The present graveyard in Dunderry was gifted by Pat Darcy deceased to the Parish when Father Flood was the Parish Priest.
This man was the father of John,Billy and Paddy all deceased .Cyril is the only living son and I understand that there was a short lived daughter Marcella,who died either at birth or shortly afterward.
Any house hunter will be acutely aware that it is nigh impossible to buy a house in the Parish .
As for building a house the number of hurdles that must be jumped are limitless and soul destroying.
As it is with the living so it is with the dead.
There are no more plots available in Dunderry graveyard and those with family plots in older graveyards find it nigh impossible to get a grave opened because of County Council Regulations relating to disturbing possible ancient relics.
One would think it great therefor were a Parishioner to donate more land for use as a graveyard.
Well Willie Darcy ,a grandson of the aforementioned Pat has offered a plot beside Retaine graveyard to Meath County Council For FREE and guess what.They are unwilling to accept this gift.
So soon you will have to bury your next of kin outside the Parish while these officious bureaucrats do all in their power to deny the decent folk of the Parish the possibility to be buried locally.
AND YOU WONDER WHY SUCH A HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE FLED THIS COUNTRY OVER THE DECADES.
Surely thee is a limit to nonsense.Seemingly not.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Death of Anne Foley,Yellow Walls.
Anne Foley --nee Sherry--- from the Yellow Walls ,Dunderry has died unexpectedly in Navan Hospital.She survived her late husband Dermot by a number of years.
The best compliment I can pay them is to say that one was nicer and more decent than the other.
The same applies to their children Catherine,Noleen,Anne,Patricia,Valery and Patrick.
Catherine,Noleen and Patrick live locally and all the family are highly respected and as honest and decent as the day is long.
Dermot never lost his Kerry accent nor Anne her Meath one
.It is only a short time since Seamus and Eugene Smith and Sheila Bird and Mrs Tim Coffey from the Yellow Walls also passed away,so there is a massive loss of decency from that Townland.
Locals will know that her son Patrick had a misfortunate accident whilst a young child and that he requires constant care since and My God he got and gets it in spades from the entire family in the home place ,especially from Anne ,who carried the responsibility with dignity and good grace as indeed do the rest of the exemplary family .
She was one lovely and gracious lady from the very top drawer of humanity.
Her remains will be reposing in St.Joseph's Chapel of rest in Johnstown from 4.00 to 6.00 P.M. .tomorrow Wednesday 25 th October to arrive at Dunderry Church at 7.00 P.M.
Funeral Mass is at Noon on Thursday 26th October ,with burial in local graveyard afterwards.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a hAnam Dilis.
The best compliment I can pay them is to say that one was nicer and more decent than the other.
The same applies to their children Catherine,Noleen,Anne,Patricia,Valery and Patrick.
Catherine,Noleen and Patrick live locally and all the family are highly respected and as honest and decent as the day is long.
Dermot never lost his Kerry accent nor Anne her Meath one
.It is only a short time since Seamus and Eugene Smith and Sheila Bird and Mrs Tim Coffey from the Yellow Walls also passed away,so there is a massive loss of decency from that Townland.
Locals will know that her son Patrick had a misfortunate accident whilst a young child and that he requires constant care since and My God he got and gets it in spades from the entire family in the home place ,especially from Anne ,who carried the responsibility with dignity and good grace as indeed do the rest of the exemplary family .
She was one lovely and gracious lady from the very top drawer of humanity.
Her remains will be reposing in St.Joseph's Chapel of rest in Johnstown from 4.00 to 6.00 P.M. .tomorrow Wednesday 25 th October to arrive at Dunderry Church at 7.00 P.M.
Funeral Mass is at Noon on Thursday 26th October ,with burial in local graveyard afterwards.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a hAnam Dilis.
Sunday, October 22, 2017
Its beginning to make sense.
At a most enjoyable wedding yesterday I had time to think outside the box for a few minutes and absorb the concealed rage simmering within my breast.
Taking it in age order.
One guy at my table of pension age had over half his siblings living for decades in England ,some of them having died there.
Another guy of similar age had two sons living in the States and one in Sas.The States guys were working for another bloke from the Parish and they had recently been joined by another young lad from this Parish.UP to ten guys from this Parish socializes regularly in that part of the States .
I myself have IRISH relations under 35 living in France,Australia and Canada.
Over 100 yeas ago 8 of my grandfather's siblings emigrated to the States never to return.
During the wedding announcements congratulatory notices were read from as far away as California,Boston ,Dubai and Australia.
One wedding guest lives in Scotland ,as does her sister.Both are under 30.
A common theme running through our conversations was the living hell being experienced by relations of people needing serious heart surgery and their inability to get to the top of the huge queues and the fear that the sick would die before their turn for operations came.
I conclude that one generation of politicians is as bad as the other and that little has changed in real terms over the years.
Membership of the EU has not changed a thing and I don't see why people are so fired up about Brexit or remaining.
As far as I can see it makes no difference whether The Brits of the Europeans pull our strings.
We still are served the same shit.
Only The clowns running the circus change .The circus remains the same.
Possibly the only way to change things for the better is to do to politicians what an uncle of mine wanted to do to referees and that is to shoot a random one every Sunday.
It mightn't be fair but would surely sharpen up the rest
Taking it in age order.
One guy at my table of pension age had over half his siblings living for decades in England ,some of them having died there.
Another guy of similar age had two sons living in the States and one in Sas.The States guys were working for another bloke from the Parish and they had recently been joined by another young lad from this Parish.UP to ten guys from this Parish socializes regularly in that part of the States .
I myself have IRISH relations under 35 living in France,Australia and Canada.
Over 100 yeas ago 8 of my grandfather's siblings emigrated to the States never to return.
During the wedding announcements congratulatory notices were read from as far away as California,Boston ,Dubai and Australia.
