Tús Nua

Foclóir

Ar mhaith leat aon rud a thosnú nó a athrú an mbliana?

Is there any thing you would like to start or change this year?

Ar mhaith triail a bhaint as spórt?

Would you like to try some sport?

An mhaith leat dul amach ag siúl níos minice?

Would you like to go walking more often?

Nó aclaíocht de aon shaghas a dhéanamh?

Or any particular exercise ?

An bhfuil sé ar intinn agat an maratón beag(nó mór) a dhéanamh?

Any plans to do the mini-marathon(or the marathon........fair play to you!)?

An bhfuil sé ar intinn agat bheith páirteach i gcúrsaí cultúrtha?

Would you like to be involved in cultural events?

Ar mhaith an teilifís a mhúchaint agus éisteacht le cheol/leabhar a léamh/litir a scríobh le cara?

Would you like to turn off the telly and listen to music/read a book/write a letter to a friend?

Ar mhaith leat ainm gach crann agus gach éan a bheith ar eolas agat?

Would you like to know the name of each tree and each bird?

Ar mhaith leat scil nua a fhoghlaim? Teanga nua? Ceird nua?

Would you like to learn a new skill? A new language? A craft?

Níos bhunasaí ! More basic!

Ar mhaith leat gan a bheith a cantalach ar maidin? 

Would you like to be less cranky in the mornings?

B'fhéidir gur mhaih leat eirigh níos luaithe ar maidin.

Maybe you'd like to get up earlier in the mornings.

Ar mhaith leat do arán féin a bhácáil gach lá?

Would you like to bake your own bread each day?

An mbeadh suim agat in obair deonach?

Would you be interested in voluntary work?

Dul i dteangmháil le sean chara?

Getting in contact with an old friend?

Cuairt a thabhairt go rialta ar duine aosta i do cheantar?

Regularly visit old people in your area?

Bheith níos chiallmhar le do chuid airgead?

Be wiser with your money?

Go neirí leat!!

TÚS NUA

Fáilte ar ais a chairde,

Athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibh go léir ! Beidh an ciorcál cómhrá ar siúl arís oíche amárach ag a hocht sa leabharlann, 15ú Eanair agus beidh muid ag plé ...........Tús nua! 

Cad atá le déanamh agat an mbliana? Spórt nua le thriail, bheith níos sibhialta ar maidin, níos mó garríaodóireacht a dhéanamh, caca nua a bhacáil gach seachtain, sínís a fhoghlaim...........

Tar chuig an ciorcal agus abair linn é, ní dhéarfaidh muid le éinne é. Ach nuair a deireann tú go bhfuil tú ar an dry le haghaidh mí Eanair,  beidh muid in aice leat sa West nuair a bhíonn an pionta tapaidh agat......... ceann amhain ...cén  dochair a dhéanfaidh sé?!

Welcome back everyone,

Happy New Year to all ! The ciorcál cómhrá is back tomorrow evening in the library(Blessington) January the 15th @8pm and we will be discussing .........A Fresh Start!

What have you planned for this year? To try a new sport, to be civil in the mornings, to do more gardening, to bake a cake once a week, to learn Chinese(it's the only country with decent economic prospects to which we can emigrate).

I threw in the "try a new sport" for any fit attendees. To be honest, trying any sport at all would be more pertinent. Does thinking about training for the mini-marathon count? I've read a really good book on the subject....

Here's a good one......Labhair níos mó Gaeilge! 

Bare all to us at the ciorcál cómhrá tomorrow evening. If you have vowed to go off the drink for the month of January you can be guaranteed that one of us will be behind you at the checkout in SuperValu watching you pack a couple of bottles of cabernet sauvignon (it was on special offer!!!).

Dia Dhaoibh a chairde,
Beidh ár gciorcál cómhrá ar siúl arís trathnóna amárach sa leabharlann, ag a hocht a chlog. Bhí deacrachtaí ag mé féin agus Máirín téama na míosa a phiocadh. Tá gach rud chomh gruama faoi láthair ach faoi dheireadh phioc muid "Cá raibh tú?" Mar shámpla, cá raibh tú nuair a chuala tú an nuacht mar gheall ar na Twin Towers i Nua Eabhrac? Nó nuair a scaoileadh Nelson Mandela ón bpriosún? Nó nuair a síneadh an chomhdhearbhú i mBéal Feirste? Nuair a thit an balla i mBerlin?

