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Welcome to the bigger and better 32-page Slaney News. In this issue we’re starting a new column from Enniscorthy’s long established hardware store – J. Donohoe in Templeshannon.

In each issue they will be providing us with handy household hints – see page 9.

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– On the festival front Enniscorthy has just hosted two major and successful festivals – the Strawberry Festival and the Riverside Jump. The Eileen Aroon Festival is running in Bunclody until August 22nd (find full details on www.bunclody.net). Next up is the 19th Blackstairs Blues Festival which will take place in Enniscorthy from 13-15th September – see page 10 for more information.

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Since our last issue Enniscorthy has lost a number of well known and highly respected citizens including the late Pat Cody, Chairman of Enniscorthy Town Council. We always found Pat to be a gentleman to deal with and even in recent months, when seriously ill, Pat carried out his council duties with amazing courage and commitment. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dilis.

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After so many years in a valley Enniscorthy’s premier festival has now come to a peak.

The town was at its best with strawberries, music, stalls, art, poetry readings, the Farmers Market, etc – plenty of activities for everybody – young and old – a perfect family weekend. And the County Show in the Showgrounds and Mc Fadden’s Funfair worked a treat.

2013 will be looked at as the year our Strawberry Festival came of age after 45 years on the go. The current committee got this one so right that it augurs well for the future as we head towards the Festival’s 50th anniversary.

Fest, Festival or Fair – it’s Enniscorthy’s strawberry event and it’s here to stay.

Great tribute should be paid to our past Strawberry Festival committees because it’s these men and women who gave us this great event and here we are in the 21st century still going strong.

Cyril Wheelock, Chairman of the Strawberry Festival, thanked everybody for their efforts in staging this year’s event. Well done everybody.

Trish Bird kept everybody on their toes as event controller and Annie Gilpin put in a huge amount of work.

The event was well organised although crowd control was a little heavy at times and the ticketing arrangements need to be revisited for the next time out. Having said that this year’s event was fantastic, keep it going – Enniscorthy you did us proud!

A special mention for our friend, Pat Cody, who was with the event to the end, our thoughts are with his family at this time. It’s people like Pat who make events like our Strawberry Festival such a success. Pat’s passing is a sad loss, may he rest in peace.

Thanks to everyone who helped put the whole thing together – the committee, Enniscorthy Town Council, the volunteers, An Garda Siochana, Enniscorthy Fire Brigade, Order of Malta, and to everyone on the site and, of course, to the various bands and entertainers – come back next year and do it all over again.

Our Town Clerk, David Minogue, was on hand to give the event an opportunity to flourish and shine.

Thanks to the various sponsors whose assistance is so crucial every year.

Finally, to the most important person – our Strawberry Queen 2013, Leanne Hore, I hope you reign well.

– Donal Cullen

Charity events with a difference A brilliant line-up of well known and interesting people will be interviewed over four nights in August in the Talbot Hotel, Wexford, to raise funds for the

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hurling for Cancer research

Hurling for Cancer Research, which raises funds for Irish Cancer Society Research, takes place on Tuesday, August 13th at St Conleth's Park, Newbridge. It consists of a hurling match between teams player-managed by renowned Wexford racehorse trainer Jim Bolger and star National Hunt jockey Davy Russell. Celebrities on the day include Niall Quinn, the Seoige sisters Grainne and Sile, Ronnie Delaney, Brian Cody, Liam Griffin, DJ Carey, Colm O’Rourke, Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh and Cyril Farrell. More information on www.cancer.ie n

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Battle of Vinegar Hill Re-enactment weekend The second annual reenactment of the Battle of Vinegar Hill took place at the historic Enniscorthy location over the August bank holiday weekend.

The Battle of Vinegar Hill, which was fought on June 21 was an engagement during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Over 10,000 crown forces launched an attack on Vinegar Hill, which was then occupied by over 20,000 rebels and camp followers.

This was the largest rebel camp and headquarters of the Wexford United Irishmen and their supporters. It marked a turning point in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 as it was the last major attempt by the rebels to hold and defend ground against the crown forces / the army of King George III. The battle was actually fought in two locations: on Vinegar Hill itself and in the streets of nearby Enniscorthy. The Battle of Vinegar Hill was the pinnacle of this Rebellion, and was the last major battle on Irish soil.

For the re-enactment weekend several thousand people took to the battle-

field to enjoy a spectacle of Redcoats and Rebels re-enacting history scenes from 1798 with professional re-enactors from Ireland, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and further afield.

On Saturday August 3 a Rebel encampment took over the grounds of the National 1798 Rebellion Centre in Enniscorthy together with a Blacksmith who was shoeing horses, making pikes, swords and other weapons for the upcoming battle and demonstrating the age-old skills.

Meanwhile the Redcoats had commandeered Enniscorthy Castle and demonstrated infringement punishments such as floggings.

A skirmish between the Rebels and Redcoats took place at 1pm on Saturday at Duffry Gate to Market Square which recreated the insurgents’ initial capture of Enniscorthy Town in 1798.

On Sunday August 4 both forces amassed their strength at the Fair Green at 1pm and paraded through the town on their way to Vinegar Hill for battle at 2pm. Visitors watched the two armies fight amidst gunfire and explosions, pike charges and cannon fire on the notorious battleground overlooking Enniscorthy.

The weekend was a huge success due mainly to the hard work of Jacqui Hynes and her team at the 1798 Centre. We’re looking forward to seeing what they have in store for us in 2014! n

Left: Lady in red – Jacqui Hynes, Manager at the 1798 National Rebellion Centre.

Pic: Patrick Browne. Right: Fr.Murphy leading the Rebels. Pic: Gavin Doyle Photography.

of Vinegar Hill Local participants in the Battle ick Browne.

Re-enactment Weekend. Pic: Patr

Pics: Patrick Browne.

IRELAND’S FIRST SCHOOL OF SINGING & DRAMA TO OPEN IN CO. WEXFORD Seasoned educator and performer Grainne Stafford has opened the School of Singing and Drama for the 2013 Autumn term in Enniscorthy, New Ross, and Bunclody.

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Pat Cody, RIP

Pat Cody, RIP.

Last month saw the sad passing of Cllr Pat Cody who, only a short month before, had become the new Chairman of Enniscorthy Town Council.

Pat had bravely battled serious illness since October 2012.

Although born and bred in Kilkenny Pat was very much an Enniscorthy man, living in Cherry Orchard, having moved here in 1976 to pursue a nursi n g c a re e r i n S t S e n a n ’ s Psychiatric Hospital where he was much loved by patients and staff alike.

His funeral on 20th July was attended by hundreds of

mourners including leading politicians from the Labour Party – Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore, Ministers Brendan Howlin and Joan Burton, as well as government Minister and local TD, Paul Kehoe, and local TD John Browne.

Enniscorthy Town was represented by local councillors and officials including Town Manager Tony Larkin and Town Clerk David Minogue.

The funeral Mass was said

by Fr Richard Lawless and Pat’s daughter Aislinn spoke movingly of her late father and all who had helped him during his illness. Pat’s brother Gerry also spoke thanking the people of Enniscorthy for accepting Pat into the community and treating him as one of their own.

Both Aislinn and Gerry expressed their immense gratitude to Pat’s wife Breda for the endless love and support she gave Pat throughout their life together.

Pat’s colleagues in St Senan’s, S I P T U , L a b o u r P a r t y, Enniscorthy Town Council, Enniscorthy Musical Society and Enniscorthy Drama Group provided a dignified Guard of Honour for his final journey to Enniscorthy Cemetery.

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L-R: Paddy Buckley (Chairman Caim Vintage Club), Terry Barnes (Committee Caim Vintage Club), Tracy Power (Irish Heart Foundation), Victor Ruttle (Committee Caim Vintage Club).

Caim Vintage Club – charity fundraising Caim Vintage Club had a Vintage Road Run on the 9th June 2013 for the Irish Heart Foundation and Wexford Parkinsons Disease. Wexford Parkinsons Disease is trying to establish a support programme for patients with Parkinsons Disease.

Caim Vintage Club has given a cheque for €760 to the

Irish Heart Foundation and will be presenting a cheque to the Parkinsons Disease Unit later this month which will be for €750.

Caim Vintage Club would like to thank all participants, sponsors, members, supporters, volunteers and media for supporting and making this one of their most successful days ever.

“An audience with…” in aid of Hope Cancer Support Centre, Enniscorthy. See page 3 for full details.

Minister Paul Kehoe TD has welcomed the fact that the process of finding private investors for the long awaited Enniscorthy bypass M11 project has begun.

Giving the latest update on the scheme at the end of last month, Minister Kehoe said: “Everything is now being set in train for a private consortium to invest in the Enniscorthy bypass PPP (Public Private Partnership).

This is the beginning of the PPP process and the Department of Transport/ NRA will commence the first stage of the tendering process to identify a consortium of private investors to proceed with the project.

"The scheme will be advertised online on the EU journal from Monday July 29th as investors are sought for the multi million euro project".

Describing its benefits, the Minister said: "County We x f o r d , p a r t i c u l a r l y Enniscorthy and New Ross will now directly benefit from Ireland's economic reputation improving at an international level. Private consortiums are again willing to invest in infrastruc-

Minister Paul Kehoe TD

tural projects because they can see that the Irish economy is improving and that Ireland is now a good place in which to invest.

"A few months back, Minister for Transport, Leo Varadkar TD, turned the sod on the M11 project from Jack White's to the Beehive in Wicklow that will make Wexford and the South East more accessible to tourists and attractive to investors and this will be the next step.

"I'm delighted that the wheels are finally turning on this project while I am in Government, as I have been campaigning on behalf of the people of Enniscorthy for this bypass for many years". n

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watching BBc iplayer with hola Happy August everyone. I've had a few people ask me about an article I wrote about six months ago on how to watch BBC iPlayer on their computers with Hola Unblocker. In what seems to be an update to the BBC's website, Hola no longer works in its native form and needs a separate script installed for viewing the BBC website again. If you missed the article don't forget you can view back issues on www.issuu.com/slaneynews.

import the script, just click yes and a BBC iPlayer button now appears on Hola's channel page. From here click on "bbc.co.uk" to go to the BBC iPlayer and start watching your favourite BBC shows again, this will need updating again at some stage so just go through the process again and you should be alright, if the process does change drastically I'll update this article accordingly.

There are lots of other channels here which I've tried with varying success, if something doesn't work straight away, just check back a few days later and try again.

As ever if you have queries about this article or you’d like me to talk about a tech issue that interests or concerns you, then pop me an email to sam@getitfixed.ie, or you can phone the shop on 053 9238544. n

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Ok so once you have Hola installed, visit www.getitfixed.ie/hola-unblocker and click the big button labelled "Hola Great Wall of Hscripts" at the bottom of the page. This will take you to the Hola Unblocker Scripts Facebook page, about half way down you'll find @BBC iPlayer, click on this link and you'll be prompted to

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Prize Winners at Enniscorthy Camera Club. Back L-R: Paddy Murphy, Myles Carroll, Mary Nolan, Ann Dobbs, Padraig Kavanagh, Peggy Cahill, Jarlath Judge. Seated L-R: Ilva Karma, David McEvoy, Vice Chairman of Enniscorthy Town Council Johnny Mythen, Eric Claydon and President of Enniscorthy Camera Club John Wilkinson. Pic: Maria Nolan.

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For the first time Enniscorthy Camera Club has found an ideal location for their annual exhibition of fabulous photographs. The Presentation Centre lends itself exquisitely to this beautiful collection of original snap shots – set and surroundings perfectly complimenting each other.

The exhibition comprising landscape, nature, portrait and digitally manipulated prints were of an extremely high standard according to Michael O`Sullivan, Photographer and Lecturer who had the difficult task of adjudicating the event.

There was little difference Michael said between winners and runners-up and he congratulated all on a wonderful display of creativity and art. MC Paddy Murphy then called on Camera Club Secretary Dave Bowen to announce the win-

ners and Vice Chairman of Enniscorthy Town Council Johnny Mythen to make the presentations. Johnny congratulated all winners – Ilva Karma, David McEvoy, Eric Claydon, Mary Nolan, Peggy

Cahill, Jarlath Judge, Padraig Kavanagh, Myles Carroll and Ann Dobbs.

Enniscorthy Camera Club are to be commended for their excellent endeavours in developing and encouraging yet

Ann Dobbs receiving her certificate from Johnny Mythen for her portrait picture. Pic: Maria Nolan.

another art form in the town – they are now the largest camera club outside Dublin and have snapped up many prestigious awards over the past couple of years.

– Maria Nolan

Mary Nolan with Johnny Mythen.

Mary’s winning entry was ‘Storm in a Teacup’.

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Phone scammers targeting Enniscorthy too – Mythen Cllr Johnny Mythen has warned people to be vigilant of phone scams after being contacted by several constituents recently. The Vi c e - C h a i r p e r s o n of Enniscorthy Town Council said that cybercriminals were no longer staying online and were increasingly engaged in ringing homes and claiming to be representing reputable organisations like Microsoft and Dell.

Cllr Mythen said: "This international criminal activity has long operated in other countries, but now it's happening right here in Enniscorthy. Local people are reporting that they are getting bogus phone calls from individuals who claim to represent trusted organisations.

They will tell you that there's a serious problem with your computer or smart phone, gain your trust, and then ask for personal details which they will use to gain access to your bank accounts or steal your identity."

Cllr Johnny Mythen

"These cybercriminals will often claim to represent one of the following reputable i n s t i t u t i o n s : Wi n d o w s Helpdesk, Windows Service C e n t r e , M i c r o s o f t Te c h Support, Microsoft Support, Windows Technical Dept Support Group or Microsoft Research and Development Team (Microsoft R & D Team).

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St. Senan’s Parish news…

The Committee of St Senan's Parish Restoration Fund is running a 6-month draw from July to December with a total prize fund of €25,000. Tickets are €50 each up front or €10 per month. There are lots of great cash prizes each month.

Each draw will feature two prizes of €1,000, one of €500 and five of €100, with a super draw before Christmas of one prize of €5,000, two of €1,000, two of €500 and twenty of €100. The response to date from the parish has been very positive.

The committee is now concentrating its efforts on parishioners who may have been on holidays when the committee tried to contact them initially and also on potential purchasers outside of the parish. To facilitate the extra work involved in reaching out to these people the planned July draw was postponed and instead there will be two draws on 24th August.

The committee hopes the extra time will help increase ticket sales thereby helping to pay down more quickly some of the outstanding debt

and affection for the Shannon Chapel in the town and surrounding district.

If you would like to purchase a ticket please contact Linda in the St Senan’s parish office as soon as possible. Your support would be most welcome.

Fr Brian Broaders – moving to Rathnure.

on the Shannon Chapel with a view to clearing all debt before the 150th anniversary in 2016. Major restoration work including re-roofing, weatherproofing the walls, and general upgrading to the fabric of the older part of the building over the past decade saw the parish incur a debt of €900,000.

Generous support for various fundraising projects has seen the debt fall to €140,000, an indication of the level of esteem

FAREWELL TO FR BRIAn BROADERS Fr Brian Broaders, who has been in St Senan’s Parish for 16 years and is the parish Administrator, is on the move to Rathnure where he will be the new parish priest taking over from the retiring Fr Tony O’Connell. This move is one of a number announced some weeks ago by Bishop Denis Brennan. Fr Brian will be sorely missed by St Senan’s parishioners.

Fr Broaders celebrated Vigil Mass on Saturday 27th July which was followed by a social event in the nearby Templeshannon Community Centre affording the large turnout of parishioners the opportunity to say goodbye and wish Fr Brian well in his new role in Rathnure. n

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Kathleen Redmond receives the Sister of Mercy award from Sr Elizabeth.

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The hard-working Green Schools Committee was honoured at the St Senan’s Primary School, Enniscorthy, awards night in June.

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Alex Moorehouse receiving the Dr. Henry Goff award. Pic: Patricia Hyland.

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3. Give the tray a final rinse once all the paint has been removed and dry it with an old rag. Then store it away for later use.

6. Work the pile of th your hands while run water. Repeat this water runs clear.

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View From The Nosebleeds We’re Off TO See The Wizard Jamie’s Good News…

Unless you’re a wrestling fan, this will go completely over your head. However, I feel this good news should be shared. There is a small, clean living, comic book obsessed wrestler poised to become the next WWE Champion. No, it’s not me, it is a certain long bearded individual named Daniel Bryan.

