The USA and increasingly the EU under the Brit baroness have been causing mischief these last few years.In Egypt and the Ukraine,to name but a few,they have always supported the mob,who have no democratic mandate ,against the democratically elected Parliaments of what they consider to be inferior countries to themselves.
The EU , while unable to run its own territories properly and seeing nothing wrong with creating slave races through austerity in such countries as Ireland ,Greece,Portugal and Spain and even Italy and while having disgraced its Christian heritage by promoting extermination camps to murder defenceless unborn children to satisfy the blood lust of pagan mothers and gutless fathers, has the temerity to interfere in the affairs of other sovereign states whose governance is none of their business.
Look what their support ,covert and overt ,has achieved in Egypt.The only democratically elected President of Egypt ever has been jailed after a coup d' Etat by an Army and is being tried on trump ted up charges behind a glass cage where his voice cannot be heard.Not a word from the Baroness nor Obama,not that Obama can say much as he treats the Cuba prisoners much worse than this despite all his broken promises to stop this prolonged torture.
NATO and the USA (Is there any difference ) have made basket cases of Iraq , Pakistan and Afghanistan ,where hundreds of thousands of people have died and where their policies have put various indigenous factions at each others throats and daily reports of another few hundred deaths hardy raise an eyebrow,.
Now the gob shites who determine policy in the EU and the USA couldn't wait to stick their noses into the street turmoil in the Ukraine,threatening sanctions against the elected Officials of that Country and unashamedly backing the street protesters .I would wager all I have that were street protests of the nature in Kiev replicated in any EU country or the USA and were policemen mutilated and beaten in public view that the they would get short shrift.
Remember those anti austerity sit ins in Dublin and New York and how they were ruthlessly broken up.Do you think that were Gardai following orders were shot dead ,publicly beaten and and abused that the Irish government and the Gardai would stand idly by ?Not bleeding likely.
Yet the reaction of the Western powers was to sanctify the rioters.
These liberal nincompoops must think that Putin is a pussy cat.While there may be a few Pussy Rioters there the history of Russia ,if you exclude the stain of communism,is one of hardship ,pride and defiance.Europeans should not forget that were it not for Russia those of us who escaped Hitler's extenuation camps for adults as well as children would be speaking German today.
The EU,the USA and all fellow travellers should be careful what they wish for,especially the EU as the USA is a long way away.
Putin cannot back down on this one .If he fails to defend his own people his credibility is gone forever.
Unless the EU can muster the Pussy Rioters into a ruthless fighting force that do more than flash their dowdies in Churches the Baroness and her cohorts ought publicly apologise profusely for sticking their nose into business that does nor concern them and plead forgiveness before it is too late for us all in Europe.
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Dunderry's tentative start to Football League.
Dunderry is a team in transition and as far as I can see football itself is in a state of transition and ,in my view,is being reduced to a cross between basketball ,tag rugby and athletic speed of foot. Totally devoid of any threat of physicality and with no place for those who thought they were playing a team game involving elements of physical contact,manly tussle and courage.
I have attended the last three games Dunderry played.
Game one was against Meath Hill in their well appointed ground.It was a challenge and a ding dong end to end encounter totally devoid of any physical contact whatsoever,full of intricate inter passing ,overwhelmingly with the fist ,with backs totally afraid to tackle their forward opponents.
I forget who won.Certainly there was very little between the teams at the end.
Some good points were kicked by both sides .Never was the kicker under any pressure from his marker.
Nice game of ball but not football as I played and knew it.
Game two was against Cortown in the League proper last Sunday week in their ground ,a home match for us forfeited to Cortown because our ground was unplayable.They are now a Junior team ( a good one admittedly ) in the process of rebuilding just like ourselves.
There are only a couple of the players who played Senior with them a decade ago and like ourselves they are hoping to recapture old glory
I missed the first half ,arriving just after half time.We fielded less than half a dozen of last year's Intermediate regulars ,I don't know how they were fixed and while the match was attractive at a running ,fisting ,athletic level and was totally devoid af any physical contact altogether.
One fella got a black card.He must have looked crooked at someone.
The teams were level at the start,at half time and at the final whistle.We scored 1-8 to their 0-11.
There was not even an attempt at a physical challenge by either side ,both sets of backs being totally terrified to lay a hand on their opponents.
Last Sunday we played Moynalvey a senior team .We were short a few, they likewise.They were short their Sigerson and County players (Thus diminishing the relevance of the competition completely for the ordinary club player ) and any thought of a physical tackle was blown by the referee.Never was I at a cleaner game ,but Evan Stephens got a black card after 5 minutes for a harmless tug on an opponents jersey.Full back gone and his cousin David Mac was also on the line after another five minutes due to injury in stretching for a ball.
I emphasise that there was not even one hard tackle the whole game and what we witnessed was an exhibition in fisting,running and avoidance of contact at all costs.I have seen more aggression in an under 13 Camogie game.
We lost 1-12 to 1-11.
Backs are terrified to go for the ball or tackle and the art of diving is slowly being developed (penalty plus man sent off. if worked right.)
Now I have played the game,promoted it and administered it for over fifty years.I genuinely don't know when a referee blows a whistle which way the free is going,what the offence was and which of the array of cards ,black ,yellow of red is going to appear.
Referees will probably take the handy way out and show a black.This is no good to the player who trains for two or three nights a week and gets maybe ten minutes football for the most innocuous of tugs.
The P.C.(physically cautious ) brigade took a roadshow to the country to preach their fallacious theories and got their way.As a result footballs now is shorn of physical contact altogether and emasculated entirely.
A game for wethers not rams.
This nonsense has greatly increased the attraction of Rugby as the physical sport of choice of many kids who revel in the manliness of hurling..
Increasingly aground here kids are opting for rugby and hurling as their dual sports.
With all these cards would you blame them for not understanding the game ( Just last year I quizzed a referee on why he gave a free against us in a juvenile match,He said that our player's use of the ball was too "soccery ").
Rugby is simple enough .If a guy has the ball you can pull him down and take it from him.Kids like and understand this like it.
My generation have destroyed this country ,losing its sovereignty,causing mass emigration ,mass unemployent .mass homelessness .mass suicide and total despair.
Unless the game is simplified and made more amenable to physical contact it will be cissified out of recognition. and we will have destroyed it too.
Shame on us.
I have attended the last three games Dunderry played.
Game one was against Meath Hill in their well appointed ground.It was a challenge and a ding dong end to end encounter totally devoid of any physical contact whatsoever,full of intricate inter passing ,overwhelmingly with the fist ,with backs totally afraid to tackle their forward opponents.
I forget who won.Certainly there was very little between the teams at the end.
Some good points were kicked by both sides .Never was the kicker under any pressure from his marker.
Nice game of ball but not football as I played and knew it.
