ST. COLMCILLE'S PARISH NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1990

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JUNIOR SCHOOL KNOCKLYON

Pictured Above: Mrs. Yvonne Kenny of Knocklyon Green receiving the keys of a brand new Toyota Corolla (Grand Prize in Parish Draw) from Fr. A. Fitzpatrick PP.

Also pictured: Mr. John O'Connell representing Murphy + Gunn's Tallaght.

THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC

Whenever I think of Joyce O'Hara, I think of music, of sing-ing and dancing, and of many happy memories.

I first met her shortly after she came to live in the Knocklyon area with her husband, Aidan, and their family. In those, what now seem far off days, we used to have all sorts of 'do 's ' and 'little evenings' as a kind of exercise for getting to know each other. It was on one such occa-sion that we gathered in the home of a mutual friend and after supper, we sat around the fire and talked. Later on, to the soft strumming of the guitar, Joyce and Aidan began to sing. I recall the ease with which she gently persuaded us to join in the singing. Since that night, this attractive, talented woman has brought countless hours of happiness to many people through the medium of music and song.

She was born in Dundas, Ontario, in Canada, the young-est of nine children, and on leaving school, qualified as a Primary Teacher. From that moment to the present day, she has been involved in the teaching of music to children and adults. In Canada too, fate stepped in when Joyce, a staunch Catholic, applied to become a Voluntary Teacher with the Oblate Fathers, in the Northern Territory of British Columbia. It was the time when the Canadian Government would not fund Catholic schools, and the Bishop of the Diocese (Bishop O'Grady) sought English speaking volunteers for a two year mission of teaching. No salary was offered, but Room and Board were supplied. It was there that Joyce met Aidan, a volunteer f rom Ireland. Love blossomed, and they were married in Dundas in 1965. In 1968, they came to Ireland from Canada for a brief period, before settling here permanently with their four children. That was twelve years ago.

Through the years since then, she has given her services tirelessly and wholeheartedly to our community, whenever the occasion arose. In fact, the familiar sight of Joyce and her guitar became part of the Knocklyon landscape. She sang and played at numerous concerts, parties, the Annual Singalong at the bonfire during Family Week, where she strummed away while everyone sang their hearts out and of ten danced. These entertainments did not end locally. Indeed, until the Reconciliation Centre was closed a couple of years ago, she and Bernie Hynes used to drive down to Glencree every Sunday, to play and sing for this worthy cause.

For some time now, she has been teaching music at St. Nicholas Montessori School, Dun Laoghaire, which caters for boys and girls between the ages of 3 and 12. She loves the work and finds the children most receptive. Even the youngest are taught very early to recognise the sound and visual appearance of the various musical instruments of an orchestra. She also uses her own tapes in the classroom. These are part of a series of tapes, written, sung and pub-lished by Joyce, which are widely used in Primary schools throughout the country. Action Songs — Christmas Songs -Irish Songs — even songs about Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction and Division — make learning a happy ex-perience. At this time of year, like most schools, she is busy preparing for the Christmas Concert, a big event in the life of every child.

Today, despite her commitments, Joyce still manages to do the weekly Church collection in her area. She con-tinues to man the 'Nearly New' stall at the Annual Christ-mas Fair, teaches children and adults to sing and play the guitar, and in her spare time, attends weekly classes to learn Step Dancing. She is also a member of the Firhouse Singers, a 40-strong secular singing group, who embrace a wide variety of choral entertainment, such as 4 part singing, songs f rom musicals, Barber Shop Quartets, and even songs like "Yesterday" of Beatles fame. This varied menu of music is presented in their many concerts.

One never ceases to be amazed at the energy, vitality and dedication of this woman. There is absolutely no doubt that Music is her life, and she has shared it unselfishly with hundreds of people through the years. I think many would join with me as a tribute to all her work, if-I quote a few lines f rom an old Abba song, which I think, speaks for itself.

"Music Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty?

What would life be? Without a song, or a dance, what are we?

So, I say, thank you for the Music, For giving it to me "

Eileen Casey

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Enjoying the Youth Club Hallowe'en Disco on 26th Oct.

