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Your town needs you! edited extraCt From reCeNt StatemeNt by eNNiSCorthy touriSm… Enniscorthy is a unique town in many ways and, as we sometimes forget, is among the most beautiful towns in Ireland.

Allied with that beauty what really makes us unique among other medium sized towns is the large number of festivals and cultural events that take place here. We are the envy of other similar towns nationwide and can justifiably lay claim to the title of “Ireland’s Festival Town”.

However these festivals and cultural events cannot be taken for granted, unless they are nurtured and supported by us they will disappear. Just like other businesses in Enniscorthy all events here have taken a big hit during the downturn but in a strange situation visitor numbers remain strong while local support has gone down. But with-

out strong local support creating the vibrancy needed to attract the visitors our nonindustrial economy needs, they too will soon disappear.

The visitors don’t just come here to see a band or eat strawberries, they come to meet our friendly people and experience our community as it celebrates life.

At Enniscorthy Tourism, we know it is the very people of Enniscorthy itself who are our greatest offering. Tourists may come to attend a festival but the memories that will linger longest with them will be of the people they experience that event with. At a time when we all think of shopping local as much as we can to keep jobs here we should also think of doing our entertainment and cultural shopping locally. We appeal to all (ourselves

included) to give as much support as possible for some or all of the great events coming up this year here in Ireland’s Festival Town. This is your town; these are your events, become part of their tapestry in 2013 and in the year of The Gathering help us show Enniscorthy at its best.

Important upcoming events on Enniscorthy Calendar • Strawberry Festival – 27th to 30th June.

• Riverside Jump – 1950’s R’n’R Festival – 12th to 14th July.

• Vinegar Hill Re-enactment – 3rd to 4th August.

• Blackstairs Blues Festival – 13th to 15th September.

Together these events will bring thousands of visitors to Enniscorthy, be part of the local welcome! n

Battle of Vinegar Hill Commemorative Evening A large crowd braved the inclement weather on Friday, 21st June, to commemorate those who fought and died at the Battle of Vinegar Hill and the 1798 Rebellion, the battle taking place on that day 215 years ago.

Pikemen, women, and the children of ‘Unit 21’, dressed in full period costume, were joined by the Chairman and members of Enniscorthy Town Council, members of the clergy and the public for the commemorative service. This was also the first public engagement of the newly elected Chairman of Enniscorthy Town Council, Cllr. Pat Cody.

The event began with the reading of the poem ‘Departed Comrades’ by the Chairperson of the National 1798 Rebellion Centre, Cllr. Seán Doyle. The poem, written by the Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius, reminded us of the ‘tears for the mourners who are left behind, peace everlasting for the quiet dead.’

Niall Wall then recited the poem ‘Requiem for the Croppies’ by the famous poet

Seamus Heaney, and then led the crowd in a rendition of the song ‘The Croppy Boy’.

Rev. Fr. Brian Broaders and Archdeacon Chris Long then conducted an ecumenical service for those who died, calling for peace in our country and remembering those who had fought on this site on ‘The Longest Day’ of the year.

The renowned poet and Professor of Irish Studies, Eamonn Wall, then recited his poem, written especially about the Rebellion, entitled ‘Tour de France / Enniscorthy.’

As the rain began to fall on the gathered crowds, Chairman Pat Cody spoke of the profound impact the Rebellion had on this county, the significant death toll, and the further loss through subsequent transportation and emigration. He also spoke of the links this site has to the American Wa r of Independence, and the commemorations that were taking place in the county this weekend for JFK 50 and John Barry Maritime Festival – both of whom had their roots firmly in Wexford soil.

He also spoke directly to the children taking part, and asked that they continue to remember the Rebellion, and keep its ethos and memory alive. The commemorative wreath was then laid by Cllr. Cody, and a second wreath by Ray Murphy and Peter Freeman, on behalf of the Enniscorthy Historical Re-enactment Society, who are also involved in organising the Battle of Vinegar Hill Re-enactment, taking place on the site over the August Bank Holiday weekend.

The evening closed with Niall Wall and Paul O’Reilly leading the crowd in the We x f o r d Anthem ‘Boolavogue’. The large crowd then made their way to the National 1798 Rebellion Centre for some very welcome refreshments.

The Centre continues to prepare for the Battle of Vinegar Hill Re-enactment, and are still recruiting pikemen for the battle and rebel camp. Further details are available from the 1798 Centre on 053 92 37596. n

Back row L-R: Teachers Cait Doyle, Donna Kirwan, Paula Dempsey, Winni O’Toole and Co-Owner Sandra Burke with the graduates of the class of 2013 at Little Treasures, Crèche, ECCE and Afterschool Service, Enniscorthy.

Our little treasures Little Treasures Crèche, ECCE and Afterschool Service, located at 155 Bridgemeadows on the Milehouse Road, Enniscorthy, is proud to present the ECCE Pre-School Class of 2012/ 2013 (see above).

Graduation took place on Saturday 15th of June 2013 and the students were accompanied by their teachers Cait Doyle, Donna Kirwan, Paula Dempsey, Winni O’Toole and Co-Owner Sandra Burke.

Little Treasures would like to thank all the parents and children for turning out on the

day and would also like to thank their behind the scenes staff: Jean Casey, Deirdre Breen and Tyrhrene Coady who kept the tea, coffee and treats coming all afternoon!

It was a great afternoon for children and parents alike.

Fabulous face-painter Vicky Murphy worked wonders and created masterpieces on many of the children. The chocolate biscuit graduation cake was much enjoyed by the parents and thankfully the sun stayed out for the occasion and the children had loads of fun in the garden!

Little Treasures is now taking bookings for its ECCE Class 2013/2014. By attending the ECCE Scheme through Little Treasures, you can avail of additional services such as early drop-off, cooked lunch, late collection or full day care.

Little Treasures is also very excited to announce that from September 2013, it will also be offering Irish dancing classes and music lessons. For bookings and information on prices of our additional services, please contact Paula on (053) 9235817. n

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Presidents on the double In rare, salubrious sunshine we gathered in the magnificent Phoenix Park at the gates of Aras an Uachtarain waiting to take Afternoon Tea with our Uachtaran na hEireann Michael D Higgins. Where else would it happen that a group of 60 ordinary people would be invited to converse and be photographed with their Head of State over a cuppa.

Isn’t it wonderful that our Figurehead is so accessible to us and full marks to Croke Park and Social Initiative Coordinator Colin O`Regan who organised the momentous occasion for members of, and those involved with, this most worthwhile project.

Initiated by former President Mary McAleese the Social Initiative aims to prevent the isolation of older men in their communities. President McAleese called on the GAA to roll out the Scheme because of their wide reaching influence right across the country and across all fabrics of society.

On Thursday 30th May President Higgins endorsed the work that the GAA are doing through the Initiative, complimenting them on the 200 clubs around the country presently involved and confirmed his intention and desire

Maria Nolan, Social Initiative Co-ordinator for South Leinster, chatting with President Higgins.

to continue the patronage begun

by President McAleese.

G A A P re s i d e n t L i a m O`Neill paid tribute to President Higgins, his wife Sabina and the staff of the Aras for facilitating the prestigious occasion saying

what an honour it was to be greeted so warmly and welcomed so sincerely.

He thanked all those involved with making the Initiative work – Colin O`Regan – National Co-ordinator, the

Tom Boland, Social Initiative County Co-ordinator, chatting with Mrs. Higgins at Aras an Uachtarain.

Provincial Co-ordinators and the County Co-ordinators saying that it was the new policy of the GAA to nurture its members from ‘cradle to grave’. President O’Neill pledged his support and commitment saying ‘We need to make members feel that being part of the GAA is a lifetime experience – like being part of a family – you never stop belonging – you never stop being a family member’.

After the formalities it was tea and biscuits with the President and Mrs. Higgins mixing and mingling, finding out where people were from – what clubs they belonged to or had played for. Mrs. Higgins caught my hand warmly when she heard that I was from Wexford and asked if I knew Dr. Pat McKiernan who is married to her sister in Wexford and she chatted at length about being at a Communion in Wexford recently.

Four members of Rapparees/Starlights were delighted to be chosen to be part of the lovely occasion – Maria Nolan Provincial Coordinator for South Leinster, Tom Boland County Co-ordinator and Pat Hall and Myles Vardy members of the Bellefield Social Initiative Group.

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Rebellion wins!

The new ‘Rebellion Experience’ at the National 1798 Rebellion Centre has won its first award since its recent re-development and relaunch. The Centre was the winner of the Community Enterprise Award at the Wexford Business Awards, held in Whites Hotel Wexford, on Friday, 14th June.

Awarded by Wexford Chamber of Commerce, and sponsored by Wexford Local Development, competition in the category was extremely high, including Duncannon Fort; C.W.C.W.(E) Ltd Astro Active Centre; Hook Tourism; Kilmore Quay Community Development Association; Ros Tapestry; and The Irish National Heritage Park. ‘Rebellion’ was also a contender in the Tourism Attractions / Activities Category.

The 2013 Wexford Business Awards, now in their fifth year, “focus on achievements, and aim to recognise and celebrate the quality, entrepreneurialism, diversity and talent of businesses throughout County Wexford”.

On hand to receive the award were then Chairman of Enniscorthy Town Council, Councillor Keith Doyle; Chairman of the National 1798 Rebellion Centre, Councillor

Sean Doyle; Centre Manager, Ms. Jacqui Hynes; and both the President and Vice-President of Enniscorthy Chamber of Commerce Mr. Colm Neville and Mr. Michael Bennett.

Speaking after the event, Centre Manager Jacqui Hynes was delighted that the ‘Rebellion Experience’, and the work and commitment of all involved, was recognised. She said, “We are thrilled to be the recipients of such a respected and important award, and would particularly like to thank Wexford Local Development for their funding and ongoing support of the Centre. This award reaffirms the numerous extremely positive comments we have received about the new experience, and endorses its status as a must see in this county.”

The award also follows hoton-the-heels of two other awards received by the team in the last eight months for Enniscorthy Castle.

The National 1798 Rebellion Centre is now busily preparing for the Battle of Vinegar Hill reenactment, taking place in the town over the August Bank holiday weekend, and are still recruiting pikemen to take part in the battle. To enlist please call 053 92 37596 or follow on facebook.com/knightsandrebels. n

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Mighty boom ball review This month I want to talk about a new exciting product called The Mighty Boom Ball.

The Mighty Boom Ball is a small speaker which when attached to various objects will amplify the sound and turn that object into a speaker.

I have to say reviewing this product was an enormous amount of fun. I connected it to my iPhone and tried it out on the table, a wine glass, empty boxes, laptops, the barbeque, a watering can, a car bonnet and well basically everything I could find. Each item gives out its own unique amplification, but an empty box or an empty bottle gave off an amazing sound and it went really loud too.

This is perfect for all those hard to buy for gadget freaks, or people who love camping, or festival goers, or people whose kids love music. In fact I couldn't think of a single one of my friends or family who wouldn't be impressed with this little gadget. I have already been asked

to part with it twice but there is no way I am giving mine away.

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St Aidan’s Primary School building update The Board of Management of St. Aidan’s Primary School, Enniscorthy, is delighted with the announcement by the Department of Education and Skills that their building project can proceed to tender with the intention to commence construction before the end of the year. This is great news for the school’s 872 pupils, 692 families and 69 staff.

On completion, the project, costing in the region of €7.5 million, will provide the school with a total floor space of 6,230 sq metres in contrast to their current floor space of 3,800 sq metres.

The completed development will comprise of • 44 classrooms.

• 15 special education rooms.

• A new large 400 sq metre, P.E hall.

• A staffroom and administration offices.

• A state of the art library.

• Play facilities will be upgraded to include 3 play courtyards and 4 basketball courts.

• There will be on-site parking for school staff and visitors with a dedicated set down area for school buses and parents dropping children off to school.

The completed building features passive and active environmental systems including a thermally efficient building envelope, smart lighting, natural ventilation and rainwater harvesting, Construction will be delivered over four phases and in order to have as little impact on school life as possible. It will involve: • Demolition of the lower

Architect’s model of St Aidan’s development

building which contains 9 classrooms and currently houses the Junior and Senior Infant classes. Removal of the toilet blocks, boundary walls and external concrete shelters.

• Construction of a three storey extension, comprising of 26 classrooms , P.E. hall, Library, Multipurpose room, Staff room, Parents room and storage and toilet facilities.

• Refurbishment of the main school building to enlarge some classrooms and convert the current hall to Special Education rooms.

• Construction of temporary accommodation for the duration of the build.

A detailed plan has been submitted to the Department to ensure that the impact of the construction on school life will be as little as possible.

The Board and staff see this construction as a major step

forward in providing 21st century education facilities for the present and future generations of children in St. Aidan’s Parish.

It will fulfil a long standing aim of the Board to remove the current 12 pre-fabs and replace with modern educational facilities. Finally, the Board see this as following on a long tradition of the CBS and Presentation Orders to ensure that the children of the parish receive the best education possible.

In addition to St Aidan's in Enniscorthy, Colaiste Abbain in Adamstown and SN Mhuire in Barntown are among the 28 schools nationwide which will

benefit from new state-of-theart classrooms and facilities.

Minister Paul Kehoe is confident all three schools “can progress quickly to tender and construction before the end of this year.”

In addition €15 million has been allocated nationally in 2013/14 to replace prefabs and provide permanent resource rooms and classrooms for some 2,650 students and Paul Kehoe has welcomed the announcement that Boolavogue NS and Scoil Mhuire, Coolcotts, will get permanent classrooms to replace prefabs as part of this allocation. n

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Pat Cody (left) receives the chain of office from outgoing Town Council Chairman, Keith Doyle.

On Monday 17th June Cllr Pat “My aim, colleagues, is to C o d y b e c a m e t h e n e w continue to work tirelessly on Chairman of Enniscorthy Town behalf of all the people of Council. He will be the last Enniscorthy, with my main holder of this important office focus on Customer (the Public) as from mid 2014 Enniscorthy satisfaction, the people of the Town Council will be no more. town deserve no less. The list In his acceptance speech of our previous Chairmen is Pat spoke of “… the immense for the record and it includes a anic Attacks pride I feel right now, having number of Cllrs. who are still been endorsed by a group of my serving the public to this day but mme peers, to fill the esteemed role also includes the last Labour of Chairman of Enniscorthy Party Cllr. to wear the Chain of ffective programs for any kind Town Council for the year ahead. Office, the esteemed Mr. Andy xiety It is a great feeling to be a part Doyle, late father of our outgoing of history. This is a proud Chairman, so I'm following the nt moment, on behalf of all those two Doyles as I take over the who showed confidence in Chair tonight. Also we have in ovement myself and my Party, The Labour our company my invited guest – Party, in the 2009 election. former Cllr. Morgan Dunne

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who was responsible for securFr Brian Broaders, Cllr Tom Moorehouse ing funding for this actual chain and Mr Aidan Ryan at the back in the 1970's. official launch of the “As I now hope to add my St. Senan's parish draw. name to this list of history makers I am humbled and greatly honoured and I will focus on the Programme of Works during this term. It is ambitious and we are doing it well but our job is not finished. Transformation has started and the plans agreed and progress made is down to our ability to work together.

The two main jobs are the Vinegar Hill development and the Sports Complex/Running Track for Cherryorchard, which I intend to drive for completion during the year.

“While I can’t lay claim to have been born here, I am proud of my roots as a Kilkenny man, I can assure you that my chest is filled with as much passion for Enniscorthy having come S t . S e n a n ' s p a r i s h i n ects has seen the debt full to here to my adopted home where Enniscorthy has initiated a €140,000, an indication of the I pursued my career in Nursing major fundraising drive level of esteem and affection aimed at making the Shannon for the Shannon Chapel in for over 30 years.”

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View From The Nosebleeds Dark as The knighT “Oh, what are you reading…

The Dark Knight Returns?? Tsk, is that a comic?” Technically no, it’s a graphic novel but if it gets up your nose then yes, yes it is a comic. With Bloomsday behind us, i got to thinking about literary greats and their weight on our world. Personally, i found James Joyce boring, long winded and ultimately a bad writer. have you ever tried to read The Portrait of The Artist as A Young Man? You’d have more luck decoding the Big Bang Theory and definitely more fun, which brings me to my point, dear reader.

Why graphic novels are never talked about in literary circles.

But wait James, Watchmen is on The Times Greatest 100 Novels of All Time. Just a numbered placement on a grander scale, it will never be revered in the same way The Great Gatsby, Huck Finn and Ulysess are. Why I hear you decry?

Again, this is only from personal observation and from encounters I have had myself. Snobbery, snob-

bery and a sense of general ignorance.

“Comics are only for children.” I got news for ya, there are loads of things people do that they carry on into their adult years.

Washing, breathing and I don’t know putting on fancy clothes because it makes you feel special. There is nothing wrong with growing older, it’s when you grow up that you want to get worried because the day you do is the day you edge closer to the grave.

With that in mind dear reader, here are five graphic novels I can highly recommend!!!!

The Walking Dead: Volume One Days gone By A relatively new one and one that I’m sure you will only be familiar with thanks to the sublime AMC show of the same name.

The graphic novels tell the story of the television story, despite them coming first! It is a page turner par excellence and keeps you on the edge of your seat with a cliff

hanger pretty much at the end of every chapter. I could go into the minor, sometimes major differences of the show and the novel but that would mean spoilers. Go read it!

The killing Joke One of the most brutal graphic novels I have ever read, written by Alan Moore with art work by Brian Boland. The Joker breaks out of Arkham Asylum and goes straight back towards Gotham targeting Jim Gordon or more specifically his daughter Barbara. What ensues is a violent, horrible series of events and there are undercurrents of sexual deviancy. The Joker then tries to drive Jim Gordon insane, it is truly a monumental piece of art and for my money the definitive Joker Story.

From hell Another one from Alan Moore.

