Community notes Oct 4th

Irish Greyhound Derby:

Cheap Sandwiches won The Boyle Sports Irish Greyhound Derby at Shelbourne Park on Saturday night last. Last year’s beaten finalist romped home in a time of 29.37. to secure the winning prize of €125,000 for the Kerry owned and Tipperary trained dog. The dog is owned by The Bark Wahlberg syndicate, comprised of Kingdom based greyhound enthusiasts headed up by Dan Brassil of Abbeydorney. Dan needs no introduction to Timoleague GAA followers as he was one of the club’s star performers when based locally back in the early seventies. A dual player he was one of the leading lights on Timoleague teams during that period when success was not a given. Saturday nights great win gave Graham Holland of Golden, Co Tipperary his fifth derby win. The victory was all the sweeter when one considers that Cheap Sandwiches was a beaten finalist in last years decider and finished fourth in The English Derby a few months ago.

Tidy Towns:

Timoleague Tidy Towns Association has received an invitation to the National Tidy Towns Awards Ceremony at Croke Park in late October. This is a major endorsement for the local enthusiastic group who work so tirelessly to present the village at its pristine best. Well done to all involved.

Nationwide Recalls Caleb:

 Last week Nationwide did a series of programmes on the history of The Luas line in Dublin. When the discussion centred on the red line, a number of people from  Saggart were interview as the line passes through the south Dublin village. One of the interviewees was a member of the St. Mary’s GAA club and recalled the glory days of Dublin football back in the 1940’s. He recalled that five players from the local club were on the Dublin All-Ireland winning football team of 1942 and my attention was aroused when the name of Caleb Crone was mentioned. Caleb was a star footballer who played with both Dublin and Cork, winning All-Ireland titles with both. His father was a station master and that resulted in the family moving home on many occasions during Caleb’s youth. He joined the Air Corps as an electrical engineer and played with the Baldonel club before moving to St. Mary’s of Saggart. He transferred back to Cork in 1945 and was corner back on the Cork team that beat Cavan in that year’s All-Ireland final. He also won Railway Cup honours with both Leinster and Munster. His father was the station master at Timoleague during that period and his younger brother, Thomas played with Timoleague and was a member of the team that were beaten in the West-Cork Junior “B” Football Final by Castlehaven at Burgatia in December of ’45 by 0-3 to 0-1 after a dogged contest.