As I said, this will not have any effect on your life unless you are a wrestling head, but it is what it signifies, People Power. Bryan is, simply put, one of if not the most popular wrestlers plying his trade today and he has been rewarded for basically being great at his job and universally loved. I write on these and other topics on www.wrestlingrambles.com. Yes!!!

Yes!!!! Yes!!!!!

Follow The Yellow Brick road If you have never seen The Wizard of Oz, first of all you have grown up from a deprived childhood and I feel genuinely sorry for

you. Secondly, you are missing out on one of the greatest live action spectacles you are likely to throw your eyeballs over in this lifetime. I realise it has a lot to compete with these days with Guillermo Del Toro having robots fighting all over the shop and glittery vampires looking moody and boring half the sane population but The Wizard stands tall. Let me put it into context.

The film was made and released in 1939 by MGM Studios.

The film was based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz by Frank Baum. The budget for the picture was a mammoth $2,000,000. It was notable for its glorious use of Technicolor, elaborate make-up and huge set designs. In today’s money, the film would have cost exactly $33,898,305.08. That is mental.

Read that again. This was 1939!

And MGM put literally all their eggs in the one basket, financially and otherwise! Despite being pushed relentlessly by the

PR machine and receiving mostly positive critical reviews, the film only pulled in $3,017,000 at the box office thus failing to get back the studio’s initial investment.

Subsequent releases made it the film it is today. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture on a re-release, losing out to Gone With The Wind.

Television also had a hand in its enduring popularity – first rebroadcast in 1956 it would be reshown every year thereafter for an extraordinary amount of time.

The story behind the film has always fascinated me as a student of film and an avid movie trivia fan in general. Allow me to regale you.

On the success of Disney’s Snow White and The Seven Dwarves (1937), other studios realised that fantasy films based on popular children’s fairytales could be box office monsters.

MGM bought the rights of the novel from Samuel Goldwyn (noted for being instrumental in

Paramount Pictures and the production of the first motion picture filmed in Hollywood in 1913).

Goldwyn wanted Eddie Cantor to be the Scarecrow and star of the vehicle. The studio wanted to tone down the magical elements of the film almost eliminating the Lion, The Scarecrow and The Tin Man story arcs! And people say studios have a habit of being moronic…..

Writers were brought in, took out and brought back in. There were drafts, re-drafts and re-redrafts. The final draft of the script was completed on October 8, 1938 following numerous rewrites. Judy Garland was always first choice for Mervyn LeRoy, but there is a rumour that Shirley Temple was secretly drafted in to play Dorothy. There was supposed to be a trade-off exchange between MGM and 20th Century

Fox for Jean Harlow and Clark Gable. The Tin Man was originally supposed to be Buddy Ebsen and he took the role, starting principal photography until the aluminium powder used for his make-up landed him in hospital.

He left the production and Jack Haley stepped in.

The opening scenes were shot in sepia black and white and the Technicolor used was three strip Technicolor. The shoot proved to be somewhat chaotic. Especially when moving to Munchkin Land.

The talent scouts searched high and low for over a hundred little people to fill the roles. They were paid $125 a week and were all individually photographed and catalogued for the records so the costumes wouldn’t overlap or get lost. There was also an element of danger on set, Margaret Hamilton, The Wicked Witch,

was placed on an elevator that disappeared into the ground when she made her exit. First take went swimmingly. Second take not so well, the flames used to conceal her exit caught onto the copperbased make-up she was wearing and she was nearly burned alive.

There are more stories as regards the shoot, post-production, re-releases and the eventual ruination of Judy Garland by the same studio heads that made her a star.

Come back next month for Part Two. We’re off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of Oz, because, because, because…. n

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BlaCkStairS BlueS FeStival September 13th to 15th a weekend of free gigs plus three late-nighters 19th year of bringing the Blues to the South east! the Official launch of the enniscorthy Blackstairs Blues Festival will be in rackards Bar, Friday 23rd august, from 9pm.

Go along, sure you’d never know who might turn up as the longest running Blues Festival on this island is officially launched.

FeStival PerFOrmerS: Graham robins (uk), Bert Deivert (uSa), roy Fulton Band (N. ire), Preacher Caseys (ire), kenny Blue (ire), t Bone kelly (ire), Graham robins (uk), BabaJack (uk), Sonny and his Wild Cows (Hun), Dermot Byrne (ire), ain't misbehavin (ire).

FeStival veNueS: antique, Doreens, the Bailey, Holohans, Stamps, rackards, Wilsons, treacys Hotel, DBar, toss kavanaghs, John Jude Doyles, Wallaces alba, Cotton tree Cafe the Festival will actually start on thursday 12th September with an extra gig in DBar featuring Bert Deivert & Graham robins. Blues workshops and guitar lessons will also feature this year, as will early evening and afternoon gigs on the Fri, Sat and Sun in Wallace’s Wine Bar, starting with Dermot Byrne at 6pm on Fri 13th. all Gigs are free including the three late night gigs which on the Saturday night features Sonny and his Wild Cows which promises to be a wild night to remember!

Full details in our next issue – 3rd Sept, and visit www.blackstairsblues.com

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Sonny and his Wild Cows

BabaJack

On Saturday 24th August, Thursday 29th and Friday 30th August drama returns to Enniscorthy when the newly formed Enniscorthy Drama Group (EDG) will stage two oneact plays at The Presentation Centre – ritual for Dolls and The Tinkers Wedding.

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Siobhan Duggan who has recently moved to Enniscorthy bringing with her numerous years of experience in theatre.

Starting classes at a young age Siobhan maintained her interest in theatre for all her life, being involved in both amateur and professional theatre companies in Dublin, most notably her involvement with Dark Horse Theatre Company from its inception where she worked in many capacities from Production Manager to Set Designer.

This is her second time working on Ritual for Dolls, having worked on an award winning production as a designer almost twenty years ago and she is excited to be once again working on this

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The Tinker'S WeDDing

by JM Synge Cast: Michelle Whelan: Mary Byrne.

Joe Doyle: The Priest.

Margo Whelan O'Brien: Sarah Casey.

Graham Finnerty: Michael Byrne.

The Tinker's Wedding is a hilarious comedy that follows the fate of three tinkers and a priest they rope into performing a wedding.

Sarah Casey talks the reluctant Michael Byrne into marrying her by saying she will run off with another man. She confronts

Wexford Improv Group Comedy - 10 Aug Join WIG for a night of off the cuff comedy and performance. Wit, laughter, impromptu interpretation and sheer fun - this dynamic performance group will not disappoint.

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Ja z z S ta n da r d S W I t h LaWLor/GuILfoyLe trIo Music - 17 Aug After an exciting year since his debut album release, Kevin Lawlor gets back to Jazz roots to perform some well known jazz pieces. He will be joined by one of the most important figures in Irish Jazz, Ronan Guilfoyle and the extremely talented Chris Guilfoyle on guitar. Expect some exciting music from this trio who will be joined by some guests on the night!

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a local priest as he makes his way home, and coaxes him into wedding them for ten shillings and a tin can.

All is going to plan until Michael’s drunken mother Mary Byrne shows up and harasses the priest, then steals the tin can to exchange it for more drink. The next morning Sarah and Michael are all set to be wed, but how will she react when she finds that the tin can has disappeared...

The Tinker’s Wedding premiered at His Majesty’s Theatre London on 11th Nov 1909 some 7 months after the death of its author John Millington Synge.

Synge saw no reason to believe ‘that these country people [the clergy included], who have so much humour in themselves, will mind being laughed at without malice, as the people in every country have been laughed at in their own comedies’.

Director of our second play is Cork born Colum Coomey who has recently come to Enniscorthy to work in the Constituency Office of government minister and chief whip Paul Kehoe as his PA. Colum is no stranger either to theatre and has seen it from all angles being both actor/writer and director he is also the Chairman of the newly formed Enniscorthy Drama Group. He has just appeared in Willy Russell’s Stags and Hens and his own play The Pity has recently been shortlisted for the RTE P.J.O’Connor Emerging Writer Awards.

Enniscorthy Drama Group will be hosting a Launch of the event on Thursday 8th August at The Presentation Centre, Enniscorthy, with special guests.

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Tony Carty Special Guest will perform, in their own inimitable style and in an intimate cabaret setting, songs from the American Songbook along with some Musical Showstoppers. A small dance area will also feature and drinks & snacks will also be available.

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Pendyrus Male Choir. Wexford Opera House. disCo Bar. Vinnie’s Bar & Lounge, Island Road.

KaraoKe with Julie. Castle Bar. des Browne. Temple Bar, Treacy’s. new edition. Dbar. right as rain. Temple Bar, Treacy’s. wexford iMProv grouP. Wexford Arts Centre.

Max and Bull. Vinnie’s Bar & Lounge, Island Road. woodstoCK. Temple Bar, Treacy’s.

Point BlanK. Benedicts. denny davitt & heartBeats 5-7pm. dJ Joe 7-10pm.

Doyles The Duffry.

12,13 daniel o’donnell. Wexford Opera House. Sold Out! disCo Bar. Vinnie’s Bar & Lounge, Island Road.

Fri 16 Fri 16 KaraoKe with Julie. Castle Bar. JaCK the lad. Temple Bar, Treacy’s.

Fri 16 Sat 17 Jazz standards WITH lawlor/guilfoyle trio.

Wexford Arts Centre. stePPing stone. Temple Bar, Treacy’s.

Sat 17 Sat 17 dJs, Party, BBQ. Wilsons Bar. See bottom of this page. toMMy g. Temple Bar, Treacy’s.

Sun 18 Sun 18 CatCh 22. Benedicts.

MiCK CoMerford 5-7pm. dJ Joe 7-10pm. Doyles The Duffry.

Sun 18 disCo Bar. Vinnie’s Bar & Lounge, Island Road.

Fri 23 Fri 23 raCKards Bar. 9pm. official launch of Blackstairs Blues festival.

Fri 23 KaraoKe with Julie. Castle Bar. MiCK CloKe. Temple Bar, Treacy’s.

Fri 23 Fri 23 iQ. Dbar.

Fri 23 deClan sinnott + viCKie Keating.

Riverbank House Hotel, Wexford.

Sat 24 Bees Knees. Temple Bar, Treacy’s. tony Carty CaBaret. Wexford Arts Centre.

Sat 24 Sat 24 KaraoKe. Vinnie’s Bar & Lounge, Island Road.

24,29,30 ritual for dolls and the tinKers wedding. Drama.

The Presentation Centre.

Sun 25 Joe 90. Temple Bar, Treacy’s. the seduCers. Benedicts.

Sun 25 Sun 25 Max & Bull 5-7pm. dJ Joe 7-10pm. Doyles The Duffry. disCo Bar. Vinnie’s Bar & Lounge, Island Road.

Fri 30 Fri 30 KaraoKe with Julie. Castle Bar. Fri 30 ronan Quigley. Temple Bar, Treacy’s. nero. Dbar.

Fri 30 Sat 31 KiCK ass CooKoos. Temple Bar, Treacy’s. sePteMBer 13-15 BlaCKstairs Blues festival. See page 10.

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riTual for DollS

by George MacEwan Green Cast: Golliwog: Tim Connaughton.

Arabella: Caroline Busher.

Bravo: Jamie T Murphy.

Jo Jo: Marguerite Casey.

For those who have never been fortunate enough to see this gritty, powerful and provocative drama, Ritual for Dolls is live theatre at its very best: Lust, Murder, and Forbidden Desire. The ritual is re-enacted by four Victorian toys as they portray the events in the lives of the children who had owned them.

A golliwog, a toy soldier, a doll and a monkey with a drum lie forgotten in an attic. Nightly they enact the story of the brother and the sister who owned them long ago, a story that bursts violently through the strait laced constraints of Victorian society.

MacEwan Green said of his writing that he is mainly preoccupied with attempting to explore certain moments when ritualised society breaks down, and there is an escape of pent-up humanity, resulting sometimes in enlightenment – sometimes in tragedy.

With Ritual for Dolls he does just that, addressing topics such as racism, incest, lust and murder bringing the audience face to face with the unpalatable truth that lies beneath the heart of the piece.

Please be advised Ritual For Dolls is of an adult nature.

Directed by Dublin born

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As errors may occasionally occur or event details may change, it would be prudent to check all events locally with the organisers and/or venues. Check www.wexlive.com for updated Co.Wexford listings.

Thanks to Joseph Doyle for his help with our comprehensive events section. Please email your dates to Joseph at doyleduffry@gmail.com.

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The Strawberry Ball Michael and Nadia Donohoe. Pic: Maria Nolan.

Gerry and Debbie Donnelly. Pic: Maria Nolan.

Aoife Murphy, Enniscorthy.

What does the Strawberry festival mean to you?

It’s deadly, everybody comes into the town and creates an atmosphere and buzz, it’s great. It’s a great laugh and you’re with friends, good fun.

What did you think of this year’s event?

It was good. I thought the tickets could have been worked out better, there was some confusion, people didn’t know what was going on, maybe it needed a bit more clarity.

With tickets at a premium and over 400 sold and people clambering for more the Strawberry Ball has become the event of the summer season in Enniscorthy.

There is no doubt that it is the place to be seen with the ladies attired in their finest, most eye-catching outfits and the men sprucing themselves accordingly.

The evening of course belongs to the Princesses and this year we had 11 of them and they were in truth all belles of the ball. Each one looking beautiful, accomplished, confident and perfectly groomed – all excellent Ambassadors of the Festival.

The venue was resplendent in the evening sunshine as people arrived and mingled over a glass of strawberries and champagne before heading for the ballroom and an incredibly delicious and expeditiously executed 5 course meal. To prepare fine food in that quantity to the highest standards is indeed a feat of excellence and the Riverside Park Hotel and staff deserve our utmost praise and admiration.

As do the Organising Committee – Denise Brophy, Nadia Donohoe and Mairead Ward who have taken the Strawberry Ball to new heights creating the mid-summer experience of the South East and one definitely not to be missed – so next year don’t be disappointed – book your tickets early!

– Maria nolan

Strawberry Festival Vox Pop

Pat Donohoe and Eddie Kelly. Pic: Maria Nolan.

by Donal Cullen

Tony Dobbs

Sandra McKeown

Danny Murphy

Lizzy BArtLett, Enniscorthy What does the Strawberry festival mean to you?

It means getting together with my friends and having a good time, also the atmosphere is great and partaking of everything that’s happening in those three days.

What did you think of this year’s event?

This year was one of the best. I loved it, the weather was good.

Aoife Murphy

DAnny Murphy, Templeshannon Quay What do you think of the Strawberry festival?

The Strawberry Festival means memories to me, meeting people that you haven’t seen for a long time and it’s good for the town and for business.

Mary and Louise Hore. Pic: Maria Nolan.

Lizzy Bartlett

I’m into The Delorentos and Cry Before Dawn – my kind of bands.

I thought having tickets up to about 8 o’clock was a bit pointless because it was free anyway.

–––––––––––––––––––––––––– tony DoBBS, Pearse Road, Enniscorthy What does the Strawberry festival mean to you?

Family and good fun. Plenty of entertainment for the kids and the good weather helps too.

What did you think of this year’s event?

I thought the bands could have been a little better advertised.

Some of the old people didn’t know what was going on and there was some confusion over tickets because people thought you had to buy them. A lot of people didn’t go because of that.

Overall it was good.

SAnDrA McKeoWn, Enniscorthy What does the Strawberry festival mean to you?

Being allowed to stay out ‘til 11 o’clock at night and playing in the swingboats, playing games and having fun. That’s the way it was in the old times – good weather and great fun.

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John O’Rourke

What does the Strawberry festival mean to you?

Strawberry Festival means to me a complete rejuvenation for the town, it’s brought a lot of pride to see all the people of Enniscorthy come out and partake of all that the Strawberry Festival has to offer, but also have a great time.

What did you think of this year’s event?

Well it worked and moving back down to its original location was good, the weather fantastic.

However there could have been something in the Square for the older people to enjoy but overall it was a good event.

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What does the Strawberry festival mean to you?

A good time and fun. I went to all three nights and enjoyed all the bands. But it’s also being with your friends and having a good time. n

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A Cornucopia of Culture “If it’s words you want”… then you certainly got them in abundance at this year’s Strawberry festival Words in Wexford literary Trail. An eclectic mix of local, national and even international talent at exceptional venues around the town spanning the entire weekend, beginning with Scallta Showcase on Friday 28th June at the atmospheric Presentation Centre.

