Limerick ICA Ladies assemble at Curraghchase for the walk to Stonehall
VISITING STONEHALL:-
On Saturday morning September 22nd The Ladies of Limerick ICA gathered in bright Autumn sunshine for a guided walk to the historic old village of Stonehall. Phyllis O Halloran , Federation President and her husband Michael who was our guide for the walk were there to welcome us . Michael gave us a short history of The Wallers, Hunts and Taylors who occupied the lands over the years and then we walked up along past Stonehall House,and the remains of the old entrance arch to the Taylor Estate. We stopped at the site of the old village which contained 36 houses in 1840. The old doorways are still visible in the stone wall and there were eight shops which included shoemakers, tailors, carpenters and a publican. Across the way we took a look at an old cottage which is preserved for its bat population . Then we went on to the site of the church and stopped to look at The Barrack which is beautifully restored and occupied by a lovely young family .Mary Canty , Sports and Leisure Officer thanked Michael for the interesting talk and all went back to The Kilkornan Lodge for a cup tea and a chat.
BLACKBERRY PICKING :-
“ Ag piocadh sméara dubha “ You all remember writing the essay when we went back to school in September. While reading through some old recipes I was amused to read about “THE ESSENTIAL PONNIE” The ponnie went everywhere with you and a bigger can was placed on a safe spot on the ground. You picked blackberries into the ponnie by holding it directly under the branch and experienced pickers managed to use both hands for picking while still holding the ponnie. Filled ponnies were tipped into the can and the process repeated until the can was full to the rim.
Try this delicious recipe for Blackberry Ice Cream
12ozs (300g) sugar
1 tablespoon cornflour
½ pint (300ml) single cream
1pint (600ml) double cream
2eggs
1lb (400g) blackberries, cooked and sieved, plus 4ozs (100g) sugar
Put the sugar, cornflour and single cream in a double boiler and stir over hot water, then add half the double cream and when it has thickened a little over a moderate heat cook for 2mins longer. Beat the eggs and stir a small amount of this into the eggs and return it all to the saucespan. Cook 1min longer, stirring then take from the heat. Add the rest of the cream and the blackberry purée, which has been mixed with 4oz (100g) sugar.
Chill a little, pour into your container and freeze until partially frozen, then take out and remove from container and whisk until creamy in a chilled basin. Put back in the container and freeze for at least 8 hours. Serves 4 to 6. This ice cream will keep for months in the freezer.
TRAVELLERS TALES:-
Having left Limerick at 8.30 am on Monday Sept 10th the Ladies of Limerick ICA arrived at The Cedar Court Hotel, Huddersfield in good time for dinner at 7.30pm.
On Tuesday they enjoyed a cruise on Lake Windemere, going from Bowness to Ambleside. They also visited the Beatrix Potter Museum and Dore Cottage, where William Wordsworth lived.
On Wednesday the visited The Historic City of York, taking in Yorkminster, The Shambles, The Railway Museum, Bettys Tea Rooms and some took a tour of the city in an open top bus.
In the afternoon they visited Cantlehoward, a stately home and gardens which was the setting for “Brideshead Revisited”.
Thursday saw them heading north east to Scarborough and Whitby and on the way the passed a large outdoor pig farm. The return journey brought them through the Yorkshire Moors, taking in the Village of Goathland, which was the setting for “Heartbeat”.
Friday morning they were on the road early for Holyhead and the ferry back to Dublin. They travelled with Marathon Travel and a big thank you to Kathleen Griffin of Limerick Federation who organised a very enjoyable trip.
AROUND THE GUILDS:-
Limerick City Guild are on the move. They are moving to a new meeting place in Raheen Community Hall just next to the Church on Wednesday Oct. 3rd and the meeting time is 8pm. They will be delighted gto welcome new and old members. Anne Mc Loughlin tells us that their meetings are very interesting as they usually have a guest speaker followed by tea and a social chat. Their Coffee Mornings are very popular and they enjoy going to Federation Meetings.
Caherdavin Guild are holding a Coffee morning on Friday Oct5th at 10.30 am in Caherdavin Scout Hall. This is in aid of SoS, Suicide or Survive so you are all invited to come along and support this worthy cause.
Hope you all enjoy The Ploughing this week and don’t forget to call to the ICA stall
FÓGRAÍ:-
Sept26th Federation Meeting
Oct. 20th Poetry Workshop in Abbeyfeale
Nov. 21st ICA Quiz
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