CAHIR NOTES 18TH NOVEMBER PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION If you happened to be one of the many people who went to see the Photographic Exhibition in Cahir House Hotel last Sunday, 15th November, I’m sure you will agree that it really was superb. Cahir Development Association is very proud to have been involved in such a wonderful event. All in all there were 20 Exhibitors and this made for a vast array of beautiful photographs. It was impossible to just do a quick walk through the hall, because many of the photos exhibited contained people that were known to you, often in their younger years and merited careful scrutiny. It was also a great opportunity to meet with all of the Clubs or Groups representatives, to swap stories, ask questions, and get an insight into what each club/group does and learn of their long term goals and plans. Cahir Active Retirement, Cahir Dive Club, Cahir Bears, Cahir Bingo, Cahir Day Care Centre, Cahir Scouts, Colaiste Dun Iascaigh, Duneske Leisure Centre, Playground, Craft Granary, Cahir Business and Training Centre, Cahir Farmers Market, Cahir Park AFC, Premier Harriers, F.C.A, John Quirke-Scarborough and the Twinning, Sensory Garden, this year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Mary Jenkins and Cahir Development Association showed photographs in the exhibition, so you can imagine how many there were! Because it seems that not everyone knew that the Exhibition was taking place, consequently Cahir house Hotel kindly gave the use of the hall for the exhibition to continue for Monday and Tuesday of this week too. Hopefully this will have given more people a chance to see it for themselves. Lastly, Cahir Development Association would like to sincerely thank all those who took part in this event and by doing so contributed to its success and Cahir House Hotel for the kind use of their hall. And due to the success of this event, it has been decided that another such exhibition will take place sometime in 2010, hopefully, even then more Clubs/Groups will take part. Once again well done to all involved. CAHIR ACTIVE RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION The results of the Progressive "25" Card Game held at the Parish Rooms on Friday 13th November. 1st with 11 Games were Tom McGrath & Tom O'Mahony. 2nd with 10 Games were Mary Whelan & Margaret Quinlan, Tom Burke & Tom Morrissey. On the Lucky Table were Bob Condon & Paddy Holleran, David White & Willie O'Neill. The winners of the Raffle were Tom Burke and Willie O'Neill. The next game will be held on Friday 20th November at 8 p.m. All are welcome to come and take part in this very enjoyable game of Cards. Why not join up with Cahir Active Retirement at the Duneske Leisure Centre and enjoy the keep fit course. They meet at 11am each Thursday morning. Please note that the Christmas Party will be held at the Cahir House Hotel On Wednesday 9th December at 2 p.m. Music will be by the popular Stefan Grace. For more details please contact the Secretary or any member of the Committee on cahiractiveretirement@gmail.com or by phone on 052 74 441892. CAHIR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY LOTTO There was no Jackpot winner of the numbers drawn on the 11th November. The draw was witnessed by Joan Loughman. The numbers drawn were 11, 14, 15 and 23.The 5 Lucky Dips winners who each received €30 were; Richard Caplice, Rosemount Drive, Cahir, J & E Marnane, Carrigeen, Cahir, Paul Taylor, The Bella Rd, Clogheen, Noreen Coveney, Barnora Crescent, Cahir and Frankie Dowling, Castlegrace, Cahir. The next draw will take place on Wednesday the 18th November 2009, at 12 noon. . The Jackpot will be €4,600. Profit’s servicing community projects in Cahir. SLIEVEARDAGH RURAL DEVELOPMENT EVENTS There will be a Lecture on the Medieval Sculpture in Kilcooley Abbey and the work of Rory O Tunney on Wednesday November 25th in Heritage Centre, Killenaule at 8pm. For details please call 052 9156165. The Cistercian Abbey of Kilcooley is a hidden jewel dating from the 12th century. It contains many interesting carvings including the 12 apostles, St Christopher, a pelican, a mermaid, etc. The monastery is the burial place of Pierce Butler, a member of the Butlers of Ormond family. The lecture will be given by Willie Quinlan, Maura Barrett and Liam Noonan. Willie Quinlan is an Art Historian & member of Athy Photography Society, Maura Barrett is Librarian in Killenaule Library and Liam Noonan is Caretaker and Tour Guide to Kilcooley Abbey. Admission is €5 - Refreshments will be served and a raffle will be held on the night. Proceeds go to developing Heritage Initiatives in the Slieveardagh Region. POULMUCKA SPORTS AND SOCIAL CLUB? A meeting of the Poulmucka Sports and Social Club will take place on Thursday 19th November at 9pm sharp. We need to set dates for the winter walks and discuss whether we are holding a winter road race or not. Some members of the committee ran very well in the Dublin City Marathon and we must give special mention to our secretary Niall O Ceallaig who ran the course in 2.55. Tommy