One wedding guest lives in Scotland ,as does her sister.Both are under 30.
A common theme running through our conversations was the living hell being experienced by relations of people needing serious heart surgery and their inability to get to the top of the huge queues and the fear that the sick would die before their turn for operations came.
I conclude that one generation of politicians is as bad as the other and that little has changed in real terms over the years.
Membership of the EU has not changed a thing and I don't see why people are so fired up about Brexit or remaining.
As far as I can see it makes no difference whether The Brits of the Europeans pull our strings.
We still are served the same shit.
Only The clowns running the circus change .The circus remains the same.
Possibly the only way to change things for the better is to do to politicians what an uncle of mine wanted to do to referees and that is to shoot a random one every Sunday.
It mightn't be fair but would surely sharpen up the rest
Friday, October 20, 2017
Time for Catholics to leave Fine Gael.
Time was when Fine Gael was the Party of Conservative Catholicism.Take Liam Cosgrave as an example.Even though his father was the instigator of the murder of 4 jailed Republican for pure retaliatory reasons ,without the benefit of charge or trial of any description,he professed a deep Catholic Faith even to the extent of voting against the Bill of his own Party to liberise the availability of condoms.
I feel that he may have had a point in this as it seems certain that the plight of the children of lone parents is worse than that of the children of married parents and even divorced parents and the casual approach to sexual activity encouraged by the availability of condoms is an inevitable cause of the proliferation of one parent families.
One good thing about the change in values of this society however is that the supposed shame of producing children outside of wedlock is not what it was and many parents do not feel for example the necessity to emigrate to protect their secret children and have the support and courage to balls it out.
Nor do they feel the need to abort them thank God.
Anyhow back to the Blue shirts.
Not for the first time I heard a serial Fine Gael panellist from Louth named O Dowd slag off the Catholic Church for failing to ordain WOMEN into the priesthood and tie this fact into the rape of women vis a vis the serial riding of a guy called Weinfield ---hardly a Catholic name I suggest ---of Hollywood film stars.
This is not the first time I have heard this political non entity belittling Catholic teaching and I wonder what his beef with Catholics is.
He would be better served by getting his buddies to treat those women of Ireland who devoted their time to rearing their children full time as equal citizens and granting them equal pensions to their sisters who worked outside the home..
Seemingly equality only applies if you are like his leader and prefer people of your own sex to that of the opposite sex and fix your public appearances to coincide with the nearest gay pride march.
But he is not the only Blueshirter to do his best to undermine Catholic teaching.
Another Senator called Noone is in the frame for blatantly promulgating the pro choice side over the pro life side by two members of the Oireachtas Committee she chairs on the issue of repealing the 8th Amendment of the Constitution ,which accords equal importance to the lives of unborn child and its mother,
The two members of the Committee are an Independent Dail member Mattie Mc Grath and a Senator Ronan Mullins and are so pissed that they are threatening to resign unless fair play is given.
Given that the Mistress of the National Maternity Hospital thinks so little of the lives of the ill unborn children entrusted to her care that she downplays the sanctity of their right to life at every opportunity and that a former Master is so hostile to the ownership of a Hospital by A Catholic Order of nuns that he regards their right to hold religious views ,ensure the practise of these views and their right to hold property in the same light as the framers of the Penal Laws ,one wonders whether the men and women of 1916 and the War of Independence fought in vain to throw off the yokes of Oppression by Masters and Mistresses and hostility to Catholicism .
Who the fuck are these condescending shites to decide what is appropriate or not.Maybe they believe that their titles entitle them to GOD status.Well not in my book.
The sneering hostility towards Catholicism was further aired on RTE by an academic called Crow on the Sean O Rourke show this week when she belittled the dress mode of Catholic Bishops when making the ridiculous claim that Catholicism was a parallel Government to the State in recent decades.
She ought consult her fellow legal academics on this issue and she would discover that Canon Law never held sway in this State.She will recognise them from the mortar boards, gowns and sashes they wear,
What is really worrying is that the State broadcaster would give unfettered air time to such a clear anti Catholic Bigot and that her remarks were allowed to air without contradiction.
And her sickening efforts to cloak her bigotry by contrasting well known Catholics such as Father Mc Verry.SisterStan etc to the men with the funny clothes--an old Brit thing of divide and conquer ---speaks for itself..She did learn well indeed .
Of course RTE have form in this regard..Didn't the taxpayer have to payout defamatory millions to a Priest they accused of fathering children he didn't father.
As is said hereabouts "WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM A PIG BUT A GRUNT".
But back to ther Blueshirts.
Bruton of the thousand acres uses every opportunity that comes his way to chip away at the use of Catholic ethos in Catholic Schools ,on the basis that State money cannot be used to further religious morals.
Firstly the State generates no money.It gathers it from the populace.85 per centage of the populace defines itself as Catholic.Despite the hostility towards Catholicism displayed by people like him and his ilk this 85 per cent must surely be entitled to have their ethos promulgated in the schools.
What is being promulgated by the anti Catholic brigade is that no religion is the same as the State position. This is a huge con.And it is time it was called out.
Then we have a Minister of Health ,who IS RESPONSIBLE for heading a hospital waiting list of over 700,000 in A COUNTRY OF LESS THAN 5 MILLION ,belittling a Catholic Bishop who dared question a medical programme he is responsible for.
I recently spent 24 hours in a corridor in an A and E.dept with a sick pensioner on a trolley along with many other elderly sick patients because the heroic staff were overworked and ill equipped facility wise to deal with the patients with the standard of care they deserve.
Were I Simon Harris I would hang my head in shame.
As for the Esquire from Enniskerry ,he will not rest until he has denuded Rural Ireland of people, bar the super rich like himself , and drives the few remaining inhabitants into total and absolute isolation .
T'WOULD SICKEN YOU ENTIRELY.
