Notes to the Paper - 18 November 2010

This week’s picture

From the wonderful collection of Eddie Fraher, this week’s picture shows a Cappoquin Gaelic football team lining out for a championship match, probably at Lismore. The state of the hairstyles of some of the known protagonists suggests that this dates from the second half of the 1950s. More interesting still is that among this group of junior footballers are the holders of at least four All-Ireland hurling medals. Enjoy figuring that one out!

Best Wishes

Many congratulations to our hard working committee member Christine Collender on her recent wedding to Vinnie, and many years of happiness to both of you.

Santa at the Square

Despite the recession, we can now confirm that Santa is, indeed, going to visit Cappoquin this year in advance of the main event on Christmas Eve. His elf-mail (he doesn’t use email) has arrived, announcing that his visit to the Square in Cappoquin will take place on Saturday, 11^th December. We can’t confirm a time as yet but will do so in a week or two. This means that Santa will be in town on the same weekend as the Choral Society’s Cinderella concert at the Community Centre. It is just great to see the Choral Society also win a Community and Voluntary Awards nomination this year and they heartily deserve to win the competition too for the imaginative and brave decision to stage the St. Patrick’s Day Parade over the past two years, a real highlight on the Cappoquin calendar at this stage.

Farmers’ Market

The Farmers’ Market will be held at the Square on the morning of 11^th December also, so it should be a great occasion for young and old as our local producers and craftspeople display their wares. This will be the tenth Farmer’s Market at the Square since the tradition was revived about five years ago. The earliest known records show that such markets took place at the very same spot as far back as the 1620s, so anyone shopping at this year’s event will be re-enacting a bit of history into the bargain.

Launch of Michael Cavanagh’s Works

Best of luck to the Michael Cavanagh Society which is launching its 400-page book of Michael Cavanagh; His Life and Selected Writings at the Community Centre on Saturday, November 27^th at 8.30. The book will be on sale for a special launch price of €15 on that night only, and will be available in local shops and through the Civic Link website, www.cappoquin.net after November 27^th, and we hope through other outlets. All proceeds are going to Bunscoil Gleann Sidheain and we hope everyone who can will support the launch of this high quality hard-back production of the writings of Cappoquin’s literary son, and support our school into the bargain. Full details are given in a separate article.

Playground Lights

Now that the long evenings have well and truly arrived, we are hopeful that the Council will be in a position to effect the minor repair to the gate and to install the lighting at the town playground in order to ensure that this excellent facility remains in its current very good condition.