This year, the youth club is joining forces with the Brownies and sharing a stall at the Christmas Fair. Goodies on sale wil l include Christmas Wreaths, Christmas Logs and thread pictures. Fionnghuala Curry, Theresa Hogan, and the band of dedicated helpers are currently working on a patchwork quilt which wi l l be raffled at the Fair.

Our Christmas Disco wi l l be held on Saturday 15th December in the Centre, Juniors 7-9 p.m., Seniors 9-11 p.m.

We regret that we cannot accept any new members into the Junior Club, because of capacity numbers, and though it shows' that we have a thriving Club, it still does not make the decision any more palatable. As I say, the Club is all systems go, wi th competitions in football, basketball, bad-minton and table tennis. The fantasy role playing group continues to have great interest from twenty members, ranging in age from 11-15 years. Badminton coaching still continues under the guidance of Margaret Ryan, and Gillian Keenan reports large numbers (40+) attending her jazz dancing class.

Paddy Ryan, P. R. O.

J^jn-AIN SPEAKjNG>

Many of you reading this newsletter are /oung — alive, alert and intelligent — part of a young generation which is changing the world.

There is one aspect of life which seems to be a "no go" area for you — almost every other facet of human endea-vour has your attention and the sharp edge of your in-telligence. That area is, of course, religion. In it, you generally either fol low sheepishly, or you don't participate wi th any real enthusiasm.

Why is this? Is it because the image of God you have is off-putt ing or are you afraid that active participation in religion might l imit your freedom?

Starting this month, the Newsletter wil l t ry to get you thinking about God — but we need your response, your comments, and even your criticism.

Do you find Mass boring? It's a common complaint of young people. Perhaps the following illustration may help.

Gary is to meet Anne outside News Extra on Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. He gets involved with "Top of the Pops" and forgets. Anne is understandably annoyed.

Next day, Gary remembers, feels guilty and wants to make up. He buys a box of chocolates and goes to meet Anne. He apologises, she gives him a lecture. He produces the chocolates and when she accepts, they make up and share the chocolates.

Can you see any connection between this rather trivial incident and the Mass? We have all offended God, so at the start of Mass, we confess our sinfulness, God in the readings tells us how we are to behave. We then offer the bread and wine at the Offertory. Like the chocolates, these are of no great value, but because they represent us and because at the Consecration they become the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ as offered at Calvary, they are of infinite value in restoring us to God's friendship. Finally, at the Communion, we share these gifts.

Seen like this, the Mass is an activity — we go to God to confess our faults — to offer and to receive. It wil l not then be of central importance if the sermon is too long, or the music isn't to our taste. Of course, there's far more to the Mass than this, but a real awareness of what we are doing, can give our attendance a sense of purpose, and may eventually lead us to go to Mass not because we have to, but because we want to.

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Barbara Reidy (Glenvara) and Kieran O'Connor who were married on 29th October 1990

CRAFTS FOR CHRISTMAS Recent ly I spent a m o r n i n g at the Mar lay Cra f t C o u r t y a r d , and af ter being greeted by the peacocks and pigeons I spoke t o some o f the people invo lved in p roduc ing the beau t i fu l w o r k s on d isp lay. Space a l lows on l y a br ief descr ip t ion o f each; mos t o f w h i c h are open seven days a week. M A R L A Y P A R K P O T T E R Y is run by Frances Desmond, and has an extensive range of handcra f ted ceramic pieces in s tock. T h e lamps and candleholders come in var ious shapes and sizes, and there is a f i ne select ion of j ewe l le ry . A novel idea w h i c h caught m y eye is " T h e b i r t h t i l e " made t o order , beau t i f u l l y pa in ted and giv ing detai ls o f the new born babe. For any budd ing po t te rs Frances gives classes f o r adul ts on Thursdays and Fr idays and f o r ch i l d ren on Saturdays.

T H E L O G B O X C O L L E C T I O N has a who le array of goods hand-c ra f ted in natura l w o o d s f r o m the loca l i t y . T h e co l l ec t i on , owned by M u h a m m a d and Sakina Meddings, Includes Chests of Drawers, T r i n k e t Boxes, Jewel le ry and Bu t tons . The i r w o r k has been ex-po r t ed t o Japan, Amer i ca and Ho l land . A large select ion o f note-paper and cards p r i n ted on recycled paper are also avai lable here.

