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St Patrick’s Day Update 2024 – Thurles Co. Tipperary.

Before we update details of our annual St Patrick’s day celebrations; note, today is Sunday March 10th 2024, and tonight the 96th Academy Awards Ceremony takes place at the Dolby Theatre, in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
In addition to reporting on who won what, magazines like ‘Vogue‘ and ‘Harper’s Bazaar‘ will be reporting on what the movie stars were wearing.
Designer gowns by ‘Fendi‘, ‘Valentino‘ and other famous Italian designers will, no doubt, top the best dressed lists. But do our readers realise that Liberty Square, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, has historical links to ‘Vogue’, ‘Harper’s Bazaar’, ‘Fendi’, ‘Valentino’, and the wider Italian fashion industry? No we will not be just talking about labels on existing garments.
So if you want to know more, tune in tomorrow, to read a fascinating piece of history, to add to Thurles Town’s already existing treasure trove of heritage.

Thurles St Patricks Day Parade Update.

A special thanks to Mr John Kenehan for his parade update.

Following many months of preparation the Thurles St Patrick’s Day Parade Committee has confirmed that the annual event is shaping up to be a good one, and they are praying for good weather on the day for the viewing public and the participants

We remind the public and visitors that the Thurles St Patrick’s Day Parade 2024, will take place on Sunday 17th March 2024, beginning at 2.30pm sharp in Liberty Square, Thurles.

This year’s theme is “Youth: Our hopes for the Future’.
Our special “Guest of honour”, will reflect this theme, with CBS Secondary School pupil and twin category Young Scientist Award winner (2024), Luke Blackwell in attendance.

The continued success of the parade, over past years, is based largely on the generous sponsorship of local businesses, groups and Tipperary County Council.

The quality of entries and effort by clubs and organisations also ensure this annual level of success and we look forward to viewing this year’s presentation.

Note: Entry forms are still available from hello@thurlestouristoffice.ie or direct from the Tourist Office, Slievenamon Road, Thurles.

Live Music in Liberty Square will begin from 1:00pm with face painting and side attractions.

In keeping with the national day of celebration the Parade Committee are asking that all shops and businesses dress up their display windows and business fronts in green and national colours to signify our special day of celebration.
Note: There will be awards for the Best dressed Window and runner-up and best Traditional Window and runner-up.

We look forward to fair weather for this most enjoyable of national holidays, and we look forward to meeting with you at the Parade on Sunday 17th March next

The committee would like to thank the people of Thurles, Upperchurch/Drombane, Holycross/Ballycahill and Moyne for their generous support to our annual fundraising appeal.

We would also like to thank also our local business sponsors for their generous support again this year:

Business Sponsors.

The Anner Hotel, Thurles Lions Club, Hanna Curtains & Blinds Ltd, The Thurles Irish Countrywomans Association, Linnane Carry-Out, Sammons Pharmacy, Vale Oil Company Ltd, Lyons Tyre Services, Denis Kinnane Motors, EuroGiant Thurles, Tipperary County Council, Barry’s SuperValu Thurles, SHE Boutique Thurles, Ronayne’s Hardware, Air Impact Ltd, Premier Surgery, Supermacs’ Thurles, O’Dwyer Transport, The Premier Credit Union, The Mall Curios, Hanafin’s Furniture & Flooring, Tim Looby Accountants, Thomas Murphy & Sons Machinery Ltd, Londis The Square, Thurles info, Butler & Young Tyres, Stakelum’s Home & Hardware, Dinan’s Timber, E. Cleary Motors Ltd, Ryans Cleaning, Hugh Ryan’s Funeral Directors, Centenary Thurles Co-op, Michael’s Jewellers, Noel Ryans Pub, Michael Lowry T.D., Pat Brennan’s Bar Thurles Ltd, Flowers R Us, Jackie Cahill T.D., Jennings Opticians, Bowe Travel, Tipp FM, Kings Mobile, Kennedys County Bar, Hickey’s Pharmacy, Mobile Tek, Kambo Chinese Restaurant, Q Mobile Thurles, The Tipperary Star, Tipperary Live, Thurles Tourist Office and Thurles Chamber of Commerce.

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A Song For A Sunday.

Somewhere Out There.

Lyric Writers: James Ingram; Barry Mann; Cynthia Weil, and James Horner, for the soundtrack of the animated feature film “An American Tail” (1986).
Vocals: American singer Linda Ronstadt and American singer, songwriter and record producer, the late James Ingram.

The lyrics convey the love felt by two people separated by vast distances, but cheered by the belief that their love will eventually reunite them to be with each other once again.

Somewhere Out There.

Somewhere out there beneath the pale moonlight,
Someone’s thinking of me and loving me tonight.
Somewhere out there someone’s saying a prayer,
That we’ll find one another in that big somewhere out there.
And even though I know how very far apart we are,
It helps to think we might be wishin’ on the same bright star,
And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby,
It helps to think we’re sleeping underneath the same big sky.
Somewhere out there, if love can see us through,
Then we’ll be together somewhere out there,
Out where dreams come true.
And even though I know how very far apart we are,
It helps to think we might be wishin’ on the same bright star,
And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby,
It helps to think we’re sleeping underneath the same big sky.
Somewhere out there, if love can see us through,
Then we’ll be together somewhere out there,
Out where dreams come true.