This novel mixes historical fiction and crime noir. It tells the tale leading up the Whitechapel

Murders by Jack The Ripper and the cover ups that ensue. An outsider is named as “The Ripper” and challenges you to accept that maybe the story we all know could very well be a massive cover up in itself!!

Watchmen The novel that reinvigorated the idea of a “superhero”which has a sprawling, gargantuan script undercut by gorgeous art work, set in an alternative universe. A universe where the good old US of A is nearing nuclear war with the Soviet Union, Tricky Dicky is in his fourth term of office and a masked vigilante named Roscharch is convinced that masked superheroes are being targeted and murdered. Can the “Watchmen” in their diminishing numbers stop the war? Read it and find out!!

The Dark knight returns Simply put this is one of the greatest graphic novels of all time.

And this bad boy was a major influence on Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy, (as was Knightfall but more on that at a later date).

TDKR follows the brooding, dark character that we know today.

Released in 1986 it emerged at a time when Batman was laughed at thanks to the camp tv show and his general sense of camp crusader.

Bruce is old, old and broken down and he has a lot to contend with. His city is falling to shit, a new Robin is on the rise and he has to deal with The Joker and Two-Face! But he does what he does best, kicks in teeth and wreaks vengeance. The art work is gaunt, claustrophobic and stark.

It paints Gotham as a hell on

earth, a place that seemingly has no hope and where gangs run riot with no sign of a hero. A staggeringly good novel which is a follow up to the also impressive Batman Year One, and a precursor to The Dark Knight Returns Again but the less said about that travesty the better!

All these novels are available online. I can recommend The Big Bang in Dundrum Shopping Centre. I get a regular supply from these guys. Find them on Facebook and tell them Jamie sent you. Happy reading!!!

Follow Jamie’s movie views and reviews on his blog http://thepanch. wordpress.com.

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Above: Latvian dancers.

Right: The energetic and talented Lords of Strut.

Pics: Maria Nolan

It was all happening at the Enniscorthy Street Rhythms Dance Festival over the weekend of 7th–9th June.

Beginning with the Opening Parade on the Friday evening a torrent of brilliant colour and a cacophony of sound flowed through the town’s streets as bands played, children danced and the spectacular Slaney Serpent followed flamboyant flamethrowers and red-coated men on stilts.

Saturday’s focus was

mainly on the young with fairytales at the Castle, magician and puppeteer shows at Market Square and local youth dance schools strutting their stuff to the very large gathering of spectators bathed in glorious Wexford sunshine.

Sunday was my own particular favourite, billed as International Day of Dance, we enjoyed the most vibrant, picturesque, stately and elegant performances from traditional dance groups from Poland, Latvia and Greece

with a little bit of Irish thrown in for good measure in the form of a most artistic solo dancer from Gorey called Natasha and of course the comical and extremely energetic and talented Lords of Strut.

The dancers were stunning in their delightfully attractive national costumes as they fluttered across the Market Square stage like graceful butterflies – vivid and striking, tasteful, charming and illusive. The Polish

Group are all from different areas of Poland and are now living in Dublin and are called… wait for it …

Shamrock!

The Latvians brought their children with them and they performed the most lively, pretty little pieces displaying a pride in their identity and national dance way beyond their years.

As we watched in the summer evening sunshine – my mother and I – we reflected on how wonderful it was to be able to experience and enjoy such a myriad of colour and such a spectrum of talent, style and culture on our own doorsteps and at absolutely no cost.

Now that’s as good as it gets!

Congrats to the organising committee who were responsible for delivering everything for this most exciting and pleasing spectacle except the weather! And Someone else thankfully looked after that!

May this Festival continue long into the future and may it go from strength to strength.

I am already looking forward to next year’s event.

– Maria Nolan

Young Latvian dancers.

Pic: Maria Nolan.

Enniscorthy Street Rhythms Dance Fest event shortlisted for major national award Congratulations to the Enniscorthy Street Rhythms Dance Fest committee whose My Dream, My Castle Art Competition has been shortlisted for Best Event Innovation at the Event Industry Awards which will be happening on the 27th June in the Burlington Hotel in Dublin. The My Dream, My Castle Art Competition formed part of the incredible light show that was projected onto Enniscorthy Castle last August as part of the opening ceremony of the 5th Street Rhythms Dance Festival. The innovative High Resolution Lighting Company made the pictures come to life projected onto the castle – a huge thrill for those lucky young artists. Best of luck on the 27th!

L-R: John Reilly (Rathnure Panto Group), Sue Kavanagh, Bernie Morrissey, Anne Doran (members of Enniscorthy Street Rhythms Dance Fest Committee), Liam Sharkey (Rathnure Panto Group).

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Here They Are, The Beatles!! ger point. The magic is in the detail.

We then move to EMI studios complete with George Martin admonishing the lads for being late. They begin into a version of How Do You Do It? Alas the take breaks down when Lennon says, “Ah, it’s ceerap. We’re doing one of our own, you hear that tower???” They segue into Love Me Do. A video charts their historic rise to fame, and then we are transported to the CBS Studios of The Ed Sullivan Show. (A shout out must go out here to the actor who portrayed Martin and Sullivan, a first rate job). They then attack the cavernous Shea Stadium complete with army jackets and police escort through the crowd. We’re in the studio again as video screens display their burgeoning studio greatness with cuts from Rubber Soul and Revolver and a tremendous version of Paperback Writer and a solo turn from Macca on Yesterday.

INTERMISSION When we pick up the story around 1967 and the boys are laying down the vocals for the opening track to Sgt. Pepper with John, Paul and George huddled around one studio microphone, Ringo was presumably off honing his chess skills. The take finishes, George hands John a “herbal jazz cig-

arette.” “Would you like a cup of tea, John?” “I’d love a cup of tea George.” Cut to The White Album sessions, John receives a phone call from she who will not be named. The band kick into a blistering version of Revolution 9 which falters to a stop when Macca stays too long on the E run of the song. A fight ensues between him and Lennon which ends with Lennon storming off, “Well get used to it Macca, she’s going to be here for a while!!”

The band is beginning to fall apart before our very eyes.

We end up on the roof of the Apple building for the fated Let It Be concert. A great version of Get Back leads into another play row. John tells the assembled crowd, “We have to finish with a Paul song because it’s Paul’s band, Paul’s world.”

George interjects with, “Oh, you’re just jealous John, because he’s still alive.” Again, the magic is in the detail. The band finishes up with a great version of The End featuring a great turn from the much maligned Ringo on the drums. They leave and come back in their Cavern gear for a great version of Twist And Shout and the show wraps up with a video package of moments.

There was so much to love about this show. The costumes, the haircuts, the accents, the newly shot videos of iconic

moments: the American Press Conferences, the Bible Bashing and Burnings, the Pepper interviews and the tragic loss of Brian Epstein and Stuart Sutcliffe.

A big kudos must go to the backstage crew, the cameramen, the actors and the intricate costume people who accommodated the huge amount of changes as the band went through their style phases. But most praise must go to the boys themselves. Their performances were first rate and again the magic was in the detail. Lennon’s chewing gum, snarly swagger, Macca’s charming stances, winks and pleasantries between songs, George’s monosyllabic asides twinned with his dynamite guitar licks and Ringo… well being Ringo!!

If you haven’t seen this show, do yourself a favour and go!!! You will not be disappointed even if you are a casual fan or a Beatle fanatic like me.

More success for WLOS Congratulations to Wexford Light Opera Society (WLOS) on winning the Best Overall Show award at the 2013 AIMS Awards in Killarney.

Also congrats to the brilliant Catherine (Biddy) Walsh who won Best Actress in a Supporting Role and the wonderful Sharon Clancy who

took the Best Comedienne cup home to Wexford. Well done also to the other Wexford nominees on the night – George Lawlor and John Donnelly.

The Witches of Eastwick was a huge success for the society this year and will be a very hard show to follow next year. n Jerry Fish performing at one of Wexford’s many summer festivals – Sasta – a family friendly festival with lots of attractions which entertained young and old alike.

Pic: Patrick Hogan.

The newly formed

ENNiSCoRThY DRAMA GRouP is holding a fundraising table quiz in Rackards on the 10th July 8.30pm (Table of 4 for €20) to help defray some of the cost of staging The Tinkers Wedding and A Ritual for Dolls on Saturday 24th August in The Presentation Centre, Enniscorthy.

Your support would be most welcome.

Andy IrvIne Music - 6 Jul Legendary Irish singer/songwriter Andy Irvine with the release of his first studio album in over ten years is no small news. ‘Abocurragh’ (a reference to his residence outside Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh) is not just one man’s album; it is a gathering of great musicians and a dramatic journey for the listener.

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––– nIAll Toner BAnd Music - 13 Jul The sounds of the Blackstairs Mountains / Bluegrass Niall Toner is widely regarded as one of Ireland's leading experts on Bluegrass and American Country Music, from the Blackstairs mountains of Ireland his musical philosophy is firmly based on the concept of writing, recording and performing new songs and tunes in the bluegrass and traditional acoustic Country genres.

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––– AIdAn BIshop Comedy - 20 Jul Native New Yorker Aidan Bishop began his comedy career in his hometown however since relocating to Dublin he has become one of the top comics working today. As organiser and resident MC of the now famous International Comedy Club, he has honed his craft in the same room as some of Ireland’s most famous comedians.

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Belfry Drama - 26 Jul, 27 Jul, 1 Aug, 2 Aug, 3 Aug at Dun Mhuire Theatre

‘Belfry’ Wexford Drama Group present "Belfry" by Wexford's own Billy Roche. Set in "the queer old whispering world" of a church vestry and belfry. This romantic comedy is about a bell-ringing sacristan, a meek and mild bachelor who falls in love with another man's wife and becomes "a hawk in the night".

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––– lATe nIghT lunAsA CACA MIlIs CABAreT Cabaret - 2 Aug Helena Mulkerns invites you to experience the best of talent from the South East and further afield to some high-season dancing, music and song to celebrate the ancient Celtic God Lugh’s big harvest party!

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Mundy Music - 3 Aug THIS IS A STANDING EVENT. Irish singer/songwriter Mundy is one of a number of artists to successfully make the transition from street busking in Dublin to international stardom during the '90s. Mundy's mainly acoustic, folk-based pop/rock has has been compared to Damien Rice and Josh Ritter; however, his style is more upbeat and celebratory than either, and his jangle pop influence and tendency to experiment with unconventional sonic textures and beats further distinguishes him.

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Lots of other activities – children’s drama, various workshops, summer camps, summer schools, cookery classes, etc – see WAC website for more details.

Tel: (053) 9123764 www.wexforDarTSceNTre.ie

And if you are a fanatic like me, you will not find fault with this wonderful show.

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Unless you’ve been living under a rock or you have no eyes or ears you know The Beatles’ story. Four lads from ‘The Pool’ who rocked the world, broke musical barriers and in seven years produced a body of work that regardless of your personal taste has yet to be rivalled, equalled and ultimately beaten.

I had the good fortune of attending Get Back: The Story of The Beatles in the Wexford Opera House on Friday the 14th of June. The show was devised, produced and performed in its entirety by The Classic Beatles who hail from Ireland and are for my money the greatest working Beatle tribute act around.

The show began with the four lads bespoke in their waistcoats, shirts and ties in the smoky confines of The Cavern Club whipping breakneck through a bruising version of Rock And Roll Music. Lennon, legs splayed apart, a vicious growl in his stance and vocal, McCartney winking, nodding and charming the audience, George with cigarette in mouth making tremendous music with the Gretsch and Ringo booming from the back all the while smiling. Upon finishing a few more numbers, Macca addresses the “cavern crowd”, complete with head bob and fin-

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As errors may occasionally occur or event details may change, it would be prudent to check all events locally with the organisers and/or venues. Check www.wexlive.com for updated Co.Wexford listings.

Thanks to Joseph Doyle for his help with our comprehensive events section. Please email your dates to Joseph at doyleduffry@gmail.com.

See Joseph Doyle’s column on page 30 for details of upcoming charity and other events.

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Back again this year:

EARL JACKSoN who was such a hit at last year’s Riverside Jump.

FRIDAY 12TH JULY Time Venue 8 to 10 Toss Kavanaghs 10 to 12 Wilsons 12 to 2 Treacys Hotel SATURDAY 13th JULY 2 to 4 Wilsons 4 to 6 Toss Kavanaghs 6 to 8 The Bailey Bar 8 to 2am The Studio (Bailey) SUNDAY 14th JULY 2 to 4 Toss Kavanaghs Wilsons 4 to 6 6 to 8 The Bailey Bar 8 to 11.30 The Studio (Bailey) 12 to 2 Treacys Hotel

Band Tom Cat & Zodiacs (Ire) TV Jones & Tomahawks (Ire) Killer Dillers (Wales) Riley & The Moonrockers (Ire) Nervous Breakdowns (Ire) DJ’s Joe Fury & Hayride (Ire), Jake Allen (Eng), The Doel Brothers (Eng) The Rockets (Ire) The Pavement Kings (Ire) Jam Session hosted by Livestock Davies (Wales) The Rimshots (Wales) Earl Jackson (Eng) Rhythm Slicks (Wales)

Enniscorthy 12-14th July

Jake Allen on left with his father Garry who grew up in south Wexford before moving to London in his teens.

This July Enniscorthy hosts the 4th Annual Riverside Jump. This event is 3 days of 1950’s Rock n Roll, Rockabilly and Rhythm n Blues music and dance.

One of the headline acts this year is the Jake Allen Band from London who are signed to Wild Records in Los Angeles, California.

The bass player in the band and father of Jake Allen is Garry Tyrell Lynch who grew up in Wexford before emigrating to London in the 80’s. Garry is a nephew of Steve Whelan, well known local businessman with Whelan Aluminium and others. Their band now plays at leading rock n roll events worldwide and we are proud to say they have agreed to come home for this special gig in this year of The Gathering.

Now established as the biggest summer Rockin’ event in Ireland this year’s festival promises to be the best yet. The event is organised on a non profit basis by the voluntary committee of the South East Rock n Roll Club who have been working hard for months to get everything organised. This year’s event features 14 bands, 7 Irish and 7 from the UK and there should be something for everyone. The main focus of the gigs will be the Templeshannon area with gigs in Toss Kavanaghs, Wilsons and Treacy’s Hotel, and then a short jump over the River on Saturday and Sunday nights for the two main gigs in The Bailey (upstairs) with the cream of the international acts. Most gigs are free with only The Bailey gigs having a cover charge. Each indi-

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vidual gig in The Bailey is €20 but if bought in advance a weekend ticket covering both gigs can be bought for €30.

As well as the prodigal return of Jake Allen and his father, other highlights should include the revisit of Earl Jackson who was such a hit last year, Earl and his band play Chuck Berry Style RnR and Blues and really have to be seen to be believed. Sharing the stage with Earl on Sunday night will be the Rimshots who played at Kilkenny Rhythm n Roots over 10 years ago when they were the no. 1 Rockin’ band in the world.

The band no longer play regularly as they are all involved in other projects but occasionally make special appearances, we are honoured that they agreed to play for us.

Two new bands to Irish audiences are The Doel Brothers from England and the Rhythm Slicks from Wales as well as returning favourites Livestock Davies and the Killer Dillers who are both from Wales. Headlining our line up of Irish bands is Joe Fury & The Hayride who this June become the first ever Irish band to play at the Rockabilly Rave weekend, Europe’s biggest Rockabilly Festival. Joining the Hayride on the exciting line up this year are six other great bands, Tom Cat & The Zodiacs, TV Jones & the To m a h a w k s , R i l e y & T h e Moonrockers, The Nervous Breakdowns, The Rockets and The Pavement Kings.

For more information call Eamonn on 087 2982618. n

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Stags & Hens at the Presentation Centre

North Wexford’s Yellow Moon Theatre Company presents Willy Russell’s STAGS & HENS at The Presentation Centre, Enniscorthy on Wednesday July 3rd at 8pm.

Disaster strikes as sloppy Dub Dave passes out in the Gents on his Stag night from too much booze, leaving his STAGS to look after him. They’re not happy as they want to get back

IT IS ADVISED THAT THE CONTENT OF THIS PLAY IS SUITABLE FOR OVER 16S ONLY out on the dance floor to the ladies.

Little do they know that the HENS, including Bride-to-be Linda, are just across the corridor in the Ladies. Linda is having second thoughts about the wedding so the HENS try to talk her around. Then Linda’s ex flame and rock star Peter arrives home from London to play at the same venue…

Under the direction of Ciara Spellman a strong young cast delivers a laugh a minute in this fast-paced Willy Russell comedy. Will the lads get lucky?... Will Linda leg it?...

Yellow Moon host their summer comedy on the back of a successful All-Ireland Festival circuit production of Marina Carr’s, On Raftery’s Hill that saw the group win awards for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best S u p p o r t i n g A c t o r, B e s t Supporting Actress and Best Set at festivals across the country. n

The Strawberry Festival Youth Committee and the FDYS have joined together to organise a 3-day chill zone for people aged 12-25 during the festival 28th-30th.

From 2pm to 4pm there will be events on the main stage each day; on the Friday there will be an open mic competition, on Saturday a talent show and a DJ session on the Sunday with DJs Adam Ennis and Eoin Healey, LMJ will also be performing. The talent show and open mic are open to anyone aged 12-25. People can register at www.strawberryfestival.ie or contact 053-9234574 for more information.

There will also be a chill zone marquee holding up to 200 people and a meet and greet raffle.

Some local businesses have sponsored prizes for the event and some more would be welcome.

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RECORDING BURSARY FOR LOCAL ACTS

Corner Boy Orchard Recording in partnership with the Arts Department of Wexford County Council and the Arts Council are delighted to announce that “Corner Boy” from Kilinick, and Alice Lynskey from Ferns, are the two successful acts to receive the new ‘Recording Development Bursary’. This award is part of the Room to Record music technology programme initiated by Wexford County Council in 2012 to enhance the opportunities available to Wexford’s emerging musical talent.

