ST. COLMCILLE'S PARISH NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 1993 of the human being". Once again he graduated with the highest 'Ciao' Enzo possible marks and emerged as a Doctor in Philosophy (Ph.D). The University of Genoa granted him a scholarship for further study and two years later he was awarded a further degree, a Licence in Theology at Naples University. To meet and talk with Enzo one would never suspect the extraordinary educational achievements and talents that are hidden beneath the unassuming exterior. He is a bundle of energy and a doer of the first order who exudes the warmth and friendliness that is so typical of the Italian character. The twinkling eye and the bubbling sense of humour adds to the charm. Many Dubliners will know him in his capacity as Consular Attache at the Italian Cultural Institute. He is also a journalist and representative of the Italian News Agency (ANSA) for whom he writes regularly about affairs in Ireland, helping the people of Italy to understand the life, politics, economy and literature of our country. He also writes for numerous papers and magazines each month and is a regular contributor to the well-known Italian publication "Messaggero" (The Message of St. Anthony). As Foreign Correspondent for Vatican Radio he frequently broadcasts talks on Vatican Radio Sicily must be one of the most beautiful islands in the Mediter- News. These talks are either recorded or go out "live" by ranean ... a sun drenched land of orange groves and palm trees telephone from and are always about Ireland. surrounded by a sea which is eternally blue. I wondered how Enzo Farinella could possibly have exchanged such bliss for the Enzo is the author of several books including La Tragedia 'hit and miss' weather of our so called summers. The answer dell'Irlanda del Nord (A Shadow on Europe - The tragedy of was quite simple - he fell in love. It happened when he came to Northern Ireland) in which he offers a view of the Northern Ireland in 1971 and some friends invited him to attend an problem from an Irish perspective. The book was published in afternoon tea dance in the Pier Hotel, Dun Laoghaire. "I saw Rome in 1991 and during the World Cup, copies were pres- Patricia across the room" he says, MI asked her to dance and" he ented to the then Prime Minister Andreotti and to our own smiled "we are dancing still". They were married in 1973 by the Taoiseach Charles J. Haughey. A further book about Ireland former Nuncio, Dr. Alibrandi and came to live in Knocklyon. "Irlanda, Teri e oggi" (Ireland, yesterday and today) is in the They have three children, Santina now 19 is a UCD student process of being published. presently studying at the University of Bologna reading Com- There seems to be no end to the perseverence of this merce with Italian; Giocchino is a rugby playing final year stud- exceptional man. Take for instance his work for the Twinning of ent at College and Aisling a student at Sancta Maria. Towns in Ireland and Italy as a means of fostering peace. Awarded The Peace Messenger Award in 1987 he has now Enzo was born in Gangi, a mountain town in the middle of turned his attention to Twinning Schools. So far there are three the island. There he went to primary school before attending schools involved; Sancta Maria who is twinned with a school in secondary school at the Villa S. Saverio in Catania. A bright Palermo, Sutton Park with Catania and St. Mary's, Drogheda, boy, he gained his 'liceo' in literature and languages at Villa San with Acireale. It is quite an exciting event for schools where the Fermo, Lonigo, before commencing his further studies, first in children do projects on their "twinned towns" in order to learn Rome and where he graduated in Philosophy at the 16th about the other country. They experience the real thing by century University of Alcala de Henares. The following year visiting their "twin" town and get to know the people thus build- took him to the University of Madrid where he achieved an ing friendship across the world.. M.A. in Philosophy and Letters with the highest possible marks. He went on to teach Italian, Latin, Greek, History, Geography Enzo Farinella loves Ireland deeply but he also nurtures a and Civics at Collegio Pennisi in Acireale during which time he tender devotion for his beloved homeland. "Don't you miss it"? 