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DkITalk hits the airwaves on Dundalk fm100. Monday’s 8-9. DkITALK presented its second success- ful show last week in its dedicated weekly slot every Monday between 8 and 9. The show is hosted and produced by DkIT third year Film student Olivia Purcell ably assisted by her dynamic t e a m o f co-presenters Fiona Taaffe, Ros Madigan and Iarla O Neill. The DkITalk team is mentored and supported by Electronics lecturer, Liam O Gogain, a familiar voice on Dundalk fm 100. DkITalk presenters, Olivia Purcell, Ros Madiagn, Iarla O Neill and Fiona Taaffe DkIT students launch balloons as part of Please Talk initiative NEW INITIATIVE OPENS DOORS FOR STUDENTS Tuesday, November 25 th . Sensory Garden, Nursing Building, DkIT. In these times of unprecedented change , Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) and the Further Education Colleges of the North East are working together to provide leadership in the face of uncertainty and are modelling new ways for public sector bodies to collaborate. Together these organisations are creating innovative responses to the challenge of enhancing participation in education, thereby multiplying educational opportunity in the North East. DkIT and a consortium of Further Education Colleges have come together to form the North East Further and Higher Education Alliance (NEFHEA), the aims of which are to make further and higher education more accessible. The Alliance comprises of DkIT, O’ Fiaich Institute of Further Education Dundalk, Dunboyne College of Further Education, Drogheda Institute of Further Education, Cavan Institute and Monaghan Institute of Further Education. The purpose of NEFHEA is to enhance the educational profile of the population of the North East and in so doing improve our regional economic competitiveness, leading to higher quality of life for all. NEFHEA forms part of DkIT’s response to the increased Higher Education Authority target of 72% of the population attending higher education. Currently students with a further education FETAC award can use their qualification to progress to DkIT under the Higher Education Links Scheme. The initiative is underpinned by a formal memorandum of agreement between DkIT and the further education institutes. The North East Further and Higher Education Alliance (NEFHEA) formally link the six Institutes for the first time and covers a total of 12,000 students and 1000 staff. It aims to promote a higher take up of further and higher educational opportunities by all learners in the region. Working through the alliance the member Institutes will ensure balanced regional provision of educational opportunities across the north east region and to co-operate in joint development of programmes and sharing of resources. Another priority of the alliance is the increase in the transition rates of students from the further education colleges in the north east region to Dundalk Institute of Technology. Commenting on the launch of this initiative Denis Cummins, President, Dundalk Institute of Technology stated that “ DkIT recognises the quality of the courses delivered at FE level in the region as evidenced by the level of preparedness for higher education demonstrated by students coming to DkIT through further education routes.. Despite the uncertainty of the times we live in it is important that we act in service of our Mission of enhancing educational opportunity and development. It is important that we build on our strengths and common values and seize opportunities to make change happen. In the past as educational institutes we have all co-operated on the transfer of students allowing a significant number of students to progress their studies to degree level. Using the new route, we would envisage enhancing and developing the existing relationships and look forward to welcoming even more students from our partner colleges coming to join the DkIT learning community" Historical Perspectives. Carroll’s Factory Dundalk: Heraldry and the Carroll Family, Dundalk In this second part we examine the heraldry associated with the Carroll family and we need go no further than Carroll’s factory. James Marmion Carroll (1884-1962) who lived at Killineer house was particularly in- terested in heraldry and is responsible for the heraldry at Killineer. The traditional family burial plot is in Louth village and dates back to 1800 when James Carroll erected the monument there, it bears the family coat of arms. The inscrip- tion reads: ‘THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY JAMES CARROLL OF DROMGOOLAN IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1800 FOR HIM AND HIS POSTER- ITY THIS SLAB WAS RENEWED IN 1943 BY HIS GREAT GRANDSON JAMES MAR- MION GILMOR CARROLL KILLINEER HOUSE DROGHEDA FORMERLY OF DUNDALK HOUSE DUNDALK’. There is a stone (shown in the photo) at