Sixteenth Baltinglass Parish Review

Cover photo by Nigel Gillis

Full title: The Review 2019: a year in the life of Baltinglass, Bigstone, Grangecon and Stratford.

Creator / Author: Compiled by the Communications Sub-Group of St. Joseph’s Parish Pastoral Council, Editorial Board: Mary Hanlon, Bernie Doogue, Renee Wall…et al.

Item Type / Page count: Booklet / 102pp

When Published: 2019

Publisher / Place of Publication: St. Joseph’s Parish Baltinglass / Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow.

About: This is the sixteenth issue of an annual publication and the last issue pre-Covid. It remains to be seen if any further issues are to be published. Within its A4-sized format, it chronicles activities in the parish during the year, publishes short articles of general or historical interest and includes photographs past and present. Contemporary advertisements help to provide a snapshot of local economic activity.

ID number(s): None

Contents: A Word from the Parish Priest / Fr. Gerard Ahern PP — From the Editor / Mary Hanlon — The Hillfort Capital of Ireland — Lalor Centre — Baltinglass Courthouse — Senior A Post-Primary Schools Football Final — Baltinglass Street Walk — Scoil Chonglais Girls Win All-Ireland Final — Rathmoon Success Story / The Humphries Family — Stratford on Slaney New National School / Mary O’Keeffe — West Wicklow Veteran & Vintage Car Club — Stratford Grangecon GAA — Tearmann Community Garden — Down Home / Celina Kelly — Grangecon News — Baltinglass Hospital — Cosy Corner Crafters — Enactus / Kate Dowling — Bigstone National School – Our Favourite Events — Great Performances for Scott at Three European Athletic Championships — West Wicklow Voices Goes Spanish / Joanne Mather — Balto Kayak Club — Baltinglass Golfers Win Provincial Towns Cup — Stratford Community Cafe & Shop — Bigstone Community Centre — Going Green at Grangecon N.S. — Photo Galleries — A Fallen Hero / Tommy Doyle — Weddings Photo Gallery — Greetings — Stratford Social Scene — Baltinglass District Forum / Frank Quaid — Wicklow Older People’s Council / Mai Quaid — The Night that Michael Came to Town / Mary Hayes — India Experience / Catherine Whelan — Flustered (poem) / Kathleen Fleming — Baltinglass Parish Fun Day — Canonisation of Cardinal John Henry Newman — Changing Times / P. J. Hanlon — Medjugorje — 80th Birthday Celebration for Fr. Tommy Dillon — Max Hart — Tuscany host Traditional Irish Dancers — Chess in Scoil Naomh Iosaf — Baltinglass GAA Club — Liam Fitzgerald — On the Top of Griffinstown Hill beside the Fairy Rath / Betty Norton — Scoil Chonglais Golf — Scoil Chonglais Rugby — Bereavement — Deaths in Baltinglass Parish — Art Competition Winners — First Holy Communion & Confirmation [Photo Gallery].

Extra #1: Contains two full pages of photographs, not counting pictures included in individual articles.

Twelfth Baltinglass Parish Review

© (cover photo Nigel Gillis)

Full title: The Review 2015: a year in the life of Baltinglass, Bigstone, Grangecon and Stratford.

Creator / Author: Compiled by the Communications Sub-Group of St. Joseph’s Parish Pastoral Council, Editorial Board: Mary Hanlon, Sr. Eileen Deegan, Renee Wall…et al.

Item Type / Page count: Booklet / 98pp

When Published: 2015

Publisher / Place of Publication: St. Joseph’s Parish Baltinglass / Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow.

About: This is the twelfth issue of an annual publication. Within its A4-sized format, it chronicles activities in the parish during the year, publishes short articles of general or historical interest and includes photographs past and present. Contemporary advertisements help to provide a snapshot of local economic activity.

