Continued from Volume 18
Date: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 at 06:21:19 PM
Email: cdavisatirelanddotcom
Name: Ciaran
Message: Hi all, another volume. For anyone that's interested, there is a list of
names of people who have sponsored the Rosses Point Millenium Monument project available
here: www.rossespoint.com/sponsors.htm
Date: Thursday, March 01, 2001 at 11:29:17 AM
Email: fergal@fear.mor.aol.com
Name: Fergal McFerret
Message: Mo chara Meadbh, I retract my grumbles of the last volume, following the
Flood tribunes lead, All is now well, the Shells Lyre has a new motto, "Where truth
Conquers", much better juxtaposition than the burnt-orange independent. Yours humbly,
a ferret very sick on his own words.
Date: Friday, March 02, 2001 at 12:05:16 PM
Email: Unison.ie
Name: Sligo Champion
Message: A ROSSES POINT parish social has been arranged for Sunday, March 11th,
commencing at 9.00 and will be held at the Yeats Country Hotel, Rosses Point. The parish
social which has been an important annual event provides an opportunity for parishioners
and their friends to meet in a relaxed atmosphere. CONGRATULATIONS to Sr. Pauline and to
Sr. Imelda, Sisters of La Sagesse, Cregg House, Rosses Point on the occasion of the
celebration of the Golden Jubilee of their Religious Profession.
Date: Friday, March 02, 2001 at 12:07:08 PM
Email: Unison.ie
Name: Sligo Champion
Message: SYMPATHY is extended to the Vincent Ferguson and family, Ballyweelin,
Rosses Point on the recent death of his brother, Comdt. Padraig Oliver (Pat) Ferguson,
"San Michele', Circular Road, Sligo. A MEETING of the Rosses Point Parish Pastoral
Council will be held on Wednesday, February 28th at 8.30 in the Parochial House. A
COMMITMENT Service and Talk for the parents of the children preparing for First
Confession, First Holy Communion and Confirmation will be held during the month of March.
The community as a whole will pray with the parents of the children and teachers in
preparation for the celebration of these Sacraments.
Date: Friday, March 02, 2001 at 12:08:39 PM
Email: Unison.ie
Name: Sligo Champion
Message: THE Rosses Point Millennium Sculpture project entitled "Waiting on
Shore" has moved another crucial step closer to completion. The sculptor, Niall
Burton, travelled to Rosses Point recently to see where his bronze sculpture will finally
stand. The contract for the completion of the sculpture was then signed at the Captain's
Table in Austie's, Rosses Point. The committee were very encouraged by the generous
support that they received locally, and are looking forward to the eventual erection of
this beautiful piece of sculpture which will honour the memory of the courageous seamen of
Rosses Point and ensure their place in the maritime tradition of the village.
Date: Saturday, March 03, 2001 at 12:42:46 AM
Email: McFerret@aol.com(sligo champion.com)
Name: fiachra son of finbar son of fergal
Message: Fergal, father of Finbar McFerret, beloved of Ballywheelin Burrows, Ros
Cheite, passed away last night (after a severe fit of righteous indignation). House
private, All contributions to the Shells Lyre on line.com. (shares rapidly plummeting as
we speak on the NASDQ)(allegedly!). All contributions to the Ros Ceite site to keep it
self funding. Mais Dal Dire al Fare Ce di mezzo il mare!
Date: Saturday, March 03, 2001 at 04:30:20 AM
Email: pam@townhall.ie
Name: P.A.McHugh
Message: Sirs, The byline of the headline Truth Conquers has been on the masthead
of the Shelltown Lyre Players weekly since time began. And as for poor old Fergal, I
thought the motherless sod died centuries ago. I see that the sculptor is coming to see
where his erection will stand! Will he come before or after the event?
Date: Sunday, March 04, 2001 at 03:35:40 PM
Email: rosetang@tm.net.my
Name: ROSE TANG
Message: parts of Ireland re-visited.
Date: Thursday, March 08, 2001 at 02:04:01 PM
Email: LIDIAFBR@terra.es
Name: Lidia
Message: Hello! I was in Rosses Point one year ago during 8 months. You can see my
bad english but anyway..I only would like to say hello to every body. I enjoy very much
there and now I miss so much the country. People was very nice to me. Thank you.Bye bye.
