Tipp Tatler Issue 227 December 2015

TATLERIssue No. 227 Dec 2015 Tel: 0504-51945 email: info@tipptatler.ie www.tipptatler.ie Tipp Tatler, Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary
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would like to Wish
all our Readers,
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A Very Happy Christmas

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Larry's shed burned down and his
wife, Beth, called the insurance
company.
Beth spoke to the insurance agent
and said, "We had that shed insured
for fifty thousand, and I want my
money."
The agent replied, "Whoa there, just
a minute. Insurance doesn't work
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There was a long pause, and then
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then I want to cancel the life insur-
ance policy on my husband."
While walking through the woods
one day, I was surprised to hear a
child's voice. I followed the sound,
trying in vain to understand the
child's words. When I spotted a boy
perched on a rock, I realized why his
words had made no sense: He was
repeating the alphabet.
"Why are you saying your ABC's so
many times?" I asked him.
The child replied, "I'm saying my
prayers."
I couldn't help but laugh. "Prayers?
All I hear is the alphabet."
Patiently the child explained, "Well,
I don't know all the words, so I give
God the letters. He knows what I'm
trying to say."
Harold's wife bought a new line of
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lengthy sitting before the mirror ap-
plying the "miracle" products, she
asked, "Darling, honestly, what age
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figure, twenty five."
"Oh, you flatterer!" she gushed.
"Hey, wait a minute!" Harold inter-
rupted. "I haven't added them up yet."
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Sunday 20th December. 10.30am to 4.30 pm. €30 per child.
Bring a packed lunch.
Lynn from Greenmantle will be joining Clare at Tipperary
Mountain Trekking Centre for a day of arts, crafts and pony
rides. Leave the kids at camp and give yourself a day to catch
up with those last minute Christmas tasks! Suitable for children
aged 6 to 12. Limited places available so book early!

NenaghSat. 19th Seskin Lane at 10pm
Tues. 22nd Headline at 9.30pm
Wed. 23rd Silver Dollar at 9pm
Thurs. 24th Philly's Traditional Candlelit Christmas Eve. from 6pm
Sat. 26th 1710 from 7-9pm
Sun. 27th Risky Bizz at 10pm
Mon. 28th Philly's Christmas Draw, Music by Whiskey Stones at 9.30pm. Loads of prizes and finger food.
Tues. 29th Trad Session at 9.30pm with Ned Kelly, Jim Ryan (The Mill) and a little help from their friends.
Musicians Welcome!
Wed. 30th WIG WAM GLAM BAND at 9.30pm
Thurs. 31st Philly's New Years Eve Party
Fri. 1st Jan. Brian Hogan CSC Annual Table Quiz. Registration from 2pm. Quiz starts at 3pm.
Followed by music with Erin's Own at 7pm.
Sat. 2nd Seskin Lane at 10pm.
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Dec 13th -20th visit St Mary's
Church to see Christmas Tree Festi-
val, proceeds to Aras Follain
Dec 16th - 22nd Gift Wrap shop in
Nenagh, fundraiser for Aras Follain.
Aras Follain is not opening Christ-
mas Day. It is open on New Year's
Day at 12pm for dinner.
You can find all events and activi-
ties on the Facebook page.
Aras Follain - What’s on
Nenagh Denture Repairs is owned
and operated by Jim Norris, is based
at 62 Kenyon Street, Nenagh, Co.
Tipperary and offers all types of
Denture Repair plus Denture Clean-
ing.
Jim is an experienced dental techni-
cian originally from Glasgow, Scot-
land and has a vast knowledge in the
preparation and production of full
and partial dentures. He is however
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Generally chrome cobal based and
regular acrylic denture work are a
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times. For more information phone
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Denture cleaning also
available on request
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A Happy Christmas
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Cashel: 4pm Every Monday - Kearney's Hotel
Cahir: 12noon Every Monday - Cahir House Hotel
Nenagh: 5pm Every Thursday - Arts Centre
Roscrea: 7pm Every Thursday - Abbey Hall
Thurles: 3pm Every Friday - Hayes Hotel
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The Tipperary G.A.A. Yearbook 2016
is now available in the bookshops and
usual outlets. Published annually since
1970 it is an outstanding record of the
achievements of club and county in all
aspects of the G.A.A. Whereas the
main focus of people’s interests may be
on hurling and football, camogie and
ladies football, the book also tells the
complete story of achievements in
Scór, handball, Bord na nÓg and other
areas of G.A.A. Activities.
It is a huge compendium of information
that strives to be the complete reference
work on the G.A.A. in the county. For
instance the section, County Teams
2015, by John Smith includes the line-
out of every team that represented the
county in all grades of hurling and
football during 2015. There is a great
reference section for all the results in
the Scoreboard 2015 section by Ed
Donnelly.
One of the most read sections of the
book is, Friends We Lost, obituary no-
tices of the many Gaels who passed
away during the past year. And they
were many. They include Tony Reddin,
Jimmy Doyle, Tomás Ó Baróid, Ray
Reidy, Dom Browne, Tom ‘Senator’
Murphy and Jackie Griffin, to name
just a few.
The Yearbook always carries a number
of feature articles and Seamus Leahy is
always a regular in this field. He
doesn’t disappoint this year with his
account of the 1916 All-Ireland, won
by a Boherlahan Selection in January
1917.
Tipperary G.A.A. Yearbook

