Guth & Tuairim, Lúnasa 1980

The Lower Rosses The ~al Burtonport ?estival proved to be a great success with plenty of activities. Cro~ds thronged to the area and fortunately there ~as en9ugh drink to go around. Rann na Feirste ~on the band competition and Dore won the Junior band. Blaney was there too and keeping some very strange company. ~tt. David Alcorn deserves great credit for q1e way he ran the festival. 4 ~ 0 d ~ 0 0 Cloich Cheann Fhaola The Lord Mayor Mr. Seamas Gallagher opened F~ile Ceilteach an Fh81carraigh on Friday 18th July and for the whole of the weekend large cro~s converged on the town for the many and varied events. Greenlough of Derry won the Senior Pipe Band Competition with Gweedore Pipe Band coming second and in the Junior Band Competition Loch an Iuir pipped Dore_Band to first place b,y half a point. The first farmer in the area to get an electric fence is Pa Sweeney (Jock), Acres who has a large herd of cattle on his ranch. It's unusual to see so many cattle in Acres as since the milk "' The Publicans' race brought great laughs and some ~ very strange "Ladies" indeed took part. At night ~ the pubs were packed and most premises had music • ~ and sing-songs. One disappointing aspect of the ~ tl.l weekend was the very poor support given by the lorry started coming around everybody sold their cows. Now there's grass going to loss, even along J:.he roadside. It was true for Jamos Ward to say ·10 years ago that the coivs had to wear glasses the grass was so short. .8 ~ public to the concert by Dana in the Pobal Scoil. ·rl ~ Seemingly local people dent appreciate International ·~ ~ talentt : j The new Hother ueneral .of the Franciscan Order is ~ • Mother Felicitas. Good wishes are extended to her The largest motorcade since the late Pa O'Donnell ~as made minister ~ent through Burtonport with the Cl> s.. •• in her onerous duty. ~wro T new Lord Mayor of the Rosses r.!ichael Hanlon. ·rl Cl> Mr. om Walsh of Killi.tlt recently returned from the ~ J) § U.S.A. where as President of the Irish Handball Tension was·too much for the new mayor coming near the town and he left the car with the ooen roof and went into. an enclosed car. There is absolutezy no truth in the rumour that Nichael is considering ·tne Bye-Election as a F.F. candidate. ~ _g ~ Association he accompanied the Irish team who o visited and played games in New York, San Francisco, .;; ~ (/) Los Angeles and Tucson. .$ ~';;! Beidh damhsa ag -Glenea Utd. in. Ostan Mhic Phaidin ~ §~ ar an Deardaoin, 2lu Lunasa agus beidh Movita Touch ;:"' ~ z ag cur an ceol ar fail. The Lord }1ayor, ·Seamas A motor car took to Charles Boyle's field ~hen it sa~ a Swilly Bus approaching and Big Danny Campbell had to lift the car on to the road agairi. I wonder what kind of phobia would you call people using old reg. No. plates on new cars? Hanus F'addy l:itty says it's I. H. Phobia. Nan Coll says the trip to France 1vith Anthony HcGinley G> ~as out of this world. They played bingo from the § midlands to Dover. Doalty Sharkey called the ~ numbers and for the first "checktt someone shouted .~ 11 Housen. Doalty wouldn't give the person the prize ~ of £5 - he said you must shout "Bustt not ttHouse 11 • ~ Anyway the person got the money with Anthony saying r~ "we'll allow this one". ~ Is it true Owenie joined the screamers? They are ~ not going Sivay after all, their new book is on sale .8 for £7 and it doesn't ma.l{e much sense. It is reported the old Cooperage in Burtonport has been bought b.Y a Dungloe man and that he's tossing it ,and is going to build a store and a restaurant. I hear the Arranmore folk are afraid to travel with J.~. in case he will be shot. "The Listener". Keadue Congratulations to the Keadue Band for winning Fife & Drum County Championship recently in Letterkenny y . · . -J\NAGAIRE the vl e extend our congratulations to the t.nnagry Fife ~ Drum Band for their well deserved victory at the Hary from Dungloe band competition on Sunday 2?th. They brought this coveted prize back to Anagaire after two years. The T.V. Transr.;itter in Braade is proving to be a big "boost" with many houses enjoying the luxury of 5 channels. There is no truth in the runour tl:at the potatoes Big .Anthony was shovir~ off belonged to John EcGarvey~ A. man who definitely has green fingers is Daruty Kaye who wilJ. be putting his • .