Seamus,formerly of the Meadstown Road,Dunderry and latterly of Navan has passed away this morning after a long illness bravely endured.
He had made his peace with God and everybody else.
He was one of life's characters and during his 72 years on this earth he made many many people smile and laugh.
He was irrepressible .
To his wife Claire and three children ,Derek,Brian and Niamh and grandchildren ,Nina and Aoife especially we offer our sincere condolences.We also sympathise with his only brother Pat.
When we were much younger Jimmy and Nan,Seamus's parents, took in my siblings and I when my mother would be in Hospital having the latest baby.Seamus and Patrick were older and were kind to us.
They were fierce interested in racing bikes then and indeed subsequently.I had never seen one, especially one with a fixed wheel and had no idea how it worked.
In any event they gave me an old one and challenged me to a race up the Meadstown Road past I think WOOD's shop .
Wishing to give a good account of myself I pedalled like the clappers until I came to the finishing line ,when I stopped pedalling and was thrown over thee handlebars and nearly kilt.To this day I don't know whether this was their idea of a joke or not.If it was it was in poor taste.
Our house in Blanch was a pit stop for all Dunderry people,especially our relatives and the Meadstown Mc Cormacks called in many many times when passing through Blanch.
There were nine kids in the house and had my mother notice of arrivals one of us would be dispatched to Shaw's shop -----now Maccarris Chipper---- to get provisions .
But one day they called out of the blue and provisions were low,so the best the Ma could do was to produce a plate of cheese sandwiches,which everybody tucked into bar Pat".Whats wrong Pat "said the Ma."Aunt Peggy I am not very enthusiastic about cheese ".After a very pregnant silence the Ma said "For a ten year old he has a fierce command of the English language ,hasn't he."And so it went.
Much later ,when Seamus was in his early twenties the Ras Tailteann was going through Blanch on its way to Navan.We were in our back and only kitchen having a cup of tay ,when this vision in Lycra came in the back door breathless and shining with sweat with the bike on his back.
"Jaysus Peggy I am the fuckest man in Ireland ,make us a feed "said Seamus."That's the end of my cycling days"
Seamus had many careers and was never boring.He was prone to exaggeration and could spoof with the best.He always dressed well and could and probably did sell sand to the Arabs.
Goodbye Cousin.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a hAnam Dilis.
He will be reposing in his residence in Ferndale ,Navan from 5.00 pm to 8.00pm on Thursday 26/4/2018 with the Funeral Mass on Friday 27/4/2018 in St, Mary's Church ,Navan at 10.00 a.m.
Burial after wards in St.Mary's Cemetery.
Monday, April 23, 2018
Sunday, April 22, 2018
Dunderry 2-14.Drumbarragh 1-9.IFC ROUND 2.
As a kind of prologue to this report mise has missed a number of football and hurling matches this year for one reason or another.Hopefully things will sort themselves out henceforth.
Generally I take the view that Dunderry has traditionally been a strong Intermediate football team through most of its existence,occasionally winning a Championship and heading upwards to Senior.
The last wave of players to go Senior stayed up a considerable time ,winning a Senior in 1996 and staying up until 2005,when we were demoted down.
We have been strong at Inter level since then .losing a final replay to St.COLMCILLES two years ago probably being the epitome of our always gallant efforts.
I have seen a number of League matches this year .The one versus Senchaelstown being the most recent.
They are a solid but currently non spectacular Senior team and in my time we have been just as good as them even though we are a grade below them.
We played them in our pitch recently and it was a draw.
Even though we were short half a team between County commitments and injury 20 men and boys togged out,so caps off to players and mentors.
I think we scored only 0-4 in the worst half of football we played for decades.
The second half was different though as we raised our game and both sides put on an exhibition that would warm the cockles.
The deciding factor was probably the dismissal of one of their players and we were cute enough to make the advantage pay.
The refereeing of that match was very fussy as are all the matches I attend and I genuinely wonder whether over fussiness has contributed to the falling through the ranks of the County Team.Put simply do guys feel they are inhibited from robust legal challenges to the extent tat they don't even try.
There again Meath is producing more more top grade Inter County refs. than any other County so the POWERS THAT BE SURE LIKE THEM.
Maybe there is a case for referees to be instructed to give the benefit of the doubt to robust play at Club level and cut back on the blowing of the whistle for little or nothing .Surely a decent level of physicality is the hallmark of our games and we shouldn't leave this aspect of confrontation to the Rugger crowd,where it is regarded as an attribute.
Now I missed the match against Longwood which I expected us to win.We lost by 3-12 to 1-13 a fair beating even if we were short a number of regulars.
So the omens were not good.
In ATHBOY ,where the gate man refused to believe that t I was an OAP we fielded as follows;-
Jennings
O Shea Dempsey Conor Watters
Martin Oisin Davy Mack A.Newman
Kenneally Dempsey Liam
Martin Jordan Bomber Dermot Kelly
Luke Martin Coogan Stephen Kane Mark
For the first time this year we were playing with a full deck.
Eoin Dempsey,and Ronan Brady ere wbrough on in the second half .
For the first quarter it was tit fot tat.The second quarter saw us string together some lovely moves and scores and we were well ahead at half time on a score of to .
After half time they rattled the onion bag but we raised our game well and were well out of sight at the final whistle Lukie scoring a first rate goal and missing an easier one.Kane scored the other.
Our scorers were Dermot Kelly 0-8 all frees.Stephen Coogan 0-2 .1 free.Lukie and Kane a goal apiece .Bomber 0-2 and Aron Newman,Jordan Maryyn a point apiece.
DERMOT AND Stephen scored 0-9 from frees, a testament to the fussy referring of Gerry Mc Givney WHO WAS PERHAPS A LITTLE WHISTLE HAPPY, BUT OTHERWISE DIED A FAIR GOOD JOB.
We were good value for our win and all played well.A massive improvement on last years contest against the same opposition.
Generally I take the view that Dunderry has traditionally been a strong Intermediate football team through most of its existence,occasionally winning a Championship and heading upwards to Senior.
The last wave of players to go Senior stayed up a considerable time ,winning a Senior in 1996 and staying up until 2005,when we were demoted down.
We have been strong at Inter level since then .losing a final replay to St.COLMCILLES two years ago probably being the epitome of our always gallant efforts.
I have seen a number of League matches this year .The one versus Senchaelstown being the most recent.
They are a solid but currently non spectacular Senior team and in my time we have been just as good as them even though we are a grade below them.
We played them in our pitch recently and it was a draw.
Even though we were short half a team between County commitments and injury 20 men and boys togged out,so caps off to players and mentors.
I think we scored only 0-4 in the worst half of football we played for decades.
The second half was different though as we raised our game and both sides put on an exhibition that would warm the cockles.
The deciding factor was probably the dismissal of one of their players and we were cute enough to make the advantage pay.
The refereeing of that match was very fussy as are all the matches I attend and I genuinely wonder whether over fussiness has contributed to the falling through the ranks of the County Team.Put simply do guys feel they are inhibited from robust legal challenges to the extent tat they don't even try.
There again Meath is producing more more top grade Inter County refs. than any other County so the POWERS THAT BE SURE LIKE THEM.
Maybe there is a case for referees to be instructed to give the benefit of the doubt to robust play at Club level and cut back on the blowing of the whistle for little or nothing .Surely a decent level of physicality is the hallmark of our games and we shouldn't leave this aspect of confrontation to the Rugger crowd,where it is regarded as an attribute.
Now I missed the match against Longwood which I expected us to win.We lost by 3-12 to 1-13 a fair beating even if we were short a number of regulars.
So the omens were not good.
In ATHBOY ,where the gate man refused to believe that t I was an OAP we fielded as follows;-
Jennings
O Shea Dempsey Conor Watters
Martin Oisin Davy Mack A.Newman
Kenneally Dempsey Liam
Martin Jordan Bomber Dermot Kelly
Luke Martin Coogan Stephen Kane Mark
For the first time this year we were playing with a full deck.
Eoin Dempsey,and Ronan Brady ere wbrough on in the second half .
For the first quarter it was tit fot tat.The second quarter saw us string together some lovely moves and scores and we were well ahead at half time on a score of to .
After half time they rattled the onion bag but we raised our game well and were well out of sight at the final whistle Lukie scoring a first rate goal and missing an easier one.Kane scored the other.
Our scorers were Dermot Kelly 0-8 all frees.Stephen Coogan 0-2 .1 free.Lukie and Kane a goal apiece .Bomber 0-2 and Aron Newman,Jordan Maryyn a point apiece.
DERMOT AND Stephen scored 0-9 from frees, a testament to the fussy referring of Gerry Mc Givney WHO WAS PERHAPS A LITTLE WHISTLE HAPPY, BUT OTHERWISE DIED A FAIR GOOD JOB.
We were good value for our win and all played well.A massive improvement on last years contest against the same opposition.
Cowslips poking heads through.
I cannot remember a worse winter than the one gone by.From Christmas until last week there were only 4 days hereabouts when it didn't rain or snow.
My uncles used say "strip the meadow ground in February and cut the meadows the first of May".
The first of May is nigh and there is more greenery on a billiard table than on the meadow ground.
Every small farmer I know is severely broke from prolonged buying of fodder and depression is widespread all over the shop.
The Government badly misread the situation and what it came up with was too little too late.
It will take years to overcome the disastrous setbacks and some will never recover.Time nor money is not on their sides.
Notwithstanding this mother nature is kicking in on a small scale .
On the fringes of unmanured fields and along ditches the very odd cowslip is starting to emerge.
You know them.They are on slim stalks with yellow bell shaped flowers hanging down from the tops of the stalks.
Signs of better things to come hopefully.
My uncles used say "strip the meadow ground in February and cut the meadows the first of May".
The first of May is nigh and there is more greenery on a billiard table than on the meadow ground.
Every small farmer I know is severely broke from prolonged buying of fodder and depression is widespread all over the shop.
The Government badly misread the situation and what it came up with was too little too late.
It will take years to overcome the disastrous setbacks and some will never recover.Time nor money is not on their sides.
Notwithstanding this mother nature is kicking in on a small scale .
On the fringes of unmanured fields and along ditches the very odd cowslip is starting to emerge.
You know them.They are on slim stalks with yellow bell shaped flowers hanging down from the tops of the stalks.
Signs of better things to come hopefully.
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Death of Joe Clarke,Dunderry.
Joe Clarke ,renowned Dunderry veterinarian recently died after a very short illness.I think he was 88 years old.I had great time for Joe as he was a pleasant and decent man and easy to talk to.
Dunderry Gaels have good reason to laud his decency, as for many years prior to the Gaa Club securing and opening the present grounds in 1988, he allowed the Club the use of his field adjacent to the graveyard for the training of teams and the playing of games .
I had the honour of playing on it and I am sure that several generations of hurlers and footballers far better than me honed their skills there .
There was a family connection also as my mother's people the Mc Cormacks availed of his veterinarian services from the time he qualified until he retired.
I often heard them laud his decency saying that they had to approach him after 50 years looking for a bill for services rendered for all those years.
Fifty quid he asked for and fifty quid he got.
In recent years I asked him was that true .He said it was,remarking that some others were similarly billed but never coughed up.
He farmed and was a horse breeder of renown for decades past
He was predeceased by his wife a number of years ago and is survived by his son Thomas and daughters Cogie and Blainid and a number of grandchildren,to whom we offer our sympathies.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a hANAM Dilis.
His remains will be received in the Parish Church ,Trim this Thursday evening at 7.00 p.m.with Funeral Mass on Friday at 11.30.a.m.
