Guth &Tuairim, Feabhra 1981

Loch An luir Beidh suim mhor ag bunadh na h-Aite san Eigse a bheas ar siUl i Loch an Iuir on 29U go Jlu Bealtaine. Ainneoin go mbeidh moran imeachta{ eile ar siul ar fud na contae an deireadh seachtaine ceanna tathar ag suil le slua mor i Loch an Iuir. Beidh suim speisialta san leacht a bhearfaidh an t-ollamh Gearoid Stockman ar shaothar N~ill U{ Dhonaill. Ta neart aithne ar Ghearoid i Loch an Iuir. The speed-limits are ignored right, le~ and centre. The speed at which cars pass through the village is shocking. Beidh drocp dheireadh air, ach beidh sin "la indiaidh an mhargaidh." Loch an Iuir will have its own rowing and skiff club this year. Tathar ag gabhail a cheannacht skiff choinne cleachtaithe agus dearfainn go mbeidh foireann maith ann. B{onn comortaisf ralnha{ochta i Loch an Iuir achan bhliain. Meanwhile, the lake is the 'happy hunting ground.' for large flocks of wild duck. This was a common site many years ago but in recent years they had abandoned the lake. Can the ·'weather forecasters' tell us if this has any s ~nificance? Ni chuirfidh se le slachtmharacht na h-aite an clabar ata adumpail ar thaobh . an bhealaigh mhoir giota anios o Ardan an Chuilinn. Ta me cinnte go bhfuil aiteacha n:ios foirst{n:n Ar saoire i nGlasgow f .aoi lathair ta Peadar O Dufaigh agus a bhean cheile, Anna. Ta siad ag tabhairt cuairt ar a gclann sa chathair sin. Ta an Bufon Ceoil faoi lan tseoil anois ag c~eachtu don bhliain seo. Chuir an'flu isteach go mor ar 5 0 .µ . el . IXl chleachtaithe le tamall. .-. ~ Leagadh ceann de na tithe a ba shine ar an bhaile ar na mallaibh, se sin teach Dh6naill Hiudai. Ta teach 'E ur le togail ar an lathair cheanna. :S •An Bacacb•. i.....-.. 0 "" ,._, 8 "' s r-i r-i .µ <l> "' .0 <l> .0 ~<l> •.-1 .0 Nach mcSr an trua go bhtuilan Leacht seo ag :g r-i an Chroisbhe~lach i Loch an I~ir i mBearla, ~'.;:1 go speisialta anois agus an Eigse ag teacht. .µ ~ MAGHERY '----~l Congratulations to the Maghery Senior and Junior :Tug-0-War teams on their recent wins in the L 0 ch an Iuir and Burtonport indoor competitions. Their coach, Hughie Aile~ has already got 4 trophies this season anq is very pleased with their success. Hughdie McCole has a most unusual problem on his farm at Termonl He fenced all his land with sheep-wire but he reckons his calves ·keep wall<:ing through it. Darkie Browne said if he fed them properly his problem would be solved. Two P & T officials arrived in Maghery last week looking for a site to erect a public telephone booth. They were measuring a plot which they considered suitable when Big John approached them, threatened them, accused them of trespassing and told them to leave immediately. He said he thought they were nrulti-nationals looking for Uranium~ 11 The ndustries INDUSTRIAL ESTATE SHOWROOM 8UNBEG ·1.uxURIOUS .. --· FITTED KITCHENS BEDROOMS etc Phone BUNBEG 39 or201 uwm~,11~.w~ BEST INTEREST RATES PAID ON DEPOSITS Personal Loans Available For : Home Improvements Car Purchase Furniture Colour TV COHTACT US AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS FOR CONFIDE1'TIAL INFORMATION. Cloich Cheann Fhaola The JC Club recently held their A.G.M. in McFadden's Hotel and elected the following comnittee: Chairman - Barry ShanB.han; Secretary - Mrs. Margaret O'Leary; Treasurer - Murray Learmont. For c.nybody interested in joining the JC Club the menbership fee is £5 for married couples and £J for singles. Fund-raising activities are continuing for the new Church with the quiz and beer tasting competitions every Saturday night in the Rakes. On a recent Saturday the Professional's (Dunfanaghy Social Cl~b) won tr.e quiz at the expense of The Ballyness Grouse-Beaters (very original names don't you ttir..kl) while Brian Sharkey showed his good taste in the beer– tasting event. Watch out for some original ideas and some lovely nLadies 11 in the next few Saturdays. Annie 0 1 Donnell was the recent lucky winner of £10C at the Bingo in Falcarrach. And then, there is the story of tte 'Gang of Four' who caMe from 'Jweedorel They came tc the Indoor Tug-o-War competition in the hall to show the locals how it should be done. Dunmore were definitely not in their best form - due to the weather. Ballintemple gave a great battle, but due to b shortag~ of.spinach , finally gave in. Then the Mighty 4 came to face the Ballyness Bashers. There was Skipper, Professor, Redzer and Basher (who makes sure of his daily~ of soup). The Mighty 4 thought they had it in the bag. They took the strain. So did the Bashcrst They began to s hake the rope up and down. So did Bashed They got redder with the effort. So did Redzert The M.O.D. trainer of the Ballyness Bashers urged his men on. . The Gweedore Big 4 tried one last heave. So did Professor, Redzer·, Skipper and Basher - and boy, did they heavel Skipper was still shaking the rope and the Big 4 came flyir:g across the floor. A great victory for tte Ballyness Bashers with the help of some expert coaching from the M.O~D. marvel. The Big 4 got out of tcwn as if their tails were on fire. Well done Bashers - your place in history is assuredt "The Gang•i (of J). Machaire Rabhartaigh agus M1n Larach Tana mna t.1 uilig sa cheantar m:l-shasta le ~ael-Linn as go beag ardu ata s iad a ttabhairt dicbha as gach scolaire i mbliana, se sin JOp as gach duine. Caide is fiu JOp nuair a smaoinlonn tu ar an meid a chuaigh bia suas le bliain? N{l go leor tithe c.g gubhail a choinneail scolair[ ar bith. Bh{ Disco sa cholaiste o{che h-aoine ar na mallaibh agus duirt Maighread agus Jackie go raibh an buicn ceail as Anagaire 11 fantastic 11 • Nil muintir Thora{ agus Inis Bo Fine sasta ar chor ar bith le na gcuid tithe "council" ins an cheantar. After onlyll months all their windows are rotting and some of the floors are sinking. One nan, Ji)IllllY Sheain Mhary had to put in a new floor in '.;ht: front room. They approached tl:.e Council abo~t their grievances , but to no avail. Ta fear /as Glasgow ag glanadh amach sufomh rl:oinne 4 theach ura i n-aice le teach Willie Devl.in. Ta Hiuda{ Beag ar shiul s1os go Greer. Castle ait a bhfuil se- ag deanamh cursa choir:ne dhul ur na trawlers. "An Mhaighdeai: lfuara". P. Murray was spotted in the vicinity of Crolly with two orange things attached to him.