Killineer House with what appears to be the arms and crest of the Carroll or Finnegan. Both families have arms consisting of two lions combatant supporting a sword in pale (pointing upwards, vertically), both families also have a falcon in their crest. In the absence of tinctures the only difference in the arms between both families is that the blade of the sword is wavy in the case of Finnegan. The coat of arms depicted on the Killineer stone has a wavy sword, thus the arms appear to match those of Finnegan. The known history of the stone does not definitely lead us to its identification. Tempest in 1948 noted that the stone was dug up when a trench was made to bring a sewer into Shop Street, Drogheda. He goes on to note ‘the stone was lately in the possession of Miss Finnegan, Shop St, Drogheda and now in that of James M. Carroll, Esq., Killineer’. The article about the old stone is by Harry Tempest from the County Louth Archaeological Journal, 1948 (Vol xi, no. 4, pages 252-3) entitled ‘Two Armorial Stones from Drogheda’. There is a glazed glass window (see photos) in Carroll’s factory with the Carroll coat of arms, crest and the motto ‘Virtus unica nobilitas’. This motto is possibly unique to the tobacco family. It used to be over the door going into the canteen. It is planned to preserve this glass during the refurbishment, its location however may be changed. The Carroll coat of arms is heraldically described ‘Gules (red) two lions combatant or (gold) supporting a sword erect or’ and the crest is described ‘on the stump of a tree sprouting, a falcon rising gules’. The former chapel of the Presentation Sisters in Fair Street, Drogheda was kindly donated to the Order of Malta by the owner of the convent. The chapel is still used by the Order of Malta. The Killineer Carroll family were also involved with the Order. Two new stained-glass windows have been added by the Order of Malta, these have two panels each bearing the eight-pointed cross of the Order and a floral image. The first also has the following inscriptions: ‘Remember Blessed Gerard Founder of the Order of St John of Jerusalem’, ‘To celebrate 900 years 1099-1999 of service to the poor, sick and disabled’ and the second window has the memorial inscriptions: ‘Remember James M. Carroll K.M. Past President of the Irish Association of the Order’, ‘In your prayers remember our benefactor Dame Grace Carroll Grandcross of Honour & Devotion’. Finally, last week we had the Burns connection, this time we finish with the optimist Mick McQuaid and his counterpart the pessimist. In the 1880's a popular magazine named 'The Shamrock' featured a serial written by a Colonel Lynam about imaginary conversations between an optimist, Mick McQuaid and a pessimist, Terry Garrity. During these philosophical conversations, Mick often drew inspiration from a pipeful of Carroll’s tobacco. Consequently, in 1889, the company launched one of its most successful tobaccos, Mick McQuaid. When, in the 1920's, the company had a figure of Mick designed, it is said that the artist Compiled by Seamus Bellew, Historical Editor. Charity Event– We need YOUR Support. Hair Raising Experience Staff are ‘dying’ to help. When; Next Monday, December 1st at lunchtime What; Hair dying and beard shaving Why; to raise money for CanTeen and the Florence Project; Who; DkIT staff– Frances Byrne, Seamus Bellew, Turlach Cotter and Terry McNamee. Don’t miss the hair raisin’, hair dying event outside the Whitaker Theatre next Monday. Be there to witness the transformation of the staff members all in aid of charity. Come along and donate a little. It will ago a LONG way! Thanking you in advance. CanTeen Ireland? CanTeen Ireland is a nation-wide support group for young people who have or have had cancer, and for their brothers, sisters and friends. Can- Teen Ireland was set up in 1990 by a group of dedicated health profes- sionals. We are associated with the Irish Cancer Society, and can be contacted through our address which can be found later on, by the Irish Cancer Society, or through the social worker in the hospitals. So what do we actually do? Throughout the year we have 4 to 5 weekends away. We go to various activity centres all over Ireland, and we go to the Barretstown Gang Camp once a year. We have also been to Alton Towers, the Share Centre in Fermanagh, Shielbaggan Outdoor Adventure Centre, to name but a few. We have also been to Scotland, and even as far way as Australia, and New Zealand. As a group we meet up 6 to 8 times a year. At these meetings we have a chance to talk, share stories and have a bit of fun. We then have lunch, .PIZZA, PIZZA, and more PIZZA! And then in the af- ternoon we go on an activity, such as bowling, quasar, painting ceramics etc. For more informa- tion visit http://www.canteen.ie/ The ‘Florence’ Project.

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