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So coming right up to I have often wondered date I am now working in credit control again. how people could say I also have the advantage of being able to "School days were the best choose whether I continue with my marketing days of my life". For myself I degree, and I am kept very busy travelling found my school-going days around the country promoting Weight Watchers. an ordeal. So I always knew For some people college is everything, and of that four to six years of more course that is their choice, for me I have enjoyed studying after the leaving the way my chosen path has zig-zagged, and I certificate was not on the cards for me! have learned some lessons that no college could After my leaving certificate, which could have teach. taken me to college had 1 chosen to go, 1 decided I wanted to join the world as soon as KNOCKLYON COMMUNITY COUNCIL possible. So I enrolled at Fairfield College, NEWS for a one year business course. I was placed before my course was finished in an Knocklyon Community Council held a Special Estate Agents. This was a shock to the system, Meeting on the 14th October 1993 to discuss but a very pleasant one! rezoning in the Knocklyon Area. A vote was Unfortunately the company closed down after taken confirming our policy of objecting to all a year, but within two weeks I was working further development until adequate roads and again. I stayed with this company for three years infrastructure are in place. working in credit control. The vote for these proposed rezonings from While I was making my way down the road I Agriculture to Residential/Amenity is due to be had chosen, at home a small business was taken at the end of October by all Dublin County started completely by accident. This accident Councillors. however, was to prove hugely successful, so We have requested our local County much so that within one year the business could Councillors at a Special Meeting and by letter not be contained in the house and was moved to that they vote in accordance with the wishes of Tallaght. Knocklyon Community Council. I decided about then that I would like to study Our message is clear: No more development marketing as an aid to the family business, but until infrastructure is in place. at the same time I didn't want to leave my job, Next month 1 will let you know the result of so I did it the hard way, and studied for my this vote and how our local councillors voted. certificate three nights a week for two years. The Knocklyon Community Council's Action Exhausting but rewarding. At the end of those Plan for Knocklyon, whose object is to secure two years 1 then faced a choice, to continue for open space for sporting, amenity and leisure my marketing degree as a full-time student or go use, adequate roads and the Secondary School, straight into the family business. After a lot of was formally adopted by the Council and we will thought I left my job and went into the family be pursuing this with our local County Councillors. business, a decision I will never regret. What Michael F. Brennan, Chairman followed was one of the most difficult, rewarding and exhausting years I have ever been through. LATE NEWS: Ballycullen Farm and Stocking Lane Who said it's great to work for yourself? It was to rezoned - over 700 more houses on the way!

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Chuaigh seisean ag obair do Chorr agus Mac Cormaic i In the last issue of the tywsktter reference: was nDoire ar feadh tamaill ach sa deireadh chleacht se Kin a ghairm made to the sculptor Oism %elly who lived in i mB6al Feirsde. Dhear s6 seipeal i gContae Aontroma a thuill (Prospect Mouse, JQtocf^yonj !Aodhagdn (Brioscu ardmholadh. Gn6 shuntasach den bhfoirgneamh ni an pain6al now gives his personal account of the man and mor a leag Oism amach ar aghaidh an fhoirgnimh. some of his many worths. Mhunlaigh Oisfn 6 Ceallaigh cloigeann an ealafnteora Evie Hone agus cloigeann an fhile Austin Clarke, beirt a bhf in a Rugadh Oisi'n 6 Ceallaigh, mac le gc6naf sa cheantar seo. Ti saothar Oism le feiceiil in iiteachaf muinteoir scoile, i mBaile Atha Cliath i eagsula ar fud na tire. Bailiodh cuid mh6r de le ch&le le haghaidh 1915 agus fuair s6 bis i 1981. Bhain s6 taispeantas i mBaile Atha Cliath, i gCorcaigh agus i mB6al c6im amach i dteangachai i gColiiste na Feirsde i 1978. Scriobh an leirmheast6ir ealaine Dorothy Walker, Trion6ide. Chaith s6 tamall ag muineadh a bhf in a runaf ag Michael Scott trith, aiste ar a shaothar i gcldr i gCluain Eois, i bPort Liirge agus f6 an taispeantais. Ti