Pre-deceased by his wife, Susan, the well-known and much loved Irish singer and songwriter Mr Pete St John has sadly, passed away, while in the care of staff at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, yesterday, Saturday March 12th, 2022.
Aged in his 90th year, Mr St John is survived by two sons.
Born Peter Mooney in 1932, the folk musician is best known here in Ireland and internationally, for writing the well known songs which include ‘The Rare Ould Times’, ‘The Ferryman’, ‘The Fields of Athenry'(1979), ‘Ringsend Rose’ and perhaps the lesser known ‘Waltzing on Borrowed Time’. His award-winning work has been recorded by numerous musicians, including ‘The Dubliners’, ‘Paddy Reilly’, ‘Brendan Grace’, ‘James Last’, ‘Brendan Shine’, ‘Dublin City Ramblers’, ‘Danny Doyle’ and ‘Mary Black’.
The Dublin-born musician worked abroad as a young man both in Canada and in the US, hence many of his songs reflect on how his home town had become a city and regretted the loss of two symbols of old Dublin; namely Nelson’s Pillar and the Metropole Ballroom; following his return in the 1970s.
Winner of several awards, Mr St. John was winner of the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) “Irish Songwriter of the Year” award.
Residents of Co. Tipperary joins with friends and fans in offering their condolences to his extended family.
Technological University of the Shannon (TUS) [who have educational centres locations in Thurles, Clonmel, Limerick City, Ennis, and Athlone], congratulate their Limerick School of Art and Design Students on wining the ‘First Frame’ Best Documentary award for a second year in a row.
Pictured L to R:- Ms Tania Notaro, (VMDIFF First Frame Programmer); Mr Mark Griffin, (Lecturer, Creative Broadcast and Media Production LSAD); Ms Muireann de Barra, (Co-Programme Leader & Lecturer, Creative Broadcast and Media Production LSAD); Ms Gráinne Humphreys, (Festival Director, Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival (VMDIFF) and Ms Jennifer Kimber, (Warner Media), at the ‘First Frame’ Best Documentary event in Dublin’s Lighthouse Cinema .
President of TUS Professor Mr Vincent Cunnane has congratulated the second year TUS LSAD (Limerick School of Art and Design) Creative Broadcast and Film Production students, latter who won the ‘First Frame’ Best Documentary award at the Virgin Media Dublin, International Film Festival 2022. This year is the second year in a row that students from the acclaimed TUS LSAD have won this national award.
Directed by Corinne Gibbons and Shane Joyce, the winning documentary “Underground Éire” tells the story of three underground Limerick musicians who each struggle with their personal identities and relationships with being artists.
The film producers Jordan Guerin and Corinne Gibbons, Sound Mixer and Boom Operator Heather Curtin and runner Zach O’Donnell were also recognised as part of the winning TUS LSAD team.
Congratulating the winners Professor Cunnane said, “We at TUS are very proud of what Corinne, Shane, Jordan, Heather and Zach have achieved at the First Frame Awards. I would also like to acknowledge the work and dedication of the Creative Broadcast and Media Production staff who have encouraged and supported this creativity, and ensured the students have the skillset and training that not only allows them to make award winning films, but ensures they are work ready for the broadcast industry on graduating from TUS LSAD.”
Professor Cunnane also congratulated fourth year student Marta di Giovanni whose film “Tatiana” was also shortlisted for the competition and screened as part of the film festival.
‘First Frame’, brings together students from 17 film courses, universities and further education institutions from across Ireland, as part of an international film event.
Speaking following the ceremony in Dublin’s Lighthouse Cinema, Muireann de Barra, Joint Programme Leader Creative Broadcast and Film Production Programme said she was thrilled for the TUS LSAD students, describing the win as a richly deserved recognition of their work, among a high calibre of submissions from across the country.
“This documentary adds a trio of fresh, new and authentic voices to the wealth of talent at the heart of Limerick’s multicultural music scene. We couldn’t be prouder of the Creative Broadcasting and Film Production students for capturing their stories and are delighted to see it receive national recognition at the VMDIFF First Frame awards, with thanks to the jury members. Returning to in-person film screening events was a welcome change and this award really is the icing on the cake,” she added.
In a joint statement, directors Shane Joyce and Corinne Gibbons, said, “Winning this award is an honour. We are so grateful to have had the opportunity and trust to capture the stories presented in the film. Now to be sharing these stories in front of audiences and hearing the connection people are having with them is just sensational. Being a part of the Dublin International Film Festival has been fantastic and we couldn’t be happier with our award and screening of Underground Éire.”
The documentary has also been accepted into First Cut! Youth Film Festival in Youghal, Co. Cork – (9th – 12th March), and The Catalyst International Film Festival in Limerick in April 2022, which prioritises stories and storytellers, currently under-represented, both on screen and behind the camera.
Thurles Rock music lovers, will be saddened by the news this morning that the singer of “Bat Out Of Hell”, latter one of the best-selling albums of all time, has sadly died at the age of 74.
