Many moons ago I worked for a good while in Apollo House.It is in Tara Street and beside the famous Mulligan's pub.As far as I can recall the ground floor was occupied by the Dept.of Social Welfare and the bulk of the rest was occupied by Revenue.
I was never a big drinker because I couldn't afford to be but I nevertheless did savour the occasional first class pint in Mulligans.
Now I am sure that the general populace couldn't give a curse either way about the presence of Revenue there as being realistic Revenue are regarded as a necessary evil and even I have mixed feelings about my time there.
Let me say first of all that in general most but not all of my workmates were the most decent of people and in no way nasty.
There were of course exceptions to the rule and while I will not name names some deplorable actions were carried out there which are etched in my fading mind.
It was there that two senior officials mounted a campaign of remorseless bullying against a most decent guy and a worker par excellence,just because they had the rank to get away with it.
They made this guy's life so miserable that he had a complete meltdown and it is because of God's mercy and maybe because of my intervention that he survived it.If ever there was an example of systemic bullying and hateful activity this was it.
One of the bullies is passed from this world and would have had to meet his Maker.I hope he paid the price.
Funnily enough the same very senior ,and to those who knew him casually .extremely affable person used bad mouth me behind my back at every opportunity to those who could influence my advancement .I knew this because one of those to whom he spewed his poisonous lies used inform me immediately after every outburst,but was not prepared to make an issue of it.
There wasn't much I could do about it except offer it up and shrug it off.
Another matter that springs to mind is the concerted efforts of a tight band of senior personnel to see down another of their own because they were jealous of his apparent good fortune.This operation was so undercover that only those directly involved knew about it and its existence was only rumoured but I suspect that it was organized to inflict maximum damage which it surely did.
Finally I received a visit while there from a former staff member who I had not seen for decades and to whom I had been unfailingly decent to in my dealings with a long time ago.
I kinda knew she had a drink problem then but had covered for her from time to time.
She explained to me that she was receiving counselling for alcoholism at the time of the visit and was,under advisement of her counsellors ,now visiting those she had b done damage to during her addiction .
She was visiting me after all this time because for a reason she was not prepared to tell me ,she had spread lies about me to my superiors and had done all in her power to discredit me.
These are not pleasant memories and I would suggest that the organizers of the sit in get Father McVerry to exorcise the entire building lest these awful events leave permanent scars on the present occupants .
And just as laxy medics blame all illness on smoking I don't for one minute believe that there are health and safety issues of any significance that would impinge on sleeping overnight in the building.
Certainly they would pale inti insignificance to sleeping rough in this weather on the streets.
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Monday, December 12, 2016
Nidge for Taoiseach.
Our Nidge is some bitch.This week she had quintuplets.I held her paw for the twelve hours she was popping them out.Five pups in that time.
As each was delivered she licked them clean and guided them towards her voluminous tits,where they filled their little bellies.
All except one little mite who suffered a fatal abnormality as it is terned by the Herodites who push the abortion industry.
Now this little mite was not right,she couldn't stand ,she couldn't suck nor could she move at all.Her mouth didn't close.and she gasped for breath.
I fed her warmed milk with the assistance of a dropper to keep her going in the hope that she might improve.
Nidge however devoted as much time to her as she did to the other four.She licked her all over several times a day,cradled her between her front paws and did all she could to keep her going.Right up to the time she died and even for a time afterward.
I am moved ,not for the first time ,by the compassionate and loving nature of animals and it set me thinking about our heartless political and h journalistic classes in the areas of abortion and the crass and inhumane treatment of our ill ,elderly and disabled.
Last week we had the disgrace of a seriously ill woman of over 103 years of sage languishing on a trolley in a modern hospital for 15 hours or thereabouts.
It has emerged that more people took their lives since Fine Gael took power than were killed in the civil war in the North ,which the establishment Parties in this STATE pretended was not taking place at all and for the duration of which did little other than to persecuted those Irish Nationalists who physically risked all to protect their own Communities.
This week ,as every week .we have politicos ,academics and medics of all hues straining at the leashes TO KILL and actively killing the unborn whose humanity they deny .
It's an awful pity that these physical and morally vacuous cowards didn't take up arms to protect our fellow Nationalists when they were being persecuted and murdered by the death squads in the British armed forces and by the Loyalist death squads in the North.
But no surprise there .Takes no courage to murder the unprotected and defence less unborn.Facing a vengeful squaddie armed to the teeth is a different proposition.
Also this week not for the first time , another branch of Lucifer's Kingdom ,the United Nation,has made our Government pay compensation to a woman who had to go abroad to have the life of her unborn . child terminated.These guys and gals should be parachuted into the likes of Appello for example and maybe face the ISIS people and sort them out.Much easier and more cowardly of course to encourage the killing of the defenceless unborn.
And of course you had a BLUESHIRT member of Parliament ,the Hogg ..Farrell........,place the lives of two people at risk by associating them with the murder of a former prison officer called Stack.I think that this guy is A SOLICITOR.I would venture to suggest that he had better ensure his perpetual election to Parliament as potential clients would surely question the judgment of a man who places another human being,entirely innocent of the crime to which he has been linked by Farrell , in the firing line and might have severe doubts about the preservation of confidential information.
IF THIS LITTLE SHIT WANTS TO BE OF SERVICE HIMSELF AND HIS ILK COULD SURELY VOLUNTEER TO ASSIST THE GARDAI IN TACKLING HEAD ON THOSE INVOLVED IN THE NEARLY GUARANTEED Weekly MURDER OF THE CITIZENS OF THE CAPITAL CITY .
As one who has considerable experience of our Health system I have no hesitation in comparing those who oversee it as being similar to the Nazis who operated the selection procedures at AUTZWITCH insofar as the over 65 s are concerned..
Simply stated if you are over 65 its off to the ovens with you .Too old to save and not worth bothering with.I.ve seen it time and time again.
That this is so is no surprise as this Government places no value whatsoever on sick human life ,both at the start and the finish.Allowing the killing of the defenceless unborn at the start of life and allowing the lingering indignity of sick centenarians and other elderly on trolleys is just part of the callous disregard in which life is held here.
That the Milky Bar Kid should elect to reward those who kill the unborn with taxpayer's money whilst uttering banalities when the old lady was treated to the indignity is just what we have come to expect.
I will refrain for the present from commenting on the imposition of appalling austerity on the populace,the policy of homelessness caused by blind indifference and stupidity and the various other examples of indifference that abound in society.
The point is that all these are caused by the lack of respect for life that those in power possess in abundance.
Any how ,when Nidge becomes Taoiseach the following aspects of her behaviour will become mandatory for her human underlings.
1.If any born person is sick and left waiting in a hospital setting for over three hours the staff responsible will have to lick them better from anus to crown and this will have to be repeated hourly until they are cured.This process will have to be repeated by their superiors right up to and including the Minister.
2.If any unborn person is thought to have a life limiting condition the appointed medics will have to follow the example of Nidge after birth.Failure to do so will result in the operation of the principle of "an eye for an eye"if death results as a result of the deliberate killing of the child.This would apply to medics only as mothers are groomed by the abortion industry and would have no application if the life of the mother was a genuine physical risk.
3,If any person goes homeless or hungry as a result of Governmental failure then the responsible person or persons will be chained up outside with bull mastiffs of similar stages of neglect and left fight it out.
I am fairly sure that implementation of these three simple policies would immediately lead to the elimination of the problems addressed.
As each was delivered she licked them clean and guided them towards her voluminous tits,where they filled their little bellies.
All except one little mite who suffered a fatal abnormality as it is terned by the Herodites who push the abortion industry.
Now this little mite was not right,she couldn't stand ,she couldn't suck nor could she move at all.Her mouth didn't close.and she gasped for breath.
I fed her warmed milk with the assistance of a dropper to keep her going in the hope that she might improve.
Nidge however devoted as much time to her as she did to the other four.She licked her all over several times a day,cradled her between her front paws and did all she could to keep her going.Right up to the time she died and even for a time afterward.
I am moved ,not for the first time ,by the compassionate and loving nature of animals and it set me thinking about our heartless political and h journalistic classes in the areas of abortion and the crass and inhumane treatment of our ill ,elderly and disabled.
Last week we had the disgrace of a seriously ill woman of over 103 years of sage languishing on a trolley in a modern hospital for 15 hours or thereabouts.
It has emerged that more people took their lives since Fine Gael took power than were killed in the civil war in the North ,which the establishment Parties in this STATE pretended was not taking place at all and for the duration of which did little other than to persecuted those Irish Nationalists who physically risked all to protect their own Communities.
This week ,as every week .we have politicos ,academics and medics of all hues straining at the leashes TO KILL and actively killing the unborn whose humanity they deny .
It's an awful pity that these physical and morally vacuous cowards didn't take up arms to protect our fellow Nationalists when they were being persecuted and murdered by the death squads in the British armed forces and by the Loyalist death squads in the North.
But no surprise there .Takes no courage to murder the unprotected and defence less unborn.Facing a vengeful squaddie armed to the teeth is a different proposition.
Also this week not for the first time , another branch of Lucifer's Kingdom ,the United Nation,has made our Government pay compensation to a woman who had to go abroad to have the life of her unborn . child terminated.These guys and gals should be parachuted into the likes of Appello for example and maybe face the ISIS people and sort them out.Much easier and more cowardly of course to encourage the killing of the defenceless unborn.
And of course you had a BLUESHIRT member of Parliament ,the Hogg ..Farrell........,place the lives of two people at risk by associating them with the murder of a former prison officer called Stack.I think that this guy is A SOLICITOR.I would venture to suggest that he had better ensure his perpetual election to Parliament as potential clients would surely question the judgment of a man who places another human being,entirely innocent of the crime to which he has been linked by Farrell , in the firing line and might have severe doubts about the preservation of confidential information.