suil ailhne ag muintir na priomhchathrach ar dheireadh i gColiiste Columba, Rith Chlann Lir sa Ghairdfn Cuimhneachiin, ar charbad na Tire i Fearniin. Do fhreastal s6 ar cholaisti reamhehuairt an fhoirgnimh Irish Life i Scraid na Mainisireach ealaine i mBaile Atha Cliath, i bPort agus Jim Larkin i Sraid UfChonaill. Liirge agus i Chelsea iit a raibh Henry Moore agus Willie Snokop mar teagas- cdirf aige. Ghn6thaigh s6 scoliireacht taistil go dti an Ghearmiin. Knocklyon Post-Primary Committee Nuair a bhios ag obair don ailtire Michael Scott ins na The new Minister for Education Ms. Niamh Breathnach daiceadaf agus na caogadaf bhuaileadh Oism isteach go dti an has set a record for this committee by being the most in- oifig 6 am go ch6ile. Chuir m£ f6in duil in a shaothar accessible Minister ever. We have tried every reasonable dealbh6ireachta a bhiodh le feiceiil i dtaispeintaisi iirithe an method of trying to meet with her in our attempts to trdth san. Chuidigh Michael Scott agus a fhuireann len a shaothar highlight the drastic situation which exists in Knocklyon a chur chun cinn. regarding post-primary places for our children, but to no Cheannaigh Scott f6in dealbh adhmaid do rinceoir Gaelach. avail. Even her own constituency colleague has not been Dfol sp6ise ab ea 6 ag seasamh ar leabhragin in oifig an ailtire. able to secure a meeting. Now, given that this community Nuair a dhear Scott s6ip6al i gContae Chiarrai d'iarr se ar Oism had presented two detailed reports on local population plaic don tSuip6ar Deireanach a dhdanamh fin a choinne. D'iarr statistics, distribution of our primary school children across Scott air "oscars" a dhearadh do Chumann Caitliceach an Staitse eighteen different schools, baptism figures and details of comh maith. De thoradh san chuir Oism deilbhmf dilne ar fdil do planning for new housing developments in Knocklyon (yes na naoimh Padraig, Brid, Colmcille, Proinsias, Cecilia agus Genesius. Bror Cecilia ar an ndrama- more new houses!); one might have thought that we d6ir Lennox Robinson. D'fhag deserved at least a letter. seisean a dheilbhfn le h-uacht ag However, we have had no response. You will all be Scott agus d'iarr An tAth. Cormac, aware that Knocklyon was promised a new school at O.F.M., orm Ifnfocht a dhSanamh Scholarstown Road less than one year ago on the basis of den deilbhm san le bronnadh ar chara merit. Since then, our primary school has grown even de chuid an tsagairt. larger and has now reached saturation point. This com- Duine eile a bhuaileadh isteach go mittee have re-checked our statistics and they remain valid. dti oifig an Scott na an tailtire Liam Indeed planning permission for additional housing has Mac Cormaic as Doire Colmcille. since been granted, so the parish continues to grow. The Thug seisean agus a phairtnear coim- perception remains that the present Minister and some of isiun do Oism dealbh do Mhuire her colleagues view Knocklyon as a well-healed middle Fatima a dh6anamh do Sheipeal i class community, and our problems are not taken seriously. Luimneach agus t£ saothar Oism le We have written to the Minister, one more time to request feicedil i s6ip6il eile a dhear na a meeting. If we fail to secure a meeting on this occasion hailtirf c6anna. Dila an sc6il, td we will turn up the pressure. WATCH THIS SPACE! saothar leis na healamteoiri An tAth. Jack Hanlon, (Ch6naigh a mhuintir i Vincent Kenny Muire Fatima Chairman Finding it difficult to budge 1J Introducing

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A "SHINING" EXAMPLE Kilkenny, founded in 1978, with two homes Dear Editor and a workshop, and one in Wilton, Cork, founded in 1985, also After months of canvassing and campaigning the "Cool- with two homes and a workshop. amber Neighbourhood Watch" has finally witnessed the From its humble beginnings in 1964, with one small house in a switching on of their new sensor lights at the local school little French village, L'Arche now has almost 100 communities grounds. worldwide. This has been no mean feat on the part of Neighbourhood L'Arche provides family-type homes where people with mental Watch as they are a comparatively new body. Successful talks have just been concluded with the Junior handicap and assistants can live together in community. The homes School Board of Management and Coolamber Neighbourhood aim to be ecumenical Christian communities, drawing their Watch on the second phase of lights to be erected on the dark inspiration