Guth & Tuairim, Meán Fómhair 1980

fhe Lower Rosses 3 Cloich Cheann Fhaola T:he Rosses men have gone cuckoo on Tug-of-War these last Ta muintir na h-aite ag gearran faoi shiopaf ins an few months. Paddy Neily 1 s team were pulling every team cheantar ata. ag baint ama:ch praghlis cothrom le £1CO they met so when two weeks t~,go the final event of the an tonna ar yhrataf. I mBaile Atha Cliath ta year was held at Keadue field Paddy put up the cup. prata! ar fail ar tuairim £35 an tonna, rud a Paddy D~ says he never seen a cup so large, it was fhi'gann praifid ana mhor ar fad ag dfoltoir1 anseo. like a bucket. What .happened? Killybegs won. They Work on the new St. Finians Church in Falcarrach is pulled Paddy's team all over the place. Things were well under way. The foundation has been laid, very. gloomy in Meenbanad th•t night. But the sport pillars erected and work has commenced· on the walls. • ~ Paddy is, he filled the CUP. for Killybegs - it took 5 Bhf droch adh ar fhoireann Chloich Cheann Fhaola ~ ~ bottles of whiskey. "My God", says Paddy Diney, "you nuair a chaill siad Craobh na Condae san tSraith ~ s:: would need a hose· to get a drink out of that cup. 'S Idirmheanach le poinnte amhaiJl i neadan foireann o. ·rl Then, Paddy Neily had a pint drinking colllpetition and 1 Ruairf Mac Easmainn i ml36al Atha Fe le gairid. a m a guard won the Trophy by drinking 5 pints in 5 minutes. Bhf an cluiche a ath-imirt i ndiaidh crfochnii ar ~o' Bridget Gorry says, "leave it to the Westies". ~ chomhscor i Leitir Ceanainn roimhe sin. ~ Margaret Thatcher has extended parking facilities at ~ The Falcarrach Youth Club after a lot of ~ hErlounge • Tully says with the country in the preparations sadly had to cancel their .trip to 5 ~ state its in she should put the squeeze on~ ~ France due to the French fishermens dispute. ~ ·g There was a huge gt;lthering in Gildea 1 s Lounge s.. Another trip organised for Bundoran recently wa& a ~ ~ recently in aid of Parochial funds. There waa an .3 great success and was thoroughly enjoyed by all. 1! ~ Old-Time Waltzing competition and a jiving competition. ~ At the moment the future of the Youth Club seems· to 1 Big Con was there but disappeared before the waltzing ~ be in jeopardy after four very successful years. s:: competition took place. (Before he left he told ..c:: The chairman, Mr. Hugh NcGarvey a founder member of $ Carmel, "It's all Disco's I go to now in the Tara"). Q) the Club has resigned his position. He told this ~ Anyway the Old-Time waltzing was won by Connie Boyle'; ·g, paper that local support was very poor and z Meenmore and Agnes Murray, Acres. Sean Jock 0 1 Donnell ~ criticized the parents for their apathy. Members of and Mary Effie O'Donnell came second, and the jiving ;:!!; the communit!, he claimed were rarely willing to help ~ was won by Mr. and Mrs. Phil Rodgers, Acres. The . ~ the youth ana he cites the case of the local hall ~ judges were from Scotland and Derry. £500 was ~ which was readily available for summer-students but ~ collected at the door and great credit is due to the ~ not for the use of the local young people. Bheadh ~~ organisers, Cathal Murray, Acres and Paddy Ferry, :a se 1 na chailluint mhor ag aos-og na paroiste da ,::. ~ Keadue along with Joseph Gallagher, Acres, Paul·Wallace, mbeadh diereadh leis an Chlub. ~ g,>. Roshine, Mary Bonner, Lackenagh, Geraldine Bonnet, The salmon fishing season has ehded, and_for some it ~ · f Burotnport and Eddie Gild~a. The Mayor was absentl was the wors~ on record. . The estuary f~sherrnen are ~~ Naul NcCole was N.C. and David says he ran it like the generally qu~te pleased w~th their catches however, ~ ~ election - putting ticket...holders off the floor. although prices were very low. ~ aS A new pop group has started locally called the Glenea Utd. received a tremendous boost lately when "' u Cobblers. They played their first night recently in . the D~negal League a nnounced. that the Club wo~d ~t£ Nelly' a. Their agent can be contacted at Burtonport 304·.; play .