Dunderry Gaels have good reason to laud his decency, as for many years prior to the Gaa Club securing and opening the present grounds in 1988, he allowed the Club the use of his field adjacent to the graveyard for the training of teams and the playing of games .
I had the honour of playing on it and I am sure that several generations of hurlers and footballers far better than me honed their skills there .
There was a family connection also as my mother's people the Mc Cormacks availed of his veterinarian services from the time he qualified until he retired.
I often heard them laud his decency saying that they had to approach him after 50 years looking for a bill for services rendered for all those years.
Fifty quid he asked for and fifty quid he got.
In recent years I asked him was that true .He said it was,remarking that some others were similarly billed but never coughed up.
He farmed and was a horse breeder of renown for decades past
He was predeceased by his wife a number of years ago and is survived by his son Thomas and daughters Cogie and Blainid and a number of grandchildren,to whom we offer our sympathies.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a hANAM Dilis.
His remains will be received in the Parish Church ,Trim this Thursday evening at 7.00 p.m.with Funeral Mass on Friday at 11.30.a.m.
Monday, April 2, 2018
Auld traditions alive in Dunderry.
If there is anything worse than the needy it is the greedy.A few years ago the greedy professional Rugby crowd fixed a match in Thomond Park between Munster and Leinster for Good Friday and the greedy publicans of Limerick and elsewhere decided that it was not enough to open for business 363 days of the year but that they also needed to open up on Good Friday too ,the day of Christ's cruxifiction,to cater for the superior rugger crowd who more than anyone else had to have their thirst sated on this Holiest of days.
Of course a judge called O Donnell allowed the opening of various pubs to cater for the Rugger crowd who presumably are of his class and who deserved more than anyone else to be catered for.
I well remember that some idiotic Limerick gurriers displayed banners bragging that Rugby was more popular than Religion in Munster.
While this may or may not be true it is clear that spit roasting too is de rigeur for certain participants in this greedy sport of the privileged and one can only hope that it too is not sought special status by the Rugger crowd.
As a matter of record Munster have won nothing of significance since.Maybe they have atoned since for this blasphemy.Time will tell.
Of course the political parties have followed on in this vein in their vain efforts to shed this religious legacy of the Irish people and their fore bearers.
Given that most people check their hand to see whether all their fingers are still all there after shaking hands with most politicians this is no surprise.
Last Friday signalled the bedding in of Official Greed in Eire ,when for the first time it became legal to serve alcohol in pubs and elsewhere on the most sacred of days.
So bereft is RTE of news that it identified a town in Cork where the Pubs choose not to succumb to greed and stayed closed.
I am glad to report that the two pubs of Dunderry,Horans and Geraghty's had the backbone not to hop on this populist and greedy horse and chose to remain closed for the day.
Fair dues to them
As the pub in Robinstown has closed some time ago are were we the only dry Parish in Ireland on Good Friday.
Of course a judge called O Donnell allowed the opening of various pubs to cater for the Rugger crowd who presumably are of his class and who deserved more than anyone else to be catered for.
I well remember that some idiotic Limerick gurriers displayed banners bragging that Rugby was more popular than Religion in Munster.
While this may or may not be true it is clear that spit roasting too is de rigeur for certain participants in this greedy sport of the privileged and one can only hope that it too is not sought special status by the Rugger crowd.
As a matter of record Munster have won nothing of significance since.Maybe they have atoned since for this blasphemy.Time will tell.
Of course the political parties have followed on in this vein in their vain efforts to shed this religious legacy of the Irish people and their fore bearers.
Given that most people check their hand to see whether all their fingers are still all there after shaking hands with most politicians this is no surprise.
Last Friday signalled the bedding in of Official Greed in Eire ,when for the first time it became legal to serve alcohol in pubs and elsewhere on the most sacred of days.
So bereft is RTE of news that it identified a town in Cork where the Pubs choose not to succumb to greed and stayed closed.
I am glad to report that the two pubs of Dunderry,Horans and Geraghty's had the backbone not to hop on this populist and greedy horse and chose to remain closed for the day.
Fair dues to them
As the pub in Robinstown has closed some time ago are were we the only dry Parish in Ireland on Good Friday.
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Changing the Clock.
Confused about whether to put the clock forward or backwards an hour for winter or summer time.
Remember this ditty "Spring forward Fall back".Geddit.
Remember this ditty "Spring forward Fall back".Geddit.
Saturday, March 17, 2018
Protect the lives of the Living unborn.Rosary at 2.30 tomorrow Sunday 19th March 2018 at Retaine Graveyard.
I am a passionate believer that human life begins at the moment of conception and that a soul attaches at that stage.Certainly everybody ever born was conceived at the some stage and it is therefor impossible to be born without being conceived firstly.The mass of cells that begin to develop after conception in human reproduction are human and nothing else.They are not an alien being that science deniers call a foetus in order to dehumanize them.
The Nazis dehumanized the Jews ,other races and the mentally and physically disabled in order to murder them.
Under the Irish Constitution the Supreme Court has decided that the only protection the unborn human being has is the right to be born enshrined in the Constitution by the Eight Amendment .
Remove this and there will be NO CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION WHATSOEVER available in favour of the living unborn AND THEY MAY BE KILLED RIGHT UP TO THE MOMENT OF BIRTH.
Those who favour the State killing of the living unborn say we can rely on the politicians who inhabit the Dail to protect the living unborn by legislation they pass there.
If you believe this you will believe anything.Consider for example the way Fianna Fail ,a decidedly pro life party has been betrayed in this regard by its leader Michael Martin and other mainly Cork based front bench spokesmen.You couldnt trust them as far as you throw them.
IT is an accepted fact that if you make something legal that the underlying ethos will make its practise more normal and its practise will become more acceptable as time passes.
This is why UNBORN KIDS WITH DOWNS SYNDROME and other congenital conditions such as Edwards Syndrome are aborted in vitro in other countries where abortion is prevalent.
Once the principle of taking life of the unborn beds in the legal system of a society it is only a matter of time until until it permeates other matters of life and death in that society.
I have personal but unwitting experience of an elderly but well enough old person being administered an injection to stop her heart beating and "help on her way"in Great Britain in recent years.This form of murder was and is commonplace in the nursing home where she resided and I suspect throughout that country.
In the Gaeltachs of this country special kids were and are regarded as a gift from God by families who were lucky enough to have them entrusted to their care and are regarded as" leanai speisealta"",not sub humans to be put to death before being born.
It is no coincidence that the surnames of those leading the campaign for the murder of the innocents are as far from being Irish as you could get and it is also no surprise that other with Irish surnames are leading the campaign for legalizing the taking the blood of the innocents.You should remember that the BRITS HAD TO HAVE THE ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF MANY IRISH to keep their neighbours down and dead if necessary for nearly a 800 years
The spawn of the squaddy still abounds,especially now in Sinn Fein under the leadership of Mary Lou .
My grand uncles risked their lives fighting the Brits for Indepence in WAR OF Independence for IRISH FREEDOM.
To see Mary Lou leading a Party campaigning for the murder of the most defenceless Irish people imaginable is as far from their activities as is imaginable and a betrayal of the entire Republican ideal and sickening.
Now these are my personal views.
And all over Ireland tomorrow at 2.30 a Rosary will be held to retain the right of the unborn to life .
In Dunderry Parish the Rosary will be held in Retaine Graveysard at 2.30.
The Nazis dehumanized the Jews ,other races and the mentally and physically disabled in order to murder them.
Under the Irish Constitution the Supreme Court has decided that the only protection the unborn human being has is the right to be born enshrined in the Constitution by the Eight Amendment .
Remove this and there will be NO CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION WHATSOEVER available in favour of the living unborn AND THEY MAY BE KILLED RIGHT UP TO THE MOMENT OF BIRTH.
Those who favour the State killing of the living unborn say we can rely on the politicians who inhabit the Dail to protect the living unborn by legislation they pass there.
If you believe this you will believe anything.Consider for example the way Fianna Fail ,a decidedly pro life party has been betrayed in this regard by its leader Michael Martin and other mainly Cork based front bench spokesmen.You couldnt trust them as far as you throw them.
IT is an accepted fact that if you make something legal that the underlying ethos will make its practise more normal and its practise will become more acceptable as time passes.
This is why UNBORN KIDS WITH DOWNS SYNDROME and other congenital conditions such as Edwards Syndrome are aborted in vitro in other countries where abortion is prevalent.
Once the principle of taking life of the unborn beds in the legal system of a society it is only a matter of time until until it permeates other matters of life and death in that society.
I have personal but unwitting experience of an elderly but well enough old person being administered an injection to stop her heart beating and "help on her way"in Great Britain in recent years.This form of murder was and is commonplace in the nursing home where she resided and I suspect throughout that country.
In the Gaeltachs of this country special kids were and are regarded as a gift from God by families who were lucky enough to have them entrusted to their care and are regarded as" leanai speisealta"",not sub humans to be put to death before being born.
It is no coincidence that the surnames of those leading the campaign for the murder of the innocents are as far from being Irish as you could get and it is also no surprise that other with Irish surnames are leading the campaign for legalizing the taking the blood of the innocents.You should remember that the BRITS HAD TO HAVE THE ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF MANY IRISH to keep their neighbours down and dead if necessary for nearly a 800 years
The spawn of the squaddy still abounds,especially now in Sinn Fein under the leadership of Mary Lou .
My grand uncles risked their lives fighting the Brits for Indepence in WAR OF Independence for IRISH FREEDOM.
To see Mary Lou leading a Party campaigning for the murder of the most defenceless Irish people imaginable is as far from their activities as is imaginable and a betrayal of the entire Republican ideal and sickening.
Now these are my personal views.
And all over Ireland tomorrow at 2.30 a Rosary will be held to retain the right of the unborn to life .
In Dunderry Parish the Rosary will be held in Retaine Graveysard at 2.30.
Thursday, February 15, 2018
Dunderry is swamped by deaths
The latest casualty is Maureen Mc Connell,nee Herbert.She died today.Mickey Daly died on Tuesday.Adam Cosgrove was buried on Monday,just 17 years old.Mrs Farrelly from Clonbun ,but in Dunderry Parish ,is being buried on Saturday.
Where will it end.
Mrs Clarke from Macetown is dead as also are John Bligh from Kilbride and Michael Vaughan who also lived in Kilbride and was married to a sisater of Dinny Gogarty.
May they all rest in peace.
Where will it end.
Mrs Clarke from Macetown is dead as also are John Bligh from Kilbride and Michael Vaughan who also lived in Kilbride and was married to a sisater of Dinny Gogarty.
May they all rest in peace.
Death of a Gent.Mickey Daly.died 13/02/2018
His death did not surprise Mickey Daly from Dunderry.He knew for sure it was imminent.As a friend of long standing I am devastated.
Last November he gave me the low down on his health.He had cancer and after consideration had decided to meet it head on without the application of chemo and radiotherapy.He has seen too much suffering caused by these to no avail.
This brave, principled and affable man died as he lived ,without fear nor fanfare.
He once said to me after burying a young grandaughter who died in a freak accident that he had climbed many hills in his lifetime but didn't know whether he could climb that one.
He survived that one ,greatly diminished.
The present one was a step too far.
Maghera's loss was Dunderry's gain.Dunderry's loss is Heaven's gain.
His presence graced the fields ,streets and streams of Dundrry,particularly the GAA Club where he and all his sons were life members.
Reposing in his home today Thursday 4.00 to 8.00 p.m.and Funeral Mass tomorrow at Noon in Dunderry.