A High Fashion Media Makeup
workshop was recently facilitated in
Templemore College by internation-
ally renowned Makeup Artist ‘Cathe-
rine Biggs’. Makeup Artistry
students and Beauty Therapy stu-
dents were shown how to create a
dramatic ‘high fashion’ makeup look
using industry standard makeup
brands and professional techniques.
The workshop took several hours and
also involved the students carrying
out their own looks afterwards. Cath-
erine explained what it is like to
work in the industry of Makeup Art-
istry in particular in the film industry.
She is currently second in command
on ‘Vikings’ and has worked on this
production for the past three years.
She has also worked on international
movies such as ‘The Great Gatsby’,
‘Australia’, ‘Mad Max 4 – Fury
Road’, and television series ‘Home
and Away’, ‘All Saints’, ‘XPose’ to
name but a few. This gave the stu-
dents a great insight into the real
world of work.
Templemore College of Further Edu-
cation is the leading provider of PLC
courses in Tipperary and acknowl-
edges the need for programmes that
focus on providing courses that meet
the needs of industry. The Makeup
Artistry course at Templemore Col-
lege is in its first year and so far is
proving to be very popular. Students
will achieve a QQI Award at Level 5
in Makeup Artistry. This qualifies
students to work as Makeup Artists
or ‘MUA’s’. Course tutor Nicola
Welford says that ‘this course has
come at the right time….makeup art-
istry is growing quickly as an indus-
try in this country and
internationally….peoples interest in
makeup and techniques is huge’. Stu-
dents study basic and advanced
makeup techniques, high fashion me-
dia makeup, bridal makeup, everyday
makeup, makeup for television for
men and women, barbering, henna
tattoos. The course also offers special
effects makeup involving the produc-
tion of bald caps, silicone prosthetics
for scars and wounds. The Period and
Theatrical Makeup module focuses
on makeup through the ages and in-
cludes fantasy and character makeup
for television and theatre. In addition
to these Waxing, Manicure and Pedi-
cure are other skills that the students
learn and ‘Postiche’ which involves
the making of facial hair pieces stud-
ying wig making techniques. It is
definitely a very varied programme
but tailored to suit industries current
requirements. Employment opportu-
nities are very good for students who
have completed a course such as this
at Templemore College.
If you would like to know more
about this course or other courses on
offer at Templemore College of Fur-
ther Education log onto www.tcfe.ie
from Cllr. Jackie Cahill.
General Election Candidate.
Happy
Christmas
and a
Prosperous
New Year
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International Makeup Artist
visits Templemore College
Catherine Biggs MUA (centre) with Makeup Artistry & Beauty Therapy
students and their teachers at Templemore College of Further Education.
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Templemore
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Merry Christmas
& Happy New Year

