beautiful four course meal, again top class. We then left for home arriving
back to The Village at 10.15 p.m. safe and sound in the very capable hands of Joe Dingivin our driver, a most enjoyable day was had by all. We would like to say a very special thanks to all who joined us and made this day such a success. Watch this space for our AGM which will be coming up soon. COMMUNITY COUNCIL 45 CARD RESULTS Dan Howard and Fionula Hynes, Christy Higgins and Bill Leady, Paddy Duffy and Helen Cunningham, Stephen Cunningham and Liz McCarthy, Phil Duffy and Kathleen Coleman. Lucky Tables: Sean Higgins and John Mills,Tess Hale and Nellie Devine, Joan Hannon. Tickets: Nellie Devine, Rita Doocey, Helen Morrissey, Tess Hale, Helen O’Kefffe and Joan Hannon.
LOCAL VOLUNTEERS DO IT AGAIN – ON Friday, 28th September last, the communities of Tallow, Conna and Ballyduff presented a cheque of €10,868.66 to the Irish Cancer Society, collected from our Daffodil Day. The presentation took place in Tallow Area Credit Union and the cheque was presented to Nicola McMahon of the Irish Cancer Society. Nicola expressed her sincere gratitude to the communities of Tallow, Conna and Ballyduff for the tremendous effort from everyone. The funds will be used to provide home help and assistance to Cancer sufferers. Nicola thanked the volunteers and Credit Union staff for their assistance in collecting such a large contribution and assured everyone that the funds will provide valuable help to the Cancer patients and their families. [David O’Flynn]
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Ballyduff U-10 team who won the John Daly Cup.
[Noel Casey]
PARENT & TODDLER GROUP Parent & Toddler meet at the regular weekly slot of 9.30 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. in the Carnegie Centre. Parents, grandparents and childminders are very welcome for a cuppa and a chat. The usual €2 each week will apply. It’d be great to see you there! CONDOLENCES The Ballyduff Community would express their deepest sympathies to the family of Mary Kenneally who passed away this past week. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam. WALKING CLUB Next walk is on Sunday, October 14th from Kins Yard. Meeting at the Firgrove Hotel at
1.00 p.m. New members are welcome! SOCIAL DANCING The next Social Dance is on Saturday 20th October next in St. Michael’s Hall at 9.00 p.m. Refreshments will be served on the night and the music will be provided by Tom Healy. IRISH CANCER SOCIETY There will be a Church Gate Collection Sunday next, 7th October in aid of the Irish Cancer Society. Your generosity in supporting this is greatly appreciated. CONGRATULATIONS! Congratulations to Ballyduff ’s Under 10 team who won the John Daly U-10 Hurling Tournatment in Ballyduff last weekend. Ballyduff beat
Ardmore, Cappoquin and An Ghaeltacht in three great games. Many thanks to Jack Daly who presented the cup. Thank you also to Eoin O’Brien the referee. A special mention to Noel Casey, Shane Hannon, Andrew Casey and Tom Molumphy who coached this great group of players. NEWS FOR INCLUSION Thank you to all who contributed this week. To keep this notice page topical everyone’s help is needed. If you have any photos, announcements, congratulations or condolences and stories you would like to be included, please contact Denise at ballyduffuppernews@gmail.com, or 087-2273737 by Sunday night each week.
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CAPPOQUIN Cappoquin Community Centre Phone (058) 52746, Facebook - Cappoquin Community Centre; email ocappdev@eircom.net MICHAEL COUGHLAN RIP It with great sadness we heard of the passing of Michael Coughlan on Thursday last. Michael worked in the Community Centre as a Caretaker with no job beyond him. He could turn his hands to any skill and his attention to detail was just excellent. Patrons of the centre, young and old had only one word to describe dealing with Michael, “Gentleman”. We would like to offer our sympathies to his mother Nina, sister Anne Marie, brothers PJ, Aidan and Sean, families and friends. May he rest in Peace. CAPPOQUIN TIDY TOWNS RESULTS The results of the Tidy Towns Competition were announced last week and for the 4th year running Cappoquin has increased its marks. A total of 293 marks were allocated to Cappoquin. This is a reflection on the extraordinary efforts made by the Tidy Towns Committee. Their members were to be seen daily, early and late, carrying out works to improve the presentation of the town. Their cleaning, litter picking, painting and flower planting have been of note. The house painting initiative has proven most positive. The town has improved significantly over the last 9 months with many favourable comments being made by locals and visitors to the town. Unfortunately, there are many buildings which are poorly maintained and these are having a significant negative impact on both the judges marking and the work
of the dedicated Tidy Towns committee. Hopefully, over the next 12 months this issue will addressed by their owners or by others. It is also hoped that more people, committees, clubs and groups will become involved and help wherever necessary. It is our town and there is a responsibility on all to assist and present the town in the best possible light. Why leave it to a dedicated few? Many congratulations to the Tidy Towns Committee and their members and helpers on their excellent work. NEW GYM EXTENSION When you start building works you often wonder how it will look at completion. With only a couple of pieces left to be delivered the new gym extension is simply fantastic. Come and see for yourself, your guaranteed to be impressed. Special mention to Tom Hennessey and his construction team for all their skilled work. Indoor the new gym layout with Conor Prendergast Jason Fleming and Pat Hallissey in charge looks amazing, thanks lads. Once again, thanks to all members and casual users for their patience with interruptions for the works and we thank you for your cooperation in this matter. HALL BOOKINGS AUTUMN/WINTER 2018 Just a reminder for the many Clubs, Associations and Groups using our facilities for the Autumn & Winter months. With the evening sadly pulling in, can you please contact the Community Centre on (058) 52746 to let us know as soon as
possible what mornings, days, evenings & nights are desired. Last year was our busiest year for centre use and thanks to you all for your continued support. With our new Gym Extension coming on stream further demand is expected to pass the dark evenings away. GYM Opening Hours - MondayFriday 8.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m., Saturday 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. Membership €200 per year, €60 for 3 Months, €25 per Month, €5 per casual, OAP/Unemployed €3 per session Top of the range equipment cardio equipment, we provide a wide range of the lasted cardiovascular equipment, from cross trainers to rowing machines to help maximize your fitness. Resistance equipment - These states of the art machines provide resistance against a certain movement, isolating the targeted muscle group. They operate using weight stacks, allowing total control of your work out. Up to 37.5 Kg Dumbbells, loaded machines including chest press, shoulder press, seated row; pull down, leg press, stack squat and new addition cable machine with large selection of handles and attachments including cable crossover (chest), single standing exercises and duel action pulleys. Also, selection of racks including Olympic flat bar, incline and decline bench press and smith machine and adjustable benches. We have large selection of loose weights plates ranging from1.25kg to 20kg. Functional Area, a dedicated
Fionn O’Connor; Chairman Dr. Ben Murphy, presenting Hilda Uniacke Lotto Jackpot winner with a cheque for €8,300; Abbie O’Connor; Treasurer John McGrath; Lotto Co-ordinator Miriam Coughlan; Lotto Supervisor Denis Reilly; Lotto Co-ordinator Carmel Prendergast and Niall O’Connor. area aimed to help improve fundamental strength, acceleration and endurance using the following equipment, Kettle bells, Swiss balls power bags, medicine balls dumb bells and suspension training. Physical Trainers - Conor Prendergast (087-1247025) fully trained in strength and conditioning training (LIT Certified). Claire Egan (087-9713895) Health and fitness Degree from UL. Both our gym trainers will help clients reach their goals with are expert knowledge, they will encourage you to work to the best of your ability whatever your level. These trainers will focus your fitness and training regime to work to your schedule, abilities, interests and life style, both can be contacted at any time to get you started in your new life style challenge.
WEEKLY EVENTS IN HALL Monday - Ladies Exercise Classes with Paul Murray 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m., Active Retirement 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m., Affane Bridge 7.30 p.m. – 10.00 p.m. Thursday morning Ladies Exercises with Paul Murray 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m., Community Soccer 8.30 p.m. to 10.00 p.m. Friday Gymnastics 4.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. MARY BUTLER TD Mrs. Mary Butler, TD Fianna Fail will hold a Clinic on the first Saturday of every month at 12.30 p.m. in the Community Centre, all are welcome. WATERFORD WEXFORD ETB Just a reminder anyone interested in doing a wide range of courses contact Aoife Fitzgerald
(058) 52570 First Floor of the Community Centre. COMMUNITY CENTRE LOTTO JACKPOT HITS €1,300 1st October – Numbers drawn 3, 17, 22 and 24. No Winner. Consolation Prize winners: Paul Marks, Clashmore; Denis O’Reilly, Knockaun East; Daniel Leahy, Tourin; Margaret McLaughlin, Carrigeen; Sheila Denn, Bawnfaun. Next week’s draw is on the 8th October, 2018, with a Jackpot of €1,300. Remember anyone looking to buy our Lotto tickets, call to any of the local shops in Cappoquin, the Community Centre, Miriam Coughlan or Carmel Prendergast will look after you. If you wish you can also buy the popular annual tickets, if you’re not in you can’t win!
TOURANEENA COMMUNITY ALERT MEET & GREET For many people it is a major concern that the Ballymacarby Garda station which also services Touraneena, Ballinamult and the surrounding areas, is not patrolled 24/7. This cut-back combined with the reduction of staff in the Ballymacarbry Garda Station, leaves many people feeling vulnerable, particularly the elderly and those in isolated/secluded areas. If you would like your voice to be heard, you will have the opportunity at an open 'Meet & Greet' with senior members of the Gardai. The event will take place at 11.30 a.m. this Thursday morning 4th October in the Community Centre, Ballymacarbry. In attendance will be chief superintendent Padraig Dunne, superintendent Michael Lacey, local Garda Phil Dee and other members of the Gardai. This meeting is an opportunity for the people of Touraneena & Ballinamult to voice any concerns they may have on a range of topics, be it with regards to crime, road policing or community issues etc. It will also be a chance for people to hear from the Gardai about their plans for policing our local areas. Refreshments will be served at the event. BROADBAND The proposed availability of the option of a new broadband service in the Touraneena/Ballinamult area is looking positive. The broadband service is
dependent on enough interest being generated in the locality.The service would supply both residential and business packages which would be available with no contract, as in should you wish to do so, your service can be cancelled by giving 30 days notice. The residential packages will range from 2mbs to 8mb download speed with higher speeds available for businesses, so there is something to suit everyone!. After the once-off installation fee, residential package prices would start at €19.99 per month (including VAT) with the unlimited packages being completely unlimited, as in having no hidden charges. If you would like to register your interest in this service, please phone 089 2259294 or text this number with your eircode and name. SLIABH gCUA LOTTO Results for week ending Sunday, 30th September, winning numbers drawn were 13, 25, 27 and there was no winner of the €1,300 jackpot. The 5 x €20 winners were 1) Alan & Robbie c/o Dano, 2) Ber & Paula Burke, 3) Theresa Cliffe, 4) Tom Condon, 5) Marian McCarthy. The promoter's prize of €20 was won by Nuala Dunne. Next week's draw will be in Dunne's Bar on Sunday night 7th October for a lotto Jackpot of €1,400. SYMPATHY We extend our sincere sympathy to the Ryan
family on the recent passing of Sean Ryan, Glenanore, Ballymacarbry. Requiem mass was in St Helena's Church, The Nire, followed by burial in the adjoining cemetery. May Sean rest in peace. DEISE DEVELOPMENT DRAW Unfortunately the club had no winner in this months draw, however, there were a couple of local winners. The second prize of 3,000 Euros went to Bridget Coffey, Colligan. Anna Long, Knockaun, won 500 Euros and Mike O'Keeffe, Cappagh and Liam Beresford, Kilbrien, won €200 each. The top prize of €12,500 went to Gary Lonergan (Fenor). Congratulations to all. The next draw will take place at Cappoquin G.A.A. club on Wednesday, 31st October. SLIABH gCUA G.A.A In 1927, the Sliabh gCua GAA club was founded and it didn't take long before they made their mark on the county scene. In 1936, Sliabh gCua won their first Junior Football County final, beating Fenor in a replay. Sliabh gCua drew their first thriller against Fenor on a scoreline of 1-02 to 1-02. For the replay, Sliabh gCua were well prepared and won by a healthy margin, Sliabh gCua 1-11, Fenor 1-04. The years from the early 1940's to the late 1960's saw mixed fortunes for the club. Some years there were not enough players to field a team and our players would play with other parishes and vice
verse. Since 1969/1970, there has been an active football club in Touraneena with many heroes togging out over the years for Sliabh gCua. This Saturday evening 6th October, Sliabh gCua will take to the field when they take on our near neighbours Modeligo, in Fraher Field, Dungarvan. Kick off is at 7.00 p.m. and it would be great to see a huge turnout of support, so if you can make it, come along and support the lads. BONNIE'S BOUQUETS HALLOWE’EN FANCY DRESS PARADE Bonnie's Bouquets, Lismore will hold their annual fancy dress parade on Sunday 28th October in Lismore Castle Courtyard. This is the 16th year of the parade, which is always held in aid of either a local charity or organisation. This years proceeds will go to the 16th Waterford Scout Group which are based in Cappoquin and include members from Cappoquin, Lismore and the surrounding areas. As usual there will be category prizes on the day as well as a prize for the best homemade costume. Registration will open at 2.00 p.m. and the parade will start at 3.00 p.m. sharp. Registration is in the Castle Courtyard (weather permitting), if it is raining, the registration and parade will be held in the Banqueting Hall by kind permission of Lord and Lady Burlington. If you have any queries, please contact Veronica, Bonnie's Bouquets, Lismore at 058-54734.
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CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR With sincere apologies for mentioning Christmas as October has just started, this is
just a note to any local artists, craftspeople, card makers and others that the Heritage Group will once again be organising a
craft fair to help promote local produce and provide gift ideas in the run up to… ‘December 25th’.We are currently looking at dates in the second half of November for the fair, but will have more definite details shortly. In the meantime, anyone interested in having their produce on display and for sale, please contact Una McCarthy on 087 7825662. As in previous years, we cannot accept food items at the craft fair. While still on the theme of ‘Yuletide’, the Civic Link meeting this week, on October 2, will also begin the planning for the
financing and erection of the town’s lights. So basically there is no escape! POETRY AT THE LIBRARY It is great to see that Lani O’Hanlon, one of the poets who presented their work at our Poetry Day event last April, will be returning to the local branch next week for a poetry workshop in the afternoon. Full details are available at the library and on posters around the town. We hope to put on a similar event to celebrate Poetry Day in 2019, but more anon on that.
A Woman of some substance This week we provide yet another taster from the forthcoming publication, ‘Women at the Cornerstone’. Entitled ‘A Woman of Some Substance’, the extract below is a personal reflection on school and life experiences with Sr de Lourdes Gogarty, written by local woman Áine Ní Fhiannusa. This will appear as Chapter 48 in the book, when it launches at the community centre on November 10th next. Thanks also to Mary McGrath for the accompanying photograph. I WAS good friends with Sr de Lourdes for as long as I can remember – not friendly or ‘a friend’ but “good friends”.The test of a good friendship is that it can span a lifetime and endure despite distance and long spells without meeting face to face. My earliest memory of Sr de Lourdes was in the Convent National School in the 1960s as teacher, principal, nun and enigma. When you are seven or eight years old, almost everything and everyone grown up is a wonder, but to me Sr de Lourdes was like Wonder Woman and Queen Maeve combined. She seemed to know everyone everywhere, and the more influential they were the better. This was not from a sense of pride, but she would not hesitate to ask them for help for projects or causes or people, and because of her truly adept and sincere approach they responded accordingly. She was the first nun I ever saw to drive; the convent had a green Morris Austin saloon car at the time. Sr de Lourdes wore a long black habit with a stiff white collar, and a long pleated black veil with a starched white piece that pressed on her forehead and made her head seem bigger. I was always fascinated to know if there was hair under the veil, or how much she could carry in that long pocket in her dress, from which she extracted a huge scissors on a string and loads of other things including sweeties. That was a magic pocket as it never emptied. All the nuns were called Mother back then, and it took us a while to get used to calling her Sister when the time came.When eventually the habits changed to shorter lighter garb, we did indeed discover that not only was there lovely hair under the veil but that she had legs as well. Those legs danced many a hornpipe at the various parties but especially at the Old Folks’ Party at Christmas time in the Parochial Hall. I remember Sr De Lourdes as being very kind to us as children. Every class commenced with a prayer which we all said together out loud and the sign of the cross was properly made before and after.There was a ‘bata’ on the side of the blackboard which was never taken down except as a threat – but I cannot recall anyone getting a tap of it during my time under her tutelage. She was ahead of her time in her methods and understood the merits of a reward system rather than a punishment to exact performance. In business, these days, we would call that a ‘bonus system’ – to her back then it was the norm. Remedial teaching was happening in our school years before anyone realised.There was a team of ready SNAs back then. Sr de Lourdes organised some of the retired sisters including Sr Mercy to do reading and sums with the ‘special girls’ who seamlessly disappeared from the classroom for about an hour every couple of days and reappeared in time for catechism class before lunch. How progressive was that? We did not know that Sr
Sr. de Lourdes in earlier years de Lourdes was a ‘reality thinker’ – and if something needed to be done she found a way to achieve it with nobody being any the wiser. Our school back then was equipped with an assembly hall called Our Lady’s Hall, which housed a stage and lighting to rival any concert hall of its time, and many a wonderful school concert or play was performed in this Aula Maxima. Extra-curricular activities were also promoted by Sr de Lourdes and the other teaching sisters. Elocution, dancing, choirs (both singing and choral speaking) participation at Féile na Scoileanna and school tours, each in their own way quietly and successfully contributed to getting us ready to face the future in public. A true professional in all that she did, her positivity and determination, for me, were not to be in awe of but to be emulated and copied in every facet of life. I marvelled at Sr de Lourdes’ ability to ‘work a room’ and to home in on someone she could be introduced to for follow-up conversation in the future. She built up a network of contacts that benefitted everyone, both in school and in the community. Many bankers, finance company officers, insurance assistants and secretaries may thank Sr de Lourdes directly for their career start. A most revered Bank of Ireland H.R. Manager, John O’ Sullivan, often asked after Sr de Lourdes and described her as the best recruitment officer he had encountered in his time. This is because she would call him up and mention that she had ‘a number of suitable candidates’ coming on stream and perhaps he could advise her of interview dates. Now that is how you apply for a position! Tell them how good you are before the application is even submitted. She could have given Lord Alan Sugar a run for his money on “The Apprentice”.
Sr de Lourdes' ‘can do - will do’ attitude would be the envy of any CEO of a company today. She came from good substantial stock in Kerry, indeed I believe she had an uncle who was a Bishop in Kenya at some stage. While she may have spent her youth in Cahir her heart was always – to her dying day - in Cappoquin. She saw the potential in many of the pupils in the school and nurtured that by her incredible powers of delegation and challenged the abilities of sometimes reluctant task performers who turned out to be teachers and principals in our own school years later. Being in charge of the roll book is an immense responsibility but one she delegated with confidence to Anne O’Brien (Devine), who obviously did a good job with it as she later became school principal as well. She taught me how to answer the school phone and take a message correctly. I remember proudly stating to my mother that I had been promoted to Sr de Lourdes' secretary at 10 years of age. Her positive reinforcement was a motivating factor for us in our pursuit of self-development and excellence. From the early days to the end of her days, I was welcomed at the convent. If I were ever missing from home during the school holidays I was often found in the school assisting Sr de Lourdes with cleaning and polishing of the hard floors and stairs, or years later organising the Pioneer Tour itinerary or functions with the Town Twinning with which, through her influence, I became involved. From enigma to legend. After retiring from the National School she took a role in St Anne’s Secondary School. She had been instrumental in the formation of the Secretarial School. I am certain that she organised the collective brain of the Sisters in the convent to be one step ahead at all times and be ready for the many changes to come. My admiration for her grew as she got older and busier in her so called ‘retirement’. I loved that she sat on the Cappoquin Development Company Board by virtue of her expertise and business acumen and not just as a token cleric. Her participation and role in the Day Care Centre was the reason for many people being in attendance. All these extra roles were non-remunerated which makes her contribution to our local community all the more valuable and her status as a role model unquestionable. Her love of Our Lady and her vocation as a nun was evidenced in every meeting with her. She was like the Lioness in Winter in her declining years (despite moving to Dungarvan when our local convent had closed). She continued to visit Cappoquin as often as she could, and booked her plot in St Declan’s cemetery with her companion Sisters of Mercy with whom she lived in community. They all served the people of Cappoquin and surrounding areas unselfishly and untiringly. I salute you, Friend, truly a woman of Great Substance.
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MODELIGO LOTTO RESULTS 29th September, 2018 – Numbers drawn were 5, 17 and 22. No winner. €25 winners Teresa Hickey, Sleady; Ed Lonergan; Ena Doocey;Teresa O’Connell, Clashmore. Lotto tickets can be got from any Community Centre member. Next week’s Jackpot €1,100. WHITECHURCH REUNION Following on from last year’s successful Whitechurch Renunion, Modeligo GAA club present Whitechurch Reloaded happening in the Park Hotel on Sunday, October 28th, 9 till late (bar ext till 2). Original Whitechurch DJ Bernie Cahill, plus special guest DJ Michael O’Rourke. Finger food served. Spot Prizes. 80s Disco Dress Code Optional. Over 21s only: Admission strictly by ticket only. Admission: €20. Tickets on Sale from The Park Hotel; Kenneths Pet Shop Dungarvan; Deckies Bar Modeligo; The Welcome Inn; Beary’s Cross and Denn Feeds. Tickets now on sale so get in early and make sure you have your ticket as tickets sold out very early last year. FOROGIE GROUP Forogie volunteer information session will take place in Modeligo Community Centre on Friday night, 5th October at
7.30 p.m. Volunteers required over 18s. All welcome. Complimentary refreshments. For more info call Mark O’Dwyer (Forogie) on 0867791741 or Mike O’Rourke on 087-2562388. ST. JOHNS SPECIAL SCHOOL St. Johns Special School have started a lotto. tickets €2 each, 3 consolation prizes of €20.Tickets can be bought locally from Deckies bar. CIRCUIT TRAINING Circuit Training has now started on Monday nights at 7.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. in Modeligo Community Centre. Adaptable exercises to suit any level of fitness, beginners or experienced are welcome. No Booking required. Great way to have fun get fit and get through those winter months. Classes instructed by qualified strength and conditioning instructor. For more info contact Shane Coughlan on 0871345574. NOTES Anyone wishing to include items in the Parish notes, please contact Monica before 8.00 p.m. on Mondays on 087-4112798 or email them to marymonicaobyrne@gmail.com. BOOKINGS Anyone looking to book the Astro turf or hall please contact John Power on 087-2834600.
KNOCKANORE KGK COMMUNITY COUNCIL Check us out on our Facebook pages (Knockanore Area KGK Community Council) and (Knockanore Heritage and History). 2019 Annual Festival in Knockanore on Thursday, 4th July, to Sunday, 7th July. Other clubs and societies in the area please note. MONSIGNOR OLDEN TALK IN KNOCKANORE On Wednesday, September 26th, Monsignor Olden introduced his new book entitled “The Faith Journey of the Deice People”. in the KGK Sports Hall in Knockanore. After a brilliant introduction by well-known author, Jim O’Malley, the Monsignor spoke of his deep interest in all areas of our Diocese, especially the areas of Kilcockan and Molana, explaining how their histories
went back over 700 years. Without a doubt, his book, the culmination of many years of talented research, will be a reference for students of history for many years to come. The event was organised by KGK Heritage and History Group. Get well wishes to Maureen Roche who recently suffered a mishap.
Monsignor Olden at his book launch.
A section of the audience at the launch of Monsignor Olden’s new book.
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BALLINAMEELA CURRENT EVENTS ON IN THE HALL AND LOCAL COMMUNITY
By Donal Buckley
Keeping It Real I DON'T mean to keep harping on about it (or do I?), but I was in the Cotswolds a couple of weeks ago. While we were there, we had the pleasure of being accompanied by tour guide Graham Sutherland. A retired policeman from Warwickshire, Graham is a historian, author and a former town crier. It would have been easy for him to just give us the facts; names, dates and geography. We would have been suitably impressed and our curiosity sated. But Graham Sutherland is a story teller whose quirky tales turned a good tour in to a great adventure. Within twenty minutes of leaving our hotel, he had regaled us with the tragic story of the Charfield railway disaster. In October of 1928, a freight train collided with the LeedsBristol mail train, which in turn crashed in to another freight train on the other line. In the ensuing pile-up, the gas used to light the carriages exploded and burnt out four of those carriages. The official report in the aftermath of the crash put the death toll at 16 with 41 injured. In the grand scheme of things, this was not the biggest rail crash nor did it have the largest number of casualties. What made this particular incident exceptional was the fact that two of the dead were children who were never identified nor claimed. Nobody knows where these children came from, where they were going to or even if they were together. Many theories have been put forward over the years since then. It was suggested that the coroner miscounted the remains and had parts left over. The fire blazed for 12 hours, so any forensics would have been very difficult to carry out, especially in the 1920's. There were suggestions, regarding the origin of these "children", that they were young lovers eloping or that they were refugees from mainland Europe. The mystery would have stayed there, were it not for a lady in black appearing at the crash memorial on the anniversary of the tragedy every year. This continued until the 1950's when the lady disappeared as mysteriously as she appeared. Newspaper articles, books and investigations have failed to provide anything more than speculation regarding both the cause of the crash and the enigma of the unidentified children. This hasn't stopped a constant stream of unanswered questions from journalists, politicians and the general public. Of course, the longer time went on, the more fantastical the stories became. It has been seriously suggested that the children were either aliens or from the future.We humans need to have mysteries solved. Having an unresolved problem does not sit well with us. Whether its the seemingly sordid past of Brett Kavanaugh or the identification of baby John in Kerry, it’s important that 'closure' is achieved. If our queries aren't satisfactorily answered, it leaves room for imagination to fill the gaps. Fantasies, legend and facts get muddled up and before you know it the truth gets in the way of a good story. Unscrupulous characters can exploit these manufactured “facts” and build on this dodgy foundation. A culture can grow up around it and then you have the makings of a cult . . . or, God forbid! . . . a religion. Ballinameela Creatives are on the side of the good guys . . . and gals. Gulag author Alexander Solzhenitsyn said, “Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.”
BALLINAMEELA COMMUNITY CENTRE ANNUAL FUNDRAISER Tickets are on sale for 'Mr & Mrs', this year’s Annual Fundraiser for the Community Centre, which takes place on Friday, 19th October in the Park Hotel. We are delighted to announce that DJ Noel will be playing some tunes after the quiz so be sure to book those babysitters and get your dancing shoes on for what’s going to be a great night. To secure your tickets please call/text 087-2879429 after 7.00 p.m.Tickets can also be purchased from any of the committee members or at the Shop in Aglish. Anyone following us on Facebook will have seen some updates about the couples participating on the night, so please keep an eye as we will be posting more details over the next few weeks. All funds raised on the night will go directly to the running and upkeep of our Community Centre so your support is greatly appreciated. THANK YOU Sean Cronin would like to extend a huge ‘Thank You’ on behalf of his sister Lorraine and the Wheelchair Association to everyone who contributed so generously recently to the ‘Parachute Jump’ that was completed by Sean’s sister Lorraine on Saturday, August 18th. This was a fundraising exercise to pur-
chase a new bus to be used by the service users of the Wheelchair Association. €635 was collected within the Parish which was greatly appreciated and went directly to the organisation. Sean wishes to thank each and everyone in the Community for their courtesy, kindness and generosity. CIRCUIT TRAINING Circuit Training classes are starting back on Monday October 1st between 7.00 p.m. 8.00 p.m. in the Ballinameela Community Centre.They will run for 12 Mondays up to Christmas. Sign up on first night deal is available 12 Classes for €50 (2 free Classes) or 6 Classes for €25 (1 Class free), this deal available on first night sign up only. Contact Tom on 0878229762 for more details. BALLINAMEELA ADULT & TODDLER GROUP The Ballinameela Toddler Group meets every Thursday from 9.30 a.m. to 11.30 p.m. in the Halla of Whitechurch National School. New parents, childminders, grandparents with toddlers very welcome. For more information contact Janice on 087-9718945. FINISK VALLEY AC Any children in our community who are interested in running, jumping or throwing and would like to get involved in athletics, call down to Ballinameela Community pitch/hall, training
times are Monday and Wednesday evenings from 7.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. Minimum age limit is 5 years old (child needs to be school going). Full programme of events can be obtained at our training session. LADIES INDOOR SOCCER Ladies indoor soccer on every Tuesday night at 7.00 p.m. in the Community Centre. Contact Noirin Kelly on (086) 836 2695 if interested. BADMINTON If you fancy a sociable game of badminton come along to Ballinameela Community Centre on Tuesday nights from 8.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m. Contact Mairead on 087-7681975 if interested. COMMUNITY ALERT There is a Community Alert text system in place - text your name and mobile number to this number: 087-3538347. It works in 2 ways. Firstly a message regarding any suspicious activity is sent to your phone so you can be on the lookout. Secondly you can send details of suspicious activity to this number where it will be re-sent around to the community and to the Gardai who treat it as serious and act immediately. Follow on facebook www.facebook.com/parish.com munityalert.ie BOOKING THE HALL If you would like to start your
own indoor soccer game or other activity you can book the hall through our booking officer Alison Curran on 087-8289147. The Centre is also a great place for kids parties etc and can be rented for €30. Anyone renting the hall, please pay the person who opens up the hall for you and please take away your own rubbish. If you are borrowing anything from the hall, contact Alison Curran also. Alison Maher is responsible for the month of October for opening and closing the Community Centre and can be contacted on 087-2879429. LOTTO RESULTS 1/10/2018 – Winning numbers were 5, 9 and 13. There was one winner. Congratulations to Colin Hamill, Villierstown on your €4,550 Jackpot win. €20 winners were Jack Curran, Twomilebridge; Alan Curran, Kilnafarna; Kitty Moynihan, Kereen; Pat Daly, Cappagh and Bunty O’Sullivan. Next week’s Jackpot is €500 and the draw will take place in Kereen Bar. NOTES FOR INCLUSION If you have something you would like included in the Ballinameela notes you can email Brigid Byrne on brigidmhallahan@gmail.com or phone 0879194287. You can also Follow and like us on our Facebook Page Ballinameela Community Centre.
ARDMORE ARDMORE TIDY TOWNS ALL-IRELAND CHAMPION In congratulating Jay Prendergast on winning the All Ireland Championship in his class at The National Ploughing Championships in Offaly last week I said it was his 4th AllIreland success when it was actually his 5th. As you can imagine, some of the relatives soon corrected me!! Well done again Jay. Some achievement! SPLIT THE POT Congratulations to Pat Dalton on winning half the pot in our draw on Wednesday night in the Round Tower Hotel. Pat won €238 and The Ardmore National School Parents’ Association received €238. Don't forget to get your envelope in Ardmore before this week’s draw, simply put €2 in the envelope and write your name and phone number on it and leave with any of the participating businesses in the village. Thank you all for your continued support and thanks to all the businesses who sell and keep the envelopes for us. PROGRESSIVE 45 AT KEEVERS Youghal players Sheelagh
O’Brien & Dick Barry were outright winnera at Keevers last week with Tom Power & Michael O’Reilly in 2nd and Jason Lenane & Mattie Cronin in 3rd. Marie Stilwell & Peggy Keevers were best of the last 5 James Flavin & John Cronin again won the last game. POKER LEAGUE ENDS THIS WEDNESDAY Catherine Mansfield took the honours last week with Fr. Lucey maintaining his good form in 2nd and Ger Cronin was 3rd. With only this Wednesday remaining the final placings are already decided and with 378 points Jerome Curran is our winner comfortably beating Redmond Foley on 308 and James Bryan (264) is in 3rd with this week’s scores to be added. We’ll have a €15 game this week & we’ll start our winter league next week. TIDY TOWNS RESULTS Our 2018 results were a bit of a mixed bag which saw us improve our marks by 4 marks to 329 which is a great achievement and well deserved. We had two judgings, one on 9th July and the other on the 1st August. The adjudicators were
very thorough and very complimentary to our efforts and gave us a very honest assessment of our efforts. We also retained our Silver medal and there were only five other villages in the country ahead of us.We would have liked
to achieve a Gold medal but that’s going to have to take further effort and a return to the grindstone. And we’ll really have to get our ducks in a row now before Winter and holidays etc distract us, as happened last year.
A Blast from the past. Picture shows a youthful Liam Gleeson performing during The Roaring 20s Ardmore festival in the early 80s.
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Team HOPE Christmas Shoebox Appeal TEAM Hope’s Christmas Shoebox Appeal was launched last week by Alison Curtis of Today FM. The Weekend Breakfast host has joined forces with Team Hope this year to encourage families, friends, schools, community groups and businesses across Ireland to support the annual Appeal and donate gift-filled shoeboxes to children from some of the poorest regions of the world by 9th November. It’s easy and simple for people to get involved in their own schools, communities, businesses and among their family and friends. All you have to do is find an empty shoebox, wrap it in Christmas paper and fill it with gifts for a boy or girl aged between 2 and 14, enclose €4 and bring it to a local drop off point.You can get all the information and resources you need online at www.teamhope.ie. Alison said at the launch: “I’m delighted to be supporting the Team Hope Shoebox Appeal this year. My daughter and I take part every year and it’s a very special way for children to understand the power of giving to others but importantly, it is a great opportunity to share a small but immensely powerful gift with less fortunate children. Every Shoebox counts and I’m encouraging everyone to get involved in whatever way they can to help us smash the target and deliver 280,000 Shoeboxes this year.” Carol Hennessey, National Christmas Shoebox Appeal Manager says “This simple practical act of kindness means so much to both people here in Ireland donating Shoeboxes and to children overseas receiving a gift. It’s always thrilling to see how vulnerable children overseas respond to receiving a Shoebox gift – their faces just light up!” When considering items that are best to gift, think of the 4W’s: Write – pen, pencil, copybook, paper, colouring book, felt pens, sharpener, eraser, solar calculator (these children have no access to batteries). • Wash – toothbrush and toothpaste, soap (wrapped), facecloth, hairbrush, comb. • Wear – a hat, scarf, gloves, socks or underwear. • Wow – sunglasses, games, small Irish gift, a photo of yourself, sweets (must be in date until at least April 2019), make up, a small musical instrument, toys like a doll, a car, cuddly toy, skipping rope, yo-yo or finger puppet. This year Team Hope are thrilled to be supported by Fitzpatrick Wholesale who are selling Team Hope branded flat pack shoeboxes. The flat pack shoeboxes are available across Flying Tiger Copenhagen stores and selected retailers nationwide, RRP €3. In the last number of years there’s been lots of enquires about sourcing shoeboxes so now, if you can’t easily find an average sized shoebox, you have the option to buy flat pack shoeboxes instead – no wrapping required! So please get filling your shoeboxes! Make sure you donate your Shoebox gift through Team Hope’s Drop-Off points by 9th November, this year’s deadline. There are 400 drop off points nationwide, including all Axa, FastFit/FirstStop branches and Toymaster stores. To find your nearest drop-off point visit www.teamhope.ie Follow Team Hope on Facebook at www.facebook.com/team.hope.ireland Twitter @TeamHopeIreland #ShoeboxingChampion #EveryBoxCounts Team Hope is an International Development Aid Charity CHY 14524 and Charities Regulatory Authority No. 20047627.
ANNUAL MUSEUM FUNDRAISING BOOK SALE 2018 – A massive thank you to all our volunteers who helped us to move thousands of books for our annual book sale, especially our younger volunteers who no doubt will eventually be members of the museum society. Thanks to Tomás, Nioclás and Tara who volunteered their vehicles to transport the books in a last minute emergency and as always a big thank you to the Ryan family who continue to make themselves available year after year.
YOUR CHANCE TO SUPPORT THE MUSEUM Museum membership is available for an annual fee of €15 if you would like to support the work of the museum. The museum relies heavily on membership fees, donations and fund raising activities, so we would be delighted if you would join us as a member. DONATION OF OBJECTS AND OLD PHOTOGRAPHS The museum relies on donations of objects from members of the public. We do not have funds to purchase objects, so we would
be very grateful for any objects of local historic interest which you would kindly be willing to donate to us. Also if you have any old photographs of people, places, ships, sports events etc. with a County Waterford connection we are very happy to accept them. VISITING THE MUSEUM We welcome visits from schools, community groups, and local history societies. Please contact us at (058) 45960 to arrange a visit. OPENING HOURS Monday to Friday 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Admission is free.
CONTACT DETAILS Tel: (058) 45960. Email: info@waterfordmuseum.ie. Website: www.waterfordmuseum.ie Facebook: waterford county museum Twitter: @waterfordmuseum TRIPADVISOR REVIEWS See what people think of our museum on TripAdvisor at https://bit.ly/2ODTk9b Waterford County Museum is a non profit organisation, curated and managed by a voluntary committee.
OBJECT OF THE WEEK . . .
Watercolour Painting of the Pier near Faithlegg House, County Waterford by Maud Power c. 1920s MAUD Power of Faithlegg House was an amateur artist who wrote and illustrated a book titled 'Wayside India' published in 1907. The Spectator reviewed it as follows: 'Miss Power relates her Indian experiences in a lively fashion, not without a certain tone of satire when she comes to describe the manners and customs of the British. On the whole, the pen and ink pictures are effective...the sketches which are by the same hand, show an elegance'. The picture is a recent acquisition and is now on display in our art section in the museum. We are hoping to build up a collection of works by County Waterford artists and would love to hear from anyone who has such works.
FIRST WORLD WAR WATERFORD CASUALTY LIST FOR WEEK ENDING 3rd OCTOBER, 2018 Surname Prendergast Landers Horsom McConnell Haigh
First Name David Thomas George Samuel John Caleb
Age Service No. Rank 19 6739 Pr. 16255/30656 Pr. 23634 Pr. 21 42391 Pr./22529 28 2Lt
Service Army Army Army Army Army
Unit R.I.Reg.2Bn R.I.Reg.2Bn/R.Dub.Fus.1Bn R.Dub.Fus.1Bn R.I.Fus.1Bn/R.I.Rifles R.I.Rifles.3Bn
Where Born Dungarvan Stradbally/Dungarvan Ballinameela Waterford Kilmeaden
Death Category Killed in action Killed in action Killed in action Killed in action Killed in action
Date of Death 9/27/18 9/27/18 9/29/18 10/1/18 10/2/18
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WEST WATERFORD CONTACT INFORMATION Please note, items to be included in the West Waterford Notes column must be submitted at the latest 10.00 p.m. on the Monday night before publication. Items for the notes are always welcome and can be submitted by email to westwatnotes@yahoo.co.uk or by call, text, whatsApp or viber to 0872076704 or calling 024-92249. Thank you. GOLDEN GOAL COMPETITION Congratulations to Breda Cleary and Jack O’Halloran who each won €100 in the Golden Goal Competition which was run in conjunction with the Intermediate Western Final. SOCIAL DANCE CLASS Social Dance Class with Helen Kealy continues in St. Declan’s Hall Ardmore every Wednesday at 8.00 p.m. and everyone is very welcome. LIVE MUSIC On Saturday night, October 20th at 9.00 p.m. in St. Declan’s Hall Ardmore we will have Social Dancing with Live Music by Pat Costello and everyone is welcome. NEW ARRIVAL Congratulations and best wishes to Clashmore’s Pa Cunningham and his partner Kim Cullinan on the birth of their baby boy whom they have named Thomas Anthony. A most welcome little grandson for Bridget Cunningham, Ballyheeney. Best wishes Pa and Kim from all your family and friends in Clashmore.
CLINICS Mary Butler TD will be holding Advice Clinics on the 1st Saturday of the Month, in St. Patrick’s Hall Tallow - 11.00 a.m., The Red Hall Lismore 11.45 a.m.,The Community Hall Cappoquin - 12.30 p.m. Her next Clinic will be on this Saturday, October 6th. Please contact 087-7425020 with any questions. COMMUNITY COUNCIL ANNUAL MEETING The Annual Meeting was held last Friday. Many thanks to everybody who turned up. They heard from Jimmy Taaffe, Chief Executive of Waterford Leader Partnership, Councillor Pat Nugent and Councillor Tom Cronin about the issues facing small rural communities like ours and the plans in place to generate more opportunities along the Blackwater Valley. The Meeting appointed a new Executive Committee comprising of Suzanne Allen, Colette Beresford, Richard Casey, Helen Collins, Joan Curtin, Pat Dillane, Jazz Fitzgerald, JJ Fitzgerald, Ita Keevers, Jacinta Kiely, Dara Llewellyn, Marian O’Halloran, Easther Quinn, Richard Torney, Paulus Van Heesewijk. Copies of the Annual Report are available from An Siopa Nua. CAMERA CLUB The Camera Club meets Thursday night in the Clashmore Heritage Centre at 8.00 p.m. USING THE GYM FOR THE OVER 50s TUESDAY, 9TH OCTOBER Our resident trainer, Ann
Ger Buckley competing at the Knockanore Ploughing Match.
Guiry, will be starting classes on Tuesdays from 16th October. Men from 9.00 a.m. and women from 10.00 a.m. Cost is €45 for 6 sessions and they will all take place in the Clashmore/Kinsalebeg GAA Community Gym. Registration and payment for men and women will take place next Tuesday, 9th October at 9.30 a.m. at the GAA hall. Places are limited. BABY BOY Congratulations to Jason and Marianne Seward, Kinsalebeg on the birth of their baby boy whom they have named Odhran, a most welcome grandson for proud grandparents Ann and Tom Seward, Piltown. Best wishes from all your family and friends. CLASHMORE TIDY TOWNS ASSOCIATION As reported last week, our results in the Tidy Towns competition amounted to a fantastic nine point increase on 2017 which we are indeed delighted about. Now that we have had a little time to digest the full report we want to summarize some of the main points within. We were lucky enough to gain points in seven out of the eight categories with our largest increases being under “Community – Your Planning & Involvement” and “Tidiness & Litter Control”.The “Community” category is a very important one for Tidy Towns and we hope that this is down to the links which we continue to forge with other local groups such as Clashmore & Kinsalebeg Community Council and Clashmore & Kinsalebeg Foróige groups who have been a great support to us when it comes to our Road Clean-up and Playground Clean-up events etc. Also we were well commended in the “Tidiness” category which of course is one of the basic tenets of this competition and we mainly have our CE Scheme workers to thank for keeping this in check but also those village residents who keep an eye out for any loose rubbish that may have otherwise been missed. Overall we received some very good comments regarding the general streetscape of the village, the landscaping and the residential areas as well as the approach roads which again is due to the great work of our CE Scheme workers but also great credit is due to the village residents for keeping their houses and estates looking so well. Also on the landscaping/planting, we must sincerely thank Suzanne Allen and her volunteers who continue to do such great work every year on the flower beds and planters etc. Finally there is always room for improvement and this year was no different with some very helpful comments from the adjudicator to point us in the right direction, especially in the area of Sustainability, but also in the “Nature & Biodiversity” category, so we hope to plan accordingly over the next few months
to make improvements there for 2019. For anyone interested in seeing the full report please go to www.tidytowns.ie/reports for more information and for anyone interested in joining our group please contact us on 0860740461 or send us a message on Facebook. AGLISH 45 DRIVE The following is the results from last week’s 45 Drive at Deise Bru House in Aglish Village. In joint first on 7 games were Jimmy Downey and Marie O’Connell and Kathleen Osborne and Mary O’Donovan. Best of the last five with three games were Gavin Kennifick and Paul Walsh. Our Lucky last game winners were Kathleen Twohig and Paul O’Connell. Our Bonus Spot prize: Gavin Kennifick and Marie O’Connell. Cards again in Deise Bru House in Aglish Village, this Thursday at 9.00 p.m. sharp €10 to play! All money is paid out on night! GOOD LUCK LADIES Also wishing best of luck our local GAA Ladies team in the final on Friday night! DATES FOR YOUR DIARY AT DEISE BRU HOUSE Sunday, October 7th at 6.30 p.m. till 8.30 p.m. live music with ADHOC. Saturday, October 13th at 9.30 p.m. OUT THE GAP. Sunday, Ocotber 28th: Our Hallowe’en party is on Sunday October 28th, fancy dress, loads of spot prizes for best family, individuals, young and old! Live Music, food, goodies and loads of tricks and treats in store! CHRISTMAS FAIR We still have a few stalls available for our Christmas Fair on November 25th filling up fast! So booking is advised CLASHMORE 45 DRIVE At our Clashmore 45 Drive on Monday night, September 24th, our winners this week on ten games were Tom Osborne and John Motherway. In second place on seven games we had Tessie Mansfield and Terri McGrath. In third place on six games we had Eileen Dower and Kathleen Osborne. Best of the last five were Jock O’Connell and Derry Cotter, Hannah Lucas and Mary O’Donovan.Well done to all our winners and thanks to everyone for your great support. CLASHMORE / KINSALEBEG GAA LOTTO Our Clashmore/Kinsalebeg GAA club weekly lotto draw took place last Monday night, October 1st, and the following were the numbers out of the drum this week 12, 10, 22 and 29. We had no jackpot winner. Next week our Jackpot will be €1,800 when our draw takes place at the Old Still Bar Clashmore. Our lucky €20 spot prizes winners this week were Noel O’Brien, Declan Hickey, Paddy Kelleher, Pat Collins C/O Wa, Padraig Connery. Well done
Clashmore/Kinsalebeg Foroige supporting our Intermediate hurlers.
FOROIGE NEWS Foroige clubs are now full – no more registrations will be taken until September 2019. Our clubs are now up and running and our first night was all about our local heroes The Clashmore/Kinsalebeg GAA team who won the Intermediate Final on Sunday. We were very busy on our first night making red and green pom poms, head bands, and of course our huge sign which takes pride of place at the top of our village. Congrats from us all! Wishing ye all the very best in the next round ….“Hon the Trench” to all our winners and thanks to everyone for your support. CLASHMORE RAMBLERS LOTTO RESULTS Our weekly Clashmore Ramblers Alpha Lotto draw took place on Sunday night last, September 30th. Our letters drawn were Z, Q, B and N. We had no winner of our Jackpot which now stands at €1,350.The following were our lucky weekly prize winners of €20 each: Darragh Curran, Eoin Fitzgerald and Viju c/o Eithne. Congratulations to all our winners and thanks to everyone for your support. CLASHMORE RAMBLERS NEWS Our Annual General Meeting takes place on Sunday next, 7th October at The Old Still Bar, Clashmore, starting at 7.00 p.m. All welcome. We are looking for new people to join our committee. Please attend, your support will be very much appreciated.
LATE EILEEN McGRATH With great sadness we record the death of Eileen McGrath, Monatrea Middle, Kinsalebeg who died on Monday last, October 1st. Eileen will repose at The Kiely Funeral Home, Dungarvan on Wednesday, 3rd October from 5.00 p.m. with Rosary at 7.30 p.m. Requiem Mass will be celebrated on this Thursday, 4th October, at 12.00 noon in St. Bartholomew's Church, Piltown, followed by burial in the adjoining cemetery. To her daughter Mary; son Tommy; daughter-in-law Margaret; grandchildren Keith and Leona; great-grandchildren, family and friends we extend our deepest sympathy. GET WELL WISHES Get well wishes to Phyllis O’Halloran who is presently in hospital. Hope to have you home and well soon Phyllis.
Parish of Aglish, Ballinameela and Mount Stuart CHANGE OF OCTOBER MASS TIMES Please note from Sunday, October 14th the following Mass times in the Parish will change. The new times will be Mount Stuart 9.45 a.m. and Aglish will be 11.00 a.m. The Vigil Mass in Ballinameela remains the same 7.30 p.m. on Saturday evenings. PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL We are still appealing for new members to join our Parish Pastoral Council. It is important that people come forward. We thank those who are serving on the Council at the moment and we hope that they will continue. FIRST HOLY COMMUNION /FIRST PENANCE Thanks to the parents who have put their child’s name in for First Holy Communion and First Penance 2019. Any others please do so as soon as possible.
Clashmore and Piltown Parish MASS TIMES Weekday Mass in Clashmore this Thursday morning at 10.00 a.m. Piltown - Friday morning at 10.00 a.m. WEEKEND MASS TIMES Piltown – Saturday Vigil Mass – 6.00 p.m. Clashmore – Sunday Morning – 9.00 a.m.
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Clashmore/Kinsalebeg hurlers make history CONGRATULATIONS to Clashmore/Kinsalebeg Intermediate Hurlers who did their Club and Parish proud in the Fraher Field on Sunday last when they won their first Western Intermediate Hurling title for their club. Well done to the supporters who came out in huge numbers to support the team, and gave them a great welcome home later that evening. On Monday the team received a heroes welcome from the staff and pupils in our three local schools when they paid them all a visit. Roll on October 14th. Best of luck Clashmore/Kinsalebeg in the County Final. Pictured are the Western Intermediate Hurling champions who paid a visit with the cup to Ballycurrane N.S. much to the delight of pupils and staff.
Blackwater Garden Centre staff past and present come to say goodbye to Ithel McKenna on Sunday.
Blackwater Garden Centre â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The end of an era Last Sunday, Blackwater Garden Centre closed its doors after 36 years. Lots of former staff turned up to say goodbye to Ithel. This is a sad day for local gardeners who were always able to get advice as well as plants and trees, but also for the whole community. Mike and Ithel McKenna throughout their time at the
Garden Centre always supported local groups, such as Youghal Tidy Towns, Community Radio Youghal, Local Hospitals and Hospices, Waterford Garden Trail, Clashmore Tidy Towns, Kinsalebeg Community Group, Kinsalebeg Community Alert Group and before his sad passing last year, Mike was instrumental in setting up Clashmore and Kinsalebeg Community Council giving
freely of his time and expertise. In the last few years the Good Food Cafe became a valuable local asset where you could have a chat, a cup of tea and a cake or a nourishing meal. Ithel and Anne will be sorely missed and whatever their next endeavours will be, they carry with them the thanks and best wishes of the whole community.
