Grapevine a Monthly and Sometimes Satirical Review of Local News, Gossip, General Chat and Perhaps Occasionally Unbelievable Rubbish
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MAIN STREET, MAYNOOTH TIMES: LUNCHEON DAILY SEVEN DAYS 12.30p.m. to 2.30 p.m. DINNER MONDAY - SATURDAY 6 p.m. - 10.30 p m. DINNER EUNDAY 6 p.m. - 9.30.p.m. SEPTEMBER '77 NO. 22 PRICE ;10p GRApEVINE A monthly and sometimes satirical review of local news, gossip, general chat and perhaps occasionally unbelievable rubbish. A word ~f welcome to Garda Peadar Haren who Congratulalions to:- has taken up duty in Maynooth. A native of Clones, he has been in the Force for the past Peter McTernan, Parson Street, Maynooth, on five years. his recent Marriage to Jackie Harnett, St. Patrick's Park, Dunboyne. * * * * John & Nuala Burke, Ladychapel on the birth 'Farmers will now have to finance their Farm of a Son. Projects with their own money' - Mr. Lane I.F .A. in a recent edition of the newspapers Vincent Moore, Straffan Road, winner of the (We often wondered where ours went to !) Community Council Trophy for the best Exhibit at the recent Flower Show. * * * * * * * * The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland All items for publication in the next issue of tender their very sincere thanks for the NEWSLETTEI~, should be handed in £55.85 the proceeds of the recent Church before September 18th FOR A GOOD NIGHT OUT GO TO THE LEINSTER ARMS RE$T AURANT & LOUNGE Gate collection~ They thank sincerely the organisers -& collectors and last and by no means least those who contributed * * * * so generously. NOW OPEN Many people are still puzzled about the 'THING' in the square. The County Council recently * * * * threw some light on this subject. THE FULLY LICENSED RESTAURANT PROVIDES LUNCHEON AND EVENING DINNER A word of farewell to Rev. Enda Lloyd, Chaplin to St. Patrick's College who has * * * * been appointed C.C. in Portmarnock. DRIVERS MAKE MA YNOOTH A LA CARTE AND TABLE D'HOTE A SAFER PLACB TO DRIVE JAMES R. MCMANUS , OF Me MANUS ASSOCIATES NOW RESIDENT AT rln 40 LAURENCE AVENUE, TELEPHONE 286323 ARCHITECTS, FARM PLANNERS MAYNOOTH. BUILDING COST CONSULT ANTS. PHONE:- 286528 CML DEFENCE NOTES: MA YNOOTH CASUALTY UNIT ~AYNOOTH VISTA [ammunity [aundl by Newcomer PADDOCK BOUTIQUE CASUALITY UNIT:- First HAZELHATCH, CELBRIDGE Phone: 288372 I complained, about a year aid course will commence ago, that the title of my FOR LADIES HIGH QUALITY FASHION news during September. Those little monthly piece is no The Book & Cake sale held in July was a hugh success and it is interested in doing this TUESDAY - SATURDAY 10 - 5 pm. CLOSED 1pm. -: 2 pm. longer appropriate but as intended to hold this again in the coming months. course should.. contact I have been too lazy to change There is, of course, the Mrs. B. Brady, Kilcock Road, Basilica in Loudres. I wonder Maynooth (Phone 286308) it or to think up anything else contention that the written Recent communications with the County Council regarding the what 'freedom fighters' are to call it there is nothing for and spoken word are mere water supply have intimated that until the New Water system for responsible for that and do they it but allow it to remain. vehicles of communication North Kildare is finished, there will not be any improvement also get their expenses from It will be particularly i~apt on and that priority Ires in in the situation. We intend to take samples of the water and the World Council of Churches'. the present occasion as the send these for analysis ~ the conveying of the thought; two subjects I propose to if the message has been But to come down to the more deal with have no connection understood then whether Coming events discussed include the Cycle Ride in October, prosaic. What is happening whatever with the home conveyed grammatically or and the Talent Contest in the same month. to our English Grammar? Time front - or at least not directly. un grammatically is of no and again on both R. T .E. and consequence. That could It is intended to enlarge the membership and scope of the B.B.C. one hears the plural At their meeting in Geneva be right,. a$ far as it goes, COMMUNITY COUNCIL and there will be, more about this in verb used with the singular a couple of weeks ago, that but if we must' use English the next issue. nominative and invariably CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS agust and most Christian body for Pete's sake let us use where the expressi.on 'a number of' the World Council of Churches it correctly. The main portion of the last meeting was taken up with the revised is employed the verb is in the WANTED fallen tree for allocated a sum of two hundred draft