KnocKlyon Nevus 4 ST. COLMCILLE'S PARISH NEWSLETTER - FEBRUARY 1988

The Lord invites you to pray.... Who me?

Yes, you! . . . . because in the eyes of

the Lord, we are all equally precious,

the good, the bad and the whatever

which.

NO VENA OF GRACE Theme of Novena: Various aspects of Faith in day to day living, Faith and Prayer, Faith and Justice, Concern, Mutual Support, Charity with emphasis on coming closer to the Lord .... Prayer.

Our director is Fr. Pat Collins, a Vincentian Priest, Professor of Pastoral Theology and spirituality, All Hallows Seminary, Drumcondra.

Do come this time — we need one another, we need the Lord and the Lord graciously awaits — please make a note in your diary each evening 7.30 p.m.

MARCH 4th — 12th

AID AN O'HARA

The Traveller who always came back . . .

It was in the early 60's that Aidan O'Hara first crossed the Atlantic to Canada. Up to then he had been happily employed as a teacher; his future looked bright and secure and he was the proud owner of a Morris Minor. In the eyes of his peers - he had arrived. Perhaps it was the spirit of adventure or maybe just fate that made him seek a teaching post in the Frontier Apostolate School in Northern British Colum-bia. It certainly wasn't the money. His pay was merely pocket money and his keep. Life was exciting though and fate certainly stepped in to lend a hand because it was in that school that Aidan met a pretty young teacher named Joyce. It was love at first sight and two years later they were married.

British Columbia is separated from the rest of Canada by the Rockies and maybe conjures up our own ideas of the country — mountains, lakes, vast stretches of coniferous forests and evenings around the camp fire singing songs to the tuneful strumming of guitars. This is probably a romantic dream, yet somehow for Aidan and Joyce - there must have been much singing and strumming. Indeed the singing and strumming continued, long after they moved to Ottawa, culminating in the formation of a Group which was known as "The Celts". It wasn't long before they were travelling full time on the road - another Irishman and Two Scotsmen. Part of the time Joyce travelled with them. It was a wonderful year full of nostalgic memories, but in the end — home beckoned. So the O'Hara's packed their bags and together with their young daughter, Kath-leen and the guitars, flew back over the sea.

On their return to Dublin Aidan taught school for a while but somehow he knew it was time to make a change. Answering an advertisement in a daily newspaper for an Announcer in RTE Radio, he was quite sur-prised when out of a short list of ten — he got the job. He stayed in this post until 1973 when - yes - you've guessed it — Canada called again. This time it was the opportunity for Aidan to study full time in University where he pursued a course in Folklore and Cultural Geography, something he had always wanted to do. This time the family stayed five years during which time Aidan joined CBS and eventually became Assistant Supervisor with Schools Broadcasting.

1978 and it was home again. They settled in the Knocklyon area and Aidan joined RTE on a freelance basis. It was that year he first presented "Failte Isteach" on Saturday, a programme which seems destined to continue for many more moons. Another programme which is a great favourite is "Aidan's san iarnoir" — "Aidan in the Af ternoon." He joined the Communication Centre where he became Head of Productions (mainly audio). For the past three years he has been com-pletely independent and has channelled many of his creative ideas into tapes and programmes through Ashton Media. A very recent success was the excellent production on TV - a docu-mentary on the life of Delia Murphy. Coming up soon we can look forward to two new series — one, aptly named "Family Album", a series of six programmes which will tell the story of a family through photographs from the past; the other series "My Place" will look at the world through the eyes of three Irish children and will be spoken in their native tongue.

Despite the success, Aidan insists that Communications and all this entails, is closest to his heart. He is a firm believer that everyone can achieve excellence - purely by application. "If you are able to present yourself", he says, "you will become calm and confident. I would like to help many people to overcome their fear. I know I could."

We know he could — Aidan O'Hara is a man of many talents. We wish him continued success in everything he does.

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C.I.E. REVISITED T H I N G S C U L I N A R Y

Once upon a time I often — at least reasonably often - travelled by train. Recently, I had occasion once again to "go Mainline". Where else, but to Cork of course! — more precisely Heuston to Kent. Some of us will remember Kingsbridge and Glanmire!