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Feels Like Home.

Feels Like Home.

Vocals: 13 Grammy Awards American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter Bonnie Lynn Raitt.
Lyrics: American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, conductor and pianist, Randall Stuart Newman.

The song ‘Feels Like Home’ has featured in the American teen drama television series ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and films ‘How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days’, ‘My Sister’s Keeper’, and ‘Michael’.

If marriage is on your horizon this year, same song is definitely one for serious consideration, at some stage, during your ‘special day’ celebrations.

Feels Like Home.

Something in your eyes, makes me want to lose myself,
Makes me want to lose myself, in your arms.
There’s something in your voice, makes my heart beat fast,
Hope this feeling lasts, the rest of my life.
If you knew how lonely my life has been,
And how low I’ve felt so long.
If you knew how I wanted someone to come along,
And change my life the way you’ve done.

Feels like home to me, feels like home to me,
Feels like I’m on my way back where I come from.
Feels like home to me, feels like home to me,
Feels like I’m on my way back where I belong.

A window breaks down a long dark street,
And a siren wails over my head.
But I’m all right, ’cause I have you here with me,
And I can almost see through the dark there’s light.
If you knew how much this moment means to me,
And how long I’ve waited for your touch.
If you knew how happy you are making me,
I’ve never thought I’d love anyone so much.

Feels like home to me, feels like home to me,
Feels like I’m on my way back where I come from.
Feels like home to me, feels like home to me,
Feels like I’m on my way back where I belong.
Feels like I’m on my way back where I belong.

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A Song For A Sunday.

How Great Thou Art.

The original lyrics came from a poem by a Swedish preacher named as Carl Boberg, following a unique experience in Kronobäck, nearby to the hamlets Sjömålen and Oknebäck in Sweden.
It is understood that his inspiration came, having been caught in an evening thunderstorm, with lightning flashing across the sky followed quickly by heavy rain. Then came a rainbow and brilliant sunshine. Added to this scenario was a return to evening bird song coming from nearby trees.
This series of sights and sounds, including that of a church funeral bell playing the tune of “When eternity’s clock calls my saved soul to its Sabbath rest”, inspired the writing of a poem.

Later that evening Boberg wrote a nine-stanza poem, with the first stanza which read:-

O store Gud, när jag den verld beskådar,
Som du har skapat med ditt allmaktsord,
Hur der din visdom leder lifvets trådar,
Och alla väsen mättas vid ditt bord.
O great God, when I behold that world,
You have created with your omnipotent word,
How your wisdom guides the threads of life,
And all beings are fed at your table
.

The full poem was published in the Mönsterås Tidningen (Mönsterås News) on March 13th 1886.

How Great Thou Art.

Vocals: American singer-songwriter Alan Eugene Jackson.
Original Lyrics: Swedish preacher, Carl Boberg, (1859-1940).
Literal English Translation: Professor of North Park College, Illinois, E. Gustav Johnson (1893-1974).
Current English Paraphrased 1949 Version: Written by Plymouth Brethren missionary Stuart Wesley Keene Hine (1899-1989)

Oh, Lord, my God,
When I in awesome wonder,
Consider all the worlds, Thy hands have made.
I see the stars, I hear the rollin’ thunder,
Thy power throughout, the universe displayed.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour, God to Thee,
How great Thou art, how great Thou art.
Then sings my soul My Saviour, God to Thee,
How great Thou art, how great Thou art.
When Christ shall come, with shouts of acclamation,
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart?
Then I shall bow in humble adoration,
And there proclaim, “My God, how great Thou art”
Then sings my soul, my Saviour, God to Thee,
How great Thou art, how great Thou art.
Then sings my soul, My Saviour, God to Thee,
How great Thou art, how great Thou art,
How great Thou art, how great Thou art.

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This Old Guitar.

This Old Guitar.

Lyrics and Vocals: American singer and songwriter Mr Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. [known professionally as John Denver (1943 – 1997)].

This Old Guitar.

This old guitar taught me to sing a love song,
It showed me how to laugh and how to cry.
It introduced me to some friends of mine,
And brightened up some days,
And helped me make it thru some lonely nights. Oh
What a friend to have on a cold and lonely night.
This old guitar gave me my lovely lady,
It opened up her eyes and ears to me.
It brought us close together,
And I guess it broke her heart
But it opened up the space for us to be,
What a lovely place and a lovely space to be.
This old guitar gave me my life my living,
All the things you know I love to do.
To serenade the stars that shine,
From a sunny mountainside,
And most of all to sing my songs for you.
I love to sing my songs for you.
Yes I do, you know
,
I love to sing my songs for you
.

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