Paul Dowling, Orchard Recording, “We are delighted with the response we received from musicians in the Wexford area to this opportunity. We had a large number of applications, which shows us that the

Wexford music scene is rich with up-and-coming talent.

The Recording Development Bursary has been devised to address the need for a greater understanding of professional recording practices/ways of working for emerging bands/artists/singersongwriters. If you are prepari n g t o re c o rd a n a l b u m , embarking on your first recording experience or looking to increase your skill set within

a recording studio environment, these are the areas we will be looking at”.

Eugene Campbell, the Arts Department “We are delighted to extend the scope of the Room to Record project to now include bands and artists who are at the album-recording stage of their career. The Room to Record project is all about giving emerging creative musicians access to industry best practice.

O ff e r i n g t h i s R e c o rd i n g Development Bursary feels like a natural progression to the three very successful weeklong workshops for transition year students which we ran in 2012 and 2013.”

The Recording Development Bursaries will run in the Orchard Recording Studio, Enniscorthy (www.orchardrecording.ie) n

All that glitters is Glitterati

Models Leanne and Marissa with Goodie Bag – one for everyone in the audience! Pic: Maria Nolan.

Enniscorthy’s Wilson’s Bar was a kaleidoscope of glitz and glamour on Saturday 1st June as young Enniscorthy entrepreneur Denise Brophy celebrated her first year in business surrounded by family, friends and well wishers.

Glitterati – Denise’s Designer Dress Hire business has stayed afloat for the past 12 months amidst difficult fiscal tides because of the tremendous support of those around her particularly as she was quick to point out her very patient boyfriend Aaron Davis.

The evening began with everyone in the audience receiving a complimentary Goodie Bag, cupcake and cocktail – not a bad start and there was even better to come as Denise introduced her bevy of beautiful models Chloe, Marisa, Leanne and Michaela in stunning designer outfits as seen on TV and red carpets around the globe. Fashion from Alice & Olivia as worn

by Cheryl Cole, Eliza & Ethan Multi Wrap dress a favourite of Kate Middleton, the Solar Swirl dress by French Connection as seen on Mollie

Denise (centre) with her beautiful models Chloe, Michaela, Leanne and Marissa.

King, the Selma gown by Australia designer Rachel Gilbert – the celebrity names just rolled off Denise`s tongue as one more stunningly beautiful gown followed another.

And the good news ladies is that all of these dresses are available to hire for 4 days from as little as €50 from our very own Glitterati.

Denise is to be admired and exalted for having the

courage and the gumption in the present economic climate to take on this challenging endeavour in a most competitive industry. At only 19 years old she is an example to all of what can be done with imagination and determination and a little help from your friends.

Denise was magnanimous in her praise for Wilsons bar, her fabulous models, Flutterby

Fashion and of course her customers over the past 12 months. Glitterati she said was an idea that has come to fruition because of the endless support that was there for her and Saturday night was her way of saying ` thank you` as she celebrated her first anniversary.

The first of many we hope Denise – well done!

– Maria Nolan

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25 June 2013 STRAWBERRy WISHES CLoSING CEREMoNy

At the launch of the All-ireland Farmers Market which will be held on 29th and 30th June in Abbey Square, Enniscorthy: L-R: Chloe Ennis (Strawberry Princess), Denise Brophy (PRo, Strawberry Festival), Sara Gahan (Strawberry Princess), Eddie Downey (Vice-President iFA), David Minogue (Town Clerk, Enniscorthy), Keith Doyle (then Chairman Enniscorthy Town Council), Pat Murphy (Chairman Wexford iFA), Patrick Roche (Wexford Farmers Market), Cyril Wheelock (Chairman, Strawberry Festival), Teresa Shanahan, Leanne hore (Strawberry Princess). Pic: Patrick Browne.

The 46th Annual Strawberry Festival will come to its conclusion with an event from the parapets of Enniscorthy Castle on Sunday 30th June at 11pm.

The Strawberry Wishes Closing Ceremony will bring the 2013 Festival to an end with Sky Lanterns carrying the wishes, hopes, and dreams of the people of Enniscorthy released from the Castle ramparts out into the night sky to the strains of a lone Piper. The Festival Committee are calling on all Enniscorthy groups and organisations to participate in this momentous and nostalgic town occasion. A representative from every group will be asked to attend and send their organisation’s aspirations for the future – skyward.

In the week leading up to the Festival, individuals – old and young, adult and child are encouraged to call into Enniscorthy Castle and write their desires on a Strawberry Tag which will be publicly displayed on the Wishes Tree in the Castle grounds.

All of these wishes will be placed on the Sky Lanterns and the Queen of the Castle will then be called on to take them to the top and send them Heavenward.

In addition we are calling on the town’s many talented and well known personalities to pen their hopes and dreams for Enniscorthy and Strawberry Fair 2014. Be there and be part of this uplifting objective as the town bids farewell to Strawberry Festival 2013 and looks forward with hope and enthusiasm to the future.

– Maria Nolan, Closing Ceremony Event Organiser

@ The Presentation Centre

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Denis Collins Enniscorthy Showcase Art Exhibition Featuring the work of artists from or living in the Enniscorthy area Showcase aims to show the diversity of work being created by Enniscorthy artists. The exhibition features sculpture, paintings, drawings, ceramics, photographs, prints and illustrations by over 15 artists: John Busher, Susanna D’Ascenzi, Matt Doyle, Julie Gill-Frisby, Brigette Heffernan, Lar Joyce, Ilva Krama, Oonagh Latchford, Desmond McCarthy, Helen McGoldrick, Aiseling Noone, Julie Moorhouse, John Paul Murray, Fintan Ryan, Imogen Stafford, Mairead Stafford, Zane Sutra.

Enniscorthy Showcase is an exhibition of colour and skill, new ideas and fine portraits, landscapes and flowers, challenge and comfort.

Open during Strawberry Fest 10-5pm Friday & Saturday, 12-5pm Sunday.

Admission FREE. exhibition extended to 10th August.

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Scallta Showcase of Local Writers Opportunity to hear from local writers in an informal and intimate setting. Artists on the night will read from their works including Mogue Doyle, Paddy Berry, Joe Murphy & Suzanne Power (fiction), Barbara Tector & Eamonn Sheridan (non-fiction) and John Kelly, Denis Collins & Maggie Breen (poetry). Changes to line-up may occur.

Adm €5.00 includes music, strawberries & wine reception.

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Children’s Entertainment & Teddy Bear’s Picnic

The Presentation Centre Walled Garden 12:30–3pm Liam Sharkey featuring Disney Disco, fun & games & prizes 3pm Bring your teddy for the hugely popular Teddy Bear’s Picnic for songs, stories, more games & more prizes.

4pm Children’s Storytelling featuring guest storytellers and children’s own stories.

Outdoor BBQ, Music, Entertainment, Fun & Games for all the family.

Don’t miss the 6th Annual All-Ireland Farmers Market & Competition 2013

on Sunday 30th June as part of Strawberry Fest 2013 ® The 6th All Ireland Farmers Market Competition will take place on the weekend of the 29th and 30th of June, 2013. Sample the delights from over forty market stalls showcasing regional specialities from around the country. Join us for this unique event which also sees stallholders compete for the national prize. ® With live broadcast on South East Radio, the market will also feature live music, street entertainment, facepainting and lots more. ® 6th Annual All-Ireland Farmers Market 10am to 4pm Sunday 30th June.

Prize-giving at 2.30pm. ® Visit also our regular (but expanded) Farmers Market on Sat 29th June from 9am-3pm.

Sunday 30 June

Enniscorthy Town Photo Treasure Hunt (on foot)

organised by Enniscorthy Camera Club, departs from 12:00 noon Great fun for all the family, groups of friends or individuals (€5.00 per card).

Collect your card of clues from The Presentation Centre from noon, all cards must be returned by 4:30pm, winners announced at 5:00pm.

Great prizes to be won!

Sunday 30 June

pAnel dIsCussIon feATurIng exhIBITIng ArTIsTs In The ennIsCorThy showCAse exhIBITIon

in conversation with Tom Mooney, Editor, Echo Newspapers, 7:00pm The Panel will include experienced and well-known artists Julie Moorhouse and John Busher as well Oonagh Latchford and Aiseling Noone, a little newer on the arts scene but making a significant impact. There will also be an opportunity for other artists in the audience to address issues raised and give their opinions as well as an opportunity for the audience to ask their own questions.

This is a unique opportunity to meet the artists in person and get a real insight into the work on show.

‘St Sebastian’ by Julie Moorhouse with John Busher’s painting Admission €5.00 includes light ‘Absent’ in the background. refreshments.

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Blackstairs Blues Festival 19th Festival sept 13th to 15th

a weekend of free gigs plus three late-nighters PerFormers: Graham robins (uk), Bert Deivert (usa), roy Fulton Band (N. ire), Preacher caseys (ire), kenny Blue (ire), t Bone kelly (ire), Graham robins (uk), Babajack (uk), sonny & the Wildcows (Hun), Dermot Byrne (ire), ain't misbehavin (ire).

veNues: antique, Doreens, the Bailey, Holohans, stamps, rackards, Wilsons, treacys Hotel, DBar, toss kavanaghs, John Jude Doyles, Wallaces alba, cotton tree cafe the Festival will actually start on thursday 12th september with an extra gig which will be a Buddy event, in DBar, featuring Graham robins, with Bert Deivert expected to be jamming with him. Blues Workshops and Guitar lessons will also feature this year, as will early evening and afternoon gigs on the Fri, sat and sun in Wallace’s Wine Bar, starting with Dermot Byrne at 6pm on Fri 13th. all Gigs are free including the three late night gigs which on the saturday night features sony and His Wild cows which promises to be a wild night to remember!

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Greater Belleville Area

Summer Fun In The Parks Monday July 8th -– Friday July 12th 2013 Organised by the Greater Bellefield Area Community Group and funded by Wexford Local Development.

Registration has taken place so the following information is only for those who have already registered. All events are completely free.

PROGRAMME Monday July 8th: Time: Depart 2.00pm, return 4.30pm.

Meeting Point: Rapparees/Starlights G.A.A. Club. Walking to Venue.

Venue: 1798 Centre. Activity: Tour 2.30pm–4.00pm.

Time: 7.00pm–8.30pm. Venue: Seán Browne Community Centre Activity: Monster Mini Bingo.

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Tuesday July 9th: Time: 2.30pm–4.30pm. Venue: Rapparees/Starlights G.A.A. Club.

Activity: W.A.C.T. Fun Afternoon 2.30–4.30pm.

Time: 7.00pm–8.30pm. Venue: Bellefield Road Park. Activity: Horseshoes.

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Wednesday July 10th: Time: 2.30pm–4.30pm. Venue: Seán Browne Respond Community Centre.

Activity: Arts & Crafts (Pop Corn Cones) (Jewelled cd decorations).

Time: 7.30pm–8.30pm. Venue: Seán Browne Respond Community Centre.

Activity: Movie Evening.

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Thursday July 11th: Time: Depart 2.15pm, return 4.30pm.

Meeting Point: Rapparees/Starlights G.A.A. Club. Walking to Venue.

Venue: Waterfront Leisure Centre. Activity: Swimming 3.00pm–4.00pm.

Time: 7.00pm–8.30pm. Venue: Sean Browne Court/Crescent Green Area.

Activity: Sports.

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Friday July 12th: Time: 2.30pm–4.30pm. Venue: To be confirmed.

Activity: Fun Activities & Games.

Time: 6.30pm–8.30pm. Venue: Sean Browne Court/Crescent.

Activity: Disco evening.

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Saturday July 13th: Time: 10.15am.

SuRPRiSE SATuRDAy!!!

‘ETErnAl FlAME’ BurnS BrIGhTly Panto... The energy shines through with the mixture of ages on stage and there is something for everyone in this year's show.

The Rathnure Musicals have gone from strength to strength since their inception with Torn Dreams four years ago, and the audience is always growing, along with the numbers on stage.

Eternal Flame runs nightly from 3rd-11th July excluding Tuesday 9th at 8pm nightly. The Box Office is open on 087-0687801 or 0539255429 so book your tickets for this summer's biggest musical!!

Eternal Flame rehearsals in full swing.

Rathnure Pantomime Society are back on the boards once again this summer with their 4th brand new original musical "Eternal Flame".

It tells the story of a young boy, Joey, who has dreams and aspirations to become a singer and dancer in New York. His dreams are led by the voice and spirit of his late sister, Ali, who speaks to him through an old rag doll in the attic. However, his father, Ryan Tremble, who runs the local drainpipe-making factory, has different plans for him, and believes that real work is in hard labour. But Ryan has problems of his own: The factory is about to be closed down by businesswoman Mrs. Fletcher,

meaning all the workers will lose their jobs. The plot thickens when Ryan's daughter has been secretly meeting Mrs. Fletcher's son, and they plan to marry.

Meanwhile, Joey is about to join up with the eccentric Miss Relish's Roadshow in an attempt to get to New York without his father knowing....

The show is carried by a brilliant soundtrack including some big musical numbers from West End shows, and there is a big emphasis on music from the 80's with some big hits from that decade.

There are over 50 young people involved in this year's show, including a mixture of the more "mature" cast from the Christmas

CHARITIES TO BENEFIT FROM RATHNURE MUSICAL Each year, the Society gives a night's proceeds to the parish funds. This year, along with that regular donation, Rathnure Pantomime Society is proud to give a full night's proceeds to the Share A Dream Foundation from the show on July 4th. Share A Dream, of which Wexford man Shay Kinsella is the founder, has close connections with some of the cast. The Society will also be giving a percentage of the proceeds from the show on July 6th to AWARE through Tesco as it is their Charity of the Year. So not only is a great night's entertainment guaranteed at eternal flame but two great charities will also benefit. n

nightly 3rd-11th July 8pm (excluding Tuesday 9th July) Adults €10 – Children €5 – Group Discounts

Box Office: 087-0687801/ 053-9255429

Out and About in Enniscorthy and beyond

A touch of glamour at the Enniscorthy Street Rhythms Dance Fest.

Pic: © Joseph Doyle.

At the recent Glitterati Boutique event in Wilson’s Bar L-R: Leanne hore, Chloe Ennis, Denise Brophy, Micheala Kavanagh and Marisa Kennedy.

Pic: Maria Nolan.

David Cullen’s 21st Birthday L-R: Jill Cullen, Tom Cullen, David Cullen, Ann Cullen. Pic: Donal Cullen.

Myles Vardy, Rapparees/Starlights, Maria Nolan, GAA President Liam o’Neill and Pat hall Rapparees/Starlights at recent Social initiative event in Aras an uachtarain. one of the many dance groups at this year’s Enniscorthy Street Rhythms Dance Fest. Pic: Maria Nolan.

Maura Flannery, Nicholas Furlong, Donncha o Dulaing and helen Ashdown at the Bloomsday event in The Presentation Centre on 16th June.

We want your pics Please email your pics to: slaneynews@gmail.com.

Thank you.

The Busher family at the launch of Showcase in The Presentation Centre – Artist John Busher with wife Caroline and daughter Aoife. Pic: Maria Nolan.

Left and below: Some of the ‘Bellefield Ladies’ at the recent coffee morning in support of the newly formed Enniscorthy Drama Group.

Pics: Maria Nolan.

Cllr Tom Moorehouse and Jim Byrne at the civic reception for Enniscorthy Golf Club members in The Presentation Centre on 13th June 2013.

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Strawberry Fest Focus on Food All-Ireland Farmers Market The All-Ireland Farmers Market competition will take place on 29th and 30th June in the Abbey Square, Enniscorthy, as part of the Enniscorthy Strawberry Festival, with final judging on Sunday 30th June.

With over 40 of Ireland’s top food producers taking part it will be a huge and colourful event. You will be able to sample the delights from the market stalls showcasing regional specialities from around the country and with €5,000 in prizemoney this year it is also a serious competition as evidenced by the presence of some high profile Irish Farmers Association (IFA) representatives at the

recent official launch in the National 1798 Centre including Eddie Downey (VicePresident IFA), Pat Murphy (Co. Chairman IFA), and Adrian King (County Development Officer IFA).

The Farmers Market will also feature live broadcasting on South East Radio, live music, street entertainment,

facepainting and lots more activities.

Enniscorthy is privileged to have such a high profile national competition taking place in our town every year and it is hoped the people of Enniscorthy and the region will come out in huge numbers to enjoy the sights, sounds and smells of this colourful spectacle taking place on our own doorstep.

This is the sixth year in a row that this All-Ireland has been held in Enniscorthy and great credit is due to Enniscorthy Town Council, the IFA and Wexford Farmers Market for supporting this event and making it happen each year in Enniscorthy. n

Taste of Wexford Strawberries competition T h e " Ta s t e o f We x f o r d Strawberries" competition is a 2 course menu using Co. Wexford strawberries for chefs/commercial cooks and a 1 course menu (also using Co. Wexford strawberries) for Homecooks.

Six people from each category have been selected to compete in a cook-off event cooking their menu.

The menu for chefs/commercial cooks must include one savoury dish and one other c o u r s e . H o w e v e r, t h o s e chefs/commercial cooks chosen to compete in the cook-off event will also be faced with the challenge of creating a dish using the ingredients from a "Surprise Basket" of Wexford produce, (including strawberries of course) sponsored by Wexford

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Stock up on chicken for your freezer: Chicken Fillets  Chicken Goujons  Chicken Kiev Chicken Maryland  Whole Chickens And many more items at wholesale prices

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Fresh, local, seasonal produce direct from our gardens and ovens to your table…

Now open 9am to 1pm every Friday in IFA Centre Mill Park Road

For more information: Catherine on 087-2988459

food Producers. Homecooks need only to produce the one course as submitted.

The Cook-off will be held tonight, Tuesday 25th June, 7.00 - 9.00pm at the Riverside Park Hotel, Enniscorthy, so you better hurry!

The judges for the cookoff will be international food judge Paolo Tullio and award winning chef Phelim Byrne. n

Recognition for local food companies A number of Enniscorthy area food companies performed well in various categories of the recent Wexford Business Awards.