But my! How " the old order changeth". Many of the homely bumps, rattles and shakes, noise and even smells of yesteryear are now effectively eliminated, into streamlined efficiency, air conditioning, automa-tically controlled doors etc. The clientele that morning blended readily into this scenario — executive types, fortified with brief cases and copies of the Irish Times. Life however, is never wholely black and white — humanity and warmth can exist behind these slightly intimidating externals! For instance, one was reading a magazine — Property and Business, no doubt. But no, on closer surreptitious inspection, it was none other than the religious magazine "The Word", so me and my Breviary were not so out of place after all. An-other lit up his pipe, purposely and contentedly. The tobacco aroma soon penetrating the intervening space between us, provided another comforting touch of the old world. Then Paddy, a friendly parishioner, went out of his way to make himself known to me — alas, recognising friends is not my forte. Thanks Paddy, for the very pleasant interludes, going and coming — and the drink, I.O.U.!

Liking me comforts I was in a sorta dilemma — a hankering after the more homely trains of another era, and yet exulting in the present day comforts. I marvel-led at the power of the diesel — up front, I presume — as she forged ahead, wafting the many carriages, effortlessly and noiselessly in her slip-stream. Strange how we tend to feminise objects which make the world go round — I wonder why!

And yet again a twinge of alarm at such impressing change. So I began to seek out signs of the past, good or bad. Reassurance was not lacking. The landscape was much as always, mostly little fields wi th irregular hedges and ditches, and much seasonal flooding. That had not changed. Some of the Signal Boxes seemed to be as in time past — homely. The old world atmos-phere stoutly persisted in the rural stations — comfort-ing. In announcements over the intercom, one detect-ed, at times, a rich, wholesome Tipperary, Limerick or was it Cork flavour . . .?

I was happy again, having the best of both worlds. We need the past, just as much as the present and the future. In the eyes of the Lord "who is the same yesterday, today and forever" are they not all one precious unit?

Pat Fitz.

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As promised — the winning Sole Recipe from the Defence Forces National Fish Cooking Competition.

FILLET OF BLACK SOLE IN THE STYLE OF CORPORAL HACKETT

(Four Portions)

Ingredients: 8 x 2 oz Fillets of Sole 5 oz Salmon 1 egg % pint cream 8 spinach leaves 4 oz puff pastry

5 oz bean sprouts 1 oz mushrooms

5 oz crab meat (white) 2 oz carrot and celery

pinch of dil l weed 1 glass white wine

Method: The most di f f icult part of Corporal Hackett's recipe was the making of a salmon mousse which he used to garnish his dish with. I think it might be a good idea to leave that part and, ineed the vegetables, t i l l next month, as those of us who are unashamedly dedicated to the pleasures of the table have to be discreet in our un-Godliness and not hog all the space of this venerable newsletter!

If you would like to try the style of cooking with-out spending too much, you can easily substitute plaice for the sole and fi l let of whit ing wi th a touch of tomato for the salmon. Take the fish fillets, wash and tr im. Spread out on the table, sprinkle wi th salt and pepper, a little crab and a pinch of dil l weed and roll up like a swiss roll. Place in a greased pot, just big enough to hold the fish in place, barely cover wi th the hot cream and wine, sprinkling the rest of the crab on top. Add a little salt, pepper and dil l weed and cover wi th a lid, boil and place in the oven at 175°C for approx. 12 minutes.

Remove the fish and crab from the pot wi th a per-forated spoon. Simmer the sauce in the pot until it thickens slightly, making sure to continuously stir the bottom of the pot. Thicken slightly wi th a litt le flour and melted butter and pour over the fish and serve.

Serve with some mange tout, a little carrot and boiled potatoes until we get the rest of our act together.

STROKES OF GENIUS For those who have admired the windows in the Junior School and wondered who the artists were, your questions are answered. Paul Dalton, Principal of the Junior School and Ms Kathy Flynn painted the windows to mark the Dublin Millennium. They really are worth looking at and are well painted. A credit to both of them.

S H i

A sample of the works of art

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GREEN FINGERS by Don Ryan

Having already suffered the d isappoin tment of a few false starts to Spring, we view with some t repidat ion the fo r thcoming weeks.

