Sun Shines Brightly on Neighbours' Day

Last Friday's Neighbour's Day event at Redmond Park was a great success. Of course, get the weather right and you are always off to a great start, and this was a perfect early Summer's day. In twos and threes they came for this, the third successive Neighbours' Day get-together in the park. There was tea, coffee and delicious pastries from D'Lush Café. Following refreshments and chat it was over to our gust speaker, writer and historian, Liam Gaul. Liam has just launched a book entitled "Wexford: The American Connection". This provided the basis for wht turned out to be a wonderfully informative and interesting lecture which Liam delivered in great style. He focused in particular on the visit of JFK to Wexford fifty years previously, and how the US President's cavalcade travelled up Spawell Road before coming to a halt at Loreto Secondary School where he delivered a short address. We were even treated to a recording of a speech given by JFK on that famous trip. The Mayor, Councillor Jim Allen, was on hand to officially launch Neighbours' Day and to welcome the efforts of the local community looking after Redmond Park so well. All in all this was a lovely, relaxed occasion which all present both contributed to and benefitted from in equal measure.