Date: Friday, March 09, 2001 at 10:42:47 AM
Email: Unison.IE
Name: Sligo Champion
Message: Mast: Esat warned Sligo County Council yesterday served a warning notice
on Esat Digifone and the owner of a premises in Rosses Point on which a telecommunications
aparatus had been erected. In the notice, the Council said it had come to their attention
that an unauthorised development, comprising the erection of an antenna approximately 1.5m
high and a dish approximately 300m diameter, had been carried out at the location. The
Council advised Esat Digifone and the owner of the premises that an enforcement notice
could be served on them if the planning authority considered that unauthorised development
was taking place. Welcoming the Council’s action, Clr. Brian Scanlon said residents
in Rosses Point, particularly those living close to the premises on which the apparatus
had been erected, were very concerned over the matter. He said that Esat Digifone had to
adhere to the planning regulations and he called on them to remove the apparatus without
delay.
Date: Friday, March 09, 2001 at 10:46:53 AM
Email: Unison.IE
Name: Sligo Champion
Message: Rosses Point news: Parish Social A ROSSES Point Parish Social has been
arranged for Sunday March 11th - commencing at 9.00p.m. and will be held at the Yeats
Country Hotel, Rosses Point. The Parish Social which has been an important annual event
provides an opportunity for Parishioners and their friends to meet in a relaxed
atmosphere. The Rosses Point GAA Club will hold a presentation of medals to the Under 12
boys at a function which will be held on Thursday March 8th at 7.30p.m. in the Yeats
Country Hotel. Tickets are available from any committee members.
Date: Friday, March 09, 2001 at 10:48:51 AM
Email: Unison.IE
Name: Sligo Champion
Message: Confirmation will be held in Rosses Point this year on Thursday 10th May
at St. Columbas Church. A commitment ceremony for those to be confirmed and their parents
will be held on Sunday 11th March at the 11.00a.m. Sunday Mass at Rosses Point. A meeting
for the parents of those to be confirmed will be held on Wednesday 7th March at 7.30p.m.
in the Realt na Mara National School, Rosses Point. This is an important aspect of
preparation for the receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation and all parents involved are
invited to attend this meeting. Community Masses will be celebrated in the following
station area during the week, (near Ballincar) at the home of Sean and Nancy Bree on
Thursday 8th March at 8.00pm.
Date: Friday, March 09, 2001 at 10:49:59 AM
Email: Unison.IE
Name: Sligo Champion
Message: The entry forms for this year's Community Games competitions have being
distributed to all the relevant families in the Rosses Point Community. If you have not
received a form and wish to take part this year, please contact either Tom Horkan at 77658
or Evelyn Butler at 77467. All forms and entry fees should be returned to your area
representative as soon as possible. A Set Dancing Ceili will be held in the Geevagh Hall
on Friday 23rd of March. Music by the Glenside Ceili Band. Dancing from 10.30p.m. All
proceeds to the Geevagh Church Fund refreshments served. Free entry to draw for painting
of Lough Arrow included in admission price. Please support. Sligo Orpheus Choir and the
R.T.E. Concert Orchestra will present Mozarts Requiem in the Cathedral, Sligo on Friday
9th of March at 8.00p.m. Tickets £10 each are available at Whytes, Newsagents, John
Street, Sligo.
Date: Saturday, March 10, 2001 at 03:10:14 AM
Email: sgbil@eejit.net
Name: seagull's brother-in- law
Message: Dear comrades in feather, fur, fleece and cowhide, the weekly Prayer
Meeting in the Hotel has been cancelled due to the out break or should I say ongoing
recurrence of foot in mouth disease in politicans'. In the meantime as it is the Holy
Season of Lent you can prey privately on all whom you have recourse to. I see there is to
be a Requiem Mass for a chap by the name of Mozart in Sligo Cathedral, strange there is no
mention of the burial after. where did he live in Sligo?
Date: Saturday, March 10, 2001 at 03:16:11 AM
Email: miseeire@gpo
Name: Maeve
Message: Och me dears, 'tis so lonely up here with this here out break of foot and
mouth disease. No one is coming to visit me at all. I see them at the graves down under me
again here in Carrowmore. I see the Place of Shells Lyre Players Weekly is now on line.
Indeed full of talk of this foot and mouth, begobs we never had any problem with either
our feet or our mouths in the old days! I remember one cattle raid where chap by the name
of Fichra said, 'Leave the blasted bastes where dey are ma'am, not worth the bother o
taking them home. Look at their hooves and their mouths.' And that was 3000 years ago.