Game two was against Cortown in the League proper last Sunday week in their ground ,a home match for us forfeited to Cortown because our ground was unplayable.They are now a Junior team ( a good one admittedly ) in the process of rebuilding just like ourselves.
There are only a couple of the players who played Senior with them a decade ago and like ourselves they are hoping to recapture old glory
I missed the first half ,arriving just after half time.We fielded less than half a dozen of last year's Intermediate regulars ,I don't know how they were fixed and while the match was attractive at a running ,fisting ,athletic level and was totally devoid af any physical contact altogether.
One fella got a black card.He must have looked crooked at someone.
The teams were level at the start,at half time and at the final whistle.We scored 1-8 to their 0-11.
There was not even an attempt at a physical challenge by either side ,both sets of backs being totally terrified to lay a hand on their opponents.
Last Sunday we played Moynalvey a senior team .We were short a few, they likewise.They were short their Sigerson and County players (Thus diminishing the relevance of the competition completely for the ordinary club player ) and any thought of a physical tackle was blown by the referee.Never was I at a cleaner game ,but Evan Stephens got a black card after 5 minutes for a harmless tug on an opponents jersey.Full back gone and his cousin David Mac was also on the line after another five minutes due to injury in stretching for a ball.
I emphasise that there was not even one hard tackle the whole game and what we witnessed was an exhibition in fisting,running and avoidance of contact at all costs.I have seen more aggression in an under 13 Camogie game.
We lost 1-12 to 1-11.
Backs are terrified to go for the ball or tackle and the art of diving is slowly being developed (penalty plus man sent off. if worked right.)
Now I have played the game,promoted it and administered it for over fifty years.I genuinely don't know when a referee blows a whistle which way the free is going,what the offence was and which of the array of cards ,black ,yellow of red is going to appear.
Referees will probably take the handy way out and show a black.This is no good to the player who trains for two or three nights a week and gets maybe ten minutes football for the most innocuous of tugs.
The P.C.(physically cautious ) brigade took a roadshow to the country to preach their fallacious theories and got their way.As a result footballs now is shorn of physical contact altogether and emasculated entirely.
A game for wethers not rams.
This nonsense has greatly increased the attraction of Rugby as the physical sport of choice of many kids who revel in the manliness of hurling..
Increasingly aground here kids are opting for rugby and hurling as their dual sports.
With all these cards would you blame them for not understanding the game ( Just last year I quizzed a referee on why he gave a free against us in a juvenile match,He said that our player's use of the ball was too "soccery ").
Rugby is simple enough .If a guy has the ball you can pull him down and take it from him.Kids like and understand this like it.
My generation have destroyed this country ,losing its sovereignty,causing mass emigration ,mass unemployent .mass homelessness .mass suicide and total despair.
Unless the game is simplified and made more amenable to physical contact it will be cissified out of recognition. and we will have destroyed it too.
Shame on us.
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Living in fear in Dunderry
I coined the above phrase in connection with my unsuccessful political campaign for the local elections the last time around.I kept it up for the General Elections,also unsuccessfully contested by me.Despite the fact that my opponents spread the calumny that a lone voice like mine was worthless and that a vote for me was a vote wasted,not enough people recognised the veracity of my message to vote for me ,settling for the fir breaga instead.
I have written before about the spate of burglaries on the rural dwellers of this Parish,.Official Ireland do not give a continental (and I use the word advisedly ) fuck about the people hereabouts,being too busy advising the organisers of the Boston and New York Saint Patrick's Day Parades on the current views of the Irish on gays to look after their own back yards.(A blind man could see from the surnames of the bigger mouths on this issue that they know feic all about Irish heritage and traditions and are and have been more concerned with bringing the extermination mills for the unborn from their parts of the world to our once fair land.).
Well in the past fortnight at least a half dozen rural dwellers have had their properties defiled by the theft of heating oils,agricultural diesel ,power tools,ride on and petrol /diesel lawn mowers and the attempted theft of tractors.
These thefts happen during the hours of darkness and these guys are not afraid of hard work,often making literally hundreds of trips with five gallon cans to completely empty full tanks of fuel.They use bolt cutters ,hack saws ,sledge hammers ,monkey wrenches to gain access to their objectives and appear to be mechanically minded .
They approach even across dark fields ,reportedly wear masks and working gloves to avoid leaving finger prints and will return in time to complete a job not fully completed.
They are clearly well versed in the lie of the land and have a level of knowledge not available even from the complex world of technology.They know who to rob,when to do it and what to rob.
Either they live in our midst or have accurate informatiom from those living in our midst.
What is potable they dispose of quickly.My guess is that the fuel is burned within their own spheres of influence,either in boiler heaters or in motor vehicles.I guess that they have the knowledge to fix the burners inter se and keep their activity under wraps.
With the best will in the world the Gardai are like the little boy with ho is finger in the dyke,too busy satisfying Leo the Lip and Gaybo in the persecution of the indigenous peoples to collect Revenue,to afford the resources to follow up fully on these matters.
The victims are afraid to leave their homes,afraid to conveniently heat them by storing a decent supply of fuel,afraid to fill their tractors less they be drained and damaged and afraid to go out after dark.CCTV offers no protection against these thugs and well they know it .
And 200,00 young men and women who could help their elder relatives put it up to these hateful curs are forced to flee this misfortunate country each year by a Government and Union that just hasn't a clue,cares less about its own than the Brits ever did and still finds time to advise the Parade advisers in the USA.
The sooner people realise that we have living among us a substantial number of guests about whom we know nothing, from all corners of this country and of Europe generally ,but who are more aware of their rights than us and the sooner we as a Country take some concrete action to regulate those we allow free access to in living here the better,
The Swiss has it right .They voted to stem the stampede that threatens their culture,jobs and way of life.The sooner we do so the better.
By the way I know a lot of foreigners who are sound,but there are many who neither I ,their neighbours nor the Gardie have a clue about.
You would have to laugh,if it wasn't so serious,at the fact that the indigenous Irish have to march in Dublin to be allowed transact business in their own Language and that an atheist Labour Party wants the teaching of religion and history abolished in the Schools.
THE COMMANDMENT "THOU SHALL NOT STEAL "should be repeatedly shouted at all government ministers and new arrivals to our State ,preferably in Irish ,instead of showing them how to siphon off another man's diesel .
It is inevitable that it is only a matter of time until another Nally case surfaces in a house near you.
Until then live on in fear and do the gom and vote for a fear or bean breaga in the Local Elections.And when your turn comes let the message sink home too late.