Killowen Farm in Courtnacuddy was runner-up for the Wexford Small Business

Award and for the Wexford Food Producers Award.

Irish Country Meats, Camolin, won a number of categories and was also announced as the Overall Wi n n e r o f t h e We x f o r d Business of the Year Award,

s p o n s o r e d b y We x f o r d County Council.

For full details on the various award winners you can c h e c k o u t t h e We x f o r d Chamber website: : http://www.wexfordchamber.ie. n

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Under Marquee, premium bar service €10 + 50% off Benedicts Niteclub & Free Strawberry Mojito in D-Bar

Thursday 7pm - Friday 6pm - Sat & Sunday 2pm

County Showgrounds. Opening times listed below:

Carlsberg brings the craic back to the pub!

Enjoy the local pub talent and catch the winner Sunday, Main Stage. Finals 21-23rd June. Winner announced at the Ball. Check Facebook for Pubs in Final.

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46th Annual Strawberry Festival

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in Treacys 11pm + Festival Hub ark Hotel Relax at Riverside P

2pm - 4pm The Chill Zone DJ’s Adam Ennis & Eoin Healy + LmJ 12-25s Only. Security.

4pm Carlsberg Pub Talent Winner 4.30pm Brendan Keane & Shane Kenny 5.15pm Crowning of the Strawberry Queen Closed for cleaning of site BARLEY MOB 7.30pm 9.30pm THE ORIGINAL RUDEBOYS

Sunday 30th June

2pm - 4pm The Chill Zone Talent Competition 12-25’s Only. Security Closed for cleaning of site 5.30pm Jimmy Cullen; Satori Stream; Corner Boy 7pm Guinness Singing & Swinging Pubs.

Winner: Chocolate Bar, Wexford.

8pm FOX E & THE GOOD HANDS 9.30pm CRY BEFORE DAWN

Fresh Strawberries & Cream on sale at Market Square, Murphy’s Cash & Carry & the Markets

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Saturday 29th June

2pm - 4pm The Chill Zone Open Mike Competition 12-25s Only. Security.

Closed for cleaning of site 5.30pm Special Olympics Torch Night Opening Ceremony 6pm Never Pata Porcupine 7pm Meet the Princesses THE SCENES 8pm 9.30pm DELORENTOS

Friday 28th June

MURPHY’S CASH & CARRY YARD MAIN STAGE Free Entry *Con

Strawberry Festival 2013 Official Programme

Hogan Print 053 9234359

16 25 June 2013

7pm - 10.30pm

7.30pm

3pm - 5pm 6pm +

● Voluntary donation would be appreciated. ● All individuals are required to undergo a pat-down search. ● Any form of bag is subject to a search. ● No objects that could be deemed to harm others. ● No carry-in liquids of any kind.

Conditions of Entry

1pm - 5pm

Noon-5pm

2pm, 4pm

11pm

Tell your children that if they get parted from you in Murphy’s Yard Main Stage, to go to the big bunch of balloons. They will be on the right hand side of the stage. Security will look after them. Young ones should be given a piece of paper with your mobile phone number and name on it please. Put it into their pocket or bag, and tell them to give it to the man in the bright jacket at the balloons who will call you.

Lost Children

See Murphy’s Cash & Carry Main Stage for Night Programme

Chalk Board Buskers 1pm - 5pm Duffry Stompers 1pm - 3pm and Art Trail @ The Castle, Noon - 5pm 1798 Rebellion Centre, Presentation Centre

At Rafter Street & Market Square

1pm - 5pm Hosted by Rosanna Davison, former Miss World. See our Princesses model! €500 travel voucher door prize! €10

Fashion Shows Exhibitions, Makeovers

At Riverside Park Hotel

Strawberry Festival Closing Ceremony Poets, Dignitaries and Clubs read wishes and a Piper pipes the wishes away!

Facepainting 2pm Deirdre Wadden tells Story Tales 3pm Strawberry Wishes Noon - 5pm

At the Castle

Denis Collins Local Artists Showcase Noon - 5pm & Enniscorthy Camera Club Treasure Hunt Tom Mooney interviews Artists in Showcase with light refreshments €5

At the Presentation Centre

7pm

9am

Dragon Sportive Cyclist Event

At Duffry Gate

10am 2pm +

Gymkhana. Entry Fee Applies.

McFadden Funfairs

At The Showgrounds

All Ireland Farmers Market 8am Judging 3pm Strawberry Village Stalls 8am + 34th Davidstown Scouts Annual Raft Race 2.30pm

At The Promenade and Slaney River

Sunday 30th June

Enniscorthy will have free parking on the weekend of Saturday 29 June and Sunday 30 June. There are over 2,000 spaces available in the Town including "old Dunnes Store car park", Lymington Road, Irish Street parking areas and the 1798 Centre. Abbey Square parking are offering FREE courtesy parking Friday 28 June – Sunday 30 June from 7pm to midnight.

Parking

See map on page 4.

Map

See Murphy’s Cash & Carry Main Stage for Night Programme

Denis Collins Local Artist - Art Exhibition

At Presentation Centre

Chalk Board Buskers 1pm - 5pm Trad Irish Band 3pm - 5pm and Art Trail @ The Castle, 1798 Rebellion Centre, Presentation Centre

At Rafter Street & Market Square

Strawberry Wishes in The Castle Noon-5pm Felicity Hayes McCoy - Book Launch & Scones with Wheelock Fruits Strawberry Jam & Cream at The Castle 2pm Mary O’Roarke reads Just Mary A Memoir Booking essential: (053) 9236055 Enniscorthy Library 4pm Buaine Poetry: 1798 Rebellion Centre 8pm An Athenaeum Event €5 inc champagne & strawberries

Festival Literary Trail

FREE Childrens Entertainment Arts, Crafts, Facepainting all afternoon in gardens Disney Disco 12.30pm Teddy Bears Picnic 3pm Storytelling with authors & children 4pm

At The Presentation Centre 12.30pm - 5pm

Spinning Club & Demos @ 1798 Hope Centre Garden Marquee Party with Duffry Stompers €5

At the 1798 Rebellion Centre & Hope Centre

County Show & Tractor Pulling €10 10am , 11am McFadden Funfairs 2pm +

At the Showgrounds

Farmers Market & Strawberry Village 9am Wexford Masters Open Water & Sea Club Swim 11am Polar Plunge Special Olympics 11am with fundraising cyclists from Dublin and local groups plunging

At The Promenade and Slaney River

Saturday 29th June

● No glass bottles or containers. ● Items not permitted will be confiscated during the security process and cannot be retrieved later. ● Alcohol can only be consumed in Murphy’s Yard. ● People under 18 must be accompanied by an adult, 18+. ● Rubbish is to be placed in bins. ● Strawberry Festival reserves the right to refuse event entrance to anyone.

See Murphy’s Cash & Carry Main Stage for Night Programme

Denis Collins Local Artists Art Exhibition Scallti Author Showcase €5 8pm

At The Presentation Centre

Disney Disco in Market Square McFadden Funfairs, Showgrounds

Childrens Entertainment

Strawberry Wishes 10am - 5pm Art Trail Launch with Strawberry Mojito 5.30pm Special Olympics Torch Parade leaves CWCW at 5.15pm and arrives at Castle 5.30pm

At the Castle

Friday 28th June

with champagne... Wexford Camogie All Ireland & SE Radio 4 Course Meal with Best Strawberry Dessert 2012 served.

Dance to Divine Invention Meet the 2013 Princesses Tickets €40

OFFICIAL OPENING

Riverside Park Hotel

Thursday 27th June

Riverside Park Hotel, Treacys Hotel, The Bailey, Via Veneto, Greenacres Judges: Paolo Tullio & Phelim Byrne

Homecooks & Chef Challenge:

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Tuesday 25th June

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Slaney Wexford Scene

25 June 2013

The Wexford Scene Michelle Dooley Mahon has the attention span of a flea. This has manifested throughout her life in an abundance of appointments, abodes and amours. Born in Wexford in Aul God’s time (when people still stepped off paths for priests) – she has variously been employed as a gynaecological receptionist / breakfast chef / au pair / pub landlady / tourist information officer / hostel warden / café owner / ship’s stewardess / film production assistant and hotel manager. She appears to have forgotten the remainder. She is an introverted socialite and conducts her assault on humanity through her facebook posts (http://facebook.com/michelle.d.mahon) and a Blogger account (Shellakeypookey@blogspot.com), and is the admin on the Facebook page she created to document the progression of Alzheimers in her beloved mother, Siobhan (“Alzheimer Association of Ireland”).

The Town Hall in Dalkey is chock-a-block. There is a palpable air of expectation in the warm room and I skid to a halt having sprinted from a moving car. The Dalkey Book Festival is in full swing and round every corner strolls someone that could be someone – if you get my drift. The seating is of the kind where you establish elbow room similar to flying. The lights go out, the coughing stops, and Sean Rocks comes out to applause. He is here to introduce and attempt to interview an Irish Woman, an Irish Writer, and an Irish Legend.

Edna O’Brien takes to the stage. My first thought is that she has aged. This is only mildly surprising as at 83 she looks unbelievably fantastic. There is the smallest twinge of vulnerability about her as she sits slowly to the applause and puts a hand to her perfect hair to rearrange it. This is a small tic I have witnessed on many occasions as I watched her on screen, but now she is only a number of feet away. My relationship with Edna O’Brien goes back to the 70’s, when as a small child rooting – where I had no business rooting – I came across her banned books under my Mother ’s clothes in her wardrobe. This, and my Mother’s Alzheimers, inspired me to write a piece for another publication called “Country Girl” – where I now return the favour by reading that memoir aloud to my Mother in her nursing home.

Sean begins with her lifelong love affair with Joyce.

“I bought a beautiful lemon covered (the same as a canary) book about him by T.S.Elliot which was just amazing. It was

Nonchalance & Insouciance an ideal book for me, Joyce’s language was so dazzling, so transcendental yet so accessible. He was not simply lofty, or cerebral, but extremely tender.

He is a Samurai, and a maverick who broke every rule in the book, and a complete champion. His work is steeped in Dublin.”

I exhale.

“He loved choir music you know, and would be moved to tears, and one of the most shocking things ever said to him was

by Arthur Power, who described him as a man without a heart.

“Good God, you think I am heartless” he responded.

“There’s more to Joyce than kidneys on Blooms Day” she announces to laughter.

Sean is anxious to steer the line of questioning to her early life, from the woman who had her book burnt by her Parish Priest, who eloped with a man twice her age, and who rubbed shoulders – at the very least – with the likes of Royalty, Onassis, Brando, Mitchum, writers, artists, and poets.

“The parties make my life seem gilded, but it wasn’t. After all I was cooking and cleaning up at the house parties I threw.“ Her expressive hands are birdlike as she swoops and glides them through the air to elucidate.

She has the crowd in the palm of them.

Sean asks what springs to mind when the name Drewsboro (her childhood home in Clare) is mentioned.

“Drewsboro is a pagan place.

Spacious. As a child, I believed spirits lived in the trees. It is hard for a writer to live in a city. The wind blowing through the trees makes the land feel alive. We had a dresser in the kitchen with white plates painted with pomegranates and oranges and behind one plate would be the bills, and behind another, the mass cards. There was coloured glass in the vestibule in the hallway and one piece was always broken, with card in it. People were obsessed with madness back then, and there was a local woman who between bouts would be put away. She was a streelish type with piercing blue eyes, and once as I was hanging out clothes for Mama, I saw her take an ashplant to the plates and glimpsed the terrible longing inside her”.

She goes on to talk about meeting Ernest Gebler, the husband she would leave when life became unbearable. He was in an attic slaving over his writing, while she had written on buses and windowsills while her sons were in school. On their second date he had bought her an Astrakhan coat – grey, with a red velvet muff.

“I was married to the coat”.

When Country Girls was published he stood at the doorway and announced “You can do it, and I will never forgive you!”

The smell of cologne and perfume and mouths is stifling in the warm hall and I am

Edna O’Brien prepares to sign my copy of ‘The Love Object’ from 1978. Pics: M.D.M.

incensed by people whispering, and laughing over long so that we miss the next line. One woman is in a paroxysm at the use of the term scutter and I glower in her general direction in the pitch dark. I want to be sitting knee to knee with Edna, in an armchair, drinking coffee. I want to ask her questions not about her books – of which I am familiar – but about her thoughts, and about how she reconciles writing in her 80’s with her mortality, and her belief system.

“Writing is like a spell. It cannot be achieved without sustaining the concentration.

It’s a drug, it’s abnormal.

Nothing matches the relish of seeing the paragraphs appear.

Each time you re-read a great book, it becomes greater. “ “I BELIEVE in God” says she emphatically with joined hands. “I WANT a God, I don’t want to die with the idea of an unforgiving God.“ The time has flown, and Sean Rocks scans his list of unasked questions with a rueful smile. “We will have to ask

John Barry Maritime Festival An estimated 50,000 visitors descended on Wexford Town for this year ’s John Barry Maritime Festival which took place from June 20 to 23 exceeding the inaugural event in 2012 which drew crowds of around 35,000 over the two days.

This year’s expansive programme included visiting vessels such as all-weather Lifeboats, Navy vessels, Customs Cutter, Celtic Mist and a tall ship as well as hosting the National Thundercat Racing Championships and lots more including kayaking and boating, raft races, arts and crafts, science experiments, a funfair, live music and entertainment, exhibitions, cultural

events and the Wexford food village.

As well as family fun, the festival also celebrates Wexford man Commodore John Barry, father of the US Navy. In September 2012 the festival directors invited two US Navy Rear Admirals to Wexford and discussed plans for the 2013 festival and forming links with the US Navy. "The Rear Admirals had great admiration for John Barry and were very interested in learning more of his heritage and home town told by historian Bernard Brown", said Frank O’Brien of the RNLI. All proceeds from the festival go to the RNLI. – F.C.

The Launch of the 2013 John Barry Maritime Festival in Wexford.

L-R: Frank O'Brien, Adrian Doyle, Lorraine Galvin, Mayor Jim Allen and David McGuire. Pic: Patrick Hogan.

the rest the next time” he says to an audience that is already preparing to stand. Despite my participation in the ovation, I am scanning the room to see where she will sit to sign copies of Country Girl. Thus, running against the crowd, I am at the right end of the room when the crush starts. I hold her hand

(which is icy) and thank her. I give her my pen to sign the copy of her book from 1978 which I have inherited from my Mother’s wardrobe, and hand her the piece I wrote about her recently. She places it in her handbag and smiles.

– M.D.M. June 16th 2013

Email Michelle at: mchllmahon@yahoo.ie

The Tempest Shakespeare’s masterpiece is touring County Wexford.

If there is one thing you have to attend this summer let it be this event – which has been described as a Must-See. Part of this summer’s The Gathering – and directed by Michael Way of Travelling Light Theatre - a young, international, award-winning cast bring energy and originality to Shakespeare’s finest play, which needs no interpretation for any audience, as the language is easy to follow, despite being 400 years old.

There is romance and revenge, betrayal and hilarity. Because of this it is perfect for a famAmy Joyce Hastings who ily outing. plays Miranda in The Tempest.

It will be staged at – Wells House & Gardens, Ballyedmond, on 6th July @ 7.30pm. The Presentation Centre, Enniscorthy, on 13th July @ 7.30pm. Redmond Park, Wexford Town, on the 20th July @ 7.30 pm. Wells House & Gardens, Ballyedmond on 27th July @ 7.30pm.

There will be areas reserved for people in wheelchairs and anyone who wishes to bring deck chairs, otherwise seating will be on your own cushions and blankets. You can really make an evening of this by bringing suitable clothes, and also a picnic to enjoy al fresco. (If you wish to order a picnic in advance at Wells House the number is 053-91-86737).

This is a unique, entertaining, and memorable event which deserves your support.

You can book online at www.wellshouse.ie and www.wexfordartscentre.ie. Tel. 9123764.

It’s not rocket science, folks, so please dress accordingly for the weather – and maybe bring a brolly.

– M.D.M.

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Due to the popularity, and phenomenal response of the online pages about her Mother, Siobhan, Michelle is at present writing a book of the story of her life called Mothers Day which will go to print later this year.

Once upon a time when I was heartsick and sore and generally feeling out of sorts with the world, and most especially my SELF - my Mother handed me a piece of paper. The title on it was "How to find Peace".

At the time being possessed of no more clarity than I was "peace" I stuffed it into one of a thousand places where I keep things. They all end up in a multitude of scraps of paper, notes, beer mats, fag packets and hotel napkins – all scrawled with notes and telephone numbers – and which are thus transported from home to home and country to country, dwelling in the bottom of rucksacks, suitcases, satchels and handbags.

When I moved in to this tiny house, I rescued it from the place it had lain undiscovered and unread for years. I use the term unread loosely, as there was a cigarette burn through the first "e" of Peace.

My higher self may have read it.

I could not.

It has been propped on a mirrored shelf with photos of Siobhan, and other priceless things – a beautiful print of a naked woman wrapped in a golden silk shawl my aunt had above her bed, a silver cigarette case and holder, a miniscule wind-up ghost, a pair of tiny leather hand-stitched doll’s shoes I bought in Spain, a lock of my Mother’s hair in a glass bowl.

I often wonder how Siobhan dealt with the enormity of her first born, the drama, the hysteria, the mania. How far removed she was from the bawling, cackling, wild-eyed child she had birthed. A woman who believed that you held your head high and quietly, and did your crying at home behind closed doors.

Yesterday – I read the page.

I share with you here the message.

Peace "There is such a thing as peace.

It may be felt and known. My heart’s desire and prayer for you is that you may be able to say I have peace. This peace is a calm, intelligent sense of friendship with the energy of the Universe. He that feels it, feels no barrier, no separation between himself and the Creator.

Such a man can see death waiting for him, and yet not be greatly moved. He can go down into the cold river, close his eyes on all that he has, and has known on earth, launch forth into a world unknown, and yet feel peace.