To his wife ,children and grandchildren ,wide circle of in laws and massive circle of friends we offer our condolences.
Ar dheis De go raibh a a hANAM Dilis.
Last November he gave me the low down on his health.He had cancer and after consideration had decided to meet it head on without the application of chemo and radiotherapy.He has seen too much suffering caused by these to no avail.
This brave, principled and affable man died as he lived ,without fear nor fanfare.
He once said to me after burying a young grandaughter who died in a freak accident that he had climbed many hills in his lifetime but didn't know whether he could climb that one.
He survived that one ,greatly diminished.
The present one was a step too far.
Maghera's loss was Dunderry's gain.Dunderry's loss is Heaven's gain.
His presence graced the fields ,streets and streams of Dundrry,particularly the GAA Club where he and all his sons were life members.
Reposing in his home today Thursday 4.00 to 8.00 p.m.and Funeral Mass tomorrow at Noon in Dunderry.
To his wife ,children and grandchildren ,wide circle of in laws and massive circle of friends we offer our condolences.
Ar dheis De go raibh a a hANAM Dilis.
Sunday, January 28, 2018
Din 2 F.League .28/01/2018 .Dunderry 3-6.Trim 1-11.
This was our first match of 2018,as far as I know.We have been training a while.Phil.Fay Jnr.is concentrating on the Meath Ladies Football,where his daughters are involved and has quit as a selector .His place is taken by Gary Newman as far as I know.Ted is still Manager and our Evan,Lee Mulligan and Declan Mahon are also selectors.
I think that a fourth Garry,Michael ,a son of the Bear's togged out as a sub today.T.J., Martin and Alan have given full service to us before emigrating.Martiin is back but the other pair are still abroad .Wouldn't it be great to see all four together again in the one Dundeery Team.
Played in Trim this morning on a great pitch there was a strong wind into which we played in the first half.
Only three of the last Senior Team Team to play in 2005 are on the present Panel.ie.Davy Jennings,Davy Mac and Kevin Bruton.There are four e new graduates to the Panel ,Ronan Brady ,Dermot Kelly Shane Heffernan and Jamie Leavy..Ronan is John's son,Diarmuid is Sean's son,Jamie is Timber's son and Shane is the son of a decent Limerick man ,who has four of them,one bigger than the other.
It is noticeable that the new guys are all strapping guys well over six feet tall.
Our senior County Football panellists,Conor Dempsey,Paddy Kenneally and Luke Martin were unable to play ,it was rumoured ,because of County commitments and injury .Darren Callaghan is rumoured to have retired.
Stephen Coogan is Captain and uniquely,Hurling Captain also.
Trim too were short 4 or 5 players due to County committments.
Team was
Jennings
A.Newman Davy Mac. A.Feeney.
Oisin Martin. O.Dempsey M.Kane.
L.Dempsey C.O.Shea.
R.Brady Bomber Farrell. Gooch Daly.
A,Watters S.Coogan D.Kelly.
Used during the game also were Shane Heffernan,and Jamie Leavy and a full list of the other subs are not yet to hand .
There was a fair bite in the game from the first whistle and plenty of short inter passing.We are fairly adept at this,probably a bit wiser than Trim at it.
Trim scored the first point but a surge of speed by Kane followed by some slick inter passing ended with Liamo rattling the onion bag.
And then Coogan repeated the dose.Looking good and against the gale too.
But WE died and Trim took over,scoring 7 points in succession without reply before the half time whistle shrilled
Half Time Us.2-0.Them 0-8.
O Shea was our best in the first half I thought,manning the breaches manfully.He is as strong as a young ass.
With the wind in our backs I thought we ought shade it in the second half.
Trim opened with an early point,but Googan with a free and Liamo with another goal and a point put us in the lead again.
Trim pulled back with another point before Kane and Coogan increased our lead with minors.Trim score another minor before another brace of points by Coogan from a free and a fifty put us well ahead but Trim refused to die bulging the net from play.
That left us a point up as Trim laid siege to our goal but our backs held out tenaciously to keep the lead in a tense final five minutes.
We won by 3-6 to 1-11 .
Our cause was greatly helped by Trim calling the influential Frankie Murphy ashore ,the one move you would make to help us to victory.Our mentors would hardly be so unwise.Inexplicable.
There was little between the teams,it was a good game overall and our debutantes did well.No fears there.Our substitutions were on the ball and this was probably the deciding factor in our win.
A fair display all round I thought.
When all our players are available for selection our mentors will have their work cut out.Nice problem to have.
That two intermediate teams could have 6 or 7 players on the County panel is extraordinary in my humble view.Maybe a good omen for both Clubs.
Sub's bench.J.Leavy,S.Heffernan,Jack Brady,M.Garry,Mick Garry,Jack Dempsey,Tomas Conroy,Kevin Bruton,Garrett Dooley,Dec.Mahon.
I think that a fourth Garry,Michael ,a son of the Bear's togged out as a sub today.T.J., Martin and Alan have given full service to us before emigrating.Martiin is back but the other pair are still abroad .Wouldn't it be great to see all four together again in the one Dundeery Team.
Played in Trim this morning on a great pitch there was a strong wind into which we played in the first half.
Only three of the last Senior Team Team to play in 2005 are on the present Panel.ie.Davy Jennings,Davy Mac and Kevin Bruton.There are four e new graduates to the Panel ,Ronan Brady ,Dermot Kelly Shane Heffernan and Jamie Leavy..Ronan is John's son,Diarmuid is Sean's son,Jamie is Timber's son and Shane is the son of a decent Limerick man ,who has four of them,one bigger than the other.
It is noticeable that the new guys are all strapping guys well over six feet tall.
Our senior County Football panellists,Conor Dempsey,Paddy Kenneally and Luke Martin were unable to play ,it was rumoured ,because of County commitments and injury .Darren Callaghan is rumoured to have retired.
Stephen Coogan is Captain and uniquely,Hurling Captain also.
Trim too were short 4 or 5 players due to County committments.
Team was
Jennings
A.Newman Davy Mac. A.Feeney.
Oisin Martin. O.Dempsey M.Kane.
L.Dempsey C.O.Shea.
R.Brady Bomber Farrell. Gooch Daly.
A,Watters S.Coogan D.Kelly.
Used during the game also were Shane Heffernan,and Jamie Leavy and a full list of the other subs are not yet to hand .
There was a fair bite in the game from the first whistle and plenty of short inter passing.We are fairly adept at this,probably a bit wiser than Trim at it.
Trim scored the first point but a surge of speed by Kane followed by some slick inter passing ended with Liamo rattling the onion bag.
And then Coogan repeated the dose.Looking good and against the gale too.
But WE died and Trim took over,scoring 7 points in succession without reply before the half time whistle shrilled
Half Time Us.2-0.Them 0-8.
O Shea was our best in the first half I thought,manning the breaches manfully.He is as strong as a young ass.
With the wind in our backs I thought we ought shade it in the second half.
Trim opened with an early point,but Googan with a free and Liamo with another goal and a point put us in the lead again.
Trim pulled back with another point before Kane and Coogan increased our lead with minors.Trim score another minor before another brace of points by Coogan from a free and a fifty put us well ahead but Trim refused to die bulging the net from play.
That left us a point up as Trim laid siege to our goal but our backs held out tenaciously to keep the lead in a tense final five minutes.
We won by 3-6 to 1-11 .
Our cause was greatly helped by Trim calling the influential Frankie Murphy ashore ,the one move you would make to help us to victory.Our mentors would hardly be so unwise.Inexplicable.
There was little between the teams,it was a good game overall and our debutantes did well.No fears there.Our substitutions were on the ball and this was probably the deciding factor in our win.
A fair display all round I thought.
When all our players are available for selection our mentors will have their work cut out.Nice problem to have.
That two intermediate teams could have 6 or 7 players on the County panel is extraordinary in my humble view.Maybe a good omen for both Clubs.
Sub's bench.J.Leavy,S.Heffernan,Jack Brady,M.Garry,Mick Garry,Jack Dempsey,Tomas Conroy,Kevin Bruton,Garrett Dooley,Dec.Mahon.
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Do you trust women.
Somewhere there exists a cabal of people who want to kill preborn children at the behest of their mothers and these people think up trick questions to trap out the protectors of preborm children .They have thought up this question.
I heard the apparently fragrant Claire Byrne spring that question on the Liberal's favourite Cleric and serial panellist ,Brian Darcy yesterday.
"Do you trust women "she asked fluttering her eyelashes at him.Given that he is a trendy liberal priest appearing on a Television Station awash with anti Clerical bigots what could he say only "Yes"
This was a cowardly question by her and a cowardly answer by him,
What he should have said was that some people are trustworthy and some are not and women are no different than men in this regard.
And as the way God designed the procreation procedure is for a man to impregnate a woman and for her to carry the child to fruition in her womb t men too must have an equal right to decide on these maters.
I am quite sure that thee are many fathers out there who are devastated because their female partners chose to have an abortion without consulting them .
Just as there are many fathers out there that are glad it happened,
I heard the apparently fragrant Claire Byrne spring that question on the Liberal's favourite Cleric and serial panellist ,Brian Darcy yesterday.
"Do you trust women "she asked fluttering her eyelashes at him.Given that he is a trendy liberal priest appearing on a Television Station awash with anti Clerical bigots what could he say only "Yes"
This was a cowardly question by her and a cowardly answer by him,
What he should have said was that some people are trustworthy and some are not and women are no different than men in this regard.
And as the way God designed the procreation procedure is for a man to impregnate a woman and for her to carry the child to fruition in her womb t men too must have an equal right to decide on these maters.
I am quite sure that thee are many fathers out there who are devastated because their female partners chose to have an abortion without consulting them .
Just as there are many fathers out there that are glad it happened,
Michael Martyn drives nail into lives of unborn.
Michael Martin is the leader of Fiannna Fail,the first leader of that Party never to be Taoiseach.The membership of that PARTY and the Parliamentarians of that Party recently voted overwhelmingly to oppose any moves to kill the living unborn,
At his insistence a rule was brought in allowing freedom of conscience when voting either for or against the killing of preborn children inside that Party.
As leader he has a duty to reflect the majority views of his members.
By insisting on the freedom of conscience rule he set up a cocoon of safety for himself by coming out in favour of the killing of unborn children in recent days in the Dail without informing his Parliamentary colleagues or Party members in advance of his declaration..
He would nearly have you feeling sorry for him in describing the tortuous journey he travelled in making this decision and all the reading he did.
God help him.
Does he not realize how lucky he is in being able to consider the ethical problems involved and being able to read all this information .
If his vile turncoat activities result in legislation allowing the killing of the living preborn. they will not be able,on account of being denied the fundamental right to be born of making these ethical decisions or doing this reading because they will not exist.
THE king of the Fir Breaga and a disgrace to the Irish people.And I guess the death knell of Fianna Fail..
At his insistence a rule was brought in allowing freedom of conscience when voting either for or against the killing of preborn children inside that Party.
As leader he has a duty to reflect the majority views of his members.
By insisting on the freedom of conscience rule he set up a cocoon of safety for himself by coming out in favour of the killing of unborn children in recent days in the Dail without informing his Parliamentary colleagues or Party members in advance of his declaration..
He would nearly have you feeling sorry for him in describing the tortuous journey he travelled in making this decision and all the reading he did.
God help him.
Does he not realize how lucky he is in being able to consider the ethical problems involved and being able to read all this information .
If his vile turncoat activities result in legislation allowing the killing of the living preborn. they will not be able,on account of being denied the fundamental right to be born of making these ethical decisions or doing this reading because they will not exist.
