Ch8tloner8nd Frank Shield&
The Ctritre w88 alffKJJtkn dalkn￿ at7.IXprn. Thtswas due to a l(Kallautt
the suwyand a tsamfr(xn POWERNI Was￿ M IL
duri￿the past year. hi8hiqhtsrq Ihe Vlentsfofthe4￿ gnniverngryof the lounding of
DonWnMJrn Hlstork81 SocietyarKI the succe&8 of our 4￿ annhw¥aryknim8L She also
Ftsnk•tt ow. ourlr88www. Thrt￿of 0urfm8ncialaffal￿ h&hii8htingthe
dor*tiorffj and empliasised the importance otthe Sales Ixw ￿ ann￿rsary￿)UM￿to wr

At the end 01the￿ the C8ntrew88 8tIU In d8rkn888 but &•tyn Card¥wU decld60 to 80 8head
with hertsik using her Wop computer. She h8d 8one some *ith her moat internstln8tslk
when the el￿￿ty su(kJenty came on. Shewas use tho screen for her Images and to
complete a fasclnatlngtslk aboutlhe SIo8nf8mliy ot Don4hmor8 80mo of v*•om had
emlgfated to Ohio and one of vthom lounded 8 thore caiknl Dun88nnon.

LastAprll VA lostour much 1tr4ed arnl respectsj ch8irnwI. Bertle Foley. Bert￿ TW88 8Very
ac￿mP￿9￿ 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 Comi￿100n eThJ.
One ol ouillrt e￿nts 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
MemberA￿ri1 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 01b￿lors1or Ouf first openin& Lxrt arr￿ ourvisitorn desceThlants of
FoitrrfiHas to l)een ￿Itt01, iKrt Ewtyn Cartrdl had to take on that major reS[￿1￿111y. The
deadl￿ft￿ completion ol artlcleswas the end of May 2023. A lot of klThY people had
lUnIee￿j 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{￿ t￿ngannOn. tyjoe Mahon ￿ Mahonb Way on r(V. Ihg18unch
Ihe 40th anniversarycdebrations did not finish with th8 production of a loumaL It end￿1 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
op￿j 83 8 Naknl ScI￿L Spoaker. Dr. Brkn Lambkln gave a very Internstlngts￿ 8boutthg
N8tionol School sy8tem of Educatknn 8nd Ib(r* 8¢hoo18*we IxAtt 80 tr￿t YO￿ chlldyen did not
(￿rIalk In Jarwgry lyrfow chalfpof80n EWI 8b(xrtthe tml ￿ fkn8arnKffi or& hod
to be pOstpw￿ due to stomry*Wher. 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￿ Intw*tslkgb¢xrt hls Mcmlnn
fam5tyvrt￿ had emigrated to NewZo*8nd 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 n8*18d.
In eety May.It had been made 8bc#Jt 30 yaor5 aqo to alitrwthe old cross to be pr￿ar¥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 introd￿1 him to 8 1954 p￿11)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 E￿11￿11￿ lor a sm811
and tiearingthetr Wy.
thrwthout the pa8tswand many hffi been stayln8 loc8Uy￿lch helps local l)uslnesse8. We
have con*8nt requestsfor In1￿m•￿ ab(xrttsmllles v4ho hacl to emigrntefrom the pgrl8h.