I have written before about the spate of burglaries on the rural dwellers of this Parish,.Official Ireland do not give a continental (and I use the word advisedly ) fuck about the people hereabouts,being too busy advising the organisers of the Boston and New York Saint Patrick's Day Parades on the current views of the Irish on gays to look after their own back yards.(A blind man could see from the surnames of the bigger mouths on this issue that they know feic all about Irish heritage and traditions and are and have been more concerned with bringing the extermination mills for the unborn from their parts of the world to our once fair land.).
Well in the past fortnight at least a half dozen rural dwellers have had their properties defiled by the theft of heating oils,agricultural diesel ,power tools,ride on and petrol /diesel lawn mowers and the attempted theft of tractors.
These thefts happen during the hours of darkness and these guys are not afraid of hard work,often making literally hundreds of trips with five gallon cans to completely empty full tanks of fuel.They use bolt cutters ,hack saws ,sledge hammers ,monkey wrenches to gain access to their objectives and appear to be mechanically minded .
They approach even across dark fields ,reportedly wear masks and working gloves to avoid leaving finger prints and will return in time to complete a job not fully completed.
They are clearly well versed in the lie of the land and have a level of knowledge not available even from the complex world of technology.They know who to rob,when to do it and what to rob.
Either they live in our midst or have accurate informatiom from those living in our midst.
What is potable they dispose of quickly.My guess is that the fuel is burned within their own spheres of influence,either in boiler heaters or in motor vehicles.I guess that they have the knowledge to fix the burners inter se and keep their activity under wraps.
With the best will in the world the Gardai are like the little boy with ho is finger in the dyke,too busy satisfying Leo the Lip and Gaybo in the persecution of the indigenous peoples to collect Revenue,to afford the resources to follow up fully on these matters.
The victims are afraid to leave their homes,afraid to conveniently heat them by storing a decent supply of fuel,afraid to fill their tractors less they be drained and damaged and afraid to go out after dark.CCTV offers no protection against these thugs and well they know it .
And 200,00 young men and women who could help their elder relatives put it up to these hateful curs are forced to flee this misfortunate country each year by a Government and Union that just hasn't a clue,cares less about its own than the Brits ever did and still finds time to advise the Parade advisers in the USA.
The sooner people realise that we have living among us a substantial number of guests about whom we know nothing, from all corners of this country and of Europe generally ,but who are more aware of their rights than us and the sooner we as a Country take some concrete action to regulate those we allow free access to in living here the better,
The Swiss has it right .They voted to stem the stampede that threatens their culture,jobs and way of life.The sooner we do so the better.
By the way I know a lot of foreigners who are sound,but there are many who neither I ,their neighbours nor the Gardie have a clue about.
You would have to laugh,if it wasn't so serious,at the fact that the indigenous Irish have to march in Dublin to be allowed transact business in their own Language and that an atheist Labour Party wants the teaching of religion and history abolished in the Schools.
THE COMMANDMENT "THOU SHALL NOT STEAL "should be repeatedly shouted at all government ministers and new arrivals to our State ,preferably in Irish ,instead of showing them how to siphon off another man's diesel .
It is inevitable that it is only a matter of time until another Nally case surfaces in a house near you.
Until then live on in fear and do the gom and vote for a fear or bean breaga in the Local Elections.And when your turn comes let the message sink home too late.
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Club and Parish proud of Eoin Daly.
Eoin Daly plays under 16 hurling and football with Dunderry.He has improved hugely at his sports of choice.In last year's under 17 football final he kicked 65's over the bar.I put this down to practice and perseverance.
He attends Saint Pat's Secondary school in Navan and is in transition year.Shortly himself and I think 13 of his schoolmates are off to India where they will work for free in furtherance of the Mission of Mother Teresa for 13 days running.
Saint Pat's are blessed to have had volunteers to do this for a number of years.
Last weekend Eoin addressed the congregations at all Masses in the Parish,setting out his itinerary and his reasons for going there.I was at Dunderry Mass and he got as near a standing ovation as it is possible to get from a Mass congregation.
Afterwards the Mass goers made contributions to help allay his costs,all of which he must meet himself,any excess going to the unwanted souls and bodies he will tend to when he arrives in India.
I understand that given the austere times that are in it the Mass goers again stumped up an amount which is not inconsiderable.The same happened in the Parishes of the other volunteers.
Deserving charities are supported after Mass every weekend in this Parish..Of those who do not attend Mass I have no doubt that a minority do support deserving charities from time to time but venture the opinion that it is the Massgoers who dig the deepest consistently.
In these times it is great to see that we still rear young men of such calibre who are willing to self sacrifice for the good of their less well off and destitute brethren and sister en.
This garsun is a son of Dan Daly and his wife Rose (Loughran ) and is living proof of the adage that an ounce of breeding is worth a ton of feeding.
We wish him well in India.
P.S.On the subject of Mother Teresa ,if I am not mistaken both herself and Princess Diana died the same time.The latter Candle in the wind ,who God help her,was a serial adulteress was deified by secular Western society and idolised by a fawning and pagan media,both electronic and paper based,while Mother Teresa's motives were questioned by the precise same media.
Bit like now ,where we have a secular and an anti Catholic offshoot of a useless atheist United Nations feminist cabal belittle dedicated nuns who provided for mothers unwanted by their families when the State and the United Nations didn't want to know .
Pity they wouldn't watch the Fior Sceal on TG4 (Five Cameras ) which shows the inhumane treatment being meted out daily to unfortunate Palestine men ,women and children by an Israeli State which is imposing conditions which are worse than slavery.
I know that the Jews were the subject of attempted annihilation by Hitler and his adherents but to treat the Palestinians as they do dishonours their humanity. They above all should know better.
There won't be a word from the U,N,condemning Israel
.Easier by far to pick on a religion they hate and on aged Nuns ,who are continuously vilified. even by well paid secular academic feminists who never miss an opportunity to stick the boot in.
Back to Princess Diana and mother Teresa.
A very elderly lady ,and she was a lady,and myself discussed the matter of Di's death at the time.
"If she was at home minding her kids,like she should be,she would be alive now,"
Hard to argue against that really.
He attends Saint Pat's Secondary school in Navan and is in transition year.Shortly himself and I think 13 of his schoolmates are off to India where they will work for free in furtherance of the Mission of Mother Teresa for 13 days running.
Saint Pat's are blessed to have had volunteers to do this for a number of years.
Last weekend Eoin addressed the congregations at all Masses in the Parish,setting out his itinerary and his reasons for going there.I was at Dunderry Mass and he got as near a standing ovation as it is possible to get from a Mass congregation.
Afterwards the Mass goers made contributions to help allay his costs,all of which he must meet himself,any excess going to the unwanted souls and bodies he will tend to when he arrives in India.
I understand that given the austere times that are in it the Mass goers again stumped up an amount which is not inconsiderable.The same happened in the Parishes of the other volunteers.
