Entertainment - Thurles Information

Supermarket Flowers.

Vocals: English singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran.
Lyrics: Ed Sheeran.

Supermarket Flowers.

I took the supermarket flowers from the windowsill.
I threw the day old tea from the cup.
Packed up the photo album Matthew had made,
Memories of a life that’s been loved.
Took the get well soon cards and stuffed animals.
Poured the old ginger beer down the sink.
Dad always told me, “Don’t you cry when you’re down”.
But mum, there’s a tear every time that I blink,
Oh I’m in pieces, it’s tearing me up, but I know,
A heart that’s broke is a heart that’s been loved,
So I’ll sing Hallelujah.

Chorus
You were an angel in the shape of my mum.
When I fell down you’d be there holding me up.
Spread your wings as you go,
And when God takes you back we’ll say Hallelujah,
You’re home.

Fluffed the pillows, made the beds, stacked the chairs up.
Folded your nightgowns neatly in a case.
John says he’d drive, then put his hand on my cheek,
And wiped a tear from the side of my face.
I hope that I see the world as you did ’cause I know,
A life with love is a life that’s been lived,
So I’ll sing Hallelujah.

Repeat Chorus

You were an angel in the shape of my mum.
You got to see the person I have become.
Spread your wings and I know,
That when God took you back he said Hallelujah,
You’re home.

END.

It Must Have Been Love.

Songwriter: Per Hakan Gessle.
Vocals: Roxette singer, sadly the late Gun-Marie Fredriksson (1958–2019)

“Must have been love,
But it’s over now.“

Lay a whisper on my pillow.
Leave the winter on the ground.
I wake up lonely, this air of silence,
In the bedroom and all around.
Touch me now, I close my eyes,
And dream away.
It must have been love, but it’s over now.
It must have been good, but I lost it somehow.
It must have been love, but it’s over now,
From the moment we touched, ’til the time had run out
Make-believing we’re together,
That I’m sheltered by your heart,
But in and outside I turn to water,
Like a teardrop in your palm.
And it’s a hard winter’s day,
I dream away.
It must have been love, but it’s over now.
It was all that I wanted, now I’m living without.
It must have been love, but it’s over now.
It’s where the water flows.
It’s where the wind blows.
It must have been love, but it’s over now.
It must have been good, but I lost it somehow.
It must have been love, but it’s over now,
From the moment we touched, ’til the time had run out.
Yeah, it must have been love, but it’s over now.
It was all that I wanted, now I’m living without.
It must have been love, but it’s over now.
It’s where the water flows.
It’s where the wind blows,
but it’s over now,
No, no, no
(It must have been love)
(But it’s over now) but it’s over now
No, no, no

End.

Rock Legend Tina Turner Dies Aged 83

The pioneering rock’n’roll legend; singer, dancer, actress and author, Ms Tina Turner, (November 26th 1939 – May 24th 2023, born Anna Mae Bullock), has today sadly died, aged 83, following a long illness.

In the 1980s, Ms Turner launched one of the greatest comebacks in music history, with her multi-platinum album “Private Dancer”, latter which contained the hit song “What’s Love Got to Do with It”, and which won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and became her first and only number-one song on the Billboard Hot 100.

During her “Break Every Rule” World Tour in 1988, she set what was then, a Guinness World Record for the largest paying audience (180,000) for a solo performer.

Her acting career included the films “Tommy” (1975) and “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome” (1985) and in 1993, “What’s Love Got to Do with It”, a biographical film adapted from her autobiography “I, Tina: My Life Story,” was also released.

Having sold over 100 million records worldwide, Ms Turner became one of the best-selling recording artists of all time.
During her lifetime, Ms Turner received 12 Grammy Awards, (eight competitive awards, three Grammy Hall of Fame awards and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award).

She became the first black artist and first woman to be on the cover of Rolling Stone, which ranked her among the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.

In ár gcroíthe go deo.

Cashel Library – Bealtaine Event – “Memories and Melodies”.

Ms Maura Barrett, (Cashel Library) Reports:-

Ms Jean Farrell, [latter who wrote and presented her one-woman play “The Six Marys”], will read a number of her most popular articles. She will be accompanied by her sister, who will sing some well-known songs; each linked to these same articles.

This show will take you on a trip down memory lane and is guaranteed to evoke nostalgia, with listeners/viewers finding parts extremely humorous, while other parts will encapsulate a keen sense of sadness or indeed in some cases regret.

At this event, real life scenarios are explored during the periods 1950s and 1960s, here in Ireland; remembering those happy times when we were young and innocent, yet always full of hopes and dreams.

Note: This most enjoyable of events at Cashel Library, Friar Street, St. Francisabbey, Cashel, Co. Tipperary and entitled “Memories and Melodies”, will take place on Friday morning, May 12th, 2023 @ 11:00am.

The event is totally Free, with Refreshments Served.

Ursuline Convent Thurles Educated Ms Jessie Buckley In Talks To Star in ‘Hamnet’

Oscar nominee and Ursuline Convent, Thurles educated, Ms Jessie Buckley, together with fellow Oscar nominee Mr Paul Mescal are understood to be both in talks to star in a new film entitled “Hamnet”.

This historical fiction film, set up at the American entertainment production company, Amblin Partners, led by Steven Spielberg, is all about William Shakespeare’s wife Anne “Agnes” Hathaway and her romance with the man who today is regarded as the world’s most famous playwright.

To be directed by Chinese-born and Oscar-winning film-maker Ms Chloé Zhao; “Hamnet” is a fictional account of William Shakespeare, which tells the story of his wife, and focuses on the death of the couple’s son, ‘Hamnet’, who died when aged just 11 years old, in 1596, and is believed to possibly be an inspiration for Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet.”

Today, little is known about Hamnet and his twin sister Judith; both of whom were born in Stratford-upon-Avon and baptised on February 2nd 1585 in Holy Trinity Church, by Rev. Richard Barton of Coventry. Hamnet was probably named after Hamnet Sadler, latter a baker, who witnessed Shakespeare’s will. Hamnet, sadly, was buried in Stratford on August 11th 1596.
Note: At that time in history about one third of all children died before the age 10.

Specific character details for Royal Academy of Dramatic Art graduate Ms Buckley and Mr Mescal have not been, as yet, publicly disclosed.

“Hamnet” is based on a New York Times-best-selling novel of 2020, written by author Maggie O’Farrell.
In 2023, a stage adaptation of the novel by Ms Lolita Chakrabarti premiered at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, re-opening the Swan Theatre following the COVID-19 pandemic.