CAHIR NOTES 14TH APRIL 10 “CAHIR GO LEIR FESTIVAL” DATES SET On 1st March last month, a meeting was hosted by the Promoters of Tri3, Triathlon Event Promoters who wished to target Cahir to host to a Triathlon on Saturday 10th July this year. The meeting took place in Cahir House Hotel and was attended by a cross section of the community. The conversation soon turned to the possibility of resurrecting the Annual Festival in town and that the weekend of the 10th July would be the perfect weekend to run it around. As there could be up to 1500 people attached to this triathlon event and as it takes place on a Saturday, it seems sensible to run a 3 day event to entertain all those that come to Cahir because of the Triathlon as well as all those who live in Cahir and surrounding areas. So there it is, Cahir will have a festival, the new name for it is “Cahir Go Leir Festival” (which means all of you in Cahir, correct me if I’m wrong please) and it will take place from Friday 9th July until Sunday 11th July. With a Triathlon event (check out Tri3.ie) taking place on Saturday 10th July, an exciting fun weekend is in store, so mark your calendars! There are plenty of events being organised for the festival as we speak, Cahir Park AFC are organising a Field Day, there will be a Crazy Boat Race and a Parade, there will also be plenty of fantastic Music on a stage in The Square along with lots of the old favourites such as The Queens, Treasure Hunt, The Barman’s Race and a Funday Sunday in the Inch Field with a Dog Show and lots more. South Tipperary County Council has committed their support/help for this festival. However, needless to say, financial support in the form of sponsorship /donations is essential for this festival to succeed and bring vital income to the town. So letters for Traders, Vintners and businesses are being prepared as we speak to state what is needed, and these will be distributed shortly. Please help in any way that you can. Watch this space for all updates on what will take place in the new” Cahir Go Leir Festival”! CAHIR CREDIT UNION PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES 2010 The Bi-Annual Pilgrimage to Lourdes by Cahir Credit Union is scheduled to take place on the 22nd May 2010 for 5 night’s duration. The Tour operators are Joe Walsh Tours Licence Num. T.O. 052 and the overall cost is €689 per person sharing, which includes flights, accommodation and all meals during the week. As usual we will be accompanied by our own Spiritual Director Fr. James Holloway P.P. A full Spiritual Programme will be provided with plenty of free time for Pilgrims to relax and enjoy the Lourdes experience. Return Flights are from Dublin and coach transport will be provided to and from the airport. The number of pilgrims is confined to 30 people, so early booking is advisable. For further information please contact Denis Hartnett at 052 7441843 or at 087 7608954 CAHIR ACTIVE RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION A part of our activities are centred on the health and well-being of our members, so why not join us each week for fitness classes in Duneske Leisure Centre. Sessions take place on Thursdays mornings at 11am.   The results of 25 Card Game held at the McAuley Room on Friday 9th April. 1st place with 9 games Ciss O'Neill, Willie O'Donnell. David White, Willie O'Neill. Mary Whelan, Margaret Whelan. Peg Reidy, Agnes Hyland. On the Lucky Table were, T Fitzgerald, M Condon, Teresa Duggan and Ann Lonergan. Raffle results; Tom McGrath and Sadie Caplice. The next game will take place on Friday 16th April. All are welcome to join us each week in The Day Care Centre in Cahir starting at 8pm.   Notice! Members and interested people who wish to travel with Cahir Active Retirement Association to Sligo from 24th - 28th May, please contact Bridget Condon, phone 053 74 41963. This is an extremely popular tour and members and guests will not be disappointed Information regarding Cahir Active Retirement Association may be obtained by contacting The Secretary on cahiractiveretirement@gmail.com or by phone on 052 74 441892. CRAFT GRANARY The Craft Granary, Cahir is promoting Paul Maloney Pottery this month, with a 20% reduction on all his products. Paul Maloney works from his studio shop at Ballindinas, Barnstown, Wexford. He is a graduate of the National college Art & Design and since then has worked in the Craft pottery industry. As a master craftsman, he brings earth, hand and fire together in a new range of contemporary gift-ware and tableware. The 20% reduction will continue to the end of April. Following on, each month the Craft Granary will showcase a unique and unusual craft and design product. CAHIR BUSINESS AND TRAINING CENTRE Two new classes will be starting up soon in Cahir business and Training Centre. A Beginners Plus class will start on Tuesday 20th April this course is designed for those who have basic knowledge in computing and want to improve on their skills in a fun environment. Also A Beginners Digital Photography Class will start on Thursday 22nd April. Please ring Jennifer on 052 7442616 for further details and to secure your place. CAHIR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY LOTTO There was no Jackpot winner of the draw that took place on the 7th April, 2010. The numbers drawn were 18, 23, 25 and 26. The draw was witnessed by Joan Loughman. The 5 Lucky Dips winners who each received €30 were; Aaron Walsh, Ballydrehid, Cahir, Con