Ardcath/ Clonalvy
WHIST DRIVES
Top score last week Bernadette McGeogh. Top gent was Anthony Nulty and top lady was Mary Leonard. The first half winner was Frances Meade and the second half winner was Kay McAuley. Whist continues each Monday in Bennett’s of Ardcath.
ARDCATH MACRA
The club are always very welcoming to any new members; please don’t hesitate and just come along and join in the fun follow us on Facebook @ Ardcath Macra.
CHRISTMAS AUCTION
The annual Christmas Auction and fun day at Clonalvy N. S. will take place on Sunday 2nd December. Santa will make his arrival at 3:00pm.
TÚS SCHEME
Exciting opportunity to avail of 19.5 hours work placement in your local area. Meath Partnership is currently seeking to expand the number of participants on the Tús Scheme. Tús is a oneyear community work scheme for people who are unemployed for more than 12 months and in receipt of a jobseeker’s payment. The minimum payment on Tús is €220.50 per week. You will also receive dedicated one to one career support, C. V. preparation, interview skills and accredited training throughout the year. If you are interested please contact 046 928 0790 Ext: 428 Tús Office, Meath Partnership.
DATE FOR YOUR DIARY
A Poker Classic in aid of St. Patrick’s N.S. will take place on Wednesday 5th December in Bennett’s. Tickets €30.
DULEEK COMMUNITY SUPPORT GROUP
Just to clarify, Katty McGrane and Annette Murray are still installing alarms for the elderly and have been doing since 1997, Anyone looking for information please contact Katty or Annette 0861050159. always very enjoyable. Music by Paddy Reilly. Light refreshments served. Hope to see all there.
CHILDLINE VOLUNTEERS WANTED
The Drogheda Branch of the ISPCC is recruiting for our Childline service and our next training course is due to start in January. We are currently recruiting volunteers for Monday to Thursday. The first step in becoming a volunteer is to attend an information evening/day. This is an opportunity for people to come along and hear about the service, and what is involved in volunteering. They would also have a chance to hear from an already active volunteer.
To Book a place on one of our information sessions (Monday 26th November 12-2pm, Tuesday 27th November 6.30-8.30pm or Wednesday 28th November 6.30-8.30pm) in Distillery House, Dyer Street, Drogheda, Co Louth please contact Carol on Carol. Dixon@ispcc.ie or 041-9833406 no later than Friday 23rd November.
And anyone interested is invited to attend. was laid to rest in Moorechurch Cemetery.
KNOW YOUR PARISH.
In early December 1915, the village of Stamullen was visited by the Drogheda Recruiting Party in the hope of recruiting local men to join the English Army in their fight against the Germans during the First Wrld War.
Local man, Mr. Arthur Mitchell occupied the Chair and letters of apology were received by Lord Gormanston and the Rev. Father Davis P.P, both of whom wished the meeting every success. The Chairman, Arthur Mitchell, opening his address at the meeting, stated that; `As a Protestant he was delighted to read the speech of Mr. Redmond the other day and to see that Orange and Green were now blended in khaki. Lots of men, whose only outlook, so far as the land was concerned, was that eventually they would receive six foot by three, were nobly taking part in the firing line fighting, not for England or France, but for Ireland.
The Kaiser, a caricature on humanity, loved Ireland because it was the fourth best land in the world, because it would support twenty million Germans. It was not the people they loved but the soil`. Mitchell received great applause following this opening address. Next to take to the floor was Thomas Preston J.P., of Silverstream House and brother to Lord Gormanston. Preston told the meeting that he was glad to speak to them in his own native place`. There had been wars in his recollection for which he would not come here to look for recruits. The Boer War, for instance, he never approved of, but at the same time, he knew the Irishmen that took the oath to serve, acquitted themselves with credit as Irish Soldiers had always done.
But this war was not of their making and in this struggle they were fighting for everything that was worth fighting for in the world. They were no longer the victims of English misrule. When the war was over they would be admitted to the sisterhood which formed the British Empire. It was only recently that he himself had realised what this war meant.
The Saracen, he said, was a gentleman compared with the German of today and they who were looking for recruits had infinitely better arguments in support of their appeals than had Peter the Hermit when he sought men for the armies of the Crusade. He knew the stigma that used to be attached to enlisting in the English Army. That stigma did not exist today. They would find the Peer alongside the Gamekeeper in the same trench. He appealed to the women to let their sons go in a sacred cause; however, at this point of Preston`s address, someone shouted out; “Send some of your own”, but he ignored the interruption and continued; `This was the war in which all Irishmen ought to fight. They were fighting an attempt that was being made to subjugate the whole world. For God sake let them be up and prevent the horrors of Belguim being re-enacted in Ireland`, to which he received loud applause`.
