Guth &Tuairim, Feabhra 1981

THE MEENACROSS CHAPEL-- s -– A simple thing of knotted pine. It brought the brave young mother there, Surrounded by her brood, To teach them how to cast their care, Upon the Holy Rood. And corrugated tin; A fortress on_the farthest line, Against the march of sin. It watched the little orphan grow, And kept her life from harm; Though rich man's gold, In wreath and veil, it saw her go, Upon her husband's arm. Was lacking -quite, We built it strong and sure, With willing hands, and savings From pennies of the poor. spent It soothed the gray old mother's pain, Un~lined her gentle brow, It cannot fail to meet the eye, And reverent thoughts instil, For, pointing always to the sky, It stands beneath the hill. For that dear son who went astray, So many years ago. Refuge it. gave the weary heart,– From all the world's unrest; "Come ye -who labour, unto me, And I will give you rest." And when the Sunday morning's strung It's dew upon the grass, You'd see us coming, old and young, On every road, _to MaS'S. Though high and grand. Cathedr8J.s stand, lh'a 7ear again Pobal Scoil Chloich Cheann Fhaola was wel r'1>resented at the Young Scientists Exhibition in Dublin, a.pd great credit is due to the student.s who put so much time and effort into their projects. Also, to Larry Smyth their Science teacher and everybody else who encouraged them. This month we feature three of the students and their projects. "-Cumhacht as na dtonn" le Micheal Mac Suibhne. Bhi Micheal ag iarraidh a thaispaint go dtiocfadh linn usaid a bhaint as an fharraige thart ar an chosta seo le cumhact -1eichtreachais a chuir ar fail. DUirt -se mar shampla go gcuirfeadh cuig mhile farraige idir Inis Bo Finne agus Toraigh go leor leictreachais ar fail ar feadh na bliana do· cheantar Chloich Cheann Fhaola. Thaispean se cupla doigh le ieichtreachas a dheanamh as cumhacht na dtonn agus f'uair se amach go mbeadh an pfosa farraige idir Inis Bo Finne agus Inis Dti.bhaigh iontach fo'lrstineach. Michael also studied developments in wave-power techni~ues around the world and learned much from experts on this form of energy. He did research as well along the coasts of -Cloich Cheann Fhaola and Gaoth Dobhair on tidal strengths, currents and wave powers. His project earned him 2nd place in tbe Senior section for Mathematical Science, Physics and Applied Chemistry at the Exhibition. "Matamaitic deanta nios f'usa 11 le Mfcheal Mac Giolla Charr Thaispean Mfcheal _go dtiocfai Matamaitic a dheanamh nios f'usa trea.bhair airithe a dheanamh amach go practiciul. Rinne se clfpla gleas le taispea1nt chomh s implf agus ata ruda1 cosuil le trianta~acht, an- pharaboil agus ceimseata. Fuair Mrcheil an trfu ait sa roinn shinsireach do Eolaiocht, Mhatamaiticiu'l, Fisic agus Feidhmeach. · 11 Cumacht na Gaoithe 11 le Caoimh1n ~c Grianna Rinne Caoimhfo staidear ar an ghaoth -agus ar mhuilinn gaoithP. agus f'uair se amach go raibh Cnoc Fola_ ar . cheann de na h-aiteacha is foirstinf sa ti'r fa choinne cumhacht na gaoithe a usaid. He built his own wind-mill behind the Community School and used a generator to produce electricity with which he was able to heat a domestic radiator. Next month we'll have more on PobaJ. Scoil Chloich Cheann Fhaola's Young Scientists. ~~--- .,...,,,, ~ ·. - -L '.? _// - ~ / To my mind, greater still, Is Ghat wee church, ot knotted pine, Beneath Crawhoggy Hill. Le Michael Colum. Kerryriian Guest of Honour at Antrim Hills Rally~ Ian and myself 'made our way to the front of the crowd up there in the dark mountains. I must admit I shuffled iuneasily in my wellies as the Reverend gentleman· addressed 1 the certificate - waving crowd. l mean; when he ' attacked the green letterboxes in Eire I could se7 th~t ' he had a point; there isn't an orange letterbox.in si~ht, is there? He also attacked Maggie T. and Charlie H. (No relation to Nelson Eddy & Jeanette McDonald), but worse 'was to come. "Better to be dead than green", says he. The Big man went on, "~o is the biggest threat to ~ur ,future as a part of the British Empire? The man with the red socks? No, Ladies and Gentlemen - (and he thumped his Bible) it's the Green Foell We must fight to the finish, we must never give in. The people of Northern Ireland will never listen to the Green Fool. He has already cauaed havoc in Southern Ireland, and the politicians there, they are afraid of him". Later as we drank a pint (of orange juice) in Big Ian's Ball~ena home I told my white-collared friend, "you're absolutely right, you know, this Green Fool must be stopped. He's now selling disinfectant to the pubs in Donegal. You know what that means? There wont b7 half the people dying that used to. Before you know it, there will be so many R.C's in the place you'll stick out like an Eskimo in the Sahara, Ian". "But who ll the Green Fool? 11 says my host, And that's the question everybody is asking isn't it. Just then the phone rang. "Hello Neil", says Ian. "What? ·No~ don't;. want Donegal to leave the E.M.S. to join the six counties - that's a trick to get the Green Fool up here. No way brother", and he slammed down the phone. Meanwhi.le · in Rome••• Basil 6 Fawlty Brian painted his T.V. aerial and thought he should get a coloured picture. Chuala me go raibh Alfa agus Emerald I ag deanamh strong-line~ Where does Edward get all the fancy paint? SEA VIEW HOTEL BUNBEG SATURDAY MARCH 14 TH ON STAGE AT TEN RATtO - GRAPJ I