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ISSUE 83 CHRISTMAS, 2015
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Winter in Mayfield, 1936, looking down into Tivoli.
IN THIS CHRISTMAS ISSUE: PLEASE NOTE We would like to wish
Details of local courses and services, To guarantee inclusion of items in all our readers a photos of yore, articles, stories, poems, the FEB/MAR 2016 ISSUE of
GAA news, gardening tips and more! MAYFIELD MATTERS, Happy Christmas and
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MAYFIELD MATTERS is a local community newsletter produced in the Mayfield CDP Community Resource Centre by volunteers with the support of the CDP staff; it is funded
through the adverts placed in the newsletter, fundraising and grant allocations. OUR LADY CROWNED CHURCH SCHEDULE OF CHRISTMAS SERVICES MASSES CONFESSIONS Thursday, 24 December: Saturday, 26 December: Friday, 18 December: 10.00 am Mass at 6.00 pm. Mass at 7.00 pm only Thursday, 24 December: 12noon – 1.00 pm Vigil Mass at 9.00 pm.
Monday, 28 December to Reconciliation Service Friday, 25 December: Friday,1 January: Mass at 9.30 am and 12 noon 11.00am daily Monday, 21 December: 9.30am
OUR LADY CROWNED PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL NEWS
A special Mass of Remembrance for deceased loved ones was held on Monday the 2nd of November at 7pm. It was very well attended. Families and friends were comforted by the beautiful candlelit Mass and the lovely atmosphere.
Rehearsals for the Songs of Faith which took place on Sunday 18th of October and 8th November were a tremendous success with an excellent attendance. Both workshops attracted a lot of talented young people, the majority of which were between the ages of 13-18 years old with an array of instruments and talents. Under the direction of Ian Callinan, composer and musical director young people from different parishes, city and county, including our own, learnt and rehearsed a number of musical pieces for the upcoming concert on Sun. Nov. 22nd at 7pm. Ian’s approach resulted in an extremely well organised workshop, which engaged the young people and added fun to their experience. All the evidence from the workshops and the enthusiasm of the participants is promising to be a very entertaining and successful Songs of Faith Concert.
The Christmas carol concert will take place on December the 13th at 5pm. It promises to be a lovely evening with performances from schools, children’s groups, our choir, Gospel choirs and visiting artistes. Admission free; all welcome.
Christian meditation continues each Tuesday morning after 9.30am Mass. All are most welcome to attend.
The Christmas Giving Tree will be launched on Saturday, 28th and Sunday 29th of November and will run up to December 13th. This very successful initiative has been of tremendous support to our local charities, schools and families over the years particularly at this special time of the year. We thank you most sincerely for your past and continued generosity. Please take a blank gift tag from the tree, mark it for a boy/girl, and the appropriate age or for male/female for an adult, attach to the present and place at the foot of the tree. The Collections of gifts runs up to Sunday December 14th. We will also be holding our annual raffle of Mary Hurley’s traditionally-iced Christmas cakes. Tickets will be on sale before each Mass on weekend of December 19th at 7.00pm Mass and Sunday 20th at 12.00pm Mass. A raffle for cakes will take place after each Mass.
Christmas at Our Lady Crowned is such a special and blessed time. The Parish Council would like to take this opportunity to invite everyone to come and celebrate it together this year. You will receive a warm welcome. Happy Christmas and may the New Year bring many blessings to you all. ST JOSEPH’S CHURCH, MAYFIELD CHRISTMAS MASS TIMES
MASS TIMES CONFESSIONS ADORATION CHAPEL Thursday 24 th December: Every Saturday, after 10.15 am Mass Christmas/ New Year Schedule 6.00 pm and 9.00 pm. th th Saturday, 19 December: Closed Thursday, 24 all day. th Friday 25 December: 5pm to 5.45 pm Re- Opens Thursday, January th 11.00 am 7 with usual opening hours.
THANKS AND SEASON’S GREETINGS As we reflect on the past year, we have much to be grateful for. We have been blessed in many ways, both individually and as a parish. Thanks be to God for another Christmas, for the gift of his Son and the promise of eternal life. We take this opportunity to thank each one of you for your ongoing support and goodwill over the past year. May you enjoy a very happy and joyful Christmas and may the New Year bring you peace and happiness.
A big thank you to the Sacristans, Eddie and Olan and their assistants, Niall and Donal, Ann Mc Carthy and the Altar servers, Collectors and those who distribute the Dues Envelopes, Parish Choir, Marian Singers, Parish Council and Finance Committee and all involved in Ministry (Word, Eucharist, Adoration). Thanks also to the Altar Society and all who decorated the church for Christmas, to the people of the Parish for your support, co-operation and generosity.
Rev. Myles McSweeney and Fr. Michael Kidney SMA
SUPERVALU
The Murray Family and the staff of SuperValu, Mayfield, would like to wish all their customers a Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.
THANK YOU for your custom throughout the year
FRANK O’CONNOR LIBRARY MURMONT, OLD YOUGHAL ROAD, MAYFIELD, CORK
T: 021-4924935 E: [email protected]
OPENING HOURS: TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY 10.00 - 1.00; 2.00 - 5.30 CLOSED 1.00 – 2.00 FOR LUNCH NOTE: MAYFIELD LIBRARY IS NOW OPEN ON THURSDAYS
READ, LEARN AND EXPLORE
You do not need to be a member to make use of many of the Libraries’ resources, such as Local Studies, Learning and Reference resources, newspapers and journals, or to attend any of the talks, readings, classes or other events which take place regularly in Cork City Libraries. Use of these are free to the public.
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Everyone up to 18 years FREE Up to ten items — whether books, CDs, DVDs may be borrowed at one Adult: Standard: €15, Concession*: €5, 65 years of age and older: FREE. time, for a period of two weeks. Visually impaired persons FREE. Persons holding a free travel pass FREE. *If one of these categories applies to you, you qualify for the concession fee: You can renew these items online or 1. Unemployed Persons, persons on disability allowance and their dependent on the phone. spouse. Download eBooks and eAudiobooks. 2. Persons in receipt of carer's allowance. 3. Lone Parents. Visit www.corkcitylibraries.ie/digital 4. Asylum Seekers. Cork City Libraries App now 5. Students over 18 in full-time education. available to download free. Relevant ID required.
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OLD YOUGHAL ROAD MAYFIELD (Opposite The Cow Bar)
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Thank you to all our customers for your business during the year. Happy Christmas, hope to see you in the New Year.
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MAYFIELD CDP Sat: 9.00 am - 5.30 pm RESOURCE CENTRE Wishing all our customers a (021) 450 8562 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. MAYFIELD CDP COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTRE
328 OLD YOUGHAL ROAD MAYFIELD, CORK
Phone: 4508562 Fax: 4508507 [email protected]
Celebrating 25 years
1990 - 2015
RESOURCE OFFICE RESOURCE CENTRE
Monday: 9.30am to 5.00pm Monday: 9.30am to 5.00pm; 5.30 to 9.00pm Tuesday: 9.30am to 5.00pm Tuesday: 9.30am to 5.00pm Wednesday: 9.30am to 5.00pm Wednesday: 9.30am to 5.00pm; 6.00 to 9.00pm Thursday: 9.30am to 5.00pm Thursday: 9.30am to 5.00pm; 6.00 to 9.00pm Friday: 9.30am to 1.00pm Friday: 9.30am to 1.00pm
CHRISTMAS CLOSING
The centre will close on Tuesday, 22nd December, 2015 at 5pm and will re-open Monday, 4th January 2016 at 9.30am.
The voluntary management and staff would like to wish everyone a Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year.
SERVICES PROVIDED
PHOTOCOPYING * FAXING * LAMINATING TYPING OF PROJECTS, LETTERS, CVs BINDING OF PROJECTS POSTERS * FLIERS * LEAFLETS
NIGHT-TIME ACTIVITIES: MONDAY Haniel Therapy (also Friday mornings) WEDNESDAY Overeaters Anonymous THURSDAY Overeaters Anonymous
Rooms for hire: The Community Resource Centre has a training/meeting room (20-25 people capacity) which is available for use by individuals and groups. Contact the resource office for more information.
Computer Room: The Community Resource Centre has a computer room with 8 computers with WIFI access this is available to local people to use on a call-in in basis during the day and in the evening. The room is also available for groups to run courses. To find out about this resource please contact the Centre’s resource office.
Age Action Ireland: This organisation uses the computer room on a Monday morning to run their one-to-one basic computer tuition to adults who are over 55. Additionally the local Aisling service, use the computer room on a Tuesday afternoon. Mayfield Community Adult Learning Project C.A.L.P.: This project runs community education, first step courses for adults living in the Mayfield community. Courses include Beginners Computers, QQI (FETAC) Level 3 and 4 Computers, ECDL modules, Personal Development and First Aid (Basic and Level 5).
Rainbow Childcare Service: This morning service is available to parents/carers of children aged 6 months to 5 years. Please contact Kathleen at 4508562 to enquire about available spaces.