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Clara’s Concert was cool HAD the capacity audience been at the Three Arena in Dublin last Friday night, they would not have had as good entertainment as they were treated to in The Park Hotel by a host of local and visiting very talented traditional musicians. Many of these artists are known far and wide across the country and even as far as Adelaide and San Francisco. The occasion was a fundraising event in aid of ACT for Meningitis, the organisation which is committed to alerting the public of the dangers of meningitis and septicaemia, either of which can prove fatal if not treated promptly. The concert was arranged and hosted by Clara Mannion, a local All-Ireland Champion in concertina and who herself, at the age of two, contracted meningitis, but after spending 14 days in isolation and having 16 injections a day, survived to lead a full and active life. “I wanted to give something back as a result of my experience,” Clara explains. “I came across ACT for Meningitis online and I knew in my heart that I wanted to support them.” ACT for Meningitis was established in 2011 by a wonderful mother, Siobhan Carroll from Galway who lost her precious little daughter Aoibhe, aged four to Meningitis. ACT for Meningitis works to rebuild lives and offers
Clara Mannion (centre) with Siobhán Carroll and Dawn McGoldrick from ACT for Meningitis at Clara’s Concert. [Tom Keith] support to anyone affected by the condition, while also raising awareness of the illness. “My family and I were thrilled to have Siobhan Carroll and Dawn McGoldrick down from Galway to help out on the night,” says Clara.“We were overwhelmed to have raised a total of €2,784 from donations, tickets sales and from the raffle, a generous gesture on the part of so many in the district. This will contribute to 53 hours worth of Play Therapy for children who are affected by Meningitis in Ireland. From her days playing with Comeraghs Comhaltas from an early age, to years of teaching up
Bobby Gardiner plays his ‘magic’ at Clara’s Concert last Friday night. [Tom Keith]
and coming young musicians, Clara knows many of the now adult musicians around and was able to dip into the vast pool of talent to put her memorable concert together. Never did a foot stop tapping through the night, as local musicians were joined by musical colleagues from around the county as well as places beyond. Among the visitors were Edel Fox and Neill Byrne, Rigs and Jeels from Tipperary, the master box player Bobby Gardiner from Tipperary, The Maguires from Wicklow as well as the Tramore Comhaltas who played five tutored original arrangements by Rebecca McCarthy Kent, also present was her sister Jana. It was a night to remember and the audience were generous with their applause showing appreciation for each of the true musical artists. Clara and family extend their sincere thanks to everyone for their support and for making it a night to remember! Those who took part were: The Auld Rouges; Bobby Gardiner; The Maguire Band; Claire and Niamh Fennell and Clodagh Kelly; Sliabh gCua Set Dancers; Thomas Ahearn and Cathal Ryan; Edel Fox and Neil Byrne; Noel Clancy, Paddy Tutty and Donnchadh Gough; Cúl Cheoil; Concertina Ensemble; Rebecca and Jana McCarthy Kent; Tramore Comhaltas; Ryan School of Dance; the O’Gorman family; Gearóid Byrne; Rigs and Jeels; and the Mannion family.
Some of the many musicians bring last Friday night’s fabulous Clara Concert to a close with a rousing medley. [Tom Keith]
The Mannion family who attended and played at Clara’s Concert last Friday night. From left: Martin, Laura, Clara, Joe and Majella. [Tom Keith]
The Fiddlers Three: Sarah, Seamus and Ellen O’Gorman.
[Tom Keith]
Some of the many musicians who played at Clara’s concert last Friday night were: Claire Fennell, Sarah O’Gorman, Seamus O’Gorman, Niamh Fennell, Clodagh Kelly, Caoimhe Timmins, Daniel O’Keeffe and Ellen O’Gorman. [Tom Keith]
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Dungarvan Care of the Aged CLG celebrates 25 years of Service DUNGARVAN Care of the Aged was established in 1993 and accordingly celebrates 25 years of service to the Community this year. This milestone was celebrated on 18th August last with an outdoor party open to all in the grounds of the Day Centre in Mitchell St attended by in excess of 400 people. The City and County Council was represented by the Mayor, Councillor Declan Doocey and by Cathaoirleach of the Dungarvan and Lismore Municipal District, Councillor John Pratt. Deputy Mary Butler was also in attendance. Mayor Doocey in his address was high in his praise of the very important role which the Deise Day Centre played in combatting loneliness and isolation among the elderly. It also enabled many older people to remain in their own homes as opposed to moving to nursing homes at considerable saving to the State. The concept of the Day Centre was very much in line with the Age Friendly Strategy adopted by the Council in 2017. He thanked the Board members all of whom act in a voluntary capacity, the Staff including CE and TUS Staff, volunteers and all associated with the Day Centre. Donal Connolly Chairman of the Company and Monica Walsh a founding member of the Company outlined the history, success and growth of the Day Centre over the 25 years. They outlined the important role played by the Presentation Nuns in whose premises the Day Centre operated for 15 years and on whose land the Centre is now built. They made particular reference to the major part played by Sister Helen a Mercy Nun in the early years of the Centre and indeed the original Board members which included current members Monica herself, Kay O’Flynn and Gerry Cummins. Following the opening speeches Canon William Ryan, P.P. and Dean Paul Draper blessed the new extension to the Day Centre, all associated with it and all present. Mayor Declan Doocey then cut the birthday cake commemorating the occasion, gratefully given to us by Harringtons. An evening of entertainment followed under the guidance of MC Charlie McAlister including balloon making by Viktor Forja, set dancing by Helen Kealy and friends, line dancing from Active Retirement, singing from members of the Day Centre and music from Sunset Sound.Those present enjoyed the delicious cooking from Elaine Cummins and her staff in the Kitchen and ice cream provided by Butlers Ice Cream. They also enjoyed the opportunity to view the fine new extension to the Day Centre and the wonderful exhibition from the previous 25 years. The Chairman and members
are grateful for all the work involved in preparing for the Day by the Centre Manager Margaret, Clare, Elaine and all our staff and volunteers. They are also indebted to the outdoor staff of Waterford City and County Council, Waterford and Wexford ETB, Dungarvan Transport and all who assisted in anyway including those who provide financial assistance The Department of Rural and Community Development, Pobal, HSE, Dormant Accounts Fund and supporters The Dungarvan Parish S.E. Scheme, TUS and The Lions Club. The Déise Day Centre provides a “home away from home” for people over 65 years of age with a full meal and a programme of entertainment and social activities each day Monday to Friday. It also provides a meals on wheels service to those over 65 who are unable to travel to the Centre all at a very reasonable cost. We welcome you to come and join us. Please call us at 05844556. See our web site www.desiedaycentre.com or join our facebook page.
Committee
Set Dancing 25 Years Ago
Entertainment
Music
Young at Heart Choir
Butlers Ice Cream
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Starting next Thursday, 11th October …
It’s Super Country Music all the way! at Lawlors Hotel, Dungarvan (058-41122 • info@lawlorshotel.com) On Thursday 11th, Friday 12th & Saturday, 13th October, 2018 EARLIER dancing on Thursday night from 8.30 pm. to 12 midnight. Dancing Friday and Saturday 9.30 p.m. to 1.00 a.m. There will be a super Double Bill each night. Thursday 11th will feature Patrick Feeney and his band plus John Hogan and his band. Patrick Feeney continues to be one of Ireland’s top Country and Irish stars. With so many hits and an amazing voice, you’re always assured of a brilliant night’s dancing and listening. Patrick and his band look forward to bringing their Super Show to Lawlors Hotel on next
Patrick Feeney
John Hogan
Thursday night, 11th October. John Hogan is extremely busy with regular tours around Ireland and many other countries. With a great Dance Show and so many hits, you’ll really enjoy dancing to John Hogan and his band at Lawlors Hotel, Dungarvan, when they play as part of a Double Bill with Patrick Feeney and his band on next Thursday, 11th October. On Friday 12th it’s Paddy O’Brien and his band plus Mick Flavin and his band. Paddy O’Brien has been entertaining dancing and concert audiences all over
Paddy O’Brien
Ireland, England, Scotland and further afield for more than thirty years. He has recorded so many hit songs throughout his career. Join Paddy and his band for a great night’s dancing at Lawlors Hotel on next Friday, 12th October. Mick Flavin has a super show and he’ll have you dancing and singing along from the very first song. Make a date with Mick Flavin and his wonderful band when they play a Double Bill with Paddy O’Brien and his band at Lawlors Hotel, Dungarvan, on next Friday, 12th October. On Saturday night (13th) it’s S hane
Mick Flavin
Paul Kelly
Some of our Comeraghs Comhaltas Cúil Cheoil group who performed on stage at the ‘Act for Meningitis’ charity concert in The Park Hotel, Dungarvan.
Owens and his band plus Paul Kelly and his band. Shane Owens is one of Ireland’s new Country Music sensations. Since going on the road with his top class band, he is proving to be an absolute hit everywhere he goes. For a super night’s dancing, join Shane and his band at Lawlors Hotel on next Saturday, 13th October. Paul Kelly is another great new star of Country Music and is delighting dancing audiences everywhere he goes. Don’t miss this opportunity to join Paul and his band when they play a Double Bill with Shane Owens and his band at
Shane Owens
Tom Healy
Lawlors Hotel, Dungarvan, on Saturday, 13th October. There will also be a Dance on Friday and Saturday afternoons. Friday afternoon (12th) from 3.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. with Tom Healy and his band. Saturday afternoon (13th) from 3.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. with The Moynihan Brothers. There will also be a Nightly SingSong and Dance with Ireland’s favourite Pat Tobin. Tickets for all Dances will be available at the door with nightly admission €20.00 and afternoon admission €10.00.
The Moynihan Brothers
Pat Tobin
Comeraghs Comhaltas musicians preforming at the ‘Bank of Ireland Enterprise Town’ event at ‘The Coach House’ Kilmacthomas with Olympic Walker Rob Heffernan.
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Movie Reviews In association with SGC Dungarvan
“The Importance of Being Earnest”: Classic Spring Theatre, London – Tuesday, October 9th, at 7.00 p.m. By Jim Ryan
Harry Potter and the Secret Chamber Pot WITH just three weeks to go the Cast, Director, Stage Hands, Writers and supporters of Take A Bow’s latest Original, Martine Rogers written, Hallowe’en Production are busy, busy, busy learning their lines, creating dances and breaking a sweat.This is fun for all the family and will be the talk of the town so do not miss an opportunity to see it with shows on every night from the 26th to the 29th of October with a matinee show on Saturday, October 28th.Tickets available at The Post Office and Kelly's Pharmacy, Abbeyside.
Angela Coyne to star in Merry’s for Dungarvan Singers Club THE Dungarvan Singers Club has been in existence for eleven years now, incredibly! We started out in Bridie Dee’s up in Mary Street, long since closed down, under the gentle care of the great Éamonn Ó Máirtín, who has since died. Éamonn really loved the Singers club and was so proud of it and phoned me from his deathbed to tell me it was one of the things he was most proud of in his life. A huge compliment seeing the extremely full life he led.
One of our very earliest stars in the singers club was Angela Coyne. She was a regular there each month and was much loved by all. She was the only singer who could instantly command silence in a noisy pub, especially with her lovely rendition of “Breaking the Line”, a gorgeous song about farming and handing on the land to your children, which Angela sings better than anyone else possibly could. It really is “her song”, though she didn’t write it, it sums up her personality and her life, her love of the land, of family, of heritage and tradition, of being at one with Nature and humanity. It is, quite simply, a masterpiece. It is definitely one of my favourite things, as Julie Andrews would say! This will be one of the high points also of her upcoming guest spot with the Dungarvan Singers Club in our new venue of Merry’s. Angela will be appearing there on Monday October the 8th at our new start time of 8pm. We are all really looking forward to this important event. Angela has such a commitment to music and singing and she puts herself totally
into what she is playing or singing. You know she means it! And she looks so young when she sings. It’s like the fountain of youth, her style of singing. She is also a superb entertainer. She makes eye contact, she sings for each person in the audience individually. She uses her hands. Her tone, her information, her timing, her phrasing are all impeccable but are all subsumed into the passion, feeling and warmth of her interpretation. When she sings, even when she plays, she is always telling a story. What a performer. And, incredibly, she’s been doing it consistently for thirty-five years and more, at multiple venues like The Seanachaí, The RoundTower Hotel, Kiely’s Cross, The Marine, The Local and many many more. She is always happy to perform for the sick and old folks at the hospitals and Deise Day Care Centre. She is so giving as well as so talented. DUNGARVAN SINGERS CLUB proudly presents, ANGELA COYNE (Vocal, Whistle, Accordion) on Monday, October 8th at 8.00 p.m. upstairs in Merry’s.
OSCAR Wilde subtitled his best-loved play “A Trivial Comedy For Serious People”, and it has delighted theatregoers ever since it premiered in London in 1895. In it, he mercilessly satirized aspects of English upper-class society, but audiences were enthralled by the sparkling wit and repartee and by the sometimes ridiculous situations in which his characters found themselves. Wilde, the most famous playwright of his day, wrote some of the greatest comedies in the English language. He was born on October 16th, 1854 to Sir William and Lady Jane Francesca Wilde, his father a famous eyespecialist and his mother, who, using the pen-name “Speranza”, wrote patriotic verse. The playwright, after an eventful and pitifully tragic life, died in Paris on November 30th, 1900. It’s generally accepted that he was received into the Catholic Church on his deathbed. His mother, it expecting the birth to produce a daughter, dressed him for many years in boy’s clothing; – however, he drank American cowboys and miners “under the table” when he toured their country. He was one of the most fascinating talkers of all time capable of holding his listeners spellbound for hours; as with Enrico Caruso’s singing, people just didn’t want him to stop. His tomb, in Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, is one of the most famous in the world. The story of the hypocrites who brought about his ruination and led to his incarceration, humiliation and suffering, makes for very sad reading today. “The Importance… “ is a gem that in so many aspects borders on perfection. The plot is excellent, the situations are sometimes hilarious: Jack Worthing mourning the death of the ‘brother’ who, of course, is merely an invention of his own who, next thing, comes on the stage in the pink of health; and then there’s Cecily and Gwendolen going from sworn eternal friendship to lasting enmity and back in a short space of time. It also has some unforgettable characters, particularly Lady Bracknell, one of the great ‘dragons’ of the stage, and Canon Chasuble and the novel-writing Miss Prism.The ‘hero’, Mr.Worthing, leads a double existence, known as Jack in the country, but when he’s in London he adopts the name Ernest. His friend’s sister, Gwendolen Fairfax, accepts his proposal of marriage, for the ‘laudable?’ reason that she had always wanted to marry a man called Ernest. Her mother, the imposing Lady Bracknell, on learning that the suitor is an orphan, once found in a handbag at Victoria Station, is appalled and dismisses the idea of a marriage out of hand. And that’s only the
Night School By Tamara Ní Shíocháin TÁ an iomarca scannán grinn ann a bhaineann le meánscoileanna i Meiriceá ach feicimid léamh nua de na scéalta sin i “Night School” mar is daoine fásta iad na daltaí. Stiúir Malcom D. Lee an scannán seo chomh maith leis an scannán grinn iontach “Girls Trip”. Is iad Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish, Rob Riggle, Taran Killam, Romany Malco, Keith David, agus Loretta Devine na príomhcharactair. De réir dealraimh, tá saol foirfe ag Teddy Walker (Kevin Hart) – tá cailín álainn, carr deas agus post maith aige. Ach, nuair a chailleann sé a phost, caithfidh sé dul ar ais go dtí an scoil agus scrúdaithe a dhéanamh. Níl sé sásta nuair a tugann sé faoi deara go bhfuil na daltaí eile as smacht agus ina theannta sin, ceapann an múinteoir nach bhfuil sé an-chliste. Níl aon dabht ach go bhfuil an scannán greannmhar agus is aisteoir an-mhaith í Tiffany Haddish. Ach tá an ról céanna ag Kevin Hart i ngach scannán agus b’fhéidir go mbeidh sé saghas leadránach do dhaoine é sin a fheiceáil arís. É sin ráite, is aisteoir iontach é agus tá sé an-ghreannmhar. Mar sin is fiú é an scannán seo a fheiceáil gan dabht. Ráta 3/5.
half of it … Events take their hilarious course and this delightful comedy will have you in the ‘stitches’ with laughter. This is the fourth and final play from the yearlong Classic Spring Season and what delightful presentations they gave us with the first three. Artistic Director, Dominic Dromgoole, has continued where he left off as Director for over a decade at London’s Globe Theatre; and given us some of the best Wilde drama I’ve seen in years! (I’ve written here previously, that I believe the ‘Globe’ during his tenure gave us the most consistently excellent theatre available anywhere – I consider myself very fortunate to have attended a number of them). A good production of “The Importance of Being Earnest” is one of the great joys our English-speaking theatre has to offer. Not to be missed (atall, atall!) by those who love theatre – it could be one of the standout highlights in a year of great theatre and opera at SGC Dungarvan. [Fogra: “The Winter’s Tale”, one of Shakespeare’s late ‘Romances’, in which we were privileged to see the wonderful Judi Dench a few years ago, is being screened live from Shakespeare’s Globe on Tuesday, October 4th, at 7.15 p.m. It’s one of my favourites among Shakespeare’s plays and should be very enjoyable.]
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Dungarvan Tidy Towns Adjudication Report 2018 DUNGARVAN attained a silver medal in this years Tidy Towns Awards and received 5 points more than 2017 so its clear Dungarvan Tidy Towns is progressing in the right direction! Now more than ever there is huge support for this initiative locally so we wanted to share the report with you of what the judges loved and where they wanted to see improvement. They were very impressed that the volunteers connected to Dungarvan Tidy Towns which rose from 32 to 100+ which consists of weekly litter pick group, community voluntary groups, scouts and girlguides, schools, Dungarvan Boxing Club. If you would like to feel reward, satisfaction and a sense of community; why not get involved in this voluntary group? Alternatively, businesses could sponsor something that will help Dungarvan climb even higher. If you would like more details about Dungarvan Tidy Towns and how to get involved contact dungarvantidytown@gmail.com or phone 058-41412 and follow us on facebook https://www.facebook.com/Dungarvan-Tidy-Towns COMMUNITY – YOUR PLANNING AND INVOLVEMENT / AN POBAL - PLEANÁIL AGUS RANNPHÁIRTÍOCHT Cuireann an moltóir seo fáilte roimh Dún Garbhán chuig Comórtas na mBailte Slachtmhara SuperValu 2018 agus chuig Ceiliúradh 60 Bliain an Chomórtais. Thank you once again for submitting a well-considered and very concise entry form and your enclosed town plan was most helpful particularly as it drew attention to specific projects and locations you would like the adjudicator to visit on adjudication day. This was very helpful. A more streamlined application such as yours tends to highlight key issues and means important information pertaining to this year’s works is not missed. We are delighted to see that your committee membership has risen from 6 last year to 10 this year.This is a more appropriate number given the size of your town and your workload. Your available volunteer force has also expanded greatly this year from 32 to 100 plus. This is great to see and thank you to all your volunteers. You seem to enjoy a fruitful partnership with the Local Authority through the Public Participation Network which allows local authorities to connect with community groups around the country. Indeed you enjoy focused input from a number of specialist in the County Council including conservations and heritage officers and the economic development department. Well done on this. Help from various agencies and bodies including the local chamber of commerce and local businesses is also vital for groups and you are maintaining these important links. The most successful tidy towns groups tend to be those that are able to harness the skills and support for their work from as wide a range of disciplines and agencies as possible, both at county and National level. We look forward to seeing progress on your next town plan covering 20192022. It is important to do a thorough review of your last plan to see what projects succeeded and why, what planned projects did not materialise and if not why not. This can help you addresses the strengths and weakness of your group and allow you approach your future plans with
confidence. Well done in your proactive approach to liaison with Dungarvans younger generations. STREETSCAPE & PUBLIC PLACES/ SRÁID-DREACH & AITEANNA POIBLÍ The adjudicator enjoyed a very pleasant stroll around your town on a sunny summers weekend and I have to say full credit goes to cafes and commercial premises in the town core for the care that is given to ensure outside and pavement seating areas are well presented as they add so much to the character of areas such as Grattan Square. The recent works here have really transformed this space.The pedestrian linkages from here to the town shopping centre works very well. The canopy structure here was in demand on the day of the visit given the strong sun but it must be equally as useful when it rains. It is nice to see bike parking incorporated into streetscapes as the excellent Greenway must have boosted cyclist numbers in the town. On adjudication day the crafty window of Walsh’s stationary supplies, the planted display and flowering arch at the 360 Cookhouse and the use of the Irish language on the traditional frontage of Shalloe Nuactanai were admired.The nicely detailed and planted step and ramped access area to the Gleeson Property Offices at Scanlans yard carpark was visited and was another highlight. We note you proactively approach business to encourage them to keep their premises nicely painted. While the lower street level facades of many of your buildings are well maintained make sure the upper floors and gable walls are not neglected. The frontage of FDC Accountants for example was presented very well however the gable to Galweys Lane needed refreshing or power washing.The efforts being made to make the streets more accessible for all with the additional of ramps at the civic offices for bus access is good to see. The effort being made to make the arrival points for the town’s tourism as good as they can be is also a great idea as first impressions count. The glass canopy to the post office by the tourist information sign on Meagher Street needed washing. It is good to see that the old bank studio with its impressive stone
façade has been sold as hopefully will get a new use as it is such a landmark building when travelling across the bridge here. A missing ‘i’ to the enterprise sign on Main Street needs replacing. The very prominent Art Centre historic facade here was beautifully presented. Street furniture throughout the town with its smart red and black colour scheme was very well presented with bollards at Strandside being worked on during the adjudication. It is a pity that there are no benches at Strandside directly facing the lovely view over the boats to your castle. Is there scope to omit one of the waterside car parking bays and install a build out with a planters and a waterside bench here perhaps? GREEN SPACES AND LANDSCAPING / SPÁSANNA GLASA AGUS TÍRDHREACHÚ The range to trees in the town are maturing well and will add so much to the town approach and setting as they mature. It is good to see your commitment to adding to Dungarvans stock of trees with the recent planting done at the Sean Dun estate.The community allotments were visited here. New tree were also noted to the verge at the garden centre at the Fairlane roundabout. The Walton’s Causeway Park was visited with its distinctive path side sculpture with a colorful bed of annuals caught the eye.The waterside town Park was also visited and the newly planted bank of hydrangea here admired although a bark mulch layer would improve their planting conditions on this exposed south facing aspect. The adjoining St Mary’s Church and church yard are we see well looked after by your volunteers. The tiered plater at the pedestrian link between Grattan Square and the shopping centre were very effective given their height.The lower geranium filled planters in Grattan Square were perhaps less effective at softening the central space. Consider adding so height to these planters with birch or amelanchier trees perhaps as they can be seen across the roofs of the car parking and help highline pedestrian routes and crossings here. The tree in the square will need they tree ties checked to ensure they are not rubbing and causing damage to the barks. Similarly planters with taller tree planting could help break up
ADJUDICATION REPORT 2018
Maximum
Mark Awarded
Mark Awarded
Mark
2017
2018
Community – Your Planning and Involvement
60
45
46
Streetscapes & Public Places
50
44
45
Green Spaces and Landscaping
50
46
46
Nature and Biodiverity in your Locality
50
33
33
Sustainability - Doing more with less
50
16
17
Tidiness and Litter Control
90
61
62
Residential Streets and Housing Areas
50
30
30
Approach Roads, Streets and Lanes
50
43
44
TOTAL MARK
450
318
323
the extent of hard paving at Scanlans yard carpark and use them to highlight pedestrian lanes and locations of pay machine perhaps. NATURE AND BIODIVERSITY IN YOUR LOCALITY / AN DÚLRA AGUS AN BHITHÉAGSÚLACHT I DO CHEANTAR Your submission shows you have an understanding of the importance of comprehensive consultation with experts in this category to ensure your planned works do not negatively impact on your sensitive coastal habitats. While little was seen on the ground in terms of projects in this category for this year we do fully comprehend the effort that has been put in by your committee to working with groups around the town. The encouragement you are giving to children to be aware of their surroundings through their bug hotel at St Marys School is noted. Getting the younger generation involved and invested in their surroundings is the key to success in this category.The focus on pollinating planting with the men’s shed at the Greenway is great to see. Look to expand on this with pollinator friendly planting in some of your formal beds for example at Waltons Park. Are the bright rose beds at the open space around the castle forms that bees can access the pollen? Some ornamental roses have little value where the right rose variety can look wonderful as well as providing food for our insects. Roses with single or semi-double flowers (between 5 and say 15 petals) produce the most pollen and are easier for our insects to access.We look forward to seeing planned project to address this category in your next town plan. SUSTAINABILITY – DOING MORE WITH LESS / INMHARTHANACHT MÓRÁN AR AN MBEAGÁN The encouragement of local sports clubs to use reusable water bottles will reduce waste but is also relevant to this category. We hope your sustainability workshops were a success for you ad have resulted in practical changes to residents attitudes to waste. Now that the council compost grass cutting can you encourage
this practice through your residents? Well done to the work done by the men’s shed in recycling pallets for tables for the food festival.Visit greenyourfestival.ie. This is the site for the Green Your Festival initiative of the Local Authority Prevention Network (LAPN) which has many tips for festival and event organizers. The Green School programme has been a great success for your schools. Have you had any thoughts about joining the Green Homes programme also run by An Taisce. This could be promoted through your residents committees and this would be a great way to progress the success of green ideals in Dungarvan. Maybe look into this for next year’s submission? TIDINESS AND LITTER CONTROL / SLACHTMHAIREACHT AGUS RIALÚ BRUSCAIR For such a busy town we felt the standard of cleanliness and tidiness was very good. Bins were generally emptied and clean. Some bags of domestic waste were dumped beside bins on the quayside opposite Waltons Park and this illegal dumping is increasing becoming an issue in many towns. Consult with your litter wards if this is a persistent problem for you. We would ask premises to remove Christmas light when the festive season is over as it can somewhat clutter up facades. Some graffiti was noted to rear lane areas, Cox’s lane for example.The base of the historic lamps standard and downpipes here were looking a little grubby and could benefit from painting and cleaning. The way you use social media to advertise your work here seems to be gathering you a greater pool of volunteers. This in turn means you can have more regular litter picks. We loved the process of issuing different colours and types of badges to the kids who help out in your weekly litter picks. A great idea and a way to motivate kids to participate and take pride in their environment. The chalked stencils also seems to be working as a way to engage the kids. RESIDENTIAL STREETS & HOUSING AREAS / SRÁIDEANNA CÓNAITHE & CEANTAIR TITHÍOCHTA No specific projects were
noted in this category that related to any particular estates apart from the allotment at Sean Dunn which are covered elsewhere in the report.You do not say if you have a regular contact with resident associations in the town. Do you help residents in advising the best way to care for their communal open space areas? We noted on our drive around the edges of the town that a number of new housing areas are being developed which will add new residents to the town. We hope you can add to your pool of volunteer with these new residents. Joining tidy towns is a great way to encourage newcomers to take an active role in the upkeep and environment of their town and helps them create new linkages and friendships through volunteering. APPROACH ROADS, STREETS & LANES / BÓITHRE ISTEACH, SRÁIDEANNA & LÁNAÍ As you say your roundabout sponsorship is very successful for you.The welcome to Dungarvan sign in box at Coolagh was immaculate and a credit to you. The landscape treatment of the road here was delightful with planting in place of a boring grass verges. It turned the road into a lovely street and was much admired. On the approach from Waterford there are an array of gateway signs which may need to be reviewed the largest of which was the sustainable transport sign. We wish you well in your revamp of coxs lane which was covered in another section of this report.The bike stands at the end of the lane were poorly placed as they made the lane less accessible to those in a wheelchair and we are sure the poor surface here will be addressed in your revamp. CONCLUDING REMARKS Your overall approach to the competition is excellent and it is obvious that your core committee work hard to achieve results on the ground; you are to be congratulated for the works and standards you have achieved in Dungarvan. Well done to involved with this year’s entry, you are warmly thanked and congratulated for your efforts and we wish you the very best for 2019.
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Group pictured during Tour of Spike Island.
Dungarvan Men’s Shed OUTING TO MIDLETON DISTILLERY AND SPIKE ISLAND The sun shone brightly on us as nearly 20 members departed early on Wednesday last. We enjoyed warm sunshine throughout the day till we returned in the evening. Our first stop was a most memorable tour of Jameson Distillery Experience in Midleton. For over 200 years Jameson called Dublin home, but in 1975 they moved their ever expanding operation to the green expanses of Midleton. We were given a wonderful informative tour where we learned that farmers in West Waterford and East Cork supply malting barley that is processed in the Distillery for many different Jameson whiskies. We were told of the magic of nature during the maturation stage when the whiskey stored in oak barrels picks up the natural flavours from the timber and surface of the barrels combining to give the various whiskey types their unique taste and smell. The
barrels are stored for a minimum of three years in eighty warehouses each which measures 16,000 sq ft. It was lovely to hear that the American oak barrels had already been used to store bourbon or sherry in a previous life and will be shipped to Cuba for storage of Rum when Jameson have used them three times. It was inspiring to hear that this age old tradition using what is best in nature without using chemicals is continuing in East Cork where so many local people from West Waterford are working to produce this unique product for worldwide consumption.We were informed that the facility is currently undergoing major expansion to meet the demand of the market. This wonderful success story of farming, transport, design and engineering, processing, warehousing, bottling, marketing and distribution is set to continue because forty new Warehouses are being built near Dungourney outside Midleton. The benefit of
this success story to the employees, contractors, suppliers, local community and region is vast. After the tour we enjoyed a tasty lunch in the Distillery restaurant served by warm friendly staff. In the afternoon, we took a boat from picturesque Cobh and enjoyed a guided tour of Spike Island which during the last 1,300 years has been host to a 6th century Monastery, a 24 acre Fortress, the largest convict depot in the world in Victorian times and centuries of island homes. The island's rich history has included monks and monasteries, rioters and redcoats, captains and convicts and sinners and saints. Today the island is dominated by the 200 year old Fort Mitchel, the star shaped Fortress which became a prison holding over 2,300 prisoners. All of us had different reflections about our experience of hearing about oppression, hardship and misery suffered by those unfortunate people some of whom were very young
teenagers. Everybody enjoyed the spectacular views of Cork Harbour in the warm autumn sunshine till late afternoon. Spike Island was deservedly the winner of Europe’s leading tourist attraction 2017 at the World Travel Awards. Special thanks also to John Hanlon for his support with transport and to Nicky Sheehan for arranging a bus provided by Waterford Wexford ETB and driven once again by Phil our regular driver. GOOD LUCK JACK! Jack Nolan our Shed Secretary is moving away from Dungarvan to return to live in his native Co .Wexford. We are most disappointed to lose an honourable gentleman who has done a superb job in the role of Shed Secretary during the past 12 months. His contribution was immense and in his own quiet way much was achieved to improve the administration side of the Shed.Thanks Jack for your work in the Shed and we send
our very best wishes to you and Siobhan in your new home. OUR SHED WILL OPEN ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHTS 7-9PM STARTING IN OCTOBER The Shed will open on Tuesday and Thursday night from 7-9pm from 2nd October. We hope that this will give a chance to new members to come to the Shed during the long dark winter nights. The Shed is a place for men to meet and really talk to each other and share their knowledge, experience and just ‘be themselves’. It could be chatting, music, art or craft. The Shed is about providing conditions for men to create their own power and make the change from taking and giving instructions in industry and elsewhere to enabling themselves to reach their potential as a person. That first step to come in through the gate of the Shed involves no risks but a little courage and you will be very welcome. As Andy Stanley once wrote ‘Somewhere in those random ideas that flood your mind is one that will capture your heart and imagination. And that seemingly random idea may very well evolve into a vision for your life. All things are created twice: first
in your mind, then in your life’. Ger Dalton’s Poems will be launched on November 1st at Dungarvan Library from 6.308pm. We are delighted to hear the news that our resident poet Ger Dalton is ready to publish his book of poems. Readers will have read a poem every week for the past number of years as part of our weekly notes. We are looking forward with excitement to the launch of his Book at Dungarvan Library; Davitts Quay on November 1st from 6.30 to 8pm.Some of the profits from the sale of the book will be donated to the Irish Heart Foundation. Congratulations to Ger and we wish you well with this milestone project. ABOUT THE SHED You are very welcome to call in to the Shed at Wolfe Tone Road to see what we are about. We are open from 10am to 1pm Monday-Friday and Tuesday and Thursday night from 7-9pm. Contact Oliver Whelan at (089) 4026872 for further information. Follow us on Facebook at Dungarvan Men’s Shed
POEM Now autumn days around me fall. In brighter times my memories stall. When beads of sweat did stain my face. Crystal raindrops now these replace. When flowers bloomed in colours fair. Now withered stems linger here. Streets where strangers came to show. An echo of emptiness is what they know. Days of sunshine burning on. Autumn days have pushed them along. Summer memories hit by autumns chill. Crystal raindrops from grey skies spill. Group pictured in the Warehouse during tour of Jameson Distillery.
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Mayor Doocey opens Celtic Box Cup THE event was formally opened at 1.00 p.m. on Thursday in the presence of the Mayor of Waterford City and County, Cllr. Declan Doocey, by Jim O’Sullivan, former Irish Boxing Champion and holder of ten National Elite titles in three different weights between 1980 and 1990. Among those present were Ms. Collins, Dungarvan Credit Union; Addressing the audience, Mayor Doocey said that the visitors were ‘most welcome to Dungarvan on this sunny afternoon to one of the most important market towns in the sunny South East’. He welcomed the visitors from, Canada and the countries across Europe. “The Celtic Box Cup, now in its sixth year has been a huge success and has grown in size and stature since it began in 2013,” he said. I know that you will almost three hundred boxers competing here over the next three days and I wish all the competitors the very best of luck, among them some of the sixty members of our own members from the Dungarvan Club who will reach the finals on Sunday. “The Celtic Box Cup is a very important feature on our City and County calendar,” he continued,“and our Council is happy to support
the event under our Festival Grants Programme. I hope you get time to walk around our town, visit our Greenway and walk our beaches which are spectacular in this fine weather. He commended the work of Dungarvan Boxing Club which has its Gym adjacent to the Council’s Sports Centre since 2003. “It is carrying on a hundred years of tradition of boxing in Dungarvan, from where many of our boxers won competitions across the country.” The Mayor congratulated the Club Chairman, Gerry O’Mahony on bringing the vision of the Celtic Box Cup to fruition and also on his Presidency of the Munster Council of the IABA. “I hope everyone has a very sporting weekend,” he concluded. Mr. Jim O’Sullivan, the first Irish Boxer to win 10 Irish Titles, addressed the large audience before he formally opened the contest. He thanked the committee of the Celtic Box Cup, especially the Chairman, Gerry O’Mahony and the Secretary, Francis Keeling for the invitation to open the tournament.
“This is the sixth year of this very prestigious and successful competition,” he said, “with boxers and officials in attendance from all over Europe. For a lot of our young boxers, it is a view into how the international events are held and a stepping stone for greater achievements. I wish them the best of luck as I also wish all the boxers, coaches and officials taking part. “My thanks to the Waterford Council for their continued support in the running of this tournament. It highlights the town and it is great economically for the businesses. It is mutually beneficial and long may the partnership between the Celtic Box Cup Committee and the Council continue.” Chairman of the Committee and Tournament Director, Gerry O’Mahony also welcomed all the visiting boxers and coaches and thanked them for making what was in some cases a very long journey. “We all look forward to a great weekend of sport,” he said. “let the games begin.”
Celtic Box Cup goes to Cork THE Sixth Annual Celtic Box Cup, held in Dungarvan Sports Centre last weekend attracted almost three hundred boxers from across Europe, with some from as far as the United States and provided a feast of thrilling boxing for the steady stream of patrons between Friday and Sunday. After an exciting twenty hours of non-stop battle in two rings, it was the boxers of the Togher Club in Cork who took away the magnificent Celtic Box Cup as overall winners, as well as the
Michael O’Riordan Shield for the best Club. The Best Male Boxer was Tommy Hyde from Mayfield Boxing Club; the Best Female boxer was Chaz O’Neill, Athlone BC who beat Gardner Moore from Lochend Boxing Club, Scotland in the Final. The Best Referee / Judge was Liam Harkin from England. Accommodation was at a premium in the town and district over the weekend and the sound of accents from Canada, Portugal, Spain, Poland, England Scotland and Wales, Northern Ireland and
Bella Hughes (centre) poses with her Coach Will Hamill (left) and veteran boxer Mick Dowling. [Tom Keith]
MENS BEST BOXER Francis Keeling presents Tommy Hyde with his Boxer of the Tournament Award at the Celtic Box Cup last Sunday. [Tom Keith]
many counties across this country could be heard around the town during their visit. SUPERB BOXING It was the feeling of those who attended that the quality of the boxing in the Sports Centre was superb in the upwards of two hundred bouts, women’s and men’s, which played out over the three days. It was the seamless running of the hectic and demanding three day tournament and the quality of the men’s and women’s opposition, which have together built the great reputation of this six year old competition, which is fast becoming the template for such events worldwide. Three local boxers, Stephen Shasby, Ciarán Tompkins and Alexander Novakovsky took part but had to give way to the opposition at various stages of the competition. Stephen Shasby fought his way to the Final but had his fight stopped through an injury over his eye. Ciarán and Alexander made it to their semifinals, but had to give way to the visitors. There were some new clubs again this year, as well as some who could not come due to other commitments. Also on that weekend was an International Tournament with Germany in Dublin, which took some boxers and supporters. A similar type of tournament in Romania took the Australian team this year. FULL FACILITIES “The venue was excellent again this year,” said Tournament Director, Gerry O’Mahony, a tribute to the work of the staff who were assisted by a large contingent of Club members. “There was a full First Aid team standing by at all times provided by the very efficient and experienced Portlaw Red Cross Branch. They operated very effectively and in a low key manner. With that team were the Doctors who attended the weigh-ins and who were on stand-by in case of serious injury.” The sound and vision, as well as digital recording of results were once more supplied by Jablink who gave an excellent service of live coverage to
Youtube and the processing of results. As the contest came to a close and the participants and public made their way home, Francis Keeling, Secretary of the Organising Committee and Event Co-ordinator reflected on the events of the previous three days. “I am delighted with the course of the competition,” he said, “it went off smoothly, we had minimal injuries and the standard of boxing was very high. We had great participation from abroad as well as from our own clubs and all in all, we could not ask for better.” In regard to individuals who stood out he referred to the best male boxer of the tournament. “Tommy Hyde was excellent throughout,” he said, “and he deserved to take home the best male award. Chaz O’Neill as the best female stood out above the others, they were just two of many fine boxers. We will be hearing much more from some of them in the future.” LOVE DUNGARVAN Karolina Jaglowska, boxer and coach with the Celtic Eagles Club in Galway who with her fellow Coach, Isabella Popko, had brought fourteen boxers to the competition, said she and her colleagues were very pleased with the arrangements and with the experience of being in Dungarvan. Karolina had fought during the afternoon and had beaten Mags Walsh of Paulstown in her
69kg Final. “This is our sixth visit to the Celtic Box Cup,” she said, “yes, we have been here every year, which tells a story in itself. We love to come to Dungarvan for the friendly people and beautiful scenery. This is also a very good team-building exercise for the club.” Karolina made some recommendations for the greater enjoyment of the boxers.“I want to see this competition last and get better year by year,” she said. Simon Pirret, Coach of the Downend Boxing Club in Bristol said that they were pleased to come back to Dungarvan for the sixth time to box in the Celtic Box Cup. “We are over here chasing a couple of victories in this tournament, but we love to come to Dungarvan anyway,” he said. “We
have enjoyed every minute of every trip and we will keep coming here. The people and the atmosphere are so friendly.We are now in our 25th year of our club and we are here to celebrate.” The happy and the disappointed were all left the Sports Centre by 5.30pm as they began to make their way home to all points of the compass.Two hours later, the Centre staff assisted by club members had the rings dismantled and folded away for another year and the Sports Hall restored for normal running on Monday morning. All the indications are that this select tournament, a major benefit to town and county, will be held again next year. The job of fine-tuning and improvement of the event will start in a couple of weeks in readiness for number seven.
The Mayor of Waterford City and County, Cllr. Declan Doocey with legendary boxer Jim O’Sullivan, Teresa Collins, Dungarvan Credit Union, and Tom Keith (Author) hold copies of ‘Peter Crotty - The Iron Man’ about the career of the famous Dungarvan boxer which has just been published.
Tournament Director, Gerry O’Mahony presents the Celtic Box Cup to the winning Togher Boxing Club, Cork, last Sunday. Also included is Aine O’Riordan. [Tom Keith]
SCHOOL NEWS DUNGARVAN C.B.S.
6th Class Soccer Blitz OUR 6th Class Soccer Blitz recently took place and as usual it was a resounding success. The students from the various Primary Schools that attended thoroughly enjoyed the day. The staff of Dungarvan CBS would like to thank the teachers and parents of the primary school students for their attendance and support on the day. 1st YEAR BONDING TRIP TO DUNMORE EAST ADVENTURE CENTRE Our first year students recently took off on their bonding day trip to Dunmore East. On what was a glorious day the students and teachers thoroughly enjoyed the hospitality and fun provided by the always brilliant staff at the adventure centre. The students departed school
at 8 a.m and enjoyed a full days activities at the adventure centre returning to school for 4.00 p.m. The students got the opportunity to take part in activities that included kayaking, rock climbing, Wibit obstacle course, archery and caving. Again we would like to thank parents who facilitated the trip by having students at the school early allowing the bus to depart at 8.00 a.m. The day provided the students and teachers with the opportunity to get to know each other outside the normal school environment. UNDER 161â &#x201E;2 HURLING Our Under 161â &#x201E;2 hurlers recently played a very competitive challenge against Tramore as a warm-up to their upcoming championship campaign. The
boys are preparing to play against Glanmire Community College (3/10/18 Today) in the championship and the game is scheduled to take place in Youghal. The boys have trained had over the last few week and hopefully their effort will be rewarded. NEW PRE-FAB CLASSROOM The school staff were delighted to recently receive a new Pre-Fab Classroom to facilitate the growing number of students attending the CBS. The Pre-Fab will be used as an everyday classroom and is a welcome addition to the school infrastructure which has been experiencing increasing pressure in recent years.
Gift from the skies!! The arrival of our new Pre-Fab.
6th Class Soccer Blitz.
1st Years pictured at Dunmore East Adventure Centre.
Transition Year outdoor classroom in the Bandstand.
1st Years Boarding the Wibit Water Course.
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ST. AUGUSTINE’S COLLEGE
Annual Open Day OUR annual Open day takes place on Saturday, October 13th at 9.30 a.m. when we open our doors to perspective students and their families so that they get an opportunity to tour the campus and meet with our staff. Looking forward to welcoming you to St. Augustine's College. NAUGHTON FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP FOR FRIARY STUDENT FOR FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW The Naughton Foundation scholarship programme was established in 2008 by Dr Martin Naughton and his wife Carmel to promote the study of engineering, science and technology at third level in Ireland. Each year a number of the country’s exceptional Leaving Certificate students are awarded scholarships to study at undergraduate level at any publicly funded university or third-level institution in Ireland. There is one guaranteed Scholarship (€20,000) for each participating county and the scholarship is intended as a reward and encouragement to exceptional students who would like to study in the STEM field (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) at University. The school of each winning student also receives a prize for the school’s science laboratories. On Saturday, September 29th 2018, 36 new Scholars joined this illustrious and celebrated list. Leaving certificate 2018 student, Mick Devine from St Augustine’s College, who is studying Engineering at University College Cork, was awarded the scholarship for County Waterford for 2018. This is the fourth year in a row that students of St Augustine’s College have been awarded this scholarship. Friary graduates Darragh McGrath (2017), studying Biological and Chemical Engineering at UL, Oisín Fitzsimons (2016), studying Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at Dublin City University, and Maggie Goulden (2015) studying Astrophysics at Trinity College Dublin have also been awarded Naughton Foundation Scholarships. The medals and prizes were presented by the Naughton family and Minister for Education, Richard Bruton, at the Trinity College Biomedical Sciences Institute in Dublin. Principal of St Augustine’s College, Ailbhe Ní Neachtain, and chemistry and physics teachers, Olive Fitzsimons and Laura Green were in attendance to congratulate our students on such a wonderful achievement.
TY Life Coaching Skills Workshop – Pictured with Tracy Geraghty of TG Life Coaching are TY students- Back row left - Saoirse, Shane, Seanie, Frank and Ciarán. Front - Hannah, Rósie, Sarah, Ellen and Fiadh.
ST. DECLAN’S COMMUNITY COLLEGE
1st Year Celebration Mass THE Celebration Mass to welcome our new First Year Students took place on Wednesday, 26th September in Our Lady of Mercy Church, Kilmacthomas. We would like to thank Fr. Martin Keogh and Deacon Brendan Gallagher for celebrating this occasion with us. Our new students are beginning another stage of the journey of life. Words of wisdom and encouragement were reflected in all the readings chosen. We wish our 161 new First Years all the best in the years to come. Thank you to all those students who volunteered to take an active part in the celebration mass – Anna Phelan, Heather Ridgard, Zoe Spinks, Lucy Kavanagh, Jamie Palmer, Tara Bailey, Dylan Colfer, Róisín Szajda, Paul Cunningham, Colm Sullivan, Amy Kirwan, Oisín McCusker, Caitlín Rooney and Conor Hoban. A special word of thanks to Bernie Coffey and our 1st Year Choir. NO UNIFORM DAY On Thursday, 27th September, a no uniform day was held in St. Declan’s Community College to raise funds for Waterford Hospice. Over €1,000 was collected for this worthy cause. This event was inspired by 6th Year Student Jordan Curry and his Dad’s epic cycle from Ballyduff to Rome and both were extremely grateful to the whole school community for their generosity on the day. U-15 MUNSTER COLLEGES FOOTBALL St. Declans 2-6; Cahir 0-9. St. Declans made hard work of defeating a strong Cahir side in a game played in Abbeyside. The Kilmac side opened the scoring with a Scott Halligan goal, but failed to press home their advan-
tage. A combination of good Cahir defence and wayward St Declan’s shooting saw the game remaining tight. Indeed it was a missed Cahir penalty followed by a shot coming back off the crossbar that saw St. Declan’s retain the lead. A goal by Jack Hennessy near the end eventually saw St. Declan’s hold out for a nervous win. Team: S. Searson, D. Dunphy, M. O’Brien, A. Phelan, F. Kavanagh, J. O’Donnell (c), S. Fitzgerald, B. Dowdall, A. Murray, D. Webster, J. Hennessy, D. Quinn, A. Whelan, S. Halligan, A. Foran. Subs used: N. Power, P. Barry, E. Burrows. FIRST YEAR BLITZ A huge squad of 52 First Year boys took part in the annual First Year blitz in Carriganore last Thursday. This was the first school game for these boys and they all played very well and enjoyed the day out in the warm sunshine. Well done to Coach John Phelan and his Transition Year coaches Aaron Cheasty, Keith Millea, Martha Cleary, Sean Allen, Shane Reid, Peter Woods, Colyn Power and Dermot Behan who looked after our four teams on the day. SENIOR LADIES FOOTBALL Congratulations to the Senior Ladies Football team who travelled to Ring last Thursday to play Meán Scoil na Rinne in the first round of the championship. St. Declan’s girls came out deserving winners on the day with a score line of St. Declan’s 7–19; Meán Scoil na Rinne 1-2. A fantastic display of skill and team effort from all members of the squad and a great start to the season. Congratulations to all the girls and to the coaches and mentors Ms. Sexton, Ms. Fogarty and Mr. MacDomhnaill.
Chief Superintendent Padraig Dunne - Guest speaker at our recent Student Awards Night with with Ml O'Sullivan (Deputy Principal), Príomhoide Ailbhe Ní Neachtain, Mr Donal Williams (Events co-ordinator) and Evelyn Kiely (Student Council).
Junior Ladies Football Success – Our Junior Ladies Football travelled to Lismore on Friday last to take on Loreto Fermoy in the Group stages of the Munster Championships, at the final whistle our girls were two goals ahead securing victory by a score line of 8-6 to 4-6. Well done girls and congrats to mentors Ms. Lisa Hanrick and Mr. Paul Whyte.
Congratulations to Mick Devine (right) who was awarded the Naughton Scholarship in Trinity College. Mick is pictured with previous winners from St. Augustine’s, Maggie Goulden, Oisín Fitzsimons & Daragh McGrath. That's four in a row for The Friary.
TY students enjoy Board Games Club – Brian Regan, Roisin Hurney, Cara Dunne, Patricia Sanchez, Emily Rousseau and Isabel Sweetman.
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ST. MARY’S PRIMARY SCHOOL
School’s Cross Country Competition ON Friday 21st, we took part in the school's cross country competition in the Friary. We had teams taking part from 2nd class to 5th class. There was a good turnout and everyone finished their race with a smile on their face. Congratulations to Abbie in 5th class on winning an individual prize by finishing 6th and to our 2nd class team who got bronze...Sonia, Lauren, Lucie, Megan and Chloe. Well done to all our participants and thank you to the parents for bringing them along. Reminder: West Waterford Athletics Club training every Wednesday and Friday from 6.00 - 7.00 p.m. JUNIOR INFANT NEWS Our Junior Infants are well settled into school life here in St. Marys.They have been very busy beginning to learn all their new sounds and letters. Through play and group work, they have devel-
oped their matching and sorting skills as well as their colouring and cutting abilities. Anyone walking on Mitchell Street may have enjoyed some beautiful singing coming from our rooms with numerous new songs being learned, some being accompanied by very enthusiastic actions! The children love 'ag caint as gaeilge' and the progress they have made in just a month is remarkable. We were keen that they become familiar with all our school has to offer them so we went on a tour of our school grounds where they checked out the library, computer room, kitchen/lunch room and sports field to name but a few. Last week they experienced their first 'Phonics Friday' where they had a great time practising their sounds at four different stations which included using the interactive whiteboard and playing some letter games. Their five
Junior Infants on their tour of the school!
week soccer skills course also started last week and they are thoroughly enjoying each session.We have also started to build our history museum in our classrooms where they are displaying items they used as a baby. It’s great fun guessing who is in the baby pictures! Life is busy in Junior Infants but we are loving every second. SCHOOL MASS A gentle reminder that you are all invited to our beginning of year School Mass in The Friary Church at 1.15 p.m. this Friday, 5th October. We would love to see as many of you as possible attend as it is an extra special mass this year, celebrating 300 years since Nano Nagle's birth.
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Garranbane NS wish the Abbeyside hurlers the best of luck in the County Hurling Final this Sunday in the Fraher Field.
GARRANBANE NATIONAL SCHOOL
Garranbane NS wishes Abbeyside hurlers all the best in final WE wish the Abbeyside hurlers the best of luck in the County Hurling Final this Sunday in the Fraher Field. It will be a very exciting occasion for the school with so much of team being made up of past pupils. We
encourage everyone to make it to the match if possible to show our support. SĂŠanie Kiely will be back with us again this year for Football on Fridays starting on 9th October. The girls and boys football teams
Football Skills
have now played all their group games.The boys qualified for the semi-finals of the cup while the girls will play in the shield semifinal. Well done to everyone to took part in the Friary last Friday. Children are enjoying football skills and games with Barry Dunne over the last few Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. A big week this week as we watched the floor being poured
for our new building. A lovely welcome morning was enjoyed on Friday by the parents of Junior Infants followed by a beautiful outdoor school mass by Fr. Hassett. 6th class had a very enjoyable trip to the CBS last Friday to take part in the annual soccer tournament. We would like to thank the Eoin Barry and all the 4th year pupils for their warm welcome.