IF THIS LITTLE SHIT WANTS TO BE OF SERVICE HIMSELF AND HIS ILK COULD SURELY VOLUNTEER TO ASSIST THE GARDAI IN TACKLING HEAD ON THOSE INVOLVED IN THE NEARLY GUARANTEED Weekly MURDER OF THE CITIZENS OF THE CAPITAL CITY .
As one who has considerable experience of our Health system I have no hesitation in comparing those who oversee it as being similar to the Nazis who operated the selection procedures at AUTZWITCH insofar as the over 65 s are concerned..
Simply stated if you are over 65 its off to the ovens with you .Too old to save and not worth bothering with.I.ve seen it time and time again.
That this is so is no surprise as this Government places no value whatsoever on sick human life ,both at the start and the finish.Allowing the killing of the defenceless unborn at the start of life and allowing the lingering indignity of sick centenarians and other elderly on trolleys is just part of the callous disregard in which life is held here.
That the Milky Bar Kid should elect to reward those who kill the unborn with taxpayer's money whilst uttering banalities when the old lady was treated to the indignity is just what we have come to expect.
I will refrain for the present from commenting on the imposition of appalling austerity on the populace,the policy of homelessness caused by blind indifference and stupidity and the various other examples of indifference that abound in society.
The point is that all these are caused by the lack of respect for life that those in power possess in abundance.
Any how ,when Nidge becomes Taoiseach the following aspects of her behaviour will become mandatory for her human underlings.
1.If any born person is sick and left waiting in a hospital setting for over three hours the staff responsible will have to lick them better from anus to crown and this will have to be repeated hourly until they are cured.This process will have to be repeated by their superiors right up to and including the Minister.
2.If any unborn person is thought to have a life limiting condition the appointed medics will have to follow the example of Nidge after birth.Failure to do so will result in the operation of the principle of "an eye for an eye"if death results as a result of the deliberate killing of the child.This would apply to medics only as mothers are groomed by the abortion industry and would have no application if the life of the mother was a genuine physical risk.
3,If any person goes homeless or hungry as a result of Governmental failure then the responsible person or persons will be chained up outside with bull mastiffs of similar stages of neglect and left fight it out.
I am fairly sure that implementation of these three simple policies would immediately lead to the elimination of the problems addressed.
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Death of Mary Mc Donagh Lambay ,Kilbride,Trim ,Meath.
At 4.00 a.m. this morning Mary passed away in her sleep in Saint Elizabeth's Nursing Home in Athboy ,where she had been resident for some time and where she had received the best of attention during her stay. She was of advanced age and was predeceased by her husband Tommo in 2010 and her daughter Kathleen Clarke in 2007 ,both to the plague of cancer and both events to my certain knowledge broke her heart twice. over .
She was the eldest of ten siblings from Mayo and a nurse by profession and a good one at that .Her maiden name and married name were as one.
A woman of fastidious grooming she was an exemplary wife and mother to Kathleen and her surviving children Anne Sloan,London,Helena Corrigan,Trim,Mairead Donoghue,ditto,and son Terry Lambay ,who is married to my daughter Jacinta and a loving and caring grandmother to all of her grandchildren .
When she was well she was full of fun and in her younger days worked as hard as any woman ever did to rear her family and help out on the farm,often double jobbing by nursing elderly and sick patients while simultaneously seeing to her other duties.
No matter how hard she worked she was fastidious about her grooming and always looked her best.
When Fashion Shows were run as fund raisers not only did she help organize them but was a willing and competent model and clothes horse.
She was a strict Mass goer and a Minister of the Eucharist in Kilbride for many years.
She was good company and a great conversationalist and a quick thinker.If risen she could cut you to the quick and was well able to stand up for herself.
She lived on her own for a few years after Tommo's death and was extremely well minded as long as she could cope and indeed much longer by her loving and caring children and their families.
During this period in her life her residence was viciously violated and desecrated by a vile criminal or criminals and this caused her great upset as it did all belonged to her and even though I am no blood relation I share in this revulsion.
When in full health Mary was well able to stand up for herself and it is a mark of the esteem in which she was held by her children that she was visited multiple times daily by her children when Nursing Home care was unavoidable.
Terry was an exemplary son in this regard as were all her surviving daughters.
She will Be waked at her residence in Lambay from 3.00 to 8.00 p.m next Monday and will be arriving to Kilbride Church next Tuesday 13th December for the Funeral Mass at 11.00 a.m after which she will be buried in the adjoining Cemetery.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a hANAM dILIS.
ON A PERSONAL NOTE I KNEW HER FAIRLY WELL.SHE WAS A RARE ONE.
P.S.She was a stunnung corpse.Her daughters have obviously inherited her grooming genes and she had a well attended and respectful funeral and wake.
As she was being lowered into her grave I swear I heard the chug chug of the Baidin Ban........the ship in which she and Tommo met all those years ago and also I heard a celesttial groan from Tommo bemoaning the end of his Heavenly holiday AS Mary's soul rose to Heaven to assist Kathleen in putting manners on him for eternity.
Sure they wouldn' have it any other way.
Slan go foill.
She was the eldest of ten siblings from Mayo and a nurse by profession and a good one at that .Her maiden name and married name were as one.
A woman of fastidious grooming she was an exemplary wife and mother to Kathleen and her surviving children Anne Sloan,London,Helena Corrigan,Trim,Mairead Donoghue,ditto,and son Terry Lambay ,who is married to my daughter Jacinta and a loving and caring grandmother to all of her grandchildren .
When she was well she was full of fun and in her younger days worked as hard as any woman ever did to rear her family and help out on the farm,often double jobbing by nursing elderly and sick patients while simultaneously seeing to her other duties.
No matter how hard she worked she was fastidious about her grooming and always looked her best.
When Fashion Shows were run as fund raisers not only did she help organize them but was a willing and competent model and clothes horse.
She was a strict Mass goer and a Minister of the Eucharist in Kilbride for many years.
She was good company and a great conversationalist and a quick thinker.If risen she could cut you to the quick and was well able to stand up for herself.
She lived on her own for a few years after Tommo's death and was extremely well minded as long as she could cope and indeed much longer by her loving and caring children and their families.
During this period in her life her residence was viciously violated and desecrated by a vile criminal or criminals and this caused her great upset as it did all belonged to her and even though I am no blood relation I share in this revulsion.
When in full health Mary was well able to stand up for herself and it is a mark of the esteem in which she was held by her children that she was visited multiple times daily by her children when Nursing Home care was unavoidable.
Terry was an exemplary son in this regard as were all her surviving daughters.
She will Be waked at her residence in Lambay from 3.00 to 8.00 p.m next Monday and will be arriving to Kilbride Church next Tuesday 13th December for the Funeral Mass at 11.00 a.m after which she will be buried in the adjoining Cemetery.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a hANAM dILIS.
ON A PERSONAL NOTE I KNEW HER FAIRLY WELL.SHE WAS A RARE ONE.
P.S.She was a stunnung corpse.Her daughters have obviously inherited her grooming genes and she had a well attended and respectful funeral and wake.
As she was being lowered into her grave I swear I heard the chug chug of the Baidin Ban........the ship in which she and Tommo met all those years ago and also I heard a celesttial groan from Tommo bemoaning the end of his Heavenly holiday AS Mary's soul rose to Heaven to assist Kathleen in putting manners on him for eternity.
Sure they wouldn' have it any other way.
Slan go foill.
Friday, December 2, 2016
Mendin' the Nets.
At the height of the boom in 2008,when Bank staff were on bonuses to hand out a million cash to anyone with over 100,000.00 in the Account no questions asked and were in a bidding war to strike the lowest interest rate,I was driving my banger of a car to a nearby town,when who did I see but a first class tradesman I knew thumbing a lift on the side of the road..
This guy was a talented man with gifted hands and could be earning a fortune had he so desired.Not a word about work though,he preferred to draw the dole and was the greatest living expert on maximizing Social Welfare draw downs that I ever met.
Uniquely talented in this regard and comfortably unemployed.
Chewing the cud on the journey I began to seethe at his misuse of the Welfare code and pointedly asked whether he was applying hi undoubted talents in the workforce.
"It's like this Daithi,when I'm not fishing I'm mending my nets,and I,m not fishing just now."
Game,set and match NOT to me.
He hasn't landed a fish since nor won't.
This guy was a talented man with gifted hands and could be earning a fortune had he so desired.Not a word about work though,he preferred to draw the dole and was the greatest living expert on maximizing Social Welfare draw downs that I ever met.
Uniquely talented in this regard and comfortably unemployed.
Chewing the cud on the journey I began to seethe at his misuse of the Welfare code and pointedly asked whether he was applying hi undoubted talents in the workforce.
"It's like this Daithi,when I'm not fishing I'm mending my nets,and I,m not fishing just now."
Game,set and match NOT to me.
He hasn't landed a fish since nor won't.
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Caveat Emptor.
Before I forget about it entirely and forever I must pass on to ye how true this principle is, especially as it relates to the purchase and sculling of pints.
I knew this fella who in his teens spent some time as a part bar boy.
He was under the control of "Two times Tommy "so called because he used count in twos when taking stock going back to the start all of the time.
For example he would go like this when counting ",two ,two four,two ,four,six,two ,four,six ,eight and so on.".
He was rarely wrong in taking stock.
Anyhow there was a time when drinking pints of Guinness was a serious and enjoyable concern and was approached by some as a social and sociable endeavour.
Now Our Man was of such a nature and not only did he dress up in his second best clothes for drinking pints but he insisted that they be pulled by the Head Barman and not by any mere bar boy .Which irked our bar boy considerably Man would gladly order the pint from the bar boy with the caveat it had to be pulled by the Head Bar Man.
And so it went.Our Man drank Monday to Friday ,6 pints every evening and took Saturday off,to freshen up for Sunday's dozen from after Mass till teatime ,when he ate a light lunch .
Two Times was the Head Barman and had some sympathy for the bar boy and his humiliation.