Mayfield Community Garden: This garden is based in the grounds of the Community Resource centre and it costs you nothing to join but your time and as the produce is ready to harvest you can take it home to eat! New members are always welcome, so if you have a free hour or two and want to get involved, the group meet on a Wednesday morning from 11.30am onwards. So far this summer, strawberries, lettuce, radishes and potatoes have been harvested.
Mayfield Matters – local newsletter: This local newsletter is produced in the Community Resource Centre every two months by a group of volunteers, supported by the CDP staff team. If you are interested in getting involved please contact the centre.
Senior Alert Alarms for the over 65’s: For information on this scheme call into the Resource Office. Web Page: During the summer of 2015, the CDP developed a new website for the project outlining its services and supports. So do explore it at www.mayfieldcdp.ie
Goodbye: The Mayfield CDP would like to wish Paul McGuirk the very best in his new role in the coming months. Paul will now be working on different projects in the City Centre. He has worked in Mayfield, the Glen and Blackpool for many years when he started as the R.A.P.I.D. Coordinator for these locations.
Welcome To Colm McCarthy who is the project’s new Tús placement worker. Colm will be working on the Mayfield Matters newsletter and is very welcome to the CDP team. Thanks also to Brian O’Keeffe who was on placement for a week in November from St. John’s Central College. We hope he enjoyed his time with us and thank him for his contribution.
Tribute: If you are calling to the CDP Community Resource Centre over the coming weeks you will notice a new addition to the garden. A wooden bench with an inscribed plaque has been placed in the garden in memory of Tom Walsh who was involved in the project from 1990 to 2014. The voluntary management and team wanted to mark his huge contribution to the centre in some small way. May He Rest in Peace.
Thanks To everyone who has used the Mayfield CDP Community Resource Centre in 2015. This year has been a busy one for all in the Centre. Over 3,500 callers (excluding course participants) passed through the centre’s door. Approximately 114 personal alarms for the over 65’s were processed and installed, helping with a sense of safety and security for those who availed of this service. Upwards of 300 adults participated in community education courses, non-accredited and accredited with Mayfield CALP. Over 124 CV’s and projects were typed and printed by the team in the Resource office. Rainbow Childcare continued to care for and educate many young minds in their well-equipped childcare facility. Approximately 12,000 copies of Mayfield Matters were distributed over the year spreading local news and information of services, businesses and supports throughout the community, along with 2,000 copies of the new (2015) edition of the Mayfield Community Directory (see below).
Thanks to all the volunteers who are involved in this work. We would also like to thank our funders, Pobal Community Services Programme, Cork Education & Training Board, HSE South, Cork Social and Sporting Development Ltd – CE placement, Old Youghal Rd Childcare Project – CE placement & Cork City Partnership – Tús placement, for their support and commitment to the project. All of the team in each part of the project look forward to working with you all in 2016.
MAYFIELD COMMUNITY DIRECTORY If your group would like copies please contact the Resource office or if you just want a copy for yourself, just call into the project and we will be happy to give you one.
All courses are funded by the Cork Education & Training Board and occur in the Mayfield CDP Community Resource Centre, 328 Old Youghal Rd, Mayfield, Cork. To book your place on any of the courses please contact the Mayfield Community Adult Learning Project C.A.L.P. at 4508562 "Then the room was bathed in glory, IN THE WORKHOUSE And I saw in my darling's eyes George R. Sims The faraway look of wonder That comes when the spirit flies; And her lips were parched and parted, It is Christmas Day in the workhouse, "Keep your hands off me, curse you! And her reason came and went. And the cold, bare walls are bright Hear me right out to the end. With garlands of green and holly, You come here to see how paupers For she raved of our home in Devon, Ad the place is a pleasant sight; The season of Christmas spend;. Where our happiest years were spent. For with clean-washed hands and faces, You come here to watch us feeding, In a long and hungry line As they watched the captured beast. "And the accents, long forgotten, The paupers sit at the table, Here's why a penniless pauper Came back to the tongue once more. For this is the hour they dine. Spits on your paltry feast. For she talked like the country lassie I woo'd by the Devon shore; Then she rose to her feet and trembled, And the guardians and their ladies, "Do you think I will take your bounty, And fell on the rags and moaned, Although the wind is east, And let you smile and think And, 'Give me a crust -- I'm famished -- Have come in their furs and wrappers, You're doing a noble action To watch their charges feast; With the parish's meat and drink? For the love of God!' she groaned. To smile and be condescending, Where is my wife, you traitors -- Put pudding on pauper plates. The poor old wife you slew? "I rushed from the room like a madman To be hosts at the workhouse banquet Yes, by the God above me, And flew to the workhouse gate, They've paid for -- with the rates. My Nance was killed by you! Crying, 'Food for a dying woman!' And the answer came, 'Too late.' Oh, the paupers are meek and lowly 'Last winter my wife lay dying, They drove me away with curses; Then I fought with a dog in the street With their "Thank'ee kindly, mum's!'" Starved in a filthy den; And tore from the mongrel's clutches So long as they fill their stomachs, I had never been to the parish -- What matter it whence it comes! I came to the parish then. A crust he was trying to eat. But one of the old men mutters, I swallowed my pride in coming, And pushes his plate aside: For ere the ruin came, "Back through the filthy byways! "Great God!" he cries, "but it chokes me! I held up my head as a trader, Back through the trampled slush! For this is the day she died!" And I bore a spotless name. Up to the crazy garret, Wrapped in an awful hush; My heart sank down at the threshold, The guardians gazed in horror, "I came to the parish, craving The master's face went white; Bread for a starving wife, And I paused with a sudden thrill. "Did a pauper refuse the pudding?" Bread for the woman who'd loved me For there, in the silv'ry moonlight, "Could their ears believe aright?" Through fifty years of life; My Nance lay, cold and still. Then the ladies clutched their husbands, And what do you think they told me, Thinking the man would die, Mocking my awful grief, "Up to the blackened ceiling, Struck by a bolt, or something, That 'the House' was open to us, The sunken eyes were cast -- By the outraged One on high. But they wouldn't give 'out relief'. I knew on those lips, all bloodless, My name had been the last; She called for her absent husband -- But the pauper sat for a moment, "I slunk to the filthy alley -- O God! had I but known! -- Then rose 'mid silence grim, 'Twas a cold, raw Christmas Eve -- Had called in vain, and, in anguish, For the others had ceased to chatter And the bakers' shops were open, And trembled in every limb. Tempting a man to thieve; Had died in that den -- alone. He looked at the guardians' ladies, But I clenched my fists together, Then, eyeing their lords, he said, Holding my head awry, "Yes, there, in a land of plenty, "I eat not the food of villains So I came to her empty-handed Lay a loving woman dead, Whose hands are foul and red: And mournfully told her why. Cruelly starved and murdered for a loaf of the parish bread; At yonder gate, last Christmas, "Whose victims cry for vengeance "Then I told her the house was open; I craved for a human life, From their dark, unhallowed graves." She had heard of the ways of that, You, who would feed us paupers, "He's drunk!" said the workhouse master, For her bloodless cheeks went crimson, "Or else he's mad and raves." and up in her rags she sat, What of my murdered wife!" "Not drunk or mad," cried the pauper, Crying, 'Bide the Christmas here, John, "But only a haunted beast, We've never had one apart; 'There, get ye gone to your dinners, Who, torn by the hounds and mangled, I think I can bear the hunger -- Don't mind me in the least, Declines the vulture's feast. The other would break my heart.' Think of the happy paupers Eating your Christmas feast; "I care not a curse for the guardians, "All through that eve I watched her, And when you recount their blessings And I won't be dragged away; Holding her hand in mine, In your smug parochial way, Say what you did for me, too, Just let me have the fit out, Praying the Lord and weeping, It's only on Christmas Day Till my lips were salt as brine; Only last Christmas Day." That the black past comes to goad me, I asked her once if she hungered, And prey on my burning brain; And as she answered 'No' , I'll tell you the rest in a whisper -- T'he moon shone in at the window, I swear I won't shout again. Set in a wreath of snow.
Wishing all our Customers a Happy Christmas
CHRISTMAS OPENING TIMES
Thursday 24th Dec 9am to 4pm Christmas Eve Friday 25th Dec CLOSED Christmas Day Saturday 26th Dec CLOSED St Stephen’s Day Sunday 27th Dec CLOSED Monday 28th Dec 9am to 6pm Tuesday 29th Dec 9am to 6pm Wednesday 30th Dec 9am to 6pm Thursday 31st Dec 9am to 5pm New Years Eve Friday 1st Jan CLOSED New Years Day Saturday 2nd Jan 9.30am to 5.30pm
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CEREMONY OF LIGHT
You are invited to At this event a attend the candle-lighting Mayfield ceremony will take
Community place at the
Suicide Christmas Tree on Remembrance Iona Road.
event at 7pm on The tree will Monday, provide an th December 14 opportunity for 2015, family and friends following the to place
launch of messages of ‘A Mayfield remembrance for
Christmas.’ their loved ones.
