Falconry and Free Family Fun
at Ormond Castle, Carrick on Suir
Local Launch of The Butler Trail
Saturday 2nd June
11am – 1pm
A morning of medieval madness will take place on Saturday June 2nd in the courtyard of Ormond Castle, Carrick on Suir, from 11am until 1pm, in celebration of the local launch ofSouth Tipperary Tourism’s new initiative ‘The Butler Trail’.
As part of the Clancy Brothers Festival, South Tipperary Tourism has secured the services of a number of well established professional entertainment providers to create an event that will highlight the Butler and medieval heritage of Carrick while making it a fun event for the family. Come along and meet Black Tom Butler, owner of Ormond Castle in the 1500s. Dressed in full regalia and accompanied by Lady Butler, Black Tom will tell all about life and times in Carrick on Suir 500 years ago! The launch of The Butler Trail will also featuremedieval craft demonstrations and music. Children will be invited to dress up in costumes from the period and hear tales of life in those days. There will also be a display of swords and weaponry from the period.
A unique highlight of the Butler Trail launch in Carrick on Suir will be the presence of Munster Falconry, who will set up a display of birds of prey on the green outside the castle, inviting the public to view and learn about the birds and also witness some of the birds in action!
‘The Butler Trail’, an initiative by the South Tipperary Tourism Company, stretches thirty-eight kilometres along the River Suir, encouraging visitors to explore the history and the buildings of the Butlers and in turn discover the character of the towns they influenced. As a tourism initiative The Butler Trail aims to attract visitors to South Tipperary and encourage the visitors to stay in the locality and in turn provide a boost to the local economy.
For more information log on to www.discoverireland.ie/thebutlertrail.
The sole Labour Party representative on Clonmel Borough Council will unveil a plaque in the Town Hall at 12 mid-day next Sunday, May 27 to mark the centenary of the successful proposal of James Connolly and Jim Larkin to the Irish TUC AGM to form a 32-county All-Ireland Labour Party.
The Workers and Unemployed Action Group led by Seamus Healy TD is the largest party on the Council having 5 elected members on the 12 member Council. WUAG is an affiliate of the United Left Alliance.
WUAG takes the view that the austerity policy being imposed by the Labour Party in Government is the direct opposite of the policies advocated by Connolly and Larkin which led them to propose the formation of a Labour Party in 1912. This policy includes wage reductions (JLC BILL), cuts in child benefit, reduction of heating allowances to the poor and the old, the imposition of household charges and water charges, refusal to tax the incomes and assets of the very rich and at a local level the closure of Kickham Military Barracks and the Acute Psychiatric Unit of South Tipperary General Hospital.
The unveiling of the plaque is an act of gross hypocrisy on the part of the Labour Party.
Accordingly, the Workers and Unemployed Action Group has called a protest meeting at 11 am on Sunday next, May 27, at Parnell St Clonmel outside the Town Hall. The meeting will be addressed by Seamus Healy TD, WUAG Councillors and other invited speakers.
All those who oppose austerity and wish to vindicate the traditions of Connolly and Larkin are invited to attend.
Seamus Healy T.D. 087-2802199
This Sunday, 27 May 2012 at 11am, the Workers and Unemployed Action Group will hold a protest at the Labour Party celebration of 100 years, at the Town Hall, Parnell Street, Clonmel .
This is your opportunity to tell the Labour Party how you feel about the Closure of Kickham Barracks, the Closure of St Michael’s Unit, the Imposition of the Household Charge, the Imposition of the Water Charges, the Cuts in SNA’s, Carer’s etc, the increasing treatment of patients on trolleys on hospital corridors, Austerity etc. Deputy Séamus Healy TD will address the protest.
Please spread the word and make sure your voice is heard. More information to follow.
Workers & Unemployed Action 