Meat Loaf’s passing, born Marvin Lee Aday, was confirmed on the singers Facebook page, by family members.
The family has stated, “Our hearts are broken to announce that the incomparable Meat Loaf passed away tonight with his wife Deborah by his side. Daughters Pearl and Amanda and close friends have been with him throughout the last 24 hours. We know how much he meant to so many of you and we truly appreciate all of the love and support, as we move through this time of grief in losing such an inspiring artist and beautiful man,”
The renowned actor and singer sold some 100 million albums worldwide, while appearing in movies like “Rocky Horror Picture Show”, “Fight Club”, and“Wayne’s World”.
“Now the court square’s just a set of streets, That the people go round, but they seldom think ‘Bout the little man that built this town, Before the big money shut ’em down And killed the little man.“
Remember in the weeks coming up to Christmas, when shopping, use locally owned businesses rather than foreign or nationally owned outfits; more money remains in your local community, because locally-owned businesses continue to purchase from other local businesses, service providers and farmers.
Often forgotten, is the fact that the unique character of the Thurles local community, is defined mostly by the businesses that reside here and same plays a factor in our overall satisfaction, with where we live as a community and the value placed on our homes or other properties.
Nationally, small local businesses are the largest employers of a labour force. On the jobs front, our Tipperary politicians of all parties, and our local councillors have lamentably and continuously, down through the years; let us down, in their direct actions taken without the consent of their electorate. They forget that the more jobs that exist here in our local community, the less people that are going to have to commute, which means more time and less traffic and pollution, something so far forgotten in discussions at COP26.
Let us all stop and think about the ‘Little Man’ and ‘Think Local’ when Christmas shopping here in Thurles; if at all possible.
Read the Lyric’s – Listen to the song and Support Thurles
Little Man
written by Singer / Songwriter Alan Jackson
I remember walkin’ ’round the court square sidewalk, Lookin’ in windows at things I couldn’t want. There’s Johnson’s Hardware and Morgan’s Jewellery And the ol’ Lee King’s Apothecary. They were the little man, The little man. I go back now and the stores are empty, Except for an old coke sign, dated 1950. Boarded up like they never existed, Or renovated and called historic districts. There goes the little man. There goes the little man.
Now the court square’s just a set of streets, That the people go round, but they seldom think ‘Bout the little man that built this town, Before the big money shut ’em down And killed the little man. Oh the little man. He pumped your gas and he cleaned your glass. And one cold rainy night he fixed your flat. The new store came, where you do it yourself, You buy a lotto ticket and food off the shelf. Forget the little man. Forget about that little man. He hung on there for a few more years, But he couldn’t sell slurpees And he wouldn’t sell beer. Now the bank rents the station To a man down the road And they sell velvet Elvis and second-hand clothes. There goes little man. There goes another little man. Now the court square’s just a set of streets That the people go ’round, but they seldom think ‘Bout the little man that built this town, Before the big money shut ’em down And killed the little man. Oh the little man. Now the stores are lined up in a concrete strip. You can buy the whole world in just one trip, And save a penny ’cause it’s jumbo size They don’t even realize They’re killin’ the little man. Oh the little man. Now the court square’s just a set of streets That the people go round, but they seldom think ‘Bout the little man that built this town, Before the big money shut ’em down. And killed the little man. Oh the little man. It wasn’t long ago when I was a child An old black man came with his mule and his plough. He broke the ground where we grew our garden Back before we’d all forgotten About the little man. The little man. Long live the little man. God bless the little man. END
Three Wooden Crosses on the Highway Composed by Kim Edwin Williams & Doug Johnson
A farmer and a teacher, a hooker and a preacher, Ridin’ on a midnight bus bound for Mexico. One’s headed for vacation, one for higher education, An’ two of them were searchin’ for lost souls. That driver never ever saw the stop sign. An’ eighteen wheelers can’t stop on a dime.
There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway, Why there’s not four of them, Heaven only knows. I guess it’s not what you take when you leave this world behind you, It’s what you leave behind you when you go.
That farmer left a harvest, a home and eighty acres, The faith an’ love for growin’ things in his young son’s heart. An’ that teacher left her wisdom in the minds of lots of children: Did her best to give ’em all a better start. An’ that preacher whispered: “Can’t you see the Promised Land?” As he laid his blood-stained bible in that hooker’s hand.
There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway, Why there’s not four of them, Heaven only knows. I guess it’s not what you take when you leave this world behind you, It’s what you leave behind you when you go.
That’s the story that our preacher told last Sunday. As he held that blood-stained bible up, For all of us to see. He said: “Bless the farmer, and the teacher, an’ the preacher; “Who gave this Bible to my mamma, “Who read it to me.”
There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway, Why there’s not four of them, now I guess we know. It’s not what you take when you leave this world behind you, It’s what you leave behind you when you go.
There are three wooden crosses on the right side of the highway.
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