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Having a Party? Wishing all our Ask about our catering service! Customers a Happy Christmas! SPECIAL OFFERS APPLY FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER IN PRAISE OF MAYFIELD POETRY PAGES There’s not a man on earth who can Up the road was Kevin Barry, to that forget his native home. much I can swear; No matter where on land or sea O’Riordans and O’Shaughnessys, forever he may roam. O’Callaghans were there; So though I’d stroll the universe or Cuneens and Murphys, Dalys and cross the ocean foam; Ray Cremin playing the bass, I’d ne’er forget old Mayfield she’s All lived along by Looney’s field, a the place I call home. most illustrative place.
The sun did shine, the daisies The Buckleys and the Cronins, the Please send poems to: twined, the trees they did grow tall. Brennans and the Rawls, [email protected] The conkers came in Autumn time O’Connors and McSweeneys too and or just drop them into us here at the we waited for their fall Walshs one and all. CDP Resource Centre On Kerry Lane where once we In later days some rose to fame Ger (we’ll type them up for you!) played below The Cotton Ball, Wolfe who sings so true; Three cheers for good old Mayfield, So we’ll sing fair dues to Mayfield She’s the greatest of them all. for she gave us Roy Keane too. A CHRISTMAS POEM We danced and played and then we Now ‘tis fifty years since first I saw Harry A O’Shea strayed down to the Glen below, the Mayfield Street Leagues play;
The mystery of Christmas is By Rice’s Lane and Dillon’s Cross the Whistle blew and down Forde’s coming once more; in those days so long ago; Field we cheered them on their way. Amid winter’s dark days it In happy times we sang our rhymes Sean South’s were there, brings hope to the poor; and played our skipping games, O’Hanlon’s too all valiant in the fray, All people prepare for the Here’s a health to good old Mayfield, And don’t forget the Drag Hunt that She’s a place of ancient fame. set on Christmas Day. joy of these days, As the lamb and the leon Now there’s Sallybrook and sweet We were children picking blackberries may peacefully graze. Glanmire and Riverstown as well. and Wren Boys in the band.
Amid Winters dark nights, There’s Lotamore and Lotabeg of Our pastimes were all countryside, He brought hope - he brought light those you’ve all heard tell. as you must understand, In that holy Stable - did Montenotte too and Silversprings What drove us down to St Luke’s angels delight; and Boherboy on high; Cross ‘twas the beat that made us roam, Immaculate birth to but I won’t forget old Mayfield for In those heady days of rock ‘n roll ‘tis there I’ll live and die. by the jukebox near my home. Immaculate maid And Joseph, the just one, I won’t forget those girls and boys Who by their side stayed. in Guardian Angels’ School,
To our war-torn world Where one we toiled but still were CHRISTMAS NIGHT Full of sorrow and pain, spoiled so simple was the rule. Richard Goodison Those names I knew at roll call time We ask you dear Lord To visit again; I can still bring to mind; Scholars of Scripture and Theology, To whom the wind and the They’re the Lottys and the Lynchs Scientists of Nature and Biology and the Dorgans and their kind. May even wander astray. Sea do obey; Come to all nations They’re the Meanerys from the Village Provocateurs, and Zealots of religions, And Lord with us stay. and McCormacks from the Park; Philosophers of vague opinions There was Ann who sat alongside Sometimes darken the way. me singing like a lark While poets fill our heads with romance Our marching songs of Irish pride And preachers may fail to entrance A Nation Once Again, Our affections urge us to play. The Foggy Dew, The Jackets Green But on Christmas Night and Kelly form Killane. There shines out a Light Over the world to stay, There are Aherns in Lotabeg and For the Son of God, more down Tivoli, Without stain of blood, All those who came from up the Entered a stable on hay Drive – St Pa’s was full, you see? And the hope of the sinner, In no other school in Ireland could The joy of the saint you meet the likes of these: Forbade not a donkey to bray. We’d a boy called Michael Collins Lullabye,lullabye,lullabye,lo!
and beside him Pádraig Pearse. Lullabye,lullabye,lay! DECLINE OF A PARISH ODE TO MAYFIELD
Theo McAuliffe Peadar Hamrock
Dried out holy-water font, In Mayfield did Kubla Khan Part-time Parish Priests, A stately leisure centre decree: Empty spaces where once stood petrol pumps, Where Glen, the sacred river, ran No place to collect an old age pension or buy a postage stamp. Through bookers measureless to man Down to the Lower Glanmire Road Derelict Garda stations, So twice five miles of fertile ground Their outer walls decorated with posters of broken promises, With pubs and hairdressers were girdled round: And Politicians faces, And here were bin yards bright with sinuous rills, No pension worries there. Where blossomed many a milk-selling corner shop; Overgrown parish pitches, And here were forests ancient as the hills, Denied of their youths’ riches, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery. Fibre optic grandparents’ touchscreen embrace, But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted Government disgrace. Down Gordon’s Hill athwart a cedarn cover! A savage place! A censored tavern! As e'er beneath a waning moon was haunted DECEMBER By women wailing for their Evening Echoes Catherine McNeill-McCarthy And from Knightscourt, with ceaseless turmoil seething, As if Roy Keane in fast thick pants were breathing, Eagerly, we wait for delightful December. A mighty fountain momently was forced: The month throughout the year we shall always remember. Amid whose swift half-intermitted burst Flashing lights, and tinkling bells, Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail, Appetising, hot, spicy smells. Or sliothars beneath Brian Dillon’s hurls: Windows full of colour wonder. And 'mid these dancing rocks at once and ever A Pity I didn’t save more money sooner. It flung up momently the nice Glen river. There’s Mum and Dad and Uncle Sam, Five miles meandering with a mazy motion Who has to get a present because he sends us a ham. Through Lotabeg the nice Glen river ran, Oh dear! I mustn’t forget Autie Gertie, Then reached the shop at Dillon’s Cross, Who is Ever so nice, and sends us a turkey. And sank in tumult to the Lower Glanmire Road: Oh this a time for loving and giving, And 'mid this tumult Kubla heard from far And opening our hearts and truly living. Some Mayfield voices prophesying war
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY IN MAYFIELD? Stanley Murphy
We at Mayfield Matters recently received a letter from a Mr J.V. Muldoon who wishes to remain anonymous. In it, he writes:
‘I was walking my pet squirrel past Tinker’s Cross last night when I saw the ghostly images of Oscar Wilde and W.B. Yeats shimmering through some shrubberies lining the route. Silently munching on a pound of Bandon Butter, I stopped to observe this curious occurrence.
To my astonishment, they were playing scrabble; and not very amicably. Wilde had apparently used the word ‘bum’, much to Yeats’ annoyance. Hoisting the impatient pet onto my shoulder, I then heard Yeats accuse Wilde of being dirty. Wilde responded by saying that his ‘bum’ was not dirty, merely meaning ‘tramp’ in the American sense. As soon as he did so, Yeats levitated above his head, haughtily claiming victory on the grounds that colloquialisms and slang were not permitted, only for Wilde to dryly puncture Yeats’ triumphal bubble by saying that in that case his bum was dirty.
‘Ass’, Yeats shrilled. ‘Indeed’, grinned Wilde.
With the impatient pet having done a whoopsie on my corduroy lapels, I then sloped off. What am I to take from it all?’
Well, Mr Muldoon, two things suggest themselves immediately. First, always check the expiry date on food
produce. Second, when a squirrel has to go, a squirrel has to go... Happy Christmas! To the midst of all this tragic scene THE BURNING OF A little comedy came, For someone who wanted to see the show, CORK'S And maybe earn some fame, Came down the shallow, tideless stream OLD OPERA HOUSE In an oarless boat whose frame (Monday, 12th December, 1955, 60 years ago) Was fragile, delicate, easily tossed And not so easy to tame.