ID number(s): None

Contents: A Word from the Parish Priest / Tommy Dillon – From the Editor / Mary Hanlon – Baltinglass Courthouse – Boy Scouts and a box of Weetabix / Kieran Fanning – International Success for Scoil Chonglais Student – Baltinglass Further Education & Training Centre – Lalor Centre – 10 Years of Tearmann Community Garden – Tearmann [poem] / Alfred Gillespie – B&B for Birds and Bugs – The Outdoor Classroom / Mary O’Keeffe – Rev. Máirt / Rev. Máirt Hanley – Community Support Worker Programme — Scoil Chonglais on a Winning Streak / Abbie Byrne — Baltinglasss Soccer Club – West Wicklow Voices – Grangecon Village – Tom Hannafin N.T., B. Ed., M.Ed – Mary Farrell Retires / Mary Farrell – The Way of the Cross / Rev. Máirt Hanley — Grangecon N.S. Golden Jubilee / Nuala O’Connell – Commemorative Plaque to Pte Michael McGuinn at Scoil Naomh Iosaf – [Photo Gallery] – Flemings Mace Mill 1984-2014 / John Fleming – Kind [poem] / A. T. – Autumn Tints 20/10/1969 [poem] / Frank Hunt – Baltinglasss Community Action Group – Yvonne Ross / Yvonne Ross – [Photo Galleries] – Baltinglasss GAA Club – Wedding Anniversaries – Leinster Junior Foursomes Champions – Weddings in Baltinglass Parish 1^st October 2014 to 30^th September 2015 [and Photo Gallery] – Baltinglass 4^th Wicklow Scout Group – Baltinglass Lions Club / Mary Ross – Fr. Tommy’s Golden Jubilee / Fintan Doyle – Stratford-on-Slaney – it’s connection to the 1916 Easter Rising / Elizabeth Thompson – Fr. John Fingleton / Frank Hunt – My Daily Creed [poem] / Anon — Baptisms in Baltinglass Parish from 1st October 2014 to 30^th September 2015 – Baltinglass Youth Club – Little Feet Créche & Pre-school: 20 years later – Jamie O’Connor – Signposts / Mary Ryder — Naíonra Bealach Chonglais 1985-2015 – Grace Makes the Leinster Rugby Team – The Presentation Sisters — Stratford / Grangecon G.A.A. – Art Competition Winners – Lourdes Through the Eyes of a Child / Cliona Kavanagh – Animal Mass in Stratford-on-Slaney [photos] – Niall Moore’s 90^th Birthday Party – Deaths in  Baltinglass Parish 1^st October 2014 to 30^th September 2015 – 1^st Communions and Confirmation [Photo Gallery].

Extra #1: Contains five full pages of photographs, not counting pictures included in individual articles.

Eleventh Baltinglass Parish Review

© (cover photo Nigel Gillis)

Full title: The Review 2014: a year in the life of Baltinglass, Bigstone, Grangecon and Stratford.

Creator / Author: Compiled by the Communications Sub-Group of St. Joseph’s Parish Pastoral Council, Editorial Board: Mary Hanlon, Sr. Eileen Deegan, Renee Wall…et al.

Item Type / Page count: Booklet / 98pp

When Published: 2014

Publisher / Place of Publication: St. Joseph’s Parish Baltinglass / Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow.

About: This is the eleventh issue of an annual publication. Within its A4-sized format, it chronicles activities in the parish during the year, publishes short articles of general or historical interest and includes photographs past and present. Contemporary advertisements help to provide a snapshot of local economic activity.