I feel that he may have had a point in this as it seems certain that the plight of the children of lone parents is worse than that of the children of married parents and even divorced parents and the casual approach to sexual activity encouraged by the availability of condoms is an inevitable cause of the proliferation of one parent families.
One good thing about the change in values of this society however is that the supposed shame of producing children outside of wedlock is not what it was and many parents do not feel for example the necessity to emigrate to protect their secret children and have the support and courage to balls it out.
Nor do they feel the need to abort them thank God.
Anyhow back to the Blue shirts.
Not for the first time I heard a serial Fine Gael panellist from Louth named O Dowd slag off the Catholic Church for failing to ordain WOMEN into the priesthood and tie this fact into the rape of women vis a vis the serial riding of a guy called Weinfield ---hardly a Catholic name I suggest ---of Hollywood film stars.
This is not the first time I have heard this political non entity belittling Catholic teaching and I wonder what his beef with Catholics is.
He would be better served by getting his buddies to treat those women of Ireland who devoted their time to rearing their children full time as equal citizens and granting them equal pensions to their sisters who worked outside the home..
Seemingly equality only applies if you are like his leader and prefer people of your own sex to that of the opposite sex and fix your public appearances to coincide with the nearest gay pride march.
But he is not the only Blueshirter to do his best to undermine Catholic teaching.
Another Senator called Noone is in the frame for blatantly promulgating the pro choice side over the pro life side by two members of the Oireachtas Committee she chairs on the issue of repealing the 8th Amendment of the Constitution ,which accords equal importance to the lives of unborn child and its mother,
The two members of the Committee are an Independent Dail member Mattie Mc Grath and a Senator Ronan Mullins and are so pissed that they are threatening to resign unless fair play is given.
Given that the Mistress of the National Maternity Hospital thinks so little of the lives of the ill unborn children entrusted to her care that she downplays the sanctity of their right to life at every opportunity and that a former Master is so hostile to the ownership of a Hospital by A Catholic Order of nuns that he regards their right to hold religious views ,ensure the practise of these views and their right to hold property in the same light as the framers of the Penal Laws ,one wonders whether the men and women of 1916 and the War of Independence fought in vain to throw off the yokes of Oppression by Masters and Mistresses and hostility to Catholicism .
Who the fuck are these condescending shites to decide what is appropriate or not.Maybe they believe that their titles entitle them to GOD status.Well not in my book.
The sneering hostility towards Catholicism was further aired on RTE by an academic called Crow on the Sean O Rourke show this week when she belittled the dress mode of Catholic Bishops when making the ridiculous claim that Catholicism was a parallel Government to the State in recent decades.
She ought consult her fellow legal academics on this issue and she would discover that Canon Law never held sway in this State.She will recognise them from the mortar boards, gowns and sashes they wear,
What is really worrying is that the State broadcaster would give unfettered air time to such a clear anti Catholic Bigot and that her remarks were allowed to air without contradiction.
And her sickening efforts to cloak her bigotry by contrasting well known Catholics such as Father Mc Verry.SisterStan etc to the men with the funny clothes--an old Brit thing of divide and conquer ---speaks for itself..She did learn well indeed .
Of course RTE have form in this regard..Didn't the taxpayer have to payout defamatory millions to a Priest they accused of fathering children he didn't father.
As is said hereabouts "WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM A PIG BUT A GRUNT".
But back to ther Blueshirts.
Bruton of the thousand acres uses every opportunity that comes his way to chip away at the use of Catholic ethos in Catholic Schools ,on the basis that State money cannot be used to further religious morals.
Firstly the State generates no money.It gathers it from the populace.85 per centage of the populace defines itself as Catholic.Despite the hostility towards Catholicism displayed by people like him and his ilk this 85 per cent must surely be entitled to have their ethos promulgated in the schools.
What is being promulgated by the anti Catholic brigade is that no religion is the same as the State position. This is a huge con.And it is time it was called out.
Then we have a Minister of Health ,who IS RESPONSIBLE for heading a hospital waiting list of over 700,000 in A COUNTRY OF LESS THAN 5 MILLION ,belittling a Catholic Bishop who dared question a medical programme he is responsible for.
I recently spent 24 hours in a corridor in an A and E.dept with a sick pensioner on a trolley along with many other elderly sick patients because the heroic staff were overworked and ill equipped facility wise to deal with the patients with the standard of care they deserve.
Were I Simon Harris I would hang my head in shame.
As for the Esquire from Enniskerry ,he will not rest until he has denuded Rural Ireland of people, bar the super rich like himself , and drives the few remaining inhabitants into total and absolute isolation .
T'WOULD SICKEN YOU ENTIRELY.
Monday, October 2, 2017
Glad day for Dundrrry Camogie.
The first ever Intermediate Camogie All Ireland Medal came to Dunderry yesterday ,when Aoife Minogue played a significant role in Meath's defeat of Cork in replayed final in the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick.
It is never easy to beat Cork in anything GAA and it is a noticeable scalp for Meath Camogie.
It seems a long time now since John Davis and for a while his son,took over as team manager and in that time .Meath have clawed their way up the ranks.
As president and founder member of the Club I couldn't be prouder.
All those who kept the Camogie going in years gone bye and those currently at the helm should take a bow.
We hope that Meath will make their mark at Senior level now that they have got there.
Claire Coffey ,whose mother is descended from Aggie Commons from Betaghstown and resides in Baconstown was team captain.
Her father Matt is a friend ,except on match days when our Clubs oppose each other.
No doubt Aoife gets her hurling genes from her Beaumount mother Miriam.
It is never easy to beat Cork in anything GAA and it is a noticeable scalp for Meath Camogie.
It seems a long time now since John Davis and for a while his son,took over as team manager and in that time .Meath have clawed their way up the ranks.
As president and founder member of the Club I couldn't be prouder.
All those who kept the Camogie going in years gone bye and those currently at the helm should take a bow.