Deserving charities are supported after Mass every weekend in this Parish..Of those who do not attend Mass I have no doubt that a minority do support deserving charities from time to time but venture the opinion that it is the Massgoers who dig the deepest consistently.
In these times it is great to see that we still rear young men of such calibre who are willing to self sacrifice for the good of their less well off and destitute brethren and sister en.
This garsun is a son of Dan Daly and his wife Rose (Loughran ) and is living proof of the adage that an ounce of breeding is worth a ton of feeding.
We wish him well in India.
P.S.On the subject of Mother Teresa ,if I am not mistaken both herself and Princess Diana died the same time.The latter Candle in the wind ,who God help her,was a serial adulteress was deified by secular Western society and idolised by a fawning and pagan media,both electronic and paper based,while Mother Teresa's motives were questioned by the precise same media.
Bit like now ,where we have a secular and an anti Catholic offshoot of a useless atheist United Nations feminist cabal belittle dedicated nuns who provided for mothers unwanted by their families when the State and the United Nations didn't want to know .
Pity they wouldn't watch the Fior Sceal on TG4 (Five Cameras ) which shows the inhumane treatment being meted out daily to unfortunate Palestine men ,women and children by an Israeli State which is imposing conditions which are worse than slavery.
I know that the Jews were the subject of attempted annihilation by Hitler and his adherents but to treat the Palestinians as they do dishonours their humanity. They above all should know better.
There won't be a word from the U,N,condemning Israel
.Easier by far to pick on a religion they hate and on aged Nuns ,who are continuously vilified. even by well paid secular academic feminists who never miss an opportunity to stick the boot in.
Back to Princess Diana and mother Teresa.
A very elderly lady ,and she was a lady,and myself discussed the matter of Di's death at the time.
"If she was at home minding her kids,like she should be,she would be alive now,"
Hard to argue against that really.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Asleep at the wheel.
The weather forecasters were beng on the button,They predicted mayhem .
What the feic were Government at.
People who were run from their homes and had everything destroyed by the brutal weather conditions had a legitimate expectation to be protected by their political masters but were let down with a bang.
There will be attempts to pass the blame around the house.
Always remember that it is always the organ grinders who are to blame and never the monkeys.
What the feic were Government at.
People who were run from their homes and had everything destroyed by the brutal weather conditions had a legitimate expectation to be protected by their political masters but were let down with a bang.
There will be attempts to pass the blame around the house.
Always remember that it is always the organ grinders who are to blame and never the monkeys.
Great credit due to The Legend and crew
I ventured up to the pitch tonight at 8.30.There was a wind that would cut you in two.The rain was like slivers of ice that cut to the bone and the wind was gusting at a rate of knots.The Legend was putting the troops through their paces and they were at it to the best of their ability.
Fair dues to them.If application to the cause is a major factor we are well on our way.
Fair dues to them.If application to the cause is a major factor we are well on our way.
Thursday, January 30, 2014
How stroke snuck up on me.
July 1st.2009 was a grand summer's day.I woke early enough .At about 8.00 a.m. I would say.I had a busy schedule.I act as tax agent for a number of clients with Revenue and some of them were under severe pressure to meet demands for money they just did not have.In addition another few were under severe pressure fending off claims from ex employees relating to employment no longer available.Mostly foreigners who were begging for work during the years of the Celtic Tiger.They showed no compassion to newly destitute Irish employers impoverished by the bursting of the bubble and had no bother getting the services of the legal profession to advance their cases.
Some of my clients could not afford such luxuries as legal fees and I helped them as best I could.
The slavish response of the Irish Government to the bubble bursting and the absolute failure to stand up for its own citizens is unforgivable and ,in my view ,has caused many deaths, illnesses and pure misery and still is causing untold misery.
I would have been tossing over the practicalities of such things in my mind and also had to do a bit of fencing to keep in three over amorous bulls who were breaking out and trying to tip the valuable heifers of a good neighbour.
In addition herself wanted a lift to Trim to do the shopping.Lidl I think.For the record I enjoyed a smoke and a drink and was chairman of Dunderry Gaa Club and Camogie Clubs at the time and had been involved very actively with both for many many years.
I was as physically strong as a bull myself and for a man of my age ( 58) had had no physical illnesses in a good few years.I had got regular check ups over the years and had no problems with blood pressure nor any other physical problems.
Anyhow I brought herself into Trim and dropped her at the shop and went around to Mc Geogh's Hardware to get something or other.Felt the finest.Was talking to the late Hugh and felt of a sudden the strangest sensation.For love or money my feet would just not lift off the ground.No pain at all but if you can imagine that I was wearing lead boots weighing about a ton apiece that is the way I felt.Lucky enough I was leaning back to a wall and didn't fall and said nothing.And it passed away in a split second.But the alarm bells rang.
Collected herself and headed home ,no problem.Said nothing and decided to leave the fencing to the afternoon.Had a look at a few tax cases at the table and about noon the precise same thing struck again for another split second.The alarm bells rung louder.I figured that it wasn't a heart attack as I understood that it normally involved pain in the arm or chest .I had no pain at all.I more or less figured that it could be the start of a stroke as I knew that a stroke killed brain cells and figured that some of my brain cells were not working properly ,hence the inability to lift my legs.
I phoned my Doctor ,who I trust completely. to see what the next move would be and for advice ,suggesting that it might be the onset of a stroke.He was not immediately available so I left a message on his mobile to get back to me.
But I felt great and decided to plough ahead with the fencing.Lucky for me I took the precaution of bringing two young lads who had been helping me for years to give me a hand,Killian Minogue and Christopher Harrington.
And off we went.The land we had to get to is at the end of a boreen off another boreen and across a field that you could not drive over and had to walk over for about a half mile. We travelled there and
lugged the posts ,wire ,crow bar and tools by hand and started the work.
Firstly I made a deep hole with the crow bar,used a aluminium mallet to drive the posts home and then let the lads give the post ten shots each of the mallet to complete the driving operation.No bullin just steady progress.We worked well together.None of us are slaves.I said I was strong and I wasn't joking.I was splitting the posts when I hit them and remarked more than once that a slightly less powerful left arm would not go amiss.You should be careful what you wish for as you may get your wish fulfilled.
Anyway we were getting on grand when my phone rang and the Doc,told me to get to hell to the nearest Hospital immediately.But I felt the finest and kept at it for about another hour I would say,before packing up.
Then just as we were leaving the spot we were standing in ,with a half mile to go across the field .my legs gave way entirely.The lads dragged me the whole way to the van and I guess saved my life.It was no easy task to drag me that far as I'd say I weighed 19 stone at least.But between grunting and bawling and adrenalin pumping all over the shop we managed.
They were about 16 at the time and none were officially driving.I was afraid to let them do so as I thought they would crash and hurt themselves.I managed to get the van into gear and drove it to the top of the boreen at which I felt my arms going and managed to pull in ,stop it and turn the ignition off.