However, despite the occasional buf fe t ing f r o m winds more at home on the ravaged slopes of a Siberian mounta in , on balance, the weather has been unseasonably mild. Straw-berries prol iferated in secluded south-side gardens, bu t on the negative side the dreaded enemy, grass, has cont inued to grow and thrive.

Tradit ionally, March 17th has been assign-ed for the resumpt ion of hostilities, bu t this year you would be well advised to engage in a pre-emptive strike on the first dry day available. The blade should be set higher than normal , and all cuttings scrupulously raked f rom the surface of the lawn.

It may therefore be an oppor tune t ime to blow the cobwebs f rom your machine and under take a little pre-battle maintenance. Plugs should be removed and cleaned, and if of dubious quali ty, replaced. Plug ' reach ' can vary f r o m mower to mower , so it is always advisable to bring the old one with you when purchasing a subst i tute .

On rotary machines the blade is normally secured with a central locking nu t , and access to same can be obtained by tilting the mower right back on its handles. Use heavy du ty gloves when opening this nu t as ' spanner slip' can result in a sudden loss of digits. The puri-tans will want to lock this blade into a bench vice and use a flat file in one direction only, but the rest of us will settle for an electric drill with a grinding a t t achment f ixed. This simple operat ion will no t only enhance your lawn finish, but by reducing 'cut resistance' , will improve your petrol consumpt ion and lessen engine wear.

Finally, the recent s torm has played havoc wi th some mature evergreens, leaving them listing drunkenly to port-side. Corrective act ion to right them should be under taken immediate ly , as in most cases tender roots have been exposed to the elements, and a few nights of hard frost could prove terminal . Use a stake to re turn them to a vertical posi t ion bu t beware of causing fu r the r damage to the root s t ructure when driving it in.

Next mon th (with the help of God and a trough of high pressure) it 's back to the plant-ing!

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OUR READERS WRITE . . . Dear Editor, Your editorial in the January Newsletter convinces me that there is some hope for the community yet!

For the past year, the public perception of the "itinerant problem" in Knocklyon was essentially one of "out, out, out"! A vocal minority of Knock-lyon residents would apparently be happy to see a tribal "homeland" established for itinerants, prefer-ably on a barren western island, far removed from the environs of Knocklyon.

I hope your editorial will prompt other leaders in our community to speak out on this matter and to initiate a dialogue out of which a better understand-ing of the rights and needs of the itinerants by the Christian Community will blossom.

If we wish to see the itinerants belonging "proper-ly" to the community, we must enter mentally into their solitude and isolation. Nothing takes the heart out of any man so much as to find out he does not belong. The following few lines express this far better than I could hope to do —

"He hung about at corners, sat on walls, Stared vacantly at nothing in the sky

A squashed and waddling man with slobbering lips, Big head, red eyes and teeth askew.

A stunted Atlas 'holding up his trunk' on legs too squat for body's weight.

He held his arms wide open to embrace The world but none would come within,

To touch the furry moistness of his skin . . . But when he tried to catch with fluttering hands

The children on their way back home from school They screamed and ran away from him . .

(Leonard Clark Yours sincerely, (name and address with editor).

The Dwarf")

WE WELCOME YOUR VIEWS

<ciiOCRLVO>| ' community council j

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Skincare & Make-up Lessons. Electrolysis. Sun Canopy for Hire.

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W I L L I N G T O N N U R S E R I E S Announce

THE OPENING OF THEIR NEW PREMISES IN TEMPLEOGUE VILLAGE

on March 9th Special Opening Offers — Come & Pick Up a Bargain

Phone: 934749 (after 7 pm)

WINNERS OF THE KNOCKLYON COMMUNITY COUNCIL'S ENVIRONMENT COMPETITION

This competition was organised for the children attending St. Colmcille's Senior School. The theme of the competition was "Keeping Knocklyon Tidy".

The winners (left to right) — Lara Casey (2nd), Ian Brennan (3rd), and Caroline Browne and Grainne

Colgan who were Joint 1st.

EDITORIAL

PARISH FINANCES

Many years ago when our Parish was founded, our Christian Community began with confi-dence and enthusiasm. We built a beautiful Church and Parochial house as well as two fine schools. For this we had to borrow from the Bank with a commitment that we would repay in due course. This commitment was made on behalf of the whole Parish and we all have a part to play. Newcomers to the Parish enjoy these facilities as well as those who were here from the beginning.