A t C O T T A G E C O P P E R C R A F T there are a number of beaten copper wal l plaques w i t h designs f r o m manuscr ip ts and carved stone of anc ient I re land. T h e In i t ia ls f r o m the Book o f Kel ls in e tched copper create an immed ia te appeal t o those w h o value the t r a d i t i o n of early Ir ish cu l tu re . A d d i t i o n a l craf ts here inc lude Pewter earrings and pendants, and a lovely idea f o r ch i ld ren are the handpa in ted names (made t o order) on w o o d e n plaques.

A R T I S T / I L L U S T R A T O R : D e r m o t MacGowan has a pe rmanen t e x h i b i t i o n of his wa te rco lours and drawings at his s tud io . He has a great in terest In o ld D u b l i n and he specialises in Sepia p r in ts of Dub l i n and West o f I re land scenes w h i c h he sketches on locat ion . Du r ing our cha t he t o l d me he got his f i r s t commiss ioned w o r k years ago when Fr . Weak l iam asked h im t o sketch all the Carmel i te houses in I re land. Du r i ng t h a t t i m e he was given the Prov inc ia l 's r o o m in Kinsale f o r the n igh t l D e r m o t has 35 years exper ience of Ch i l d Por t ra i tu re , and if y o u have a half an hour and £ 1 0 t o spend y o u can come away w i t h a love ly penci l p o r t r a i t of y o u r ch i ld .

B A T I K S : Tr lsha Curran specialises in Bat iks w h i c h is an anc ient m e t h o d of p u t t i n g a design on c lo th using ho t wax and co ld dyes. T h e fabr ic is then used f o r cushions, lampshades, wa l l hangings, and can also be f r amed as p ic tures. Th is is a un ique sk i l l and as each i tem is i nd i v idua l l y made no t w o pieces are exac t l y al ike. Tr isha also w o r k s w i t h paper wh i ch she tu rns i n to greetings cards.

H A R L E Q U I N C R A F T S : T h e magn i f i cen t p ic tures carved in leather are done by Dave Byrne. I wa tched h i m at w o r k and was impressed w i t h the precis ion and pat ience requ i red t o p roduce these a t t rac t ive works . Dave has gone t o A f r i c a f o r the w in te r bu t y o u can st i l l v iew and buy his p ictures. No d o u b t , on his re tu rn he w i l l have fresh ideas f o r mo re carvings.

M E T A L A R T D E S I G N : V i n c e n t O 'Hara has a large select ion of brass w o r k s at his s tud io . Mos t o f his designs are used in commerc ia l business such as hotels, bars and restaurants. However , he is happy t o serve the ind iv idua l cus tomer , and f o r the h o m e he can supply wal l hangings, stair rods, fenders, cooker hoods, name plates, canopies etc. F A I L T E C R Y S T A L / E A M O N G L A S S : A l l the glasses are manu-fac tu red in the i r f a c t o r y at Wh i t echu rch Road and are d isp layed in the large s h o w r o o m at the Cou r t ya rd . There is a huge var ie ty of crysta l t o choose f r o m and y o u can bu i l d up a co l l ec t i on by buy ing ind iv idua l glasses fo r as l i t t l e as £1. Many sets are in love ly presen-t a t i o n boxes and they have some un ique ideas f o r gi f ts.

D U B L I N D E S I G N S T U D I O : John McKenna ' s sculptures are in co ld cast and sol id bronze and his s tud io has a huge var ie ty o f w o r k s t o su i t all tastes. His customers come f r o m all over the w o r l d , and among the holders o f his f amous Ir ish W o l f h o u n d are Frank Sinatra, M ikha i l Gorbachev and Rona ld Reagan. However , John w o u l d l ike more local people t o appreciate and buy his creat ions. His com-missions inc lude t roph ies f o r G o l f Championsh ips , and I k n o w he has raised thousands of pounds f o r var ious char i t ies by dona t i ng his w o r k s f o r auc t ion . Lamps are a specia l i ty w i t h h i m and f o r Christ-mas a popu la r piece is " T h e F a m i l y " . I c o u l d n ' t resist the t e m p t a t i o n t o order one f o r myse l f , and I l ook f o r w a r d t o being the owner o f a John M c K e n n a or ig ina l .