It is the want of this very peace that makes many in the world unhappy. Millions have everything that is thought to be able to bring pleasure, and yet are never satisfied. Their hearts are always aching. There is a constant sense of emptiness within. They have no peace.

He that knows peace from within can lie down in the silent grave, and yet feel calm. Such a man can think of Eternity and not be greatly moved. He can see in his mind’s eye the assembled masses of the world, the open books, the listening angels, and an all seeing presence and finally know the peace that passeth all understanding."

Tonight my driver told me I had 30 mins in the building as she had to get home to her OWN Mama. I ran around the gaff saying hello, watered as many plants as I could, and horsed the melty bits of a choc ice into Mam. She had a speedy facial while I listened to Louis tell Carol he had slept with Ingrid.

The temper of Renee!

I raced down the hall past the nurse with ice in a glass for the sup of Baileys while she tried to mention that she heard I was on the radio.

"I'm never off it, sure" I retorted as I skidded round the

corner and nearly collided with the smoothie trolley.

(It smelt primarily of bananas, which I actually was by that stage).

Flinging the remote across the bed I turned on the delicious John Creedon who opened the show with a trio of Beatles songs.

Now THAT'S better, says I. Siobhan had her feet rubbed, furry socks put on, chair moved and adjusted and parked by the radiator with her eldest child singing off key (and reeking of fags) in her ear.

She has the patience of a saint.

The only form of communication left is non-verbal. It is a gentle plucking of the blanket around her legs with the thumb and first 2 fingers of her right hand. I watch for this the way a twitcher would wait for a rare bird. I scan her closed eyelids to see if there is a flicker of the tiniest of muscles to indicate if there is anything I can do for her. If there is an itch I could scratch for instance. Or a position I could haul her into that would be a tad more comfortable. I hold her hand gently and ask her to press mine to indicate an answer to various yes/no questions. I wait for the softest of gentle pressings but I wait in vain.

As I kiss her goodbye I tell her I am going to write her story, and all the other things I said I would write. This woman has been keeping everything I ever wrote since I was a small child.

The gift she keeps giving me is the bagfuls and folders full of stuff that my Dad drops over to me on a weekly basis.

"Here's more of your stuff that Mam kept" he will say while I take it away to put in the pile of "Mustsortsoonstuff" trying to swallow the lump in my throat.

I put on my best "Carla" accent as I was leaving and I swear she smiled. n

Recent VTOS Photography Exhibition at the Denis Collins Gallery, Wexford town. Pic: Patrick Hogan.

Eoin Colfer signing a copy of ‘Wexford Castles’ by his late father Billy which was launched posthumously this month with wellknown Wexford musician Pierce Turner (back left) in the background. Pic: M.D.M.

Mayor Jim Allen and Cllr Joe Ryan at the opening of the Wexford Model Railway exhibition in St Josephs Club, Wexford, 15th June 2013.

Pic: Patrick Hogan.

Members of the Wexford branch of ONET (Organisation of National Ex-Service Men & Women in Ireland) at the Soldiers Memorial, The Faythe, Wexford, 9th June 2013. L-R: Mick Reddy, John Fowler, Vincent Kennedy, Richie Doyle, Pat Dillon, John Gus Hennessy, Ned Stafford, Peter Byrne, Peter Hughes. Pic: Patrick Hogan.

Keeping a close eye on things… organisers and stewards at the Sasta Festival held on 1st and 2nd June 2013 on Wexford’s Quay.

Pic: Patrick Hogan.

All Seamen Lost at Sea Memorial, Wexford Town, 9th June 2013: Deputy Mayor Ted Howlin, Captain Jim McClean and Hugh Byrne.

Pic: Patrick Hogan.

Hynes Jewellers family members at the Wexford Chamber Business Awards 2013. Pic: Patrick Hogan.

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Slaney Motoring

25 June 2013

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Caroline gets motoring The Peugeot 205 was the best small car you could buy in the 1980s. Compact, light, quick and with great handling, it was a bestseller for Peugeot.

Good things don’t always last forever and the 206 and 207 models, natural successors to the 205, never quite captured the spirit of the original car.

In 2012, Peugeot launched the 208, the latest reincarnation of their compact supermini. The motoring world has changed enormously since the heyday of the 205 in the 1980s; there is a lot of competition in the supermini market, which tend to be the bread and butter of all the mainstream brands.

Competition may be tough in this segment, but the 208 has a certain likability about it. And as far as I’m concerned, likability will ultimately sell a car. The average motorist wants a car that is reliable, economical, comfortable, and spacious, but even if it all adds up on paper, you make that final decision with your heart. And the 208 captured my heart when I drove it for a week.

In the May issue of the Slaney News we told you about the 200bhp GTi 208 model, and while this hot hatch is currently getting the motoring press all hot and bothered over acceleration figures, torque and sublime handling, it’s the small, affordable petrol and diesel engines in the

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CarolIne KIDD revIewS… The PeuGeoT 208

Peugeot 208

208 range that the general public will be interested in, and realistically will consider buying.

I drove the 1.2-litre 82 bhp petrol but there is a 1.0-litre 68 bhp petrol and a 1.4-litre HDi 70 bhp diesel also available. The three cylinder 1.2-litre engine is alert and faster than the 0-100kph of 12.2 seconds would suggest. It’s a fun engine that you can work hard if that is your driving style, but it’s happy to take things at a more sedate pace too. The car is a smooth operator out on the highways and byways with little road or engine noise coming into the cabin. I forget very easily that I was driving a supermini.

The 208 is shorter on the outside than the 207 yet roomier inside, and you get a very decent

sized boot. Headroom is excellent and I had no problem seating adults in the back of the car. The interior build quality feels very good with some nice stylish touches inside like the piano black detailing. It’s a very stylish looking car from the outside too without being too cutesy. In other words, it’s got street cred.

I loved the small steering wheel which gives the 208 a sporty feel. Rather than looking through the wheel at the speedometer, you look over the wheel which is a safer way of keeping an eye on your speed.

There is a digital display and a regular speedometer as well to keep traditionalists happy. Some of the ergonomics in the cabin won’t suit all and I found that the

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cupholders and electric window controls were a little awkwardly placed, but these are small gripes in a car that feels like value for money.

My car came in middle of the range Active trim with treats like 15” alloy wheels, air conditioning, 7” touchscreen with Bluetooth connectivity and fog lamps fitted, in addition to standard equipment like daytime running lights, cruise control and speed limiter, ESP, driver, passenger and front side and curtain airbags.

Sure the 208 is not perfect.

While the car is perfectly set up for urban driving with lovely, light steering, the ride and handling suffered a bit when the roads got twistier.

But there is something charming about this car. If you are looking for a small, compact hatchback you should definitely take the 208 for a test drive.

Thank you to Peugeot Ireland for supplying the car for review.

Model tested: Peugeot 208 1.2-litre 5-door in Active trim Price: €16,995 (Prices for the range start at €14,395 for the 1.0litre petrol 3-door in Access trim) Engine: 1.2-litre petrol Power: 82 bhp 0-100km/h: 12.2 seconds Combined fuel economy: 63 mpg (4.5 litres/100km) CO2 emissions: 104g/km.

Tax Band: A3 (€190 per year) n

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WExFORD MOTOR SHOW The Wexford Motor Show will take place on Saturday 29th June from 9am to 6pm on the Quayside in Wexford Town.

Last year’s event was a huge success and this year the event is expected to be even bigger with up to 15,000 people expected to visit. 110 new vehicles and 100 vintage sports and classic cars will be on display. This is a free event and there will be a family entertainment area including clowns, face painting, and a climbing wall. The event is being organised by local dealers, Wexford Borough Council and the Road Safety Authority. n

132 REG On ITS WAy In JuLy A new number plate system was introduced in Ireland at the beginning of 2013 with cars registered in the first half of the year getting the 131 plate. From 1st July, new cars registered will get a 132 plate. This will be the format used in Ireland from now on so in 2014, cars registered in the first six months of the year will get a 141 plate, and those registered in the second half of the year will get a 142 plate. Current figures show that 80% of new cars are sold in the first half of the year.

It is hoped that the new registration plate system will help to spread new car sales more evenly throughout the year. n

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When Fashion and Cars Collide In May of this year, a special edition of the MInI Paceman designed by Roberto Cavalli was auctioned for €150,000 at a charity event to raise funds to fight AIDS around the world.

Since 2001, MINI have teamed up each year with a designer or fashion house to produce a one-off special edition of one of the cars in the MINI range. Over the years, they have teamed up with the likes of Missoni, Versace, Calvin Klein and Diane von Fürstenberg, before auctioning off the designer offspring at the annual Life Ball.

MINI is not the only brand who has treated some of the cars in their range to a designer makeover. Fiat teamed up with Gucci to create a special edition of their tiny city car, the Fiat 500, complete with signature Gucci green-red-green web stripe running along the bodywork. Irish designer Orla Kiely teamed up with Citroen in 2011 to produce a special edition of the stylish DS3. Her famous leaf and petal designs can be found throughout

the car from the decals on the roof to the floor mats in the cabin.

It seems that haute couture is no longer confined to the catwalk. For a cool €1m you can own a Bugatti Veyron by Hermès.

And Lamborghini and Versace have collaborated on a special edition of the Murciélago supercar.

What sets these cars apart from anything else on the road is a lot of designer branding.

Designer logos adorn everything and there will be styling touches that you won’t get in the regular car.

The MINI Paceman by Roberto Cavalli is a case in point.

It comes with gold elements inside and out, iridescent paintwork that shimmers from black to brown, Robert Cavalli hallmark animal prints on the leatherlined steering wheel and parts of the instruments, and a Cavalli logo on the roof. The logo can also be found inside the car, where the headrests and sun visors feature the stylish motif.

The designer touches tend to be a little less auspicious on the more mainstream models like

the Range Rover Evoque by Victoria Beckham. In 2012, Land Rover asked the former Spice Girl turned fashion designer to give the Evoque a makeover.

Her interpretation of the car came finished in matt grey exterior paint with some of the exterior detailing like the roof and bonnet vents finished in contrasting high gloss black. The 20-inch black alloy wheels featured some very bling rose gold detailing and inside there are tan leather seats and mohair floor mats to sink your feet into.

It is interesting to note that the cars that get designer makeovers tend to be supercars like the Bugatti Veyron or Lamborghini Murcielagelo, or small, city cars aimed at women like the Citroen DS3 or Fiat 500.

They really are just novelty cars and a way to generate publicity for a brand. A designer makeover does give an already popular car an air of exclusivity. There may be thousands of Fiat 500s in the world but you can be sure that there are only a handful of Gucci ones! n

Fiat 500 Goes Large The Fiat 500 range has expanded with the all-new 500L now available in Ireland. The 500L is a mini MPV that combines the iconic style and character of the 500 with more functionality and space.

The 500L is based on the Punto’s underpinnings but takes design cues from the Fiat 500, like the round headlamps for example. There is more space too than in a 500, with 22 storage compartments in the cabin, rear seats that can fold flat and a big boot with a floating floor so that cargo can be easily separated.

The 500L is available in two trim levels, Pop Star and Lounge, and there are three engine options: a 0.9-litre (105bhp) petrol TwinAir Turbo, and 1.3-litre (85bhp) and 1.6-litre (105bhp) MultiJet turbo diesels. Prices for the 500L in Pop Star trim start from €21,750 for the petrol TwinAir, €22,500 for the 1.3-litre diesel MultiJet, and €24,750 for the 1.6-litre diesel MultiJet. Lounge trim can be added for €1,250 more.

There are 10 body colours to choose from and three roof colours (body colour, white or black).

There is a range of 12 wheel options for further personalisation. These wheels can match or contrast with the roof and are available in silver, or with white or black diamond finish.

A new UConnect touch screen infotainment system comes as standard that allows media players and mobile phones to be connected to the car and controlled via voice, the steering wheel or touch screen. City Brake Control is also available, a system designed to watch over the driver and either prevent or lessen the damage in low-speed collisions. If you like your coffee on the go, Fiat will even fit an optional Lavazza coffee maker into your car! n Fiat 500L

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Sponsor a great festival The 4th annual Riverside Jump, Ireland’s biggest summer festival focused on the music of the 1950’s, Rock n Roll, Rockabilly and Rhythm n Blues, has launched a major drive to get sponsorship for this year’s Festival which takes place in Enniscorthy from July 12th to 14th and to ensure its long term viability.

The response has been good so far but more business and

individual sponsorship would be very welcome.

The Festival attracts visitors from all over Ireland and across Europe and is organised by a voluntary committee who give up their time and energy all year in fundraising efforts to ensure that the Festival takes place.

Last year’s event cost over €19,000 to stage and apart from support from Enniscorthy

Town Council and the venues involved (21% of cost), this was entirely funded by ticket and merchandise sales (44%) and the year-long fundraising efforts (35%).

Anyone who might be interested in helping the Festival in any way should contact Eamonn on 0872982618 or e-mail eamonn@moondogsrbparty.com. n

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Vinegar Hill Battle Re-enactment August 3rd and 4th Following the tremendous success of last year’s inaugural Vinegar Hill battle re-enactment, on site at Enniscorthy, the organisers are delighted to announce that battle will take place again this year over the August Bank Holiday weekend.

Last year’s re-enactment saw over 200 rebels and redcoats reliving one of the most pivotal events in Irish history, and attracted over 5,000 spectators.

This year’s promises to be even better! Already professional reenactors from Ireland, England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and maybe even further afield, are presently planning their assault on the rebel positions. While the rebel forces grow larger every day with more and more aspiring insurgents volunteering to take part.

On Saturday the 3rd of August why not go and visit the Rebel encampment at the National 1798 Rebellion Centre, Millpark Road, Enniscorthy.

The Rebel commanders will be on the lookout for talented young pike men and women to train before the ensuing fight.

While the Blacksmith will be on hand, shoeing horses, mak-

will be a skirmish between the Rebels and Redcoats at 1pm around the Duffry Gate which will recreate the insurgents’ capture of Enniscorthy Town (28th May 1798).

On Sunday both forces will amass all their strength at the Fair Green at 2pm and parade through the town on their way to Vinegar Hill for battle at 3pm. Watch these two armies fight amidst gunfire and explosions, pike charges and cannon fire. A spectacle not to be missed.

In the meantime, why not visit the National 1798 Rebellion Centre. It More pike men needed for battle! vividly retells the epic ing pikes, swords and other story of the Rebellion in Ireland, weapons for the upcoming bat- fanned by flames of Revolution tle. If the Rebels don’t strike in America and France – events your fancy, then the Redcoats that are forever etched in blood will. The Rebels are aware of on Irish History. their plans to commandeer The Battle of Vinegar Hill Enniscorthy Castle, and will be w a s t h e p i n n a c l e o f t h i s demonstrating infringement Rebellion, so don’t miss your punishments – including flog- chance to see history recreated. ging – and revealing their bat- More details available at tle plans to their fellow Generals. www.vinegarhill.ie or contact 053 The highpoint of the day 92 37596. n

On Friday 7th June Bishop Denis Brennan said Mass for the closing of St. Senan’s Hospital in Enniscorthy. His homily touched on the history and role of St Senan’s. Here are some extracts from Bishop Brennan’s homily.

“We often use the phrase ‘the end of an era.’ Sometimes it is used when it is not really appropriate. Today I think it is appropriate – the closure of St Senan’s Psychiatric Hospital does indeed signal the end of an era in Enniscorthy and also in the treatment of mental illness.

It is the end of an era when thousands of people with mental illness were housed and cared for in large institutions such as St Senan’s.

It is the end of an era for the people who staffed such institutions and their families.

It is the end of an era for the

area where such institutions were located. Staffing such large facilities inevitably created employment opportunities in an area and involved a welcome injection of finance in the local economy.

The ending of something is always accompanied by memories of what was there before and what we thought would always be there…

I remember as a young priest my first visits to the hospital in the 1970’s. That time the high walls were still in place and every door was locked, so making your way around the place was quite an adventure…

Being up and down to the hospital for twenty seven years I got to know many of the staff and patients. I can recall so many names and faces at this moment – so many that I will not mention any one because there were so many…

The work that went on here for almost one hundred and fifty years was a work of caring on behalf of families and on behalf of society.

Everything in life evolves and changes. Society’s approach to treating mental health issues is very different now than it was in 1868 and in subsequent years, but regardless of how things change when people are sick they will always need carers.

That’s what the staff here in St Senan’s always tried to do, to care for those who found themselves in need of being looked after in a residential facility…

The work goes on, in a different way, in a different place but we remember in gratitude today all who were part of it here for so many years, patients and staff.” n

Open Day at Castle Gardens Retirement Village

Two open days were held in Castle Gardens Retirement Village in Enniscorthy on the 15th and 16th June. Three showhouses were on view – all of which were 2-bedroom units.

The Slaney news visited on the Sunday and the showhouses

were busy with a steady stream of people visiting. The units are designed for the over-55s and are available on a rental basis. These houses are virtually maintenance-free and with a great energy rating. Residents can also access the services in the main nursing home onsite.

Situated in a quiet location on the edge of town, the units will no doubt be snapped up soon. So if you missed the chance to inspect them contact the auctioneers DNG Bunclody (053-9377147) or Joe Keane (053-9108044) and arrange a private viewing. n

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Wexford Business Network Launch Wexford, a great place to do business, was the message given at the launch of the Wexford Business network.

Over 200 people attended the event which was held in the Stillorgan Park Hotel on Tuesday 28th May. Both new and existing businesses based in Wexford and businesses that are located outside Wexford, with Wexford interests, were invited to attend the event. The event was an

opportunity for businesses to engage with the officers of the newly formed Economic Development Unit of Wexford County Council, Tony Larkin, Director of Services, Padraig O’Gorman, County Development Officer and Carolyne Godkin, Tourism Development Officer, and also to network with other businesses.

