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I go to my local electrical shop onemorning and spend €100 on someelectrical appliance. Later thatmorning the owner of the electricalshop goes to the local garage andpays for €100 worth of long over-due maintenance to his car. The me-chanic has a Christmas partycoming up and needs some newclothes so he goes to the localclothes shop and spends €100. Theowner of the clothes shop goes tothe local hair salon and spends €100on a beautiful new upstyle forChristmas. The hairdresser visitsthe local butcher and buys €100worth of meat…… This story couldkeep going on and on re-spending/recycling the same moneythroughout the community. In thisvery basic example €500 has beenspent in the local economy (ofcourse the figures are rounded offfor convenience, but hopefully youget the basic idea) Now just sup-pose I bought my electrical appli-

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When I was a young man, I wantedto change the world. I found it wasdifficult to change the world, so Itried to change my nation. When Ifound I couldn't change the nation, Ibegan to focus on my town. I couldn'tchange the town and as an older man,I tried to change my family.

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Tipp teams defeated in MunsterClub

  Commiserations to Kildangan andRockwell Rovers on their defeats inthe Munster Junior Club football andhurling championships last weekend.In the junior football final, DromidPearses of Kerry defeated Kildanganby 0-15 to 1-5. In the junior hurlingsemi-finals, Rockwell Rovers lost toCharleville by 2-14 to 0-8.

Drom And Inch Win AnotherCounty Final

  These are happy days around TheRagg! Congratulations to Drom andInch on adding underage success totheir senior successes in hurling andcamogie when the defeated Burges by0-15 to 1-7 in the county minor Bhurling final replay at Kenyon  ParkTemplederry last Saturday. It wastheir fourth title at this grade with theprevious successes coming in 1984,1995 and 2003. Drom and Inch canadd a third county hurling title to theirlist of achievements for this year ifthey defeat Arravale Rovers in thecounty junior hurling B final on Satur-day December 10.

County Junior B Football Final

  Clonmel Commercials will playRockwell Rovers in the county juniorB football final at Cahir on Sundaynext December 4 at 2pm. Neither sidehas won this title previously and bothclubs are looking for their secondcounty title of the year. Commercialswon the county minor A football titleand Rockwell Rovers won their firstever adult county title a couple ofweeks ago in the junior hurling final.

Book Launches

 The John Harrington scripted biogra-phy of John Doyle, “The GeatestHurling Story Ever Told” waslaunched last Thursday night at theAnner Hotel in the presence of a largecrowd. Described by publisher LiamHayes, the former Meath footballer,as the best GAA book ever written,it’s bound to attract a lot of interest inthe period coming up to Christmas.It’s for sale in bookshops and newsa-gents in Tipperary and throughout thecountry. Last week was also specialfor the Ardfinnan Club as GAA Presi-dent Christy Cooney launched theclub’s history of the period 1910 to2010 which was written by MichaelO’Meara, former Secretary of theSouth Board. It’s an entertaining readenlivened by a great collection of pho-

tographs. The book is for salethroughout the county and costs €45.Well done to all in the Ardfinnan Clubwho put so much effort and goodwork into researching this account oftheir history.

Canon Hayes Award For MinorFootballers

 Congratulations to the Tipperary Mi-nor Football Team which captured the2011 County Award at the CanonHayes National Sports Awards at Bal-lykisteen Hotel & Golf Resort on Sat-urday last. The Minor Footballers sawoff very strong competition fromCashel R.F.C. and St. Michael'sA.F.C. in the County Award categoryand Team Captain, Liam McGrathand Manager, David Power, were onhand to receive their award from Min-ister of State at the Department ofTransport, Tourism and Sport, Mr.Alan Kelly, T.D. In announcing theaward winner the Chairman of theCanon Hayes Centre, Martin Quinnsaid that the fantastic fighting spiritand steel of the team came to the foreon several occasions throughout theyear and their victory over Dublin inthe All-Ireland Final rounded off afantastic year for the team and man-agement and for the continuedprogress and development of footballin Tipperary.

Tipperary Clubs Draw

 All roads lead to Bannons Bar, TwoMile Borris this Friday December 2 tocelebrate with local club MoycarkeyBorris and Vincent Flood, whoscooped the year’s second star prize of€20,000 in the Tipperary GAA ClubsDraw in November. On the nightVincent will be presented with hischeque and €500 will be presented topromoter of the winning ticket, BillyLanigan. Michael Lanigan ofGortnahoe will receive a cheque for€3,000 which he also won in theNovember draw. Over 30 prizes willbe given away on the night as usualwith the star prize of an Octavia Caror €15,000 alternative to be won,along with a TV, holiday and othercash prizes. So come along andcelebrate with the local club and getyour Christmas off to an early start. Ifyou are unable to attend, then tune into Tipp FM at 10.30pm Friday nightfor a live update on draw results.

