Guth & Tuairim, Lúnasa 1980

Lit reacha 5 Dungloe, July, 1980. A Chara, I enjoy "Guth 7 Tuairim" and look forward to it every month but perhaps I could offer a bit of criticism. I find it annoying when reading an article to find bits of Irish in the middle of it. The Irish of today is so hard to read anyway that perhaps it would be an idea to have the paper all in English and I'm sure you would get a lot more readers. Le meas, "Regular Reader". Acres, Burtonport. .A Chara, I enjoyed the recent letters and articles in ''Guth 7 Tuairim" about Flute Bands. I think you would travel most of Ireland before you would find so many bands in such a small area. I agree with M. Gillespie that the late Faddy O'Donnell N.T. was the ·founder of school bands. Nowadays, the likes of Faddy Ferry in Keadue is doing excellent work in promoting the bands and it's a pity that the anonymous "Interested" writing i!l "Guth 7 Tuairim" should criticize him so harshly. As there is no comnunity centre in the Acres area it's good to see the young people taking an interest in bands and if we had more people like Mr. Ferry I feel there would be less hooliganism. All bands and band leaders in the Rosses, Gweedore, Doochary, Leitir, etc area deserve great credit. Mise le meas, Cathal Murray. M:ln Beannaid, 23ti Iti.n. A Chara, It \Jas reported recently in the daily press that Ian Paisley made a snide remark about Cardinal 0 Fiach. My answer to that would be, "You can take Paisley out of Ballymena but you cant take the 11 bally-meanness 11 out of Paisley. Mise le meas, # Seamas s. 0 DOnaill. AN Falcarrach B a.r and lounge \\ SAUN~ HERI5PH £:ENTRE DARTS Pool CoL. rv Make No Mistake Have a Jar • 1n THE ~KES" / EARRAI COlNCREID Gaoth Dobhair Manufacturer of Pre-stressed Lintels Window sills Garden Edging Paving slabs Septic Tank Lids Manhole covers Wall & Chimney Coping Supplier of wrap around boi;l.ers '-------....J APPROVED BY I.I.R.S. Phone BUNBEG 90 ?alcarrach, 23/'1/'80 • A Ghara, As an emigrant living in Scotland and home for a few weeks holidays I Has deli,:;hted to see "Guth 7 Tuairim" with its mixture of news, comment and local \Jit. It has never been a stror,g Irish trait to be able to laugh at ot.:rselves but this paper seems to be succeeding. A s my holiday co-incided 11itr the ?alcarrach Celt i c Festival there are a fe>T observations I would like to make. 'l'alking to various s!:cr.– keepers and local business people tl·,e corru~ent most often :1.eard was, "there nre no visitors about at alP. I can ten them 1.:hv~ Cor.':2red to other place::: shop ;:;rices for ~ro ~eri.es , ;ne&t, etc,, are above average in Falcarrach. I even se.vl or.e item wit!: tHo price tags - one dearer t::-,.:o.r: the other. Not only that but most places 1.,rere net giving a fair exchange rate for English money to visitcrs \Jbich I think is very unjust. Durine the Festival I found the price of drin.'k: outragously high and really the festival seemed to b!:) centrP.d ar)nml drink. 3o a word of advice Falcurt·ach Businesses: ;:'ou are frightening the vis itors aHa v. iias it Lincoln ·::.hat said, "You can fool the peopl~ some of the ti.me , but you cant fool tr.C!'n all of the time". I' m glad to be living in Scotland because I dont thin~: I conld afford to live here. I wish 11 Guth 7 Tuairim" continued success. ...-1"0 . Hi se le me as, lalcarrach 11 Scottie 11 • The Call Us The 3creamers ~ ~ by Jenny James - published by Caliban Books at ·~ ;:1 £7,00 (Hardback). :;; :8 Hy first thoughts about this book concerned the C/l ·~ price which I consider to be rather steep at .£7. 00. -c: d It is not so much a book writ.ten by .!-:s. James as a ~ f: collection of letters, private, personal and ~ <ll public written to, by, and at J.is . James. What the s... > · author seems to be aL11ine for is a picture of the c3 ~ Atlantis Comr.mne as it is and was. i::' "':j ro The letters are very skillfully chosen and put in ~~ continuity to give us (the author hopes) a realistic ..c: .~ picture of the place. How s uccessi'ttl she has been 'g t~o in painting the. picture I cannot say never having been ~ ~ an 11 innate 11 of the comrnune. Some of the letters •.vill ~ +> depress you, some •.vill surprise :rou and some may r-t '(j even shock you, But if you have £.7 to spare, in -~ m the name of understandi:lg buy this book. It ~ § c~rtainly changed my mental picture of .Atl:l.ntis House. o ell I am not being fli ppant •.vhen I say, in the words of a well know cross-channel Sunday paper, "all human life is there 11 • f. G. July 1 SO, Clada Removals Removals throughout GT BRITAIN & IRELAND Free Estimate:; contact BUNBEG GLASGOW Q) > •rl ...-! ~ !.< 0 . ~ ~ re- Ill '~ ..c: "0 ·o oj Q> "0 ..., .~ c: .:.. «: Anagaire B.s. with their t.acher, Mrs. A. Bonner in the mid 50 1 s 214 041·649·7563