Many young men from the parish of Stamullen did join up in various different ranks and regiments of the British Army, both before and in the immediate aftermath of this recruiting meeting at Stamullen in 1915, resulting in several men not returning home, having been killed/butchered at Flanders, Ypres, Gallipoli and elsewhere and of those that did return, some of them were not the same in mind, body nor spirit for the remainder of their lives.
The recruiting parties who travelled all around the country during this period were signing up young and older men, along with boys, who were not even old enough to hold a gun.
Many of the men were unemployed and saw the opportunity perhaps of getting money. Others joined up for adventure and this can be seen by the numbers of young men who signed up from the same townlands and parishes, while others joined up, perhaps out of loyalty to the British Empire or indeed they may have seen this to a means of Ireland being granted its Independence once the war was over. But, whatever the reason, these men were also certainly walking blindly and ignorantly into the frontline trenches, their lives having been taken like lambs to the slaughter. Amongst those men killed from the Stamullen area was the following.
Patrick Carr Stamullen fought in the 1st Battalion of the Irish Guards, he first enlisted as a soldier at Wigan in Lancashire England. He was killed in action at Flanders on November 6th 1914 and his rank was that of a Private. William McGrane, Stamullen was a Private in the Royal Irish Fusiliers and formed part of the 9th Battalion.
He was killed in action at Flanders on September 13th 1917. William Russell, Stamullen, died of his wounds in France on the 10th October in 1918. Russell held the rank of Corporal in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Edward Walsh Stamullen, was a Private in the 1st Battalion of the Irish Guards. He too was killed at Flanders on November 11th 1914.
Patrick Gough Stamullen, also died of his wounds after being taken off the field of battle at Flanders on the 23rd April 1918, Gough was in the 2nd Battalion of the Leinster Regiment. Lawerence Clarke Stamullen, held the rank of Corporal in the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles.
He was killed in action on the 24th March in 1918 and was decorated with the Military Medal as a result of his contribution in what was, so wrongly called: `The War to end all Wars`.
FREE DIGITAL SKILLS CLASSES ON HOW TO GET ONLINE
Classes will take place in the Dunleer Library on the 13th, 14th, 20th, 21st and 27th of November.
Class times start from 10.30 am to 12.30 pm. To reserve a place please call 041 685 9016
Each person attending these classes will receive 10 hours free classroom training. Class duration will be 2 hours per class. Class size is 10 people. An iPad will be provided for use during each class or if you prefer you
can bring your own device i.e smartphone, tablet or laptop.
D&DHS LECTURE
This Wednesday, November 14th 2018, D&DHS will host a lecture in St. Brigid’s Hall entitled
“When the guns went silent - the end of The Great War and County Louth.” The lecture will be given by Donal Hall who holds a PhD in history from Maynooth University. Among Donal’s published works are “
The Unreturned Army- County Louth Dead in The Great War 1914-1918.”
LANN LÉIRE C.P.G. LOTTO
Lann Léire C.P.G. lotto results for Wednesday 7th November 2018.
Numbers drawn were; 2, 6, 19 and 21. No jackpot winner. Next draw jackpot: €2,300
The weekly winners of €50 were: Fergus Martin; and John Power.
ARDEE PHOTOGRAPHY
Ardee Photography Club will hold an Exhibition in Dee Hub Market Street on Saturday 17th November from 11 am to 5 pm and Sunday 18th November from 12.30 pm to 5 pm. Free admission.
BOWLS
Philipstown Bowls start up again every Wednesday at 8 pm in the community hall
Everyone welcome beginner or pro, kettle always on.
IRISH DANCING CLASSES
Irish Dancing Classes take place in St. Brigid’s Hall, Dunleer every Friday at
5.00 p.m. These classes are suitable for children aged 4 and upwards.
Contact Lolo Robinson on 087-2491185 or call to the hall any Friday.
SOUND THERAPY
Sound Therapy every Thursday with Emma Rose at Dunleer Market House 19.30-20.30.
New students always welcome, no previous experience required.
For further details check out FB: Octagon Health Studio or call 0894565085.
SLIMMING WORLD
Your local Simming World takes place in the Lannleire Pavilion on Wednesdays at 5.30 and 7.30pm.
For further details contact the Dunleer consultant Margaret on 0861715206