2004 Issue 29

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Editor: Peadar O Conaire
Editorial Board: Ian Cahill, Maura Helebert, Gerardine Killeen, Mossie Clabby, Brian Brennan, Colm Ward, Evelyn Roche, Josephine Ward, Rose Finnegan, Martin O'Connor, Monica McGrath and Paddy Cooke.
Photography: Pat Fitzgibbon
Cover picture: The black gate at Coole, a painting by Josephine Ward

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Contents
Coole memories of Jack McNeill, Ballyhugh, Gort
The Family tree
Canon Paddy Healy, 1935-2004
Gort: a wonderful place to work, to holiday and above all to live
Picture parade
Sr de Lourdes book launch
Teaching in Uganda
Johnny Cummins  - happy migrant
Asian Memories-Cambodia, Laos and Nepal
Jessica Burke - showjumping
How to make the most of what you have
Cloone River
Wasn't that a party?
Sun shine on Gort show
'First responders' go live in Gort
Gort & District Lions Club
Letter to the editor
Square memoriesLand of the Kiwi
Down memory lane
Some of my experiences of working in Romania
An eggcellent business
The Wild Swan Theatre Company
Poetry
Mick Cahill reflects on bygone days
'It's a long, long way from here to there'
The light of other days
The Phoenix Projects
Crowe Street in two eras
The changing face of Gort
Chalk and talk
2004: a good year for our public speakers and debaters
Woodturning excellence
Michael Kennedy, potter
The girl of yesteryear and the uniform she wore
Amsterdam, 'Venice of the north'
The Classic Ballroom
The town hall, a place of fond memories
The Connaught Rangers
Gort and South Galway Association in London (1971-1991)
Rugby: Gort win first Connaught Junior Cup since 1937
Gort Hurling Club Development