Richard Goodison In panic the 'sailor' stood shakily up And waved to the watching crowd. "Sit down!" "Sit down!" the people shouted, Oh, what a terrible night that was Advising him aloud. When the Opera House burned down! Then down he sat and the boat held firm That was the final curtain call On a sand-bank gently ploughed; For many's the dame and clown. But he rose again, a plank in hand, And to rowing his figure he bowed. And where did the driving rain come from That failed the fire to drown Off went the boat from the sand-bank safe While the winds blew hard and fanned the flames And down the river moved. That lit up the awestruck town?! "Sit down!" "Sit down!" the people roared
There came a knock at our house door As they clearly disapproved. That dark and stormy night. Again the boat in the shallows paused Outside stood Charlie, my young friend, As the crowd the diversion loved, His eyes alive with fright: Till assistance came from another boat That, manned, from the quay was shoved. "Oh Rich, look out, look out and up And see this dreadful sight. Then with a roaring, crumbling crash Is it the end of the world, Oh Richard see, The blazing roof caved in. The whole sky is alight?!" The sparks like shooting stars flew out
Sure enough the dome of heaven, And so, in all that din, The sweep of sky looked red, The boatman, clown, forgotten, saved, As if at any moment, true, Was able to force a grin, We'd see the rising dead. While the fire, relentless parasite, Finished its work within. "What can it be?" said Charlie now, "A fire somewhere is fed. What was the cause of the House's end? 'Tis surely a building in towards town; What started the flames that rose? Let's by the light be led." 'Twas said 'a smouldering cigarette'
And so on that bleak December night But nobody really knows. Down to the city we ran, The 'Sleeping Beauty' Pantomime, And there by the river we saw a scene Rehearsed that day of woes, That humbled every man, Would not be seen there Christmas time When the rain on the rubble froze. For the Opera House was engulfed in flames, Imagine, if you can, Oh, what a terrible night that was The white-hot metal, the crackling wood, When the Opera House burned down! The roaring fire's élan. That was the final curtain call
The conflagration that night destroyed For many's the dame and clown. All that was scarlet and gold. And where did the driving rain come from The 'gods' on high were a sea of flames That failed the fire to drown Where voices were raised of old; While the winds blew hard and fanned the flames And so was the stage where dramas had played That bereaved an awestruck town?! And where operas stories told. The crowds by the river had certainly never Seen a show so grand unfold.
The firemen themselves were unable to quell The rampant fire's advance, And works from the School of Art next door Were removed in case, perchance, That building too might be attacked If the flames sped forward their dance. But this did not happen except that the wall Was touched by the fire's hot glance.
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ST PATRICK’S CHURCH, LOWER ROAD, 1911
The gathered crowd awaits the arrival of William O’Brien (founder of the All-for-Ireland League in 1910). The fashions have changed more than the buildings in the intervening years. MAYFIELD CITIZENS INFORMATION CENTRE
ROSEVILLE HOUSE OLD YOUGHAL ROAD, MAYFIELD, CORK Tel: 0761 07 6880
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS December, 2015
Question: What is the Housing Assistance Payment?
Answer: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a form of housing support for people who have a long-term housing need. It is administered by local authorities and will eventually replace long-term Rent Supplement. You must be on the local authority’s housing list – which means that you qualify for social housing support – to be eligible for HAP.
Under the HAP scheme local authorities pay landlords directly and tenants pay a differential rent to the local authority. This is based on your income and your ability to pay. If you take up a job or increase your working hours, you will still be eligible for HAP provided you meet the other conditions of the scheme. If you are getting a social welfare payment at a post office, you must pay your HAP rent to your local authority through the Household Budget Scheme.
People on the housing list who are already renting and getting Rent Supplement can apply for HAP, but you do not have to be getting Rent Supplement in order to qualify. People who are on the housing list and currently getting Rent Supplement will be transferred to HAP on a phased basis. You must find your own private rented accommodation. Although the local authority administers the HAP scheme, you will not be a local authority tenant. The rental agreement will be between yourself and the private landlord. This means that you will have certain rights and obligations, as will your landlord.
The rent must be within the HAP rent limits for your household size and the area you live in. The limits are generally based on the limits for Rent Supplement. Additional flexibility has been provided beyond the limits in some local authority areas and for some qualified households where suitable accommodation cannot be found for a household within the HAP rent limits.
If your landlord requires a deposit, you will have to pay this yourself – the local authority will not pay it for you. You may be able to get an Exception Needs Payment from the Department of Social Protection to help with paying the deposit.
Further Information Further information on this and other matters is available in confidence from the Mayfield Citizens Information Centre, Roseville House, Old Youghal Road, Mayfield. Telephone: 0761 07 6880 Opening hours are Monday to Friday 10.00am – 1.00pm, Monday to Thursday 2pm – 4pm and Wednesday 7.30pm to 9pm.
Citizens Information is also available through the Cork City (North) Citizens Information Service at 0761 07 6850, the Citizens Information Phone Service 0761 07 4000 or online at www.citizensinformation.ie
He’s Sitting There With Silver Hair His Journey Here Is Nearly Done And A Beard To Match The Snow HO, HO, HO Of A Million Miles Or More With A Hat Thats Red Upon His Head Billy Herdman His Magic Sleigh Is On It’s Way And A Face That’s All Aglow, To Irelands Peaceful Shore, It’s Christmas Eve And Time To Leave He’s Heading Off To Mayfield In The Next Few Moments More, Where His Team Will Have Break, No Time To Pause For Santa Claus The Children There With Love And Care To Climb And Glide And Soar. Will Leave Some Milk And Cake.
His Sleigh Awaits Outside The Gates Santa Roars And The Reindeer Sors Of His Home Atop The Globe Through That Highway In The Sky As He Dons His Boots, The Reindeer Hoots We’ll Be There By Dawn At Shamrock Lawn And He Slips Into His Robe With The Fairies Standing By. His Sack Is Packed Upon His Back This Man So Big With An Airborne Rig As He Strides Out Through The Door Who Fills The World With Love The Fairies Dance And The Elves All Prance He Knows He’s Found The Perfect Ground And The Leprechauns All Roar. So He Swoops Down From Above.
Those Little People Worked So Hard Santa Hears With Sonic Ears Though Weary To The Bone All Thoughts And All The Sounds To Make The Children Jump For Joy Of The Yearning Hope of Girls And Boys Without A Single Moan, As He Deftly Does His Rounds Santa Walked Up To His Sleigh There’s Isabelle Who Looks So Well, Which Gleamed There In The Snow With Eyes Of Azure Blue. Then A Final Wave To His Workers Brave There’s Hannah, Leah, Dan And Sean, And A Mighty Ho, Ho, Ho. And Happy Harry Too.
He Wends His Way On Through The Night So Young Folk Here, He Holds So Dear, Beneath The Velvet Sky As You Sleep There In Your Bed, The Moon Beamed Down With Gentle Light Santa Claus Fills All Your Dreams And The Stars Were On A High This Giant Who’s Dressed In Red He Travelled Over Lands Of Strife As He Drives His Sleigh To The Milky Way No Hope And Little Joy He Can’t Hold In A Tear The Children Here All Live In Fear So Merry Christmas Everyone But All Will Get There Joy. I’ll See You All Next Year.
ST PATRICK’S BOYS NATIONAL SCHOOL Fifth Class Literacy
In fifth class we put a lot of effort into our literacy learning. As well as following the School First Steps Literacy Plan, we love reading class novels.
We are reading 2 class novels this year. The ‘Guns Of Easter’ will focus on the theme of 1916 and ‘The Ark of Dun Ruah’ is described here by one of the fifth class boys.
We are reading ‘The Ark of Dun Ruah’ in class. It is a novel that has 235 pages and the author is Maria Burke. The book is an adventure story about a young inventor Simon, Kerry the fashion designer, owl and giant eagles that can talk. They visit the Land of Fire on the Ark of Dun Ruah.
I like the book, when the author is describing Pod the blue owl, Simon the young inventor who liked playing with fire and Kerry the fashion designer. My favourite part so far is when the giant eagle attacked the old man, the old man hit the giant eagle and the eagle flew away. It was very exciting. There was a lot of imagination and description I think the author is very good at creative descriptive writing.
Frank Sobolewski (Fifth Class) ST JOSEPH’S (MAYFIELD)
NO NAME CLUB – NOTES
The popularity that St Joseph’s (Mayfield) No Name Club is currently enjoying is demonstrated by the doubling of numbers of young people who have applied for membership of the club for the 2015/2016 season. The adult leaders want to thank the principals and teachers in both the St Patrick’s Girls College and the Mayfield Community School for their help and co-operation during the recent recruitment drive for new club members. They are also very appreciative of the encouragement and advice being given by the teachers to their school students to join this club that helps members to use their free time constructively while they participate in the clubs wide ranging healthy programme of social activities. All of the new members are currently being interviewed by the adult leaders to find out what skills and talents they are bringing to the club for the upcoming Local and Regional Competitions that will take place in 2016. They have also attended an Induction Training Course that informs them about the aims and objectives of the No Name Club organisation and the benefits they will derive from becoming a member of their local club.
THE KEY PURPOSE OF A NO NAME CLUB: To provide a real and alternative to young people aged between 15
-19 years to the alcohol and drugs culture in society. By reducing the pressure that influences young people to an over dependence on alcohol or other substances. This can be achieved by building the young person’s confidence and self-esteem that enables them to say “no” to those who are encouraging them to indulge in alcohol and other substances at a young age. By demonstrating through their active involvement in a wide ranging programme of healthy social activities that it is possible for young people to enjoy a social event without indulging in alcohol or other substances. By creating an awareness of the benefits that accrue from a reduced dependence on alcohol and drugs. By utilising local resources to develop young community leaders with enlightened responsible attitudes.