from the Beatitudes. hill leading up to the school and these lights will be erected and The first L'Arche home in Dublin will be in , where the switched on shortly. Christian Brothers have donated a plot of land on which a purpose- Coolamber Neighbourhood watch is deeply grateful for the built house will be built. The house will accommodate four people donation of the lights by a very kind resident who wishes to with a mental handicap and five assistants. The aim of L'Arche is remain anonymous. not so much to provide a solution to the problem of housing for Hopefully these lights will be a big plus to the area and will people with mental handicap, as to be a sign, a witness, in our help stem the flow of young night-time revellers around the world to an alternative set of values, which says that the poor of our school and also make it safer and less frightening for residents who are out 'talking in the vicinity at night. We hope that world have something important to teach us. The homes of neighbouring estates will follow the example of Coolamber and L'Arche are small, in contrast to the institution, the aim is to push to have any dark areas lit up! provide a loving, secure environment where each person can grow and which stresses the unique gift and equality of each one. Catherine O'Driscoll, Bernadette Kane (Area Coordinators) To help fund the Dublin project, there will be a Flag Day collection on the 5th, 6th and 7th November '93. TEMPLEROAN SAYS NO! The Fundraisers will collect OUTSIDE OUR CHURCH Dear Editor after all the Masses on SUNDAY 7th NOVEMBER and your support would be greatly appreciated. An Bord Pleandla has granted planning permission for a further seventy-four houses in Knocklyon, to be situated in the Templeroan Estate. Residents there, at a General Meeting on Saturday, 9th October, attended by Councillors Mary Muldoon Invitation to a Special Mass and Ann Ormond, agreed to continue their efforts to resist the On Thursday 11th November at 7 JO p.m. builder, Mr. Michael Whelan, DrumlisfYMaplewood Homes, from gaining access through their estate. Mass -unit be celebrated here, in St. Colmcille's Church for Knocklyon has the largest National School in Ireland with all our deceased parishioners and the deceased relatives of 1,550 pupils. 546 of our children are being educated in pre-fabs parishioners. Parishioners who died this year mill be and Knocklyon has no Secondary School. especially remembered. If you wish to have them named at A further seventy-four houses would result in an estimated additional quarter mile tailback of cars on the Knocklyon Road the Mass, please leave the name in the Parish Office or the each morning, Monday to Friday! Sacristy. We would welcome all families to participate in (Name and address with Editor) the Liturgy of remembering our dead. 'Knoctyon 'Bethany 'Bereavement (froup KNOCKLYON GUILD OF I.C.A. We held a Coffee Evening/Open Night in aid of the Hospice in IS ALCOHOL A PROBLEM IN YOUR early October. Our members displayed their various crafts and we also had a Cake Sale and a Raffle. Many thanks to all those who FAMILY? contributed items and to those who attended. We raised £200. Alateen Meetings for 12 - 20 year olds held On Tuesday, 2nd November, we had another Open Night. 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Montessori School & Playschool M5o c r~l , Beautiful new surroundings with large garden Tallaght Flrhou^e Phone MARGARET 920663 K.A.R.A. NEW OFFICES FOR THE COUNTY COUNCIL (Information courtesy Cllr. M. Muldoon) Many of our readers will be familiar with the new building which is shooting up close to The Square in Tallaght. This is to be the home of the new South Dubl in County Council when it is established on January 1st next. The Centre, which will be ready for occupation early in the new year, will house the elected Council and the administration staff for the new Council. It has been specially designed as a headquarters for the local authority and will, from the outset, be a significant landmark in the centre of Some members ofK.A.R.A. on a Summer uisit to the Tallaght. From this headquarters the entire South Mansion House where they met the then Lord Mayor, Dublin County Council area will be administered, Mr. Gay Mitchell. stretching from the in the north to The Knocklyon Active Retirement Group re- Rathfarnham in the south, and including , assembled (following the Summer holidays) on the Lucan, , Newcastle, Rathcoole and 15th