anyone know what its for , or what its called ?
Hint , its not a catapult
What is it ?
So we were asked to make one of these last week. anyone know what its for , or what its called ? Hint , its not a catapult
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Dragon Lair Kenpo Karate Black Belts Ray and Marie pictured at Martin Howey's Athy Kenpo Karate School last Friday evening 14th June, where Ray attended an advanced Kenpo Karate class with visiting American Kenpo Karate Black Belt Mr Scott Higgins 7th Degree Black Belt , the Class was organized by Mr Martin Howey 1st Degree Black Belt Chief instructor of Athy Kenpo Karate School
Death of a Tradesman Death of a Tradesman Death of a Tradesman Thursday June 13th & Friday June 14th 8pm in Riverbank Art Center , Newbridge. Special Ticket Price: €5 Riverbank Art center would like to invite all the members of Mens Shed, to come along to Riverbank Arts Centre in Newbridge at a very special discounted price of €5 per ticket. A story about one man, called Willy. He is a 54 year old tradesman, he has a bad back and a short fuse. He likes a pint of black and he tends to lose more than he wins when it comes to gambling. His hands are sore. They are calloused and dry and he is sick of standing. In a country full of vacant spaces, empty places and ghost estates- Death of the Tradesmen is a new play about an army of men and the live register. Death of the Tradesmen was developed as part of the TITLE Residency at Solstice and the Cork Midsummer Festival. Made with Rough Magic Production Support and kindly supported by the Arts Council. Winners of The Lir Revival Award and the Fishamble New Writing Award ABSOLUT Fringe 2012 Call Riverbank Arts Center in Newbridge now to book your ticket at 045 448327, please quote ‘Mens Shed’. More details here ; http://www.riverbank.ie/shows/death-of-the-tradesmen
Emmett and Joey drop into Athy Community Men's Shed
What a lovely surprise to have Emmett and Joey drop into our shed . Originally from New Zealand , Emmett now living in Co. Kildare dropped into the shed this afternoon with his son Joey. Joey is on holidays from Scotland and has links with Westhill Men's Shed . Needless to say both men were given a cup of tea and a quick tour around our shed. Being from New Zealand where Men's Sheds are well established , the lad's fitted in very well. We are looking forward to Emmet dropping in again soon and showing him how to do a bit of wood turning If you would like to use Athy Community Men's Shed , or find out more about us drop in , we are open 6 days a week , Monday to Saturday 10:30 - 2pm , and Thursday nights 5pm to 8pm. Read more about us.
Some of the guys who went on a night hike around Mount Leinster and the Blackstairs hills , to catch the full moon. We left the shed at about 7.40pm and arrived at The Nine Pins for about 8.30(ish). A slow amble and we were on top of Slevebawn ,stopped for some photos. A while later and we were on Tomduff Hill. We stopped here for a bit of lunch and to watch the moon rise over Mount Leinster. As we were munching on some sambo's we were surrounded by a group of wild horse's which live on the hill's there. Below us was a marquee with a wedding celebration going on. We contemplated saddling a few horse's and gate crashing the celebration's below us. Amazing to hear how far the music would carry on a still night. Then the conversation changed to stories of the Magnificent Seven on horse back. Shame there was eight of us. Derek, Tim, Clifford,Pat ,Tony , Sean Ger and Udo. From there we walked on towards the road , crossed it into the forest. There were one or two surprised looks from the car's in the forest car park as eight lads in day glow jackets with head torch;s walked through the car park. Doubt they were watching the full moon too, the windows were fairly missed up, Perhaps they have a view of another full moon. We got through the forest , with Mount Leinster on our right side, every now and then catching a glimpse of it through the tree's . As we got towards the end of the forest the sports tracker decided to turn itself off , we reckon it was because at this time it was just after midnight. Exiting the forest we had a fairly steep climb up to the private road that leads up to the the masts on top of Mount Leinster. We contemplated turning right and going up to the top of the mountain , as it was very early in the morning and a steep climb up the road , we opted for the easy route down hill to the cars. We got back to Athy at approx 1.20am A great night , good banter , good company , great views . Looking forward to the next hike . If you'd like to join us , keep an eye on our facebook page More pictures available here on our facebook page
Hillsborough Castle Garden ShowWe recently won tickets on twitter for entry to Hillsborough Castle Garden show by following @GardeningExpres (http://www.gardeningexpress.co.uk/)and @GardenerGareth . http://www.garethaustin.com/ Two of the guys from our shed took the drive up from Athy to Hillsborough in County Down to have a gander around the garden show . Here are some of the photos they took on the day. Many thanks to @gardeningexpres for the show tickets , follow them on facebook https://www.facebook.com/GardenShowIRL and check out their website http://www.gardenshowireland.com/ Graduates of Ray's Karate Course getting their certs Some of the photographs from last Tuesdays Certificate presentation event in the C. D. P. The cake that was kindly supplied to us by Bradburys with the Kenpo Karate Crest on it. It was good night and well done to all the lads who attended the Kenpo Karate Course with The running order for the day. The file below is quite a large document , It includes the approximate times everyone's team is racing. Please use it as a guide for the day In the interest of Safety , please take a minute to read and understand the rules to the coming weekend event Details on how to get to Athy
If you have being in the Shed recently , you might of seeing this being put together , but for those of you who have not being in the shed , Can you guess what the lads are making ? Leave a comment on our blog if you think you know what they made. We'll organise some sort of prize for the best guess Selection of bikes for sale , ranging from €20 to €55 or nearest offer's . If there are one or 2 bikes you would like to buy from us , contact us by email or text us to 083 137 8888 www.pollypiggy.comAvailable from www.pollypiggy.com Supporting one of our own , Davie's ( our sausagesaturday chef ) Mrs. runs www.pollypiggy.com Please support one of our own For more details please email info@pollypiggy.com
Please share this link on facebook and twitter with a local business. Calling all garden shops , DIY shops and Local Business's . We need to spend some money . Can we spend it with you. Click on the photo or the link below to see what we need to buy , if you think you can supply one or several items , please fill in the form here Don't procrastinate , if you think you can supply one or several items , we'd love to hear from you . Do you need to get in shape for the summer holidays ?
Now that the longer ( and still cold at the moment ) evenings are here , why not get a bike from the lads in the shed , we got all shapes and size of bike , usually costing from as little as €40 . on yer bike , get fit for the summer . Feel free to share our post on your social media sites ;) , All the lads in the shed would like to thank Athy Steel Products Ltd , for their help in donating the steel for the welding course and making the parts for the trailer we refurbished , and all the help they gave us on the projects we are working on. Especially the flue for our wood burner to keep the lads warm in the shed .
If you need steel or a car trailer , please give Ian a call on 059 86 31454 or visit their web site here Pierce and Gerry present Athy Lion club member John Baxter with a gavel Our way to say Thank you to Athy Lions Club , recently they donated a wood turning lathe , which has gone down a treat with all the lads in the shed. Jimmy decided to make them a Gavel for their auctions , and this morning John Baxter was available to collect it from Pierce and Gerry of the Men's Shed Award Winners The Athy Town Promoters Group is delighted to congratulate the following winners in their respective categories for their achievement in this years Parade
-Parade Sponsors- The Athy Town Promoters Group would like to thank the following sponsors for thier generous support in making the St. Patricks Day Parade a reality - Main Sponsors
Clanard Court Hotel AIB Bank Harbour View Construction Athy Lions Club Ardreigh Ltd David Walsh Civil Engineering Ryenn Developments Kildare Landscape Services Clancy's Public House, and Shaw's Department Stores For more pictures of the St.Patrick's Day Parade , click here
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