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Borrisoleigh
Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year
To All Our Customers
Live Music every Friday Night
Dec 26th Dermot Kelly
Dec 27th Brian, Niall & Luke
Dec 28th Jimmy Crowley
("The boys of Fairhill")
Dec 31st New years party
with DJ David
Jan 2nd Headline
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Wishing All Our
Customers a
Happy Christmas
St Joseph’s College, Borrisoleigh,
annual Christmas Concert takes place
on Tuesday the 15th of December at
7.30pm. Essentially a variety show, it
will feature sketches, dance acts, tra-
ditional music groups and pop acts.
It’s sure to be a most entertaining
show.
There will also be a raffle in aid of
the Parents Council.
St Joseph’s College Christmas Concert
Emmanuel Maher of Shanahan’s Centra, Borrisoleigh won "Deli./ Food To
Go" manager of the year 2015 in the Shelf Life Grocery Management Awards.
St Joseph’s College Senior Camogie Players secured a win against Buttevant
in the Munster Intermediate Semi-Final. They will now play the winners of
Killaloe and Kilenaule in the Munster Intermediate Final. The final score was
3-10 to 2-5.
Music lovers in and around Borriso-
leigh are in for a treat when Jimmy
Crowley comes to perform in Finn’s
Bar on Dec. 28th.
Jimmy Crowley has been a central
figure in the Irish folk scene since
the enthusiastic reception of his de-
but album The Boys of Fairhill in
1977. With his band Stokers Lodge
their mission was to present the
street ballads of Cork city compli-
mented by the ornate folk songs of
the rural hinterland of Cork and Ker-
ry in an exciting orchestration of uil-
leann pipes, concertina, autoharp,
harmonium, mandolin, bouzouki and
guitar in their native accent. The sec-
ond album, Camphouse Ballads hur-
tled the band into the vortex of the
folk scene; they were now perform-
ing at folk festivals and making tv
appearances in Ireland, Britain and
America. Both albums were pro-
duced by Micheál Ó Dómhnaill of
the Bothy Band. Like Chris Twomey
of Stokers Lodge, Micheál was a
seminal influence in Jimmy’s musi-
cal education.
Folk legend to perform in Borrisoleigh

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Lisa buys food from John John buys vegetables from Peter
Peter has his IT done by SusanSusan buys jewellery from Lisa
KEEP YOUR MONEY IN
THE COMMUNITY
Buying local products at locally owned businesses
keeps money circulating closer to where you spend
it.
This creates a ripple effect as those businesses and
their employees in turn spend their money locally.
Unfortunately, most corporate chains send most of
your money out of town.
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Word Search
Sudoku for Kids!
Every row, column and minigrid must contain the
numbers 1 through 4. Don’t guess, use logic!
Thurles Squash Club tem that won the Munster Squash Division 3 League.
Back left to right, Brendan Lawton (Munster Squash), Darragh O'Donnell,
John O'Donnell, Martin Gleeson and Martin Joseph McDonnell (Munster
Squash). Front Row, Micheál Hassett (Captain) and Pat O'Donnell
Cashel - Minor B County Final Winners 2015
Eoin O'Connell of Thurles Squash Club has
won the Munster Open under 11 Squash Plate.
Here he is receiving his prize from Munster
Squash President Brendan Lawton