He promised on the quiet to sort out Our Man and did so always on a Friday....last Pint.
He saved up the slops,those bits of beer skimmed from the top of the Pint as superfluous and slid into a tray out of sight of the punter.
It wouldn't be fit for human consumption but was great to move the bowels of constipated boar pigs and was much in demand for such.
The last Pint our Man got every Friday was three quarters slops wit a milky head to make it look good,
"Too good for the auld bollix "said Two Times."Yup"said the boy.
Our Man never associated his mildly upset stomach every Saturday wit anything other than "alcoholic constipation"which he put down to the lack of drink on Saturdays and the inability to Pass a Pub.
In Dunderry the craic never ends..
I knew this fella who in his teens spent some time as a part bar boy.
He was under the control of "Two times Tommy "so called because he used count in twos when taking stock going back to the start all of the time.
For example he would go like this when counting ",two ,two four,two ,four,six,two ,four,six ,eight and so on.".
He was rarely wrong in taking stock.
Anyhow there was a time when drinking pints of Guinness was a serious and enjoyable concern and was approached by some as a social and sociable endeavour.
Now Our Man was of such a nature and not only did he dress up in his second best clothes for drinking pints but he insisted that they be pulled by the Head Barman and not by any mere bar boy .Which irked our bar boy considerably Man would gladly order the pint from the bar boy with the caveat it had to be pulled by the Head Bar Man.
And so it went.Our Man drank Monday to Friday ,6 pints every evening and took Saturday off,to freshen up for Sunday's dozen from after Mass till teatime ,when he ate a light lunch .
Two Times was the Head Barman and had some sympathy for the bar boy and his humiliation.
He promised on the quiet to sort out Our Man and did so always on a Friday....last Pint.
He saved up the slops,those bits of beer skimmed from the top of the Pint as superfluous and slid into a tray out of sight of the punter.
It wouldn't be fit for human consumption but was great to move the bowels of constipated boar pigs and was much in demand for such.
The last Pint our Man got every Friday was three quarters slops wit a milky head to make it look good,
"Too good for the auld bollix "said Two Times."Yup"said the boy.
Our Man never associated his mildly upset stomach every Saturday wit anything other than "alcoholic constipation"which he put down to the lack of drink on Saturdays and the inability to Pass a Pub.
In Dunderry the craic never ends..
Sunday, November 27, 2016
Underbelly of Blanchardstown.
I have written some articles on Blanchardstown and contributed to some forums always in a decent and humorous way.
Probably I have looked back through rose coloured lenses and omitted the ugly underbelly always viciously present and screened from view by lowly bred persons with cumulative chips on their puny and screwed up shoulders.
For my efforts I have been called a "Wanking Fucking Scumbag and a Fat Fuck that should lose weight."by some anonymous cowards whose comments would mirror their parents lack of breeding and decency.
All this stuff can be traced you know were I to report it to the Gardai.
I might yet so keep a look over your shoulders ,
Probably I have looked back through rose coloured lenses and omitted the ugly underbelly always viciously present and screened from view by lowly bred persons with cumulative chips on their puny and screwed up shoulders.
For my efforts I have been called a "Wanking Fucking Scumbag and a Fat Fuck that should lose weight."by some anonymous cowards whose comments would mirror their parents lack of breeding and decency.
All this stuff can be traced you know were I to report it to the Gardai.
I might yet so keep a look over your shoulders ,
U.21B.F.C.SEMI FINAL .Oldcastle 3-11.Dunderry 3-5
Played this Sunday morning at mid day in a sunny and mild Athboy pitch this match between traditional rivals was eagerly anticipated.
Would our guys hold their heads,keep their mouths shut ,concentrate on playing the sort of football they are capable of,or would the few bad apples we can have infect the rest of the team with their disruptive behaviour.
I was about five minutes late and scores were hard to come by.The teams were well matched physically and skill wise.Thirteen a side football is an enjoyable experience.I played it myself in my youth and loved it.It requires skill,athleticism and intelligence and gives great scope for creativity.
The biggest sin is stray passing ,closely followed by lack of concentration.
I had heard that there was some doubt about the availability of some of our guys.I didn't see Jamie Leavy nor Shane Gartland who played the last day and don#t know the story with them.' Team Lined out as follows;
Eoin Smith
Alex Walshe Aaron Feeney
Stefan Clarke Conor Dempsey Tomas Conroy
Mark Kane Cianan Mc Kenna
Conor Daly Oisin Martin Jack Brady
Luke Martin Peter Casey.
Oldcastle took an early points lead and our game plan became clear.It was to get the ball speedily to Lukie who is a big guy ,a good man to win possession and well able to score.Oisin Martyn is a perpetual motion machine and an intelligent and unselfish player and has developed physically in recent years.
Alex Walsh is ,despite his small stature ,a brave and creative player and an incisive distributor of the ball.
We got two goals within a minute after 15 minutes due mainly to astute passing and intelligent layoffs from the aforementioned players.
Lukie was hauled down for a peno and Mc Kenna dispatched to the net with panache.Lukie followed up with a well taken goal himself shortly afterwords and I noted that theses scores were match changing events.Then to cap it all Oisin followed on to a botched save by the Oldcastle goalkeeper to finish to the net.All our guys were on song and Oldcastle were clearly rattled and missed a number of easy point chances.
They did steady up somewhat and when the break came we led comfortably by 3-3 to 0-7 and deservedly so.
With little or no breeze we looked more likely to win than lose.
I am not saying that the other players we have ,other than the three I have mentioned ,are bit players.They most certainly are not and all contributed well to our well being in fact,putting it all on the line.
All we had to do was keep the head and the discipline and the mouths shut.
Actually we got only 0-3 in the second half and they got 3-4.Now the referee wasn't great but in fairness to him was the same to each side.And they had some fine players,Chances they were spurning in the first half started to find their range.
Bad habits tolerated by the Club in a small minority of our guys when they were not yet teens resurfaced,encouraged in no small part from uncouth crowd shouting , and infected our responses.
Instead of steadying the ship and consolidating our lead some, but not all of our guys ,resorted to mouth play against theitr teammate's and whoever crossed their paths.
Oldcastle responded by chipping away at our lead and scored a good goal and a softish one to draw level.
With the fat in the fire our response was not what was needed.We lost the initiative entirely and the plot also.
A harmless free for all developed on the far side of the pitch from me.No more than the man in the moon I couldn't see what happened.
The referee sorted it without sending anyone to the line,but Oldcastle continued to hold firm and played with more cohesion and authority.
After the bust up the umpires took a more proactive approach and one of our boys received line after an umpires intervention.
This totally unsettled us entirely and despite one of their guys getting line also they grew in a stature as we faded into our cocoons.
Instead of concentrating on football,as I heard Conor Dempsey urging us to do ,as the end approached ,enough of our guys stopped trying when a more spirited response was needed.
Barry Coffey and Mikie Dowdall came on too late to make a difference.
I was not impresses with the response of some of our guys when the chips were down and consider the lack of ambition of some of our players deplorable.
It is totalally unfair on those who week in and out bust a gut in the Club's interest.
We got some fine scores as follows;-Conroy 0-1.Mc Kenna 1-0.Pen.Kane 0-2 .1 FREE,Oisin 1-0,Lukie 1-2.
Would our guys hold their heads,keep their mouths shut ,concentrate on playing the sort of football they are capable of,or would the few bad apples we can have infect the rest of the team with their disruptive behaviour.
I was about five minutes late and scores were hard to come by.The teams were well matched physically and skill wise.Thirteen a side football is an enjoyable experience.I played it myself in my youth and loved it.It requires skill,athleticism and intelligence and gives great scope for creativity.
The biggest sin is stray passing ,closely followed by lack of concentration.
I had heard that there was some doubt about the availability of some of our guys.I didn't see Jamie Leavy nor Shane Gartland who played the last day and don#t know the story with them.' Team Lined out as follows;
Eoin Smith
Alex Walshe Aaron Feeney
Stefan Clarke Conor Dempsey Tomas Conroy
Mark Kane Cianan Mc Kenna
Conor Daly Oisin Martin Jack Brady
Luke Martin Peter Casey.
Oldcastle took an early points lead and our game plan became clear.It was to get the ball speedily to Lukie who is a big guy ,a good man to win possession and well able to score.Oisin Martyn is a perpetual motion machine and an intelligent and unselfish player and has developed physically in recent years.
Alex Walsh is ,despite his small stature ,a brave and creative player and an incisive distributor of the ball.
We got two goals within a minute after 15 minutes due mainly to astute passing and intelligent layoffs from the aforementioned players.
Lukie was hauled down for a peno and Mc Kenna dispatched to the net with panache.Lukie followed up with a well taken goal himself shortly afterwords and I noted that theses scores were match changing events.Then to cap it all Oisin followed on to a botched save by the Oldcastle goalkeeper to finish to the net.All our guys were on song and Oldcastle were clearly rattled and missed a number of easy point chances.
They did steady up somewhat and when the break came we led comfortably by 3-3 to 0-7 and deservedly so.
With little or no breeze we looked more likely to win than lose.
I am not saying that the other players we have ,other than the three I have mentioned ,are bit players.They most certainly are not and all contributed well to our well being in fact,putting it all on the line.
All we had to do was keep the head and the discipline and the mouths shut.
Actually we got only 0-3 in the second half and they got 3-4.Now the referee wasn't great but in fairness to him was the same to each side.And they had some fine players,Chances they were spurning in the first half started to find their range.
Bad habits tolerated by the Club in a small minority of our guys when they were not yet teens resurfaced,encouraged in no small part from uncouth crowd shouting , and infected our responses.
Instead of steadying the ship and consolidating our lead some, but not all of our guys ,resorted to mouth play against theitr teammate's and whoever crossed their paths.
Oldcastle responded by chipping away at our lead and scored a good goal and a softish one to draw level.
