Was at pitch tonight.About 30 training.Hurlers and footballers training together.This makes sense as most are dual players.Billy,Johnnie,Phil,Seamin,Declan Carty there and piping hot tea and biscuits available for all.Great to see Kevin Keaveney and Ollie Carty there shooting the breeze.The panel is very young so far ,but some older lads are expected back soon.Time will tell.Quite a number of lads in their early to late twenties are out of work and hate being idle.One at least and possibly a few more are bound for the emigrant ship soon.Not from choice but out of desperation.Aside from the activity in the field the village is basically deserted.Nobody out ,not a bob in circulation.There is an eerie feel about the place.Without a shadow of a doubt there are considerably fewer cars on the road than heretofore,a fact I noticed accelerating since last July.
No wonder road deaths are down.There are far fewer cars on the road.And nobody is drinking out.The prohibitionist have won.With the pub trade decimated and cars parked up The RSA and the anti drink lobby will undoubtedly be rubbing their hands in glee.The logical conclusion is to force everybody to emigrate and abolish motor vehicles entirely and both the drink problem and motor vehicle deaths will cease to be.
What is of major concern to me and to anyone with any iota of compassion is the huge rise in suicide ,particularly amongst men.I would say that we all know at least a half dozen men who have ended their lives in recent times.While one could never know ,in the absence of a suicide note,why this is done ,one factor I have noted amongst the people I knew of was that they were all self employed.I have absolutely no doubt that these people were driven over the edge by the relentless pressure applied by the multiplicity of State agencies ,Financial institutions and mean offences drawn up by a petty legislature to keep the people in their place.
It seems to me,as in the reign of the Empire, that the law is again being used as an instrument of oppression and it is not good enough for Judges to wash their hands and blindly follow the law in achieving the results that a powerful State seeks to impose on genuine citizens ,who are fighting an unequal and unwinnable battle against over whelming odds.
Authorising an eviction on Monday will not in my view be exonerated by receiving the Host on the following Sunday.Of course if you don't believe in an afterlife strict adherence to secular law is probably an excuse for horrible decisions.
Anyhow,back to business.
In football we have three adult teams.Intermediate,Junior B and Junior D.
Group Teams for Intermediate Championship are Ourselves,Michaels,Syddan,Clanna Gael and Na Fianna.Not a cakewalk .Michaels first up.
Junior B.Vincents,Walterstown,St.Colmcilles,Rathoath and Ourselves.Colmcilles first up.
In hurling we have an Intermediate and Junior Team.Inter Championship Group are Ourselves,Kildalkey,Kilmessan,Rathmoloyn,Wolfe Tones and Dunboyne.Dunboyne first.Not a cakewalk either.
Top three qualify.
It is to the eternal credit of the mentors that not a penny will change hands.
Sunday we play Senchaelstown in the League.A tough one too.
well Daithi hows the form? hope you and the family are keeping well.
ReplyDeleteTough draw in the football - to be honest not much between any of the teams - I still would like to think we should qualify and get some momentum going for 1/4's.
Very tough in the hurling against 3 single sport clubs but I hear there is a good mixture of youth and experience in the village and am sure it will reap reward sooner rather than later.
I still hope to dawn the black & white in the next 12months
Chat soon,
Regards to all the clann,
garreth