Guth & Tuairim, Samhain/Nollaig 1983

EAGARALT What words can be used to evoke peoples' feelings about the recen~ murders in .Armap,h? 'Words do not have value any mor~, just as the i·ves of human beings seem to have none. But our feelings of sorrow will quickly dlssolve when other events in our own lives grab our attention. The victims still have to live with theirs. We live ver-y snugly here, cut off from what is happening only miles a'1ay. Innocent men and women were mown down in a church on Sunday, while they were singing hymns. There were young children and babies present. Listening to the 2 - (!) ..... ~ GILLESPIE READY - MIXED CONCRETE EAOtOOOAlR Annagry 153 Bunbeg 277 (Home) DOHERTY'S CAFE DUNGLOE LUNCHES DAILY 12 • 00 2 . 00 FISH and CHIPS. etc. TAKEAWAY s urvivor s offering t heir for giveness to those r esponsible only underlined how i noffensive and innocent .5 DUN LUICHE they were. They live and mix happily with t heir Catholic neighbours, an example to us all. Presumabl y thi s act was carried out on our behalf, for the sake of Irish "freedom. What freedom did it achieve? Freedom from fear and brutality? Maybe its time we stopped burying our heads in the sand. / / / Ce shilfeadh choiche go bhfaigheadh an Ghaeltacht a.~ phoibl{ocht ata faighte aic{ le gairid? Ta daoine ag glacadh suim inti nar amharc siar uirth:l roimhe seo. Achan uair a thogann tu paiiiear nuachta no a •eisteann tu leis an raidio b{onn sceal ill- acu fa ghnotha{ na Gaeltachta. / Bh:i'.' clar iomlan ag "Today Tonight" ar Udaras na Gaeltachta (-no 11 Ooderaws - Naw - Galetokta 11 b 1 fhe'idir). N{or thug siad chomh beag le cuig bhomaite den Ghaeltacht roimhe sin. Eh{ coimhlint ghe'ar idir na paipeir leis an 11 scea1 11 is uire a fhail. Ag amharc ar an 11 Indepen~nt 11 (Sunday agus Irish) s)i{lfe~ gurbh {an Ghaeltacht Eirinn uilig. Bh{ Baile Atha Cliath imithe as amharc ar fad agus an 11 rough countr-y terrain" I re°imi B' eigean doibh na buatais{ agus na c6ta{ mora a thabhairt amach aris 8.o"llS tobac a cheannacht le eolas a mhealladh as simpleojri na Gaeltachta. Nuair a foils{odh cuntais an U~r;is (a thaispeain go raibh brabach deanta ag na fo-cjiomhluchta{) tugadh colun ceithre n-orlaigh den s;:eal - ag bun leathanaigh ar an taobh istigh den phainear. Suim sa Ghaeltacht? Ba dheistineach an radharc e Aire na Gaeltachta af!Us iar-Aire Gaeltachta a fheicea'il y.r an teilifis ag 0 tarraingt an Ghaeltacht as a cheile ar mhaithe leis an laimh in uachtar a fhtlil ar a cheile. A luaithe a bheas an cheist seo socraithe sin mas fearr duinn uilig. Ach n{ bheidh fiuchas ar bith ag baint linn sna seomra{ nuachta ansin. "An tEagarthoir". Our Christmas edition will be in the shops shortly. Last date for copy is December 12th. (IJ (IJ ..... ::;: E 0 <t: s:: 0 ..... MARRIAGES E Congratulations to t he followi ng happy coupl es: ~ Mar gar et Mar-y McFadden agus Thomas McDonald. b Betty Quinn, Gaeth Dobhair agus Simon McGi nley. ~ Rot erta Alcorn, Horn Head agus Patrick McGinley, Kill. Maeve Sweeney, Machai re Chlochair agus Pete McFadden. .S Anniyersaries -........~ • ..-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~t Rose agus Joe Coyle, Drumkeen ~ Silver Anniversaries Lena agus Danny O'Donnell, An Luinnigh. Ellen agus Hughie McFadden, Leitir Ceanainn. Recent Engagements E' 0 u (IJ H ~ ..... 