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Modern Homes & Building Exhibition Returns To Thurles The Modern Homes & Building Exhibition returns to the Presentation Sports Complex, Thurles on 10th 11th & 12th September. The show is on schedule to be a huge success and will open its doors to the public from 7pm – 10pm on Friday and 12noon – 6pm on Saturday and Sunday. A large number of exhibition visitors are expected to attend the event over the three days with their house plans and questions for building a new home, adding an extension or improving their existing home. It is a perfect way to see the latest products and services available on the market place. For those in business, who have the products and services to meet these needs and want to expand their business the Thurles Modern Homes & Building Exhibition is the place to be.
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Our hope is to provide a fun and enjoyable day for all the family. As always we will have the usual run of events - Donkey Derby – this was a tremendous success last year and hope to see our “jockeys” back again for more of the same, Mice races, Vintage display, music and dance, Produce stall, with the usual good fair and new this year bags of turf and “candle decorated turf” for that fireplace that is not used. Pat’s kitchen, the colcannon has been very popular and no doubt it will be again this year. pony & trap rides, barbeque, pillow fighting, dumped in the water tank, horse shoe throwing, sheaf pitching, face painting , dog show and once again we have introduced some new ones for this year which include: Walking on stilts, Soldier Course, Fishing Reel race, Bucking Brown Bull, Guess the Weight of the beast, guess the Face, Brick o’Brac.
There will be an Auction with lots of items of interest for everyone. There will also be the usual Tea Tent and where there is always a great welcome to those who attend and great food. We have our shop where the kids can buy their drinks and sweets. The Threshing committee had an evening on the bog this year to cut turf with the slane – this was a great success and enjoyed by the large crowd that attended the turf has now been saved and will be auctioned on the day in various lots. The Day will finish with music and dancing in the Black-bull where all are very welcome. The funds raised are all put back into Charities and local projects – this year’s project is the Aghancon Hall build. The Charities are yet to be decided but these will be notified and asked to attend a Presentation night. Looking forward to seeing you there on the day.
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Trend in new car sales continuing · 74,111 new cars sold so far this year · 47% increase on last year · Ford Focus best selling model this year Commenting on the figures, Director General of SIMI, Alan Nolan said, “Seven months into the year and the figures are still showing an increase over last year. Clearly the trend in new car sales is continuing with a steady increase
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Farm incomes This year has been a relatively good year so far for dairying, tillage and sheep. Dairy farmers and indeed some tillage farmers are now looking to expand. Farmers who are not happy with their current level of performance might consider forming a partnership on some or part of their lands. If interested contact P. J. Phelan for further information. Grassland Management. The response of grass to Nitrogen reduces from now on. Therefore if you intend to apply more nitrogen now is the time to do so. There is no advantage in waiting until later this month or for early September. Check your own fertiliser plan to see how much Nitrogen you have used so far this year relative to what you are allowed to use. Assuming that you have not used your full allocation you should now apply fertiliser as per the table below. Nitrogen applied early in August will give 10 – 15% more grass than Nitrogen applied in late August.
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before cultivation so as to kill off old grasses and weeds. Land should then be either ploughed and tilled or simply cultivated with a disc or power harrow. It can be difficult to manage trash where ploughing is omitted. After cultivation land should be rolled so as to ensure a good firm seedbed when sowing. Sowing should be to a depth of 1cm and land rolled again after sowing. Information on suitable grass and clover varieties is available on the Department of Agriculture website or from you agricultural advisor/consultant.
Note if you farm is stocked at less than 130kg/ha N the Phosphorus applications must be reduced by 4 units Tillage per acre. Derogation farms may apply up to 4 or 8 units addition P deProspects for grain prices are good pending on stocking rate. this year – if you are selling but are of concern if you are going to be Land to be reseeded should be buying grain to feed. Now is the sprayed with Glyphosate at 6 -7 days time to consider a partnership for the future so as to remove this risk – you supply land, the tillage farmer supplies the work, you split input costs and you share the grain and the straw. The winter barley harvest is now completed with most crops yielding 2.5 – 3.5t/ac. Winter Oats is also yielding well at around 3.2 t/ac. Demand for straw is high and round bales are generally making €16/bale. PJ Phelan is an Agricultural Advisor. Phone 0504-32204 or 0868046455
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Clara GAA Notes By Peter Sheridan, Clara GAA PRO. U14 HURLING FINAL Clara U14 hurlers will play in the clubs first county final of 2010 next Sunday at 12noon in O’Connor Park Tullamore. Clara’s opposition will be CRC Gaels. Come show your support to the lads and wear your Black and Whites!
