Galway Advertiser 1978/1978_10_05/GA_05101978_E1_008.pdf 

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Gabpmy iMbnrfuer, 5th October,

1978

COMMENT
200 Years Service
Despite the setback experienced in the hearts of millions of people around the world last Fikiajr as the news of the late Pope's death gradually became known, many Gahresiaiis kxdced with gratitude and respect towards the Sisters of Mercy Convent and Sdiool at Newtownsmyth. Last Fiiday, of cwirse, was the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Catherine McAoIey the foundress of the Order. The Mercy Sisters came to Galway on May 8di, 1840, and administered unstintedly to the poor, orphaned, sick and uoeducaocd. The Mcfcy Sisters, along with other religious orders, never receive proper recognitian tar their work in the community--often in areas scandalously neglected by public conscience and concern. A wann l i ^ glows in one comer of the City that has warmed generations of Galwegims. OCTOBER 5th -- TEN YEARS AFTER No great histancal movement begins with a single person or a single incident. Yet there aic events in the history of the ascent of man which are traced back to a single flash-point or more, usually to the individual effort or efforts of one individual or ffoap. That is what revolutions are all about. Granted, as Marx did, there has to be the ri^Jit combination of circumstances. But there also has to be the right people in the right places and at the right time. Men (and presumably women also, thouq^ Maix was old-fashioned enough not to speak of persons!) make revolutions, bat they do not make the circumstances of their making. The increasing importance of the mass media in reinforcing the forces of change has been recognised for a long time. Even Pearse and his comrades realised that there was iinlc pmnt in spilling your blood in Dublin in 1916 if the world did not come to learn of i t The development of television, in particular, has been important. There are diose who argue that, in the end, it was television which ensured the defeat of the United States in Vietnam. President Johnson used to talk of the difficulties of winning a war "which is written in the wind", not in the jungles of South-East Asia, but in the livingrooms of the folks back home. Similaify it can be said that, in Ireland, television opened the conspiracy of silence aboot Northern Ireland in the second half of the 1960s. Many of us still find it difficuh to come to grips with the reahties. Many dreams, myths, hopes and ideals have been shanered in the violence of the past ten years. Views and positions have been aktaxd because of the decade, some may say not sufficiently so to ensure peace. Is cvciTbody all that wiser, or is it a case of more and more groups sulking in their respective dug-outs? It is dfficnb to answer that question. Oddly enough, we feel the reason is due to the fact that in the 1970s television and radio, under increasing pressure from governments who found the going, and their own handling of the situation in the present inadequate, were forced if not to capitulate entirely, at least to lay off those controversial but crucially important areas of Northern Ireland life which have been brought out into the open, thrashed out, and, if necessary, changed or aboUshcd, befiorc real peace can be established. It is gcnerdly accepted that the bloody attack on a Civil Rights march in Derry on October 5th, 1968, started a ball rolling which has not stopped since. Some would argoe that the whole sorry mess goes back to 1920-'21, if not 1690 or even 1169! Even exduding those, it is true to say that October 5th, '68, was not the start. There had been the Co. Tyrone Civil Rights march earher that summer, while Catholics had been killed in sectarian attacks in Belfast as early as 1966. What was important about Derry was the massive presence of the world press, and in particular that now historic piece of RTE Newsfilm which showed up the "law and order" tactics of the R.U.C. for what they were. This brutality was nothing new to Northern Catholics. It had been going on for generations. What was importsoit was that the rest of Ireland, and the world, saw it, in most cases for the first time. Truly, it can be claimed that it was a piece of newsfilm which changed the course ci Irish history. Lots of sad and bloody history has been written in the ten years since then. We do not accept that people have lost interest, or despaired, or that we are incapable of a )ust and lasting solution. It is the failure to work even harder at real solutions that causes the despair. And forcing television crews to "lay off" does not make the problems go away. We have seen some revival of serious interest in the North on RTE in the past month. Ironically enough most of the films were borrowed from the BBC. It is high time we openly declared that we wanted to hear more open, frank and realistic accounts of all dimensions of the Northern monster, in order to form honest evaluations of what can be done. Media manipulation can work in several directions. And the sin of ncglea is the most dangerous of all in this regard That much at least, should be cleal- from the events of the past ten years

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Richard Quinn, Treasurer of Galway Olympic Boxing Qub (right) presents an inscribed Silver Plate to Ian Barren, President of the club, who is leaving the club after being transferred to the Carrick-oa-Shanaon branch of Aiiied Irish Banks as Manager. The photograph also includes (from left) WiiBe Douglas, founder President, Mrs. Ann Barrett, and Eamon Hosty, Chairman, Galway County Board. Mr. Barrett was Assistuit Manager in Lynch's Castle, Shop Street Branch tii A.I.B. The presenution was made at a dinner held in the Ardilaun Hotel.

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