C O F F E E SHOP: I en joyed a cup of f resh ly b rewed co f fee in the f r i e n d l y co f fee shop where there was a f u r t he r assor tment o f craf ts on display and f o r sale. As I le f t beh ind the cha rm and beauty o f the C o u r t y a r d and the people I me t , the words " A t h i n g of beauty is a j o y f o r eve r " were r ing ing t h rough m y head. W h y no t pay a v is i t t o the Centre and see f o r yourse l f the w o r k s of ar t t h a t come f r o m the hands and the hearts of the i r makers.

Mary Clifford

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BALLYBODEN ST. ENDAS GAA AND CAMOGIE CLUB

New Dressing Rooms: Four new dressing rooms should be available early in 1991 at our club on the Firhouse Road as announced by Club Chairman at the recent AGM. The additional facilities are badly needed to cater for the huge numbers involved in over f i f ty football, hurling andcamogie teams. The Club had a successful year, the highlight being the cap-ture of the Dublin County Minor Football Championship for the first time.

First Senior Football Cup Success: Another first was the victory of the Senior Football side in the St. Vincent de Paul Cup against Ballymun Kickhams. A Paul Stafford point from a sideline a minute from time claimed the title. The man-of-the-match award was presented to corner back, Gay O'Brien who was superb. Others to shine were Padraig Monaghan, Frank Rafferty, Philip Wardick and Ken Murray.

Dubs Stars Club members Brian Kelleher and David Kane both showed encour-aging form in their recent debut matches in Nowlan Park and Parnell Park, respectively. Ben Molloy and Paul Stafford recently had trials for the Dublin Senior Football panel.

Juvenile Affairs Activity on the Juvenile front continues each week-end. Greg Heraty's Under 15 Football side has made it to the Quarter-Final of the Championship. The Under 14 side managed by Pat Walsh who won the Special Leinster Football Competition during the Summer, remain unbeaten in their League as does the Under 13 side of Charlie Cronin. Jim Goodall has no complaint with his Under 12A's who are on top of the League table.

On the hurling front, the Under 16 side, managed by Denis Ryan and John Keating have emerged on top in all their matches. Both the Under 12 sides managed by Malachy Buckeridge and Tom Durkin have 100% records.

The Camogie Section is as usual brimful with success and in the next issue, an update on the situation will be given.

In coming issues, I hope to bring readers up to date on the many happenings in our club and the active participation played by so many from the Knocklyon Parish and surrounding areas.

Slan go foill Gerry O'Sullivan

O N T O U R The U.11 hurlers (managed by Eamonn O'Sullivan) who had an away win at Kildorrery, and lost to Ballygiblin (Mitchelstown) during an action packed weekend treat after their last season

League win.

SENIOR SCHOOL NEWS Sports: As we head towards the Winter recess a "welf done" is extended to all the boys and girls who participated in the sports activities over the last few months. In excess of three hundred and fifty pupils have participated in the various internal school leagues in hurling and camogie or have been involved with the school teams in Senior and Junior Gaelic football and Girls Gaelic Football. As all these events are held after normal school hours a special thank you is extended to all those teachers who give of their time so generously on a voluntary basis. The participation rate of girls in both camogie and Gaelic football has increased dramatically over the last couple of years and their enthusiasm and interest is first rate. Parental support is a vital aspect of our activities. Those who make them-selves available to transport players to matches are very much appreciated. The recent cake sale in aid of the Sports Fund realised the magnificent sum of £710 — a strong indication of your support.

Gura fada buan e.

Senior Football: The Senior footballers were unsuccessful in their Div. 1 semi-final against S.F.X. Blanchardstown despite their hard work. A strong S.F.X. side based their victory on a number of well taken first half goals. A spirited second half display by Knocklyon was not enough to peg back the winners.

Camogie: There has been great enthusiasm this term in camogie and some great hurlers have come to the fore! The girls have taken a great interest in the school leagues which have just come to an end. "Lei t r im" won well and great performances were given by the team. Well done to all the girls. We are entering two teams this year in the league so keep practising during the winter, girls, if you want to make the teams.