Cahill was well to the fore in his section also. The winner of the Annual Poulmucka 5 mile race ( Sergio)was the first Irish club athlete home and others who attend our race are to be congratulated on their achievements. Sergio resides in Cahir but runs with the Clonliffe Harriers Club in Dublin. Anyone wanting further information on the events should contact the Chairperson Mags Delahunty on 085-7896583. SAVING THE ARTS Clonmel Junction Festival lends its support to the National Campaign for the Arts (NCFA). The NCFA is a broad and inclusive coalition that reflects the scale, reach and diversity of the arts in Ireland today. Its membership has a national reach that includes major festivals, venues, producers and representative bodies. There is a website and Facebook site dedicated to the campaign with an online petition which we urge people to sign if they haven’t done so already. Time is ticking away with the Budget coming up on December 9th There are many ways you can support the National Campaign for the Arts including meeting your local politicians and joining your local arts worker group but one of the quickest and easiest things you can do is to sign the petition. 10,000 signatures are required by Friday 27th November and then the petition will be delivered to Minister Martin Cullen. For more information see www.ncfa.ie ?.?For more information on The Junction Festival log on to www.junctionfestival.com.   ROCKWELL STUDENTS COLLECT MONEY FOR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CHARITY The photo shows the Rockwell College Student Representaive Council making a presentation of €780.90 to Rockwell Staff Nurse Nuala Kavaagh to help educate under privillaged kids in the Dominican Republic. Nurse Kavanagh has worked with the charity in a voluntary capacity for a nurse of years. The money was collected from the proceeds of a non uniform day which was held in the school last week. Front row (left to right) Charlotte Morrisey, Jill Pierse, Nurse Nuala Kavanagh, Declan White, Aideen Orien,  Back row (left to right) Sean Ryan (SRC Staff co-ordinator),  Roisin McDonald, Ross Mullane, Lucas Bormeman and Barry McEvoy . Missing from photo Jamie Costello and Jack Jefferies.  COLÁISTE DÚN IASCAIGH NEWS SUCCESS IN CONCERN DEBATES Congratulations to the Coláiste Dún Iascaigh debating team who won their first round challenge in this year’s Concern debates, hosted in the college on Tuesday last. Coláiste Dun Iascaigh team won by a unanimous decision, beating Coláiste Mhuire Bruff. Team captain Thomas Sampson was ably supported by Damien Noonan, Orla Duggan and Dean Buckley. The next challenge for the debaters in this competition will be on Thursday 19th November, when they travel to face Colaiste Mhuire Co-Ed, Thurles. GREEN SCHOOLS COMMITTEE The Green Schools Committee continues its work towards the aim of achieving the Green Schools Green Flag award for the Coláiste. A new waste management system was introduced by the Committee in recent weeks. The results to date have been magnificent – the amount of waste going to landfill sites has been halved. There will be a collection of old clothes in the college on December 11th. The Committee is also currently organizing the collecting of old mobile phones. Support for either of these collections by parents/guardians and students will be much appreciated. COMPREHENSIVE FOOTBALL VICTORY FOR SENIOR BOYS The senior footballers got their MacGowan campaign off to a flyer with a comprehensive defeat of Thurles CBS on a scoreline of 4-18 to 0-5 on Friday last. No fewer than nine players got themselves on the scoresheet in what proved to be a very one sided game. With the Coláiste leading 3-12 to 0-1 at the break, manager Shane Ronayne made the most of the opportunity to use his full panel. The urgency shown in the first half was not shown in the second half, but the Colaiste kept the score borad ticking over and ensured that Thurles could not mount a meaningful comeback. Team and scorers: Evan O’Dwyer; Brendan Walsh; Eoin Donaghy; Robbie O’Brien; Oisin O’Flynn; Micheal Murphy(0-1); Cormac Crowe; Tommy Sweeney(1-1); Sean Flynn(0-2); Danny Morgan(0-3); Dean Lonergan(1-6); Aaron Cowan; Ger Breheny(0-1); Daniel O’Regan(0-3); Brian Hyland(2-0). Subs: Eoghan Quinlan(0-1) for Daniel O’Regan; Michael Tobin for Micheal Murphy; Jamie Butler for Cormac Crowe; Micheal Murphy for Dean Lonergan; Cormac Crowe for Oisin O’Flynn CAHIR FARMERS MARKET Everyone is welcome to Cahir Farmers' Market. Come and listen to music from Maurice and Glen, and buy locally produced vegetables, meat and patés. There are speciality breads, (spelt and gluten free ) as well as scones, cookies, traditional wholemeal and yeast breads. As usual, we have delicious juices, fruits and preserves from Traas' Apple Farm, fresh fish, savoury, readymade meals, cheeses and cakes. Place your Christmas orders now. Why not come for a chat and take the opportunity to meet Minister Eamon O'Cuiv on Saturday morning 21st November, in Craft Granary Car Park from 9am - 1pm. CAHIR DIVE CLUB NEWS 16 NOVEMBER 2009 At the AGM on the 