We hope that Meath will make their mark at Senior level now that they have got there.
Claire Coffey ,whose mother is descended from Aggie Commons from Betaghstown and resides in Baconstown was team captain.
Her father Matt is a friend ,except on match days when our Clubs oppose each other.
No doubt Aoife gets her hurling genes from her Beaumount mother Miriam.
Sad day for Dunderry
The old FAS logo was decommissioned some years ago.This probably was because there were investigations into how it was run at nationakl level and renaming it was peobably the best way of making people forget how badly tarnished it had become.
Anyhow there has been a Fas Scheme or its equivalent since before I came to live here in 1986.
The people who worked in it over the years looked after the GAA grounds ,the grass cutting around the Churches and the graveyards and tidied up around the Hall.
Father Heany ,the PP at the time it was set up ,was the Sponsor of the Scheme and its unbroken run from then to date was brought to an end by the current PP Father Hornick ,who I suppose has decided that he has not the resources to properly oversee it.
Not only has the former FAS Scheme come to an end but Parochial ownership of the Local Hall came to an end a few months ago.
At that time the GAA Club,which over a decade ago were prepared to pay E.70,000.00 to buy it and whose plans were thwarted by the objections of a vociferous minority ,were not interested in buying it.
Needless to say the people who then objected were not recently willing to themselves take it on.
It strikes me that as a community we are regressing and that despite the relatively significant growth in population and apparent prosperity.
This is sad.
Anyhow there has been a Fas Scheme or its equivalent since before I came to live here in 1986.
The people who worked in it over the years looked after the GAA grounds ,the grass cutting around the Churches and the graveyards and tidied up around the Hall.
Father Heany ,the PP at the time it was set up ,was the Sponsor of the Scheme and its unbroken run from then to date was brought to an end by the current PP Father Hornick ,who I suppose has decided that he has not the resources to properly oversee it.
Not only has the former FAS Scheme come to an end but Parochial ownership of the Local Hall came to an end a few months ago.
At that time the GAA Club,which over a decade ago were prepared to pay E.70,000.00 to buy it and whose plans were thwarted by the objections of a vociferous minority ,were not interested in buying it.
Needless to say the people who then objected were not recently willing to themselves take it on.
It strikes me that as a community we are regressing and that despite the relatively significant growth in population and apparent prosperity.
This is sad.
Monday, September 25, 2017
Walk and Fund raiser for ill child well suported.
I am not on the fund raising committe for the fund raisers.As far as I can see the GAA Club is fully behind it but it is GAA friends of Swiss and his wife's sisters who are driving it rather than the GAA Club as such.
In any event I spent a few hours on Saturday last watching the people who participated in the walk/run as they passed through Dunderry.
I wqould guess that about 500 people ,men,women and children participated.Many of these were not from the Parish ,fair dues to them.
They came on all forms and shapes.Ispotted Trevor Giles among them looking as fit as ever.Swiss himself participated.
A lovely Bird --her married name---from Rathcairn pushed her child around the course.
This most compassionate of nurses nursed me during my stroke in Navan Hospital 8 years ago AND I CANNOT PRAISE HER ENOUGH.
It was particularly pleasing to see the number of men and women pushing prams around the course.
Afterwards a concert and auction was held in Rathcairn Hall.
It was well attended too and the Auction was well supported.
Thus far a raffle has been held in Kilbride school ,a non uniform day in Dunderry School,a fully subscribed raffle in KILMACUD CROKES AT THE all Ireland Club sevens ,the walk ,a draw,the reception in Rathcairn and the AUCTION ,ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
Just shows how decent people are when the cause is right and the organisers are trusted.
I hope and pray that the fiunds raised help the misfortunate young chap in the coming times.
In any event I spent a few hours on Saturday last watching the people who participated in the walk/run as they passed through Dunderry.
I wqould guess that about 500 people ,men,women and children participated.Many of these were not from the Parish ,fair dues to them.
They came on all forms and shapes.Ispotted Trevor Giles among them looking as fit as ever.Swiss himself participated.
A lovely Bird --her married name---from Rathcairn pushed her child around the course.
This most compassionate of nurses nursed me during my stroke in Navan Hospital 8 years ago AND I CANNOT PRAISE HER ENOUGH.
It was particularly pleasing to see the number of men and women pushing prams around the course.
Afterwards a concert and auction was held in Rathcairn Hall.
It was well attended too and the Auction was well supported.
Thus far a raffle has been held in Kilbride school ,a non uniform day in Dunderry School,a fully subscribed raffle in KILMACUD CROKES AT THE all Ireland Club sevens ,the walk ,a draw,the reception in Rathcairn and the AUCTION ,ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
Just shows how decent people are when the cause is right and the organisers are trusted.
I hope and pray that the fiunds raised help the misfortunate young chap in the coming times.
Sunday, September 24, 2017
Disrespect for Ameican National Anthem is appalling.
I have always had difficulty spelling the word "appalling".
Of my grandfather's 11 siblings 8 emigrated to the USA between 1880 and 1920.Only one ever returned in the 1970's for a weeks holidays when he himself was in his seventies.He was a retired firefighter in Chicago.
I am grateful for the chance that the USA gave my ancestors and would never disrespect the Anthem of that Nation irrespective of whether Republicans or Democrats ruled the Country.
Three of my granduncles ,Mallons from Bohermeen,brothers of my granny fought with the IRA against the British Empie in the War of Independence in and my grandparent's house was a safe house .
I don't know what their politics were after the end of that war but suspect that Fianna Fail was favoured.
Even though Michael Collins was one oif ,if not the most effective guerrilla fighters ,ever to take up the cudgels against a colonizing power anywhere in the world and struck fear into the Empire with well marshalled and brilliantly executed assassinations and such like at the time and became an icon for Fine Gael right up to the present I don't think that they were ever Fine Gael men .