WHAT DOES THE NO NAME CLUB HAVE TO OFFER TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO BECOME MEMBERS? It provides the experience of undertaking interviews. It helps to build up the members’ confidence and self-esteem. It provides the young people with a sense of responsibility. Young people learn to have respect for their peers and for the club adult leaders. They receive education on alcohol and drug awareness. They are provided with the opportunity to meet new people and make new friends with young people in No Name Clubs nation- wide. They are thought to have discipline, to be punctual, to experience team work, to develop organisational skills, all of which are crucially important for inclusion in a young person’s C.V. when they are seeking either a part-time or full -time employment.
Over the past seventeen years the adult leaders in St Joseph’s (Mayfield) No Name Club who give of their time and talents voluntarily have made a major contribution to the lives of young people and to the quality of family life in the Mayfield area. That has been achieved through the training programmes and the wide ranging programme of healthy social activities that they have continued to provide to the local young people that come to join this club year after year. AN NOLLAIG Aodán Ó Sé
Féile mhór na Críostaíochta is ea an Nollaig (ón Laidin: Natalis). Deinimid lá breithe Íosa Críost a chomóradh ar an 25ú Mí na Nollag. De réir na soiscéal (scriptures), rugadh Íosa don Mhaighdean Muire sa Bheitheal, áit a raibh sí féin agus a fear céile Iósaf ar lóistín i ndiaidh dóibh teacht le clárú i ndaonáireamh (census) Rómhánach. De réir teagaisc na Críostaíochta, tháinig tairngreacht (prophecy) na bhfáithe Giúdacha isteach fíor nuair a rugadh Íosa. Bhí sé sa tairngreacht go dtiocfadh Slánaitheoir de theach agus de threabhchas (tribe) Dháiví. Inniu, is saoire mhór phoiblí í an Nollaig ar fud an domhain, fiú sna tíortha nach bhfuil mórán Críostaithe iontu.
Tá borradh le caiteachais Nollag (spending has grown) le tamall anuas i dtíortha áirithe, ar nós Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá, Sasana agus Éire. Leanann an scléip ón Nollaig go dtí Lá Cinn Bliana, faoi cóisir ag baile agus ag obair, agus bíonn a chuid comóradh féin ag dul le Lá Cinn Bliana. Tugtar Hogmanay ar Oíche Chinn Bliana in Albain. Is mó an comóradh a dhéantar ar an bhféile sin ná ar an Nollaig féin. Tugtar Oíche Nollag ar 24 Mí na Nollag. Tugtar "Boxing Day" ar 26 Mí na Nollag i bhformhór na dtíortha ina labhraítear Béarla, ach Lá 'le Stiofán i dtíortha Chaitliceacha de ghnáth. Tugtar Lá an Dreoilín air in Éirinn.
Nósanna agus ceiliúradh Tá an-chuid nósanna le bunús creidimh, pobail nó náisiúnta mórthimpeall na Nollag. Thosaigh an crann Nollag sa Ghearmáin. Tháinig nósanna eile ar nós Liamhás (ham) na Nollag, cuileann (holly), agus tabhairt bronntanais ón bhféile lár-gheimhridh phágánach. Bhí Yule agus ceiliúradh ar an ngrianstad (solstice) coitianta i dtuaisceart na hEorpa i bhfad sular tháinig an Chríostaíocht. Seachas cosc a chur leis na féilte seo, thug an Pápa Gréagóir I (540-604 AD) cead do mhisinéirí Críostaíochta míniú Críostaíocht a thabhairt dóibh.
Nósanna saolta Toisc gur tháinig roinnt nósanna na Nollag i dtuaisceart na hEorpa, baineann siad le geimhreadh na Leathchruinne Thuaidh Northern Hemisphere). Baintear an-fheidhm as nithe geimhridh ar nós sneachta, cuileann (holly) agus a leithéid in ornáidí agus i bpictiúir de Dhaidí na Nollag.
Tagann traidisiún Daidí na Nollag ó San Nioclás, easpag cineálta ón 4ú Aois AD san Áise Bheag. Chuir muintir na hOllainne tús le San Nioclás a thugadh bronntanais ag a fhéile ar 6 Nollaig. Tugann na hOllanaigh na bronntanais ar Fhéile San Niocláis. Fágtar gur mó d´fhéile creidimh an Nollaig féin. Ach in Éirinn fadó ba é an leanbh Íosa a bhíodh ag fágáil na mbronntanas.
Bíonn cóisir agus damhsaí ag scoileanna, gnóthaí, agus ag pobail éagsúla. De ghnáth tarlaíonn siad i rith na coicíse roimh an Nollaig. Bíonn drámaí Nollag ag grúpaí áirithe, mar shampla le breith an linbh Íosa. Bíonn geamaireachtaí (pantomimes) grin ar siúl ins na hamharclanna. Téann complachtaí ceoil amach ag canadh carúil Nollag. Tá nós in Éirinn dul amach ar an dreoilín Lá Fhéile Stiofán. Déanann daoine eile obair dheonach (voluntary) ar nós cuidiú le cistineacha a dhéanann freastal ar na bochtáin agus iad gan dídean (homeless), nó ag lorg síntiúis d´eagrais charthanacha. Tugann teacht Íosa Críost Aon-mhac Dé inár measc ardú misnigh dúinn i ndorchadas an gheimhridh. MAYFIELD COMMUNITY GARDA NOTICE ROAD SAFETY INFORMATION
Before driving a vehicle on the road in Ireland you must ensure that the vehicle is insured, taxed, and the NCT or DOE test are completed and all discs are displayed on the windscreen as required by law. You must also hold a driving licence for the vehicle. As a learner driver in Ireland, from 4th April 2011, you are required to undergo 12 hours of instruction by a qualified driving instructor as part of learning to drive a car or for a motorcycle from 6th December 2010 you must undergo 16 hours instruction. You are not allowed as a learner to use motorways, you must display “L” plates and you must be accompanied by a driver of at least 2 years experience since passing their driving test.
Speed is a major factor in most fatal and serious injury collisions in Ireland. The maximum speed limits in Ireland (in kilometres per hour) are: 30 kph - Areas with vulnerable road users (pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists). 50 kph - Built up urban areas. 60 kph - Major approaches or through routes in cities and towns. 80 kph - Secondary or regional roads. 100 kph - National primary roads. 120 kph - Motorways.
Speed limits are not targets they are simply the maximum speed you are legally entitled to drive at on a stretch of road in good conditions. You must drive at a speed appropriate to road and weather conditions, volumes of traffic present and likelihood of hazards. SLOWING DOWN CAN SAVE LIVES.
YOUR VEHICLE WEATHER
On a regular basis: When visibility is poor, use your dipped headlights Check your tyres for pressure and tread depth. to see and be seen. Check oil, water and other fluid levels. When weather conditions deteriorate – slow down. Check for cuts or damage. Only use fog lights when there is fog or falling snow Check all lights and indicators. and don’t forget to switch them off when conditions Keep your windscreen clean and free from anything improve. that might obstruct your vision. Remember in snow or icy conditions or in heavy Top up your windscreen washer. rain slow down and extend your distance from the vehicle in front to allow more time to stop. Have your vehicle serviced at recommended intervals.
For any other advice please contact Gardaí, Helen Courtney or Denis Howard, Mayfield Garda Station, 021 4558510.
SPIRITUALITY / MINDFULNESS Denis Sheehan
Over the last two issues of Mayfield matters I have attempted to convey my own understanding and experience of spirituality and mindful living. For a long time before I started practicing these ways of living I, perhaps like many people was under the illusion that there was something grandiose, something beyond my day to day life that didn’t really matter to me in the practices. “I’m too busy to consider mindfulness, I have too much on my plate and too much to worry about to be considering that” was my usual response.
Little did I know that mindfulness was the antidote to my stressed out over-worked mind. I was too busy doing what, running around trying to slow down? As humans we all desire to feel well, be well but at times we forget how to do that. We get lost in the business of our day-to-day lives, running from pillar to post, never giving ourselves much time to rest, constantly feeling we are being judged or that fulfilment and happiness are just around the corner “just when I get this done or that done, then I will be content, happy.” Sound familiar?
Mindfulness then is the antidote to this never ending merry go round that seems to be our lives in today’s world. There are no bells and whistles, there is nothing religious or dogmatic about the practice. It is just you, allowing yourself to be present, allowing the hamster wheel of your mind to just take a break, to be silent, be still. What an incredible relief just this much can be! Whatever you are doing, wherever you are (though I suggest starting with something simple like walking or even sitting) just bring your attention into the present moment, become aware of how you are physically present but mentally you are elsewhere. Your mind is running a storyline that has little or nothing to do with where you are or what you doing in that moment. It may be re-running something that happened earlier, be it good or bad and analysing it over and over. It may be predicting the future through the experience of the past and telling you that something is missing now, that all is not well and it may get worse in some form!
As soon as you catch yourself talking mentally to yourself (who is talking and who is listening)! All that is required is your awareness that this is going on. Do not try to manipulate it or change it in any way, do not reprimand yourself, just maintain your awareness and relax into whatever you are doing, simple right?