ID number(s): None

Contents: A Word from the Parish Priest / Tommy Dillon – From the Editor / Mary Hanlon – Baltinglass Ladies GFC – Let’s Walk: Centra Baltinglass welcomes Rob Heffernan — Focus on Baltinglass Credit Union – Grangecon National School – A Harvest Festival to Remember – Gathering to Celebrate / Rosemary Shortall – Anything is Possible [poem] / Anon – Jennifer Retires after 41½ years Nursing Career – St Francis of Assisi Day, Stratford / Marie Halstead –What’s Goin’ on in Grangecon? / Kenneth Flood – Kids Aloud Celebrates 10 Years – Get Vocal Choral Group / Mary Hickson – Benemerenti Medal – Nancy Hughes, Kay Halstead, May Markham, Sr. Brigid – The Year 1990: a year never to be forgotten by all associated with Baltinglasss GAA club / Jim Sheerin – Kareem brings gold to Balto – My Daily Creed [poem] / Anon – New History Board for Baltinglass / Paul Gorry – Global Brigades / Laura Horgan – A Baltinglass Lad who Fell in the Great War / Pat McGrath — Baptisms in Baltinglass Parish from 1st October 2013 to 30^th September 2014 — Stratford / Grangecon G.A.A. – Niall Murphy — Weddings 1^st October 2013 to 30^th September 2014 [and Photo Gallery] – Remembering the Early Years – Going Home after 60 Years / Pauline Murray – 60 Happy Years of Priesthood / Fr. Des Byrne — [Photo Galleries] – Maisie and Patricia’s Naíonra, Chapel Hill [Photo Gallery] – Golden Wedding Anniversary – Baltinglass Men’s Shed is Formed — Tearmann Community Garden – A Baltinglass Institution Gets a Facelift / William Quinn – Patricia Doody Retires / Tom Hannafin – Active Retired in Baltinglass / Mary Vernon – Community Shop / Margaret Milliken – A Rose-tastic Life: the journey of the 2014 Wicklow Rose / Gillian Burke – Emergency Services / Mary Ryder – Lalor Centre/KARE / Pauline Balfe – Baltinglass GAA – Anne Lennon / Noeline Finnegan – Parish Life: a hopeful view for the future / Fintan Doyle – Rectory Repairs / Reverend Margaret Sykes – Marina’s Mirror Award – RÁS visits Baltinglass – Mountain Brothers [poem] / Kieran Alcock – Summer in the Alps [poem] / Kieran Alcock – Tour du Mont Blanc / Declan Alcock — College in the War Years – Part 4 / Frank Hunt – Baltinglass Hospital – Baltinglass & District Forum – Bigstone Tractor Run for Leukaemia – West Wicklow Choral Society – Art Competition – Bigstone N.S. – Greetings — Deaths in Baltinglass Parish 1^st October 2013 to 30^th September 2014 – Communions and Confirmations [Photo Gallery].

Extra #1: Contains eight full pages of photographs, not counting pictures included in individual articles.

Tenth Baltinglass Parish Review

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Full title: The Review 2013: a year in the life of Baltinglass, Bigstone, Grangecon and Stratford.

Creator / Author: Compiled by the Communications Sub-Group of St. Joseph’s Parish Pastoral Council, Editorial Board: Mary Hanlon, Sr. Eileen Deegan, Renee Wall…et al.

Item Type / Page count: Booklet / 84pp

When Published: 2013

Publisher / Place of Publication: St. Joseph’s Parish Baltinglass / Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow.

About: This is the tenth issue of an annual publication. Within its A4-sized format, it chronicles activities in the parish during the year, publishes short articles of general or historical interest and includes photographs past and present. Contemporary advertisements help to provide a snapshot of local economic activity.

ID number(s): None

Contents: A Word from the Parish Priest / Tommy Dillon – Foreword / Mary Hanlon – Episcopal Ordination of Very Rev. Denis Nulty / Sr. Brigid – Angel of Light / Marie Halstead – Baltinglass Amateur Dramatics / Pauline Hayes – No Name Club – Baltinglass Local Training Initiative / Sandra Carroll & Pauline Hayes – Marguerite Salmon – Cillian’s Trip to Lesotho, South Africa / Cillian Burke – Wedding Snaps [Photo Gallery] – Bingo in Baltinglass / Frank Hunt – Tommy O’Connor: an appreciation – My Lovely Wicklow [poem] / John Candy – Celebrating 100 years in Education – The Lalor Centre in the Year of the Gathering / Pauline Balfe – Con Cronin’s Retirement – The Rev. Canon Mervyn A. McCullagh [obituary] — Scoil Chonglais Debs Class 2013 [photograph] – Baltinglass: a town to be proud of / Martin Blake – Remembering the Main Street Cookes / Orla O’Sullivan – Our Parish Harvest Festival – Replacing the Negative African Stereotype with the Beauty of my World / Roisin Mangan — Baltinglass Adult Learning Centre – Kiltegan’s Next Top Model / Gillian Burke – Blueboy’s Retirement / Mick Kehoe – Ten-day Trek to Annapurna Sanctuary / Declan Alcock – A.I.B Club is Family Skills Day / Theresa Dowling – Cliona and Mary’s Trip to Lourdes / Cliona Kavanagh & Mary Gohery – Guess Who? Where are they now? [Photo Gallery] – Slaney Brown [poem] / Kieran Alcock — Baltinglass Ladies G.A.A. Highlights for 2013 – Baltinglass G.A.A. – Baltinglass Juvenile G.A.A. – Doyle Family Gathering – [Photo Gallery] – Karl Furlong — [Kiddies page] – The Balloon Festival 21^st, 22^nd and 23^rd June 2013 / Noel Lyons – Baltinglass Area Community Games 2013 / Liz Tyrrell – Get Vocal Choral Group / Mary Hickson – A Musical Evening in September / Colette L. Gethings – Greetings — Deaths in Baltinglass Parish 1^st October 2012 to 30^th September 2013 – Baltinglass Hospital – Memories of 2013 / Mary Ryder — Scoil Naomh Iosaf – School Athletics 2013 — Baptisms from 1st October 2012 to 30^th September 2013 — Weddings 1^st October 2012 to 30^th September 2013 —     Punchestown / Seamie Donohue — Tearmann Community Garden – Dr. Mags Coyle [obituary] / Anne O’Connell – Mid-term in New York During the Hurricane / Patricia Lalor — College Life in the War Years Part 3 / Frank Hunt – Kildare & Leighlin Pilgrimage to Notre Dame / Mary Hayes — Stratford /Grangecon G.A.A. – Confirmations, Communions [photographs] .