With the fat in the fire our response was not what was needed.We lost the initiative entirely and the plot also.
A harmless free for all developed on the far side of the pitch from me.No more than the man in the moon I couldn't see what happened.
The referee sorted it without sending anyone to the line,but Oldcastle continued to hold firm and played with more cohesion and authority.
After the bust up the umpires took a more proactive approach and one of our boys received line after an umpires intervention.
This totally unsettled us entirely and despite one of their guys getting line also they grew in a stature as we faded into our cocoons.
Instead of concentrating on football,as I heard Conor Dempsey urging us to do ,as the end approached ,enough of our guys stopped trying when a more spirited response was needed.
Barry Coffey and Mikie Dowdall came on too late to make a difference.
I was not impresses with the response of some of our guys when the chips were down and consider the lack of ambition of some of our players deplorable.
It is totalally unfair on those who week in and out bust a gut in the Club's interest.
We got some fine scores as follows;-Conroy 0-1.Mc Kenna 1-0.Pen.Kane 0-2 .1 FREE,Oisin 1-0,Lukie 1-2.
Sunday, November 20, 2016
U21 f F.C Dunderry 3-10 Moynalty 2-10
There was severe ground frost on Saturday night but by 2.00 p.m. Sunday the Kilmainham Pitch was the finest and well fit to play on.
I don't know for sure but guess that Moynalty and ourselves draw from a similar population base.I do know that Paul Govern who now lives here is a Moynalty man and played with us for a few years.He was also a selector for a year or two I think.
Other than that our paths don't cross too often and in my time at least ,Dunderry have been the more prominent Club.
So I didn't know what to expect today.
The team.
Eoin Smith,
Alex Walshe Jamie Leavy
Stefan Clarke Conor Dempsey 0-1 Tomas Conroy 0-1
Cianan McKENNA Mark Kane 0-2 frees
Eoin Daly 0-3. 2.Frees Oisin Martin 1-1 Jack Brady 0-1
Luke Martin 1-1 Shane Gartland
Subs used.C. Harten,Aaron Feeney,Mickey Dowdall.
For the benefit of our overseas readers Eoin Smith is the son of Patricia Smith and Flange Farrelly.Jamie Leavy is Timber's son,his ma is a daughter of Paddy Kavanagh who refeered an All Ireland and Mary Lawless of Lawlesses Cross.Alex Walshe,child of rabid Dublin supporters , is a Dub.in exile from the Black Road.Stefan Clarke is the son of Stephen and Anne who live in Kilcooley.At least one of his parents,I am unsure which ,is from Moynalty I think.Conor is Dermot ,the Judges,son.Tomas Conroy is the Son of Tommy from Lambay and his mother is a Curran.Cianan Mc Kenna is from Robinstown and I think his father played with them before they gave it up.Mark Kane is from Robinstown and his Da also played with them too.It is a fact that his Firm Ashleaf Furniture sponsored Robinstown in 1986 and sponsored a sign for us in 2016.Eoin Daly is one of the sons of Dan Daly and Rose Loughran from Robinstown.Oisin Martin is the son of Gerry ,a Slane native now happily living amongst us.Jack Brady is the son of Paudi,a Blanchie in exile here like myself.I met his mother only brirfly and she too is from my part of the coiuntryLukie is the son of Galway expat Gus and Olive Feeney.
Shane is Kevin Brady's son from the Black Road and there for a cousin of my own.I don't know his Ma but if he is anything to go by she must be a great one.
I don't know young Harten that well..Aaron is the son of Tommy Feeney and his mother is member of the Sugsie Kennedy clan of Trim ,Gaels par excellence.And Mickey Dowdall is a member of the Dowdall family whose patriarch is the the most rabid Brit supporter we have and whose attention to detail is of enormous help to me.
Now you have it all.
I was 5 minutes late and we were behind by 1-1 to 0-1 at that stage.To be truthful both teams were evenly matched skill wise and physically conditioned.We probably held the edge on combination play ,the more experienced guys having the wiser and more calm interplay .By half time we had drawn level and looked the surer bet to prevail on SCORELINE OF 1-5 TO 1-5.
like Ireland against the All Blacks yesterday MOYNALTY dominated the second half but wasted chance after chance to pull away.We on the other hand harvested well the few breaks into opposition territory and we made and banked enough scores to see us through.
Goals win matches and probably the second half one scored by Lukie with half the opposition hanging out of him was the decisive score of the second half.Nor could you exclude the improbable save made by OWEN SMITH who denied a certain goal to Moynalty during a ten minute period in the second half when we were under siege .
Another similarity we had with the Irish Rugby Team yesterday was that there was far too much speech play from a small number of our players to the referee.
Against better opposition these guys would be better employed letting their football do their talking.
The team remains on track to be the only team at adult level in the Club at can win a championship this year.
This was a good game right up to the final whistle.
I don't know for sure but guess that Moynalty and ourselves draw from a similar population base.I do know that Paul Govern who now lives here is a Moynalty man and played with us for a few years.He was also a selector for a year or two I think.
Other than that our paths don't cross too often and in my time at least ,Dunderry have been the more prominent Club.
So I didn't know what to expect today.
The team.
Eoin Smith,
Alex Walshe Jamie Leavy
Stefan Clarke Conor Dempsey 0-1 Tomas Conroy 0-1
Cianan McKENNA Mark Kane 0-2 frees
Eoin Daly 0-3. 2.Frees Oisin Martin 1-1 Jack Brady 0-1
Luke Martin 1-1 Shane Gartland
Subs used.C. Harten,Aaron Feeney,Mickey Dowdall.
For the benefit of our overseas readers Eoin Smith is the son of Patricia Smith and Flange Farrelly.Jamie Leavy is Timber's son,his ma is a daughter of Paddy Kavanagh who refeered an All Ireland and Mary Lawless of Lawlesses Cross.Alex Walshe,child of rabid Dublin supporters , is a Dub.in exile from the Black Road.Stefan Clarke is the son of Stephen and Anne who live in Kilcooley.At least one of his parents,I am unsure which ,is from Moynalty I think.Conor is Dermot ,the Judges,son.Tomas Conroy is the Son of Tommy from Lambay and his mother is a Curran.Cianan Mc Kenna is from Robinstown and I think his father played with them before they gave it up.Mark Kane is from Robinstown and his Da also played with them too.It is a fact that his Firm Ashleaf Furniture sponsored Robinstown in 1986 and sponsored a sign for us in 2016.Eoin Daly is one of the sons of Dan Daly and Rose Loughran from Robinstown.Oisin Martin is the son of Gerry ,a Slane native now happily living amongst us.Jack Brady is the son of Paudi,a Blanchie in exile here like myself.I met his mother only brirfly and she too is from my part of the coiuntryLukie is the son of Galway expat Gus and Olive Feeney.
Shane is Kevin Brady's son from the Black Road and there for a cousin of my own.I don't know his Ma but if he is anything to go by she must be a great one.
I don't know young Harten that well..Aaron is the son of Tommy Feeney and his mother is member of the Sugsie Kennedy clan of Trim ,Gaels par excellence.And Mickey Dowdall is a member of the Dowdall family whose patriarch is the the most rabid Brit supporter we have and whose attention to detail is of enormous help to me.
Now you have it all.
I was 5 minutes late and we were behind by 1-1 to 0-1 at that stage.To be truthful both teams were evenly matched skill wise and physically conditioned.We probably held the edge on combination play ,the more experienced guys having the wiser and more calm interplay .By half time we had drawn level and looked the surer bet to prevail on SCORELINE OF 1-5 TO 1-5.
like Ireland against the All Blacks yesterday MOYNALTY dominated the second half but wasted chance after chance to pull away.We on the other hand harvested well the few breaks into opposition territory and we made and banked enough scores to see us through.
Goals win matches and probably the second half one scored by Lukie with half the opposition hanging out of him was the decisive score of the second half.Nor could you exclude the improbable save made by OWEN SMITH who denied a certain goal to Moynalty during a ten minute period in the second half when we were under siege .
Another similarity we had with the Irish Rugby Team yesterday was that there was far too much speech play from a small number of our players to the referee.
Against better opposition these guys would be better employed letting their football do their talking.
The team remains on track to be the only team at adult level in the Club at can win a championship this year.
This was a good game right up to the final whistle.
Monday, November 14, 2016
Four Parishes hammer Dunderry in under 21 Hurling
Tonight in Dunganny the Blackhall/Drumree combination absolutely hammered Dundery in the under 21 Hurling.
Blackhall is a combination of Batterstown and Kilcloon.Drumree includes Dunshaughlin.
Our lads did their best but the opposition had too many good players for us to manage.
Poor Lukie Martin was ridden bareback by about three players every time he got possession.How he stuck it I don't know.
Were Pat Gannon,one of the best hurling referees in Meath,to apply he letter of the law half of the opposition would be put to the line for serial saddling.
Not only did they beat us pulling up they easily won the mouthing at the Referee contest both on thr field and sideline.A number of their players just can't keep their mouths shut and one only got line.
Former Dunderry Player Kit Doyle is a selector.
Kit used let his hurling do his talking.Presumably he will inculcate this message in his charges before their next Match.
Our guys gave it all they had in the tank.No shame and I AM PROUD OF THEM.
More to follow.
Dunddry Team.
Eoin Smith.
Aaron Feeney Tomas Conroy.
Mickey Dowdall Conor Dempsey Killian Leonard.
Luke Martin Jamie Leavy
Alan Casey Stefan Clarke Peter Casey
John Moran Alex Walsh.
Subs used.Adam Keenan and Cathal Ryan.
It never ceases to amaze me that the top table of the GAA so cravenly follow Sean Kelly in the betrayal of the ASSOCIATION by kow towing to the Rugby heads by making available our hard earned grounds to those self same professional Bodies who are in competition with us for the minds and hearts of our youth.