Organised by Paul O’Reilly and Niall Wall, both wonderful entertainers in their own right, and with contributions from no less

extremely special as she explained to her audience about her Enniscorthy connection and her relative on her mother’s side, Marion Stokes, who was one of the three Cumann na mBan women who hoisted the tricolour on the Athenaeum in Easter Week 1916 and was also instrumental in founding the County Museum with Fr. Ransome and Miceal Toibin. Felicity now lives in Dingle and in her book House on an Irish Hillside she speaks lovingly of her home on the Dingle Peninsula Corca Dhuibhne but she also

Felicity Hayes McCoy with Rita Clarke and Ursula Clarke Everett.

Pic: Maria Nolan.

than nine writers this was an evening par excellence of the literary variety.

Poet John Kelly treated us to selected pieces from his debut collection Gathering the Dead, whilst Mogue Doyle enchanted with his usual wit and sparkle.

Barbara Tector shared wonderful stories from her youth Down Under with the audience and Joe Murphy, originally from Moran Park, read from his latest book Dead Dogs. The very versatile poet, publisher, creative writer and arts administrator Denis Collins delighted with verse and traditional Irish songster Paddy Berry had the large audience in stitches as he read hilariously about organising a Fleadh. Dublin man Eamonn Sheridan read from and gave us insightful background to his intriguing book Me Father was a Hero and Me Mother is a Saint followed by local poet Maggie Breen, now living in Dingle, who recounted some of her fondest childhood memories from her debut collection Other Things I Didn’t Tell. And last but by no means least we were spellbound by the amazing talent and pure genius of journalist, novelist, travel writer, broadcaster and teacher… Suzanne Power. An enthralling end to a captivating event.

On Saturday the literary focus was on Book Launches as author Felicity Hayes McCoy launched her book House on an Irish Hillside at Enniscorthy Castle and Mary O’Rourke read from her memoirs Just Mary at Enniscorthy Library. Both charming, interesting and likeable ladies yet very different.

The venue of Enniscorthy Castle for Felicity Hayes McCoy was hugely appropriate and

speaks with tremendous affection about Enniscorthy and her visits here as a child. Indeed, when introducing Felicity, Maria Nolan read from a piece she did recently for the Gathering website entitled An Invitation to Strawberries and Cream in an Irish Castle. Maria complimented Felicity’s extravagant praise for the town and said that she could be called on to be an Ambassador not just for Enniscorthy but for the Strawberry Festival as well. Before concluding Maria asked Felicity about her next book and she said that she was very excited at the prospect of writing something about the Women of 1916 and at present she was busily researching the women of Enniscorthy and in particular her own relation Marion Stokes. Felicity and her husband, Opera Director Wilf Judd, were totally enamoured with their visit to the Castle and thanked all for their very warm Enniscorthy welcome and hospitality.

Meanwhile at Enniscorthy Library Mary O’Rourke was holding court being Just Mary and

wonderfully wading her way through the barrage of questions about the last Fianna Fail government. In her most polite and affable way Mary battled beautifully the tirade that came her way and indeed encouraged people to ask more. It is impossible not to like this smiling, genial matriarch who disagrees with you so graciously and it would also be impossible to get the better of her.

Mary O’Rourke has a way about her that is difficult to describe – she listens to all with respect and addresses all with courtesy and is ever mindful of a person’s dignity and yet still manages to get her own point across with the utmost clarity and conviction. She is a joy to behold – a good mannered, intelligent, interesting debater and an excellent communicator and those who attended at the Library were delighted to meet her with almost all present buying her book and queuing to have her sign it.

At the same time back at The Presentation Centre there was storytelling and singalongs galore at the Teddy Bears’ Picnic with the effervescent Maura Flannery who kept the large gathering of little picnickers happy in the sunshine.

Later on Saturday evening the Athenaeum Committee held their 5th annual Poetry Evening An Buaine Focal at the 1798 Centre and once again produced a superb line-up of literary talent to whet the most discerning pallet includi n g To m M o o n e y, M i c h a e l Connaughton, Eamonn Doyle, Joe Neal and Teri Murray.

On Sunday evening at The Presentation Centre Echo editor Tom Mooney hosted a panel discussion with artists Aisling Moone, Julie Moorhouse, John Busher and Oonagh Latchford from the Denis Collins Artist Showcase Exhibition running all month at the Centre.

Another edifying and informative evening in pleasant, relaxed surroundings adding an extra dimension to our Words In Wexford programme.

And our final event in this new, innovative line-up and indeed the final event of the Festival proper was our Strawberry Wishes Closing Ceremony at Enniscorthy Castle at 11pm on Sunday night where strawberry wishes from poets and writers including con-

Nuala Murphy chatting to Mary O’Rourke. Pic: Maria Nolan.

L-R: Niall Wall, Eamonn Sheridan, John Kelly, Maggie Breen, Suzanne Power, Paddy Berry, Joe Murphy, Denis Collins, Mogue Doyle and Paul O’Reilly – participants in Scallta Showcase at The Presentation Centre. Pic: Maria Nolan.

tributions from Eamonn Wall, Felicity Hayes McCoy, Joe Murphy, Eamonn Doyle, Barbara Tector, Joe Neal, Caroline Busher, Denis Collins, Carol Boland and Paddy Kehoe were read from the windows of the first floor of the Castle by either the writers themselves or MC for the evening and Chairman of the new Enniscorthy Drama Group Colum Coomey, Drama Group member and writer Caroline Busher and event organiser Maria Nolan.

Vi c e C h a i r m a n J o h n n y M y t h e n re a d a w i s h f ro m Enniscorthy Town Council, a wish from Fianna Fáil TD John Browne was read along with wishes from the Hope Centre, Rapparees/ Starlights GAA Club, Enniscorthy

Squash Club, the Hockey Club, Enniscorthy Tourism, Enniscorthy Community Forum, Jacqui Hynes Manager of the Castle and the 1798 Centre, The Athenaeum and Slaney Search and Rescue along with the hopes and dreams of those who had called to the Castle over the weekend to make their own personal contribution to the occasion. All wishes were then symbolically sent heavenward on Sky Lanterns out into the Enniscorthy night from the ramparts of the Castle.

A beautifully moving ceremony with some thoughtful, touching, poignant pieces that are just too good not to share so we have decided to compile a Strawberry Wishes book that will

be available for all to enjoy at the Castle. My most sincere thanks to all who made this inaugural Closing Ceremony not just a success but a very special element of our Words In Wexford programme, which was totally enjoyable, educational, entertaining, thought provoking and engaging and definitely one for the future of Strawberry Fest.

Well done to the Organising Committee – Mairead Linneen, Niall Wall, Paul O`Reilly, Anne Gilpin, Maria Nolan and Jarlath Glynn who are endeavouring to develop and expand the Strawberry Festival adding new dimensions making it attractive to a wider audience.

– Maria nolan

Pre-nuptial drama Willie Russell’s comic play Stags & hens was staged at The Presentation Centre by the Yellow Moon Theatre on 3rd July and went down a treat with the Enniscorthy audience. Set in Dublin in the late 70s / early 80s it has flavours of Roddy Doyle’s The commitments and The Snapper. Although originally written for an English audience this work has adapted extremely well to inner city wit and depicts Dublin disco life way back before the Celtic Tiger was even a cub.

The entire play is staged in the ladies and gents loos and explores the herd mentality of the working class with wonderful insights and terrific one-liners tinged with a sad or sympathetic undercurrent.

The Yellow Moon cast certainly do it justice and dished up a top class and most enjoyable performance. The set was simple and scene changes worked tremendously well. All in all a good night’s entertainment with excellent comic interjection.

Special compliments to Chairman of the new Enniscorthy Drama Group, Colum Coomey, who gives a first rate interpretation in the role of Robbie – the pseudo suave ladies man.

– Maria nolan

Above: The Stags. Below: The Hens. Pics: Maria Nolan.

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the presentation Centre loads to see and do!

Art Exhibitions

Youth Arts Programme

Last chance to see the enniscorthy Showcase art exhibition

WaCt youth theatre Summer taster

The Enniscorthy Showcase Exhibition continues at The Presentation Centre, Enniscorthy, until 10 August. To mark the end of the exhibition, visitors are offered a chance to purchase works at a 10% discount for the last 10 days up to and including 10 August.

The range of works sell from as little as €90 to €25,000 and the variety of styles is just as varied. The exhibition includes public scale sculpture by Julie Moorhouse, enigmatic, thought provoking photographs

by Julie Gill-Frisby and Ilva Krama, delicate goddess ceramics by Mairead Stafford and highly personal works exploring serious human issues, something you could say for every taste.

L-r: Artists Aiseling noone, Julie Moorhouse, John Busher and oonagh Latchford with tom Mooney, Group editor echo newspapers, who facilitated an artists’ forum 30 June.

The exhibition is curated and designed by Denis Collins of The Denis Collins Gallery in Wexford to highlight the current strength of the visual arts in Enniscorthy. Denis describes it as a snapshot exhibition of this particular moment rather than a comprehensive overview.

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‘art in the open’ exhibition opens 23 august

A selection of pieces from Art Pic: Gavin Doyle Photography in the Open, Ireland's 6th International Plein Air Painting Festival will go on display at The Presentation Centre from 23 August. Seven spectacular paint-outs are the core of Art in the Open 2013 featuring some of the most stunning scenery, charming villages and historic towns here in Co Wexford including Enniscorthy.

You may have seen some of these works in progress over the August bank holiday weekend.

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recent Works an exciting solo exhibition of paintings and dr awings by david begley will take place from 11-28 October to coincide with Wexford Festival Opera.

pursuit of Adoration by David Begley.

NEW Adult ClAssEs Adult Art Classes with Julie Moorhouse Six week course commencing Wed 18 September 7.30pm Julie Moorhouse is an award winning artist from Enniscorthy with over 20 years experience teaching adult art classes.

Her approach is to treat each participant as an individual and divides the term by sharing her vast knowledge of painting techniques in a range of materials and then encouraging the student to create paintings with their new found skills. All levels catered for. A second class will be added subject to demand. Cost €90 (concessions €75).

Please contact the centre to register your interest on 053 92 33000.

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– the Wexford Song project with Aileen Lambert Commencing thurs 12 September 8-10pm A new, traditional song project commencing in September and focusing on the song tradition of Co Wexford is looking for participants! Explore traditional songs from across the county from the popular to the lesser well known, listen to Wexford singers from past to present, explore resources and learn a few new songs along the way!

For further information contact Aileen Lambert on 087-755 2593 or aileenlambert@gmail.com. This project is co-funded by Co Wexford Arts Department Community Arts Programme, participation is FREE. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Conversational irish Classes for Adults will resume in October after a successful pilot programme in April/May. Anyone interested should contact the centre 053 92 33000.

Aug 20-23 (tues-fri) 10-1pm 9-12yrs & 2-5pm secondary school age

Young peoples’ participation in drama can have many great benefits - self confidence, imagination, empathy, co-ordination, problem solving, social development, teamwork and of course FUN! Still a few spaces available, please contact Jacqui 086-288 5942.

Great for anyone transitioning to secondary school.

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– County Wexford youth film project premiere Wed 11 Sept 7.30pm The Presentation Centre, in association with the Arts Department of Wexford County Council, is delighted to present the premiere of short films made during the filmmaking project weeks earlier in the Summer.

Featuring two short films created by participants in the programme as well as ‘behind the scenes’ and a ‘blooper reel’ - all the funny takes and mistakes from filmmaking project. There will also be a presentation of DVDs to the project participants. the screening is a free event and all are welcome.

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sEPtEmbEr ClAssEs tueSDAyS: 9.15-11:00 St Aidan’s parent & toddler Group with artist oonagh Latchford & St Aidan’s primary School Wexford Artists Community theatre. WACT is a non-profit youth theatre providing inclusive and accessible drama opportunities for all interested young people. With a focus on personal and creative development through play and performance techniques in a fun, safe and sociable environment. Contact Jacqui: 086-288 5942. new for 2013, a class for under 8’s 5-6 pm - 5-8 year olds - €3 per class 6-7 pm - 9-12 year olds - €3 per class 7-9 pm - 13+ age group - €5 per class

What’s On at a glance 01-10 Aug Last chance to see Enniscorthy Showcase Art Exhibition.

08 Aug Launch of Enniscorthy Drama Group summer productions, 8pm.

09 Aug Ireland Newfoundland Festivals open meeting – 8pm, adm FREE. 23 Aug ‘Art in the Open’ Exhibition opens (Tues-Sat 10-5pm daily).

24 Aug Enniscorthy Drama Group’s inaugural production of ‘A Tinkers Wedding’ & ‘Ritual for Dolls’, 8pm, adm €10.00.

25 Aug National Youth Cycling Championships Presentation & Prize-giving.

29 & 30 Aug Enniscorthy Drama Group productions as 24 Aug, 8pm, adm €10.00.

03 Sept WACT Youth Theatre resume.

05 Sept Red Moon Theatre resume.

11 Sept Co Wexford Youth Film Project Movie Premiere, 7.30pm.

12 Sept Traditional Song Project commences, 8pm.

14 Sept Blues Guitar Workshop in conjunction with Blackstairs Blues Festival 2013, 2pm.

17 Sept St Aidan’s Parent & Toddler Group resumes.

18 Sept Adult Art Classes with Julie Moorhouse commence, 7.30pm.

20 Sept Culture Night, more details to follow.

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– enniscorthy drama Group See page 11 for full details.

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Ireland-newfoundland festival public meeting fri 9 aug, 8pm Since 2005, a festival has been held annually to celebrate the historical and cultural connections between South-East Ireland and the Canadian province of Newfoundland, ''the most Irish place in the world outside of Ireland''. Alternating each year, the 9-day festival will take place in Newfoundland in September and in Ireland in 2014.

Former Chairperson of Ireland Newfoundland Connections (INC), Niall Wall, will give an illustrated presentation for those interested in finding out more or getting involved in this unique community festival. All are welcome.

Enquiries to Walter Kirwan 087 231 0396 or wallykirwan@gmail.com.

Summer scenes in the presentation Centre Garden.

Left: teddy Bears’ picnic.

Below: Audience at The Tempest.

WeDneSDAyS: Creative Kidz Dance project with Myriad Dance. This project aims to stimulate the imagination, energy and artistry of children in the area. The project will mould the children's ideas for dance and create a new dance piece over a series of weeks. Classes are for boys and girls together aged 8 - 11 years old. Contact Deirdre Grant: 086 876 3552.

Siobhán french School of Music. Siobhán French provides keyboard/piano lessons, all ages and all levels catered for whether preparing for associated board exams or learning just for fun. Group classes run each Wed 4-7pm with one-to-one classes also available. Contact Siobhán for more information: 086 085 7174. thurSDAyS: red Moon theatre. Specialising in theatre, drama, art and filmmaking for young people with a strong emphasis on enjoying the fun of participation, confidence-building, creativity and personal expression. Contact Michael: 086 086 1449.

4-5 pm: Children's Drama (ages 5-11) Drama games, role play, improvisation, narrative and ensemble acting.

5-6 pm: young Artists Studio (ages 5-13) Learn how to draw and paint exciting subjects, work with clay and other media.

6-7:30 pm: enniscorthy youth theatre ensemble (ages 12 & over) Acting for stage and film, performance and theatre-craft.

for further InformatIon:

email: thepresentationcentre@gmail.com to subscribe to e-newsletter. tel: 053 92 33000.

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WW1 AT WELLS HOUSE It was truly a WW1 afternoon in more ways than one at Wells House on Sunday 14th July – a wonderful Wells 1st Anniversary.

And did they celebrate in style with a Victorian Garden Party complete with WW1 memorabilia, WW1 soldiers, army tents and Red Cross nurses, along with some very elegant ladies in exquisite vintage outfits. Indeed it had quite a Downton Abbey flavour to it with British Army officers lazily passing the time outside tents or being shot at by a German sniper as they waded through the barley and Red Cross nurses flitting back and forth across the lawn in front of the great house.

Yes quite the Downton Abbey feel to it and a most perfect setting for a Victorian Garden Party.