Cllr Kathleen Codd Nolan, Chairperson Wexford County

Council, welcomed everyone to the event and Adrian Doyle, County Manager, outlined the main aims of the Business Network. The Wexford Business Network will be used as a platform for the promotion and development of enterprise in County Wexford through the Wexford Means Business website, LinkedIn and a quarterly business E-zine. The Wexford Business Network will be supported by the Economic

Kathleen Codd Nolan (Chairperson Wexford County Council), Peter Gavican (Scottish and Southern Energy Generation Ireland Ltd), Minister of State Paul Kehoe TD, Ann O’Brien (Managing Director Kent Stainless),Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform Brendan Howlin TD, Adrian Doyle (County Manager). Pic: © Wexford Local Authorities.

Development Unit and the Local Enterprise Office. The Local Enterprise Office will be a one stop shop for all business queries and will assist any enterprise interested in investing in County Wexford. The Network will also be a forum to get important business related issues discussed and addressed.

Speakers on the night included Peter Gavican, Scottish and Southern Energy Generation Ireland Ltd who is the project manager at the CCGT Electricity Generating Station at Great Island and Ann O’Brien, Managing Director, Kent Stainless. Both spoke about “Why people should invest in Wexford” and “ We x f o rd a s a S t r a t e g i c Business Location”. The main points about investing in Wexford were its strategic location with Rosslare Europort only 15 minutes drive from Wexford town and Dublin airport a 2 hours drive away; great infrastructure with the newly upgraded M11, N25; easy access to third level edu-

Enniscorthy Business Association update At a busy meeting of the Enniscorthy Business Association (EBA) on 18th June a wide range of recent developments and issues were discussed.

The Mad Hatters fashion event fundraiser for the EBA was deemed a huge success raising well in excess of €2,000 for the EBA to help defray the cost of several upcoming EBA projects. The EBA is very grateful to Anton Treacy for the use of Dbar and the wonderful service provided for this event.

Such was the success of this first EBA fashion event that a second one may well happen before the end of this year. Keep an eye on the Slaney news for updates.

The EBA has engaged the services of a hydrologist to look at the existing OPW Flood Relief Plans and at possible alternative options with a view to min-

imising both the disruption and the negative visual impact on the town of the OPW plans, and maximising access to the river for leisure and search and rescue purposes. It is hoped the expert can attend the next meeting of the EBA which is scheduled for Tuesday 16th July.

The Enniscorthy Gift Voucher Scheme is making progress and a full report is expected for the next EBA meeting with a view to formally launching the scheme this September.

A Food Fair for Enniscorthy is likely to take place before the end of this year and we hope to have full details on our dedicated Food page in an upcoming issue.

A Marketing Plan for the town is being worked on by a sub-committee of the EBA and again we hope to bring you updates as they happen.

A very exciting development is the likelihood of an Enniscorthy Town Website which would be a “one-stopshop” for anybody looking to access information on any aspect of Enniscorthy. The website would be a joint venture between the EBA, Town Council, Enniscorthy Chamber and Enniscorthy Tourism. All businesses in the town would be able to link their own websites/ Facebook pages into this central site. The website is only at the initial discussion stage but, fingers crossed, it will see the light of day later this year. Such a comprehensive and integrated site would be a huge asset to the development of the town.

The EBA is planning ahead with Halloween and Christmas being discussed and debated at the meeting. Some imaginative ideas for a town Halloween event were put forward from the

floor of the meeting and hopefully we’ll see some spooky happenings in Enniscorthy at the end of October. Watch this space!

When the regular meeting ended the Town Clerk, David Minogue, kindly took time out from his busy schedule to come along and update those present on various town matters rangi n g f ro m t h e u p c o m i n g Strawberry Festival to traffic management and parking issues in the town.

The EBA meetings provide a great forum for retailers and service providers to find out about what’s happening in Enniscorthy and to have an input into the town’s commercial development and future prosperity. So go along on the 16th July at 6.15pm in MAD on Market Square and do bring a friend!

– F.C. n

Offices for Rent ➤ Enniscorthy Enterprise Centre offers suitable and affordable office space with competitively priced reliable high speed broadband. ➤ Whether you are a one person or more operation, Enniscorthy Enterprise Centre has a suitable space for you to grow your business. ➤ The centre offers more than office space. Its support structures are specifically aimed at new businesses. One of the reasons why new businesses choose Enniscorthy Enterprise Centre is for networking opportunities.

Meeting of like-minded entrepreneurs on an informal basis, sharing problems and discussing opportunities. ➤ The centre also advises potential start-ups e.g.

Enniscorthy Enterprise and Technology Centre advice on funding and financing for their business.

Tony Gleeson, John O’Connor (Enniscorthy Enterprise Centre), Enda McDonnell (Enterprise Ireland) and Alan Forbes (Brooklyn Technologies). Pic: © Wexford Local Authorities.

cation with Wexford Campus based in the town and WIT only 60km away. Wexford also offers a great quality of life and boasts a wide range of leisure, sports and cultural activities and events including the world renowned Wexford Opera Festival, extensive coastline and lots more. Wexford office space is also up to 40% cheaper than Dublin city properties.

B re n d a n H o w l i n T D , Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, addressed the group with an update of all the infrastructural work that has taken place and is planned

to take place to make Wexford more attractive to business people in the future. Government Chief Whip, Paul Kehoe TD, informed the group of all the work that has been done on The Gathering with Wexford logging the highest amount of Gatherings on the website in the South East. The most high profile Gathering event being the JFK50, where the eyes of the world are yet again looking towards New Ross.

The feedback from the event was very positive and all businesses are encouraged to connect with Wexford Means Business on LinkedIn. n

EETC offers Certificate in Business Administration (CBA) Full-Time 1 Year Course This is a unique opportunity to study business in an environment of entrepreneurship and business, with individuals from an enterprise and development background.

This full-time course covers 8 business modules in Finance, Business Administration and Information Technology. On completion of the course the student will receive a major Award at level 5 in Business.

This programme is suitable for people with an interest or experience in office/ business administration. The programme would also benefit someone who is considering self-employment or wants a good understanding of business.

Modules • Accounting Manual and Computerised • Business Administration Skills • Entrepreneurial skills

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Book-keeping Manual and Computerised • Payroll Manual and Computerised • Spreadsheet Methods • Word Processing • Work experience Cost: The Programme is funded by FÁS. A training allowance and normal statutory allowances are paid to students who qualify for payments.

Entry requirement: Numeracy and literacy skill.

Applicants will be called for interview. Places are limited, apply as soon as possible.

Starting date: 9th September 2013.

Further Information: Contact: Robbie McCabe, Course Manager, Enniscorthy Enterprise a n d Te c h n o l o g y C e n t r e , Milehouse Rd, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford. Ph. 053-9237499. Email robbie@eetc.ie.

Wexford Business Awards 2013 For more information contact: Enniscorthy Enterprise & Technology Centre Milehouse Road, Enniscorthy Web: www.eetc.ie E-mail: info@eetc.ie Phone: 053-9237499

It was great to see so many Enniscorthy area businesses shortlisted for the 2013 Wexford Business Awards. Among those shortlisted were: Paytext Parking (Brooklyn Technologies Ltd), Irish Country Meats, Sonru, Chevron Training, C&R Print, Taoglas, 2 Cubed, national 1798 Rebellion Centre, Irish urns, Killowen Farm, C.W.C.W.(E) Ltd Astro Active Centre.

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The winner of several categories and the Overall Wi n n e r o f t h e We x f o r d Business of the Year Award sponsored by Wexford County Council was Irish Country Meats.

See the full list of winners and runners-up on the Wexford Chamber website: http://www.wexfordchamber.ie. n

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Harte to Heart in Enniscorthy E n n i s c o r t h y ’s E u c h a r i s t Gathering from 31st May to 2nd June attracted huge crowds to the town and in particular to St. Aidan’s Cathedral and The Presentation Centre to listen to the stories and views of many high profile people none more so than the Tyrone Football Manager and father of Michaela Harte tragically murdered in Mauritius in 2011 while on Honeymoon.

Mickey who began his address with a humorous tale about a bear and an atheist is a most sincere and amusing speaker and in minutes had the large audience in the palm of his hand. He spoke of his own upbringing as part of a very holy, loving and religious family – the picture of the Sacred Heart hung in the kitchen, the holy water font was just inside the front door, the rosary was recited each evening and flowers gathered on the way home from school for the May altar.

Mickey was one of 10 children having 6 brothers and 3 sisters and his mother was a typical Irish Catholic mother who had time to listen to everyone including relatives, neighbours and friends despite having such a large family.

Mickey spoke of his own family – wife Deirdre, sons Mark, Michael, Matthew and of course the light of his life – beautiful daughter Michaela.

Instead of dwelling on the tragic circumstances of Michaela’s death Mickey spoke of what a gift her life of 27 years was to all of them and how their faith sustained them in their darkest hours following her death.

He encouraged people to spend time with God and to build a relationship with him and he told the congregation to look around for Role Models in ordinary life – they very often are standing right beside you he said before recounting another of his witty tales about a father

teaching his son how to count – the teacher was very impressed with both father and son as she quizzed the child – ‘What comes after 1’ and got the reply 2 and ‘what comes after 2’ and the reply came 3 and so on and so on until she got to ‘And what comes after 10?’ to which the little boy replied ‘The Jack’. Mickey asked people not to be complacent in their faith but rather to move out of their comfort zones and be proactive as Christians. ‘You need to be a person of added value everyday of your life‘ was his message to those present telling them to always be people of hope no matter what their circumstances.

It’s not what happens to you that defines you it’s the way you deal with it.

This lovely, warm sincere man spoke of bereavement as a dark cloud that can completely consume you but you must keep moving that cloud away from in front of your eyes

Members of the Rapparees/Starlights GAA club Brian Hogan and Maria Nolan meet Mickey Harte.

little by little every day. It will always be with you but you have the ability to move it out of your viewfinder.

As this genuine and entertaining man concluded with the optimist/pessimist anecdote and recited a poignant verse – called Moments in Life – there was rapturous applause

from an enthralled St. Aidan’s audience who could have gone on listening for hours.

After his talk Mickey Harte spent time listening to and sharing with another heartbroken father – Andrew Furlong, father of the late Nicola Furlong who was brutally murdered in Japan in 2012. Hopefully these loving

fathers brought some solace to each other.

Well done St. Aidan’s and the Organising Committee for bringing this wonderful man to our doorsteps where we could experience his warmth and spirituality first hand and free of charge!

– Maria nolan

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The Book Part 1 we are reproducing excerpts from local author ron St. George-Smith’s new book “The Book Part 1”. here is the third excerpt.

pET approVEd

VET DIARY FOR JULY

with the Moyne Veterinary Clinic In each issue the Moyne Veterinary Clinic deals with various issues relating to pets. In this issue they look at four different medicines.

Last week, I talked about homeopathic medicines and how they could be useful in treating pets. All severe or chronic illnesses of pets should of course be seen straightaway by a vet.

However, it is useful to have a couple of remedies at home in the kitchen cupboard on hand for those little day-to-day issues so many pet owners are familiar with for example knocks and bangs, small puncture wounds or pustules, diarrhoea or vomiting. I will talk a bit about four medicines which I commonly use: arnica, arsenicum, hepar sulph and hypericum.

Arnica is familiar to a lot of people as a great cure for bruising, pains and strains of all sorts. It is good for when there is redness, pain and swelling anywhere on the body resulting from an injury. There is a feeling of “don't touch me” and the pain is worse for touch, movement or jolting. It can be taken as a tablet three or four times a day for a couple of days.

Arsenicum – this is often useful for diarrhoea or even if there is no evidence of diarrhoea it can be used. A state of weakness, restlessness, cold and shivery with tummy cramps and thirst for little sips of water will respond to arsenicum. Again 3-4 times a day for no longer than two days. The pet will need to see a vet quite quickly if he is in this state.

Hepar Sulph – this is very helpful for infections such as bite wounds, anal abscesses or infected dermatitis. The feeling is very painful like a boil, hot and sensitive to even a little draught of air on it. There is often a bit of yellow pus to be seen on the infected area. Hepar sulph will help to drain out the pus and clear up the skin for healing. Again it can be given 3-4 times a day for no longer than two days.

Hypericum is great for nerves and nerve endings. Areas that are especially rich in nerve endings are the nails, the tip of the tail and around the muzzle. Very small cuts in these areas are extra painful. Hypericum is sometimes useful for spinal problems such as disc disease which is common in small, short-legged dogs. This can be given 3–4 times a day for no longer than two days.

Remember to bring the pet to the vet if it is anything more than a minor ailment.

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I think that I've dealt with eye-sight enough. Just to let you know that our vision is every bit as good as our human counterparts and what we lack in one area can be easily made up for in others (or with a little training).

Finally, coming to some sort of a conclusion on the subject of vision, I want to consider a very misunderstood aspect (and indeed difference) between what we as dogs perceiving and a majority of our human counterparts can understand as beholding. I come back again to this all-pervading fog, surrounding, from our point of view, every living creature. It is an element which is not apparent to the majority of humans but is an essential part of our canine persona. By reading this Aura, we can understand any inherent threat which may be coming our way. So as puppies, it is essential to read and understand the depth and tone of this field as soon as possible.

With this information available and understood, we suddenly are in a position to appreciate the exact role which we should assume in life. Back to my birth; Mum had, under an unknown pretext, 'carefully' chosen a site for our imminent arrival and the essential removal (or distancing) of us puppies from interference.

I want you to now understand that in the dog world, our survival is governed entirely by there being ONE in charge. It may be another dog or it may be a human but this individual is number one and it is not disputed. So much of the misunderstood/mismanaged interaction of individuals is brought about by this concept being maligned and self-interpreted. A human picks up a puppy, blind and totally dependent on whatever is going to be given to it. The puppy immediately becomes an extension of the human (its child) . . . .

WRONG! The puppy is a puppy and will always remain so.

Confused perhaps and with no canine identity, it doesn't fit in.

It's a puppy and far from knowing that it has now become a whimpering mismanaged fourlegged clone of the person holding it, uncertainty and puzzlement ensue. It's a puppy and true justice is served by allowing the puppy to know that.

So Mum had now chosen our arrival point, dictated by the need for security and also the inherent requirement for isolation.

Maybe I am doing an injustice here; I Suspect that, in these circumstances Ger would have had to have played a role. Selecting a birthing position for Avalanche (yes, my mother's name) in an available and undisturbed area convenient for Ger to maintain a carefully guarding watch. So we arrived in a small room towards

the back of the house. Into this room which was basically bare of all furnishings, a large flattish box had been placed. Here Avalanche had come to play her part in increasing the population of Pyrenean Mountain Dogs present in the world. We arrived and in support of Ger’s excitement and through Mum’s endeavours became a fluffy pile of eleven puppies.

Blind though we were and full of our endearing mother’s milk, an essential for our immediate endeavours was warmth.

This was achieved by the simple process of a group hug. As we broke away from Avalanche, replenished and content, we found ourselves falling against one another. Not encountering any sense of hostility, we found that we could tolerate the warmth of another's body. Soon we were all piled one on top of the other (thinking 'life couldn't get much better').

But as I said 'the weeks pass and the days rolled by… Avalanche saw the necessity for us to learn "life skills" and in a skilful yet predominant way ensured that each one of us honed our own individual skill to suit our temperament and disposition. At first one of us would display dissatisfaction with their place in the warming embrace that we had adopted, pulling and tearing

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would predominate. Only if things got clearly out of hand (one of us was in danger) would Mum intervene and then with a firm clasp of her jaws she would extract the offending pup out of the pile.

This was the occasion for us to decide on hierarchy; who was going to be the dominant pup (or top dog).

From the start (and it was very slow) Eskimo-the eldest male dog was selected without a single word of approval from any of us.

But after a while he was revealed to be a bit stupid and not a dog who could be depended on to take life protecting decisions-so he became ignored except to the extent that he might encroach on one of us being a wee bit smarter.

I said (and did) nothing. Then, lying in our pile, for warmth, the Pack Leader became apparent.

The dog lying directly under the top-most was deemed to be the most intelligent and therefore should take on the mantle of Top Dog. Yes, you've guessed, it was me. It's not important but I arrived somewhere around the middle of the bunch and although not being the biggest (it is not the best way to describe new-born pups) I was one of the more well-proportioned. Silently I assumed my new role and with Avalanche not being with us all the time I found myself sitting aloof from the pack for considerable lengths of time just watching. Mum seemed to realise and appeared indifferent to my adopting this new role which only served to allow her to resume her previous activities with uncles and aunts.

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Roxy & Bruno 5 weeks old!

SOLO (My CAT) by Pat Fleming You are spoiled You are daddy’s girl You call my name at night.

I saved your life so many years ago, When you were a kitten.

Milk and biscuits morning, noon and night.

There is a Universe in a cat.

There is an intelligence that goes back to light.

When the dark comes you are happy, You turn into a dark prince.

I worry about you, Will you be there in the morning.

Please do not go away, Always be with me forever.

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Slaney History

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Ibar Carty chronicles the 20th century in Enniscorthy & beyond

Ibar Carty has opened up his vast photo archives to the Slaney News.

In this 24th of a series, Ibar shares some photos he took over 20 years ago.

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loCAl government reForm The Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan recently unveiled the Governments plans for the reform of local government. This plan includes the abolition of all town councils in Co. Wexford and also Wexford Borough Council. The Minister claims that this reform will save money and be more efficient. I fail to see how this will be the case. As I pointed out in this column as far back as November last the opposite will be the case. For instance I pointed out at that time that the increase of county councillors from 21 to 34 will result in an immediate increase of €390,000 in expenses each year with a saving of €195,000 by removing thirty nine town and borough councillors. This makes no sense whatever because as well as costing us more it also removes local representation. We all know how easy it is at the moment to make contact with our local councillor if we have a problem. The new system will effectively distance our new county councillors from us.

