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  Yesterday’s prevailing wind, snow and rain went totally unnoticed as the very lovely Miss Breda Kirwan, daughter of Mrs Kathleen and Mr Joe Kirwan, Horse and Jockey, Thurles, Co Tipperary, married Mr P. J. Maher, latter son of Mrs Breda and Mr James Maher, Dunkerrin, Birr, Co. Offaly.
A stunning bride was escorted down the aisle by her father Joe and the ceremony was performed by Rev Fr.George Bourke PP ably assisted by Rev Fr.Pat Mulcahy, in the quaint and historic church of St Peter, in Moycarkey, Thurles, in the diocese of Cashel and Emly.
Here, the couple publicly proclaimed their love for each other in front of a large gathering of family and friends before joining close family members for photographs.
Following the event the new Mr and Mrs Maher retired to the popular local wedding venue, the Anner Hotel, latter situated on the outskirts of Thurles town.
Here guests were entertained, on arrival, to light refreshments before joining the newly married couple at a lavish banquet, which was followed by music and dancing late into the evening.
The couple have chosen to tour America as their favoured honeymoon destination and from all their many friends and admirers in Co.Tipperary, go best wishes to them both for a happy and very prosperous life together.
 Denis Maher of Thurles Sarsfields in action While events to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the GAA may have come to an end, there is at lease one further associated event yet to come in the Co.Tipperary GAA calendar, which should not missed.
This event is a truly exiting exhibition of photographs, which will go on show in the Tipperary Institute on Thursday next the 19th November at 8.00 pm. The exhibition is part of the overall 30th Anniversary celebrations which mark the founding of GAA club Dúrlas Óg .
This exhibition will feature a large collection of photographs taken over the years, many of which have never been seen by the public and which will also depict many of the winning teams since 1979.
One of the highlights to be featured in this exhibition will be prints by the Thurles accomplished club photographer Mr. John O’ Loughlin LIPF, from his own private collection.
In 1979 Dúrlas Óg came into being, born of the frustration of committed followers of Gaelic games, who, rather than simply criticise the lack of interest in hurling and football among the youth of Thurles, set about lighting their own candle to beat the impending darkness.
Since its foundation in 1979 this club has gone from strength to strength and one of it’s latest developments was the opening of the Pat Staklum Memorial training facility which incorporates Astro Turf and Hurling wall.
This interesting new exhibition will be opened officially on Thursday night by former All Star Hurler, Eddie Enright and is an event not to be missed by true lovers of both Gaelic games and photography.
 Marcella and Sean Cashel couple, Marcella McCarthy and Sean Kennedy, were married yesterday in their parish church of St. John The Baptist, Friar Street Cashel, Co.Tipperary.
Marcella is daughter of Mrs. Monica and Mr. Donie McCarthy, Cashel, Co.Tipperary, and her new husband Sean is son of Mrs. Joan and Mr Denis Kennedy also natives of Cashel, Co. Tipperary.
The stunning bride, who was driven to the church in a vintage 1951 Bentley, was escorted down the aisle, to be given away, by her father, Donie.
The wedding ceremony, which was conducted by chief celebrant Rev. Fr. Bernard Moloney C.C. Cashel, took place in front of a large gathering of family and friends and music for the event was superbly performed by Co.Tipperary, solo recording artist Nora Fogarty.
Following the ceremony the happy couple drove to the beautiful heritage town of Lismore, Co.Waterford where the guests, in brilliant sunshine, received light refreshments in the town’s scenic parkland, before retiring to the nearby beautiful 210 year old Georgian Lismore House Hotel, where the celebrations concluded with a true traditional Irish style banquet and dancing late into the evening.
Marcella and Sean will spend their honeymoon in New York and Las Vegas.
Your many friends and neighbours in Tipperary send you both their best wishes for a happy and prosperous life together and thank you both, most sincerely, for a truly memorable day.
To give them due credit (no pun intended) when it comes to obtaining financial and other assistance for local projects which greatly benefit local communities, Credit Unions have always been to the fore.
It comes as no surprise then, that for the past seven years, the Credit Unions of Tipperary have published a calendar promoting Tipperary, which they distribute free to all their members.
Stolen copies of this calendar, each year, often end up in the scattered outposts of Australia, England, Africa and Canada, pinched, I should add, by light fingered relations, who want nothing more than a small but constant daily reminder of “Home sweet Home” during a time of perhaps reluctant separation.
 Because of themes expressed, the very high quality of their past publications and the huge demand each year, Tipperary Credit Union’s are going one step further for their 2010 edition. They are inviting all of you out there, with a love of photography, to send them your photo or photos which, for you, depict the theme “My Tipperary”.
All your pictures will be entered into a competition which, wait for it, will carry a prize fund of €1000.
The rules governing this competition are available from your own local Credit Union or by e-mailing info@thurlescu.ie . Best to mark your request for the attention of Michael Harty who will forward your a copy and any indeed any other information you may require. Note also, your pictures will be posted, at a later date, on the web.