THE king of the Fir Breaga and a disgrace to the Irish people.And I guess the death knell of Fianna Fail..
Saturday, January 20, 2018
Tubridy joins the Gallery of arseholes.
Earlier this week Ryen Tubridy gave his take on the overdue apology given by the Gardai to Johanna Hayes and her family for falsely accusing them of murdering a baby found in Caherciveen in Kerry in the early 1980.'s.
My memory of it went like this.
A baby was found which had been stabbed to death on the shoreline in Caherciveen .The local Gardai called in the Dublin based "Murder Squad",which specialized in solving murders, to help.
The Gardai trawled the County Kerry to identify any woman who had lost a child or given birth around that time.
Johann Hayes had given birth to a baby ,which she said had died ,and which she had buried on the family farm in Abbeydorney ,many miles from Caherciveen.She showed the burial place of the baby.
The Gardai and the State fingered her for the murder of the Caherciveen Baby even though blood tests conclusively proved that neither she nor her married lover could possibly be the parents of the Caherciveen baby.
They fell back on the most remote theory that she simultaneously had intercourse with two men and had given birth to twins with different fathers.
They got her to "confess" to the murder of the Caherciveen baby ,with no proof whatsoever save a "confession "by her which she maintained was extracted by undue duress .Other members of her family also "confessed "to that murder.
It was then clear,and it has been since clear that the prosecution was baseless and for this miscarriage of justice the State is now apologizing three decades later.
A Tribunal was set up to examine how this trumped charge was allowed to proceed and to examine the actions of the Gardai.
The tribunal personnel in the main did all they could to destroy the unfortunate lady but gave the Gardai and the other State personnel a relatively free ride.
Both the Judge ,all the legal personnel and the preponderance of the actors in the investigation were from that well heeled class from which Tubs springs ,yet he had the effrontery to blame the narrow mindedness of rural Ireland .and the implied morality of the yokels ,for the miscarriage of justice.
In truth the people of Abbeydorney ,which is as rural as it gets, knew well that a what was put forward by the State was bullshit and formed a cocoon of protection around the Hayes family and protected them from all outsiders.a cocoon they have in place to this day.
Not for the first time this condescending Arsehole let his bullshit liberal philosophy that he and his ilk champion slip out ,a philosophy that he and his privileged anti Catholic workmates spout regularly about those who live outside the Pale.
In this instance it was precisely his Dublin based bullies who did all in their power to destroy a brave and ho nourable woman.
If Tubs has any balls and I doubt it he should immediately profoundly apologize to the people of Abbeydorney and all rural dwellers for branding them as he did.
It is no surprise to me that the reinvestigation is focusing on the murder of the child and not on the actions of the Gardai.and the State apparatus.
For far too long now the Politicians and the Courts have turned a blind eye to the misbehaviour of some Gardai and let them away Scot free with unlawful activities.
The Morris Tribunal result,the industrial level of lying that produced over a million false breath tests,the wrongful prosecution of many thousands people for non payment of fixed charge notice,the persecution of decent whistle blowers who abhor wrongful behaviour and the personal experiences people see every day of wrongful abuse of power and the bullying of the populace by certain wrong Gardai does not arise by accident.
Its grandfather can be found in the treatment of Johann Hayes.
It seems to me that other convictions secured by the Gardai Unit who investigated the the Johanna Hayes case should also be examined to see if they too were tainted likewise.
Now we have certain people dumping on the Catholic Church for these abuses of State power.Particularly some by Church of Ireland commentators.and other non Catholic politicians and journalists..
Whether it is the loss of the tithes and their traditional access to and untrammeled minority rule of years ago they miss that THEY FEEL ENTITLES THEM TO DO THIS DON'T KNOW.
Certainly they are over represented in in the professions involving the Law.
I rarely have heard Catholic commentators dumping on Church of Ireland persons and practises but the opposite does not pertain.
Simon Harris is the Minister for Health.He is a disaster in this role .Up to 500 people are lying on trolleys each day during his watch and over a half million people are awaiting specialist appointments.
God only knows how many people will die during his watch as a result.
His tiny mind has tried to link the right to kill unborn babies to the Johann Hayes case amongst others. The Catholic Church had no hand act nor part in the misconduct of the actors in that case.It didn't kill anyone.
Maybe his logic is that if a child is deliberately killed in the womb it won't be there to clutter up his hospitals in later life.
I have heard it said by some that the events of the handling of the Abbeydornet case is a blight on us all.This of course is nonsense of the highest order.It is not "us all"they that had control of the Gardai and the entire State apparatus that perpetrated that cruelty and torture.It was the political establishmentand and the legal apparatus established by the politicians
There are those who are jumping on the bandwagon that it was purely misogynistic treatment of women that was the root cause of this disgraceful near miscarriage of Justice,
Wrong again.
Just think of the Guilford four and Binmingham 6,where innocent men were stitched by a corrupt police force and State apparatus and later exonerated.
This was in the U.K. and we were no different .
All these guys were men,not women and I am certain that had I time to research the convictions secured here in that ERA I am sure I could come up with more.
The same political parties that ran the show then are now presiding over a State where criminals and non criminals are murdered on a weekly if not a daily basis.
It is no wonder that they are still trying to divert responsibility from themselves to "all of us ".
And by the way I accept that the Serpent tempted certain so called Catholics to his side in the past.Satan plys a sly game.
Satans suipreme triump will surely be Starte killing of the deferceless ouborn
My memory of it went like this.
A baby was found which had been stabbed to death on the shoreline in Caherciveen .The local Gardai called in the Dublin based "Murder Squad",which specialized in solving murders, to help.
The Gardai trawled the County Kerry to identify any woman who had lost a child or given birth around that time.
Johann Hayes had given birth to a baby ,which she said had died ,and which she had buried on the family farm in Abbeydorney ,many miles from Caherciveen.She showed the burial place of the baby.
The Gardai and the State fingered her for the murder of the Caherciveen Baby even though blood tests conclusively proved that neither she nor her married lover could possibly be the parents of the Caherciveen baby.
They fell back on the most remote theory that she simultaneously had intercourse with two men and had given birth to twins with different fathers.
They got her to "confess" to the murder of the Caherciveen baby ,with no proof whatsoever save a "confession "by her which she maintained was extracted by undue duress .Other members of her family also "confessed "to that murder.
It was then clear,and it has been since clear that the prosecution was baseless and for this miscarriage of justice the State is now apologizing three decades later.
A Tribunal was set up to examine how this trumped charge was allowed to proceed and to examine the actions of the Gardai.
The tribunal personnel in the main did all they could to destroy the unfortunate lady but gave the Gardai and the other State personnel a relatively free ride.
Both the Judge ,all the legal personnel and the preponderance of the actors in the investigation were from that well heeled class from which Tubs springs ,yet he had the effrontery to blame the narrow mindedness of rural Ireland .and the implied morality of the yokels ,for the miscarriage of justice.
In truth the people of Abbeydorney ,which is as rural as it gets, knew well that a what was put forward by the State was bullshit and formed a cocoon of protection around the Hayes family and protected them from all outsiders.a cocoon they have in place to this day.
Not for the first time this condescending Arsehole let his bullshit liberal philosophy that he and his ilk champion slip out ,a philosophy that he and his privileged anti Catholic workmates spout regularly about those who live outside the Pale.
In this instance it was precisely his Dublin based bullies who did all in their power to destroy a brave and ho nourable woman.
If Tubs has any balls and I doubt it he should immediately profoundly apologize to the people of Abbeydorney and all rural dwellers for branding them as he did.
It is no surprise to me that the reinvestigation is focusing on the murder of the child and not on the actions of the Gardai.and the State apparatus.
For far too long now the Politicians and the Courts have turned a blind eye to the misbehaviour of some Gardai and let them away Scot free with unlawful activities.
The Morris Tribunal result,the industrial level of lying that produced over a million false breath tests,the wrongful prosecution of many thousands people for non payment of fixed charge notice,the persecution of decent whistle blowers who abhor wrongful behaviour and the personal experiences people see every day of wrongful abuse of power and the bullying of the populace by certain wrong Gardai does not arise by accident.
Its grandfather can be found in the treatment of Johann Hayes.
It seems to me that other convictions secured by the Gardai Unit who investigated the the Johanna Hayes case should also be examined to see if they too were tainted likewise.
Now we have certain people dumping on the Catholic Church for these abuses of State power.Particularly some by Church of Ireland commentators.and other non Catholic politicians and journalists..
Whether it is the loss of the tithes and their traditional access to and untrammeled minority rule of years ago they miss that THEY FEEL ENTITLES THEM TO DO THIS DON'T KNOW.
Certainly they are over represented in in the professions involving the Law.
I rarely have heard Catholic commentators dumping on Church of Ireland persons and practises but the opposite does not pertain.
Simon Harris is the Minister for Health.He is a disaster in this role .Up to 500 people are lying on trolleys each day during his watch and over a half million people are awaiting specialist appointments.
God only knows how many people will die during his watch as a result.
His tiny mind has tried to link the right to kill unborn babies to the Johann Hayes case amongst others. The Catholic Church had no hand act nor part in the misconduct of the actors in that case.It didn't kill anyone.
Maybe his logic is that if a child is deliberately killed in the womb it won't be there to clutter up his hospitals in later life.
I have heard it said by some that the events of the handling of the Abbeydornet case is a blight on us all.This of course is nonsense of the highest order.It is not "us all"they that had control of the Gardai and the entire State apparatus that perpetrated that cruelty and torture.It was the political establishmentand and the legal apparatus established by the politicians
There are those who are jumping on the bandwagon that it was purely misogynistic treatment of women that was the root cause of this disgraceful near miscarriage of Justice,
Wrong again.
Just think of the Guilford four and Binmingham 6,where innocent men were stitched by a corrupt police force and State apparatus and later exonerated.
This was in the U.K. and we were no different .
All these guys were men,not women and I am certain that had I time to research the convictions secured here in that ERA I am sure I could come up with more.
The same political parties that ran the show then are now presiding over a State where criminals and non criminals are murdered on a weekly if not a daily basis.
It is no wonder that they are still trying to divert responsibility from themselves to "all of us ".
And by the way I accept that the Serpent tempted certain so called Catholics to his side in the past.Satan plys a sly game.
Satans suipreme triump will surely be Starte killing of the deferceless ouborn
Wednesday, January 3, 2018
The good people.
Today was a day from hell hereabouts.The chill factor alone would knock you over.There was hateful slanting rain that cut to the bone and the leaden sky was so dark and threatening that it would depress you.Outdoor livestock were huddled against the wind and rain seeking shelter against the elements.
In these conditions I had to head to Trim.
Now the hair is long and untidy and I wasn't dressed the best.I walk funny as a result of a stroke endured in 2009 and with the aid of a walking stick and progress is slow.I suppose I looked as miserable as I felt.
To my amazement a very able lady of my own age, I would guess ,approached me and offered me a two Euro piece to buy myself a cup of tea and get in out of the cold.I thanked her kindly and declined.
It might have been a case of mistaken identity but there again it may not have been.
Certainly the milk of human nature still flows strongly in some.
God bless her.
I also was lucky enough to meet Pat Conway from Halltown ,who was a great friend of my uncles Joe and Tommy as a child and often helped them at the farming.
He is home for the Christmas from the States ,never lost has accent and never aged a day in twenty years.A decent guy and a huge loss to Ireland and Dunderry,which as I told someone was founded the day after God banished Adam and Eve from the garden of Eden.
In these conditions I had to head to Trim.
