Saturday 11th March 2006
Fethard ICA McCarthy’s Hotel Golf Society Unfortunately, our star team did not fare all that well in the Independent Challenge, going down four games to one, with only Vincent Woodlock coming up to scratch. Membership fees are now due! Fethard & Killusty Community Lotto The three €50 Lucky Dip winners were:
The numbers drawn on Wednesday 1st March were: 4, 6, 25 and 29. We had no Jackpot winner and no ‘Match 3’ winner so three tickets were drawn and the following won €50 each: Eleanor Cummins, Everardsgrange, Fethard; The three €50 Lucky Dip winners were:
Next weeks Jackpot is €5,300 and the Jackpot sellers prize is €530. Died Recently Fethard Students Success in Ireland's Team Maths Quiz Their success is a great tribute to their school and their teacher Ms. Mary Lysaght. Hot on the heels of the winners of the Hamilton Trophy, Gonzaga College, the Fethard boys ably demonstrated the high standards achieved in this rural secondary school The Well Golf Society St. Rita's Camogie Club Training has been underway since the 22nd February under the new management of Liam Treacy and his fellow selectors Stephen Fitzgerald and Davy Morrissey. Training takes place on Wednesday and Friday nights at 7pm in the GAA field. Any changes in this arrangement will be confirmed by text. New players are always welcome. Membership is now due and those not paid up by the 20th March will not be covered by insurance and therefore will be unable to play. We are holding a table quiz on the 16th March in The Well Bar at 8:30pm. Table of four will cost €20. A raffle will also be held on the night. We are looking forward to your support. Our sincere sympathies go to the Ahearne and O'Dwyer families on the recent death of Mrs Elsie (Ahearne) O'Dwyer, Derryluskin. Elsie played camogie for Coolmoyne and she also played in the Tipperary colours. May she rest in peace. (Eimear Gahan) Historical Society Lecture It was noted on the night that the Norman parish church, (the present Church of Ireland Holy Trinity) built soon after they came in 1200 and the Augustinian Church, built in the early 1300s, are still there and the original buildings are still being used as places of worship today. This is indeed a very rare and special feature of Fethard’s history, as you can still walk the same path as was taken by those Augustinian Friars who came here 700 years ago. Fethard Bridge Club On Wednesday next, 15th March we play the third round of the Player of the Year competition. Anyone looking for a partner contact Annie O’Brien Tel: 31862. Wahoo worked at the Abymill Highlights in the set were many, but a few songs stood out, such as John’s self penned Russian sounding “Yeltsin” and the beautiful slow airs that opened the second part of the show with the uileann pipes and the keyboards blending to create an enchanting atmospheric sound not unlike the Moving Hearts sound of the eighties. John’s banter with the audience was as much a part of the show as the music, especially when he told the tale about the origin of the name of the band which harked back to an ancestor of his who was a real life sheriff in the USA in the last century. Unfortunately, the sound system left the band down on a few occasions, but they were able to soldier on and make the most of things, getting called back for a well-deserved encore at the end. I don’t think that they’ll have any trouble filing this venue again. (VM) Fethard & Killusty Anglers Fr Sheehy Lecture The site of the Sheehy house is known to have stood quite close to Barrettstown Castle. Perhaps Fethard Historical Society may at some stage erect a small plague or memorial on the spot before it is entirely forgotten. (EAN) Ladies Football Club AGM The club requires trainers urgently for the 12 to 16 age group, and unless we have people to train these groups, as soon as possible, we will have no option but to withdraw the teams. This would be a very sad state of affairs. In the junior league Fethard play Newcastle on 7th May. The club will hold a ‘Duck Race’ on the Clashawley River on Easter Sunday, 16th April, as a fundraiser. Sponsorship would be much appreciated for this event. Players must be under 12 on 1st