Coolgreany
GAA HEALTHY CLUBS
Castletown Liam Mellows Healthy Clubs – Yoga with Maura has started on Mondays from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the clubhouse in Castletown. We may run a second class depending on numbers 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. To register contact Maura at 087 7866349 Check out Maura’s webpage yoga with Maura yogawithmaura.ie.
CHAIR YOGA – with a qualified instructor Sarah Dunlea. Very gentle chair yoga great for anyone who wishes to strengthen their joints and improve overall health. For more details or to book a place contact Orla at 087 6706117 or Liz at 086 3879321.
A HEALTHY BODY A HEALTHY MIND – October 18 at 8 p.m. Ashdown Park Hotel €5 per head under-16s free.
VINTAGE CLUB NEWS
We have organised a car and tractor run from Coolgreany on Sunday, October 28, with registration at 11 a.m., and the start time will be midday. There are two very exciting routes planned, Entry Fee is €20 per vehicle with refreshments available on return. All funds received will be administered locally by Coolgreany Support Fund.
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The AGM of the Old Kilnenor Historical Society will take place in the May Byrne House on Thursday, October 18, at 8 p.m.
LOCAL HISTORY HELP WANTED – OKHS are pleased to announce the publishing of a book on the Coolgreany evictions titled ‘Notice to Quit’. This is an in-depth study of the Plan of Campaign evictions which commenced in 1887 and continued right through to November 1897. This is an opportunity for people with an interest in the history of their local community to preserve this history before it is lost for good.
In addition to researching manuscripts, documents and newspaper archives in the National Library, The National Archives and the Co Library in Wexford, attention is now focusing on the hunt for any old documents, photographs, meeting minutes, poems of this sad passage of history that you, your parents or grandparents may have stashed away in a plastic bag, shoe box or biscuit tin in the attic.
All we are looking for in our local community is for people to perhaps consider sending photographs of the evicted families, Brooke estate rent receipts, ‘Notice to Quit’ notices to tenants., livestock distrain permits, summons to court appearances, jail term details and duration, photos of medals for bravery, the presentation and associated documents, articles, memories, snippets, suggestions, illustrations – in fact anything that may add a small piece towards the jigsaw of the Coolgreany evictions. Photographs always enrich a history as they give the reader a flavour of the time in which the work is set.
If you have any material like this, and would like to make available for inclusion in the book, then please contact John Kavanagh at 087 2618474, Mary Fortune at 087 7699742 or Damian Nash at 085 7753772 immediately.
All photographs will be treated with respect and returned immediately after copying. In special circumstances, where items are too fragile to transport, or in antique picture frames, we can arrange to digitize the material in your home.
Please use this opportunity and act now, afterwards it will be too late and an opportunity will be lost.