I had a lovely chat to two finely dressed ladies Linda and Edel Griffin. Linda was wearing a stunning creation in cream lace which she told me was actually her own wedding dress made and designed by her mother many years before. I asked the ladies to pose with some re-enactment WW1 soldiers for a photograph and I was severely chastised for referring to them as re-enactors – Les Newman and Graham Evans went to great pains to tell me that they

were Living History and members of the Irish Great War Society… and they were due on Vinegar Hill on the August holiday weekend as Redcoats with the Lord Edwards Own group of re-enactors from Kildare.

What wonderful, wonderful value Wells House is at only €6 per car. There were oodles of activities for the kids from puppet shows to face painting to a marvellous juggler on stilts – not to mention the action-packed play area, the archery and Jim O’Connor and his magnificent birds in particular the beautiful and serene Serena – who was simply delighted to be the centre of attention for an un-ending stream of young and old admirers. It was lovely to see the young children on the woodland walk knocking on or trying to open the tiny fairy doors at the bottom of the trees looking to see if there were any fairies at home – I heard one grandmother tell her enchanted grandchild to be quiet as fairies always took a nap in the afternoons and could be quite cross if woken.

Priceless!

Full marks to Sabine and Ulrich Rossler – everything is done extremely well at Wells if you`ll pardon the alliteration – they are doing a most remarkable job. The woodland walks

are not just tranquil and pretty – the special features are just magic and carefully and lovingly carved from wood – most imaginative.

The whole scene appeared to be modelled on the stately homes in England that are attracting huge numbers of visitors every weekend. And there is nothing wrong with copying brilliance. Wells House is an absolute winner in my book and an excellent facility to have in the county. I can’t speak highly enough of it with tours of the house every hour on the hour, its good food restaurant, clean and pleasant toilet facilities, quaint courtyard, creative craft area with local crafts people selling their beautifully fashioned and original wares, the hugely popular animal farm and the Alice In Wonderland almost life size chess and draughts sets.

Wells House is a wonder and Sabine and Ulrich are making it a magical experience for young and old alike.

Keep up the good work guys – you have given the county a most marvellous attraction and added a new dimension to its tourism.

My congratulations and may you continue to grow and prosper.

– Maria nolan

Patrycja Tyrawn, Jade Newman, Mary Newman and Nicola Kennedy Cosgrave.

Pic: Maria Nolan.

Jim O’Connor with Serena.

Pic: Maria Nolan.

Sarah Ann Kavanagh.

Pic: Maria Nolan.

Edel Griffin, Les Newman and Linda Griffin Pic: Maria Nolan.

Soldiers in the Barley. Pic: Maria Nolan.

WeXpose at Strawberry Festival Glitz and glamour hit the Riverside Park Hotel on Sunday 30th June as former M i s s Wo r l d R o s a n n e Davison arrived to compere another new departure for the Strawberry Festival – WeXpose – Enniscorthy’s very own version of the beauty and fashion television programme xpose.

Rosanne arrived in floral jeans and a kelly green top that more than complimented her beautiful blonde locks and terrific figure. To say that she is perfection

personified is no exaggeration… she is a human Barbie Doll and that is in no way disparaging. Her figure, her face, her smile, her hair, it’s all totally perfect! And along with that I would have to say that she is a most pleasant and accommodating person and chatted easily with one and all and had countless photographs taken with the Princesses, the organisers, those showcasing and the punters. And indeed there were plenty of them! But she smiled on and on and on

and made every photo look as if it was the first one she had taken that day – now that’s professionalism for ya!

And what a successful new venture for the Strawberry Festival with 11 beautiful Princesses to model, beautiful creations from Glitterati, Carrig Don, Vintage Belle and amazing hats by Amanda Byrne of Highbury Designs, hair demos by Scissors Sisters, facials and massage by McCauleys, nails and make-up by Finishing

Touches, not to mention a fabulous door prize of a €500 travel voucher all compered by the beautiful Rosanne – how could it not be a success and a big congratulations to organisers Denise Brophy, Nadia Donohoe and Mairead Ward on putting together a wonderful showcase of beauty and fashion. Plenty here to build on for the future ladies and if you missed it this year chalk it down as an event to attend at the 2014 Festival.

– Maria nolan

Rosanne Davison with McCauley’s staff and McCauley’s Princess Ciara Foley. Pic: Maria Nolan.

Out and About in Enniscorthy and beyond

Rosanne Davison (right) with McCauley’s Princess Ciara Foley. Pic: Maria Nolan.

Finishing Touches at WeXpose – L-R: Therese Gleeson, Gillian O’Neill, Tara Mythen, Rosanne Davison and Sandra Kielthy. Pic: Maria Nolan.

se WeXapt o ry r e b w Stra ival Fest

Rosanne with the Princesses.

Pic: Maria Nolan.

WeXpose organisers L-R: Mairead Ward, Rosanne Davison, Nadia Donohoe and Denise Brophy. Pic: Maria Nolan.

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Summer Heath!

DAN EWING (Heath Braxton in Home and Away) visited Treacys Hotel, Enniscorthy, last month to meet with some of his adoring fans.

Hundreds turned up – we can’t include all the pics so here’s just a few.

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Successful berry festival

Sponsor Billy Kelly (left) making presentation to winning Chef Richie Trappe of Greenacres with the late Chairman of Enniscorthy Town Council Pat Cody, RIP. Pic: Maria Nolan.

As Enniscorthy basks in the afterglow of the success of the 46th Strawberry Festival the Organising Committee and its ancillaries deserved a well earned clap on the back for all their work not just for their oft times unnoticed efforts to keep this traditional festival going after 46 years but also for their vision and ingenuity introducing so many new aspects and facets to the weekend Programme.

Beginning on the Tuesday 25th June prior to the Festival with the hugely popular A Taste of Wexford Strawberry Cook Off at the Riverside Park Hotel.

Six Home Cooks took on the challenge of creating a Strawberry dessert and dished up some mouth watering delights and luscious crimson strawberry adorned Roulades, Pavlovas, Cheesecakes, Scones and even Porridge. The Contestants – Adam Wickham, Ann Fitzgerald, Anne Sinnott, Breda Byrne, Bernie Murphy and Janice Casey Bracken waited with baited breath as well known cuisine connoisseurs Paolo Tullio and Phelim Byrne sampled with

relish their delectable offerings.

And the winner was… Anne Sinnott for her delicious Strawberry Cheesecake.

Next up were the more professional chefs from Greenacres, Treacys Hotel, Via Veneto and The Bailey who had the task of preparing 2 courses using our Wexford Strawberries and they delighted the audience creating some edible extravaganzas like Thai Prawn & Strawberry Palette, Strawberry & Beef Thai Stir Fry, St. Tola Goats Cheese S a l a d w i t h B e e t ro o t a n d

Strawberry Textures, Red Berry Tea Crème Brulee with Wexford Compote, Vanilla & Strawberry Madelines Biscuits, Spring Salad with Strawberry, Chocolate Cake with double Malt Beer and Strawberry, Prime Sirloin of Beef drizzled with Dark Chocolate served with a melody of Wexford fruit, strawberries and raspberries and blueberries, and Strawberry and Apple Pancake.

After that I`m sure I don’t need to tell you that we had difficulty preventing the audience from eating the sumptuous

spread before it was seen and adjudicated by Paulo and Phelim.

And the winner was… Chef Richie Trappe from Greenacres who was presented with the winning trophy by Billy Kelly of Kellys Hotel Rosslare who generously sponsored the event.

It was a thoroughly enjoyable evening with a taste for everyone in the audience and the feedback if you`ll pardon the pun was most complimentary. People were delighted with the flexibility and layout of the venue that allowed them to view preparations first hand and then taste the results. Paolo Tullio and Phelim Byrne were not alone excellent judges but spoke about the dishes with flourish and Paolo was also available to sign his new book during the evening.

Eamonn Kehoe of Teagasc also gave a brief talk on how to grow strawberries and our late Town Chairman Pat Cody welcomed all and had great praise for the Organising Committee – Anne Gilpin, Maria Nolan and Linda Wall.

This is a new feature for the Festival that will continue to grow, develop and attract cooks, chefs and punters alike. It most definitely has people appeal.

– Maria Nolan

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Samara Cherrabi, winner of the Home Cook Competition on RTE’s Today Show demonstrating exotic Mediterranean cooking at the Garden Festival in St Senan’s Primary School, Enniscorthy, on 22nd June.

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All-Ireland Farmers Market competition, Enniscorthy, June 2013.

Strawberry Festival Chairman Cyril Wheelock with Homecook Winner Anne Sinnott. Pic: Maria Nolan.

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6 August 2013

The Wexford Scene Michelle Dooley Mahon has the attention span of a flea. This has manifested throughout her life in an abundance of appointments, abodes and amours. Born in Wexford in Aul God’s time (when people still stepped off paths for priests) – she has variously been employed as a gynaecological receptionist / breakfast chef / au pair / pub landlady / tourist information officer / hostel warden / café owner / ship’s stewardess / film production assistant and hotel manager. She appears to have forgotten the remainder. She is an introverted socialite and conducts her assault on humanity through her facebook posts (http://facebook.com/michelle.d.mahon) and a Blogger account (Shellakeypookey@blogspot.com), and is the admin on the Facebook page she created to document the progression of Alzheimers in her beloved mother, Siobhan (“Alzheimer Association of Ireland”).

I had imagined the place might be packed when we headed for Carne.

The first clue was when I saw a pigeon walking there.

He was just marching along the N25, head down against the fumes and roars of traffic. He arrived just as we were leaving, the poor bastard.

A colleague of his was lying open to the elements, displaying white bone and wings in the damp sand, so he may have been attending the wake, albeit late.

Much like his colleague.

The water was seasonally icy and I thought my heart would stop as I lowered my bulk into the suspiciously foamy waves.

I shielded my eyes and allowed a young male to splash me to get over the worst of the shock.

I hoped the tractor parked outside the public jacks might have had a de-fibrillator perched under the seat or the fat lady may just have sung her last.

Carne is a different place now from where I cut my teeth as a youngster. Back in oul Gods time, we holidayed there in our mobile since we were small childer, and when there was crack in town I had to be dragged down there.

Then, when I discovered boys, and discos, and the Bakehouse on the pier, I had to be dragged kicking and screaming back to town.

Years ago the roads were filled with burnt people walking to the Lobster Pot for dinner, or to Butlers of Broadway to hear

Sore Point – Carne Carne Tractor.

Pic: M.D.M.

Route 66, and finally to Keegans to catch Make Browne's Bus to The Un-Yoke.

I was supposed to be eating new potatoes and crab salad in Ballask (which we considered peasant food at the time) and not doing any or all the above in sequential order.

I was also not supposed to be joyriding on the backs of motorbikes and choppers, or lying in fields with men in denim on denim, and leather, drinking cider.

I was certainly not supposed to pinch Willy Goff's Suzuki from outside the Pot and drive it in first gear to Keegans, ning ninging past the open mouthed drinkers outside Butlers in the late evening sun.

"Was that MICHELLE?" they asked in disbelief and ran into the payphone to tap the other pub.

Willy and the posse were

closing in behind me in a Reno A Heen , playing "Status Quo " loud on the tape deck.

When the laugh was wiped off my jaws, I realised I didn't know where the brake was and so pulled the ignition keys out in the middle of the road heading for Allenstown.

Well, your honour, the bike went one way and I went t'other.

Des Cooper was running the Pot, Jim and Bob were running Butlers, and Brendan and Renee were heaving with the crowds in the bar AND the lounge for the music – Sean O'Halloran on a casio organ and Paddy Scallan yodelling and singing "It's 4 in the morning, and once more the dawning woke up the wanting in me…".

One night Make (who is a man btw) was fuming in the car park waiting for the 52 people who were getting on and off the

bus like Jinnets, going in and out to the toilet and buying fags and large bottles to sustain them for the 40 odd mile trip. God forbid we should have a moment of sobriety or clarity.

One of the men aboard got off and stood at the back wheel pissing with the whole bus laughing and pointing.

Make put the bus in gear and began to drive away, his shirt plastered to his back, while the entire bus roared at him.

Jimmy (the pisser) hurled a convenient cavity block from the dispensary through the back window of the bus.

"Name a Jasus" said Make as he taped a Tayto box in the back window, and the rest of the bus went back in to the toilet.

Tonight, I looked at all these places and felt sorry for people who could not have seen it as I did/do.

Tumbleweed is blowing across the car park and the shuttered windows may have the memory of the music trapped inside, but there is no-one anywhere.

There are no children washing sand off their feet at the communal tap. There is no smell of chips or a young one leaning on the counter saying "Saltvinegar".

My Mother and Aunts are not sitting outside on deck chairs listening to the scrabbling of crabs in saucepans and waiting for their sunburnt offspring to arrive home with new spuds.

There is only me and the seaweed and the slate grey sea.

And the Pigeon. – M.D.M.

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dining club, Mosimann's, he created and presented a sumptuous dinner to showcase to guests a taste of the Good Food Ireland experience and to give a flavour of what can be found at Good Food Ireland restaurants and hotels. The dinner featured a small selection of the wide range of excellent produce including; smoked meats and fish from renowned smokehouses Burren, Ummera and Connemara, Wexford fruit and dairy, Irish Piemontese Beef, award winning farmhouse cheeses such as Milleens and Cooleeney and a fabulous Kilbeggan Whiskey ice cream from Glastry Farm (to name but a few!)

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contact Louise Kinsella on 0539158693or email lkinsella@goodfoodireland.ie Good Food Ireland is a network of food and hospitality businesses passionately committed to using local food ingredients.

Founded by Margaret Jeffares in November 2007, the network now comprises almost 600 Approved Providers throughout the island of Ireland. Good Food Ireland exemplifies the innovation in Irish food and cuisine over the last 6 years and has become a trusted friend for an Irish food experience.

All providers are taken through a vigorous accreditation system that ensures quality, guaranteeing a great food experience for all. The Good Food Ireland launch was supported by Kerrygold and Tourism Ireland.

– M.D.M.

Michelle Dooley Mahon will be reading at Fusion Soiree at Fusion Cafe on Friday 9th August.

Michelle has been described elsewhere as: "the wonderfully perceptive writer and blogger Miss Michelle Dooley Mahon."

As regular readers of the Slaney News will know Michelle is always entertaining and the Fusion Cafe is a great venue so hope to see you there!

– Ed

Smoke and Mirrors At the Roller Disco in the Parish Hall, there wasn’t a smell of smoke.

Friends of mine were looking for a match.

“My arse and your face ” said one wag beating the old line to death.

“Seriously, lads, has anyone a light?”

Someone always had a damp box of matches in their DonkeyJacket pocket. Or a torn off piece of the scarlet sand paper that would suffice. Only an eegit would try the brown stuff. The Hard Chaws bought their fags singly from Terrys Shop opposite the school, a no-brainer. They struck safety matches off walls, or the tip of a shoe, or the zip on the fork of their turned up jeans. They hockered and spat, and smoked the fag cupped between the thumb and first finger, the better to get a good drag.

Stop Horsing it, lave us a dogger will ya, fecks sake they would cry in anguish.

Save us the butt will ya?

Smoking back then did not carry quite the stigma it does now.

Oh, the days of an arched eyebrowed heroine in a black and white movie, dropping one ringlet over a suggestive eye while she waited for a light, were long gone. The romance and delusion of smoking as sexy however, was nearing its end. Marlboro Man was getting ready to hang up his Stetson and sue. The death knell had not quite sounded but you could hear the ominous reverb of the bell.

Meanwhile, the interviewers and guests were still smoking on all the chat shows. The bank tellers in Spain would exhale a plume of Ducados down each nostril while they changed your pounds for pesetas. The Irish children were smoking in the streets.

Every house in the country had about 19 ashtrays in it, some for using, some not. Some held paper clips and bus tickets and miraculous medals and memory cards. Some held the butts of cigars or pipe cleaners and coins. Some held the memory of the countless fags stubbed out in them by a Peggy Dell that would open pups eyes. I remember a child in school wearing a badge that said – Kissing a smoker is like licking an ashtray – she went on to have a 40 a day habit. Bless.

In London as a pub landlady, I cleaned the ashtrays with a paint brush hanging on a nail under the counter. Woe betide the errant customer who got them wet, or God Forbid put Chun Gum in them. In Ireland back then there were only two types of cigarette in the whole country, one in a red pack, and one in green.

Major delivered a kick like a mule from the first pull and left you bent double and gasping.