New floor being poured for our new building.
Annual Soccer Tournament.
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Choir pupils from 4th, 5th and 6th classes who will be participating in this year’s Peace Proms.
Pupils busy harvesting potatoes, courgettes, turnips, carrots and onions from our school garden.
Pupils in Le Cheile class busy baking biscuits during the week.
Pupils busy harvesting potatoes, courgettes, turnips, carrots and onions from our school garden.
M&M Productions entertaining pupils with their excellent production of “The Railway Children” in the school last week.
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SCOIL GHARBHAIN
Maighnéadachas ar siúl ag Rang 3/4 le Múinteoir Jeaic Bhí an-spórt ag Rang 3/4 le Múinteoir Jeaic an tseachtain seo caite nuair a bhí trialacha ar bun acu le maighnéadaí agus iad ag iompú óna chéile nó ag tabhairt aghaidh ar a chéile. Foghlamaíodh ana chuid agus cruthaíodh réimsí maighnéach agus bhí spraoi acu lena linn. Maith sibh Rang 3/4 agus Múinteoir Jeaic. Magnetic Experiments in Rang 3/4 Rang 3/4 spent a very enjoyable afternoon last week experimenting with Magnets and Magnetic fields.They carried out experiments poles repelling each other and poles attracting each
other . They created magnetic fields with iron shavings. Well done Rang 3/4 and Múinteoir Jeaic. HENRI MATISSE AGUS RANG 4 LE MÚINTEOIR CLÁR Chaith Rang 4 tráthnóna álainn ag cruthú pictiúirí bunaithe ar stíl ealaíne le Henri Matisse. ‘Sé an tainm a bhí ag Henri ar a chuid ealaíne ná ‘ag cruthú / tarraingt le siosúr’ D’fhoghlamaíodar ana chuid mar gheall ar Henri agus ar cúis gur thosnaigh sé ag déanamh colláis. Bhíodar ana chruthaitheach agus tá fianaise a gcuid oibre le feiscint
Am líne staire á chur i láthair ag Rang 3
ar fallaí na scoile. Maith sibh agus maith thú Múinteoir Clár. Rang 4 spent a creative morning recently creating art work in Henri Matisse’s style. Henri referred to his art work as ‘drawing with scissors’. They learned many facts about Henri and the reason he began his collages. They were very imaginative and fantastic works of art are to be seen on the wall of the classroom. A great job Rang 4 and Múinteoir Clár. AM LÍNE PEARSANTA STAIRE AG RANG 3 LE MÚINTEOIR FÍNÍ Bhí ana chuid taighde ar siúl ag Rang 3 an tseachtain seo caite. Cheistigh siad a dtuismitheoirí mar gheall ar an am nuair a bhíodar ana óg. Ansan nuair a bhí an teolas bailithe acu thugadar isteach rudaí a bhain leis an am sin agus dheineadar cur i láthair don chuid eile den rang. Bhíodar ana thábhachtach ar fad agus bhí orthu ceisteanna a fhreagairt mar gheall ar na rudaí a bhí tugtha isteach acu. Historical Timeline Rang 3 were busy researching last week. They had to question their parents about their childhood. When all the information was gathered they brought items of significance to them to school from that special time and they presented these items and all the information to the rest of the class. They were very important and they also answered questions following their presentation. DÚN NA MAINISTREACH I gCRAOBH SINSIR IOMÁNA AN CHONTAE Bhí an-chluiche go deo ag na hIománaithe le déanaí nuair a fuaireadar an lámh in uachtar ar De la Salle. Tá Craobh an Chontae rompu anois – Corn an News and Star - ar an Domhnach seo chugainn. Guímíd gach rath orthu go háirithe ar iar scoláirí na Scoile Tiernan Ó Muirithe, Marc Ferncombe, Eoin Braicéad agus Labhrás de Paor. Dún na Mainistreach Abú !! Abbeyside Hurlers in the County Final Our local hurlers had a fantastic game of hurling recently when they defeated De La Salle to earn them a place in this year’s Senior Hurling Final on Sunday next in the Fraher Field. We wish them every success in their bid for the News and Star Cup especially our past pupils. Tiernan ó Muirithe, Marc Ferncombe, Eoin Braicéad and Labhrás de Paor. Up the Village!
Ealaíontóirí I mbun oibre i Rang 4.
Ealaíontóirí I mbun oibre i Rang 4.
Trialacha maighnéadacha ar siúl ag Rang 3/4.
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Our Girls Football panel for 2018.
SCOIL MHUIRE
New school year well underway THE new school year is well and truly underway with all pupils well settled into their classes and getting used to the school routines.There is often something happening that is out of our routine however, and this week we had the first special treat for classes First to Sixth when a travelling troupe of actors stopped in and performed a wonderful version of "The Railway Children". The cast hailed from Scotland and are employed by "M and M Productions" and they proved so
good that we have already booked them in for next year! GIRLS’ FOOTBALL We played our most recent game on Wednesday, 26th September and we were delighted to emerge the stronger team against worthy opponents Garranbane. Our coaches Miss Niamh Looby and Ms. Kate Doherty are doing great work and we hope to continue our winning form over the next few weeks.
Scoil Mhuire Abbeyside Parents’ Association WITH the new school year already upon us the Scoil Mhuire Parents’ Association have some dates for your diary: • The Bag2School collection is on 11th October 2018 – anyone can drop bags to the school between Monday 8th- Wednesday, 10th October. We please encourage everyone in the community to use this is a great opportunity for a post-summer clean out – and all reusable clothes, hats, shoes, belts, soft toys, jewellery and bags are welcome (but no bedding, towels or curtains please). Any black bin bag or recycling bag can be used. All funds raised will go towards the school with an extra 10% donated to The LauraLynn House. • The hotly-contested quiz season will also be back in full swing – as we welcome teams from all local schools to the Scoil Mhuire halla for the 3rd class quiz on Wednesday 17th October and the 4th class quiz on Wednesday, 14th November. All are welcome - and all local schools should have information for anyone who is interested. • Finally – we have the first of our ever popular cake sales in the school halla on the morning of Thursday, 25th October. Being Hallowe’en themed – expect plenty of monster themed buns and spooky cakes and biscuits. Everyone in the local community is welcome to pop in, enjoy a cup of tea and buy some delicious cakes from the huge range that is always on offer. This is just the start of many upcoming events over the school year – and we look forward to welcoming everyone from the school and the wider community to all of our events.”
Two of the cast members of "M and M Productions" version of "The Railway Children" with some of our pupils.
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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 5 October, 2018
Letters to the Editor … St. Mary’s Parish Address Letters to: The Editor, Dungarvan Observer, Shandon, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. Fax: 058 41559. e-mail: news@dungarvanobserver.ie ALL letters MUST include your name, address and telephone number for authenticity purposes.
Putting the will of the people first in the Abortion Legislation
James Foley from Ardmore competing at the Knockanore Ploughing Match.
West Waterford Ploughing Association ON Sunday, 16th September, we held our Annual Ploughing Match on the lands of Patrick Fennessey of Ashbourne, Lismore by kind permission for which we are very grateful. We would like to congratulate Jay Prendergast of Clashmore on winning the 3 Furrow Match Competition at the All-Ireland in Tullamore recently. We would also like to express our appreciation to all of our sponsors on the day. We would like to especially thank the Ladies Committee for providing refreshments on the day. The results are as follows: 2 Furrow Senior – 1st Larry Bergin, 2nd Michael Lenihan 3rd Philip Murphy. Under 21 2 Furrow – 1st Ger Buckley. 2 Furrow Novice – 1st Mike Hannon. Under 28 2 Furrow – 1st Lorcan Bergin, 2nd Cian Keohane. 3 Furrow Competition – 1st Jay Prendergast, 2nd Noel Howley, 3rd Tom Ryan. 3 Furrow Standard – 1st Shane Beausang, 2nd James Foley, 3rd Cillian Tate. 2 Furrow Vintage Hydraulic – 1st Tom Kielty, 2nd Philip Cotter, 3rd Henry McGrath. Single Furrow Vintage – 1st Trevor Fleming, 2nd Oliver Power. Trailor Vintage – 1st Ray Hallahan. 2 Furrow Reversible – 1st Tom Lonergan, 2nd Paddy Harrington, 3rd Jimmy Cotter. Under 28 Reversible – 1st Thomas Houlihan. 3 Furrow Reversible – 1st Paddy Power, 2nd Sean O’Brien, 3rd Niall Connery.
Editor, Whether you voted yes or no to the abortion referendum, you need to be aware that the up-dated legislation is very different to what was presented before the referendum and that many promises made by high ranking medics and TD's have not come to fruition. People voted away their say on how abortion services will be regulated. Politicians have the power now therefore it is vitally important that the public voice their concerns to ensure safeguards are included and amendments where necessary. – CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION for all medical and health professionals so that they are not coerced by the government to refer mothers on for abortion. – No reduction in the 72 hour waiting period, as this is in line with many EU countries and was promised before the referendum. – Provision of ULTRASOUND for women considering their options. – INFORMED CONSENT so that the mother is provided with full information about all alternatives to abortion, such as supports for parenting or placing for adoption. – Counselling of women prior to abortion, as promised before the referendum. – PROHIBIT ABORTION PAST VIABILITY. These babies will be delivered alive with a full medical team on hand, as promised before the referendum. – BORN ALIVE ABORTION SURVIVORS PROTECTION so that medics can intervene and give life-saving care to these babies. – ADMINISTRATION OF PAIN RELIEF to unborn babies before abortion procedures can happen. – DIGNITY OF UNBORN INFANTS REMAINS. a) That they are treated with respect and will be correctly buried. b) Prohibit the sale or use of babies remains for scientific/pharmaceutical purposes without parental consent. PROHIBIT PRENATAL DISCRIMINATION a) based on disability, as promised before the referendum b) based on sex selective abortion c) based on twin reduction – CATHOLIC AGENCIES will not be required to give abortion information. Discrepancies remain between the promises before and the updated legislation now. The Government needs to make it's intentions clear to the public on these issues. I would appeal to people, to urgently lobby TD's so that the proposed legislation will not be unjust and contrary to human rights. VIRGILA KILLIGREW Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.
The Dreamer A dreamer spins his webs of fantasy, And stitches music to every tuneless melody, He climbs over every hill - sails every sea, And makes substance of the shadows that he’ll see. He pursues in dreams lost long-ago desires, And feels once more the warmth of time-quenched fires, He sees golden sunbeams dance on distant spires, And in birdsong hears the hymns of angel choirs.
Local ploughman Paddy Power competing at the Ploughing Match with his nephew Danny.
He paints pictures on the canvas of each day, That were colourless before he passed that way, A lone lark’s song is to him a cabaret, And there’s a world of wonder in a child at play. John Daly
Church, Dungarvan
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Genesis 2: 18-24: They became one body. Letter to the Hebrews 2: 9-11: The one who sanctifies, and the ones who are sanctified, are of the same stock. Mark 10: 2-16: What God has united, man must not divide. Our Lady of the Rosary: Not celebrated officially this year as it falls on a Sunday, Oct.7th. ‘…As a remembrance of my visit, I have presented the Shrine with a rosary. I know how important the tradition of the family rosary has been in this country. I warmly encourage you to continue this tradition. Who can tell how many hearts, of fathers, mothers and children alike, have drawn comfort and strength over the years from meditating on,,,?’(the mysteries of the rosary). Pope Francis in Knock, August 26th. Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help: This Novena continues each Monday at 7.30 p.m. until Monday, October 22nd. No 9.30 a.m. Mass on Mondays during the Novena. Leaflet with Pope Francis’ Words in Ireland: This special leaflet with words from each of Pope Francis’ addresses during his recent visit is available in the church porches. Please take one home for yourself, a neighbour and a friend. Come Away and Rest Awhile: Prayer Group for 16 – 35year olds. Fridays: 8-10 p.m. St. Mary’s Parish Pastoral Room in the building next to the Deise Day Centre, Mitchell St, Dungarvan. A group of young
people meet for prayer, conversation, tea and cakes! Young people explore their faith and make friends in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere. Come along and join them. Repair to Cast Iron Gates and Railing: These repairs are currently under way and are expected to be completed by Dec. 14th. In the last weekend’s newsletter there is an explanation of the lengthy process which has led to this point which sees the work being carried out to the highest standards of repair and conservation by accredited conservation specialists. Third and Final Phase of work on Stained Glass Windows: Work on the repair and conservation of remaining 13 stained glass windows in St. Mary’s Parish Church is due to begin on Monday, October 8th. The back page of last weekend’s newsletter is devoted to an explanation of the work which lies ahead. Parish Office: Located in St. Mary’s Church and is open Monday to Friday office hours. If you want to book Masses or Baptisms call during these times. Phone 058-42374. Daily Mass broadcast on 98.5 FM. Phone No: Fr. Ryan 42374, Fr. Harris 42384, Fr. Cooney 41136. Emergency Phone No: To contact Priest on duty: 0862334282. St. Vincent de Paul Helpline No.: 087-7747870.
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Just think of it! I LIKE to think that the Lord Jesus, during his earthly life, must have been a very pleasant person to talk to. I can’t imagine that people like Peter and the other apostles would have felt tense and on edge just because Jesus was walking along the road in their company. And it’s unlikely that mothers would ask Jesus to bless the children if he seemed to be a stern, unwelcoming person. I’ve been wondering, do we, the present day followers of Jesus, get enough joy out of being his followers? Have we put too much emphasis on our sinfulness and not enough emphasis on the fact that we have been redeemed by the death and resurrection of Jesus? Of course, we are sinners, but we are redeemed sinners, and maybe we shouldn’t allow ourselves to be always mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. As Pope Francis has put it in his letter called “The Joy of the Gospel,” “There are Christians whose lives seem like Lent without Easter.” In the long talk that Jesus gave to the apostles at the Last Supper (find it in St. John’s gospel, chapters 14 to 17), there’s one sentence that always intrigues me: “I have told you this so that my own joy may be in you and your joy be complete.” He’s talking about joy, his own and others’, while Judas is arranging his betrayal and Jesus himself knows that his enemies are closing in on him. What kind of joy does he mean? What do you think? I wonder does he have in mind a calm trust that if we accept God’s will, even if we can’t figure out what’s happening, in the end all will be well. When all is said and done, we are definitely loved by God. Fr. Robert Arthure, Cappoquin, Co. Waterford.
Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 5 October, 2018
JOAN BEHAN (nee Hubbart) Coumahon, Kilmacthomas Joan Behan of Coumahon, Kilmacthomas, passed away on Friday, 31st August, peacefully, in the tender care of staff at St. Anne's Unit, Dungarvan Community Hospital, evoking feelings of deep sorrow and regret in the wider community. Predeceased by her husband Pat; sister Mary; parents Michael and Ellen; we express our deepest sympathy to Joan’s sons John, Michael and Patsy; daughters Breda and Eleanor; sons-in-law Michael Keane and Peter Kiely; daughters-inlaw Margaret, Breeda and Emer; grandchildren, great-grandchild, brothers Fr. Tom and John; sister Angela McAuliffe; brother-in-law Liam; nephews, nieces, extended family, neighbours and many friends. Joan was born in Scrahan, Kilmacthomas, to parents Michael and Ellen Hubbart on 29th October, 1929. Joan worked in the office in Flahavans, a job she loved, it was here that she met her beloved husband Pat Behan. On moving to Coumahon, Joan loved the outdoor life and farming. She had a great love of animals, nature and enjoyed living at the foot of the Comeragh Mountains where she walked her dogs daily. Joan was a devoted family woman, a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who will be sadly missed by all. Joan lived a very happy and healthy life and has left behind wonderful memories. Suaimhneas síoraí dá hanam uasal. Joan lay in repose at the Kiely Funeral Home, Dungarvan, on Saturday evening, 1st September, huge numbers of people came to pay their respects, console the bereaved and remember Joan. Later in the presence of her loving family, neighbours and friends the Rosary was led by Fr. John Delaney, P.P. Removal took place on Sunday afternoon, 2nd September, to St. Anne’s Church, Fews. On arrival a Guard of Honour from Kilmacthomas Bridge Club stood in respectful tribute. Concelebrated Requiem Mass in thanksgiving for Joan’s life was offered by Fr. John Delaney, P.P., assisted by Fr. John Kiely, P.E., and Fr. Jimmy Flynn, I.C. Also in attendance were many members of the Rosminian Order: Fr. Matt Gaffney, I.C.; Fr. Patrick Fegan, I.C.; Fr. James Flynn, I.C.; Fr. Patrick Pierce, I.C.; Fr. Michael Melican, I.C., and Fr. James Browne, I.C., and Fr. Michael Collender, O.S.A. At the beginning of Mass symbolic items representing Joan’s life were brought to the altar by her grandchildren; Rena Behan presented Rosary beads, Nicole Kiely brought a symbol of a dog, Hannah-Mei Behan presented a picture of the Mahon Falls, Peter Behan brought a family picture and Stephen Keane presented a pack of cards, while Kate Kiely narrated the significance of each of these items. The Liturgy of the Word was shared with the large congregation by Joan’s grand-daughter Gillian Kiely and grandson Michael Behan. The Prayers of the Faithful were recited by her grand-daughters Emily Keane, Erica Kiely,Tao Behan and Laura Behan, daughter-in-law Emer Behan and niece Majella Hubbart. The Offertory Gifts of Bread and Wine were brought to the altar by Joan’s grandchildren Lisa Keane and Pat Behan. Throughout the Mass a lovely selection of music and hymns were provided by soloist Dina Walshe. After Communion Joan’s daughter Eleanor Kiely delivered a lovely and fitting eulogy, acknowledging the care her mother received and the kindness the family received from the wider community. Afterwards Joan was laid to rest in the adjoining cemetery in the presence of a vast concourse of mourners who had come from near and far, a testament to the very high esteem in which she was held in the community. Fr. Delaney, P.P., led the Rite of Committal and beautiful music was played on the flute by Hannah-Mei Behan (grand-daughter). May Joan Rest In Peace. Month’s Mind Mass for Joan will be offered at 7.30 p.m. on Friday, 5th October, in St. Anne’s Church, Fews. (Funeral arrangements by James Kiely & Sons, Funeral Directors, Dungarvan).
OBITUARY MICHAEL COUGHLAN 35 Parks Road, Lismore It is with profound sorrow and deep regret we record the passing of Michael Coughlan, 35 Parks Road, Lismore, Co.Waterford, loving son of the recently deceased Donie, which sad event occurred peacefully, surrounded by his loving family at Marymount Hospice, Cork, on 27th September, 2018. Lying in repose at St. Carthage’s Mortuary, Lismore, on Friday evening, Rosary was recited by Rosary Committee member Michael Houlihan in the presence of Michael’s loving family, relatives, neighbours and friends. On Saturday evening, Rev. Fr. M. Cullinan, P.P., recited Funeral Prayers in the presence of his loving family, relatives, neighbours and many friends, before removal took place to St. Carthage’s Church, Lismore. On arrival his remains were received and blessed by Rev. Fr. M. Cullinan, P.P. Funeral Mass on Sunday morning was by Rev. Fr. M. Cullinan, P.P. Symbols representing Michael’s life were presented to the altar – nephew John Hegarty (Communion candle); friend Noddy Casey (a trowel); aunts Nora Ryan (newspaper and betting slip); and Anne Boyle (a puzzle book); nephews Mark Coughlan (Manchester United jersey) and Paul Coughlan (a family photograph); the significance of these were narrated by Noel Hegarty, brother-in-law. Readings during the Mass were recited by nephew John Hegarty and sister-in-law Sheena. Prayers of the Faithful were read by his niece Lucy Coughlan, nephew Brian Hegarty, brother Aidan, cousins Michelle Griffin, Patrick Ryan and Paul O’Sullivan. The Offertory Gifts were presented to the altar by Michael’s mum Nina and sister AnneMarie. Organist Donal Kennifick, accompanied by soloists Philip and Becky McCloskey, provided a lovely selection of music and hymns throughout the Funeral Mass. Communion reflection was recited by Michael’s brother P.J. His sister Anne-Marie recited words of appreciation and gratitude to all who supported their family during this difficult time. Lismore GAA formed a guard of honour in the church yard as the coffin made its way from the church. Following Funeral Mass burial took place in St. Carthage’s Cemetery, Rev. Fr. M. Cullinan, P.P., officiated the graveside prayers, where Michael was laid to rest in the presence of his loving family, relatives, neighbours and many friends. May we extend our deepest sympathy to his loving mother Nina (nee Kelly); sister Anne-Marie; brothers P.J., Aidan and Sean; sisterin-law Sheena; brother-in-law Noel Hegarty; nephews John, Brian, Paul, Mark and Shane; niece Lucy; aunts, uncles, relatives, neighbours and friends. May he Rest In Peace. (Funeral arrangements by Aidan Walsh & Sons, Funeral Directors, Cappoquin & Tallow).
ELIZABETH (Lily) GOODE (née Clancy) 84 Celtic Park Avenue, Whitehall, Dublin With feelings of deep sadness we write on the passing of Lily Goode (née Clancy) which occurred on Thursday last, September 27th, at Beaumont Hospital after a relatively short illness. Aged 85 years and a native of Dublin, Lily was predeceased by her husband Paul who was a native of Church Street, Dungarvan, and who hailed from one of the oldest and respected Dungarvan families. We extend our deepest sympathy to Lily’s relatives on their cross of bereavement, her son Declan; daughter Aileen; son-in-law Fintan McKenna; grandchildren, many other relatives including sisters-in-law Phil Cliffe and Máiread Goode; her brother-in-law Billy Goode, Church Street, Dungarvan. Funeral Mass in celebration of Lily’s life was offered on Monday, 1st October, in the Church of Our Lady of Consolation, Donnycarney, with the interment afterwards in Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin. Inár gcroíthe go deo. (Obituary by James Kiely & Sons, Funeral Directors).
TOMMY KEATING 19 New Street, Lismore With sadness and regret that we record the passing of Tommy Keating, 19 New Street, Lismore, Co. Waterford, which sad event occurred suddenly at his home on 29th September, 2018. Lying in repose at his home in 19 New Street, Lismore, on Monday evening, where neighbours, friends and family members gathered to offer their sympathy and bring to mind their memories of Tommy. On Tuesday morning, Funeral Mass was celebrated in St. Carthage's Church, Lismore, following Funeral Mass burial took place in St. Carthage's Cemetery. May he rest in peace. We extend our deepest sympathy to the Murphy family; relatives, neighbours and a large circle of friends. (Funeral arrangements by Aidan Walsh & Sons, Funeral Directors, Cappoquin & Tallow).
EILEEN McGRATH Monatrea Middle, Kinsalebeg Feelings of deep regret and sorrow were expressed with the unexpected passing on Monday last, 1st October, at her residence of Eileen McGrath who was in her mid-eighties.We offer our deepest sympathy to her son Tom; daughter Mary; daughter-in-law Margaret,; grandchildren Keith and Leona; great grandchildren, extended family, other relatives and friends. Reposing on Wednesday, 3rd October, at the Kiely Funeral Home, Dungarvan, from 5.00 p.m. with Rosary at 7.30 p.m. Requiem Mass on Thursday at 12 noon in St. Bartholomew’s Church, Piltown, with the interment afterwards in the adjoining cemetery. May Eileen Rest In Peace. (Funeral arrangements by James Kiely and Sons, Funeral Directors, Dungarvan).
63 MAURICE WALSH Boulattin, Kilrossanty, and formerly McCarthyville, Abbeyside On the 6th of September, 2018, our family was filled with great sadness at the passing of our father, brother, grandfather and great grandfather Maurice Walsh. Maurice was born in Dungarvan in 1946. He travelled overseas to the Isle of Wight in the mid-60s. He later returned and raised his family in Abbeyside where he then started working in John Phelan’s, where he spent many years before working in Waterford Co-Op until it closed in 1997. Maurice then went on to work at the Crystal Sports Centre, Dungarvan, until he retired. Maurice had a wide range of hobbies, such as darts, birds, fishing, soccer, GAA, but his most loved interest was squash. Maurice was the only person to be President of Minnies Squash Club twice, but he also played competitively where he had huge success. Maurice led the squash team to great glory while he was President, winning an AllIreland title in Sligo and went on to take his team to Vienna to do his country proud. Although Maurice had a passion for sports, what was really important to him was family. Maurice came from a large family of seven boys and nine girls. Maurice was deeply loved by his daughters Jacqueline and Sandra and sons Pat and Trevor. Maurice was a loving grandfather to twelve grandchildren and four great grandchildren. In recent years Maurice’s health deteriorated and he was diagnosed with Dementia. As Maurice’s illness progressed, he spent a year in CareChoice, Abbeyside. Once Maurice went into CareChoice his most fond outing was the coffee shop where he would go every Tuesday morning and Maurice would have a hello for everyone, he loved to meet up with all his buddies while in the coffee shop and would be moving from table to table to say hello to everyone. When his health deteriorated further, Maurice went to St. Aiden’s in Waterford City where he received great care in his last few months before his death on September 6th. The real heroes involved in Maurice’s care were his daughters Jacqueline and Sandra who went above and beyond to ensure he received the best care and compassion in his final years. Maurice was surrounded by his family and life-long friend Micheal Tutty when he passed away. Maurice reposed in his daughter’s home in Kilrossanty before being laid to rest on the 9th of September, 2018. Funeral Mass was celebrated by Fr. Ryan in the Parish Church, Dungarvan. Readings were recited by Amie Power and Alan Walsh. Prayers of the Faithful were read by his grandchildren Ally, Darragh, Evyn and Kellie. Hymns were performed by Bridget King. Symbols that represented his life were presented to the altar by his great grandchildren Abbey, Aleisha and Callum and grandchildren Mia, Ellie, Evyn, Darragh, Kellie and Ally. Maurice’s daughters Jacqueline and Sandra presented the Offertory Gifts to the altar. After Communion Maurice’s grand-daughter Amy Tobin delivered a beautiful and heartfelt eulogy where she spoke about the great man Maurice was and how he will be missed. After Mass Maurice was brought on the first part of his final journey by his daughters, sister and grand-daughters before being laid to rest in his final resting place by his son, grandsons and close friends. Maurice is mourned by his daughters Jacqueline and Sandra; sons Pat and Trevor; grandchildren Dane, Amy, Ally, Lee, Kellie, Jamie, Adam, Mia, Ellie, Evyn, Darragh, Evie and his great grandchildren Abbey, Aleisha, Callum and Cayden; sons-in-law Joe and Jim; daughter-inlaw Louise and his great friends Michael and Mikey Tutty. We would like to thank Abbeyside Soccer Club for the guard of honour as we all arrived at the Church to show the love of sport that Maurice had.We would also like to thank all his friends and competitors from Minnies Squash Club for the guard of honour as we travelled out through the graveyard to lay Maurice to his final resting place. There will be a Month’s Mind Mass for Maurice on this Sunday, 7th October, 2018, at 12 o’clock in the Parish Church. Funeral arrangements were made by Drohan’s Funeral Director.We as a family would also like to send our thanks and appreciation to Michael and Mikey Tutty for the love and support they have shown us all, especially throughout the last few years. (Funeral arrangements were by Tom Drohan, Funeral Director, Dungarvan).
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FARMING Round-up … Minister Creed cannot let factories off the hook on Sheep EID IFA National Sheep Chairman Sean Dennehy said sheep farmers are very frustrated with the way EID has been compulsorily imposed on them. He said the recent letter from the Minister Creed and the Department of Agriculture to 35,000 sheep farmers makes it very clear “that EID is compulsory for farmers and optional for factories”. He said earlier this year, Minister Creed promised sheep farmers that he would insist that all factories and marts would have to provide farmers with a full and accurate print out of their EID tags numbers for consignments of sheep delivered and this in turn would make the dispatch documents much simpler for farmers. In the latest letter to farmers, the Department now state that “factories will have the option to operate as Central Points of recording”. The IFA Sheep farmers leader pointed out in a Frequently Asked Questions section accompanying the Department letter to farmers, the Department pose the question “Is it a requirement for marts and slaughter plants to operate as CPRs? Answer - No – operations seeking to function as CPRs will apply to the DAFM for approval to do so. Where a mart or slaughter plant decides not to operate as an approved CPR, the full individual identification number of each animal presented in a particular batch must be listed on the dispatch document accompanying sheep to that premises”. Sean Dennehy said there are major flaws with the current EID proposals on the table from Minister Creed and he called on the Minister to have a rethink in order to try and get the arrangements correct before proceeding. “If the Minister is imposing compulsory EID on farmers, he must insist that factories and marts operate EID and supply an accurate printout to farmers”. In addition, the Minister must ensure that there are proper tolerances and reduced penalties for tag fall out, which are inevitable and will costs farmers seriously in cross compliance penalties on their direct payments. Sean Dennehy said IFA has again written to the Department of Agriculture seeking an urgent meeting on EID before the EID arrangements proceed any further.
IFA to protest at Beef forum IFA President Joe Healy said IFA would not be participating in the Beef Forum and livestock farmers would instead be protesting outside the meeting. “IFA has tried to constructively engage at the Beef Forum which is presided over by Agriculture Minister Michael Creed, but nothing has been delivered. Our patience has run out and we need real action and delivery by the Minister to address the disastrous situation for farmers in the livestock sector,” he said. “The Minister continuously highlights the export growth for the sector, but this has been built on the back of loss-making beef prices on farms.The Minister has refused to tackle the meat processors and has continually talked down the prospects of an increase payment for suckler cows. Beef farmers are sick of it and they want to see some positive action from the Minister,” he said. Joe Healy said, “Cattle farmers are raging with the way Minister Creed has allowed the factories to run amok with systematic cattle price cuts, inflicting severe losses on farmers, who are on their knees financially”. The IFA President said there was very strong political support for the IFA campaign for increased targeted support for suckler cows among all politicians across all parties who attended the IFA Budget 2019 briefing session in Dublin Over 100 politicians attended, where increased support for sucklers and low-cost loans were top of the agenda. He said “Agriculture Minister Michael Creed needs to act on the strong message on sucklers coming from his own party colleagues and from rural TD everywhere”.
West Waterford grower announced as winner of 5 hectares of Belfry Hybrid Barley A WEST Waterford farmer was this week announced among the winners of a competition to receive five hectares of Belfry Hybrid Barley. Luke Cunningham a mixed tillage, sheep and cattle farmer from Ardmore, will be sowing the crop over the next few weeks as part of his autumn sowings. As the newest Hybrid Barley to come to market, based on the recently released 2019 DAFM Recommended List results, Luke will be sowing the winter barley variety with the best combination of yield, straw and grain quality, and disease resistance. Luke, who farms alongside his father Matt, has grown Quadra Hybrid Barley for the last two years and now plans to sow 40% of his winter barley crop in Hybrid Barley this year. Speaking on receiving his prize at the store of his local merchant, Denn’s Agri Feeds, Luke said: “It was a pleasant surprise to win this prize; I planned on growing Bazooka and Belfry Hybrid Barley this year anyway so this is an added bonus.” Seedtech, the company who distribute Hybrid Barley in Ireland, also announced two other prize winners including Michael O’Neil from Co. Tipperary and Pat Keenan who
Winner of 5 Ha of Belfry Hybrid Barley L-R Ellenor McDonnell from Seedtech; Luke Cunningham, winning farmer and Pat Clancy from Denn Feeds. is farming in Co. Kildare. Belfry Hybrid Barley, along with the varieties Quadra and
Bazooka, are available for sale from merchants through-out the country.
Seedtech can be contacted on 051 832814 or info@seedtech.ie for more information.
Farmers are furious with Minister and factories over beef cuts SPEAKING at the IFA Beef and Suckler campaign meeting in Ballinasloe on Monday night last, IFA President Joe Healy said Minister Creed has one week left before the Budget to secure additional support for sucklers. He said, “Time is fast running out before the Budget for Minister Creed, and it’s vitally important that he delivers for sucklers next week”. Joe Healy said IFA and livestock farmers from all over the country will be protesting outside the Beef Forum at the Department of Agriculture on Kildare St. on today Wednesday, October 3rd at 10.00 a.m. with a strong message for both the Minister and the factories. “Cattle farmers are furious with the way the Minister has allowed the factories to run amok and systematically cut cattle prices to loss making levels while at the same time prices are rising in our main export market in the UK.” Joe Healy said the factories have used Minister Creed, flying around the world
opening markets and driving exports, while at the same time cutting prices paid to farmers. He said what has happened this year is a real case of the tail wagging the dog and farmers are being asked to carry the costs in loss making beef prices. The IFA President said the income pressure on cattle farms was a breaking point, following the severe weather conditions all year and the massive increase in costs. He said the way the factories have cut prices over recent weeks is ‘the straw that broke the camel’s back’. The Teagasc national Farm survey data shows that for 2017, the average income on cattle rearing farms was only €12,529. “Since mid-July the factories have hammered prices down from a base of €4.00/kg to €3.75 and now trying €3.70. They took advantage of farmers in the drought and used the weather and costs against them”. He said “Factories have torn the hell out of prices and forced them down well below
the cost of production. This also eroded confidence in the market place and wrecked the mart price for weanlings and stores. In late August/September, prices in our main export market in the UK started to rise, up 15p/kg in over 4 weeks. At the same time the factories turned up the heat on prices here and inflicted severe damage on farm incomes”. “During this period, despite repeated requests, the Minister never lifted a finger against the factories. He called in the banks, he worked with the co-ops on the fodder issue but never said a word to the meat factories. He gave them free rein and let them run amok”. Joe Healy said the Beef Forum protest is a warning shot for Minister Creed. “The Minister must deliver on sucklers in next week’s Budget. Minister Creed has to show he is on the side of farmers”.
Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 5 October, 2018
FARMING
All-island farm safety campaign to focus on safe working at height The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) and the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI) began a fortnight long intensive farm inspection campaign on Monday 1st October. Inspectors across the island will be visiting farms and ensuring that farmers are carrying out work at height safely.They will draw attention to information and guidance available from both the HSA and the HSENI. Farming on both sides of the border continues to be one of the most hazardous sectors to work in. Since the beginning of 2018 there have been 21 people killed due to farm accidents on the island of Ireland (16 in Republic of Ireland and 5 in Northern Ireland). Of these, one fatal fall occurred in each jurisdiction. Last year (2017) there were 31 farm fatalities (25 in Republic of Ireland, 6 in Northern Ireland) with 4 due to falls, or falling objects, on farms (all in Republic of Ireland). Serious and fatal falls can occur during the repair of buildings damaged due to storms. Many agriculture buildings use fragile roofing materials that cannot support the weight of a person. In order to work safely at height the following principals should be followed: â&#x20AC;˘ Only undertake roof work if competent to do so â&#x20AC;˘ Risk assess all work at height, paying particular attention to fragile roofing materials â&#x20AC;˘ Take steps to avoid, prevent or reduce risks â&#x20AC;˘ Before beginning work, select a suitable system of work and suitable equipment Pat Griffin, Senior Inspector for Agriculture safety with the HSA says that planning is a key component:
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are asking farmers to plan ahead and make sure that work at height is only carried out using the proper equipment and with protective measures in place. This can be done by carrying out a risk assessment that identifies all of the hazards especially when working to repair fragile roofs. Most falls from height are fatal, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not worth taking a risk.â&#x20AC;? Malcom Downey, Senior Inspector with HSENI said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sadly, falls from height are one of the main causes of tragic deaths on farms and it is essential that anyone working at height plans the work and uses the right equipment - for example using a mobile elevated work platform. MEWPs significantly reduce the chance of a fall and using the right equipment also makes the work easier and much quicker.â&#x20AC;? During the campaign, Inspectors
will also highlight the dangers of falling objects such as round bales and other feed items. These items are sometimes stored at height and it is important that they are properly stacked and handled to avoid them falling and causing crush injuries. Approximately 6% of the working population are involved in agriculture but the sector frequently accounts for up to 50% of workplace deaths. The HSA will host its National Farm Safety Conference in the Dolmen Hotel, Co. Carlow, on October 26th with the aim of reviewing current approaches to safety, health and welfare in farming and improving health and safety within this important sector in challenging times. For further information on â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Safe Working at Heightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;National Farm Safety Conferenceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, visit www.hsa.ie.
CAUSES OF FARM DEATHS IN 2018 (ROI) Trigger Number of Fatals (year to date) Tractor, Farm Vehicle 7 Livestock 5 Machinery 1 Timber 1 Fall from Height 1 Slurry 1 Total 16 County Number of Fatals (year to date) Galway 3 Tipperary 2 Meath 1 Offaly 1 Kerry 1 Kilkenny 1 Sligo 1 Cavan 1 Westmeath 1 Waterford 1 Mayo 1 Monaghan 1 Laois 1 Total 16
Dungarvan Mart Prices MONDAY 1st OCTOBER DRY COWS 1 Fr. 795 kgs. made â&#x201A;Ź945. 1 Fr. 680 kgs. made â&#x201A;Ź900. 1 Fr. 700 kgs. made â&#x201A;Ź910. BULLOCKS 5 Lim. 652 kgs. made â&#x201A;Ź1,305 each. 6 Lim. 516 kgs. made â&#x201A;Ź1,210 each. 6 Lim. 541 kgs. made â&#x201A;Ź1,195 each. 10 A.A. 439 kgs. made â&#x201A;Ź905 each. 5 A.A. 564 kgs. made â&#x201A;Ź1,105 each. 4 A.A. 437 kgs. made â&#x201A;Ź830 each. 5 Lim. 391 kgs. made â&#x201A;Ź775 each. 4 A.A. 383 kgs. made â&#x201A;Ź740 each. 4 Frs. 491 kgs. made â&#x201A;Ź790 each. 8 Char. 417 kgs. made â&#x201A;Ź1,005 each.
HEIFERS 1 A.A. 620 kgs. made â&#x201A;Ź1,175 . 1 Char. 610 kgs. made â&#x201A;Ź1,120. 1 Char. 475 kgs. made â&#x201A;Ź935. 6 Char. 456 kgs. made â&#x201A;Ź930 each. 3 Her. 470 kgs. made â&#x201A;Ź890 each. 4 A.A. 448 kgs.made â&#x201A;Ź780 each. Special Entry for Monday next, 8th October, 2018: 9 Suckler Cows, Aberdeen Angus and Hereford, scanned in-calf to a 5 Star Pedigree Aberdeen Angus Bull. (For a local producer). Next Sheep Assembly at Dungarvan Mart: Wednesday,
DUNGARVAN MART NEXT WEANLING SALE Thursday, 11th October, 2018, at 11.30 a.m. Special Entry for this Sale of 9 Suckler Cows, Aberdeen Angus and Hereford, scanned in-calf to a 5 Star Pedigree Aberdeen Angus Bull. For a local producer. Enquiries to 058-41611.
17th October, 2018, from 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. Quotes available Tuesday 16th October. Booking required. Enquiries to 058-41611. Weanling Sale: Thursday, 11th October, at 11.30 a.m. Special Entries for this sale (1) 22 Bucket-Fed Aberdeen Angus and Hereford male weanlings. (2) 26 quality Purebred Charolais bull weanlings, 350 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 400 kgs. (for a local producers). SAMPLE PRICES FROM WEANLING SALE 27th SEPTEMBER, 2018 9 Char. Bulls 330 kgs. made â&#x201A;Ź955 each. 3 Char. Bulls 345 kgs. made â&#x201A;Ź930 each. 3 Lim. Bulls 275 kgs. made â&#x201A;Ź675 each. 3 Sim. Bulls 256 kgs. made â&#x201A;Ź585 each. 7 A.A. Bulls 253 kgs. made â&#x201A;Ź500 each. 4 Lim. Heifers 288 kgs. made â&#x201A;Ź620 each. 4 Lim. Heifers 296 kgs. made â&#x201A;Ź635 each. 6 Char. Heifers 301 kgs. made â&#x201A;Ź545 each.
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TEAGASC/GLANBIA DAIRY FARM WALK On the Farm of CONOR BEAUSANG, CHURCHQUARTER GRANGE, Via YOUGHAL, CO. WATERFORD Eircode P36 V205
FRIDAY, 12th OCTOBER 11.00 a.m. Conor is a Teagasc/Glanbia monitor farmer and he has improved breeding, grassland and financial management over the last 4 years to develop his farm and future proof is business. This is the last walk on this farm. All are welcome.
IFA comment on FBD purchase of convertible bond IFA has welcomed the announcement that FBD is to buy back the â&#x201A;Ź70m convertible bond from Fairfax. This is a positive development for FBDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s existing shareholders and for Irish farmers who founded the business 50 years ago. IFA values its ongoing relationship with FBD as the only remaining indigenous Irish insurer, with an unrivalled knowledge of the farm insurance market.
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Teagasc / Glanbia Monitor Farm Focus Week of 1/10/2018 Grange, Waterford Milk Kg/Day 18.6 Fat % 4.75 Protein % 4.03 Milk Solids/Day KG 1.63 Meal KG/Cow/Day 4 Average Farm Cover 963 Cover Per Cow 379 2,200 Pre Grazing Yield KG DM 36 Demand KG DM HA 67 Growth KG DM HA
South Kilkenny 19 5.34 4.08 1.8 5 983 364 2,200 35 58
Comments: Grange Waterford • Vaccinated cows for Salmonella • Weight in-calf Heifers at 430kgs - on target • Weight of 2018 calves is 202kgs - on target • Last Farm Walk - 12th October South Kilkenny • Vaccinated 0-1 year old heifers for IBR, Lepto and Salmonella • Finished spreading fertilizer this week • Cultured test milk samples yesterday • We will look forward to seeing you at the Monitor Farm Walk next Tuesday, October 9th at 11.00 a.m.
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Teagasc DAIRYING 5 Grazing Tips for this Week: 1) Meet residuals of 4 cm. 2) Operate a rotation length of 35+ days. 3) Use a strip wire and back fence to graze heavy covers. 4) Set up an autumn grass budget and an autumn rotation plan on PastureBase Ireland. 5) Carry out a grass measurement to monitor farm cover and growth.
Managing high SCC in late lactation While maximising production and selling as much milk as possible may be a priority this autumn, turning a blind eye to animals with a high SCC i.e. sub-clinically infected, could prove to be a very costly exercise. In fact, sacrificing quality over quantity is a false economy. These cows are not producing milk to their full potential because infection has damaged some of the mammary tissue, and to make matters worse will remain a constant source of infection in your herd. So how should you deal with them? 1.The first thing to do is to milk record the whole herd, and identify any high SCC cows i.e. SCC>200,000cells/ml. While milk recording might be seen as an extra cost, it can be more expensive not to.Without measuring the SCC of each cow individually, there is no way of knowing which cows are infected. One alternative to milk recording is to use the California Mastitis Test (CMT) on the whole herd but don’t forget to record all the results. 2. High SCC cows should be marked and milked last to minimise disease spread. If it is not possible to run them as a separate herd, hold them back and milk them as the last row. This will prevent them infecting other cows. 3.Remove the source of infection. Consider drying high SCC cows off early, to give them the best chance of curing and to reduce the impact on your bulk tank SCC. 4. Develop a culling list of cows which have had recurring high SCC and mastitis problems and are unlikely to cure. Consider culling cows that have had high SCC for two consecutive lactations, despite antibiotic dry cow therapy. DRYSTOCK Tasks for October With the ploughing over, it really feels like the days are getting shorter and it’s time to make plans for the winter and, indeed, the spring. October is a critical month for setting up the farm to ensure maximum weight gains for both the winter and spring. As there are a lot of things to get done this month, take time to pencil tasks into your diary. October 1 – week one Fodder: If you have not already done so it is essential to do a fodder budget for your farm and act accordingly to make sure that you
have enough feed for at least a 5 month winter. Then take silage samples for analysis so that you know the quality of what you are feeding and how much supplementation is required. Grass:Time to draw up the autumn planner.This is a simple plan which outlines how 60% of the farm gets grazed and closed from October 10 to November 7.The idea is that grass grazed and closed in this period will provide grass to turn out to in the spring. You may need to change the dates to suit your farm by one-two weeks and heavier farms should start closing earlier. It is important to identify which paddocks are getting grazed and closed, as this will help focus the mind. Lime: Can lime spreading be worked into your autumn planner by spreading where required after paddocks are closed? October 8 – week two Grass: Graze and close 15% of your farm, or 15 acres for every 100 acres of grass farmed. Graze paddocks to 3.5-4cm to encourage winter tillering of the grass plant and do not re-graze fields that have been closed. Skip heavier paddocks and graze paddocks with ideal covers to meet 60% target if necessary. Slurry: Get the slurry out and tanks emptied while ground conditions are good. Spread on bare ground where silage has been cut. October 15 – week three Grass: Graze and close a further 15% of your farm, or another 15 acres for every 100 acres of grass farmed. October 23 – week four Grass: Graze and close a further 15% of your farm, or another 15 acres for every 100 acres of grass farmed. Slurry: This is the last week for spreading slurry. Farmyard manure: This is the last week for spreading farmyard manure (FYM). Only spread where ground and weather conditions allow. Any remaining FYM should be removed from fields and stored in suitable storage to meet the requirements of cross compliance. Cattle weighing: Make plans to weigh your cattle at housing time. Have the scales ready or book a weighing service. IMPORTANT EVENT Teagasc/Glanbia Dairy Monitor Farm Walk A Teagasc/Glanbia Dairy Monitor Farm Walk will take place on the farm of Conor Beausang, Grange, Co. Waterford, P36 V205 on Friday, October 12th at 11.00 a.m. Conor has been participating in the monitor farm programme for the last four years and this is the final walk on this farm. The Teagasc/Glanbia Joint Programme was set up to position dairy farmers in the Glanbia area to take advantage of growth opportunities that arose post 2015. On this walk you will see and hear how Conor has progressed over the last four years and what skills and knowledge he has gained from the programme to sustainably and profitably future proof his dairy farm business. The physical and financial performance over the last four years will be discussed as well as the improvements achieved in breeding and grassland management. You will also hear Conor’s plans for the future. This is your final opportunity to see and hear how that performance was achieved. All are welcome.
Question: I drew down a TAMS Sheep fencing grant last year. For this I had to complete a half day Safety Course. My son is currently in agricultural college and will be finished in the not so distant future. I wish to enter a Registered farm Partnership with him and apply for the 60% grant on a slatted house. A neighbour said I will have to do the safety course again. Is this the case? Can you please advise? Answer: The Safety Certificate will have to be in the name of the young farmer to qualify. You said that your son is currently in agricultural college. If he can get a letter stating that he has passed the safety element required for TAMS that will suffice. Failing that, he will have to attend a half day training course.You should also note that the 20% top-up will only be paid out when your son has completed the educational requirements. I trust this will clear things up for you. Tip of the Week: The closing date for the spreading of chemical fertiliser has now passed and no further spreading is permitted, however slurry can still be spread until the 31st October. This applies to 2018 only!
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Maxol Leads the Way on Farm Safety with the Grassmen at the National Ploughing Championship 2018 – Kirstie Ward, the first female member of The Grassmen with Gareth Gault, founder of the Grassmen, trying out the Maxol Agri Tractor Simulator, and reminding everyone to remember the importance of Farm Safety. The programmes include a tractor and trailer obstacle course, reversing and parking with a trailer, and handling and loading bales onto a trailer. For further information on Maxol’s Farm Safety tips, go to https://maxol.ie/service-stations/twelve-checks. To find our more about the Grassmen go to https://www.facebook.com/TheGrassmen/
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CLONMEL HORSE SHOW & AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY LTD. First held in 1865 €15,000 Bursary Award Fund A number of Bursary Grants will be awarded for projects which promote research and development in the fields of agriculture, horticulture, forestry or equine, mirroring the core objectives/activities of the Clonmel Show Society. Innovative proposals for feasibility studies, study trips and structured academic practical or market based research relating to farm enterprises, agri-tourism or home crafts/industries* will be especially welcome *Priority will be given to practical or market based projects Further information is available at Kinsalebeg Macra Bowling Team with Macra President James Healy.
Waterford Macra na Feirme KINSALEBEG IN BOWLING AND QUESTION TIME NATIONAL FINAL Huge well done to Kinsalebeg Macra members Mark, Edmond, Mary, Maurice, Niamh and April who represented Waterford in
both the Question Time and Bowling national finals last weekend! PUBLIC SPEAKING WORKSHOP AND COUNTY EXECUTIVE October County Exec Meeting is being held this Friday
5th October in Lenihans Bar Newtown, Kilmacthomas at 8.00 p.m., followed by a Public Speaking Workshop at 9.00 p.m. This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in developing their public speaking skills. All are welcome to attend.
www.clonmelshow.ie/bursary Closing date: Friday 19th October, 2018 Applications will only be accepted in electronic format. (12-10)
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For Sale c.53 ACRE ROADSIDE FARM Sheep Breeders Annual Show and Sale 2018 – Best Ram Lamb: Brian Fraher (Handler) with Pa Whyte (Owner.)
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• Prime Roadside Dairy Farm in 3 divisions • Available 1st April, 2019 • Farm Roadways, easy access to all paddocks • Quality permanent pasture – ongoing reseeding programme • Excellent wintering facilities cubicles with scrapers and slatted accommodation • Private water supply in all paddocks
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Sheep Breeders Annual Show and Sale 2018 – Best Ram in Wool. Jackie Fraher (President), Raymond Connolly (Star Fuels, Sponsor), Phillip Faulkner (Judge), Mattie Fahy (Chairman), Craig Fraher (on behalf of Billy Fraher, Portlaw, Owner).
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WITH a competition as large as the Celtic Box Cup drawing hundreds of boxers from scores of clubs and a dozen countries, there are bound to be some unusual situations occurring. Last Sunday, two brothers, twins arrived to box in the tour-nament, but for different clubs. Scott Long from Cork was boxing with his club, Muskerry, while his brother and twin Jamie was boxing with the Irish Defence Forces. Scott was boxing in the Senior B Grade while luckily, Jamie qualified and was listed in Senior A. A fraternal feud and a bout in the ring were avoided. Jamie and Scott started their boxing career together with Muskerry at the age of eleven, but Scott dropped out for some years and took up the game again about two years ago.