Youth Forum

  The County Youth Committee ishosting a Youth Forum for TransitionYear students this Friday, December 2in The Dome at Semple Stadium. Thepurpose of the Forum is to listen to theviews of our young members and pro-

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vide them with a platform to allowthem to share their ideas and to putforward suggestions as the how theGAA could improve as an organisa-tion going forward. This Forum willbe workshop based where delegateswill work in groups discussing vari-ous topics and providing feedback.The topics for the workshops includeGames, GAA and the Community,Urbanisation, Communication and In-formation Technology, Rural Clubs,Match Days – Tickets/Presentation.Both Paudie Butler, former GAA Na-tional Director of Hurling and DavidPower, Tipperary Minor FootballManager will give short presentationson the day. There has been a verypositive response from the Post Pri-mary schools in the county to the fo-rum and each school that hasregistered will be represented by fourdelegates. The Forum will run from10.30 a.m. to 2.00 p.m.

Scór Na Nóg

 The results of Scór na nÓg Mid finalin Littleton on Saturday November 26were:  Rince Foirne:- J. K. Brackens;Amhranaiocht Aonair:- Drom/InchAshley Shanahan;  Ceol Uirlise :-Loughmore/Castleiney;  Aithriseoire-acht:- J.K. Brackens Aine Fogarty;Bailead Ghrupa:-Upperchurch/Drombane; Trath nagCeisteanna:- Loughmore/Castleiney;Nuachleas:- Loughmore/Castleiney;and  Rince Seit:  J.K. Brackens.  Theywill now go on to the County final inCashel on Friday December 9 at7.30pm.  The Munster semi-finals areon January 7 and 8 with the Munsterfinal in Cappaquin on January 29.The All Ireland final is in Castlebar onSaturday February.18 2012.

Ireland Reaching Out And TheGAA Team Up

  Ireland Reaching Out (Ireland XO)and the GAA will launch aninnovative pilot programme aimed atattracting members of the IrishDiaspora to the GAA club networkworldwide in San Francisco onSunday next, December 4.  Thesimple idea is that as parish

communities around Ireland identifypeople connected with their parishthrough their genealogical research,they introduce them through theIreland XO organisation to the nearestinternational GAA club so that theycan learn about, and possiblyparticipate in Irish sporting culture,well away from Ireland. Over 450GAA clubs are now in existenceoutside of Ireland around the world.The pilot project will be launched byGAA President Christy Cooney, andIreland XO Chairman, Mike Feerick,at a special brunch event at theTreasure Island GAA facilities. Theevent is being held in conjunctionwith the visit of the 2011 HurlingAll-Stars to San Francisco. Leadingmembers of the Irish technologycommunity in Silicon Valley will alsoattend the event.  It is hoped thatshould the project prove successful inSan Francisco, it will be rolled out toall GAA clubs worldwide.

It’s not such a long way toTipperary after all!

 The Tipperary GAA website has beenaccessed from 115 different countriesso far this year. It’s a sign of the timeswith emigration very much the onlyoption for work for many of ouryoung people. It’s also a sign of thepower of the Internet and itsimportance in promoting andreporting on our games and activities.The home, fixtures, results and newspages are the most popular with sitevisitors.

Tipperary GAA Scene

  Information concerning all areas inthe GAA will appear in this section inthe future. If you wish to include anyitem of interest in future articles,please contact the County PublicRelations Officer Ger Ryan at 086-8149146 or via e-mail atpro.tipperary@gaa.ie on or before 3:0pm on Monday. Visit the TipperaryGAA web site athttp://tipperary.gaa.ie to keep up todate with all the latest news inTipperary GAA circles.

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Father John Kenyon by TimBolandHave you ever wondered whereKenyon Street in Nenagh got itsname? It is, in fact, named afterthe Young Irelander, Father JohnKenyon, parish priest of Tem-plederry from 1847 to 1869.Tim Boland’s impressive newbiography of the priest will helpbring John Kenyon back into theminds of historians and othersinterested in the Young Irelandperiod, especially as it is veryclearly written and easy to read,unlike many academic books.Students and academics studyingthe period will find Father JohnKenyon a very useful book becauseit gives thorough research referenc-es and a comprehensive bibliogra-phy.Tim Boland’s is a must-have bookfor people interested in north Tip-perary history and the famine andYoung Ireland period.

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Review by Elizabeth O’SheaBook ReviewFather John KenyonBy Tim BolandAn independent group of home owners

has decided to band together and unitein a concerted effort to protect allhomes against repossession.

The group, calling itself the Anti-Evic-tion Taskforce is growing in numbersat a tremendous pace. Starting with ahandful of people under threat of evic-tion, its numbers swelled to over 200people overnight, even before its web-site was complete.

