CAHIR NOTES 9TH JUNE 10 CAHIR GO LÉIR FESTIVAL NEWS Hi Folks, Welcome to the first of the Cahir go Léir Festival updates. As you probably already know the festival takes place on the 9th, 10th and 11th of July. Every week from now until the festival takes place (which is only just over 5 weeks away!) I will post all news and updates on the upcoming event in this section. If you need information, this is where you will find it. But, you can also contact me at the usual number or email and I will answer any queries. So fire away! Firstly, by now all businesses in Cahir will have received letters asking for donations or sponsorship, which are crucial to not only resurrect our annual festival, but also to keep it going year after year. So, if you want to donate or sponsor, you can do so by posting them to Cahir go Léir Festival, C/o The Business and Training Centre, Market Yard, Cahir. If you don’t wish to post them in then I will see you soon, as I will be doing the rounds to collect them. Please also watch out for the Cahir go Léir Festival tins which have been placed in all businesses and pubs. Support your local festival by throwing in your loose change now and again and thank you. Lots of things are being planned to entertain you but there are also many competitions. Competitions; Entry forms for Cahir House Hotel Queens Competition, the Parade and the Crazy Boat Race are available now from The Business and Training Centre. Please fill out the forms and leave at reception. If you would like to sell any arts/crafts/books etc, you can do so at the Funday Sunday in the Inch Field on Sunday 11th July. The fee is €20 per table, once again please leave details at reception in Business and Training Centre. A competition is also taking place in both Cahir Primary Schools for children to design the cover of the Festival Schedule of Events. The winner will receive a Summer Camp of their choice in Duneske Leisure Centre. Also, all entries will be exhibited in Cahir Library over the Festival weekend, so we can all see them. Good luck boys and girls. Details on prizes and more next week.... CAHIR LIONS ANNUAL TRIP The Senior Citizens Annual trip travelled to Spanish Point this year and was hosted by the Cahir and District Lions Club. Everybody enjoyed themselves and included this year was a surprise trip to the Aran Islands. President of Cahir Lions Club, Seanie Lonergan and Club members Patsy McGuirk, Tom Peters and Liz Lynam paid a visit to see how everything was going and there was only praise for all and sundry. Already they are talking of next year’s trip. Seanie Lonergan would like to say a very special thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Dan Dillon of Cashel for all their effort over the years with this group. TREES IN THE SQUARE. Cllr Seanie Lonergan would like to remind everybody that the suggestion box is still in the Library. If you want the trees to remain, please make your feelings known to the County Council. The trees will be 100 years old next year and we would like to sing happy birthday to the only redeeming feature in the Square. CAHIR TIDY TOWNS Cahir Tidy Towns will have a meeting on this Wednesday 9th June. Anyone interested is asked to attend at the Shamrock Lounge at 7.30pm. Judging will commence at any stage now and we need to be on our guard. Please visit the ducks in the Inch Field and feed them if you wish. We hope to integrate these mallard and geese onto the river in the coming weeks. Many businesses in the town have been decorated and Bill Boards have been blanked off and painted. There is a promise of many other improvements in the coming weeks. Keep up the good work. Mike Manning, Ian and Sandra Stubbs with the children who took part in this years Sponsored Annual Children's Trip from our twin town, Scarborough. CAHIR/SCARBOROUGH Trip 2010 This year’s trip to Scarborough will take place from the 8th to 11th October. Some of the Poulmucka Sports & Social Club will take part in the Scarborough 10km race. Deposits of €100 are required along with passport names this week in order to book flights. Please contact usual sources or the Enterprise Centre, Market Yard, Cahir. DAFFODIL DAY 2010  Thank you so much to everyone who gave their time, funds and contributed in any way to Daffodil Day 2010. The unbelievable amount of €9,355.65 was collected on the day from the Cahir area. Your support will make a huge difference for those who are touched by cancer. CAHIR ACTIVE RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION. The monthly meeting took place last Wednesday 2nd June in The Catherine McAuley room. It was well attended and both varied and interesting. Our Chair person Ciss O’Neil was unable to attend and Rose Acres, Assistant Chair person stood in and did an excellent job. Well done Rose, we all thank you. Many suggestions for our forthcoming day and evening trips came from our members and at our next meeting a full program of new events will be put to the group.   Results of "25" Card Game held at the McAuley Room on Friday 4th June. 1st with 11 games were Maureen Maher and Ann Hanrahan. 2nd with 9 games were Rita Walsh, Kitty Slattery. David White, Willie O'Neill. Peg Reidy, Agnes Hyland. Breda Ryan, Rena O'Connor. Teddy Dillon, Lexie Sheehan. Paddy Holleran, Bob Condon. Lucky Table, Mary English, Tim Fitzgerald. Nellie Burke, Rupert Guirey. Raffle results, Paddy Holleran, Maureen Maher. The next game will take place on Friday 11th June.   