They both decided to enter the Celtic Box Cup and commenced a rigid training regime together about ten weeks ago. Jamie is based in Sarsfield Barracks, Limerick with the 12th Infantry Battalion and hopes to be part of a Defence Forces team which will enter The Military World Championships, The 7th CISM World Games, or the 7th Peace Games, which will be held in Wuhan City, China from 15th to 30th October, 2019. It consists of 23 CISM Disciplines and one Demonstration sport, Tennis! Scott is working with Cross Refrigeration at the moment. He too started his boxing career at the age of twelve, but opted out a couple of years later to concentrate on Soccer. The discipline of boxing training lured him back to
the game and he works hard on his fitness and healthy lifestyle daily. He also had the help and support of his brother to get back to the required level of fitness for boxing and was pleased with his performance in the Celtic Cup. Being in two different weight categories, the twins have never boxed competitively in the ring together. “Maybe around the sitting room at home when we were young’, says Scott with a laugh. If the draw had thrown them together would they have boxed against each other. “No, definitely not,” they said in unison and said one or other would have pulled out of the tournament. Which of them would that be? A toss of a coin would decide that.
Scott and Jamie Long.
Old rivals meet at the Celtic Cup THE old rivalry between Waterford and Kilkenny was still alive and well last Sunday, even though those on each side of the fence had not met in the ring for ‘several decades’. At the Celtic Box Cup last Sunday, I had the pleasure of catching up
with two boxers from the past who were rivals in the ring, but friends outside it. The legendary Mick Dowling from Castlecomer, who was coaching boxers from his present club, Mount Tallant in Terenure, alerted me to the presence in the
Centre of John Finn from Tramore who boxed in the same era as Mick and who also won a National title in his career as bantanweight. “John Finn was most definitely one of the toughest men I boxed,” said Mick. “I never took
Two former National Champion and rivals in the ring, met at the Celtic Box Cup last Sunday. Mick Dowling (left) and John Finn.
him for granted and I’m sure he didn’t take me for granted either. When I was fighting John Finn, it was generally in the national finals or semi-finals, I knew I had to be at my very best, if I hoped to beat this guy. As the saying goes, he was one tough cookie!” John was quick to assure Mick that “We’re still good friends after all those years,” “He’s a Kilkenny man and the rivalry was always there. I remember meeting Michael and his family at a hurling semi-final about ten years back when Kilkenny beat Waterford. We had a laugh about that.” “The good thing about boxers,” said Mick, “is that when you step into the ring you go full blast, but when the fight is over, there is great admiration for one another. I have always had great respect for John, because he never
ducked me, never avoided me in the ring, while others did. John was always there and took his chances, not winning that year, but always in the hope of a victory the following year. There was always going to be a next time,” said Mick, “I retired in 1975 and, lo and behold, who became Bantamweight Champion of Ireland in 1976 but John.” “I had retired myself at that stage,” recalled John, “and I was persuaded to come back because they had started a club in St. Paul’s the year before.” “And Dowling was gone,” laughed Mick. “I won it that year,” says John, “so I got one title at least, my name in the history books.” John Finn did have the pleasure of beating Mick Dowling twice in their eleven encounters, once in Tramore and the other in Mick’s home town of
Castlecomer. That was a sweet victory!! I left the two former champs to catch up on old times, the state of boxing at the moment and the fine bouts they had seen at the Celtic Cup. For the record, Mick Dowling boxed internationally for Ireland fifty times including bouts at the 1968 Mexico and 1972 Munich Olympic Games. He boxed in the bantamweight (54 kg) division. In the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, he was beaten for the bronze medal by Cuba's Orlando Martínez in the quarter-finals. However, he holds two European Bronze Medals (from 1969 and 1971) and still holds the record for eight consecutive National Elite titles in the same weight division. He has nine national titles in total from the Irish Amateur Boxing Association.
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KILROSSANTY PROVES NO FLASH IN THE PAN
BALLINAMEELA’S FIRST HALF DISPLAY DECISIVE
Kilrossanty 3-16; An Rinn 0-12. Page 2
SEE PAGE 3 Clashmore/Kinsalebeg’s Ronan Fitzgerald, Tadhg De Burca and James O'Leary with the Western Intermediate Hurling Cup. [Sean Byrne]
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JJ Kavanagh County Senior Football Championship Semi-Final
Kilrossanty proves no flash in the pan Kilrossanty ……………….. 3-16; An Rinn …………………… 0-12. KILROSSANTY senior footballers proved that their impressive win over Stradbally in the SFC quarterfinal was not a once off when they repeated this form against An Rinn in the penultimate stage of the championship at the Fraher Field last Sunday evening. This was a much looked forward to game and parking spaces were at a premium outside the Shandon venue such was the interest to see which set of players, bar Kilrossanty goalie Darren Mulhearne, would qualify for their first senor football final. It gave a lift to the profile of the game that this was a novel pairing with opinions divided down the middle as to who would win through to play for the Conway Cup. As it was, Kilrossanty were much the better team on the night, they took their goal scoring opportunities and An Rinn did not. Overall, as well, the Comeragh side dominated the general play for all but a short period in the first half and the game was over as a contest at the end of the third quarter. Kilrossanty showed they meant business from the off and by the third minute they were a similar number of points to the good following efforts by Donie Fitzgeral (f), Niall Walsh and Tommy Prendergast, the latter giving a masterful display throughout. An Rinn replied well and three pointed close-in frees by Corey De Roiste had them very much in contention with nine minutes played. Donie Fitzgerald added his second pointed free but An Rinn enjoyed their best spell in the match up to the 17th minute as, despite a wide by Fearghal O Cuirrin, minors by Lorcan O Corraoin and De Roiste
(f) had them 0-1 in front at 0-5 to 0-4. A Paul Whyte pointed free in the 19th minute levelled matters and Kilrossanty were never to go behind again. Pa Cunningham got the final touch for the lead goal in the same minute and though Fearghal O Ceallaigh replied with a 20th minute point, Fearghal O Cuirrin’s shot at goal hit the crossbar in the country end as lady luck deserted An Rinn on the night. Kilrossanty upped the ante in the final ten minutes of the half. Scores by Joey Veale (2) and Donie Fitzgerald (f) pushed them 1-8 to 0-6 in front by the 24th minute before Feraghal O Cuirrin kicked one back for An Rinn. A defining score arrived in the opportune 29th minute when Joey Veale’s kick for a point came across the goal and Paul Whyte was quickest to react to finish the ball, under pressure, with his hand to the net. Whyte showed his importance again to Kilrossanty despite his injury concerns and he pointed on the call of normal time and could have had a second goal in the first minute of added time, denied only by the butt of the post from an acute angle. At the other end of the field, Fearghal O Cuirrin wormed his way past a posse of defenders only for his shot on goal to go narrowly right of the posts and wide. Such was the story of the first half, while Kilrossanty were the better side, their luck was in and An Rinn’s wasn’t. Some say the harder you work the luckier you get. Trailing by 0-8 at 2-9 to 0-7, an early response was required by An Rinn but it was Kilrossanty who led the way again in a half that they won by 1-7 to 0-5. Tommy Prendergast had a terrific second half, he scored three points any footballer in the Country would be
proud of, the first two inside the first four minutes, and his work rate all around the Fraher Field was immense. Paul Whyte was wide with a goal effort early on while during this half three key An Rinn players, Tadhg O hUallachain, Ferdia O hAodha and Fearghal O Cuirrin all had to retire injured to add further to their woes. Trailing by 2-11 to 0-7, Corey De Roiste kicked a 37th minute pointed free before young Jack Whyte, who had come on as a sub and impressed, placed cousin Paul for another point. Donie Breathnach pointed a contender for score of the match from a 43rd minute placed ball but the game was essentially put to bed when the impressive throughout Stephen Prendergast ran through the An Rinn defence and placed Pa Cunningham for his second green flag of the evening, 3-12 to 0-9. Both sides scored 0-3 each in normal time in the final quarter and having his job done once again, Paul Whyte was called a shore in the 47th minute. Donie Breathnach, Ray O Ceallaigh and sub Seanai Mac Craith scored for An Rinn with Tommy Prendergast, Jack Whyte and Alan Quinn doing likewise for the winners. In added time, Stephen Prendergast rounded off a fine individual display with a tasty point off his left foot from an acute angle as the green and gold ran out an unpredicted but deserving 0-13 winners. With two consistent good performances behind them, Kilrossanty will go forward with confidence for an even greater challenge in the County final where they await the winners of the Nire and Ballinacourty. An Rinn will be disappointed with their performance here and in
Kilrossanty's Tommy Prendergast with the ball against An Rinn's Tadhg O hUallachain during the semi-final of the J.J. Kavanagh & Sons Waterford Senior Football championship in Fraher Field. [Sean Byrne]
general during the year, they didn’t set their championship alive as they did against the Nire in 2017. With the pressure of senior hurling away from them in 2019, perhaps they will return to their previous form as they are still serious contenders in the big ball game. Kilrossanty’s Top Three: Tommy Prendergast, Stephen Prendergast, Paul Whyte. An Rinn’s Top Three: Fearghal O Cuirrin, Donie Breathnach, Fearghal O Ceallaigh. Observer’s Man of the Match: Tommy Prendergast. Number of Scorers: Kilrossanty 9. An Rinn 7. Scores From Play: Kilrossanty 3-12. An Rinn 0-6. Frees For: Kilrossanty 12. An Rinn 19.
Wides: Kilrossanty 6. An Rinn 4. Score of the Match: Stephen Prendergast’s point from play in added time for Kilrossanty. Scorers – Kilrossanty: Pa Cunningham 2-0, Paul Whyte 1-3 (1f), Tommy Prendergast 0-5, Donie Fitzgerald 0-3f, Joey Veale 0-2, Niall Walsh, Jack Whyte, Alan Quinn and Stephen Prendergast 0-1 each. An Rinn: Corey De Roiste 0-5f, Donie Breathnach 0-2(1f), Lorcan O Corraoin, Fearghal O Ceallaigh, Fearghal O Cuirrin, Ray O Ceallaigh agus Seanai Mac Craith 0-1 an duine. Kilrossanty: Darren Mulhearne; Mark Prendergast, Paul Keating, Pa Whyte; Barry Prendergast, Stephen Prendergast, James Whyte; Tommy Prendergast, Martin Dunne; Donie Fitzgerald, Joey Veale, Conor Hayes; Pa Cunningham, Paul Whyte, Niall Walsh.
Subs: Jack Whyte for Mark Prendergast (35), Michael Walsh for Paul Whyte (47), Alan Quinn for Pa Cunningham (55), Killian Whelan for James Whyte, Michael Hassett for Barry Prendergast and Josh Kay for Joey Veale (all 60). An Rinn: Odhran O hUallachain; Noel O Murchadha, Darach O Cathasaigh, Shane O Cuirrin; Lorcan O Corraoin, Conor O Cuirrin, Tadhg O hUallachain; Ray O Ceallaigh, Ferdia O hAodha; Padraig O Murchadha, Donie Breathnach, Fearghal O Ceallaigh; Fearghal O Cuirrin, Liam O Lonain, Corey De Roiste. Fir Ionaid: Cian O Conchubair do Tadhg O hUallachain (gort, 33), Cillian O Murchadha do Ferdia O hAodha (gort, 42), Seanai Mac Craith do Fearghal O Cuirrin (gort, 46), Cathal O Cuirrin do Corey De Roiste (52). Referee: Tommy Sullivan (Affane/Cappoquin).
JJ Kavanagh and Sons County Senior Football Championship Relegation Part 1
Portlaw secures senior status Portlaw ……………………..1-18; Ardmore ……………………0-14. FOR 49 minutes of this well contested Senior football relegation battle at the Fraher Field last Saturday evening, the words ’extra time’ were to be heard around the grounds. The sides had been level on six occasions, the scoreboard now reading 1-10 to 0-13. However, the sending off of the hard working Ardmore’s Jack Keane at the end of the third quarter following a second yellow card began to take its effect and with Michael Donnelly deadly accurate in front of the posts from placed balls from a litany of conceded frees by Ardmore, Portlaw deservingly won the remainder of the match by 0-8 to 0-1. Michael Donnolly’s 36th minute goal from a quick free by Shane Power looked to be the key score of the match at that stage, 1-10 to 0-10 but credit the seasiders, they produced their best football for the remainder of this quarter to level proceedings. Ardmore’s hopes of winning received a setback before the game when Seamus Keating and David Gartland were deemed unfit to play, though the latter was introduced in an emergency move after Jack Keane was sidelined. Ardmore’s James Kennedy and
Portlaw’s Michael Donnelly paid the most visits to the scoreboard with 0-9 (5f) and 1-10 (10f) respectively. From the outset both teams produced a good game of open football with Ardmore edging it at half time by 0-9 to 0-8. Kennedy kicked seven first half points with Sean Barron (f) and John Gartland also contributing. Portlaw had five first half scorers with number 8 Shane Power operating at corner forward scoring the first two points of the game, later followed by minors by Michael Donnelly (3f), John Power (f), Luke Woods and Niall Fitzgerald, 0-9 to 0-8. Two minutes into the second half, the teams were level for the fifth time when Michael Donnolly converted his fourth pointed free. The industrious Jack Keane gave Ardmore a 36th minute advantage from play with Donnolly restoring parity once again. The match turned momentarily in Portlaw’s favour when a quickly taken free by Shane Power sent Michael Donnolly through for the only green flag of the hour. Yet, Ardmore answered this threat with three consecutive points via Sean Barron 0-2 (1 ‘45’, 1f) and Jack Keane (f), 1-10 to 0-10. However, a numerically disadvantaged Ardmore conceded free
after free in defence during the final quarter and Michael Donnolly took full advantage, scoring 0-6 and both Shane Power and Jordi Sullivan chipped in with points from play. Ardmore’s second half demise was reflected in scoring only 0-1 from play, via Jack Keane and Sean Barron and James Kennedy were on target from placed balls. Not that it made any difference at this stage, but Chris Mackey was redcarded at the end of normal time for a retaliatory foul on Seamus Prendergast which will keep him on the bench for the first game in the 2019 championship. DESERVED IT On this and their displays during the championship, Portlaw deserve to retain their senior status while Ardmore have one more chance to survive when they take on fellow strugglers Dungarvan in the final countdown. Best for Porlaw included Chris Mackey, DJ Foran, Niall Fitzgerald and John Power along with scorers Michael Donnolly and Shane Power. Ardmore battled against all the odds led by Seamus Prendergast, Joe Murphy, Niall Power, in goal, James Kennedy, Jack Keane, Sean Barron and Niall Hennessy. Portlaw’s Top Three: Michael
Donnolly, Shane Power, Chris Mackey. Ardmore’s Top Three: James Kennedy, Jack Keane, Joe Murphy. Observer’s Man of the Match: Michael Donnolly. Number of Scorers: Portlaw 6. Ardmore 3. Scores From Play: Portlaw 1-8. Ardmore 0-6. Frees For: Portlaw 17. Ardmore 14. Wides: Portlaw 9. Ardmore 5. Score of the Match: Portlaw’s 36th minute goal engineered by Shane Power and executed by Michael
Donnolly. Scorers – Portlaw: Michael Donnolly 1-10 (10f), Shane Power 0-3, John Power 0-2 (1f), Luke Woods, Niall Fitzgerald and Jordan O’Sullivan 0-1 each. Ardmore: James Kennedy 0-9 (f), Sean Barron 0-3 (2f, 1’ ‘45’), John Gartland and Jack Keane 0-1 each. Portlaw: Tom Walsh; Blake O’Connor, Chris Mackey, Shane Foran; Niall Fitzgerald, Frank Galvin, James Rooney; D. J. Foran, Luke Woods; Gary Morahan, Darren Rockett, John Power;
Shane Power, Jack Walshe, Michael Donnolly. Ardmore: Niall Power; Joe Murphy, Declan Prendergast, Kieran Conway; Niall Hennessy, Seamus Prendergast, Richie Hennessy; Jack Keane, John O’Brien; James Kennedy, John Gartland, Kenny Murphy; Stephen Keating, Sean Barron, James Flavin. Subs: David Gartland for Stephen Keating (48), Padraig Foley for Richie Hennessy (56). Referee: Tom Mansfield (Affane/Cappoquin).
Referee Tom Mansfield (Affane/Cappoquin) pictured with team captains Niall Fitzgerald (Portlaw) and Kenny Murphy (Ardmore).
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Clashmore/Kinsalebeg win first Intermediate title THE COMERAGH OIL WESTERN INTERMEDIATE HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP Clashmore/Kinsalebeg Captain Brian O'Halloran holds the Western Intermediate Hurling Cup high following the presentation by Board Chairman Pat Grant. Included is Paddy Joe Ryan, Comeragh Oil, Championship Sponsor. [Sean Byrne]
Clashmore/Kinsalebeg ..... 4-15; Ballysaggart …………….... 3-15. THE opinion that you must lose a final before you win one bore some truth at the Fraher Field last Sunday afternoon when Clashmore/Kinsalebeg won the Ray O’Brien Memorial Cup at the fourth time of asking in a thrilling decider against a Ballysaggart side that was appearing in their first decider. This game had everything for an attendance that paid a whopping €14,235 at the turnstiles. On the trend of the game, nobody could have quibbled with a draw but when Brian Ramsey belted home his second goal in the 61st minute against an opposition that had been reduced to 14 players in the 54th minute, the winners had one hand on the cup shortly to become two. One felt that Clashmore/ Kinsalebeg required to score goals to win this final and they ended their green flag famine in style with John Prendergast and Brian Ramsey claiming two each. At the same time, the winners made their task difficult by not taking numerous second half chances at a stage when they had Ballysaggart on the rack and were leading by 3-14 to 2-9, a scoreline that became 3-15 to 3-14 in Ballysaggart’s favour come the 54th minute. Right at this point Ballysaggart centre back Kieran Bennett received a red card for an off the
ball incident and it did impact on the game as a lot of room opened up in the leader’s defence. Equally significant was a missed free by Stephen Bennett in the 57th minute as the pressure on players on both sides rose. Ed O’Halloran (f) and sub Luke Seward were also off target for Clashmore/Kinsalebeg before the experienced Sean Fleming sent over an equaliser on the call of normal time. Ramsey’s goal, with assistance from John Prendergast, gave ‘Saggart little chance of coming back as Clashmore/Kinsalebeg held out for their historic first title. As in the first game, the strong wind at the venue played a part in this hugely entertaining contest. Ballysaggart won the toss and decided to play into the wind in the first half. Clashmore/Kinsalebeg were quickest out of the blocks and they spurned two real goal chances per John Prendergast and Brian O’Halloran after Ed O’Halloran (f) had opened the scoring in the first minute. Stephen Bennett replied from play and when Shane Bennett finished the sliotar into the country end goal in the 5th minute, the omens looked good for a Ballysaggart win. Stephen Bennett added a pointed free but Clashmore/Kinsalebeg recovered from the concession of that early goal, showing that they would play a major part in this game. The next three scores between
the 6th and the 11th minute all came from Clashmore/Kinsalebeg hurleys via Ed O’Halloran (2) and Brian Ramsey. Kyle Bennett clipped over what was to be Ballysaggart’s last minor for ten minutes, 1-3 to 0-4, as Clashmore/Kinsalebeg began to open up in earnest. Brian O’Halloran struck 0-2 from play in the 17th and in the 19th minutes and Tadhg Bourke pointed two long distant frees either side of the winner’s first goal when Paul O’Connor placed Brian Ramsey, all alone in front of goal, in the 22nd minute. Paul O’Connor, himself, had a good goal chance in the 27th minute but his effort rose over the bar, yet, Clashmore/ Kinsalebeg now held a lead that wind assisted they would want at 1-9 to 1-3. Shane Bennett brought one back from play but by the end of normal time a very much inform Brian O’Halloran and Ed O’Halloran (f) increased their advantage to 0-7 at 1-11 to1-4. Two points by Stephen Bennett in added time gave Ballysaggart a reasonable deficit to attack with the wind at their backs in the restart. A good first half produced two green flags and the second was even better with five being served up and we didn’t have to wait long for them. After Sam Ryan and Brian O’Halloran exchanged points in the first minute of the new half, the latter placed John Prendergast for his first goal and with the score-
Clashmore/Kinsalebeg celebrate their Western Intermediate Hurling Final success over Ballysaggart. [Sean Byrne]
line reading 2-12 to 1-7, the pressure was on ‘Saggart to reply. This, they did in style, after Paul O’Connor was wide with a 35th minute attempt at a point, Stephen Bennett pointed a free and then finished a Chris O’Gorman pass into the net, back to a four points difference again at 2-12 to 2-8. The winners stretched their lead to 0-5 when Ed O’Halloran pointed two frees either side of a point from play by Ken Cashell and it got even better for them come the 42nd minute when Paul O’Connor placed John Prendergast for his second goal. Behind by 3-14 to 2-9, prospects looked poor for Ballysaggart but within the minute Kyle Bennett brought a great save out of Mark McGrath only for Ronan Walsh to be on hand to finish the ball to the net for ‘Saggart’s third goal. Clashmore/Kinsalebeg’s lead was back to 0-5 but in the next ten minutes they scorned chance after chance and it was obvious that Ballysaggart were going to get their turn again. ‘Saggart punished their opponents’ lack of scoring by registering the next six points to jump into the lead in the 54th minute by 3-15 to 3-14. Ronan Walsh, Eugene O’Brien, Kyle Bennett, Shane Bennett (2) and Stephen Bennett accounted for these scores and it was their side that looked like lifting the Ray O’Brien cup at this stage. However, Kieran Bennett’s red
card and a missed free attempt by Stephen Bennett opened the door for the numerically stronger Clashmore/Kinsalebeg who went on to take the honours as earlier described. Clashmore/Kinsalebeg’s defence was again in top form led by Jason Seward and Tadhg Bourke with Brian Lynch also catching the eye. The pairing of Brian O’Halloran and Aidan Trihy won the midfield battle while the stars up front were the goal getters Brian Ramsey and John Prendergast and Man of the Match Ed O’Halloran. Ballysaggart came so close to winning this title at their first attempt. Michael Ryan couldn’t be faulted for the four goals that passed him and such as Kieran Bennett, Darren Meagher and Kieran Fennessy tried hard in a sector that was often under pressure. Chris O’Gorman was prominent at midfield while all of the six forwards scored from play. PRESENTATION Both sets of players deserve the greatest of credit for serving up such a fine game of hurling as mentioned by Board chairman Pat Grant before presenting the Ray O’Brien cup to the Clashmore/ Kinsalebeg winning captain Brian O’Halloran. Clashmore/Kinsalebeg’s Top Three: Ed O’Halloran, Brian Ramsey, Jason Seward. Ballysaggart’s Top Three: Shane
Bennett, Stephen Bennett, Chris O’Gorman. Observer’s Man of the Match: Ed. O’Halloran. Number of Scorers: Clashmore/Kinsalebeg 7. Ballysaggart 7. Scores From Play: Clashmore/Kinsalebeg 4-9. Ballysaggart 3-12. Frees For: Clashmore/ Kinsalebeg 8. Ballysaggart 10. Wides: Clashmore/ Kinsalebeg 11. Ballysaggart 4. Score of the Match: Kyle Bennett’s 52nd minute point from play for Ballysaggart. Scorers – Clashmore/ Kinsalebeg: Brian Ramsey 2-1, John Prendergast 2-0, Ed O’Halloran 0-6 (45f), Brian O’Halloran 0-4, Tadhg Bourke 0-2f, Paul O’Connor and Sean Fleming 0-2 each. Ballysaggart: Stephen Bennett 1-6 (3f), Shane Bennett 1-3, Ronan Walsh 1-1, Kyle Bennett 0-2, Sam Ryan, Ken Cashell and Eugene O’Brien 0-1 each. Clashmore/Kinsalebeg: Mark McGrath; Ronan Fitzgerald, Jason Seward, Ciaran Bourke; Brian Lynch, Tadhg Bourke, Adam O’Sullivan; Brian O’Halloran, Aidan Trihy; Ed O’Halloran, James O’Leary, Brian Ramsey; John Prendergast, Paul O’Connor, Declan Allen. Subs: Sean Flemimg for Adam O’Sullivan (44), Luke Seward for James O’Leary (56). Ballysaggart: Michael Ryan; Jack Roche, Kieran Fennessy, Cailean O’Gorman; Sam Ryan, Kieran Bennett, Darren Meagher; Chris O’Gorman, Chris Murphy; Ronan Walsh, Eugene O’Brien, Shane Bennett; Kyle Bennett, Ken Cashell, Stephen Bennett. Sub: Liam O’Gorman for Ronan Walsh (61). Referee: Thomas Walsh (Modeligo).
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Waterford County Camogie
Gaultier U-16A Champions win hard earned victory over an ever improving Modeligo Gaultier ……………………..2-13; Modeligo ………………….… 2-4. AN early morning throw-in at Walsh Park saw Gaultier and Modeligo go head to head in the U-16A County Final with these two young talented teams serving up an entertaining game with an abundance of skill and physicality on show. The opening quarter saw Gaultier create the greater amount of chances but with 12 minutes gone Modeligo led by 0-2 to 0-1 through frees from Máiréad O’Brien and Gailltír’s score coming through Aoife Fitzgerald again from a placed ball. The opening score from play had the green flag raised with Alannah O’Sullivan finishing expertly on 15 minutes. The momentum swung with Gaultier further with Alisha Flynn grabbing a second goal within as many minutes to put them in control. Further points through Aoife Fitzgerald, Alannah O’Sullivan and Clodagh Curhams left the sides going in at half-time on a score line of 2-7 to 0-3. After the restart both teams came out with an added level of intensity and physicality with every ball being fought for. Modeligo got the first score of the second half through a free from Máiréad
O’Brien with Alannah O’Sullivan producing a quick response with a point of her own once more from play. Modeligo started to build momentum and put pressure on Gaultier with them winning another free, this time Máiréad O’Brien raising a green flag from 25 yards out. Within minutes of this, with Modeligo beginning to run at the Gailltír defence another free was awarded and again this produced a goal through the stick of Máiréad O’Brien. This reduced the Gaultier lead to four points on a score of 2-8 to 2-4 with 18 minutes remaining. Gaultier found another gear however and tagged on another five points without reply to see them get over the line over a resilient Modeligo team. In what was a great game of camogie played in good spirit the final score finished on 2-13 to 2-4. Gaultier: Elena Gallagher, Laoise Forrest Caoimhe Forrest, Rachel Jones, Aoife Hartley, Sarah Maher, Jodie Touhy (Joint Capt), Sorcha Cantwell, Anna Mai Drohan, Alisha Flynn (1-1), Aoife Fitzgerald (0-7) (0-6f) (Joint Capt), Clodagh Curhams (0-1), Alannah O’Sullivan (1-4), Dara Fitzgerald, Maeve Sheridan, Clodagh Hoctor, Aoife Murphy, Francesca Richies, Ciara
McHugh, Mollie Comerford, Roisin Sweeney. Modeligo: Chloe Power, Therése Kelleher, Isabella Sheehan, Ava Mai Tobin, Molly Murphy Nix, Ellen O’Byrne, Cathryn O’Brien, Aoife O’Byrne (Capt), Maeve Daly, Gillian Whelan, Máiréad O’Brien (2-4f), Emma Hickey (K), Anna Hickey, Rhona Drohan, Rachel O’Brien, Lauren Flynn, Annie Ryan, Áine Walsh, Róisín Whelan, Kate Flemming, Emma Hickey (M), Rebecca Burke, Máiréad Hickey, Tess Curran, Katie O’Gorman.
Referee: Maurice Flynn
Brickeys qualify for final Cappoquin’s cause wasn’t helped by the dismissal of Andy Molumby on two yellow cards with much of the game still to play. Brickey Rangers: Jack McGrath; Ruairi Curran, Jack Lombard, Joey Curran; Dylan O’Donovan, Darragh O’Grady, Conor Browne; Eoghan Curran, Darragh Herlihy; Josh Veale, Conor Whelan, Mikey O’Hanlon; Sean Lennon, Maurice Daly, Carthach Barry.
Hooper Dolan Insurances County finals Under 16A: Gailltir 2-13; Modeligo 2-4. Under 16B: Brickeys Rangers 1-6; Portlaw 1-5. Under 16C: Butlerstown 2-11; Cappoquin 0-0.
UPCOMING FIXTURES Next weekend is a massive weekend for Waterford Camogie. On Saturday next 6th of October in WIT we have triple header in WIT Arena. Saturday promises to be a cracker and we would encourage as many people to come out and support the girls. Hooper Dolan Insurances Intermediate Final: Ferrybank vs Dungarvan
1 p.m. WIT Carrignore Senior Championship SemiFinal: St. Annes vs Gailltir 2.30 p.m. WIT Carrignore Senior Championship SemiFinal De La Salle v Lismore 4 p.m. WIT Carrignore Junior Championship semifinals Butlerstown vs Modeligo and Tramore vs Tallow will also take place next weekend. Times and venues to be confirmed.
Modeligo camogie team who were defeted by Gaultier in the County U-16A Camogie final played at Walsh Park on Sunday morning last.
West Under 21 ‘B’ hurling semi-final
Brickeys …………………… 2-10; Cappoquin …………………1-10. DESPITE playing away from home, Brickey Rangers qualified to meet either Ballyduff or An Ghaeltacht in this year’s Western under 21 ‘B’ hurling championship final with a goal win over the Cornerstone last Sunday morning. Goals by Conor Whelan (f) and Darragh Herlihy proved the ultimate difference with both sides scoring 0-10 each.
CONGRATULATIONS TO GAULTIER, BRICKEYS RANGERS AND BUTLERSTOWN WHO WON THE A, B AN C UNDER 16 TITLES
Ballinameela celebrates cup victory
Cappoquin: Tom Troy, Evan Murray, Craig Dunne, Gavin Fives; Matt Noonam, Mike O’Brien, Jack Mangan; Tommy McCarthy, Andy Molumby; Rory Mangan, Aaron O’Sullivan, Darragh O’Rourke; Jack Coffey, Keith O’Sullivan, Simon Power. Subs: Tiernan Hale Cullinane, Cian Murphy. Referee: Dessie O’Leary (Erin’s Own).
Micheál and Rob Shine with the Junior A Hurling Cup and family members. [Sean Byrne]
Ballyduff Upper Juveniles – Last Saturday we had our John Daly u-10 hurling tournament. We played three games against Ardmore, Cappoquin and An Ghaeltacht to win the Cup. Many thanks to Jack Daly for presenting the cup and Eoin O’Brien who was our referee. Special mention to Noel Casey, Shane Hannon, Andrew Casey and Tom Molumphy who coached this great group of players.
The Phelan Familty with the Western Junior A Hurling Cup. [Sean Byrne]
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Ballinameela’s first half display decisive THE LOCAL BAR WESTERN JUNIOR ‘A’ HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL Ballinameela's Captain Rob Shine holds the Western Junior A Hurling Cup high following the presentation by the Board Chairman Pat Grant. Included is Helena Byrne, The Local Bar, Championship sponsors. [Sean Byrne] Ballinameela ...................… 3-15; Colligan Rockies ............… 2-15. A QUICK beginning by Ballinameela in the Western junior hurling championship final at the Fraher Field last Sunday afternoon decided the destination of this year’s title as pre match predictions all went to plan early on. The winners led by 2-10 to 0-6 at the break and by 3-15 to 0-11 by the 48th minute before the Rockies staged a massive come-back and the raging favourites were glad to hear the final whistle in time added on. Ballinameela failed to score in the final ten minutes, a period that Colligan struck 2-4 and if the game went on any longer, the possibility of a complete turnaround was real. It was all so different at the start as Brendan Phelan struck for a brace of goals inside eleven minutes. He added a point and two minors each by Paul and Jim Curran had Ballinameela in cruise control at 2-5 to 0-2, Colligan’s only response at this stage coming from
Sam Murphy Nix and Johnny Wall (f). Ballinameela had won the toss and their decision to play with the wind proved a correct one. Brendan Phelan had the opportunity to secure his hat trick by the 20th minute as minors by Jim Curran, Kevin Phelan, Brendan Phelan(f) and Liam O’Brien (2) brought their first moiety tally to an impressive 2-10. Already operating from a low number base, Colligan suffered the loss of John Morrissey and Alan Walsh to injury by the end of the first quarter but they finished the half strongly with Johnny Wall, Richie Kiely and Colin Dunford finding their range to give some hope for the second period of time. Jason Dunford replaced Gavin Whelan at half time for Colligan and Conor Buckly came on for Micheal Culloo for the winners. The game’s trend continued in favour of Ballinameela and ten minutes in Tom and Jim Curran and Brendan Phelan had added to their side’s
tally with Johnny Wall (f) and Mark Flynn also scoring for Colligan. From this point onwards Colligan were coming more into the game and sub Jason Dunford brought a terrific save out of Donagh Looby at the expense of a point in the town end goal in the 40th minute. Michael Horgan thundered into the fray with a brace of points from play for Colligan, replied to by Brendan Phelan (f) and Liam O’Brien’s third score which proved to be Ballinameela’s final point from play and just 47 minutes on the clock 2-15 to 0-11. Yet, Ballinameela looked to have the game done and dusted when Paul Curran’s 48th minute delivery was finished expertly into the country end goal by full forward Brian Phelan and the winners now led by a whopping 0-13. Colligan showed their mettle in coming back at the winners again, Colin Dunford and Johnny Wall hit points from play in the 50th and in the 53rd minute and, when Dunford was upended in front of goal, Wall
Ballinameela players and supporters celebrate following their win over Colligan in the Final of The Local Bar sponsored Western Junior A Hurling Championship 2018. [Sean Byrne}
gave Donagh Looby no chance of saving with a brilliantly struck penalty, 3-15 to 1-13. No need for panic yet in the Ballinameela camp but that soon changed even though there was only four minutes of normal time remaining. Momentum was all now with the Rockies as Ballinameela faded from the game. Colin Dunford was now playing his best hurling, he popped over his third point and Michael Horgan was almost in for a goal from a quick free but Donagh Looby was alert to the danger. Perhaps unaware of the real predicament they were in, Ballinameela brought on three subs to give them a Western final appearance just when Ian Fraher buried the sliotar in the net from a Colin Dunford pass. The County player then sent over the final score of the match to leave just a goal the difference as time ran out for the Rockies brave comeback. They won the second half by 2-9 to 1-5 but the damage was done by
Ballinameela in a first half they won by 2-10 to 0-6 with Brian Phelan’s second half goal proving crucial for the winners. PRESENTATION Chairman of the Western Board, Pat Grant presented the winning captain Rob Shine with the cup and wished the team all the best as Divisional representatives in the County final this Sunday in the Fraher Field against Tramore. Ballinameela’s Top Three: Brendan Phelan, Jim Curran, Paul Curran. Colligan’s Top Three: Mark Flynn, John Nick Fennell, Michael Horgan. Observer’s Man of the Match: Brendan Phelan. Number of Scorers: Ballinameela: 7. Colligan: 8. Scores From Play: Ballinameela: 3-11. Colligan 1-11. Frees For: Ballinameela: 14. Colligan: 20. Wides: Ballinameela: 8. Colligan: 8. Score of the Match: Tom Curran’s 32nd minute point for Ballinameela. Scorers: Ballinameela: Brendan Phelan 2-4 (3f), Jim Curran 0-4, Liam O’Brien 0-3, Brian Phelan 1-0, Paul Curran 0-2, Kevin Phelan and Tom
Curran 0-1 each. Colligan: Johnny Wall 1-5 (1-4f), Ian Fraher 1-0, Colin Dunford 0-4, Michael Horgan 0-2, Sam Murphy Nix, Richie Kiely, Jason Dunford and Mark Flynn 0-1 each. Ballinameela: Donagh Looby; Kealon Looby, Micheal Shine, Rob Shine; Kevin Phelan, David Phelan, Lorcan Looby; Paul Curran, Tom Curran; Liam O’Brien, Micheal Culloo, Cian Culloo; Brendan Phelan, Brian Phelan, Jim Curran. Subs: Conor Buckley for Micheal Culloo (h/t); Mikey Phelan for Cian Culoo (41); Tom Kiely for Jim Curran (57); Aidan Browne for Kealon Looby and John Harrrington for Liam O’Brien (both 58). Colligan: Evan McKenna; Adam Dunford, Dan Booth, AAlan Walsh; Mark Flynn, John Nick Fennell, Ross Browne; Michael Horgan, Colin Dunford; John Wall, John Morrissey, Gavin Whelan; Reece Stringer, Sam Murphy Nix, Richie Kiely. Subs: Jason Dunford for Gavin Whelan (h/t); Dean McKenna for Sam Murphy Nix (39); Ian Fraher for Richie Kiely (52). Referee: Tadhg Tobin (Brickey Rangers).
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Clonea players celebrate with supporters after retaining IH Eastern title
Robbie Flynn and his uncle David Flynn.
Martin Whelan and family.
Pictured left to right : Roisin Foley, Brenda Foley, Billy Power, Aine Power, Shom Power.
JJ Kavanagh and Sons County Junior ‘A’ Hurling Championship Final
Ballinameela fancied to return to intermediate ranks BALLINAMEELA V TRAMORE in Fraher Field Sunday October 7th at 1.15 p.m. FOLLOWING their Western final win over Colligan last Sunday, Ballinameela are but one step away from returning to the intermediate hurling grade. Eastern champions Tramore stand in their way, having beaten reigning champions Ballydurn by 2-10 to 1-11 at the WIT Sports Campus recently.
On all known form, Ballinameela can win this game but they will not want to take their foot off the pedal as they did against Colligan last Sunday when they were well in front at the start of the third quarter. Players such as the Phelans, the Currans, the Culloos, the Loobys and the Shines will spearhead Ballinameela’s challenge while the only non name above on the starting fifteen, Liam O’Brien has contributed well to the side in his first year in the adult grade. Tramore has played well in the Eastern championship from the off
and they were always thought of as possible Divisional champions. STEP UP This will be a step up for the seasiders though and it would be a major surprise if they manage to lower the colours of the Western champions. Tramore will look to such as Shane Rellis, Martin Whelan, Sean Hinks, Brendan Hogan at centre back, Richard Hickey, Brian Murray and the Tompsons, Matty and Ian to spearhead what is sure to be their greatest challenge this year. Forecast: Ballinameela.
Radley Engineering Western Intermediate Football Championship semi-final MODELIGO V SLIABH gCUA in Fraher Field Saturday, October 6th at 7 p.m. THIS Western IFC semi-final will provide a change from the hurling over the weekend and it is a very interesting pairing between two clubs with the intent of winning out this year. Modeligo have had more time to
concentrate on the big ball and they have both played and impressed in numerous challenge games in recent weeks. They will be difficult to beat as they may well have recovered the freshness that one would associate with their best times in recent years. Following their exit from the junior hurling championship two weeks ago, Sliabh gCua have had little time to adjust to the big ball. They had a useful challenge
against the Geraldines last weekend but preparation wise, they will be at a disadvantage to their opponents. All in all, Modeligo should advance to a Western final meeting with either Ballinameela or Ballinacourty as, despite our non activity in the latter stages of the inter County scene this year, the race is on to be ready for the Munster club championship. Forecast: Modeligo.
Clonea Goalie Stephen Power and wife Nora.
Pictured left to right : David Flynn, Robbie Flynn, Nicky Power, Willie Hahessy and Gerard Hahessy.
JJ Kavanagh County Under 21 ‘B’ Football Championship Final
County title up for grabs in Bushy Park COIS BHRIDE V PORTLAW/BALLYDUFF in Bushy Park Saturday, October 6th at 1.30 pm. THIS fixture threw up a question mark when first read as it is so long ago since the respective divisional finals, this championship had entered the forgotten zone. Portlaw/Ballyduff won their Eastern title back on May 13th when they
defeated DLS by 2-8 to 1-8 having earlier overcome St. Mary’s by in the semi final by 2-7 to 0-6. PLAYED THREE GAMES Cois Bhride played three games in the Western championship. They defeated Stradbally by 5-9 to 3-4 and Brickeys by 0-10 to 2-2, both in the month of March and then they won the West in a good battle with An Ghaeltacht in Cappoquin in late April. Cois Bhride had a player sent off
in the Divisional final, to a straight red or two yellows, time has blurred which is the case, and overall the value of this championship final has been diluted by its non activity for five months. It is doubtful if both Group teams have been preparing for this final but with Cois Bhride active in the ‘A’ under 21 hurling championship some weeks back, they may be in the better position to win out here. Forecast: Cois Bhride.
WESTERN BOARD RESULTS AND FIXTURES WESTERN BOARD RESULTS The Morrissey Family U21 B Hurling semifinal: Cloch na Cuinne 1-10; Brickey Rangers 2-10 The Local Bar Junior A Hurling Final: Colligan 2-14; Ballinameela 3-15 Comeragh Oil Intermediate Hurling Final:
Clashmore/Kinsalebeg 4-15; Ballysaggart 3-15 WESTERN BOARD FIXTURE Radley Engineering Intermediate Football Semi-Final: Modeligo v Sliabh gCua on Saturday, 6th October at 7.00 pm in Fraher Field.
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Clonea retains Eastern title Gerry Kennedy Crash Repairs Eastern Intermediate Hurling Championship Final Clonea captain Robert Flynn lifts the cup after defeating Erins Own in their Gerry Kennedy Crash Repairs Eastern Intermediate Hurling Final played in Walsh Park. [Maurice Hennebry]
Clonea …………………..….0-22; Erins Own …………….... …0-19. CLONEA’S Intermediate hurlers are back in a County final after this deserving 0-3 win over worthy challengers Erin’s Own in Walsh Park last Saturday afternoon. In a game that never reached any heights of excitement, the holders held the initiative throughout against opponents that have improved since 2017 but who just couldn’t get ahead of their opponents at any stage from the winner’s first point by Jason Gleeson in the first minute to the end of proceedings there minutes into added time. Having won the toss, Clonea elected to play against the wind and it was even steven for the first 34 minutes by which time the sides were level at 0-12 a piece, the seventh time the sides being on equal scores. Clonea took the initiative during the next ten minutes scoring four of the next five points and this is what essentially earned for them back to back titles The teams were level six times in the first half with the scoreboard reading 0-11 each at the short whistle. During this period, Erins Own Tommy Waring emerged as Man of the Match with his contributions from placed balls and from play keeping Erin’s Own very much in the game. From an organisational point of view and the Board going to the
trouble of producing a fine coloured programme for a very reasonable cost of €2, the wearing of the wrong numbered jerseys by many of the Erin’s Own players left a sour taste. Any advantage they might have hoped for in doing so couldn’t be detected. Seventeen minutes into the game, the teams were level at 0-6 each with Jason Gleeson 0-2 (1f), Aaron Gleeson, Sean Clancy, Conor Dalton and Billy Power (f) working the scoreboard for Clonea and Josh Byrne (2) and Tommy Waring 0-4 (3F) replying for the Poleberry side. The difference in the amount of scorers by both sides summarises this game with Clonea always more likely to win and Erin’s Own depending largely on Tommy Waring securing their scores. The remainder of the first half saw Aaron Gleeson, Conor Dalton, Billy Power, team captain Robbie Flynn and Ronan Cahill put their names in front of scores with Tommy Waring, 0-3 (1f), Darragh Flynn and Tommy Gough doing likewise for the city side. The wind didn’t seem to have an effect on proceedings to any great extent and the early stages of the second half resembled the first. Between points by Ronan Cahill and Tommy Waring (f), Erin’s Own had a goal attempt ruled out of order and this may have prompted
the winners to up their game as minors by Robbie Flynn (2), Conor Dalton and Billy Power (f) sped Clonea into a 0-16 to 0-12 lead by the 39th minute. However, the back to back title winners took their foot of the pedal instead of driving on for home and in an average period in the match, scores by Tommy Waring 0-2 (1f), Darragh Flynn and Shane O’Brien left the minimum between the teams and 51 minutes on the clock. Though the difference on the scoreboard was little, one could always see Clonea in a comfort zone and points by Ciaran Power and Conor Dalton illustrated this, 0-19 to 0-16 and 54 minutes played. Jason Gleeson, perhaps Clonea’s best player, was surprisingly replaced and despite three pointed Tommy Waring frees by the end, two minors from play by Michael Curry and a pointed free by Billy Power kept Clonea’s nose in front for a deserving if not over impressive victory. PRESENTATION Having won the title last year, celebrations were muted enough following the presentation of the cup by Colm Kennedy with thoughts no doubt zooming in on the County final and the opportunity to atone for last year’s defeat at the hands of An Rinn. Robbie Flynn accepted the cup on behalf of the winners and Tommy Waring was
Clonea players and supporters celebrate winning the Gerry Kennedy Crash Repairs Eastern Intermediate Hurling Final played in Walsh Park. [Maurice Hennebry
presented with the Man of the Match award by Gerry Kennedy. Clonea’s Top Three: Jason Gleeson, Conor Dalton, Robbie Flynn. Erin’s Own: Tommy Waring, Josh Byrne, Darragh Flynn. Observer’s Man of the Match: Tommy Waring. Number of Scorers: Clonea 9. Erin’s Own 6. Scores From Play: 0-18. Erin’s Own 0-10. Frees For: Clonea 10. Erin’s Own 16. Wides: Clonea 10. Erin’s Own 5. Score of the Match: Tommy Waring’s 21st minute point for Erin’s Own. Scorers – Clonea: Billy Power 0-5 (4f), Conor Dalton 0-4, Robbie Flynn 0-3, Aaron Gleeson, Ronan Cahill and Michael Curry 0-2 each, Jason Gleeson 0-2 (1f), Sean Clancy and Ciaran Power 0-1 each. Erins Own: Tommy Waring 0-13 (9f), Josh Byrne and Darragh Flynn 0-2 each, Tommy Gough and Shane O’Brien 0-1 each. Clonea: Stephen Power; William Hahessy, Jack Nugent, Paul Drohan; Mairtin Power, Martin Scurry, Robbie Flynn; Michael Curry, Jason Gleeson; Ciaran Power, Ronan Cahill, Billy Power; Aaron Gleeson, Sean Clancy, Conor Dalton. Subs: Eamonn Cahill for Aaron Gleeson (38), Michael Sexton for Ronan Cahill (46), Martin Whelan for Jason Gleeson (54). Erin’s Own: Liam Kelly; Sean Cleary, Kenny Furlong, Daniel Coady; Mark Shanahan, Conor Byrne, Aaron Kennedy; Darragh Flynn, Tommy Waring; Adam Byrne, Tommy Gough,
Jamie Finnerty; Josh Byrne, Eoin Morrissey, Shane O’Brien. Subs: John Frampton for Jamie Finnerty (56),
Stephen Cowman for Adam Byrne (58). Referee: Tony Larkin (Ballyduff Lower).
Frannie Halpin and his two sons Evan and Jack.
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Bord na nÓg Port Lairge Under 13 Hurling County Finals in All Divisions:
Twomey’s hat-trick secures title for De La Salle in thrilling contest De La Salle v Naomh Chárthaigh DE La Salle and Naomh Chárthaigh met in this year’s Under 13 Division 1 County final and firstly both teams and their mentors must be commended on the exceptionally high standard of hurling they produced on a day that did not suit any sporting endeavour especially the game of hurling. The match started at a frantic pace with both teams eager to exert some early pressure on their opponents. However, it was Naomh Chárthaigh who were first to get off the mark when Shane Bennett struck a nice 65 between the posts in the second minute of play. Practically form the puck out Ben O’Sullivan secured possession for the Naomh Chárthaigh men and hit a dangerous shot deep into the De La Salle goalmouth that was met by the stick of DJ Nugent sending the sliotár to the back of the De La Salle net giving his team an early four point lead. It was all Naomh Chárthaigh at this stage and further pressure saw Tadgh Duffin extend the lead to five with a lovely pointed free in the fourth minute of play. It wasn’t until the fifth minute that De La Salle finally managed to get on the score board when Daniel Lalor knocked over a point from play after his team had hit two wides from frees earlier on. Jack Douglas started to win some muchneeded possession for his team and managed to feed the ball to Sam Cheever’s who immediately off loaded the ball to the on running Jack Twomey who buried a fine goal after a long run on the left side of the field that reduced the Naomh Chárthaigh lead to the bare minimum after six minutes of play. Undaunted by the Jack Twomey goal it was Naomh Chárthaigh who were to dominate play for the next ten minutes of the first half. A super point was slotted between the posts by Tadgh Duffin after an exhausting scramble for possession in the middle of the field. A side-line cut from Charlie Lineen that looked like it had been hit by Austin Gleeson drew a 65 from the De La Salle defence shortly before Joseph O’Keeffe extended the Naomh Chárthaigh lead to three
points with a pointed free from close range. In the thirteenth minute Tadgh Duffin hit another low shot goalward but De La Salles goal keeper Dylan Quinlan Meagher was equal to the task making a fine save however Naomh Chárthaigh were well and truly on top at this stage of the game and with ten minute left in the half they were four points clear after another pointed free from Duffin. Now it was De La Salle’s turn to exert some pressure and its fair to say that they were to dominate the rest of the half. Firstly, a Jack Twomey free was cleared by the Naomh Chárthaigh men before Twomey was fouled delivering an ever-closer free for De La Salle. Seizing the opportunity Jack made no mistake with the set piece driving the ball to the back of the Naomh Chárthaigh net reducing the lead to just a point in the process. Another dangerous ball was lofted into the square by Jack Douglas only to be batted to safety by Oisín Aldred but unfortunately for Naomh Chárthaigh Joseph O’Keeffe pounced moments later to strike a fine goal and put De La Salle in front for the very first time in the match with time running out in the first half. Another point from play from Daniel Lalor brought the curtain down on an absolutely pulsating first half of hurling that saw De La Salle head to the interval ahead by two on a score of 3-02 to 1-05. The Ebb and flow of this game was quite simply remarkable as it was Naomh Chárthaigh who got a super start to the second half when an early goal chance from Christian O’Brien flash wide of the posts. In the sixth minute of play Naomh Chárthaigh made a decisive impact on the game when an O’Keeffe free dropped invitingly into the square and Charlie Lineen made no mistake with an excellent goal that levelled the match for the first time since the throw in–Game On! In the manner of true champions De La Salle responded to Naomh Chárthaigh’s goal by winning the very next possession and after travelling the length of the field Jack Douglas got onto the end of a great
Naomh Chárthaigh U13 Hurlers, Division 1 County Finalists 2018.
move and scored his teams fourth goal of the game giving De La Salle a vital three point lead. The large crowd in attendance were on the edge of their seats in the tenth minute when Naomh Chárthaigh’s Ben O’Sullivan won the ball deep in his own end of the field. He immediately turned and headed goalward picking up momentum as he avoided several De La Salle defenders. Taking the ball to hand for second time he rode out a strong challenge from corner back Jack Mitchell before striking a fantastic shot that must have grazed the De La Salles bar as it registered another point for the Naomh Chárthaigh men reducing the deficit to two points. De La Salle now made their final kick for the finishing line of this enthralling race. A long range free from Conor Keane drifted wide but it served the purpose of making Naomh Chárthaigh play some hurling in their own half. The resulting puck out was gathered by Jack Twomey on the right flank and he made a super solo run before firing an unstoppable shot to the back of the net and just moments later a point from play gave the De La Salle men a six point lead and
some much needed breathing space for the first time in the game with just ten minutes left in the match. Any sense of comfort on De La Salle’s behalf quickly evaporated when Naomh Chárthaigh had the ball back in the De La Salle square almost immediately and after an intense battle for possession Ben O’Sullivan somehow managed to get his stick to the ball to score his team’s third goal of the game which brought the De La Salles lead back to a single score at three points. Naomh Chárthaigh were back on top now, first to every ball and dominating the tight exchanges. O’Sullivan was denied a goal moments later forcing the De La Salle goal keeper to make a fine save at full stretch. Ben Cummins then pounced on a loose ball and for- tunately for De La Salle his ground shot was just wide of the mark and after an intense few minutes of play Naomh Chárthaigh seemed to be running out of steam. With two minutes left of normal time De La Salle lifted the siege with a point from play from Daniel Lalor that must have given hope to their legion of supporters that this might well be their day and when
Daniel picked his spot to score an excellent goal in time added on the destination of the Division 1 title was put beyond a reasonable doubt as De La Salle were crown Champions on a final score of 6-5 to 3-6. SCORE OF THE MATCH An impossible task but Ben O’Sullivan’s point from play midway through the second half was a fine individual effort and indeed a joy to behold. Given the contest of the match, its timing and the affect it had on the outcome of the game Jack Douglas’s goal in the seventh minute of the second half that gave his team the lead at a vital stage of the game, just when Naomh Chárthaigh looked unstoppable was a very decisive score indeed. MAN OF THE MATCH A marginally more impossible task than picking the score of the game but both teams were very well served by all their players and it’s safe to say that all of the key men in the key positions for both teams gave outstanding accounts of themselves. The best performers for Naomh Chárthaigh were Ben O’Sullivan, Tadgh Duffin and Joseph O’Keeffe. For De La Salle Jack Twomey was excellent
throughout as was scorer in chief Daniel Lalor who finished the game very well. Their goal keeper Dylan Quinlan Meagher also made some fine saves at critical moments. Suffice to say it will be very interested indeed to see who eventually received the accolade at highly anticipated the Bord na nÓg awards night later this year. Naomh Chárthaigh: 1. Oisin Aldred, 2. Joe Ardern, 3. Joe Motherway (Capt.), 4. Cian O’Mahony, 5. Alex Bennett, 6.Shane Bennett, 7. Shane Barry, 8. Charlie Lineen, 9. Tadhg Duffin, 10. Sam Shanahan Quinn, 11. Joseph O’Keeffe, 12. Christian O’ Brien, 13. DJ Nugent, 14. Ben O’Sullivan, 15. Adam O’Dwyer, 16 David Landers, 17. Callum Shanahan Quinn, 18. Josh Nugent, 19. Ben Cummins, 20. Pierce Morrissey, 21. Micheal McCarthy, 22. Jack Walsh, 23. Eoin Kelleher, 24. John Hegarty De La Salle: 1. Dylan Quinlan Meagher, 2. Jack Mitchell, 3. Niall Dawson, 4. Jake O’Halloran, 5. Cian O’Loughlin, 6. Conor Keane, 7. Jack Kavanagh, 8. Ben O’Neill, 9. Sam Cheevers, 10.Jack Douglas, 11. Jack Twomey, 12. Rory Wymberry, 13. Fionn McGrath, 14. Daniel Lalor, 15. Dylan Flynn, 16. Jack Hennessy, 17. Caedyn Keating, 18. Luke Staunton. 19. Daniel Goff, 20. Danny McGrath.