Bígí linn!

Dear Friends,
It's that time of the month again and our ciorcál cómhrá will take place in the library, at 8pm this Thursday 20th. Máirín and I had to really think hard of theme which would not send an already depressed population over the edge. So we came up with "Cá raibh tú?" "Where were you?", as in where were you when you heard about the Twin Towers in New York? Or when Nelson Mandela was released from prison? Or when the Joint Declaration was signed in Belfast? Or when the Berlin Wall fell? Or when Diana died?
Lots of food for thought there. I must announce a blanket ban on all discussions about banks(grrr), overdrafts(grrrrrr), the r word, downturns ..............enough about my personal life!

Come and join the fun, be there or be square,

Library, 8pm, Nov. 20th
Tea and biscuits thrown in.

Polaitíocht

Nuair a phioc muid "Polaitíocht" mar téama na míosa cúpla seachtan ó shin níor shamhlaíomar go mbeadh an méid sin caint ar cúrsaí airgid, cáináisnéis, cártaí leighis, árdú cáine...............a thiarcais! Bhí muid ag ceapadh go mbeadh muid ag plé "glamour politics"- Obama, McCain,Hillary, Sarah, Michelle, Cindy, an bhratóg réaltbhreac, ta's agat féin. Ach athríonn an saol chomh tapaidh sin, tá sé deacair a choinneáil suas leis. Mar is eol do na regulars ní leanann muid an téama beag nó mór! Tosóidh muid leis an téama agus feicimid!
Bí linn ag 8-9.30pm, sa leabharlann, Déardaoin, 23ú Deireadh Fómhair.

When we chose "Politics" as our theme several weeks ago, little did we think that the country would be consumed by money issues, budgets, medical cards, tax levies......................dear me! We were thinking "glamour politics " with the imminent US presidential election- Obama, McCain, Hillary, Sarah, Michelle, Cindy, red states, blue states, star spangled banners, razzamatazz, important CNN election reports and Michelle Obama's outfits. Anything to get us through the longer autumn evenings. Issues,smissues, we wanted an escape from our reality. As our regular attendees well know, we don't follow our theme closely so let's see how it works out!
Join us in the library, 8-9.30pm,Thursday 23rd October.

Foclóir úsáideach - Useful(or useless, depending on your view)vocabulary

Cáináisnéis - Budget
Aire - Minister
Airdeadas - Finance
Uachtarán - President
Na Stáit Aontaithe - US
Toghchán - Election
Olltoghchán - General Election
Iriseoirí - Journalists
Cáin - Tax
Dáilcheantar - Constituency

Athrú Aimsire

Tá an fómhair linn anois, agus tá na laethanta ag dul i ngiorracht. Cén fáth nach dtiocfá ag an céad ciorcal cómhrá eile, agus ná bac leis an diabhal teilifís ! Níl aon rud ach droch scéal ar, ar aon nós!
Phioc mé dhá dán a bhaineann (beagáinín!) leis an tathrú aimsire. An chéad ciorcál cómhrá eile ná Deireadh Fómhair an 23ú, 8 a chlog, sa leabharlann.

Well, the autumn is certainly upon us and the evenings are drawing in. Why don't you come to our next ciorcal cómhrá and don't bother with the telly! It's nothing but bad news anyhow. Of course, in keeping with the present cash-strapped times we live in, the ciorcál cómhrá is free! This month we'll be discussing the upcoming budget, only joking................. there won't be a mention of bail-outs, bank guarantees,
interest rates, fannie mac or even poor freddie mae. Our next ciorcál comhrá is on October 23rd, 8 o'clock, in the library.
Enjoy the seasonal poems.

