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Community Magazine January 2018 No. 361 EDITORIAL CALENDAR It is good to have reached that time of Wednesday 10th January year when the days can only lengthen Clane Local History Group will host a from now on and hopefully the weather talk by Ms. Margaret Doyle, Archivist improve. Having a renewed Communi- at Clongowes, entitled “Clongowes ty Council with 44 years of successful Wood College Archives” in Clane undertakings and continued community GAA at 8pm. See page 3. support is another cause for optimism. Monday, 29th January On page 3 you will see that 27mem- A.G.M. of Clane Community Council bers were nominated. We are delighted in the Evergreens’ Room of the Abbey to welcome 4 new members. It is dis- Community Centre at 8pm. All wel- appointing that there were not some come. See p. 3 more. It is equally important of course that a substantial number of experi- enced previous members should be prepared to step forward and maintain continuity. We could still do with a big boost in female membership, which increased by 1, but some of the most important community contributions have been and are continuing to be made by those we have. The AGM will be held in the Abbey Community Centre on Monday January 29th at 8pm. Any member of the community is welcome to attend www.clanecommunity.ie and perhaps you will be inspired to get NEW MEMBERS NOMINATED involved when nominations are once more being invited in two years time. Following the recent Community Keep in mind the many achievements Council Nomination process the fol- of past years, which include among lowing, subject to confirmation at our many others, the acquisition of the first meeting, is the list of Members for Stream Park in 2 parts, one of which is the term 2018-2019. We congratulate now the Children’s Playground, The each and everyone on their willingness Abbey Community Centre and Ever- greens’ Centre -reconstructed from the EDITOR’S DEADLINE old Church of St. Michael, roofless The deadline for receipt of material for the since it re-located to Millicent in 1883, February issue of Le Chéile is the Riverside Walk, etc., etc. Monday 25th January To 142 Loughbollard please. We wish all a very Happy New Year. Tel. 045-868474. E-mail: [email protected] Get Le Chéile on www.clanecommunity.ie 2 to volunteer and serve the community. requirement is that written evidence of This will take the Community Council nomination by their organization will be forward to its 47th year, having been required and that the organizations con- formed in 1973. cerned should be non party political.. Maurice Austin CLANE LOCAL HISTORY Owen Brennan GROUP Paul Carroll John Daly Clane Local History Group start the Nellie Dillon New Year with a unique talk entitled Marion Doolan “Clongowes Wood College Archives”. Des Drumm The Talk will be given by Ms. Margaret Paul Edwards Doyle, who has been the college archi- Karen Egan vist for many years. The talk takes place Niamh Fitzgerald on Wednesday 10th January 2018 in Nick Fitzgerald Clane GAA Club on the Prosperous Martine Grogan Road at 8pm. Admission is free and all Martina Healy are welcome. John Kennedy Peter Kirwan IRISH WHEELCHAIR ASSOCI- Henry Lowry ATION, JOHN SULLIVAN CEN- Eamonn Lynch TRE, CLANE Rita Mahon Volunteers to assist with Church-gate Robert Mahon Collections for the Irish Wheelchair As- Tom McCreery sociation would be greatly appreciated. John McDonagh They can contact Vicki O’Connell at Padraig McEvoy 045 861 346 or [email protected]. Tony McEvoy Tony McKenna THE EVERGREENS Anne Noonan John Power Michael Quirke Here we are once more into a New Year and may it be a successful one The AGM will take place in the Abbey for each of us. January 1st is the feast Community Centre on Monday 29th of Mary Mother of God. We begin January at 8pm. All members of the by honouring her and praying to her, community are welcome to attend. The placing ourselves in her care. It’s new Committee for the coming year will time to make our New Year resolu- be elected from the above list of mem- tions, but how good are we at keep- bers. ing them; human nature is human Persons nominated by residents nature. I certainly make some but associations and other organizations in the area served by Clane Community most of them are soon gone by the Council are invited to attend subsequent wayside. In January too nature is meetings, from February onwards and resting and trees are bare of leaves represent their organizations at the Ordi- and rustic hues. Nights are long and nary Meetings. The only constitutional