Guth & Tuairim, Aibreán 1982

Dungloe As predicted in last month's edition I am pleased to report that the Mary. Festival '82 is off the ground. At a recent traders ~eting which vas ably handled by Ms. Margaret O'Donnell and Donegal Man of the Year, Donal K. O'Boyle it was confirmed that this year's ennt would run from Sunday July 25 to August 1. The huge gathering alone, at such short notice was sufficient evidence to suggest that the traders wanted a festival and the only difficult question which remained unanswered was, 0 can we generate sufficient funds to cover ourselves in this ever increasing costly show 7•. The answer was to co11111 quickly and in~ parts ; (a) Contributions will be substantially incr eased and (b) one great house proprietor kindly suggested, or should I say offered to "keep" two of the' Mary' s for the duration of the Festival. I am certain that if this is followed through, other proprietors will follow suit and thereby reduce the projected expenditure by more than 10% or, put another way, sa-n over £2,000. No doubt the above will be put into practice and I am confident that with the same dedication and effort, we can all look forward to a festival week in which the high standards of the past will not aerely be maintained but surpassed. lo Cure ?? Recently I was sick and there was nothing any doctor could do for ~. The reason being that 'my sickness was due to people going on and on aDd on about the "gentle" ·Budget. I ask myself, "what the hell vas gentle about it 7~ And the answer, 0 it was no aore gentle than the one which brought down the GQvernment on Jan. 27". O.K. no V.A. T. on clothes, ectr but we will continue to Pa7 dearly in many other ways. Lord Mgror of the Rosses. As yet no nominations ban been handed in and there is great speculation that the out-going Lord Mayor wi-1 not be contesting this event. Rumour has it that he and his agent are seriously planning to reverse roles on this occasion. Both are remai.nillg tight-lipped about the affair and at the time of going to press the only col!llllent which we succeeded in getting was, • you can be assured that whatever decision we arrive at will be in the National Interest a. The spokespersOn added that there will certainly be no question of Yes, No and Yes again and furthermore ~ agreement reached will be aarked by more than. a handshake. Canon O'Caliaghan on Radio 1. Tommy German's Tuesday night 1 1ortbv1ew • slot featured the life and times of the Canon, on two consecutive programmes. The Canon spoke in great detail of his days as a young priest in England and in Letterke~' • where his interest in people vent far beyond the spiri tual and vas more than passing. While attached t o the Catredral, he bec81118 deeply involved in education and he made a big impact on the Industrial front, by way of securing a better deal tor uthe wor kers• . In part two he tells of his entry to Maynooth as a professor and his ndramatic" exit to t he Rosses Capi t al where he longed t;, be . 'We all eagerly .await part t hree. when he vill no doubt paint as be and he alone can paint a vivid picture of the Rosses, which many tourists who have not yet discovered this area will be esger to buy. Newsnash. F~ Michael Cleary will be guest artiste at the big Variet y Parish Co~cert in Ost&n na Rosann on Wed. night , April 21st. n The Kerryman • . 5 ' 'f GLENTIES Fr. Greene a native of Loughanure and very Rev. Canon Kerr P.P. celebrated Mass in some of the houses of the area. Fr. Greene is now curate of Glenties and the people like him very much. The Bazzar held in St. Domnick's Hail, Glenties, which was in aid of the schools of the Parish was very successful. Kilkenny lf.S. received a load of turf from Bord na Mona lately. The programme recalling the memories of the Patrick Mac Gill Festival oan be seen on piped TV in the Glenties district every Wednesday at 8.30 p.m. The Glenties annual Harvest Fair will be held on Sat. 11th September 1982. It shall not be held on the 12th this year because the 12th falls on a Sunday. T:athnona Saahr~idh eile i Min na Leice. Ce'~-~~~~~ c~'n paiste, ce leis an carr ? KINCASSLAGH Keadue Rovers travelled to Dublin recently to play Diamond Celtic in the Quarter Finals of the F.A.I. Junior Cup and were beaten narrowly - by the odd goal in five. Keadue put up a great show of skillful football but were unfortunate to lose their star defender Liam Sweeney earl7 in the first half when he was sent off by the Dublin referee. · · Paddy Neily'a festival is being held this year the first week in August and included in the events are, the Co. Donegal Novice Tug o' War Championships, Superstars (the winner going through to the ~11- Ireland finals), the lorth West's strongest Man and to finish off - Horae Racing on Keadue Strand where nnonegal Prince•, the famous horse will be paraded. Has Pat Paddy Sheainfn the best head for heights in the Rosses 7 James Me Garvey, Martin Paddy Og and Noel 0' Donnell tried to fix a ridgetile on Daniel E 1 a house in Kincasslagh and all failed, but along came Pat and fixed up everything with the slightest of ease. · Annagry IliaD Phil Rodgers is the new Landlord of the " Teach Ban in Kincasslagh. £4,000 has now been spent on the cleaning of' the canal. But where is the work to show for it 1 This grant vas allocated for the purpose of lowering the bank's lake, but the lake is still as full as enr with the money all spent. Is it not time this type of work was allocated to a contractor 7 Feardorcha. Colla ag tabhairt bronntanas (o thuismitheoir:f Scoil Mhu:ixc , Doire Beaga) do Cbaitlrn lie Giolla Bhrrde, a d'eir:f as a post ar Ji/3/ 1 82~ · Ins an phictiiir chomh ma.i. th ta an Canonach Aodh 0 Gnaillhsr agus Mic:f a' Choip 0 Gal~~<>ir.