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we were met by local man Ted
O’Brien, born and
reared under the shad- ow of the castle, which is believed to be the oldest castle in County Cork, and the only round tower cas- tle in this part of Ireland. Ted gave us a rundown on the history of the castle from its beginnings in the middle of the 13th
centu-
ry, referring to its strategic importance on the tidal Woomanagh. The castle’s
location allowing access upriver and out to sea made this a very impor- tant site in past times. Our walking group had now swelled to 26 in size, with some joining ‘en route’, and we were treated
to
some ‘fact or fiction’ tales from our surprise visiting guest, the legendary John Arnold from Bartlemy, who had travelled down to do his own research on Inchiquin and its sister
castle on the Wooman- agh, Castle Richard. John could easily have spent the day regaling us with his brilliant yarns, each one of which of course was reputed to be absolutely true! John, you made our day, go raibh maith agat! A big thank you also to Ted and Rosarii O’Brien for welcoming us to their lo- cal area of interest and for their sharing of their own local lore.
GOLF SOCIETY NEWS Our Golf Society AGM will be held this week in Páirc Uí Chinnéide on Thursday February 22nd at 8.30 p.m. As always, we would love to have new members. Our next Golf Society
outing will
place on Tuesday Febru- ary 27th
Waterford Golf Club. It’s a shotgun start at 1.30 p.m. with dinner at 6.00 p.m. Cost is just €40 (€25 for West Waterford members). As usual, book your place with Ray Rochford at 087- 2330054.
take with the Margaret
Rochford / Tom Fitzgib- bon Charity Day in West
CONFIRMED EVENTS FOR GOLF SOCIETY IN 2018 1. Weekend Away in Enniscorthy Saturday Mar
2nd July 12th , 14th
Thursday, 22nd
February 2018 Notes
and Sunday Mar 3rd 2. Sunday Mar 18th
Youghal Golf Club 11.30 am
3. Saturday Apr 21st
Gold Coast 10.30 am 4. Thursday May 24th Cobh GC 2.00 pm 5. Saturday Jun 16th
Tramore Golf Club Cap- tain’s Prize 11.00 am 6. Thursday – Saturday , 13th
GAA Golf Classic, West Waterford GC
7. Thursday Jul 26th Mount Juliet Time TBC 8. Thursday Aug 16th Castlemartyr 2.00 pm 9. Saturday Sep 29th
Lee Valley 12.00 noon 10. Saturday Oct 27h
Presidents Prize, Water Rock GC Time TBC 11. Saturday Dec 1st Christmas outing, West Waterford GC Time TBC
Killeagh
• Ann Marie Joyce solo singing winner Scor 2018, with Junior Scully Cultural Officer Killeagh GAA
• Eddie Leahy Scor 2018 recitation runner-up
• Inchiquin castle Feb 2018 East Cork Soccer Notes
Nemo Rangers’ Barry O’Driscoll Speaking Ahead Of The AIB GAA All-Ireland Senior Football Club Championship Semi Final
The feats of Slaught- neil have
left Barry
O’Driscoll scratching his head. The Derry side have become a magnet
for
silverware in recent sea- sons, necklacing together a raft of county titles, and a back-to-back Ul- ster double. But for a red card to
midfielder Padraig Cas- sidy before
half-time
against Dr Croke’s a year ago, then they might well be heading into this AIB All-Ireland semi-final clash with Nemo Rang-
ers as reigning champi- ons too. The Cork side haven’t
been to Croke Park on St Patrick’s Day since 2008, losing to St Vincent’s, and last lifted the Andy Merrigan Cup in 2003. The Derry and Re-
bel outfits, separated by 450 km, will now lock horns at O’Moore Park (4.30pm) this Saturday. “Their club is ex-
tremely impressive and I was trying to find out a bit about them, but what can you say?” says O’Driscoll.
“A club that can go into both codes to this stage of the year two years in a row, you’re left scratching your head a bit. What are they doing compared to other clubs? “They’ll be a different
outfit for us to come up against again because of their style of
play, and
they must be extremely fit to be where they are, and they must have good football on top of it as well. So we won’t be tak- ing them for granted at all.
“You wonder if they
had their 15 against Crokes’ 15 who would have won (last Paddy’s Day),” he adds. “It’s just something else you think about, so we’ll be giving them their due respect because they deserve it.” Nemo have been wait- ing almost two months for this opportunity after beating Crokes in the Munster final on Novem- ber 26. It was a 16th
provincial
crown for the Leeside gi- ants, but they’re not hap- py to rest on their laurels. O’Driscoll admits he
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has been waiting with baited breath. “It was my third Mun-
ster title,” he explains. “It was brilliant because it’s a newer team and it would have been a lot of lads winning Munster for the first time. “We would have been
written off because we were coming up against Crokes who were All-Ire- land champions, I think the main thing everyone was most pleased about as well was we were consistent
all the way through the game, which
was important to us. “I’m extremely excit-
ed and been waiting a long time since our last game,” he says of the Slaughtneil test. “I just really wanted
to come now and at least now we’re into the week before the game so it re- ally starts to gear up now. “You go back in Jan-
uary, do a full month of training, and then you hit February and you’re still waiting for the 24th
. Now
at least we can start zon- ing in on the game and start fine-tuning things,
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so it’s great.” Nemo Rangers’ Barry O’Driscoll was speaking ahead of the AIB GAA All-Ireland Senior Foot- ball Club Championship Semi Final taking place at O’Moore Park where they take on Slaughtneil this Saturday, February 24th
.
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