development plan for the area. A joint sub-committee has plural instead of the singular. logs. PHONE 286107 and sixty five thousand been set up with . the Development Association to formulate our How anybody with even the * United States dollars to * * * ideas for forwarding to the County Council. Anybody having any SITE WANTED minimum knowledge of English. ideas on this should contact the Community Councilor the 'freedom fighteIs' in Southern could follow 'a ' meaning.' one' ~ - Y2 ACRE, MUST BE WITHIN Development Association. Africa. Two days after, the with a plural verb beats me. As 1 MILE, MAYNOOTH. announcement of this most Thomas Ashe, Post Primary for the past participles of the generous grant the 'freedom The next meeting will be on September 13th. School, Maynooth. irregular verbs, they seem to fighters' exploded a bomb constitute a mystery to all news in Woolworth's in Salisbury, writers and journalists. Do we Rodesia, killing eleven people. no longer teach our children their RYAN & TYRRE.LL LTD. Eight of the eleven were black. 'Sing, Sang, Sung - Spring, Sprang, Sprung' etc. I read in Since then two more the Evening Press some time ago ~~~ MONDAY - FRIDAY 9.00a.m.. - 6.00 p.m. GARDENING REQUISITES Missionaries have been murd an artivle by a well known lady ~~S SATURDAY 9.00 a.m. - 1 p.m. AVAILABLE yV~ ered by the 'freedom fighters' writer in which she wrote 'I ~\Cl'> bringing to thirteen the should have RANG the Gardai' number of Catholic Mission And what has become of that C~~ ~y~C~~O Greenfield aries killed in the last nine bete noire of our youth the months in Rhodesia - or ou~ Collective Noun? It is, alas should it be Zimbabwee? no longer singular except in the y.l'>'-l~ ~ ALL MAKES OF NEW AND USED CARS SUPPLIED Of Missionaries of other sense of the misuse of its plural denominations killed in the verb. * same period I am unaware COMPLETE SERVICE FOR ALL MAKE OF CARS but no doubt the World Council of Churches would have exact figures. PETROL TYRES SPARES The Geneva 'hand-out session' of the World Council of Churches BARTON'S SOLE AGENTS FOR SCHLUTER TRACTORS was, however, a grave dis appointment to me. Do you L SCHOOL OF MOTORING L realise that the Ulster Volunteer RYAN & TYRRELL LTD MAYNOOTH GREENFIELDS, Force or the Provisional I.R.A. got no grants at all ? OPEN FOR PETROL 8.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m. MAYNOOTH. T I-a BEST IN DRIVING TUITION Monday - Saturday PHONE: 286576 But never mind. The good " Sunday 10.30 a.m. - 2.30 p.m. " work still goes on. As i write Pu~118 col~ected. news is coming in of a bomb blast at the underground 2 Toddler (Robert Casey); 3. J. Gleeson's Little Dainty THE MONTESSORI CHILDRENS' HOUSE, LUCAN reenfield Estate (David Maguire); 4, S. Loughlin's ENROLLING NOW FOR NEW SCHOOL YEAR COMMENCING SEPTEMBER '77 On Tuesday 19th July we had Mr •. L. Lawlor T:D. received Dunmore (Mary Loughlin); CHIT ,ORR FRC,M THE AGE OF 3/5yrs - 5/7 yrs. (2 classes) a very successful meeting with acknowledgement from 5. S. Ryan's ~ Call (David Contact the Directress :- Miss E. Collins, 1 The Crescept, Lucan. Phone 280240 our Co. Councillors and T.D.s J. J. Mullaney, COl :Secretary Larkin) This was a followup to a re town Bridge. to seven hundred Meeting held prior to the The collections for the Mr. O. Cooney M:C.C. received PONIES, handicap, under the next five G~neral Election. Those who clergy and the diocesan Sponsored Cycle Ride acknDwledgement re Lighting, £75 - Divided between Sovereign extended attended were Mr. Liam Lawlor development fund (Share) Sewage Overs pill, condition Star; Rainbow End; Bank Strike This event, jointly promoted T.D., Mr. Mark Clinton T.D. are doing very well. If of roads· after laying of water Silver. Light; Donna; Tuckers by the parish and Maynooth Mr. Bernard Durkan M.C,C. Planned Giving and the mains and condition of Bridge Pet; Fleeting Shadow; Newtown Community Council, will Mrs. Mick Brady M.C.C., Bingo could be brought up and road leading from Square Don; Come Again; and Twinkle take place on Sunday, 16th Mr. Oliver Cooney M.C.C. by fifty percent, our troubles to Celbridge Road. Light; 55 competed. October - probably through Mrs. Maura Byrne M;C;.C. & would be nearly over. the bog country around Mr. Austin Groome M.C.C. Mr. P. J. Reynolds health PONIES, 13.w. open - 1, Owen Carbury and Allenwood. Apologies were received from BOYS' NATIONAL SCHOOL Inspector called to the Carty's Stylish Boy (Dec1an Carty) Further details later. Mean Mr • B. Lenihan, Minister for Estate on 20th July as a direct 2, J. Sargent's Fricka (Rita while, get in Some practice. Fisheries who was in Brussells The BoyS' School has consequence of our meeting Sargent)j3 , M.