Extra #1: Contains five full pages of photographs, not counting pictures included in individual articles.

Extra #2: Check Libraries Ireland for this publication.

Ninth Baltinglass Parish Review

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Full title: The Review 2012: a year in the life of Baltinglass, Bigstone, Grangecon and Stratford.

Creator / Author: Compiled by the Communications Sub-Group of St. Joseph’s Parish Pastoral Council, Editorial Board: Paula Burke, Margaret Brennan, Sr. Eileen Deegan…et al.

Item Type / Page count: Booklet / 76pp

When Published: 2012

Publisher / Place of Publication: St. Joseph’s Parish Baltinglass / Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow.

About: This is the ninth issue of an annual publication. Within its A4-sized format, it chronicles activities in the parish during the year, publishes short articles of general or historical interest and includes photographs past and present. Contemporary advertisements help to provide a snapshot of local economic activity.

ID number(s): None

Contents: A Word from the Parish Priest / Tommy Dillon – Foreword / Mary Hanlon – A Spiritual Journey of Love / Marie Halstead & Lotto – Active Green Flag / Breda Lane — Holy Communion 2012 / Confirmation Classes 2012 [photographs] – London 2012–the West Wicklow Connection – Scoil Chonglais Debs 2012 [photograph] – The Celtic Tenors Concert / Anna Mae Timmons – A Journey Through the Seasons / Mary Ryder – Gaisce the President’s Award — Wedding anniversaries – Active Retirement Ireland / Mai Quaid – 50^th International Eucharistic Congress, Dublin / Kay Halstead – Camino / Pat and Sarah Fleming – Tearmann Community Garden – Baltinglass Adult Learning Centre – Weddings [Photo Gallery] – Eucharistic Congress 2012 / Myra Kearney and Ronan Moore – My Visit to the Eucharistic Congress at the RDS / Vera Cogan — Baltinglass & District Forum – Baltinglass Get Vocal Choral Group 2012 / Mary Hickson — The Baltinglass No Name Club – Corporal Michael Nolan – Love Rain! – Baltinglass’s Peadar Timmins Captains Ireland – Deaths in Baltinglass Parish from October 2011 to September 2012 – John McGrath – A History of Baltinglass District Hospital – West Wicklow Historical Society — Baltinglass & District Active Retirement – The Titanic Experience-from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Belfast via Baltinglass! — Baltinglass G.A.A. Club – Baltinglass Ladies GFC a review of the year – Baltinglass GAA Juvenile Report 2012 — Weddings in St. Joseph’s Parish from 1^st October 2011 to 1^st October 2012 – Celtic Cross FPS / Elaine Jones — [Photo Gallery] – [Kiddies page] — Stratford Grangecon GAA Club 2012- a historic year – College Life in the War Years Part 2 / Frank Hunt – Celebrating the Harvest — Lalor Centre – The Borumha Tribute / Frank Hunt –First Green Flag for Scoil Naomh Iosaf – Joe Germaine — Baptisms in Baltinglass Parish from 1st October 2011 to 30^th September 2012 – My Time Volunteering in Uganda / Mary Healy – Cullen Trophy Champions 2012 / Niall Doogue – London 2012 Olympic Games / Tommy Doyle – Greetings – Proposal for a River Walk alongside the Slaney River at Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow – Ned Kehoe gets his dream machine / Ned Kehoe.

Extra #1: Contains four full pages of photographs, not counting pictures included in individual articles.

Extra #2: Check Libraries Ireland for this publication.