Now I had no use of my arms nor legs and my mouth was drooping.I knew I was getting a stroke and told the lads to get an ambulance pronto.They were on their mobiles before I could get it out..Killian phoned his Dad and he organised one immediately.
Then two neighbours appeared almost simultaneously ,Alan Healy and his aunt Marion Fagin.I got out what I needed and Marion's daughter Sinead happened to be at home from England and they went the short distance for her,Luckily she is a nurse.
I figured I might be going to meet my Maker and started a perfect act of contrition and meant every word of it .And the strangest thing.God spoke to me with the message "You will get through this Dots.it's not your time yet".
I believe in God the Father Almighty and believed the message totally and it gave me fierce strength subsequently and to this day.
I was fully confident that I would not die in the immediate future no matter what came.
They loaded me into the front seat of Marion's car and Sinead sat in the back holding my hand and attending to me and they drove me to Navan Hospital where I was admitted immediately.We passed the ambulance on its way out while we were on the way in.
We landed there about 6.30 I would guess.
To be continued.
Some of my clients could not afford such luxuries as legal fees and I helped them as best I could.
The slavish response of the Irish Government to the bubble bursting and the absolute failure to stand up for its own citizens is unforgivable and ,in my view ,has caused many deaths, illnesses and pure misery and still is causing untold misery.
I would have been tossing over the practicalities of such things in my mind and also had to do a bit of fencing to keep in three over amorous bulls who were breaking out and trying to tip the valuable heifers of a good neighbour.
In addition herself wanted a lift to Trim to do the shopping.Lidl I think.For the record I enjoyed a smoke and a drink and was chairman of Dunderry Gaa Club and Camogie Clubs at the time and had been involved very actively with both for many many years.
I was as physically strong as a bull myself and for a man of my age ( 58) had had no physical illnesses in a good few years.I had got regular check ups over the years and had no problems with blood pressure nor any other physical problems.
Anyhow I brought herself into Trim and dropped her at the shop and went around to Mc Geogh's Hardware to get something or other.Felt the finest.Was talking to the late Hugh and felt of a sudden the strangest sensation.For love or money my feet would just not lift off the ground.No pain at all but if you can imagine that I was wearing lead boots weighing about a ton apiece that is the way I felt.Lucky enough I was leaning back to a wall and didn't fall and said nothing.And it passed away in a split second.But the alarm bells rang.
Collected herself and headed home ,no problem.Said nothing and decided to leave the fencing to the afternoon.Had a look at a few tax cases at the table and about noon the precise same thing struck again for another split second.The alarm bells rung louder.I figured that it wasn't a heart attack as I understood that it normally involved pain in the arm or chest .I had no pain at all.I more or less figured that it could be the start of a stroke as I knew that a stroke killed brain cells and figured that some of my brain cells were not working properly ,hence the inability to lift my legs.
I phoned my Doctor ,who I trust completely. to see what the next move would be and for advice ,suggesting that it might be the onset of a stroke.He was not immediately available so I left a message on his mobile to get back to me.
But I felt great and decided to plough ahead with the fencing.Lucky for me I took the precaution of bringing two young lads who had been helping me for years to give me a hand,Killian Minogue and Christopher Harrington.
And off we went.The land we had to get to is at the end of a boreen off another boreen and across a field that you could not drive over and had to walk over for about a half mile. We travelled there and
lugged the posts ,wire ,crow bar and tools by hand and started the work.
Firstly I made a deep hole with the crow bar,used a aluminium mallet to drive the posts home and then let the lads give the post ten shots each of the mallet to complete the driving operation.No bullin just steady progress.We worked well together.None of us are slaves.I said I was strong and I wasn't joking.I was splitting the posts when I hit them and remarked more than once that a slightly less powerful left arm would not go amiss.You should be careful what you wish for as you may get your wish fulfilled.
Anyway we were getting on grand when my phone rang and the Doc,told me to get to hell to the nearest Hospital immediately.But I felt the finest and kept at it for about another hour I would say,before packing up.
Then just as we were leaving the spot we were standing in ,with a half mile to go across the field .my legs gave way entirely.The lads dragged me the whole way to the van and I guess saved my life.It was no easy task to drag me that far as I'd say I weighed 19 stone at least.But between grunting and bawling and adrenalin pumping all over the shop we managed.
They were about 16 at the time and none were officially driving.I was afraid to let them do so as I thought they would crash and hurt themselves.I managed to get the van into gear and drove it to the top of the boreen at which I felt my arms going and managed to pull in ,stop it and turn the ignition off.
Now I had no use of my arms nor legs and my mouth was drooping.I knew I was getting a stroke and told the lads to get an ambulance pronto.They were on their mobiles before I could get it out..Killian phoned his Dad and he organised one immediately.
Then two neighbours appeared almost simultaneously ,Alan Healy and his aunt Marion Fagin.I got out what I needed and Marion's daughter Sinead happened to be at home from England and they went the short distance for her,Luckily she is a nurse.
I figured I might be going to meet my Maker and started a perfect act of contrition and meant every word of it .And the strangest thing.God spoke to me with the message "You will get through this Dots.it's not your time yet".
I believe in God the Father Almighty and believed the message totally and it gave me fierce strength subsequently and to this day.
I was fully confident that I would not die in the immediate future no matter what came.
They loaded me into the front seat of Marion's car and Sinead sat in the back holding my hand and attending to me and they drove me to Navan Hospital where I was admitted immediately.We passed the ambulance on its way out while we were on the way in.
We landed there about 6.30 I would guess.
To be continued.
Friday, January 24, 2014
Commissioner Callinan's stance needs clarifaction.
The standoff between the Gardai top brass and the Public Accounts Committee over the discretion of the Gardai to forgive penalty points made riveting viewing,Certainly the Commissioner put it up to Parliament,effectively telling them to butt out of his area of responsibility.My guess is that Fine Gael,as the party of law and order will see to it that the matter is buried .Enda would know that while he might get away with demonising Catholicism ,taking on the Gardai is a kettle of a different colour.
However what really perplexed me is the distaste the Commissioner forcibly expressed for the actions of those bringing the information to public attention.He expressed the view that their actions was "disgusting."
Now to my mind the borderlines between whistle blowers,informers and the action of good citizens in supplying information to the relevant authorities is extremely blurred.
Social Welfare,Customs,Revenue generally and the Gardai amongst a host of others are continuously advertising for citizens to report any suspicious activities to the authorities.And count it as a success if the numbers of such reports increase year on year.
I would say that in none of these instances would the crime be already proven in Court.Rather what would be reported would be the informer's belief that the behaviour complained of could constitute criminal or wrong behaviour.
