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Pictured at the joint IFA/Tallow Area Credit Union Information Seminar on Budget 2015 and the Basic Farm Payment in Tallow, Co. Waterford are John Condon, Tallow, Patrick and Karen Higgins, Curraglass.
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menssheds.ie GOOD start to the week in the Shed with the woodwork course in full swing under the eye of Jim Egan, with the lads getting really into their projects. Well done lads. The workshops are as busy as I've seen them, with planters, wheelbarrows and crafts being moved along nicely. Preparations also being made for the first heat of the Star Awards in
Limerick, and the best of luck to the DMS and all involved. Busy at the Shed all week, with the woodwork course, craft room and plenty of visitors! The Ladies from Lismore, "No Limits" Active Retirement Group visited the Shed on Tuesday and were highly impressed with our premises and the work carried on here.Thanks girls for the visit and kind words of encouragement. The lads on the woodwork course are going from strength to strength with some of their projects already finished. Well done to all involved.
Johnny marks up before turning a leg on the lathe.
Maurice paints a barrel he's converting into a planter.
Tom decorates his locker.
Dungarvan Observer | Friday, 6 February, 2015
ERNEST WALTON COMMEMORATIVE COIN ON DISPLAY IN MUSEUM This limited edition collector coin is issued to commemorate the life and work of Ernest Walton, the only Irish person to win a Nobel Prize in science. It is a €15 Silver Proof Coin issued by the Central Bank of Ireland. Ernest Walton was born in Abbeyside, County Waterford. In 1922 he won scholarships to Trinity College, Dublin for the study of mathematics and science. He was awarded bachelors and master's degrees from Trinity in 1926 and 1927, respectively. The "Walton Causeway Park" in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford was dedicated in his honour with Walton himself attending the ceremony in 1989. He died in Belfast on 25th June, 1995, aged 91. LOCAL HISTORY DUNHILL LODGE On Tuesday last, two process-servers entered the house of William Power, of Dunhill Lodge, Esq., County of Waterford, and flung a tithe notice on the kitchen table, saying to the servant that it was intended for his master.They then proceeded on their way homewards; but were followed and overtaken by a number of the country people, by whom we understand they were severely beaten, and compelled to eat the original of the writ. The writ, we have heard, was directed, not for Mr Power, of Dunhill Lodge, but to another person of the same name. (Dublin Weekly Register 13th February, 1836). UPCOMING EVENT AT DROMANA Series of Talks 2nd to 5th July 2015 celebrates the 800th anniversary of the charter from King John to the Norman knight Thomas Fitz Anthony, Seneschal of Leinster, granting Thomas the present-day counties of Waterford and Cork in Ireland. From the time when Thomas Fitz Anthony’s daughter married John Fitz Thomas FitzGerald, their descendants have lived at Dromana house, Villierstown.The FitzGeralds have been an integral part of the community since the thirteenth century. Dromana 800 is a celebration of people and place. There are few families in Ireland today whose history is so well documented.To mark this historic anniversary there will be a series of talks and events at Dromana, Villierstown from the 2nd to 5th July. On 3rd July there will be a seminar which will include the following distinguished
speakers: Julian Walton, Ken Nicholls, Dr. Anthony Malcomson, Peter Murray, Robert O’Byrne, and Dr. Diarmuid Scully. Other events include music, house tours, Georgian fete, Commemoration of the Battle of Affane, genealogy consultations. To find out details of the full programme of events consult the web site – www.dromana800.com ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP We would like to remind our members that the annual membership fee is now due for renewal. If you are interested in becoming a member of the Museum, the annual subscription is €15. SPRING/SUMMER TRIP AWAY FOR MUSEUM MEMBERS If any of our members have any suggestions as to locations and events they would like to visit, please feel free to contact us on 05845960 or by calling into the Museum. VISITING THE MUSEUM We welcome visits from schools, community groups, and local history societies. Please contact us at 05845960 to arrange a visit. Let us know if you are interested in a particular subject and we will focus on that during the visit. BOOK SALE We are now collecting books for our annual book sale. Books can be handed into the Museum, Friary St. Dungarvan. No magazines, encloyopedias or school books accepted. OPENING HOURS Monday to Friday 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. Admission is free. FIRST WORLD WAR WATERFORD CASUALTY LIST WEEK ENDING 30th JANUARY Name: Patrick O’Flynn; Age: 27; Service No. Rank: 13878 Driver; Service: Army; Unit: R.F.A. 35Bde; Where Born: Cappoquin,Waterford; Death Category: Wounds; Date of Death: 28/1/1915. Name: Bartholomew Prendergast; Age 19; Service No. Rank: 26205 Driver; Service: Army; Unit: R.Eng.23 Field Co; Where Born: Tallow; Death Category: Killed in Action; Date of Death: 27/1/1915. Name: Patrick Walsh; Service No. Rank: 5234 Pr.; Service: Army; Unit: R.I. Reg. 1Bn.; Where Born: Waterford; Death Category: Wounds; Date of Death: 29/1/1915. Name: John Patrick; Service No. Rank: G/5701 Pr.; Service: Army; Unit: Middlesex. Reg. 3Bn;Where Born: Limerick; Death Category: Killed in Action;
Date of Death: 24/1/1915. FIRST WORLD WAR WATERFORD CASUALTY LIST WEEK ENDING 6th FEBRUARY Name: John Hart; Age: 40; Service No. Rank: 1383D Seaman; Service: R.N. Res; Unit: H.M.S. Clan McNaught; Where Born: Tramore; Death Category: N.S.; Date of Death: 3/2/1915. DROMANA ‘The Old Countess of Desmond’ – Katherine Fitzgerald Katherine was born at Dromana in 1464. The lands of Dromana had been given by James Fitzgerald, 7th Earl of Desmond to his son Gerald Fitzgerald, who became Lord of Decies and the founder of the Dromana Fitzgeralds. In 1529 Katherine, daughter of Sir John Fitzgerald (d.1534) married Thomas Fitzgerald, 12th Earl of Desmond, becoming Countess of Desmond. Katherine’s husband had been married previously to Gilis Ny Cormyk, daughter of the Lord of Muskerry.The marriage ended after Thomas killed his father-in-law in battle. On the death of her husband, Katherine retired to Inchiquin Castle near Youghal. Her grand-nephew, John Fitzgerald took over Dromana. She was later known as ‘The Old Countess of Desmond’ as she is said to have lived until 1604. This longevity seems unlikely, she may have lived to near 100. She is said to have died trying to pick cherries from a tree at Dromana. Sir Walter Raleigh claimed to have met her and refers to her in his History of the World published in 1614. In 1617 Fynes Moryson stated that she grew two sets of teeth and used to walk five miles to Youghal once a week. The Old Countess is believed to have been buried in Youghal Abbey, near her husband. Further reading: ‘The Old Countess, the Geraldine knight and the lady antiquarian: a conspiracy theory revisited’ by Clodagh Tait in History Ireland magazine, May/June 2013.
The Countess of DesmondKatherine Fitzgerald.