September and we were all very happy to , Tallaght, Firhouse, Knocklyon and parts of meet and exchange news of all the comings and Rathfarnham. The arrival of the new Council in goings during our two months break. Six of our Tallaght will mean easier access for all the people members enjoyed a great five days tour to the served by the local authority. Sands Hotel in Prestatyn, North Wales, early in Also in the complex is the Council Chamber, September. It was organized by the which will be the meeting place for the elected group so forty-six of us in all travelled by Stena members of the new County Council to replace the Sealink and were met by coach at Holyhead. We existing Area Committee. The 1900 were touring every day, visiting Llandudno, Wrex- square metre library will be housed in the single- ham, Liverpool, Chester, Manchester and the high- storey wing to the front of the complex. This light of the trip was the visit to the Granada Studio encloses a public square or plaza which has been where Coronation Street is filmed. It brought our designed to provide shelter in inclement weather favourite 'soap' closer to us all. We also enjoyed while allowing the sunshine in on fine summer days. the evening entertainment at the hotel and all the The 350 staff for the new local authority will be other facilities. One of the Rathmines ladies won moving out to the 8,000 square metres of office the 'most elegant granny' competition while one of space early in the spring of 1994, and all the existing our own group won the 'Name That Tune' services of the local authority including Roads, Housing, Parks, Engineering, Finance, Personnel, Competition. Planning, Development and General Purposes will be On Monday September 27th a group from the available from one easily-reached central base, Association went on a day's outing to Kilkenny by something all of us can look forward to. train. After a tour which included the castle, a meal, and shopping in the Kilkenny Design Centre, the members returned home. Monday 27th September was a fine dry day!!! Thursday October 21st was a very special night on which over thirty members attended the Concert Hall and enjoyed a performance of 'The Mikado' to mark the 80th Anniversary of the first performance of the Rathmines/Rathgar Musical Society's production of this musical. We meet every Tuesday 10.30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Community Centre. New members welcome.

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Winter time began officially last weekend but for the players and During a visit to the clubhouse on a Saturday morning managers of Knocklyon United this season is now two months old recently I decided that the next item I would write for and in full swing. With last season's achievements now merely a your magazine would be about the necessity for a fading pleasant memory it's time once again to test the skill, controlled crossing on the road near the club because dedication, resolve and indeed character of all the member's of anyone can see that a fatal or at least a serious accident the club. is waiting to happen here. It is wonderful to see such The unprecedented growth of our club continues with some 23 interest in our National games but the traffic hazards teams having kicked off this year. We now have representatives in there are extremely worrying to everyone. South Dublin Boys Football League, Dublin and District Schoolboy Hundreds of children and adults are crossing over League and our first ever Senior Team in the Dublin Amateur League. and back between the clubhouse and the Cherryfield This season, perhaps more than any other to date, will require pitches and as everyone knows the constant traffic is a great deal of work away from the playing and training grounds. whizzing around that bend on the west side unaware of To the forefront in this regard will be the Executive Committee: what lies ahead. Paul Keenan, Chairman Phone: 947283 The Chairman and Executive Committee have been Noel Gaughran, Hon. Secretary Phone: 935740 working on this problem for a long time. The matter has Bill Leckey, Hon. Treasurer Phone: 931917 been brought to the member's notice but one has to Bernard Coffey, Hon. Treasurer Phone: 942512 view the scene to fully comprehend the danger. Ken Lyons Phone: 943323 1. The Club Officers have invited all the Councillors Peter Synott Phone: 936856 Jim McGonigle Phone: 931046 on the Belgard/South County Committee to the club