First half goal blitz seals victory for Ferrybank Ferrybank ……………………3-3; An Ghaeltacht ………………0-5. THIS game started off in a very tight fashion with very little between the teams in open play. However, Jay Bagge and Shane Purcell for Ferrybank did not take too long to exert some influence with some nice combination play in the middle of the field. And it was An Ghaeltacht who found themselves three points down in the fifth minute when a speculative long ball from Ferrybank’s dangerman Izaak Richards travelled all the way to the back of the An Ghaeltacht net. Ferrybank seemed to draw some renewed inspiration from Izaak’s goal and were now dominating the exchanges. Some neat passing between Adam Aspel and Fionn McGarrity had then camped on the Ghaeltacht goalmouth and
were it not for two point blank saves in a succession from a very brave An Ghaeltacht goal keeper, Tiarnach Ó Síothcháin Ferrybank could very well have been out of sight even at this early stage of the game. In the seventh minute the pressure proved too much for An Ghaeltacht when they conceded a second goal off a short range free and despite the best efforts of midfielder Aodhan O’Raghlaigh, Ferrybank were now attacking in waves. Izaak Richards extended the Ferrybank lead to seven points with a well taken free midway through the half - for the next ten minutes An Ghaeltacht did manage to get back into the game and were having their fair share of possession for the first time in the match but the
scores were proving elusive. Yet another fine save from Tiarnach Ó Síothcháin went out for a 65 and the resulting free puck was dealt with initially by the Ghaeltacht defence only for Ferrybank full forward Conor Haley to pounce and strike a rocket of a shot ff the Walsh Park turf right to the top of the net to leave them ahead at half time on a score of 3-1 to 0-0. To their credit the Ghaeltacht men settled really well in the second half and got off to a great start – they opened their account with a nice point from play after two minutes and Conaire O Siothchain tagged on two more from frees inside five minutes. Another pointed free from Izaak Richards had the Ferrybank lead back to 8 points however An
Ghaeltacht were unfortunate not to score a goal moments later when a fine shit from Conaire O Siothchain flashed wide of the posts. In the twelfth minute of the second half Aindriu Ó hAnragáin stood over a long range free and despite the inclement conditions he somehow managed to dissect the narrow portable posts with an unerring shot. Two more frees from Izaak kept the scoreboard ticking over for Ferrybank before the last score of the game, a fine point from play for An Ghaeltacht off the stick of Sean MacGearailt brought proceedings to a conclusion. SCORE OF THE GAME Aindriu Ó hAnragáin’s long range free was indeed a super effort for a youngster who would have rang in the new year shy of 13
years however, Conor Haley’s goal in the first half that was struck on the half volley off the deck was just sublime and the score of the game. MAN OF THE MATCH For An Ghaeltacht the contenders are; half forward Conaire O Siothchain whose second half scores gave some solace to his team and their outstanding goal keeper Tiarnach Ó Síothcháin who gave an outstanding display between the posts where he defied many Ferrybank attacks with some excellent point blank saves. For Ferrybank, the performances of Izaak Richards and Conor Haley caught the eye of many spectators in the large Walsh Park crowd and the Bord will have considerable difficulty in separating the two of them for their awards night
later this year. An Ghaeltacht: 1. Tiarnach Ó Síothcháin, 2. Aindriu Ó hAnragáin, 3. Fionn O Murchu, 4. Naoise MacMurchadha, 5. Conchabhar O Frinseach (Capt.), 6. Ben Mac Ultar, 7. Diarmuid O Mathuna, 8. Darragh O Riagain, 9. Keith Metcalf, 10. Aodhan O Raghlaigh, 11. Sean Mac Gearailt, 12. Conaire O Siothchain, 13. Rian O Ceallaigh, 14. Naoise Ó Fearghaile, 15 Alex O Ruairc, 16 Ruadhain de Faoite, 17 Cian O Faolain, 18 Tomás Ó Crotaigh, 19 Colm Mac Fhlannadha, 20 Cillian Ó Tuaigthe, 21 Pairic Ó Duibhir, 22. Dubhalta Mac Murchadha Ferrybank: 1. Kyle Daly, 3. Sean Adeyeni, 4. Paddy Mackey, 5.Adam Aspel, 6. Caolan MacCathmhaoil, 7 Conor Daly, 8. Jay Bagge, 9. Izaak Richards, 10. Fionn McGarrity, 11. Shane Purcell, 12. Aaron Meaney, 13. Michael McLaurence, 14. Conor Haley, 15, Idir Boldbaatar, 16, Lochlann Flanagan 17 Luigi Dambra, 18 Jacob Richards.
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Gaelic Jottings The flags are flying BALLINACOURTY senior football winning captain from 1978 Joe Power is reported as being the first Abbeyside supporter to have the blue and gold colours hoisted in advance of Sunday’s County SHC final between Abbeyside and Ballygunner. Joe’s pair of flags are in an ideal location outside his house at the end of the Pike Hill and how well they look. All over the Village and the parish in general, supporters are getting into the County Final mood by displaying the club’s colours and this is part and parcel of the GAA as excitement builds and the 7th of October gets closer. We still haven’t seen a flag flying on the south side of the bridge but we are keeping our eyes open for same.
Bumper gate THE two Western hurling finals in the junior and intermediate grades brought the splendid sum of €14,223 into the Western Board coffers last Sunday and we are told that nobody expected that amount of a windfall. It just shows the attractiveness of our games here in the West and especially when the knockout stages are played. The Board also produced a very suitable match programme last Sunday which includes interesting facts on each of the four clubs that were in action and it was reasonably priced at €2.
Long serving umpire retires THIS Sunday, October 7th Pat ‘Pops’ Power from Ballymacarbry will don the umpire’s white coat for the last time for the County senior hurling final between Abbeyside and Ballygunner. Pops has given forty seven years of service to our National Games and he holds the rare distinction of doing umpire for three generations of the same family. A lifelong friend of the Walsh family in Ballymac, Pops will umpire for Thomas Walsh on Sunday, having in earlier years officiated for Thomas’ father Pat ‘Tyler’ Walsh and his grandfather Tom Walsh. What a splendid scenario. Umpires officiate voluntarily at all times and after almost half a century of service, Pat Power deserves not only his rest to come but also his unselfish service deserves to be recognised in the proper manner by the Association.
Eastern Intermediate Football Round-Up THE Eastern Intermediate football championship is at the knockout stages and a number of games were played last Saturday. In a very low scoring encounter Newtown defeated local rivals Kilmacthomas by 1-3 to 0-5 but the word is that Kilmac are still in contention somehow. Kill were impressive 4-12 to 1-8 winners over DLS and St. Saviours defeated Bunmahon in Walsh Park by 1-13 to 0-10. There is no result available for the John Mitchels v Tramore game which was also scheduled for last Saturday.
County Minor Hurling Final THE 2018 County Minor Hurling Final will be played in Walsh Park this Saturday, October 6th between Ballygunner and Mt. Sion. The Gunners
qualified for ther final by defeating Roanmore by 4-13 to 0-11 while Mt. Sion overcame DLS by 0-17 to 0-16. When the teams clashed in the Group stages, Mt. Sion won away from home by 3-13 to 2-15.
Senior final curtain raiser BALLINAMEELA and Tramore will play the County JHC final before the Abbeyside v Ballygunner senior final this Sunday. This will be a big day for both clubs, playing in front of a large attendance and the word on the street is that Ballinameela will win and advance to the Munster club championship. Time will tell.
The stuff is still in Comeragh KILROSSANTY will contest their first Waterford SFC final in eighteen years following a 3-16 to 0-12 victory over An Rinn last Sunday at the Fraher Field. Goals from Pa Cunningham (2) and Paul Whyte either side of the break propelled the Lemybrien based outfit to a comfortable thirteen-point success three weeks after overcoming reigning champions and near rivals Stradbally at the same venue. Former Waterford captain Paul Whyte, who shot 1-3, once again played a pivotal role for the winners despite being advised to stop playing due to a persistent hip injury. County midfielder Tommy Prendergast was also outstanding for Kilrossanty, who led by 2-9 to 0-7 at half-time. Kilrossanty are set to meet Ballinacourty or The Nire in the final.
Munster Championship Hurling games for Fraher Field? WATERFORD are adamant that they will play their home Munster SHC games at Fraher Field next Summer. Na Deise had to twice relinquish home advantage for the inaugural round-robin competition (facing Tipperary in Limerick and Cork in Thurles) as Walsh Park is unavailable but are doubly determined not to miss out on having two home matches in 2019. County Board chairman Paddy Joe Ryan told The Waterford News & Star that the Suirsiders will definitely be hosting Clare and Limerick on their own patch: “The Munster championship games will be played at a Waterford venue, which presumably will be Fraher Field, unless the clubs decide otherwise. We’re adamant that it’s Fraher Field or forget it. It was Newbridge or nowhere, the new cult here is Fraher Field or forget it. “We’re very determined as a board. It was my preference last year to play them in Walsh Park but we decided otherwise at a County Board meeting. I think it’s important that we play our Munster championship games in Waterford. When this championship was set up, we didn’t want it because we didn’t have the facilities for it. Now it’s there, we have to make our facilities for it. I’d say the clubs are determined as well that they will go ahead at a Waterford venue. “We have a beautiful venue in Fraher Field; we want to enhance that venue as well as Walsh Park. We want to have two
TQS Integration were delighted to welcome the new Waterford Senior Hurling manager, Paraic Fanning, to their Corporate Head Office in Lismore. TQS wish Paraic and his team the very best of luck over the coming months. Left to right: Nora O’Leary, Nicole Landers, Paraic Fanning, Máire Quilty, Sonya O’Flynn, Kieran O’Connor.
lovely venues so that we can play county games and local club championship games as well.”
National Hurling League promotion a target NEW Waterford manager Paraic Fanning has targeted promotion from Division 1B as one of his goals for the 2019 campaign. Fanning was installed as Waterford manager and takes over a side that were relegated from NHL 1A earlier in the year. Even though, Fanning says that he would love to see the county take the same path as Limerick and Galway as they have won the All-Ireland titles while playing in 1B. “Well if we can follow the same track as Limerick and Galway as being AllIreland champions coming out of 1B then we will take that but we do want to come out of that division as well,” said Fanning. “Definitely one of our goals is to get back up to 1A. That said, playing in Division 1B does give you certain opportunities that you wouldn’t have in 1A. The intensity wouldn’t be as high but we still want to do as well as we can in the league and that means winning as many games as possible and hopefully getting promotion and from there a quarter-final, please God a semi-final or even final after that … that’s our aim for sure.”
County wide search for footballers ASSEMBLING a squad that will bring Waterford football forward is new manager Benji Whelan’s main priority. Whelan knows that he needs to bring in new players to freshen up the squad and he revealed that would be his main objective over the coming weeks. “I’ll be looking to broaden the horizons from the point of view of the playing staff and probably invite a few newer guys in with the hope that they will have the appetite for it,” said Whelan.
“It is going to be a tough pre-season, there’s absolutely no doubt about that. We’re going to put in a lot of hard yards. It’s going to require an awful lot of application from the guys. “If we can focus in on early January and get ourselves right with the help of Gerry Fitzpatrick and Joe Hagan, I think we can really do stuff. I’m very enthusiastic about it.” A TWO TIER FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Benji Whelan is open to the idea of a second tier football championship. The Deise went seven years without a championship win until this summer when they shocked Wexford and Whelan admits that their chances of winning on a more regular basis would be boosted by playing in a 'B' championship. “We don’t win many games,” “Being in a second tier competition doesn’t mean you are going to automatically start winning. Certainly, the opportunity to win increases. And that would be a huge benefit to the lads from the point of view of getting a little bit more confidence in the way they play. “The other side of it is that you are not going to get the opportunity, should you be playing particularly well, of taking on the bigger guys. "I am not averse to a B championship. Not at all. It is something I will have to study in a bit more detail when it is finalised."
Walsh Park appeal dismissed THE redevelopment of Walsh Park has been given the all-clear after an appeal by a local residents' group was dismissed. An Bord Pleanála has ruled that an objection by Belvedere Manor Residents' Association against the proposed revamp of the Waterford county grounds was invalid. Waterford GAA was granted planning permission in September to upgrade Walsh Park to a 16,000-capacity stadium at a cost of close to €7 million. The Deise had to play their games in this year's new-look Munster SHC at
Semple Stadium and the Gaelic Grounds due to Walsh Park's restricted capacity.
Barry Coughlan retires from intercounty hurling NEW Waterford hurling manager Pauric Fanning will have to do without the services of experienced full-back Barry Coughlan in 2019. The 28-year-old Ballygunner clubman has made the decision to retire from inter-county hurling after a six-year involvement. Coughlan made his senior debut under Derek McGrath as a corner-back in the 2014 Allianz League opener against Tipperary while his championship bow came in the drawn Munster SHC quarter-final versus Cork during the same season. 2015 saw Coughlan establish himself as Waterford's full-back and he went on to win an Allianz Hurling League medal that year. He played a pivotal role in the Deise's run to last year's All-Ireland final where they were narrowly beaten by Galway. Coughlan's last game for Waterford was in the Munster SHC round-robin defeat to Clare in which he suffered a broken hand that caused him to miss the remainder of the Deise's 2018 campaign.
Scór Na Seachtaine KYLE Bennett’s 52nd minute point from play for Ballysaggart in their Western IHC final v Clashmore/Kinsalebeg at the Fraher Field last Sunday afternoon.
Fraher Field Classics THIS week’s Fraher Field Classics Facebook page courtesy of the Editor of the Dungarvan Observer and from the pen of John A. Murphy features the 1968 Western Junior hurling championship local derby between Cappoquin and Affane on the newspaper dated August 3rd, 1968. Cappoquin 7-10; Affane 3-7.
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TEAMS OF TIMES GONE BY Championship: Minor hurling championship. Venue: Fraher Field. Date: Sunday, 30th August, 1998. Half-time score: Stradbally 1-5; St. Olivers 1-2. Full-time score: Stradbally 2-10; St. Olivers 3-4. Stradbally team: Conor Coffey, John Halpin, Kevin Coffey, Emmett Cummins, Trevor Costello, Michael Walsh, Eoin Cunningham, Mark Condon, Paul Wade, Paul Walsh. Subs: Conor Cleary, Dennis Doyle, Paddy Doyle, Rob Ahearne, Robert Fennell, Richie Halpin.
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Club Focus Wednesday, 2nd September, 1998. LAWLOR’S HOTEL COUNTY SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Crotty’s dramatic winner Rathgormack 1-10; Nire 0-11. THE clash of these arch Comeragh rivals produced as dramatic a climax as the famed Fraher Field has ever witnessed. Picture the scene, we were in the 60th minute of a hard fought SFC quarter-final as defending County champions Nire had seen their six point interval lead (0-9 to 0-3) whittled down to a single point (0-11 to 0-10) by the 52nd minute. Rathgormack with the breeze to their backs laid siege on he champions citadel at the country end of the pitch. However, Rathgormack had been unable to get the vital equalising point as Brendan Curry drove wide. Then Dan Crotty’s free kick went straight to a Nire defender. Ger Power’s shot drifted wide. Next a brilliant Rathgormack movement saw Pat Crotty putting Seanie Power clear only for the Nire defenders to block down his effort and now surely it definitely appeared that the champions had weathered the Rathgormack storm. Nire broke upfield and their talented corner forward Brian Wall won possession and was fouled about 43 yards out. Michael Guiry their leading scorer with (0-5) to his credit lined up to take it but the ball agonisingly drifted to the left and still the margin was only a single point. Those eight minutes of play which I have described had brought the rival supporters in the attendance to their feet as after Saturday evening’s SHC damp squibs of contests as least we had some of the “ real McCoy” as far as the cut and thrust of championship fare is concerned. Now, Nire had possession through wing back David Ryan who made ground up along the stand sideline right up into the corner well inside the 13 metre line. Still holding possession toe to hand as the second ticked down. Rathgormack defenders were swarming around him like bees as he swung the ball back outfield to a team colleague who drove it goalwards. Rathgormack won back possession to move the ball quickly down the right wing to where Franny Halpin went racing down field with substitute John Moore in hot pursuit. Meanwhile, Rathgormack’s
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dashing wing back Dan Crotty was making ground down the stand side of the pitch as everyone in the ground now fully realised that this SFC quarter-final was hanging on a knife edge resting solely in the hands of Franny Halpin, Dan Crotty, John Moore and goalkeeper Michael Doocey, with Brendan Curry also making up ground. As John Moore caught up to Franny Halpin who pivoted and cut across the centre of the pitch some 35 yards out before parting with the ball to the incoming Dan Crotty who was now bearing down on Michael Doocey’s goal. Crotty stayed going to hammer the ball to the net (1-10 to 0-11) and now Rathgormack were in front for the first time in the game. Nire counter attacked. A free in resulted as a Nire player was fouled. The game was held up as this injured Kevin Mulcahy was stretchered off. Still the issue was not decided as on three separate occasions the ball was lobbed into the Rathgormack goal area with truly hectic scrambles ensuing before the final whistle sounded in the 66th minute as Rathgormack players celebrated a famous victory as the County champions were out. In fairness up to those oh so dramatic final minutes Nire had been the better and more composed team as with the breeze to their backs they looked to be in a very stong position at the interval as they led (0-9 to 0-3) with Michael Guiry 0-4, Bobby Power 0-2, Brian Wall 0-2 and Ger Walsh had their scores as the Walshs (big and small) were on top at centre field. Rathgormack’s Martin Power, Seanie Power and Franny Halpin kicked three points by the 12th minute and they failed to raise a single flag for the final 18 minutes of the half as they persisted in a short passing game, which time and time again broke down. By the 52nd minute the score 0-11 to 0-10 and then came the dramatic climax. Scorers – Rathgormack: M. Power 0-4, D. Crotty 1-0, G. Power 0-2, S. Power, F. Halpin, P. Crotty and B. Curry 0-1 each. The Nire: M. Guiry 0-5, B. Wall 0-3, B. Power 0-2, J. Walsh 0-1. Rathgormack: P. Fahey; J. Crotty, D. Power, K. Power; D. Crotty, V. O’Shea, D. Hassett; T. Bolger, V. Murray; R. Power, M. Power, P. Crotty; F. Halpin, G. Power, S. Power. Sub: B. Curry for D. Power. The Nire: M. Doocey; J. J. Wall, T. Walsh, M. Byrne; D. Ryan, I. Walsh, P. Prendergast; P. Walsh, P. Walsh; C. Power, M. Guiry, B. Walsh; B. Wall, K. Mulcahy, B. Power. Subs: J. Moore for Prendergast; S. Cuddy for Byrne; P. Halpin for Mulcahy. Referee: John Michael Kelly (Shamrocks).
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FORDE’S DAYBREAK FORECAST CORNER Last Week’s Forecasts: 13 Forecasts. 10 Correct. 3 Incorrect. Success Rate: 77% This Week's Forecasts: Co. SHC Final: Ballygunner v (Abbeyside). Co. JH’A’F: Ballinameela v (Tramore). Co. M’A’H Final: Ballygunner v (Mount Sion). Co. Under 21’B’ Football Final: Cois Bhride v (Portlaw/Ballyduff). West IFC Semi-Final: Modeligo v (Sliabh gCua) West Under 21 ‘B’ Hurling: St. Olivers v (An Ghaeltacht) Co. MH Div.3 Knock Out: Ardmore v (Ferrybank), Kilrossanty v (St. Mollerans). To Date: 400 Forecasts. 270 Correct. 130 Incorrect. Success Rate: 67.5 %.
Abbeyside/Ballinacourty under 12 and 13 teams made the long trip to Croke Park to take part in the GAA's World Record attempt at having the largest hurling training session. Clubs from across Ireland were represented as 1,772 children and their mentors smashed the target to create an official new Guinness World Record.
Abbeyside/Ballinacourty Juveniles Busy Weekend Ahead: It will be a case of all hands on deck this coming weekend as we launch into a weekend of frantic activity. With our club’s senior hurlers facing Ballygunner in the county senior hurling the excitement levels amongst our juvenile players is at fever pitch. One household that I passed during the past week had set up goals (nets and all) in the front garden and there were up to twenty young fellows hurling away to beat the band. By the time we finished there was a huge gathering of neighbours and passers-by and they all leaning in over the wall looking at the frenzy on the lawn. The parents of the house wheeled out the catering trolly. We all agreed to meet again later this week to finish off the big game so if you’re passing jump out o’ the car and join in. Make sure that you have the young fellas with you. Sunday Morning: We have invited our county senior hurling final opponents Ballygunner to come up to our field on Sunday morning where we will play them in a series of under 10 games in a pre county final event where the emphasis is very much on “play for fun”. It is expected that there will be a huge gathering of parents, friends and supporters from both clubs present to set the county final day off in style. Chairman of our juvenile committee Joe Cleary will welcome our friends from the famous Gunners club at 11.30 am before setting the teams off on a players parade to the field where we will have the pitches in top order for the boys. Throwin is at 11.45 am with both clubs providing two teams who will play each other. Referees, linesmen and field marshals have been lined up to ensure that the games run smoothly and that we get finished the schedule on time. After the games Joe will again address the gathering by way of appreciation and good will. We will then provide the usual after event food for all with our academy catering group doing what they always do well thus ensuring that our visitors and players from both teams will be well ready for their visit to Fraher Field in the afternoon. We expect a huge turnout on Sunday morning so do come along to join in the fun. The spirit in the parish was never a high so it promises to be a really great morning. See you there. Sunday Afternoon: Our under 8 hurlers have been invited to play in a series of games during the half-time break of the Senior County Final. Karl, Brendan, James and Dermot have marshaled the boys for this really special event so supporters are expected to give the boys a huge “Village Welcome” when we take to the field at the half time break. These under 8s have been having a great time these past few months with coaching sessions and game being a regular feature of their weekly sport diet. Players will be given times and arrangements as we approach the week end. The parents of the players will of course be expected to lend their usual support for this event so that the lads will have an occasion to remember. The “Blue and Gold Brigade” are on the march so do give us that village roar. Saturday Afternoon: On Saturday afternoon our under 14 hurlers will play Ballygunner in the grade “A” county hurling final at Fraher Field. John Kiely, Justin Walsh and Micheal McGrath have put in a huge amount of work into this team and no doubt the boys will give of their best. Best of luck from all in the village. Friday Night: On this Friday night, under the splendid field lights, we will start the 2018 Mini All-Ireland Parish Football Leagues. These leagues will cater for the boys ranging through 7, 8, 9,10 years of age. This year the team coaches have combined the 7s and 8s to form one major league and they have combined the 9s and 10s to form their own major league. The format looks really good and if recent coaching sessions are anything to go by then we are in for a feast of football. Michael Mansfield, acting in his capacity as academy coordinator, has put all the logistical issues firmly in place so that the entire event, which will run for five weeks under lights, will run smoothly. The leagues, which are now in their third year in the current format, have provided some amazing fare and such is the massive interest shown by the young lads that there is no doubt that we will have a right cracker of a league. Young boys from every corner of our parish, from Bótar Ard to The Barnawee and all places in between and from Duckspool to Lands End, onto Cruachan and all places in between will converge to “The Field” on Friday night for the 6.15 pm start. I’ve never seen the people of the parish so excited as they are just now so do come along to support and have fun with us. The teams for the leagues are as follows:
U-7/8 Mayo Cork Fionn Connolly Donnacha Breen Fionn Fitzgerald Donnchadh Callaghan Jacab Hazelmayer Sean Carton Danny Kennedy Luke Fitzgerald Theo King Jamie Gleeson Matthew Malatinszki Killian Hagan Evan McCarthy Tomas Hayes Rory McKeown Lochlainn Hurney Sam Morrissey Aaron Lacey Sean Morrissey Sean Og Mansfield Donnchadh Murphy Kristupas Narkewicius Fergus O'Niadh Jayden Organ Kieran Poland Tom Russell Derry Kerry Tadhg Breen Peter Ahearne Dara Byrne Rian Cliffe Cameron Flavin Darren Doherty James Huges Darragh Enright Natanas Lunskis Harry Fizgerald Darrach McGrath Adam Kenealy Brian Morrissey Dylan murray Harry O'Connor Fionnan Murray Dara Power Tadgh O'Connor Isaac Walsh Ronan O'Sullivan Luke Walsh Darragh Trumann Odhran Walsh Noah Walsh
U-9/10 Dublin Colm Poland Adam Fitzpatrick Cathal McGrath Fionnán Lonergan Charlie Burns Owen Morrissey Seón Dowling Jack Burns ThadhgRichardson Alex Murray Sean Og O'Regain Aidan O'Donovan Waterford Archie Matuzzi Conor Dalton Seán Flynn Louis Simms Shane Enright Daniel O'Connor Ryan Buckley Colm Kiely Sam Hodge Caolan Barrett Michael O'Grady Colman Radley
Tyrone James O'Donnell Darragh Mansfield Jack Fischer Dan Hayes Kaelan Barry Jake Drummy Alex Landy AidanO'Callaghan Gavin Gough Billy Morrissey Jack Hurney Elliot Henley Donegal Phelim Tyrell Oisin Navin John Fitzgerald Aaron Walsh Eoin Hackett Simon Power Charlie Gleeson Eoin Cosgarve Dara Sullivan Jack McGrath Rory Mulcahy Alex Doyle
Last Saturday: On Saturday last our under 9s paid a reciprocal visit to our friends in Carrigaline in Cork. We played our hosts in a series of games in a “play for fun atmosphere”. We had balanced games in football followed by similar in hurling. The fare on offer here was really impressive and certainly Laurence, Seán, John Paul and Darragh can feel well pleased with the days outing. After the game we were treated to a plentiful helping of food suitable for all tastes. Sandwiches, cakes, fruit, minerals, teas and coffee for all. A really great day. Our hosts were most accommodating and we were indeed delighted to have shared our afternoon with them. Well done all round. Coaches: All our coaches are reminded that Pat and Jonathan have been holding, and will continue to hold, coaching sessions for those coaching our under age teams. These sessions will be invaluable to coaches in their development as coaches. Parents: Just a reminder to all parents of children in the parish that you are most welcome to come along to the field on Friday nights for the leagues and on Saturday mornings for the academy sessions. Beginners are especially welcome. We will be delighted to place your child in to the activity and age group suitable for him. Ours is a parish full of energy and enthusiasm with a team of qualified coaches to cater for all needs. The parents and children are a major part of our onward march. Do come along and talk to Dorothy who will gladly tidy up all the registration matters on the spot. As Often As You Can: We encourage all of you to bring your club colours with you to the field every time you come out to us. Why not make your own head bands, get your own flags, make your own coloured hats. Proud of our colours, Blue and Gold of Abbeyside and Green and White of Ballinacourty. Our combined colours are a force to be reckoned with.
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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 5 October, 2018
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An Coilligean/Na h-Emmetigh CLUB LOTTO There was no winner of the “Black & Amber” club lotto held in Shalloe’s Bar on Monday, 24th September. The numbers drawn were 10, 17, 20 and 30. The €20 lucky ticket winners were as follows: Joe White, Jason Dunford, Joanne McKenna and Eibhlín Drohan. The seller’s prize went to Gary Queally. Last Monday, 1st October night’s jackpot was worth €7,700. Black and Amber lotto tickets will be on sale outside The Pike Service Station on Saturday mornings from 9 am to 1 pm. If anyone would like to help out selling tickets on Saturday mornings please contact Kevin on 0872814712. As always your support is greatly appreciated. WESTERN JUNIOR HURLING FINAL Ballinameela 3-15; Colligan 2-15. Colligan were beaten in the Western Junior Hurling Final last Sunday in Fraher Field. We were down 10 points at halftime but the lads battled hard in the second half and fell short
by just a goal. Thanks to all involved for putting in a big effort during the year. Team: Evan McKenna, John Nick Fennell, Alan Walsh, Adam Dunford, Ross Browne, Dan Booth, Mark Flynn (0-1), Michael Horgan (0-2), Colin Dunford (0-4), John Wall (1-5), John Morrissey, Gavin Whelan (0-2), Richie Kiely (0-1), Sam Murphy Nix (0-1), Reece Stringer (0-1) Subs: P.J Coffey, Jason Dunford (0-1), Darren Dunford (used), Stephen McGrath, John Flynn, Willie Browne, Dean McKenna, Ian Fraher (1-0), Jack Fraher.
We would like to wish Ballinameela the best of luck in the county final against Tramore. CONGRATULATIONS All at Colligan GAA would like to congratulate Helena Wall and Alan Kinsella on the arrival of baby Mia. O’NEILL’S CLUB SHOP The club shop is now open on the O’Neill’s website. There is some lovely Colligan gear available. Go to www.oneills.com/clubs and search for Colligan Emmets GAA.
St. Mary’s Juveniles U-11 FOOTBALL Bunmahon was the venue last Wednesday evening, 26th for the latest round of the U-12 league. Our ‘maroon’ team were in action on this occasion as they faced Gaultier in this Division 1 encounter. A poor opening half saw us on the back foot from the off as we trailed by a considerable margin at the break. However a few switches saw a change in fortunes, unfortunately not enough to change the result, but enough to see us outscore the opposition in the second half. In the end it finished 2-4 to 6-9 to the Boyd from the far East U-16 HURLING Having went through the group stages unbeaten we travelled to Bushy Park last Thursday night, 27th Sept, full of confidence that we could take the next step and reach a County Final. In our way stood Ballyduff Upper and from the throw in we knew this was going to be our biggest challenge to date. Early points were swapped before the excellent Mike Halley netted to edge us in front. However, the boys from the far West dominated the exchanges for the remainder of the half and by the interval we found ourselves 7 points behind. A few positional switches at the break, changed matters, although Ballyduff did grab another 1-2 after Scott Bowdrens opening point of the second half. Dermot Behan thundered into the game as our backs eventually got on top, and with Mike a menace to the opposition in the forward line we chipped away at their lead. The game was really in the melting pot when substitute Jack Hennessy netted to bring the deficit back to 2. It was end to end stuff at this stage. The opposition were then awarded a penalty but Marty Morrissey made a great save to keep his net intact. However we couldn’t find the scores to get level, and it was Ballyduff who tacked on 2 points to put them 4 points heading into injury time. Geoff Dowdall managed to get a point to leave just a goal in it and despite ferocious pressure we couldn’t force the equalizer to leave our lads crestfallen at the final whistle. Final score:- St. Mary’s 2-14; Ballyduff Upper 4-11. A big thanks to all the U-16 panel and the management team of Paidi Torpey, Gerry Walsh and Jamesie Power for all the entertainment, commitment and effort during the campaign. U-12 FOOTBALL The penultimate game in the league saw our ‘maroon’ team face Clann Na Gael in nearby Dunhill last Friday evening, 28th Sept. In glorious autumn sunshine we were up against a well
drilled side from the first whistle. Ten minutes in we were trailing by four points when we got some respite with a fine goal from the hard working Tom Foran. Despite this it seemed to spur on the opposition and they finished the half the stronger with two goals to lead 2-5 to 1-1 at the interval. We did get the opening point of the second half but all the time we were under pressure to keep out the scores at the other end despite some good defending from Brian Prendergast and good goalkeeping from William Power (not for the first time in the league) they added two further green flags. We did plug away and Richard McGrath was rewarded with a goal, alas it was not enough as we went down by 4-7 to 2-4. Next up is Gaultier this Saturday coming which will bring down the curtain on the year for our U-12’s. BEST OF LUCK To our U-13 coach Benji Whelan in his new post as Waterford Senior Football Manager from all in St. Mary’s. U-14 DIVISION 3 HURLING COUNTY FINAL All roads lead to Fraher Field this Saturday as we face Brickey Rangers in the County Final. We haven’t received an official fixture but the website states it’s a 2 pm throw-in, so we urge as many as our supporters to go and shout on the lads. Best of luck to all concerned. MINOR HURLING A bad week for the club continued last Saturday as our minors exited the championship after a good tussle with Tramore. Played at the seaside venue we were in the box seat for the opening quarter as a Paul Allen goal put us 6 up. However Tramore came back at us and the concession of frees allowed them to draw level by the half time tea. The second half saw us lead for most of the way, helped in no small way by a Jack Halley goal, but frees were keeping the opposition on our coat tails. And this was to cost us dear coming down the home straight. Leading by a point with 4 minutes to go we conceded two late frees and Tramore duly obliged to take the lead. And that’s where they stayed as they held on to record a 014 to 2-7 victory and dump us out of the championship. Injuries crippled the team this year and the non commitment of other players didn’t help our cause either, but fair play to everyone else who put their shoulder to the wheel and the management of Des Stafford, Brendan Mooney, Paidi Torpey and Gerry Walsh for their time with this group.
Cappoquin Camogie U-16s FINAL Hard luck to the U-16 girls who were beaten by a much stronger Butlerstown team. Thanks to all the girls for their commitment to training. We as a club are very proud of them. We look forward to next season after a bit of a rest. Thanks to the team and especially their mentors, who work so hard with them every week and the supporters for being at every match! Cappoquin Team: 1. Amy Coffey, 2. Emma Kiely, 3. Shelley Coffey Captain, 4. Amy Mason, 5. Niamh Uniacke, 6. Maedbh McGrath, 7. Hannah Condon, 8. Jane McConnell, 9. Robyn Uniacke, 10. Rachel Horsam, 11. Annika O’Brien, 12. Aoife O’Donnell, 13. Caoimhe Uniacke, 14. Ashling Cahillane, 15.
Lucy Cunningham, 16. Robyn Coughlan, 17. Alice Sweeney, 18. Abbie Prendergast, 19. Grainne O’Donnell, 20. Aoibhinn O’Rourke. FIXTURES Cappoquin U-13s will play Butlerstown in Butlerstown on Saturday, October 6th at 4.00 p.m. TRAINING *U-8/U-10 training is Thursday from 6-7 p.m. *U-12/14 training is Tuesday at 6-7 p.m. *Minor Training Wednesday and Friday at 7.30 p.m. *U-18 and Senior training is Sunday at 10 a.m. New members always welcome.
John Mitchels INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALL We are now playing Tramore in the first round of knockout with the winner reaching the quarter-finals. This game was initially taking place this Saturday but at time of writing we have no fixture. UNDERAGE Training every thursday at 6:30 p.m. We play Rathgormack this Tuesday in U-10 away at 6:30 p.m. We are nearing the
end of the season so let's enjoy the last few weeks. CONFINED DRAW This week's winner was Emma Kirwan. J.P. McMANUS What a gesture from J.P. donating €100,000 to every Co. Board in the Country last week. This money will make a big difference to a small Club like ours and help us improve our facilities for all to enjoy. Thanks again J.P.!
Dungarvan GAA U-8 footballers who took part in the recent Go Games Football Blitz in the Fraher Field.
Dungarvan GAA U-9s who were in action during the week and had a great game of hurling against the Brickeys. Great performances from all the boys on the night.
Dungarvan SENIOR FOOTBALL Ardmore will be our opponents in the senior football relegation battle with the losers been relegated to Intermediate ranks for 2019. No fixture for this match to date but likely to be played hopefully in the coming weeks. JUNIOR HURLING Paddy Foley’s was packed to the rafters on Friday night last for the Junior hurlers fundraising quiz for their upcoming County Final. Thanks to Mary Foley for her Hospitality and generous sponsorship and to MT motors also. Loads of prizes for the raffle were also donated and we are very grateful for all the support we received. Our thanks to Quizmaster on the night Tony Ryan whose wide array and selection of questions proved a great hit with the large crowd. The Quiz Was was won by the trio of Colin Whelan, Francis keating and Stephen Donovan. UNDER 11 FOOTBALL Our under 11 footballers made the short journey over the bridge last Wednesday evening to play Ballinacourty / Abbeyside in our next round of their competition. Nothing stirs up the lads other than a challenge against our neighbours and it was evident that they quite like the fixture too as they raced into a three point first half lead. Thankfully, we put in a much improved second half performance and some excellent scores put us in a commanding position which we managed to retain until the final whistle. Panel: Luke Irwin, Brandon Dillon, Billy Hickey, John Meehan, Ruairi Beresford, Adam Mulligan, Luke Power, Raymond Kelly, Tony O'Donnell, Seanie Cummins, Jamie Nagle, Will Healy, Calum Daly, Pierce Quann, Oisin Hallahan, Cory Lyons, Jacob Dalton. UNDER 12 Our under 12s are wrapping up their football campaign for the year this week when they play the remaining two games.First up will be Cappoquin who were due down on Tuesday, 2nd October and this will be followed on Thursday evening when Lismore make the journey down to Clogherane.With the nights closing in rapidly hopefully we have things finished before darkness sets in. SATURDAY MORNINGS Our youngest section in the club are still in full operation
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each Saturday Morning and will remain so up until the Hallowe’en Mid Term. This session caters for both boys and girls where fun and enjoyment are the main emphasis. It's never too late to start and if you want your children to get some precious and healthy exercise then the field on a Saturday morning would be an excellent place to start. Hurleys and helmets will be supplied. Training commences at 11 a.m. and will finish at noon. Lets get them out and get them up and at it. U-8s Well done to our U-8 footballers who took part in the recent Go Games Football Blitz in the Fraher Field. The boys played three games against Cappoquin, St. Pats and Gaultier. The boys played really well and are improving every week. Well done boys! U-9s Our U-9s were in action during the week and had a great of hurling against the Brickeys. Great performances from all the lads on the night. JUVENILE FLAG DAY Many thanks to everyone who everyone who supported our flag day collections last weekend. Sincere gratitude to those who gave of their time to collect at masses and matches over the weekend. LOTTO Tickets are available from Hallahans Chemist, Paddy Foleys Bar, The Country store, John Walsh Spar Quealys Bar. CHRISTMAS DRAW Following on from the hugely popular Christmas draw we held last year the club are once again offering a top prize of €1,000 shopping voucher for Garveys Supervalu along with other great prizes. We will be launching this draw in the coming weeks. WEDDING BELLS The club sends heartiest Congratulations for a long and happy life together to Mary Ryan and Morgan O’Brien who were recently joined in holy Matrimony. LOTTO Numbers drawn: 10 ,17, 25, 27. No jackpot winner. Match 3: Julie O’Sullivan. Next week’s jackpot €1,700.
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GAA CLUB NOTES
Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 5 October, 2018
St. Pat’s Juveniles UNDER 12 FOOTBALL Our U-12 boy's played their last league match last night away to Stradbally. The lads showed great character and grit against a tough side. It was great to see the large turn out for all the matches this season. Thanks to all the boys on the panel for attending matches and training hard during the year. Well done lads, keep it up. Nigel, Stephen, and Paul. U-15 LADIES FOOTBALL - SOLID ST. PAT'S VANQUISH THE VILLAGE WITH EFFICIENT DISPLAY If there was any doubt the football season was drawing to a close, attending the St. Pat’s, Abbeyside Sunday evening fixture at Bohadoon was the reminder needed that the halcyon days of summer are over. Clusters of spectators shivered in their winter best as the two teams put on a display of tough tackling, hard fought football. The start of the game was sloppy with both teams looking ring rusty. St. Pat’s had the better of these bits and pieces exchanges, sneaking away to a 3 point lead. To their credit, the village girls stayed within touching distance in the first half. Every time we opened a significant lead the Seasiders found a goal in themselves to close the gap. Abbeyside’s second goal, in particular, was a well-finished poaching masterpiece. It was frustrating for St. Pat’s to find ourselves pegged back time after time, but we didn’t succumb to the temptation to try and bulldoze a goal that wasn’t there. The white flag was raised repeatedly by St. Pat’s as we re-established our lead. Our backs had a fine first half. Some of our defending may have tended towards the utilitarian but it was effective. The pivotal moment in the first half saw St. Pat's stopping a point-blank shot at one end, before rampaging up the field to score a fantastic solo goal with Abbeyside over-committed to attack. The sides turned around with St. Pat’s enjoying a 4 point advantage. Conditions for football were far from perfect, but Abbeyside enjoyed the dubious benefit of the gusting arctic breeze in the second half. On occasion the wind was as much hindrance as help. Passes were overhit and floated over out-stretched hands time and again. The potential St. Pat’s wobble came two minutes after the restart when an Abbeyside forward bundled home the ball from close range. The sides were back level, the wind was literally and metaphorically behind the village side. Displaying a maturity beyond their years, St. Pat’s shrugged their shoulders and got on with it. No hint of panic, no trace of desperation, let’s just play our game. The final 20 minutes saw a Royal Variety Performance of a game. Our players took it in turns to show what they could do. A complete range of foot-
balling skills and attributes were on display. The persistence of our sister acts, the fielding of our half forwards, the accuracy of our point takers, the stubborn aggression of our defenders. Of course, there’s not much merit in being a show pony if you don’t win a prize. Each display of ability contributed to St. Pat’s slow march towards victory. You’d have been hard pushed to make a highlights reel from our efficient display but there was one moment of sporting magic that would have graced any pitch or sport. Our midfielder, hand pinned to her side by a marker, stayed strong and reaching back over her head, plucked a high ball from the sky one-handed. With the job half done, she sprayed a clever ball out wide to her teammate to complete her mission. As the evening shadows stretched across Bohadoon, the gap between the sides also lengthened. The game was won by St. Pat’s not with a rush of scores or a flash of inspiration, but slowly and inexorably by doing the simple things well. The final score of 3-13 to 3-3 reflected our very good second half performance. Well done to both sides for serving up an excellent wholehearted game of football for the hardy spectators who braved the conditions. ANNUAL FLAG DAY Our annual Flag Day will be held in Dungarvan on Saturday, 20th October this year. We would really appreciate if parents and players would volunteer to help out. Each collector will do a 2 hour shift. Anyone interested in helping can contact Willie Whelan on 086 2748377 or email william@deisedesign.ie. The Flag Day was a very successful fundraiser for the club last year. "SPLIT THE POT" The draw for this month's Split the Pot was held at Queally's Bar, Bohadoon last Sunday. The top prize of €490 was won by Daithi Fraher, Ballinroad, promotor was Liam Dalton. Thanks to the Western Board who kindly gave permission for "Split the Pot" tickets to be on sale outside the turnstiles before the Junior A Western Final at the Fraher Field last Sunday. This is the club's main fundraiser which helps to top up registration fees, pay for footballs, sliotars, referee fees, subsidise bus hire, field maintenance and help towards any other bills which our club has fall due over the year. Tickets for the next monthly draw are available from mentors, parents, committee, Healy's Daybreak, The Pike Service Station. Tickets €2 each or 3 for €5 FACEBOOK Follow St. Pat's on Facebook for all the latest club news: www.facebook.com/saintpatsgaa
The St. Pat's U-15 ladies football team that defeated Abbeyside last Sunday in Bohadoon.
The St. Pat's U-12 boys football team that played away to Stradbally last week.
The Stradbally Intermediate ladies football team who played Kerry champions Na Gael in Mallow Sports Complex last Sunday. Stradbally were narrowly beaten in a thrilling game of football by 3-6 to 0-11.
Stradbally MUNSTER LADIES INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Hard luck to the Intermediate ladies team who lost the Munster quarter-final against Na Gaeil of Kerry on a scoreline of 3-6 to 11 points. The girls played their hearts out but it wasn't to be their day. They will now contest the Senior Ladies Championship next year. We would like to thank Johnny and the girls for putting in serious effort all year. DÉISE DRAW Aoife Kiely, Ballybrack won €1,000 in the penultimate Deise Draw. TRACTOR RUN IN AID OF THE IRISH WHEELCHAIR ASSOCIATION Well done to club stalwart Billy Fitzgerald and his family for organising another excellent Tractor Run in aid of the Waterford City and County Branch of the Irish Wheelchair Association. Participants had a magnificent day to spin around the beautiful parish that we are lucky to live in. Billy and his family have been organ-
ising this event for year and the money raised has gone to support many in our county. Stradbally GAA would like to pay tribute to Billy and his family for being such great community people and we would like to thank all participants, volunteers and people who contributed for making this such a great day in the village. SCRAP COLLECTION Stradbally GAA will be holding another scrap collection day at the end of October, we will announce the date in the coming weeks. JUVENILE NEWS Training as normal this Friday at 6 pm for girls and boys 5/6/7/8/9 &10’s. U-8 FOOTBALL Our Under 8 football team played in a blitz on Saturday morning in Fraher Field. The blitz was organised by the Games Development officers, David Robinson & Barry Dunne on behalf of Bord an nOg. There was a good turnout and we played in four games v Tramore A & B,
Clashmore and Kilrossanty. It was very enjoyable for all the players. U-12 FOOTBALL Congratulations to our U-12 footballers who won the Town and Country football league last Friday. This team went the entire season undefeated and huge credit must go the management team of Lar Walsh and Roger Ronayne who put in endless hours of work with the lads. This team has grown from strength to strength and the future is bright for our club. U-16 HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP Hard luck to our U16 hurlers who bowed out of the championship at the semifinal stage by the Brickeys last Thursday evening on a scoreline of 7-08 to 2-14. Stradbally played some fine hurling and were well in contention throughout the game. Hard luck to all the lads who put in a huge effort throughout the year This week’s Underage Fixtures;
Under 10’s (Born 2008/2009) Play at away to Kilrossanty on Saturday 29/09/18 at 11 am. Under 11’s (Born 2007/2008) Next fixture is home to the An Ghaeltacht on Friday 05/10/18 at 6.30 pm. LADIES FOOTBALL The u-15 Ladies are into a semi final against Comeragh Rangers, time and date TBC. SOCIAL CENTRE There will be live music and dancing in the club next Sunday night with Pat Daly, come along and join in a great night’s entertainment. FUNDRAISING 50:50 Draw - Well done to John Whelan won €145 in our latest 50/50 draw. The next draw takes place on Sunday, 7th October 2018. Remember if you are not in you can't win! CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations to our neighbours Kilrossanty who qualified for the County Senior Football Final.
Kill LOTTO At last week’s lotto draw held in Dunphy’s Bar there was no winner of the €10,000 lotto jackpot. We had no match 3 winners so it was down to the lucky dip draw to decide the winners. The two lucky names drawn out were Andrea Mulcahy and Emma Gallagher. The numbers drawn were 13, 15, 21 & 30. CONGRATULATIONS Well done to our own club man Mark Hennessy on doing the village proud in his appearance on winning streak last weekend. INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALL Our Intermediate Footballers are through to the quarter-finals after beating De La Salle on a scoreline of Kill 4-13; De La Salle 1-8 in Walsh Park last Sunday. Kill played some very good football especially in the first half with all six forwards scoring from play. With the stand-out performance coming from Anthony Kiely hitting 4-2 from play during the hour. Opponents in the quarterfinals will either be Kilmac or Bunmahon.