In this PARISH at least two of our schools are being targeted by these people to the detriment of our native games.
By the craven granting of our grounds to further glorify and promote the game of Rugby these people are sending out the unmistakable signals that Rugby is the game to follow no problem.
It would serve them better to for example address the huge lacuna in the promotion of hurling in the large swathe of the County Meath where it takes four Parishes housing tens of thousands of people to field 13 players.
You don#t see Tesco handing over their stores to Dunnes to advance Dunnes.Why should the GAA actively promote their opposition.
What next...Ireland's Call at our games instead of Amhran na Fianna.
With all the the feelings I can muster and defter spending A half century promoting the GAMES OF THE Gaels I strongly disassociate myself from this betrayal.
Blackhall is a combination of Batterstown and Kilcloon.Drumree includes Dunshaughlin.
Our lads did their best but the opposition had too many good players for us to manage.
Poor Lukie Martin was ridden bareback by about three players every time he got possession.How he stuck it I don't know.
Were Pat Gannon,one of the best hurling referees in Meath,to apply he letter of the law half of the opposition would be put to the line for serial saddling.
Not only did they beat us pulling up they easily won the mouthing at the Referee contest both on thr field and sideline.A number of their players just can't keep their mouths shut and one only got line.
Former Dunderry Player Kit Doyle is a selector.
Kit used let his hurling do his talking.Presumably he will inculcate this message in his charges before their next Match.
Our guys gave it all they had in the tank.No shame and I AM PROUD OF THEM.
More to follow.
Dunddry Team.
Eoin Smith.
Aaron Feeney Tomas Conroy.
Mickey Dowdall Conor Dempsey Killian Leonard.
Luke Martin Jamie Leavy
Alan Casey Stefan Clarke Peter Casey
John Moran Alex Walsh.
Subs used.Adam Keenan and Cathal Ryan.
It never ceases to amaze me that the top table of the GAA so cravenly follow Sean Kelly in the betrayal of the ASSOCIATION by kow towing to the Rugby heads by making available our hard earned grounds to those self same professional Bodies who are in competition with us for the minds and hearts of our youth.
In this PARISH at least two of our schools are being targeted by these people to the detriment of our native games.
By the craven granting of our grounds to further glorify and promote the game of Rugby these people are sending out the unmistakable signals that Rugby is the game to follow no problem.
It would serve them better to for example address the huge lacuna in the promotion of hurling in the large swathe of the County Meath where it takes four Parishes housing tens of thousands of people to field 13 players.
You don#t see Tesco handing over their stores to Dunnes to advance Dunnes.Why should the GAA actively promote their opposition.
What next...Ireland's Call at our games instead of Amhran na Fianna.
With all the the feelings I can muster and defter spending A half century promoting the GAMES OF THE Gaels I strongly disassociate myself from this betrayal.
Sean O Rourke a total ignoramus.
In fairness to O Rourke he broadcast this morning an interview he did with the President in waiting of the USA on his visit to Ireland some years ago to open the Hotel he had bought in Co.Clare.
Such a condescending, insulting ,biased , racist....anti American and anti white heterosexual ....and just plain ignorant interview would be hard to find anywhere in the civilized world.
He is not alone in the Repeatedly Threatening Everybody Station in this.
Those female political reporters are clearly miffed at Trumph's win and at every opportunity whistle through their overbite teeth how the fascist bullies holding various cities in the USA to ransom are there because of Trump's victory,implying it is his fault,
Of course Gandhi foresaw their ilk many moons ago when he said"First they ignore you.Then they laugh at you.Then they fight you.Then you win,"
O Rourke and his fellow travellers and sneers have some way to go yet.
As for Enda a very public humble pie swallow and apology is needed in the Interest of our Country.
Such a condescending, insulting ,biased , racist....anti American and anti white heterosexual ....and just plain ignorant interview would be hard to find anywhere in the civilized world.
He is not alone in the Repeatedly Threatening Everybody Station in this.
Those female political reporters are clearly miffed at Trumph's win and at every opportunity whistle through their overbite teeth how the fascist bullies holding various cities in the USA to ransom are there because of Trump's victory,implying it is his fault,
Of course Gandhi foresaw their ilk many moons ago when he said"First they ignore you.Then they laugh at you.Then they fight you.Then you win,"
O Rourke and his fellow travellers and sneers have some way to go yet.
As for Enda a very public humble pie swallow and apology is needed in the Interest of our Country.
Saturday, November 12, 2016
Sickening double standards of Secularist.
I watched the one sided debate on the Late Show overseen by a sneering and condescending Ryan Tubridy who wore his wimpish colours on his sleeve and did all in his power to talk down both to a to a guest and us ,who pay his wages through our Licence fees.
The guest supported the election of Trump in the American election,as did the American electorate .
She was consistently sneered at and belittled by Tubridy and a simpering female guest who makes a habit of lecturing all and sundry as a serial panellist ,voicing her anti male vitriol ,called Collette Brown.
She seemingly attends the Kings Inns and mustn't yet have done the part of the course teaching manners as she continuously interrupted ,with Tubridy's ignorant connivance ,any contributions which disagreed with her own sad views.
In this she is at one with the feminist /secular media ,both electronic and paper based ,who get every call of importance totally wrong,deride,talk down and mock those whose views they constantly sneer at and are democrats only if the results of elections and referrenda suit their agendas.
As far as I can see the vast majority of political contributors,panellist and deplorable so called journalists working for RTE....Repeatedly Threatening Everybody ...are ad idem in promoting the murder of the unborn ,deriding Religious practise,promoting homosexual practise and values ,sneering at white native heterosexual values and those who appreciate them as naturally superior to the alternatives.
And of course all the papers are top heavy with biased and condescending journalists and editors who push the secularist agenda at every opportunity ,particularly the female ones who totally expect to say whatever they want about men and sulk and scream like the spoilt and spiteful wains they are when they are responded to in like fashion..
For example there is a female h journalist called Alison O Connor,A SERIAL PANELLIST AND LOUDMOUTH .who before the American election called the present President of the USA a misogynist pig.
Can you imagine just how she would squeal were any man to call her a man hating and penis envy auld sow..
Now Tubridy and his ilk have made much play of the use of the word "pussy "by Trump in a private male context years ago,which content was released on tape by a sneaky and underhand Trump opponent who wasn't man enough to take his beating.
Hillary,whose own husband rode everything female that moved when he was able expressed shock and awe that such a word would privately be bandied around.
Given the choice I'd say she would rest easier in her retirement were her husband just to have grabbed another woman's privates rather than engage in much more intimate sexual practises.
Similarly the wimp Tubridy says he is aghast that anyone should use the pussy word in private conversation and wonders how he would explain it to his daughters.
Maybe he is such a bookworm that he is not aware the there is a whole world of porn available on the Internet and that that precise word is probably the most used and violated organ on it.
How he is going to protect his daughters from this is something he would want to figure out sooner rather than later.And to blame Trump is arrant nonsense.
It is no surprise that the people who most wanted the banning of censorship and the publication are of course the self same secularists who now feign shock at the grooming of wider society by the publication of material of a sexual nature.
Just a few years ago the antics of the "pussy rioters "as they flashed their tits at all and sundry and violated Churches all over the place ,were widely reported in all the media outlets including RTE and presently the death of Leonard Cohen is being widely lamented by ALL AND SUNDRY.
Leonard celebrates far more female interaction than grabbing pussy in his songs .
Of course the antics of the Pussy Rioters and the songs of Cohen are far more hip and acceptable to the secularist know all and feminist academics and not a word from then nor their wimpish and academic co travellers either then nor now.
But dare a male heterosexual white man to have have mentioned it nearly a decade ago and all hell breaks loose.
Talking of Hell I hope that the millions of pre born children who died unnecessarily because of the grooming of the populace by secularist and rabid feminist with the assistance of Devilish medics and evil judges and lawyers are stokers of the fires of Hell and are granted grace by God to keep these fires going on those whose persuasion and assistance resulted in their deaths.
I exclude from this those women brainwashed into doing these deeds by these dastardly persons.
And finally it never ceases to amaze me just how the man haters and their ilk continuously get away with defining what a real man is and does.
What would they know about it.
Fortunately the American electorate is not yet pussy whipped enough to accept all this bullshit without a fight.
And so they have chosen.
Of course the Hillary fascists,so used to killing the defenceless unborn without opposition are just unable to accept that their day is gone and that the election is not going to be rerun to suit them.
Hopefully they will discover that persons of their own age will put up more fight than the defenceless unborn whose blood spilling they miss totally.
Justice demands they be rounded up and given spades and shovels to dig that wall.
Should soften their coughs.
AND I BELIEVE THAT ABORTION IS PUSHED AND POPULARIZED BY THE ELITE TO ENSURE THAT THE LESS FORTUNATE WILL NEVER HAVE THE NUMBERS TO EVICT SAID ELITE FROM THEIR COMFORTABLE AND SNUG STATIONS IN LIFE.
It's an awful pitythat those who claim to represent the poor as so blinkered that they can't see this and by their support of abortion perpetuate the status quo.
Of course when you sup with the Devil you need a long spoon.aAnd they are plentiful.
The guest supported the election of Trump in the American election,as did the American electorate .
She was consistently sneered at and belittled by Tubridy and a simpering female guest who makes a habit of lecturing all and sundry as a serial panellist ,voicing her anti male vitriol ,called Collette Brown.
She seemingly attends the Kings Inns and mustn't yet have done the part of the course teaching manners as she continuously interrupted ,with Tubridy's ignorant connivance ,any contributions which disagreed with her own sad views.
In this she is at one with the feminist /secular media ,both electronic and paper based ,who get every call of importance totally wrong,deride,talk down and mock those whose views they constantly sneer at and are democrats only if the results of elections and referrenda suit their agendas.