and John Doyle Phone: 946160 explained and showed them the problem. Paul Holohan Phone: 946394 2. They wrote to the Parks Division of the County To avoid what happened to Jack (of the famous rhyme) happen- Council and had visits from Parks Officials. - ing to our boys, this year sees the introduction of our first annual 3. They wrote to the Roads Section of the County Dinner Dance. It will be held in Marley Park Hotel on Saturday Council some months ago and had no response. December 4th. Any ticket enquiries should be directed to the team A reminder was sent on September 30th last to the managers or indeed anyone of the Committee as listed above. Roads Section - still no response. In conclusion I would like to wish all the players, Managers and particularly new Managers every success in this campaign. With It has been pointed out to all these people that during your continued support we can look forward to another great the week the activity continues because the schools use season. Yours in Sport both the car park and the pitches for games and for Paul Keenan, Chairman training. Councillors have indicated that when they contact officials they are told that there is no money for Under 8A League R-U, Inaugural League 7-a-Side Cup Winners. such things. Under 9A League R-U, Under 9B League R-U. Some of us are of the opinion that officials will not Under 10A League Winners, Under 11A Shield Winners. sanction the provision because they feel that there is Under 12A League Winners, Shield Winners, Inaugural Indoor 5- only periodic activity there i.e. at weekends. After school a-side Tournament Winners, Under 14s Shield R-U. activity here is even more dangerous because light will be bad in the evening until after Easter. KNOCKLYON Because of the lack of action -some senior members of the Club have talked about the possibility of a public GOLFING SOCIETY protest to highlight the danger. The Club Executive is also discussing the possibility of another approach to RESULTS OF ROSCREA OUTING the local Councillors. The Society had a super day in Roscrea. The format was changed to a We know that some of the local community team event which proved a great success, not to mention the Coach Trip and the best meal we have had on a society outing. We hope to organisations are deeply interested in this matter and arrange another such outing next year. Officers of the Club would be very happy to meet their Results: 1st Team: 1. Tom Donovan, 2. Paul Kelly, 3. Jim Goodall. representatives to explore the possibility of combining 2nd Team: 1. Brian Fleet, 2. John Walshe, 3. Seamus Doherty. and coordinating an effort to avoid an accident or The results of our outing to Hollystown Dublin Country Club on accidents that are waiting to happen. 30th October will appear in next month's Newsletter. Must someone be maimed or killed before the County N.B.: Our A.G.M. is on 7th December 1993 in Knocklyon Authorities move on this issue? _ „ _• , Community Centre at 8 p.m. Um Mongey (Hon Sec) D. Mac Mathuna BOOK-KEEPING/ACCOUNTS SERVICE iVK B • MARLEY 4 M

• GOLFER OF THE YEAR NEWSLETTER INFORMATION We send congratulations to Barney Sheedy (Idrone) on Items for inclusion in the next issue should be handed into the being awarded the title "Golfer of the Year" as the most Presbytery by Sunday 28th November. The Newsletter will be consistent performer at the Grange Golf Club. Barney was circulated from 16th December. As advertising space has become so popular we are accepting adverts on a first come, presented with a beautiful inscribed trophy which we first served basis only, with payment, so make sure to book your understand has pride of place on his sideboard! space in good time. Enquiries re advertising to June at 941204 (10.00 a.m. - 12 noon) Monday to Friday. AMERICAN TEA PARTY '93 PRINTOUT: 3,500 copies. HAND DELIVERED: about 3,200 The Annual American Tea Party took place on September copies. Copies also available at Superquinn and Shape 'n Hair, 18th in the Community Centre. As usual, it was a great Knocklyon and at back of church night, and, as a bonus, it raised £1,700 for the Regina Coeli Mission in Nyanga, Zimbabwe, the Carmelite Parish HOUSE WANTED TO RENT twinned with Knocklyon. There were twenty tables and from December for 6 - 9 months. there was room for more, so think about hosting one 3 Bedroom in Knocklyon/Firhouse/Templeogue areas. yourselves for next year. Phone:945156

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