Carrolls was for weaklings.

We smoked at the Bingo, in the pub, on the buses, on planes, trains, and automobiles with the windows closed against the perishing rain, swimming pools, funfairs and Banks. We expectorated, and thus decorated the paths and the streets. Every Irish pub counter had about 80 packets of Major on it any one time.

The green box with its little gold dividers separating one pile of ten from another identical. Men lit their major with a match before they sang “Spancil Hill” or “The Rocks of Bawn“, the burst of sulphur preceeding the noble call. My favourite smell in the world is dark roasting coffee and Cuban cigars blending in a heady aroma. I did not light my first cigarette till I was in my late 20’s, having spent all the years before as a non-smoker, who never had a light or a dogger. I regret it still.

We gave each other presents of 40 fags with a ribbon on, and brought back thousands duty free.

Now due to the zero tolerance for smokers which sees people look as askance at someone lighting up as shooting up, and the parade of injuries and afflictions displayed on the boxes, I have resigned myself to the Vaper – or e cigarette as it is becoming known. Apart from the day it broke in half and I was reduced to bumming one from a woman on the street. Dear reader, I attach the photo for your delectation and scrutiny and the subsequent trip down memory lane that inspired this piece.

Pass me my inhaler.

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Extract from Missus Up & Down – A Memoir by M.D.M.

Then I started school

Siobhan brought me by the hand wearing the infernal crocheted bonnet to the Presentation Convent School where I was welcomed by Sr. Gertrude who minded the babies. She was a tall thin Nun with an extremely pale sad face with two scarlet flushed cheeks who was pushed to the pin of her collar to contain the massed roaring of forty small children who wanted their Mammies.

All the painting in the world was not going to silence that din and I was prostrate across the tiny desk with desolation and despair. I remember the huge ragged breath of relief when I saw Siobhan’s face appear around the door to bring me home and I informed her that I was glad that THAT was over and the sobbing hugs as she responded I would have to go back again tomorrow.

The convent was a beautiful place with its cloisters and sodality rooms although the ramshackle pre-fabs we were in were almost falling down and the gusts coming in under

the door would shave you. I spent a lot of time hanging around the yard feeling awkward, watching the gangs of kids skipping and playing marbles, all knowing each other from their street and all playing together when they went home. I had no real friends from my area and none who played in the Square. The cloakroom smelt primarily of damp and milk and it was there I met a new girl one day called Marcella. She still recalls how I introduced myself and gave her the heads up about stuff pertinent to school , offering to show her a few important things, like where the jacks was and where the buns came out.

Which was not the same place.

The gift school gave me in those early days was teaching me to read wherein I promptly lost myself in a world of words.

I read avidly and voraciously and devoured the stories and chapters long before we were supposed to be on that page. I read at home and in bed and on the toilet.

“There’s Maggie Ann going with the Dandy up the leg of her drawers”.

Kathleen used to buy me annuals for my birthday and Christmas and she would come over to tell us to go down to Bucklands Book Shop , negotiate the pall of smoke and pick out what we wanted. Sisters ran the bookshop, one chain smoking while she marked off the papers in the book, her gold wrapped wrists jangling and her nicotine stained nail marking the place. The other sister wore a built up shoe and a shop coat and hecked up and down behind the counter serving comics and sweets. There was a mild assistant with a disconsolate air, as if she had been pressed into service in a big house against her will. She moved about the shop like a wraith, ineffectually dusting and reading penny dreadfuls and Mills & Boon romances.

By this time I was allowed to go down town for messages.

Initially, with a note, either pinned to my sleeve or in my pocket. As I got braver, these were dispensed with. Crossing the square I went down Gibson Street, stepping over the stream of scutter and blood that poured out from the abbatoir when they were butchering. We would hear the mooing and bawling of the cows as they were herded up through the streets by men wearing flat caps shouting “Hoosh, Geddap, Hoosh” as they laid out all around them with their sticks at the shit covered haunches of the terrified animals. I asked someone why there was so much poo.

“They can smell the fear and know they are going to die”.

– M.D.M.

Above: Enjoying the 4th of July party in Wexford Town. Pic: Patrick Hogan.

Left: Author Billy Roche was given a civic reception last month in Wexford Town by Mayor George Lawlor in recognition of his work and to mark the 25th Anniversary of The Wexford Trilogy. Billy’s play The Belfry has just completed a successful run at Wexford’s Dun Mhuire Theatre.

Pic: Patrick Hogan.

Paupers Graveyard Wexford 12 July 2013. Pic: Patrick Hogan.

Rev Aodhán Marken, Bishop Denis Brennan, Rev James Cullen, at the Paupers Graveyard Wexford 12 July 2013. Pic: Patrick Hogan.

Paul Brown having a shave for Wexford Branch of Guide Dogs.

Pic: Patrick Hogan.

Members of Wexford Camera Club in Kilmore Quay on 3rd July. Pic: Patrick Hogan.

L-R: Alan McGuire, Kate Kelly, Adam Nolan, Bridget Curran, Niall Reck, Rachel Hogan and Liam Dwyer at the Walk for Health in Wexford Park on 21st July. Pic: Patrick Hogan.

Wexford G.A.A. Supporters Club in conjunction with The Friends of Wexford Hospital and South East Radio hosted an eight kilometre Walk for Health on Sunday July 21st starting and finishing at Wexford Park.

The aim was to provide funds for health under different headings:  Wexford General Hospital  Encourage children to play sports (gaelic games in this case)  Encourage people to get

out and walk for their own health.

The route was a gentle one and was primarily on the footpaths around Wexford town with part of the route going along The Quay front.

– F.C.

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Slaney Motoring

6 August 2013

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Caroline gets motoring SuMMEr SCorChErS

Toyota GT86

Over the summer, the Slaney News got the opportunity to drive the Toyota GT86 and MINI John Cooper Works GP. While they may not be the most practical or kind to your pocket, these two very special cars are bound to put a smile on your face, says Caroline Kidd.

In the last few months we’ve featured a host of practical saloons, hatchbacks, and MPVs on these motoring pages. Most of these cars will absorb the shopping, the family dog, a few child seats, and do all this while not breaking the bank.

But every so often we have to indulge in a little bit of wishful thinking and impracticality. So this month I present you with the Toyota GT86 and MINI John Cooper Works

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(JCW) GP which should satisfy most of you who long for a car with passion and power.

One thing is certain - you won’t fit many child seats in the back of a MINI JCW GP. Why? Because there are no back seats. Instead there is just one mighty looking red strut brace in the back to let you know that this is no ordinary MINI. You might manage to fit some small children in the

back of the Toyota GT86, but you will have a hard job reaching them.

While the Slaney News only got a short drive in the Toyota GT86 and MINI JCW GP, it was long enough to experience the superb grip, handling and sheer power of these two cars.

First up was the MINI JCW GP. Only 2000 of this special edition model will be made, and only 200 of these are right hand drive. The JCW

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GP edition is the fastest production MINI ever with a turbocharged 1.6-litre engine producing 218bhp and a 0100km/h figure of just 6.3 seconds, with impressive midrange acceleration too.

The noise from that engine is wonderful with a pleasant rumble even during idling.

Of course when you press the accelerator all hell breaks loose; the engine responds with a roar and you feel your back sink into the very supportive Recaro bucket seats.

And the price? The MINI John Cooper Works GP will set you back €47,000 which is a lot of money for a MINI; but then again it’s no ordinary MINI. The Toyota GT86 is a different preposition to the MINI and offers a more classic rear wheel drive sports car experience. It looks the business too with styling reminiscent of the old Toyota Supra and Celica sports cars.

The GT86 has a Subarubuilt 197bhp 2.0-litre flat-four boxer engine which it shares with its twin, the Subaru BRZ, and will sprint to 100km/h in 7.6 seconds. Thanks to its low centre of gravity, rear wheel drive layout and boxer engine

Every month Bunclody native Caroline Kidd brings you the best motoring content, including features, car reviews, news and more. Caroline has been a car enthusiast since her teens. She now combines her love of cars and writing and contributes a weekly column to www.wheelsforwomen.ie. She has also published motoring content in The Sunday Independent and Irish Country Magazine. (the cyclinders lie flat in two opposing blocks compared to the cyclinders standing up in-line as in most conventional four cylinder engines), the car has tremendous balance, which in turn translates into great handling and a lively, engaging drive.

Inside you know you are in a sports car and the car has been designed around the driver. You sit low down in your bucket seat in the

fuss-free cabin. The thing that struck me about the car was the driving position. It’s a bit like playing an arcade car racing game with your legs stretched out in front of you.

This bundle of fun will set you back €41,085. I think for now I will be sticking with a €2 go in an arcade driving machine. At least the driving position will remind me of the day I drove the Toyota GT86… n

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First Drive – Fiat 500L Trekking The Fiat 500 has been a huge success for the Italian carmaker but its tiny proportions make it an impractical choice for most families. Fiat is hoping to rectify this with an onslaught of models that will appeal to a different type of customer, but still bear the same name as the chic city car.

First-up is the Fiat 500L (L for large) which has just gone on sale in Ireland. It’s a five seater mini-MPV with lots of room for growing families. Fiat is aiming this car squarely at what they call “cool nesters”. With its quirky looks, Fiat wants to target young, style-conscious buyers, who need space and practicality, but want something a little less run-ofthe-mill than a Ford Focus or Volkswagen Golf.

Then later this year the sevenseater Fiat 500L MPW (MultiPurpose Wagon) will join the line-up.

In the meantime, Fiat has something else up its sleeve. It’s called the 500L Trekking and we got the opportunity to drive it at the UK press launch in Wiltshire in July.

Sitting at the top of the 500L range, the Trekking gets an offroad makeover with extra plastic cladding added to the bodywork to give it a more rugged appearance. There is a choice of seven different body colours including Hip Hop Yellow, exclusive to the Trekking, and the option of adding a black or white roof at an extra cost to give a two-tone effect.

It’s not all style over substance and the Trekking gets a set of Mud & Snow all-season tyres, a raised suspension and a special Traction+ control system that can handle any difficult terrain or low grip conditions that the average motorist might encounter.

We tested the car on a light off-road course. The extra traction from the Traction+ system

was very noticeable, with the extra ground clearance making easy work of the bumpy terrain.

On the road, we found the 105bhp 1.6-litre MultiJet diesel engine to be a comfortable cruiser but lacking a little bit of grunt in the higher gears. The 6-speed gearbox had to be worked quite a bit to maintain pace on the twistier country roads. The steering is light, but accurate, making the 500L Trekking easy to drive around town and there is good visibility for parking.

Inside, the 500L Trekking is very spacious and there is generous headroom and legroom for driver and passengers. There is 400 litres of bootspace and the back seats can be folded down or slided forward when the extra cargo space is needed.

The Fiat 500L Trekking has a really nice cabin with a modern and stylish finish. The con-

the brakes if the driver fails to do so in order to avoid the collision or to reduce its consequences.

We saw this system in action and were very impressed.

The Fiat 500L Trekking is coming to Ireland in September and prices and specifications for the Irish market have not yet been announced. The 500L Trekking sits at the top of the 500L range so expect to pay a premium over the 500L, which starts at €21,750. Aside from the 1.6 MultiJet tested here, the other engines available for the 500L Trekking are a 95hp 1.4-litre petrol engine, 900cc TwinAir petrol, and a 1.3-litre MultiJet diesel, the latter which comes with a choice of an automatic gearbox.

Ve rd i c t : T h e F i a t 5 0 0 L Trekking is a spacious, flexible family car with a quirky, youthful character. While never sporty,

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First SKoDA in the high-volume family hatchback segment SKODA has released the first pictures of its new Rapid Spaceback model. The Rapid Spaceback will celebrate its premiere at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show and is scheduled to arrive in showrooms in Ireland in November 2013.

Positioned between the Fabia and the Octavia, the Rapid Spaceback will compete in the high-volume family hatchback segment.

SKODA is promising exceptional spaciousness for front and rear seat occupants in the new car and 415 litres of rear luggage capacity.

The volume seller is expected to be the 90bhp 1.6 TDI diesel model. Petrol engines are also offered in the form of

the 75bhp 1.2 MPI and two turbocharged 1.2 TSI units producing 86bhp and 105bhp.

Speaking on the new car, Alicia O’Connor, Head of Planning, SKODA, said: “The new SKODA Rapid Spaceback is strategically very important for SKODA. Until now SKODA

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trols are chunky and easy to use and there is a 5” touchscreen infotainment system with Bluetooth. The raised suspension gives a commanding driving position and the seats offer good support.

For a family car, the level of safety equipment does not disappoint and along with 6 airbags, the 500L Trekking gets City Brake Control which is a very clever safety feature to avoid collisions, especially in town or city traffic.

It detects the presence of vehicles or obstacles in front of the car and automatically applies

it cruises effortlessly but feels a bit sluggish at times. The Traction+ system is a great addition and will make easy work of difficult terrain or low grip conditions. Overall, a very capable car.

Model tested: Fiat 500L Trekking Price: TBC Engine: 1.6-litre, four cylinder turbodiesel Power: 105bhp 0-100km/h: 12 seconds Combined fuel economy: 60.1 mpg (4.7 litres/100km) CO2 emissions: 122g/km Tax Band: B1 (€270 per year).

Boost in new car registrations in July In the first 20 days of July, there were 7866 new cars registered compared with 2236 in the same period in 2012. This increase coincides with the introduction of the new 132 registration plate on 1st July 2013.

Speaking on the new figures, Brian Cooke, Deputy Director General, SIMI, said: "It's clear from the figures that, as we near the end of July, the new 132 plate is still generating interest among car buyers. It's positive to see not only the sale of new cars well ahead of July 2012, but also commercial vehicle activity is up, which is often a sign of increased business activity. Dealers are reporting that they are continuing to see strong footfall, and it appears that the many finance offers available are encouraging people to purchase their new car. We hope this momentum continues into August.”

The new bi-annual registration plate system was introduced on the 1st January 2013 in an attempt to spread new car sales more evenly throughout the year. n

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Heritage Trail launch at Recovery in tourist trade Wells House Minister Michael Ring said that he was delighted to be in the sunny South East for the launch of the Wexford Heritage Trail on Tuesday 16th July and was equally delighted to be at Wells House for the event.

He complimented owners Sabine and Ulrick Rossler for their brave decision to open Wells to the public and for the wonderful work they are doing there – saying it was obvious that it was a labour of love.

He paid tribute to Wexford Local Development (WLD) and all the voluntary people who are doing tremendous work not just in Wexford but all over the country making the work of the Government that much easier. “It is the ordinary volunteer who will get this country on its feet again” he said.

He praised the new Wexford Heritage Trail Brochure saying that it was an excellent publication – colourful, artistic and informative with details of 32 locations for the visitor in the county and he asked locals to come out and support the attractions in their own county after all he said “you cannot encourage others to come here unless you know what there is to see and do.”

Pat Rath, Chairman of WLD, was lavish in his praise for the Rosslers and Wells House and said that WLD were delighted to be part of this wonderful venture that had added a new dimension to the whole county and a new facet for the visitor. He mentioned other projects in the county that were doing the same including Loftus Hall, The Hook, The new JFK Visitor Centre and the newly revamped 1798 Centre at Enniscorthy and he said it was

Enniscorthy's Minister Paul Kehoe TD, has welcomed the latest official data on overseas travel from the Central Statistics Office, which has reported an increase of overseas visitor numbers to Ireland up 5.4% for first half of this year, the year of The Gathering.

“These figures confirm what I have been hearing from business owners on the ground in County Wexford for some time. The Gathering flagship events in County Wexford have been a huge success, particularly the JFK 50 celebrations in New Ross.

"Overseas visitors, as well as Irish people, are rediscovering Ireland as a place to go on holiday. The Gathering has given the tourism industry a shot in the arm and we have seen an increase of more than 15% in visitors from North America.

“The tourism industry is vital to Ireland’s economic recovery and the Government

is working closely with tourism agencies to promote Ireland both at home and abroad. This Government has decreased the rate of VAT on hospitality services to encourage people to spend money and, in doing so, boost employment. Business people I have spoken to locally have been very clear that this measure has had a beneficial effect on local business. Other Government measures such as reducing employers’ PRSI and the visa waiver scheme, are helping to restore sustainable growth to the tourism sector.

