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LastAprll VA lostour much 1tr4ed arnl respectsj ch8irnwI. Bertle Foley. Bert TW88 8Very acmP9 mon w88 8 superb Iocol hlstorlan. 8wonderfvl ¢ommunlc8tor. and a %ry fted teacher and a yxl Bertie dlod 8uddenlyto ourw 8hockand s&lnes& lust as hts>wras ¢h8lrman w83 Comi100n eThJ. One ol ouillrt ents ofthe ye8iwa3 an IP8(I Irrtern cour88 lor (wer 658 kn1¢h w&8 linked to The next ofthe yaarwas wr open days Europ8an Herrtage in September. Committe8 MemberAri1 had m8d8 a very nlce video oflhe hlstory oflhls old school bulldlngwfilch was 140 rS old in 2023. This film rnn silenlly in the bxwound &8 vtsitors carr and Thent. We dKI not a lot 01blors1or Ouf first openin& Lxrt arr ourvisitorn desceThlants of FoitrrfiHas to l)een Itt01, iKrt Ewtyn Cartrdl had to take on that major reS[1111y. The deadlft completion ol artlcleswas the end of May 2023. A lot of klThY people had lUnIeej to vrflte articles arKI au had them in tylhe deadline. Corrections were done ty Don• on Its colerwas rowtyto bè launched. rt had 8 vuy successlul launch on 24• Octobw in Ranfuty H{ tngannOn. tyjoe Mahon Mahonb Way on r(V. Ihg18unch Ihe 40th anniversarycdebrations did not finish with th8 production of a loumaL It end1 wlth a y nice dlnn8r in the G8tths Rest8urnnL organised try Evetyn. with speakerGr8ham Mththinney and Othe Commlttee member Rich8rd Byme had baked a hu8e8nd beautilul c8k8 opj 83 8 Naknl ScIL Spoaker. Dr. Brkn Lambkln gave a very Internstlngts 8boutthg N8tionol School sy8tem of Educatknn 8nd Ib(r 8¢hoo18we IxAtt 80 trt YO chlldyen did not (rIalk In Jarwgry lyrfow chalfpof80n EWI 8b(xrtthe tml fkn8arnKffi or& hod to be pOstpw due to stomryWher. YrMJ wlli hear Evetyn talk 8fterth8 AGM tonight. In had Joo LB4Aon* to talk 8boutthe hlstory of MffjPark and has
In Maic. commlitee mamber kn.T(xry gav0 Intwtslkgb¢xrt hls Mcmlnn fam5tyvrt had emigrated to NewZo8nd eaty kn th8108t cwrtury and thelr roie InWWI ano tha We M¢ed to Ranlurty forthèWlt8lk on the history of drnmg and muslc in Ihis grea. Committeo membef Mary McGlntyvtho th8 tsIL h8d dedk8ted Itto th818te 8ertie Foley. Sean Faloon oflhe 8gnlic Theatre Introduced ft. attr8Ct8d 8 rg6 crfyMI. and Ihe extrn Space was much n818d. In eety May.It had been made 8bc#Jt 30 yaor5 aqo to alitrwthe old cross to be prar¥O. a8¥l¥t8ntftJrthe S(KIetyvrt V•iUarchht our marry vaiu8bi8 local history matw1818. book8, mgp& Journa13 etc. Connor 9tsrt8d in 08rty WL 8nd he 18 8 most excellentand very motlvatea CrPC. 8rMI She introd1 him to 8 1954 p11)818ph ofthe clrcus crash In Irish Street. Dung8nnon. gi¥pn to US ty Ertc Chationer. Niall researched the story and featured itvAth able to acce85 our lectures and committ88 rneet1n tyzoom 8fKI E1111 lor a sm811 and tiearingthetr Wy. thrwthout the pa8tswand many hffi been stayln8 loc8Uylch helps local l)uslnesse8. We have con*8nt requestsfor In1m• ab(xrttsmllles v4ho hacl to emigrntefrom the pgrl8h.