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MARCH 2016
SCAN SHANKILL COMMUNITY AREA NEWSLETTER
Vol. 21, No. 3
What is SAGE and what do they want to achieve Information on SAGE on pages 18 and 19
Happy St. Patrick’s Day and Easter to all our readers and advertisers
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Easter Religious Services Rathmichael and Kilternan Church of Ireland Parishes Tuesday
20.00 hrs. Ecumenical Healing Service with Rathmichael in Kilternan Church
Spy Wednesday 20.00 hrs. Service in Rathmichael Church 20.00 hrs. Service in Kilternan Church
You are most welcome to join us at each and any of these services.
Maundy Thursday
20.00 hrs.
Good Friday 10.30 hrs 20.00 hrs. 10.00 hrs. 20.00 hrs.
St. Cecilia Singers – Sacred Drama with Kilternan in Rathmichael Church Morning Service - Rathmichael Church Evening Service - Rathmichael Church Morning Service - Kilternan Church Evening Service - Kilternan Church
St. James Church, Crinken March 21st - 25th Sunday 27th - 9.30am
Joint Holy Week services at 8pm. Guest Speaker: Rev Andrew Smith Holy Communion 11.00am Easter Praise (The Real Easter Rising)
St. Anne’s Parish Sunday 20th March - PALM SUNDAY Mass - 8am, 9.00am (Hospital), 10.30am, 12.00 Noon, 6.00pm Spy Wednesday 10.00am & 7.30pm - Mass 8.00pm - Penitential Service Holy Thursday 12.00 Noon – 12.30pm Confessions 8.00pm - Mass of the Lords Supper 9.00pm – 10.00pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament (Resource Centre) Good Friday 12.00 Noon – The Way of The Cross 3.00pm – Commemoration of the Lord’s Passion & Holy Communion 3.45pm – Confession 7.30pm – Prayer around the Cross Holy Saturday 12.00 Noon – 12.30pm – Confessions 8.00 – 8.30pm – Confessions 9.00pm – Easter Vigil Easter Sunday Mass - 8am, 9.00am (Hospital), 10.30am, 12.00 Noon, 6.00pm Monday 28th March –to – Friday 1st April (First Friday) 10.00am - Mass
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COMMUNIT Y NOTICE BOARD DEAR ADVERTISERS AND CONTRIBUTORS As you may have noticed in our Jan/Feb issue, we are combining the April and May issues due to various bank holidays occurring in March. Therefore, the closing deadline to be included in this “bumper” issue is Wednesday 30th March. We hope to publish towards the end of April. We hope this is not too inconvenient, and we look forward to hearing from you. Kind regards, The SCAN Team
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There are reports that a Rottweiler has been seen in the neighbourhood of Shanganagh Grove over the past two months. This is a dangerous breed of dog and by law should be kept under control at all times. If you see it running loose do not approach but phone the Gardai and/or the Dog Warden, Phone 01 2054771
SHANKILL TIDY TOWNS General meeting of all residents Thursday 14th April at 8pm in St. Anne’s Resource Centre.
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SUPPORT NETWORK FOR SEPARATED, DIVORCED AND DIVORCED AND RE-MARRIED PEOPLE A support network for separated, divorced and divorced-and-remarried people has been set up within the St. Anne’s Parish community and all are welcome to contact us by texting 087 3814213 or by emailing us at listeningear14@gmail.com A supportive, compassionate person in the network will respond and together you can discuss how the network can be of help to you…..either through one-to-one contact or by welcoming you into our monthly Support group meetings. Some people may opt for both types of support, which are freely available to everyone. All communications will be guaranteed complete confidentiality and everyone will be warmly welcomed. The Support Network MARCH 2016
CORBAWN RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION Democracy starts in our own community and the stronger our association the better our voice will be in communicating with local councillors and politicians. Corbawn Area Residents Association is working hard to promote community development and tackle local issues. These include liaising with An Garda Siochana, Shankill, to tackle crime, protection of our beautiful coastline, maintaining the green belt, concerns regarding Shankill Shopping Centre and collaborating with Tidy Towns to improve our environment. If you are interested in joining Corbawn Area Residents Association please email crasecretary@gmail.com. Membership includes being part of Neighbourhood Watch. Website: www.scanshankill.com
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CONTENTS St. Brendan’s College....................................5 Citizens Information ....................................7 Shankill Classical Music Club....................9 COPD Support Group..................................9 Easter Recipes..............................................10 Martello Productions ................................11 Shankill Old Folks Association...............12 Community Games....................................12 Shanganagh Cemetery: Kevin McCourt.13 Shanganagh Parkrun ................................13 Nutrition Tips ...............................................14 1916 Rising in Shankill .............................15 Tidy Towns News ........................................17 What is SAGE .........................................18/19 Windyridge Gardening Advice..............21 Councillor Carrie Smyth ...........................22 Local History Society Talks ......................22 Councillor Denis O’Callaghan ................23 Loughlinstown Pitch and Putt...............23 In Pursuit of Happiness ............................24 Scoil Mhuire News......................................25 Shankill Tennis Club ..................................27 Shankill Football Club...............................29 Credit Union Celebrate.............................30 Shankill Bowling Club...............................31 Rathmichael Parish School ....................32 Cuala GAA Club...........................................33 Planning Applications ..............................34 Shankill GAA Club ......................................35 SCAN 3
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ST. BRENDAN’S COLLEGE UNDER 19 SOCCER TEAM WICKLOW WEXFORD LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 2016 Following an impressive 11 – 1 victory over Enniscorthy in the semi-finals (goals from David Rohlik (3); Luke Clucas (3); Aidan Maguire (2); Mark Tuke, Adam O’Brien and Ray Quinlan), the under 19 soccer team won the 2016 Wicklow/Wexford League Championship after a tough battle against Arklow CBS in a very exciting final. A penalty shoot-out took place and following a tremendous performance from goal keeper Ian Kirwan and goals from David Rohlik, Padraig Murphy, Aidan Maguire and Alex Vortolomei for St. Brendan’s, the title went to St. Brendan’s with a 4-2 penalty score line. Well done to the team who played brilliantly throughout the campaign and to their mentor Mr Meyler. They now progress to the Leinster quarter finals and a first round clash with Lucan Community College. 1916 COMMEMORATION Along with the other schools in the area, St. Brendan’s will be presented with a National Flag and a copy of the Proclamation at a ceremony in Croke Park on March 7th which will be attended by the President Michael D Higgins. On March 16th, the school will have its own flag raising ceremony in the school grounds at 12.30pm. At this time, the student who won the “Write your own
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TRANSITION YEAR — MINI-COMPANY COMPETITION The annual Mini-Company competition for transition year students which ran from September to January was a great success and gave students a great insight into running their own business. The top two business ideas will progress to the regional schools finals run by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council. The school results were: Best Business Idea All Your Clock Needs: James Anders; Patrick Cojacaru; Sean Coll; Thomas Coll; Gerson Panganiban 2nd USBois: Cain Carson; Thomas Keogh; Shane Mangan; Adam Tilley; Stephen Brack 3rd Customised T Shirts: Nathan Tobin; Ben Xue; Kevin Staveley; Conor Farrell; John Kannankara Best Project Reindeer Food and Snacks Mohammed El Shamaa; Luke Clucas; Tiernan O’Toole Best Presentation lear Comforts: Hisham Ahmed; Cormac Hayes; James O’Neill; Craig Mason; Jack Fitzgerald
