Guth & Tuairim, Meitheamh/Iuil 1982

CARRICKFIN AIR RALLY Donegal's first ever Air Ral.17 will take place at Carrickf'in, .bnagr;y during the weekend ot Jul.7 9th, loth and 11th. It 18 being organised 'b7 the West Donegal Air Club Limited and this novel event ia expected to attract huge crawda to the area. The Carrickf'in t1yiJlg club, althaagh atW in it'a intanq have alreaq acquired 2 aircraft, han over 20 atudent pilots and are attached to the Airline Owners & Pilot'• Association or A.O.P~A. vboee Vice-President, Pat NolaD from l.il.keney vW open the rall;r. Tbe illporte.nce ot the Carrickfin rall;r is significant when you consider that O.A•.P.A. vho nm 10 or 11 rallies throaghout Ireland, are marking it as their main event ot 1982. It is e:zpected that SO or 60 aircraft vill converge on the little Rosses airstrip from all over Ireland lHorth & South), as well as from Britain and the Channel Islands. Obvious]J such an event requires a great deal or planning and a big eolllllittee have been blls;r over the last tev months organising and taking care or every little detail. Club P.R.o., James Hemmi.Dis tells me that the;r haTe receiTed excellent co-op6~ation from the collll!Unit1, _the garda sioehana and the local land– owners, vhile Udaras na Gaeltachta vho own the airstrip have been extremely helpi'nl. Durini the weekend there will be various entertainments organised in the Rosses and Gaoth Dobhair including, Wind Surfi.Di, Scuba - Diving, Sea and 7resh Water Angling, Trawler trips to the Islands, etc. in conjunction with the rall;r. Dirsctor ot the Ral]J, Dr. Peter Sweeney, Director of ATiation !lei! Bracken 8Dd all the cOlllDlittee are hoping it will turn out to be a gala weekend for participants and the publie and that aether nature will be kind and prOTide us with good weather. 11111111111111111111111111111111IIIIIIIIIIIIllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 111111111111111 Thinking Long. 'Twas myself would laTe the Rosses vhen I wasn't ver;y owld, An' iJ.' I'd little wisdo• ,et the heart o 1 ae was bovld; •The countf7 1 s poor•, said I, •and the people's slow to liTe .. ong, An' there'• nothiD' doin 1 here at all tor the• that does be 10Ulll"• \ That was the quare long tiae ago, tor I'Te travelled tar since then, An' I've seen all sorta o' places an' all diJ.'ferent kinds o' •n; · An' this one thing's the surest now or all the things I knov - The place vliere ye were born vW call, no aatter vhere 10 10. I've aeen the crandest tovna at all vi' the houaea big an' lµgh, An' hill• tha~ would llalte Errigal look vee it tho7 were by; There' a rinra that. 1 a ail big an' wide as the Cl.ady' does be lone, .ln' it ye'd like the people too, sure that. would be wrong. Le Blisabeth Shane. Oireachtas Uladh Beidh Oireachtas Uladh ar siUl i nGaoth Dobhair ar teadh deireadh seachtai.ne 9'i, lo.I agua ~ii I.Ji! i abliana. Ifuair a labhair .f le Oonall 0 Domhna1 lJ as an Fh8l.carrach a bhtuil baint aige le Oireachtais:f le blianta fada, d I inis Se doJlb go raibh SB rud beag ian:(och tan taca!ocht a bh! an pobal a thabhairt do' n theUe le blianta beaga annas. l'eic~ar !lo go bhfuilthar ag cur barrafocht rudaf' eile OS cOllbair an aos og, go h-&irithe so la ata inniii ann - ruda! naeh bhtuil •aitheas ar bith iont.u agus ta eagla air a duirt se go dtiootaidh an la nach abeidh a' nduine lo aire a thabhairt do cheann dona ruda!" is luaehtara agus is duchasaigh da bhta.il againn • B!onn an tOireachtas i nGaoth Dobhair a dtlirt Oonall aar gur e an alt is foirst!nigh ach duirt se go ndearna an pobal agus pobail taill! agus leithcheall ar iomaitheoir! agus go a!leann daoine ata ag , coi.llhlint go ainic nach bhta.11 ann ach seinll ceoil do ph6ca! .tolallha. Thug O .... Domhnai]J cuairt ar Ghaeltachts.!" Th!r Ohonaill ar na llallaibh agus duirt se go raibh luchair air a ra gur caaadh air daoine a b1U reidh le theacht. 'un tosaigh le cuidiu a thabhairt. Dnine ar b1th at&: aasta cuidiu a thabhairt, taril se inor aoase agus beidh tallte roiab.e a dUirt se. Foireann Scoil an 1-inniP a bllllaidh a.a o-Ortu pell• iclir aeoltacha 11.&iaiunta i nGaoth Dobhair.