In ant event every Irish man and woman I know.no matter what their political allegiance ,gives full respect to our National Anthem "Amhran na Fiann"irrespective of which Party or combination thereof is in power.
In other words respect for our flag and Anthem supersedes political allegiance.
We see now that certain well healed sportsmen and entainers think so little of the National Anthem of the country that suckled them and gave them and continues to give them such mind boggling incomes that they deliberately chose the insult and belittle the flag and Anthem of the Nation that gave such marvellous opportunity.
Do they not know that millions are just risking life and limb to get into a Country of such opportunity and must,as far as I know swear allegiance to the flag and Anthem of the USA BEFORE GETTING FORMAL ADMISSION TO FULL CITIZENSHIP.
Yet these ungrateful yobbos chose to piss on the Country that is so good to them.
I am not surprised by this as the Democrats and certain beaten Republican contenders and many media concerns are unable to take their beating by Trump in the Presidential race and are stirring up hatred against him and his supporters at every hand's turn.
This combination of seditious forces are doing more to belittle the USA than all the combined enemies of the States put together.
There must be some law to bring these ingrates to account and if there is it should be immediately applied.
If not these people ought have the courage of their convictions and get out of a country they so despise,that is if any other Country would take them.
Of my grandfather's 11 siblings 8 emigrated to the USA between 1880 and 1920.Only one ever returned in the 1970's for a weeks holidays when he himself was in his seventies.He was a retired firefighter in Chicago.
I am grateful for the chance that the USA gave my ancestors and would never disrespect the Anthem of that Nation irrespective of whether Republicans or Democrats ruled the Country.
Three of my granduncles ,Mallons from Bohermeen,brothers of my granny fought with the IRA against the British Empie in the War of Independence in and my grandparent's house was a safe house .
I don't know what their politics were after the end of that war but suspect that Fianna Fail was favoured.
Even though Michael Collins was one oif ,if not the most effective guerrilla fighters ,ever to take up the cudgels against a colonizing power anywhere in the world and struck fear into the Empire with well marshalled and brilliantly executed assassinations and such like at the time and became an icon for Fine Gael right up to the present I don't think that they were ever Fine Gael men .
In ant event every Irish man and woman I know.no matter what their political allegiance ,gives full respect to our National Anthem "Amhran na Fiann"irrespective of which Party or combination thereof is in power.
In other words respect for our flag and Anthem supersedes political allegiance.
We see now that certain well healed sportsmen and entainers think so little of the National Anthem of the country that suckled them and gave them and continues to give them such mind boggling incomes that they deliberately chose the insult and belittle the flag and Anthem of the Nation that gave such marvellous opportunity.
Do they not know that millions are just risking life and limb to get into a Country of such opportunity and must,as far as I know swear allegiance to the flag and Anthem of the USA BEFORE GETTING FORMAL ADMISSION TO FULL CITIZENSHIP.
Yet these ungrateful yobbos chose to piss on the Country that is so good to them.
I am not surprised by this as the Democrats and certain beaten Republican contenders and many media concerns are unable to take their beating by Trump in the Presidential race and are stirring up hatred against him and his supporters at every hand's turn.
This combination of seditious forces are doing more to belittle the USA than all the combined enemies of the States put together.
There must be some law to bring these ingrates to account and if there is it should be immediately applied.
If not these people ought have the courage of their convictions and get out of a country they so despise,that is if any other Country would take them.
Sunday, September 10, 2017
Michaels 1-10.Dunderry 0-11.IFC.
We died with our boots on sadly.No complaints.Our luck just ran out.Fuller report later if I am up to it.
Hail Jesus in Sport.
I note in passing that Cork Senior Camogie Team had a Team Mass before the Final.They won.
I note that Westmeath Junior Camogie Team climbed Croack Patrick two weeks ago.They won.
I read that the Waterford Senior Manager announced before the Senior Hurling Final that he is not A BELIEVER in Catholicism but would never the less would be saying a few prayers in the off chance before the game.They lost.
There is a message here.
I note that Westmeath Junior Camogie Team climbed Croack Patrick two weeks ago.They won.
I read that the Waterford Senior Manager announced before the Senior Hurling Final that he is not A BELIEVER in Catholicism but would never the less would be saying a few prayers in the off chance before the game.They lost.
There is a message here.
Friday, September 8, 2017
The smal ball game around Dunderry,
Well there are positives and negatives.
On the negative side we gave a walkover to Kiltale in the Senior Hurling Championship recently.We were unable to field a team.This is not good and is a first for Dunderry in any Senior competition as far as I know.
On the positive side Jamie Leavy,the son of Tommy--Timber--Leavy captained Meath Minor Hurling Team to the Minor B hurling Championship.
For the benefit of those who don't know Jamie is the grandson of Paddy Kavanagh ,former Club Secretary ,Intermediate Football Championship winner with Dunderry and Bohermeen and REFEREE OF football All Ireland.He is overjoyed.
The ladies too are coming good and Aoife Minogue will be playing for Meath in the Intermediate Camogie Final against Cork this coming Sunday in Croker.
Two busses will be leaving Dunderry to attend.
As President of the Camogie Club I couldn't be prouder.
I understand that Claire Coffey from Baconstown .whose mother is Aggie Commons from Betaghstown of our Prish is Captain.Her father Matt is a good friend.
Following on from some unpleasantness against my own Daughter Mags some years ago she now plies her Camogie trade with O Mahony's and they will be playing Dunderry in theIntermediate Club semi final shortly.
Should be interesting.
Her DAUGHTER is a Dunderry player.
As are a few cousins.
All in a day's sport.
On the negative side we gave a walkover to Kiltale in the Senior Hurling Championship recently.We were unable to field a team.This is not good and is a first for Dunderry in any Senior competition as far as I know.
On the positive side Jamie Leavy,the son of Tommy--Timber--Leavy captained Meath Minor Hurling Team to the Minor B hurling Championship.