Fourth Class Hurling League: The concluding stages of the league approach with the "Cats" and "Dubs" leading the pack. The skills, allied with the commitment of many of the boys have provided great highlights. Results of the semi-finals and final will be published in the next issue.

Third Class Camogie and Hurling: The new school year saw over 120 boys and girls take up hurling and camogie in third class. While enthusiasm was the main ingredient in early sessions it is now being linked to a good grasp of the skills of the game. Thanks to the interest of their parents they are well equipped with hurleys and helmets and while there are not great feats to be reported as of yet, many of the players are showing good interest and potential. To all the boys and girls involved — keep up the effort! More anon.

JUNIOR SCHOOL NEWS Concert time for the Juniors is imminent!!! We will proudly present "TOPS OF T H E TOTS" for your enjoyment. Tickets wili be issued shortly through the class teacher.

While we do not regard the concert as a profit-making exercise, you will, nevertheless, be asked to pay a nominal sum for the tickets. There will be a need to limit the numbers admitted to the hall each evening and tickets will be distributed accordingly.

You will notice a major refurbishing programme going on in the school at the moment — painting, carpeting and decorating. This is part of the continuing effort, to maintain the highest possible standards — ensuring a clean and proper educational environment for your children.

Any monies raised during this school year will help towards defraying the huge expense involved.

Many thanks for your continued support and generosity. Junior School Staff

The Junior School is in full swing with sports activities right now. Mrs. Mullan and Miss Mullany are coaching the budding basketball bouncers in 1st class and the hall is resounding with the rebounding. 120 of the second class children are involved in an indoor soccer league and Jane O'Neill's Simpsons' team and Conal Keaney's Villa squad are amongst the early leaders.

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The Community Council Reports - Once again, our meetings are dominated by discussions on planning proposals for our area. Two recent planning applications were forced through Dublin County Council, using the much abused Section 4 motion. The proposals, if successful, for we appealed against them, will add almost 380 houses to the Scholarstown Road. The applications are on behalf of Maple-wood Homes and Ballymore Homes. It was particularly infuriating to see Councillors force these Section 4 motions through, one month before they were due to introduce an Action Plan for Knock-lyon. Residents should note that these housing applications make no provision for "Class One" open green space, and we are fast running out of green space for Knocklyon. One major difficulty facing our fast growing community is communications, most residents are well settled before they have the chance to look around and see what is happening to their newly acquired neighbourhood.

BALLYCULLEN ROAD

How many of you know where Ballycullen Farm is? Well, this cow-speckled farm is the North Western Corner of the Knocklyon Parish boundary, at the junction of Ballycullen Road and Oldcourt Road. The Ballycullen Road itself was built by Lundy Foot in the early 19th Century as a carriageway to his home at Orlagh House (now the Augustinian Priory). It is on this farmland that the IDA and Dublin County Council are proposing to construct an indust-rial estate which will eventually absorb around 220 acres. Their rationale for the proposal - that the land will have excellent access to the Southern Cross Motorway! By such standards is our commun-ity carved up. The consequences of such a development within Knocklyon could be disastrous. Apart from the environmental im-pact, which would be considerable, residents would have little or no control over the type of industry which could eventually set up on such an estate. Is this the type of development you want for Knock-lyon? We have had a joint meeting with Firhouse Community Council to protest at this proposal and will shortly announce a petition against the proposed development. An action group has been established and our campaign will begin shortly. It is more im-portant now than ever that residents' associations become active and affiliate to the Community Council. Knocklyon's future rests in your hands.

NATURAL GAS

Meanwhile, An Bord Gais continues to extend Gas supplies to new estates in Knocklyon. This is something we welcome, however, we are dismayed at the Bord's suggestion that more mature estates "should be able to afford connection fees of between £500-£800 per house in order to link up to the Gas mains". Ironically, these pipes, in many cases, run right through our "mature estates" en route to the new housing developments. We do not agree that such levies should be placed on one section of our community for what, after all, is a national resource.

