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About coolamber71

Retired teacher with huge interest in education, especially in the area of special needs, ICT and politics. Member of Retired Teachers Association of Ireland

Activities for week beginning November 5th

Posted on November 4, 2012 by coolamber71

Beatha agus sláinte chughat. A short reminder of our scheduled activities for this week. Tomorrow, Monday, 5th November sees the first in our series of tutorials on Using your Lap-top. These classes will be held in Blackrock Education Centre and … Continue reading →

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Cycling Club

Posted on October 21, 2012 by coolamber71

Beatha agus sláinte chughat. You may know that we have a group within our ranks who have formed a leisure cycling “club” – open to anybody who enjoys gentle cycling. None of the group are in the Lance Armstrong league  … Continue reading →

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Club Miscellany & Other Events

Posted on October 21, 2012 by coolamber71

Beatha agus sláinte chughat. This week we return to Club na Múinteoirí for our Club Miscellany. This will be on Tuesday at 11.30 and will focus on Africa – an Irish perspective of its people, cultureand  education. The Miscellaney is open to … Continue reading →

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Walk on Wed Oct 10th

Posted on October 7, 2012 by coolamber71

The easy walk on Wednesday is a circuit of Roundwood Reservoir taking 2 – 3 hrs depending on what people want. It takes 2 hrs to walk from Roundwood around the southern section of the lake. Anyone who wants to … Continue reading →

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Golf Lessons

Posted on October 2, 2012 by coolamber71

Those who may have an interest in Golf Lessons should read the message below from Donall Ó Murchú. As Donall states in his note we will run with golf lessons now or in the Spring time if there is sufficient … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Activities – Oct 1- 5

Posted on October 2, 2012 by coolamber71

Beatha agus sláinte chughat. A quick reminder of the scheduled activities for this week. Dé Luain: 10.30am Art Class commences in Templeogue. Arrangements have been sent to all of the participants. Dé Máirt: 11am Our Leisure Cycle. This cycle will take place … Continue reading →

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Ulysses

Posted on September 28, 2012 by coolamber71

This notice is for all the Joyceans in the branch who have read James Joyce and who may wish to understand more about Ulysses.  In October, Seamus Cannon, retired director in Blackrock EC is beginning a series of talks on … Continue reading →

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Cancellation of Walk around Howth

Posted on September 26, 2012 by coolamber71

Because of the dreadful weather conditions over the past two days and because the forecast for tonight and early tomorrow doesn’t indicate any improvement we have cancelled the walk around Howth which we had planned for tomorrow. I hope that … Continue reading →

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Autumn Calendar

Posted on September 25, 2012 by coolamber71

You should all have received your post by now informing you of our autumn schedule of events, including a calendar of events and application forms to complete and return for certain events. In case you mislay your calendar over the coming weeks/months, … Continue reading →

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Book Launch

Posted on September 11, 2012 by coolamber71

As we indicated in an earlier post there is a very interesting book launch taking place later this month on the fascinating subject of Logainmneacha.  Please click on the link for fuller information and an invitation to this the book launch. … Continue reading →

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