Now the hair is long and untidy and I wasn't dressed the best.I walk funny as a result of a stroke endured in 2009 and with the aid of a walking stick and progress is slow.I suppose I looked as miserable as I felt.
To my amazement a very able lady of my own age, I would guess ,approached me and offered me a two Euro piece to buy myself a cup of tea and get in out of the cold.I thanked her kindly and declined.
It might have been a case of mistaken identity but there again it may not have been.
Certainly the milk of human nature still flows strongly in some.
God bless her.
I also was lucky enough to meet Pat Conway from Halltown ,who was a great friend of my uncles Joe and Tommy as a child and often helped them at the farming.
He is home for the Christmas from the States ,never lost has accent and never aged a day in twenty years.A decent guy and a huge loss to Ireland and Dunderry,which as I told someone was founded the day after God banished Adam and Eve from the garden of Eden.
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
Devaluation of Marriage .
In a STATE dominated by a homosexual ethos ,under the stewardship of a homosexual Taoiseach and reported and commented on by a tame media totally fearful of standing up for heterosexual values and norms it is little wonder that such is the disrespect for the institution of marriage that we now have two heterosexual men marrying for tax advantages.
This follows on from the lie that marriage between a man and a woman is no different than the union of a man to a man nor a woman to a woman.It is clear that they are not the same,no matter what the referendum result was.
I await the next absurdity.
This follows on from the lie that marriage between a man and a woman is no different than the union of a man to a man nor a woman to a woman.It is clear that they are not the same,no matter what the referendum result was.
I await the next absurdity.
Tommy Tiernan.Arsehole Supreme.
There is little doubt that the Electronic Media is totally in the firm control of Satan and his empire of evil.For example on RTE Radio today we had serial panellists ,known for their wish to enable the murder of the defenceless unborn ,pollute a programme ,the alleged purpose of which was to celebrate the lives and achievements of note in 2017,
On the deaths of Cardinal Connell and Bishop Casey they made so little of them that were I Primate of Ireland I would bar them for life and in death from Consecrated ground.
Both their hatred of the Catholic Religion and that of the presenter was so palpable that it could be felt in the very air that emanated from the studio.
It is no coincidence that the Justine thing was a permanent fixture on the Vincent Brown anti Catholic shambles that set out to do down Catholicism at every hand's turn.
She has found a home in the squaddie Duffy's show which abhors everything Republican and Catholic.
They had better hope that God's capacity for forgiveness is greater than mine as like the Brown fella they will be meeting him soon enough,no more than myself..
While snoozing on the afternoon of Christmas Day I think I heard a contributor on a show presented by wrinkle puss O Leary on RTE Radio ,another Catholic hater ,drone on about abuse by Christian Brother
.In my own experience the only abuse I suffered was at the hands of a lay teacher educated ,if that is the word,at University just like herself and around the same time I would say.
They really love the sound of their own hateful voices and on The Birthday of Jesus too.Absolutely no respect .
But the worst of all was the performance of Navan creature Tommy Tiernan on an offshoot of TV3 this evening.In a display of hatred ,which ISIL would be proud of he blasphemed Christ's teaching as much as he could,liberally interspersing his sneering of the Sacred teachings with as many curse words as he could muster ,especially the word "CUNT"
I don't know whether his parents are alive or not and whether hay are buried in the Christian rite,and I don't know whether he is married or has children and if he has ,whether he thinks it OK to teach them such language and feels proud to let them see such performances ,but in my book he is a disgrace to humanity a bigot of the most extreme type, a man unfit to rear children if the language he uses in the Show is used at home in front of them and the biggest disgrace of an excuse of a creature yet to go into exile from Navan.
I think he lives in Galway.They are welcome to him down there.
That the two biggest Stations chose to revile God and his Church and His Teachings on the occasion of his birthday must have Satan and Hell rocking.
Soon enough Satan will be welcoming the programmers and presenters into his Kingdom of Evil.
On the deaths of Cardinal Connell and Bishop Casey they made so little of them that were I Primate of Ireland I would bar them for life and in death from Consecrated ground.
Both their hatred of the Catholic Religion and that of the presenter was so palpable that it could be felt in the very air that emanated from the studio.
It is no coincidence that the Justine thing was a permanent fixture on the Vincent Brown anti Catholic shambles that set out to do down Catholicism at every hand's turn.
She has found a home in the squaddie Duffy's show which abhors everything Republican and Catholic.
They had better hope that God's capacity for forgiveness is greater than mine as like the Brown fella they will be meeting him soon enough,no more than myself..
While snoozing on the afternoon of Christmas Day I think I heard a contributor on a show presented by wrinkle puss O Leary on RTE Radio ,another Catholic hater ,drone on about abuse by Christian Brother
.In my own experience the only abuse I suffered was at the hands of a lay teacher educated ,if that is the word,at University just like herself and around the same time I would say.
They really love the sound of their own hateful voices and on The Birthday of Jesus too.Absolutely no respect .
But the worst of all was the performance of Navan creature Tommy Tiernan on an offshoot of TV3 this evening.In a display of hatred ,which ISIL would be proud of he blasphemed Christ's teaching as much as he could,liberally interspersing his sneering of the Sacred teachings with as many curse words as he could muster ,especially the word "CUNT"
I don't know whether his parents are alive or not and whether hay are buried in the Christian rite,and I don't know whether he is married or has children and if he has ,whether he thinks it OK to teach them such language and feels proud to let them see such performances ,but in my book he is a disgrace to humanity a bigot of the most extreme type, a man unfit to rear children if the language he uses in the Show is used at home in front of them and the biggest disgrace of an excuse of a creature yet to go into exile from Navan.
I think he lives in Galway.They are welcome to him down there.
That the two biggest Stations chose to revile God and his Church and His Teachings on the occasion of his birthday must have Satan and Hell rocking.
Soon enough Satan will be welcoming the programmers and presenters into his Kingdom of Evil.
Monday, December 25, 2017
That says it all really.
I know that those currently running the GAA Club are not long enough hereabouts to appreciate the sort of responsibility they are momentarily in charge of and the traditions they are charged with nurturing and continuing to protect.
Today at Christmas Mass I spoke to a man in his seventies who ,although he does no longer live here has never missed Christmas Mass here since his parents died.He is Dunderry to the backbone and so were his parents.
At 16 he played with the Intermediate Team ,which was the prime football team at the time .His father was still playing.
I asked him had he played with Francie Tuite who I think is the oldest living ex Dunderry footballer.He said he hadn't.I suspect that Tim Coffey might be the next oldest and I asked had he played with him, but Brendan Rogers and Paddy Conway may be older
.He said he was coming on the team at the time Tim and the Major Cregan were in the backs and the Goat Stanley was in goals.
Such was the reputation of these guys throughout the County that every forward line in the County feared them thoroughly.
Our man told me that he himself was afraid to play with these Dunderry legends,even though they were on the same team.
Incidentally I think I saw young Pat Conway and a clatter of Dooleys at Mass today.
Home really is where the heart is.
I'm going on the beer tomorrow and will keep ye informed of what is happening.
The same Brendan I mention above is home recovering from fairly serious opration and we wish him well..
Today at Christmas Mass I spoke to a man in his seventies who ,although he does no longer live here has never missed Christmas Mass here since his parents died.He is Dunderry to the backbone and so were his parents.
At 16 he played with the Intermediate Team ,which was the prime football team at the time .His father was still playing.
I asked him had he played with Francie Tuite who I think is the oldest living ex Dunderry footballer.He said he hadn't.I suspect that Tim Coffey might be the next oldest and I asked had he played with him, but Brendan Rogers and Paddy Conway may be older
.He said he was coming on the team at the time Tim and the Major Cregan were in the backs and the Goat Stanley was in goals.
Such was the reputation of these guys throughout the County that every forward line in the County feared them thoroughly.
Our man told me that he himself was afraid to play with these Dunderry legends,even though they were on the same team.
Incidentally I think I saw young Pat Conway and a clatter of Dooleys at Mass today.
Home really is where the heart is.
I'm going on the beer tomorrow and will keep ye informed of what is happening.
The same Brendan I mention above is home recovering from fairly serious opration and we wish him well..
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Longest living ex Dunderry Player under pressure.
Nearly ninety years young Francie Tuite is the oldest living ex Dunderry player alive.If ever a man needed prayer he does.
Not much Christmas Spirit in parts of Navan.
Today I drove to Navan to collect specs from Specs savers Navan.
In I drove and parked in the car Park alongside the Credit Union the town centre side of it.It is opposite the Shopping Centre on Kennedy Road and seems to be in private ownership.
There was a little queue to get in and the owner or manager,I don't know which , had the manners to get me a two Euro ticket .I parked and went off about my business.
I am very visibly disabled and cannot walk without walking stick.Even then I HAVE A PROFOUND LIMP AND AM AS SLOW AS A SNAIL.
Additionally my left arm is fairly useless and is always swollen and visibly so.
I say this because when I returned to my car I was verbally artttacked and intimidated by the owner /manager who maintained that I was in huge trouble because I was an eighth of an inch away from the entrance to his house and if I let the car slip that much forward there would be hell to play.
Now I was coming from the opticians and was wearing brand new glasses All I could see in front of me was a fence similar to the other fencing around the Car Park.No front door,no windows,no steps no nothing,Nor could I SEE anything prohibiting me from parking where I was..This creature then leaned across windshield saying I had overstayed my welcome by a half hour.,I would guess he won't see seventy again.
I told ;d him he was not a nice guy at all.He retorted that he n most certainly was not.
NOW I have noticed since I got my stroke and am disabled that there are certain people,usually small men ,who tend to pick on people like me in the knowledge that I AM UNABLE BECAUSE OF MY DISABILITY TO DEFEND MYSELF.
These cowardly little shits would never pick on fully fit and functioning men for fear they might get a belt back.
IN MY EXPERIENCE SUCH WAS THE NATURE OF THIS LITTLE SHIT.
He either owns or manages the car park beside the Credit Union and seemingly lives in a house the Credit Union side of it through the fence according to him.
I take solace in the Biblical saying that it is harder for a rich m,an to get into the Kingdom of Heaven than for a camel to get through the eye of a needle.
In I drove and parked in the car Park alongside the Credit Union the town centre side of it.It is opposite the Shopping Centre on Kennedy Road and seems to be in private ownership.
There was a little queue to get in and the owner or manager,I don't know which , had the manners to get me a two Euro ticket .I parked and went off about my business.
I am very visibly disabled and cannot walk without walking stick.Even then I HAVE A PROFOUND LIMP AND AM AS SLOW AS A SNAIL.
Additionally my left arm is fairly useless and is always swollen and visibly so.
I say this because when I returned to my car I was verbally artttacked and intimidated by the owner /manager who maintained that I was in huge trouble because I was an eighth of an inch away from the entrance to his house and if I let the car slip that much forward there would be hell to play.
Now I was coming from the opticians and was wearing brand new glasses All I could see in front of me was a fence similar to the other fencing around the Car Park.No front door,no windows,no steps no nothing,Nor could I SEE anything prohibiting me from parking where I was..This creature then leaned across windshield saying I had overstayed my welcome by a half hour.,I would guess he won't see seventy again.
I told ;d him he was not a nice guy at all.He retorted that he n most certainly was not.
NOW I have noticed since I got my stroke and am disabled that there are certain people,usually small men ,who tend to pick on people like me in the knowledge that I AM UNABLE BECAUSE OF MY DISABILITY TO DEFEND MYSELF.
These cowardly little shits would never pick on fully fit and functioning men for fear they might get a belt back.