Slan agus gra, Maeve
Date: Sunday, March 11, 2001 at 08:46:30 PM
Email: bruen@btinternet.com
Name: Jimmy Bruen
Message: We have just spent another lovely week in Rosses Point..........It was as
usual Heaven. Can`t wait for the next time
Date: Monday, March 12, 2001 at 12:36:45 AM
Email: declanfoley@ireland,com
Name: Declan Foley
Message: I taped the seagulls and replayed it loudly on the back lawn every day
between 12 and 1 PM for a week. The local paper now has debate on global warming in
Australia, because seagulls are being heard so far inland.
Date: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 at 05:31:54 PM
Email: rosann@sover.net
Name: Rosann Hickey
Message: My brothers & sister & I are contemplating making a trip to
Ireland and, since preparation is sometimess the best part of the journey, I've been
looking over the internet at places we might like to visit. Your web site is
unquestionably the most interesting, detailed and richly evocative one that I have ever
encountered. Although I doubt that the Hickeys or the Sullivans have any roots in the
area, we'll definitely be putting you on our list. Incidentally, the parties desirous of
saving Elsinore House would do well to set up a method to make donations on the web. I'm
sure that many virtual visitors who are Yeats' fans would be willing to contribute. Thank
you again for a lovely experience.
Date: Thursday, March 15, 2001 at 04:56:18 PM
Email: fiachra@fear.mor.aol.com
Name: Fiachra McFerret
Message: I agree wit dat last daecent woman whose trying to save Elsinore house.
I'd just be afraid da the monies would end up in the coffers of dhat allegedly facist rag,
de Shell lyre weekly (far too frequent, should be yearly) for putting their prattle on dis
hear websight. John Black would be turning in his grave at de thought of dem capitalistic
foot & mouth infected swinherds making money out of such a noble cause. Sure was'nt Mr
Black de robin hood of his day, a wrecker for de benefit of the poore of de parrissh.
Date: Friday, March 16, 2001 at 12:41:47 AM
Email: jbres429@aol.com
Name: Joan
Message: My Grandmother was a Devaney from County Mayo- she came to America with
her Uncle, who had a choice of prison or America. She married a man from Donegal- I doubt
that we are related, but it is good to see where other Devaney's live-
Date: Friday, March 16, 2001 at 08:23:37 AM
Email: WHITEBURNS@HOTMAIL.COM
Name: AL WHITE
Message: GREAT SITE,MY WIFE AND I WILL BE IN SLIGO FROM CANADA APRIL 14TH FOR A
MONTH SEE YOU THERE AL
Date: Friday, March 16, 2001 at 11:27:53 AM
Email: Unison.IE
Name: Sligo Champion
Message: No ‘West’ decision yet By Leo Gray A decision on whether this
year’s West of Ireland Open Amateur Golf Championship will go ahead will not be taken
for another two weeks. The prestigious event, which attracts thousands of visitors to
Sligo and is the traditional kick-start to the tourism season, is due to take place at
County Sligo Golf Club, Rosses Point, over the Easter week-end. The ongoing foot and mouth
restrictions have caused the cancellation of many high-profile sports events over the past
two weeks but, as of now, there are no plans to scrap the ‘West’. A meeting of
the Championship organising committee is scheduled for March 28th. Co. Sligo Golf Club
captain, Mr. Tony Cunningham, told the Sligo Champion that no decision on the West would
be taken in advance of the March 28th meeting. Entries for the Championship close on March
24th.
Date: Friday, March 16, 2001 at 11:41:08 AM
Email: Unison.IE
Name: Sligo Champion
Message: Effort under way to bring back priceless Yeats portrait to Sligo By Jim
Gray Renewed efforts are being made to have a priceless portrait of the poet, W. B. Yeats,
by his father, John Butler Yeats, returned to Sligo. The historic painting was presented
to the Captain and officers of the naval corvette, “Macha” by the poet’s
widow when they brought the remains of W.B. Yeats from Nice for re-burial at Drumcliffe in
1948. Twenty-four years later, in 1972, the Naval Service formally handed over the
painting on permanent loan to the Yeats Collection in the Co. Sligo Museum. But, in 1985,
the painting was returned to the Naval Service for an exhibition and has since remained in
their headquarters at Haulbowline. Now, a number of Yeats enthusiasts are campaigning to
have the portrait returned to the Niland Collection which is housed in the newly
refurbished Model Niland Centre at The Mall.