~n the Premier League th~s year • There ~s. an g ~ Another new Sergeant has arrived in Burtonport. The added bonus ~ecause a reserv_e 1 team have been adm~tted s::_UI>l 1 t teved a fev weeks and this is· the 4th in a year. to the 3rd d1vision. Glenea s young star o~ the last a as man s QV · . . few years has certainly hit the soccer headl1nes. ~ Hugh Cornie says the reason is they cannot sleep at night Charlie NcGeever is now playing league of Ireland ~~ wit!) traffic. a1 football with Sligo Rpvers. rl ~ "The Listener". /Loch An I ui r ~ Ce.,n siopadoir ar an :FM'lcarrach a bhf iontach ~ .~ Q) mf-shasta leis an leitir a bhf in 11 Guth 7 Tuairim" ..c: ..c: There is great dissatisfaction at the abuse road-signs j i :~ Lunasa? ID (j n L u i c he ~ ~ · are getting at the crossroads. They are continuously ~ ~ Bhi' comortas 7-ar-taobh ar siul De Domhnaigh ~ '!j being turned around, much to the inconvenience of CS 7ii N. Fomhair agus bh! droch. adh ar fhoireann de chuid visitors. \~ ~ an bhaile nuair a chaill siad i n-eadan Gaoth Dobhair Ti deireadh le cursa:l na Colaiste do' n bnliain seo, +' ~ Aontaithe. Bh1 tarraingt teada ann fosta - go dt! gur agus ta bunadh na h-aite iontach sasta do'~doigh ar ~ t-:> bhris an ropa,se sin. Caithfidh se go raibh fir iompar na scolairf iad fein 1 fhad agus 1 bh! siad anseo. aS laid ire annl Beidh crannchur ag an cblub secair gan Idir an da mhf bh:l thart fa 500 anseo agus· n:l raibh ~::1 ~ mhoill. Dean cinnte go bhf'Uil tu istigh. Teigh sa trioblaid da laghad leo. ~ tseans agus thiocfadh leat £100 a bhaint. 1 Se John Dyrne and his son Hughie are after spending a ~ ~ Phil Harkin an salesman is fearr go foill. holiday, the first for many years·with John's sister ; ~ ~fuaraigh Cathal breac 3 phunta 10 n-unsa le gairid Mary Boyle. John speaks the Irish language as fluently M ~ agus ansin ·arais leis go Sligeach le imirt sa as when he left in the 1930's. Actually he had the "' ';d County Final. names in Irish of birds that) had been forgotten here. u) 0 I Leitir Ceanainn le gairid rith Itobert Alcorn As a special request he had the children's band play ~ ~marathon i 2 uair 53 bomaite. Ba e sec an chead .uair· specially (in full unif.orm) for him on the evening ~ ..g :;:1 a rith se n:los mo no 1.5 mfie. Rith Sean 0 Donaill. before his departure to London. Q) "'..c: 18 mile go dt:l gur ~a tn "* H H wasp" greim as.. Ta Also home from Lorrlon for a recent holiday wE.r; ,Ul '~ 1 ~ an bheirt acu ag traenail do marathon RTE a bheas ar Dan Dinny and his daughter Macy and son James. Dan is e'! ~e-. s iUl ag deireadh na mfosa agus ta n:los ino nO. 350 m!le an annual visitor to Loch an Iuir. Others holidaying deanta acu le mf. ~ here w.ere Hr. and :1-frs. Neil Duffy, Neil and P.rs . 0' DonnelJ ~ "Kra.pp" , (Neily Eoghain) and Paddy Eoghain 0 1 Donnell. Also, Q) .----~-------------------.. Hr. and Mrs. NcEleney from Glasgo•r. 1 T'ABHAIRNE JACK The eel fishermen from the North are still fishing for m 1, eels in the lake, but they have also extended their ~ territory to Fintown, Dunlewey and other mountain lakes. ..c: .nnagaIre They have caught some fine specimens and are selling ~ •n their catches in the North. Turf-lifting (stealing) is again rampant on the main Loch an Iuir/Dungloe road. Anyone with turf along this road would be advised to take it home, as people are quite often observed filling the boots of their cars with turf - even in broad daylight. Rinne Raidio na Gaeltachta an tAifreann a chraoladh i nGaeilge 6 Cholaiste 1-lbuire i Loch an Iuir ar an Domhnach lOU LUnasa. Ba e an tAthair NacUidhir an ceiliuraf agus bhf an Cor faoi stiuradh nni'inteoiri' na 0 ~ . .. Entertainment - lunches served friday saturday · sunda y Colaiste. There was a great Spanish atmosphere around the Corner recently when some friends from that co~ntrj stayed Fully licenced Restauront with Daniel and Mary Sweeney• nAn Bacach" • 1ci ..c =-~----------------------------------~ ANAGAIRE 13