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ensure the high standards of recent Competition. Some stalls are still
years are maintained. A few new and available. As usual, all products
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IMPROVE YOUR HOME The Ninth Annual Dromineer Literary
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All Upvc roofline products fitted & cleaned Fascia, Soffits & Gutters poets Pat Boran, Fiona Sampson and 8pm at Lough Derg Yacht Club.
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Eleanor Hooker, who launched their 2012 is the year of the Short Story
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the genre, Claire Keegan and Kevin
Lucy Sanders, Commodore of Lough Barry participating in this year’s
Derg Yacht Club will launch the festival. They will be in conversation
festival at the official opening on with publisher and author Alan
Friday evening October 12 at 7.30pm Hayes and joined by ‘New Voices’ in
upstairs in the clubhouse. Following the genre Madeleine D'Arcy, James
a cheese and wine reception, Martyn Joyce and Elizabeth Reapy,
prizewinners in the adult poetry and Saturday evening, October 13 at 8pm
flash short story and in the Primary at Lough Derg Yacht Club.
Schools Poetry competitions will be Admission €12.00/10.00
announced. Childrens’ Author Mary
Arrigan will read the poems she Join Playwright and novelist, Pat
judged the winning entries. Nenagh McCabe for his Radio Butty show in
Players actors Niamh Hogan and The Whiskey Still in Dromineer
Stuart Andrews will read the winning Village on Saturday October 13 at
poems and short stories in the adult 10.30pm. The night will offer a
• Entrances • Houses • Boundary Walls • Castles • Churches category. mixture of chat and music as Pat
• Bridges • Arch Construction • Restoration • Re-pointing discusses the influence of music in
• Fireplaces • Stone Paving etc. There are places still available on their writing lives with new and
Restoration & Conservation using Traditional Lime Mortar Fiona Sampson’s poetry workshop established authors. Pat will also be
Patrick Noel Ryan, Thurles. Tel: 087-1938600
Email: heritagecon@gmail.com Website: www.heritageconstruction.ie and Nessa O’Mahony’s writing playing some old time music for the
workshop, Saturday morning October future! An eclectic mix to match the
13. The workshops take place from eclectic and magical night with Pat at
10.00- 12.30 at Lough Derg Yacht the helm!
Club. The booking fee includes a
light lunch. Poet and Author Grace Of course the festival wouldn’t be
Wells is hosting a two day writing complete without our event afloat on
Situation Vacant
workshop for the Transition Year Lough Derg, and this year we are
pupils from Nenagh schools. delighted that Lorna Siggins (Author
& Marine Correspondant for the Irish
Person to sell and fit all types of window blinds in the Nenagh and On Saturday afternoon, October 13 at Times) and Lola Leech (veteran
surrounding areas of Tipperary. 2.30pm at Lough Derg Yacht Club, sailor of the inland waterways) will
Must have experience in sales and fitting. Reggie Goodbody will launch Sailing be in conversation on board the
on Lough Derg: Photographs from passenger vessel The Spirit of
Send your C/V to Annette or Anthony at: the collection of Susan Tait, edited Killaloe. Places are strictly limited
Feran Blinds, Louth Village, Dundalk, Co. Louth. by brothers Stephen & Andrew for this event and early booking is
Tierney. This is a beautiful book, advised to avoid disappointment.
Telephone or Fax 042-9374303 - 087-2514076 or full of images that document a social
email at pandrbyrne@gmail.com as well as a sailing history on our The festival exhibition this year is a
lake. joint venture with Man-made Images,
Wife Beaters or Facebook Liars need not apply Photographic Art Gallery in
The festival committee invite you to Mountcharles, Donegal. Entitled
a performance by The Bee-Loud Allegory, the exhibition is a selection
Glade band at the public harbour in of arresting images by Sarolta Bán.
Dromineer, Saturday afternoon The photographs will be on view, and
October 13, from 4.30-5.30pm. for sale, at the yacht club throughout
Bring your sandwiches and we do the weekend.
MENSWEAR advise you dress warmly and (there is
a plan B if the weather misbehaves). We do hope you can attend some or
The Bee-Loud Glade is a cabaret all of the events we have planned for
band and show that combines lively you. We look forward to seeing you
music, movement, performance, song in October. The booking number for
and poetry. Featuring contemporary festival events is 086-4401613 and
Irish and classic/world 'hit' poems for general enquiries, please email
for set-to-music.' Their programme will emhooker@eircom.net.
All
feature poems by W.B.Yeats, Oscar
Wilde, Joseph Woods, Theo Dorgan, http://www.dromineerliteraryfestival.