IN MY EXPERIENCE SUCH WAS THE NATURE OF THIS LITTLE SHIT.
He either owns or manages the car park beside the Credit Union and seemingly lives in a house the Credit Union side of it through the fence according to him.
I take solace in the Biblical saying that it is harder for a rich m,an to get into the Kingdom of Heaven than for a camel to get through the eye of a needle.
Death of Lilian Weldon ,Churchtown,Dunderry.
Anyone who has in the past habituated the streets of Dunderry and Churchtown in particular in recent years cannot but have come across Lillian walking her dog regularly on the roads .particularly on the Retaine Road ,which even today is fairly quiet.Day after day and season after season she graced these roads.Most of us knew she had cancer and all of us hoped that she would overcome it.Certainly you felt that such was the exemplary life lived by this lady that God would have to cut her some slack.And if there is anyone sounder nor her husband Mickey I have yet to meet him .The Weldons are amongst the most decent of people and their big kids now Ronan and Paul are cut from this cloth.
She was a Shiels from Kilmessan abnd I hear that her father was killed demolishing Trim Jail in the 1950.s but might be wrong.
She hasn't been around in recent months and while there is no convenient time to die it is my understanding that it was not unexpected .
Her neighbourly chastisement of Dot over her wandering hens and Dot's over Lilian's snooping dog are long since forgotten and I spotted Vince out today tidying the hedges and road on the funeral route.
She couldn't but have good neighbours as she herself was a rare one.And I hear that they did all they could for herself and Mickey in recent months.
Personally I didn't know her very well but as there is no such thing as a bad Weldon I know from her demeanour that she was of he highest standard and the most decent of women.
She is being waked tomorrow Wednesday from 2.00 to 9.00 in their house in Churchtown and will arrive in Dunderry Church on Thursday at 30 minutes past Noon for the Funeral Mass.
AR Dheis De go raibh a hANAM DILIS.
She was a Shiels from Kilmessan abnd I hear that her father was killed demolishing Trim Jail in the 1950.s but might be wrong.
She hasn't been around in recent months and while there is no convenient time to die it is my understanding that it was not unexpected .
Her neighbourly chastisement of Dot over her wandering hens and Dot's over Lilian's snooping dog are long since forgotten and I spotted Vince out today tidying the hedges and road on the funeral route.
She couldn't but have good neighbours as she herself was a rare one.And I hear that they did all they could for herself and Mickey in recent months.
Personally I didn't know her very well but as there is no such thing as a bad Weldon I know from her demeanour that she was of he highest standard and the most decent of women.
She is being waked tomorrow Wednesday from 2.00 to 9.00 in their house in Churchtown and will arrive in Dunderry Church on Thursday at 30 minutes past Noon for the Funeral Mass.
AR Dheis De go raibh a hANAM DILIS.
Sunday, November 19, 2017
Return of Penal Laws in Ireland.
The Penal Laws ,enacted in Ireland when the British Empire was at its zenith prohibited the celebration of Catholic Masses and placed a bounty on the heads of Catholic Priests.
Saint Oliver Plunkett was hung,drawn and quarted as an example.
Nowadays the Esquire from Enniskerry and the entire Fine Gael,Fianna Fail and Sinn Fein establishment ,to name but a few,are set to make it an offence for anyone to have any alcoholic drink on them at all when driving.
So any Priest who has celebrates Mass that day can be done by any policeman who has a mind to if he is driving from Mass that day..
These shower of shits ought rot in hell.
Saint Oliver Plunkett was hung,drawn and quarted as an example.
Nowadays the Esquire from Enniskerry and the entire Fine Gael,Fianna Fail and Sinn Fein establishment ,to name but a few,are set to make it an offence for anyone to have any alcoholic drink on them at all when driving.
So any Priest who has celebrates Mass that day can be done by any policeman who has a mind to if he is driving from Mass that day..
These shower of shits ought rot in hell.
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Government hell bent on closing down rural Ireland.
You just have to listen to the Esquire from Enniskerrry --Minister Ross---and his Taoiseach Leo plus 6 years--him and his Castleknock neighbours live six years longer than the people of Blanch and Mulhuddart just across the M50.--talking for a few minutes to realize that they inhabit a different planet than the people of the other Ireland ,with which they have no empathy ,as they gaze down from their ivory towers on rural and provincial drones who pay their inflated wages and keep them in luxury.
In Dunderry ,where I live there is not and never has been public transport of any description.The nearest bus stop is 6 miles away in Navan or Trim.
We are fierce lucky to have a shop and two pubs.The local Hall has closed down after being opened continuously for over 70 years.
Most evenings the place is like a ghost town and were it not for the local GAA Club we might throw our hats at it entirely.
Since the death of the Celtic Tiger many dozens of our people have taken the boat or the plane and if they return at all it is only for a holiday or the death of a family member..
A lot of the misery was and is being inflicted by power hungry politicians who have demonized cigarettes and are now demonizing alcohol.
This is being done on the advice of the medical profession who in general suffer from A God Complex and regard themselves as superior to us mere mortals .
Not all of them mind you but enough to have influence.
I will say no more about this than to point out that Hitler despised smoking and drinking,as well as anyone who didn't fit his view of what a proper Ayrian ought look like.
It is a sad day when the difference between Fianna Fail and Fine Gael is indiscernible and it is impossible to distinguish one from the other and there is a de facto governing agreement between them.Bad for democracy.
And Sinn Fein ,with the physical activists taking time out ,are morphing into what the Workers Party became.
If you doubt me just listen ti one of these new fangled members rabbit on about whatever takes their fancy.
Put the clock back 20 years and you will hear pure Sticky propaganda.
Has anyone the interest in forming a Christian Democrat Party .
In Dunderry ,where I live there is not and never has been public transport of any description.The nearest bus stop is 6 miles away in Navan or Trim.
We are fierce lucky to have a shop and two pubs.The local Hall has closed down after being opened continuously for over 70 years.
Most evenings the place is like a ghost town and were it not for the local GAA Club we might throw our hats at it entirely.
Since the death of the Celtic Tiger many dozens of our people have taken the boat or the plane and if they return at all it is only for a holiday or the death of a family member..
A lot of the misery was and is being inflicted by power hungry politicians who have demonized cigarettes and are now demonizing alcohol.
This is being done on the advice of the medical profession who in general suffer from A God Complex and regard themselves as superior to us mere mortals .
Not all of them mind you but enough to have influence.
I will say no more about this than to point out that Hitler despised smoking and drinking,as well as anyone who didn't fit his view of what a proper Ayrian ought look like.
It is a sad day when the difference between Fianna Fail and Fine Gael is indiscernible and it is impossible to distinguish one from the other and there is a de facto governing agreement between them.Bad for democracy.
And Sinn Fein ,with the physical activists taking time out ,are morphing into what the Workers Party became.
If you doubt me just listen ti one of these new fangled members rabbit on about whatever takes their fancy.
Put the clock back 20 years and you will hear pure Sticky propaganda.
Has anyone the interest in forming a Christian Democrat Party .
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
One brutal Week.
Early this week I had business in Trim and drove in .I followed a few cars into the car park behind Brogans Hotel.The place turned out to be full.The cars in front of me had driven down to the far end of the car park before this became obvious and had to reverse back towards me to enable entry into a turning space.I signalled to the car behind me to reverse also.
Well the passenger got out of the car and subjected me to the most vile and foul mouthed oral abuse I have heard for some time.This he did in the presence of his lady friend and child who thought it great fun.
The fact that I am disabled encouraged them more.The car they drove was a Longford Registration and unfortunately I hadn't my phone to ring the Gardai,
Midweek I was in Navan Hospital on business.I witnessed a male orderly pushing a frail and clearly very sick old man down a corridor.The orderly asked the old man his name.The old man gave his name and address in Irish.The orderly thought this hilarious and boomed out for all to hear"We don't speak that foreign language here.We only speak English".
I wonder whether this cretin speaks so insultingly to all the foreign doctors who work there in c similar vein.
Later in the week I drove past the Church in Trim towards the ring road by the Secondary school and checked the ring road out before emerging on to it .I noticed a vehicle with blue flashing lights in the distance and with plenty of room to spare went onto the road and turned left towards the roundabout that can bring you to the Dublin Road.
As I went to enter the roundabout I looked in my mirror and saw that the vehicle with the flashing lights was directly behind me No siren I stress.
Thinking it was an ambulance I went through the roundabout and pulled into a lay by the Navan side of the roundabout to enable the vehicle pass,doing as I thought my civic duty,
Instead of passing the vehicle pulled up and one of the occupants ,who was a Garda ,proceeded to berate me for making inadequate signals when exiting the roundabout and pulling in to let him pass.When I say berate I mean he spoke down to me as though I am a piece of shit.
I bit my tongue and told him he was not a nice guy.
This is no country for disabled pensioners.
I am reminded of the spake peculiar to Cavan that ""Some people are as ignorant as the pig that ate his own bedding."
Unlike the female Dub.who took exception to being told the following words ,Iwould be delighted were any woman to say to me "You look so well I'd nearly have sex with you ".
Well the passenger got out of the car and subjected me to the most vile and foul mouthed oral abuse I have heard for some time.This he did in the presence of his lady friend and child who thought it great fun.
The fact that I am disabled encouraged them more.The car they drove was a Longford Registration and unfortunately I hadn't my phone to ring the Gardai,
Midweek I was in Navan Hospital on business.I witnessed a male orderly pushing a frail and clearly very sick old man down a corridor.The orderly asked the old man his name.The old man gave his name and address in Irish.The orderly thought this hilarious and boomed out for all to hear"We don't speak that foreign language here.We only speak English".
I wonder whether this cretin speaks so insultingly to all the foreign doctors who work there in c similar vein.
Later in the week I drove past the Church in Trim towards the ring road by the Secondary school and checked the ring road out before emerging on to it .I noticed a vehicle with blue flashing lights in the distance and with plenty of room to spare went onto the road and turned left towards the roundabout that can bring you to the Dublin Road.
As I went to enter the roundabout I looked in my mirror and saw that the vehicle with the flashing lights was directly behind me No siren I stress.
Thinking it was an ambulance I went through the roundabout and pulled into a lay by the Navan side of the roundabout to enable the vehicle pass,doing as I thought my civic duty,
Instead of passing the vehicle pulled up and one of the occupants ,who was a Garda ,proceeded to berate me for making inadequate signals when exiting the roundabout and pulling in to let him pass.When I say berate I mean he spoke down to me as though I am a piece of shit.
I bit my tongue and told him he was not a nice guy.
This is no country for disabled pensioners.
I am reminded of the spake peculiar to Cavan that ""Some people are as ignorant as the pig that ate his own bedding."
Unlike the female Dub.who took exception to being told the following words ,Iwould be delighted were any woman to say to me "You look so well I'd nearly have sex with you ".
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Like Grandfather like grandson
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.
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.
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.
Wednesday, June 28, 2017
GRIM REAPER ON RAMPAGE AROUND DUNDERRY.
There were two funerals in the Parish today.Mrs,Finnegan from Robinstown's funeral was held in Robinstown Church and Johnny Gough's funeral Mass was held in Dunderry.
Last week it was Danny Mc Gourty's turn.
And we all know a few others going through the wringer of severe illness.
Those of us who are religious ought say a prayer for the ill and their families and those who are not might find that a prayer would not be wasted either.
Having been through the mill myself I well know devastation the bereaved feel after the death of a loved one.
Religious people believe that death is a new beginning in an altered state .
I believe this although it is hard to believe in a merciful God at times of distress and overbearing suffering.
