Jack Goggin outside his thatched cottage in Coolbeg,Kildimo 1996
COMHBHRÓN: Sympathy is extended to Mary Fitzgerald of Ballydoole and her family and relations on the recent death of her sister Joan O’Grady (nee Whelan) in England. The late Joan emigrated to England as a young girl and worked as a nurse in the Liverpool area while rearing a family of five girls with her Roscommon husband. Her funeral takes place in her adopted parish.
The death has also occurred in England of Sister Brigid O’Shaughnessy (Peggy), in the Royal Hospital, Chesterfield. Her funeral takes place on Thursday and Friday, August 25/26, in the Presentation Convent, Matlock, Derbyshire. A native of Clooncaura Kildimo, Sr Brigid will be sadly missed by her relatives and friends in the area. Her Months Mind Mass will be celebrated in St Joseph’s Church, Kildimo on Tuesday September 13 at 7pm.
Leaba i measc na Naomh.
BANTRACHT NA TUAITHE: As September draws near ICA members prepare for the coming months activities. Guilds reopen, ideas are discussed and programme of events planned. Kildimo guild members will meet on Wednesday September 7 at their usual venue ‘The Seven Sisters’ Pub, Old Kildimo, commencing at 8.15pm
This is a good time to join ICA when courses resume and new activities get off the ground. A céad mile fáilte is assured to all ladies wishing to partake so do get in touch with any ICA member or come along on Wednesday September 7 to hear more about the organisation.
KNOCKFIERNA HERITAGE: A ‘Gramophone Evening’ will be held in the rambling house on the hill on Wednesday, August 24 at 8 .00. This free event will give you a chance to relive your youth through the songs of John McCormack, Christy Lynch and Delia Murphy and others of those days. On the following Sunday, August 28, there will be a conducted walk from the rambling house, which will give you an opportunity to view the remains of what was once a thriving community until the potato failure in the middle of the nineteenth century. Following the walk at 5.00 pm, the group will return to base for an evening of music, song and story.
COMMUNITY EVENTS: Make a note of Friday September 2 for the Community Council Barbeque. This is a major fundraiser for the important work of the local council and your support as always is most valuable. There will be a limited amount of tickets available at €10 each, which will entitle you to gourmet food and musical entertainment at the patio bar of ‘De Bucket’ Pub, Ferrybridge.
CURRAGH CROSS MEMORIAL EVENT: On Sunday September 11 at 3.00 pm, a commemoration will take place of the local tradition of dancing that took place in the area. In the 1950’s, the Guerin family who lived nearby, had a portable boarded platform which they erected outside Curragh Chase Gates and was a popular venue for dancers who came from all the adjoining areas. The poet Aubrey de Vere recalled in his memories how he was very reluctant to leave the dancing when the maid took him home to bed. His own grandfather, another Aubrey, also recorded the dancing tradition which he said was “ancient” even in his days before the famine. This earlier Aubrey, mentions the piper leading the dancing and in his colourful language described “rustic bumpkins” who “shook and shuffled dirty buttocks” in their enjoyment of the dance. The upcoming event will be altogether of a more sanitised nature, while the music and dancing will be mainly as it was of yore. We are fortunate to still have with us a musician who played for Guerin’s, in the person of Michael O’Neill of Kilnockan railway gates, who with others who remembered the ‘dancing at the crossroads’ at Curragh Chase, will be present on the day. This free event will be sponsored by local interests.
COMMUNITY NOTES: Local builders are invited to tender for building work on the Library and details are available from the Hon. Sec. Mary Conway at 087 6521806 and to whom tenders should be sent. The Community Council has applied for a Leader Grant from West Limerick Resources to facilitate the completion of the work.
CALLING WRITERS: Works of literature are being solicited for the next issue of ‘Revival Literary Journal, No. 21’. The closing date is Friday, September 16 for poetry, short fiction, reviews or critical pieces. Black and white line drawings are also invited. Details from The Editor, Revival, ‘Moravia’, Glenmore Avenue, Roxboro Rd. Limerick or e-mail revival@eircom.net. Guidelines are available onwww.revivalpress.com.
FEEDING PROGRAMME FUNDRAISER: Continuing the local community’s interest in the less fortunate, a fundraising event will be held in Kilcornan Community Centre on Sunday, September 4, from 11.30 to 3.30 pm.
The proceeds of this ‘Bring and Buy Sale’ go directly towards offering a balanced feeding to the impoverished population of Zwelishe township, South Africa and will be delivered personally. A working committee on the ground in the township will arrange bags of food which will give necessary nourishment to families in the area for a short period around Christmas. Enquiries to 061 393637.
GOGGIN COTTAGE: As part of ‘Heritage Week’, the Landmark Trust who are restoring Goggin’s cottage will give you an opportunity to view work in progress on Friday, August 26, from 2.00 pm to 7.00 pm. On completion of the work the cottage will be offered as part of the Trust’s properties for holiday rentals.
COMMUNITY LOTTO: The draw on August 16 produced numbers 11, 12, 18 & 23 as the winning combination for a Jackpot of € 9,200. No member predicted this sequence and in consequence Lucky Dips of €20 each were drawn by Kevin Kelly, Ballyvareen; Brian Barrett, Knockroe; Mags McCarthy, Coolbeg; Karen, Rebecca & Emma, Pallaskenry and Seán Kelly, Ballyvareen. You can now have three shots at the Jackpot for €5 at any of the ticket sales venues or from a member of the Community Council.
COPSWOOD GAELS RUGBY: The new season will get off to a start with registration at the Salesian College on Sunday August 28, from 12 to 3.00 pm. Requirements for registration include passport photos and a copy of your birth certificate. Include a gum shield with your training gear. Further details are available from the Club Secretary, Anthony O’Donovan.
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