Stamullen
IN MEMORY.
Sympathy is extended to the family and friends of Laura Seery, late of Forgehill Stamullen who recently passed away.
GOLDEN GIRLS.
The Golden Girls have resumed their weekly Monday morning meetings in the Parish Rooms in Stamullen village at 11am. New members are always welcome to pop along and check out what they are all about.
TRACTORS ABOUT.
With the ongoing reaping, transporting and storing of the autumn harvest, all road users, whether travelling on foot, bicycle and/or vehicle, should be well aware of the dangers while using the smaller rural roads throughout the parish and beyond. At the present time, large agricultural machinery can be seen hauling potatoes and other crops from the fields and so it would be very wise to drive slowly while on the country roads and to be extra vigilant of oncoming large machinery!
NEW ARRIVALS.
Congratulations and best wishes to the parents, guardians and extended families of the following children who were recently baptized in the parish. Niamh Kenny and Douglas O`Reilly.
BINGO NIGHTS.
The Young at Heart Bingo evenings continues at Whytes of Stamullen every Thursday beginning at 9pm.
FREE COMPUTER CLASSES.
Meath Partnership is offering a free 5-week course on the basic use of laptops, IPad, Smartphones and Tablets; the classes are available in all areas of the Royal County. For more details contact Angela at 046-9280790.
KNOW YOUR PARISH.
During the first week in September, back in 1909, two young lads from Balbriggan, John Sheils and Patrick Keating, were out in Gormanston for a walk having made their way there along the sea-shore and who were intending to return to Balbriggan via the village of Gormanston, Balscadden and Flemington Lane. As the young teenagers passed by Mr Patrick Purfield`s house at Beechgrove Gormanston they noticed that there was a fine apple tree with overhanging branches to the roadside and which was weighed down with a number of sweet apples that were hanging from it. Sheils and Keating of course helped themselves to the autumn fruits of the tree.
Stuffing their pockets and jumpers with the apples, the two young lads then continued on their walk through the village.
On passing the local Royal Irish Constabulary Station, Sergeant Milton happened to be standing outside the Police barracks. He stopped Sheils and Keating and began querying them as to who they were, where they were from and what direction they were headed.
Milton then noticed that their pockets and jumpers were bulging with apples and on being cautioned Sheils said “We may as well tell the truth, we took some apples from Purfield`s garden, the tree was hanging out over the road”. On being searched Sheils had 75 apples and Keating had 45, all of which weighed some 21lbs, according to the local Sergeant. The defendants ended up at the local Petty Session Court in Julianstown the following week charged with the stealing of apples from Patrick Purfield`s garden.
The two lads were each fined 10 shillings with 1 shilling extra for compensation to Mr Purfield. There was a further 2 shillings in costs for both defendants and the court ruled that the apples be returned to Mr Purfield. A pretty costly raid on an orchard that happened at Gormanston 108 years ago this week!