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CITIZENS INFORMATION NEWS TRAVELLING ABROAD - When planning a trip abroad you can get travel advice and information on local laws and customs on the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s website – www.dfa.ie. The website provides detailed country-specific travel advice including information on the local security situation. This helps you to make informed decisions when you are planning a trip overseas and offers you an objective assessment of the risks you could face. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade also encourages Irish citizens travelling or living overseas to register their contact details on the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s website. The information recorded in the Citizens’ Registration database can be used if there is an unforeseen crisis such as a natural disaster or civil unrest, or if you have a family emergency while you are overseas. This service is only available to people living or travelling outside the Common Travel Area (Ireland/UK). MINIMUM WAGE - Since 1 January 2016, the statutory minimum wage for an experienced adult has increased to €9.15 per hour. You can get more information on the minimum wage and your employment rights from the WRC Information and Customer Service (Lo-call 1890 80 80 90 or workplacerelations.ie). BANKRUPTCY - The normal duration of bankruptcy has been reduced to one year from Friday 29 January 2016. Other changes to the bankruptcy rules include the revesting of the family home in a debtor when the property is not being sold. There are transitional provisions for people who are already in bankruptcy. Read more on the ISI’s website - www.isi.ie FIS - The thresholds for Family Income Supplement (FIS) increased on 7 January 2016. FIS gives extra financial support to low paid employees with children who are working at least 38 hours in a fortnight. You must have at least one child who normally lives with you or is financially supported by you. Your child must be under 18 years of age or between 18 and 22 years of age and in full-time education. To qualify for FIS, your average weekly family income must be below a certain amount for your family size. In 2016: You qualify for FIS if your weekly family income is less than: One child €511 Two children €612 Three children €713 Four children €834 Five children €960 Six children €1,076 Seven children €1,212 Eight children €1,308 To find out your weekly FIS payment, you calculate your average weekly family income. Then take away your MARCH 2016
family income from the maximum income limit for your family size (see table above). Your FIS payment is 60% of the difference between your total family income and the income limit which applies to your family. HAP - The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a form of housing support for people who have a long-term housing need. It is administered by local authorities and will eventually replace long-term Rent Supplement. You must be on the local authority’s housing list – which means that you qualify for social housing support – to be eligible for HAP. Under the HAP scheme local authorities pay landlords directly and tenants pay a differential rent to the local authority. This is based on your income and your ability to pay. If you take up a job or increase your working hours, you will still be eligible for HAP provided you meet the other conditions of the scheme. If you are getting a social welfare payment at a post office, you must pay your HAP rent to your local authority through the Household Budget Scheme. People on the housing list who are already renting and getting Rent Supplement can apply for HAP, but you do not have to be getting Rent Supplement in order to qualify. People who are on the housing list and currently getting Rent Supplement will be transferred to HAP on a phased basis. You must find your own private rented accommodation. Although the local authority administers the HAP scheme, you will not be a local authority tenant. The rental agreement will be between yourself and the private landlord. This means that you will have certain rights and obligations, as will your landlord. The rent must be within the HAP rent limits for your household size and the area you live in. The limits are generally based on the limits for Rent Supplement. Additional flexibility has been provided beyond the limits in some local authority areas and for some qualified households where suitable accommodation cannot be found for a household within the HAP rent limits. If your landlord requires a deposit, you will have to pay this yourself – the local authority will not pay it for you. You may be able to get an Exceptional Needs Payment from the Department of Social Protection to help with paying the deposit. (Source: www.citizensinformation.ie) The Citizens Information HELPLINE is: 0761 07 4000 - OR Call in to the Citizens Information Centre at Marina House, Clarence Street, Dun Laoghaire at any time between 9.30 am and 4.00 pm, Monday to Friday. No appointment necessary. Clarence Street is the turning to the right at the traffic lights at the junction of Lower Georges Street, Cumberland Street and York Road, Dun Laoghaire. Citizens Information offers a Free, Confidential and Impartial Service to the citizens of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown on a very wide range of issues. Or Phone Dun Laoghaire CIC at: 0761 07 7400.
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SHANKILL CLASSICAL MUSIC CLUB from one of Tchaikovsky’s suites, played by the FEBRUARY 2016 MEETING RTE NSOI, and an even less familiar - but very Jonas Kaufmann, Vladimir Horowitz, Dmitri enjoyable – trumpet concerto, by the obscure Shostakovich: not all at the same time, of 18th century Czech composer Johann Neruda. course! Very different personalities and Brahms, always a favourite, turned up in the musical styles, but they all figure among form of the first movement of the second Sheila Thomson’s current favourites, and symphony, with the Philharmonia Orchestra of she shared her enthusiasm with us in a the late 1950s, conducted by Herbert von widely varied programme this month. Karajan. And Russia surfaced again, in a couple Vladimir Horowitz Kaufmann, superstar tenor, was of extracts from the deeply resonant Vespers represented by two big Puccini arias, by Rachmaninov. including the celebrated Nessun dorma. For full details of all the pieces and performers, There was emotion of a very different kind see our website http://www.shankillclassical.org. in an extract from the legendary Moscow Shankill Classical Music Club meets at 7.45pm on concert in 1986 when the octogenarian the first Wednesday of each month (except July pianist Vladimir Horowitz made his return and August) in the Old Folks’ Association Centre, to Russia after six decades in self-imposed exile in the West. Lower Road, Shankill. New members and visitors From Shostakovich we had the short finale are always welcome. Jonas Kaufmann of the cello sonata, from 1934 – relatively The March meeting will be on Wednesday 2nd. early in his career, and on the surface high-spirited and Put the date in your diary now! untroubled, but not untouched by the composer’s For further information see the website or ring characteristic undercurrent of irony. John O’Hagan (087-210 9175). Orchestral music included a rare outing for a movement
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EASTER RECIPES FROM VIVIEN REID SIMNEL CAKE is the traditional cake for Easter Sunday. It is a light fruit cake with a layer of marzipan in the center. Usually it was decorated with marzipan on top and small chocolate eggs and yellow fluffy chickens. This recipe for Simnel Muffins is a new twist on the traditional recipe and perfect for getting the kids involved in the festivities. Simnel muffins — Makes 12 muffins 250g mixed dried fruits grated zest and juice 1 medium orange 175g softened butter 175g golden caster sugar 3 eggs, beaten 300g self-raising flour 1 tsp mixed spice ½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg 5 tbsp milk 175g marzipan
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CURSE OF THE STARVING CLASS Martello Productions will be performing “Curse of the Starving Class” by Sam Shepard, nightly at 8pm, from 21st to 23rd April, in Rathmicheal National School, Shankill. The Obie Award winning play balances dark comedy and biting satire in its look at a family in their fight to stay alive. The play focuses on the disturbed Tate family - the drunken father, burned-out mother, rebellious teenage daughter, and idealistic son - as they struggle for control of the rundown family farm in Southern California, in a futile search for freedom, security, and ultimately meaning in their lives. The play oscillates between realism and symbolism and features many shocking laugh-out-loud moments and larger than life characters, not to mention a live lamb! As ever, Martello promise a performance not to be missed. For tickets please call 086/2633955 or find us on FaceBook.
