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Well, that was a quick month! Time for me to do a clear out and make room for the next guy coming in.


Community Awards
The first thing people asked me to do when I got the MoC gig was to re-run the Community Awards. Many thanks to all of you who voted and well done to our deserving winners who each get a voucher for a measles jab worth 300iep. Congratulations to Nogin the nog who won our 100 Q7 Tanks raffle by voting in all categories.


Please welcome our MC for the evening, MoC Intern, Ms Kelly Brook.

Most Trusted Politician (A tie)
Anthony Colby
Raven Anarcho

Most Acclaimed Publisher
Releasethe Krakken

Best Recent Article (A tie)
Sweet Drinker Political Extremes
Winston Hope Smith How Not To Run A Forum

Most Celebrated Soldier
BiednyMis

Best General Manager
Liam Tatlock

Newcomer to Watch
Tara C

Loveable Rogue
Colin Fox

Irelander of the Month
Cry of the Banshee

Lifetime Achievement Award
Ian E CoIeman


Quiz Results


Here are the answers to the All-Ireland Quiz. The prize fund was generated from revenue from our successful Auction of Titles, a grand total of 9738.69iep. Only two people bothered to enter, Donovan Thomas and Winston Hope Smith. As a gesture of thanks to them both for supporting a Community Event, unlike all the other selfish gits cluttering up the place, I'm going to top up the prize fund to 10,000iep and split it between them. (Even though Donovan made one fatal mistake and got on the Belfast train.) Congrats to WHS who got a perfect score.

Round One

Sponsored by Lady Nogin of Knock, Duchess of Erris and Tyrawley, Belle of Belmullet, Fox of Foxford.

1. Westport pub landlord, Matt Molloy, is better know as the flute player in which Irish traditional music supergroup?
The Chieftains
2. What Mayo mountain is climbed by thousands of pilgrims on Reek Sunday?
Croagh Patrick
3. Name the village in Mayo that featured in John Ford's The Quiet Man?
Cong
4. Name the Mayo man who founded the Argentine Navy.
Admiral William Brown

Round Two

Sponsored by Archduke Fritzhill, Laird of Hook and Crook, Steward of Castlebellingham, Harbourmaster of Garykennedy.

1. Name this monastic settlement on the banks of the River Shannon.
Clonmacnoise
2. Who led the English Parliamentarian Forces at the Siege of Drogheda in 1649?
Oliver Cromwell
3. The Devil himself is said to have appeared in what mansion house on the Hook Peninsula?
Loftus Hall
4. Why are Wexford people known as "Yellow-Bellies"?
The historic flash of yellow in their Hurling Jersies.

Round Three

Sponsored by An Sluagh, High King of Dublin, Dean of Deansgrange, Capo of Capel Street, Boss of Ballsbridge

1. Who is this Irish poet, commemorated where there is water?
Patrick Kavanagh
2. Where is the residence of the RL Irish President?
Aras an Uachtaran, Phoenix Park
3. What fictional suburb of Dublin was home to Northside Soul band, The Commitments?
Barrytown
4. At which Dublin Station can you catch the train to Cork?
Heuston Station. Connolly Station for the Belfast train, making it about as useful to Cork people as Cape Canaveral.

Round Four

Sponsored by Lord John Gormley of Cork and Rosse, Freeman of Barrack Street, Sheriff of Ballincollig, Honorary Life President of the Fairhill Harrier Club.

1. What is going on in this picture?
Americans being shaken down for money, aka "Kissing The Blarney Stone".
2. Fairhill Harrier Club's most famous dog was named Ringwood, but by what name was he better known?
He had cast-iron jaws and steel-padded paws
Every nail was like an iron bar
From one mile to ten, he would never give in
If you ran him from here to Castlebar
Small wonder, gentlemen, that the boys of Fairhill
Used to call him "The Armoured Car"
3. What garment was misplaced by the Sultans of Ping FC.
Me Jumper!
4. What colours are worn by the Glen Rovers Hurling Club?
Green Black & Gold

Community Tally
Here's a final report on income and expenditure through the Department since I took up office.

Money/Goods in:
Balance forwarded by previous MoC 3000iep.
Donations: [moomoohead 2000iep] [Anthony Colby 100iep] [James Keiller, 261.31iep, 1000 Q7 Tanks] [Klynn 100 Q7 Tanks] [John Gormley 2500iep] [An Sluagh 1569.69iep] [REBELLION 2014 FRITZHILL 5000iep] [Nogin the nog 669iep]
Lottery revenue (16iep)
Article endorsements (1245cc)
John Gormley (6), Soy Moris (3), Anthony Colby (4), Chance Harrison, Releasethe Krakken (3), An Sluagh (2), Rikian1776, Klynn (5), Crosseye, MR. HANK SCORPIO (4), Patrick O'leary, Elite C, Raven Anarcho (4), Donovan Thomas (2), castaneda, Lee Flanagan, MR. Winston Hope Smith, Paschoall, Milton El Papichulo, Nogin the nog (3), REBELLION 2014 FRITZHILL (3),Irasian (2), Mr Tayto (2), Cry of the Banshee, Borgovich, Ian Arb, Jshipman6430, moomoohead, Advisorfromheaven.

Money/Goods out: 1000 Q7 Tanks Lottery, 10,000iep Quiz, 3,300iep Community Awards, 100 Q7 Tanks Community Awards.

That leaves us with a closing balance of 3061iep.


Bye for now
That's it from me for a while, thanks to everyone who has supported the work of the MoC this month by your generosity and participation. I hope it was a pleasant distraction. On my own behalf, many thanks to An Sluagh for letting me back out of retirement for a month. Good luck to whoever comes next. I've left a few bob in the tea caddy.

Yours,
James Keiller