Naomh Brid U-16 HURLING DIVISION 2 Commiserations to the U-16 hurlers who lost to Tramore in the U-16 division 2 semi-final last week. The game was played in Kilrossanty and the final score was 2-13 to 0-11.The boys and mentors have put in tremendous work all year so well done to everyone involved. U-13 HURLING The U-13 hurling team played in the Shane Gleeson Memorial Tournament on Sunday last in Ballymac. This was a fantastic tournament with three very competitive games of hurling followed by a medal presentation and goodie bags. Thanks very much to Fourmilewater for the invitation; it was a lovely way to finish off the season. Congratulations also, to the host club on winning the final in impressive fashion.
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THE MEN WHO LED THE WAY
ABBEYSIDE’S SENIOR HURLING COUNTY FINAL TEAMS PICTURED LEFT – Mount Sion 2-10; 1955: Abbeyside 3-4. Back row left to right: Gusty Foley; D. Ruske, T. Collender, M. Organ, L. Fraher, G. Flynn, J. O’Connor, D. Whelan, A. Flynn, L. Whelan, A. Hayes. Front row left to right: J. Morrissey, Patcheen Whelan, J. Hogan, N. McGovern, (Capt.), with M. Fives (mascot), L. O’Dea, Tom Barry, P. Clancy, P. Whelan.
PICTURED RIGHT – 1957: Mount Sion 2-10; Abbeyside 1-2. Back row left to right: M. Landers, (Trainer), M. Kiely, D. Flynn, A. Flynn, G. Flynn, D. O’Connor, L. Fraher, Pa Foley, P. Clancy, N. McGovern, T. Hogan, P. Whelan, D. Whelan. Front row left to right: D. Russell, P. Hogan, T. Mansfield, B. Curran, J. Hogan, A. Hayes, L. O’Dea, D. Enright.
PICTURED LEFT – 1964: Mount Sion 3-6; Abbeyside 1-6. Back row left to right: P. Langan, Snr., P. Enright, P. Langan Jnr., R. Cashin, J. Power, T. O’Donnell, J. McGrath, A. Flynn, J. Elstead, D. Whelan, L. Enright. Front row left to right: B. Shields, D. Flynn, E. Moore, P. Wall, J. Browne, Sean Fitzgerald, J. Hogan, P. McGovern, D. Barry, M. Kiely, T. Mansfield.
PICTURED RIGHT – 1969: Mount Sion 7-11; Abbeyside 2-13. Back row left to right: B. O’Connor; M. Kiely, J. Power, J. McGrath, A. Flynn, T. Mansfield, R. Cashin, D. Whelan. Front row left to right: D. Flynn, L. Cummins, J. Cosgrave, P. McGovern, P. Enright, J. Flynn, P. Hogan,
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Stephen Enright
John Elstead
Sean O’Hare
Brian Looby
James Beresford
David Collins
Darragh McGrath
Conor Prunty
Maurice Power
Patrick Hurney
Tiernan Murray
John Hurney
Sean Whelan-Barrett
Mark Ferncombe
Neil Montgomery
Richie Foley
Tom Looby
Eoin Kiely
Sean Daly
Maurice Power
Stephen Cliffe
Mark Twomey
Kevin Dwane
Michael O’Halloran
JJ Kavanagh and Sons County Senior Hurling Championship County Final
BALLYGUNNER V ABBEYSIDE in Fraher Field Sunday, October 7th at 3.30 p.m.
Abbeyside continues search for first senior hurling title ALL roads lead to crossing the bridge this Sunday for Abbeyside supporters as their senior hurlers take on red hot favourites Ballygunner in the 2018 JJ Kavanagh County SHC final. The ever growing Abbeyside/ Ballinacourty club is sure to enjoy massive support at the famed Shandon venue as their current crop of senior hurlers aim to win that elusive County title for the first time in their 91 year history. Formed in 1927, Abbeyside contested the senior hurling finals in 1955, ‘57, ‘64, ‘69 and 2008 and this Sunday provides their first opportunity in ten years to win the crown that years of hard work in promoting our National games surely deserves. The closest the Village came to lifting the senior cup was in 2008 when DLS pipped them by 0-11 to 0-9 to win their own first title. The past ten years have been frustrating ones for the local club. On the back of successful minor and under 21 winning sides, the hope was there that this group would reach the holy grail but the majority of those players have hung up their hurleys in the interim without doing so. Remaining from a decade ago, subject to correction, are six players who played against DLS, Mark Ferncombe, John and Patrick Hurney, Tiernan Murray, Sean O’Hare and Richie Foley and they have been joined by the new kids on the block, mainly from the recent Western under 21 double winning team of 2006/17. However, after recent indifferent years for the club, it is generally accepted that the arrival of former Passage 2013 championship winning manager Peter Queally has turned the team’s fortunes around. The
team’s display against Tallow in the quarter finals bore all the hallmarks of a well drilled outfit and while the team wasn’t fancied in some quarters to overcome DLS, they were always in with a 50/50 chance before and during this game of winning it. One place where there was no confidence in Abbeyside advancing to the County Final was in the overpriced match programme where the decider was printed as scheduled for Walsh Park on Sunday and if the late Tony Mansfield was alive, the Abbeyside dressing room before the game would be a very interesting place to listen into! Abbeyside are in this final on merit alone, the only team who beat them in the championship this year are, of course, their opponents on Sunday, Ballygunner, and that was back in April in the Fraher Field in atrocious conditions on a scoreline of 1-12 to 0-7. Nobody in the Abbeyside camp will be denying that the task in front of them is huge on Sunday. The team usually plays well against the Gunners but the task again will be to do it for every second of the sixty minutes as, though proceedings may be even for some time, the champions possess the players who can inflict fatal damage on the scoreboard in a flash, pouncing on the minute lack of concentration by their marker. This illustrates best the task facing the challengers, and a huge one it is. If Abbeyside can come out of the blocks fast, get their support behind them, including most of the rest of the County, it will be a good start and no doubt, Peter Queally, Lar Hurney and Shane Briggs will have thought long and hard on how to best
attempt to lower the Gunner’s colours. Stephen Enright remains the best dual goalie in the County and he can be heard to be marshalling his defence which will be more important than ever now. Sean O’Hare will have to tighten up greatly on the edge of the square with Brian O’Sullivan capable of making required space out of nothing. The Ballygunner forwards always were a few steps ahead of their markers v Passage, either because of elusiveness or laziness by their markers. The speed of Conor Power and Tim O’Sullivan will be a constant threat. Abbeyside have two very capable man markers in Brian Looby and John Elstead and no doubt they will have their engines turned on from the off here. Conor Prunty is growing in stature every year and he may be given the task of curbing the influence of Pauric Mahony. On a given day, this is something he could do and if so it would be a massive foundation for a right go at this game. David Collins and James Beresford are likely to fill the remaining half back berths and both are playing very well at present. If Prunty is brought back into defence, the consistent Darragh McGrath may join him and send Beresford to accompany Maurice Power in midfield or the returned Richie Foley. Power is the unsung hero of the side, his workrate is massive around the middle of the field and he just may be the player to curb the influence of Shane O’Sullivan and win the midfield battle. Somebody is going to lose out a starting position in the backline/midfield area.
Abbeyside’s forwards have a lot of soul searching to do after the semi-final. Only three forwards scored and if this is repeated the likelihood of ending the losing sequence in County Finals will be small. Of the 0-14 scored the last day, Mark Ferncombe accounted for 0-8 and non forwards for 0-3. You may say it doesn’t matter who scores but the midfielders and half backs are likely to have enough to do themselves on this occasion and it is up to the forwards to step up to the mark. Mark Ferncombe will have his hands full with Barry Coughlan and may try to run him around to win possession and score. John Hurney is sure to give it his all and he can be influential but he will need to watch his indiscipline. There is more to come from Neil Montgomery, Sean Whelan Barrett, Tiernan Murray and Patrick Hurney and four players is enough to suggest that the forward sector has a lot of improving to do. Other options up front include Eoin Kiely, Tom Looby and Sean Daly while Gary Hurney may not be in the picture as the way the season has progressed. HUGE TASK The task is huge for the Villagers but there should not be the difference between the teams that the betting at 1 to 8 (B) and 5 to 1 (A) gives punters. A full potential performance from Ballygunner will send them into the history books and a likewise display by Abbeyside will make a game of it. ADMISSION PRICES Senior hurling final admission prices: Adults: €20. OAP'S and Student: €15.
Holders firm favourites for five in-a-row SOMETIMES a team or an individual in sport loses motivation to carry on winning when they are dominating their discipline for a number of years. However in the case of Ballygunner, preparing for this Sunday’s County SHC final with local side Abbeyside, the carrot is still dangling, because if they prevail at the Fraher Field this Sunday they will have achieved what no other Ballygunner side has ever done by winning five in a row senior County titles. The Gunners have done everything thus far this year to suggest that history is in the making and, if anything, their display against Passage in the semi-final two weeks ago was arguably their best in the past five years. Yet, though the Bookies and 99+% of the County forecasts that this final is a foregone conclusion, the psychological thinking in both camps as well as the form book comes into play in the very interesting hurling scenario that is put before us on Sunday. The Gunners backroom team will, no doubt, be cautioning their charges about thinking they have their history made before they have their hands on the News and Star Cup, but no matter what is said and how many times it is said, both the Ballygunner management and their players believe they will win this game well. In a case such as this, players often don’t play at full throttle, not dominating from the start, not going in full blooded to tackles and expecting the scores to come at some stage during the hour as they have always done. This is where Abbeyside can come in and if they tear into this game from the outset, they can upset the champion’s rhythm and oft times it is difficult for a team to recover their true form when challenged unexpectedly.
Passage failed to produce the battle expected against the Gunners in the semi final after they easily defeated Dungarvan in their previous game. On the other hand, Ballygunner had a rare old battle with Clare champions Sixmilebridge that really stood to them against the seasiders. This time round it is Fearghal Hartley’s charges that won easily and that will not stand to them heading into the decider at the Shandon venue. Abbeyside had a rare old dual with DLS in their semi-final, and in the final ten minutes money wouldn’t buy the value of the battle they experienced in holding their opponents scoreless and winning the scores to advance to their sixth County final. Ballygunner’s aim, to halt Abbeyside before the latter settle, will probably be a’ go at it’ approach from the first whistle and to earn an early advantage on the scoreboard. Nobody, in what is expected to be a full house at the Fraher Field on Sunday, will bat an eyelid if Ballygunner dominate from the start. They have the players if they are in the right frame of mind to do so and they also have the bench to utilise if some are out there contemplating the celebrations. Stephen O’Keeffe is regarded as one of the best goalies in the country though capable of providing the odd mishap. Barry Coughlan was excellent against Passage and the much maligned County full back hurled very impressively the last day. On either side of Coughlan, Eddie Hayden and Ian Kenny are capable of keeping their markers scoring to the minimum while the half line of the team is one of its strongest. Philip Mahony, in the centre, flanked by Wayne Hutchinson and Harley Barnes are formidable, and if they dominate, Peter Queally’s charges task will be all the more difficult.
Shane O’Sullivan is playing vintage hurling i lár na páirce but his midfield partner Michael O’Mahony is in one position where the champions can be eclipsed. The key player on the champion’s side is, no doubt, Pauric O’Mahony, his scoring rate from placed balls is matched by his workrate and his inclusion of other players to raise flags is hour long. The task ahead of the Abbeyside defence presents an hour long tough challenge. All of the Gunner’s forwards scored the last day from play as did JJ Hutchinson when he was brought on board in the 49th minute. Barry O’Sullivan and Tim O’Sullivan looked particularly impressive along with speedster Conor Power and the key man in their full line, Brian O’Sullivan. Billy O’Keeffe clipped over 0-2 and all five subs were utilised in JJ Hutchinson, Conor Sheehan, Harry Ruddle Redmond, Barry Power and Mark Mulally. Ballygunner have endured stern tests from Abbeyside in recent times. Only this year, in atrocious conditions at the Fraher Field in their Group match, the Villagers matched them for lengthy spells before losing out by 1-12 to 0-7. Before that the champions got a helping hand from the gods when the lights failed at the same venue for the first time ever when Abbeyside were ahead at the end of the final quarter and we were all robbed of a grandstand finish If Ballygunner win on Sunday, nobody inside or outside the County will be surprised, if they lose, it will be regarded as the shock of the year at club level everywhere. The onus is on the champions to go about their task from the beginning, they should prevail, but Abbeyside can always play the big teams and if the Gunners do win, it may not be a victory by as much as hurling followers Countywide are predicting.
Conor Power
Shane O’Sullivan
Stephen O’Keeffe
Brian O’Sullivan
Pauric Mahony
Wayne Hutchinson
J. J. Hutchinson
Tim O’Sullivan
Billy O’Keeffe
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Abbeyside/Ballinacourty – A proud dual club PREPARING FOR ITS CENTENARY THE story of the Abbeyside/ Ballinacourty club begins back in 1927 when the very first Abbeyside team took the field in Championship activity whilst the first Ballinacourty team affiliated in 1947. In 1967 Abbeyside and Ballinacourty amalgamated and since then the club has remained united and totally committed to serving the needs of their parish. Whilst this Sunday full attention is rightly on the hurling affairs theirs is a Club where both games are promoted equally and they are extremely proud of holding dual Senior status since 2003. On the hurling front Abbeyside are still waiting to capture their maiden County Senior Title. In the 1950’s and 60’s the Senior Hurlers were one of the finest
sides in the County, with players such as Donal Whelan and Austin Flynn who won All Ireland Senior medals in 1959. However, despite the best efforts of these men and many more, the Villagers suffered defeat in the 1955, ’57, ’64 and ’69 County Finals. There then followed a lean period on the playing field for the club but having regained Senior Status in 2003 the Blue and Gold have been very competitive in this Championship. In 2008, Abbeyside were defeated in the County Final by DLS and they last contested a semi-final of the Championship in 2013. The team that takes the field on Sunday wearing the hooped blue and gold jerseys is a mixture of youth and experience. There
are still a number of players playing that contested the 2008 County Final, Mark Ferncombe, Patrick and John Hurney, Tiernan Murray, Sean O’Hare and Richie Foley and they are joined by more than a fair sprinkling of younger players. These younger players helped the club capture County Minor B titles in 2014 and 2015, whilst they continued their progression by winning the 2016 and 2017 West Under 21 A hurling titles, before losing out to DLS in both County deciders. Off the playing field the Abbeyside/Ballinacourty Club is continuing to develop facilities at the club grounds in the Burgery. The population growth in parish over the past two decades placed huge demands on their club grounds and in response to this
Ballygunner v Abbeyside on the 2018 championship scoreboard
Big match referee
THOMAS Walsh (Modeligo) wiil take charge of his second County senior hurling final this Sunday. A member of the National panel of referees, Thomas refereed this year’s Munster Minor hurling final and the All-Ireland Under 21 B hurling final.
BOTH teams have played five games to date. • Ballygunner have scored 12 goals and 105 points and Abbeyside have scored 9 goals and 67 points. • Fourteen players have worked the scoreboard for Ballygunner and twelve for Abbeyside. • Top scorer for Abbeyside is Mark Ferncombe: 2-37 (23f, 2 ‘65’s). • Top Scorer for Ballygunner is Pauric Mahony: 2-54 (2.44f). • Conor Power (Ballygunner) has scored the most goals from both sets of players: 5. • Sean Whelan-Barrett (Abbeyside) has scored in every game from play. • Ballygunner’s average score per game is 2.22 and Abbeyside’s average score per game is 1-16.
Abbeyside's John Foley holds possession against DLS's Paidi Nevin, as Eoin Enright provides support, during the 2008 County Senior hurling final in Fraher Field. [Sean Byrne]
DUNGARVAN OBSERVER PHOTOGRAPH QUIZ
COUNTY FINAL TICKETS COMPETITION Identify these players and be entered for a draw for a pair of County SHC Final tickets and two programmes. Answers to: thomasanthonyryan@gmail.com
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the club invested over €500,000 in developments like purchasing ten acres and developing a new pitch, floodlighting the main pitch with excellent floodlighting, erecting a hurling wall and astro turf training area and renovating the existing club house. Fundraising events to support such projects is ongoing and currently all efforts are currently centered on a Dog Night in Kilcohan Park on October 27th. Certainly, the Abbeyside/ Ballinacourty Club have come a long way since it was founded in 1927 and when the centenary of its birth comes around in nine years time, if current organisational motivation remains, the club will boast one of the best clubs both inside and outside the County on and off the fields.
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From the files of the Dungarvan Observer Wednesday, 29th November, 2008 THE 2008 COUNTY SENIOR HURLING FINAL
Abbeyside denied first title De La Salle .......................... 0-11; Abbeyside ............................... 0-9. DE La Salle hurlers captured an historic first ever County senior championship title at mud splattered Fraher Field on Sunday afternoon last. The city side were fresher and marginally better on the day. They settled much quicker as playing with the aid of a strong breeze into the road goal they slowly but surely point by point built up a seven point lead, 0-7 to 0-0 by the 28th minute. Kevin Moran, Brian Phelan and Darren Russell were outstanding in defence in this period as the heavy rain, showers, made the underfoot conditions extremely difficult for the players and on numerous occasions, they lost their footing on a surface that cut up more and more as the game progressed. In truth, it was a shame that the biggest hurling game of the year was played under such truly appalling conditions. De La Salle went in at the interval leading by 0-8 to 0-2 and it certainly looked a bridge too far for Abbeyside at this stage. However, on the turnover, Abbeyside shot four unanswered points by the 43rd minute, 0-8 to 0-6. It was at that stage that De La Salle capitalised on two frees per James Quirke and Brian Phelan and an excellent Paidi Nevin point from play after an interception to lead by 0-11 to 0-6 with 47 minutes played. Abbeyside came back for two Patrick Hurney points and another magnificent point from Mark Fives, 0-11 to 0-9 by the 55th minute. De La Salle held firm in the remaining moments for a truly great day for the old city club who have lived in the shadow of their other great rivals in the city over the years. Scorers – De La Salle: J. Quirke 0-3, P. Nevin 0-3, J. Mullane 0-2, B. Phelan 0-2, D. Green 0-1. Abbeyside: M. Gorman 0-2, M. Fives 0-2, P. Hurney 0-2, J. Hurney, D. Fives, S. O’Hare 0-1 each. De La Salle: S. Brenner; A. Kelly, L. Flynn, M. Doherty; D. Russell, K. Moran, S. Daniels; B. Phelan, C. Watt; L. Hayes, B. Farrell, P. Nevin; D. Twomey, J. Mullane, J. Quirke. Subs: D. Green for Watt; T. Kearney for Farrell; D. Green for Twomey; A. O’Neill for Hayes. Abbeyside: D. Ryan; T. Murray, P. Lynch, G. Breen; J. Hurney, R. Foley, E. Enright; J. Foley, S. O’Hare; M. Fives, J. Gorman, P. Hurney; M. Gorman, G. Hurney, D. Fives. Sub: L. Hurney for D. Fives. Referee: T. O’Byrne (Erins Own).
GAA CLUB NOTES
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Naomh Chartaigh (LISMORE/BALLYSAGGART JUVENILES) Under 8 Hurling - 8s travelled to Youghal to take part in a blitz. We had a great day, showed a lot of great skill and hard work rate. Well done lads. Under 9 Hurling - The boys travelled to Kilworth for a challenge game on Friday night and put in a mighty effort. The club would like to extend its sympathies to the family and friends of Michael Coughlan.
Lismore LOTTO DRAW There was no winner of this week’s jackpot. Drawn No’s were:- 4, 8, 23 & 26. €20 consolation prize winners were:- Katie Reddan, Mark Buckley, Alice O’Donoghue and Conor Prendergast. Next week’s jackpot is €5,300.
Ballyduff Upper MINOR HURLING Well done to our minor hurlers who were victorious over Ballygunner B in a hard fought game on Saturday, winning out on a scoreline of Ballyduff Upper 2-15; Ballygunner B 2-13. This sees us through to the semi finals of the competition. Ballyduff Upper: Shane Casey, Jack Barry, Ian Ahern, Darragh Murphy, Peter Kennedy, Patsy Drislane, Jack McDonagh, Aidan O’Brien, Cathal Casey, Finán Hickey, Tireoghain Flynn, Sean Hickey, Conor Hickey. Sub: Cathal Murphy for Conor Hickey.
CLUB LOTTO Club lotto tickets are available in St. Michael’s Hall from 9 am – 1 pm on weekdays. Tickets are also on sale before Sunday Mass and available in Bridget Scanlon’s Hair Salon, The Log Cabin and An Síbín.
Sliabh gCua/St Mary's SPEEDY RECOVERY The club would like to wish Jim McGrath a speedy recovery who is presently hospitalised. Hope to see you back out and about very soon Jim! LOTTO RESULTS No winner of the €1,300 local lotto held on Sunday night, the numbers drawn were 13, 25 and 27. €20 winners were Alan & Robbie McGrath, Ber & Paula Burke, Theresa Cliffe, Tom Condon and Marian McCarthy. Nuala Dunne won the promoter’s prize. Remember – if you’re not in you can’t win! BIG BREAKFAST Our Annual Big Breakfast will take place once again this year on St. Stephen's Day, 26th December, 2018. More details to follow later on! SLIABH gCUA / ST. MARY’s AGM 2018 Our AGM. will take place on November 30th at Kirwan Park. Time TBC. INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALL SEMI-FINAL Intermediate football Semi-final Sliabh gCua V Modeligo on this Saturday 6th October in the Fraher Field at 7 p.m. Please support. SPORTING UDPATE FROM ST. MARY’s PRIMARY SCHOOL The boys and girls from Touraneena took part in a school blitz last week. The boys team played some great football before going down to narrow defeats against Fews and Stradbally but came out on top in the local derby against Modeligo. The girls team played brilliantly and thanks to some very determined performances, they won 2 of their three games played. Great credit goes to the teachers and staff in the school and especially Mr. Cronin for running training sessions after school in preparation for these matches. This Friday, 5th October see the teams heading to Dungarvan GAA grounds for more matches starting at 11 a.m. and any support on the day is very welcome!
CLG na Rinne PEIL SINSEAR Thug peileadóirí sinsir na Rinne aghaidh ar Cill Rosanta an Domhnach seo chaite istigh i bPáirc Uí Fhearachair I chluiche leath cheannais an chondae. Ar an oíche níor éirigh ró mhaith le leaids na Rinne. Bhí fir na gcomaraigh ró láidir dóibh. Tá an iarracht curtha isteach ag na leaids ó tús na bliana agus maith sibh as bhur iarrachtaí. Beimid thar nais go láidir an bhliain seo chugainn. Scór deiridh: An Rinn 0-12; Cill Rosanta 3-16. IOMÁINT SÓISEAR Níl aon dáta socruithe go fóill I gcóir chluiche ceannais an chondae san iomáint sóisir. In aghaidh Dún Aill nó Naomh Pól a bheimid. Tá an chluiche san ar siúl an deireadh seachtain seo chugainn, mar sin beidh a thuilleadh eolas againn ina dhiaidh. LOTTO Torthaí lotto 1/10/18. Uimhreacha: 8, 10, 12, 20. Ní raibh aon buaiteoir den pota óir an tseachtain seo chaite. Bhuaigh na daoine seo a leanas €25: Sinéad & Nicky Breathnach, Seán Mac Craith, Meghan Hayes. Beidh €10,000 sa pota óir an tseachtain seo chugainn agus is i dTigh Uí Mhuirithe a bheidh an tarraingt.
Lismore Camogie SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL All roads lead to the WIT Arena at Carriganore on Saturday next, October 6th as the Lismore Senior camogie team take on De La Salle in the Senior Championship Semi-final for a 4 o’clock throw-in. We urge all to travel to support our girls in their quest for a place in the final. SINCERE CONDOLENCES All in Lismore Camogie Club would like to extend their sincere condolences to Mary Russell and family on the recent passing of her Uncle Willie Roche, Ballymartin, Glencairn. Sincere condolences to the Coughlan Family of Parks Road on the sad passing of Michael Coughlan. Sincere condolences to the family and neighbours of Tommy Keating (Kitten) of New Street who also passed away.
Pictured are the Brickey Rangers Camogie U-16 B County Champions who overcame a strong Portlaw team on Sunday last in Walsh Park.
Brickey Rangers Camogie BRICKEY GIRLS ARE U-16 “B” COUNTY CHAMPIONS A huge congrats to our u-16 team who overcame a strong Portlaw challenge to be crowned u-16 B County Champions on Sunday in Walsh Park. This was a closely fought, tight encounter and the girls really had to dig deep. But one thing this group has shown throughout the campaign, they have heart and courage in abundance and they will always battle until the final whistle, which is exactly what they did on Sunday. They led by a small margin for most of the game, but found it hard to break down the Portlaw defence with scores extremely hard to come by. Equally at the other end, our backs were working tirelessly fending off any and all Portlaw attacks, and with 5 minutes to go we were leading by 4 points. But Portlaw
to their credit were not going to go down without a fight, and managed to claw it back to 1 point with a late goal, but it was too little too late and at the final whistle to the great relief of the players and supporters, the Brickey girls emerged as winners on a final scoreline of 1-6 to 1-5. Great credit to this group of girls, who always do what’s asked of them, and then some. Massive credit is also due to coach Brona O’Neill, helped by Pat Connaughton and Pat Murphy who do so much to keep camogie alive in our club. The victory on Sunday was just reward for all of their hard work. The full panel on Sunday was: Aoibhe Kirwan, Ellen Maye, Beth Gardner, Niamh Fennell, Cate Donnelly, Ava Healy, Kate Heffernan, Emily Murphy, Aine O’Neill, Grainne Kiernan, Evie Dwyer, Siobhan Lennon, Ellen Kirwan, Ailbhe Ní Sheanlaoich, Saoirse Moloney, Aoife Curran, Amy Mirza, Jessica Beresford.
Shamrocks Ladies U-12B COUNTY FINAL: Abbeyside 3-3; Shamrocks 1-6 (AET) Last Saturday morning our U-12s played Abbeyside in the U12B County Final in Lemybrien in a game that hung in the balance until the very last minute of extra-time. Great credit to both sides for what was a superb and nail-biting game of football, with brilliant skill and passion shown from both sides throughout. From the outset it was clear that there was very little between both sides as the lead was exchanged on a number of times during the game. Unbelievably neither team stretched their lead to more than one score for the entire duration of the game. Abbeyside opened the scoring with a point in the opening minutes before a well worked move from Shamrocks resulted in Caoimhe Whelan equalizing with a long range point. Abbeyside then took the lead again with a goal, before two points from Niamh Spillane reduced the Abbeyside lead to just a point at half-time. At the beginning of the second half the equalizing point was kicked from the boot of Niamh Spillane before centre back Olivia Forbes went on a powerful run up the field and thundered an unstoppable shot to the net. In the final minutes it was all square again as a speculative Abbeyside shot resulted in the equalizing goal. In the closing minutes both sides had opportunities to get the winning score but were prevented by some outstanding defending by both sets of defenders. At the full-time whistle the scores were level with the score Shamrocks 1-4; Abbeyside 2-1, with extra time needed to separate the sides. In the first period of extra time Abbeyside once again took the lead with a point before being pegged back again by a Niamh Spillane free. It was a Niamh Spillane free with just three minutes remaining that gave the Shamrocks girls the lead again. With the game deep in injury time Abbeyside got one last chance when a free broke loose in the Shamrocks danger area and the Abbeyside forwards reacted quickest to the break to finish the ball to the net. It was heartbreak for the Shamrocks girls as Abbeyside claimed the title in dramatic fashion. Congratulations to Abbeyside who showed great heart to come back to snatch victory deep in injury time. However huge credit must go to these young Shamrocks girls who fought to the very end and on the day won many plaudits for their resilience and skill against a physically stronger Abbeyside side. Team: Rhona Casey, Eimear Lenehan, Katelynn O’Neill, Amber Neville, Olivia Forbes, Roisin Hunt, Kate Mackintosh, Lucy Donnelly, Bronagh Motherway, Caoimhe Whelan, Niamh Spillane, Deirdre Roche, Lily Roche, Ava Moloney, Emma Power, Aoibhlin Butler, Fiona Hegarty.
JUNIOR B SEMI-FINAL: Ardmore 2-9; Shamrocks 0-5. Last Sunday afternoon our Juniors contested their first ever Junior B Semi-Final where we faced a more experienced and physically stronger Ardmore side in Ballinameela. With nine of the starting fifteen claiming an U16 County title at the same venue in May, and the entire team still minors it’s a huge testament to their to skill
levels be competing at adult football with so little experience. In the first half we faced a strong breeze and Ardmore laid seize on the Shamrocks half in the opening minutes. Soon Ardmore opened the scoring with a point which was soon doubled before Shamrocks opened their scoring with a Catherine Hynes pointed free, Ardmore added a brace of points before Shamrocks once again replied with points from Catherine Hynes and Leanne Sheehan. However Shamrocks needed the brilliance of goalkeeper Leanne Costigan and the fullback line of Rebeeca O’Keeffe, Amy O’Brien and player of the match Doireann Ormonde to keep the Ardmore forwards at bay. Just before half-time both sides exchanged points, with the Shamrocks score coming from a Catherine Hynes free to leave the sides level at half-time. On the turnover Ardmore added three points without reply before breaking through for a goal which inspired Ardmore, who then finished stronger to add a further goal and a point in the closing minutes to seal their place in the County Final. This Shamrocks side can take huge credit from their maiden adult campaign where they faced up to teams who have been competing at adult level for a lot longer, with the girls showed real bravery and commitment way beyond their years. Team: Leanne Costigan, Rebecca O’Keeffe, Amy O’Brien, Doireann Ormonde, Olivia Mason, Anna Stewart, Mairead Lucey, Rebecca McSweeney, Sarah Mulcahy, Jessica McSweeney, Catherine Hynes, Joanne Lonergan, Aobhla Motherway, Leanne Sheehan, Elana Grey, Elle Ann Mason.
U-13 & U-15 CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINALS Attention now turns to both our U-13 and U-15 teams who have their Championship Semi-Finals in the coming weeks. The U-13s play St Annes at home in a game that is provisionally fixed for this Sunday in Knockanore with Ballyduff and Gaultier in the other semi-final. Our U15s also have a home semi-final versus Ballysaggart with the winners facing the winners of St Annes and Mount Sion who contest the other semi-final. MINOR CHAMPIONSHIP Our first game in the Minor Championship which was due to be played this weekend has been postponed as Ballysaggart are playing Junior Championship. We are drawn in the same group as Old Parish, Dungarvan, Clashmore and Ballysaggart with the games due to begin each weekend in October and November. U-8/U-10 GO GAMES BLITZ The final U-8/U-10 Blitz of the year will be held in Knockanore this Saturday with games against Ballymacarbry, Na Deise, Ballyduff and Ballysaggart. BEST WISHES Best wishes to both Anna McDonnell and Rachel Roche who are recovering from injuries which they picked up in training last week. Hopefully, both girls will be back for the U-15 and Minor Championship games in the coming weeks.
Tulach an Iarainn (NCLG Tulach an Iarainn sponsored by McGrath's Chemist) TALLOW GAA LOTTO SPONSORED BY KEARNEY'S RESTAURANT Numbers drawn were: 4, 6, 18, 21. No winner. Consolation Prizes: Pad Fitzgerald, Eleanor Daly, Bertie Moore, Tom Rooney. Promoter: Denis Tobin. Next draw: The Hotel, October 8th. Jackpot: €5,600. Our weekly lotto tickets are available to purchase from any of the promoters or any businesses around town. DEISE DRAW Could all outstanding monies be handed in to any of the promoters. Congrats to Maurice O'Brien and Helen Beecher on their recent wins in the Deise Draw. Cois Bhride 1-22; Passage 0-19 Last Saturday we travelled the long journey to Passage to take on the local team in the quarter final of the minor hurling championship.Passage having topped their
group in the East were going to be formidable opponents. Playing with the wind in the first half we settled early and the first 15 minutes were closely contested and the scores stood at 5 points apiece. Our boys then took control and we led at half-time 15 points to 8. It was the next quarter that our lads played some fantastic hurling and we increased our lead to 1-19 to 10 points, the goal coming from Ben Aherne in the 44th minute. Passage to their credit didn't give up and pushed us all the way but we came out deserving winners in the end. Team: Cathal Hunt, William Cunningham, Dean Beecher, Eoin Lenehan, Ivan O’Neill, Sean Henley, Liam Motherway 0-1, Eoin McGrath 0-1, Tom Dalton 0-3, Ciaran McCarthy 0-1, Kieran Crawford 0-2, Ben Ahearne 1-0, Padraig Hynes, Mark Stuart 0-3, Mark Dalton 0-11, Ciaran Hunt, Jake Chambers.
FIXTURES Div. 2 u-21 football county final Cois Bhríde v Portlaw/Ballyduff Lower Saturday October 6th at 1.30 p.m. in Bushy Park. Your support would be greatly appreciated.
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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 5 October, 2018
Kilrossanty CLOTTO SPONSORED BY KILL AGRICULTURAL LTD. CLOTTO RESULTS No winner of a Jackpot of €8,900 held in Micilin's Bar, Kilrossanty, on Sunday night 30/09/18. Numbers were 10, 13, 16, 21. €30 won by the following people Cora Cusack, Kings Street Upper; Jill Whelan, Kilmacthomas. Sellers prize of €30 N. Armstrong, Kilrossanty. Next Clotto to be held in Crotty's Inn, Leamybrien, on Sunday night (7/10/18) for a Jackpot of €9,000. On duty on the night Sean Lennon and Robbie Whelan. SENIOR FOOTBALL SEMI-FINAL We played An Rinn on Sunday evening last, 30th September in Fraher Field, Dungarvan winning on a scoreline of 3-16 to 12 and quantifying for the county final, our first final appearance since 2000. We await the winners of Ballinacourty and The Nire in the other semi-final. Donie Fitzgerald was on-target from a free inside the first minute. Niall Walsh kicking over a point from play on two minutes. Tommy Prendergast pointed on three minutes. Donie Fitzgerald pointed from a free in the 6th minutes. Paul Whyte scored a free on 18 minutes. A great attacking move saw us rewarded with a Pa Cunningham goal on 19 minutes. Joey Veale pointed 21 minute. Donie Fitzgerald pointed from a free 24 minute. Paul Whyte fisted a goal after 28 minutes. Paul followed this with a point to leave the score at half-time Kilrossanty 2-9 to An Rinn 0-7. SECOND HALF Tommy Prendergast with two excellent points from play on three minutes and four minutes. A great point from Paul Whyte on 9 minutes. A great pass from Stephen Prendergast put Pa Cunningham through for a goal on 14 minutes. Tommy Prendergast pointed from play on 20 minutes. Jack Whyte scoring a point on 23 minutes. Substitute Alan Quinn with a point from play in the 26 minute. Stephen Prendergast scoring a point on 30 minutes. Team: Darren Mulhearne, Mark Prendergast, Paul Keating, Pa Whyte, James Whyte, Stephen Prendergast, Barry Prendergast, Tommy Prendergast, Martin Dunne, Pa Cunningham, Niall Walsh, Conor Hayes, Paul Whyte, Donie Fitzgerald, Joey Veale. Substitutes: Jack Whyte for Mark Prendergast; Alan Quinn, Killian Whelan for James Whyte; Michael Hasset for Barry Prendergast; Josh Kay for Joey Veale. Scorers: Pa Cunningham 2 goals, Paul Whyte 1-3 (1 free), Tommy Prendergast 0-4, Donie Fitzgerald 0-3 (frees), Joey Veale 0-2, Niall Walsh 0-1, Stephen Prendergast 0-1, Jack Whyte 0-1, Alan Quinn 0-1.
MINOR HURLING QUARTER-FINAL Best of luck to our minor hurlers who will take on St. Molleran's in the quarter-final this Wednesday evening 3rd October at 7.30 p.m. in Pairc Naomh Bríd, Leamybrien. Please come along and show your support. DEÍSE DRAW The club had two winners of €200 in the Deíse Draw Moyra Power, Day-to-Day Shop Leamybrien and Anthony Mulhearne, Mahonbridge, Congratulations. Held in Gauilter GAA Club on Wednesday evening last, 26th September. The next draw will take place in Cappoquin GAA Club Wednesday, 31th October any outstanding monies can be given to Máiread Coffey or Jason Dee. MONSTER BINGO Thank you to all who supported our monster Bingo for the continued Development for our Juvenile teams in Crotty's Inn, Leamybrien, on Friday evening last 28th September. Our next Monster Bingo takes place on Friday evening 26th October in Crotty's Inn, Leamybrien. CLUB DEVELOPMENT DRAW Kilrossanty GAA confined 2nd club development draw will take place this coming Saturday, 6th October in Crotty's Inn, Leamybrien, at 10 p.m. all proceeds from the draw will go towards club development thanks for all your support. KILROSSANTY GAA CLUB JUVENILES Under 6 to Under 10 Football and Hurling: Training for this age group takes place in the new field each Monday evening at 6.45 p.m. New members always welcome. Under 16 Hurling: On Thursday night last the Under 16 hurlers travelled east to Carrickbeg and to the home of St. Mollerans for a clash with De La Salle in the Division 2 semifinal. This Kilrossanty team had been most impressive throughout the campaign to date, scoring prolifically and playing with skill and style. This was their biggest test so far and so it proved to be just that. The physically stronger city side never allowed Kilrossanty get a grip on the game and in doing so ensured the supply of ball to the forwards was very limited. Allied to this was the fact
that opportunities when they did arise in the form of placed balls were not taken, especially in the first half when the game was, for the most part, finely balanced. The second half was much more one way traffic and the game slowly ebbed away from Kilrossanty to a disappointing 2-17 to 1-8 defeat. That said, it was a great achievement for this team to get to a hurling semi-final in the second highest grade in the county. Well done to all. Scorers: Patrick Fitzgerald 1-2, Rian Hogan 0-5, James Power 0-1. Panel on the night: Aidan Behan, Alan Dunwoody, Kaylum Hogan, Darragh Walsh, Josh Browne, Cormac Curran, Rian Hayes, Frankie de Paor, Michael Casey, Rian Hogan, Padraig Fitzgerald, Seamus Fitzgerald, Kieran Morrissey, Seamus O'Sullivan, Ronan Power, Darragh Veale, Caoimhin Walsh, William Walsh, James Power.
Senior Football: From all in the Juvenile Club, well done to the senior footballers on their outstanding display on Sunday night last against An Rinn in the county semi-final. Reaching the county final is a tremendous achievement and was done in such style that players, manager, trainer and selectors can justly feel proud. All in the club can now look forward to and be confident of the ultimate award in four weeks time. KILROSSANTY BRICKEYS LADIES FOOTBALL U-12 County Final It was a big day for our u-12 team who qualified for the C Division County Final which took place last Saturday in Leamybrien, against a strong Ballyduff Lower side. This was a big day for these young girls, and for most of them it was their first time appearing in a final, and in front of the large crowd of supporters from both teams who had gathered to cheer on their sides. But despite the nerves, right from the throw in, the girls got stuck in, and the game was played at a frantic pace with neither side giving an inch. There was some terrific skill and bravery on display, and it seemed like all of the instructions that the girls have been hearing all year from coaches Richie, Darren and Sylvia finally made sense and it all clicked into place on the day. That said, Ballyduff Lower played with skill and bravery also, and it was clear that this was also a well prepared side. However our girls really dug deep, our forwards were threatening whenever they had possession, our backs held firm in the face of every attack, and our midfield got the better of most of the exchanges. And, of course, our goalie and captain Katelyn who led by example and definitely played a captains role on the day, pulling off some fantastic saves. When the final whistle went, there were scenes of great celebrations as Kilrossanty Brickeys were declared winners and the cup was presented to Katelyn. So a massive congrats to this young team from all in the club, all of the hard work on the training pitch paid off. Well done and thanks are also due to mentors Richie, Darren and Sylvia, who have really put a huge amount of time and effort into our u-13s and u-12s this year. It was obvious what a well prepared group they were, we are very lucky to have such dedicated and talented coaches in our club. This was a real team effort, with every girl on the panel having contributed throughout the season and played their part. The full u-12 panel is as follows: Katelyn Gardner, Holly Hayes, Éabha Quinn, Aoibhín Donnelly, Kasey Mulhearne, Áine Fitzgerald, Hayley Whelan, Eimear O’Neill, Emma Curran, Olivia Flynn, Brooke O’Regan, Míde McCusker, Lisa Dunwoody, Hannah Power, Ceire O’Sullivan, Ellen Drohan, Róisin Szajda, Rachel Drohan, Rachel Flynn, Michelle Walsh, Doireann Moloney, Aoibhe McGrath, Orlaith Dwyer.
U-14 “B” COUNTY FINAL An unbeaten run in the u-14 championship which was played in May and June earned our u-14 team a place in the B County final. And now the big day has finally arrived, when the girls will face St. Pats in the final, to be played this Saturday in Bohadoon, time to be confirmed. The girls have trained steadily throughout the Summer, conscious of their spot in the final, but they also know that St. Pats are formidable opponents who share a similar never say die attitude and approach, which should make for a cracking game of football. Hopefully, the u-12s victory last weekend can inspire their older clubmates to go out and do the same. Players and parents will be notified of time of match, please come along and support the girls, it means a lot to them to have the support cheering them on. U-15 The u-15 team will play Na Déise in the “B” semi-final, date and venue to be confirmed.
Affane/Cappoquin Kilgobinet CLUB LOTTO MONDAY, 1st OCTOBER Jackpot €10,800. Numbers drawn 314-16-28. No winner. The five consolation prizewinners were: Joe Maher, Barrack St.; Odran Prendergast, Abbeyglen; Sandra Burke, Moneygorm; Gavin McCarthy, Affane and Pat Moore. THREE TO ANSWER 1, In what year did Seamus Darby's goal bring Kerry's 5-in-a-row Sam Maguire dreams to a halt? 2, How many goals did Galway score on their way to winning the Liam McCarthy Cup in 2017? 3, Which Mayo hurling club became the first club outside of Galway to win the Connacht intermediate hurling title? LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS 1, Ballymacarbry have been Waterford Ladies Senior football champions on 37 consecutive occasions. 2, David Breen scored two goals for
Na Piarsaigh in last year’s Munster Club senior hurling final against Ballygunner. 3, The Leinster club senior football champions Moorefield are based in Newbridge. WEST WATERFORD U-21 HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL Cappoquin1-10; Brickey Rangers 2-10. In our last championship game for 2018 Cappoquin lost out to a good Brickey Rangers side who showed a greater hunger for the game. ENGAGEMENT Congratulations to our club secretary Marie Scanlon and Johno Radley who got engaged recently. CONGRATULATIONS Congrats to our neighbours Ballinameela on winning the Western Junior hurling championship last Sunday with victory over Colligan in the final last Sunday at the Fraher field. We wish them the best of luck this Sunday.
DATE FOR THE DIARY The club will hold its annual Quiz Night on Friday, 2nd November next at 9 pm in Minnies Bar, Abbeyside. Always a fun night out. If you can, please come along and support the club. All welcome CLUB GEAR Kilgobinet GAA Club gear is now available on the O’Neill’s website. It’s listed as Kilgobnet (without the i). The website address is https://www.oneills.com/shop-byteam/gaa/ireland/kilgobnet-gaa.html Kids and adult jerseys, shorts, socks, t-shirts, half zip training top, skinny pants and training shorts. Kids & Adult Club Jackets. Club bags. SOCIAL MEDIA To keep up to date with news and events please like and follow the club on our Facebook page @kilgobinet.gaa
Sean Higgins receives his cheque last week after winning the Ballysaggart GAA Lotto.
Ballysaggart CLUB LOTTO Draw 25th September : Numbers drawn were 3, 14, 17 and 18. There was no jackpot winner. €30 weekly winners were Mary Glavin, Paul Veale and Dianne Meagher. Next week's jackpot is €625. Draw every Tuesday night in Meaghers. Tickets available from any club member. WESTERN INTERMEDIATE FINAL Ballysaggart bowed out of the Intermediate Hurling championship at the Western Final stage with a hard fought game against Clashmore/Kinsalebeg. Trailing by five points at halftime and within ten minutes of the second half the lead had extended to eight points 2- 9 to 3-14 but credit to the Ballysaggart lads they fought back and levelled the game at 3-14 entering the last ten minutes. With five minutes to go Ballysaggart went a point ahead,
Clashmore levelling it again in the 30th minute before the killer blow saw Clashmore finding the net deep in injury time to run out victors on a final score of 4-15 to 3-15. We wish them well in the county final against Clonea. We thank the Ballysaggart players, management and backroom staff for their work and commitment this year and we thank all those who supported and sponsored them during the campaign, it is very much appreciated. TEAM: Michael Ryan, Darren Meagher, Kieran Fennessy, Jack Roche, Cailean O’Gorman, Kieran Bennett, Sam Ryan, Chris O’Gorman, Christy Murphy, Ronan Walsh, Eugene O’Brien, Shane Bennett, Stephen Bennett, Kenneth Cashel, Kyle Bennett. Sub: Used: Liam O’Gorman Scorers: Stephen Bennett 1- 6, Shane Bennett 1-3 , Ronan Walsh 1-1, Kyle Bennett 0-2, Sam Ryan, Ken Cashell and Eugene O’Brien 0-1 each.
Brickey Rangers CLUB LOTTO Last week’s draw which was held in the Enterprise where we had no lucky punter the numbers drawn were: 11, 18, 19, 30. €25 to each of following Tracy Murray, Pat + Carmel Curran, Keane Children and Maire Mhic Craith This week’s draw will be held in the Local Bar and carries a jackpot of €4,400. To be in with a chance of winning tickets are available from McGrath’s or Shalloe’s Newsagents or any member of the committee. Tickets are €2.00 each. U-21 HURLING Our under 21 hurlers took on Cloch na Cuinne last Sunday morning in the western b hurling Semi-Final our lads played some great hurling and ran out winners in the end on a final score of 2-10 to 1-10. They are now through to the Western Final with opponents and Date TBC. EXERCISE CLASSES Lorna's exercise classes have resumed in Bushy Park every Monday night from 7.30 p.m to 8.30 pm. All are welcome. JUVENILE NOTES U-16 Hurling: The boys are through to the Div. 3 County Final after their win last Thursday in Dungarvan grounds. We were treated to a great game of hurling! It was a hard fought game with only two points dividing the teams at 10 minutes to go. Brickeys battled on and widened the gap with some fine scores! Well done to our boys who won the game on a scoreline of 7-9 to 2-14. We will play Ballyduff Upper in the final on Saturday, 13th October. Best of luck to Pat, Colin and all the team. U-14 Hurling: We look forward to our County Final Div. 3 next Saturday in Walsh Park. All support welcome! U-13 Hurling: A very proud day for us in the valley last Sunday. What a game!! Well done to our U-13 hurlers who repeated their performance in Kill when they took on Clonea in the U-13 County Div 2 replay. It was neck and neck from the start and it looked as though Clonea were going to get the bet-
ter of our boys when they lead by four points at the beginning of the second half. The Brickey boys came back strong and a goal narrowed the gap to strengthen their position and get right back into the game. They kept their heads up and despite Clonea being hot on their heels managed to pull away to a three point lead and finish the game on a scoreline of 2-7 to 1-7. Thanks to all our parents and supporters who have never failed to get behind the team. Special thanks to Valerie for all the fabulous photos over the season. Well done to all our players and to David, Donagh & Brian for all their encouragement and dedication. Finally,thanks to West Waterford Golf club who provided the players and their parents with lovely refreshments on our return. U-12 Football: Played their final football game in the town and country div 1 against Youghal in Bushy. Fielding a squad of 25 players Youghal got off to a blistering start. Brickeys slowly got back into the game and finished the stronger of the two teams with some lovely passages of play involving all players. yougal ran out eventual winners. We finish this difficult but nonetheless mostly competive Division 1 campaign having played some lovely football and fielding a total of 24 players. So lots of positives going forward to 2019. U-10's played their last western league game of 2018 against a strong Abbeyside team last week. There was some good skills on show from both teams and our lads worked hard for their scores. Well done to all the U-10 panel on their commitment and improved skills during 2018. Next up we have some challenge games prior to our trip to Thurles for the Munster u-10’s hurling blitz on 13th October, details on WhatsApp. U-8 football: Well done to all our players who took part in a football blitz last Saturday morning in Fraher field. Our players played excellently and really enjoyed the games.
Déise Development draw SEPTEMBER 2018 €12,500 Gary Lonergan c/o Kevin Burns [Fenor] €3,000 Bgt Coffey Colligan [Colligan] €1,000 Aoife Kiely, Ballybrack [Stradbally] €1,000 Ann Ormonde, Ballinamultina [Clashmore] €500 each: Anna Long, Knockaun [Nire] Mce O'Brien, Limerick [Tallow] Peg Power, Lacka Road, Kilmeaden [Ballyduff Lr.] €200 each: Dan/Deirdre Lane [Roanmore] Padraig Hayden, The Crescent, Fermoy [Ferrybank] Colin Keane, Phoenix Members [St Saviours] Kieran Veale, Clutahenna, Cappoquin [Cappoquin]
Myra Power, Leamybrien Shop [Kilrossanty] Mike O'Keeffe, Cappagh [Ballinameela] Liam Beresford, Kilbrien [Colligan] Nick Veale, Bonmahon [Bonmahon] Amy/Erin O'Rourke, Dunmore East [Kilmac] Pat/Caroline Walsh. [Abbeyside/Ballinacourty Mary Guiry, Ballythomas [Rathgormack Helen Beecher, Mt Tier [Tallow] Tara Dunphy, Lisahane [Kill] Anthony Mulhearne, Mahonbridge [Kilrossanty] Rev Fr. Ml. Kennedy, Ballylaneen [Kilmac Ladies] NEXT DRAW: Cappoquin GAA Club on Wednesday, 31st October.