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SHANKILL OLD FOLKS ASSOCIATION To start the New Year the clients were treated to a tasty turkey dinner at the Stableyard Cafe in Cabinteely Park at the kind invitation of Adam Macaulay (proprietor). His generosity is much appreciated. The Wednesday Club members enjoy musical entertainment on a regular basis. This is provided in February and March by several talented people including The Ukelele group, Bert Van Embden playing the dulcimer and singing an eclectic mix of songs, as well as soprano Anne Hickey accompanied by Hilda. This is in addition to the regular Raffle and Bingo. The Wednesday Club (2 to 4 pm every Wednesday) is open to anyone over 60 in the Shankill area. The clients always look forward to the annual outing to Brady’s to celebrate Valentine’s Day and it was as enjoyable as ever. The next Book Sale will be on Saturday 5th March. Donations of books can only be accepted at the Book Sale. We welcome volunteers in all areas – helping with the Book Sale, entertaining on a Wednesday afternoon, delivering Meals on Wheels, helping with lifts to the Centre and being on a rota to help at the Daycare Centre (one morning every 3 weeks). If you have a talent that you think we could use, please get in touch! Enquires are always welcome. For further information, contact Nurse Manager, Jacinta O’Sullivan on 01 2826364 at the Daycare Centre. See www.shankilloldfolks.com
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DATE FOR YOUR DIARY Shankill Community Games Athletics will take place on Sunday 24th April 2016 in Shanganagh Park. Short and long races for ages under 8 to under 16. Preregistration will take place through the schools and St. Anne’s Resource Centre from early April. Also watch out for GAA, soccer, singing, music, art and handwriting all happening soon. For more information email shankillcommunitygames@gmail.com
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SHANGANAGH CEMETERY: KEVIN MCCOURT The impact on Irish society made by the national broadcaster, RTÉ, is an underlying theme of several of the articles in this series. No surprise there given that a number of the station’s television and radio personalities are interred in Shanganagh Cemetery. Among the less familiar RTÉ names to be found there is that of Kevin McCourt, a successful businessman brought in to run the station at a time of great change in Irish society.
By Gabriel Conroy
As Director General from 1963-1968 Kevin McCourt was a target for pressure groups he never had to face in the commercial sector. Native speakers made it clear that they were unhappy with what they saw as RTÉ’s lacklustre support of the Irish language. Government ministers were
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indignant when their policies and decisions were criticised on the airwaves. And senior churchmen expressed their displeasure at the attacks on faith and morals which they claimed RTÉ was transmitting on a regular basis. During his time at the top of Irish broadcasting, Kevin McCourt was sometimes besieged by those who wanted RTÉ to follow their particular line. One of the most powerful was the archbishop of Dublin, John Charles McQuaid.
Because RTÉ was located in his diocese, the archbishop believed he should have ultimate control over the station’s religious programming. He sought to achieve this through the appointment of one of his priests to a new post of RTÉ religious affairs advisor. McCourt accepted the need for such a position but insisted that the candidate be chosen by RTÉ and not by the Church. When a Dominican priest got the job the Dublin prelate was incensed because members of religious orders were outside his jurisdiction. A stern reprimand to the DG followed swiftly. McCourt’s attempts to mollify the archbishop were not successful and relations between Drumcondra and Montrose remained chilly for a long time afterwards. But relations between RTÉ and the Catholic Church were never easy during those turbulent times. A frequent target for episcopal attacks was The Late Late Show and its host Gay Byrne. (The most notorious example is the affair of ‘the bishop and the nightie’, which would require an article all of its own to do it justice.) McCourt often had to walk a fine line between appeasing the bishops and allowing his top presenter the appropriate editorial freedom. In Byrne’s opinion, at least, he got the balance right. Many years afterwards, Byrne remembered his former boss as ‘the essence of what a Director General should be: dapper, well-dressed, mannerly, with just the right degree of authority’. Following his stint at RTÉ, Kevin McCourt returned to the business world. Despite the difficulties he encountered, he looked back fondly on his time in broadcasting. As he wrote later, ‘Good days they were and I find it much easier to recall the successes and achievements and the happy occasions than I do the strains and pressures by which we must have been afflicted’. Kevin McCourt enjoyed a long and productive life and passed away on 13 May 2000 at the age of eighty-five.
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SPRINGTIME: NUTRITION TIPS Spring is finally rearing its pretty head. The wild weather of winter is, in my opinion, no time to start purging or fad dieting. It’s a time to mind yourself, if just to protect yourself from the elements.Much better to wait until lovely spring, when the great outdoors beckons. Here we bust some health myths and nail tips for our box fresh, springy selves. Detox: You don’t need to ‘detox’ if you go to the loo daily. The organs of detox in the body ie, kidneys, liver, skin and lungs, do a perfect job of detoxing our bodies without special detox products. Drink lots of water, up to 2 litres per day. Constipation means your waste system is sluggish. Eat fibrous fruits and veg and exercise. Psyllium husks, available in health stores, are a gentle way to help improve gut function. Cut out wheat, dairy or carbs? No, not unless you have a diagnosed condition, eg gluten avoidance for coeliacs or lactose intolerance (dairy). Faddy diets are hard to sustain and you could miss out vital nutrients. Try to eat properly 80% of the time and kick back 20% of the time. There are Carbs in veg and fruit as well as in grains and sugars. Cut down simple carbs like white bread or pasta, and choose wholegrains. Processed food: Don’t eat processed food as it is invariably full of sugar, salt, hydrogenated fats, wheat and soya. Reading the labels can prove challenging as they may be written in gobbledegook designed to confuse us.
Meat and fish: Buy the best grass reared meat you can afford and you will get omega 3 oils that are so beneficial to good health, but don’t eat it daily. Processed meat like ham or sausages contain nitrates, so only consume these occasionally. Eat oily fish such as mackerel, salmon and sardines up to three times per week. Sugar: Sugar is hidden in many processed foods so don’t consume often. Sweeten home baking with organic brown sugar, molasses (full of B vitamins) or wild honey. Fizzy drinks are nutritionally void, so don’t take! Supplements: Vit D supplement is a good for the Immune system for winter/spring. In sunshine, expose some skin…up to 20000iu Vitamin D is available to the body after 10 minutes outdoors. Fish Oils (or flaxseed for vegetarians) for brain/skin/Cardiovascular health, for those who don’t eat enough fish/seeds. Organic: Organic fruit and veg have better mineral content than non-organic and are necessary if your system is compromised by illness. Peel apples and wash berries well if not organic. Sit down at a table with proper table ware, use smaller plates for portion control and make time for meals. Our relationship with food can be a force for joy in our lives, or it can make us feel miserable and defeated. Help yourself by making positive choices. Ailish Connelly is a Nutritional Therapist and writer. She is based at the new Shankill Wellness Clinic 01-2820978 or 0872217978
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THE 1916 RISING IN SHANKILL BY JAMES SCANNELL Twamley decided to carry out as In 1916 John Twamley was a Post Office much of the sabotage operation as linesman in the Engineering Department possible alone and after crossing the of that organisation and stationed in Bray, fields to the railway line, cut the Co. Wicklow. At a special April 1916 telephone and telegraph wires and meeting of the Irish Republican the ground level railway signal wires. Brotherhood Centre in a house on North Twamley then went to the Dublin Frederick Street, Dublin, Twamley was one Road and cut the telephone wires of a number of selected men who were between Bray and Shankill and the informed about the impending Rising underground cable at Shankill, which and were asked to “get all possible Somewhere along this road leading into the village involved lifting the manhole cover, information regarding the location of was the manhole that JT went into, cut the cables cutting the cable and then replacing cross-Channel trunks (main telephone and then replaced the cover so that his deed the manhole cover so that his act of lines) and to obtain plans of all remained undetected. sabotage remained unnoticed. underground cables and secret wires Twamley recalled “ Due to the loud whistling of the held up (telephone lines) running to Dublin Castle and the Viceregal trains which I was afraid would attract the attention of the Lodge and to try and obtain the necessary tools to lift police in the nearby barracks, I was forced to beat a hasty manhole covers and to cut stays, poles and wire and that this retreat and proceeded for Dublin calling at Lamb Doyle’s for information was to be submitted to Dermot Lynch,” (Member a drink.” The whistling