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Turn! Turn! Turn!

The lyrics hereunder written by Pete Seeger’s song “Turn! Turn! Turn!” were taken almost word for word from the Bible (Book of Ecclesiastes 3:1-8). The only words Pete Seeger added were “Turn! Turn! Turn!” and “I swear it’s not too late.”

Turn, Turn, Turn.

Lyrics by American folk singer and social activist, the late Pete Seeger, [1919 – 2014].

To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time to every purpose, under heaven
A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep
To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time to every purpose, under heaven
A time to build up, a time to break down
A time to dance, a time to mourn
A time to cast away stones, a time to gather stones together
To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time to every purpose, under heaven
A time of love, a time of hate
A time of war, a time of peace
A time you may embrace, a time to refrain from embracing
To everything (turn, turn, turn)
There is a season (turn, turn, turn)
And a time to every purpose, under heaven
A time to gain, a time to lose
A time to rend, a time to sew
A time for love, a time for hate
A time for peace, I swear it’s not too late

Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh! – Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

With no St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Thurles this year, we bring you a reminder of the parade in 2019, and wish all our readers “Lá fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh! “, (Happy St. Patrick’s Day!).

Keeping two dates in mind; International Women’s Day, which we celebrated on March 8th last, and today, St. Patrick’s Day; we have chosen an extract from a poem by that great poetess Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna, whose work back in Victorian England, focused on promoting women’s rights. Married twice, Charlotte, who died of cancer, resided for a time in Co. Kilkenny and Co. Westmeath, before undertaking charity work in the Irish ghetto in London.

St. Patrick’s Day: With an Irish Shamrock.

By Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna [1790 – 1846].

From the region of zephyrs,* the Emerald isle,
The land of thy birth, in my freshness I come,
To waken this long-cherished morn with a smile,
And breathe o’er thy spirit the whispers of home.
O welcome the stranger from Erin’s green sod;
I sprang where the bones of thy fathers repose,
I grew where thy free step in infancy trod,
Ere the world threw around thee its wiles and its woes.
But sprightlier themes
Enliven the dreams,
My dew-dropping leaflets unfold to impart:
To loftiest emotion
Of patriot devotion,
I wake the full chord of an Irishman’s heart……

[* In European tradition, a zephyr is a light wind or a west wind, named after the Greek god Zephyrus, latter a representation of the west wind in human form.]

Late Luke Kelly Sings – “Scorn Not His Simplicity”.

Written by that great Irish musician, songwriter and record producer Mr Phil Coulter.

[Mr Phil Coulter visited Thurles to perform in concert, on Friday, September 28th, 2018 last.]

‘Scorn Not His Simplicity‘.

See the child,
With the golden hair,
Yet eyes that show the emptiness inside.
Do we know,
Can we understand just how he feels
Or have we really tried.
See him now,
As he stands alone,
And watches children play a children’s game.
Simple child.
He looks almost like the others,
Yet they know he’s not the same.
Scorn not his simplicity,
But rather try to love him all the more.
Scorn not his simplicity,
Oh no.
Oh no.
See him stare,
Not recognizing the kind face,
That only yesterday he loved,
The loving face,
Of a mother who can’t understand what she’s been guilty of.
How she cried tears of happiness,
The day the doctor told her it’s a boy.
Now she cries tears of helplessness,
And thinks of all the things he can’t enjoy.
Scorn not his simplicity,
But rather try to love him all the more.
Scorn not his simplicity,
Oh no.
Oh no.
Only he knows how to face the future hopefully,
Surrounded by despair.
He won’t ask for your pity or your sympathy,
But surely you should care.
Scorn not his simplicity,
But rather try to love him all the more.
Scorn not his simplicity,
Oh no.
Oh no.
Oh no.

END

Death Of Folk Singer & Songwriter Pete St John.

Pre-deceased by his wife, Susan, the well-known and much loved Irish singer and songwriter Mr Pete St John has sadly, passed away, while in the care of staff at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, yesterday, Saturday March 12th, 2022.

Aged in his 90th year, Mr St John is survived by two sons.

Born Peter Mooney in 1932, the folk musician is best known here in Ireland and internationally, for writing the well known songs which include ‘The Rare Ould Times’, ‘The Ferryman’, ‘The Fields of Athenry'(1979), ‘Ringsend Rose’ and perhaps the lesser known ‘Waltzing on Borrowed Time’. His award-winning work has been recorded by numerous musicians, including ‘The Dubliners’, ‘Paddy Reilly’, ‘Brendan Grace’, ‘James Last’, ‘Brendan Shine’, ‘Dublin City Ramblers’, ‘Danny Doyle’ and ‘Mary Black’.

The Dublin-born musician worked abroad as a young man both in Canada and in the US, hence many of his songs reflect on how his home town had become a city and regretted the loss of two symbols of old Dublin; namely Nelson’s Pillar and the Metropole Ballroom; following his return in the 1970s.

Winner of several awards, Mr St. John was winner of the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) “Irish Songwriter of the Year” award.

Residents of Co. Tipperary joins with friends and fans in offering their condolences to his extended family.

In ár gcroíthe go deo.

Flying Car Confirmed Fit To Fly, Following European Certification.

Before rushing out to buy your electric car or vehicle fitted with self-driving car technology, first take note that a flying car has at last completed over 70 hours of meticulous testing to receive an official certificate of airworthiness.

The vehicle, which received the certificate from the Transport Authority of Slovakia, in central Europe, has completed more than 200 take-offs and landings, deeming it fit to fly.

Questions Being Asked Locally Here In Thurles.

Is this the reason Mr Jackie Cahill TD and Mr Michael Lowry TD, never bothered, over the last 25 year period, to ask the governments to support and implement the Thurles Ring-Road?
Will this address the issue of local elected councillors failing to fill potholes in our streets?
Will we have to pay Air Tax as well as Road Tax?
Will Ryan Air and Aer Lingus now become redundant?
Will fuel tanks be big enough to get us to Lanzarote for the weekend?
Are passports, Covid certificates and Passenger locator forms now obsolete?
How will public private partnerships collect [through Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII], their motorway tolls?
What new carbon taxes will the Green Party introduce to halt diesel engine exhaust contaminants/emissions?
Will Gardaí now be given fighter planes instead of squad cars, to intercept drunken and drug addicted drivers?

It took some 8 specialists over 100,000 hours to metamorphose the final mathematical specs into a fully functioning prototype.

The AirCar’s recent accreditation means it is now one step closer to becoming mass produced across Europe.

In development since 2017 and boasting a 1.6L BMW engine, the certified model is now officially in line with the standards of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).