As far as I can see the vast majority of political contributors,panellist and deplorable so called journalists working for RTE....Repeatedly Threatening Everybody ...are ad idem in promoting the murder of the unborn ,deriding Religious practise,promoting homosexual practise and values ,sneering at white native heterosexual values and those who appreciate them as naturally superior to the alternatives.
And of course all the papers are top heavy with biased and condescending journalists and editors who push the secularist agenda at every opportunity ,particularly the female ones who totally expect to say whatever they want about men and sulk and scream like the spoilt and spiteful wains they are when they are responded to in like fashion..
For example there is a female h journalist called Alison O Connor,A SERIAL PANELLIST AND LOUDMOUTH .who before the American election called the present President of the USA a misogynist pig.
Can you imagine just how she would squeal were any man to call her a man hating and penis envy auld sow..
Now Tubridy and his ilk have made much play of the use of the word "pussy "by Trump in a private male context years ago,which content was released on tape by a sneaky and underhand Trump opponent who wasn't man enough to take his beating.
Hillary,whose own husband rode everything female that moved when he was able expressed shock and awe that such a word would privately be bandied around.
Given the choice I'd say she would rest easier in her retirement were her husband just to have grabbed another woman's privates rather than engage in much more intimate sexual practises.
Similarly the wimp Tubridy says he is aghast that anyone should use the pussy word in private conversation and wonders how he would explain it to his daughters.
Maybe he is such a bookworm that he is not aware the there is a whole world of porn available on the Internet and that that precise word is probably the most used and violated organ on it.
How he is going to protect his daughters from this is something he would want to figure out sooner rather than later.And to blame Trump is arrant nonsense.
It is no surprise that the people who most wanted the banning of censorship and the publication are of course the self same secularists who now feign shock at the grooming of wider society by the publication of material of a sexual nature.
Just a few years ago the antics of the "pussy rioters "as they flashed their tits at all and sundry and violated Churches all over the place ,were widely reported in all the media outlets including RTE and presently the death of Leonard Cohen is being widely lamented by ALL AND SUNDRY.
Leonard celebrates far more female interaction than grabbing pussy in his songs .
Of course the antics of the Pussy Rioters and the songs of Cohen are far more hip and acceptable to the secularist know all and feminist academics and not a word from then nor their wimpish and academic co travellers either then nor now.
But dare a male heterosexual white man to have have mentioned it nearly a decade ago and all hell breaks loose.
Talking of Hell I hope that the millions of pre born children who died unnecessarily because of the grooming of the populace by secularist and rabid feminist with the assistance of Devilish medics and evil judges and lawyers are stokers of the fires of Hell and are granted grace by God to keep these fires going on those whose persuasion and assistance resulted in their deaths.
I exclude from this those women brainwashed into doing these deeds by these dastardly persons.
And finally it never ceases to amaze me just how the man haters and their ilk continuously get away with defining what a real man is and does.
What would they know about it.
Fortunately the American electorate is not yet pussy whipped enough to accept all this bullshit without a fight.
And so they have chosen.
Of course the Hillary fascists,so used to killing the defenceless unborn without opposition are just unable to accept that their day is gone and that the election is not going to be rerun to suit them.
Hopefully they will discover that persons of their own age will put up more fight than the defenceless unborn whose blood spilling they miss totally.
Justice demands they be rounded up and given spades and shovels to dig that wall.
Should soften their coughs.
AND I BELIEVE THAT ABORTION IS PUSHED AND POPULARIZED BY THE ELITE TO ENSURE THAT THE LESS FORTUNATE WILL NEVER HAVE THE NUMBERS TO EVICT SAID ELITE FROM THEIR COMFORTABLE AND SNUG STATIONS IN LIFE.
It's an awful pitythat those who claim to represent the poor as so blinkered that they can't see this and by their support of abortion perpetuate the status quo.
Of course when you sup with the Devil you need a long spoon.aAnd they are plentiful.
Dunderry triumph over Ballivor in u 21 football.
Last night in Dunganny was the most miserable,hateful and despicable night weather wise I have ever experienced.
The rain sliced into the body,the icy wind cut into the flesh and your glasses would need wipers to see through the spills.
It is a greet tribute to the lads who togged out for Dunderry in the game against Ballivor therefor that they took to the field and stayed there.I m glad to see that some of them have ballsed up these last few years..
I think little of those eligible to play who made the choice not to make themselves available.In the most important and unique chance the hurlers got to play Bennetsbridge a number of years ago some people also choose not to be available ..This is not good enough
David Newman who travelled home from America seven times to play the year we won the Senior Football championship sets the acceptable standard in availability and this should be aspired to by all involved.
Anyhow those who defied the conditions to stay and play did the Club proud and at half time led by 2-12 to 1-2 with the assistance of a gale force wind and driving rain.
When we got another goal after the half time whistle I couldn't stick it any longer and bolted for home.Our Finn who stood for the duration informed me that we won handy.
There will be harder tests.
We won by 4-15 to 2-8 in the end and this is a fair reflection of what I witnessed myself during my stay there
The team
Owen Smith
Alex Walshe Tomas Conroy
Stefan Clarke Oisin Martin 0-1 Jamie Leavy
Conor Mc Kenna Lukie Martin 1-3
Eoghan Daly 0-1 Mark Kane 0-4.3 frees Mickey Dowdall 1-0
Peter Casey Jack Brady 1-5
Introduced, .S Gartland 1-0,C.Coffey,A.Casey. .
We must have a record number of selectors for a Dunderry team.
Garret Dooley is Manager.Selectors are Stephen O Rourke,Eric Murray,Trevor Conaty,Paddy Darcy and Paddy Gorey as far as I know...between two and three players per selector.
Moynalty is up next in football.
I know that a number of players who did play have the talent to make it at a higher level..
The question is whether they have they the attitude,dedication and determination to do so.
The next match will tell its own story.
The rain sliced into the body,the icy wind cut into the flesh and your glasses would need wipers to see through the spills.
It is a greet tribute to the lads who togged out for Dunderry in the game against Ballivor therefor that they took to the field and stayed there.I m glad to see that some of them have ballsed up these last few years..
I think little of those eligible to play who made the choice not to make themselves available.In the most important and unique chance the hurlers got to play Bennetsbridge a number of years ago some people also choose not to be available ..This is not good enough
David Newman who travelled home from America seven times to play the year we won the Senior Football championship sets the acceptable standard in availability and this should be aspired to by all involved.
Anyhow those who defied the conditions to stay and play did the Club proud and at half time led by 2-12 to 1-2 with the assistance of a gale force wind and driving rain.
When we got another goal after the half time whistle I couldn't stick it any longer and bolted for home.Our Finn who stood for the duration informed me that we won handy.
There will be harder tests.
We won by 4-15 to 2-8 in the end and this is a fair reflection of what I witnessed myself during my stay there
The team
Owen Smith
Alex Walshe Tomas Conroy
Stefan Clarke Oisin Martin 0-1 Jamie Leavy
Conor Mc Kenna Lukie Martin 1-3
Eoghan Daly 0-1 Mark Kane 0-4.3 frees Mickey Dowdall 1-0
Peter Casey Jack Brady 1-5
Introduced, .S Gartland 1-0,C.Coffey,A.Casey. .
We must have a record number of selectors for a Dunderry team.
Garret Dooley is Manager.Selectors are Stephen O Rourke,Eric Murray,Trevor Conaty,Paddy Darcy and Paddy Gorey as far as I know...between two and three players per selector.
Moynalty is up next in football.
I know that a number of players who did play have the talent to make it at a higher level..
The question is whether they have they the attitude,dedication and determination to do so.
The next match will tell its own story.
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
A Tinkers Tale
Last Friday night I had to give a miss to the Dunderry Div.3 League Final against Syddan to attend a class reunion at which guys I hadn't met for 40 years were present.
The do was held in Brady;s in Dunboyne,a great pub as it turned out.As I was parking outside the pub a very pregnant tinker woman came to me and told me that her cousin had committed suicide ,was being received into Dunboyne Church and she had no money to get home to Maynooth.,Could I give her the fare.
Always a sucker for a hard luck case I gave her a tenner.
I watched her and saw her hand it to a guy hidden in a doorway who promptly went into an off licence and buy wine with it.
Well fuck you said I.Never again.
The following morning I had to go to Dublin and decided to get the Dublin bus from Navan,On the way to the bus stop I had to stop to take a stone out of my shoe.Those who know me well would know that I am fairly disabled after a stroke and have very limited mobility.
I had to find a shop front and sit down on the cill to put my leg sideways to remove my shoe and remove the stone.I was getting it hard to put the shoe back on and fasten the Velcro to move on.
And the only person to stop and fix me up was another tinker."See ya soon Daithi"said he,
Well fuck me pink.
The do was held in Brady;s in Dunboyne,a great pub as it turned out.As I was parking outside the pub a very pregnant tinker woman came to me and told me that her cousin had committed suicide ,was being received into Dunboyne Church and she had no money to get home to Maynooth.,Could I give her the fare.
Always a sucker for a hard luck case I gave her a tenner.
I watched her and saw her hand it to a guy hidden in a doorway who promptly went into an off licence and buy wine with it.
Well fuck you said I.Never again.
The following morning I had to go to Dublin and decided to get the Dublin bus from Navan,On the way to the bus stop I had to stop to take a stone out of my shoe.Those who know me well would know that I am fairly disabled after a stroke and have very limited mobility.
I had to find a shop front and sit down on the cill to put my leg sideways to remove my shoe and remove the stone.I was getting it hard to put the shoe back on and fasten the Velcro to move on.
And the only person to stop and fix me up was another tinker."See ya soon Daithi"said he,
Well fuck me pink.
Monday, November 7, 2016
Burial of Ashes of Seamus Smith.
When I went to the Church for 11.00 a.m. Mass on Sunday it was full of Smiths .It dawned on me that it must have been time for the burial of his Ashes,as he had gone to a Crematorium instead of the graveyard after his funeral Mass.