Eighth Baltinglass Parish Review

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Full title: The Review 2011: a year in the life of Baltinglass, Bigstone, Grangecon and Stratford.

Creator / Author: Compiled by the Communications Sub-Group of St. Joseph’s Parish Pastoral Council, Editorial Board: Paula Burke, Margaret Brennan, Bernie Doogue…et al.

Item Type / Page count: Booklet / 76pp

When Published: 2011

Publisher / Place of Publication: St. Joseph’s Parish Baltinglass / Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow.

About: This is the eighth issue of an annual publication. Within its A4-sized format, it chronicles activities in the parish during the year, publishes short articles of general or historical interest and includes photographs past and present. Contemporary advertisements help to provide a snapshot of local economic activity.

ID number(s): None

Contents: A Word from the Parish Priest / Tommy Dillon – Foreword / Mary Hanlon – Long lost medal makes a welcome return – Day Care Centre for Baltinglass — Holy Communion 2011 / Confirmation Classes 2011 [photographs] – Sean Corrigan sheep dog trialing success – Scoil Chonglais Debs 2011 [photograph] — Do not keep Christ to yourselves! / Sr. Clare Leigh, SSVM – Cian Lee – Dancing at Bigstone – 50^th Wedding anniversaries – Get vocal — Stratford Grangecon GAA Club – 2011 the year that was – Eucharistic Congress 2012 – Pilgrimage to Lourdes / Nancy Hughes – The good life / Luci Grimes – College life during the war years / Frank Hunt – Weddings [Photo Gallery] – Celebrating 70 years on Main Street Baltinglass / Patterson Family – The Baltinglass No Name Club – what a year!!!! / Bronagh Murphy – Kilimanjaro / Seán Gethings and Pat Fleming – Stratford Lodge NS official opening / Phoebe & Sarah – The Baltinglass Parish community / Mary Ryder — Deaths in the Parish from 1^st October 2010 to 20^th September 2011 – Bigstone Karate to world championships / Josephine Lawler – Baltinglass & district active retirement group / Mary Vernon – The Curragh, County Kildare / Robert Doyle – The day I met Tom Crean / Tom O’Sullivan — Baltinglass G.A.A. Club summary of our activity during 2011 – Marie showcases her skills – Don’t you know? [poem] — Weddings in St. Joseph’s Parish from 1^st October 2010 to 30^th September 2011 – The messages (memories of the past) – Gaisce Award — [Photo Gallery] — Baptisms in St. Joseph’s Parish from 3rd October 2010 to 10^th September 2011 – Knitting club in Baltinglass Hospital – Bigstone Community Alert – Kiddies page — Baltinglass Adult Learning Centre – The road to Croker / Anne-Marie Doran – Lalor Centre ‘Sleep Out’ / Peter Kelly — Tearmann Community Garden and wildlife area – “A good day out” / Declan Murray – Tuckmill / Orla O’Sullivan – September 11^th – 10 years on / Joseph Kavanagh – School stars / Conor Foley – Stephen Walsh does Baltinglass proud / John Glynn – Childhood memories from 1930’s Tinoran – 30 years in front of a class / Eilis McDonald – Credit Union poster competition – Latitude [poem] / Cliona O’Connell – Stratford on Slaney Wicklow’s tidiest village / Tom Whittle – Scoil Naomh Iósaf report — Baltinglass Ladies GFC have ‘What it takes’… a review of the year.

Extra #1: Contains four full pages of photographs, not counting pictures included in individual articles.

Extra #2: Check Libraries Ireland for this publication.

Seventh Baltinglass Parish Review

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Full title: The Review 2010: a year in the life of Baltinglass, Bigstone, Grangecon and Stratford.

Creator / Author: Compiled by the Communications Sub-Group of St. Joseph’s Parish Pastoral Council, Editorial Board: Paula Burke, Margaret Brennan, Bernie Doogue…et al.

Item Type / Page count: Booklet / 72pp

When Published: 2010

Publisher / Place of Publication: St. Joseph’s Parish Baltinglass / Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow.

About: This is the seventh issue of an annual publication. Within its A4-sized format, it chronicles activities in the parish during the year, publishes short articles of general or historical interest and includes photographs past and present. Contemporary advertisements help to provide a snapshot of local economic activity.

