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LOCAL NEWS ARCHIVE - AUGUST 2001
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O'Reilly School of Dancing
The very popular Irish Dancing classes are resuming in McSeain's this Friday evening, 31st August, from 5pm to 6.15pm. All newcomers are welcome.
Successful Vintage Day
The 2001 Cornafean Vintage Ploughing and Field Day was a great success on Saturday last, with record numbers in attendance on the day. The weather was ideal for the afternoon, with young and old enjoying a rare day of warm sunshine, quite a contrast indeed to the indifferent weather which has dominated the summer of 2001. Additionally, the dry weather conditions in the days preceding the event was ideal for the various ploughing competitions and demonstrations during the day.
This was the fifth year for this event to be hosted by the local Vintage Ploughing Association and this year's Field Day was probably the most successful to date. As in previous years there was a huge number of children in attendance, no doubt all looking forward to returning to school next week after the summer holidays. All the children enjoyed great attractions such as the Mini Quads, the Bouncing Castle and face painting, while many availed of the chance to journey by pony and trap. There was also great interest in the children's races.
The serious business of the day was the ploughing itself, which included displays of Horse Ploughing, Vintage Tractor Ploughing and scoring, and demonstrations of mule and jennet ploughing. There has been a remarkable revival of interest in Vintage Ploughing over the past five years and this was very evident in the standard of ploughing on Saturday.
The large attendance also enjoyed many other attractions and exhibitions, including threshing, vintage baling, loy digging, horse shoeing, thatching, cross-cut sawing, and wood turning, baking, churning and butter making.
The large attendance also enjoyed many other attractions and exhibitions, including threshing, vintage baling, loy digging, horse shoeing, thatching, cross-cut sawing, and wood turning, baking, churning and butter making.
All proceeds from the event were in aid of "Self Help", the Third
World Development Charity. Self Help is involved in the implementation of long-term development projects in Africa.
Self Help is operating in Ethiopia, Malawi, Eritrea, Kenya and Uganda.
Self Help is unique in its approach to building self sufficiency in Third World countries through its understanding of the concept "what works for me may not work for you".
The organisation implements projects designed around the priorities of each local area. Each project is tailor made to the specific requirements of each community and with the full input of the people in that community, using their expertise, ideas and labour.
The Self Help approach has transformed parts of Africa from famine zones to food exporting regions in as little as five years.
Every penny is made to count by concentrating on the basics, like providing the most suitable seed varieties, and introducing the best farming techniques. All our projects are designed to become self sufficient and self sustaining.
The Self Help projects are financed by the Irish public, through various fundraising schemes and initiatives Each project also receives pro-rata co-financing from a number of international sources which means that every £1 raised on Saturday for the
organisation is worth a total of £6 to their work in the Third World.
Mr.Seamus Hayes, Chairman of Self Help travelled on Saturday to Cornafean from his home in Fethard, Co. Tipperary and was loud in his praise of the committee who organised this year's Vintage Day.
The day's proceedings concluded with a Vintage Dance in McSeain's on Saturday night.
In the coming weeks, stay tuned to www.cornafean.com for photos of Saturday's activities.
On last Wednesday evening, the St. Joseph's parish team were well beaten by Bailieboro in the preliminary quarter-final of the Cavan Senior Football Championship. The final score in Breffni Park was Bailieboro 2-12 St. Joseph's 0-6.
Despite making a reasonable start to the game, St. Joseph's soon found the going tough against a very experienced Bailieboro side which included several several current and former county stars in their ranks - players like Gerry Sheridan, Paul O'Dowd, Aiden Connolly, Charles Clarke and Adrian Lambe.
A Bailieboro victory was on the cards when they scored two first-half goals and a jaded St. Joseph's failed to make any impact whatsoever in a one-sided second half.
Following Cornafean's recent elimination from the Intermediate Championship after their defeat to Drumalee, their next big assignment is a relegation play-off against Killeshandra, which is scheduled for next Saturday evening at 6.30pm in Devlin Park, Killeshandra.
Although both teams have being experiencing tough times so far this year, games between Cornafean and Killeshandra have always been extra-special occasions and this local derby game should be no different. Killeshandra have been competing in the Intermediate grade for quite a while now and they will enter the game as slight favourites. However, Cornafean will be anxious to preserve their status as an Intermediate team after their promotion from Junior ranks last year and will be sure to battle to all the way. The losers of this game will meet the losers of another play-off between Cootehill and Kill to decide who is demoted to the Junior Champinoship next season.