For the benefit of those who don't know Jamie is the grandson of Paddy Kavanagh ,former Club Secretary ,Intermediate Football Championship winner with Dunderry and Bohermeen and REFEREE OF football All Ireland.He is overjoyed.
The ladies too are coming good and Aoife Minogue will be playing for Meath in the Intermediate Camogie Final against Cork this coming Sunday in Croker.
Two busses will be leaving Dunderry to attend.
As President of the Camogie Club I couldn't be prouder.
I understand that Claire Coffey from Baconstown .whose mother is Aggie Commons from Betaghstown of our Prish is Captain.Her father Matt is a good friend.
Following on from some unpleasantness against my own Daughter Mags some years ago she now plies her Camogie trade with O Mahony's and they will be playing Dunderry in theIntermediate Club semi final shortly.
Should be interesting.
Her DAUGHTER is a Dunderry player.
As are a few cousins.
All in a day's sport.
Some tangible help for Swiss and Eadeen.
I probably have spelt the name of Damien's wife wrong.It does not really matter.What does matter is that they are in a place that anyone of us would not wish to be,but have to keep it together for the sake of their sick child.May God help them.
I have it on the best authority that some of their friends are putting their heads together to organise a solidarity fund to help them out.
When more particulars are to hand I will let ye know.
I have it on the best authority that some of their friends are putting their heads together to organise a solidarity fund to help them out.
When more particulars are to hand I will let ye know.
Sunday, August 27, 2017
TESTING TIMES FOR SWISS AND HIS WIFE.
Probably the most devastating news a family can receive has been visited on the most decent of families with the news that their son at about 4 years old has been diagnosed with a rare and extremely serious malady.
The Church was overflowing tonight as their friends and neighbours and all who heard about the Rosary recitation crowded in and fervently prayed that God and Mary in their infinite mercy and compassion would see Their way to cure this most dear and loved child.
The bonds that are formed during childhood and in rural growing up were well illustrated as Brian Newman and Donal Daly ,home from the States and England ,were amongst the may who showed up in solidarity .
Donal recently brought home his daughter to make her First Holy Communion with the Dunderry kids of which my grand daughter Ciara was a celebrant also.
We are a close and deeply caring community indeed.
The Church was overflowing tonight as their friends and neighbours and all who heard about the Rosary recitation crowded in and fervently prayed that God and Mary in their infinite mercy and compassion would see Their way to cure this most dear and loved child.
The bonds that are formed during childhood and in rural growing up were well illustrated as Brian Newman and Donal Daly ,home from the States and England ,were amongst the may who showed up in solidarity .
Donal recently brought home his daughter to make her First Holy Communion with the Dunderry kids of which my grand daughter Ciara was a celebrant also.
We are a close and deeply caring community indeed.
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Yet another burgalry.
Reports are filtering in of yet another burglary in the Parish.This time the thieves got entry via the fields at the back of the house,tranquilizing 4 guard dogs in the process and forcing entry when there was no one at home.
Clearly they had intimate knowledge of the surrounding area AND HAD CASED THE HOUSE THOROUGHLY BEF0RE HAND.
All landowners should run from their lands all trespassers especially those whose identity they don't know.Especially those professing to be hunting rabbits or hares,whose capture is illegal in the first place.
This shit has got to stop or brr stopped.
Clearly they had intimate knowledge of the surrounding area AND HAD CASED THE HOUSE THOROUGHLY BEF0RE HAND.
All landowners should run from their lands all trespassers especially those whose identity they don't know.Especially those professing to be hunting rabbits or hares,whose capture is illegal in the first place.
This shit has got to stop or brr stopped.
On the bright side
Our good friend Kevin Conroy is back in town for a few days.Glad to see him around.His late father John did tremendous work in the GAA Club for years prior to his death ,particularly in selling life memberships for the Club at E.500.00 A POP ,A SUM NOT TO BR SNEERED AT.
What a pity that the promise to erect a permanent memorial and scroll to those who walked the walk has yet to be honoured.
T.Dowd Senior recently con celebrated a birthday with Ted his son. T was 70 and Ted 40.
We had roast pig,song craic and gargle and footballs and sliotars flying in all directions.
A night to remember and the very best of craic.
Reports are still drifting in of people not there getting in a few cans ,opening the windows and grooving to the warbles of the great Paddy MC Garry.
T,sang his rendition of Kevin Barry to universal approval .
In his day and time T.was to British GAA WHAT GEORGE BEST WAS TO SOCCER.
Both appear ring to play was an event and Tommy's Etna surpasses any day any of Georges women by a country mile.
Plus she has lasted the course far better too.
Tommy the ALL Star and his family and Cathy and Dolly and their families were there too.
Jimmy was in fine fettle despite his more scarce public appearances of late.
Gerry Coogan is home from Boston for a special birthday party too and the Second Dunderry Judge ,Paul Fitzgerald is home from New Hampshire to visit his family .
On a personally low side a Bart Simpson low life has called me "lower than a knacker "while separated from me by a chain link fence at a GAA Match.I am unsure exactly who he is trying to insult,me or the travellers and fully appreciate how travellers must feel when so addressed.
I have GOOD MIND TO TELL HIS NEIGHBOURING TRAVELLERS OF HIS IDENTITY but will keep my powder dry for a while.
The weather is brutal for making hay and I am caught with about 10 round bales on the ground soaked to the
GILLS.
I am determined however to keep at it until it is fit for bailing.
This is called stupidity.
As per usual the place is abuzz with rumours of one sort or another .
What a pity that the promise to erect a permanent memorial and scroll to those who walked the walk has yet to be honoured.
T.Dowd Senior recently con celebrated a birthday with Ted his son. T was 70 and Ted 40.
We had roast pig,song craic and gargle and footballs and sliotars flying in all directions.
A night to remember and the very best of craic.