Our Parish debt on our Church and schools now stands at £347,867. To meet this debt we must pay £1 ,689 per week. On top of this the running costs of our Parish amounts to about £20,000 per year.

Weekly Envelopes: To meet our debts we deliver a box of enve-lopes to each house in the Parish. Volunteer supervisors and collectors look after the col-lection of the weekly envelopes. Some facili-ties prefer to pay by Bankers Order. Every family can have a receipt on request for their weekly contribution. School Capitation Grant: There is a great misunderstanding that the Government pays for our schools and the edu-cation of our children. Nothing could be fur-ther from the truth. The local Parish pays one third of the building costs as well as £6 per child towards the running costs of our schools. All this must come from the weekly envelope collection.

Church Collection: The first collection each Sunday is for the support of the Priests of our Parish and the upkeep of the Parocial house. This is augment-ed twice a year by the Christmas and Easter dues. As members of the Carmelite-Order the priests live as a community in one house, thus keeping down overheads. The families of the priests have also donated two of the priests' cars. The Priests are very grateful for the generous support you give them and have never

Share Collection: The second cpllection at Mass each Sunday is the "SHARE" collection and is sent to the Diocese. The average share collection amounts to about £380. The Diocese pays the Parish £2,000 per month from "Share". This means that we receive from "Share" about £6,000 a year more than we contribute to it.

An Appeal to play your part: At the moment we are not meeting our com-mitment to repay our Parish debt. Could I appeal to each and every one in the Parish to play their part. Many people do not contri-bute anything to the Weekly Envelope Collec-tion. Some have allowed their Bankers Orders to lapse. Some families who have children in our schools do not contribute anything. Some families are finding it hard to make ends meet in these diff icult times of cut-backs and reces-sion. This is understandable and you are not expected to contribute what you haven't got. But if each family paid a little each week we would be able to meet our financial commit-ments.

A word of thanks: I would like to thank all those who contribute so generously. You are a credit to our Christian Community. Could I also thank all those who help in the collections, either as supervisors or envelope collectors. You are contributing by your generous efforts to the good of the whole community. Your efforts wil l not go unreward-ed.

Chris Conroy, O. Carm.

AIDAN COYNE FUND

A dance in aid of the Aidan Coyne Fund was held on the 30th January in the Templeogue Lawn Tennis Club. A great night was had by one and all. The proceeds amounted to approx-imately £2,000. The night included a raffle and spot prizes which were generously donated by many companies, and private individuals (too many to mention). On behalf of the Coyne family, the Fundraising Committee would like to express their sincere thanks to everyone who contributed.

CHIROPODY SIGHLE HANNON

R.G.N., R.M., M.C.S.Ch., M.I.Ch.O., M.A.Ch.l. Registered Chiropodist

Surgery: For Appointment: 11, Knocklyon Heights, Telephone: 942045 Dublin 16. Home visits on request

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Dresses from £30 — Deposits taken OR

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\Ne also accept your Designer Labels and Mistakes.

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A NIGHT TO REMEMBER Michael J. Fox had nothing on the supporters of the Youth and Community Centre Dance in the Spawell Centre on Friday the 5th. Not "Back to the Future", bur certainly back to the past, as nearly 200 parishioners turned out to Rock, Roll and Remember to the Sounds of the Sixties.

"Stingray" were our entertainers for the night, and either they all grew up during that swinging decade or they had really done their •homework. The only non-sixties songs they slipped in were as a tribute to Buddy Holly, who, only for his untimely death 29 years ago would certainly have been around to entertain us two decades ago.

The style was taken straight from the fashion pages of the sixties also. Everybody seemed to have forgotten that "flower power" existed at all as minis abounded and it was easy to see how Mary Quant did so well. Everyone, it seemed, owned one of her creations. The men, not to be outdone, had borrowed their sons' Brylcreem or Wet Look Gel to achieve the perfect rockers' quiff, and how some of them managed to get into the Drainpipes was a wonder in itself. Anna Dowling of Knocklyon Park won the prize for the best outfi t , and the members of "Freddie and the Dreamers" also won spot prizes just for being in the right place at the right time. John Murphy of Knock-lyon Avenue won 1st prize in the raffle and then went on to clear away most of the spot prizes too.