“The continued apathy and procrasti-nation of the government in dealingwith the crisis has ignited our move-ment” said Patrick Grant, a member ofthe group, he cited “The tremendouswork being done by New Beginnings,The People’s Association Watchdog,Defend Our Homes League and IrishHomeowners Unite is being ignoredand given nothing more than a glanc-ing nod of recognition by the govern-ment, while Ireland is sinking deeperinto a quagmire of misery and socioe-conomic disaster.

The Anti-Eviction Taskforce will turnout in numbers to offer a physical pres-ence to homes under immediate threatand will have legal observers at each

attempted eviction to document,record, offer advice and act upon anyissues that are considered dubious orillegal.

The Anti-Eviction Taskforce is sure tobecome one of the most popular move-ments on the net in Ireland as thisweek we see over 100,000 familyhomes threatened.

The Anti Eviction Taskforce supportsthe initiatives and hard work of all oth-er groups involved with protectingfamily homes that are under threat, in-cluding The People’s AssociationWatchdog, Irish Homeowners Unite,DOHL and New Beginnings.

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CounsellingBy Jim O’Shea

Depression(Continued from last issue)

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In any event, it is clear that this mix ofnegativity and emotional turmoil, some-times accompanied by poor family dy-namics cause relationships betweenfamily members to suffer, and to fosterfurther depression. Marriage relation-ships can deteriorate if severe depressionpersists over a long period. There is astrong association between depressionand marital distress. The non-depressedpartner is saddled with coping alone aswell as enduring the behaviour of thedistressed partner. The non-depressedpartner may see him or her as a burden,causing worry and failing to respond pos-itively to support. Part of this worry isabout the hopelessness that is inherent indepression, and hopelessness can be apointer to suicidal thoughts. Suicidalthinking is also a symptom of depressionrooted in a sense of futility, of beingworthless, and the thought that death ispreferable to living. This reality is anightmare for a family, and for the non-depressed partner.Of course, depression in the context of amarriage relationship can be a two wayprocess. Marital dysfunction can in itselfcause depression; for example the endingof close intimacy is highly stressful andmay bring on depression. Research hasshown that dissatisfied spouses are threetimes as likely to develop depression assatisfied ones. Some studies relating tomen and depression show that marriagetroubles is the single most common prob-lem associated with male depression.They show that men can’t cope with dis-agreements as well as women, and try toavoid arguments. The female partner ismost likely to wish to talk about the prob-lem and the male partner wishes to avoidtalking about it. She feels ignored and hefeels nagged, and withdraws further.The negative impact of depression onmarriage relationships may be increasedif the depressed partner has a long-termmedical condition. Such a condition maymake the depression worse as well asincreasing the health costs in any house-hold, a reality that can further increasetension in the marriage relationship. If thetension becomes too strong it can lead todivorce, and it seems that men are morevulnerable to depression than womenduring the divorce process. Sometimes itcan be devastating for them, and is likelyto cause severe depression, as well asantisocial behaviour, anger, alcohol use,and anxiety. This may be because theman loses not only a partner, but alsoloses contact with children, their familiarplace of living, and mutual friends, placeof worship, neighbours and communityassociations. This depression also leadsto suicidal intent and often suicide. De-pression may be further fostered if theman remarries. He may feel inadequate,angry, powerless in relation to step-chil-dren; and the difficulty of supporting asecond family may impose a severe bur-den on him. Depression, too, is a greater

risk for men who are already vulnerableto it. Every situation, of course, is unique,and I am acutely aware that marriagebreakdown is also very depressive forfemale partners.One of the saddest results of depressionis how it damages good parenting. Adepressed parent may lack energy, pa-tience and interest, and result in negativeparenting or even disengagement to someextent from the children. Research hasshown that there is a strong correlationbetween childrearing styles and the pres-ence or absence of depression in thechild’s later life as an adult. Parents, whoare controlling, and either lacking affec-tion, or, on the other hand, overprotec-tive, are sowing the seeds of depressionin their children. This depression is likelyto sprout in the face of stressful events inlater life. Most of the research has beendone on women, but recent studies havealso underlined the significance of pater-nal depression on parenting. ProfessorThomas J. McMahon of the Yale Univer-sity Medical School and a colleague A. ZSpector show that depressed fathers showmore negative parenting behaviours, andare less inclined to play with their chil-dren, read to them, hug them or help withthe daily routines. Depression in fatherstends to be associated with more hostilebehaviour towards the children, and ismore critical, bringing about a conflictualrelationship with the children. They alsocontribute to marital disharmony and thisbecomes a negative experience for chil-dren. There is a two way process here,too. McMahon and Spector state that de-pressed men may experience guilt andnegative feelings, just as mothers do,when they contemplate their failure tofunction properly as parents.

Jim O’Shea works as a counsellor fromFurze, Thurles. Ph.087-8211009www.jimoshea.net. Jim O’Shea’s book‘When a child dies. Footsteps of aGrieving Family’ is published by Ver-itas. The roy-alties fromthis book willgo the theChildren’sHospital inCrumlin

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