Date: Friday, March 16, 2001 at 11:45:13 AM
Email: Unison.IE
Name: Sligo Champion
Message: Rosses Point notes: Parish social re-scheduled THE ROSSES Point Parish
Social which had been arranged for Sunday last March the 11th has been postponed and has
been re-scheduled for Sunday 29th March commencing at 9.00p.m. and will be held at the
Yeats Country Hotel, Rosses Point. The Parish Social which has been an important annual
event provides an opportunity for Parishioners and their friends to meet in a relaxed
atmosphere. The Rosses Point G.A.A. club held a special presentation of medals to the
under 12 boys team at a function which was held on Thursday night last in the Yeats
Country Hotel, Rosses Point.
Date: Friday, March 16, 2001 at 11:47:07 AM
Email: Unison.IE
Name: Sligo Champion
Message: Community Masses will be held in the following station areas during the
week (Creggconnell) at the home of Justin and Carina Muldoon on Wednesday 14th March at
8.00p.m. and (Greenlands) Rosses Point at the home of Mrs Mary Murphy on Thursday the 15th
of March at 8.00p.m. Sympathy is extended to Mr. John Creed and family, Ballyweelin,
Rosses Point on the recent death of his mother Mrs Mary Creed, Dromahair. Sympathy is
extended to Mrs Patricia McElhone and family, Rosses Point on the recent death of her
brother-in-law, Canon Joseph McElhone (retired P.P. Ballyforan, Co. Roscommon).
Date: Friday, March 16, 2001 at 11:48:19 AM
Email: Unison.IE
Name: Sligo Champion
Message: North West Hospice recently wrote to the local New Years Day Swim
organising committee to thank them most sincerely for their recent outstanding and most
generous donation to the North West Hospice, arising from the New Year's Day Swim 2001 at
Rosses Point held in Memorial of Liam Kilcawley (deceased). They also wished to convey
kind thanks to all the patrons and supporters. All efforts and superb organisation
including launch night are deeply appreciated. North West Hospice acknowledges receipt of
a total of £13,540 with special thanks to Noreen Mulligan, Ann Young, Tony Rennick and
their organising team.
Date: Friday, March 16, 2001 at 11:49:31 AM
Email: Unison.IE
Name: Sligo Champion
Message: A Set Dancing Ceili will be held in the Geevagh Hall on Friday 23rd March.
Music by Glenside Ceili Band. Dancing from 10.30p.m. All proceeds to the Geevagh Church
Fund. Refreshments served. Free entry to the draw for painting of Lough Arrow included in
admission price. Please support. Sympathy is also extended to the Gallagher family, Doorly
Park, Sligo on the recent death of Mr. Johnny Gallagher, Doorly Park, Sligo.
Date: Friday, March 16, 2001 at 06:17:36 PM
Email: rjwalsh@lmco.com
Name: Richard Walsh
Message: This is a great site. I will be passing through Sligo on April 3rd and
plan on visiting Rosses Point. I would appreciate any information you could provide on a
B&B for one adult for the night of April 3rd. Hackets? Rock House? I live in Virginia
and have family in Derry. Thanks, Rich Walsh
Date: Friday, March 16, 2001 at 06:49:11 PM
Email: richard.j.walsh@lmco.com
Name: Richard Walsh
Message: OOOOOOP's I sent the wrong e-mail address in my message earlier Rich Walsh
Date: Friday, March 16, 2001 at 07:15:16 PM
Email: seanward2@ireland.com
Name: Sean Ward
Message: Our family has been visiting Rosses Point for more than thirty five years
- not every year but whenever we could.I am glad to say thay we have friends there and it
is always a great pleasure to meet them. We were in the Point last week-end which prompted
me to revisit this website.I must do so more often. Sean Ward.
Date: Monday, March 19, 2001 at 02:52:13 AM
Email: sally.nicholson@senet.com.au
Name: sally-anne nicholson
Message: I spent many happy summers as a teenager at the Point and loved the site
you have created. I have tried to join the chat room but the time differences between
yourselves and Oz are such that I always miss you. I remember Austy Gillen well and
enjoyed the pub. I hope it hasn't changed too much since I last visted in about 1982!!! I
spent a lot of time hanging around the beach guards hut. My cousin ended up marrying one
of the guards. Keep up the good work on the site its an excellent resource. Slante,
Sally-Anne
Continued in Volume 20