U12 HURLING SEMI FINAL Clara U12 hurlers lost to CRC Gaels in the county semi-final last Sat 6th of August which was played at a well prepared Rath pitch. In a low scoring game of 1-5 to 1-2 Clara could not break down a very well organized CRC defence. The scores were level at half-time 4 pts to Clara’s 1-1 but CRC scored a crucial goal at the start of the 2nd half. Both teams produced some very exciting hurling with Clara throwing everything at CRC but time ran out and we wish CRC and Ballinamere well in the County final. Training continues every Thursday at 6.15pm with 2 challenge games organized for the end of the month. Well done to the panel and selectors, Mark Murray, Tony Egan, Mel Doyle and Greg Tierney who left no stone unturned since indoor hurling training started last January in the GAA centre. Clara Panel: Ruairi Cushen, Daryl O’ Brien, Gerard Hackett, Thomas Dolan, Conor Egan, Kieran Hartnett, Adam Owens, Callum Egan, Seamus O’Brien, Ciaran Doyle, Eoin Dunne, Mark Newman, David Falsey, , Conor Murray, Sean Tierney, Nathan Bracken, Andrew Fitzpatrick, Stuart Kelly, Josh Fleming, Mark Doorley, Jack Mears, Gary Kelly, Alex Roe, Josh McCloskey, Sean Fleming, U14 FOOTBALL Clara U14 footballers played Killcormac/Killoughy last Monday evening the 9th of August and won on a scoreline of Clara 3-13 to 4-8. After a poor first half Clara found themselves down by six points at half time. With a very exciting second half Clara came out victors on the narrowest of margins. Carl Stewart was outstanding along with Alan Gavin, Stephen Buckley, Luke Dignam and Donal Recks in Goals. All in all Clara put in a great team effort. SENIOR FOOTBALL Clara Senior Footballers played Ferbane in this year’s second round of the championship last Saturday evening the 7th August 2010 in Pollogh. Ferbane got off to the better start going 1-1 to no score up after 10 minutes. Clara got a couple of chances without getting a score. 15 minutes in Clara got their 1st score through a Matt Mitchell 45. This was cancelled out straight away by a Ferbane free. T Deehan then scored a free for Clara and he got another from play to leave the score 1-2 to 3 points in favour of Ferbane at half time. Clara got the opening two scores of the second half through T Deehan and J O'Hara to level up the match before another T Deehan point put Clara ahead. Clara then got a goal scored by T Dalton to put Clara 4 points up. A Ross Brady free and a J Reynolds point extended Clara's lead to 6. A goal scored by J Reynolds and a T Deehan point put Clara 10 clear. Ferbane then scored what would be their only score of the second half before A Cronin and T Deehan got the last 2 scores of the match to leave the end score 2-10 to 1-3 in favour of Clara. INTERMEDIATE FOOTBALL Clara Intermediate footballers played St. Rynaghs in Ferbane on Sunday last the 8th of August 2010. Clara lost on a scoreline of Clara 0-8 to St. Rynaghs 2-18. The Clara team was J Buckley, E Dunne, S Nolan, L Monaghan, D Coyne, J Taylor, S Grennan, M Meehan, K O'Meara, K Mannering, M Deehan (0-1), B
Cushen (0-1), J Kinahan, C Flanagan (0-6, frees) and P Moran. Subs used, W Flanagan for J Buckley, N McEvoy for J Kinahan. St. Rynaghs got off to a good start going 1-4 to no score up after 10 minutes before a C Flanagan free gave Clara their first score. Rynaghs got the next 2 points to leave them 1-6 to 0-1 up with 5 minutes left in the half. A C Flanagan free with 4 Rynaghs points left the half time score 1-10 to 0-2 in favour of St Rynaghs. St. Rynaghs got the opening point of the 2nd half. C Flanagan scored a point from a free before St. Rynaghs got 3 unanswered points to leave the score 1-14 to 0-3 after 510 minutes of the half. A St. Rynaghs point together with a B Cushen point and 2 C Flanagan frees left the put St. Rynaghs 1-15 to 0-6 ahead mid way through the half. St. Rynaghs got another point before Clara got further scores through C Flanagan and M Deehan. St. Rynaghs got a goal and a point in the closing minutes to leave the end score 2-18 to 0-8. BACK TO SCHOOL DISCOS Clara GAA Bord na Nog are holding two discos on Sat the 21st of August in the GAA social centre. The kids can look forward to DJ Bundy in the afternoon from 4pm to 6pm and the Teenagers will have their Disco from 8.30pm to 11.30pm. WEEKLY LOTTO Weekly Lotto 7/08/10-There was no winner of the weekly club lotto jackpot. The winning numbers were 8-13-17-21. There were eight match three winners who will receive €20 and they were Sheila Coyne, Jude Meehan, Eileen Hughes, Margaret Smith, Nanto Reynolds, Seamus Doyle, Derek Handy and Aileen Feehan. Next weeks lotto takes place in Dolan’s and the Jackpot is €3800. Thanks to all who support our lotto and thanks to all our ticket sellers. SPONSOR