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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 5 October, 2018
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Clashmore/Kinsalebeg INTERMEDIATE HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP WESTERN FINAL The people of the parish didn't just wake up this Monday morning, they floated into the day as the sun rose. Was it a dream or did we really win an Intermediate Hurling title for the first time ever? But then as the morning dew lifted we all slowly realized that " Yes. We are the Champions." It wasn't easily won. On the contrary it was tough championship hurling, just the way it should be. The outcome was in doubt right up to the last second and those last few minutes would test even the strongest of hearts. Nails were bitten and prayers were said. But in the end it all came down to the fantastic performance of every player who donned the Red and Green jersey. They delivered the performance of their lives when it really mattered. Well done to our team who recorded an historic first ever victory in the Western Intermediate Hurling Final, in Fraher Field, on Sunday last. We produced a magnificent team performance to beat a gallant Ballysaggart side by three points. We led for most of the game until the 58th minute when Ballysaggart took the lead for the first time. In a welter of excitement, Seán Fleming scored an equalising point and Brian Ramsey sealed the victory with a goal in the last minute to record a famous win on a scoreline of Clashmore/Kinsalebeg 4-15; Ballysaggart 3-15. Amid jubilant scenes Western Board Chairman, Pat Grant presented the cup to winning captain, Brian O’Halloran. We would also like to congratulate the team management Patk. O'Riordan, Ed Beresford, Billy O'Halloran and our excellent coach Ml. Kelleher. Also a word of thanks to our magnificent supporters who turned out in huge numbers to support and drive on the team. There was an atmosphere of euphoria in the village when the victorious team arrived back to a warm welcome. A night of great celebrations was had in the village as the community gathered with the team to show their appreciation and express their admiration for their fantastic achievement. Well done to one and all. Team members visited the three local schools Ballycurrane, Clashmore & Kinsalebeg. They received a warm welcome in each school and the pupils were delighted when teachers gave into players’ request for homework off. We are all looking forward to the county final match v Clonea which will be held in Fraher Field, on Sunday, October 14th. Clashmore/Kinsalebeg: Mark McGrath, Ronan Fitzgerald, Jason Seward, Ciarán Bourke, Brian Lynch, Tadhg de Búrca (0-2), Adam O'Sullivan, Brian O'Halloran (0-4), Edmond O'Halloran (0-5), John Prendergast (2 goals), James O'Leary, Aidan Trihy, Declan Allen, Paul O'Connor (0-1) and Brian Ramsey (2-2). Subs used: Seán Fleming (0-1) & Luke Seward.Subs: Cillian O' Keeffe, Conor Lynch, Cian Ryan, Ryan O'Sullivan, Seán Bourke, Gavin Dower, Philip Dee, Alan McCarthy & Darren Foley.
COMHGHAIRDEAS Heartiest congratulations to Anne Ormonde on her win in the Déise Super Draw. Best of luck with your winnings Anne. GOLDEN GOAL Congratulations to Breeda Cleary and Jack O'Halloran who won €100 each in our Golden Goal Draw. CLASHMORE/KINSALEBEG JUVENILE GAA CLUB Congratulations to Our Intermediate Hurlers!! A massive well done to our intermediate hurlers for creating history upon
winning the club’s first ever divisional hurling title at the intermediate grade. Last Sunday was an amazing day for the club and a day that was 133 years in the making. Almost all of the players involved came through the juvenile ranks in the club and they are a product of good coaching and guidance from when they were very young. Huge thanks go to their current coaches Ed, Patrick, Billy and 'the special one' Michael Kelleher for the superb job they did with the team. A mark of what a grounded bunch of players these lads are is the fact that the majority of them called to the three schools in the parish on Monday with the trophy, which the kids and teachers really appreciated. Everyone in the parish is eagerly looking forward to the county final in two weeks time. Well done lads, up the Red and Green and UP THE TRENCH!! U-12 Footballers Take Their End of Season Bow: Clashmore/Kinsalebeg U-12 footballers played out a draw against table toppers Naomh Cárthaigh and defeated Affane comfortably to finish the season in division two with two wins, two draws and one loss. The Naomh Cárthaigh game was played on Wednesday, Sept 19th at home in Clashmore. We knew this was going to be a tough encounter as Naomh Cárthaigh came to Clashmore undefeated after three games. Considering that we were without the services of four starting players, a draw was a very good result. We controlled the game early on and went in at half-time 5 points ahead. But Naomh Cárthaigh came back strong in quarter three and went ahead by five points. It was at this stage that Clashmore/Kinsalebeg showed some real grit fighting for every ball and drawing level with two minutes left in normal time. Indeed we had a late chance to win the game which would have put us into joint top position on the table but it was not to be. On Thursday, Sept. 27th we played Affane at home where the field looked really well and it was grand afternoon for football, dry with little wind. Clashmore/Kinsalebeg, having played challenges against Cloyne/Shanagarry (St Colmans), Dungourney/Castlemartyr (Kiltha Og), St Olivers (div 1), Killeagh and Rathgormack came out of the traps immediately on the start with Ciaran punching the throw in ball to Mossie who moved up the field and scored a point in the first 30 seconds. Noah and Callum did a lot of early running in the half forward line with Noah finishing off a fine 1, 2 with a low accurate shot into the Affane net. Mossie and Callum continued to push forward and Callum tapped over a fine individual point. Rory and Conor did a lot of work in the full forward line in the first half and the half-time score was Clashmore /Kinsalebeg 2-3 to Affane 1-2. We were by far the better team in the first half but did not finish off scores and had some wayward shooting, dropping the ball into the goalkeeper’s hands, which can set up counter attacks for the opposition. But the second half was a much happier affair where Clashmore/ Kinsalebeg took over in most positions winning very good primary possession. Ciaran could do nothing wrong in full forward in the second half and scored a brace of goals on his own. To be fair, he had to work at getting the ball and fielded some great ball over his head. Darragh moved out field in the second half and caused lots of problems for the Affane defence. Riain was demonstrating at half back his fine overhead fielding of the ball and Peter was getting some long kicks into the full forward line. Evan worked hard at wing forward and won and took the
Abbeyside/Ballinacourty JACK THE JOKER Our ever popular Jack the Joker fundraiser continues this Sunday night in Minnies Bar where the jackpot is €5,800. On Sunday night Maurice Cliffe was drawn out of the drum and chose card number 6 which when turned wasn’t the joker but he did win €50. Hiker and Betty Hayes won €25 each. NIGHT AT THE DOGS On Saturday, October 27th we are holding a fundraising Night at the Dogs in Kilcohan Park. Tickets cost €10 and are currently on sale from all players and committee members. We are also running buses on the night so please let any committee member know if you wish to travel by bus on the night. HEALTHY CLUB COUCH TO 5K Following on from the success of "Club on the Move", our Healthy Club Programme launched the "Couch to 5k" initiative in association with Waterford Sports Partnership and West Waterford A.C. on Wednesday 12th, at the grounds. It will continue each Wednesday at 6.30 p.m., culminating in participants taking part in the Brickey's 5km on Sunday, November 4th at 11 a.m. It's not too late to join. €20 for 8 weeks training in a fun and healthy environment. Come along! SENIOR HURLING All roads lead to Fraher Field this Sunday as our Senior hurlers take on Ballygunner in the County Final. We appeal to all our wonderfully loyal supporters to come along and show your support for the lads as they attempt to bring the senior hurling championship back to the Village for the first time. COUNTY FINAL MEAL After the Senior Hurling County Final the team will be having their meal in The Park Hotel. If anyone would like to join them they are most welcome but must book in advance. Please contact Packie Hurney, Mike Briggs or Neil Moore by Friday evening if you wish to do so. WORLD RECORD On Sunday last a large group of boys and girls from our under 12 and 13 teams made the long trip to Croke Park to take part in the GAA's World Record attempt at having the largest hurling training session. Clubs from across Ireland were represented as 1,772 children and their mentors smashed the target to create an official new Guinness World Record. All of the boys and girls who travelled had an absolutely brilliant day out and will remember their big day in Croker for many years. Sincere thanks to all the club mentors who helped organise the trip. CAMOGIE Our under 8 girls travelled to Mount Sion to take part in the inaugural Danny Bowe Camogie tournament. The girls won all of their games, and displayed fantastic skill and determination throughout. We played against Mooncoin in the Cup Final, and won the Cup.The girls were delighted to be presented with their medal by Austin Gleeson. Well done to all of the girls!
Past pupils, James O'Leary, Alan McCarthy and Ronan Fitzgerald received a warm welcome when they visited Ballycurrane N.S. with the Western Intermediate Hurling Championship Cup. ball from the Affane defence on two occasions which lifted the team. Callum and Evan showed good teamwork with 1, 2s up the field before supplying the ball into on form Ciaran. Robert made a fine block in quarter 3 and Emmet did the same two minutes later. This type of work behaviour raises the mood of the whole team and we were in 6th gear going in the last quarter. Conor was now in the goals distributing some fine accurate passes to Matthew and Liam. Liam, always reliable and solid in defence, was bringing his other players into the game and found Dominic who was showing lightning pace. Dominic carried the ball forward to give a perfect pass into the hands of Callum, who finished off with a fine point. Darragh was showing up everywhere in the forward line in quarter 3 and took two great scores. Neil did a fine individual side step and tricked 2 Affane defenders before passing to Matthew, who spotted Callum out wide and Callum finished the move with a point. Oisín and Noah tapped over some fine points before Ciaran hit home some unstoppable goals. Robert was eager to bring his previous good form into the game and did some great running along the wing. For any kick outs, Emmet and Evan were very quick facing the ball after a score or wide. This made it difficult for the Affane goalkeeper to get the ball to his teammate on the kick out. Whilst the league season is over, we can still look forward to some challenges against the mighty Youghal, a return game with Rathgormack and a game with St. Olivers. We hope to hear plenty of complaints from the parents over the winter months about the lads making noise kicking the ball off the wall. U-6's In Action This Saturday: Our U-6 footballers are playing a small blitz against our friends from The Nire this Saturday morning in Clashmore GAA Pitch at 10:30 a.m. This will be a great opportunity for all our young players who attended the Nursery to show off their skills. We are asking all parents of boys aged 5 and 6 in the area who may wish to play to come along for 10:15 a.m. on Saturday morning.
Cois Bhride (Cois Bhride Notes kindly sponsored by Cunningham's Hardware) U-21 FOOTBALL COUNTY FINAL Our u-21s are playing Portlaw/Ballyduff Lower in the division 2 football county final on Saturday, 6th October at 1.30 p.m. in Bushy Park. Best of luck lads! MINOR HURLING Cois Bhride 1-22; Passage 0-19. Last Saturday we travelled the long journey to Passage to take on the local team in the quarter final of the minor hurling championship. Passage having topped their group in the East were going to be formidable opponents. Playing with the wind in the first half we settled early and the first 15 minutes were closely contested and the scores stood at five points apiece. Our boys then took control and we led at half-time 15 points to 8. It was the next quarter that our lads played some fantastic hurling and we increased our lead to 1-19 to 10 points the goal coming fron Ben Ahearne in the 44th minute. Passage to their credit didnt give up and pushed us all the way but we came out deserving winners in the end. Team: Cathal Hunt, William Cunningham, Dean Beecher, Eoin Lenehan, Ivan O’Neill, Sean Henley, Liam Motherway 0-1, Eoin McGrath 0-1, Tom Dalton 0-3, Ciaran McCarthy 0-1, Kieran Crawford 0-2, Ben Ahearne 1-0, Padraig Hynes, Mark Stuart 0-3, Mark Dalton 0-11, Ciaran Hunt, Jake Chambers.
U-13 HURLING Last Sunday morning our U-13s hurlers travelled to Fourmilewater for the inaugural Shane Gleeson Tournament. Our oppositions were Fourmilewater, Naomh Brìd and St. Mollerans. Cois Bhride boys played some really great hurling in all three games. The lads worked hard and had a very enjoyable day. The Tournament was extremely well ran by the host club with goody bags for the boys and array of tea, coffee, minerals and confectionery for young and old alike. Panel: Darragh O'Brien, Adam McSweeney, Josh Good, Alan Hurley, Jack McDonnell, Joseph McDonnell, Ian Martin, Jake Henley, Callum McCarthy, Ciaran Lenehan, Stephen Murphy, Conor Henley, Taylor Twohig, Ben Grey, Alex Good, Paul Henley, Keith Martin and Cian O'Brien.
U-7 & U-8'S Both our u-7 and u-8 teams were in action over the weekend with our u-7s travelling to Killeagh to play both football and hurling which they really enjoyed and played very well and our u-8s travelling to Youghal were they played great hurling. Thanks to all involved for organising.
Please remember to bring gum shields, boots/runners, shorts and football socks. Please let any parents who might have children suitable know. U-16 Hurlers Qualify For County Final After Stirring Display: Our under 16 hurlers qualified for the Division Four County Final thanks to a fine performance against Sacred Heart on Thursday night last under lights in Stradbally. For most of our players this was the first time they had played a hurling game under lights and it took a few minutes to adjust to them. However once we got into our stride we really controlled the game and led at the break 1-6 to 0-4. Sacred Heart started the second half strongly and slotted over two points. But Clashmore/Kinsalebeg responded with a goal and three points. From then it was a close affair. A Sacred Heart goal narrowed the margin to four points but again our lads responded and despite severe pressure in the last five minutes we held out for a deserved victory on a scoreline of 2-11 to 1-9. We have now qualified for a county final against Ferrybank which will be played on Saturday, 13th October. Well done lads, fantastic result, UP THE TRENCH!! Team: Evan Russell, Nicholas Hynes, Colm O'Sullivan, Robert Quinn, Cian Kelly Carey, Jamie Joyce, Josh Fitzgerald, Jack Curran, Conor Ryan, Ruairí Hynes, Ben Lombard, Shane Coughlan, Luke Coughlan, Jamie Salmon, Charlie Foley, Mikie Hynes
U-8's Compete in Fraher Field U-8 Blitz: Well done to our U-8 footballers who competed in a Waterford Coaching and Games Development Blitz in Fraher Field on Saturday morning. The lads played four games against Ballinacourty, Stradbally, Naomh Bríd and Roanmore and really enjoyed the morning. The team played some great football and were really well supported - they even had their own cheerleaders in the stand for a while! Thank you to the coaches involved with this group and all parents and family who came to support.
Modeligo WEST INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL Modeligo vrs. Sliabh gCúa The draw for the Intermediate Football Championship Semi-final sees Modeligo paired with Sliabh gCúa, which goes ahead on Saturday evening next at 7 p.m. in Fraher Field Dungarvan. This should be a very good game of Football between two neighbouring teams, with most of the players from both sides having played together at juvenile level for Naomh Bríd. In the second semi-final, Ballinameela will face Ballinacourty, but the Time, date and venue of this game is yet to be confirmed. Best wishes to CP, his selectors and to all the lads for Saturday evening's game. U-16"A" CAMOGIE COUNTY FINAL Gailltír 2-13; Modeligo 2-4 There was disappointment for our girls on Saturday morning last in Walsh Park, as a sharper Gailltír side claimed the U-16 A County title, but what an effort from these Modeligo girls who battled all the way to the final whistle of what was a very entertaining game. We can all be extremely proud of this group of girls, who have put in an absolutely massive effort to reach this final. They may have been bitterly disappointed to lose, but left the field with their heads held high as they have yet again done themselves, their families & their club proud. It has been a wonderful effort from an equally wonderful group of girls. Congratulations to Gailltír on their win, they were the better team on the day, and all in all, the game was a great display of Camogie from two good teams. Thanks also to everyone who travelled down to support the girls... It was great to have a bit of support behind them and I know the girls themselves really appreciated having everyone there. JUNIOR CAMOGIE SEMI-FINAL Best wishes to our Junior Camogie squad who face Butlerstown on Friday night next in the County semi-final. This game has been provisionally arranged for Bushy Park, with throw-in timed for 8.15 pm but please keep an eye on the club texts and Facebook Page over the coming days. Good luck girls! COUNTY SENIOR FINAL Best wishes to Thomas "Tyler" Walsh who will take charge of this year’s County Senior Hurling Final between Abbeyside & Ballygunnar. Throw-in in Fraher Field takes place at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday. PRIMARY SCHOOLS FOOTBALL Well done to the Boys and Girls from Modeligo National School, as both Football sides have qualified for the Semi-final of their respective competitions. The girls won all three games in their group last week, while the boys advanced having won two of their three games. Well done, and best of luck in the semi-finals!
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WEST WATERFORD GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB Telephone: 058-43216. Fax: 058-44343. info@westwaterfordgolf.com
www.westwaterfordgolf.com RESULTS Club Competition Saturday, 29th and Sunday, 20th September 18 Hole Stableford 1st Colin Houlihan (10) 42 pts b9; 2nd Richard Ronayne (7) 42 pts; Gross; Daniel Burke (6) 32 pts; 3rd Brian Foley (7) 38 pts. CSS: Sat 36, Sun 37. Al Eile Final – Sunday, 30th September - Winner: Colin Houlihan (10) 42 pts; 2nd Pat Curran (18) 36 pts; Gross: Clive Cooney (6) 30 pts gross. Tuesday Treats – 25th September - CAT 1 1st Conor French (17) 18 pts; CAT 2 1st Noel Baldwin (27) 16 pts b9; CAT 3 1st Jason Nagle (18) 22 pts. Al Eile Open Gents Qualifier – 26th September - 1st David Condon (9) 38 pts CSS: 37 Friday Open 9 Hole – 28th September - 1st Ray Bannon (12) 18 pts b3. FIXTURES Monday, 1st Oct – Friday, 5th October – Open 9 Hole Competition Saturday, 6th/Sunday, 7th October – Club Competition – 18 hole stableford. GARY HURLEY WINS AT EUROPEAN TOUR QUALIFYING SCHOOL Team Ireland’s Gary Hurley picked the perfect time to register his first win as a professional when he won the first stage of the European Tour Qualifying at Frilford Heath last weekend. In a field of 120 entries the former 25 year old Walker Cup star carded two open-
ing rounds of 71, followed by 68 and 69 to top the leaderboard by 3 strokes on nine-under par. Gary is now safely through to the second qualifying round in November. Just reward for the months of patience, practise and preparation and we wish him continued success in his professional career on the European Tour. WEDNESDAY AL EILE QUALIFIER FINAL SEPTEMBER 30th 2018 We had a good turnout for the Al Eile Final on Sunday. The field was made up of the 25 qualifiers who had returned three cards in the Wednesday competitions during the Summer months. Michael Ryan has been a loyal sponsor of this prestigious event down the years and we are most grateful to Michael and Al Eile Stud for their continued support. Congratulations to Colin Houlihan who won the event with a fantastic score of 42 pts playing off 10 handicap. Pat Curran (18) claimed second place with 36 points and Clive Cooney (6) was the winner of the gross prize. We would like to thank everyone who played in the qualifiers and we look forward to seeing you all back for the 2019 event. WEEKLY OPEN 9 HOLE COMPETITION Starting on Monday, 1st October we will be running a weekly 9 hole competition. This will replace the Tuesday Treats and Friday 9 hole competitions. We wish to thank everyone who supported those two
GOLD COAST GOLF CLUB You can contact us by phoning 058-44055 Our email address is:
goldcoastgolf@cablesurf.com www.goldcoastgolfclub.com
END OF SEASON DINNER AND PRESENTATION The ‘End of Season’ Dinner will take place next Sunday, 7th October at 6 p.m. in the Gold Coast. Following the sit-down meal the following prizes will be presented: Golfer of the Year, Order of Merit, Gold Coast Cup Singles Match-Play, Scratch Match-Play, Michael White Memorial Foursomes, Willie Barron Fourball, Mixed Foursomes. Tickets for the event are available for pick up in the kiosk. Anyone who hasn’t picked them up can they do so before the weekend please. Tickets issued to various winners, Winter League Captains, Team Selectors, Officers and Committee Tickets for the event can also be purchased in the kiosk. (€25p.p) GOLFER OF THE YEAR 2018 Congratulations to Brian O’Connor on winning ‘Golfer of the Year 2018’.
ORDER OF MERIT This competition went down to the wire this year with Micheal White coming out on top by the narrowest of margins from John Kiely in second place. Well done to both players for a great year’s golf This competition rewards players who beat standard scratch during weekend competitions. CLUB MATCH-PLAY COMPETITIONS Gold Coast Cup Final: Winner John White, runner up Tom White. Tom White with his” two partners” wins the Club Mixed Foursomes Matchplay for 2018 During the week the last Match Play final was played. Michael Kavanagh & Noirin Darcy took on Tom White & Mairead Ryan in the club Mixed Foursomes Final. Mairead who was deputising for the injured Angela O’Connor, who had partnered Tom in the three previous rounds, by all accounts stole the show and played majestic golf to help Tom claim the Mixed title for 2018.Well done to Tom, Mairead
events and you are most welcome to join us for the weekly 9 hole. This competition will run from Monday to Friday each week with category prizes depending on the number of entries over the week. Visitors are always welcome at West Waterford so check the online booking time sheet or ring 058 43216. CLUB COMPETITION PRIZES Prize vouchers for our weekly club competitions are now updated and can be collected at the office. There are still a number of unclaimed vouchers for our Tuesday Treats waiting to be collected and again those are also available at the office. SOUTH EAST JUNIOR ALLIANCE Thank you to those who have already signed up for the alliance and we still have space for a few extras. The alliance will commence in early October and we ask interested players to please put names on the sheet posted on notice board. The fixture list is also posted and wallet size fixture lists are also available. WEST WATERFORD LADIES FIXTURES 9 Hole September (2 cards to count) – sponsored by Eithne Ashby. DATES FOR DIARY Coastal Alliance - takes place Thursday, 4th October in The Gold Coast G.C. 9.30 – 11 a.m. Play in Pink – This exciting annual event takes place on Sunday, 7th October from 12 noon to 2 pm (please note earlier start because of County Final). This year this event includes the men and will be a Champagne Scramble with a shotgun start from 12 noon. There is also a prize for the most unusual pink outfit. Lady Captain’s Supper – Sunday, 21st October (check notice board for details). The 13 Hole competition for this will run from Monday, 1st October – Thursday, 18th October. 13 Hole Breast Cancer will run from Friday, October 19th – Thursday, November 15th.
and Angela. Michael White Foursomes Winners: Winners Austin Kiely & Darren Power, runner up Seanie Lenihan & John Walsh Scratch Cup Match-Play: Winner Alan Harty, runner up Colin McArthur Willie Barron Fourball MatchPlay: Austin Kiely & Tom Reynolds v Tommy Long & Brendan O’Connor WINTER LEAGUE Yes, it’s that time of the year again and preparations are now well under way for this year’s league which will begin in a month or so. Anyone who hasn’t been contacted by a Winter League captain, can they contact the kiosk and leave their name and we’ll get them on a team FIXTURES Friday, 5th October: Open 18 holes Singles. Saturday, 6th October: Club 18 holes Competition. Sunday, 7th October : 3 man scramble. Tuesday, 9th October: Open Seniors, Ladies & Gents 50+. RESULTS Tuesday, 25th September: Open Seniors, CSS Gents 38 pts: 1st: David Kiely (18) 40 pts; 2nd: Freddie McGuckian (12) 38 pts. 1st Lady: Esther McGuckian (12) 41 pts CSS 37 pts. Thursday, 27th September: South Munster Seniors CSS 39 pts 1st (Category 0-15) Ger Harrington (14) 38 pts, Bantry Golf Club.
West Waterford Golf Club Ladies Competition kindly sponsored by the Wine Buff – Seated from left Winning team of Louise Moloney, Rena Landers and Reena McDonnell with Noreen Byrne, Lady Captain. Standing Jean O'Donovan, Margaret O'Sullivan and Marie T Curran. [Sean Byrne]
West Waterford Golf Club Ladies Competition kindly sponsored by Helen’s Lingerie Boutique – Winners Geraldine Curran, Aine Parks and Ciara Donnelly with Lady Captain Noreen Byrne. [Sean Byrne] Christmas Hamper – 13 Hole Competition will run from 16th November until date not decided. RESULTS 9 Hole October (2 cards to count) – sponsored by Mary Herlihy. Thursday, 27th Sept./Sunday,
30th Sept. 18 Hole Stableford sponsored by Bridget Broderick & Mary Donnelly. Results to follow in next week’s notes. JUNIOR ALLIANCE Congratulations to Phil Kelly on
being the winner of the Junior Alliance in Gowran G.C. with 39 points. ILGU JUNIOR MEDAL Congratulations to Catherine Ruane who was the Club medal winner of the ILGU Junior medal.
Gold Coast Golf Club competition kindly sponsored by Comeragh Oil – Mary O’Callaghan, Lady President; Anne Keane accepting 3rd prize for Marie Hayes; Gillian Cashman winner; Bernie Morrissey, Lady Captain and Angela O’Connor accepting 2nd prize for Mary Kiely. 1st (Category 16-20) Eamonn O’Connor(16) 38 pts Macroom Golf Club, 1st (Category 21+) Cormac McCarthy (21) 37 pts Bantry Golf Club Friday, 28th September: Open Singles CSS 34 pts: 1st: John Flynn (8) 33 pts. Saturday, 29th September: Club competition CSS 37 pts: 1st Micheal White 39 pts; Gross: Barry Power (5) 33 pts. Sunday, 30th September: Gareth Taylor Memorial 18 Hole s/f, CSS 37 pts: 1st: John Hallinan (7) 42 pts; 2nd: Alan Harty (1) 41 pts; Gross: Pat Power (6) 33 pts; 3rd: Brendan O’Brien (15) 40 pts. LADIES NOTES Fixtures: 10 hole on-going. 18 hole 2 card competition sponsored by John Foley Images. Ladies Club Classic: Results next week
ILGU 125th Anniversary: To celebrate the 125th Anniversary of the ILGU a complimentary golf day will take place in Killarney Golf Club on Oct. 11th. It will be a team of 3 ladies led by Esther McGuckian. We wish them a great days golf. Coastal Alliance: The 2018/2019 Coastal Alliance will commence this Thursday and the first game to be played at Faithlegg Golf Club, tee times 9.30 – 11.00. The next Coastal Alliance takes place here at the Gold Coast on Thursday, 4th October. The dates for the other days out are as follows: October 4th – Gold Coast. November 1st – Dunmore East. December 6th - West Waterford. March 7th - Tramore. April 4th - Dungarvan. To Register for year: €15, Green Fees: €10. Contact Breda Conway. Club foursomes: Well done to Winners Ger Hallinan and Joan
O'Dea beating Ruth Hannigan and Alice Collins in the final Winter League: The Winter League is commencing Monday, 15th October and if you wish to participate in this most enjoyable golf over the winter months please see details in the kiosk and add your name to the list there. Sheila Norris singles Matchplay: Winner Mairead Ryan who had a great year, winning against her good friend Angela O'Connor. Golfer of the Year: 2018 Golfer of the year was won by Lorraine Troy who had a fabulous year and dropped her handicap to 14! Beginners: A 9 hole beginners on-going competition has been set up for the ladies and would encourage them to get out there and enjoy the golf. Next Committee meeting: Friday, October 12th.
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DUNGARVAN GOLF CLUB Tel. Office 058-43310, Fax. 058-44113, Pro Shop 058-44707. Bar/Restaurant Tom Daly Catering 087 2680597 Timesheets online at www.dungarvangolfclub.com Email: dungarvangc@eircom.net DUNGARVAN FALL TO ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS Our Fred Daly Team backed by an army of supporters headed for Tramore last Saturday to face Lisburn in the Fred Daly All-Ireland Semi-finals. We knew we faced a difficult task but no stone was left unturned by Managers Paul O’Riordan and Gerry Raher. Danny Raher got off to a slow start and was 3 down through 9, but Barry Morrissey was playing fantastic golf and was 3 up at the turn. All the other games were tight. Jake O’Riordan was playing well and birdied the 12th hole to level his game. Michael Troy was all square and Ethan Raher was one down at the turn. Unfortunately, things unravelled on the back 9 and despite Barry winning on 14, Lisburn took the honours and went on to claim the Irish title. Obviously, the boys were disappointed but can be justifiably proud of their efforts and Munster title. The support we received was fantastic as many members came down to Tramore to cheer on the boys. The lads represented the Club with pride and distinction. A debt of gratitude is owed to our team and managers as well as the parents and members who supported us. We also offer our eternal gratitude to our sponsors, Norris Bros. Ltd. who ensured the team was resplendent in their uniform. Next week, our attention turns to Thurles Golf Club as our Senior Cup team are in action in the AllIreland Semi Finals. Managers David Raher and Michal Leacy have put in a great effort to prepare the team and we wish them the very best of luck. Again supporters are urged to make the journey to Thurles to cheer on the boys with the first match teeing off at 8.30am. SENIOR CUP ALL IRELAND SEMI FINAL Dungarvan Golf Club v Royal Portrush Venue: Thurles Golf Club Date/Time: Saturday, 6th Oct. 2018 First Match Tee’s off at 8.30 a.m. All support welcome. Winners progress to All Ireland
Final on Sun. 7th October, tee off at 10.30am CLUB LOTTO Our Lotto draw was held in the clubhouse on Sunday, 30th September. The clubhouse was full on Sunday evening with a large number of ladies having finished their end of season scramble – the new Ladies into Golf seemed to have been the main supporters. There was a great atmosphere following Europe overpowering the USA in the Ryder Cup. The numbers drawn in the Lotto were 13, 17, 22 and 28. There was no winner of the Jackpot which increases to €4,600 next week! There were three winners of our Match 3s - Rena McDonald, Jamie Ryan and Stephen Power – they both each received €35. Congratulation to each of them. The draw next Sunday will be held at 5:30 pm in the clubhouse. POKER CLASSIC – SUNDAY, 7th OCTOBER There will be a Poker Classic with generous prize money on Sunday, 7th OCTOBER starting promptly at 7.45 p.m. Arrive early to secure your place at a table. Entry €20. – GREAT PRIZES. BRIDGE The Bridge is commencing again in Dungarvan Golf Club Clubhouse on Friday, 19th October from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. No partners required, all are welcome. FUN FRIDAY FOURSOMES We are blessed with lovely Autumn sun at the moment and consequently our numbers for the foursomes continue to increase. It is a real social get together where we enjoy 9 holes of golf and coffee and chat later. RESULTS FIRST: Mattie Whelan and Marion Walshe SECOND: Sam McConnell and Ellen Power THIRD: Mary Hofstede and Kathleen McNamara So if you want to be part of this fun event, join us next Friday, Oct. 5th at 9.30 a.m. in the foyer. Draw takes place at 9.45 a.m. ready to play at 10 a.m.
LISMORE GOLF CLUB Phone 058-54026. lismoregolfclub@eircom.net
www.lismoregolf.org RESULTS AND FIXTURES RESULTS Sat/Sun 29/30th September 18-hole singles s/ford sponsored by Pat Moore. 1st Liam O’Keeffe (11) 42 pts; 2nd John McGrath (10) 41 pts; 3rd John Kenneally (12) 40 pts; Css Sat/Sun 37. FIXTURES Monday, 1st October to Sunday,
7th October two or three man 18 hole champagne scramble. Semi open. Entry, members €8 re-entry €5. Visitors €10 re-entry €5. Two to count on par 3s, one to count on all other holes. Play your own ball on the par 3s. Saturday, 6th October, Qualifier final. 18 hole s/ford. Thursday Seniors at 10.30 am. Open Qualifier 12-hole any day
Dungarvan Golf Club Open 3 Person Rumble.60.com kindly sponsored By Jim Quinn. Photo of prizewinners. Also included are David Shanley, Vice Captain; Colette Power, Lady Captain and John Moran, President. [Pat Crowley]
END OF SUMMER SEASON LADIES SCRAMBLE Despite the attraction of the Ryder Cup last Sunday a large number of ladies played in this scramble. It was great to see so many of our GIG Ladies participate. Many thanks to June Hayes and Ann Stack who helped with the draw. Well done and thanks to Tom and his staff for providing food afterwards. A big thank you to two lady members (who wish to remain anonymous) for sponsoring the competition. RESULTS FIRST: Mary Kiely, Ann Curran, Mary Fennell and Cait Herlihy SECOND: Mary Power, Grace Hayes and Anita Geoghegan THIRD: Angela Murphy, Maria A Kiersey, Margaret O'Mahony and Siobhan Freyne FOURTH: Ann Stack, Colette O'Mahony and Esme Dowdall. AFTERNOON TEA PARTY Today, Wednesday, Oct. 3rd we are hosting another Afternoon Tea Party (2.30 / 3 pm) for members and friends of Dungarvan Golf Club. It is an opportunity to come together, particularly those who were members and who are no longer playing golf. Our club promotes golf but we are also conscious of the importance of social events in our club. We are running this in conjunction with Breast Cancer Research. There will be collection buckets available so feel free to donate what you wish to this charity.
Please bring along your friends. LADIES COASTAL ALLIANCE Gold Coast Golf Club Tues., October 4th, tee time 9.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. GENTS RESULTS Mon. 24th Open Seniors: 1 R. Akehurst (25) 42, 2 P. Murphy (Kinsale) (27) 42, 3 D. Rees (20) 41, 4 J. Shiels (12) 38, 5 Ml. O’Mahony (14) 38. SPAR Open 27th: 1 D. O’Neill (6) 41, 2 Ml. Troy (4) 37, 3 B. Frizelle (16) 37, 4 D. Hallahan (15) 36. Fri. 28th Singles: 1 E. Davis Greystones (11) 38, 2 T. Hazelton Greystones (22) 36. Sat. 29th Singles: 1 C. Moran (11) 39, 2 J. G. Moloney (10) 38, Gross G. Leacy 34, 3 L. Ryan (9) 37, 4 F. Power (9) 37, 5 D. Raher (9) 36. Clonea Cup 30/09/18: 1 J. Harty (16) 69, 2 D. Walsh (8) 70, Gross K Stack +1 72, 3 B. Morrissey (6) 70, 4 Neil J. Power (7) 71. LADIES RESULTS 25th Flahavan’s Singles: 1 M. Mernin (13) 44, 2 A. Heneberry (32) 40, 3 N. Harty (24) 39. 28th/29th Cancer Research: 1 B. O’Brien (14) 38, 2 M. Mernin (11) 38, 3 S. Moynihan (35) 37, 4 B. Hayes (18) 37. FIXTURES Thus., 4th Thursday Open Gents 18H Singles S/F - Visitors: €15 Fri., 5th Open Gents S/F Vis €20 SHERIDAN FORD, Ladies Stroke GOY (D Hayes) HOME ALLIANCE.
Sat., 6th Open Gents S/F Vis €20 SHERIDAN FORD, Ladies Stroke GOY (D Hayes) HOME ALLIANCE. Sun. 7th Gents Singles Stroke Monthly Medal (David Hayes PGA). Mon. 8th Open Gents/Ladies Seniors (50+) Singles S/F. PROGRESSIVE 45 Winners Pat Power & Tom Daly, Thomas Carroll and Sheila Morrissey. Last 5 Pat Cunningham and Gina Quinlan. Lucky Table Tom Melody and Ml Kelleher. Progressive 45 every Thursday night at 9 p.m. sharp, all are welcome. SIXTY.COM We had our final outing of 2018 in Waterford Castle Golf Club on Wednesday, 26th Sept. We had a great turnout of members and a fantastic sunny Autumn day. The competition was a champagne scramble and many of our golfers showed their skill - when hitting the other golfers drives! The result of the scramble were:1st Jack Elstead (20), Donal Verling (22) and Donal Connolly (24) 86 pts; 2nd Paul Sarsfield (20), Bob Frizelle (16) and John Byrne (28) 79 pts; 3rd Pat Deasy (18), Roger O’Connor (19) and Pat Power (21) 78 pts; 4th Sean English (16), Denis O’Brien (17) and Colette Power (29) 76 pts; 5th Tom McCabe (25), Cathy Connolly (31) and John Moran (18) 74 pts; 6th Maurice Cliffe (16), Paul Vart (26) and John Considine (17) 73
pts We are back to our normal weekly competition today, Wednesday, 3rd October with the draw for partners at 1.45 p.m. and tee-off at 2.00 p.m. New members are always welcome – it is about chat, coffee and banter as much as golf. YOUNGONES Next competition Wed., Oct. 3rd September. PRO SHOP NEWS Our Resident PGA Professional, David Hayes’ End of Season Sale continues. Everything must go and there are many bargains to be had. From clubs, golfshoes, bags and trollies to the latest fashion, David will not be beaten on price. Call now and grab a bargain. The Pro-Shop remains busy and you can follow David’s Special offers on his website at www.davidhayesgolf.com. JUNIOR NEWS Our next events will take place at Hallowe’en as we host the RSM Trophy kindly sponsored by Mr. Pat Norris. We are also hosting an AdultJunior Foursomes kindly sponsored by Mr. Paul Breen. No tuition next Saturday. Thanks to Ann-Marie and Eoin for their assistance last week. Any enquiries relating to junior activities can be directed to Junior Convenor David Hayes. David can be contacted at 05844707 or email to golfpro@eircom.net
until Friday, 5th October. Members €5. Visitors €8. If you haven’t played in this Open Qualifier yet you only have until Friday to do so as the final will be played on Sat 6th October. So lads, get the finger out today and get your card in to make sure you are involved in this popular Lismore GC Competition. STORY OF THE WEEKEND The winner of this week’s competition sponsored by Pat Moore was Liam O’Keeffe playing of 11 with a great score of 42 points. Liam was playing with our Captain Nicholas Walsh and Willie Henry and really put on a show. He had 8 pars in the front 9, his only miss was at hole No 5, the index 1 which he bogied and he turned with a fantastic 22 points. He continued his impressive golf for the back 9 until the 15th where he pulled his third shot, resulting in a blank, he stead-
ied down and finished his last 3 holes on level par to score 20 pts, giving him an overall total of 42 pts. In second place was the ever-consistent John McGrath with 41 points. He played the first 9 only 3 over par for 20 points. He continued the good golf on the back 9 being only 2 over par for 21 points. In third place was Carrightwohill man John Keneally with 40 points. He scored 19 points in the from 9 but improved to 21 points in the back 9 being only 3 over for the back 9. LISMORE LADIES GOLF Last week we had a 3 Ball open week kindly sponsored by Cllr. Declan Doocey and there were some amazing scores, first place going to the trio of Daphne Power, President Sheila Denn and Esther Hornibrook with 74 pts. Second place to Patricia Lonergan,
Katherine Moynihan and Siobhan Moroney with 69 pts and third place to Daphne Power, Esther Hornibrook and Louise Moloney with 66 pts on the B9. The Autumn league kindly sponsored by Ballyrafter Service Station will be starting on Sunday, 14th October. Please put your name on the drawsheet in the clubhouse if you are interested in playing. Wednesday, 3rd October 18 holes S/Ford GOY kindly sponsored by McGrath’s Butchers, then we have Sun., 7th to Sat., 13th Christmas prizes kindly sponsored by Centra Lismore. The fashion show went off without a hitch (that I know of) our thanks to the shops who took part, Hickey's of Fermoy, Muiri K., Ruffles and Cynders from Dungarvan and our own Mary FM fashions in Lismore. A lot of work
went into organising the whole event and the Lady Captain Mary and Lady Vice Captain Chrissie and their many helpers did a fantastic job, well done to all. Our sincere condolences to PJ Coughlan and his family on the very sad passing of his brother Michael, may he rest in peace. FIXTURES Wed 3rd Oct - 18 Holes S/Ford GOY - Sponsor McGrath’s Butchers Lismore. Sun. 7th to Sat., 13th Oct Christmas Prizes - Sponsor Centra Lismore. Autumn league - starts Sun., 14th Oct. - Sponsor - Ballyrafter Service Station. Seniors Thursdays at 10.30 a.m. All Competitions are subject to change so please check the notice board regularly for any changes.
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ATHLETICS
Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 5 October, 2018
County Novice Cross Country Championships set for Sunday, October 7th ST. Augustine’s College will host the 2018 county novice cross country championship race this Sunday, October 7th. The day kicks-off with the uneven ages at 11 a.m. and the novice will follow immediately after the juvenile programme at 12 noon. All club athletes eligible are asked to be at the venue on time. Please wear your club singlet as this is a championship event.
County Masters Cross Country Championships set for Sunday week, October 14th ST. Augustine’s College will host the 2018 county masters cross country championship race on Sunday, October 14th next. The day kicks-off with the county B's at 11 a.m. and the novice will follow immediately after the juvenile programme at 12 noon. All club athletes eligible are asked to be at the venue on time. Please wear your club singlet as this is a championship event.
Sean Stilwell comes into finish last Sundays West Waterford AC open cross country race.
West Waterford AC ladies team who participated at last Sunday’s West Waterford AC open cross country race.
Munster Novice and Under 23 Cross Country entries
Garvey’s SuperValu Autumn League - Week 5
THE first Munster Cross Country Championship race will be the Novice and U-23 which are being held on Sunday, 21st October in Beaufort, Co. Kerry. The club will be sending in the entries for same shortly, any member wishing to take part is asked to contact cross country co-ordinator's James Veale 086 8184762 or Ann Dunford 086 0619711 A.S.A.P. No entries will be accepted on the day of race.
Running Quote MOST people can't handle adversity. Simply by not quitting, you'll succeed
Cian O'Riordan a top finisher in last Sundays West Waterford AC open cross country race.
West Waterford Athletic Club continues its Go Green Policy Recycle your waste AS those of you who run our race events know that some time ago we started to recycle numbers for reuse after each of our races and the response to this from you the runners has been nothing but positive - we are now taking the next step in becoming Ireland's first athlete club to become a green champion among clubs. At all of our races we have in the past provided water in cups and bottles for our athletes. Duty of care to participants will always be our priority but reducing waste is also important. Attitudes to waste are changing
and in most European races water is now provided in either recyclable or biodegradable cups. This year for the first time Dublin Marathon will be providing compostable cups as an alternative to bottles for athletes. It is socially unacceptable to throw nearly a full bottle at the side of the road in the centre of town, yet, it is part of the culture at many running events. It is no longer desirable or acceptable for race organisers to dump hundreds and sometimes thousands of plastic bottles in the name of convenience for runners.
From now onwards at all of our races we will be offering an alternative to runners in the form of 100% biodegradeable cups. At our recent Eurofins Greenway Half marathon all our water was in cups and it worked very well with less waste to recycle and the Greenway was left in the state that we found it. We would ask that you help us to help reduce waste and consider the environment when participating in races. Get in the race towards a greener environment with West Waterford Athletic Club.
Club Training 2018 NOW that the dust has settled on the Eurofins Greenway Half Marathon it’s time to look to our next race. As a club we are currently training for the following events:Final preparations for Autumn Marathons and Half Marathons Base training for the John Treacy 10 mile race Waterford Half Marathon Run to improve – this group is ideal if you either want to get comfortable or faster over the 5k distance or if you want to step up to longer distances and train for the John Treacy 10 mile race. We have a group and a workout
to suit every ability and race distance. All you need to do is turn up on a Tuesday night and be ready to leave the Friary at 6.30 pm. Cost is €3 per session. If you are not a club member you are more than welcome to come along and try a session with us before committing to club membership. Training within a group is always easier and you will try that little bit harder than you would running on your own which will bring better race results. There is a great social atmosphere within the groups and everyone is welcome no matter what ability or event you are training for.
Sinead O'Brien gives it her all at last Sundays West Waterford AC open cross country race.
THE fifth and final round of the Garvey’s Autumn League took place last Thursday night, (27/9/18) in St. Augustine’s College (by kind permission) and as usual, the Friary was in perfect condition for running. We are blessed to be able to use such a fantastic facility for some of our leagues and as a club we are most thankful. Once again, as we have been each night of this league, we had near perfect running conditions and as has been the case each week some super times were recorded. Last week (27th September) was the last week of this league and Liam Power of Garvey’s Super Valu was on hand to present prizes to our league winners. League tables are available on the club website and a full report on the final tables will appear in the notes in the coming weeks. ONE LAP First home in the one lap was Ciaran Frisby in 7.27. Ciaran was followed by Alanadh Power in
12.08. Next was Mary Hogan who knocked off nearly a minute to finish in 13.56 with Orla Casey finishing in 14.45. Well done to all the 1 lap runners. TWO LAPS Oisin O’Riordan once again led home the 2 lappers in 14.33. Oisin was followed by Yevgeniy Chizikov in 15.16. Yev was followed by Angelina Chizikova was next in 16.24. Michael Moynihan finished in 19.14 and Michael was followed by Margaret Whelan (21.30). Lorna Murphy clocked 27.01 with Michael Coakley and Deirdre Clancy finishing together in 27.48. THREE LAP Ritchie Fitzgerald was first home in the 3 lap in a quick 20.51. Ritchie was followed by Shane O'Riordan in 21.16 with Gerard Reilly next in 22.40. Angeline Drennan will be happy with her run having dipped under 28 minutes when running 27.56. FOUR LAPS Cian O'Riordan was first home in a super time of 25.34 - one of the
fastest times ever recorded for 4 laps in one of our Friary leagues. Cian's time is roughly 5.15 per mile which is fantastic running. James Whelan was second in 28.34 with Michael Dunford next in 30.24. First lady finisher was Ann Dunford in 36.38. Paul Brunnock finished in 36.00 (30 seconds faster than last week). Patrick Power will be happy with his run having dipped under 37 minutes when running 36.58. Onra Power also knocked off a good 30 seconds to finish in 37.52. Mark Lenihan and Joe O'Rourke finished together in 40.45. THANKS Thanks again to our league sponsor, Garvey’s and especially Liam Power who was on hand to present the prizes. Also massive thanks to the Friary for the use of their fabulous grounds. Thanks also to our crew at the start/ finish, Sharon, Shirley, Ray and James. Without them, we wouldn’t be able to run these leagues.
Plans well in place for club’s 25th Annual Forde’s Daybreak Winter League WITH the summer series now behind us and the evening light drawing in, our thoughts start turning towards the club's annual winter league event and this coming winter league sees it entering its 25th year. The club committee has been working away behind the scenes in organising this year's event and are delighted to say that Forde's Daybreak on the Youghal Road have committed once again to sponsoring this great event for the coming league. Registration night this year will be on Wednesday, October 31st. On this particular night all those interested in taking part in the winter league are asked to come along
and register to get their number. You will be issued with a number for a cost of €5. This number should be used every night that you run. We will have people on hand at the sports centre that will be available to answer any questions you may have and we will also explain the rules and regulations of the league as well as the two courses of the league. The following week the league will begin officially on November 7th. For all those that won’t be able to make it to the sports centre on the first night of registration, you may register and get your number on the following night. In fact, it’s possible to join the winter league at
any stage throughout the course of the league. The cost of the league is €5, this is a once -off payment for your number and then €2 for each night for West Waterford AC club members and €3 for non-members. Last year we introduced the ability to pay in full for the league ,a once off payment, which will save you money if you intend running the league each night. For club members you can pay €30 (this includes the €5 once off number payment) and for non members you can pay a once off payment of €40 which also includes the €5 number payment charge. This amount will cover you for the full duration of the league.
ATHLETICS
Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 5 October, 2018
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25th Annual Open Cross Country Race for the James Hughes Perpetual Cup
West Waterford’s Micheál Power shows his class Overall winner of the James Hughes Perpetual trophy for 2018 Micheal Power West Waterford AC making presentation were Kevin and Michael Power.
Michael Power presents 1st lady over 50 to Joan Hough at last Sunday West Waterford AC James Hughes open cross country race at St. Augustine's College.
NOW in its 25th year the eagerly awaited open cross country race for the James Hughes Perpetual Cup took place last Sunday at St. Augustine's College, as previous years the race also incorporated the country senior and junior cross country championships for men and women. For the 6th year the James Hughes Perpetual Cup which was presented to the race by the Power family, Abbeyside in memory of their grandfather who was an international cross country runner during the time of the war was presented to the overall race winner and it was keenly fought for on the day. The event saw the under 18, Junior and senior women's race off first and they all covered two laps or 4,000 metres. This was followed immediately by the under 18, Junior and Senior men's race with the under 18 and Juniors running 3 laps 6,00 metres and the Seniors 4 laps 8,000 metres. The overall race winner for this year was a young Junior athletes from host club West Waterford Micheal Power who showed a clean pair of heels to all when he broke clear from the bunch on the
second lap to take a brilliant victory with visiting athlete Evan Byrne, Togher AC taking second place ahead of last year's winner Andrew Connick, Ferrybank AC. P. J. Scollard, Waterford AC was our winner of the over 40 category in and first over 45 was Frank Hayes, St. Catherines AC. West Waterford AC provided the over 50 winner for the second year in succession to Ray Hahesy, and the over 55 winner came from Leevale AC John Collins and the first junior prize went to Rory Casey, Tougher AC, well done to all. ORLA O'CONNOR BRILLIANT LADIES WIN Waterford AC provided the first two across the finish line in the ladies open event last Sunday as international race walker turned great cross country runner Orla O'Connor showed she is a superb talent when she came from behind on the final lap of two take snatch victory from her team mate Ruth Fitzgerald with West Waterford's Kate Veale not too far behind in third place. Just like the men's event it was encouraging to see a big field in the ladies race. Well done also to all
category winners on the day with the over 35 category going to Louise Morgan, Ferrybank AC. Waterford's Sylvia Molone was our winner of the 0/40 category. Sheila O'Connor Waterford AC took the over 45 section. Joan Hough from Midleton AC was our victor in the ladies over 50 category, and well done to our junior ladies winner Ruth Heary Waterford AC. THANKS Firstly our sincere thanks to the Power family especially Donal Power, grandson of James Hughes who donated the magnificent cup to this race six years ago. Thanks also to Michael Power who came along on the day to present the winner with the cup on behalf of the Power family. Once again, our thanks to Br. Patrick Lennon for laying out the course and to the College for the use of their facilities to hold the race and to all the crew that helped with the race in anyway especially all our own club, crew, doing registration, timing, results etc. We will have a full report on county senior and junior cross country championships in next week's notes.
MEN’S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 1. Michael Power West Waterford A.C. 2. Evan Byrne Togher A.C. 3. Andrew Connick Ferrybank A.C. O/40 P.J. Scollard Waterford A.C.
O/45 Frank Hayes East Cork A.C. O/50 Ray Hahesy West Waterford A.C. O/55 John Collins Leevale A.C. Junior Ruairi Casey Togher AC
LADIES’ INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 1 Orla O'Connor Waterford A.C. 2 Ruth Fitzgearld Waterford A.C. 3 Kate Veale West Waterford A.C. O/35 Louise Morgan Ferrybank A.C.
O/40 Sylvia Malone Waterford A.C. O/45 Sheila O'Connor Waterford A.C. O/50 Joan Hough Midleton A.C. Junior Ruth Heary Waterford A.C.
Michael Power presents 1st man over 45 to Frank Hayes at last Sunday West Waterford AC James Hughes open cross country race at St. Augustine's College.
Michael Power presents the Ladies over 35 prize to Louise Morgan at last Sunday West Waterford AC James Hughes open cross country race at St. Augustine's College.
Sandra Flynn in flying form at last Sunday’s West Waterford AC open cross country race.
Sophie Landers pictured on her final lap at last Sunday’s West Waterford AC open cross country race.
Padraig Barron heads out on his final lap at last Sunday’s West Waterford AC open cross country race.
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GENERAL SPORT
Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 5 October, 2018
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Dungarvan United FC Academy Update – Pictured are our younger Blues of the first Saturday academy session with our coaches last week. Well done everyone. This week we welcome Piltown for some friendly U-8 and U-9 games. Registered players have been notified.
