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Help Yourself.

Help Yourself.

Lyrics: Journalist, writer, songwriter, and spy-catcher (Spy identified Kim Philby), the late Jack Fishman (a.k.a. Larry Khan), 1920 – 1997.
Vocals: Welsh singer Tom Jones (Thomas John Woodward).

Help Yourself.

Love is like candy on a shelf,
You want to taste, then help yourself.
The sweetest things are there for you
Help yourself take a few,
That’s what I want you to do.
We’re always told repeatedly,
The very best in life is free,
And if you want to prove it’s true,
Baby, I’m telling you,
This is what you should do.
Just help yourself to my lips, to my arms,
Just say the word and they’re yours.
Just help yourself to the love in my heart,
Your smile has opened up the door.
The greatest wealth that exists in the world,
Could never buy what I can give.
Just help yourself to my lips, to my arms,
And then let’s really start to live.
Alright, (hahahaha, yeah).
My heart has love enough for two,
More than enough for me and you.
I’m rich with love, a millionaire,
I’ve so much, it’s unfair,
Why don’t you take a share.
Just help yourself to my lips, to my arms,
Just say the word and they’re yours.
Just help yourself to the love in my heart,
Your smile has opened up the door.
The greatest wealth that exists in the world,
Could never buy what I can give.
So help yourself to my lips, to my arms,
And then let’s really start to live.
Just help yourself to my lips, to my arms,
Just say the word and they’re yours.
Just help yourself to the love in my heart.

END.

I Would Like To See You Again.

I Would Like To See You Again.

Vocals: The late, great American country music singer, songwriter, Don Williams [Donald Ray Williams] (1939 – 2017).
Lyrics: The late American songwriter Charlie Craig (1938 – 2011).

I Would Like To See You Again.

I was sittin’ here thinkin’ about some old times,
Some old times, some old friends,
And suddenly it came across my mind,
I would like to see you again.
Remember how we used to walk and talk,
Walk and talk, holdin’ hands,
We said we loved each other I recall,
We made a lot of future plans.
But the years have come and gone,
And a whole lot has happened since then,
But tonight your memory’s awful strong on my mind,
And I would like to see you again.
It’s funny how a feeling will come back,
It’ll come on back, make you blue,
Cause I just saw a picture in my mind,
Bout a time, of me and you.
But the years have come and gone,
And a whole lot has happened since then,
And tonight your memory’s awful strong on my mind,
And I would like to see you again.
Yes the years have come and gone,
And a whole lot has happened since then,
But tonight your memory’s awful strong on my mind,
And I would like to see you again.

END

Clash Of Ash – Poem By Tom Ryan

Clash Of Ash.

Clash Of Ash. ©

The under twelve camogie girls,
Little and lithe and lovely,
Under warrior helmets, visors and all,
Screamed at the winter sky,
In the field where leather meets ash.
Pull and crack,
What craic!
Little Josie, hurley high, screams to heaven,
At Thurles Sarsfields’ Bill,
Who had showed them how to bend and strike,
And first time pull for goal.
Like Bill himself in glorious days,
On summer sun-soaked hurling fields,
Times distant and delightful to recall,
“Bill, Bill,” she shouts, time and time once more,
“Oh,Bill I want to play with her”.
A plea to waiting mums familiar,
When all those mums were girls,
When Bill and I were boys.

END

Tom Ryan ‘Iona’ Rahealty, Thurles, Co. Tipperary

Halloween Lecture – Relics & Reliquaries – Cashel Library.

Halloween Lecture – Relics & Reliquaries – Thursday evening, October 31st Next at 7:00pm.

Librarian Ms Maura Barrett will continue her tradition of presenting a Halloween Lecture in Cashel Library.

This year Ms Barrett will looks at relics and their reliquaries in the Irish context, and discusses the enduring belief in their miraculous powers.

You can locate the Cashel Library building, situated on Friar Street, Lady’s Well, Cashel, Co. Tipperary, HERE. (G487+RX)

Please do remember: Booking is essential by return email or to Tel: 062 63825.
In booking, also keep in mind that the Library closes at 5:00pm this evening (Friday October 25th), and will not reopen again until Tuesday morning, October 29th at 9:30pm sharp.

“Oíche Shamhna faoi mhaise”. (Irish – Happy Halloween).

Mid-West Region Is Where History Will Meet The Haunted Inside Bunratty Castle.

Monsters, Misfits and Mayhem, from all over counties Tipperary, Clare and Limerick’s Mid-West Region will gather, before descending on Bunratty Castle & Folk Park this October Bank Holiday Weekend (October 26th-28th), as the County Clare visitor attraction becomes transformed into a haunted Halloween village.

The traditions and superstitions of ‘Samhain’ will be on display during the October Bank Holiday weekend with Halloween games, ghostly characters, witchcraft, a Bed of Nails, tarot reading, street entertainment, and Haunted Train rides past ghosts, grim reapers, and zombies that will appear from the shadows throughout the 26-acre folk park.

Ms Marie Brennan, (Events Manager at Bunratty Castle and Folk Park), commented, “Our Halloween event is hugely popular with people from across the Mid-West Region and beyond. We are very excited about welcoming everyone back to Bunratty, where history meets the haunted.”
“It is an eerie time of year, and we have pulled out all the stops to create an unforgettable experience full of fun, frights and festivity for the whole family,” added Ms. Brennan.

Age-old Halloween traditions will be re-enacted at the Golden Vale Farmhouse where the Bean an Tí will speak about the types of food that typically would have been eaten in Samhain and recall the peculiar superstitions of the time. The Farmhouse also will host Halloween-themed fun with traditional games such as Bobbing for Apples, Blind-Man’s-Buff and Snap Apple.

Adult visitors will be invited to step back in time at a Victorian-era parlour séance, where the secrets of the past will be unveiled as the spirits of the departed are summoned. The Wicked Wake will be hosted in The Shannon Farmhouse where the resident MacNamara family will mourn the loss of their beloved Mickey, whose ghostly presence suggests he has unfinished business in the land of the living.

Visitors can experience a re-enactment of a Witch Trial each day at 11.00am, 12.00 noon, 2.15pm, and 3.30pm, by following an angry mob from the village street to Ardcroney Church. Meanwhile, a bewitching duo will take up residence in the kitchen of the Loop Head Farmhouse, where mysterious concoctions will be brewing.

At Corry’s Pub on the Village Street, Bunratty’s resident seanchaí Mickey Joe will recount fables of Samhain and hair-raising tall tales passed down through the generations. Other performances include Halloween puppetry with Konor Halpin each day at 11.30am, 1.00pm, 2.30pm, and 4.00pm in the Village Street Alleyway; Escapologist Monsieur Gusto will showcase his juggling, escapology, and acrobatic skills on October 28th, and fun and frightening frolics with Dracula King of Vampires, The Minister of Death, Escaped Convicts, and Mad Musicians.

The Red Devil and the King of the Vampires will lurk in the shadows ready to pounce at a moment’s notice, The Talking Head guarantees to entertain and frighten guests at the Mountain Farmhouse, Dr. Jekyll’s surgery will open its doors for anyone who is brave enough to enter, a shrinking illusion will be on display in the Castle’s basement, and the Bed of Nails returns this year in the Castle’s Torture Chamber.

Visitors to Bunratty Castle also will get to see the deadly dungeon and monstrous murder hole and meet Maleficent’s Wicked Sister.

‘Monsters, Misfits and Mayhem’ takes place from 10.30am to 1.30pm and 2.00pm to 5.00pm each day from Saturday October 26th to Monday October 28th.

Visit www.bunrattycastle.ie for booking details.