0504-21852 Pat Boran, Paul Perry, Macdara ie/
Friar Str, Thurles Woods, Patrick Chapman, Grace

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New Jobs Initiative For Borrisokane Entertainment At The Source
Since February 2012, Borrisokane and healthcare units in the town. The Guerilla Days in Ireland – The Lambert Puppet Theatre
Community Forum has been working restoration of a Workhouse, that could Tom Barry story presents Snow White & Bosco
on creating jobs, cutting the cost of be used as a community and youth
Admired by The Lambert Puppet Theatre will be
living, raising revenue, increasing building.
many, feared entertaining audiences of all ages at
activity and promoting Borrisokane. Potential tourism from sporting
Borrisokane Community College's events, providing accommodation and by the British The Source Arts Centre Sunday 7
canteen became the focus point for itineraries for groups from America Army, loved October. This will be a magnificent
last Thursday's local Job Fair, a joint and abroad. Community home-baking by the people family day out with enchanting
initiative between Borrisokane potential. Office Hub. he led. Tom puppets telling the magical story of
Community Forum and Borrisokane Barry, legendary Commander of the ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
LocalSwitch Association. Each individual project will be famous West Cork Flying Column The highlight for many will be the
researched further as to its viability survived the War of Independence to nostalgic appearance of the legendary
Local members of the public were and recommendations will be made. tell his incredible story. Barry led a Bosco who is still a firm favourite
invited to attend an informal evening On the basis of these volunteer army in a hide-and-seek with younger children and will make
that would allow discussions to recommendations, within one month, campaign of Guerilla warfare a welcome appearance
happen which would result in the two projects will be established. matching wits against an enemy of during the show.
creation of these much needed jobs in overwhelming strength and power. In Suitable for children
Borrisokane and the local area. North Derry O Donnell was announced as his memoir he gave a gripping aged 3 to 8 years.
Tipperary LEADER Partnership, the Local Catalyst for the area and account of the attack. It was so vivid
North Tipperary Enterprise Board, will facilitate the growth of the that it subsequently became The Speech Project – A
Shannon Development, local FAS enterprises at the early stages of something of a handbook for guerilla Multimedia Folk Experience!
personnel and Gurteen College were development. This will involve warfare, and Che Guevara reportedly Four years in the
all on hand to provide further arrangement of training, finance, carried a copy. Guerilla Days in making, The Speech
information and assistance. contracts, grant aid and other activities Ireland is Tom Barry's thrilling first- Project album is a
to facilitate a quick launch for these hand account of the struggle for
9 potential new business enterprises new enterprises. ground-breaking
independence in County Cork, the collection of new
were identified, and one person Rebel County.
(Community Enterprise Developer) This initiative has been recognised by musical works by
allocated to each initiative to Duncan Stewart (RTE Television Gerry Diver. The works are inspired
Neil Pearson has adapted and by and incorporate recordings of, the
investigate further and promote this presenter - 'Eco Eye' and 'About the
directed this play and has remained spoken word of seminal Irish folk
idea. Presentations were made at the House'). He is proposing to film these
start of the meeting of these ideas and two projects shortly for his upcoming faithful to the book. For those who musicians including Shane
people were then invited to sit at the 'Eco Eye' programme, to be aired in haven't read the book, this is a MacGowan, Christy Moore, Damien
table of the idea that most appealed to January/February. This unique self- dynamic piece of theatre. The cast Dempsey, Joe Cooley, Danny
them. An extra 10th table was made help approach to job creation can be and director have managed to bring a Meehan and more. This show is
available to those who, although were replicated in any town or village in legend alive on stage, along with a uniquely Irish, stunning and
interested in the 9 initiatives, had their Ireland and Duncan Stewart will be whole flying column’s worth of men. beautiful; a multimedia musical
own idea that they felt needed to be helping us to promote this. Guerilla Days in Ireland is simply a experience not to be missed!
explored further. must see play.
The people of Borrisokane are no Saturday 13 October 8pm, tickets
In excess of 100 people attended on longer prepared to take a back seat Tuesday 9 and Wednesday 10 €15
the night, with apologies and and wait for things to happen in their October 8pm, tickets €20/18 conc.
expressions of interest from several town. With CSO figures showing the Schools show 11am Wednesday 10 Irish music Legends- The
parties who were unable to be there. unemployment figures in the town October. Early booking advised.
Interested parties grouped together (for males) increasing from 9% in
Fureys & Davey Arthur
and there was a fantastic buzz in the 2006 to 29% in 2011, something had The Fureys &
An Evening With Brendan Davey Arthur
room, with genuine motivation to get to be done. Bowyer
businesses up and running. will be
The legendary Brendan making their
Gathering like minded people together
Bowyer and his Band f o u r t h
People with various levels of expertise on the night was a great starting point
will perform all of his concert appearance at The Source Arts
shared knowledge, resources and to go about addressing local problems
contacts on the night and future with local solutions. hits in this concert of Centre this autumn. The Fureys &
meetings will be held regarding the 9 For those who were not able to make pure nostalgia at The Davey Arthur are responsible for some
initiatives which were, namely: the Jobs Fair on the night, results of Source Arts Centre. of the most stirring music ever to
the recommendations will be made Brendan has the same capture the public imagination. They
1. Forestry/Woodland Co-op, 2. available very shortly online - high energy today he was renowned had instant success since their debut
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At the ideas table, other potential derry@localswitch.ie toured Britain after they were voted €25/23 conc.
projects were discussed. These ‘Britain's Most Outstanding Dance
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we all work together? memory lane this is a nostalgic early to enjoy a meal or bar bites at The
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