Vincent Kenny Knocklyon Community Council

CARLA MEETS THE QUEEN

Tuesday, 30th October 1990 was a very special day for a very special family from Castlefield Manor. Carta Van der Kamp (7), whose parents are members of the Dutch Society of Ireland, was chosen to present Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands with a bouquet of flowers on the Queen's recent State Visit to Ireland. Queen Beat-rix hosted a reception at the RHK to meet the Dutch Community.

Carla has both Irish and Dutch nationality, as her Mum, Susan is from Dungarvan, and her Dad, Henk is from Zeist, in central Holland. Well done, Carla, we hope you will treasure this memory all the days of your life. Thank you for sharing it with us.

REPORT OF THE PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL

At a meeting that took place on October 9th, reports were given on the various activities of the Pastoral Council

Some members of the Council have organised a Youth Mass that takes place on the first Sunday of each month in the Parish Centre. While attendance at this Mass is small, nevertheless, the organisers feel that it is very worthwhile.

Sr. Therese Carmel gave a very full and informative report on the Active Retirement Group.

Coming under the general heading of Pastoral Care, a number of programmes were set in motion in the Parish. A pre-baptism catechesis group were trained and they visit the parents of children for baptism prior to the celebration of the sacrament and explain to them all about the sacrament. The Advent and Lent Parish programmes have taken place in the parish for the last two years. These programmes are prayerful preparation for Christmas and Easter.

The Diocesan Eucharistic Renewal Programme took place in the parish on two occasions and it concluded with a Passover meal After Easter, the programme took place in four homes and approximately 30 people participated.

Last November, young adults were trained as Faith Friends to accompany some of the children for Confirmation. It is hoped to expand this to all the classes for Confirmation in 1991.

The Finance Committee were responsible for organising the Parish Draw and another committee were responsible for the Christmas Fair.

The Communications Committee of the Pastoral Council joined with the Community Council in organising and conducting the parish survey. They also initiated the services calendar that was delivered to each home in the parish.

At the end of April, the Council attended a seminar in Gort Muire conducted by Fr. Chris O'Donnell, O. Carm. The seminar helped the council to focus in on identifying parish needs, recog-nising the gifts and talents of people and promoting encouragement. The Council will continue with the findings of the seminar during the coming year and hope to encourage growth in all the activities of the parish.

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Emer O'Neill of 10 o'clock Mass fame has just announced her en-gagement to David Geoghegan. Wishing you both every happiness!!

BREAK A LEG, SEAMUS! Seamus Moian, from the Beverly Estate, now an accomplished actor, has recently joined Field Day Theatre. He is at present per-forming in Seamus Heaney's production of The Cure at Troy' in the Abbey Theatre. The production has received very good reviews by all the critics, so if you go along, give him an extra clap.

WHAT A STROKE We send congratulations to Colm Quinn (Knockcullen) on his selection to represent Dublin in Glasgow in an International Swim-ming Competition in December.

ON CUE - A SECOND TIME Not content to win just once - the Knocklyon Snooker Team proved their ability on Saturday 17th November, when they won the U.16 Snooker Championship in the Dublin Community Games Competition for the second year. The team is Roy O'Carroll, Mark O'Brien, Kieran Cooney, Gerard Carter, and Keith Troy. Well done, lads - can you make the hat trick?

WINNING WAYS Belated Congratulations to Mr. H. Blume of Knocklyon Road, winner of a Nissan Bluebird in the St. Vincent de Paul Monster Draw for August, and to Mrs. M. Bolger, Templeroan Lodge, who scooped the second prize of £1,000 in the same draw. Knocklyon seems to be a lucky place to live.

SPEEDY KNOCKLYON Congratulations to Sean King and Brian Sheehan, who won gold medals, and to Susan Tyson, who won a silver at the Dublin N.A.C.A. Cross Country Finals on 4th November. All three are members of the Brothers Pearse Athletic Club.

TOP OF THE CLASS The members of the V.E.C. Enjoy English class in KYCC would like to congratulate their teacher, Anne Bradley, on winning the "Short Story" competition organised by "The AUingham Arts Festival" in Bally shannon recently.

300 CLUB SCOUT DRAW £100 Mr. & Mrs. O'Brien, 84 Cremorne £50 M. O'Sullivan, 63 Knockaire £25 Ann & John Walshe, 27 Knocklyon Court

PART-TIME SECRETARY Templeogue Tennis Club has a vacancy for the position of part-time secretary.

