< Previous© October 2018 The Meath Coaster30time of Political turmoil in Ireland and which in effect changed the course of Irish History. Performances will take place Fri & Sat October 19th and 20th at 8pm in The Lime Kiln, Julianstown. Tick-ets available from The Lime Kiln or by calling 0860819187.WOW… What a View!An amazing aerial view of our fabulous garden is featured above – looks stunning doesn’t it?Oktoberfest @ The Lime Kiln We’re celebrating Oktoberfest once again at The Lime Kiln Gastropub and we’re fit to burst with excitement. The Dovecote will be transformed into a Bavarian beer house with German food and steins of cold beer. And we have live music from the fantastic Scarecrow Hoot-enanny who is playing both nights. §Irish Honey Among World’s HealthiestIrish heather honey contains health ben-efits comparable with the world renowned manuka honey from New Zealand, ac-cording to a study from researchers at Dublin City University and Trinity Col-lege Dublin.Honey provides many benefits for overall health, with antioxidant, antibacterial, anti-diabetic and anti-inflammatory properties.Manuka honey is produced in New Zea-land by bees that pollinate the native ma-nuka bush. Advocates say it has particu-larly strong properties that are useful for treating wound infections and actually prevents damage to cell tissue.The Irish research found a similar overall presence of powerful antioxidants called phenolic compounds in Irish heather hon-ey as has been found in manuka honey.Researchers also found that multifloral honeys produced by urban bees had a © October 2018 The Meath Coaster31greater level of antioxidant phenolic com-pounds than their rural counterparts – a finding possibly due to the flower diver-sity and abundance surrounding hives.The findings are published in the prestig-ious journal Food Chemistry.A third of all bee species in Ireland could be extinct by 2030Irish scientists part of €9m project to in-vestigate bee population declineBee part of the solution to the pollination problemThe research was led by PhD student Saorla Kavanagh of the school of chemi-cal sciences and DCU Water Institute, and supervised by senior academics Dr Blánaid White of the school of chemi-cal sciences in DCU and Prof Jane Stout of the school of natural sciences, Trinity College Dublin.Irish heather honey had the highest total phenolic content of all Irish single origin honeysHoney samples for the research, which was funded by the Irish Research Coun-cil, were donated by beekeepers across Ireland.The research also represented the first ever comparison of Irish single-origin honeys; heather, ivy and oilseed rape and multifloral honeys.It found:– Honeys with a dark colour typically have a higher total phenolic content and thus a higher antioxidant capacity.– Urban multifloral honeys had a higher total phenolic content than rural multiflo-ral honeys. Irish heather honey had the highest total phenolic content of all Irish single origin honeys and had a higher total phenolic content than manuka honey.– Ivy honey was the darkest Irish honey analysed and its total phenolic content was less than that of heather and manuka honeys.Dr White said the research “shows that Irish honey is a high-quality product and something that we should really value”.Prof Stout said finding a difference in honey composition between urban and ru-ral hives “probably reflects the difference in flower availability in urban and rural areas in Ireland”.Make your own Halloween Costume!With Halloween fast approaching and the build up for trick or treating, there is al-ways the dilemma of what costume your little ones will wear this year! Why not showcase your creative side and make your own costume that your children will love and a lot of the time are much bet-ter quality than the shop bought ones that cost a small fortune! Here are some ideas that your kids will love…© October 2018 The Meath Coaster32Church of Ireland, St Mary’s JulianstownDuring October there will an Animal Blessing Service. This will be on Sunday 7th October at 10.30 am in the Church. Everyone is very welcome. If you have a dog please make sure it is on a lead. Cats, rabbits and other small ani-mals should be in boxes. And if you have a large animal it may have to remain out-side as the church is too small for horses, ponies and cows!On Sunday 14th October at 11 o’clock the Harvest Thanksgiving service will take place. Everyone is very welcome along to this also. The speaker will be from Chris-tian Aid which is an organisation working with some of the poorest communities in the world.The Girls Friendly Society is an organisa-tion for girls and the branch in Julianstown will be starting again in October. All girls from Senior Infants upwards are welcome and the group meets in the Parish Rooms, Julianstown on Wednesdays at 4 o’clock.