& 2 lb onions on display shortly. 0 :1 m \ielcone nevrs in the 1 e.rish j s the rormation of ·~:cl Cl> Cumann Ramhaiochta ,\~gaire/: :Ulluch Dubh. .~ Jl 0 ~ Chairman of the ne·.: club is Dom l·:cDevitt, 'd o § ~ Treasurer - John G:ormun and F.2..C. Dinnie John ..., ~ g; and John 3oyle. '8 ~ d ..8 T A <ll 0 tl.l he nagaire Ladies Tug-c_:.iar team are going <ll 11 strone:; 11 • They've won competitions recently in Q § aJ ~ Ballybofe:/ and Burtonport and came second in g 0 ~ Jl Let terken.n~·. ('.lho said they Here disqualified ~ ,;~ ~ i: for lying do>m?). ~ 1 Still on tre sporting front we congratulate ~~~ ~ J!ajre Rodgers of Anagaire Athletic Club who won a~ tl.l ~ tl.l silver medd at the All-Irelancl Chainpionships in af ~ g l9 Limerick recently. "' (/) "' @ =• ·.:e ho.d a Canadian priest Fr. Tim SulJivan with ';;! ~·~~ ~ h ] . d tl }j J ·rl r-4 .s:1 ('ol •rl us on .o.l ays r~cen y. e met oe Sharkey at o ~~ ~ eight o'clock one morning and somehow he was ~~ g Jl "' convinced that Joe was a priest. C1l 0 <>~ E-< ~ '''Z" Galls.gher was on hand to welcome :tiJaTgaret HcFadden, Rose Sharkey and Sheena Sharkey on their triumphant return from Dublin where they won 3 Gold Hedals in a national Handball competition. A lot of credit is due. to their coach John Gallagher. Also, on the handball front, good news is that ~ youth employment grant has been made available for renovating the handball alley. Deir lucht gno nach bhfuil morin cuairteoirf ins an cheantar agus ·muna nathi-aionn an sceal i mf Lunasa go mbeidh droch bhliain acu. Nil an aimsir ag cuidilf, agus deirtear nach dthainig oiread daoine fiu amhain as Albain i mbliana. Deir muintir Mhachaire Rabhartaigh agus 1-fuin Larach go bhfuil ruda:f ibhfad nfos suaimhnr no mar 1 bh:f fan am seo anuraidh. A new football pitch at the Community School is· nearing completion and when finished it's expected to be one of the best in the county. A local businessman who wants to remain anonymous claims he saw a mermaid down at Ballyness Pier recently- and he wasn't drunk either. Could Cloich Cheann Fhaola soon rival the Loch Ness area of Scotland? "The Gang". Doire Na Mainsear A young lady on holiday in the locality had a lucky escape when her car left the road at Hallaigh Eoghain, and was extensively damaged. Hallaigh Eoghain as it's known localzy is a notorious "Black Spot" with near misses daily and a fair amount of "bumps" yearly - so it's over to our County Councillors who never seem to bother about Doire na Mainsear except at election time. We only get the same degree of moonlight as surrounding townlands, yet they all have streetlightst Changed days indeed on the car market front. Fr. 0' Connell came all the wa:y from Dublin to buy a ne" Datsun. But as Josie seys, "That-son, is a bargain". Ta go leer cuairteoir1 s'na tithe 1 san ami lithair. The first "yanks" to arrive were Rosie and Kate Eoin. If onzy Hughie had the extension finishedt However, the undisputed "Holiday House" title must go to Biddy (Sheain) Brady who has more visitors during the summer than Colaiste Anagaire. · Chaith Ann-Marie tr1 seachtaine ag obair i gColaiste Bhr1de, Rann na Feirste agus deir s1 go raibh am ar doigh aici. Paddy Eibh11n considered engaging the local Lord Mayor for the official opening of his new house. Ar cheannaigh John Hor compressor'Z This month we have the first P 7 T poles erected in Doire na Mainsear for private telephones. · Fuair Owenie Anna carta o Shiubnan ata ar laetha saoire. Deir sf go bhfuil aimsir ar doigh 1 san ait sin, ach gur bhfearr lei sa bhaile ag leamh cuid magazines Kevin Brady. No prizes for guessing which house displays a "Beware of Rooster" signt But Brandy would sey, "typical -display the notice when the harm's donel" "The Rock".