Reports are still drifting in of people not there getting in a few cans ,opening the windows and grooving to the warbles of the great Paddy MC Garry.
T,sang his rendition of Kevin Barry to universal approval .
In his day and time T.was to British GAA WHAT GEORGE BEST WAS TO SOCCER.
Both appear ring to play was an event and Tommy's Etna surpasses any day any of Georges women by a country mile.
Plus she has lasted the course far better too.
Tommy the ALL Star and his family and Cathy and Dolly and their families were there too.
Jimmy was in fine fettle despite his more scarce public appearances of late.
Gerry Coogan is home from Boston for a special birthday party too and the Second Dunderry Judge ,Paul Fitzgerald is home from New Hampshire to visit his family .
On a personally low side a Bart Simpson low life has called me "lower than a knacker "while separated from me by a chain link fence at a GAA Match.I am unsure exactly who he is trying to insult,me or the travellers and fully appreciate how travellers must feel when so addressed.
I have GOOD MIND TO TELL HIS NEIGHBOURING TRAVELLERS OF HIS IDENTITY but will keep my powder dry for a while.
The weather is brutal for making hay and I am caught with about 10 round bales on the ground soaked to the
GILLS.
I am determined however to keep at it until it is fit for bailing.
This is called stupidity.
As per usual the place is abuzz with rumours of one sort or another .
IFC.Dunderry 0-11.Trim 0-11.
Today I qualify for my bus pass.Yesterday and not for the first time this year we committed barefaced robbery in securing valuable points against the run of play in the Inter Championship.
All our Birthdays came together in doing a job we had to do and Napoleon's adage that the most important quality in a General was pure "LUCK" never ran truer.
Consider this team that didn't field yesterday.
Garret Dooley.
Red Callaghan Finn Stephens. Sprog Stephens.
JP Kenneally Simon Carty Alan Garry
Paddy Kenneally Liam Dempsey
Cyril Halton T.J.Garry Lukie Martyn
Martin Garry Connor Dempsey Christopher Harrington.
Subs.John Kelligher,Gerry Murray,Aaron Feeney,Ciaran Mulvenna,Ivan Mc Cormack.Tosh Garry,Michael Martin.Joey Martyn.
NON PLAYING CAPTAIN IS OF COURSE SWISS CLARKE .
I would definitely fancy it to go far.
Had we a Fairy Godmother with loads of mullah with an ability to cure injury we could field such a team.
Gives an idea of what we are missing and lost potential.
The team we did in reality field and which did bring home enough bacon was;-
Jennings
Aaron Newman. Davy Mack Jordan Martyn
Mark Kane Conor O Shea Chuck Dempsey
Bomber Baby Doc
Oisin Martyn Stephen Coogan Gooch Daly
Alex Morgan Callaghan A Watters.
Subs used.Andy Coogan,Kenny Fay and Declan Dub Mahon.
Athboy is a fine ground and bathed in brilliant sunshine the most civil of officials had the place humming.
Not much wind sa speir and we were hoping for a good result given our missing list.
They opened with a bang and had two points up before we caught our bearings.
Bob wouldn't be fit but himself and Bomber achieved parity in midfield ,which was no mean feat with a determined Frankie Murphy giving it his all as per usual for the townies.
After 10 minutes we took over and played with confidence and panache setting a goodish pace and edging into a 4 point lead by half time on a scoreline of 0-8 to 0-4.
Mark Kane had benefited from the corn fed steak he had clearly devoured in the States with some searing runs down the wing and I was again impressed,but not surprised by the contribution of Oisin Martin who played with a vision beyond his years.
For four months four years ago I was a mentor with his age group and that panel was particularly talented .It is to the DETRIMENT of the Club that a more bountiful harvest was not saved from that crop and lessons ought be learned .
In the latter half of the half our younger guns excelled to a man and had Trim on the rack.
The second half was a different animal altogether as Trim hammered us everywhere except on the scoreboard.
They missed chance after chance including a penalty which our veteran goalkeeper Jennings saved after out psyching entirely the taker .
Jennings is like a General marshalling his troops and he is not shy in making the necessary calls at times of distress and in the last fifteen minutes he made many wise calls.
Trim totally dominated play in the last fifteen minutes and missed score after score ofter making the wrong shooting decision but then again the luck was on our side.
More often than not in recent years they have got more than their fair share so we will gratefully accept what came our way last night.
We were way off the pace the second half and even with a weakened team it was not good enough.
But hey we are still in pole position.
Long may it last.
Scorers were Kane 0-1.Bomber 0-1,Oisin 0-2,Cougar 0-6.5 frees,.Morgan 0-1.
Apropos nothing Morgan is not the first player to field for Dunderry with Welsh blood coursing through his veins.
Fair dues all round for the second steal of the year in this competition.
We do have lucky Generals and indeed corporals.
All our Birthdays came together in doing a job we had to do and Napoleon's adage that the most important quality in a General was pure "LUCK" never ran truer.
Consider this team that didn't field yesterday.
Garret Dooley.
Red Callaghan Finn Stephens. Sprog Stephens.
JP Kenneally Simon Carty Alan Garry
Paddy Kenneally Liam Dempsey
Cyril Halton T.J.Garry Lukie Martyn
Martin Garry Connor Dempsey Christopher Harrington.
Subs.John Kelligher,Gerry Murray,Aaron Feeney,Ciaran Mulvenna,Ivan Mc Cormack.Tosh Garry,Michael Martin.Joey Martyn.
NON PLAYING CAPTAIN IS OF COURSE SWISS CLARKE .
I would definitely fancy it to go far.
Had we a Fairy Godmother with loads of mullah with an ability to cure injury we could field such a team.
Gives an idea of what we are missing and lost potential.
