Month: June 2025

Culture Vultures

 

Lunchtime concert in National Concert Hall

🌸Thank you so much, Ann, for all your efforts organising. The day was a resounding success…IMO.
It was also great to meet and chat with other like-minded, friendly and intelligent people!!! 🤭

I Have Trodden the Winepress Alone Mainie Jellet 1943 (on exhibition in National Gallery of Ireland)

Thanks Ann for a super day out
and organizing some
Culture from start to finish!

Book Club

Thanks for today Stephanie, lovely to meet everyone.

A very enjoyable morning at our first Book Club discussion in Naas Library. Many interesting views and thoughts shared on the novel of the month: The Salt Path.

A great turnout, some of the members unable to stay for photo shoot.

We will capture you all the next occasion on Wednesday 2nd July. The next novel for your perusal is ‘Close to Death’ written by Anthony Horowitz.

As discussed at the meeting , we need to create a “novel” name for the group, so text your suggestions and we will organise a poll.

Also please let me know if interested in attending the film The Salt Path , recently released. I will send details re cinema etc📚 Stephanie

A taste of suggested names to date:

Book Worms
Prose and Pastries,
Novel Notions,
Lit Happens!
Shelf Indulgence
Leabhar Linn.
Lit Ladies
Page Turners
Once upon a timers
Word Smiths
Chapter & Verse

(BOOK FOR FOLLOWING MONTH: THE PARIS EXPRESS)

JUNE Hill walk

Míle Buíochas Ann and William for organising a very scenic and enjoyable. walk .👍

A thoroughly enjoyable day. Many thanks to Anne,William and fellow hikers.

For whoever was asking about hiking poles, Lidl has folding ones this week for €18. They will fit in 10k luggage – for any trips abroad??!!

For your diary- Our next hillwalk is on *Wednesday 23rd July*.
Rosaleen Hanafin has kindly offered to lead this walk.
Details to follow nearer the date.

RTA FLAT WALKERS

Report on June Flat Walk

Howth Cliff Walk

(under leadership of Stephanie and Grace)

We explored The Howth Cliff Walk, the Tramline Loop, a trail which took us along the coastal route.

It was a moderate walk approx 7km with 130 metre climb at the summit.

The trail traced the old tramline back into the village with spectacular views of Ireland’s Eye, Baily lighthouse and Howth Harbour.

We took a slight diversion off the trail to view Baily Lighthouse bringing us to a total 10 km.

There was an ideal picnic area at the half way point. We also discovered a quaint restaurant ‘The Dog House’ at the end of the walk on way back to the village, to enjoy coffee and a treat after the walk.

Many great comments onWhatsApp – Thanks Stephanie and Grace for lovely day. Once again we were blessed with lovely weather, great views and lovely company .

 

 

RTA HILLWALKERS

The June Hillwalking event takes place next Friday, 13th June, in Glenbarrow in the Slieve Blooms,Laois.

Walkers will meet in The Hare’s Corner Cafe at 10.30 am and travel together from there to walk start point.

The walk is approx 2.5 hours long with moderate climbing.

You will enjoy some lovely views and a scenic picnic spot!😎

Hoping for dry weather 🙏🙏

KILDARE RTA BOOK CLUB

All those, who attended the launch of the Kildare RTA Book Club, enjoyed a lively discussion in Naas Library on Thursday morning. There were many interesting suggestions, spanning  numerous genres.
The book for the inaugural reading is The Salt Path by Raynor Winn. Coincidentally, there is a film based on The Salt Path being released in the next week, so perhaps some of us may like to follow up our reading experience with a trip to the cinema.
A Whatsapp group has been set up for the members of The Book Club, conveying details every month.
The first meeting of The Book Club is Wednesday 18th June,  11.15 to 13.00 in Meeting Room 3 in Naas Library.
As the Library will help by supplying some copies of selected books and naturally need notice, a date for the discussion of the second book is Wednesday 2nd July at the same venue.
Looking forward to many inspiring discussions, sharing ideas and ultimately contributing to all our reading experiences.
An interesting article about the book/film appeared in a recent Independent. (I think you need Independent Papers access to read whole article.) But seemingly the article encapsulates the train of thought and the variety of feelings the reader encounters while reading the book.
Hopefully the film will still be showing after 18th June, our Book Club get together. 📚

 

CULTURE VULTURES

Message from Ann Enright:

A reminder of our upcoming Culture outing on Tuesday June 24th.

Guided Tour of Mainie Jellet/Evie Hone exhibition in NGI at 11am €17(including guide) followed by

Lunchtime Concert in NCH at 1.00pm €15 which lasts 1hr 5mins.

Lunch afterwards to be decided upon depending on numbers.

Please let me know asap whether you will attend as tickets must be booked and paid for in advance. I have provisionally booked the NGI tour which costs an extra €100 for 15 on top of entry. So first 15 for that one.

Please state your name when booking places as some of you are not in my contacts. Thanks. Ann

AUTUMN TRIP TO CLARE

There have been many requests from Kildare Retirees for a resumption of tours. I suppose those of us who have previously toured with Kildare Retired Teachers have great memories of the trips.

So after some discussion, we’re starting with a “home” trip to the Banner County (but who knows where we’ll go next…. the world is our oyster! Who know but that we might eat a few in Clare!!!)

 

The trip is open to Kildare retirees and their friends/family.

SEPTEMBER IN CLARE

Explore the outstanding beauty of Clare on a 3- night/4-day trip in September.
Date: 14th – 17th September 2025, based in the Falls Hotel, Ennistymon
Cost: €365 pp sharing -Bed & Breakfast and dinner each evening
Single supplement:€30 per night
Transfer by McGinley’s luxury coach to and from Kildare.
Please indicate your interest by contacting Bernadette Doyle, vice chairperson or Anne Rogan, Secretary Kildare

DANCING

Dancing has been a popular activity for Kildare Retirees for many years. This is thanks to teacher, Brian Keyes and his enthusiasm and knowledge. Thanks also to the organisational skills of Fidelma who takes care of venue booking and sending out fortnightly reminders to the dancers.

The DANCING takes place every second Wednesday in the TOWN HOUSE HOTEL, NAAS, with the dancers meeting at about 10.30 for tea and coffee.

Two hours of dancing follows – an excellent and very pleasant way to keep fit.

You are more than welcome to bring non-teaching friends.

Dancing will finish up this month for the Summer and will resume in September. Reminders will be posted on Oidí Scortha App