Yes a very simple practice but far from easy, the mind in its absent state has built up a huge amount of momentum and time and time again it will try drag you back into unconscious association with it. Your job then is to bring it back to the present. The more you do this the more at peace you become. At first when you start practicing it may feel like there is a tsunami of thought and emotion waiting to crush you and some people see this and turn away. It takes courage and patience to look directly at what is going on and slowly as you do the tide starts to ebb, the tsunami has not destroyed you, the gap between mind and body lessens and peace and clarity increase.
At a recent seminar with Eckhart Tolle, the world renowned philosopher, a statement of his stuck with me as particularly true: “The greater part of human suffering is created not by the situations we find ourselves in but by our thoughts about them.” In other words, there are times things occur in our lives that cause us sorrow and grief and we feel that way for a while. This inevitably changes but our mind tries to hang onto these instances, replaying them over and over, creating a huge swell of depressive energy. It may also take these instances and superimpose them on the future telling you that things will either be better or worse “in the future” but never now, things are never good enough now! This creates a huge swell of anxious energy in the body and is the foundation of all anxiety and panic disorders. All these anxious and depressive energies can only live in your absence; they cannot live in your presence. Bringing your mind slowly and progressively ‘back home’ through continued presence practice lessens its habit of replaying the past an grasping at or fearing the future.
Mental disease is a very serious affliction. It is just as serious, if not more so than most physical afflictions. In the past mental disturbance was treated as almost a joke, an embarrassment especially with us men who took it as almost a code not to show any sign that anything was affecting us. How many lives have been lost because of this? How many people have lived in quiet misery for years just to keep up appearances? It is not a sign of weakness to admit you are struggling, but after you admit to yourself you are in difficulty your next thought should be “I also have the power to change this positively,” which you do. You are the person who will change your life, you are the person who will bring peace joy and clarity to your mind, others may help show you the path but ultimately it is you who will do the work, just you, now!
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Greenfingers is indebted to News From Nowhere who has taken a well-earned rest, over the festive season to visit family and friends in the Bahamas. No doubt he’ll return in the New Year with stories from afar. While the cats away, as they say.
People make heavy weather of pruning, which is only a cod. There is usually a bud, a small nob, directly above each leaf. See which way the leaf is pointing and make a cut directly above it. Most people prune roses in springtime. It says to do so in many gardening books. But remember most of these books are written by English authors for English gardens where the weather is slightly different. In Ireland we need to prune roses a bit in November/December. The long stems must be shortened before the winter gales break them. By cutting off any leaves with black spots and doing away with them, one helps prevent the spread of disease.
The Cope Foundation, on Mayfield’s doorstep, has a Garden Centre - Beech Hill. This garden is set in idyllic surroundings, Lorded over by a Beech tree which is over 150 years old. Stand for a moment and look over the scenic beauty that surrounds the townland of Mayfield. Ponder for a moment and browse over the Shrubs, Trees, House Plants and the wonderful pottery that surrounds you. Have a chat with, Eddie, Olivine and Josephine who will reveal their innate knowledge of Horticulture and will guide all amateur gardeners on what to plant at this time of year.
Greenfingers paid a recent visit to the ‘Kew Gardens’ of Cork to sample the atmosphere and purchase some winter plants. I must say that I purchased the finest of sturdy plants at a very reasonable rate and was given expert advice on winter gardening. This kind of service is unavailable in most garden centres whose sole aim is to make a profit. Beech Hill is non-profit making and provides an environment where the children and adults of the Cope Foundation can learn and be at peace with nature. Beech Hill Garden Centre is a must for those wishing to purchase Christmas presents. Top quality Christmas trees, holly and pine wreaths and scented candles are just some of the items on display. Forget, for once, this Christmas about bargains only and think of quality; at Beech Hill you get both. Opening hours during the Christmas period: Monday to Saturday-9.30/ 5pm, Sunday 1pm 5pm. Tel: 464 3254.
Greenfingers wishes all fellow gardeners a pleasant Christmas and a Green New Year.
The boys and girls of Saint Patrick’s Infants school have been very busy over the past few weeks learning about wonderful and exciting things both inside and outside of the classroom!
Our fantastic Junior Infants have well and truly settled into “big school” and enjoyed a lovely day out in Farran Woods. Great fun and excitement was had by all as the children explored the woodland habitat, trampled through the Autumn leaves and stopped off at the woodland cottage for a well-deserved rest.
We were delighted to receive a visit from The Lord Mayor of Cork Mr Chris O’Leary and the Lady Mayoress. Buntings, headbands and flags bearing the Cork colours were designed and proudly displayed as the boys and girls gave our very important visitor a huge Céad Míle Fáilte! Our flags changed to blue and white as we welcomed the victorious Brian Dil- lons GAA Club. The children were thrilled as they joined the celebration of the clubs Junior A City Championship victory, and even got to lift the cup! Huge congratulations to all involved!
The boys and girls witnessed history as they joined in the momentous state funeral of the 1916 rebel, Thomas Kent. Our classes lined the footpaths of Ballyhooley Road and proudly waved their Irish flags as the procession passed. The children were delighted to get a glimpse of Uachtarán na hÉireann, Michael D. Higgins and the parade of Army and Garda motor- bikes. Our School was also presented with an official 1916 commemorative flag by members of the Defence Forces. The flag will be raised above the school during the national celebration of 1916!
The children eagerly joined in the promotion of maths during our exciting “Maths Week”. Every opportunity was seized to develop problem solving and mental maths skills, play maths games and to take part in maths trails. The boys and girls were delighted when the “big boys” in 4th Class from St. Patrick’s BNS called for a visit. A huge thank you to the boys and their teachers for the wonderful maths games they played with the children, and for being so kind and friendly!
Halloween has just passed us by and our thoughts are already towards Christmas! Our Senior Infants have begun work on their annual Nativity performance, while our Junior Infants are busy preparing for their extravaganza of festive favourites!
All the children are working hard and looking forward to treating the parents to a showcase in December.
WHAT THE BUDGET MEANS FOR THE HOME HELPS Margaret Healy
Now that we have seen what the budget has to offer there is still major difficulties in our health and homeless system. Recently I received communication informing people that the HSE has shut down the homecare system. This is yet another blow to the Elderly/Sick vulnerable people in our communities who depend on the Home Help Service 100%. Home Helps will have their hours cut bit by bit and the excuse is the HSE will not have the money to fund this scheme. This also means is that the Home Helps who have and who have not signed the 2014 contract will now be faced with the daunting reality that this service will be cut and more and more people are going to find themselves banking hours and losing work.
Recently I attended a meeting concerning the cuts to the Home Helps and while the big unions come out and say this is a great deal nobody will be out of pocket and guarantee a minimum of 7 hours a week this is not the case. 7 hours a week even at €15.00 an hour is still a very small amount of money 7 hours equals approx. €150.00 per week. This is not a lot of money and if the hours are not provided the money has to be paid back at a later date. Home Helps are very important in our society and we need them without the Home Help a lot of our sick and elderly people would be put into homes that they certainly don’t want to be in. Home Helps are very caring and will always ensure that the client is well looked after. The Home Help is sometimes their best friend the person they trust the most and also in some cases the only person they see and communicate with.
In the last 2 years things have changed a lot in the Home Help Service. The HSE now expect the Home Help to take on the duties of a nurse even though the Home Helps are doing and have done the FETAC Level 5 and other training courses they often have to work on their own if for instance their colleague didn’t turn up for unforeseen circumstances then to get a replacement. This can be very hard as the HSE don’t have a backup service and then the Private companies are very slow to send someone placing a lot of pressure put on the Home Helps to get the work done in the small bit of time that is allocated to them. This is a result of cut backs from the HSE.
We will soon be facing a General Election and it is time for all the Home Helps in this country far and wide to make a stand. Its time to organize and have meetings and since the new legislation that has been passed this year you don’t have to be a part of a union to do this everyone can now form their own Workers Representative Groups. For more information on this Contact Noel @021-4277151 or go to visit Workers Representative Groups on Facebook.
CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations to Megan Hennessy of Glenamoy Lawn, Mayfield, whose perfect attendance at Scoil Mhuire Banríon was acknowledged recently with a reception in the Lord Mayor’s Chambers at City Hall.
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Monday mornings: 9.30am - 1.30pm using Acupuncture. Tuesday mornings: 9.30am - 1.30pm Contact: Eoin Marshall For an appointment or further information, contact Caroline. 086 2111491 [email protected] Phone: 085 818 8933 or eoinmarshallacupuncture.com Email: [email protected] SCOIL MHUIRE BANRÍON UCC here we come! Four of our 4th class pupils have made the leap to third level! The girls were awarded places on the Centre for Talented Youth Initiative which offers university style courses for students of all ages. Our girls have opted to study Forensics and Physiology and we are all looking forward to hearing about these interesting subjects when the course is finished.
One Book, One Community This year’s one book initiative is focused on the events of 1916. The initiative is organised by the home, school community liaison teachers in our 5 local schools. 5th class girls and their families are reading ‘Blood Upon the Rose,’ a graphic novel by Gerry Hunt. They’re enjoying learning all about the Easter Rising 1916, reading and discussing the various characters in the book and studying the graphic novel as a literary and artistic medium.