And so it turned out to be.
A good crowd went down to the graveyard after Mass including me fein.
For the record the ceremony is precisely the same for the burial of ashes as it is for remains.
May God have mercy on his soul.
And so it turned out to be.
A good crowd went down to the graveyard after Mass including me fein.
For the record the ceremony is precisely the same for the burial of ashes as it is for remains.
May God have mercy on his soul.
Friday, October 28, 2016
Death of Seamus Cregan.Dunderry.
Sheamin from Tullaghanstown died last night in his sleep.He got his wish in this as he told our Finn in a recent visit that he wished to go this way.
I knew that the writing was on the wall when he failed to attend the Champoinship replay last Saturday,a game he would miss only if entirely unfit to attend.
He was at the drawn game but looked awful and one just knew he had but little time.
This 80 year true blue Gael and fanatical Dunderry GAA man was one of a diminishing number of survivors of his generation who knew what real hardship was and whose values were impeccable.
In the game of life ,the most important game of all ,he played a blinder and will be feted for eternity in the company of the Referee of all the ages .
His sole surviving sibling is Angela and she too is under pressure.
All here sympathize with her and all belonging to him.,especially his nephews and nieces.
Ar dheis De go raibh a hAnam Dilis.
His remains will be reposing in Fitzsimonses Funeral Home,Navan from 2.30 p.m.to 6.30 p.m tomorrow Sunday thence to Dunderry Church to arrive at 7.00.pm.
Funeral Mass is on Monday at midday -12.00a.m and burial at Dunderry graveyard ,where as I write this a massive crowd of neighbours and friends are digging his grave in accordance with long established tradition.
I knew that the writing was on the wall when he failed to attend the Champoinship replay last Saturday,a game he would miss only if entirely unfit to attend.
He was at the drawn game but looked awful and one just knew he had but little time.
This 80 year true blue Gael and fanatical Dunderry GAA man was one of a diminishing number of survivors of his generation who knew what real hardship was and whose values were impeccable.
In the game of life ,the most important game of all ,he played a blinder and will be feted for eternity in the company of the Referee of all the ages .
His sole surviving sibling is Angela and she too is under pressure.
All here sympathize with her and all belonging to him.,especially his nephews and nieces.
Ar dheis De go raibh a hAnam Dilis.
His remains will be reposing in Fitzsimonses Funeral Home,Navan from 2.30 p.m.to 6.30 p.m tomorrow Sunday thence to Dunderry Church to arrive at 7.00.pm.
Funeral Mass is on Monday at midday -12.00a.m and burial at Dunderry graveyard ,where as I write this a massive crowd of neighbours and friends are digging his grave in accordance with long established tradition.
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
The line of Life.
The tinker woman was in bad form.The country people had no money themselves never mind enough spare stuff to to help her out.
In this frame of mind a countrywoman asked her could she tell the future."I can hardly tell the time never mind the future"said she."
"I'll give ya thruppence if ya do."
"OK so.There's the line of life and there's the line of sorrow and if you fail to shite today you'll surely shite tomorrow."
In this frame of mind a countrywoman asked her could she tell the future."I can hardly tell the time never mind the future"said she."
"I'll give ya thruppence if ya do."
"OK so.There's the line of life and there's the line of sorrow and if you fail to shite today you'll surely shite tomorrow."
Sunday, October 16, 2016
DUNDERRY 0-12.COLMCILLES 0-12
T.J will have to put his kacks on hold for another week.The replay is next Saturday.And our bad luck in training continues.Marty Garry tore his calf muscle at training last Friday.That's Finn,O Shea and Marty out of commission.Surely worth more than one point were thery playing.
This is not a match report ,just a summary.
Reilly their County player got gate after 2 minutes,a straight red.He struck Conor Dempsey and the sideline man nailed him.
The ref.had no option,but if the Mc Entees want to put more steel into County footballers they will have to start with the referees who are all devotees of the Eugene Mc Gee school of gentility.Not a sign of dirt in the game even.
Were a genie to grant us a wish we would have looked for Graham Reilly to have an off day,not to be sent off.But off he was sent anyhow and will miss the replay.
Despite this they led by 6 ponits to 4 at half time and could have snatched it with a missed free towards the end.
We are stubborn sons of bitches and don't know how to lose.
The Gods are on our side and our ducks are lining up.DO NOT WRITE US OFF.
I was in the disabled compound.Seamin Cregan was there too in a wheelchair.He was sprung from the Mater for the day.He is well with it and had a steady string of Gaels visiit him during and after the game.
He once said of a poor Dunderry player "Take him off and put no one on "in a match where we had no subs.
He remarked today that Colmcilles had no one over them after they substituted their number 10 who was playing well.Not so slow.
Francie Tuite,surely Dunderry's oldest living player was there.The whole of Dunderry was there and every Dunderrian within driving distance.
The flags and banners and signs and bales of black and white silage are there for another day.
Come on Dundrry.
This is not a match report ,just a summary.
Reilly their County player got gate after 2 minutes,a straight red.He struck Conor Dempsey and the sideline man nailed him.
The ref.had no option,but if the Mc Entees want to put more steel into County footballers they will have to start with the referees who are all devotees of the Eugene Mc Gee school of gentility.Not a sign of dirt in the game even.
Were a genie to grant us a wish we would have looked for Graham Reilly to have an off day,not to be sent off.But off he was sent anyhow and will miss the replay.
Despite this they led by 6 ponits to 4 at half time and could have snatched it with a missed free towards the end.
We are stubborn sons of bitches and don't know how to lose.
The Gods are on our side and our ducks are lining up.DO NOT WRITE US OFF.
I was in the disabled compound.Seamin Cregan was there too in a wheelchair.He was sprung from the Mater for the day.He is well with it and had a steady string of Gaels visiit him during and after the game.
He once said of a poor Dunderry player "Take him off and put no one on "in a match where we had no subs.
He remarked today that Colmcilles had no one over them after they substituted their number 10 who was playing well.Not so slow.
Francie Tuite,surely Dunderry's oldest living player was there.The whole of Dunderry was there and every Dunderrian within driving distance.
The flags and banners and signs and bales of black and white silage are there for another day.
Come on Dundrry.
Friday, October 14, 2016
True Blues.
I don't know where this phrase originated .I understand it to mean an unflinching loyalty to whatever or whoever you are are involved with.I prefer to think it was coined for supporters of the Dubs.but doubt it.
I take loyalty seriously.
The first thirty years of my life were spent as a ultra loyal member of St.Brigids GAA Club ,Blanchardstown,the next thirty as a fanatical supporter and worker for Dunderry GAA Club.
I cannot understand how anybody suckled in the ambiance of his /her Club can be disloyal or turn their back on that Club.
Certainly some people inveigle their way into GAA Clubs from time to time who ,beneath appearances of loyalty are really nasty bits of stuff and cause the Club harm by alienating far more loyal members by subterfuge .
That is why I rage when we fail to field teams in competition or when members with a track record of good service are given the bum's rush.
Anyhow we in Dunderry still produce the truest of blues,or more accurately back and whites .
Eamonn Kane ,a man whose antestors were steeped in the Gaelic game and what it stands for ,plied his football skills with Robinstown until their sad demise because of lack of players.
He straight away transferred his loyalty to the overarching Parish team Dunderry and his son Mark has fought his way into the starting fifteen for Sunday as far as I know.Certainly he has figured in most of the matches he was available for.
It is true to say that his Ma and Da haven't missed a match and are fierce proud of him.As well they should be.His sister Ashling is in Australia this while back but follows Dunderry avidly on Social Media.
Well his wife's sister Lorraine went of to Aus. to visit her niece a few weeks ago and intended to stay for a good holiday.
When Dunderry won the semi final she decided to cut her holiday short and come home for the Final.
Eamon went to Dublin Airport to collect her during the week.
When he was waiting he met Marty Garry at the same gate.Marty is playing all year too."And what brings you here "says Eamonn."I'M collecting T.J."said Marty."I thought T.J .had just flown back to Aus.after a holiday at home just a few weks ago"said Eamo."He has indeed ,but no way was he going to miss the Final on Sunday".
Well" Holy God" said Eamo as they all head towards home together.
"Hauld up Dad "said a female voice as the walked away and looking behind he sees His daughter Aisling catching up.She wasn't due home for yonks.
Eamo is one happy man and Dunderry is one privileged Club.
By 3.30 next Sunday the Showgrounds will be choc a block with Dunderrians.And I know that those abroad who plied a their trades with us and love the green grass of home will be there in spirit .
My heart goes out to our Finn and Conor O Shea,who busted themselves on the field of play to get this far and who are unable to play because of injury,especially Finn who has laid it on the line for the Club for over 25 dedicated years.
Conor is young enough to recover and play for decades.Time is not on Finn's side.
The experts favour Colmcilles.I favoured Walterstown against Colmcilles in the semi after watching the first half and boy was I wrong.
We are fit and it is all on the day.We need every man to play to his potential.
With T.J.home I fully expect to see a streaker run from Flanagan's to Horans and Geraghty's at midnight Sunday with a Dunderry flag wrapped around his.............head.
Come on Dundrry.
I take loyalty seriously.
The first thirty years of my life were spent as a ultra loyal member of St.Brigids GAA Club ,Blanchardstown,the next thirty as a fanatical supporter and worker for Dunderry GAA Club.
I cannot understand how anybody suckled in the ambiance of his /her Club can be disloyal or turn their back on that Club.
Certainly some people inveigle their way into GAA Clubs from time to time who ,beneath appearances of loyalty are really nasty bits of stuff and cause the Club harm by alienating far more loyal members by subterfuge .
That is why I rage when we fail to field teams in competition or when members with a track record of good service are given the bum's rush.
Anyhow we in Dunderry still produce the truest of blues,or more accurately back and whites .