On top of that the business community will suffer under this new system as the amalgamated town and county rate will be at least 7% to 10% higher than the current town rate. Furthermore the money collected in rates in Enniscorthy Town or any other town, could and probably will, be spent on the top of a mountain somewhere in the rural extremes of the county. Also the new res-

idential property tax which in the main will be collected in urban areas of large housing density will be used for the coffers of the new county council rather than be spent in the area in which it is collected. And make no mistake the new county council will increase this property tax year on year as they will be empowered to do. On top of all this there appears to be no plan whatever to remove the whole cadre of officials who will now be effectively redundant because the councils who are their employers will disappear. As happened many years ago when the health boards were abolished all these staff will simply be absorbed into the new county councils. Where are the savings there? I can’t see them. I hope I am wrong.

John BroWne t.d.

Must say I agree with the recent comments of John Browne in relation to the E.S.B. and other energy suppliers with regard to their cut off policy when customers fail to pay their bills.

Before those of you who are lucky to be in a position to pay your account when it is presented say “Why shouldn’t they be cut off”, let’s stop and think. In our community today many families can hardly feed themselves and if the choice is to send a child to school hungry or pay the ESB bill, I know the choice I would make.

There should be much more investigation prior to a cut off. I know from experience that little sym-

Above: Duffry Rovers Dinner Dance, Kiltealy, 13th Jan 1989.

Above Right: Ladies at Duffry Rovers Dinner Dance 13th Jan 1989.

Right: Happy 21st!!! Slaney Meats,Clohamon, sponsored "Push the Cart" from Clohamon to Enniscorthy for Telethon, July 1992.

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View from the Hill A local contributor looks at life today in Enniscorthy and beyond. pathy is shown to a client of any of the energy companies when they phone the so called help lines with a difficulty. In those circumstances every caller is treated alike with no effort to distinguish the can’t pay from the won’t pay.

Much more consideration is needed in all these cases. I hope that John Browne will continue to chase this one. ennisCorthy Fights BACK Read a book once which dealt with white water rafting in Canada and the United States. This is the extremely dangerous sport of plunging along rivers and through rapids in rafts and literally putting your life at risk. “What has

that got to do with Enniscorthy“ you may ask. Well here’s what.

Before you embark on such an adventure the instructor makes sure that all protective gear is in place and gives a briefing.

The most important thing he emphasises is that if you go overboard you must begin your own rescue. Do not wait for, or depend on, others to get you out of the mire. You must look around and see what steps you can take to begin your own recovery. That’s what this has to do with Enniscorthy. This town is not waiting for someone else to rescue it . This year massive efforts have been put into the organizing of festivals and events to bring people to town and to give

locals and visitors alike opportunities to stay in the locality rather than travel elsewhere to seek entertainment. Despite the general downturn, and unfortunately little solution in sight, it is heartening to see the extra activity these events bring. It has to be borne in mind that the organisers of these festivals etc are, in the main, voluntary workers and as such deserve the thanks and appreciation of all of us for their efforts.

Worrying ConversAtion Sitting at home the other night with the Missus when she struck up a peculiar conversation. Out of the blue she asked me would I like to be cremated when I finally conk out. To say I was taken aback would be an understatement.

Now I know that I am getting a little shook and that as the years go by I am slowing down somewhat but I think this was uncalled for. Recovering somewhat I growled, “ What’s all this about.

I have no plans to go anywhere anytime soon and when I do I want to be put into the ground like most other people”. “Oh right” she says and disappears into the kitchen to do something. Then I notice that the magazine which she was reading was still on the couch and I decided to have a look and see what put such thoughts into her head. And yes, there it was under an item Little Known Facts “ The ashes of a cremated human can be turned into a diamond.” A bit worrying that!

President Kennedy Lets wish New Ross well with its celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the visit of J.F.K. As one who is old enough to remember the Kennedy visit and having been present at many of the events back in 1963 all I can say is that to this day I have never seen or met anyone so charismatic as President Kennedy.

I saw in the flesh many other American Presidents such as Eisenhower, Nixon, Reagan, Clinton and Obama when they visited Ireland and while Reagan, Clinton and Obama certainly were impressive none of them stole our hearts like Kennedy.

I know that the Wexford connection plays a part in this but I have spoken over the years to many people from different parts of Ireland who were around back then and they agree with my thesis that Kennedy had what probably most politicians today can only aspire to or dream about.

And FinAlly I see that Enda Kenny has appointed the Jobs Minister Richard Bruton as Director of Elections for the upcoming referendum on the abolition of the Senate. Surely Bruton’s job is too important for a distraction such as this. It is a sad reflection on the rest of the Fine Gael T.D.s that none of their number is seen as capable of directing such a campaign. What more can you say. n

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NEW ROSS NOTES The SeCond ComIng: Wexford’s favourite son John Fitzgerald Kennedy returned to his roots once again last weekend if not in body then most definitely in spirit. he was visible everywhere – in the strong, familiar faces of the 35 Kennedys who travelled from America to be in new Ross for the 50th Anniversary of the visit of President Kennedy in 1963.

He was in the excitement of the people who waited expectantly at Dunganstown for the first glimpse of his beautiful daughter Caroline who was there to open the new Interpretive Centre at the site. And one couldn’t help but look heavenward when Caroline picked up the teapot and began to pour tea for her cousin Ann Bowe and An Taoiseach Enda Kenny – for the clouds had surely parted and he was surely smiling down and thinking – like father like daughter. Indeed, I heard a communal intake of breath from the photographers around me and then the click, click, click of numerous cameras and a voice rang out saying “That’s the shot – do it again Caroline”.

One couldn’t help but feel that it must have been a sad occasion for Caroline who was not only remembering her father but also her brother John John who had spent time with her at Dunganstown in 1967 after their

father’s death. But true to her breeding she remained stoic throughout with the poise and elegance of her mother and the strength and character of her father evident in her dignified demeanour as she spoke with emotion and with steel.

The spirit of John Fitzgerald Kennedy travelled on with us to witness the pomp and ceremony of our Defence Forces at the Kennedy Aboretum and would have been as impressed as he had been in 1963 with the Queen Anne movement by the Irish Cadets. I watched as Caroline Kennedy, Jean Kennedy Smyth, Douglas Kennedy, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and his grandchildren and many grand nieces and grand nephews placed their hands on their hearts for the raising of the flag as the No. 1 Army Band played the Star Spangled Banner – the pride of JFK evident on all their countenances.

And indeed experienced a moment of pride myself as the Tricolour was raised and the Kennedy Park crowd sang out Amhran na bhFiann with gusto.

This time it was the turn of Bobby’s grandsons Max and Chris to speak – Kathleen Kennedy Townsend explaining that Caroline had decided before they embarked for Ireland that all the talking wouldn’t be left to her but would be a shared duty among all the Kennedys – a nice gesture – or

Caroline Kennedy pours tea for her cousin Ann Rowe and An Taoiseach Enda Kenny at the Dunganstown Homestead on Saturday 22nd June. Pic: Maria Nolan.

preparation for the future…?

Chris and Max said that it was one of their ambitions coming to Ireland to make a speech here – the other two being to have a real Irish drink in a real Irish pub and to get to know a real Irish girl – neither of which they would have any bother fulfilling. Indeed I noticed Enda Kenny whisper in their ear as they resumed their seats… asking them if they were interested in standing for Fine Gael I’ll wager!

But the best was yet to come in more ways than one as thousands descended on the quayside at New Ross to be spectacularly entertained by the amusing and versatile Wexford Ambassador Ann Doyle and the precise and passionate George Hook who introduced us to a myriad of Wexford talent including Colm Toibin, Michael Londra,

BUNCLODY NOTES…

SToRYTeLLIng Thursday 27th June in St. Aidan’s Hall , Irish Street at 8.00pm.

hISToRICAL oUTIng There is a Ui Cinsealaigh Historical outing to Dublin on Monday July 1st. Those wishing to go please contact the secretary by Friday June 28th 0539375577 maryjmackey@eircom.net PARISh oFFICe The Parish Office will be closed

If this articulate, charismatic, striking Kennedy doesn’t end up in politics it will be America’s loss. Indeed many were wondering if they were being given a glimpse into the future and could they be looking at an Irish Catholic American President to come!

The artists returned to the stage to bring to an end this most remarkable occasion with a wonderful rendition of Amazing Grace all eyes turned heavenward as the Irish Air Corps flew past leaving Irish eyes smiling and Irish hearts happy as at last the Fallen Hero had come home for good.

In his lifetime John Fitzgerald Kennedy had the capacity to inspire those around him and to lift all tides. When he came to New Ross 50 years ago he put it on the map and I have no doubt that his Second Coming will do even greater things for it and for the County.

Well done New Ross and all concerned it was truly an unforgettable experience.

– Maria Nolan

L-R: John Browne, Kathleen Kennedy Smyth and Bernard Crosbie.

BARNTOWN NOTES…

Bishop Brennan officially opens the new building for Our Lady of Lourdes National School on 21st June. This project of six new classrooms, staffroom, toilets and support rooms and the upgrading of the secretary’s office.

B U n C L o d Y PA R I S h ChoIR Rehearsals every Tuesday from 7.30pm–9.30pm in the Church. New members welcome.

Extreme Rhythm and Valda along with Michael Flatley, Judy Collins and the amazing and emotive American Spiritual Ensemble.

O n c e a g a i n w e w e re enveloped by the spirit of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. He was in the warm evening sun that shone on his Wexford people, he was in the American Negro songs of freedom, his distinct voice drifted out over the New Ross quayside, his charming countenance dominated the big screen, he was in the outstretched hands that desperately reached out to be shaken, he was in the eyes and hearts of all. It had a kind of Lazarus feel to it – of someone coming back from the dead and having such an impact on the present – quite akin to spiritual I would have to say.

As Jean Kennedy Smyth disembarked from the LE Orla with

the Eternal Flame and passed it along the quayside from Special Olympian to Special Olympian a reverent hush descended on the Gathering and the hairs on the back of my neck pricked with emotive resonance and it seemed that nothing could be more moving and more evocative. But I was wrong!

Caroline Kennedy, Jean Kennedy Smyth and Edna Kenny transferred the flame to the Memorial and Caroline introduced her son saying ‘The best is yet to come’ and as a handsome familiar young man stepped up to the podium and a recognisable, assured voice with a distinct accent addressed the crowd with a quiet confidence and an innate charm John Fitzgerald Kennedy had returned to New Ross 50 years after his first visit in the form of his grandson – Jack.

The quayside crowd were spellbound, they hung on every word and looking around me I saw many wipe a tear from their eye remembering another good looking young man in another time.

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on Thursday 27th June, Friday 28th June, Monday 1st July, Tu e s d a y 2 n d J u l y a n d Wednesday 3rd July due to the holiday period. The Office will reopen on Thursday 4th July.

WhIST Every Monday night in St. Aidan’s Hall. n

The recent announcement that Barntown national School is to proceed to construction is very welcome news.

It is a day of genuinely great joy and happiness for the people of Barntown curacy and for those who both work and study at our local school.

As chairman of the Board of Management, I would like to thank current and past members of the Board for their mammoth and unstinting work, in the pursuit of this project.

Great assistance has been given to us by officials at the Department of Education and at Wexford Local Government offices. For this I say thank you.

Invaluable support and guidance has also been afforded to our Board by politicians local and national - of all parties, over several years.

In particular, I would like to thank Minister Brendan Howlin - and his office - for their accessibility and expertise which happily resulted in today's announcement.

The Board expresses its gratitude to Bishop Brennan and to the diocesan property committee for their support

and advice; to the parish for its co-operation and openness; and most especially to the students, staff and parents for their forbearance and understanding over the past number of years.

The Board will now resume its work with the design team and will endeavour to progress the project to completion, as expeditiously, as is possible.

– John Carroll (Rev.) Chairman of the Board Barntown National School

on 8th June 34 children from Barntown Church celebrated their First holy Communion following months of preparation between home, school and parish for the pupils of ms michelle Roche's class.

An outdoor refreshments celebration was held immediately after the ceremony; a convivial and warm gathering made all the more pleasant by the beautiful weather and the diligent efforts of members of the parents' council. n

MEDIEVAL FUN IN FERNS

Enjoying the medieval fun in Ferns in early June as part of the Ferns Gathering.

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Current and future GAA stars meet in Bellefield

Current and future GAA stars met in Bellefield last month as part of the countrywide GAA initiative to have inter-county stars meet local children who will be the GAA stars of the future. Pic: Maria Nolan.

Rugby successes celebrated in St Senan’s Primary School

Students of St. Senan’s Primary School, Enniscorthy, with the Amlin and PRO 12 Cups.

There was great excitement in St. Senan’s Primary School, enniscorthy, earlier this month when the Amlin and PRo 12 Cups won by Leinster this year arrived with Leinster coach Ross Barbour. Ross coaches rugby in the senior classes and also lines out with enniscorthy R.F.C.

All the classes got a chance to view the silverware and get their photos taken with the cups. St. Senan’s is seeking its first Active Flag and promoting physical activity among children is the key to this.

There is a rugby summer camp in Enniscorthy for the first time this August. n

Tennis camp For 7-11 Years and 12-16 Years Hillbrook Tennis, Enniscorthy (opposite St. John's Hospital) 8th-12th July and 19th-23rd July €50 for Members, €60 for non-members - Family discounts apply Get into the swing of tennis this summer! contact ashley (087) 9730926 to book a place or for more details.

WexFoRd CoUnTY TennIS ChAmPIonShIPS The finals of the Wexford County open Championships were held at hillbrook Lawn Tennis club on Saturday 22nd June. This prestigious tournament was supported by teams from Wexford, new Ross,Waterford, dungarvan, Kilkenny, Carlow and Tullow as well as a fantastic turnout of local players and members.

The large crowds who attended the event throughout the week were treated to some high quality tennis. Challenging conditions during finals night on Saturday did not take from the high standard of tennis with some notable local successes. Tom McGrath retained his A singles crown for the third year in a row with a convincing victory over Wexford's Bjorn Eric Jenkins (6-1, 6-0). Tom then along with our club captain Noel Devereux retained their A doubles title defeating Bjorn and Shane Jenkins (6-3, 6-3). This was a very entertaining match with tennis of an exceptional quality that entertained a large appreciative crowd of supporters.

The A ladies singles title was won comprehensively by our tennis coach Ashley Wynne when she overcame Katie Atkinson (Hillbrook) on a scoreline of 6-1, 6-1.

Other notable successes for Hillbrook were Sheelagh Farrell and Sheila Twomey who were victorious over Nancy Cleary and Sinead Conroy (Dungarvan) in the Ladies B doubles final (6-4, 6-1). Sheamus O’Connor and Hermes Parker were narrowly defeated by Wexford's stalwarts Nicky Rossiter and Eddie Dempsey in the men's B doubles (6-3, 6-3).

Sheamus along with partner Bernie Donohoe were also narrowly defeated by Kilkenny's Tom Madigan and Maire Nolan (6-4, 6-4) in the B mixed doubles.

In the men's C singles final Alan Doyle (Hillbrook) lost to Ed Shallow 7-5, 6-1.

In an all Hillbrook D men's final Tom Breen overcame Authur Nowased 6-4, 6-3 completing a very successful tournament for the local Hillbrook club.

Once again a very big thanks to the tennis committee and especially tournament director, John Dempsey, who along with club captain Noel Devereux, secretary William Murphy and Keith Sheehan who organised and scheduled all the matches. The aftermatch BBQ and salads were in great demand and a special thanks goes to Ann Wall and her team of helpers for making it such a success.

The Juniors will take centre stage next. Don't forget to enter the Junior Open Championships - July 1-6th for members and non-members. Entries online at hltc.ie.

Closing date for entry is Friday next the 28th of June. This year our Junior open is kindly sponsored by Enniscorthy Credit Union. n

Hurlers advance Wexford had 10 points to spare over Antrim at Wexford Park on 22nd June and are now through to the next phase of the All-Ireland hurling Qualifiers to play Carlow next Saturday, June 29th.

Thanks to two goals by Rory Jacob and Podge Doran, Liam Dunne's side led narrowly by

2-5 to 0-9 at half-time before racing six points ahead soon after the restart and then scored a crucial goal in the 56th minute through Paul Morris.

Wexford Scorers: J Guiney 0-8 (0-5f, 0-2 65); P Morris 1-2, R Jacob 1-1, P Doran 1-1, G Sinnott 0-4 (0-1f), E Martin 01 (0-1f), Murphy 0-1. n

All eyes on the ball! Great actions shots from the Wexford vs Antrim qualifier on 22nd June. Pics: Declan Roche.

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Cyclin’ and freezin’ for a reason Enniscorthy Golf enniscorthy residents Stuart Copeland and Toby Cowper will cycle from dublin to enniscorthy on June 29th to raise much needed funds for Special olympics Ireland.

When they reach enniscorthy (about 6pm) they will participate in the Polar Plunge event taking place in enniscorthy as part of the Strawberry Festival. This will involve the men getting off their bikes after 120km and jumping into freezing cold water for both the amusement of others as well as for a charitable cause. Toby says: “If we think we may be tired after the trip this will be a great way to wake us up!”

Special Olympics Ireland is a cause very close to the two men’s hearts. The money raised by them will go towards providing better facilities for people with intellectual disabilities to practise, compete and enjoy sports. This affords them the chance to realise goals and

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dreams, meet new people and get a thrill from competing in sport. Being avid sportsmen themselves Toby and Stuart already know the great emotional ride sport can take you on and the thrills that can be experienced. To know that the money they raise will help bring that feeling to others who may not have had a chance to get the most out of sport before is a real comfort to everyone involved.

Stuart and Toby take inspiration from the two mottoes of Special Olympics Ireland: "A place for everyone" and "Let me win but if I cannot win let me be brave in the attempt".

The men hope to raise at least €500 so any donations, no matter what size, will be gratefully received. Log onto http://fundraising.specialolympics.ie/Fundraisingpag e.aspx?uid=1218&eid=655 or else contact Marianne at Special Olympics Leinster 01-6296999.