5th November a new Cahir Dive Club committee was elected which is as follows; Chairman – Garrit Fogarty, Treasurer – John Ryan, Minutes Secretary/Webmaste – Aidan O’Connor, Memebership Secretary – John Cronin, Equipment Officer – Diarmuid Healy, Dive Officer – Johnny Sheehan, Training Officer – Ciara Cronin, Designated Officer – Ciaran Casey & Public Relations Officer – Mairead Cronin. Committee members consist of those that were there on the night – John Osborne & Noel O’Meara. More committee members will be co-opted in due course. On Sunday, 15th November, CDC, along with other clubs and organisations in Cahir displayed their photographs at the Cahir Photographic Exhibition in the Cahir House Hotel. For any of you who may have missed this, the majority of the Cahir Dive Club photos can be seen on www.cahirdiveclub.com And what a stunning display of photos it was too. Well done. CAHIR FLOWER AND GARDEN CLUB Cahir Flower and Garden Club are holding their monthly meeting in Cahir House Hotel on Wednesday 25th November at 8pm. The Christmas Demonstration will be by Claire Tierney of Tipperary. Beginners; Christmas Wreath, Intermediate; Magic Sparkle 76cm (30”) and Advanced; A Winter’s Tale 76cm (30”). All welcome. CHRISTMAS TOY APPEAL? Calling all Boys & Girls. Why don’t you help make another child happy this Christmas. If you would donate all your old Toys, Games & Books (That are in good condition). So do come along and give them to Santa Claus on Sunday 13th December in Kilcoran Lodge Hotel, from 1pm – 5pm. In Association with Cahir & District Lions Club Santa will Not be giving out Christmas presents to the children, but he will be accepting all Your Christmas Letters to take back to the North Pole to add to his list A Big Thank You from Santa, Ho, Ho, Ho! MUSIC IN ST. PAULS On 30th October last, The Glory Day Singers entertained all who came to St. Pauls Church. With them were other guest artists. They were produced and conducted by Susan Burke. The audience were captivated and the candle lit church added to the magic of the occasion. The interior of St. Pauls is being redecorated in January 2010. A number of fundraising events have been organised including, a Coffee Morning in March, A Gardening Demonstration on mid May, a Cake Sale at the end of May and a Festival of Harvest Flowers(3rd-5th September. Your support is greatly appreciated. CAHIR COUNTRY MARKET The Market will host its Annual Hospice Morning on Friday 4th December. All proceeds will be in aid of South Tipperary Hospice. Your support is greatly appreciated. This will also be the first of the Christmas Markets The market starts at 9am and finishes at 11am, every Friday morning in the Community Hall in Cahir. Available at Cahir Country Market are handmade home crafts, aprons, card’s, gifts, accessories; jewellery and Franchesca’s Calendars for 2010 are available now too, as well as homemade breads, pies, cakes, scones, buns and biscuits. Also available are fresh fruit and vegetables, fresh and dried flowers and winter bedding plants. Definately worth a visit! CAHIR YOUTH RESOURCE CENTRE I finally got the chance to pop into the new Youth Resource Centre to visit with all the folks there. After having a brief chat with Ann Heffernan, Mossie Casey and Sheena Buttimer, I was whisked off and given the Grand Tour of the building by a very obliging Maurice Quinlan. I must say I was truly impressed. The building consists downstairs of several warm, very tastefully decorated, spacious rooms with lots of great facilities for the youths that visit. There are music facilities, pool and table tennis facilities a fully fitted kitchen (it is almost finished) in time with self service facilities, there will also shortly be a new television and Dvd Player to show movies and all supervised by the very capable persons mentioned above. Upstairs there are several state of the art meeting rooms and an office. Ann Heffernan tells me there are lots of things in the pipeline for the future. Well done to all involved. It is really good to know that on a cold wet winters evening (which last Friday was!) your children have a warm, safe and most importantly fun place to spend their time. Check out the new Youth Resource Centre, behind the old VEC building on Church Street in Cahir, 7pm- 8.30pm on Friday evenings. FLOWER ARRANGING CLASSES There is still some time to book into Chris Wort’s new flower arranging classes. The classes for the for Christmas season will be held in the Catherine McCauley room, in Cahir Day Care Centre for three weeks, commencing on Thursday 19th November starting at 7.30pm. For any enquiries please call Chris on 086 2237139. BALLYLOOBY CHRISTMAS WONDERLAND On Sunday 6th December 2009 Ballylooby will have a Christmas Wonderland day. It will start at 3pm and there will be games, lots of other activities, choir singing, a cake sale, tea, coffee and hot chocolate and much much more. Admission is €10 per child and €5 extra to have a professional photo taken. GAELIGE CLASSES Congratulations to all who took part in the Gaelige classes that took place in the Old