Amazingly, it is eighteen years since these teams have met in the Championship. Their last meeting was in the first round of the 1983 Junior Championship, in the newly-opened First Ulsters Park in Ballyconnell. On that occasion, a couple of goals for the Leaguers, one in each half, were the decisive scores in a close game which they won by 2-5 to 0-5.
The
Crossdoney Development Association are holding a Golf Classic in Cornafean
Golf Course on Saturday 8th August.This promises to be a very successful and
enjoyable event for everyone with an interest in golf..
The organisers are hoping from a great response from individuals, businesses and companies, who are being invited to enter a team or contribute sponsorship towards the event.
A Time Sheet will be in operation on the day and teams may be entered by telephone to Raymond Gould, The Village Store, Crossdoney, Kevin Goldrick, Crossdoney, or by email to golf@cornafean.com
The Cornafean footballers failed in their bid for a place in the quarter-finals of the Cavan Intermediate Championship when they went down by 0-15 to 1-10 to Drumalee in a game played in Ballinagh on Friday evening last.
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This was an immensely frustrating defeat for Cornafean. The game was won and lost in the first twenty minutes as Cornafean meekly let a young Drumalee side dominate proceedings. After Ciaran O'Reilly (one of Cornafean's best players on the day) opened the Reds' account in the 2nd minute of play, Cornafean failed to score for another 18 minutes, when Thanasie Kaldanis found the target. In the meantime a rampant Drumalee had scored seven points, and a minor Cornafean comeback before the interval yielded no tangible reward as the opposition led by 0-11 to 0-4 at the break.
Cornafean were revitalised on the restart. Points from Ciaran O'Reilly, Cathal Sheridan and Ciaran McSeain quickly reduced the deficit to four points. Drumalee held their nerve to extend their lead back to six but they were rocked by a great Cornafean goal by Val Sheridan, who fisted an incoming ball from Art McSeain into the Drumalee net on 12 minutes.
The game was now well within Cornafean's grasp but the story of the last twenty minutes makes depressing reading from a Cornafean viewpoint. During this time, the game degenerated into something of a mess, as Drumalee got the benefit of the doubt in what seemed to be a litany of key refereeing decisions from Ballymachugh middleman Brendan Sweeney.
Angered by several instances of what they viewed as harsh treatment by the referee, too many Cornafean players appeared to lose confidence and concentration, despite the irony that the game was always well within their reach. Indeed but for a couple of bad wides, the Reds could have been ahead in the latter stages. With normal time ebbing away, the game was held up for a few precious minutes by a couple of instances of minor but pointless theatrics. Cornafean had ample reason to rue the time lost because of these distractions when the final whistle blew with the scoreline reading Drumalee 0-15 Cornafean 1-10.
Cornafean's best displays on this occasion came from Liam Young and Eamon Gaffney in defence, Brian Doyle at centrefield and Ciaran O'Reilly and Thanasie Kaldanis in attack.
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Seamus Doyle |
Another long-serving stalwart who made a fine contribution was substitute Seamus Doyle. In the absence of the injured Rory McSeain, Seamus was drafted into the defence for the second half and played well. This was his 20th Championship campaign for Cornafean since he made his first appearance for the clun in 1982 and his contribution to the club, both on and off the field, in the meantime has been immense.
Congratulations to Joanne O'Rourke, Annagh, Cornafean and Tommy McGovern, Omagh who were married on Thursday last, 16th August in St. Patrick's Church, Drumcor. A reception was held afterwards at the Hotel Kilmore, Cavan.
Following their defeat in Friday evening's Championship game, Cornafean have unfortunately finished last of the four teams in their Round 1 group. Cornafean finished with a single point from three games, that point being earned in their draw with Lavey in their opening championship game.
Cornafean must now play in a relegation play-off series which will also involve the teams which finish bottom of the three other groups. One of these teams is our neighbouring club Killeshandra, who finished bottom of Section B, while the identity of the other two teams will not become known until Sections A & B are completed.
Each of the teams involved will play one of the others. The two losers from these games will play each other and the losing side in that game will be relegated to Junior Championship status for next season.
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Lough Mask - venue for the World Championships |
Local fishing enthusiast Gerard McSeain, Cherrybank, Cornafean achieved a notable distinction recently when he won ninth place in the World Trout Fly Angling Championships, held in Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo. More than seven hundred angling men and women, from many different countries, thronged the shores of the picturesque venue of Lough Mask for this event, which took place from the 2nd to the 6th August.