ENTERTAINMENT & EVENTS
Choi Fook
Restaurant & Take Away
Main St., Templemore
Co. Tipperary
0504 32238
Opening Hours
Monday - Saturday 4pm - 11.30pm
Sunday 1pm - 11.30pm
Bank Holiday 2pm - 11.30pm
Home Catering for parties and all occasions
Happy Christmas to All
Sunday Lunch
4 Courses,1pm - 4pm €12.90 per person
Early Bird Menu
4 Courses, 4pm - 8pm from €17
B.Y.O. €3 Corkage per Bottle
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or email
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19th December Tipperary Excel Cinema hosts The
Polar Express, Pajama Party, Wear Your PJ,s
Watch the Movie, Drink Hot Chocolate! 7pm
20th December A Celebration of Christmas,
Evening of traditional carols, hymns and festive
songs hosted by Friends of the Simon Ryan Thea-
tre and Tipperary Musical Society. Mince Pie and
Mulled Wine Reception 7pm, Curtains up 8m.
Tickets on sale soon
Visit www.tipptatler.ie
for Entertainment &
Events in Tipperary.
Christmas at
Tipperary Excel
Large Car Park with Easy Access
sOUNGES
The Ragg,
Thurles,
Co. Tipperary
0504- 51376
www.theragg.com
Inch Loop Walk in aid of local charities
11th Dec. Registration for the walk is at
6.30pm at The Ragg. Torch light walk and
back to the Ragg for refreshments.
Shave it Off for Suir Haven
Sat 12th Dec at 10pm.
Starring local legends Joe McGrath and Lar-
ry Ryan. A combined 80 years worth of
beard growth will be ... gone!
House Draw Night.
Tues 22nd Dec at 9.30pm
Large Hamper plus loads of Spot Prizes.
Reeling in The Years.
GAA Teams Reunited
Sat 26th Dec. 9pm.
Annual Fancy Dress Party fundraiser in
aid of Inch National School &
Barnane Football Club. Sun 27th Dec
31st Dec. Ring in the New Year
Annual Sing-a-long & Get Together
Join us for 2016
Happy Christmas to
All Our Customers
Order your desserts @ the Ragg
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Christmas at the Ragg
Festive Lunch Served Every Day
Join Ireland’s leading funny woman Katherine
Lynch in this hilarious new comedy. The ex-
ceptional cast also features Seamus Moran
(Fair City), Helen Norton (Fair City), Karen
Ardiff (Brooklyn), Emma Barry (Fifty One
Shades of Maggie) and Karl Bowe (Mr Ire-
land). Middle-aged Barbara is broken-hearted
when hubby Henry dumps her. But soon she's
having the best sex of her life with hunky Zak,
the much younger handyman who’s artexing
her box room. Mags, Barbara's sister, played
by Katherine Lynch is a serial singleton, who is
addicted to Tinder and one night stands. What
will her other sisters Donna and Marie say
when they find out about Babs and Zak? And is
Zak too good to be true? And what if Henry
changes his mind? Crammed with laughs, tears
and songs like 'I’m In the Mood for Dancing’,
'I Will Survive', ‘Happy’ and of course, 'You
Don’t Bring Me Flowers', this heart-warming,
raunchy comedy about love will be your best
night out this year!
You Don’t Bring Me Flowers, Thursday 17
December @ 8pm, book online at
thesourceartscentre.ie or ring 0504 90204 dur-
ing box office hours 10am-5pm Tuesday to
Friday, 2-5pm on Saturdays.
You Don’t Bring
Me Flowers
Fresh from their recent success in the INEC Killar-
ney the “In Tune for Life Orchestra” is a traditional
music orchestra of musicians aged from 8 to 19/20
years old, primarily from the Ballycommon and Kil-
lea areas of North Tipperary. They are led by the
renowned Tipperary box player Ned Kelly. They are
joined by the Silvermines Folk Choir for a Christ-
mas concert to round off their year.
Date: December 19. Time: 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm.
Cost: €12
In Tune For Life Orchestra
Christmas Concert at
Nenagh Arts Centre
Send your event and
Entertainment listings
To:- info@tipptatler.ie

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Celebrating 1 Year Anniversary