This week’s figures from the Central Statistics Office are extremely encouraging: ● At almost 3.145 million visits, overall trips to Ireland were up 5.4% in the first six months of 2013 compared to the same period in 2012; ● Visits from mainland Europe grew by 7.9% for January to June 2013, to 1.149 million visits;

● North America registered an increase of 15.4% visits for January – June 2013 (519,600 visits); ● Visits from the rest of the world, mostly long-haul and developing markets, totalled 178,900 for the first six months of 2013, representing an increase of 5.7%; “The 15.4% increase in visitors from North America is particularly positive, especially given that these visitors tend to spend more than others during their stay.

“Visitors from Britain remain static, however, which is a reflection of challenging economic circumstances there.

I’m aware that Tourism Ireland is working hard to promote Ireland in this key market.

“As a destination, Ireland offers spectacular beauty, world-class quality, genuine hospitality and increasingly good value. Perhaps now that we can boast continental summers we will attract even more visitors in the future”. n

€6.3m local tourism investment Top: Minister Michael Ring strings his bow at Wells House.

Centre: Minister Ring with owners of Wells House Sabine and Ulrich Rossler at the launch of the Wexford Heritage Trail on Tuesday 16th July.

Below: Hands across the divide – Fine Gael Minister Michael Ring and former Fianna Fáil Minister Mary Hanafin.

All pics: Maria Nolan.

all about working together and working for one another. It was essential to our revival and recovery Pat said that we attract people to our county and get them to stay here for longer periods of time recommending them to visit one attraction after the other. What helps one helps all.

An amusing moment happened in the Gardens of Wells as the photo shoots were being done – a former Minister who was actually on holidays in the

county and doing the tour of Wells came up to shake hands with the current Minister and went on to introduce him to her parents. Mary Hanafin said that she was the real thing on the day – a visitor to Wells House and Co. Wexford with her parents former Senator Des Hanafin and mother Mona – as cameras began to click Mary was amused that she was getting in on the photo shoot as well… always the politician Mary!

– Maria Nolan

Wexford's top tourism attractions generate an average of 350,000 ticketed entries each year (source: Fáilte Ireland).

Over the past 36 months several of the county's top tourism facilities have benefited from capital investment, in excess of €6.37 million, namely the Kennedy Homestead (€1.5m), Irish National Heritage Park (€1.5m), 1798 Rebellion Centre (€178,000), Enniscorthy Castle (€450,000), Hook lighthouse (€150,000) and Dunbrody Visitor Centre (€2.6m).

Funding for these developments was grant aided from a variety of sources including OPW, Fáilte Ireland, Wexford Local Development, Wexford Local Authorities and the tourism enterprises own resources.

Other top attractions in the county include JFK Aboretum, Johnstown Castle Gardens & Irish Agricultural Museum and Duncannon Fort. A new visitor centre is currently under development at Tintern Abbey and the proposed Carrigfoyle Adventure Park is currently at grant generation stage.

Among the local beneficiaries of funding have been:

Check out the

Local Festivals:

video on YouTube: http://www.youtube. com/watch?v=My3zrhqur0 and see how many people and places you can recognise and, of course, share it with as many people as possible at home and abroad.

The Eileen Aroon Festival is running in Bunclody until August 22nd (find full details on www.bunclody.net).

Next up is the 19th Blackstairs Blues Festival in Enniscorthy from 13-15th September – see page 10 for more information.

'Summer in Wexford'

Minister Ring with Re-enactors at Wells House for launch of Wexford Heritage Trail.

NATIONAl 1798 REBEllION CENTRE The National 1798 Rebellion Centre recently completed capital works of the order of €178,000, including the installation of 'command centres' and blacksmith's forge and a 4-D 360° Audio Visual experience.

The project was funded by Wexford Local Development and supported by Wexford County Council and Enniscorthy Town Council.

The Centre is operated by a voluntary board of management, manager and 8 staff.

ENNISCORTHy CASTlE Enniscorthy Castle scooped the Supporting Tourism Award at the 2012 Chambers Ireland, Excellence in Local Government Awards, recognising the impressive works that have been completed on the monument over a 4 year period.

The extensive programme included restoration and stabilisation of the 800 year old building, opening the roof to

the public, and creating a visitor experience “A View from the Keep” that explores the varied history of the castle and town. Grant funding in excess of €450,000 funded by the Office of Public Works and Wexford Local Authorities supported the project cost .

IRISH NATIONAl HERITAGE PARK With over a million visitors to date and employing 23 people, the Heritage Park has just finalised a major capital enhancement programme close to €1.5 million.

The works include redevelopment of the Parks infrastructure, a new Crannóg, children's play area along with experiential activities for visitors to get up close to traditional skills such as rowing a coracle boat, archery, spear throwing, panning for gold and more. The funding was secured through a combination of the Parks own resources and capital grants from Fáilte Ireland, Wexford County Council and Wexford Local Development. n Wexford Local Development is starting a TOURISM & HOSPITALITy course in Enniscorthy Enterprise Centre starting Mon 2nd September.

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Enniscorthy Enterprise Centre offers new, smaller units Wexford County Council recently gave a grant of €11,500 to Enniscorthy Enterprise & Technology Centre (EETC) to allow the sub-division of a large unit at the Centre into a number of smaller offices. And the great news is that the five units created with the grant are now full – that’s another five start-up businesses in the town. EETC now has in excess of 20 businesses operating there at present.

The Slaney News spoke with a number of the new EETC businesses and we were highly impressed with the ideas, communication skills and commitment of the various entrepreneurs.

One of these was Eamonn Doyle, well known in Enniscorthy and beyond for his involvement with the Riverside Jump Festival and other music events. Eamonn has set up Catty Town – an online global community for anyone into rockin’ and vintage music and lifestyles. Users of www.cattytown.com (launching in September) can access the virtual

Wexford County Council passes over cheque for €11,500 to EETC. L-R: Padraig O’Gorman (County Development Officer, Wexford County Council), Sean Mythen (Chairman EETC), Cllr Kathleen Codd Nolan, Chairperson Wexford County Council), John O’Connor (Manager, EETC).

town’s shopping streets as well as get up to date information on all aspects of rockin’ and roots music incl. directory of bands, DJs, record labels, clubs, dance classes, etc.

In addition to mentoring and funding advice received from John O’Connor and the EETC

team, Eamonn is very grateful for a grant from Wexford Local Development to develop the project. For more information tel: 0872982618 or 087-3259571 or email: info@cattytown.com.

We also spoke with Mark Rodgers of Cipherion Translations.

Mark is a qualified accountant who has set up in Enniscorthy providing translation services for a range of national and international clients.

Rathnure native Shane Barron is the man behind Toddle.com – an internet based business which allows users to easily create newsletters for emailing purposes as well as group SMS text messages.

EETC has been a huge success for the town of Enniscorthy with one of its tenants, Sonru, now employing 12 people in Enniscorthy and 13 more abroad in Singapore, Australia and the UK. Many other EETC tenants have moved over the years into bigger, independent units around the town such as Taoglas which now employs 18 people in their local headquarters in Kilcannon and another 32 in their offices in the USA, Taiwan, France and Mexico.

By October EETC expects to have all units fully let so if you’re in the market for a premises you better act quick! Call John now on 053-9237499. n

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Local tourism boost In a major boost for local tourism, Sinn Féin has announced that its Ard Fheis next year will be held in Wexford town’s iconic Opera House in a move that could be worth up to €5 million to the local economy.

Over 1,000 delegates from across the thirty two counties of Ireland will descend on the town for the weekend-long event next Spring.

The Chairperson of Co.

Wexford Sinn Féin, Oisin O' Connell, said that while he was proud his county had been chosen to host the annual gathering of his party, he was far happier to know that hard hit local businesses would benefit significantly from the crowds that will be drawn into Wexford for the event.

"The Sinn Féin Ard Fheis is a truly national event which brings together republicans from across the thirty two coun-

ties of Ireland to debate motions on the most pressing issues of the day," Mr O' Connell said. "It’s an event that garners international attention and so requires a momentous venue, and what better venue to hold it in than our own iconic Opera House." "…the party's decision to host next year's Ard Fheis here is a vote of confidence in the local Sinn Féin organisation which has expanded rapidly over the past few years." n

Local business snippets…

BROADBAND UPGRADE Wexford County Council is coordinating the improvement of the Broadband Fibre Network Rollout in Co. Wexford with Eircom. Upgrades are currently being undertaken in Gorey and Enniscorthy with Wexford and New Ross towns being targeted for later in the year.

ENNISCORTHy BUSINESS ASSOCIATION (EBA) EBA meetings provide a great forum for retailers and service providers to find out about what’s happening in Enniscorthy and to have an input into the town’s commercial development and future prosperity. So go along on the 20th August at 6.15pm in MAD on Market Square and have your say on important topics like the Enniscorthy Gift

Voucher Scheme, flood relief plan, food fair, marketing plan and new website for the town, plans for Halloween and Christmas, etc.

NATURAl GAS Wexford County Council is engaged with Bord Gais Networks in the delivery of Natural Gas to the county. The project will see natural gas available at Great Island in May 2014 and then piped to connect Wexford town via Taghmon to the gas network.

NEW BUSINESSES We are delighted to learn that Integrate Energy Technology is due to open a new business on the Old Dublin Road in the near future with a workforce of 12 and building to approximately 30 over the space of the

next 6 months.

Also it’s great to see Cooney Furlong trading on the old WFC site on the Old Dublin Road.

We wish both these businesses every success in the future. n

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Meeting of like-minded entrepreneurs on an informal basis, sharing problems and discussing opportunities. ➤ The centre also advises potential start-ups e.g.

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In this issue of the Slaney News the Moyne Veterinary Clinic looks at the topical issue of pets in hot weather.

Warm weather brings many blessings. The sunshine that greets us each morning is the perfect start to a brand new day.

As novel and welcome as these last few weeks of Mediterranean weather have been they can bring their own challenges with our pets just the same as ourselves.

Ensure that your dogs and cats have an ample supply of clean, fresh water at all times. Animals can sometimes be very reluctant to drink 'town water' as it has been fluoridated (with good reason!) as they don't like the taste of it. Check to see will they drink filtered water and maybe give them this as an alternative.

Also, similar to ourselves, they don't have the same food requirements in the really hot weather so throttle back on the amount of feeding as giving the same amount of protein can lead to different problems including moist eczema, 'hot spots' and pyoderma. Reducing the amount of food even up to one third during the very hot weather will benefit them in the long term.

Very white dogs and cats can suffer from sunburn just the same as we do.

White cats are susceptible to 'simple squamous carcinoma' of the tips of the ears which is almost the exact same condition that we have a high risk of… the Irish 'fair skin' gene! Try to apply some sun lotion to their ear tips to reduce the risk of this.

Overall, like us, animals love basking in the sun or shade. If they are being left outdoors make sure that there is adequate shade/cover for them along with plenty of water. If they're in the car keep the windows open and don't leave them there any longer than necessary and try to park in the shade too!

Enjoy the brilliant sunshine and if you’re heading to the beach remember there's someone who would love to come too… your faithful friend!

We grew and through observation we learnt. The next skill to master was walking/running.

Now I accept that a form of walking took effect and indeed was adopted before we properly achieved sight. But coordination was lacking and our attempts at whooshing (or waddling) along Mum’s prostrate body (in order to get fed) were always greeted with great hilarity by our younger visitors.

I watched and thought. I thought a great deal and then I put into practise. It was always easy to know brothers and sisters and unless there was a dispute over territory or property (FOOD), recognition was never required.

I copped it, of course! Each animal was going to smell differently and when in our three high pile one of us had defecated, Mummy would know straight away and with her mouth, clear it away. We were beginning to see the sense in our noses. Knowing that at last we were all individuals and smelt differently. So, taking it to an obvious extension, weeks later, out and about, the immediate way to socialize/recognise/identify with another dog was to smell behind his tail. This would reveal his/her willingness to associate or not. It also revealed his demeanour and his willingness to associate/playwho's top dog!

A hierarchy was brought into being and accepted. Myself

Numero Uno with the others accepting lesser roles but always willing to play together in order to rise in the pecking order. Initially it was our mouths which took the determine role and nibbling was the order of' the day. Our eyes opened and with the aid of our legs, we were able to move to where we wanted. We became more extrovert and more fixed within our position in the pack.

I learnt to stand tall and even though I wasn't the tallest, my stance told everyone that I was in charge.

This assumption of power brought responsibility and a chance for me to see that the choices which I made were either going to be right or wrong. My leadership within the pack was always capable of revue and as a consequence, learning was always preceded by watching.

As time moved on, the box that had become our initial shelter, proved to be becoming too small to accommodate eleven blossoming Pyrenean Mountain Dogs and this became even more apparent when Mum would periodically move in to partake of ensuring that we were fed. She resolved to bring into being a compromise (for comforts sake: she had to get rid of her milk), she would stretch out in front of the box and permit suckling to ensue.

Now came the hub of her concern (our future). To get us to where she was, involved us in knowing

that we now had a different feeding station and that we would have to now loose that glorious warmth (from 'the pile'). We would have to understand that the world now had size (and distance).

It was at this juncture that Numero Uno began displaying effect. What did I have to throw around about, if it wasn't the one basic requirement/need which I imagined that I had: FOOD? FOOD, FOOD, FOOD. Look yes, I was addicted. It was all that I wanted. No-one or nothing was going to get in the way of me and food. For the first couple of days Eskimo attempted to assert himself (blind and with no idea of how many of us there were).

He tossed and flayed around everywhere, even to the point of him missing out. Tough-stupid dog!

On the other end of the scale; Innuit was the runt of the litter.

Snow white and with an extremely quiet disposition, inoffensive to all. The last to be born-she was literally giving off the appearance of being an after-thought. Either she would display being the first to form into our pile or else she would be the last and plunge herself on the top of the heap, everyone else too settled into their own world to be overly concerned with her presence. Yawn! Let me talk about what I just said-Yawn.

We dogs yawn for a very specific purpose (we don't have to be fed up with the company). We yawn in order to draw air over our sinus, which has a magnifying effect, allowing us to focus on the smallest concern which we may be looking for or at.

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with rescued animals and is struggling to keep up with demand and is badly in need of continuing fundraising.

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Ibar Carty chronicles the 20th century in Enniscorthy & beyond Ibar Carty has opened up his vast photo archives to the Slaney News.

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Left: The Ladies Committee of the Boys Club, Island Rd., Enniscorthy, 1963.

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LoCAL Government reform Yes, I am writing about this again because the implications of this will affect every citizen in this country. It seems now that there is no turning back by Minister Phil Hogan in his crusade to abolish Town Councils. The new system as we are now well aware will mean that each electoral district will elect a district council which will form part of the county council. This district committee will elect a chairman who will carry out his or her functions throughout the entire district. Therefore in Co. Wexford we will have the entire county covered by the Mayor of Wexford and the District Chairmen of the other three districts. Therefore the positions of Chairman and Vice Chairman of Wexford County Council must become redundant as the duties of those offices will be taken over by the Mayor and District Chairmen. This hopefully will save the taxpayer and ratepayer the salary, expenses and other

perks of the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the County Council.

The only function left to the Chairman of the County Council will be to chair meetings of that body and this can be done by the district chairmen on a quarterly rotation basis as we will have four of them. But what’s the betting that they will come up with some excuse to retain the redundant positions so as to continue to reward as many as possible from the public purse. By the way I use the term Chairman because it is actually the title of the office and I intend it as in mankind and not in gender.

Are You LoneLY? I have just discovered a new way for lonely people to meet groups to engage in conversation. And here it is. Go into a bank. Yep, I’m dead serious and haven’t lost it in my old age. All you need do is to walk into any bank in Enniscorthy during business hours any day of the week and join the queue which you are guaranteed to encounter.

You will be assured of at least forty minutes conversation with

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View from the Hill A local contributor looks at life today in Enniscorthy and beyond. your fellow queue members and meet happy people, sad people and all sorts of people, male and female. The only thing you are guaranteed to have in common with your friends, because they will be friends at this stage you will be there so long, is that none of you want to be where you are at that moment. You could even stir up a sing song or debate some controversial issue and have more time to do it than they would give you on Prime Time or The Week in

Are You Lonely?

Politics. And don’t worry, you will not be disturbed by any member of staff. They will walk past you time and time again and not even notice that you are there.

Apart from the occasional “If you have a card you can lodge using the machine” you will not be bothered. Try it sometime. For me, I have to sit down now as I’ve just come out of the bank exhausted!.