Reo

Maidin sheaca ghabhas amach
Is bhí seál póca romham ar sceach
Rugas air le cur im phóca
Ach sciorr sé uaim mar bhí sé reoite:
Ní héadach beo a léim óm ghlaic
Ach rud fuair bás aréir ar sceach:
Is súid ag taighde mé fé m'intinn
Go bhfuaireas macasamhail an ní seo-
Lá dar phógas bean dem mhuintir
Is í cónra reoite, sínte.

Seán Ó Ríordáin



The Wild Swans at Coole
Verse 1

The trees are in their autumn beauty,
The woodland paths are dry,
Under the October twilight the water
Mirrors a still sky;
Upon the brimming water among the stones
Are nine-and-fifty swans.

W.B.Yeats

Broadband, poitín, uisce is url..........

Dia dhaoibh a chairde!

Bhí seisiún cainte an-suairc againn aréir ag an ciorcal cómhra. Fáilte ar ais gach éinne! Mar is gnáth bhí cómhrá iontach suimiúil ar siúl ag an ngrúpa. Bhí sé go hálainn.

Seo a bhí le phlé ag an ciorcal- Laethanta Saoire.

Seo a phlé an ciorcal-
Broadband
Uisce
Copar
Píobaí
Poitín (agus caora- who knew?)
Bád, gleoiteog, agus púcán (see below)
Feamainn agus carraigín

Here's what we were supposed to talk about- Holidays

Here's what we actually talked about-
Broadband
Water
Copper
Pipes
Poitín(see below)
Boats, Galway hookers(see further below)
Seaweed and carraigeen moss


We had a wide- ranging and interesting conversation last night. It was lovely. I always learn something new about the Blessington area (which I enjoy very much, being a blow-in from the west) or about life in general.

Did you know that that giving poitín to a sheep(as advised by a vet) cures it of various ailments?

Or, that when you have a high level of copper in your water supply, it turns the water blue,
making bathtime a mediterranean experience as you relax in a cerulean tub?

Poínte eolais, a chairde. Dúirt mé aréir gur ghleoiteog a bhí ar an Galway Hooker ach chuaigh mé i gcomhairle le mo mháthair(bean ghleoite ó Leitirmóir) agus dar ndóigh, bhí mé mí- cheart. Tá gleoiteog níos lú ná Galway Hooker. Púcán atá ar an Galway Hooker.

On a point of information, a chairde. I said last night that the Galway hooker was called a gleoiteog, but having consulted the oracle ,(my lovely mammy from Leitirmóir), it is, in fact, called a púcán. A gleoiteog is a smaller sailboat. Now we can really impress the locals at the next rásaí na noileáin with our two nautical words!

Go raibh míle maith agat, Margaret, don cabhair a thugann tú dúinn gach mhí. Tá tú chomh díograiseach agus dea-mhéineach i gcónaí.
Thanks, Margaret, for all the help you give us every month. You are always so enthusiastic and good-humoured.
Thanks , indeed, to all the librarians who accommodate us on our Thursday evening cómhrá!

Dátaí

Dia dhaoibh a chairde,
Here are some vital dates for your annual social diary. True to our intentions to become highly organised(!) this year we have planned our monthly ciorcál cómhrá dates. Red pens and calendars to the ready, please...............

Ní bheidh aon leithscéal agaibh an bliana! Tá muid tar éis na dátaí ar fad a leagan amach. Tá súil againn go mbeidh sé seo níos éasca díobh chun pleanáil a dhéanamh. Tuigeann mé féin agus Máirín go bhfuil gach éinne faoi bhrú na laethanta seo. Tóg amach do féilire anois agus breac síos na dátaí tabhachtaigh!

Feicfidh muid níos déanaí sibh.

Na Dátaí

Mean Fomhair 25ú 25/09 /08

Deireadh Fomhair 23ú 23/10/08

Samhain 20ú 20/11/08

Nollaig 11ú 11/12/08

Eanair 15ú 15/01/09

Feabhra 12ú 12/02/09

Márta 12ú 12/03/09

Aibreán 16ú 16/04/09

Bealtaine 14ú 14/05/09