§Dead Bride/GroomUse an old communion dress & veil; at-tach/glue some insects and fake blood and maybe some black roses. White/grey face paint to finish the look. For the dead groom use an old communion suit, slash the arms and legs of suit jacket & trousers. Put patches of black shoe polish on suit to give that dirt effect and splashes of fake blood and a black rose in the buttonhole. Again white/grey face paint with some fake blood and some drawn on scratch marks.MinionDIY min-ion costumes look great, and are sure to be a win-ner with your kids. They are pretty cheap to make too. Basic costume comes from denim dunga-rees/some type of overalls, and a yellow hoody. Round black glasses or use black face paint to paint on glasses. Sow pipe cleaners on for the hair onto the hood of the hoody. If you sew items on to clothing, rather than glueing, then all clothes can be reused af-ter Halloween.Face paint - yellow & silver for goggles, and make a Gru sign out of black felt and sew it to the front of dungarees. LEGO BrickAll you need is a large box, glossy spray paint and some round small craft boxes. Pick the colour of brick according to clothes your child will wear underneath. You may need to paint a few times, to achieve the colour you want.This is sure to be a winner if you have a LEGO fan in the house.© October 2018 The Meath Coaster33Laytown Tidy TownsThe finished new promenade at Laytown really looks beautiful. It is unexpectedly spacious! The addition of six new planters and two more picnic ta-bles is such good use of the new space.The picnic tables will soon be replaced by wheelchair access tables which have to be made to order. Well done to Meath Co. Council and all others involved!We had a visit from The National Learn-ing Network this month. The group were working with An Taisce doing litter pick-ing on local beaches during September. They worked in Laytown on 12th Septem-ber picking along the beach the rubbish brought in by the tide and quite a bit bur-ied under the sand! Some of the group are photographed below:We are very grateful for their help....sin-cere thanks to all!Win a luxury hamper In Bettystown for International Credit Union Day!To mark the occasion of International Credit Union day, Drogheda Credit Union will have a raffle in every branch, including Bettystown & Drogheda for members who come into the Credit Union from the 15th to the 18th of October. They can enter into a draw to win a deluxe food hamper at their local branch with winners notified at the close of business on the 18th of October.Drogheda Credit Union with branches in Drogheda, Bettystown, Trim and most recently Dunleer joins more than 68,800 credit unions around the world to celebrate the 70th annual International Credit Union Day (ICU Day) on October 18th next. In addition to being an important anniversa-ry for the global movement, credit unions here are also celebrating 60 successful years in Ireland. Drogheda Credit Union itself just celebrated 50 years in operation, a wonderful mile stone. The celebrations will revolve around the theme of the “credit Union difference”, putting people at the heart of everything we do, which has endured for the past six decades in Ireland. All credit unions deci-sions on services, products and the future direction of the organisation are made at local level, and in the best interest of the local membership. Credit unions remain a trusted and reliable provider of afford-able credit in the communities they serve. In short our credit union members always come first and are at the heart of your community. © October 2018 The Meath Coaster34 Welcome Back! We would like to wish all the children and staff a very warm welcome back to Scoil Oilibhéir Naofa. We have all settled back and are looking forward to a busy and active year. Scoil Oilibhéir Naofa Junior Primary School BettystownPhone 041-9887431 Email: office@bettystownschool.ieSchool Garden We are incredibly happy with how our school garden is growing. It has been transformed by some dedicated and talented gardeners. It is a great learning resource for our pupils. FIRST CLASS our 93 new stars in Junior InfantsThe children in First Class have been learning the names of the bones of the human body. During science lessons they labelled the major bones of the