of the stopped locomotives was of the Inner Council of the Irish Republican Brotherhood). due to their drivers trying to tell the Shankill signal cabin Twamley was allotted the Bray area and after this meeting that they were stopped at signals as their indicator arms was told to contact Mr. Higgins in Bray, member of the Irish had reverted to the “ danger / do not proceed ” position Republican Brotherhood, who was to supply him with once their control cables were cut. eight men who would work under him. Higgins brought Twamley eventually reached the G.P.O. and took part in a Twamley to the county council offices in Shankill - the number of operations around it and the evacuation of the former boardroom building of St. Columcille’s Hospital burning G.P.O. later in the week. He was in the room in demolished in 1959 – meeting place and offices for the Moore Street where he saw Pearse in conversation with Rathdown No.1 Rural District Council (Co. Dublin), the Connolly lying on a stretcher, after which he heard that Rathdown No. 2 Rural District Council (Co. Wicklow), and the decision had been taken to surrender. After the the Rathdown Union Board of Guardians. Here they were surrender Twamley was held in Stafford Jail. able to access maps of the Bray area and identify the key spots where sabotage operations were to be carried out. SOURCES The basic plan was to cut down three lineside telegraph Ryan, Annie, Witnesses – Inside the Easter Rising, Dublin, 2005. Twamley, John, Bureau of Military History Witness Statement, poles on each side of the railway line between Bray and No. 629, 1951. Shankill, cutting telephone and telegraph communications between Dublin and the East Coast. It was also decided to cut poles and cables linking the Shankill telephone exchange with Bray at a point on the Bray Road between CAL O L the Shankill exchange and Shankill R.I.C. barracks. Ultimately Twamley and his team were told that the Rising was scheduled to take place on Easter Sunday 1916, but only learned of the Rising cancellation at 11.40 a.m. on Easter Sunday. He went immediately to Liberty Hall and was told by Dermot Lynch to await further orders. On Easter Monday Twamley was told to report to Liberty Hall between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. where he learned that the Rising would take place at noon that day and to go immediately to Bray and implement the previously planned sabotage operations. When Twamley reached Bray, a great deal of time was lost trying to locate the Bray men to no avail, but eventually he met Higgins in Little Bray, told him that the Rising was just about to take place, that there was no time to carry out the sabotage operation with the team as planned, and that he was to mobilise his men and travel to the G.P.O. in Dublin at once. MARCH 2016
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TIDY TOWNS NEWS NATIONAL TREE WEEK
IT’S SPRING AT LAST!! With the arrival of Spring, the Tidy Towns team are looking forward to 2016 when, with your help, we hope to improve on our excellent performance in recent years. While we obviously wish to do very well in the competition, our core objective is to make Shankill a better place to live, work and play. Thank you to everyone who supported us by buying our 2016 Calendar – they are a vital source of income for us. We braved the elements at Christmas in the Village and the calendars were well received. We’d especially like to thank the staff in Gremma and St. Anne’s Resource Centre for selling our calendars.
Will be held on March 6th – 13th. As part of our Trees For All project our green fingered gurus and the Parks Dept. will be busy planting 400 trees (Silver Birch, Mountain Ash and Holly). This project aims to have 1 tree for everybody in Shankill to help off-set our carbon emissions. We will also be planting 150 rare fruit trees in a native orchard and creating a new wildflower meadow in Shanganagh Park.
LITTER Our volunteer litter pickers and anti-graffiti workers have been busy. The recent storms have blown over recycling bins and the litter has blown all over the place. We ‘d ask you not to put your green bins out the night before, turn them downwind and place a brick or some weighted object to keep the lids from blowing off.
COASTAL EROSION: We are very concerned about coastal erosion after the storms and high tides our beach has endured over this winter. Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council are working on improvement works at the Corbawn Lane Beach Access. We’ve made a submission asking them to consider: Treating walls with anti-graffiti paint, re-instate the metal seat and install an additional seat on the left hand side. Install CCTV camera. Install public lighting along the pathway. Restore and re-paint old water pump. Landscape the area appropriately. Install an interpretive board overlooking the coastline showing types of birds to spot. Install a litter bin at the appropriate location.
SPRING CLEAN DAY Our Annual Spring Clean-up will be held on Saturday April 23rd at 2pm. Please put the date in your diary and please come along and help us give the Village and estates a makeover. We’ll provide all you need on the day so join us and meet new friends and neighbours. MARCH 2016
GRAFFITI The best way to beat Graffiti is to remove it as quickly as possible. If need help removing graffiti from your property or can report graffiti, email us on shankillmatters@gmail.com and put Graffiti as the subject.
HAVE YOUR SAY We are holding a Public Meeting on Thursday April 14th in St. Anne’s Resource Centre. This is your chance to meet and talk to us about Shankill. We’re interested in hearing from you about issues you are concerned about and any ideas, suggestions or projects you’d like us to do in your area would be great.
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What is SAGE and what SAGE is an organisation committed to raising awareness of, and taking action on, climate change. It was set up by representatives of Rathmichael, St. James’s Crinken and St. Anne’s parishes, in response to the papal encyclical “Laudato si”. The group welcomes people of all beliefs, and none, and is happy to include people who live outside the Shankill area. SAGE was launched on 22nd October 2015 and nearly 60 people attended.
We must think globally but act locally. We believe that each of us have a responsibility to reduce our negative impact on climate. While the Paris Agreement is a great achievement, each country will voluntarily set its own target for CO2 reductions. However, we can follow cities, towns and villages throughout the world that aim to be carbon neutral, such as Adelaide, which aims to be carbon neutral in less than 5 years. We need to set ourselves ACHIEVABLE targets. Consequently we have decided on a number of short term projects: • Energy audits of the churches, halls, schools and businesses in Shankill, followed by investment to reduce energy use • Invite a group of houses to jointly apply for a grant to improve their energy efficiency • Lobby politicians • Support the Tidy Towns’ Eco Community Initiative in planting trees in Shankill. If you are interested in more information or getting involved in SAGE please contact Justin Kilcullen at justinmkilcullen@gmail.com
A NEW GLOBAL AGREEMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE World leaders reached an agreement in Paris in December to combat climate change. But was it enough to sustain the planet as a viable home for humanity? There was a lot done, but there is a serious amount more to do. The biggest achievement was the adoption of the target of limiting the increase in the global temperature to 1.5 deg. C. Anything more and the impact of climate change would be extremely damaging, even catastrophic. Leaders agreed a road map to achieve this including a commitment to renewable energy and phasing out of fossil fuels. Developing countries and human rights were also central to this plan. However, no definitive action was agreed. Much of the agreement is either aspirational or voluntary. Much more is required before it comes into effect in 2020. As one of the countries with the highest per capita greenhouse gas emissions in the world all citizens must play their part in enabling us to reach our fair share of the global targets. SAGE is an important initiative to achieve this. Action must start at the local level and move to the national and global to achieve success. 18 SCAN
THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON SHANKILL According to Met Éireann: • Temperatures have risen overall in Ireland by 0.8 ˚C in the last century • The growing season is longer • Frosts are less frequent • By 2050 all seasons will be 1.0 ˚C to 1.5 ˚C warmer, there will be fewer cold spells and more heatwaves. • Winters may be wetter and summers drier with an increased risk of drought. • There may be a greater frequency of heavy rainfall events and hence flooding. • Extreme events may increase in frequency. Shankill has a benign climate, tempered by the sea, and climate change impacts may be relatively modest overall, with some negative, and possibly even some positive, effects. For example, garden plants may flower longer and we may need less heating in the winter. However, late frosts may destroy flowers on fruit trees and warmer springs may lead to breeding failures among birds. Heavy rainfall may cause local flooding and storms may bring down more trees and damage infrastructure. The most important impact may be coastal erosion of the boulder clay cliffs. Although Shankill, and Ireland in general, may escape the worst effects of climate change, we cannot ignore the impact it will have on other countries. While we are an island nation, when it comes to climate change no nation is an island!