Jobs The Government has made available a number of schemes to try and generate employment within the small business sector. A scheme which I came across recently operated by the Department of Social Welfare pays €400 per month to an employer who takes on a per-

son who has been unemployed for a period of two years or more.

In the case of an unemployed person of one year the employer receives a payment of €300 per month. This is an excellent initiative and those in government who introduced it are to be complimented. Let’s hope that employers feel confident enough to run with it.

WAter sAfetY The number of people who have lost their lives in our rivers, lakes and seas over the past few months is shocking. In many cases these drownings are as a result of unexpected events which occur after people enter the water and are actually unavoidable. In others it has to be said that downright stupidity causes the tragedy. Now it may not be politically correct to say such a thing but I think it’s time we started to talk straight.

Swimmers are entering the water in places where large signs state emphatically that swimming is prohibited and others are drinking alcohol and going into the water at night. This is just asking for trouble and then when there is a bad outcome others have to risk their lives trying to rescue or recover them. So I say, cop yourselves on and abide by the normal rules of water safety and when you see a sign which says no swimming Don’t Swim.

PersonAL InsoLvenCY When the personal insolvency arrangements come into being

many people will be forced to avail of the arrangement it offers.

It will be a relief to some to be able to wipe out some of their debt and hopefully start again. But as with everything else in this country it’s not that simple. If a person avails successfully of the service their name and settlement terms will be published on a public register, as if the stress of the initial situation was not enough. In other words the system will ensure that you are named and shamed for all the world to see. As a matter of interest the sex offenders register is not available for the public to view. Surely some of our politicians have enough cop on to try and have this situation rectified to give at least a fighting chance to those who are down on their luck.

PAt CodY Couldn’t let the column go without mentioning the late Chairman of the Town Council Pat Cody.

Pat’s untimely death is deeply regretted by many people as was verified at the turnout at his funeral. I didn’t know Pat that well other than to pass the time of day with him and always found him civil and courteous. Those who were familiar with Pat speak extremely highly of him. I’m sure that by now Pat is having a deep political conversation with his late father-in-law Pat McGill (whom I did know well) and between them sorting out the affairs of state. We extend our sympathies to Pat’s wife, daughter and extended family. n

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BUNCLODY NOTES WHIST Every Monday night in St. Aidan’s Hall.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Meetings are held on Tuesday and Saturdays at 8.30pm in Brennan’s, Market Square.

BUNCLOdY LIBRARY Family Research Clinic with Celestine Rafferty.

Saturday 10 August, various times. This one-to-one advice and guidance clinic offers expert information to anyone researching their family history. Various 15 minute personal timeslots available from 10.30am - 12.30pm. Booking essential. Tel: 053-9375466.

Create your own Creepy House, children’s craft activity. Wednesday 14 August, 3.00-3.45pm. Paper craft activity for children aged 4-7 years.

Parents involved in activity.

Booking essential. Tel: 0539375466.

Vi k i n g s & N o r m a n s i n Ireland history workshop, Thursday 22 August, 10.30am

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- 12.00 noon. This workshop is an interactive, costumed display for children aged 9-12 years on the history of the Vikings and Normans in Ireland with local historical re-enactment company Montague Heritage Services.

Booking essential. Tel: 0539375466.

Creepy Crawly House biodiversity workshop, Tuesday 27 August.

11.00am - 12.00pm: Children a g e d 4 - 7 y e a r s . P a re n t s involved in activity.

12.30pm - 1.30pm: Children aged 8-12 years. Parents stay in library.

Discover what little bugs slither and scurry in your own Creepy-Crawly House. Mark Nolan of Green Bee Education, Children’s Environmental Education specialists, will provide these workshops which are sponsored by Wexford County Council Environment Section and coincide with the biodiversity photographic exhibition.

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A group from Ferns Diocese departing for World Youth Day celebrations in Brazil. Bishop Brennan joined the group in Brazil for the official events from 23 to 28 July 2013. The event was also attended by Pope Francis making his first international trip since his appointment in April.

Biodiversity Photography Exhibition: “Wildlife in the Hedgerow”.

An exhibition of photographs submitted to Wexford County Council Environment Department, for the 2013 Biodiversity amateur photography competition will be on display in Bunclody Library for the month of August. All welcome. n

NEW ROSS NOTES…

ART IN THE OPEN IN CO. WEXFORD Official opening of New Ross Youth Café on 25th July.

L-R: Cllr Ted Howlin, Carolyn Godkin (Tourism Officer for Wexford County Council), Neill O'Keeffe, George Lawlor (Mayor of Wexford), Kevin Freeney, Alma Hynes and Tony Robinson at the official launch last month in White’s Hotel of Art in the Open. Pic: Cathy Keane.

2,500 paintings were created in the past week at Europe’s biggest ‘Art in the Open Festival’ which was held at seven ‘paint-out’ locations in Co. Wexford including Carne Beach, Ballymore Farm n e a r G o r e y, B a l l y h a c k Harbour, Newtownbarry House, Hook Head, Enniscorthy, Wexford and Screen village.

Organisers say it was the biggest of the six annual festivals hosted to date with 170 artists taking part including over 20 from the U.S.A. where plein air painting is phenomenally popular.

Commenting at the launch of the festival Chairperson Tony Robinson said “We are overwhelmed with the level of interest that the festival has received this year from artists and the public who love to see it… These artists are very skilled at working quickly before the light changes. People are always fascinated to watch painters painting and see different styles. The calibre of some of the artists and what they can create in an hour or two is really amazing. We are very lucky to have them here.”

The concept of an ‘Art in the Open’ festival is that all of

the work is made on location.

Artists arrive at a ‘Paint-out’ with blank canvases which are stamped on the back. Over a couple of hours at the ‘paint out’ locations hours they attempt to capture the light and atmosphere of the Irish countryside. At the culmination of the festival, the best 250 paintings were selected for exhibition with artists competing for over €5,000 in awards.

The artists also took part in workshops, art lectures, an improvers’ critique, drawing sessions and other artistic and social events during the week.

New Ross Youth Café was formally opened by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Frances Fitzgerald on Thursday 25th July. Minister Fitzgerald spoke of the importance for young people to have a safe space to call their own and complimented everyone involved in the project.

The Youth Café will open every Saturday offering tea and coffee for a nominal price.

The Ferns Diocesan Youth Centre (FDYS) will be open between Monday and Friday also offering advice and support to local young people.

The opening was hosted by Comhairle Na nÓg (County Wexford Youth Parliament).

CEO of FDYS Kieran Donohoe said “today is a fantastic day and we are delighted with the new centre”. Mr Donohoe said the aim of the day was to make young people aware of the many services the centre has to offer. A survey was also carried out to see what service the youth of New Ross would like to see in their area. There were a few queries about drug and addiction services and there was interest in having a music

venue in the building. Mr Donohoe stated that there was a really nice space for doing outdoor gigs and so he would look into doing something around that. He would also be happy to hand over the keys to local community groups who want to use the premises on occasion.

Mr Donohoe also said the Youth Café in addition to being a place where young people could hang out and socialise, would act as a point for referral for young people to get help and support in times of need in their lives. n

BARNTOWN NOTES… FERNS NOTES…

daniel – the boy on the Trocaire box in 2012 – has sent on a photo of himself with the signed Arsenal club photo which was arranged for him by the people of Barntown curacy.

The picture is the pride and joy of this young Arsenal supporter and it enjoys a prominent place in his home village of Barloyno in northern Uganda.

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Great to see Ferns Village and Castle featured as two of the 32 heritage attractions throughout County Wexford in the newly launched Wexford Heritage Trail.

Hopefully this will help boost tourist numbers in the village in the years ahead. n

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GAA round-up WExFORd ARE LEINSTER U-21 HURLING CHAMPIONS Wexford 1-21 Kilkenny 0-21.

After an epic encounter in Wexford Park in front of a crowd of 7,000 a Lee Chin led Wexford overcame Kilkenny to secure a memorable and heartening victory.

The team is managed by All Ireland camogie winning manager, JJ Doyle, who said in the aftermath that this victory could be a platform for Wexford hurling to build on: “It’s about winning, it’s about getting that winning feeling. Guys in Wexford now believe they can win. The last time we won it was 2002 and then in 2004 the boys won the senior Leinster title so you’d be hoping a lot of these lads would really step up, they’ll have that belief that will drive them on, that we can compete.

“That Kilkenny team had ten guys that were in the AllIreland final last year, guys involved with their senior team,

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COUNTY WExFORd JUNIOR OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS

we stood up to the challenge, we kept fighting and I couldn’t ask any more."

There’s hope for the future!

SENIOR CAMOGIE Wexford are still on course for four All-Irelands in a row after a narrow one point victory over Offaly last Saturday and now face Galway in the AllIreland semi-final.

RAPPS TAKE TITLE Major congratulations to the Rapps’ Junior Hurlers who beat St. James at New Ross on 23rd July to take the league title. It’s been a great effort from the Rapps’ lads and their manager and mentors Niall Sunderland, Mossy Rigley and Adrian Fenlon and of course their very popular kitman Paul Kelly and it is wonderful to see their hard work paying off in the form of success.

Onward and upward lads as they now get down to the business of the championship.

Left: Rapps’ popular kitman Paul Kelly celebrates with the cup. Right: Captain Liam Boland celebrates with his daughter Grace. Pics: Maria Nolan.

Something to shout about! Wexford celebrate Leinster Under 21 Hurling success. Pic: Maria Nolan.

All-Ireland Camogie quarter-final – Wexford against Clare.

Pic: Declan Roche.

Red Barry shoots for a point as Wexford bow out of the AllIreland football championship after a narrow defeat to Laois.

Pic: Declan Roche.

The Enniscorthy Credit Union sponsored Junior Open Tennis Championships of County Wexford took place at Hillbrook Lawn Tennis Club last month. Over 80 junior players from across the South East participated in the event which brought success for local Enniscorthy players Alice Kelly and Tony White in the under 18 mixed doubles with Alice also victorious with partner Anna O’dwyer in the under 18 girls doubles.

Alice and Tony defeated Katie Jenkins and Warren Beale 2-6, 6-1, 9-7 in a magnificent three set game. Alice and Anna won their match over Katie Jenkins and Eithne Nolan 6-3, 7-6.

Eithne Nolan won the under 18 girls singles title defeating Alice Kelly 6-4,6-4. Cesar La Placa won the under 18 boys singles title defeating Conor Gormley 6-2, 6-2. Conor Gormley won the under 16 boys singles 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 over Daniel Maher. Among other results Zoe Emerson and Sarah McRedmond won 6-1,6-0 over Jade Byrne and Meghan Hall in the under 14 girls doubles.

Presentations to the winners and runners-up by Club Chairman John Dempsey took place in the beautiful sunshine of Saturday evening with Pat O’Shea, Chairman of Enniscorthy Credit Union, in attendance. John Dempsey expressed the appreciation of the tennis club to the Credit Union for their generous sponsorship of the tournament.

A particular thank you also goes to Hillbrook’s Junior Tennis Committee and all the team of helpers throughout the week, in particular Deirdre Mackey and Sean Mackey.

Left: Under 14 Boys Doubles runners-up Conor Mackey and Tom White. Right: Club stalwarts John Dempsey and Deirdre Mackey.

Paddy Murphy Memorial Golf Classic (in aid of Sacre Coeur Boxing Club)

Enniscorthy and Wanderers gather after their encounter.

The rebirth of men’s hockey in Enniscorthy?

A sun-kissed Astro Active Centre, Enniscorthy, witnessed what is hoped to be the rebirth of men's hockey in Wexford on Saturday, July 6th.

After sterling work by Fraser Rothwell and David Medcalf, former members of South East Wanderers locked horns in a friendly with Enniscorthy Hockey Club

members who have worked their way up through the under-age ranks – along with some older members, with an eye on league competition for the 2013-14 season.

Enniscorthy Hockey Club has taken the decision to form a men's team for the new season, and this was seen as an ideal way to test the waters.

Players were undoubtedly

relieved with the decision not to field goalkeepers on what was a very warm morning and afternoon. Despite being a friendly, it was a hard-fought game as the new generation of hockey players got to grips with their more experienced counterparts, and there were plenty of grazed elbows and knees in evidence afterwards!

Following Enniscorthy v

Wanderers, a mixed game took place, and the mixture of youth and experience witnessed augurs well for the future.

Enniscorthy Hockey Club hopes to hold a similar event in the near future at the same venue.

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Enniscorthy to host national youth cycling championships The 2013 National Youth Cycling Championships which will take place in Enniscorthy from 23rd-25th August were launched at a well attended function at The Presentation Centre, Enniscorthy, last month. The Presentation Centre itself will be the race HQ for the event.

At the launch the late Enniscorthy Town Council Chairman, Pat Cody, welcomed another great cycling event to Enniscorthy and remembered the great history of cycling in the town including the never to be forgotten start of stage 2 of the Tour de France in 1998.

Mr Cody hoped the Youth races, and in particular the criterium around Enniscorthy town centre, would inspire more young people on to their bikes.

Cycling Ireland president Mr Rory Wyley recalled mixed memories of his last visit to Enniscorthy when the Rás ended with a sprint finish on the Fair Green but unfortunately he’d left his legs at the bend near the 1798 centre 500m earlier! He thanked the town council for their involvement and spoke of the importance of clubs taking on these events on behalf of, and with the support of, Cycling Ireland. He wished the event well and looked forward to being back in Enniscorthy this month and marshalling a bend somewhere on the course.

At the launch the local club paid tribute to two stalwarts of the club Sean Kavanagh and Pat

Cycling Ireland President Rory Wyley with some young, local cyclists at the launch of the 2013 National Youth Cycling Championships.

Whitney. In appreciation of their many years of service to the club and cycling they were given a small presentation and awarded with honorary membership of the club.

The dedicated website for the event has been launched and

can be accessed at www.youthcyclingchamps2013.com while a twitter feed @natyouths2013 and a facebook page is also live now. Entry is open on the website where there are maps of the routes and other relevant information. n

L-R: Sean Kavanagh, Maura Ruth and Pat Whitney. Sean and Pat received honorary lifetime membership of Slaney Cycling Club.

Camolin footballers on world stage

Camolin Celtic youths’ team, just back from Wales, where they did Co. Wexford proud in an international football competition.

Congratulations to Camolin Celtic Youths team which finished second in their group in the recent Welsh Super Cup international football competition which included teams from all over the world and which included players like Shay Given, Steven Gerrard, Michael Owen and Andriy Shevchenko over the years.

The Camolin Celtic team, managed by Al Fitzgerald,

recorded 3 wins: 3-1 against the elite academy team from Trinidad (managed by Clint Marcelle who played football in England with Burnley and several other clubs), 4-0 against a Moroccan team and 1-0 against the Liverpool Jaguars. Their only losses were to the Cardiff Elite Academy and a narrow 2-0 defeat to the eventual competition winners from

Lebanon managed by David Nakhid a former international with Trinidad. The quality of that Lebanese team is evidenced by the fact that they will shortly be playing against the Bayern Munich youths team.

For a Wexford team to be able to compete at such a high international standard is a wonderful achievement. Well done lads. n

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Enniscorthy Golf news…

Last week was Open Week at Enniscorthy Golf Club and it was hailed as one of the best supported in memory. With full time-sheets daily, a variance of competition formats and sensibly priced entry fees it proved to be a winner.

Visitors from clubs all over the country came to sample Enniscorthy’s local golf course and to enjoy the hospitality in the clubhouse. Though the weather disimproved over the course of the week it didn't deter those golfers who are acclimatised to the vagaries of the Irish climate. Of course without the support of our local sponsors from the various businesses this event could not be staged and the management are very grateful for their continued sponsorship.

The hosting of the Leinster Veterans Amateur Open Championship at Enniscorthy at the end of June showcased the club as one of the best in the country and brought golfers from near and far with

many staying locally during the two-day event and practise day. Favourable reports and testimonials were received by the club’s secretary after the tournament and the club can boast that one of its own members, George Leech, won the gross.

With all but one of the men's teams gone – the Jim Whitney Shield to be played August 12th, the ladies carried the torch for the club recently.