Many Irish people have an inbuilt revulsion of informers ,mainly I suspect because of the propensity of so many informers in the past to report on their neighbours and colleagues to the Brits when they ruled the roost here.(Which may be a reason in why Ruairi Quinn wants to decommission the study of history in our schools)
I figure myself that the act of informing runs in families and is passed from generation to generation but have no scientific proof of this.It sure would make an interesting study for some academic.
Anyhow the point is that the Commissioner may have been talking from his genetic Irish gut when he described the behaviour of the whistle blowers as disgusting.
Today the memorial service of Detective O Donoghue of Lordship was widely publicised and that of his horrific murder .The Gardai are pleading for information on his killers.They want informers to blow the whistle on the perpetrators.
I would guess that the Gardai,Revenue and Social Welfare are hugely grateful to the Good Citizen Reports they receive and that it forms a considerable part of its investigative armour.
The Commissioner would want to clarify his position on these matters and be consistent,in my humble view.
However what really perplexed me is the distaste the Commissioner forcibly expressed for the actions of those bringing the information to public attention.He expressed the view that their actions was "disgusting."
Now to my mind the borderlines between whistle blowers,informers and the action of good citizens in supplying information to the relevant authorities is extremely blurred.
Social Welfare,Customs,Revenue generally and the Gardai amongst a host of others are continuously advertising for citizens to report any suspicious activities to the authorities.And count it as a success if the numbers of such reports increase year on year.
I would say that in none of these instances would the crime be already proven in Court.Rather what would be reported would be the informer's belief that the behaviour complained of could constitute criminal or wrong behaviour.
Many Irish people have an inbuilt revulsion of informers ,mainly I suspect because of the propensity of so many informers in the past to report on their neighbours and colleagues to the Brits when they ruled the roost here.(Which may be a reason in why Ruairi Quinn wants to decommission the study of history in our schools)
I figure myself that the act of informing runs in families and is passed from generation to generation but have no scientific proof of this.It sure would make an interesting study for some academic.
Anyhow the point is that the Commissioner may have been talking from his genetic Irish gut when he described the behaviour of the whistle blowers as disgusting.
Today the memorial service of Detective O Donoghue of Lordship was widely publicised and that of his horrific murder .The Gardai are pleading for information on his killers.They want informers to blow the whistle on the perpetrators.
I would guess that the Gardai,Revenue and Social Welfare are hugely grateful to the Good Citizen Reports they receive and that it forms a considerable part of its investigative armour.
The Commissioner would want to clarify his position on these matters and be consistent,in my humble view.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Official Ireland self contradictory.
Last night I watched a programme on the merits of E cigarettes.These contain nicotine and involve the inhalation of steam effectively.
The health Taliban have their eyes out on stalks trying either to have them banned,regulated or priced beyond the reach of ordinary people by limiting their availability to Chemists shops.
Not on the basis of any current of any health drawback but because,they say,there may or may not emerge in the future at some unspecified time such a health drawback.
My own belief is that they relish the way have routed and bullied the smokers of Irealand and want to continue to harass them as much as possible.
Now I contrast this approach with the simultaneous bullying of the population of rural Ireland where the State is trying to force through the confiscation of farm land to erect electric pylons the height of Liberty Hall over the wishes of the owners.
Aside altogether from the promise of a fighting fund from the Government to those opposing the project,which I heard Damian English promise in a pre election meeting and which as far as I know hasn't been delivered ,when the health issue is raised,the standard answer from the proponents of the project is that there is no current evidence of health detrimental side effects from the current pulsating through the wires.
Not a word about possible bad effects which may or may not arise at some unspecified time in the future.
No wonder we live in a State where one organ of Government,NAMA ,closes down another badly needed hospital , throws 300 medics on the dole and further frustrates patients ,when the general public are fearful of going into hospitals for treatment in the first place.
The health Taliban have their eyes out on stalks trying either to have them banned,regulated or priced beyond the reach of ordinary people by limiting their availability to Chemists shops.
Not on the basis of any current of any health drawback but because,they say,there may or may not emerge in the future at some unspecified time such a health drawback.
My own belief is that they relish the way have routed and bullied the smokers of Irealand and want to continue to harass them as much as possible.
Now I contrast this approach with the simultaneous bullying of the population of rural Ireland where the State is trying to force through the confiscation of farm land to erect electric pylons the height of Liberty Hall over the wishes of the owners.
Aside altogether from the promise of a fighting fund from the Government to those opposing the project,which I heard Damian English promise in a pre election meeting and which as far as I know hasn't been delivered ,when the health issue is raised,the standard answer from the proponents of the project is that there is no current evidence of health detrimental side effects from the current pulsating through the wires.
Not a word about possible bad effects which may or may not arise at some unspecified time in the future.
No wonder we live in a State where one organ of Government,NAMA ,closes down another badly needed hospital , throws 300 medics on the dole and further frustrates patients ,when the general public are fearful of going into hospitals for treatment in the first place.
Dunderry GAA CLubhouse violated.
Sunday night the door of the clubhouse was smashed and the Clubhouse rifled.As in most of rural Ireland the GAA Club is one of the few surviving centers of social activity and thank God is widely used by all sectors of the community.This was an attack on the wider community.
I have no knowledge of who did this but suspect that they did not travel for hundreds of miles to get here.
The insidious and creeping lack of respect for others,particularly their elders, is a growing problem in all communities and notwithstanding the apologists , must be tackled countrywide and rooted out at source if we are to have any standard of life in the future.
As a result of this break in and another attempted one at the weekend several households are living in fear.
I have no knowledge of who did this but suspect that they did not travel for hundreds of miles to get here.
The insidious and creeping lack of respect for others,particularly their elders, is a growing problem in all communities and notwithstanding the apologists , must be tackled countrywide and rooted out at source if we are to have any standard of life in the future.
As a result of this break in and another attempted one at the weekend several households are living in fear.
Reopening of Vatican Embassy
Eamon Gilmore hasn't even the dignity to be graceful about the reopening of the Irish Embassy in Rome.He called it a "reopening of a scaled back Embassy to deal with development aid ".What a bitter spiteful small minded little atheist.
Presumably his boss Edna fully approves of this description also.
Next weekend when you see your local Labour or Fine Gael activist actively participating in the Mass you will realise what they really think of Catholicism.
Presumably his boss Edna fully approves of this description also.
Next weekend when you see your local Labour or Fine Gael activist actively participating in the Mass you will realise what they really think of Catholicism.
Monday, January 20, 2014
VInnie the scab#s show at it again
Fionnan Sheehan,the pol.corr.for the Independent I can take or leave.The one thing I will say in his favour is that he challenged Vinny on the attitude of TV3 to Trade Unions.That is they do not allow trade Unions to operate in TV3.