ID number(s): None

Contents: A Word from the Parish Priest / Tommy Dillon – Foreword / Mary Hanlon – KARE and the ‘new’ Lalor Centre / Pauline Balfe – Opening of Lalor Centre & Parish Centre / David Leigh – Baltinglass Adult Learning Centre – Leinster Gaelic Greats Hall of Fame Award to Kevin O’Brien July 2010 / Martin Coleman – Bead Mosaic Sets Record – Wicklow U14 Ladies Lift Leinster Title – Baltinglass Ladies GAA – Earthquake in Christchurch / Oonagh Browne – School reunion for the class of 1985-86 / Stephanie Quinn – An Unusual Neighbour / Orla O’Sullivan (The Pike) – Scoil Chonglais Debs 2010 [photograph] – Eamon Doyle, Ricketstown, Rathvilly / Eamon Doyle – School Football Memories / Ken Browne – Community Games Review / Liz Tyrrell – The Present from the Past-Tommy O’Connor / Jim Kearney – Street Festival / Niamh Kearney – Pilgrimage in Fatima / Margaret Byrne – The Ruin of Pilsworth House / Orla O’Sullivan – Wicklow Tops in All-Ireland Sheep Shearing Championships – Special Olympics – Remembering Baltinglass / Frank Brophy – Get Vocal / Mary Hayes – President visits Scoil Naomh Iosaf [photo gallery] – The evidence for acupuncture in the Irish health system / Fiona Doyle – Bridges and Fords / Paul Gorry — Baptisms in St. Joseph’s Parish from 1^st October 2009 to 30^th September 2010 — Baltinglass G.A.A. Club summary of activities for 2010 – Rugby Tour to Paris / Cillian Burke – Baltinglass Badminton Club New Hall Opened on 26^th September 2010 / Joey Fagan – Ballyraggan – Bigstone / Peter Keogh – Wedding Anniversaries — Weddings in St. Joseph’s Parish from 1^st October 2009 to 30^th September 2010 — Tearmann Community Garden – Grange Con and its Tidy Town / John A. O’ Toole – Winning the Lotto Plus 2 Draw / Sheila Fitzpatrick — Deaths in the Parish from 1^st October 2009 to 30^th September 2010 – Baltinglass Mission – Trek in Peru – [Photo Gallery] – Michael Flatley Made my Dream Come True / David Walsh — Holy Communion / Confirmation Classes 2010 [photographs] — Scoil Naomh Iosaf Smashes World Record / Brian Flood — Children’s Section – Golden Wedding Celebration – FÁS & Tidy Towns Ltd – Helping Baltinglass – Stratford / Grangecon GAA – The Pinnacle or Rathcoran Hill / Frank Hunt – Baltinglass Hill [poem] / Frank Hunt — Grangecon Boxing Club / Declan O’Kane – Baltinglass No Name Club / Niamh Kearney – Official Blessing and Opening of Our New Parish Centre / Sr. Brigid Morgan – Working on the ‘Tudors’ / Orlagh McDonagh

Extra #1: Contains seven full pages of photographs, not counting pictures included in individual articles.

Extra #1: Check Libraries Ireland for this publication.

Fifth Baltinglass Parish Review

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Full title: The Review 2008: a year in the life of Baltinglass, Bigstone, Grangecon and Stratford.

Creator / Author: Compiled by the Communications Sub-Group of St. Joseph’s Parish Pastoral Council, Editorial Board: Paula Burke, Margaret Brennan, Bernie Doogue…et al.

Item Type / Page count: Booklet / 68pp

When Published: 2008

Publisher / Place of Publication: St. Joseph’s Parish Baltinglass / Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow.

About: This is the fifth issue of an annual publication. Within its A4-sized format, it chronicles activities in the parish during the year, publishes short articles of general or historical interest and includes photographs past and present. Contemporary advertisements help to provide a snapshot of local economic activity.