Following the nail biting semifinals of the Irish Ladies Senior

Cup (Mid-Leinster District) between Carlow Golf Club and Enniscorthy Golf Club which was decided on the 19th hole, Enniscorthy ladies secured their place in the final. Meeting old rivals Kilkenny Golf Club in the district final, Enniscorthy went on to win with a 3-2 victory.

On another note, congratulations to our resident golf professional Stephen Fitzpatrick PGA who tied the knot recently. n

Michael Pierce, Sean Deegan, Malo Roban and Pat McGuire enjoying Enniscorthy golf course last week.

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ENNISCORTHY EYE a column by Joseph Doyle

4th rIvErSIDE JumP – A grEAT SuccESS

Amy O’Neill Nolan, Annemarie Nolan and Jenny Kenny enjoying the Riverside Jump Festival last month in Enniscorthy. Pic: © Joseph Doyle.

The third of Enniscorthy’s major festivals, which bring visitors to our town over the summer, is the Riverside Jump – this is the rockabilly fest which brings the music and styles of the 1950s to Enniscorthy. This fest (which some people might call the Templeshannon festival!) was great and it gets better each year.

This year the fest kicked off in Toss Kavanagh’s 1950s style rock & roll pub. The p r o p r i e t o r s o f To s s Kavanagh’s Mr Fintan Kelly and Mr Elvis Mark Delahunty gave the festival goers a rerun of their pub talent show which had a rock & roll theme to it. Well can I just give a special mention to the

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show’s Saggy Bottom Boys and the Vinegar Hillbillies.

Tom Cat & the Zodiacs were also great.

But the closing show in The Bailey was the best with the energetic Earl Jackson bringing the house down and bringing the Riverside Jump to a close. It was a great weekend and as an old rock band called Kiss once said: God gave rock & roll to yea, well they were wrong it wasn’t God, it was the South East Rock ‘n’ Roll Club!

Next year ’s Riverside Jump in Enniscorthy will be held 18-20th July and advance tickets will be on sale in early 2014. See ye all at the Riverside Jump next year folks.

– Joseph Doyle

coNgrATulATIoNS  Happy birthday (big 3-0) to Joanne Barron who had a surprise birthday in The Studio in The Bailey recently.  Happy birthday to Joanne O’ Brien, Bellefield, from her husband Pa and daughters.  Golden Anniversaries: Paddy Gordon (nanny) and Elsie who celebrated their 50th anniversary in Doyles of the Duffry with family and grandchildren. Paddy and Elsie both joked that if they murdered someone they’d be out by now!  Silver Anniversary: Liam and Anne Carty celebrated their silver wedding anniversary in Doyles with a party for family and extended family. The Carty family and Paddy Gordon are lifelong customers of Doyles.  Congratulations to Doyles of the Duffry soccer team who won the seven-a-side recently by beating Toss Kavanaghs 2-1 in the final.

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This is the third time Doyles have won the seven-a-side in recent years.

Congrats to the Wexford under 21 team on beating Kilkenny in the Leinster Final.

Congrats to Don Minnock (40) from his parents.

Wedding bells: James Carty and Breda O’Brien married in St Senan’s and reception in the Riverside Park Hotel Jamie Murphy and Laura Brady who were married in Wexford.

Congrats to Michael and Nadia Donohoe on their 4th wedding anniversary from Gino and Lisa.

Trudy Davin and Andrew Carlow and Keith Davin and Jodie who were married i n S t S e n a n ’ s c h u rc h recently.

Happy birthday to Lisa Kudrow on her 50th birthday and Patty Schiffera 60.

– Joseph Doyle

gArDEN PArTy bloomS

DATES for your DIAry ENNISCORTHY dRAMA GROUP Presents J.M. Synge’s The Tinker’s Wedding and Ritual for Dolls by George MacEwan Green. Parental advisory: Contains adult content. The Presentation Centre, Enniscorthy, 8pm on Saturday August 24th, Thursday August 29th, Friday August 30th, tickets €10. Launch night on Thursday 8th August at The Presentation Centre.

BLACKSTAIRS BLUES FESTIVAL The official launch of the 19th Blackstairs Blues Festival is in Rackards Bar on Friday 23rd August 9pm.

FLOWER ARRANGING Thursday 8th of August – flower arranging in Enniscorthy Library – a summer time blooms flower demonstration given by Helen Battigan at 7pm. Helen is a qualified, prizewinning, floral art instructor as well as Chairperson of the Wexford Flower Club. Entry is free.

IRISH GUIdE dOGS FOR THE BLINd Afternoon tea in aid of the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind on Thursday 8th of August at West Cliff House (home of Mrs Agnes Allen, Munster Hill, Enniscorthy) from 2pm ‘til 5pm.

GARdEN PARTY and BBQ with dJs Saturday 17th August in association with South East Television (SETV) Viva presents Garden Party and BBQ with DJs from 2pm ‘til 1am at Wilson’s Bar featuring the best in house and dance and techno. On the decks will be Viva’s Nordine Chigara, Conor Doyle, Anthony Dempsey, Happy Buddah and lots more. Full report and pictures in our Sept issue.

RUGBY CAMP Enniscorthy RFC summer camp, Ross Road, Monday to Friday Aug 19th to 23rd from 9.30am ‘til 1.30pm. Enniscorthy is one of 19 venues taking part across the country this year. dRAMA Bunclody Kilmyshall Drama Group presents Stay Carl Stay by Peter Tolan in Redmond’s Loft. Tickets €7, concessions €5.

August 12th, 14th and 17th.

Gorey Little Theatre Group presents Our Day Out by Willie Russell every Tuesday and Thursday for August. Tel: 0539421474.

HOPE CANdLE dAY 1st November: More details in next issue.

As event details may change, it would be prudent to check all events locally with the organisers and/or venues. n

PSNI AND gArDAI mAkE A SPlASh for SPEcIAl olymPIcS

oThEr fEST NEwS… STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL Cry Before Dawn wowed the crowds at this year’s newlook Strawberry Festival. They played all their hits: Is This What You Waited For, The Seed That's Been Sown, Girl in the Ghetto, Witness for the World, Flags etc and the crowd really went mental when they played Purple and Gold. Cry Before Dawn will headline this year’s Spiegeltent Festival in Wexford on the opening night of the

Wexford Festival Opera – 23rd October.

BLACKSTAIRS BLUES This year’s Blackstairs Blues Festival (13-15th Sept) will have three late night gigs in Dbar/Treacys on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.

For full details see page 10, www.blackstairsblues.com and check out our next issue of 3rd September.

– Joseph Doyle

Brendan Wade, Cry Before Dawn.

Pic: © Joseph Doyle.

Michael Jordan and Ann Doyle at The Hope Garden Party on 29th June. Pic: © Joseph Doyle.

On Saturday June 29th the Hope Cancer Support Centre in Weafer Street held its first garden party and it was a huge success.

This was the brainchild of Ann Doyle and Maria Reynolds.

The day was a huge success and music was provided by The Duffry Stompers and Mary Crosbie.

There was plenty of tea and cake and chat in this beautiful walled garden with its water

fountain being the main feature.

Another aspect of the day were the pots of hope which were donated by various nurseries and green-fingered people. The pots were picked up by people giving donations to the Centre.

It was a lovely sunny day as well and the garden party raised over €1,000 for the Centre. Well done to all involved and we look forward to next year’s one.

– Joseph Doyle

Doyles of the Duffry Carlsberg Music trail sunday 11th of Aug: Dinny Davitt & Heartbeats 5pm to 7pm. sunday 18th of Aug: Mick Comerford 5pm to 7pm. sunday 25th of Aug: Max & Bull 5pm to 7pm.

All gigs followed by DJ Joe 7pm to 9pm.

PSNI & Gardai participate in polar plunge for a great cause – Special Olympics. Pic: © Joseph Doyle.

Two members of the PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland) made a splash for a very good cause recently as part of the Law Enforcement Torch Run. Together with seven members of the Gardai from Enniscorthy they decided to take a polar challenge which involved jumping into a swimming pool full of ice cold water

on Enniscorthy’s Prom. Not only did they make a splash to raise some cash for a very good cause – the Special Olympics, but they managed to splash yours truly in the process. They were cheered on by a huge crowd which helped them raise a lot of money for a good cause with their splash.

– Joseph Doyle

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Literature on the Lawn

The Tempest. Pic: Maria Nolan.

Not a Lark in the Park but certainly the very best of Literature on the Lawn as the Travelling Light Theatre Company presented the Shakespearean comedy The Tempest in the Gardens of the Presentation Centre on Saturday 13th July.

The setting was idyllic with azure evening skies over Vinegar

Hill as the backdrop and the audience leisurely lounging on canvas chairs or on the grass enjoying picnics. Totally in keeping with Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre this was a lovely new experience for Enniscorthy and definitely one to be repeated.

The Tempest – not one of Bard of Avon’s most acclaimed

pieces, is full of twists and turns and comedy and drama and everything in between where the genius of Shakespeare and his in-depth understanding of human nature is evident.

Dealing with freedom, friendship, repentance, love, forgiveness we come away from the play thinking that there’s

nothing new under the sun and the power struggles and idiosyncrasies of man are the same today as they were in 1611 when the play was written. The only difference being the inclusion of magic tricks and mischievous Spirits – which in truth I think were the special effects of the Shakespearean era.

The stage set is simple and effective and worked remarkably well in the beautiful garden location. The cast give an excellent and most believable performance under the first rate direction of Michael Fitzalan Way with our own local, Brendan Redmond, doing an extremely good job on the scheming Antonio. The first scene – the tempest itself and the shipwreck are very well done indeed.

A novel, enjoyable evening and again well done to Mairead Linneen and The Presentation Centre for once again giving us, the Enniscorthy audience, the chance to experience something innovative and edifying on our own doorsteps.

– maria Nolan

New Scaldy Detail anthology Scallta Media are currently inviting submissions for a new Scaldy Detail anthology. The Scaldy Detail 2013 will be the fourth in a series of books that have continued to delight readers and reviewers alike.

Said Colm Tóibín at the launch of the last edition, "There are moments when you’re reading this of absolute pure recognition, where you can enter someone else’s spirit and be with them on that journey. In reading this anthology, you get that sense of things being named for the first time, being placed in a context for the first time, of being offered to the outside world. It was an absolute delight to read this."

The guest editor of the 2013 edition will be Maggie Breen, whose debut collection of poetry 'Other Things I Didn’t Tell' was published by Scallta Media.

The full guidelines for submissions are available on www.scalltamedia.com.

Submissions will be accepted until midnight October 4th, 2013, and the anthology will be launched in January, 2014, in Enniscorthy. n

Local artist Ger Davin with some of her work at the opening of the art exhibition in Enniscorthy Castle during Strawberry Festival 2013. Pic: © Joseph Doyle.

New Slaney Writing…

A FRIENd OF MINE

AFTER THE STORM

by Donal cullen

by martin Joseph byrne

A friend of mine called today Telling me things of great sadness With a tear in her eye Her friend had some thing called Cystic Fibrosis And dare not live another day.

This poem was chosen by Irish poet Adam Rudden as poem of the month for June, selected from all Irish poets.

I could not comprehend the Hidden cry in her eye It will be alright on the night Just a bad year for the roses.

A friend of mine called today Giving me news of great joy Her friend gave birth to a boy With a smile on her face And dared to live another day In her hand a bunch of roses And not so much Cystic Fibrosis. n

After the storm, the river changes, It bursts its belly concaving forward, High spiritual tides bless the harbour wall, Sand banks are domesticated by rippling waters, Serenity has risen ashore once more.

A whim of salmon silver holds lobster-pots, This old town dormers its halo over the horizon, Beech leaves meander and sycamore twigs dance, At the verge a vagrant wild honey bibs and bobs, A summer breeze is a lute and the tide is a lyre.

The rivers strategy is dependent on time, A convolution of man and earth, A water hen tenses betwixt the reeds, A shrew skips along the bank into its caked nest, a moment of harmony man has forgotten to formulate. n

Support the artS… Wexford arts Centre 053-9123764. the presentation Centre, enniscorthy 053-9233000.

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Wexford Festival Opera …

L-R: Chief Executive of Wexford Festival Opera, David McLoughlin with CEO of Elavon Financial Services, Declan Lynch. Pic: Patrick Browne.

during July Wexford Festival Opera announced the great news that over two-thirds of seats were already sold three months prior to opening of 62nd Wexford Festival Opera which will run from 23 October to 3 November 2013.

Other good news has emerged on the financial front.

With approximately 90% of transactions now cashless, credit/debit cards are now the norm for booking, making it quicker and easier for people to purchase tickets at their convenience. To ensure the best quality of customer service in this area, Wexford Festival Opera has engaged the services of Elavon, a global company with a strong and growing base in its European headquarters here in Ireland, which provides the power behind

THE INdULGENT GRANddAd by maria Nolan Small and black, wafer thin pages yellowed With fingered usage, smelling of smoke and incense In his trouser pocket, not the good one Of money, marbles and sugared jellies The other one, dark, deep and hallowed Of carefully folded kerchief and shiny rosary beads His weathered hand religiously removing it Oft times a day from the secure sanctuary Then in whispered prayer his head would bend And mouthed petitions heavenward send For all the poor souls in Purgatory. n

Woven into Memory Curated by Carmel Creaner & Mary Gallagher.

An exhibition of textiles, by thirty makers based in Ireland, marks the first collaboration between Wexford Arts Centre and the Blue Egg Gallery. This exhibition runs in both venues in Wexford Town from Monday 22nd July to Saturday 31st August 2013.

The Narrative Line – Embroidered Memories presented

by Carmel Creaner. This talk will be followed by an interview conducted by Mary Gallagher with artist Magda Rubalcava, Saturday 24th August at 2pm. n

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the technology to seamlessly process such transactions.

Elavon is a world-class market leader, serving the needs of more than one million customers across Europe and around the world.

Elavon will also sponsor the main-stage production of Il Cappello di paglia di Firenze (The Florentine Straw Hat) by Nino Rota, which will open this year’s Festival. There will be four performances of this opera in Wexford Opera House on 23, 26, 29 October and 1 November.

Chief Executive of Wexford Festival Opera, David McLoughlin added, “Wexford Festival Opera is particularly pleased to ally itself with Elavon, which as a global leader in its own arena parallels Wexford’s position in the opera world.” n

LIBRARY NEWS… www.wexford.ie/ wex/departments/ Library/WhatsOn/ for details of what’s on in your local library.

You can also check out your local library on Facebook.

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Slaney Picture Parade

Leni Morrison performed at the Fusion Cafe, Wexford, on 20th July.

Pic: Patrick Hogan.

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Shakespeare’s The Tempest performed in The Presentation Centre Garden, Enniscorthy, last month. L-R: Natasha O’Brien as Sebastiana and Enniscorthy’s Brendan Redmond as Antonia. Pic: Maria Nolan.

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Dylan Martin from Davidstown who celebrated his 18th Birthday with family and friends.

L-R Adam, Dean, Mag, Dylan and Dick. Plus thanks to Peggy Cahill of Slaney view Park for making a wonderful SHAMROCKS cake!

Pic: Gavin Doyle Photography.

BELOW: Bridie Murphy retires from Enniscorthy Post Office.

L-R: Jim Kelly, Mary Livingstone, George Kehoe, Ann O’Leary, Paul Mitchell, Bridie Murphy.

BELOW RIGHT: At the Strawberry Ball: Liz Doyle, John Doyle, Bill Whelan and Kathleen Whelan.

Pic: Maria Nolan.

BOTTOM RIGHT: Sponsor Billy Kelly, Kellys Hotel Rosslare with Paolo Tullio and Organising Committee Linda Wall, Maria Nolan and Anne Gilpin at A Taste of Wexford Strawberries.

ST. KEvINS MARCHING BAND, TOMBRACK On Sunday July 14th a young marching band from Tombrack and surrounding areas went to Edenderry, Co. Offaly to represent Wexford and compete in the Leinster Fleadh. The U18 group with some as young as 6 was formed just over a year ago by their music teacher Helena Dunbar. She is helped out by Deirdre Furlong School of Dance, Martin Doyle and Paddy Finn and a team of dedicated parents. The heat in Edenderry didn't phase them as they marched the mile of the parade down the street. They took a breather to watch the Wexford Mummers from Ballycullane who put on a great display for the fleadh. They did their set which included Boolavogue and The '98 March and when given first place and the cup they marched back through the street playing to the sound of car horns and cheers! Well done to all involved. Pic: Letitia Breen.

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