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Cappoquin - Chanat La Mouteyre Twinning
Le Jumelage avec Cappoquin

 

Submission to County Plan

Submission to CCDC's 2015 Plan

Heritage Trail

Publications

Projects

Local Directory

Twinning Sign
 


Photos from the Visit of Twelve Friends from Chanat, May 20th -25th May 2009

County Council Offices
Mayor's Welcome

Outside the Waterford Council Offices

The Mayor's Civic Welcome

 
Modeligo School
Put to the Test

Learning English in Modeligo

 

Another Sale Made

 
Shopping in Modeligo
TEFL in Modeligo

How Much is That One?

 

Shopping in Modeligo

 
Modeligo School
Heritage Lesson

Vive La France!

 

Cappoquin's Heritage

 
Set Dancers
Bunscoil Concert

Set Dancers in Cappoquin

 

Bunscoil Choir

 
Paddling in Stradbally
Drying Off

Paddling in Stradbally

 

The Three Graces

 
Garden Party
Jardin Chanat

Jardin Ballinwillin

 

Checking Mr. H. Hebrard's Tree in Jardin Chanat La Mouteyre

 
Concert
Tug Of War Winners

Failte Chanat Concert

 

With the Tug o' War Winners

 
Group with Poster
Group with Minister

Advertising Super Valu, Cappoquin!

 

Waterford Treasures and Minister Martin Cullen

 

The Town Twinning Group took part in Cappoquin's first ever St. Patrick's Day Parade this year. We had surprise "visitors" in traditional Auvergne costumes who brought St. Nectaire fromage to share among the big crowd along with some baguettes from Barrons Boulangerie

Parade

 

dance We also held a fundraising concert on March 20th and had a fun filled evening entertained by the very finest musicians, dancers and singers Modeligo Set
Brush Dance Merci Beaucoup to all who helped organise and take part in this event. there was an astounding array of talent on show; very many thanks to all. Dance

St. Patrick's Day 2008

Children from Cappoquin and Modeligo sent Greetings for St. Patrick's Day to the pupils of the schools in Cappoquin's twin town, Chanat la Mouteyre. The French students were delighted to receive a Card each along with  St. Patrick's Day badges kindly donated by Tom Kelleher of Supervalu, Cappoquin. On  Saturday 15th March the children, along with their parents and many locals, were led by the traditional Auvergne musicians, Tournelune, on a "Balade" through the village with many stops for stories and songs, some of which were performed in English by the pupils.

Children in parade Parade Chanat Children

Click on a picture above to see the pictures of the parade in Chanat


The Chanatois had made a tremendous effort to produce very varied and colourful costumes so that the narrow streets were filled with waves of green and orange.The weather was very kind and reached an unseasonal 22 centigrade in the afternoon, a great contrast with the temperatures we have to endure presently in Ireland. The happy throng sang and danced from the Salle des Fetes at the top of the village, past the local school with a stop at the Mairie for a group photo and on to the  Poste des Pompiers and the Eglise where we were entertained with more stories and songs. The parade finished at the Chateau des Milles Sources where the children had a party with food and drink provided by the Comité de Jumelage. The music and dancing continued almost until midnight in the chateau which had been transformed into a little piece of Ireland. Cappoquin Civic Link presented the President of Chanat's Twinning Committee with shamrock on a specially commissioned commemorative plate of Ring Crystal.

rystal

In April, Cappoquin said  Cead Mille Failte to Eric Pichon and his family from Chanat as they enjoyed a week discovering the local attractions and hopefully more visitors will follow throughout the summer. Plans are also being made by a group from Chanat who are studying English to come over later in the year, possibly after October.

For next year Civic link would like to encourage a group from Cappoquin to travel to Chanat to join in the St. Patrick's Day festivities in our twin town. The Chanatois make great efforts to celebrate our National Feast Day and would be delighted to be able to include again  Irish musicians and dancers as they did last year. Cappoquin does not have a parade locally but no-one could enjoy better "Craic" than was found in Chanat on St Patrick's Weekend this year.

The previous exchange between our communities was in September 2007 when nine people travelled to Chanat where four local Firemen attended the French National Firemen's Congress in Clermont. All enjoyed the wonderful hospitality of the Chanatois and planning for a visit of our friends to Cappoquin in 2008 was begun.

Congress Congress

Walnut Mill Mill Visit

Meal

 
St. Patrick's Day 2007

Trois jeunes, Mlles Aisling FENNELL, Clodagh MURPHY et M. Stephen MC KELVIE
étaient encadrés par Mlle Kelley GARDINER et M.Keith DRANSFIELD à Chanat en 2007

Three short clips of the Soirée for
St. Patrick's Day

Soirée
Step Dance Tournlune Song
Some images from past Exchanges
Civic Link are working to encourage and develop the Twinning movement.
Trree Planting
 
We are always pleased to hear from anyone wishing to join an exchange visit.
Firemen
The twinning Group is looking for Host Families willing to accomodate visitors from Chanat.
Whiskey TastingBoulangiers
To join or help the
next exchange
contact Keith at
keith@cappoquin.net
or
Tel: 087-9054068

The following account of a previous exchange was published in the "Info Express" newsletter of Chanat.

Quinze Chanatois et voisins de la communauté de communes "Volvic, Sources et Volcans" se sont rendus en Irlande à l'invitation de nos amis de Cappoquin.
Après un voyage agréable et sympathatique,·malgré les grèves des transports, ils ont été acceuillis à l'aéroport de Cork par une grande banderole de bienvenue.
Reçus dans les familles irlandaises, ils ont ainsi partagé leur vie quotidienne durant trois jours, s'immergeant dans la culture irlandaise, ses sites naturels, ses bourgs et ses curiosités.
Au-delà du dépaysement, de la différence linguistique, les chanatois ont été unanimement impressionnés par la sincérité et la chaleur de l'accueil amical et familial.
Malgré la courte durée du sejour, chacun est retourné avec une impression de plénitude et de bonheur et c'est la gorge serrée qu'ils se sont séparés de leurs hôtes.
Ce voyage, tout en permettant aux participants de mieux se connaître, leur a donné une occasion unique de visiter l'Irlande de l'intérieur d'appréhender et comparer les modes de vie, les préoccupations, les atouts et les faiblesses de nos pays respectifs.
Quatre jours qui laisseront au coeur des participants de moments très forts, la certitude d'avoir trouvé au-delà des océans, un témoignage d'amitié.
A tous ceux qui n'ont pas encore eu l'occasion de découvrir le "charme irlandais", il ne leur reste plus qu'à manifester leur souhait auprès du Comité de Jumelage et pour prendre patience de se verser un verre de Guinness en écoutant 'Danny Boy' par les Dubliners.

"To the house of a friend, the road is never long".
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