Oremus.'
Last week it was Danny Mc Gourty's turn.
And we all know a few others going through the wringer of severe illness.
Those of us who are religious ought say a prayer for the ill and their families and those who are not might find that a prayer would not be wasted either.
Having been through the mill myself I well know devastation the bereaved feel after the death of a loved one.
Religious people believe that death is a new beginning in an altered state .
I believe this although it is hard to believe in a merciful God at times of distress and overbearing suffering.
Oremus.'
Sunday, June 25, 2017
Proud day for Dunderry Gaels.
Today in Croke Park Meath beat Louth in the Leinster Junior Football Final.
Conor --Bomber--Farrell,Paddy Kenneally and Stephen Coogan were on the crew.
Not bad for a Small Parish.
Well done lads.
Conor --Bomber--Farrell,Paddy Kenneally and Stephen Coogan were on the crew.
Not bad for a Small Parish.
Well done lads.
Saturday, June 17, 2017
Mount Mellary Monastery and quitting the fags.
I recently saw a clip on the Trappist Monastery in the Knockmealdown Mountains in Waterford and it set my mind racing back to a true story I was told by the late Maurice Kennedy with whom I once worked in the Estate Duty Office many moons ago.
That particular Office ,which was in my view erroneously disbanded many years ago ,produced many people bordering on the cusp of genius and it is undoubtedly true that two former members had indelible and long lasting consequences for Irish society in the persons of Yvonne Murphy who after leaving that Office produced the Report bearing her name on clerical sex abuse and John Hurley,who after leaving that Office headed up the Dept.of Finance and later the Central Bank during the implosion of the the economy of this country during and in the run up to the financial recession.
Both of these persons had left the Office before I joined but Maurice Kennedy was still there when I joined and left.
To me he was a genius who had a massive store of knowledge on Estate,Legacy and Succession Duties at which we worked and more importantly he had the rare ability to condense the most complicated matters into short concise paragraphs.
If he had a vice it was his love of the cigarettes which blighted his health and which he tried many times unsuccessfully to quit.
He was from Waterford and when a child went on retreat to Mount Mellary,which he much enjoyed.He appreciated its remoteness and its accessibility in particular and enjoyed the fact that it had no shop nor was near any such place.
Years later when living in Dublin he was smoking 80 Craven A fags a day and hit on the plan of signing in to Mount Mellary for a period to kick the habit.
He was s dropped off at the gates with only his suitcase and only a few shillings in his pocket ready for the fight.
When settled he went walkabout and to his horror discovered that not only had a tuck shop been opened but that the only fags they sold were Craven A.
Another failure clocked up.
Later still this oral spray came on the market which when sprayed caused the partaking of tobacco fumes to make the victim vomit .This worked perfectly for him and he quit the fags.
The only problem was that he became addicted to the spray ,which was more expensive than the fags and he had to go back on the fags to fix his addiction to the spray.
My father was right when he said to me on my wedding day "You just cannot win Dai".
As long as I knew him Maurice never did succeed in quitting the fags,
That particular Office ,which was in my view erroneously disbanded many years ago ,produced many people bordering on the cusp of genius and it is undoubtedly true that two former members had indelible and long lasting consequences for Irish society in the persons of Yvonne Murphy who after leaving that Office produced the Report bearing her name on clerical sex abuse and John Hurley,who after leaving that Office headed up the Dept.of Finance and later the Central Bank during the implosion of the the economy of this country during and in the run up to the financial recession.
Both of these persons had left the Office before I joined but Maurice Kennedy was still there when I joined and left.
To me he was a genius who had a massive store of knowledge on Estate,Legacy and Succession Duties at which we worked and more importantly he had the rare ability to condense the most complicated matters into short concise paragraphs.
If he had a vice it was his love of the cigarettes which blighted his health and which he tried many times unsuccessfully to quit.
He was from Waterford and when a child went on retreat to Mount Mellary,which he much enjoyed.He appreciated its remoteness and its accessibility in particular and enjoyed the fact that it had no shop nor was near any such place.
Years later when living in Dublin he was smoking 80 Craven A fags a day and hit on the plan of signing in to Mount Mellary for a period to kick the habit.
He was s dropped off at the gates with only his suitcase and only a few shillings in his pocket ready for the fight.
When settled he went walkabout and to his horror discovered that not only had a tuck shop been opened but that the only fags they sold were Craven A.
Another failure clocked up.
Later still this oral spray came on the market which when sprayed caused the partaking of tobacco fumes to make the victim vomit .This worked perfectly for him and he quit the fags.
The only problem was that he became addicted to the spray ,which was more expensive than the fags and he had to go back on the fags to fix his addiction to the spray.
My father was right when he said to me on my wedding day "You just cannot win Dai".
As long as I knew him Maurice never did succeed in quitting the fags,
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Killer Ass draws comfort from Human Behaviour
There is this mare ass who runs with a full jack.They do be at it.She was in full blown foal lately and I watched her like a hawk.But just missed the actual birth by about an hour I would guess.
When I came on the scene the foal was in a heap lying on the ground but alive and half licked.I got him to his feet ,all legs and wobbles and put him to his mother's tits.
Utterly devoid of any maternal instinct she proceeded to kick the head offa him.I just got him to safety before she killed him outright.
For 48 hours I kept him alive with warm milk but in the end he was so abused that he just keeled over and died despite my best efforts.
I never saw the likes of it in the animal world.
I had a word with the mare ass and asked what the fuck she was at .
Her reply stunned me.
She said she was a rabid feminist and her own bodily integrity trumped all other rights that related to her body.She was repulsed by the contact of the foals lips to her tender tits and totally felt that the stretching of her precious hide during pregnancy was revolting and her bodily integrity most certainly trumped any rights the unborn foal might have.
Had she the facility to kick the foal to death while in her womb she would have most certainly have done so but sure just a few minutes wait into its birth was just as good from her perspective.
I have named her Justine,Alison ,Kitty ,Vincent,Ivana,Joan,Ruth,Mary Lou,and enrolled her in Lucifer's Arch Bigot's and Odious Usurpers of Religion Party ,Sinn Fein,The Workers Party,People before Profit ,The INDEPENT Alliance,Social Democrats and others who favour the murder of the innocent unborn ,Parties.
Lately the jack is back at it again and even though she is being humped I see her eyeing the Bull."You hardly would "said I.
"None of your business baby.its my body and I'll do as Like to."
Being a ass whisperer is not all its cracked up to be.
When I came on the scene the foal was in a heap lying on the ground but alive and half licked.I got him to his feet ,all legs and wobbles and put him to his mother's tits.
Utterly devoid of any maternal instinct she proceeded to kick the head offa him.I just got him to safety before she killed him outright.
For 48 hours I kept him alive with warm milk but in the end he was so abused that he just keeled over and died despite my best efforts.
I never saw the likes of it in the animal world.
I had a word with the mare ass and asked what the fuck she was at .
Her reply stunned me.
She said she was a rabid feminist and her own bodily integrity trumped all other rights that related to her body.She was repulsed by the contact of the foals lips to her tender tits and totally felt that the stretching of her precious hide during pregnancy was revolting and her bodily integrity most certainly trumped any rights the unborn foal might have.
Had she the facility to kick the foal to death while in her womb she would have most certainly have done so but sure just a few minutes wait into its birth was just as good from her perspective.
I have named her Justine,Alison ,Kitty ,Vincent,Ivana,Joan,Ruth,Mary Lou,and enrolled her in Lucifer's Arch Bigot's and Odious Usurpers of Religion Party ,Sinn Fein,The Workers Party,People before Profit ,The INDEPENT Alliance,Social Democrats and others who favour the murder of the innocent unborn ,Parties.
Lately the jack is back at it again and even though she is being humped I see her eyeing the Bull."You hardly would "said I.
"None of your business baby.its my body and I'll do as Like to."
Being a ass whisperer is not all its cracked up to be.
Thursday, April 27, 2017
Death of Jackie O Connor,Robinstown.
Former talented Dunderry Football player,puller of pints par excellence,the very best of company ,a great drinking buddy and gentleman to his fingertips Jackie O Connor has lost his short AND VALIANT fight against the big C and has gone to met his Maker,where he will be pulled through the Pearly Gates to meet again all those he he greeted throughout a lifetime full of joy and craic and decent living.
He will be missed most by his loving wife Olive,daughters Lorraine and Jackie and son Randal and their spouses ,his grandchildren ,sole surviving sister Maura and extended family and friends who are legion.
I don't know Lorraine and Randal as well as Jackie his daughter who I coached and managed through many years of Camogie competition for Dunderry and who I hold in the highest regard as both a competitor and as a human being.
Like her father she is the real deal.
M y late uncles told me many's the time that Jackie was a footballer of the highest talent but not overfond of training.
As a puller of pints both they I and a host of others from near and far thought the world of him and have only pleasant memories of him.
He will be reposing in 14 Rochford Manor ,Trim the home of his son Randal and his family from 4.00 pm. to 8.00 p.m Friday 28 th APRIL
The following day ,Saturday he will leave his family home at the Old Terrace ,Robinstown to arrive in Robinstown at noon with funeral afterward to Dunderry Cemetery,where he will be laid to rest beside a host of his old friends.
AR DHEIS DE GO RAIBH A HANAM DILIS.
He will be missed most by his loving wife Olive,daughters Lorraine and Jackie and son Randal and their spouses ,his grandchildren ,sole surviving sister Maura and extended family and friends who are legion.
I don't know Lorraine and Randal as well as Jackie his daughter who I coached and managed through many years of Camogie competition for Dunderry and who I hold in the highest regard as both a competitor and as a human being.
Like her father she is the real deal.
M y late uncles told me many's the time that Jackie was a footballer of the highest talent but not overfond of training.
As a puller of pints both they I and a host of others from near and far thought the world of him and have only pleasant memories of him.
He will be reposing in 14 Rochford Manor ,Trim the home of his son Randal and his family from 4.00 pm. to 8.00 p.m Friday 28 th APRIL
The following day ,Saturday he will leave his family home at the Old Terrace ,Robinstown to arrive in Robinstown at noon with funeral afterward to Dunderry Cemetery,where he will be laid to rest beside a host of his old friends.
AR DHEIS DE GO RAIBH A HANAM DILIS.
Sunday, April 23, 2017
Further developments Re Dunderry Day of Shame.
The shameful incidents that happened in Dunderry on Easter Monday have been broadly outlined by me in my most recent Blog.
You will notice that I named no names as I did not witness the incidents personally.Presumably the identity of those e will become clear at a later date.
For drawing attention to this outrage I have been informed that Dunderry is a corrupt place and that at least one of those who objects to what I wrote has particulars of unlawful activities which allegedly occurred in Dunderry ,the inference being that the said person is prepared to use this alleged knowledge against anyone who voices disapproval of the events that occurred,especially me ..
The sources of any rumours or unpleasantness that happens to you regarding past activities,real or imagined , will not be hard to figure.
Naturally actual knowledge of what these alleged activities are would probably involve unlawful activity of the associates of the person making the veiled threats.
Being far from perfect myself I await developments but will not be blackmailed into silence.
You will notice that I named no names as I did not witness the incidents personally.Presumably the identity of those e will become clear at a later date.
For drawing attention to this outrage I have been informed that Dunderry is a corrupt place and that at least one of those who objects to what I wrote has particulars of unlawful activities which allegedly occurred in Dunderry ,the inference being that the said person is prepared to use this alleged knowledge against anyone who voices disapproval of the events that occurred,especially me ..