The Fitness and Welfare program continues at Duneske Leisure Centre, Cahir. Sessions take place at 11am each Thursday morning. All members and interested people are welcome to join in this beneficial activity.   Outdoor bowling at the Cahir All Weather Pitch takes place each Tuesday and Thursday at 2pm.   Information regarding Cahir Active Retirement Association may be obtained by contacting The Secretary  at cahiractiveretirement@gmail.com or by phone on 052 74 441892. CAHIR YOUTH CLUB Come to the GIRLS ONLY NIGHT in Cahir Youth club. It takes place every Tuesday evening 7pm-8.30pm. It’s already up and running, so come along and bring your friends and enjoy an evening with the girls. Admission per night €2. Any queries please contact Sheena Buttimer on 087 8090583. CAHIR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY LOTTO There was no Jackpot winner of the draw that took place on the 2nd June, 2010. The numbers drawn were; 4, 5, 17 and 25. The draw was witnessed by William Moloney. The 5 Lucky Dips winners who each received €30 were; Eddie Halley, Woodview, Cahir, Sandra Cunningham, 31 Rosemount Heights, Cahir, Lily Carter, Bally drehid, Cahir, Linda Conway, Knockagh, Cahir and Patrick Ryan, Carrigataha, Cahir. The next draw will take place on Wednesday 9th June at 12 noon and the Jackpot will then be €3,850. Tickets are available right up to the last minute at the Enterprise Centre. Profit’s servicing community projects in Cahir. DUNESKE NEWS Duneske Leisure Centre is now available on Facebook! Click "like" to join and access the latest information on memberships, events, Tri3 Series and our 20 minute challenge. On that note, our 20 Minute Challenge is going extremely well, we currently have a number of people on a waiting list. Further information about the challenge is available from reception or drop in to have a chat with one of our instructors. We are currently working on our class timetable for the summer. We hope to have it available to all shortly. In the next four weeks Duneske will see close to 500 students from local and regional schools pass through its doors. Schools from the region are coming to Duneske as part of their school tour, to take part in multi-activity camps under the supervision of our Gym Instructors. A reminder too about our upcoming Summer Camps starting with the Soccer Camp, which is running from July 5th - 8th; Rugby Camp which is running from July 19th - 22nd; Multi-Activity Camp running from July 26th - 28th; and our Art Attack Camp which is on for one day only, July 29th. Application forms and further information are available from reception on (052) 74 45517. Discounts are available for 2nd/3rd child etc from the same family. We would like to congratulate Mr. Stephen O'Brien and his students from Colaiste Dun Iascaigh on their recent success in attaining the Green Flag. Well done to all involved. CAHIR COUNTRY MARKET Every Friday from 9am until 12 noon the Cahir Community hall is the place to be. Choose from fresh vegetables and fruit and cut flowers. John has plenty of readymade pots and bedding plants for your summer displays. There are always lots of home baking, breads, tarts and cakes and quiches too. On the craft stall there is homemade jewellery, cushions, tea cosies and lots of different bags. Come along to have a relaxing cup of tea at Cahir Country Market and we will see you there.   THE CRAFT GRANARY A Children's Summer Arts and Craft Camp will take place for children aged 7-10 years. Dates: 20th July to 22nd July. Times: 10.30am to 1pm.  Price:  €40 per child. Venue: Craft Granary, Church St, Cahir. Only limited places are available, so booking is essential. Phone: (052) 7441473. The Craft Granary is pleased to announce an exhibition of etching and oil paintings by Damien McCarron is taking place right now and will continue until the 29th June, 2010. His work involves two techniques, the etching process and oil painting, both are based on landscape. What interests him is the play of light that can be achieved through both mediums. He has always had a fascination with landscapes since his early days in college and now he hopes to take this to a new abstract level. The ever changing countryside of Ireland inspires him. He likes to try to capture the mood and the colour of open natural spaces while trying to create a sense of peace and calmness in his work. Check it out. CAHIR BOYS NS - MAY/JUNE NEWSLETTER? BOARD OF MANAGEMENT PARENTS’ REPRESENTATIVES The current parents’ representatives on the Board, Martin O’Donovan & Terry Looby will not be eligible from next September.  Therefore the Board and Parents’ Council are looking for interested parents to participate on the Board of Management until Nov 2011.  A father and a mother are being sought to provide parent representation at regular management meetings during the school year. If interested please contact Gerry Walshe, Chairperson or Jan Lowe, Secretary of the Parents’ Council or through the office in the school. The Board wishes to thank Martin and Terry for their invaluable contribution over the last number of years. PARENTS’ COUNCIL We would like to say a huge thank you to all parents, families and friends who have continued to support us throughout the year.  We began the year painting 3 classrooms, a committed group worked evenings and weekends to improve the classroom environment for the boys.  