A SOD “Sponsor a Sod”- Clara GAA club would like to invite all current and past members (and anyone with any connection to the club, no matter how tenuous!) to be part of the launch of the new official Clara GAA Club website and the 'Sponsor a Sod' campaign. As part of our fund raising campaign to complete the new Championship pitch in Kilcoursey members and friends of the club are invited to sponsor a sod on the new pitch. Sponsors will receive a piece of the virtual pitch on a special page on our new website with each “sod” being added piece by piece to the page. Each “sod” can be purchased for €20 from any committee member .Log onto anclarach.com to see how our pitch is doing. CLUB NOTES BY EMAIL Club Notes By Email-Anyone who wishes to recieve the club notes by email please send your email address to anclarach@live.ie , you will be added to our email list and you should recieve them every Monday night. CLUB UPCOMING FIXTURES SFC: Fri 13th v Tullamore in Tullamore @ 7.15 U14H Final: Sun 15th v CRC Gaels in Tullamore @ 12 JHC: Sun 15th v Coolderry in Killcormac @ 6pm IHC: Mon 16th v Birr in Moystown @7.15 Minor(A)H: Wed 18th St David’s v Coolderry in Cool @ 7.15 Minor(B)H: Thur 19th v CRC Gaels in Carrig @7.15
Friday 13th is back! Well it’s that time of month again!!! (no ladies, not THAT time of month) Friday 13th is a normal day for some but for others it can mean not going outside the front door. It is right up there on the scale of superstition with April Fool’s Day and Murphy’s Law. I am not at all superstitious but do believe in Karma, so do something good for yourself on Friday 13th. Here are some facts according to WIKI: “The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia, a word derived from the concatenation of the Greek words Paraskeví (meaning Friday), and dekatreís (meaning thirteen), attached to phobía (meaning fear). This is a specialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a simple phobia (fear) of the number thirteen, and is also known as friggatriskaidekaphobia.” What a mouthful! Here is a suspicious little story for you: Do you know how to determine if a mirror is 2-way or not? This is not to scare you, but to raise your awareness. Try it with a ‘regular’ mirror, and you can easily see what the gap means. When we visit toilets, bathrooms, hotel rooms, changing rooms, etc., how many of you know for sure that the seemingly ordinary mirror hanging on the wall is a real mirror, or actually a 2-way mirror? (they can see you, but you can’t see them) There have been many cases of people installing 2-way mirrors in female changing rooms. It is very difficult to positively identify the surface by just looking at it. So, how do we determine with any amount of certainty what type of mirror we are looking at? Just conduct this simple test: Place the tip of your fingernail [or ballpoint pen, eyebrow pencil. any object] against the reflective surface and if there IS A GAP between your fingernail and the image of the nail, then it is a GENUINE mirror. However, if your fingernail DIRECTLY TOUCHES the image of your nail, then BEWARE, BECAUSE IT IS a 2-WAY MIRROR! REMEMBER…every time you see a mirror, do the “fingernail test.” It doesn’t cost you anything, it is simple to do, and it might save you embarrassment or violation. (source – www.quizilla.com)
By Elaine Rogers
I do not know if it is true but have checked all the mirrors in my house and the space is there. REMEMBER…”NO SPACE, LEAVE THE PLACE!” Do the mirror test to see if you find a two-way mirror. Friday 13th has many explanations. Friday being the day Jesus was crucified, 13 being the number at the last supper. Alternatively, in British tradition, Friday was the day of public hangings, with 13 steps to the noose. Or it can be tracked more recently to 1306, when King Philip of France arrested the revered Knights Templar and began torturing them, marking the occasion as a day of evil. However, today our fear of Friday 13th, is mostly illogical, and comes from condtioning at an early age. Anyone who experienced bad luck on the date, has their fears justified, but somehow forgets that other days of the year also brought bad luck or misfortune. If nothing bad happens on Friday 13th, we quickly forget. If it does, we remember well for the next time. In 2009, we experienced 3 occurences of Friday 13th, so it could be deemed as rather an unlucky year. This year is somewhat better as August being the only one, and you’ll be glad to learn that the next occurrence is not until May 2011, also being the only one for 2011, with the next one Jan 2012. If you genuinely believe you will have bad luck this Friday 13th, you are probably right. If you beleve this superstition is nonsense, you are probably right.