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do we want to achieve? COASTAL EROSION For many of us, especially those who live near the sea, there is constant anxiety about the erosion of the cliffs (see video below). Measurements by students at Newpark School have found that the cliffs are eroding at the rate of 1m per year. The relevance of climate change to this question is twofold: first, the EPA predicts sea level rises of 60 cm by 2100 and that will greatly aggravate erosion, especially if we factor in the more extreme storms predicted. But the other reason we should be worried is the extra rain we are now getting. If Mr. Clarke [RIP], an engineer, was correct in a lecture he gave in the village perhaps thirty years ago, the problem with the cliffs will get seriously worse. After much study and observation he concluded that the cliffs, which consist of clays, sand and boulders, are eroding because rain water is washing them away as it percolates down and drains to the sea. Hence, normal protection systems don’t prevent erosion. As we get more and heavier rain we can expect the cliffs to disappear even faster. If you look at the Corbawn access point or the videos taken over Christmas of the collapse of the cliffs, it is clear that
they are washing out rather than being undermined by the sea. Dun Laoghaire County Council is proposing to install rock armour at the Corbawn Lane access to protect the cliffs but despite this we must be vigilant that there is no development authorised within two or three hundred metres of the cliffs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSCxHgyV6Hw
SHANKILL TIDY TOWNS - TREES FOR ALL ECO COMMUNITY INITIATIVE involved by planting appropriate trees in appropriate places and for special occasions. The objective of this ambitious project is to offset the carbon emissions of the community and to contribute positively to Ireland’s greenhouse gas abatement strategy. (A mature tree can absorb over 9 kg of CO2 in a single year, which equals the amount of CO2 produced by an average car travelling non-stop for 18,300 kilometres!). It is hoped that this project will be a nationwide initiative that Tidy Towns’ groups elsewhere will emulate. Contact Shankill Tidy Towns at info@shankillmatters.com for further details.
Representatives of the 3 churches and the Chairpersion of Shankill Tidy Towns planting an oak tree. Shankill Tidy Towns and Crann-Trees for Ireland, in cooperation with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and the local community, have taken the initiative to plant more than 13,910 trees in the environs of the village – one tree for every resident (Census 2011). SAGE fully supports this green project and encourages all residents to become
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Windyridge Gardening Advice The stretch in the evenings is really also be running a competition with lots by Aoife Munn beginning to take hold and many of us of prizes. Be sure and ask the students are finding a little time to start to get for help in the garden. The more they the garden sorted. I know for my use the knowledge they gain the better family and me, as the weather warms they will remember it. we spend more and more time For all outside. Once I see the bulbs in bloom SCAN my gardening instincts kick in and I readers this month we want start to plan what the garden will look like for the summer. to offer a €10 off voucher I have a love of annuals that sets me up for a busy spring. when you spend €50 to help Now is the time of year to get a few seedlings started off so you get your garden back in you can have a lovely summer display. Some of the easiest shape for the spring. Keep an to grow are among the most beautiful. Have a look for eye on our facebook page as seeds for Cosmos, cornflowers and Sweet pea for starters. we run competitions from These will give you great colour in the garden and all have a time to time. long flowering period. The Cosmos and Sweet Pea can be www.facebook.com/WindyridgeGardenCentre started off on your window but the cornflowers can be sown directly in the soil now. Cornflowers tend to self-seed ST. ANNE’S PARISH CHRISTMAS FAIR COMMITTEE a lot which puts some people off but personally that is one would like to thank the following companies and of the things I love about them, the way they pop up individuals who so generously supported our fair: everywhere, even between patio slabs. Applegreen Service Station Shankill, Arda Meala, Avoca To get the veg garden going, a few early potatoes are great. Handweavers, Bakelicious Shankill, Bannon Jewellers Bray, Get them in as soon as possible. I like to grow potatoes in a Bar-be-que Fruit Shop Shankill, Bernados Shankill, Boyle sack instead of in the ground as I am a little short on space. Sports, Brady’s Pub Shankill, Centra Shankill, Ciara Lambert To do this just have a sack with soil or compost about a 1/3 Shankill, Credit Union Shankill, Connolly’s Shoes Bray, filled. Cover the potatoes with soil and add more soil as Cosgraves Butchers Ballybrack, Dargle Pharmacy Bray, they grow. With potatoes the important thing is to ensure Dorans Chemist Ballybrack, Dubray Books Bray, Dunnes they don’t get light. Keep adding earth, (earthing them up) Stores Cornelscourt, Envy Hairdressers Shankill, F.D. Meats, to keep them covered. If they get light they go green and Fitzmorris Chemist, Garda Siochana, Gremma Shankill, are toxic. Holland’s Pub Bray, Kelso Curtains Bray, Larder Cake Shop Bray, Lawlors Pharmacy Bray, Lloyds Pharmacy Shankill, Onion sets and shallots are good to go in now too. I love Marlow’s Dry Cleaners Bray, Myrtle’s Bray, Notionz Bray, my salads so I also have lettuce growing in window boxes O’Briens Wine Ballybrack & Bray, Occasions Card Shop Bray, already and I just keep taking leaves from the outside of the O’Loughlins Meat Shankill, O’Doherty Book Shop Bray, plant, as I need them. It’s pretty slow growing at this time O’Donnells Pharmacy Shankill, One Café Shankill, Patrick of year but it will soon speed up. Kelly Jewellers Bray, Perfect Vanity Shankill, Raven Pharmacy I have a lot of dogwood growing in my garden which gives Cornelscourt, Resource Centre Shankill, Scan Shankill, St. fantastic winter colour but it is only the new shoots that Anne’s NS, Scoil Mhuire, Supervalu Bray, Spar Shankill, give that amazing red colour. For this reason, a good Swiftcare Cleaners Shankill, Tanseys Bray, Hayes Victuallers pruning now will ensure you have good colour next year. It Bray, Tesco Express Shankill, Vogue Hairdressers, Shankill. is such a useful plant for winter colour, weaving, wreath making and needs so little care. Weeds are starting to flourish now and if you don’t keep on top of they will go to seed. The problem with weeds is that they use resources like light, nutrients and water that you want to keep for the plants you love in your garden. The free Windyridge Gardening in schools Programme will be starting off again shortly. For any of you with children in the local schools, we will be teaching them about growing vegetables this term. We will MARCH 2016
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COUNCILLORSʼ QUESTIONS Councillor Carrie Smyth CEMETERY FOOTPATH There is currently a foot path located on the right hand side of the access road to the cemetery and recycling centre. Lighting has recently been installed along this footpath to assist pedestrians. Consideration will be given to the request for a path on the other side of the access road to the Cemetery and Park during the review and updating of Shanganagh Master Plan.