Eamonn Kane ,a man whose antestors were steeped in the Gaelic game and what it stands for ,plied his football skills with Robinstown until their sad demise because of lack of players.
He straight away transferred his loyalty to the overarching Parish team Dunderry and his son Mark has fought his way into the starting fifteen for Sunday as far as I know.Certainly he has figured in most of the matches he was available for.
It is true to say that his Ma and Da haven't missed a match and are fierce proud of him.As well they should be.His sister Ashling is in Australia this while back but follows Dunderry avidly on Social Media.
Well his wife's sister Lorraine went of to Aus. to visit her niece a few weeks ago and intended to stay for a good holiday.
When Dunderry won the semi final she decided to cut her holiday short and come home for the Final.
Eamon went to Dublin Airport to collect her during the week.
When he was waiting he met Marty Garry at the same gate.Marty is playing all year too."And what brings you here "says Eamonn."I'M collecting T.J."said Marty."I thought T.J .had just flown back to Aus.after a holiday at home just a few weks ago"said Eamo."He has indeed ,but no way was he going to miss the Final on Sunday".
Well" Holy God" said Eamo as they all head towards home together.
"Hauld up Dad "said a female voice as the walked away and looking behind he sees His daughter Aisling catching up.She wasn't due home for yonks.
Eamo is one happy man and Dunderry is one privileged Club.
By 3.30 next Sunday the Showgrounds will be choc a block with Dunderrians.And I know that those abroad who plied a their trades with us and love the green grass of home will be there in spirit .
My heart goes out to our Finn and Conor O Shea,who busted themselves on the field of play to get this far and who are unable to play because of injury,especially Finn who has laid it on the line for the Club for over 25 dedicated years.
Conor is young enough to recover and play for decades.Time is not on Finn's side.
The experts favour Colmcilles.I favoured Walterstown against Colmcilles in the semi after watching the first half and boy was I wrong.
We are fit and it is all on the day.We need every man to play to his potential.
With T.J.home I fully expect to see a streaker run from Flanagan's to Horans and Geraghty's at midnight Sunday with a Dunderry flag wrapped around his.............head.
Come on Dundrry.
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Death of Lisa Brady,Black Road.
Just a short while ago I wrote of the untimely death of Alan Brady of the Black Road,Robinstown ,at the tender age of 66 years,I believe.He was my second cousin.
In my tribute I sympathized with his immediate family including his daughter Lisa on their loss.I also said that life had thrown many curve balls at them in their lives and that they had bravely faced up to these misfortunes and got on with it,or words to that effect.
I sympathized with Lisa ,who I didn't know well ,at that time and little imagined that the Man above would be calling her home so soon after the death of her father.
Well He has as she has recently died at the tender age of 32 years..Of pneumonia if rumour is to be believed .
Now I didn't know Lisa well but would have kept in my head any information that came my way concerning her and her progress through life.
I understand that she had leukemia for many years but thought she had it bet.I know that she got poorly from time to time but never let it get her down and battled hard to restore her health and spirit.
I know that she qualified as a teacher,despite her illness and taught in Kilbride of this Parish for two years approximately and I think Robinstown as well.
I know that she was and is highly thought of by all who met her in these environments.Alan idolized her.
I know that between illnesses at one stage she joined O.Mahony's Camogie Club to stay fit and get exercise in a pleasant environment ,where she befriended my daughter MAGS ,who happens to be her cousin although I doubt if this ever struck them.
I know that she went to school with my niece Laurie Stephens and was a friend of Louise Byrne another niece.They are all in the teaching fraternity.
I know she was a peach of a girl from the few meetings we had.
And I know full well that her mother Margaret and her brother David must be beyond grief with this turn of events.AS indeed must be all her uncles ,aunts ,cousins ,relatives and a multitude of friends.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a hAnam Dilis.
My heart goes out to them.
The funeral Mass is tomorrow at 10.00 a.m.in Saint Mary's Church in Navan with burial after wards in Dunderry Graveyard.
It is a bad week for funerals in Dunderry
In my tribute I sympathized with his immediate family including his daughter Lisa on their loss.I also said that life had thrown many curve balls at them in their lives and that they had bravely faced up to these misfortunes and got on with it,or words to that effect.
I sympathized with Lisa ,who I didn't know well ,at that time and little imagined that the Man above would be calling her home so soon after the death of her father.
Well He has as she has recently died at the tender age of 32 years..Of pneumonia if rumour is to be believed .
Now I didn't know Lisa well but would have kept in my head any information that came my way concerning her and her progress through life.
I understand that she had leukemia for many years but thought she had it bet.I know that she got poorly from time to time but never let it get her down and battled hard to restore her health and spirit.
I know that she qualified as a teacher,despite her illness and taught in Kilbride of this Parish for two years approximately and I think Robinstown as well.
I know that she was and is highly thought of by all who met her in these environments.Alan idolized her.
I know that between illnesses at one stage she joined O.Mahony's Camogie Club to stay fit and get exercise in a pleasant environment ,where she befriended my daughter MAGS ,who happens to be her cousin although I doubt if this ever struck them.
I know that she went to school with my niece Laurie Stephens and was a friend of Louise Byrne another niece.They are all in the teaching fraternity.
I know she was a peach of a girl from the few meetings we had.
And I know full well that her mother Margaret and her brother David must be beyond grief with this turn of events.AS indeed must be all her uncles ,aunts ,cousins ,relatives and a multitude of friends.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a hAnam Dilis.
My heart goes out to them.
The funeral Mass is tomorrow at 10.00 a.m.in Saint Mary's Church in Navan with burial after wards in Dunderry Graveyard.
It is a bad week for funerals in Dunderry
Friday, October 7, 2016
Death of Seamus Smith
Seamin Smith of theYellow Walls,Dunderry died during the night on Thursday last.He wasn't well this while back and I'd say that his death was a happy release in ways.It is rumoured that he outlived his doctor's expectations.He died at home surrounded by his extended family who were in constant attendance for many days prior to the time of his death,which can't have been easy for them as he went down hill rapidly towards the end.
He was predeceased by his brother Peter the Tank Smith of Yellow Walls who died at a young age and his sister Alice Yates of Birmingham,England.
He is survived by his Brother Owen of the Yellow Walls,Maureen Collins ditto,Nuala Mc Govern,Athboy and Peggy Young,Mulingar.all of whom wereat his funeral and wake.
He is also survived by a huge number of nieces and nephews,grand nieces and nephews and an impressive number of in laws.
I went to visit him a fortnight ago and while he was mentally fully with it,he was clearly living on borrowed time .
His late father was a dedicated and serious Old IRA VOLUNTEER in his day and was one of the brave men whose efforts led to Ireland's freedom.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a hANAM Dilis.
He is being waked at home today Saturday from 4.00 p.m to 9.00 p.m and tomorrow from 2.00 p.m.to 6.45 p.m when his remains will be brought to Dunderry Church to arrive at 7.00 p.m.
His funeral Mass is on Monday at 11.00 a.m.with cremation afterward at Mount Jerome Cemetery .
Seamin was a great neighbour and his word was his bond.If he said he would give you a hand at 8.30 a.m.he would land at 8.15 no problem.
When he and me were able to take a decent drink we shared a few from time to time.He was good company and always stood his round.
He emigrated to England as a young man and married there and had a family there.Seemingly that marriage broke up and he returned home for good decades ago .One of his daughters of that marriage was at his funeral.
The Church was packed to overflowing at the arrival of his remains on Sunday evening and was full to capacity at his Funeral Mass on the Monday.
Amongst the Offerings were his walking stick,a copy of the Farmer' Journal and a Dinky tractor to show his affinity to the soil and a Jersey from the now defunct Dunderry Tug of War Team of which he was a dedicated supporter in his younger days.
A 52 seater bus brought the mourners to Mount Jerome for the cremation after the Funeral Mass and refreshments were provided in Geraghty's Bar and Lounge after wards.
The Smiths know well how to look after their own,that's for sure.
The man will be missed.
He was predeceased by his brother Peter the Tank Smith of Yellow Walls who died at a young age and his sister Alice Yates of Birmingham,England.
He is survived by his Brother Owen of the Yellow Walls,Maureen Collins ditto,Nuala Mc Govern,Athboy and Peggy Young,Mulingar.all of whom wereat his funeral and wake.
He is also survived by a huge number of nieces and nephews,grand nieces and nephews and an impressive number of in laws.
I went to visit him a fortnight ago and while he was mentally fully with it,he was clearly living on borrowed time .
His late father was a dedicated and serious Old IRA VOLUNTEER in his day and was one of the brave men whose efforts led to Ireland's freedom.
Ar Dheis De go raibh a hANAM Dilis.
He is being waked at home today Saturday from 4.00 p.m to 9.00 p.m and tomorrow from 2.00 p.m.to 6.45 p.m when his remains will be brought to Dunderry Church to arrive at 7.00 p.m.
His funeral Mass is on Monday at 11.00 a.m.with cremation afterward at Mount Jerome Cemetery .
Seamin was a great neighbour and his word was his bond.If he said he would give you a hand at 8.30 a.m.he would land at 8.15 no problem.
When he and me were able to take a decent drink we shared a few from time to time.He was good company and always stood his round.
He emigrated to England as a young man and married there and had a family there.Seemingly that marriage broke up and he returned home for good decades ago .One of his daughters of that marriage was at his funeral.
The Church was packed to overflowing at the arrival of his remains on Sunday evening and was full to capacity at his Funeral Mass on the Monday.
Amongst the Offerings were his walking stick,a copy of the Farmer' Journal and a Dinky tractor to show his affinity to the soil and a Jersey from the now defunct Dunderry Tug of War Team of which he was a dedicated supporter in his younger days.
A 52 seater bus brought the mourners to Mount Jerome for the cremation after the Funeral Mass and refreshments were provided in Geraghty's Bar and Lounge after wards.
The Smiths know well how to look after their own,that's for sure.
The man will be missed.
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