ID number(s): None

Contents: A Word from the Parish Priest / Tommy Dillon – Foreword / Mary Hanlon – Thanks to One and All / Fr. Pádraig Shelley – Baltinglass Youth Club – ‘Young at Heart’ in Baltinglass Hospital – Baltinglass Golf Club wins Brennan Cup – Baltinglass Ladies G.A.A. Club 2008 – Rugby in Baltinglass Over the Years / Tommy Doyle – Rugby in Scoil Chonglais / Ciaran Keegan – Murray’s Shop – Report on Allen Cup Winning Team Dec. 2007 – A Visit From Uganda / Fr. John Tumuhairwe – The Curtis Cup / Mai Quaid — Grangecon Boxing Club – From the New Priest / Fr. Sean Maher — St. Joseph’s Parish – Present and Future — Report on U14 Football Final 27/9/08 in Arklow – Baltinglass Win School Title – National Community Games Finals 2008 – Organic Gardening / Jim O’Toole — Scoil Chonglais Review of the Year – Parish Pilgrimage to Rome / Ina O’Keeffe — Tearmann Community Garden Baltinglass — Baltinglass & District Active Retirement Association – Autumn Memories / Sister Josepha O’Donnell — Baptisms in St. Joseph’s Parish from 1^st October 2007 to 30^th September 2008 — Baltinglass & District Country Markets Ltd. – Photo Gallery – Grangecon National School 1947 [photograph] – Baltinglass Gets Fairtrade Status — Baltinglass Golf Club 1928-2008 / Mai Quaid – Baltinglass Parish Folk Group – 30^th Anniversary of the Church of St. Oliver Plunkett / Grange Con Liturgy Group – Baltinglass / Rathvilly Macra na Feirme Reunion / P.J. Hanlon & John Kehoe & David Leigh — Weddings in St. Joseph’s Parish from 1^st October 2007 to 30^th September 2008 – Elizabeth Nolan – Mary Cronin (nee Doheny), Teacher Bigstone National School: an appreciation — Weddings in St. Joseph’s Parish 2008 [Photographs] – There & Back Again / Mary Powell – Kilranelagh Graveyard / F.P. Hunt – Full Speed Ahead – Richard Crosbie – The Einstein Puzzle — Stratford/Grangecon GAA – Deaths in the Parish from 1^st October 2007 to 30^th September 2008 – Article from the Past: Stratford-on-Slaney Tidy Towns Success 1979 – Stratford-on-Slaney / Tony Graham – Old Adds[sic] 1937-1948 – World Youth Day / Fr. Pat Hughes — Baltinglass Community Park / Lisa J. MacGabhann & Roisin Byrne – Past and Present [poem] / Kathleen Fleming – The Old Football Field (Paul Kehoe’s Field) / F.P. Hunt – A Christmas Memory / Mary Ryder – Baltinglass GAA Club — Holy Communion / Confirmation Classes 2008 [photographs] – Childrens Section – Michael Dowling / Michael Dowling.

Extra #1: Contains four full pages of photographs, not counting pictures included in individual articles.

Fourth Baltinglass Parish Review

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Full title: The Review 2007: a year in the life of Baltinglass, Bigstone, Grangecon and Stratford.

Creator / Author: Compiled by the Communications Sub-Group of St. Joseph’s Parish Pastoral Council, Editorial Board: Paula Burke, Margaret Brennan, Bernie Doogue…and others.

Item Type / Page count: Booklet / 60pp

When Published: 2007

Publisher / Place of Publication: St. Joseph’s Parish Baltinglass / Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow.

About: This is the fourth issue of an annual publication. Within its A4-sized format, it chronicles activities in the parish during the year, publishes short articles of general or historical interest and includes photographs past and present. Contemporary advertisements help to provide a snapshot of local economic activity.