The Adult Choir were there en masse and all in costume, so don' t be surprised if you hear strains of "Needles and Pins" coming from the Parish Centre during Choir practice.

A great night was had by all and many thanks goes to all our supporters, both at the dance and those who bought tickets or con-tributed spot prizes. Our next dance should be to celebrate the opening of the Knocklyon Youth and Community Centre later this year,

so start getting your dancing steps ready now — remember, it's never too late to learn.

Fiona Lynch

BACK TO THE SIXTIES

Sonny and Cher. . .

Rock in '-n-Rollin'

ch/'ldKe«2 corner

This month's competition is an easy one for you, seeing as last month's seems to have been too diffi-cult for you, judging by the amount of entries. The winners prize of £5 is on its way to Gareth O'Hagan of Idrone Drive. For this month, f i l l in the blanks to complete a well known duo. Some are historic, others modern, one pair are not even human! Entries to the presbytery by the 14th March. Good luck!

1. Samson and 6. Adam and 2. Dr. Jekyll and 7. Torvil le and 3. Cain and 8. Hansel and 4. Abbot t and 9. Anthony and 5 .Z igan d 10. Morecambe and . . . .

C O L L E G E O F C O M M E R C E , D U N D R U M

Enrolment for the following post-Leaving Certificate Courses will take place at the College of Commerce, Dundrum,

on Saturday, 5th March from 10.00am to 12.00 noon.

1. Post Leaving Secretarial Course 1 Year 2. General Reception Course 1 Year 3. Accounting Technician's Course 2 Years 4. Pre-Nursing Course 1 Year 5. Child Care Course 1 Year

European Social Fund Allowance - £300 per annum - payable to the Students of the above Courses.

FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS: PHONE 985412

HOTLYON! SCHOOL N E W S Sports The Senior S c h o o l hu r l i ng and camogie panels have now been selected fo r the u p c o m i n g in te r -schoo l leagues. M r . P. O ' N e i l l w i l l be t a k i n g charge of the Senior hu r l i ng t e a m ; M r . J. M u r p h y has been ap-pointed to coach the J u n i o r t eam. Ms. C o o n e y and Ms McCann w i l l be l o o k i n g a f te r the camogie t eam. There has been very s t i f f c o m p e t i t i o n f o r places on the panels, and f u l l scale t r a i n i n g has n o w c o m m e n c e d . Among those s tar r ing so far are Fergus M c l n e r n e y , Paul G r i f f i n , Car lo Pelosi and K ie ran Mad igan .

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Cake Sale . Many thanks t o the parents and pup i l s f o r the i r sup-port in raising £ 6 4 0 . I t is h o p e d t o get a set o f basket-ball posts f o r the schoo l , and the m o n e y co l lec ted will also be used t o b u y new s tock f o r the hu r l i ng , football and camogie teams. Once again, a big t h a n k you to the M u m s (and Dads?) w h o baked all t he goodies. School T o u r This year the T o u r starts on 2 7 t h F e b r u a r y . 35 children f r o m 6 t h class accompan ied by th ree teachers will visit S w i t z e r l a n d and G e r m a n y over 5 days. We send our good wishes f o r a love ly t r i p . Reminder! Will those parents w h o have no t en ro l l ed the i r ch i l d for September and w ish t o do so, please f i l l in an application f o r m . These can be got f r o m the J u n i o r School.

TOP L A D Y ! Congratulat ions t o M a r y D i l l o n w h o lives in K n o c k -lyon Green, o n her recent a p p o i n t m e n t as a D i r e c t o r of Macar thy A u c t i o n e e r s L t d . M a y we w ish y o u every success, M a r y !

LUCKY L A D Y ! Congratulat ions t o Shei la Ebbs (one of ou r regular contr ibutors) o n w i n n i n g a t r i p t o R o m e in a recent compet i t ion sponsored by Q u i n n s w o r t h . We l ook forward t o a repo r t o f y o u r exper ience She i la , f o r the Newslet ter .