These Championships have been held annually on Lough Mask since 1953 - the longest running angling event on these islands. The lough (9,000 hectares) is home to no fewer than three different species of Irish Wild Brown Trout, and has long been recognised as one of Ireland's premier fisheries.
Gerard, who was delighted with his ninth place in the overall event, also took first prize in the Heaviest Catch – Ulster Anglers category. Congratulations, Gerard!
Preparations are well underway for this year’s Cornafean
Vintage Ploughing and Field Day which takes place on next Saturday week, 25th
August. The organising committee are putting the finishing touches to their
plans for the event, which will feature all the attractions which have proved so
popular with young and old in previous years.
Following the Vintage Day, there
will be a special Dance that night in Cornafean. All the proceeds of the event
are in aid of Self-Help, the Third World Development charity.
The Cornafean GFC Golf Classic which was held in Cornafean Golf Course on
Saturday August 4th was a great success with a total of 46 teams taking part on
the day.
The winning teams were as follows:
1st Prize Tom Mulligan's Team (Tom Mulligan, Peter Mulligan, Eamon Mulligan, and Fergal Brady)
2nd Prize Dominic King's Team (Dominic King, Eamon Lynch, Eamon O'Reilly and Christian Maquieiray)
3rd Prize Michael Gaynor's Team (Colin Gumley, Noel Gumley, Anthony Gaynor and Enda Gavin)
4th Prize Michael Fegan's Team (Michael Fegan, Sean Connolly, Ronan o'Hagan and David Fegan)
Nearest the Pin - Christian Maquieiray
Other winners were:
Trevor Eccleson's Team (Trevor Eccleson, Robert Richardson, Alan Harkness)
Ciaran O'Reilly's Team (Ciaran O'Reilly, Danny Gormley, Adrian Smith, David Rudden)
Kevin Geoghegan's Team (Kevin Geoghegan, Brendan Geoghegan, Cormac Geoghegan , Rory Geoghegan
Andy Martin's Team (Andy Martin, Michael Duignan, Ciaran Duignan and Hugh Denning)
Special thanks to Tom McSeain for the use of the golf course for the day; to Art McSeain for hosting the Presentation Dance on the night of the event; to Damien O'Reilly who prepared the food for everyone taking part and to Brian & Geraldine for providing the music for the Dance.
All the proceeds of the event were in aid of the new Sports Hall development at the club's grounds in Cornafean. Work began earlier this year on this facility and already it is obvious that this will be a very impressive structure as well as a tremendous facility for all the people of the area.
Along with state-of-the-art sports hall for the playing of games such as indoor soccer, camogie, badminton and volleyball, it will also be available for use for concerts, etc due to the inclusion of a special mechanically-operated stage of the highest standard. This will be a great feature to young people, for example, learning Irish Dancing, Set Dancing or rehearsing sketches and plays for Scór or other events.
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The new Sports Hall in Cornafean - currently under construction |
The complex will also include a "Community Room", which will be available to all the local community organisations in the area for meetings, functions, concerts etc. The plans for the facility have been designed to provide a comfortable, well-heated and insulated building which should be a great asset to the people of the locality in the future.
A very special visitor to Cornafean in recent weeks was the Ambassador of Chile to the United Nations, Mr. Christian Maquieiray. Mr. Maquieiray took part in the recent Cornafean GFC Golf Classic when he played alongside Dominic King, Eamon Lynch and Eamon O'Reilly. He proved to be an excellent golfer when he won the "Nearest the Pin" prize and assisted his team to take 2nd Prize in the overall competition.
On next Wednesday evening, the St. Joseph's parish team will take on Bailieboro in the preliminary quarter-final of the Cavan Senior Football Championship. The game is in Breffni Park, and the throw-in is at 7.00pm.
As the three parish clubs, Cornafean, Arva and Killeshandra, have failed to advance to the qualifying stages of their respective Championships this year, the St. Joseph's amalagamation offers the players of the area their last chance of Championship success.
However, the task of beating Bailieboro will be a tall order for St. Joseph's. Although their fortunes have fluctuated over the years, Bailieboro are one of the county's strongest sides with a long list of current and former county stars in their ranks - players like Gerry Sheridan, Paul O'Dowd, Aiden Connolly, Charles Clarke and Adrian Lambe. They reached the semi-final of last year's senior championship when they were defeated by eventual champions Gowna and they won the title outright in 1995 when they went on to represent Cavan in the Ulster Club Final which they lost narrowly to Armagh's Mullaghbawn.
