Our Village (2001-02)

The Holy Cross Church was built in 1834. That is 167 years ago. Rev. Dr. Abraham was the organiser back then. Fr. Michael Power was the priest. 1,500 people went to the Holy Cross Church in 1834. The old church was an old thatched building between The Barron Hall and the Church we now have.

In 1990 the Mercy nuns gave the church one acre of land. This allowed them to have 400 graves and a car park. P.J. Carey digs the graves. Fr. Enright is our Parish Priest now.

In 1894 the church was done up and got a bell. It cost £60.08.Mrs. Mary White Power gave a marble altar and in 1859  a silver chalice was donated. It is still used. The tabernacle was a gift too and the marble onyx lectern was from the people of the parish at home and abroad.

Last year it said in the newspaper that a number of graves were vandalized in the cemetery attached to The Holy Cross Church in the early hours of a Sunday morning. It said it was a sad reflection on our society and that information on who may have done this would be appreciated . It asked for extra vigilance to deter such attacks.

Our School ; Scoil na Croise Naofa

The boys school was built in 1884. The Barron Hall was the school before. In 1964 the two teachers were Ms. Kitty O’Brian and Mr.Thomas Murphy.

The girls’ school was built in 1842. The nuns began teaching in 1875. They came from Cappoquin. They had an industrial school for teaching the making of lace , embroidery and sewing.

Our present school was built in 1965. The Barron Hall had 40 feet for boys and 0 feet for girls. Twenty six girls were taught for no fee. Irish was taught in 1838.

Soccer and Football are our main hobbies in this class. Garven Cummins trains the soccer team. It is on every Saturday. Matches are every Thursday at six o’clock.The soccer started four years ago . Our soccer field is in Ballyvooney .

This year Stradbally won The County Final in Football. 1:13 TO 2:4. We beat Rathgormack. D’éirigh linn agus theip orthu. Bhí an t-adh linn agus tá an corn againn anois. We have a lovely poster of news paper cutting on our classroom notice board.. We are proud of our team. Stráidbhaile Abú.

Farming in Stradbally by Rapter

In Stradbally the most popular farming is Dairy Farming with some beef farming too. In the morning the cows have to be milked. You bring them up to the parlour and you put on the clusters. Then you give them meal. Then when they are milked you take the clusters off and let them out. A cow cannot produce milk until she has had a calf. In winter the cows are kept in cubicles. In summer they are let out to the fields. Now there are farmers who are producing milk for the winter season because the co-op needs it and the price is good.

Graveyards

There are nine Stradballys in Ireland! St. Jamed Church was built in 1888. The tombstones are rare. One has a skull and bones on it . It is one of the largest medieval churches in Ireland. In 1770 catholics were also buried in the protestant graveyard. Our class visited the catholic graveyard and took some rubbings. It is very well kept too.

The Village by Ninja

Stradbally is a seaside village. It had two shops and now it has one. There are two pubs, O’Curráin and Whelans. It has a lovely green in the centre of it and there are tables for picnics in the summer.

Stradbally has a ball alley . It was built in about 1935. It is covered in ivy.  Stradbally is a very beautiful place and there are lots of artists here too.

Cirilo Amores

The Cirilo Amores was a Spanish steamship made in Scotland and it was going to Liverpool but it ended up in Ireland, in a cove called Ballyvooney. It crashed on 15 February 1925. There were oranges, rice, nuts and lots of other things on board. The oranges rotted in the sea and the rice was used as pig feed. The sailors came to the village and there was only one man who could speak Spanish.

A better place – flowers by Sabu

Stradbally are proud to make Stradbally look a better place. We put extra flowers in the village and all the gardens. We won the Entente Florale European Competition in 1990 . We have a good community spirit. We just found out that Stradbally is to represent Ireland once again in the Entente Florale Competition 2002. The competition recommends enhancement of the village through green spaces ,shrubs, flowers and trees. It also puts emphasis on the maintenance of buuidings. Everyone will have to co-operate to get Stradbally looking its best. This is nothing new for us as we won a Silver medal in the Tidy Towns Competition in 2001. Stráidbhaile Abú

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