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ACROSS 1. Mown when tail not straightened out in Armagh village in picturesque hill country of the Fews. (15) 6. Keep an eye on male for the overnight security worker. (8) 8. Pub disagreement concerning river on which Carlow Town stands. (6) 10. "I will arise and go now, for ------ night and day I hear lake water ..." W.B. Yeats. (6) 11. Run fast in Southern impression on surface. (6) 12. Holy Vatican look? (3) 13. "If a writer has to --- his mother, he will not hesitate" William Faulkner. (3) 16. Rearrange later, by wall in Down resort village on the shores of Strangford Lough. (11) 17 "By a high star our course is set, Our --- is Life. Put out to sea." Louis MacNeice. (3) 18. "I hear a sudden --- of pain! There is a rabbit in a snare;" James Stephens. (3) 21. Mop lab up with self confidence. (6) 23. 'Tis up to little Richard to find the old Danish invader of Ireland. (6) 25. Inclusive legal charge in Rathlin dictation. (6) 26. Di frowns but is out of order in quiet Mayo market town on a tributary of the River Moy. (8) 27. Lace it, gauge heel. (anag.) Founded by Douglas Hyde in 1893 to restore the Irish language. (3,6,6) DOWN 1. Lest we can get excited in famous Down seaside and golf resort at the foot of Slieve Donard . (9) 2. Powerful unit! (4) 3. W.B. splits atom to discover Australian marsupial. (6) 4. "A man may build himself a ------ of bayonets, but he cannot sit on it;" Dean Inge. (6) 5. Northern water-jug is not so old. (5) 7. Drawn to news about busy Down linen town on the Belfast to Donaghadee road. (11) 8. "Where are the ---- of the Old Brigade, Who fought with us side by side?" Frederick Weatherly. (4) 9. C.I.A. pry into crime, in the main. (6) 12. "The shrill, demented choirs of wailing ------; and bugles calling for them from sad shires." Wilfred Owen. (6)
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Bereavement and grieving The Four Tasks of Mourning
By Jim O’Shea
ple say that they have not changed a deceased child s room, but have If grief refers to loss, mourning re- left everything as it was. This is fers to the process that follows loss. very understandable. Giving away It is often used interchangeably possessions emphasises the finality with grieving. most of the writers of death, and it is only natural to on grief explore what they call the postpone this. But, if it continues circle of grief, which is a range of over a long time it is unhealthy feelings that the survivor experienc- grieving. I recall when we gave es, starting with disbelief and endaway our child s clothes and toys. ing with acceptance. One excellent It was extremely painful. author, William Worden, gives another helpful perspective that might Other types of denial include minibe useful for those that have sufmising the loss, denying its irreversfered losses. This involves 4 tasks ibility, selectively forgetting, of mourning - (1) to accept the real- resorting to spiritualism and even ity of the loss, (2) to work through irrationally searching for the dethe pain of grief, (3) to adjust to an ceased. environment in which the deceased is missing and (4) to emotionally Working through the pain of grief relocate the deceased and move on has already been dealt with in other with life. I suppose, given the terri- articles. Some people try to avoid ble pain of mourning, the word this by idealising the dead, using task may sound a little harsh. So drugs or alcohol, or perhaps travellet us remember how painful it is ling to get some relief from their for us to meet those tasks. emotions. I brought my family with me to London in 1990 when my In this article I will briefly look at child was killed. My other son and I the first two. The immediate task is found work on a building site and to accept the reality of the loss. The my wife worked in a hospital. But mourner who fails in this will bemy pain travelled with me. I carried come stuck in the grieving process it to my work each day. Grief is an and will inevitably suffer anger and inner tormenting ache, and we must perhaps depression. Accepting the carry it, and endure it, so that it will reality of the death of a loved one ultimately heal. however, is not easy. We can convince ourselves that we have done so, but we must feel this acceptJim O’Shea works as a counsellor ance. Acceptance is not a happy from Furze, Thurles. Ph. 087 feeling, but is one of peace, where 8211009 www.jimoshea.net . the anxiety and confusion, menJimO’Shea’s book ‘When a child tioned in another article, have disdies. Footsteps of a Grieving Famisolved. Very often there is denial, ly’ is published by Veritas. The royand this is seen by some psycholoalties from this book will go tosthe gists as a temporary healthy reacChildren’s Hospital in Crumlin. tion, and a buffer to cope with sudden death. My own acceptance of my sons death was immediate. I suffered the full crushing impact of the loss at once. However, I now realise that this was a biological and intellectual acceptance, rather than an emotional one. Emotional acceptance enables the survivor to properly grieve and move on. I mentioned above being stuck in the grieving process. This can sometimes be seen by people who turn the deceased s room into a shrine. How often do we hear peo-
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