Halloween Disco Ghouls, goblins, witches and even princesses braved the Scoil Mhuire Banrion school disco on Wednesday, 21 October. Great fun was had by Guess who’s coming to Tea? everyone and many Senior Infants and 1st class girls were very brave when they thanks to the parents’ visited the Opera House to see ‘Tiger came to tea’ on association and everyone Wednesday 11th November. Not only did everyone survive who helped to make the the experience (teachers included!) but they enjoyed one of occasion a success. their favourite books come to life! Road Safety Week: November 16th – 20th Our school is glowing this week, even on the dark dreary Maths/Science week days of November, thanks to all the hi-visibility jackets, Maths and Science week was a very lively, hands on week arm bands and school bag covers we’re all wearing to ‘Be with pupils going out and about to look at the environment Safe, Be Seen.’ The safe cross code is our number 1 song through ‘Maths Eyes,’ photographing and recording all the examples of maths we see around us every day. Science and we plan to keep safe all winter! experiments were great fun and included electricity, sound waves, absorbency, robotics and the essential art of creating Parents in the classroom Green Slime just in time for Halloween! Thanks to all the parents who have taken part in lots of teaching and learning activities over the term including ‘Kitchen Economics,’ Acceleread, Sewing Classes, Annual Artists in Residence th School Walk/Coffee morning, Happy Talk, Maths for fun, 5 class girls were very fortunate to have artists Ailbhe Barrett and Sophia Davern present four workshops on the Attendance Ceremony, Literacy Lift Off, Art and Literacy, skills and techniques used in charcoal and pastel drawings. Planting and One Book, One Community. The class exhibited their work in the Newbury House Art Showing Racism the Red Card Centre and children, parents and teachers received a very 5th class girls took part in a very worthwhile initiative or- warm welcome from Ailbhe and her colleagues on Monday ganised by the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) called 16th November. It was a very positive for all the girls in 5th ‘Show Racism the Red Card.’ The girls watched a video on class and Ailbhe continues to be an inspiration in future art anti-racism and followed with a class on soccer skills. projects. NEW INN NATIONAL SCHOOL
The students of New Inn N.S. have had a very busy term. We were delighted to welcome in our new Junior Infants in September and to see how quickly they settled in. All children have been receiving drama and singing classes given by the Catherine Mahon-Buckley School of Drama. Finbar, our GAA coach has been teaching students football skills. Many of the classes have already had baking/cooking classes and have been busy making queen cakes, cookies, puff pastry slices, pizza and chicken curry.
We welcomed a new Chinese teacher to the school this term. Students from 3rd to 6th classes are learning about the geography, culture and language of China. In the coming weeks a martial arts teacher from UCC will visit the school to give some Tai Chi classes.
Maths Week proved extremely enjoyable. Students had great fun with maths trails, maths games and cake sales. Students from various classes went on a ‘maths walk’ to the village of Glanmire - their eyes were peeled for maths in the environs – shapes, numbers etc. They stopped in the shop where their knowledge of money was put to use.
Preparations are now underway for our annual Christmas Carol Service. Along with various Christmas carols, our school will perform songs from the musical Hosanna Rock.
Our open night for parents interested in enrolling their children in our school will be held on the evening of Tuesday, 12th January. For further information please contact the school on 021 4866293 or visit the school website on www.newinnglanmire.scoilnet.ie
The staff and students would like to wish you all a very happy Christmas and wish you all the best for the New Year.
MAYFIELD COMMUNITY SCHOOL THE SKY'S THE LIMIT FOR MAYFIELD COMMUNITY SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
Mayfield Community School recently awarded four of its students with the prestigious Maytrust Scholarship in recognition of outstanding academic excellence. This year's scholarship winners are Fionn Power, Marina Birioukova, Alicia O'Neill and Derek Morrissey.
Speaking ahead of the awards, principal Mr. Kieran Golden said “we are delighted to be in a unique position to be able to offer these scholarships to our incoming students again this year. Mayfield Community School has a culture of encouraging our students to maximise their academic potential and the awarding of the Maytrust Scholarship recognises the hard work and commitment they give to their studies. Previous students to have benefited from this scholarship have progressed onto a variety of colleges such as UCC and CIT so it proves that the sky is the limit for anybody who puts the work in" he concluded.
Newly appointed deputy principal, Ms. Karen Casey said "we are very proud of our 2015 Maytrust Scholarship recipients and I would encourage any current sixth class primary school student who is enrolled with Mayfield Community School next year to apply for the Maytrust Scholarship in 2016.
Your chance to win a ball signed by Roy Keane! Roy Keane on a recent visit.
On a recent visit to Mayfield Community School, Roy Keane, as well as meeting and speaking with our pupils, signed a football. We are giving you the chance to own this football. You can buy one ticket for €2 or €5 for three tickets. Tickets are on sale in the school’s Main Office and the draw will take place in the school on Tuesday 22nd December.
MAYFIELD EAST INDOOR BOWLS
The Jim Killen Memorial Shield Final was held on Tuesday December 1st, 2015. Jim died unexpectedly last August and is sadly missed by all his colleagues ain the club. He had a great personality and enjoyed the bowls, giving great exhibitions of how to play the sport at the Kerrigan Tyrell Centre.
Those who qualified for the Finals of the Shield are the team of Mick Keohane, Liam Clark and Raymond O’Shea, who are set to face off against Tom Casey, Jerry Nott and Sean Kelly.
All are welcome to join the Club; come along any Tuesday between 2.00 and 4.00 pm. St Patrick’s College Cork GARDINER’S HILL, CORK
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All-Ireland Scholarship for St Patrick’s Student St Patrick’s College was delighted to be notified by the All Ireland Scholarship foundation that Leaving Cert 2015 student Linda Pentony has been awarded one of these prestigious scholarships. Linda is currently studying Law and French in UCC and the scholarship will last 4 years. The scholarship will be presented in UL in November and will be presented by JP McManus and champion jockey AP McCoy. Principal Brian Cronin commented that “everyone in St Patrick’s feels that Linda is a very worth recipient of this scholarship as she worked hard in her time with us and she will do very well in UCC.”
Open Night The St Patrick’s College Open Night in September was a huge success with many parents and students from 4th, 5th and 6th class in attendance. Principal Brian Cronin spoke of the many achievements of the students, students Molly Prendergast and Jessica Walsh spoke about their time in St Patrick’s and parent Mary O’Sullivan outlined her and her daughter’s happy experi- ence of St Patrick’s. Enrollment forms are available on the school website www.stpatrickscork.org/parents and from the school office.
Pictured on right: Alex O’Meara and family at the Open Night event.
Well-Read Award St Patrick’s is currently taking part in the Well Read Award, a national programme to motivate young readers. Mrs Horgan has organised a competition in the foyer for students who have to match the book being read with the person reading it.
Homework Club Homework Club started a number of weeks ago on Mondays for 1st - 3rd years. The homework club is staffed by a teacher from the school and 10 tutors from UCC and runs on Mondays from 3.45 - 5.00pm. The homework club is very popular and 45 girls have signed up, which UCC says is more than any other school. Homework Club will finish in late November with a trip to UCC for the girls who have attended each club. St Patrick’s also offers supervised study on Monday, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Contact the school for more information.
Camogie Blitz Our First years recently took part in a camogie blitz in Mallow. This was their first outing after just two training sessions and the girls played three matches in total. The Brian Dillons team that won the Intermediate County visited the school and past pupil Linda Mellerick, who coached the inning team, encouraged the girls to get involved in sports.
Pictured left: Linda Mellerick of the Brian Dillon’s Intermediate County Championship winning team with some of our First Years.
Transition Year News This year, Transition Year students have been enrolled in a programme called Young Social Innovators, which gets students to focus on a particular social problem and set about raising awareness of the problem and trying to find possible solutions. Working with their teacher Ms McKeon, the girls have decided to focus on the problem on human trafficking. The girls have set up a facebook page, a twitter account @patricks_school and Emma Long was interviewed on the 96fm Opinion Line by PJ Coogan. Using their hashtag #TIMB (This is my body), the girls have been very successful in using social media to raise awareness. As well as raising school and community awareness of the problem of human trafficking the girls also want to raise funds for the Sexual Violence Centre. LAOCH AN GHOIRT ÁLAINN
Diwali The pupils of Rang 1 Gaelscoil an Ghoirt Álainn celebrated Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Light recently as part of their annual festival. As a Multi-denominational Educate Together school classes celebrate a variety of festivals from varying religions throughout the year. Recently Rang 1 celebrated the Hindu festival of Diwali where the children learned Hindu songs, performed dramas and created beautiful art.
Right: Celebrating Diwali – the Hindu festival of lights.
Dátaí don Dialann / Dates for your Diary Dé hAoine 4/12/15. Margadh Geimhridh - Our annual Christmas Market will take place in the school Hall / Brian Dillons on Friday, 4th December (see advert below).
