Guth & Tuairim Samhain/Nollaig 1981

\. ~nseo1 Ansiud Ap Cpt)\?b!loidh m ••nwrtOM· ~-· ' 11 Ba. o!che mb6r i gcona! o!'che an choDbbuaidh Dii an "American Wake" mar a tbugta!' air i n-nteacha. · Ba ~sin an o!che su1 a mb5adh imirce go Meiricei. la cuma cl acu duine · ambiin n6 acaif'te a bhi ag !"€gall an bba1le bhi an com6'radh seo le combl1onadh. Leoga, ainneoin gur fiachadh le 5caid lucbaireach a dluranamb dC5 bh~ an bren agus an buaireamh le moth'li agua le tabhairi, i"a dear• agus ba ghairid an gol l5h ghiire. Bh! ar meiigh neart le h-ithe agua le h-61 ar na h...Ocaid~ seo agua 1 dtaca le ceol agua damhsa, craic agua seanachas n! raibh a sltirli le !"all. Ba e ar moigh bun-l"'ita an chuideachta seo ullig nii ag iarraidh bron agus an briseadh cro! a tholach. J.ch mar bhriseas taialeach 8lll&ch f'r!d phaipear ar bhalla bh1 an bron ag briseadh amacli aa cbuideachta de reir mar a bh{ an o!che a caitheamh. Bh{' gach duine ag iarraidh an t-ualach a thogall do 1 n ti a bh! ag df"anamb na h-imirce. Bh!"odh an .taean laDlin de g~th 1na au~ aa chliidar /ag eisteacht leia an cbuideachta, aoibh gaire ortbu nach raibh ag teacht 6 na gcro!, n6 ba mhinic an deor ar an tshil acu ag coimhiad ar a leanbh a bheadh a bh1"8giiil ar bheal maidhne. Caithi"idh mid a cbuimhniu go raibh Meiricei 1 bhi"ad nios !"aide ar shiiil 1 siille na maoine ant-am sin n6 mar ati anoia, agus is .maith a bh!'os ag go leor de na sean daoine sin gur scaradh go bu a bh! ann. N:!or bhac sin daobhtha t"eacbiil leis an o~che theda leadranach seo a cbuir iateach go pliisiurtha marbh!Midir sin a dheanamb ar 6caid de ch!Da-al. ~ . Chaithi"idh bumla na h-o:fche ag damhsa na Lancers, Cutlllion, Sets, Maggie Pickens, an Highland agua go leor damhsai breatha tille. mu ar ndoigh togha agus rogha ag an te a bh:f ag imeacht agus gach duine de 1 n cbuideachta i bhi"ithach le ciiraa deirineach a bheith acu leis n6 le:!. Nuair a thioci"adh sos sa damhsa thoseachadh an ceol agua ba iomai'" o:fche____ chiiin samhraidh a chualas 11 Paddy 1 s Green Shamrock Shore"agus "My Little Grey Home in the West" ag teacht trasna an chi'iinas 6 theach an chonbhuaidh. Bh:f sin ann ceolt'61r1 brea:tha a raibh an scil acu an t-amhra:n a cheol le cuir leis an ocaid agus is beag grua tirim a bh6adh sa teach mair a bheadh an ceolti5ir reidh. Ma 1 s ceoltoir a bh:f san imirceoir rein bh{ se de oibleagiid ar cupla bhearsa a cheol agus ba ansin a rachtadh se cruaidh i gceart ar an athair agus an mhathair. Dheantaidh ·ol agus ceol ach is cwila caide chomh i"ada leis an o1che thagadh an mhaidin agus ba roimp! a bh1 an eagla. ~ ' WEDDING 1 8ouQUETS- 8Ast<ETS SPRAYS buTTONHOLES TONPORT 47 Nuacht "Le Sean-Chr&nn Oilean an IUir 11 • MELLY'S BAR Burto_np~rt MUSIC EVERY WEEKEND pub grub J.r leamiint ar an mh{ s 1 chugainn. A new committee was i"ormed recently in the North-West to look after ~he needs oi" the handicapped in Gaoth Dobhair, Clgich Cheann Fhaola and the Rosses. Feardorcha 0 Colla is Chaiman, Charlie Sweeney i"rom Machair Chlochair is Vice-Chairman and Secretary is Donal K. 0 1 Boyle f'rom lhnbeag. ~~ r, J!Vl o--:;::j The newly-formed committee wish to thank Pat Crearand and his friends in the Manchester Variety Club oi" Irelam !"or their wonderfUl gii"t of a Sunshine Variety Coach. 11! cd .0 • ~ :0~ 0 Mary Doherty works as a telephonist in the Dungloe ~ as . bO ~ Exchange. She enjoys the work immensely and her m 'lil CD ~~--~~~~--~~~~--~~~----------~---\;h~o~b~b~i!e~s~~~·~c~l~ud~e~d~r~i!v~~~~and~~t~r~a~v!e~ll~~~~·------------J~~~ •• the l•rt baMJ~~t ... right, ~~.:r.