Death of John Campbell

The above who was in his seventies emigrated to England and settled in London.A native of Carnaross he was a brother of Etna Dowd ,nee Campbell,the the wife of Tommy Dowd and the mother of Tommy the Allstar,Cathy,Dolly and Kevin.
He is survived by a son.
Well Etna and Cathy travelled over to London to bury him at what she says was a very well attended funeral.
Ar dheis De go raibha hAnam dilis.

Computer mice busy as bees.

Now that the GAA Seasons are over for most and that the serial Managers have burnt their boats at their present Clubs there is fierce activity on the Internet in order to establish ;

A.The name and nature of the Chairmen of prospective new Clubs.

B.The names and nature of Secretaries and Treasures of prospective new Clubs.

C.And most importantly whether all other things being equal what Clubs have a strong and successful Lotto.

Dunderry excepted.

Death of Brendan Rogers ,Boyerstown,Navan.

Brendan Rogers was one of ,if not ,the oldest surviving former footballers of Dunderry GAA Club.He played with my uncles Joe,Paddy and Tommy  Mc Cormack and a host of other men long since gone to their eternal reward and I  think that he won Intermediate Championship medals with them in the 1940.s but I  could be wrong.
His father before him Mattie ,better known as the Buller was one of Ireland's,Leinster and Meath's greatest footballers and had and indeed has legendary status amongst true Gaels.
He drove my mother to Dublin to give birth to my late brother Robert 6 decades ago in one of the former Parish Priest's cars he always had in stock all those years ago.
Brendan had not been well at all in recent times and was in and out of hospital  and had the appearance of bad health.This did not diminish has keen interest in all matters agricultural and his wider family ,which he kept up until his untimely death.
His granddaughter Zara is a keen Camogie player with Dunderry Camogie Club and plays Senior and her father Brendan Junior is deeply involved with supporting his daughter's involvement.
The deceased was I  understand reared partly with his granny King beside my mother's people alongside the riverbank of the river Clady and they were lifelong friends.
As long as his health allowed he got daily Mass in Dunderry  Church ,a fact I know because I  often saw him coming or going.
His funeral Mass is in Boyerstown Church this coming Saturday at 3.30 p.m.with burial in the adjoining cemetery afterwards.
To his wife Joan,children David,Joseph,Brendan,George,Joan,Agnes,Anne,Mary and Olive,his survining siblings Micheal ,Tommy,Agnes,Olive,lilly and Brigid .his numerous in laws,and grandchildren and other relatives and friends we offer our sincerest condolences.
Ar dheis De go raibh a h anam dilis.

JOHNNY I HARDLY KNEW YA.

Electric Picnic is  hailed as a great family day out.I  don't go but expect it is fairly expensive to attend.A  guy went on Joe the Squaddie's show last week to complain ,justifiably ,that he was waiting 8 years to get a hip replacement operation in Navan Hospital but that it was cancelled at the last moment.
The Health Board gave out free Johnnies at Electric Picnic.The guy still awaits his operation and over one million people await in line to see consultants.
Give them all Johnnies says I.
Sodom and Gomorrah  spring to mind.Or should that be Gonorrhea.
This is the Leo and Simon way.
God and Pope Francis help us.
Hope HE  does not zappone us .
"A Johnny in my time was the name given to a French Letter or a  piece of rubber you put on your bud to prevent the contents of your sack from spilling outwards".