Guth & Tuairim, Lúnasa 1980

EA&ARAbT Recently we heard the story of the British Soldier shot dead at point blank range in Derry while drinking with his wife end her family in a .local pub. He had been given compassionate leave from the army to 2 visit his wife who had a miscarriage. Hooded gunmen burst in and ended his life at 19. Just another statistic to add to the growing number of tragedies brought by the troubles. The men of violence must be happy~ They have furthered the cause of Irish unity? No - when iU.ture generations look back on this dark period of our history the gunmen will not be remembered like we remember Pearse and Connolly. ~ ~ R?.ther will they be remembered as murdering thugs ~..:. who delayed the unification of our country. a>_ F "An t-Eagarth~ir" • : .§ Rann na eirste , 'g '~uireadh fearadh na faHte roimhe an Chairdinealach !!P :J f Fiach nuair a thug se cuairt ar an bhaile ·le • .;:! ~ gairid. Bh:l an da Bhu:fon Ceoil amuigh ina airicis ~ ~ g o:fche mhairt an 15u la. D 1 fhan se go dt:f an ~-:~ ~ Vl Sathairn ina dhiaidh sin agus chaith se I chuid ama ~ Vl-1>. 1 shiUl fr:fd na tithe. Bronnadh pictiU.r de ~ ~ .3 Rann na Feirste a rinne Cathal Hac Fbionnghaile air a>.._.~ le linn a chuairt. Nuair a fiafrafodh do n:fos luaithe ;:! ~"d ea h-ait ar mhaith leis an pictiur a bhrorinadh air V) -g ·a~ d I fhreagair se, 11 Ca h-lfit a mbronnfaf orm e ach ~ f! Ill i gcro:f-lar Rann na Feirstet" a> ] Bhuaidh Bu:fon Cheoil Shinsireach Rann na Feirste ~~~· Corn Fheile Ailt a 1 Chorrain don dara bliain as a ch€ile. Ta siiil acu e thabhairt aniar lena choinneail ar an bhliain s 1 chugainn. Ta Biddie HUidf Sheamaisin I sa bhaile ar saoire as Glasgow. Nfonn Biddie ata se bliana deag agus · ceithre seer an· turas achan bhliain. Fuair Hfcheal Ghracie an 2U a"it i gCraobh na Contae sa Jig dubailte ag Feile Leitir Ceanainn le ~airid. Bhuaidh a infon Carolina corn 11 Donegal/Sligo/Leitriin Tourism" agus a inion Maureen craobh na contae i mBurnfoot, chomh maith le craobh ar an Fh~carrach, Craoslach, Leitir Ceanainn, An Chraobh.Fhoscailte i nDoire agus dhj iu ait i Rossnowlagh fosta. Fuair Donall 0 Gallachoi~ craobhannar i mDurnfoot, Culdaff, c~aobh na Gaeltachta, Craobh na Contae agus craobh fhoscailte ar an Fhalcarrach agus craobh ag feile na Suille i Leitir Ceanainn. Bhi cruinniu ag bunadh Rann na Feirste ofche Shathairn 26U la fafhrioith~ dfol rata! an uisce ague socrafodh gan nfos mo rata! a dhiol go bhfaighidh siad pfopa uisce ur 0 cheann an bhealaigh go dtf an caramacan. Ta na pfopaf ate."' ann faoi llithair leagtha on bhliain 1934 {ba e seo an cheaa phiopa uisce 'thiinig isteach na contae) agus ta siad lofa le meirig. Tathar ag cuartu piopa Ur le blianta. Dun Luiche DUNGLOE The town is in a festive mood once again as the 11 Mary's" converge on the town and the Internationally famous festival gets into swing. Our thanks must go to this years committee for tbeir great effort in presenting such a hectic and varied programme of events - at sucn very short notice. ~ the time you read this things will be well under way, and I sincerely hope that the weather will be kind enougn to let us enjoy events to the fUll. As the last voters went to the polls on July 11th most of us were quietly looking forward to the count which was fixed for Ostan na Rosann at midnight. Inside the hotel, rumours were flying: "It it's not Alcorm it must be Hanlon". "I feel Big Anthony could be a dark horse". "Jim the Cope's very worried looking - and he didn't even dress up for the occasion" (come to think of it he hasn 1 t dressed up for a long time). · Shortly after 12.30 there was great silence as the Returning Officer Fr. P. Kerr moved slowly in the direction of the rostrum. All eyes'were fixed on the brown envelope under the arm of the Curate and he didn't keep us in suspence - he was quick to give us the verdict. Regretably, he was unable to name the first Mayor of the Rosses, because in fact Hanlon and Alcorn