Dungarvan United FC WEEKEND IN REVIEW It was a mixed bag of results in Dungarvan Utd. last weekend. The weekend began with an unusual fixture. For the first time in the club’s history, two Dungarvan Utd teams played each other in the same league and age division. Our 15A team played our 15B team (made up of our U-14A players), with the older lads coming out the better on this occasion. The 14As have had a positive start to the season in their own division. The Premier team came out on top in a 10 goal thriller against local opposition Stradbally in the first round of the FAI Junior Cup. A special mention for the Stradbally goalkeeper who was outstanding on Saturday night. Dungarvan emerged 7 to 3 victors, but the game was closer than the scoreline suggests. Our U-12As won away again in Park Rangers but the U-12Bs had a very strange and unfortunate result. They lost 3-2 to Kilmac in Kilrush Park, conceding 3 OGs in the game - never heard of before in these parts. On Saturday afternoon, our U-16 side bowed out to Carrick in FAI Cup. On Sunday afternoon, the Youths team travelled to Carrick, who they beat in the Munster Cup a week earlier, however Carrick emerged victorious on this occasion. On Monday night our U-13D
team commenced their season with a 2 all draw at home to Stradbally with Landers and Zaleki getting the goals for the blues. FIXTURES Friday, 5th October, 2018 Premier 19:00 Bohs v DUNGARVAN UNITED Saturday, 6th October, 2018 Sunday, 7th October, 2018 U-17 FAI Cup 14:00 DUNGARVAN UNITED v Stoneyford FOOTBALL FOR ALL IN DUNGARVAN UTD. We all know children who have minor to major disabilities that would have some interest in getting some activity or being involved in a sport. Sadly, there isn't enough sports out there for our children and Dungarvan Utd are proud to be setting up football for all club for children of all abilities. However, we need to get coaches trained up before we can commence. We are seeking people to attend the course (this Thursday night 6.30 to 9.30 p.m. in Kilrush Park Dungarvan) and then also maybe give an hour of your time for the training of the kids, when available. This may only be an hour a month for some, as we have a core no. of coaches interested but will need to supplement this. (Course will cover all this). Text David Walsh 087 6896983 if interested in attending. Can I just add, coaching can be a great feel good factor, especially when young kids are involved.
When they step in with us, they are as happy as a child should be and when they achieve some small little thing it means the world to them. To offer this for kids with a disability is something all the members of our club are excited about, but we just hope we can get some additional volunteers on board to be able to call upon when required. Feel free to pass this message on to friends who's main interest is other sports or who are involved with other clubs. All are welcome. The Football for All programme is made up of players from all groups and sporting bodies that cater for people with a disability who want to play football. Get involved! ACADEMY NEWS Unfortunately academy last week was cancelled due to the weather. All registered players are now on a WhatsApp group for their group. Registration and fees are now due. We will start games over the coming weeks and only registered players will be eligible and notified. See you all on Saturday. U-7 (2012/13) 12.30 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. U-8 (2011) 12.30 p.m. - 1.30 p.m. U-9 (2010) 1.30 p.m. - 2.30 p.m U-10 (2009) 2.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. Contact 087 0557939. LOTTO JACKPOT HITS 7k No winner this week: 13-36-37. €50 Tommy Reynolds; €25 Colin Bulfin; €25 Ricky Whelan.
Kilmacthomas FC YOUTHS Kilmacthomas .....................…. 2; Boh's .....................................… 6. VERY windy day in Currabaha Park and we played with it for the first half creating plenty of chances. With four minutes to the break we scored thanks to Paul Allen. Somehow Bohs managed to get to the break 2-1 up. Everyone played to their best ability but when chances came they took them and we didn't. Daniel Delaney scored a consolation on his return. We welcome him back and Declan and Jack also will be returning soon. BIRTHDAY WISHES We are delighted to wish
Michael Carey a very happy 90th birthday, may there be many more. UNDER 12 Dungarvan ............................… 2; Kilmac ....................................… 3. WE started slowly against a good home side and went a goal down after 10 minutes. The heads didn't drop however and we were playing some good passing football. The lads kept tackling and driving forward when they could. Donnacha got us back on level terms when the ball dropped to him in the box and he slotted it home. When Bobby was called on he made a great save to keep us level at the break. After some fine buildup play by Ryan and then Billy they
set up Ciaran for our second. Cian came on and worked well on the wing. We added to our lead when Liam whipped in a corner and an under pressure defender put the ball in his own net. All the squad played their part in this win and deserve great credit for the work they have put into training and on the pitch. The home side came back and scored a second, so we had a few nervous moments before the final whistle blew. Our thanks to Dungarvan players and officials who observed a minutes’ silence for the late John Lineen. May he rest in peace.
UNDER 12B Ballinroad .............................… 2; Tramore .................................… 1. A last gasp winner for the young rams in a game they dominated gave them their first home win of the season. We should have been several goals to the good but for sloppy finishing and against the run of play Tramore scored on the stroke of half-time. We started the second half at a high tempo again and after sustained pressure we got the equaliser through Padraig Nee. Just as the game looked like it was going to end in a stalemate up popped James Kenneally to score the winner. MOTM was all of the defence. UNDER 16B Ferrybank ..............................… 6; Ballinroad ..............................…1. The lads worked hard but were up against it playing a side which finished 4th in the A league last season. Ballinroad's goal came in the second half from a free-kick floated in by Alex Ronayne, Cormac got himself on the end of it, chested the ball down and stroked it past the keeper. YOUTHS B Ballinroad .............................… 2; Mooncoin ..............................… 4. In our second home game of the season we were hoping to keep our home record going and build on last week’s home win against Kilmacow.
For the first game this season we had 15 players togged out. We got off to the perfect start when James scored after only 32 seconds, we then were felt a blow when DJ got injured and had to come off. Eoin came on up front and Daire slipped into the right back position. We were playing well and our second came after 30 minutes when James swung in a corner that was put into their net by their own defender and went down as an og. We had a strong wind behind us in this half and pushed for a third, it nearly happened when Ben got through but there keeper made a good save. The first half ended two nil to us and we went into the second half with the same starting eleven. We were under the cosh from the start as Mooncoin put us under a lot of pressure from the start using the strong wind they now had. They scored after 10 minutes to make it 2-1 and soon after that it was two all. We were now level and struggling to keep it that way but then again we got a few chances to go back in front but our front line didn’t take them. Then things changed for the worse for us when Brendan got a red card and we were down to ten. To make things worse Mooncoin scored a deflected goal off our wall in a free kick that should never have being given.
We were now down 2-3 and down a man. We felt wronged with the sending off, the soft free kick and no matter how many times Liam was kicked he couldn’t win a free kick but the minute he won a tackle he was punished. With time running out and us pushing forward for an equaliser we were caught on the break and Mooncoin got their fourth of the second half and this match was over. We were disappointed but now back training and into the next match a rearranged away fixture down at Tramore Rangers. Ballinroad: Rian Hogan, DJ Kiely, Brendan Collins, Senan Travers (capt), Darragh Pender, James Hahesy, Liam Fennell, Joe Kuhne, Oisin Morrissey, Daire Slevin, Ben O’Donovan, Eoin Ahearn, Frankie De Paoir Kavanagh, Tadhg Collins, Conor Crotty.
CLUB LOTTO There was no winner in last night’s lotto jackpot with two winners of €50 being Cora & Jamie C, and John Moloney. COUNTY HURLING FINAL All at the Club would like to wish the players and management / backroom team involved with Abbeyside / Ballinacourty GAA the very best of luck in this Sunday’s Senior County hurling final. It’s great to see so much bunting and flags being put up around the area and we look forward to witnessing a thrilling game on Sunday.
Ballinroad U-12B side who overcame Tramore 2-1 with a last minute winning goal from James Kenneally.
Stradbally FC RESULTS FAI Junior Cup (1st Round): Dungarvan Utd 5; Stradbally 3. Under 12 Schoolboys League: Mooncoin Celtic 0 Stradbally 4 JUNIOR FAI Junior Cup action last weekend, away to Dungarvan Utd. Both sides scored in the opening 10 minutes (Martin Coffey for Stradbally), prior to Local Medias late arrival. The home side took the lead on 25 minutes and despite their dominance, they failed to add to it before half-time, in large part to good shot stopping from keeper Christopher Casey. The game swung on a 3 minute spell early in the second half. Stradbally had the ball in the net, following a cross, but it was mysteriously ruled out. From the resultant free kick, the town side swept forward on the left, switched to the right and shot home. A possible 2 all had become a 3-1. Whilst both sides added to their tally, the gap was too wide to be breached on the night. Stradbally:
Christopher
Casey,
Nicky Connors, Damien Sheehan, Alan D'Arcy, Gary Kiely, Daniel Weldon, Stephen Lawlor, Paddy Kiely, Martin Coffey, Brian Fitzgerald, Kevin Lawlor Subs: Robert Finn, Nicky Drohan, David Kiely.
SCHOOLBOYS Stradbally Under 12s had another fine win on Saturday in South Kilkenny, defeating Mooncoin Celtic on a 4-0 scoreline. Team: Sean Kelly, Shane Weldon, Eoin Murphy, Fionn Norris, Jack Crotty, Darragh Gough, Joe Campbell, Liam Kilbride, Reece Donnelly, Darragh Walsh, Josh Wall, Peter Davis, Conor Coleman, Eimhin Ronayne, Jake Kiely, Barry Cunningham. Scorers were: Darragh Gough, Reece Donnelly, Joe Campbell and Shane Weldon.
LAST MAN STANDING A very knowledgeable bunch of players remain with 105 of the 107 Predictors safely navigating through Week 4. Check out Stradbally AFC on Facebook for the list of players remaining along with their predictions. A text will be sent out to the remaining contestants with a list of Week 5 fixtures.
Please note: Players cannot chose the same team twice. Also predictions must be sent to 083 1732221 by 7 p.m. Friday. The winner will win €500. We would like to thank Dermot O'Brien of Sallyfort Mini Farm who kindly sponsor our Last Man Standing competition. LOTTO No jackpot winners in the Club Lotto Draw on Sunday night. Numbers drawn: 2, 13, 16, 24. €25 winners: Marion Morrissey, Diarmuid Crowley, Faye Terry.Promoter’s Prize: Ann Cunningham. Next draw takes place on October 14th in the Cove Bar. Jackpot Prize on offer will be €2,300. MNF Monday Night Football continues each week at 8.30 p.m. Fun football for over 18s, non-league players, male or female. ASTROTURF HIRE Astroturf Pitch is available to hire. For booking details contact Alan D'Arcy at 087 698 7387.
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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 5 October, 2018
Dungarvan Celtic AFC FAI NEW BALANCE JUNIOR CUP Dungarvan Celtic ...................... 4; Waterford Crystal B .................. 3. A FANTASTIC win in our first ever outing in the junior cup. The new managers Aaron Joyce and John McCarthy had the team ready from the off and Crystal couldn't get to grips with a rejuvenated Darragh who put a super ball in for Ben to provide a fine finish one up a great start. Crystal got into the game and a superb spectacle ensued with fine football being played. Provider turned scorer when Darragh doubled our lead. Two up at half-time. The second half started and Ben
forgot where he was and thought he was a defender and put in his trademark tackle in our penalty area. Only one outcome penalty duly scored by the visitors. It was probably the only mistake he made in an outstanding performance. Unperturbed by this Ian was marshalling his back four of John, Deane, Mikey and Mark and with Jason, Dale and Jack working tirelessly we added two more goals through Darragh and Tyrone. 4-1 up and dreaming of the next round. Crystal were never going to make it that easy though and really went at us and soon got one back. Jamie and John came on and were soon making a difference but Crystal scored again to make it a
very nervous finish but we held on and look forward to the next round. Well done to the club squad. RESTRUCTURED COMMITTEE Dungarvan Celtic AFC have restructured their committee: Chairperson: Deane Guiry; Vice Chairman: Tyrone Clifford; Treasurer: Norman Hall; Secretary: Ger Murphy; Committee members: Aaron Joyce, Shane Kelly, Jimmy Keohan, Mark McGuire, Oscar Murphy. Christy Power offered Honorary President.
Exciting times with the possibility of a pitch in Dungarvan town imminent. Fixture this weekend is Division 3 away v Kilmacow on Sunday 11 a.m.
Brideview Utd. AFC Heavy defeat in Waterford FAI Junior Cup Waterford Bohs. ........................ 5; Brideview Utd. ........................... 0. A POOR display here for Utd. who seldom tested the Bohs keeper. It has to be said that three of the goals here were to say the least soft goals. The opening 15 minutes saw Utd. have a few half chances. The first after 10 minutes when Chris Murphy had a shot well saved by the keeper. Murphy had a fine header go wide in the 15th minute and soon after Kevin Geary had a header go over. After this Bohs got on top and they took the lead in the 18th minute and added a second in the 40th minute when from a corner kick, the ball bounced in Utd’s goal and one of Bohs players got a touch to put the ball in the net. So, the homeside led 2-0 at the break. Utd. made changes at the break with O’Brien, Buckley and Henley all coming on at the break. Utd. tried hard to get back in the
game and they did go close through O’Brien and Buckley. Then, disaster struck for Utd. as in the space of seven minutes Bohs added three more goals between the 72nd and 79th minutes. Their fourth goal was well taken from a direct free kick. Curley brought off a terrific save in the 83rd minute. Hickey shot wide in the final minute but the game was well over at this stage and the homeside were going into the next round and we wish them well. HOSPITALITY The club would like to thank the Bohs club for their hospitality after the game. Utd.: W. Curley, K. Geary, R. Grey, S. Roche, K. Fraser, K. Henley, T. Daly, E. Hickey, M. Curley, E. McGrath, C. Murphy. Res. all used: P. O’Brien, J. Henley, D. Buckley, J. Murphy.
SYMPATHY The club extends its deepest sympathy to the Coughlan family, Lismore at the sad passing of Michael at such a young age. May he rest in peace. The club extends its deepest sympathy to the Keating family and
friends on the sad passing of Tommy. Tommy was one of the Republic of Ireland’s greatest fans and travelled to all their away games over many years. May he rest in peace. HAPPY BIRTHDAY To our Premier player Eoin McGrath who celebrated his birthday last week. His age just 18 years. Well done Eoin from all in United. ACTION ON TRAINING GROUNDS All the action took place last Saturday on the training pitches. Liam and the two Stephens had their boys training with near enough full squads. The leagues U-13 squad drew 2-2 with South Tipperary in Lismore. This coming weekend is an SFAI Cup weekend and at the time of writing these notes we are not sure if we have league fixtures. Managers will be notified during the week regarding fixtures for next weekend. THANKS To James Tobin for getting a light for our car park which is a great benefit to both Utd. and Foroige.
WATERFORD SCHOOLBOYS FOOTBALL LEAGUE (WSFL) FIXTURES Thursday, 4th October, 2018 WSFL U-15C League at 6.45 p.m. Tramore C v Kilmacow Ferrybank B v Carrick United B Bohemians B v De La Salle WSFL U-15D League Villa C v Mooncoin Celtic By Saturday, 6th October, 2018 Under 13 SFAI Skechers National Cup 14:30 Callan Utd FC A v Southend United A 12:30 Tramore v Villa A 12:30 Carrick United A v Bohemians A TBC Bridge United A v Piltown A Under 15 SFAI Skechers National Cup TBC Shamrock Rovers A v Southend United TBC Twomileborris St. Kevin's A v Dungarvan United A12:45 Parkville United FC A v Villa A 11:45 Crettyard Utd Juveniles AFC A v Ferrybank A 14:30 Piltown A v Kilmacow WSFL Under 11 Red League 11:00 Villa A v Park Rangers A 10:30 Ferrybank A v Carrick United 10:30 Tramore A v Dungarvan United A 10:30 Southend United A v Bohemians A WSFL Under 11 Green League 10:30 Piltown A v Abbeyside 10:30 St Pauls v De La Salle 12:00 Tramore B v Mooncoin Celtic WSFL Under 11 Orange League 10:30 Park Rangers B v Ballyduff 10:30 Waterford Crystal v Piltown B 10:30 Kilmacow v Ballinroad B 12:15 Villa C v Ferrybank B WSFL Under 11 Blue League 10:30 Dungarvan United B v Ballinroad A
10:30 Cappoquin Railway v Portlaw United 13:30 Villa B v Seaview Celtic 13:30 Tramore C v Kilmacthomas 12:15 Southend Utd B v Bohemians C WSFL Under 13A League 12:30 Park Rangers v De La Salle WSFL Under 13B League 10:30 Bohemians B v Seaview Celtic 12:30 Portlaw United v Tramore B 12:30 Johnville v Dungarvan United A WSFL Under 13C League 10:30 Carrick United B v Abbeyside 12:30 Ballinroadm v Tramore C 12:30 Kilmacthomas v Ballyduff 12:30 Kilmacow v Bohemians C 15:00 Villa B v Mooncoin Celtic WSFL Under 13D League 12:15 Piltown B v Waterford Crystal 12:30 Stradbally v Park Rangers B 12:30 Ferrybank B v Villa C WSFL Under 15A League 14:30 Park Rangers A v Tramore A 14:30 Carrick United A v Bohemians A WSFL Under 15B League 14:30 Ballinroad v Villa B 14:30 Ballyduff v Dungarvan Utd B WSFL Under 15C League 12:30 Mooncoin Celtic A v St Pauls 12:30 Bohemians B v Carrick United B 14:30 Ferrybank B v Kilmacthomas 14:30 De La Salle v Tramore B WSFL Under 15D League 14:30 Bohemians C v Piltown B 14:30 Portlaw United v Villa C 14:30 Mooncoin Celtic B v Park Rangers B.
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Abbeyside FC Abbeyside bow out to strong Ferrybank outfit FAI CUP Abbeyside …………………...... 0; Ferrybank …………………........ 5. A mix between our first, third and youths teams took on a very strong Ferrybank Premier team last Sunday morning at Dogleaf Park in the FAI Cup. The lads started well and while not having much of the ball limited the highly fancied Premier side to long range efforts which didn’t trouble Byrne in goal. The home side had their chances and went close with a few half chances from Tobin and Hyslop. But it was the away side who made it 1-0 from a corner right on half-time after the big number 10 headed the ball off his own players back and beat the defender on the near post. Second half and Abbeyside again started well following their men all over the pitch and giving 100%. With 65 minutes played and the home side still in the game and levels of their fitness showing as they never stopped running. But hearts were broken when a ball was flicked at the hand of the home defender and the referee awarded a penalty. No mistake and 2-0 to Ferrybank. The away side made a few changes and brought on some real quality up top and within 15 minutes had made it 4-0. Abbeyside now emptied their bench using all five substitutes available and also a debut for youth goalie David Shields who put in a fantastic display. The lads fought hard to pull a goal back and thought they had won a penalty after the defender’s arm blocked a shot at goal but it was waved away by the referee. Ferrybank scored one last goal before the end and finished deserved winners 5-0. Well done and best of luck to Ferrybank in the next round. To our own lads a hard game but a fantastic display for the 90 minutes move on from this and focus on the next game. YOUTHS B LEAGUE Abbeyside ……………………. 0; Tramore ……………………….. 2. Our youths side took on a solid Tramore outfit last Sunday evening. The boys unlucky not to have won all three points last week were looking for a win. They started off slow and found themselves 1-0 down from a corner as a man had a free header from six yards. The home side seemed to wake up from this and started to pass and move the ball much better and took control of the game. O’Donnell out wide was causing problems for the away defence and Obada was making dangerous runs in behind the defence again but just could not find that goal. Half-time 1-0. Abbeyside started the second half much better and were unlucky not to score early on with both Preston and Shaw going close. Tramore defended well and the keeper pulled off some fine saves to keep the home side out. Abbeyside pushed for an equaliser but it was Tramore that caught the home side on the break and made it 2-0. The lads never gave up and created plenty of
IMPORTANT NOTICE SMOKING BAN We are now a few weeks into our smoking ban and the support has been fantastic. HOWEVER THERE SEEMS TO BE A FEW SUPPORTERS WHO ARE STILL SMOKING ON CLUB GROUNDS. THE CLUB ASK ALL SUPPORTERS AND CLUB MEMBERS TO PLEASE RESPECT THE SAFETY OF OUR PLAYERS AND YOUNGER CHILDREN AND SMOKE OUTSIDE THE CLUB GROUNDS. WE HAVE EASED OUR WAY INTO THIS BUT NOW WE WILL HAVE TO REMOVE REPEAT OFFENDERS AND BAN FROM CLUB IF FOUND TO BE IN BREACH OF CLUB RULES. AGAIN ABBEYSIDE A.F.C THANKS YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT ON THIS SMOKING BAN AND HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THIS WEEKEND FOR MORE GAMES. chances but the goal wasn’t to come and the game ended in a 2-0 defeat. Good effort lads and keep it up and the wins will come. TRAINING First and third division training is out in Ballinroad astro with a 9 p.m. start. All players asked to be there. Fitness training in Mark McConnell’s Dungarvan based Gym at 7.30 p.m. Tuesday. Youths C training in Ballinroad astro Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. Youths B & u-16 training Tuesday 6.30 at the pitch. All players asked to make an effort for training. CLUB REGISTRATION With the new season well under way all players are reminded that any outstanding membership owed must be paid in full to the club before a player is available for selection. If any player has any questions on the matter they are advised to speak with there manager. Thank you. SPORTS CAPITAL GRANT Great news - for all sports clubs AND SCHOOLS. New round of Sports Capital Grants announced! Do you know a local SCHOOL or SPORTS CLUB looking to upgrade their sports facilities? SCHOOLS CAN NOW ALSO APPLY THIS YEAR - partnering with a local sports club under the €40 Million Sports Capital fund. www.sportscapitalprogramme.ie and that registration closed on Friday, 9th September. Applications then can only be made online from Friday, 9th October to Friday, 19th October. It's a great scheme which has helped to support so many sports clubs in Waterford. If your club has a capital project which it would like to see realised check out this scheme. Abbeyside as both a club and community has been overlooked time and time again for development of an astro turf and upgrade to our current clubhouse. We ask all people of the community to help in anyway they can to try and keep the club going forward. It’s amazing that the club is still going with little to NO support over the years but for the small group of members and player who have grown the club from strenght to
FIXTURES Saturday, 6th October Under 11 Green League: Piltown A v Abbeyside - 10:30 Sunday, 7th Oct 3rd Div: Abbeyside vs Portlaw 11.00 a.m. K.O Youths C: Abbeyside vs Tramore Rangers 2:00 p.m. K.O.
strenght each year. Now we ask our community to get behind YOUR LOCAL CLUB ABBEYSIDE A.F.C and help improve the area for the whole community as we hope yo develop a youth and community center for the people of Abbeyside and surrounding areas. If you have any interest or ideas please contact the Club Facebook page or email liamsheehan85@gmail.com. BEST OF LUCK Everyone at Abbeyside AFC wold like to wish Abbeyside hurlers the very best of luck in this week’s county final. Many players have played for the club down through the years. ACADEMY INDOORS Abbeyside FC soccer academy now on Fridays at 4 p.m. in the Sports Centre. Registrations for membership is now closed. Under 11 team training on Thursday 4th. New players needed for this team. Boys born (2008) Girls born (2007). UNDER 12 LEAGUE Tramore ………………………... 3; Abbeyside ……………………... 1. A great alround team performance last Saturday by our under 12 side, who from the off took the game to Tramore and led at the break through a goal by Rian Keohan. In the second half Tramore piled on the pressure but the village defence held firm until mid-way through the half when they scored two goals within three minutes but the villagers battled back again and scored what looked like an brilliant equaliser. The referee ruled no goal for the ball being somehow out of play? In the dying seconds they added a third. Well done boys and girls on a great display. APPEAL FOR VOLUNTEERS We are appealing to present club players, ex players or parents in the club and from the general public for help with club development, administration, and also team managers/coaches due to the increasing the number of playing members and teams. Teams 2018/’19 Junior Division 1, 3, O/35, Youths B, C, Schoolboys Under 11, 12, 13, 14, 16. That’s 10 teams plus our Academy for children from 5 to 9 years.
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Great day had by all at the recent Moby Dick Triathlon
Great turnout for the Moby Dick triathlon A LONG week under us, a rainy day behind us. We closed the curtain on the Moby Dick triathlon for another season. Firstly, congratulations to all our kids (8-15 yrs) who took to the high seas at 10 am. A big thank you to all who travelled from near and far. It would have been very tempting to turn over in the leaba the morning, but not so. Whilst the sea was calm and warm, they’d a wet and windy bike and run, which made for a cold spell and cold kids. Superb performances all round. A very special mention to Molly Marshall who has cerebral palsy and last Saturday was her first ever tri event, competing in the youngest age category (8-9). Her mum took her into the water, but this lady needed no assistance. After what was an excellent swim, her Grandad helped her onto her bike. A capable lady she took to the roads. We had told him to cut the bike short as it might be too much for her – well I can tell you she was adamant that she was going to do the full distance of 4km on the bike and he was
either with her or she’d do it on her own. Back to transition, she did her 800m run and that night she was at home, a triathlete, with her 1st triathlon medal. An inspirational child, a super family – looking forward to welcoming her and her younger sister back next year and mum went on to do the sprint later in the day. A quick turnaround in transition, our adults then started to rack their bikes for our Sprint and Try-A-Tri for the afternoon. Unfortunately the wind picked up and we made a decision to cancel the swim and go with a duathlon instead. We don’t make decisions lightly, but when you’ve the responsibility for a field of athletes, some seasoned, some first timers, safety is paramount, first and final. I’ve no doubt that if we’d gone with the swim, 85% probably would have completed it, it would have been horrible, some would have been scarred for life, but it’s what would happened when they came out of the water – wind chill would’ve
kicked in and all of a sudden we’d have a field of athletes with possible hypothermia. So the better and safer option was to start with a 3km run for all. Runners rejoiced! A fast 3km, a windy 19k on the bike and a dry 6k for our sprint and 3k for our try-a-tri finished off our day and our season. A huge sense of achievement for those whose first event it was – disappointed yes that they’d no swim before the season ends. Prizes, spot prizes, photographs taken, clean up done – home time – bikes put away, wetsuits washed, kids fed, time to put the feet up. A sincere thank you to all our sponsors, our marshals and volunteers without which today couldn’t have happened. To all out participants – thank you. A great bunch of athletes that we hope to see in 2019 – maybe June for the Ironman or September for our Sprint or TryA-Tri. Triathlon Ireland had five delegates on the event and all of them remarked on how wellorganised the day was and how we have it down to a fine art with NOTHING to report back to
Dublin from a safety point of view. Testament to a truly great club is all the members who helped with the build-up, load-in, delivery and break-down. From packing goodie bags to delivering letters to residents during the week. Then there was building of transition and registration on Friday evening & Saturday morning. Our boat crews, surf lifesavers and volunteers in the water making the kids swim safe, the Ambulance crews, Gardai, to all of you who marshalled on the routes of both races, some in the thick of it and others at remote ends of town managing traffic - it's a thankless job that often brings a share of abuse from disgruntled motorists - all in the name of delivering a safe and enjoyable race. The list is endless but it would be remiss of me not to thank our friends from Youghal Cycling Club and Youghal Athletics Club who also provided marshals on the day. To those who in any way assisted this weekend we THANK YOU sincerely. Yet again our events have
been well received by our competitors and the feedback has been hugely positive so WELL DONE! The next event on the South Coast Club Calendar is truly a very special event, Ironman Barcelona. This event is proving to be very popular with our members and who can blame them. IRONMAN Barcelona showcases an historic and culturally rich region of Spain. The village of Calella of the Barcelona-Maresme region, on Spain’s eastern coastline on the Mediterranean Sea, hosts what promises to be one of the most spectacular IRONMAN race venues on the circuit. While visiting Barcelona, there are endless activities and sights to see. Exploring the architecture of the countless World Heritage Protected buildings that span the Romanesque, Gothic, and Modernisme eras will leave you breathless. The museums, cathedrals, markets, bazaars, shops, and numerous walking tours will keep you busy by day while the abundance of local and worldly culinary opportunities available
will satisfy everyone’s tastes. Renowned for its beautiful beaches and lively nightlife, there's something for athletes, family, and fans alike at this destination event. The single-lap, 3,800 metre swim in the warm waters of the Mediterranean Sea features a rolling start, beginning and ending on the beach of Calella. The bike course (2 laps) is very flat and fast (CalellaMontgat). The rolling swim starts at the swim which will provide more space for a safe, fair race at the bike course. The run course, 3 laps for a 42.2 km run from Calella to Santa Susanna that goes along the Mediterranean Sea. The very best of luck to Colin Lochaden, Miah McGrath, PJ Ahern and Don Ryan heading over to Barcelona next weekend, we’ll all be at home anxiously watching the Ironman Athlete tracker for progress on each one of you. If you’re interested in taking part please check the South Coast Website for more information (www.southcoast.club)
Dungarvan Rugby Football Club
Dungarvan RFC Minis travelled to Youghal RFC on Saturday for the first Blitz of the season. We fielded teams from U-7's up to U-12's.
SENIORS XV SEAL AWAY LEAGUE VICTORY IN KILLORGLIN A great start to the league campaign for the Dungarvan Senior squad as they made the long haul to Killorglin on Sunday. The team travelled light on numbers with just two subs but managed to secure a 22-19 win with a hard fought encounter. Martin Houlihan was on the end of all three tries scored after a huge effort from the team to get into the scoring areas. David Hickey scored the winning penalty with seven minutes to go after multiple phases from Dungarvan to get up the field after losing a strong lead to Killorglin's excellent place kicker. Dungarvan reclaimed the ball and calmly went through the phases and wound down the clock to see out the game. An excellent performance by all the team.
Onwards and upwards from here!! MINIS BLITZ YOUGHAL RFC Our Minis travelled to Youghal RFC on Saturday for the first Blitz of the season. We fielded teams from U-7's up to U-12's. All our teams had a great morning of Tag Rugby, many of our younger players were playing for the first time. Everybody did great with plenty of passing, tries and fun. Thanks to all parents for their support and to our hosts for a warm welcome. U-16’S NEWS Our U-16's took on Waterpark RFC in a Cup match at Ballyrandle on Sunday. The team fought bravely and all squad members got a game. Even though we came out on the wrong side of the result, the lads never dropped their heads and competed valiantly. We'll be working hard over the next few training sessions to tighten up our defence ahead of our first league match on
Saturday, 13th October at home v Fermoy RFC. U-181⁄2's NEWS Dungarvan/Carrick U-181⁄2s took on Kilfeacle and District in Carrick RFC on Saturday night. The team got a really good run out with all squad members getting good game time. Kilfeacle came out on top 26-5 but the Dungarvan/Carrick coaches were happy with their team's performance at this early stage in the season. The U-181⁄2’ start their League campaign next Sunday v Clonmel RFC at Carrick. UPCOMING FIXTURES Sunday, 7th October U-14's East Munster League, Dungarvan v Carrick-on-Suir, K/O 11 a.m. U-181⁄2’s Munster Club Conference 6, Dungarvan/Carrick v Clonmel RFC, K/O 11 a.m. at Carrick-on-Suir RFC.
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West Waterford Juveniles
Successful day at County Cross Country Championships THE first day of the County championships took place in the Friary grounds on Sunday last September 30th. We had good results across all age groups, four County champions, individual medal winners and six team prizes. Well done to all athletes who took part, and we hope to see you all once more next Sunday, October 7th in the Friary for the uneven-age competition. Again the first race will start at 11.00 a.m. with the girls/boys under 9 races. Training continues every Wednesday and Friday evening at 6.00pm for the next few weeks, when we will have an earlier start at 4.15 p.m. A reminder to parents/ guardians to come into the field to collect athletes after training, regardless of age. INDIVIDUAL MEDAL WINNERS G-8: In her first county competition, Amy O’Riordan finished 12.
G U-10: 2nd Isobel Gaffney, 10th Niamh McCarthy, 15th Sarah Hallissey, 25th Ríona Towey, 27th Aoife Buenaventura. B U-10: 1st Eoin Prendergast, 2nd Owen Morrissey, 7th Anthony O’Donnell, 16th Áedain O’Raghallaigh G U-12: 7th Sarah Gaffney, 13th Claudia O’Halloran,20th Catherine O’Donnell, 23rd Sarah O’Riordan. B U-12: 1st David Nyhan, 6th Ben Qualter, 12th Conor Keane, 15th Mattie Kupczyk. G U/14: 1st Caoimhe Prendergast, 4th Angelina Chizikova, 10th Éle McDermott, 11th Eimear O’Neill, 13th Fiona O’Riordan, 14th Cathy Ní Sheanlaoich, 15th Roisin Quinn. B U-14: 2nd Cal Tutty, 4th Eoghan Lattimore. G-16: 2nd Sarah Nyhan, 5th Aoibh Murphy. B-16: 2nd Oisín O’Riordan, 6th Robert Quinn, 9th Mark Blackwell. G U-18: Mary Kate Prendergast, Elia Tutty. B U-18: 1st Cian O’Riordan. Junior: Sinead O’Brien, Sophie Landers.
TEAM RESULTS Girls U-10: Bronze, Isobel Gaffney, Niamh McCarthy, Sarah Hallissey, Ríona Towey. Boys U-10: Silver, Eoin Prendergast, Owen Morrissey, Anthony O’Donnell, Áedain O’Raghallaigh. Girls U-12: Bronze: Sarah Gaffney, Claudia O’Halloran, Catherine O’Donnell, Sarah Hallissey. Boys U-12: Gold: David Nyhan, Ben Qualter, Conor Keane, Mattie Kupczyk. Girls U-14: Gold: Caoimhe Prendergast, Angelina Chizikova, Éle McDermott, Eimear O’Neill. Junior women: Bronze: Mary Kate Prendergast, Sophie Landers, Elia Tutty.
UPCOMING EVENTS Sunday, October 7th Unevenage County championships, meet in the Friary at 10.15 for warm-up and registration. Sunday, October 14th County Bs in the Friary, 11.00 a.m. start. Sunday, October 21st Munster even-age, Beaufort, Co Kerry.
Waterford Juvenile Handballers win five Munster titles WATERFORD and the Friary/Abbeyside/Ballinacourty handball club had tremendous success in the Munster Juvenile 60x30 Handball Championship Finals held recently in Ballina and Lahorna Co. Tipperary. In the U-17 singles final Michael Kiely had a fantastic win over Michael O’Callaghan (Cork) 21/12, 21/10. In the U14 doubles Charlie Treen and Sean Callaghan defeated Eoin Daly and John Cronin (Cork) in a hard fought final 4/15, 15/5, 15/3 to take the title. In the U-14 singles Tom Nee put up a great display in defeating Darragh Murphy (Cork) 15/12, 15/11. In the U-15 singles William Beresford came back well to defeat Adam Fogarty (Tipperary) 2/15, 15/9, 15/3.
In the U-13 singles Shauna Mackle U13 received a walkover in her final making her the sixth member of the club to receive a winners medal. All of the above winners will represent Munster v Ulster in the AllIreland semi-finals in Kingscourt, Co. Cavan. Other finalists included boys U17 doubles Oisin Hallahan and Jamie Moylan who were runners up in a close battle to Colin Healy and Luke Barrett (Cork) 8/21, 21/7, 11/3. Katelyn Power U-15 singles also got to the final and put up a brave display against Amy McKeogh (Tipperary) 15/1, 15/1. Saoirse Kelly and Saoirse Maloney U-14 doubles reached the final, losing to Tipperary pairing Hannah Grace and Leanne Gould 15/1, 15/3.
Billy O’Connell & Darragh Walsh U-13 doubles were runners up to Ben Sullivan & Cian Cronin (Cork) 15/1, 15/4. Ella Gantly U-14 singles also reached the final and was runner up to Sarah Walsh (Cork) 15/8, 15/2. Diarmuid Mackle and Rody Morrissey put up a brave display against Charlie Grace and Evan Molloy (Tipperary) 10/15, 15/11, 5/15 Rian Hayes and Seamus O’Sullivan U-15 doubles were runners up to Cathal Ducey and Evan Enright (Cork) 15/10, 15/10. Jack Power U-13 singles was runner up to Hayden Supple (Cork) 15/8, 15/2. Well done to all our winners and finalists on their fantastic achievements.
Dungarvan Ladies Hockey Club
Dungarvan Ladies start the new season with a win SUNDAY saw the start of the 2018/19 season for Dungarvan Ladies Hockey. After loosing so many players from last season who have headed off to College and sitting exams this coming year it was back to the drawing board to line out virtually two new teams. Division 5 started at home in the Friary College against Cork Harlequins. Lining out In Goal was Sarah Landers, sweeper Ali O’Donnell, and in defence Sarah McCoy, Jessica Donnelly and Eimear Walsh. In the middle of the field was Saoirse Hayes, Evana Mansfield and Judith Campbell. Up front for Dungarvan, Avril Dunne, Meabh Beresford, Kelsi Walker and Tess O’Hara. Dungarvan were under pressure from the start with Harlequins doing all the attacking, Sarah in goal producing a number of great saves early on, while Jessica in defence was clearing the lines and breaking
up dangerous Harlequins play. At half-time the score was 0-0, Dungarvan having been under pressure were keen to get back out and improve upon the first half display. This was very much the case as the tables turned, Dungarvan were enjoying most of the play and doing plenty of attacking of their own. This then paid off with Evana Mansfield moving a quick free outside the circle across the top towards the oncoming Avril Dunne, quickest to react she smashed the ball, burying it in the back of the net. 1 - 0 Dungarvan, jubilant scenes as Dungarvan scored against this high profile Harlequins keeper whom is on the Irish team, a great achievement! Well done to Avril and Dungarvan as the game finished 1-0. A flying start for Division 5 ladies. Straight after the Division 5 game, all roads lead to Cork to
UCC for Dungarvan Division 6 Ladies to begin their campaign. Lining out in goal, Ella Harrington, sweeper Ciara Murphy, in defence Katie Hickey, Kate Mullany, Caoimhe Horgan. In midfield was Tess O’Hara, Blathanna Creedon, Saoirse Curran. Up front was Nicola Walsh, Suit Ni Murchu, Lizzy Leonard, Megan Carroll Lawlor. The first time that this team have played together, they were taking time to gel and get used to the astro turf pitch. Having gone down by a few goals, Dungarvan started to get into the game and working as a team. The girls were very unlucky not to score on occasions, and won several short corners. Plenty of potential in this Division 6 team after seeing the girls in action. Onwards and upwards! Thanks to Cashel and Martina for umpiring. Thanks to our trainers Eddie, Mary and Tina.
KCK U-12 girls team gold at the county cross country championships.
Seven gold medals for KCK at the County Cross Country Championships WELL done to the following on their county gold success-Lily-Mae Queally, Niamh McGrath, Abigail O’Regan and Sean Hubbard and also team gold for the U-8 girls, U10 girls and U-12 girls. The day started off with the U-8 girls where we had a team of 5 at the start and incredibly they all finished in the top 6. This is definitely a record for any club in county A championships. Lily Mae was first home to claim gold. She was closely followed in by Ailish claiming silver. Lilly, one of our new members was not far behind them in 4th place. In 5th place was Laura and Muireann came home 6th. Well done girls on a great run. These girls won team gold for KCK. The U-8 boys were up next and another massive result from these boys with Sean coming home in 1st place claiming gold, hot on his heels was Eamonn who finished 2nd to claim silver. Not far behind another new member Barry had a great race to finish 7th. Next up were the U-10 girls where KCK had 10 competing. These girls also claimed a team gold with Niamh crossing the finish line first to claim a gold medal, Molly wasn’t far behind to finish 4th, Liadain ran a great race to finish 7th and Abby ran well to finish 11th.
Leah running out of her age finished 12th, Gráinne was right behind her in 13th place. Becky ran a steady race to finish 23rd and Holly came in right behind her in 24th. Orlaith had a great finish to come home in 28th place and not far behind Annie finished in 34th place. With close to 50 in this race all the girls did superbly well to claim team gold. The U-10 boys were up next and another great performance with three in the top 10. Tadgh ran superbly to come home in 4th place. The two Toms came in together in 8th (Tom O’Regan) and 9th place (Tom Windross). Great running for new members. Conor also ran well in this race and finished strongly. Next up were the U-12 girls who also claimed team gold. We had a team of 8 girls at the starting line. First to cross the line to claim gold was Abigail O’Regan. Rebecca was hot on her heels to claim silver. Róisín wasn’t far behind in 4th and Caragh followed her home in 5th place. Isobel was next home in 11th place, Katie came home in 18th place, closely followed by Anna in 20th place and next home was Kelly in 21st who gave it everything she had. With well over 30 in this race this was a great team per-
formance again. The U-12 boys were next up. Senan was our first member home in 5th place with Joe hot on his heels coming home in 6th and Ronan gave everything to come home in 11th place. The U-14 girls were up next. The two girls ran a strong race with both having impressive performances with Hannah finishing 6th and Ciara finishing 7th. Colm was our sole competitor in the U-14 boys and he ran a very strong race to finish 7th. A very impressive performance from the KCK team today. We were delighted with the performances from our established members and especially delighted with performances from our new members whether in the medals or not each did the club proud. A lot of the athletes today were running out of their ages and we look forward to seeing another good club entry in the uneven ages next week. Well done to Richie and his coaches for having the athletes in top shape and well done to the organisers who ran a very efficient event. Training continues on Tuesday and Thursday in Lemybrien at the usual time and also in Carriganore at 5.45 on Thursday.
Finisk Valley Athletic Club WELL done to all our athletes on a superb day of cross country running in the Friary on Sunday last. We had some great individual and team efforts. Every age group that we had four runners on the start line who won medals. We must also praise the heroic efforts of the runners who came home empty handed. Our U-8, U-10 and U-12 girls along with our U-14 boys ran themselves into the ground and were all just short a team member to have qualified for a team prize. Eimear Griffin ran up an age and competed in the Girls U-14 3,000m taking home a silver medal. Well done to Callum Curran who came 3rd in the boys U-8 race and a massive well done to the Boys U8’s team who won 1st team prize. For many of this
team it was their first outing at cross country. Eddie Raicevic came 3rd in the boys U-10 1,000m race and also helped the boys U-10 team to win 1st team prize. Brian Scanlan had a very comfortable race winning a silver medal in the U-12 race. We hope to see more faces next Sunday for the uneven ages. Please be in the Friary for 10:15 am. Well done to all the kids who took part in our Primary Schools Cross Country Say on Sunday, 23rd September. It was great to see so many kids take part and really enjoy it. Congratulations to Whitechurch National School who took home the trophy for best school on the day. A huge thank you to all the clubs and schools for supporting us and coming along.
Cappoquin Rowing Club ALL those involved with Cappoquin Rowing Club would like to express their gratitude to everyone who supported their Bucket Collection fundraiser over the weekend, it is much appreciated and will greatly help with the upkeep of the Club. Thanks again to Kelleher’s of Cappoquin and Houlihan’s Mace Service Station for allowing us
fundraise at their premises. The fine weather this weekend was put to good use with crews out on the water on Saturday and Sunday morning, long may it last! It was great to see more coverage of Irish rowing on The Late Late Show last week and we urge anyone with an interest in the sport to come down and give it a go be-
fore the weather breaks. Quote of the week: “Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.” – Lou Holtz. Contact: Club Captain Stephen Landers: (085) 1330736 or Club Secretary Paul McGrath: (086) 8328719. Or find us on Facebook – Cappoquin Rowing Club.
GENERAL SPORT
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Talking Horses Double for McManus snaps up Aintree festival winner Russell at Downpatrick IT was a busy week for JP McManus, who gifted €3.2 million to the GAA on Monday before adding Grade 2 Aintree mares' bumper winner Getaway Katie Mai, owned by Eoin Daly, Dungarvan to his team of jumpers. Trained by John Queally, who is best known for his handling of three-time Aintree Hurdle winner Al Eile,
YOUGHAL rider Davy Russell has his sights set on catching Rachael Blackmore at the top of the Irish jockey's championship and his cause was aided by three winners in the last week. Russell was successful on the Gordon Elliott-trained Moonlight Escape in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Beginners Chase at Sligo on Thursday. The 12-1 chance had been out of sorts of late but brushed up on her jumping and stayed on powerfully to deny Dawn Shadow by four lengths. Russell was in double-winning form at Downpatrick on Friday as he guided 100-30 shot Star Maker to victory in the ITBA Northern Region Supporting Local Racecourses Maiden Hurdle and Thisonesforollie (5-2) in the Molson Coors Maiden Hurdle. Both of those are trained by Gordon Elliott.
Patrick Mullins scoops McCoy award at Cheltenham PATRICK Mullins' inspirational Cheltenham Festival victory aboard Rathvinden in the National Hunt Chase was named ride of the season in the annual McCoy Awards on Friday night. Riding for his father Willie, the amateur held a midfield position and recovered from a mistake at the 11th fence before coming out victorious in a thrilling battle to deny Ms Parfois in the National Hunt Chase. The McCoy Awards, which began last year, celebrate the success of performances throughout the jumps season at Jockey Club racecourses.
Grogan enjoys big career win CASHEL trainer John Grogan enjoyed one of the biggest wins of his career when Rapid Reaction landed the lucrative Joe McGrath Premier Handicap in great style under Andrew Slattery. The 12-1 shot showed tremendous speed and was brave inside the final furlong to fend off the late surge of Medicine Jack.
Getaway Katie Mai shot to prominence last season when finishing second behind subsequent Cheltenham Bumper winner Relegate at the Dublin Racing Festival, before confirming herself a top prospect when winning at Aintree. Queally, who has lacked a flag bearer in recent sea-
sons, is relishing taking the wraps off his stable star this term. After the Aintree success, Queally suggested a Flat campaign would come under consideration for Getaway Katie Mai, but has shelved that idea for the time being, with jumping hurdles her more immediate target.
Mendelssohn third at Belmont Park AIDAN O'Brien and the Coolmore operation's dream of landing the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic is still alive after their gallant globetrotter Mendelssohn ran valiantly in defeat when third in last night's Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park, New York. The mount of Ryan Moore managed to remain competitive deep into the $750,000 Grade 1 ran on the American dirt surface despite having been in the thick of an extremely strong early pace, which saw the favourite Diversify fade disappointingly. O'Brien's former UAE Derby winner was lining up in the Big Apple on his way to competing for the world renowned Breeders' Cup Classic on the first weekend in November at Churchill Downs, Kentucky - a race which is one of the only omissions from the Ballydoyle handler's glittering CV.
Upcoming Fixtures Cork - Wednesday, October 3rd (First Race 2.05) Clonmel - Thursday, October 4th (First Race 2.05) Gowran Park - Friday, October 5th (First Race 1.55) Dundalk - Friday, October 5th (First Race 6.00) Gowran Park - Saturday, October 6th (First Race 1.55) Tipperary - Sunday, October 7th (First Race 1.40)
Veteran Ancient Sands wins at Dundalk ANCIENT Sands travelling well throughout in the Light Up Your Night Handicap at Dundalk on Friday night, keep on well under pressure in the final furlong to win by half a length for John Kiely and completed a double for Rachael Blackmore.
Tipperary trainers make their mark TIPPERARY trainers made their mark on Fairyhouse’s eight-race card on Monday as Cloughjordan-based Denis Hogan sent out Caesar’s Comet to win the second division of the 2019 Fairyhouse Membership Now On Sale Apprentice Handicap and Fethard trainer Joe Murphy landed the Foran Equine Irish EBF Auction Maiden with Gustavus Weston.
TEN SOVEREIGNS with Donnacha O'Brien wins from right JASH 2nd in Juddmonte Middle Park Stakes at Newmarket. [Martin Lynch]
Aidan and Donnacha dominate Newmarket card THE father and son combination of Aidan and Donnacha O’Brien dominated last Saturday’s Newmarket card winning the first three races of the day which included a pair of Group 1s. Ten Sovereigns maintained his unbeaten record to land the Group 1 Middle Park Stakes. The son of No Nay Never was prominent throughout and held off the fast-finishing challenge of Jash to make it three wins from three runs. When asked to go on under Donnacha O'Brien, the colt responded for a half-length win which rewarded punters who backed him into 8-13 favourite. Ten Sovereigns has been cut to 9-2 for the Dewhurst back at Newmarket next month, while Paddy Power make him a 5-1 shot for next year's Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot.
Fairyland displayed her battling qualities again, just as she did when winning the Lowther Stakes at York on her previous start, to give Aidan O'Brien a third consecutive victory in the Group 1 Juddmonte Cheveley Park Stakes. The 6-1 shot confirmed her York form with The Mackem Bullet, who ran another fine race in second, with the winner's stablemate So Perfect narrowly behind in third. The first leg of Aidan and Donnacha’s terrific treble arrived in the Group 2 Royal Lodge Stakes with 8-1 chance Mohawk. He led home a 1-2 for the Ballydoyle stable with 20-1 outsider Sydney Opera House following him home one and a quarter lengths behind.
Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Signs Multi-Year Agreement as an Official Partner of The Breeders' Cup World Championships THE Breeders’ Cup and Irish Thoroughbred Marketing, which promotes Ireland as a leading source for the production and sale of quality Thoroughbreds worldwide, announced a multi-year agreement for Irish Thoroughbred Marketing to continue as an official partner of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The Breeders’ Cup World Championships, consisting of 14 races (13 Grade 1s) with purses and awards totaling more than $30 million, and annually attracts the top horses, trainers and jockeys from around the globe, will be held at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky on Nov. 2-3. As part of the extended agreement, which began in 2017, Irish Thoroughbred Marketing will have branding rights to the Horsemen’s Enclosure at the Breeders’ Cup. The Enclosure is a private lounge providing an enhanced experience adjacent to the paddock at Churchill Downs where horsemen and dignitaries from around the world to gather before the World Championships races. “We are delighted with the renewed commitment of Irish Thoroughbred Marketing to partner with us and the Breeders’ Cup World Championships,” said Bryan Pettigrew, Breeders’ Cup Chief Marketing Officer. “Both of our organizations share the goals of pro-
moting the sport of Thoroughbred racing to a wider audience with bold initiatives and innovative programs to reach new and existing fans.” Horses based in Ireland have made a total of 297 starts in the Breeders’ Cup, which has resulted in 28 Breeders’ Cup winners, the most of any nation outside the United States. “ITM’s partnership with the Breeders’ Cup World Championships began very successfully in 2017 and we are very much looking forward to building on that strong first impression at one of sport’s most iconic venues, Churchill Downs,” said Charles O’Neill, CEO of Irish Thoroughbred Marketing. “Horses bred, trained and owned in Ireland have a terrific record in the Breeders’ Cup, by far the best outside the United States, and there will be many more carrying Irish hopes in Kentucky during the first weekend of November. “We will have a terrific pitch at The Enclosure on the Plaza Balcony close to the Paddock over both days and this will present us with a unique opportunity to acknowledge those who have supported Irish thoroughbreds for so long and to also warmly welcome those who might have an interest in doing the same.”