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Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 20 March, 2015
Letter to the Editor … Address Letters to: The Editor, Dungarvan Observer, Shandon, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford. Fax: 058 41559. e-mail: news@dungarvanobserver.ie ALL letters MUST include your name, address and telephone number for authenticity purposes.
Dungarvan Historic Town Atlas Dear Editor, I am researching the Historic Town Atlas for Dungarvan, and I am looking for some help from your readers. The Atlas, which is sponsored by the Waterford local authorities and which will be published by the Royal Irish Academy, aims to trace the growth of Dungarvan since the building of the castle around 1200 AD. After 1700 the town seems to have expanded following the wars and sieges of the previous century. I have come across several building leases dating from 1720 to 1750 in the Devonshire estate papers which identify the plots in question by reference to “the posted prints of the town”, i.e. early town maps showing numbered plots. Unfortunately, the estate papers do not contain such maps, and this makes it difficult to identify the streets involved (but probably around Church Street / Main Street / St. Augustine Street, within the medieval town). It’s a long shot, but would any of your readers know of the existence of any of these “posted prints of the town”? If they still exist, they may form part of the title deeds of properties in the older part of Dungarvan, particularly the three streets mentioned above. I would just need to take a photo of the map, but it would be wonderful to reproduce a copy in the Atlas, if possible. I can be contacted at the address below, or at 01 2802692. Yours sincerely, JOHN MARTIN The Lighthouse Breffni Road, Sandycove, Co. Dublin
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St. Mary’s Parish Church, Dungarvan Fifth Sunday of Lent: Jeremiah 31:31-34: I will make a new covenant and never call their sin to mind. Hebrews 5:79: He learnt to obey and became for all the source of eternal salvation. John 12:2030: If a grain of wheat falls on the ground and dies, it yields a rich harvest. The Story of Mahlet Continues: Mahlet loves school. She says “School is the centre of knowledge. If you are knowledgeable, you will grow. I would like to study medicine to be a doctor and to help my family, and my country.” When Mahlet is hungry, it is difficult for her to concentrate at school. If she has water to drink, and to grow her crops, she is more likely to do well in school. Hopefully when she grows up, she will fulfil her wish and become a doctor. Carmelite Monastery Tallow: Three evenings of celebration in the Carmelite Monastery,Tallow this week on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. 7.30 p.m. – 9.00 p.m. each evening. Fr. Peter McVerry the well-known Jesuit will speak on Friday evening. Please see the Parish newsletter for a fuller notice of the celebrations. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will take place in St. Mary’s Parish Church on Saturday next, March 21st from 11.30 a.m. – 5.30 p.m. It is part
of Pope Francis’ 24 hour initiative celebrating that God is rich in mercy, with emphasis on preparing to celebrate the Sacrament of Penance/Confession. Prepare for Holy Week Taize Hour in Déise Day Care Centre on Wednesday, 25th March - 7.30 p.m. – 8.30 p.m. Led by Sr. Angela and Sr. Eileen, Convent of Mercy. Lenten Prayer: Lord, never let me feel that any sin of mine is greater than your love. No matter what the past has been I can begin again. Amen Lenten Programme in the Friary House for the Wednesdays of Lent, continuing next Wednesday, March 18th from 7.45 p.m. – 8.45 p.m. St. Patrick’s Day Mass Times: St. Mary’s - Monday: 7.30 p.m. Vigil Mass; Tuesday: 10.00 a.m. and 12.00 noon. The Friary: Monday: 6.15 p.m. Vigil Mass; Tuesday: 9.00 a.m. & 11.00 a.m. Parish Office: Located in St. Mary’s Church and is open Monday to Friday office hours. If you want to book Masses or Baptisms call during these times. Phone 42374. Daily Mass broadcast on 98.5 FM. Emergency Phone No: To contact Priest on duty: 086 233 4282 St. Vincent de Paul Helpline No. 087-7747870.
Dungarvan Enterprise Centre Coder Dojo – Anike Tyrrell, Local Enterprise Office presenting Makey Makeys to Stephen Power, Coder Dojo Co-ordinator. Included is Mags Durand-O'Connor, Dungarvan Enterprise Centre. [Sean Byrne//Deise Media]
Movie Reviews In association with SGC Dungarvan
The Diverent Series: Insurgent Opens 19th March THE DIVERGENT SERIES: INSURGENT raises the stakes for Tris as she searches for allies and answers in the ruins of a futuristic Chicago. Tris (Woodley) and Four (James) are now fugitives on the run, hunted by Jeanine (Winslet), the leader of the power-hungry Erudite elite. Racing against time, they must find out what Tris's family sac-
rificed their lives to protect, and why the Erudite leaders will do anything to stop them. Haunted by her past choices but desperate to protect the ones she loves, Tris, with Four at her side, faces one impossible challenge after another as they unlock the truth about the past and ultimately the future of their world.