2016 DLR GRANT SCHEME OVERVIEW The purpose of the DLR Grant Scheme is to provide financial assistance to individuals, groups and organisations engaged in projects, events or developments at local or county level. The emphasis of the scheme is on providing a diverse range of funding for projects from Events, Sports and Heritage to Community, Arts and Business. Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council endeavours to encourage the development of as broad a range of local community activities and services as possible. This ensures that the limited financial resources available are used to the maximum benefit of the community at large.
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Local History Society Talks Tuesday March 1st at 8 p.m: Megan O’Brien will present ‘An Illustrated Talk on Kilmacurragh’ to the Kilmacanogue History Society in The Glenview Hotel, Glen of the Downs, Delgany, Co. Wicklow. All welcome – admission €3. Wednesday March 2nd at 8 p.m: Aideen Ireland will present her lecture ‘Fanciful suggestions more suited to the poem of a Celtic bard that the prose of an English Law – The Broighter Hoard as Treasure Trove’ to the Rathmichael Historical Society in Rathmichael National School, Stonebridge Road (Dublin Road end), Shankill, Co. Dublin. All welcome. Thursday March 10th at 8 p.m: Lorraine Bradshaw will present her lecture ‘The History of Kilteirnan’ to the Bray Cualann Historical Society in The Kinsale Room, Royal Hotel, Main Street, Bray, All welcome – admission €5. Thursday March 10th at 8.30 p.m: Rob Goodbody will present his lecture ‘History of Dublin Bay’ to the Enniskerry History Society in the Powerscourt Arms and Country House Hotel, Enniskerry Village. All welcome – admission €4. Wednesday March 16th at 8 p.m: Colin Scudds will present his lecture ‘The Heart of Dun Laoghaire, a Journey through the Streets of the Town from 1960 to the Present’ to the Dun Laoghaire Borough Historical Society in The Royal Marine Hotel, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire. All welcome – admission €3.50. Wednesday March 23rd at 7 p.m: Brian White will present his lecture ‘North Wicklow In 1916’ in Bray Library, Eglinton Road, Bray. All welcome – admission free. Thursday March 31st at 8 pm: Colin Love will present his lecture ‘Ancient Rathdown’ to the Greystones Archaeological & Historical Society in The Holy Rosary Family Centre, Greystones. All welcome. Tuesday April 5th at 8 p.m: Peter Pearson will present his lecture ‘Houses and Landscapes of South Dublin and Wicklow’ to the Kilmacanogue History Society in The Glenview Hotel, Glen of the Downs, Delgany. All welcome – admission €3. Wednesday April 6th at 8 p.m: Charles Doherty will present his lecture ‘Kingship in Ireland’ to the Rathmichael Historical Society in Rathmichael National School, Stonebridge Road (Dublin Road end), Shankill. All welcome. Wednesday April 13th at 6 p.m: Ken Finlay will present his lecture ‘1916: Inside the GPO’ to The Old Dublin Society in The Conference Room of Dublin City Library & Archive, 138–144 Pearse Street, Dublin 2. All welcome – admission free. Thursday April 14th at 8.30 p.m: Brian White will present his lecture ‘1916 Connections to North Wicklow’ to the Enniskerry History Society in the Powerscourt Arms and Country House Hotel, Enniskerry Village. All welcome – admission €4.
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COUNCILLORSʼ QUESTIONS Councillor Denis OʼCallaghan OLD REFUSE DUMP NEAR BRAY HARBOUR Recent inspections of the site indicated that erosion from the recent storms had not exposed any material which was considered a risk to human health. Any waste released was inert and non-hazardous. In relation to this historic landfill and in light of the recent acceleration in the rate of erosion the Council is in contact with the EPA and Wicklow County Council to undertake a re-evaluation of the site.
LOUGHLINSTOWN PITCH AND PUTT CLUB is once again running a FREE open day on Saturday 2nd of April. There will be special offers for new members who sign up on the day. Membership is available to anyone over the age of 10, but 10 – 15 year olds must be accompanied by an adult at all times. So why not come down and visit our club, check out our course and discover the game of pitch and putt. For more information, contact Aiden 0862365025
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In Pursuit of Happiness Ever wondered how much you influence your own happiness? Research shows that 50% of our overall happiness level is determined by genes, 10% by our life circumstances and 40% by our daily thoughts and actions. People have a happiness set-point which is largely fixed and immune to influence and control. Research demonstrates that Identical twins report similar levels of happiness, even when raised apart, while fraternal twins report greater variations in happiness. Each person’s happiness set-point varies. Surprisingly, only 10% of your happiness is controlled by life circumstances: your country, age, gender, ethnicity, personal history, marital status, occupational status, job security, income, health and religious affiliation. People often expect this to be more…“if only I earned more, lived elsewhere, had the perfect relationship etc. then I would be happier!” In truth people have great ability to adapt to their circumstances so changes bring temporary highs or lows but over time have relatively small effect. 40% is controlled by the daily thoughts, actions and practices in which we choose to engage. Some activities
have greater happiness boosting potential than others. In fact research shows that positive benefits ensue by implementing as little as 4 of the following happiness enhancing strategies into your daily life. 1. Practice gratitude: Acknowledge daily, either by a mental note or in writing, things, people and experiences that you are grateful for. 2. Cultivate optimism: Practice looking on the bright side of things. Look for solutions not problems. Intentionally expect the best of people and situations. 3. Avoid overthinking and social comparison: Distract yourself from dwelling on problems or comparisons with others. You are the best you there is! 4. Practice kindness: Be kind to others. Do a good deed for a friend or a stranger, openly or anonymously. The size doesn’t matter. 5. Nurture relationships: Invest time and energy in relationships that are important to you. 6. Do things that absorb you: Engage regularly in activities or experiences that you “lose” yourself in. 7. Savour life’s joys: Pay close attention to momentary pleasures and wonders. Savour life. 8. Pursue meaningful goals: Devote time and effort to pursuing one or more significant goals that are meaningful to you. 9. Develop coping strategies: Find ways to de-stress physically and mentally, develop social supports and seek professional support when needed. 10. Forgive: Recognise and find ways to work through your anger. Getting it down on paper may be helpful. 11. Religion and spirituality: Get involved in religious or spiritual communities. Read or watch spiritually-themed books or videos. 12. Take care of your body: Look after yourself. Eat well, exercise, have downtime, develop a meditation or mindfulness practice, smile and laugh. Finally, remember variety is the spice of life. The effect of any activity tends to wear off as it becomes routine so keeping it fresh and finding different ways to do the activity is important. Erica McKinney is a counsellor, psychotherapist and life coach with a private practice in Shankill. www.ericamckinney.com
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Scoil Mhuire News VIVA VIOLINISTS’ VISITS LORETO ABBEY, DALKEY
A group of violinists travelled to Loreto Abbey, Dalkey, for a joint performance with the Loreto school orchestra. It is the start of collaboration between the two schools and was enjoyed by all!
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BIO-DIVERSITY WORKSHOPS
All the children from 3rd to 6th class visited the Pearse Museum in St. Enda’s Park to learn more about Padraig Pearse, one of the leaders of the 1916 Rising and the school that he founded. They were interested to see how different it was from modern schools and were fascinated by the Nature Room.