ID number(s): None

Contents: A Word from the Parish Priest / Tommy Dillon – Foreword / Assumpta O’Neill – 50^th Golden Wedding Anniversary – A Letter to a Bank Manager – A Beautiful Day in May / Matt Thompson – Michael Dowling – Highlights from the year 2007 in Baltinglass Hospital — Baltinglass Ladies GAA Club / Damien Patterson – Baltinglass Scout Group / Nellie Barrett – Only Memories Sport and Recreation / Sean O’Toole – Baltinglass Town Boys – The Debating Society / Ciaran Keegan – Mick O’Dwyer / Martin Coleman – Tommy Murphy Cup / Martin Coleman – Pinnacle Baltinglass Hill / Tommy Doyle – My School Days as Recalled / by Tommy O’Connor – Success for Scoil Chonglais Students in BT Young Scientists 2007 – Baltinglass Boys Now Resident in Las Vegas – Our First Radio / Tony Leigh – ‘You’re a Star’ came to Baltinglass Day Care Centre this May for the Bealtine Festival 2007 – Tearmann Community Organic Garden and Wild Life Area / Sister Mary Carmody – Scoil Naomh Iosaf / Eimer Burke – Baltinglass Women’s Group – Photo Gallery – Sallins/Tullow Railway Branch / Matt Thompson – Greetings — Baltinglass & District Active Retirement Association / Mary Vernon – School Days on Chapel Hill / Phyllis Flanagan – Young Art Students – Baltinglass GAA Club: summary of all activities during 2007 – Baltinglass Football Players 1950 [photograph] – Weddings in St. Joseph’s Parish 2007 [photographs] — Stratford/Grangecon GAA – The Ambulance Driver / Bobby Lennon – My Trip to Uganda / Eilish McDonald – Very Rev. Fr. PJ McDonnell – an appreciation / F. P. Hunt – The Post Office – What’s in a Name? / Mary Ryder – A Snapshot of Life and Working in Africa / Mairead Petersen – Grange Con Boxing Hall – Bigstone – St. Mary’s Folk Group Stratford / Brigid Bollard – A Message from Afar / Mike Murphy – Holy Communion 2007 [photographs] – Confirmation Classes 2007 [photographs] – Baptisms in St. Joseph’s Parish from 1^st September 2006 to 30^th September 2007 — Weddings in St. Joseph’s Parish from 1^st September 2006 to 30^th September 2007 — Deaths in St. Joseph’s Parish from 1^st September 2006 to 30^th September 2007 — Kid’s Page – My First School / Seamie Donohue – Baltinglass Youth Club – Competition for the Cover 2007 – Baltinglass Citizens Information.

Extra #1: Contains five full pages of photographs, not counting pictures included in individual articles.

Third Baltinglass Parish Review

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Full title: The Review 2006: a year in the life of Baltinglass, Bigstone, Grangecon and Stratford.

Creator / Author: Compiled by the Communications Sub-Group of St. Joseph’s Parish Pastoral Council, photography by Bryan Mulhall & Nigel Gillis Photography

Item Type / Page count: Booklet / 48pp

When Published: 2006

Publisher / Place of Publication: St. Joseph’s Parish Baltinglass / Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow.

About: This is the third issue of an annual publication. Within its A4-sized format, it chronicles activities in the parish during the year, publishes short articles of general or historical interest and includes photographs past and present. Contemporary advertisements help to provide a snapshot of local economic activity.

ID number(s): None

Contents: A Word from the Parish Priest / Tommy Dillon – Foreword – The Transition Era / Frank Hunt – A Mission of a Lifetime with Habitat for Humanity in Nicaragua / David Brennan and Abe Scheele – Baltinglass Ladies GAA Club / Damien Patterson – Baltinglass Bowls / Edward Lawrence — Saint Josephs Church Baltinglass – Moving Home / Gerorda Stamp – Special Olympics Ireland Games in Belfast – Fairtrade Fortnight / Fr. Pádraig Shelley – Ryder Cup Experience / Mai Quaid – 4^th Wicklow, Baltinglass Scouts Group / Nellie Barrett – Gasoga Catoilieidhe na hEireann (Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland) Kildare and Leighlin 4^th Wicklow Division – Grange Con Cricket Team – Quinn’s Golf Society – Baltinglass Town A.F.C. – Baltinglass Badminton Club Opens New Facility – Naomh Padraig / Mary Ryder – My Mosney Memories / Hannah Dowling – Stratford on Slaney National School – School Garden – A Dream Come True / Alan Norton – From Grangecon to Baltinglass / Kathleen Fleming – Orla Long — Picture Gallery – Tearmann Garden / Mary Carmody – Wicklow Vocational Schools Team Win the All Ireland – Scoil Chonglais Takes Top Prize in Environmental Awareness Awards – Paddy McDonald – Bigstone National School – Feile Peil na nOg – Three in a Row for Scoil Chonglais in Thrilling Camogie Clash – Our Parish Mission — Baltinglass Adult Learning Centre / Annette Mangan – John Thomond O’Brien – The Tullow Line / Cora Crampton – Baltinglass & District Active Retirement Association / Mary Vernon – Baltinglass Park – Trek to Everest Base Camp / Eddie Hillan – Stratford / Grangecon GAA Juvenile Club – Bacon Curing in Baltinglass in the Early Part of the Century / Maureen D’arcy – Fair Days in Baltinglass in the Late Twenties / Tommy O’Connor – Feile Peil na nOg / David Whelan – Balto Rocks – Kid’s Quiz – Back Cover Picture Gallery.

Extra #1: Contains three full pages of photographs, not counting pictures included in individual articles.

Extra #2: Check Libraries Ireland for this publication.