We wish St. Joseph's every success on Wednesday.
Last Sunday evening, the footballers of Drung proved too strong for Cornafean in their Intermediate Championship clash in Butlersbridge. The meeting of the 2000 Intermediate finalists and the reigning Junior Champions attracted a large crowd to Butlersbridge on a damp, humid evening.
Unfortunately, Lady Luck was not on Cornafean’s side on this occasion as their opponents scored no less than three goals in the first half to carve out a commanding seven-point lead, 3-3 to 0-5, at the interval. While the Cornafean defence struggled to contain Drung’s star full-forward, former county star Finbarr Crowe, things could have been so different for the local team had their forwards converted more of their scoring chances at the other end. With Brian Doyle totally dominant in the middle of the field, the Cornafean forwards had enough possession to easily win the game, but a first-half tally of ten wides, as against three for the opposition, tells its own story.
Cornafean battled their way back into the game in the second half and were right back in contention when Thanasie Kaldanis scored a great goal for the Reds with seven minutes left. At that point, Cornafean were only four points behind, 3-7 to 1-9, but Drung re-asserted themselves strongly in the final minutes, scoring a late goal from a penalty to win out by seven points, on a scoreline of Drung 4-8 Cornafean 1-10.
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Lough Mask - venue for the World Championships |
Local fishing enthusiast Gerard McSeain, Cherrybank, Cornafean achieved a notable distinction recently when he won ninth place in the World Trout Fly Angling Championships, held in Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo. More than seven hundred angling men and women, from many different countries, thronged the shores of the picturesque venue of Lough Mask for this event, which took place from the 2nd to the 6th August.
These Championships have been held annually on Lough Mask since 1953 - the longest running angling event on these islands. The lough (9,000 hectares) is home to no fewer than three different species of Irish Wild Brown Trout, and has long been recognised as one of Ireland's premier fisheries.
Gerard, who was delighted with his ninth place in the overall event, also took first prize in the Heaviest Catch – Ulster Anglers category. Congratulations, Gerard!
Last Sunday evening, the footballers of Drung proved too strong for Cornafean in their Intermediate Championship clash in Butlersbridge. The meeting of the 2000 Intermediate finalists and the reigning Junior Champions attracted a large crowd to Butlersbridge on a damp, humid evening.
Unfortunately, Lady Luck was not on Cornafean’s side on this occasion as their opponents scored no less than three goals in the first half to carve out a commanding seven-point lead, 3-3 to 0-5, at the interval. While the Cornafean defence struggled to contain Drung’s star full-forward, former county star Finbarr Crowe, things could have been so different for the local team had their forwards converted more of their scoring chances at the other end. With Brian Doyle totally dominant in the middle of the field, the Cornafean forwards had enough possession to easily win the game, but a first-half tally of ten wides, as against three for the opposition, tells its own story.
Cornafean battled their way back into the game in the second half and were right back in contention when Thanasie Kaldanis scored a great goal for the Reds with seven minutes left. At that point, Cornafean were only four points behind, 3-7 to 1-9, but Drung re-asserted themselves strongly in the final minutes, scoring a late goal from a penalty to win out by seven points, on a scoreline of Drung 4-8 Cornafean 1-10.
On Friday evening next, Cornafean will play Drumalee in the final game in the round-robin stage of the Championship. This game will take place in Ballinagh. Both Drumalee and Cornafean have a single point from two Championship outings so far this year and the winners of Friday night’s game will qualify for the Championship quarter-final should Lavey lose to Drung in the remaining group game. With everything to play for, Cornafean will be hoping for a positive result in this game, and if they repeat the dedication and commitment that they showed last Sunday against Drung, they will have a great chance of success.
Preparations are well underway for this year’s Cornafean Vintage Ploughing and Field Day which takes place on next Saturday week, 25th August. The organising committee are putting the finishing touches to their plans for the event, which will feature all the attractions which have proved so popular with young and old in previous years. Following the Vintage Day, there will be a special Dance that night in Cornafean. All the proceeds of the event are in aid of Self-Help, the Third World Development charity.
The recent AIB GAA Summer Camp in Cornafean was a huge
success with a total of 162 boys and girls enjoying the opportunity to improve
their skills in football, hurling and camogie in Cornafean Park. This year’s
Cavan Summer Camps were by far the most successful ever. Obviously Cavan’s
great Championship run, together with the feast of televised football and
hurling matches over the whole summer, have generated a huge amount of interest
in the national games among the younger generation. Long may it continue!