£~~::a11..:• ~ ..,, i _ f ~-Re- eo ~Gl· . ~ or clay and wattles made •••••• " _ ~~ The man who wrote that must have been well away, I thought to myself as the television aerial rattled around \ ' · noisely on the chimney and the cat was doing her biscuit at the back door trying to get in. Well, for a start g !"' ~ the E.S.B. would never connect a shanty like that to the mains, and if' you didn 1 t have the light in Tommy " ~..,. Boyle couldn't see to read the meter. The Insurance Inspector vquld likely have a seizure it he/ happened to [ 'tl cto call and you with a big coal tire on and meybe in the middle or trying the rev sausages for the tea. ., ~ 3" Such were the thoughts which t>Ccupied the part - which I 81!1 forced tor want of English to call a mind, as I • :D'> eo watched television with President Reagan and a whoie lot or others. (They were watching different televisions or ~ cto course). My pictures came via the lilattelite (Regan just tuned into the local station). Anyway, there was the _ cto if Spaoe Shuttle Columbia retu:r~ a few days early f'rom Space, descending through a heat haze into the Californian if cto _ desert. The cat was still scrap~ at the back door, the voice or the Controller' at Houston broke the silence •••• c' X "wind velocity- surface 22.48 •••• temperature surface 78 degrees fahraheit . ...... ~ ~ Clay and wattles - where in the name or J.R. would a man get wattles these days? Clay would be no problem, ill :.'4, you could use the turf that didn 1 t dry this year. Some people could build castles. The television commentator ~ • continued, "the chase planes are closing in now to inspect the insulation tiles on the nose or the Columbia". IX 1: Insulation- now there's a th~. Imagine the Dungloe Cope or Leo Me Ginley's trying to ,figure that one out. m a 11 •••• A wttle house, oh yest Floor area and ceiling are not the same ? Oh yes ••• the walls and the. root are 0 ~ / all one (! ! ) ? • Well now see that •• the hole in the root? which hole would that be? •••• oh, to let the smoke J :" i out .. hmmm, I see. Oh, listen, I'll ring you back tomorrow maybe". And or course if you succeed in getting the x , place insulated it would cost you a bomb. • g The trapdoor in the attic had by now joined in the chorus of din already created by the combined forces of ~ ~ the cat at the back door and the aerial on the chimney. Rat-tat-tat-crash-bang it went. God almighty thinks ~ 0 I, as I mentally calculated the price or nine rolls or insulation at £1J.6o a roll. The voice or the shuttle ~~ pilot came over in a crackling sort or loud and clear. "It 1 s a good ol 1 Ed(Ue day", and the ground man at ~ f Houston replied, "yes sir". Edwards Air Force Base ws by now a hive of activity with little trucks running to p. and fro. The cat had by now resorted to doing a Tarzan act on the door-handle. Anyway, who wants to live in a g ....... house that looks like a bee-hive and is built on a wee island on a lake in sliga. You'd never get a grant for ~!: it anywa:yt The shuttle is touching down now . ··~ s~y i"ive, tour, three, two . ••• welcome home Columbia. The cat ~ managed somehow to open the door and it blew back against the-wall with a bang. As Garret said "Oh Maggie, this London's a wonderful place", and J.laggie might have .answered, "Aye, but it's a long way from Inistree. Another world in fact, without even a space shuttle, Over and out ••..•