Dear
Madam Editor
The Dublin 4 Special Olympics Club has just been born!
We are looking to recapture the spirit of the Special Olympics (SO) in
Dublin 4 by setting up a local club and we’d like NewsFour to help
us let the community know!!
Over the last few months a handful of residents from all over Dublin 4
have been getting together and have formed a new SO club for those with
learning disabilities in the area (In conjunction with S.O. Ireland).
Our aim is to establish the SO club and get as many athletes as possible
involved (and extra volunteers as the club grows). At this stage we need
to get some publicity to get the ball rolling.
Our initial goals are to:
1. Locate and recruit potential athletes and find out which sports they
would most likely to participate in.
2. Source local sports clubs that would provide their facilities and possibly
coaching
3. Run a competition for local National schools to find the Club a more
appropriate name and have a reception for the winner.
4. Try and source some funds to support the club.
Any assistance we can get to help us achieve our goals and create awareness
will be greatly appreciated.
Yours sincerely,
Ailbhe O’Briain
Contact Details with NewsFour. Ed
Hi
Folks,
My wife and I enjoy reading ‘News Four’ which was sent regularly
by her aunt until her death and we do miss it. My wife was brought up
in Pembroke Cottages, Ringsend by her Grandparents after the death of
her mother. We married almost 42 years ago and May came to live in Glasgow
my home City.
We frequently made trips back to Dublin and visited the old places which
I have grown to love. Can you please advise me if you have a postal subscription
that would enable to let us have copy as it is printed.
Yours sincerely,
Sam Ritchie
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Dear
Madam Editor
Thank you for the untold pleasure that you give to people like myself,
who love the place of their birth, through News4. Now that we can get
it on your web site it is like a slice of heaven. Keep up your great work.
I hope to be over there later in the year as I have a son in Dublin and
he is loving it.
All the best
Dick Pollard
Dear
Madam Editor
I have read with interest the many articles from James O’Doherty
in your newspaper over the last few months. It is great to get such varied
and enjoyable articles about our city. There is a wealth of history in
our city and a shame that so many of us know so little about it. I particularly
enjoyed reading about the Christmas Tree in O’Connell Street and
the Stardust Garden. Memories abound.
I remember James when he was a young man showing great talent for all
things of nature. Many a day I walked through Merrion Square over the
years and saw the fruits of his labour.
I look forward to reading more from him through your excellent newspaper.
Regards
Michael Farrelly
You’ll be pleased to see another article from James in this issue,
Michael. Ed
Madam
Editor
I recently visited Ringsend, Sandymount and Irishtown after a gap of almost
50 years for a stroll down memory lane.
My father Michael was born at 45 Irishtown Road in 1903 where my grandparents
lived until it was demolished to build George Reynolds House. My grandma
then moved to 38 Stella Gardens opposite the river Dodder.
As a child between 1946 and 1956 every year I spent the 6 weeks summer
holidays in and around Irishtown and Sandymount, cockling on the shelly
banks and playing on Sandymount Strand. The recent visit brought back
many happy childhood memories and also reminded me of the tales my dad
told of Star of the Sea school and his apprenticeship as a bottle blower
in Ringsend bottle works.
Thanks for a very interesting newspaper and it will certainly not be another
50 years before I visit again.
Best Regards
Alan Wylie
Kent
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