A number of classes took part in a six week programme on Climate Change. They learned a great deal and enjoyed it very much. Pictured above are students from Ms. McCarthy’s Class displaying a project based on what they learned about Climate Change.
OUR CHILL-OUT CORNER Some of our parents got together and created a restful, chill-out corner for use by children with S.N.A.s or teachers. It is proving a great success. Thank you parents for your time, effort and imagination! Pictured above using the corner, with two of her charges, is S.N.A. Marian Clarke.
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A 6th Class student carefully inspects the wildlife in the Nature Room at the Pearse Museum, St. Enda’s Park, on a recent class trip
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SHANKILL TENNIS CLUB
Eoin O’Brien, project engineer DLRCC with Rita Leonard, member of the STC development committee.
NEW INDOOR CENTRE
MEMBERSHIP
Imagine it’s raining heavily outside and blowing a gale on a winter’s evening… and you’re leaving home to go and play tennis with your regular partners. Sounds enticing? – probably not…
Shankill tennis club is a community based club which prides itself on our friendly and welcoming atmosphere. If you used to play tennis or would like to take it up, why not come down and try it out? As well as competitive league tennis, the club hosts regular social tennis events and purely social events throughout the year for both adults and juniors. Non-members are welcome to play for a fee of €6 per hour and it is advisable to book in advance. For a more sociable introduction, our mixed doubles on a Wednesday night at 8.00 is open to members and non-members alike and there is no need to book. It is the ideal opportunity to develop your tennis and meet other players in a very friendly and informal setting. The emphasis is on social tennis and the format caters for all standards.
However very soon – that’s going to become a thing of the past at Shankill Tennis Club. The new Indoor Centre at the club which will add 3 new courts to the club is almost complete. The development which has been created by the club and our partners Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council will be best in class with acrylic surfaces – the same as tournaments like the US Open and the Masters in the O2 each year. This is the latest acrylic design which is called “cushioned acrylic” because its designed to be easy on the body. In addition to the new Indoor Centre the club is also resurfacing 3 of the existing 7 courts. It has also recently strengthened its coaching team. There are now four experienced coaches who can help you begin or improve your game whether you are seven or seventy seven.
Our membership year runs from April-to-April and we are currently open for new members, at very competitive rates. New members joining now will get 14 months membership for the price of 12 and avoid a new member’s levy. So as spring approaches and the evenings are starting to stretch, dust off those runners and rackets and come down and check us out.
A SAD LOSS Shankill Tennis Club lost a loyal and dedicated member at the end of January. Ann O Connor will be greatly missed by all who knew her in the Tennis Club and the Bridge Club. Ann had a large network of friends in the club and she was a great woman to get involved in helping out and got the job done in her own quiet way. We will be running a generation game in her memory in the summer. Ann O’Connor with Rita Leonard
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SHANKILL FOOTBALL CLUB www.shankillfc.ie
After a longer than usual winter lay off the club finally got back to playing football in the first week of February. With all teams eager to continue the good form they had in 2015 we hope to have some silverware to show off at the end of the season. Below is the Shankill FC Family Tree which continues to grow each year.
1 Club 2 Academies 10 Committee Members
23 Competitive Teams 35 Managers and Coaches
356 Players
Shankill FC- Part Of Our Community MARCH 2016
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CREDIT UNION CELEBRATING 50 YEARS IN THE COMMUNITY Our collection of memories celebrating 50 years of our Credit Union is now available from the Core Credit Union offices for €5.00. All proceeds to St. John of God Carmona Services, Dunmore House. Pictured below are three of the founding Members of Core Credit Union at the launch of the 50th Anniversary book, which was produced by the Core Credit Union Local Members Forum.
Left to right: Anne Hunt, Noel Ryan (founding Member), Pierce Connelly (founding Member), Michaél Ryan (founding Member), Anne Flanagan and Brian Brady.
On left: 50th Anniversary book, which was produced by the Core Credit Union Local Members Forum.
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SHANKILL BOWLING CLUB NEWS MENS VETS TEAM
It’s now the time, 1st March when our club fees fall due for payment. The amount of euro €200 is reasonable when you consider the amenities provided, including; Indoor Bowls both casual and competitive on our own mats, in our own clubhouse. Outdoor (Lawn Bowls) everyday on our allweather green. The health benefits are immense, the exercise being good for both mind and body. Our members should consider entering more of the clubs competitions so better prizes can be given and you never know who can get their names on Trophies, some surprises last year, remember? Tea and biscuits galore also.
Photo shows our Vets Team Receiving their ‘Runners-up’ medals from President Christy Short at our AGM. L-R: Jack, Dennis, Liam, Philip, Nick, Albert, Paddy, Tom, Jim. This team were second in their league. Well done. The Tuesday – mixed game is popular with our members though we no longer get non-club bowlers, still on a good day, weatherwise, you can have a couple of rinks there, enjoy the craic and well supervised by Paddy O’Toole.
Our Susan Farrelly, 3rd left in photo, on winning team at Galway Tournament. Well done.
LADIES Watching ‘The Ladies World Matchplay Finals’ on BBC2, it was fair enough to think that some of ours were good and skilled to play at ‘Potters’ and do well. The Final was between Scottish players Ellen Faulkner (Red) and Rebecca Field (Green). Ellen won after a tense game. It was welcoming to see Mary Ryan and Carmel Morton back playing indoor and we hope they will enjoy it.
Shankill ladies
INDOOR Our indoor four player team led by Eddie Seery with Albert Tyson, Paul Kingston and Maura Hughes are having a good run in their league, in fact they are leading well and should be in the count at the finish. New members now welcome at reduced fees for beginners. Paddy Hughes P.R.O MARCH 2016
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RATHMICHAEL PARISH SCHOOL WASTE / ENERGY COURSE
On Tuesday 19th January 2nd and 4th Class welcomed the Rediscovery Centre into their classrooms. The Rediscovery centre aims to divert waste from landfill, provide community employment and training and inspire sustainable living. Sarah and Paige presented two very interesting workshops. Fourth Class enjoyed a very interactive and informative ‘Waste Workshop’. We were reminded of the 3R’s- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. We also learned of how long various waste can take to decompose. We saw some items made from recycled materials including fleece jackets, reusable shopping bags and lunch boxes. The session also included some fun games and concluded with some art when we made some lovely textile collages out of old fabric. A lively, informative and creative workshop was enjoyed by all! The workshop with Second Class focused on energy types, sources of energy, nonrenewable energy and renewable energy. Through energy games the children also learned about the threat to our energy supplies and the importance of
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being energy aware. The children took part in an energy saver / energy user quiz and made solar ovens from recyclable materials. We will melt chocolate in these. The workshop was both fun and educational for the children.
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DOGS TRUST Fiona from Dog’s Trust came to the school and gave a very informative talk to all the children. She brought along a three year old boxer who was very well behaved. She taught them how to approach a dog and also of the necessity to ask an owner before petting a dog as you never know what sort of character the dog might be. It was a valuable lesson for all the children.