A civic reception ceremony was held for members of Enniscorthy Golf Club in The Presentation Centre on 13th June.

Enniscorthy Town Council wished to mark the recent Club successes, including the Ladies All Ireland winning teams and the Gents Barton Cup winning teams of 2008 and 2011.

Pearl Deane, long standing member and team supporter, with Club President Jim Delaney and his wife Bernie.

Will you “Polar Plunge” for Special Olympics?

Special olympics needs your help! The first ever Polar Plunge for Special olympics Leinster will take place on Saturday 29th June as part of the enniscorthy Strawberry Festival.

Would you, a friend or colleague commit to grin and “bear” it for the athletes of Special Olympics Leinster, by taking a dip into an above ground swimming pool filled with icy cold water on Saturday 29th June, anytime between 10am-6pm. You’re probably getting cold just thinking about it! But the cold will be a temporary feeling… the positive impact this will have on the lives of the 2,500 athletes from Special Olympics Leinster will last a lifetime.

There will be a number of different types of people

plunging on the day.

1. The all-day plunger, who will take a dip, once an hour every hour for the duration of 8 hours.

2. Once-off plungers will take a single plunge at a time convenient to them.

3. Toss Your Boss – We are asking companies and o rg a n i s a t i o n s t o g e t behind the event by raising funds to “toss the boss” into the pool.

The plunge pool is about 4 feet deep (no need to be able to swim) and the platform will be about the same height, (similar to the shallow end of a swimming pool). Once you’re in, it’s up to you how quick you get out. There will be a photographer on site to capture the moment for you or your company.

Fundraising Once-off plungers are asked to raise a minimum of €50. All day plungers will be asked to raise €100. Once you register you will be sent a sponsorship pack with a sponsor card and you can also log on to the Special Olympics website and set up a personal online fundraising page.

What can I wear?

If you decide to take the plunge, you can basically wear whatever you like, swimsuit, uniform, fancy dress, shorts and a tee-shirt, it’s up to you.

Wet suits would be cheating though. There will be a prize for the best fancy dress costume on the d a y.

Company/team logos can be displayed whilst you are jumping.

Will the water be cold?

The title gives this one away

a little (Freezin’ for a Reason) and there may even be some ice!!! Don’t worry though; there will be lots of tea/coffee and goodies to warm you up afterwards.

What will I need?

One-off plungers will need to bring a towel and change of clothes. Basically what you might bring if you were going swimming. There will be changing facilities on site. how long will it take?

For those taking part in the one-off plunge it will take between 20 to 30 minutes to receive your briefing and take the plunge (you’ll only be in the water for a minute or so).

Can I get more information?

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L-R: Ann Hennessey, Michelle Browne, Helen Cosgrave, Elizabeth Browne and Mary O'Shea.

L-R: Lady Captain Joan Dunbar, Keith Doyle (then Chairman Enniscorthy Town Council) and Men's Captain Murty Dempsey.

Festival of Faith

The recent Festival of Faith in Enniscorthy was deemed a huge success with large crowds attending the seminars, exhibitions, tours, liturgies, etc. Above: Donal Cullen with Archbishop Diarmuid Martin.

Irish Times journalist and author, John Waters (centre), with organisers and participants in the Faith Festival. Pic: Donal Cullen.

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ennISCoRThY eYe a column by Joseph Doyle

fuN iN THE SuN There was plenty of sun and music in the town of enniscorthy on the weekend of 7th to 9th of June.

This was the new time slot picked for the first of the big summer festivals in enniscorthy.

The sun came out to play all weekend of the three-day event called the Enniscorthy Street Rhythms Dance Fest which is now in its sixth year.

It is the first of the summer festivals and attracts visitors to our town for three days of fun and dance and a lot more besides.

This year’s Street Rhythm Festival was bigger and better than ever with plenty of new attractions.

On Friday 7th June the 3day dance bonanza kicked off with a massive parade led by a 6o-piece brass band and the carnival made its way up to the Market Square where the fun started with the opening ceremony. The groups showed us what they had in store for the weekend. Among the highlights of the dance acts this year was the special needs dance group from Wexford who danced their hearts out for the crowd. This was followed by the AllIreland street dance group Nu Edge Dance who were also excellent and they even brought a truckload of trophies to prove they can do their stuff. The closing act was Rathnure Pantomime Society’s new musical Eternal Flame which was spectacular.

On Saturday the fun started early with a disco which was attended by Barney and Baby Bop. Then it was off to Enniscorthy Castle for the fairytales in the castle

which was one of the highlights of the festival but the proceedings didn’t go to plan as the fairytales in the castle turned out to be a quest to find Dorothy’s ruby red slippers which were stolen from her by the wicked Witch of the East. She put a spell on Dorothy to give her the shoes but she overlooked the fact that Dorothy had help – the Witch opened her magic porthole but the stupid woman forgot to close this which meant that Dorothy’s friends and the Princess used the castle Facebook to summon the Tinman, Glenda Scarecrow and the cowardly Lion from Oz to Enniscorthy but the Scarecrow being a birdbrain phoned for reinforcements and had Robin Hood and Snow White as well. Well the quest got even more intense as the King and Queen wanted everyone out of their home but Dorothy got help from the children and got her shoes back but decided that she better stay because she knew the Witch was going to hatch a plan to ruin Mickey and Minnie’s wedding. The wedding ring was stolen by Cruella de Ville and her evil boyfriend, Captain Hook.

Well this was the best wedding I was ever at as it took Mickey 60 years to walk down the aisle and Minnie was upset that her wedding wouldn’t take place but it did and everyone had a great day.

The weekend also had Enniscorthy’s first outdoor cinema showing Grease. Well done on a great festival. Let’s hope it’s a carbon copy for the second festival – the Strawberry Festival which takes place from the 28th of June to the 30th of June. n

After 60 years together Mickey and Minnie Mouse got married at the Enniscorthy Street Rhythms Dance Fest. © Joseph Doyle.

CoNgRATulATioNS  Happy 6th birthday on 20th of July to Molly O’Brien from her father, Patrick O’Brien, Bellefield.  Happy birthday to Patrick O’Brien who celebrates his own birthday in July as well.  Happy birthdays to Fiona Furlong and Marian Carty,  Happy birthday to Terry Rickard (50).  Happy birthday to our own Jamie T Murphy and Maria Nolan.  Happy birthday Aimee Breen on 24th July.  Anniversaries on 25th July: John and Ann Doyle, Duffry

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Hill. Joe and Fiona Doyle, Dublin.

15th wedding Anniversary Anthony and Deirdre Breen.

Anniversary John and Joanne Healy married nine years.

Congratulations to Shane Long and Kayleah on their recent wedding.

Plus after 60 years together Mickey and Minnie Mouse got married at the recent Enniscorthy Street Rhythms Dance Fest.

Congrats to Pat Cody, the new Chairman of Enniscorthy Town Council.

– Joseph Doyle

BATTlE of ViNEgAR Hill CoMMEMoRATiVE EVENiNg To mark the 215th anniversary of the Battle of Vinegar hill, enniscorthy Town Council and the national 1798 Rebellion Centre in conjunction with The gathering Ireland hosted a memorial ceremony remembering all those who lost their lives on the longest day in the bloodiest battle on Vinegar hill during the 1798 Rebellion.

The ceremony was dignified and appropriate for the occasion and included contributions from Cllrs Pat Cody and Sean Doyle, Niall and Eamonn Wall, Paul O’Reilly, F r. B r i a n B r o a d e r s a n d Archdeacon Chris Long.

Please note that this event is separate from the Battle of Vinegar Hill Re-enactment which will take place on the 3rd and 4th of August as any reenactment on 21st June would have clashed with the Battle of Waterloo re-enactment weekend which takes place in June each year in England.

For those of you who don’t know it Vinegar Hill is actually a volcanic hill and in Irish is Cnoc Fiodh na gCaor (meaning Hill of the Wood with the Berries) and the word Vinegar comes from the English pronunciation of that Irish name.

– Joseph Doyle

Doyles of the Duffry

Strictly Hip Hop at the Enniscorthy Street Rhythms Dance Fest. © Joseph Doyle.

friday 28th of June: Karaoke with Max and Bull 10.30pm. saturday 29th June: Denny Davitt and his Heartbeats 10.30pm. sunday 30th June: DJ Joe in the Beer Garden 4pm to 6pm weather permitting. sunday 30th June: Open Mike Night, calling all singers, dancers, jokers for a talent extravaganza with Reillys Men, time tbc.

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DATES foR youR DiARy STRAWBeRRY FeSTIVAL 28-30th June: See full programme on pages 16 and 17 and more information on pages 4,12,15. Please note mcFadden’s Fun Fair will be in the Showgrounds (and not the Promenade) from Thursday 27th June to Sunday 30th of June. Fun Fair times: Thursday 27th at 7pm, Friday 28th at 6pm, Saturday 29th at 2pm and Sunday 30th at 2pm.

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– dragon Sportive: Sunday 30th June. First ever event. Starts 9am on the Fair Green from the Tour de France start point between Doyle’s and Donohoe’s pubs. Be early to get a good view.

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– hope Centre garden Party. The Hope Centre invites everyone to support its Garden Party which will take place in the Hope Centre on Saturday 29th of June with music by the Duffry Stompers and Mary Crosby from 1pm to 5pm. Let’s hope the sun shines again.

For more information contact the Hope Centre at 22 Weafer Street, Enniscorthy, 053-9238555.

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Wexford County Show 2013: Will take place on Saturday the 29th June in Enniscorthy Showgrounds. This year’s show promises more exciting events with new-look grounds and improved parking facilities. Back by popular demand is the tractor pulling which promises to be more exciting than ever! Flower arranging demonstration by Nessa Byrne on Saturday 29th June at 12 noon.

Flowers and materials from Annette’s Flowers in Enniscorthy.

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Stags and hens: Drama. Weds 3rd July 8pm. The Presentation Centre.

Over 16s. See page 11.

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– eternal Flame: Musical in Rathnure Hall from 3rd to 11th July at 8pm. Box office 087-0687801, 053-9255429. See page 13.

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Ichthyosis Support group Coffee morning: This will take place in Bellefield GAA complex on Friday 5th July 10am to 1pm with all proceeds to the Ichthyosis Support Group. All are welcome to support this worthy cause with tea, coffee and cakes served, and Raffle and homemade cake sale also on the day. For readers who don't know what ichthyosis is it’s a rare skin condition with no known cure. People with ichthyosis can suffer from very dry skin which can blister and become infected.

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– enniscorthy drama group: Table Quiz in Rackards on the 10th July 8.30pm. Table of 4 for €20. Your support will be most appreciated. Quiz master is Jamie T Murphy.

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Riverside Jump Festival: 12th to 14th of July (see page 10).

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– The Tempest. Outdoor Drama. Sat 13th July, 7.30pm in The Presentation Centre garden, Enniscorthy. July 6th and 27th in Wells House, Gorey. July 20th in Redmond Park, Wexford.

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Battle of Vinegar hill Re-enactment: August 4th and 5th.

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– enniscorthy drama group: Presents JM Synge’s The Tinker’s Wedding and George MacEwan Green’s Ritual for Dolls on Sat 24th August in The Presentation Centre, Enniscorthy. Also, one of the plays, The Tinker’s Wedding, will be on tour around the county in July and August in various venues (details to be confirmed, keep an eye on the Slaney News Facebook page).

––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– WexFactor: Please note that WexFactor which had been planned for

late June has been postponed. More details on rescheduled event in a future issue of the Slaney News. n

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Jamie Murphy, Bridie Morrissey, Colum Coomey, Joe Doyle, Siobhan Duggan and Caroline Busher, Bellefield GAA Complex, 5th June, to support Enniscorthy Drama Group.

A delightful gathering at Bellefield gAA Complex on Wednesday 5th June to support the newly formed enniscorthy drama group.

The large crowd was indicative of the backing for this new venture in the town.

Organiser and PRO of the Drama Group Maria Nolan thanked Bellefield GAA for providing the venue and the Delightful Dollies Womens Group who were there in force saying that this was the essence of community spirit – local groups assisting and supporting each other. Maria then called on Chairman of the

Drama Group Colum Coomey to say a few words asking those present to give the Cork man a warm Enniscorthy welcome.

Colum expressed his thanks to Maria for organising the event saying that it would go a long way to helping defray the costs of their inaugural production – two one-act plays – A Tinkers Wedding directed by Colum himself and Ritual for Dolls directed by Siobhan Duggan on Saturday 24th August at The Presentation Centre.

Enniscorthy he said has a very proud and acclaimed tradi-

Andrew Jones’ “Greetings my Friends; A Photographic Celebration of Nature” opened at the Denis Collins Gallery, Custom House Quay, Wexford on Saturday June 15th. It is an exhibition of landscapes, nature and fine art nude photography by Andrew Jones.

Padraig Grant did the official opening.

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tion in drama and he hoped that the new group would be able to rekindle both the interest and the success of previous years. He concluded by thanking everyone for coming and had a special word for those who sponsored spot prizes for the raffle. €420 was raised at the event and the Drama Group would like to extend their sincere thanks to all.

Their next event is a fundraising Table Quiz at Rackard’s on Wednesday 10th July at 8.30pm – so put it in the diary and have your thinking caps at the ready! n

Padraig Grant, Jack Higginbotham, Andrew Jones, Denis Collins at the official opening of Andrew Jones’ exhibition ‘Greetings My Friends’ at the Denis Collins Gallery. Pic: Patrick Hogan.

New Slaney Writing…

Be CooL Be CALm

by Donal Cullen

mARIA

by Martin Joseph Byrne

Be cool be calm Give a shake in the others palm.

A poem from his book “words to a peace lily at the gates of morning”

Be gentle, be kind, And don’t leave us behind.

Sea air surrounds her discovered breasts,

Be funny, be sad, Be good, be glad.

Don’t look behind Don’t look forward Just look for today For it’s you who pay When you look behind.

Be cool be calm Be gentle be good Be Johnny be good. n

Support the artS… Wexford arts Centre 053-9123764. presentation Centre, enniscorthy 053-9233000.

Her pale beauty bows beneath a sickle moon, I am Caesar watching her move, turning, Facing, becoming, calling to the mothers of Sea and foam, Poseidon’s lovers, nocturnal Beauties falling in mist and faithful spilled Moon light, my infamous creature, a figurine Whispering sonnets to the sea, the sea Returning in unfaithful spray and threnody. n

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Cllrs. Johnny Mythen, Keith Doyle and Jackser Owens with St. Sebastian in The Presentation Centre. Pic: Maria Nolan.

Artist Julie Moorhouse with Stephen O’Leary. Pic: Maria Nolan.

A little bit of lustre at The Presentation The Presentation Centre exploded with life on Thursday 6th June at the launch of the enniscorthy Showcase exhibition. The packed Centre marvelled at the huge variety of work from over 15 local artists and acknowledged the very high standard of the pieces being exhibited.

A joint venture between the Centre and the Denis Collins Gallery this fabulous exhibition consists of over 60 pieces of wonderful art work encompassing the varied forms of sculpture, painting, sketching, ceramics, prints and photographs. All pieces were selected by Denis Collins from submissions by artists either from or living in the Enniscorthy area.

Each person was asked to forward 4 pieces of their work for appraisal. The results are stunning with work from experienced and previously featured Artists like Julie Moorehouse, Desmond

McCarthy, Matt Doyle and John Busher, along with marvellous pieces from lesser known talents like Lar Joyce, Oonagh Latchford, Ilva Krama, Helen McGoldrick, Fintan Ryan, Zane Sutra and Imogen Stafford to name put a few.

In his Introduction Denis Collins congratulated the Presentation Centre on its first anniversary and complimented Manager Mairead Linneen for the wonderful work being done at the centre. Denis said that the Exhibition was to mark the success of the Centre`s first year and herald its second. He expressed his delight with the variety and quality of the art submitted and said that 10 years ago there wouldn`t have been 2 artists in the Enniscorthy area and now thankfully we have an abundance he said.

Chairman of the Council Keith Doyle said that it was his pleasure to officially open the Showcase Exhibition and

he said how delighted he was at the response of the people of Enniscorthy to all the events at the Centre - it was truly becoming a community art space. Keith had a special mention for his favourite piece an exquisite piece of sculpture by the very gifted Julie Moorehouse of St. Sebastian pierced by 3 arrows which would set you back €25,000.

Councillor Doyle joked that himself and 2 other Councillors had posed beside the statue with the 3 arrows for a photograph and he felt the caption should read - A Bad Shot! enniscorthy Showcase exhibition will run until the 10th August and I would encourage all to visit the Centre and feast your eyes on the wealth of talent that surrounds us, or as denis Collins suggested, pull up a chair and sit in front of these amazing works of art and soak up their splendour and originality.

– Maria Nolan

In Strawberry Fields by Maria Nolan In early morning side streets we gathered Sitting on walls, tousled, sleepy eyed, ragged Drowsily waiting for tractor and trailer To load us all up and take us in tow To Strawberry Fields of long ago In shabby, worn out clothes and shoes Fed up, forlorn, forsaken we were sent To the Enniscorthy fruitful work camps To bend and kneel and pick and hoe In Strawberry Fields of long ago All day long we toiled drill by rigid drill Blistering orange sun on red stained fingers Young backs curled, earth scraped knees Up and down the painful row by row In Strawberry Fields of long ago In barns we sat at lunchtime tables devouring Greasy bacon and cabbage and balls of flower On grassy headlands we relished black banana and Tomato sodden sandwiches with milk from the bo In Strawberry Fields of long ago We laughed and talked and argued and fought Fell in and fell out, made enemies and friends Lusted and loved and yearned and flirted Bullied, jeered and teased a common foe In Strawberry Fields of long ago Tirelessly filling punnet, basket, box and crate Continually calculating our end of day rate Dreaming of Promenade rides and swings And stalls and music in the Abbey Square At the Enniscorthy Strawberry Fair n

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