Guth & Tuairim, Eanáir 1981

The Lower Rosses 5 see all the people calling and paying and crying ... I did see it now. I know my good friends now". Christmas day was like a holocaust in Dungloet Maire Geoghagan Quinn he~ the 1 news on. Christmas night Early on, wPile everybody were enjoytng their meal and she broke into tears. "P~or Cori" ~ she said, "He in Ostan na Roaann, (booked a year' in advance) news worked hard at the election with me and he is goihg to reached the hotel that the 'famous Con Bonner P.C., be a big loss to F.F> 11 Daalty Sharkey said it was the Miltown got a heart attack in Acres Clurch after big meals with the Ninisters at election time that S taking up the collection. The news spread like killed him. Doalty says, "even though I am ori the. fire, but people thought the strong man Con was other side, Con was harmless and woUld help anybody -i':l: he would survive. That was their hope. in trouble". ~a Maggie John Andie could not. serve the tables with the ADY\Iay, the story which was started by some pratlk epded ~ 0 shock. "Fo9r Con" - that's all you could hear. happily and Con took it all in good part. He ~ j Later in the evening word reached the Ostan that Con purchased a new car the following week. • . died on the heart machine. People cried at their The· senior citizens party in the Ostan recently was .-., tables. Charlie Kit collapsed and when they got him a great su. ccess. The old-time ,valtzing. competition . 1 .... round with Brandy he started drinking heavy. So did was won by Joe Boyle, Acres and his sister-in-law , everybody else in the hotel. The bar-staff were so Bridget Sweeney, Acres. ,Second, were the t:amous · !f shocked they were giving double whiskeys instead of champion dancers, Connie Boyle and ~~s. Pat Boyle, Sen., ~ halfs. The Murrays band arrived to play but when Meenmore. Joe received a grand cup. r:;~ they heard the news they couldri 1 t play a note. The las t issue mentioned John Gorman leaving tne - ~ Cathal was like a ghost and Margaret was crying. party - but it was a hen party he left. F. They finished at ten o 1 clock, they couldn 1 t play any In next month's iss.ue I hope to be able to give y;ou - longer. Eamonn was stunned. "e.nYbody but Con". he says •. more news- about the Harriage Bureau that is _.startiDg · 1.• A few people left to go to the wake; when they got in the Lackenagh and Miltown area because or all the 1 there Maggie opened the door, .she wished them a lla-PPY bachelors and spinsters in the area. Some .man or :~~· Christmas and asked them in -who vas sitting aiVthe woman in Gweedore could eet a partner in /Lackenagh tor fire but Con. THE REPORT WAS ALL A HOAXt Maggie 19811 · Listener". and Con had to sit up all night as feople were callingr---~-------- .. ------------..,.~!'!"'1,...'!:!!!!1111 But that was nothing until next day. They came from . LEWJ.S -=''ASTRA\ciEL far and near. ·Burtonport Post Office had to employ 3 . . . r~ KY . extra staff to cope with 811 the oalls. Joe Charlie .~ Condy could not face the house, but later ~ggie had Q) ~ . 48 MAIN ST, to go and tell him Con was. O.K. An old man from 'i c> Lettermacaward came to .:;he "wake" the next day ..i and 5 he found Con out making a horse cart, at which point '2 » the old man fainted. Frock got the news and he went !il· ~ to the stone to pick a coffin·. · He said to Gracie, 'f ~ "Do you know it 1 s only yesterday I saw Con in Dungloe ~ c> .and I said to myself- if he goes sudden it will be ~ ~ hard to get a coffin big enough". Anyyay, he got eo1 ~ the l argest he had and put it in the he~se awaiting ~ ~ the call. John Patrick in Keadue made·for his ~~ factory along with James Nora but they discovered ~ 111 there were no lids. James Nora, with tears running -.: t' down his cheeks says in a shaky voice, "sure if you 3 ,g] go over to l•lickey Kit he'll make a lid, because that ~ · funeral wont take place for four days, such a famous ~ • ~ man as Con". John Patrick says, "if he was still 111 ~ ~ taking a jar he might be alive yet". If Frock was ~ > :0 waiting yet he got no call and neither did John. 111 ;:::: !j But Con 1 s house vas crowded all day Boxing dajr . and ~ .c: the day after. Con was consoling them, 'he said, "I ~ ~ often t when I would die it w·ould be nice to Cl3 ~ na Coinni"odh ofche sa cholaiste cho.inne paistf lag-. intinneacha ar na mallaibh. .Bhf drama ag monarcan· Anagaire agus drama eile ag muintir Rannpa Feirste iad fein; thug DOnall agus Feidhlfmidh 0 Gallchoir dreas ceoil agus d'inis Brid Anna Nf Bhaoill sceal; ansin, bhf 'trath na gceist' ann idir ceithre fhoireann agus bhf an bhua ag Donnchadh Eddie agus a fhoireann. Ta Bell 1 Fbeidhlimidh agus Hicf Bhiddie Dhonaill 56 bliain posta - agus an bheirt acu i mbarr a sl8.inte. Posadh iad s'na h....Acrai i 1925. Ag comortas damhsa i Leitir Ceanainn le gairid fuair Donall 0 Gallchoir ar aghaidh go d.tr 'Craobh an Domhain 1 a bheas ar siUl san Mansion House i mBaile Atha Cliath thart fa 1 n chaisc. Ta se ar aghaidh go dtf craob.h uladh de 1 n ·Choinhaltas ar an fheadog mhor chomh maith - ait a mbeidh a dhearthOir Feidhlimidh le grupa ceoltoirf Mhfn na Croise. l!'uair Maria Nf Dhonaill (infon Dhonaill Rua) bonn . de chuid tJladh as damhsa agus fuai.r beirt ghirseac~ Mbiche&l Ghracie, Miirih agus CaroUne boinn chomh maith. ] Bb:f cuid .mhor daoine sa bhaile ehoinne na Nollag, c.. ina measc; Biddie Nhary Hughie sa bhaile as Long IslE; Infon Fannia Sonny, Mary agus a fear. Ta , annie sa bhaile ari"s agus gan a dhrth uirthi ach leithsceal le · theacht anall no creidim nach raibh 1 nduine d 1 fhag an baile ariamh bh1 sa bhaile chomh minic lei. Bh1 Ann McGovan abhus as Liverpool tigh Nora Frank Chonaill ag foghlaim Gaeilge. 'Chuaigh Siobhiin Nr Ghairbhe an bealach eile - chuaigh s 1 ar saoire go Glasgow agus bhain sf £200 fhad agUs bhi~ lff thall. £200 lllhaithe chothaithe mar gur sterling a bhi"' ann. 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