MODEL C H I L D R E N Well done t o al l t he boys and gir ls f r o m Theresa Kearney's Speech and D r a m a classes w h o recen t l y took part in a Fash ion S h o w f o r c h a r i t y , w h i c h was held in St . Lou i s C o n v e n t , Ra thm ines .

1 1 2 t h K N O C K L Y O N S C O U T U N I T J A N U A R Y D R A W W I N N E R S

£100 M o r r i s , 3, K n o c k l y o n Close £ 5 0 Sheppa rd , 6 5 , C o o l a m b e r Pk. £ 25 R o t h , 5, K n o c k l y o n A v e .

C H U R C H S H O P Religious ob jec ts , Mass Cards etc . , are avai lable f r o m our Church S h o p a f te r al l Masses on Sundays and weekdays. See ou r d isp lay cab inet f o r a sample of what is avai lable. Specia l g i f ts f o r ch i l d ren abou t t o receive 1st H o l y C o m m u n i o n can also be purchased.

N E W S L E T T E R I N F O R M A T I O N 2 , 5 0 0 copies of the news le t te r are p r i n t e d every m o n t h . O f these, 2 , 0 0 0 copies are hand-de l ivered t o homes in al l t he estates in t he par ish. T h e rema in ing copies are d i s t r i b u t e d via the I n f o r m a t i o n Desk at S u p e r q u i n n , K n o c k l y o n and S t . Co lmc i l l e ' s C h u r c h . I t ems and adverts f o r i nc lus ion in the March issue mus t be handed i n t o the Presby te ry by M o n d a y , Ma rch 1 4 t h . T h e news le t te r w i l l be d i s t r i b u t e d f r o m March 2 5 t h . T o b o o k y o u r adver t , space in the March issue con tac t P A T at 9 4 7 4 9 3 be fo re March 1 4 t h . A d v e r t , space is l i m i t e d so b o o k y o u r s ear ly t o avo id be ing d i sappo in ted .

P R A Y E R G R O U P L e n t is a t i m e w h e n conscience begins t o bo the r mos t o f us. We t h i n k o f all sorts o f th ings we m i g h t give up in o rder t o deny ourselves. T h e l ist is long — sweets, c igaret tes, a l coho l , even w a t c h i n g t e l l y ! B u t have y o u ever t h o u g h t o f g iv ing an ex t ra h o u r once a week t o P R A Y I N G ?

A t the K n o c k l y o n Prayer Mee t ing y o u w i l l have a qu ie t hou r o f prayer and shar ing w i t h o the r w o m e n of the Parish. We w i l l give y o u a ' cuppa ' tea or co f fee w h e n the mee t ing is over and even a f e w b iscu i ts — if y o u haven ' t given t h e m up. D o c o m e — y o u w i l l be o f f e r i n g t h a t ex t ra t i m e t o prayer — t i m e tha t y o u t h o u g h t y o u c o u l d no t spare. Y o u may even l i ke us and w a n t t o s tay. T i m e : 10 .30 am — every Wednes-day . Place: O 'Conne l l s , 33 M o u n t A l t o n . T e l : 9 6 1 7 4 3 .

I.C.A. A r e y o u free on t he 1st and 3 rd Tuesday o f every m o n t h ? J o i n the Ladies at t he i r c ra f ts of k n i t t i n g , q u i l t i n g , Car r i ckmacross lace-making and e f fec t i ve speak ing — plus a host o f o the r events. V E N U E : C o m m u n i t y Cent re . T I M E : 8 .30 p . m .

B A L L Y R O A N CHESS C L U B A chess c lub has been s tar ted in B a l l y r o a n and chess players — at al l levels — are i nv i t ed t o j o i n . T h e c l ub meets in Sancta Mar ia Col lege, B a l l y r o a n , every M o n d a y , f r o m 7 . 3 0 p . m . t o 1 1 . 0 0 p . m . Y o u may j o i n by ca l l ing t o the c lub o n M o n d a y or by ask ing f o r an a p p l i c a t i o n f o r m at the L i b r a r y in B a l l y r o a n . As th i s is a new c lub beginners are very w e l c o m e . T h e j u n i o r chess c l ub w i l l c o n t i n u e t o meet in the L i b r a r y on Tuesday and T h u r s d a y f r o m 7 t o 8 p . m .

Ita Ryan , C lub Secretary

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