So what, for you, best depicts our Premier County? Could it be our rich History, Sport, People, Night Life, Birds ( feathered variety only please) Architecture, or Still Life? Whatever tickles your fancy is acceptable provided it represents in some shape or form “My Tipperary”.
The competition is open to School Students, both Amateur and Professional Photographers, Camera Clubs etc, the list is endless.
Do not be put off by the involvement by Professional Camera people, some of the best pictures I have had the pleasure to view, came from the rank raw amateur, so just get out there and start shooting, time is rapidly running out.
Word of warning, if your entry features a friend or family member or any other person, please do make sure you get their permission for public use, before you send your entry. Knowing people, as I do, failure to get permission in such cases, usually means you may walk again but not without a very noticeable limp.
Visitors to the Shannon Region this Summer are invited to enter their holiday snaps in a competition with the chance to win a whopping €1,000 cash prize! So, dust those camera’s down and start snapping! Take a photo of what you discover while on holiday this Summer in the wild and magnificent Shannon Region and email it to SummerSnaps@ShannonDevelopment.ie or Visit www.shortbreaksireland.ie/photo_competition.pdf for full competition details.
Question: Where is the Shannon Region?
Answer: The Shannon Region of Ireland consists of counties CLARE, LIMERICK, NORTH TIPPERARY and SOUTH OFFALY
The competition will run until September 15th 2009 and the winner will be contacted by email before September 30th 2009.
Shannon Development reserve the right to use any photographs submitted for the Summer Snaps competition for future promotion of the region. Photographs submitted  for this competition must be taken in the Shannon Region and a good idea would be to attach a short note detailing how, where and when your photo was taken.
A selection of your photographs will feature later on www.ShortBreaksIreland.ie from approximately October 1st, 2009.
Helpful Tip: Visit North Tipperary and discover a real hidden Ireland. Surprisingly few photo’s appear to exist, capturing this area’s sheer natural beauty, history, architecture and magnificent landscapes.
All you camera clubs out there, why not take, what could be a very financial rewarding break. Why not contact us on our home page, we may be able to help you organise a cheap trip.
Note: Competition excludes all employees of Shannon Development and their immediate family members.
The wedding took place on Saturday afternoon last, March 14th, in beautiful warm sunshine, of Miss Joanne Kennedy, Borrisoleigh, Co.Tipperary and Mr George Grogan, Thurles, Co.Tipperary.
The wedding ceremony took place before a large attendance in the picturesque village Church of the Sacred Heart, in Borrisoleigh and was presided over by local priest, family friend and chief celebrant Fr. Michael Barry CC.
Following the ceremony, the happy couple received their guests at a lavish reception in the Anner Hotel, Thurles, Co.Tipperary. Following the celebrations, the new Mr and Mrs Grogan quietly slipped away to enjoy their honeymoon.
Joanne and George will spend their honeymoon in eastern North Africa along the lower reaches of the River Nile, better known as Egypt.
Congratulations and best wishes for a long and happy life together from all your friends in Thurles and Borrisoleigh.
Tipperary couple, Lorraine Ryan and David Quinlan choose Valentine’s Day to publically declare their love for each other, in front of a large gathering of family and friends in the historic Abbey of Holycross, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
Viewers would be forgiven for believing this photograph was taken in Switzerland or in some other European ski resort. However the mountain peaks visible at the rear of this picture are the beautiful Galtee Mountains, visible from Aherlow, Co.Tipperary.
Couple later entertained their guests to a banquet at the Aherlow House Hotel, staying overnight in one of the adjoining, four star deluxe, lodges situated within this hotels magnificent wooded grounds.
The couple spent a few days partying with friends before going on honeymoon to a secret, yet much warmer location.
Lorraine and David, thank you for a lovely day and everyone here in Tipperary sends you their love and best wishes for the future.
Eight-year-old Laura Virginia O’Hanlon Douglas, from 115 West Ninety Fifth Street, Manhatton New York, wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, in 1897, asking this same question.
She wrote:
Dear Editor:
I am 8 years old.
Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
Papa says, ‘If you see it in The Sun it’s so.’
Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?
Signed : VIRGINIA O’HANLON.
Her answer came from 58 year old war correspondent (American Civil War) and newspaper man Francis Pharcellus Church.
“Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not  believe except what they see. They think that nothing can be, which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that’s no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.
You may tear apart the baby’s rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.
No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood”.
Any person in Thurles doubting the existence of Santa Claus need only take a close look at the picture displayed on this post. This photo was taken just last night as North Tipperary Council workers put the finishing touches to our street lighting in time for Christmas. Just before the shutter closed on our photographers camera a small shadow briefly passed over the moon. Looks like Santa was on a test run getting ready for his visit to the Thurles Christmas Street Party. Remember photographs never lie.
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