VEC building on Church Street in Cahir. The classes are now over for the season. All participants were presented with certificates by Deputy Mattie McGrath. There was a great response and interest in these classes and they will resume again at the end of January 2010. If you are interested in taking part please call Marie Ui Chathain on 087 2782071. CAHIR CAMOGIE CLUB NOTES? It is very easy to keep your head up and play with conviction when you are winning but it takes a special team of players to do the same when you a behind by many scores. But this is exactly what we witnessed last Saturday on a cold and wintry November morning. Our U16 girls were playing the County "C" semi- final against Nenagh and they were taking a battering. Nenagh were stronger from the start. The mid field pairing of Ashling O Connor and Aoife O Gorman worked at a tremendously high pace for the full duration of the game with the ever efficient Ashling McCarthy giving a huge performance and her never say die attitude will no doubt stand her in good stead throughout her life. Goalie Sadhbh O Donnell was very busy all day and her attitude has to be commended as no matter what the situation during the game, she kept her head up and her clearances and puckouts were without fault. Donna Casey along with Emma Buckley and Niamh Walsh were taking a lot of punishment from the Nenagh girls but they kept their heads and some great clearances particularly in the second half showed signs of great commitment - an admirable quality. The Cahir forwards of Siobhan Heffernan, Kirsty Downey, Alana Burke, Clara O Donnell, and Rachel O Dwyer had a quiet enough day but things started to change in the second half and the girls were ready for whatever came their way. Ciara Lonergan, Fiona Reece and Avril Hearne in the full back line didn't have it so quiet! Constant advancing by the Nenagh forwards meant this full back line got no rest, but as with the entire team they consistently battled hard and the end result was not of their making. As said already, the second half saw Cahir come into the game more with Ashling McCarthy scoring a fine goal but as soon as that score was registered, Nenagh were back at us again and increased their lead by another goal. Ashling put over another point within 5 minutes and Roisin Howard who had come on for Avril Hearne who was unable to continue as she was ill, put another goal past the Nenagh keeper. Cahir then were awarded a penalty for a foul in the small square and no doubt Aoife O Gorman was aiming for the back of the gaol except that the goalies spare hurley got in the way and sent the ball wide. The referee noted the infringement and the penalty was taking again but was sent out for a "65. The resulting free saw a point by Ashling McCarthy and another point by Emma Buckley was the final score for this very brave and committed Cahir team. Well done to managers Sally Casey and Michael Lonergan who along with Mary Walsh and Martin Halpin have guided this team over the year. Although beaten the girls looked very well, sporting their new jersey’s which have been very kindly sponsored( and for which the club are very grateful) by Cahir Doors and their proprietor, Paul Lonergan. Meabh’s Magnets and Emma's Angels gave us all another entertaining first game in the indoor competition on Wednesday night last. Both captain’s Meabh Casey and Emma Casey were on fire from the very start. Ciara Quirke brought off some great saves for the Magnets while Caoimhe O Brien was just as efficient in the Angels goal. We saw super skill and experience from the sticks of Rosanna Kiely, Fiona McEniry, Sophie Boyle, Arwin Duggan and Jennifer Quirke. Ciara Brennan, Ashling Burke, Niamh Hickey and Micheala Grace Ginty showed great signs of improvement, while the newcomers Caoimhe Costello, Niamh Costigan, Eva Conway and Clodagh Malone were a joy to watch. With the final of the competition being held next week all is still to play for = the Magnets are on 10 points while the Angels are on 8points. Niamh Nuggets made up for their loss this week with a great catch up on Erin’s Elf’s. Again both captains were taking their role very responsibly with Erin and Niamh turning up at all ends of the pitch. Exceptionally strong for the Nuggets were Alana Dohney, Shauna O Donovan and Aoife Cashman, while the Elf’s Emma Walsh, Margaret Reidy and Derbhla O Brien were to the fore. Again next week will prove to be a very exciting game with only 1 point between these two teams as they go into the final CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations to Joseph Browne on achieving his Green Belt in Karate, Best wishes from all of your family. BON VOYAGE Best Wishes to Barry McGrath, who leaves for Australia shortly and who enjoyed a surprise leaving party in the Punters Rest last Saturday night. Good luck to you from all your family and many friends. READERS NEWS AND VIEWS If you have any news, views or notes for the Cahir page, you can contact me on 086 1022014 or email me on caplicetaylor@hotmail.com. By Sunday, because that is when I do the notes. Thank you.