had tied for the title. People looked at each other open mouthed. Would there be a re-count? M. c. Naul McCole answered that question. He announced that "the chain" would be shared by the two successful candidates - six month's each. But a rather displeased Mr. Alcorn would have none of it and after saying what he wanted to say requested that "democracy be upheld". Jim the Cope on behalf of Michael Hanlon thanked everyone - and also requested that democracy be upheld. But how could the "chain" be shared? Very soon we had the answer when David Alcorn withdrew from the Contest - which meant thit Michael Hanlon was now Mayor of the Rosses. Harmony appeared to have been restored and for the remainder of the night a good time was had by all. The following Wednesday evening more than 40 carloads of enthusiastic supporters, with a motor cycle escort a ccompanied the new Mayor on a tour of the Rosses. During this whistle-stop tour the Mayor availed of the Citizen Band P.A. System to say "Thank You". On returning to Dungloe the children's b~ was on hand to lead the Mayor who was in an open-roofed car through the main-street where hundreds turned out to offer their congratulations to the one who for so long had done so much for the community in a voluntary capacity with so little recognition. So very often were we embarassed when we were forced to tell tourists that we had no Cinema, no this and no that. But this wasn't too bad since we could always direct them tc the Tourist Office. Now, sad to say Bord *ilte has decided to deprive us of this service also. I was always of the opinion that Bord Failte saw Donegal as being an area similar in size to the Rosses with Letterkeony in the centre. I am now fully convincedt "The Kerryman". Summer-Cup ~ania has hit DUn LUiche and already the football team has won a "sevens" competition in Dunkineely and the Loch an Iuir five-a-side. Ta"' Sean iontach gnoitheach ag rith anuas agus suas an bea.lach mor le tamall. Nn ffrinne I san sceal go bhfuil an fear eile ag iarraidh greim a fhail air. Ta i:w. Olympics thart agus ta achan nduine ag iarraidh fail amach caide 'ta ar intinn aige. Co~~gratulations to the following happy couples:- . MARRIAGES Walking down the road you may meet a couple "babbling" away in some strange language. Ilothing unusual about that, until you meet someone who says 11 Guten Morgen". Still, you dorit start thinking t.mtil you meet a Continental looking type who speaks neither Gaelic or E~lish. But dent panic -you~ still in DUD LUiche. It's just tb~t there seems to be more foreigners than locals here at the moment. Ta ail chuid is m6 acu ag fanacht 'san Hostel ach ta cuid acu ag campail fosta. Rose Marie Byrne, Loch an liiir to Liam Sweeney, Loch an . rUir. Sorcha Nic Ruaidhrf, Toraigh to Feilimidh MacEidigh, GlaisarchU. Caitlin Nic Fhionnlaoich, Glenhola to Cathal Greene, Ardsbeg. - Carmel McGee, llillach Dubh to Brendan Boyle, Arainn Mor. Anne l1arie Banner, Main St., Dungloe to Seamus Sheerin, Mountcharles. Bridie Coyle, An Ghlaisigh to John McLoughlin, Creeslough. S!le McBride A n Iuinnigh to Sean MacAoidh, An F8lcarrach. Sympathy is extended to the family of the following:– -----. Neliie N:f Ghallchoir, Machaire Loisce Mary McClafferty, Lr. Dunmore Daniel DuffY, Ardveen To the business people who are not giving visitors the going rate for tbeir sterling. Go h-airithe na Raspberries siopadoir1 a bh:l ag "deanamh" na scolairi Gaeilge. To the Hotels and other businesses who are paying Mary Rodgers, Bun na mBeann J ames Doogan, Lr. Keeldrum Bridie Mulhern, Baile an Droichid young people doing seasonal work extremely low wages. To the Cafes who are only charging 25p for chips. _ Do na h-oibrithe a chuidigh an reilig ur i nGaoth Dobhair a chrfochmf saor i n-aisce. a bag of Roses Ellen McGona. gle, Cruit DEATHS Sheila McNally, Ardmore . Nellie Me-Bride, Sleeghan Hugh Ferry, An tSeascan Beag Katie Boyle, Loch an Iuir Annie 0 1 Donnell, Brockagh