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CUALA GAA CLUB FOUNDATION COACHING COURSE MARCH 2016 Cuala Coaching are running a Foundation Award Coaching Course on 9th,10th & 12th March in Cuala. Times are 7-10 on the Wednesday and Thursday evenings and 9.00-12 on the Saturday. Places on the course are limited but there is plenty of room for now. A lot of coaches in the club have done this course already and highly recommend it. It’s very enjoyable, enlightening and good fun. Anyone involved in coaching/station master/mentoring or just interested in doing so will find it well worth their while. Register at barry.burke.gpo.dublin@gaa.ie, contact Barry Burke at 086-0603054 or Ken Fitzgerald at 087-6830296
got there we were surprised at the size of the Auditorium we were in. It could seat 80 people and was tiered which made the room look very large. We arrived at 7 and were able to spend an hour in our groups practising who was going to say what and who was going in what order and to, of course, go over what we had prepared. Each group had to speak for around 15 minutes which was a difficult task as it is very easy to rush through your part to speak meaning your presentation seems very short. I found that, at first, it seems very daunting to go up in front of a room full of people you don’t know and speak about such a complex issue that involves a lot of information. However the longer I spoke the easier I found it and I was surprised at how easy I was finding it and it is very obvious to me that that is because of the course. Before I started I would have struggled at even speaking for 2 minutes in front of my class but after Thursday night I am much more confident in terms of public speaking and communication in general. I feel I got a lot out of the 5 months of the course and for all the hard work we put in I believe there was definitely something to be shown for it and we all took something away from it, whether it was a boost in confidence or the realisation of what we are capable of. All in all it was a very successful night.
THE DERMOT EARLEY YOUTH LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE
Ronan Gammell makes his presentation on Equality and the Travelling Community
Orlagh O Sullivan presenting information on Obesity
TRAINING We are all back on the training fields.Some of us have been back since the end of December, start of January while many of our teams have had challenge matches.
Some of the Cuala presenters with Commandant Dermot Earlry Jr. MODULE 2 COMPLETED BY 8 CUALA PARTICIPANTS By Conor McClure After 5 months of long hard work on our project came a presentation to be made by all participants. On the night of Thursday, January 28th we came to the Cathal Brugha Barracks in Rathmines. We had already been put into groups of 4 or 5 and had chosen our topics. Our topics all related to relevant modern day issues that affect every community. One group chose Equality, one chose Homelessness, while my group chose Obesity. When we MARCH 2016
OUR COUNTY PLAYERS Our ladies footballers have had some county action over the past few weekends, while our football representatives have had two very good wins over the Kingdom and Mayo.The Dublin hurlers start out there league campaign on the weekend of the 13th of February. Good luck to all our county players for 2016. Enjoy your sport. Cuala Gaa Club.
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PLANNING APPLICATIONS NOTICE from SCAN re PLANNING APPLICATIONS We are aware that some of the notices about planning applications and decisions are out of date by the time you receive your SCAN but we feel that our readers wish to know what is going on in their area. We would like to remind you to keep a look out for new planning notices and, if you feel that they could be of interest to you, go to the Planning Office in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Hall, Marine Road and request to see the plans. D15A/0387 WITHDRAW APPLICATION 4/1/16 Alan & Anna Byrne, 23 Corbawn Lawn, Shankill 2 storey, 4 bedroom detached house in lieu of permission granted Ref. D07A/1446 and PL06D.227252 D15B/0400 PERMISSION GRANTED 7/1/16 Andrea Hanson and Martin O’Donnell, 20 Seaview Wood, Shankill Conversion of existing space to habitable space including dormer windows to side and 4 new roof lights to side roof slope. 1 new first floor window to front. 1 new first floor window to rear. Alterations to fenestration to side and rear elevations at ground floor. D15B/0401PERMISSION GRANTED 7/1/16 Teddy and Noirin Gahan, Carrigfern, Dublin Road, Shankill 1. Demolition of existing single storey garage and shed to rear and construction of new single storey garage with pitched roof. 2. Demolition of existing single storey flat roof extension and conservatory to front and construction of single storey pitched roof extension. 3. Demolition of existing single storey flat roof extension to rear and construction of new 2 storey extension with pitched roof and part single storey with flat roof. 4. Alterations to ground floor bedroom window. D15B/0405 PERMISSION GRANTED 8/1/16 Neil & Justine Donnelly, 8 Cherrington Close, Shankill Alterations and extension to existing house including single storey side/south corner extension to ground floor. D15A/0507 PERMISSION REFUSED 26/1/16 DHQ Investments Ltd., Brookville, Commons Road, Shankill Construction of 6 detached 2 storey dwellings and various vehicular entrances. D15A/0558 PERMISSION GRANTED 26/1/16 ESB, Span 9-10 Loughlinstown/Shankill (DART) 39kV Line, Shanganagh, D18 Alter existing Loughlinstown/Shankill Dart 38kV Line at Shankill. Proposed alteration will be carried out over the townland of Shanganagh-Shankill and will involve the undergrounding of 2 spans of existing LoughlinstownShankill DART 38kV Line to facilitate the development of previously permitted housing development. The proposed alteration will comprise of 1 lattice steel angle tower, of max height 12 metres, supporting the 38kV Line. The existing overhead line consists of 3 overhead steel reinforced aluminium conductors. One existing wooden pole set and 1 lattice steel angle tower and associated wires will be removed as part of the alteration. D15A/0543 APPEAL AGAINST REFUSAL OF PERMISSION WITHDRAWN 20/1/16 Conor & Fiona Clinch, Heronford House, Heronford Lane, Rathmichael Demolition of existing single storey flat roofed boiler house
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lean-to extension on north western face of existing building. Construction of replacement 2 storey pitched roof infill extension with provision of a matching pitched roof over existing part flat roof, together with 2 storey part pitched roof, part flat roof extension to south eastern face of existing building. Provision of new adjacent 3 space car parking area with new entrances in existing boundary walls etc. Enabling works utilizing existing septic tank and surface water drainage sump. D11B/0008/E SEEKING EXTENSION OF DURATION OF PERMISSION 1/2/16 John & Marie Cross, Carraphouca, Ballycorus Road, Shankill Retention of single storey bedroom extension to rear. Pitched roof over existing flat roof porch. Single storey pitched roof sunroom to side. Single storey pitched roof extension with bay to rear. Minor elevational alterations etc. D16A/0057 SEEKING PERMISSION FOR RETENTION 1/2/16 Nicole Daly, 40 New Vale Cottages, Shankill Retention of mobile home for habitable purposes within the curtilage of the site. D16A/0062 SEEKING PERMISSION 2/2/16 Strandsend Ltd, 3 Sylvanmount, Sylvanmount. Ballybride Road,Rathmichael Minor amendments to previously approved 4 bedroom, 2 storey, detached house Reg.D06A/0901/E, PL06D.219674 to include addition of bedroom, revisions to all elevations and floor plans, an overall reduction in floor area and increased ridge height etc. D15A/0757 PERMISSION REFUSED 1/2/16 Crekev Landbank Investments Ltd, Legende, Falls Road, Shankill Demolition of existing dwelling and garage. Construction of 15 houses. Various boundary treatments, landscaping etc. D15A/0779 PERMISSION REFUSEDA 5/2/16 Shane McCambridge and Gregory McCambridge, Lands at Old Rathmichael. Construction of 11 houses. New vehicular and pedestrian entrance off Old Rathmichael Road. D16A/0023 SEEKING PERMISSION 19/1/16 Siobhan Cuffe, Lands at The Lodge, Carric Golligan, Quarry Road, Shankill New 2 storey dwelling house, floor area 255 sqm. Situated within the curtilage of the existing Lodge and contained within the garden enclosures of existing mature hedges, with external finishes of brick and slate to match existing landscape. Existing vehicle entrance off quarry Road to be shared with the Lodge. No levelling of the slope or felling of mature trees is envisaged. Waste water dealt with via Klargester BioDisc effluent treatment unit and percolation area to the existing mature woodland.
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