Fionnan has not featured on TV3 since.So when I relapse and watch Vinnie's Show on TV3 I say to myself "there is the scab Vincent Brown." .And I say the same about his guests who are handpicked to reflect his own prejudices in the main.
One prejudice he has is that he is virulently anti Catholic,never missing a chance to denigrate and sneer at Catholicism.I will never forget the occasion when he spat out the word "sheep " to describe the faithful Catholic Laity as part of his bigotry.
Tonight I had a relapse.His show was the best of a bad lot.So I tuned in.
And true to form ,in the review of tomorrows newspapers a brunette thin lipped female couldn't resist the birth of a child to a nun to denigrate Catholicism and its basic tenets,by sneering at Catholics Church response to the event,which is to ask her to leave as far as thin lips said.
This theological genius spat out thinly veiled sneers about the miracle of the birth of Jesus to his Holy Mother Mary.
What an insulting mouthpiece and bigot.
Just what you would expect on the Scab#s Show and the reason why I long since stopped looking at the show.
Considering the content of some of the other "entertaimnment " shown on the Channell.which let us be clear Young children can view at the push of a switch I wonder why any Christian would advertise with that Station.
Fionnan has not featured on TV3 since.So when I relapse and watch Vinnie's Show on TV3 I say to myself "there is the scab Vincent Brown." .And I say the same about his guests who are handpicked to reflect his own prejudices in the main.
One prejudice he has is that he is virulently anti Catholic,never missing a chance to denigrate and sneer at Catholicism.I will never forget the occasion when he spat out the word "sheep " to describe the faithful Catholic Laity as part of his bigotry.
Tonight I had a relapse.His show was the best of a bad lot.So I tuned in.
And true to form ,in the review of tomorrows newspapers a brunette thin lipped female couldn't resist the birth of a child to a nun to denigrate Catholicism and its basic tenets,by sneering at Catholics Church response to the event,which is to ask her to leave as far as thin lips said.
This theological genius spat out thinly veiled sneers about the miracle of the birth of Jesus to his Holy Mother Mary.
What an insulting mouthpiece and bigot.
Just what you would expect on the Scab#s Show and the reason why I long since stopped looking at the show.
Considering the content of some of the other "entertaimnment " shown on the Channell.which let us be clear Young children can view at the push of a switch I wonder why any Christian would advertise with that Station.
Jimmy the "Red Bomber "Dowd in recovery mode.
I would never have known it but his contemporaries inform me that Jimmy Dowd A.K.A.the "Red Bomber "was a scoring forward of distinction in his football heyday.
Not only this but he was probably the first (and only ) professional footballer in Dunderry in that he had a fan base who would cobble together as much as they could (in his day a few shillings,say the price of ten fags )and promise it to him should he reach a preset scoring target.He would bargain it down as far as he dared, but I am told ,NEVER failed to deliver.
Often this target would be as much as 1-2.
Jimmy only had one drawback and it was this.He would reach his target in say the first ten minutes and then rest on his laurels,fully satisfied with his days work.
Pity we hadn't an Ambronovich (If that's his name ) in Dunderry then.
Anyhow Jimmy has had surgery and is home in recovery in their house in Dunderry being cared for by his most decent and caring of sisters,Marie..
We wish him a speedy and full recovery.
Not only this but he was probably the first (and only ) professional footballer in Dunderry in that he had a fan base who would cobble together as much as they could (in his day a few shillings,say the price of ten fags )and promise it to him should he reach a preset scoring target.He would bargain it down as far as he dared, but I am told ,NEVER failed to deliver.
Often this target would be as much as 1-2.
Jimmy only had one drawback and it was this.He would reach his target in say the first ten minutes and then rest on his laurels,fully satisfied with his days work.
Pity we hadn't an Ambronovich (If that's his name ) in Dunderry then.
Anyhow Jimmy has had surgery and is home in recovery in their house in Dunderry being cared for by his most decent and caring of sisters,Marie..
We wish him a speedy and full recovery.
Death of Paddy Shaffrey,Ongenstown
Paddy Shaffrey ,Ongenstown,has died.I hear that he reached the great age of 91 years.
His mortal remains will be removed to St,Ultan,s Church,Bohermeen this Monday (20th .January 2013 ) to arrive at 7.30 p.m.
Funeral Mass tomorrow at 12 Noon and burial afterwards in Boyerstown Cemetery.
To his wife Betty and daughter Mary and son in law Paddy Dunne we offer our condolences.
Ar dheis De go raibh a hanam dilis.
His mortal remains will be removed to St,Ultan,s Church,Bohermeen this Monday (20th .January 2013 ) to arrive at 7.30 p.m.
Funeral Mass tomorrow at 12 Noon and burial afterwards in Boyerstown Cemetery.
To his wife Betty and daughter Mary and son in law Paddy Dunne we offer our condolences.
Ar dheis De go raibh a hanam dilis.
Friday, January 17, 2014
Dunderry Adult Hurling Management Team 2014.
Manager Kevin (Ted) Dowd will have Gerry Mc Loughlin and Dermot Dempsey as his sidekicks this year.I played with all three.
These man gave their all when I played with them.No shortage of balls and no pullback.
In their own quiet ways these boys could pull the rabbit out of the hat this year.
I hope so.
Go n-eiri an bothar libh.
These man gave their all when I played with them.No shortage of balls and no pullback.
In their own quiet ways these boys could pull the rabbit out of the hat this year.
I hope so.
Go n-eiri an bothar libh.
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Dunderry Adult Football Team Mentors 2014
Stephen O Rourke is the manager and his sidekicks are Neddie Howley and Pat Gough.
I will say this.All these guys were fine footballers in their prime and would have got a place on any Dunderry team I can remember.
If they can bring the passion and determination they possessed when playing to the present crew and if the present crew are good enough, we should go far.
Go n eiri an bothar libh.
I will say this.All these guys were fine footballers in their prime and would have got a place on any Dunderry team I can remember.
If they can bring the passion and determination they possessed when playing to the present crew and if the present crew are good enough, we should go far.
Go n eiri an bothar libh.
Sunday, January 12, 2014
The dog that bites its own tail.
As a child I used attend Thomas Duignan's shop at Lawlesses Cross,where my aunt used buy her groceries when Lawlesses shop closed down.This was in the late 1950's and early 1960's and I am not moaning when I say money was as scarce as hen's teeth.
It didn't close too early and was more of a ceilidhe house than a shop at evenings when the locals would gather to converse and socialise.
The craic was always good and lies told to beat the band.
I specifically remember one conversation about the merits of various dogs.(never house dogs but always working dogs in those times.)
One guy said that the best dog he ever saw was Billy Darcy's collie,which Willie could communicate with in a series of grunts and whistles and such was their mutual understanding that Willie could command the dog to go to fields far out of current sight and bring back to Willie either sheep or cattle unseen and the dog would do so.I saw this myself and it was true.
