4 Dec

Speakeasy Toastmasters Mallow

Notes for publication on 4th December.

At the outset of the meeting on Thursday night both Kieran Buckley and Gerry O’ Callaghan extended sincere thanks to all those who had wished them well in the District finals in Edinburgh last week. They felt particularly privileged to be participating at a conference which was headed up by a fellow Speakeasy Toastmaster, Jeremiah Ronayne, who is the current District Governor (for Ireland and the UK).
John Dillon’s speech entitled ‘From cave to gallery’ was the first of a fine selection of speeches on the night’s programme. John shared with us his love of visiting art galleries and described the evolution and historic role of painting from prehistoric right up to modern times. He encouraged us all to experience the pleasure and power of art in Irish and other galleries. Michael McMahon evaluated John’s speech.
‘In the beginning’ was the title of Michael Buckley’s speech which was a very entertaining and humorous account of how life began. He could not accept the Theory of Evolution preferring to believe that only God could have made such perfect specimens as men. Interestingly, Michael explained the disappearance of the dinosaur as being the result of a lack of room on the ark. This speech was evaluated by John Stack.
With a speech aptly entitled ‘Mallow’s Icon’, Mary Buckley delivered a beautiful and moving speech describing a wonderful, well-known and well-loved person – the late Sr Rosarie, may she rest in peace. Mary gave us a lovely insight into the many achievements of this incredible nursing sister who spent 45 years devoting herself, her compassion and her energy to the people of Mallow. She is mourned as a very great loss to this town. Jerry Mulcahy evaluated Mary’s speech.

Our next meeting is on Thursday, 11th December and as it’s our last meeting before Christmas it will be a fun night - in keeping with the season that’s in it! This would be an excellent night to come and visit as a guest. As usual, the meeting starts at 8:00 pm and we ask everyone to be at The Hibernian Hotel (Chapel Lane) at 7:50 pm.

If you would like to know more about Speakeasy Toastmasters club you can ring Angela at 022 51071 or Sean at 022 22755 for information. Or you can log onto our website; www.clix.to/speakeasy. The club’s e-mail address is speakeasymallow@eircom.net