The Gunman - Opens 20th March A SNIPER on a mercenary assassination team, kills the minister of mines of the Congo. Terrier's successful kill shot forces him into hiding. Returning to the
Congo years later, he becomes the target of a hit squad himself. Stars: Sean Penn, Idris Elba, Javier Bardem.
Get Hard - Opens 27th March RELIGION. WHATS THAT ALL ABOUT? It’s all very well throwing up arguments like the Big Bang Theory or Darwin’s “Origin of the Species”, but what created the conditions for these phenomena to evolve.You can say that a supernatural entity, whoever he, she or it is, magically summoned the elements from nothing and created creation. This superior being could well be God, Nature, Doctor Who or Denis O'Brien. Although I doubt if it’s Doctor Who. Debates for and against these possibilities are legion. Because we are human and limited in our perceptions, we organise our beliefs in neat packages called religion. Just like politics, industry, sport and entertainment etc., the reason we have so many diverse religions is because we can't agree who is in charge, or who is best served by it. The basic teachings of most
religions is you are either good or bad. If you are good, you are promised everything you wish for. If you are bad you are damned to walk barefoot on sharp stones for eternity with a flea infested ogre on your back. That last bit could be open to interpretation, as indeed are a lot of ancient texts. Through the centuries many of these ancient texts have either lost or gained something in translation. These precious books or scrolls have passed through many political upheavals in their history and their message may have been hijacked by some unscrupulous empire builders. It is highly unlikely that the original words and phrases have come down to us unchanged. Theres also the possibility that, what was relevant thousands of years ago may not have the same urgency nowadays. Camel rustling was never very big in Bonmahon.
Principles, however, never go out of fashion. Whether you need someone in a fancy dress costume to tell you what you should do, or not, the basic rules will always remain the same. Just ask yourself the question, is it right or wrong? Am I going to hurt someone or make them happy? All the secular scribes, spiritual leaders and religious mystics can quote all the ancient pages of dusty philosophical books, but nothing will change the fact that there is just one choice. Right or Wrong? You choose. Ballinameela Creatives meet every Wednesday evening at Midi's place. Say hello to us on Facebook, we wont bite. Of the many good points made by Mahatma Ghandi, this is the most profound. He said, “God has no religion”.
WHEN millionaire hedge fund manager James King (Will Ferrell) is nailed for fraud and bound for a stretch in San Quentin, the judge gives him 30 days to get his affairs in order. Desperate, he turns to Darnell Lewis (Kevin Hart) to prep him for a life behind bars. But despite James’ one-percenter assump-
tions, Darnell is a hard-working small business owner who has never received a parking ticket, let alone been to prison. Together, the two men do whatever it takes for James to “get hard” and, in the process, discover how wrong they were about a lot of things – including each other.
NT Live: A view from the Bridge Thursday, 26th March at 7.00 p.m. FIND out more information. Don’t miss a stellar cast led by Mark Strong (The Imitation Game; Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) in the Young Vic's 'magnetic, electrifying, astonishingly bold' production of A View from the Bridge – the Evening Standard, Guardian and Independent's top theatre pick of 2014. The great Arthur Miller confronts the American dream in this dark and passionate tale. In Brooklyn, longshoreman Eddie Carbone welcomes his Sicilian
cousins to the land of freedom. But when one of them falls for his beautiful niece, they discover that freedom comes at a price. Eddie's jealous mistrust exposes a deep, unspeakable secret – one that drives him to commit the ultimate betrayal. The visionary Ivo van Hove directs this stunning production of Miller’s tragic masterpiece, broadcast from London’s West End by National Theatre Live.
Royal Opera - Rise and Fall of the City of Mahogonny (Live) - Wednesday, 1st April at 7.15 JOHN Fulljames presents a new production of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's furiously impassioned satire on consumerism, starring Anne Sofie von Otter, Willard White and Christine Rice conducted by Mark Wigglesworth. Three criminals on the run find they can go no further and found a city - Mahagonny, city of gold.The destitute and the disenchanted flock to Mahagonny, among
them the prostitute Jenny and the lumberjack Jim Mahoney with his three friends. The city swells with debauchery. Jim and Jenny try to escape, but find themselves still in Mahagonny. Jim is arrested and convicted of myriad crimes - chief among them a lack of money, punishable by death. He is executed and the city burns.