Counselling
By Jim O’Shea
Anxiety (continued from previous issue)
If you suffer from social phobia/anxiety,
you are assuming that others will think
in a negative way about you. Do you
really think that you can read the minds
of others!!! Do you really think that you
can foretell the future!!! Perhaps you
have a negative view of yourself.
Perhaps you are a perfectionist. Perhaps
you have been shamed as a child by
someone at home, among your friends or
in school. Are you always
catastrophising? Aaron Beck, one of the
leading theorists on negative thinking
uses this word as a way of explaining
how some people always have the worst
possible outlook on everything, blowing
everything out of proportion.
They might say something like this – ‘If
I am seen as being stupid (boring, dull,
uninteresting, nervous, etc.) it will be a
catastrophe. It will be the end of the
world. It will be disastrous’. When you
write it down like this, hopefully you
will see how ridiculous such negative
thinking is. It is totally divorced from
reality. Is it really true that you have to
be the centre of attention, the most
interesting in a group, the one who has to
speak? Do you really believe that you are
so interesting that everybody is looking
at you? Instead of focusing on yourself
and how you might be seen in a group,
divert your attention from yourself and
onto others. People prefer others to listen
to them. So practise being a good
listener, rather than tormenting yourself
to take part.
I am convinced that all the foregoing
comes from how social phobics project
their own negative thoughts and their
own negative self-view onto others. In
other words, they imagine that others
share their negativity, and have a
negative opinion of them. They,
therefore, have a strong sense of being
judged, and the intensity of such feeling
can incapacitate a person. They have a
strong sense of inferiority because they
do not feel that they are socially
desirable or socially attractive (being
socially attractive means that others
enjoy one’s company, and so on), and
tend to indulge in continuous rumination.
They carry out what has been called a
post mortem review, in which they
analyse in a negative way how they have
responded to conversation, judge
themselves as having been uninteresting,
and perhaps agonised at how others
looked at them. They imagine that others
have seen the internal vulnerable child in
them that is in terror of rejection. In
other words, they have a very negative
self-appraisal of their social
performance.
They have an equally negative view of
how others appraise them. This toxic
thinking only strengthens the sufferer’s
sense of inadequacy, and reinforces the
fear of social situations. Unfortunately,
those who suffer social anxiety
constantly require reassurance, and
create frustration in others. Their
behaviour frustrates their objective of
being accepted.
Rumination is greatly increased in those
who have a mixture of anxiety and
depression following interaction with
strangers. Those with major depression
are more vulnerable to anxiety. It seems
to be increased also by the nature of
what the sufferer says in such social
situations. There seems to be less
rumination when conversation is
confined to small talk, but more
rumination if the anxious persons make
disclosures about themselves. The
sufferers are, therefore, inclined to
examine what they have said, and
whether these have portrayed them as
being socially desirable (i.e. as being
intelligent, witty, and so on).
I mentioned in my articles on depression
that women are more likely to ruminate
than men, and thus are more prone to
anxiety. Men tend to ruminate about
situations involving anger, and they
consequently build up grudges, but not
anxiety. Women on the other hand, are
more involved with relationships of all
types. They are more relationship
oriented than men, and so there is more
scope for rumination about social
interaction and how they are faring. They
tend to be more aware of the quality of
their involvement and interaction in
relationships. Anxious women question
this quality in a negative way, and tend
to analyse how they might be better in
communication and in being interesting.
This leads them on a merry-go-round of
self-criticism.
Prayers: €7.50
Miraculous
Novena
Other____________
Initials:______
Prayers
The Miraculous Prayer
Dear Heart of Jesus, I ask You this
very special favour (mention one).
Take it Dear Heart of Jesus and place
it within Your own broken heart
where Your Father sees it. Then in
His merciful eyes it will become
Your favour, not mine. Amen. Say
this prayer for 3 consecutive days,
promise publication and favour will
be granted. Never known to fail.
M.N.
J.O.S.
T.M.
M.O.D.
M.T.
M.T.
(Continued in next issue)
Jim O’Shea works as a counsellor
from Furze, Thurles. Ph.087
8211009 www.jimoshea.net. Jim
O’Shea’s book ‘When a child dies.
Footsteps of a Grieving Family’ is
published by Veritas. The royalties
from this book will go the the Chil-
dren’s Hospital in Crumlin Jim
O’Shea’s new book called Abuse,
about domestic violence, workplace
and school bullying is now available
on Amazon, published by Cork Uni-
versity Press and in Bookshops.
Social Anxiety. Social Anxiety.
‘Catastrophising’. Irrational thinking.
Rumination.
Templemore St Patricks Day Parade
will achieve a unique distinction next
March when it celebrates its 40th An-
niversary and continues as the oldest
active parade in County Tipperary.
Since it was reactivated all those years
ago, the parade has developed into one
of the most successful and well attend-
ed in the entire county and region.
Large crowds flock to the town and
with numerous on street attractions, all
age groups are well catered for. Cou-
pled with the various groups and floats
taking part in the parade, a most enjoy-
able family day is assured. And in re-
cent years a more international aspect
has been added by our twin towns of
Prémilhat (FR) and Potenza Picena
(IT) attendance, in the parade.
To add to the festivities, the Parade
committee have developed a festival
around our patron saint’s day. The
Blessing of the Shamrock ceremony
on the night prior to our National Day
launches a festival of music dance and
culture which is enjoyed by local and
visitor alike.
Needless to say much preparation
takes place to ensure the success of the
parade and several meetings of the
committee have already taken place.
Each and every aspect of the workings
of the event are revisited in an effort to
improve upon the success of the previ-
ous year’s event. These meetings will
continue over the coming months as
we plan ahead to celebrate an historic
anniversary.
Theme
The theme of this year’s parade is con-
sidered most appropriate as we cele-
brate the 100th Anniversary of the
1916 Easter Rising. Therefore we are
asking all participants to adopt both
the Dress and Events of the 1916 Ris-
ing as their theme for floats and en-
tries. Even those attending on the day
or events associated with our 40th Pa-
rade are encouraged to “dress up” for
the occasion.
Prize Money
Once again a prize fund of €2000 will
encourage a large turnout and we hope
for a very positive response for what
promises to be the biggest and best
parade in the county. Further updates
will be provided later as we near the
big event.
Bi linn is bhain thaithneamh as ár LÁ
Speisíalta!
Templemore Parade to Celebrate
40th Anniversary

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