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Fresh October brings the pheasants,

Then to gather nuts is pleasant.






Lady Amherst's pheasant.



















RETURN ENERGY SURVEY:

Closing date for the return of surveys is this coming Friday 9th Oct.  They can be dropped into the letterbox at the Community Centre.      Those who return their forms, will be in the draw for a chance to have their home chosen for a“ comprehensive free audit of energy usage “, including suggested measures to  improve your home’s energy efficiency.  This audit is to the value of approximately  €560. !!!!                                                                                  The survey information will only be used by the Tipperary Energy Agency to compile an Energy Masterplan for the parish, it will not be shared with any third parties. GDA: Luckily we were able to hold our AGM last week and had a fairly good attendance.    Thanks to Tom Noonan for standing in for the election of officers.   Officers elected for  20/21 are as follows;-  Chair- Liam Houlihan.   Vice Chair - Joe Power.   Secretary - Emma McMahon.   Asst. Sec - Position not filled.   Treasurer - Shane Toomey.   Asst. Treasurer - John Bennett.   P.R.O. - Mary O'Regan.  Hall Bookings - Joe Power (086-8187999). It was agreed that the community centre should be made available for meetings of local community groups.   These are defined as " organised events" under government guidelines and are permitted under Levels 1 & 2.    The development association is committed to providing as safe an environment as possible and would expect other organisations to maintain equally high standards when holding their meetings.  However, meetings are not permitted from level 3 upwards.    As we are back again to alert level 3,  since Tuesday night, the Hall will be unavailable for the next three weeks.  Thanks Niamh:    Niamh O'Hanlon has been our secretary for the last four years and has done a wonderful job.   She was new to the parish at the time and first attended the 5-Year plan meetings we held with Ballyhoura Development in 2015.   One of the outcomes was the formation of a group to design a web page for Granagh. Niamh joined this group, knowing nothing about the association but volunteered to help out with this project.   Only for her expertise we would have found it very difficult to manage this ourselves.    She made a fantastic job of the site and it is now an invaluable parish resource where history and all kinds of local information/photos can be stored for the future.   She added a counter later, to the page, so we have had more than 30,977 visits, which is amazing.   Also, it is a very valuable connection point for our emigrants, who are able to check in on what's happening at home.   We have had people checking in from Canada, USA, Brazil, England, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Africa, India, China, Australia & N. Zealand.!  See www.granagh.com if you haven't checked it out already. Niamh took on the job of Secretary in 2016 and was even out marching for the1916 commemoration.   She was involved in the organising of so many events - The Big Jim Tractor Run;  Two garden walks at Lady Harringtons' ;  Four plays and celebration nights;  The Liam McCarthy reception;   Pink for Peggy Fundraiser;  Pat Gubbins presentation;  50th Anniversary of the Hall.    She also was involved in the successful LEADER grant application for the new hall floor which is no mean feat, considering all the paperwork that has to be collated and followed up on.  We were so lucky to have had Niamh as secretary - as we have been with all our Secretaries - and sincerely thank her for her dedication to the group, sharing her knowledge and expertise with us and for being so pleasant and easy to get on with.    No need to tell her enjoy her retirement, she is doing it already !!   When things return to some normality, we hope to have Aoileann back as our official confectionary taster at Lady Harrington's garden walks...  Level 3 Guidelines:-   Visitors only allowed from 1 other household.    No social or family gatherings.   No Indoor gatherings.   No matches or events.  People are asked to stay in their region and to keep the number of people they meet to a minimum.   Bars/Cafes/Restaurants/Wet p