days are short, yet though nature 3 sleeps, it is not for long and soon life Of course he has all this practiced in and nature will emerge once more as advance under the watchful eye of we delight in new growth and and Sally. Betty Duffy and Eva Halligan the early days of Spring. entertained us too with some lovely Our Club is doing well with renditions of songs. We all wished four new members this year so far each other Christmas greetings and and more to come. All of us who came home happy. Go mberimíd beo went to see “Aladdin” enjoyed it and ag an am seo arís le cúnamh Dé. those talented artistes supreme of On behalf of the Evergreens I CMDS are really going from strength wish to congratulate the nine young to strength and are really such a people from our parish who received pleasure to watch performing. Our Pope John Paul II Awards from Bish- A.G.M. was held on Tuesday 19th op Denis Nulty. They are Jenna December. There was a good attend- Cross, Niall Little, Lauren Deay, Ste- ance and the meeting went off very phen Doyle, Orla Fitzgerald, Roisin well. The officers elected for the Gorman, Oriana Hackett, Cian coming year are thus:- Chairperson - McKeon and Ciara Flaherty. Well Sally Sheridan, Vice Chairperson - done to these young people. They are Mary Kelly, Secretary -Ita Killaly, a credit to their families, Parish and Treasurer -Maura McCormack, PRO Community and are so active in -Maureen Spain. Committee:- Kevin many ways in doing good in both Cribbin, Mary Smith, Mari Negri, parish and community. Mari Wells and Anne Fusco. As we start the new year we We Evergreens wish to thank Evergreens would like to thank eve- the I.C.A. for the wonderful party ryone once again who has helped us they organized for all senior citizens in any way, both financially and oth- on December 10th. We enjoyed it erwise. Thanks also to Committee very much. Both dinner and enter- Members who are so kind and help- tainment were excellent. On Tuesday ful to us all. There maybe more sen- 12th we Evergreens had a day out in ior citizens out there who might like the Blanchardstown Shopping Centre to start the ney year by joining us -a and came home laden with Christmas céad mile fáilte awaits you. We have goods of all sorts. This place is really many activities, including the art recommended for the quintessential which is so popular and great tuition shopping. On Wednesday 20th De- is imparted each week by our artist cember we had our annual night out supreme -lovely Fiona. For those of at the Westgrove Hotel. The dinner you who like to play cards, well this was superb -complements to the is the place to come to -so we’ll be Chefs. The entertainment by Richie seeing you. Hayden was most enjoyable and had For now I wish everyone a everyone on the floor dancing the safe , healthy and blessed New Year. night away. Santa was busy with us Ath-bhlian fé shonas dhibh go léir le all and gave each of us a lovely gift. gach dea guí. 4 ing their 130th Birthday will be coming Maureen Spain (PRO). to Clane too to entertain us all. Parade Entry Form can be picked CLANE ST. PARICK'S DAY up in Bob and Kates, Clane or by down- FESTIVAL, 2018 loading from our website. Check out our Facebook page in the coming weeks with updates of all events. Thanks for supporting us by purchasing our 2017 Clane Christmas Anyone is welcome to join our commit- Cards. Thanks also for supporting our tee and get involved in the organising of bagpacking in Supervalu recently. All the Festival. New members are always proceeds raised will go towards the Fes- welcome. tival, 2018. Plans are well underway for our THE ENVIRONMENT St. Patrick's Day Festival, 2018. Theme for the Clane St. Patrick's Day Festival, Man is the only creature which pollutes 2018 is THE SWINGING 60's. The the environment. The trees of the forest Festival will run from 9th - 19th drop tons of leaves every autumn. These March with something for every- rot away in due course and their mineral one. Lots of events being planned for content is recycled to sustain the further the 2018 Festival. growth of forest timbers. The same is Important Message: We are organ- true for the birds and animals which are ising something very special to celebrate our fellow occupants of the globe. Like- our 2018 Clane St. Patrick's Day Festi- wise for the fish and other occupants of val. Theme: THE SWINGING '60's. We the sea. There is a fundamental law of have decided to have a Reunion of all physics which states that: Entropy (or the families who lived in the locality through state of disorder) tends to increase at all the 1960's era.