O’Brien, Clonmore, Cahir, Maurice Hyland, Knockaboha, Cahir, Michael Hearne, Knockagh, Cahir and Paddy Kirby, Mountain Rd, Cahir. The next draw will take place on Wednesday the 14th April 2010 at 12 noon The Jackpot will be €2,650. Tickets are available right up to the last minute at the Enterprise Centre. Profit’s servicing community projects in Cahir. CAHIR BABY AND TODDLER GROUP The group will re open after the Easter Holidays on Thursday the 15th April in the Community Hall, Church St, Cahir, from 10.30am to 12.30pm. New members always welcome. THANK YOU Revd Arthur and Hilary Carter wish to thank all those who supported the furniture and jewellery sale that was followed by afternoon tea at their home on 28th March last. €1500.00 was made on the day and it all goes towards the recent paint work at St Paul's Church, Cahir. SOUTH TIPP HOSPICE Bag Packing at Dolans SuperValu last week was a great success. Students from Colaiste Dun Iascaigh were on duty on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of the Holy Week and worked very hard, a big Thank You. In total €2,721. 19 was raised over the weekend in aid of South Tipp Hospice. Pictured below are Top l to r  Joe Murphy. Jason Maher. Willie Sullivan. Eddie Kendrick...Seated Cllr. Seanie Lonergan handing over the cheque for €5,020  to the organisers of the Shave or Dye fundraiser,Paul Conway and Alice Ward. The fundraiser was held in The Gatehouse, Cahir and the proceeds go to South Tipp Hospice.Not included in the photo are Paul Frazer and Pat Doolan. IONTAS. Carmel O’Connor will give classes in Iontas, Centre for Awakening Consciousness on Abbey St., in Cahir for 6 weeks, starting on Tuesday 13th April from 7.30 to 9pm. There are Tai Chi, Chi Kung and Meditation Classes (Emphasis on spirituality and radiant health). The six weeks course costs €80. If you would like to book a place or for more information please contact Carmel on 087 2373343. Eimear will be offering gentle Pilates on Wednesday mornings from 11-12.15am or stronger Pilates on Wednesdays from 8-9.15pm in Iontas, all starting Wednesday 21st April. Booking essential, contact Eimear on 086 8184218. Healing Meditation continues every Sunday from 8-9pm. Contact Mary Teresa at 087 9616325. CAHIR ANGLERS An Open Day Fly fishing Competition will take place this Sunday 18th April. Entries will be taken in The Shamrock Lounge, Castle Street, Cahir. All M.R.T.A.C rules apply. Fishing from 11am to 5pm. For any enquiries please contact Paul. Pat Rabbitt seen in Cahir recently at Anthony O'Halloran's Book launch held at Kilcoran Hotel, pictured are Anthony at the back with Pat and Jackie Mullen in front   DUNESKE NEWS During a visit to Duneske last week I was delighted to see a good turnout of children for their Rugby Camp. Rugby Trainer T.J. Hickey proved popular with the children and it looks likely that a weekly training session will arise from this week’s camp. If you did miss out on the Camp it is still not too late to enrol for the weekly training. Jackie informs me that there was also great turnout for the Easter Egg Hunt last Saturday. Indeed there was not a bit of chocolate to be found after it was over! It is good to see that children are being well catered for in Duneske. However, the notice on the door of the gym which read “The 20 minute Challenge” really sparked my interest so I asked Amanda what it was all about. Amanda explained that this Challenge is aimed at adults who wish to shed excess weight, so Duneske have developed “The 20 minute Challenge”, a six week programme to help adults achieve their weight loss. As it is generally felt that most people who start programmes in the gym do not complete them for a couple of reasons, one is often that they have to commit to 1 hour sessions several times a week (which is time consuming) and the other is that often after two or three weeks they get bored and then just give up. So “The 20 minute Challenge” was born. This is an alternative way to train which is shorter, (20 minutes) more varied, with less visits to the gym (only 3 times a week) but with an intensive workout programme under the guidance of a designated Gym Instructor. Does it work though? Six individuals (Guinea pigs if you like) completed the first Challenge over six weeks. The results were truly impressive. (One Guinea pig is a friend of mine) The minimum weight loss was 7lbs and the maximum loss was 14 pounds and all from only a total of six hours training over six weeks. This sounds like a winner to me. Of course Amanda also explained that due to the hands-on nature of the Challenge, Duneske can only cater for a maximum of six people at a time. But if you really are serious about shedding those unwanted excess pounds, why not be one of the first to call to reception and ask for details of this Challenge from the Instructor on duty and see the results firsthand. CAHIR PARK AFC The new Club House is looking a picture thanks to Brendan and his staff. It is well worth a visit. Our Centenary Sponsored Walk will take place on 3rd May. We will meet at the Clubhouse at 2.30pm. Everyone is welcome to take part in the walk. A golf classic will take place in Cahir Park Golf Club on 18th June. CAHIR COUNTRY MARKET Spring has come to Cahir Country Market! Visit the Community Hall on Friday mornings to see a fabulous display of bedding plants, fruit and vegetables including rhubarb fresh in. All your favourite baking, fresh eggs and preserves are