Amhránaíocht - Children from 5th & 6th classes in Gaelscoil an Ghoirt Álainn have accepted an invitation to sing Christmas Carols mainly in Italian, although with some Irish and English songs too, in Our Lady Crowned Church on Sunday, 13th December at 5.00.
School closes for Christmas break on Tuesday 22/12/15 and will reopen again on Wednesday 6/1/16.
Tá siúl agam go mbíonn Nollaig iontach agaibh ar fad agus athbhliain faoi shéan agus faoi mhaise daoibh go léir! We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and prosperous New Year!
COMMUNITY EDUCATION IN MAYFIELD Noreen McKeone
By September, 1999, it’d been nearly four years since I’d worked outside the family home. I had just given birth to my third child; with the demands of three small kids I felt consumed by my family’s needs. When my mother told me about a short course which was taking part in Newbury House, and with her offer of minding the kids, I jumped at the opportunity. The course involved a series of interactive talks. The first topic covered was refugees (so relevant at this moment in time). It covered the harsh circumstances they endured, having to cope with few personal belongings, dealing with the stresses they face in their new lives. Other talks were about the challenges faced by other groups on the fringes of our society, sometimes delivered by those directly affected. In a gentle way this course really helped us to face up to our prejudices and empathise more with others. I was delighted with these informal courses, I got out and felt part of society again, this is something which many people can relate to. After this course I was asked would I like to do a course in Personal Development, this helps you to relate to yourself and others better, gives you better self-confidence and ultimately a better quality of life.
Over the years I have participated in numerous courses with the Community Adult Learning Project – for example, First Aid, Gardening, Community Development, even a UCC Introduction to Women’s Studies which was held in the CDP building. I have been on the voluntary management team of the Community Adult Project for the last 13 or 14 years. In 2004 CALP joined with a few of the other community groups in Mayfield in a three-year Cooperation Ireland Exchange Project whereby community groups in the South would meet up with community groups from Northern Ireland. This gave us a huge insight into very different cultures in the North. Personally I used to feel that in Cork we are so geographically removed from the North, when you heard about the troubles “up there” long ago, it might have been another country they were talking about. We didn’t know how good we had it down here.
The other community group I have done courses with is the Health Action Zone run by Patty O’Brien. These courses included “Cooking for Health,” Yoga, Nutrition, learning to Swim, Fun Dance, Pilates, Learning About Make Up and others. Through Newbury Arts my kids and I have taken part in after school art courses, parent and child art courses where we explored all different media. I, in the hope of finding some artistic bone in my body, did an arts facilitation course for six months again which explored all media and which would help you to facilitate art groups. I had great fun with this, women were coming up from as far as Skibbereen every week, such was the high esteem this course was held in. In my case however, I now know that I will not be going to the Crawford Art College!
I now have six children. Completing these courses and experiences have added a huge richness to my life, have made me a better person, a better parent. Over the years I have seen the changes that the participation in these courses has made to others, leading them on to living more fulfilled lives, the community involvement providing the support and the sense of belonging that we all need. I have even just completed my ECDL, a certificate for a computer course, which I have done over the last few years. Marge, our tutor, had immense patience with us all! People think they can never do this course or that, we make up excuses, but with the help of the marvellous tutors in Mayfield you can get there, the staff at the CDP and CALP based on the Old Youghal Road could not be more helpful and Mary and Liz have been of huge help to many people over the years in their very unassuming ways. Challenge yourself; there are many courses available now in the community, you have everything to gain by getting out of your comfort zone. GALLIPOLI
From a young age I often heard my parents speak about my uncle George, and of his death in the Dardanelles At that time I did not know where the Dardanelles were, and what it was all about, but in later years, hearing about the war, I took more of an interest and looked for more information on where my uncle was buried. With the help of the British War graves Commission, I found out that George was buried in East Mudros Military Cemetery, on the Greek Island of Limnos. He had been stationed there prior to sailing through the Dardanelles where many men were killed and many wounded. Sadly, George was one of the wounded and brought back to Mudros where he died some days later. He was 18 years old.
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Visit of the Defence Forces On Friday the 9th of October we were visited by Sergeant Denis McGarry and Gunner Mark Coffee for the presentation of the Irish Flag to commemorate 1916. The boys were presented with the flag which we will proudly fly in our school on March 15th 2016.The choir sang rousing renditions of Irelands’ Call and Amhráin na bhFiann. Well done to all involved.
Happy Talk The ‘Happy Talk’ programme is up and running in Junior and Senior Infants. ‘Happy Talk’ works with parents and teachers with the aim to improve language skills. We are so thankful to the parents/guardians for the fantastic attendance at the sessions.
Halloween Fun Junior and Senior Infants enjoyed dressing up for the day on Friday 23rd October to celebrate Halloween. They gave their teacher a big fright with all their scary masks. The boys’ really enjoyed the day.
One Theme One Community This year instead of ‘One Book’, we have chosen to focus on ‘One Theme.’ Our theme is 1916 to commemorate the 1916 Rising. The boys in 5th and 6th class are really looking forward to reading the graphic novel Blood Upon the Rose.
Open Night The open night for the school will be held on Tuesday December 1st at 7pm. You will get a chance to see the school, meet the principal and teachers and learn about what makes St. Johns’ such a great school. Halloween Fun
Christmas Concert The Classes are already busy planning and practising for our Christmas Concert ‘Witness’. The Concert will be held in the school hall on Thursday, 17th December at 7pm. We are really looking forward to a fantastic night. Tickets will be available from the school office.
Lending Library We hope all the boys and parents/guardians have been enjoying reading together each night for the month of November. Reading books together is a special, enjoyable time for parents and children. It also helps with concentration, attention and understanding.
NEWS FROM ST. PATRICK’S GIRLS SCHOOL
Greetings from St. Patrick’s Girls, the school has been a hub of activity since the term began.
First of all, a vote of thanks to our Parent’s Group who re-vamped our library in splendid style. It’s a bright airy space now and we’re sure it will help to nurture many budding readers. Mayfield library contributed with a very generous donation of books and during October, ‘Reading Awareness’ month many classes enjoyed activities at the library.
In September the flag and proclamation were presented to us and 6th class pupils attended Collins Barracks to pay tribute to Thomas Kent.
Classes availed of the welcome fine weather in late September to visit Fitzgerald’s Park and museum, 1st classes did outdoor studies in the garden.
Attendance certificates were presented to a number of pupils by Tony O’Connor from Tulsa.
We are currently having a ‘blitz’ on mental maths with a number of fun strategies in place.
Our choir is up and running with a high level of commitment.
We tasted many lovely cakes at our successful cake sale on November 20th .
Everyone at the school is looking forward to our Carol Concert in St Joseph’s on December 18th.
The staff and pupils would like to wish everyone a happy, holy and peaceful Christmas.
Mayfield Gaelic Academy Finishes Wraps Up for 2015
Our Academy has had an incredibly successful year in 2015, getting lots of new players and having great fun along the way. Our players performed really well throughout all of the games and competitions that they entered. Well done to Eoin and the rest of the coaches for all the hard work they put in throughout the year. The Academy will take a break for the next few weeks and resume again in February 2016. Please follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for updates on when it will be starting again. New players are always welcome and will be taught the skills from beginner level. We are always looking for volunteers for the Academy so if any of the moms and dads want to give a hand, they are more than welcome.
League and McCurtain Cup Double for Junior 'A' Hurlers
Our Junior 'A' Hurlers have had a great sign-off to 2015 after winning two cups in the last two Sundays of November. They put in great performances against Brian Dillon's and Glen Rovers to claim both the Seandún League and the McCurtain Cup. It's great to sign off the year on such a high note after suffering disappointment earlier in the year, in the championship. Things are looking positive for the lads next year!
McCurtain Cup Victory for Mayfield Captain Kieran Brosnan Collects the Seandun League Cup
Intermediate Footballers Plan for 2016
After suffering heartbreak at the hands of Fermoy in the County Final, plans are already in place for our Intermediate Footballers for the new year. The lads have put the structure in place for what they hope will be another successful year where they can go one step further.
Launch of Mayfield GAA Club Website
Our club launched the brand new website a few weeks ago. The site contains information on all club related matters such as fixtures/results, photos and various other information such as contact details for mentors of juvenile teams. The site also makes it easier for members to pay their membership fees and for people to play the Club Lotto. This new website is part of the club’s ongoing efforts to enhance the availability of information to members.
Club Lounge Available for Christmas Functions
The lounge in our clubhouse on Kerry Road is available for all events and functions over the Christmas period. Anyone in Mayfield or the surrounding area is welcome to book the lounge for a private party or community event. Contact Bar Managers Robert Boyle or Susan Teegan to book an event at 021-4508113 after 8pm every night.
Beannachtaí an tSéasúir
Mayfield GAA Club would like to offer a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year to all of our members, supporters and their families. This club can look forward to 2016 with great anticipation after a really successful 2015 both on and off the field.
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