Replies together with C.V. should be sent to: Mr. C. Megrane, Executive. Services Ltd., Kingscourt, 6 Leopardstown Office Park, Dublin 18.

ANYONE FOR TENNIS Congratulations to Aidan Meagher of Knocklyon Close on again being selected this year for the Leinster Junior Tennis Squad. Re-cently, he reached the Semi-Finals of the Donnybrook Junior Open and in late August, he won the Templeogue Junior Tennis Champ-ionship Cup.

NOVEMBER 1990 505 DRAW WINNERS No. 431 Mr. E. Barrett, Cremorne No. 900 Mrs. M. Tracey, Scholarstown No. 314 Mr. D. Douglas, Delaford No. 657 . . . Mrs. Yvonne Kenny, Knocklyon Green - Car Winner

RECENT BAPTISMS Ryan Declan Gallagher, (Donegal Christening) Tracy Samantha Hand, 14 Beverly Park Stephanie Ru th McGovern, 149 Coolamber Park Kevin George Connolly, 51 Westbourne Lodge Jennifer Ciara Buckley, 62 Ashton Avenue Mark Gerard Philpott , 16 Templeroan Drive Rebecca Murphy, 37 Beverly Downs Katie Rita Mockler, 35 Orlagh Park Garreth J o h n Kavanagh, 5 Beverly Park

•Erica Frances Catherine Pounch, 14 Greenacre Court Sharon Evonne Glynn, 25 Beverly Heights Andrew John Martin Coughlan, 77 Ashton Avenue Philip Michael Quinn, 32 Scholarstown Road Shona Pamela Ita Brown, 39 Orlagh Park Sarah Jane Kearney, 42 Beverly Heights David Mark Roche, 11 Beverly Heights Tara May Clarke, 21 Woodstock Park Nieve Ashling Cleary, 16 Orlagh Park Eoghan Charles Hallinan, 13 Beverly Heights

JEunan Daniel Bonar, 1 Beverly Crest Sarah Jane Mary Murphy, 5 Templeroan Way Emma Jane Fox, 23 Templeroan Drive Kieron Sean An thony Pio Ellis, Castlefield Manor Nieve Maria Murray, 73 Coolamber Park Kate Bernadette Flynn, 15 Orlagh Court Shane Karol O'Neill, 69 Templeroan Park Lorna Kate Marshall, 65 Dargle Wood Diarmuid Declan Cahill, 30 Beverly Avenue Ailish Rose Walker, Castlefield Manor

LITURGICAL PROGRAMME - ST. COLMCILLE'S, KNOCKLYON Times of Masses: Saturday Evening and Eves of Holy Days: 7 p. m. Sundays: 9 a.m., 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 12 noon and 7p.m. Weekdays: 9 a.m., 10 a.m., and 6.10 p.m. Confessions: Saturdays: 10.30 a.m. - 11 a.m., 6.30 p.m. - 7 p.m. and after 7p.m. Mass. Baptisms: Sundays at 3 p.m. Rev. Arthur P. Fitzpatrick P.P., Rev. Alan Fitzpatrick, Rev. Martin Farraher, and Rev. Joseph Mothersill.

SERVICES - CHURCH OF IRELAND, RATHFARNHAM Sunday: 8 a.m. Communion. 10.30 a.m. 1st Sunday of the Month - Family Service

2nd Sunday of the Month - Parish Communion 3rd Sunday of the Month - Morning Prayer 4th Sunday of the Month - Parish Communion

11.45 a.m. Communion Service. 5.00 p.m. Evening Prayer.

NEWSLETTER INFORMATION Items for inclusion in the December issue should be handed into the Presbytery by Monday, 10th December. The newsletter will be cir-culated from December 20th. As advertising space has become so popular, we are accepting adverts on a first come, first served basis only - so make sure to book your space in good time. Enquiries re advertising to Pat at 94 7493. PRINTOUT: 3,000 copies. HAND-DELIVERED: about 2,300 copies. Copies also available at Superquinn and Shape In Hair, Knocklyon and at back of church.

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