skeletons. © October 2018 The Meath Coaster35 hool Bettystown, Co Meath fice@bettystownschool.ie School Garden We are incredibly happy with how our school garden is growing. It has been transformed by some dedicated and talented gardeners. It is a great learning resource for our pupils. FIRST CLASS s in s The children in First Class have been learning the names of the bones of the human body. During science lessons they labelled the major bones of the skeletons. © October 2018 The Meath Coaster36Art CompetitionA Force to be Reckoned with!Drogheda Credit Union Bettystown Branch is urging their members to become a force to be reckoned with for the 2018 All Ireland Art Competition! The theme this year is “The Force of Nature” and has been designed in an effort to get participants “thinking green” by depict-ing their visions of a clean pollution and litter -free environment. Winners at local level will go on to a regional level and the regional winners will progress to the na-tional awards in Dublin.The hugely popular national art competi-tion is now in its 35th year. Each year al-most 30,000 people enter the competition through more than 200 participating credit unions. The competition has no age lim-its and is open to children aged seven and under right through to 18 years and older. There is also a category for those with a physical or intellectual difficulties.Board chairperson Geraldine Gilsenan ir-ritates, “We’re expecting as always to be inundated with fantastic works of art form the young and old and especially with the eco-friendly theme which challenges par-ticipants to reflect on the power and beauty of the natural world around them. We are really hoping to nurture an awareness of the environment through this competition and encourage a “thinking Green” mindset”.Schools in East Meath will have been sent information on the competition but please feel free to email patricia@droghedacu.ie if you have not received information and would like to take part or call into your local branch in Bettystown or Drogheda.Come See the BattleExcitement grows on the banks of the River Nanny as the cast of "The Bat-tle of Julianstown 1641" strut their stuff in preparation for the drama production. This play is based on a Real Battle that took place in Julianstown at a time of Po-litical turmoil in Ireland. Phelim 0'Neil King of all the Rebels rides south with his sidekick "Rory O'Moore. They intend to conquer Drogheda. Sir Patrick Whymess and Sgt.Maj Roper are leading a Battalion of men to Drogheda to help in the protection of the walls. Little did they think that they would meet O'Neil, O'Moore and of course the most dashing of the rebels " Slasher O@Reilly". Based Loosely on local historian Brendan Matthews book " Battle of Julianstown & the Siege of Drogheda" The Play gives a comical take on the events leading up to that Fateful day. Per-formance will take place Fri & Sat Octo-ber 19th and 20th at 8pm in the Lime Kilne Julianstown. Tickets available from the Limekilne or by calling 0860819187. note:due to the adult content this is strict-ly an over 18's event. §© October 2018 The Meath Coaster37A big welcome to Ms. McQuaid's Junior Infant Class 2018-2019.A big welcome to Ms. Trench's Junior Infant Class 2018-2019. © October 2018 The Meath Coaster38Please mention The Meath Coaster when replying to advertisementsTHE VIEW FROM THE KITCHEN TABLE, By Geraldine HughesDisturbed sleep and kids go hand in hand. I remember when mine were small I thought I’d never sleep a full night again. My favourite daydream was book-ing into a hotel, and sleeping for hours snuggled in a white fluffy duvet. Thankfully it got better as they got older with just the odd midnight illness or bad dream. We had a few years in between when they were old enough to stay up and they would stay up and stay up until we went to bed before them to get some peace. You would imagine that as they are now kidults, we would be getting some nice undisturbed nights but the Mammy part of my brain has other ideas and if they are out, any noise has me instantly wide awake, until I know they are both safe in bed. Last week there was a rare night that we were all in bed early and I was deep in sleep when an urgent whispering woke me. I couldn’t make sense of what my son was saying but it was clear there was an emergency of some sort, involving the cat having a mouse in a shopping bag?! I stumbled after him to the top of the stairs, where it appeared the cat did indeed have a mouse in a shop-ping bag. 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