there too from 9am until 11am. Also a fine selection of jewellery and craft items including cushions, tote bags and tea cosies. So don't forget, make it a date for Friday mornings at the Country Market in Cahir. CAHIR BINGO The lucky number at Cahir bingo was €470 plus €70 for the full panel. We have donated €27,000 to local charities so far and to celebrate that we had double money on the books and jackpot sheets last week. We would like to say thank you to all our customers who have made this possible and hopefully won some money themselves in the process. Bingo is on every Tuesday at 8.30pm in the Community Hall in Cahir. All are welcome. The boys and girls of Barnora recently came out to help with the Clean up ROSEMOUNT NOTES Rosemount Residents have successfully completed the town-wide cleanup in conjunction with The Tidy Towns Committee on Saturday, 10th April within the Rosemount Estate. Thank you to all who participated, especially the younger members of the community. The monthly clean-up will continue on the first Tuesday of every month at 7.30pm. As the grass cutting season is about to begin, we hope that Harrington's will continue to cut our grass in the public areas of the estate. As the estate has not yet been handed over to the County Council, its upkeep remains our responsibility. GIRLS SOCCER Congratulations to Megan Ward who played for the U12 County Tipperary Girls Soccer team that won the Kerry Cup on Sunday in Listowel. Megan was the only Cahir girl on the team that beat Limerick 3-0, Kerry 1-0 and then went on to beat Clare in the Final 3-0. Well done to Megan and the rest of the girls. Cahir Park AFC has training every Tuesday night 7pm for girls of all ages. New members always welcome. For more information please contact Darren on 087 2741924 or Linda on 086 4044909. SOUTH TIPPERARY I.C.A The ladies of the South Tipperary I.C.A will hold an Arts and Crafts Exhibition that will take place in The Craft Granary in Cahir for 4 weeks. It opens on Monday 13th April. There will be hanging displays, Jewellery, Card and Candle Wick making classes also. Why not take a look during your spare time or even take a class in one of the classes mentioned. CAHIR CAMOGIE CLUB NOTES? We ended this season’s indoor Camogie on a high note last Wednesday evening at Colaiste Dun Iascaigh. With the Magnets and the Angels level from the previous week it was on an even keel that the game started. Rosanna Kiely was on fire for the Magnets and opened the scoring in under a minute from the throw in. She followed up this with another score before Caoimhe O’Brien for the Angels opened their scoring. Playing a fine game at full back was Meabh Casey for the Magnets while Emma Casey for the Angels was also well on target with all her shots. Ciara Breenan was taking great care of the Magnets goal while Micheala Fogarty was equally diligent as the Angels keeper. Niamh Hickey was working very well for the Magnets while her sister Caoimhe was having her first game for the Angels and doing very well indeed. Another set of sisters on opposing teams were Lauren and Anika Moloney who are proving to be players to watch out for. Eva Conway and Niamh Costigan were working up a real sweat for the Angels but they were constantly under the eye of the Magnets Camoimhe Costello who scored a beautiful goal for her team. After a good 30 minutes of play the Magnets edged out just ahead of the Angels to gain victory in this great game. All the players received medals and some sweets from Club Chairman Martin Halpin. The next game saw two much depleted teams take to the floor. Both the Nuggets and the Elfs were down players so we were indebted to the three boys who donned their helmets to make up the numbers. Conor and Evan helped out the Nuggets while Dylan took over in the goal for the Elfs. Once again this week, Grainne White proved to be turning into a fantastic full back with great clearances for the Nuggets. Erin O’Regan was striking the ball with great confidence and Leah Fitzgerald was showing great improvement for the Elfs. Katie Halpin worked her magic for the Elfs and put a fine goal past keeper Conor while shortly after this the Nugget's Elama Casey side stepped Dylan and brought the game level. Derbhla O’Brien is showing signs of being a fine player in the making while Laura Quirke is starting to come into her and is holding out great promise of a very good player in the coming months. This evenly contested game came to an end just as it should with both sides level at the final whistle. Again both teams received their medals and sweets and the evening came to an end. Next week will see all players outdoors with training in Duneske starting at 7pm. The club would like to take this opportunity to again thank Mrs. Finnigan Burke, principal of Colaiste Dun Iascaigh for allowing us to use the school and to care taker Paddy Lonergan who had the school open for us every night. This is a fantastic facility to have at our disposal and indeed we are very grateful. READERS NEWS AND VIEWS I had a bit of a rant last week about out of order bank machines but neglected to mention that if it wasn’t for the indoor bank machine in Dolan’s SuperValu, I really would have been in trouble! Thank you to them. If you have any news, views or notes for the Cahir page, you can contact me anytime on 086 1022014 or email me on caplicetaylor@hotmail.com. By Sunday at the latest please as that is when I do the notes. Thank you.