January 2006, likewise for u/14 and u/16 age groups. The following officers were elected: President, Rev Fr. Tom Breen; Chairman, Joe Keane; Secretary, Ollie Noonan; Treasurer, Nora O’Meara; Child Officer, Jennifer Fitzgerald; and PRO, Joe Keane. In the Community Games event we are at home to Moycarkey, approx mid April. Competitors in Community Games competition must be u/12 on 31st July, 2006. Club meeting will take place on this Thursday, 9th March, at 8pm in the GAA dressing room. It is important that all players attend this meeting. Fethard & Killusty Community Games Fethard GAA Club On Sunday next, 12th March, we are away to Cahir in the county league at 12 noon. Our county senior football team representatives, Paul Fitzgerald, Aiden Fitzgerald, Cian Maher and Brian Coen, were in hard luck last Sunday losing to Cavan 0-13, Tipp 1-9, in Cavan. The numbers drawn were 18, 21, 24 and 28. We had no winner of our Jackpot €5,200 and three ‘match three’ winners: Emily Sayers (Watergate); Kay Williams (Killusty); Jim Williams (Killusty). All receive €50, with Lucky Dip €50 going to Deirdre Dorney (37 St Patrick’s Place). The numbers drawn the previous week in Burkes Bar were, 7, 15, 16 and 18. Tickets sponsored by Dawn Fresh Foods. There was one Match three winner of €150, to Niall O’Dwyer (c/o Bob Fitzgeralds, O'Connell Street Clonmel). The €50 Lucky Dip going to Audrey Sheehan (Derryluskin). Our condolences are at this time with the O'Dwyer family and the Ahearne family on the passing away of Elsie O'Dwyer (nee Ahearne), Derryluskin, last week. Interment took place in Cahir and the large attendance on both days was a recognition of her fine achievements as a camogie player during her playing days with Coolmoyne and Tipperary. Go ndeana Dia trocaire orthu. Hunting News Presentations were also made to Pat’s close friend and whipper-in, James O’Donnell, fencer P.J Murphy, to Willie McGrath and Robert Murdoch. Regret was felt all round that James has decided to retire from hunting and go farming on the family farm at St Johnstown. It is hoped that James’ retirement is only temporary as there is, without doubt, the makings of a good huntsman in James O’Donnell. What bigger tribute could be paid to P.J Murphy than the remark, “They may have replaced the Pope, but they’ll never replace P.J.” Four days a week P.J walked at least 10-14 miles per day, over bog and drain, repairing fences and making sure all damage was seen to. Pat, James and P.J, wish to thank sincerely, all farmers over whose land they hunted during the season. Presented also with bouquets on Tuesday night at Rosegreen were, Yvonne McClintock, Betsy O’Connor and Janet Barbour, who supplied the hunters with a sumptuous hunting breakfast during Autumn’s hunting in their areas; Kathleen McCarthy, Sally Davies and Hilary O’Connor, who fed the troops throughout the season with chocolate cake, homemade fruit cake, sweets and chocolate. Bouquets were presented to Pat O’Brien’s mother, Mary, and also to James O’Donnells mother, Madeline. The whole event was co-ordinated by Cyril Smith. A very special thanks to Cyril and indeed, to all rank and file followers of the Tipperary Foxhunters, for their very generous support. What cold? Take the winters of the forties every year without fail, the floodwaters in the convent fields froze over with ice thick enough for children to skate on. Known as ‘The Nuns Pond’, it was very safe as there was only about twelve inches of water beneath, so a wet foot was the most serious indignity suffered if the ice broke. Slides on the streets The Green, opposite Centra; The Square, from the Christmas tree to Manton’s; and Main Street, from opposite the funeral parlour to the foot of the hill; were all noted spots. A good pair of hobnail boots was a passage to the winter Olympics. Farmers were out regularly breaking the ice on ponds to enable the cattle to drink. Last week, what ice there was, could have been broken with a pencil. A good fall of snow, at least one in January or February, ensured a session of snowball fights. Present day winters how are you, sure recent winters are not winters at all!
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