Excerpts From A Dingle Diary
Saturday, January 11.
By Ted Creedon
Monday, January 13.
Gave an illustrated talk on archaeology to a group of 35 American students in Tralee library. They're here to study Irish culture. Around 20,000 black mine workers were sacked in South Africa this week over strikes and demands for better wages.
Wednesday, January 1, 1986. News today that singer-songwriter Ricky Nelson and members of his band were killed in a plane crash in Texas. It seems that the plane crash-landed but then burst into flames. The pilot and co-pilot escaped with severe burns. Ricky Nelson was also an actor and starred in the film Rio Bravo with John Wayne and Dean Martin. He was 42.
Thursday, January 2. The recently formed political party the Progressive Democrats opened their new offices in Dublin today. The party is headed up by Dessie O'Malley who was expelled from the Fianna Fáilparty last year.
Saturday, January 4.
Today was very wet and wild with forecasts of ' severe and violent winds up to force 11'. There were some ESB cuts in the area but power was restored by 5.30pm. Reports of an attempted coup in Aden, South Yemen, against the Marxist government but it was quickly put down and the instigators were executed which is a fool proof way of getting rid of one's enemies in a hurry.
Tuesday, January 14. Chaired a meeting of the parents council at the CBS primary school tonight. Discussions centered around fund-raising for the school; the provision of a better selection of books for the library; the possibility of getting the cinema from Michael Francie on March 17th and plans to run a social in the Hillgrove on February 28th. American actress Donna Reed died today. She was probably best known for her roles in the films It's a Wonderful Life and From Here to Eternity. She was 64.
Another well known singer-songwriter died in London today. Phil Lynott was the founder and front man of the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy. His death, at the age of 35, has shocked the country.
Sunday, January 5. The countryside is a bit brighter this morning because of the first fall of snow but not what you'd call soft snow - too icy for snowball fights. The roads are very icy too. Driving to Ballyferriter, the car skidded on ice and waltzed around the road for a few moments but recoveredwithout hitting anything!
Monday, January 6. Gave an illustrated talk on the archaeology of the area to a group of American students in Granvilles Hotel, in Ballyferriter, tonight.
Tuesday, January 7. Forgot to mention the shock felt by the local community by the death last week of the popular Annascaul musician Stanley Doyle.
Wednesday, January 8.
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The last of the Christmas decorations came down today. Our tree has been stuck in the lawn near the house. The birds might get used to it after a few days. The oil companies have just reduced petrol prices by 7p per gallon but, before we could rejoice, the Government decided to take the reduction for itself by raising petrol prices by 7p per gallon. We can't have motorists going around with smiles on their faces, now can we? The B & I shipping line is on strike again with many passengers stranded at ports. The company, which was formed before the Famine, had trading losses of more than £40 million in recent years.
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Thursday, January 9. President Reagan has introduced sanctions against Libya for its support of terrorism. He has ordered American civilians who live in Libya to leave the country or they will be penalised when they return to the States. Strange. The UK's Defense Secretary, Michael Heseltine, has resigned from Cabinet after a reported blazing row with Margaret Thatcher over a British helicopter company.
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