Lyric: Former American musician, songwriter, record producer, A&R executive, musical stores entrepreneur, the late Joe Chambers(1954–2022) and prominent American country music songwriter Bucky Jones. Vocals: American country music singer/songwriter, the late Tammy Wynette(1942–1998), Born Virginia Wynette Pugh.
The Late Tammy Wynette.
Beneath A Painted Sky.
Beneath A Painted Sky.
There never was a little girl more wanted than me. I had all the love a child could ever want or need. Daddy gave me everything he could afford to buy, And on the ceiling in my room he painted me a sky. He told me not to be afraid when it stormed outside. He said, “In your room, sweetheart the sun will always shine”. And through the years of growing up if something made me cry, It didn’t seem to hurt so bad beneath the painted sky. Beneath the painted sky, that’s where I want to be, A place to go when this old world gets the best of me. A place where dreams come true and no one ever says, “Goodbye”, Oh, I wish that I could live again beneath the painted sky. Girls grow up and fall in love and that’s how it is, Sometimes the men don’t love ’em like their Daddy’s did. Sometimes the hurt’s so bad, the way it is tonight, It makes me wanna be back home beneath the painted sky. Beneath the painted sky, that’s where I want to be, A place to go when this old world gets the best of me. A place where dreams come true and no one ever says, “Goodbye”, Oh, I wish that I could live again beneath the painted sky. Oh, I wish I was a kid again beneath the painted sky.
Former Ursuline Convent Thurles pupil, Ms Jessie Buckley, wins Best Actress at 2026 Critics Choice Awards.
The Ursuline Convent Thurles community has welcomed news that past pupil Ms Jessie Buckley has been named ‘Best Actress’ at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards, for her performance in ‘Hamnet’, as the ceremony offers an early marker for the months ahead, in the international awards season.
Ms Buckley’s win came at the Critics Choice Awards, hosted by Chelsea Handler, which recognise the year’s best in film, television and streaming, as voted on by critics and journalists.
On the television side, acclaimed British drama Adolescence led the limited series categories, securing four awards. Owen Cooper, aged 16, won Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series, while co-stars Stephen Graham and Erin Doherty received Best Actor in a Limited Series and Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series, respectively.
Ms Jessie Buckley attended Ursuline Secondary School/Boarding School here in Thurles, where she took part in school productions, and the school and wider Thurles community have previously celebrated her achievements on stage and screen.
Lyrics: American country singer and songwriter, the late Max D. Barnes(1935-2004) and American songwriter and former employee of the record label Ovation Records, Robert John Jones. Vocals: American neotraditional country singer/songwriter Alan Eugene Jackson.
Country singer Alan Jackson.
Thank God For The Radio.
Thank God For The Radio.
On the wrong end of the highway, When a long night has no end, When there’s no one there beside me, Till I hold you once again. Thank God for the radio, When I’m on the road, When I’m far from home, An’ feelin’ blue. Thank God for the radio, Playin’ all night long, Playin’ all the songs that mean so much, To me and you. There’s a song, that we first danced to, And there’s a song, they played the night we met, And there’s a song, we first made love to, That’s a song, I’ll never forget. So, thank God for the radio, When I’m on the road, When I’m far from home, And feelin’ blue. Thank God for the radio, Playin’ all night long, Playin’ all the songs that mean so much, To me and you. Thank God for the radio, When I’m on the road, When I’m far from home, And feelin’ blue. Thank God for the radio, Playin’ all night long, Playin’ all the songs that mean so much, To me and you. Playin’ all the songs that mean so much, To me and you. Thank God for the radio.
Lyrics and Vocals: Scottish musician, songwriter(lyrics emblematic of the flower power era) and record producer, Donovan Phillips Leitch, known mononymously (without a surname or middle name), using only the single name ‘Donovan‘.
Donovan.
The song, hereunder, depicts a dreamy, mystical scene of “gulls wheeling, spinning” by the seaside on a Thursday. The lyrics evoke a peaceful, timeless feeling, not specifically tied to any location, but rather a mood, possibly hinting at a quiet, reflective time, spent away from the usual busy bustle of everyday living.
Jersey Thursday.
Jersey Thursday.
In the tiny piece of coloured glass my love was born, And reds and golds and yellows were the colours in the dawn. Night brought on its purple cloak of velvet to the sky, And the girls go willing spinning on Jersey Thursday.
In the tiny piece of coloured glass my love was born, And reds and golds and yellows were the colours in the dawn. Night brought on its purple cloak of velvet to the sky, And the gulls were wheeling, spinning on Jersey Thursday.
Lyrics: American musician, composer and music producer Billy Falcon and American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor John Francis Bongiovi Jr. known professionally as Jon Bon Jovi. Vocals:Jon Bon Jovi.
Jon Bon Jovi.
New Year’s Day.
New Year’s Day.
The midnight bells are ringing, A ship is setting sail, A newborn baby’s crying, As lovers say farewell. I’m singing hallelujah, Amen, the angels say, Let’s hope tomorrow finds us, It’s New Year’s Day. Let’s toast to new beginnings okay, Raise up a glass and say, For all of our tomorrows, And what was yesterday, (come on), I’m singing carpe diem, I’m saying seize the day, Come on, let’s live forever, It’s New Year’s Day. Where does the time go, Just watch the wind blow, Sha la la la, It’s New Year’s Day. Green does the grass grow, Outside my window, Sha la la la, It’s New Year’s Day. This message in a bottle, The wisdom of the wine, It’s just a rainy Monday, This isn’t Auld Lang Syne. I’m singing hallelujah, Amen, the angels say, Let’s hope tomorrow finds us, It’s New Year’s Day. END
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