0 'O ~ ~ 0 z There has been an epidemic of engagements i n Dunlewey r ecently. Seamus Roarty r eckons it 1 s t he good summer that caused it but a Gleann Tornan man says it's the Russians that have put somethinf" in the air. Anyway, the happy couples who got engaged are: Sean 0 1 Donnell and Linda Alcorn from Bunbeg; Edward McGeady and Grainne Devenney from Rann na Feirste; Hughie Doherty and Ann McShane from Dungloe. There 1 s a few other ones who are on the road a long time, maybe they'll take the hint nowi The football team wish to forget a certain Sunday in Gleann Tornan and a certain team from East of the County. These things are not being talked about by the team but observers agree that the boys definitely had an off day. Maybe it was something they eighti? However they'll be back. Brfd McBride (Brfd Joe Jack) is teaching band music to beys and girls from the area at the moment. If they can be trained she is the one to do it as she has already done excellent work with the Derr-ybeg and ~ .-.. Bun an Inbhir bands. Jl ~ A group from Derry visited the Hos~el one Saturday ~ Iii recently and gave a lecture on mountain rescue. The ~ .<::: ~ ~ following day they gave a demonstration and the .c: Jl result is that a mountain rescue team has now been ;::1 ~ formed. It is the first such group to be formed in ~ g this part of the country, and it's something that was g • -rb;.;a;id;;;l;,i...;.n;;;;e;,-;e;;.;d;,-:ed:.:::.:.._,, >.A pecia equest - For Paul Gallagher from Mfn an :;i :g Iolair who is serving with the United Nations A :j Peace-Keeping Forces in the Lebanon,-from his ~ family and friends. ::! Ce'n fear as M. Rabhartaf 'bhf caillte ag an deireadh seachtaine. What 3 sisters spent the last week gossiping in Toryglen? Eileen Breslin, An Bhealtaine agus Hughie Cannon, DUn LUiche Anne Boyle agus Seamus Sweeney. Brid O'Donnell, Anagaire agus Teague McCole, Dobhar Grainne Devenney, Rann na Feirste agus Edward McGea<ly, Joe and Patricia who were married in August. Sympathy is extended to the family of the following: DUn l.Uiche. Ann McShane, Dungloe agus Hughie Doherty, Diin Diiche. - BIRTHS. . Clare Molloy agus Plidraig Joe, Doire Be~a (girseach) Kathleen agus Willie Ferry, Arda{ Bhelij (gasur) Marie a~us John Diver, Luinneach (gasur) Pauline agus Art Wilson, Min na Leice (~asill-) Rose agus Billy Ferry, Luinneach (gasur) Kathleen agus Eddie Cullen, Ardal Bheag (gi rseach) Sheila agus Johnny McCafferty, Tearman (i:;i rseach) Anne agus Brendan Bonner, An Ghlaiseacl} (girseach) Kathleen agus Bernie McCallion, Ceathru Ceannain (Triplets Brfd agus Connie Rua McBride, (gasiir) I 3 ghasUr) Brigid Sweeney, Dungloe DEATHS· Rose Marie Glackin, Dungloe Charles O'Donnell, Glasgow agus Meencormick Owenie Ward, Kerrytown Bridget Sharkey, Braade, Annagr-y Margaret Montgomery, Dunmore, Falcarragh John V. Dougherty, Philadelphia agus Glenties Nellie Greene, Rann na Feirste Bernard Ceyle, An Luinnigh Nei l Gallagher, Roshine , Burtonport Bridget Gillespie, Loch na nDeoriin, Anagai re Mary Devine, An Charraic agus Doire James Ward, Glenties KathlAen McClintock. Anagaire. Coli n Bresli n, Bunbeag .