Other guys tried to best this but in truth no one could until Paul Rhattigan ,the undisputed king of the white lie did best it.
To general consensus he put the proposition that it took a great dog indeed to herd suck calves especially if their mothers were not with them,as when they were being milked apart from their babies.
He claimed to know a man "above and beyond" who had such a dog.Were the cows being milked in the milking parlour for example and assuming the farmer wanted the calves brought there by the dog,he would tell the dog to do so and the dog would dip his bushy tail in a bucket of milk and head carefully down to the relevant pasture,where he would go from calf f to calf alllowing them to have a brief suck from his milk impregnated "tit"and thereby line up after him and follow him back to the parlour,stopping to give a fresh nibble to any straggler.
Some story and some dog.
And then the conversation devolved to what type of dog you would like to be were you reincarnated a dog.
One guy said a Jack Russell as you could be very useful and in demand as a ratter.
Another said a fox terrier as you could save lambs from death by foxes.
Another said that an Irish Retriever was the business to retrieve shot game.
Another said a collie was the best dog type for the reason outlined above.
And so it went,each to his preference.
Paul again had the last word,
He said he would like to come back as a strange dog.Why said the stooge,"Well he said ,when I would make my entrance amongst all of your dogs you would all smell my hole,and that would be grand".
And so it went.
There was common consensus's that the absolute worse type of mutt was "one that bit its own tail ,"no good to man nor beast."
I suppose the human equivalent is a self harmer.
These thoughts came to mind when I consider the actions of certain people hogging the limelight for various reasons,especially the strange dog types and the bite your own tail types,
It didn't close too early and was more of a ceilidhe house than a shop at evenings when the locals would gather to converse and socialise.
The craic was always good and lies told to beat the band.
I specifically remember one conversation about the merits of various dogs.(never house dogs but always working dogs in those times.)
One guy said that the best dog he ever saw was Billy Darcy's collie,which Willie could communicate with in a series of grunts and whistles and such was their mutual understanding that Willie could command the dog to go to fields far out of current sight and bring back to Willie either sheep or cattle unseen and the dog would do so.I saw this myself and it was true.
Other guys tried to best this but in truth no one could until Paul Rhattigan ,the undisputed king of the white lie did best it.
To general consensus he put the proposition that it took a great dog indeed to herd suck calves especially if their mothers were not with them,as when they were being milked apart from their babies.
He claimed to know a man "above and beyond" who had such a dog.Were the cows being milked in the milking parlour for example and assuming the farmer wanted the calves brought there by the dog,he would tell the dog to do so and the dog would dip his bushy tail in a bucket of milk and head carefully down to the relevant pasture,where he would go from calf f to calf alllowing them to have a brief suck from his milk impregnated "tit"and thereby line up after him and follow him back to the parlour,stopping to give a fresh nibble to any straggler.
Some story and some dog.
And then the conversation devolved to what type of dog you would like to be were you reincarnated a dog.
One guy said a Jack Russell as you could be very useful and in demand as a ratter.
Another said a fox terrier as you could save lambs from death by foxes.
Another said that an Irish Retriever was the business to retrieve shot game.
Another said a collie was the best dog type for the reason outlined above.
And so it went,each to his preference.
Paul again had the last word,
He said he would like to come back as a strange dog.Why said the stooge,"Well he said ,when I would make my entrance amongst all of your dogs you would all smell my hole,and that would be grand".
And so it went.
There was common consensus's that the absolute worse type of mutt was "one that bit its own tail ,"no good to man nor beast."
I suppose the human equivalent is a self harmer.
These thoughts came to mind when I consider the actions of certain people hogging the limelight for various reasons,especially the strange dog types and the bite your own tail types,
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Neil Smyth's Month's Mind Mass.
The family have asked me to inform all that his Month's Mind Mass is this coming Saturday evening at 7.30 in Dunderry(11/01/2014).
All are welcome both to the Mass and Horan#s afterwards ,where light refreshments will be served free of charge.
All are welcome both to the Mass and Horan#s afterwards ,where light refreshments will be served free of charge.
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Will the real Communist please stand up.
Vladimir Putin of Russia celebrated Christmas in the Russian Orthodox church in Moscow.Openly celebrating the birth of Christ.Our so called President ,who before his election was all for openness and transparency,has declined in his secular Christmas message to make any reference to the birth of Christ and when asked whether he is an atheist ,makes the reply that it would be inappropriate to answer that question.
I remember him saying that n he was "spiritual " when nursed through his pre election interview by a fawning interviewer prior to the election.Why can he not answer a simple question ?Does his view of openness apply only to people other than himself.
He has no difficulty enunciating the secular Labour agenda on a multiplicity of subjects.
On the evidence I see Putin is more suited to the job here.
Some turn up for the books,
I remember him saying that n he was "spiritual " when nursed through his pre election interview by a fawning interviewer prior to the election.Why can he not answer a simple question ?Does his view of openness apply only to people other than himself.
He has no difficulty enunciating the secular Labour agenda on a multiplicity of subjects.
On the evidence I see Putin is more suited to the job here.
Some turn up for the books,
Saturday, January 4, 2014
Grim Reaper working overtime.
However it is this time of year is a fierce time for deaths.You just could not keep up, with the funerals.
In the last few week we have lost,Nial Smith,Derry O Brien,Nancy Brady,Rory Connor,Gus Martyn's mother (the night before her grandson's Joey's wedding) and Mrs Joe Rowntree from this Parish ,that I know about.
And a hurler and footballer of the highest calibre was buried in Mulhuddart Graveyard from Dunboyne church last Thursday.Sean MOyles ,a Cabra man,played with Finnbars and Dublin in his heyday.I think he played with and managed Dunboyne and St.Paul's also.
His sons played at both codes with Meath.
He delivered bread to our house in Blanch,for years.And Billy Cullen who soldiered with Brigids,Blanchardstown for many years also made the journey to God
As men go they were top notch.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a hanam dilis
In the last few week we have lost,Nial Smith,Derry O Brien,Nancy Brady,Rory Connor,Gus Martyn's mother (the night before her grandson's Joey's wedding) and Mrs Joe Rowntree from this Parish ,that I know about.
And a hurler and footballer of the highest calibre was buried in Mulhuddart Graveyard from Dunboyne church last Thursday.Sean MOyles ,a Cabra man,played with Finnbars and Dublin in his heyday.I think he played with and managed Dunboyne and St.Paul's also.
His sons played at both codes with Meath.
He delivered bread to our house in Blanch,for years.And Billy Cullen who soldiered with Brigids,Blanchardstown for many years also made the journey to God
As men go they were top notch.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a hanam dilis
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