The team we did in reality field and which did bring home enough bacon was;-
Jennings
Aaron Newman. Davy Mack Jordan Martyn
Mark Kane Conor O Shea Chuck Dempsey
Bomber Baby Doc
Oisin Martyn Stephen Coogan Gooch Daly
Alex Morgan Callaghan A Watters.
Subs used.Andy Coogan,Kenny Fay and Declan Dub Mahon.
Athboy is a fine ground and bathed in brilliant sunshine the most civil of officials had the place humming.
Not much wind sa speir and we were hoping for a good result given our missing list.
They opened with a bang and had two points up before we caught our bearings.
Bob wouldn't be fit but himself and Bomber achieved parity in midfield ,which was no mean feat with a determined Frankie Murphy giving it his all as per usual for the townies.
After 10 minutes we took over and played with confidence and panache setting a goodish pace and edging into a 4 point lead by half time on a scoreline of 0-8 to 0-4.
Mark Kane had benefited from the corn fed steak he had clearly devoured in the States with some searing runs down the wing and I was again impressed,but not surprised by the contribution of Oisin Martin who played with a vision beyond his years.
For four months four years ago I was a mentor with his age group and that panel was particularly talented .It is to the DETRIMENT of the Club that a more bountiful harvest was not saved from that crop and lessons ought be learned .
In the latter half of the half our younger guns excelled to a man and had Trim on the rack.
The second half was a different animal altogether as Trim hammered us everywhere except on the scoreboard.
They missed chance after chance including a penalty which our veteran goalkeeper Jennings saved after out psyching entirely the taker .
Jennings is like a General marshalling his troops and he is not shy in making the necessary calls at times of distress and in the last fifteen minutes he made many wise calls.
Trim totally dominated play in the last fifteen minutes and missed score after score ofter making the wrong shooting decision but then again the luck was on our side.
More often than not in recent years they have got more than their fair share so we will gratefully accept what came our way last night.
We were way off the pace the second half and even with a weakened team it was not good enough.
But hey we are still in pole position.
Long may it last.
Scorers were Kane 0-1.Bomber 0-1,Oisin 0-2,Cougar 0-6.5 frees,.Morgan 0-1.
Apropos nothing Morgan is not the first player to field for Dunderry with Welsh blood coursing through his veins.
Fair dues all round for the second steal of the year in this competition.
We do have lucky Generals and indeed corporals.
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Not impressed with Leo at all.
Eight years ago this month I had a serious stroke sand survived Navan Hospital,which then had neither the machinery to identify whether the cause was either a bleed on the brain or a clot.Nor did it stock the medicine to dissolve a clot nor had it any one trained to administer the clot busting medication were it available.
As result of my entering the General Election campaign immediately following my discharge the omissions outlined above were put in place so those subsequently admitted for a stroke had at least a fighting chance .
My left side was badly affected by the stroke ,my arm and hand in particular.
I was crying out for the attentions of a physiotherapist.
This month, eight years later ,the HSE SUPPLIED MY FIRST HOUR'S PHYSIO TREATMENT.
That's right 8 years later.
Now I understand that Leo the current Taoiseach spent some time working in Navan Hospital before I was admitted.
The paucity of stroke treatment hardly escaped his attention.
Did he do anything about it do you think.Well no he didn't.
He has since been Minister for Health amongst other Cabinet positions.
Has he done anything about 8 years delays in providing physio for people like me.Well no he hasn't.
Do you think that I am remotely impressed by all the razzmatazz he is putting out about himself.
Well no I am not.
As result of my entering the General Election campaign immediately following my discharge the omissions outlined above were put in place so those subsequently admitted for a stroke had at least a fighting chance .
My left side was badly affected by the stroke ,my arm and hand in particular.
I was crying out for the attentions of a physiotherapist.
This month, eight years later ,the HSE SUPPLIED MY FIRST HOUR'S PHYSIO TREATMENT.
That's right 8 years later.
Now I understand that Leo the current Taoiseach spent some time working in Navan Hospital before I was admitted.
The paucity of stroke treatment hardly escaped his attention.
Did he do anything about it do you think.Well no he didn't.
He has since been Minister for Health amongst other Cabinet positions.
Has he done anything about 8 years delays in providing physio for people like me.Well no he hasn't.
Do you think that I am remotely impressed by all the razzmatazz he is putting out about himself.
Well no I am not.
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Definition of misery .
I heard the Black Crow saying that were he to win the Lotto he would concrete the bog,such was his dread of futtin turf while being ate by midges.
Most people hereabouts would agree,although there are those strange individuals who would demurr.
But if threr is one job more hateful this time of the year it is pulling ragworth before cutting a meadow.
As hateful as it gets.
Most people hereabouts would agree,although there are those strange individuals who would demurr.
But if threr is one job more hateful this time of the year it is pulling ragworth before cutting a meadow.
As hateful as it gets.
Sunday, July 2, 2017
Dunderry Parish blessing of graves 2017.
Dunderry.. Saturday 8th July after 7.30 .P.M. Vigil Mass
Sunday 9th July after 11.00 A,M, Mass.
Churchtown, Tuesday 11 July at 7.30 P.M.
Retaine Wednesday 12th July at 7.30.P.M.
Claddy Thursday 13th July at 7.30.P.M.
Kilcooley Thursday 13th July at 8.00 P.M.
Kilbride Sunday 16th July after after 7.00 P.M.Mass.
Moymet Tuesday 18th July at 7.30.
Blackchurch Thursday 20th July at 7.30P.M.
Sunday 9th July after 11.00 A,M, Mass.
Churchtown, Tuesday 11 July at 7.30 P.M.
Retaine Wednesday 12th July at 7.30.P.M.
Claddy Thursday 13th July at 7.30.P.M.
Kilcooley Thursday 13th July at 8.00 P.M.
Kilbride Sunday 16th July after after 7.00 P.M.Mass.
Moymet Tuesday 18th July at 7.30.
Blackchurch Thursday 20th July at 7.30P.M.
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