The Toy/Book, Cake Sales, Christmas Disco, Church Gate Collection and the ongoing Mobile Phone Collection (we still need more) have all helped fund projects within the school, and been fun to be involved in. The Parents’ Council welcome new ideas and initiatives and the door is always open to new members.  Meetings are one a month.  If you would like to become involved feel free to come along to a meeting.  Call the school and you will be put in contact with the Secretary of the Council. The School will reopen for the new school year on Monday, August 30th at 9.20am. CAHIR CAMOGIE CLUB NOTES On Wednesday May 19th last our U12 team made their way to the Ragg to contest the County A championship final against Toomevara. Now the girls knew that they would have a formidable force to reckon with as they had been the victims of Toome in an earlier encounter. So, when their manager Carol Keating asked them to go out on to the field and just do their best, she had no way of knowing how good their best would be! Each girl gave 110% so much so that they were in the lead coming up to the final whistle when faith struck them an unmerciful blow and the game ended level. Ashling Moloney and Aoife Corcoran were tremendous on the field while corner back Emma O'Donnell played the game of her life with excellent block downs and clearances. So this mighty fighting team live to fight another day and we look forward to another epic encounter with Toome. If any club member has been collecting the Kellogg's Field of Dreams tokens would they please bring them to the next training session and give them to their managers, thank you. We had a very enjoyable day on Sunday last when we played host to Dublin's St. Jude’s camogie club. They were visiting Cahir for the weekend and played our girls in an U11 and in an U13 friendly. We were blessed with glorious weather with beautiful sunshine bedecking the GAA field St. Jude’s were treated to two great games of camogie with Cahir's U11 team winning the first game and Jude’s U13 team taking the second game. After refreshments in the club house, all the girls took part in a long puck, racing and penalty competition. Many thanks to all who helped out in any way to make Sunday such an enjoyable day. 7TH TIPP SCOUT GROUP The Annual Camp will take place on 25th, 26th and 27th June in Cahir. The "I'M A PARENT, GET ME OUT OF HERE" Fundraiser will take place at this camp, it gives Parents a chance to compete as scouts for the weekend in some fun based activities while raising much needed funds for the Scout Group. For more details please contact Pat O'Donnell on 086 0777166. (See photo for participating parents)   Parents participating in the "I'm a Parent get me out of here!" Fundraiser for 7th Tipp Scout Group CAHIR ANGLERS ASSOCIATION Congratulations and wishing every success to Cahir Anglers Member John Purtill of Woodview, Cahir. He is one of a six man team representing Ireland in the 30th FIPS MOUCHE World Fly Fishing Championships which take place from 14th – 21st June in Poland. This is John’s 3rd time to compete on the Irish team fishing at European level and being on the Irish team some years back. John is one of over 9 members of the Cahir Club to represent Ireland. We wish John and his team the very best, from family and friends in Cahir and your home club, Cahir Anglers.   The Open Evening Competition which was due to take place this Saturday has now been postponed until 19th June. Entries will be taken at 7pm in the Shamrock Lounge. This competition is for the Liam Farrell Memorial Shield.  For any enquiries please contact Paul. THE LATE JOHNNY LITTLETON The death occurred recently of Johnny Littleton, (Father of the late Louise Keating) Lisava, Cahir. He was 86 years old. Johnny was a native of Fethard but lived in Cahir since 1958 when he began teaching in the local Vocational School. During his younger years he was involved in various groups and organisations, such as the GAA, The Pioneer Total Abstinence Association and Cahir Youth Club. He also had a keen interest in gardening. There was a large attendance at his funeral, including almost 40 priests. He is survived by his wife Mary, daughter Margie and his sons, Fr. John and Pat. May he rest in peace. WELL DONE Well done to all the "On your Toes" children of Cahir for the excellent show that took place on Thursday 3rd June. There were some very proud parents present and also some future stars from Cahir. Thanks very much to Sharnie and all the helpers of “On Your Toes” for all the effort that was put in, the children love it. We wish Gillian O' Keeffe a speedy recovery and sorry that she missed the show. HAPPY BIRTHDAY Belated birthday wishes to Jo Hyland who was 88 years old on 2nd June, with love from Martie, Mike, all your family and many friends.   GOOD LUCK Good luck to all the students who are doing either their Leaving or Junior Cert exams. BALLYLOOBY/DUHILL NOTES BIKE RUN A Bike Run will take place in aid of Ballylooby National School on Sunday the 13th June. It will be leaving Cahir Castle car park at 12 noon sharp. Signing in will take place from 11am onwards. There will be a cover charge of €20 per bike. There will be refreshments on the day and a draw for spot prizes.   READERS NEWS AND VIEWS  If you have any news or views for the Cahir Notes, please contact me either by email at caplicetaylor@hotmail.com or by phone on 086 1022014. By Sunday please as that is when I do the notes. The Cahir Notes are also available on cahirnews@cahirda.com by kind permission of South Tipp Today.