The sources of any rumours or unpleasantness that happens to you regarding past activities,real or imagined , will not be hard to figure.
Naturally actual knowledge of what these alleged activities are would probably involve unlawful activity of the associates of the person making the veiled threats.
Being far from perfect myself I await developments but will not be blackmailed into silence.
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Beruit visits Dunderry
Yesterday,Easter Monday evening , a vicious series of assaults involving serious injury ,as far as I know,were perpetrated on men and women in the centre of this Village,which is inhabited mainly by pensioners,who live in fear of cowardly bowsies who think nothing of terrorizing the inhabitants.
I witnessed nothing of what happened myself so I am reluctant to say anything much about the awful events that went down except to say that reports of multiple ambulances ,police cars and even a specialist Guard unit have been verified to me.
I have previously written about the prevalence of theft hereabouts and am afraid to say that there appears to be an acceptable level of theft tolerated by the decent people hereabouts to the extent that most people don't even report it any more in the expectation that the perpetrators will never be apprehended and will walk free even if caught.
However if the level of violence on display last evening is not addressed immediately and forcibly there is no point in living here at all.
The Government and Michael Martin,instead of sneering at and putting decent Catholics down and advocating the seizure of lands and assets from Religious Orders--Catholic ONLY--- at every opportunity ought to do more to protect us from these odious low lives ,none of whom ,I guarantee ye have seen the inside of A Church for years .
It is no coincidence that Trim R,CHURCH WAS VANDALIZED on Easter SATURDAY and despite an orchestrated campaign by the Atheists whose views hold primacy in the State broadcaster,T V 3 ,across the political spectrum and by by some proponents of Educate Together Schools, who treated Catholics as lowly educated gob shites who they tried to persuade to deny their religion in the recent census ,I draw strengtht from the actual Census results , which verify that despite all the vilification heaped upon the Catholic Church by the media in general ,c.90 percentage of the populaces are still religious and consider themselves Catholic.
Its an awful pity that these thugs,undoubtedly taking their lead from the parties mentioned above, don't put as much effort into their prayers as they do into causing mayhem.
When I hear more I will let ye know.
PS.Only recently two decent Kilmessan men had their faces slashed on the main street ,from ear to throat I am told ,because they questioned the occupants of a car speeding through the Village ,as they were outside Fergies having a smoke.
Another unintended consequence of Michael's attack on smokers.But what the Hell.Another garland for the Mickser.The same Mickser that wants to shut out the Religious Orders from partucipation in public life.
What a shower of shits..
I witnessed nothing of what happened myself so I am reluctant to say anything much about the awful events that went down except to say that reports of multiple ambulances ,police cars and even a specialist Guard unit have been verified to me.
I have previously written about the prevalence of theft hereabouts and am afraid to say that there appears to be an acceptable level of theft tolerated by the decent people hereabouts to the extent that most people don't even report it any more in the expectation that the perpetrators will never be apprehended and will walk free even if caught.
However if the level of violence on display last evening is not addressed immediately and forcibly there is no point in living here at all.
The Government and Michael Martin,instead of sneering at and putting decent Catholics down and advocating the seizure of lands and assets from Religious Orders--Catholic ONLY--- at every opportunity ought to do more to protect us from these odious low lives ,none of whom ,I guarantee ye have seen the inside of A Church for years .
It is no coincidence that Trim R,CHURCH WAS VANDALIZED on Easter SATURDAY and despite an orchestrated campaign by the Atheists whose views hold primacy in the State broadcaster,T V 3 ,across the political spectrum and by by some proponents of Educate Together Schools, who treated Catholics as lowly educated gob shites who they tried to persuade to deny their religion in the recent census ,I draw strengtht from the actual Census results , which verify that despite all the vilification heaped upon the Catholic Church by the media in general ,c.90 percentage of the populaces are still religious and consider themselves Catholic.
Its an awful pity that these thugs,undoubtedly taking their lead from the parties mentioned above, don't put as much effort into their prayers as they do into causing mayhem.
When I hear more I will let ye know.
PS.Only recently two decent Kilmessan men had their faces slashed on the main street ,from ear to throat I am told ,because they questioned the occupants of a car speeding through the Village ,as they were outside Fergies having a smoke.
Another unintended consequence of Michael's attack on smokers.But what the Hell.Another garland for the Mickser.The same Mickser that wants to shut out the Religious Orders from partucipation in public life.
What a shower of shits..
Sunday, April 9, 2017
Thievery rife around Dunderry.
Yesterday between 6.00 and 7.00 p.m in full daylight a green Almeria 02 car containing two males drove onto our land in Churchtown in broad daylight and the occupants stole a Honda Generator and a tractor towing chain.The stolen items were so far off the beaten track in that you would have to have walked the land beforehand to even know where they were situate.
I strongly suspect that the information of the whereabouts of the stolen items was passed to these odious thieves by persons who had trespassed on the lands with broken down greyhounds and lurchers hunting rabbits and hares.
I know the identity of one of the thieves and will soon know the identity of the other .
If the Gardai do not recover the stolen items I will seek restitution personally from the thieves.
Outside of the Red Cow rural Ireland is living in Constance fear of thieves such as these who seem to operate with impunity even during daylight hours and the liberal media ,both electronic and paper based weep copious tears for these poor thieves and their ilk.
In the very village that I live in every house and business has been burgled to some extent or another in recent years and many many houses in the Parish have also been violated.
It is not that long since seven vans had their back windows broken their back tires slashed and all the tools therein robbed in the Village on the same night.
THE GARDAI WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO CATCH THE PERPETRATORS AND ONE AT LEAST DID TIME,FAIR DUES.
Since then dozens of houses and businesses hereabouts have been robbed and in one case at least the occupant has been terrorized by the threat of a massive butchers knife being waved in her face.The roof of the local Church and Community Hall has been stripped of lead and there is hardly a local farmer whose diesel has not been lifted.
Unconfirmed reports are drifting in that the GAA Club was burgled too in the last few days.
It is about time that the Government took its finger out of its hole and did something useful for rural Ireland instead of further persecuting the poor natives who are brave enough to continue to live there by draconian penalty for harmless amounts of alcohol in their systems.
Red Cow Ross and his city acolityes who have double Luases ,trains and boats and planes and frequent buses at the snap of their fingertips subsidized by all of us might like to swap with us for a couple of months and get a proper perspective on real life hereabouts.
I strongly suspect that the information of the whereabouts of the stolen items was passed to these odious thieves by persons who had trespassed on the lands with broken down greyhounds and lurchers hunting rabbits and hares.
I know the identity of one of the thieves and will soon know the identity of the other .
If the Gardai do not recover the stolen items I will seek restitution personally from the thieves.
Outside of the Red Cow rural Ireland is living in Constance fear of thieves such as these who seem to operate with impunity even during daylight hours and the liberal media ,both electronic and paper based weep copious tears for these poor thieves and their ilk.
In the very village that I live in every house and business has been burgled to some extent or another in recent years and many many houses in the Parish have also been violated.
It is not that long since seven vans had their back windows broken their back tires slashed and all the tools therein robbed in the Village on the same night.
THE GARDAI WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO CATCH THE PERPETRATORS AND ONE AT LEAST DID TIME,FAIR DUES.
Since then dozens of houses and businesses hereabouts have been robbed and in one case at least the occupant has been terrorized by the threat of a massive butchers knife being waved in her face.The roof of the local Church and Community Hall has been stripped of lead and there is hardly a local farmer whose diesel has not been lifted.
Unconfirmed reports are drifting in that the GAA Club was burgled too in the last few days.
It is about time that the Government took its finger out of its hole and did something useful for rural Ireland instead of further persecuting the poor natives who are brave enough to continue to live there by draconian penalty for harmless amounts of alcohol in their systems.
Red Cow Ross and his city acolityes who have double Luases ,trains and boats and planes and frequent buses at the snap of their fingertips subsidized by all of us might like to swap with us for a couple of months and get a proper perspective on real life hereabouts.
Friday, April 7, 2017
Cowslip time.
For all our buddies abroad or in huge cities ,you can close your eyes and imagine the joy the first signs of cowslips give rise to in the heart.They are springing out all over the place,mainly in unmanured land i.e.mine.
I don't know the scientific name for them and wonder if they are unique to Ireland.
Any how they are emerging and the darling buds of May are all over the shop also.
Would cheer ya up.
I don't know the scientific name for them and wonder if they are unique to Ireland.
Any how they are emerging and the darling buds of May are all over the shop also.
Would cheer ya up.
Monday, April 3, 2017
Brexit.Is it much ado about nothing.
Does anyone remember the Millennium bug ? Well I do.Remember all those predictions from the creme de la creme of the expert's experts that the world would probably grind to a halt because the computureware of the known world would probably not be able to recognize the arrival of the new Millennium and untold chaos would result.
Nearly everybody was scared shit less.
And what happened?
Well aside from the computer geeks earning a fortune tweaking programmers galore and making personal fortunes Nothing did noR did the world end either.
Nor will the exit of the UK FROM THE EU SIGNAL THE END OF the known world AS WE KNOW IT.
It is not that long since Hitler's 1,000 year Reich was birthed and I am surprised that the EU has lasted the 60 years that it did.
Germany has been the greatest beneficiary because it was able to sell its ware into every corner of the EU AND IT HAS GONE FROM TO STRENGTH.
When we were in the shit they and the rest of our friends just screwed us into the mire as they are now doing to Greece,Spain et all.
Remember the camps set up at Calais where illegal refugees did all they could to get into the UK.because THE REST OF THE EU wasn't good enough for them.
Well expect Ireland to become the next staging post to get into the UK if it takes off post Brexit.And given its Former Empire I guess it will.
IT IS IRONIC AND WRONG THAT IN THE HUNDRED YEARS SINCE WE CARVED OUT OUR FREEDOM THE JUDAS GOATS THAT PASS THEMSELVES OFF AS STATESMEN HAVE GIVEN AWAY OUR SOVEREIGNTY TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT WE CAN'T EVEN NEGOTIATE FOR OURSELVES OUR FUTURE BUT HAVE GIVEN THAT FUNCTION TO STRANGERS.
We should have the self belief the Brits have and paddle our own canoe.
Nearly everybody was scared shit less.
And what happened?
Well aside from the computer geeks earning a fortune tweaking programmers galore and making personal fortunes Nothing did noR did the world end either.
Nor will the exit of the UK FROM THE EU SIGNAL THE END OF the known world AS WE KNOW IT.
It is not that long since Hitler's 1,000 year Reich was birthed and I am surprised that the EU has lasted the 60 years that it did.
Germany has been the greatest beneficiary because it was able to sell its ware into every corner of the EU AND IT HAS GONE FROM TO STRENGTH.
When we were in the shit they and the rest of our friends just screwed us into the mire as they are now doing to Greece,Spain et all.
Remember the camps set up at Calais where illegal refugees did all they could to get into the UK.because THE REST OF THE EU wasn't good enough for them.
Well expect Ireland to become the next staging post to get into the UK if it takes off post Brexit.And given its Former Empire I guess it will.
IT IS IRONIC AND WRONG THAT IN THE HUNDRED YEARS SINCE WE CARVED OUT OUR FREEDOM THE JUDAS GOATS THAT PASS THEMSELVES OFF AS STATESMEN HAVE GIVEN AWAY OUR SOVEREIGNTY TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT WE CAN'T EVEN NEGOTIATE FOR OURSELVES OUR FUTURE BUT HAVE GIVEN THAT FUNCTION TO STRANGERS.
We should have the self belief the Brits have and paddle our own canoe.
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