The year was 1985 and a group from Millstreet were in France to formalize the twinning of Millstreet and Pommerit-le-Vicompte. Above is a newspaper cutting from a French newspaper of the time. The caption reads ” Wednesday afternoon was devoted to a visit to Argoat. ”
Included in the photo are: Doirean O’Sullivan, Ursula Pomeroy, Mary Cashman, ?, ?, Mary Lane, ?, Seán Radley, ?.
Shown left is the short article that was attached to the above photo.
[Any chance someone could help translate this please]
According to my daughter, it goes:
“Something roughly almost kinda like:
It began in Pommerit. It was welcomed by sixty-four Irish. The signing of the charter on Tuesday night… was followed by a gigantic event which was attended by some four hundred guests. It was a cozy evening hosted by the Angela Duval circle and singers for a night. For dialogue, no problem. just a clever mix of French-English-Gaelic-British. and then (something something something) . For six months, for three hours weekly, sixty people attended the English classes of Isabella Bars (a young (something) who prepared a CAPES.”
Hope that helps …