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An Garda Síochána are advising students and parents in Co. Tipperary and elsewhere, to be aware of rental accommodation scams, especially at this time of year, as students are preparing to return to college. A known €900,000 has been stolen in rental scams over the past 3 years; same transactions which become almost impossible to trace .
Due mainly to Covid-19 restrictions, accommodation frauds have declined over the past 15 months, however Gardaí are once again highlighting such incidents of fraud which could affect not just a new generation of third level students seeking accommodation, but also the lives of those already established within our education system.
Gardaí highlight a total of 503 cases of rental fraud, reported between February 1st, 2019 and May 31st, 2021; of which just 50% occurred in the Dublin city area.
Some 42% of all the injured parties were under the age of 25 years, while some 72% were under the age of 35 years.
Gardaí are asking those in search of rented accommodation to be wary especially if a website or other advertising agency is asking prospective tenants to send money to a random PayPal address, wire same via Western Union, pay in gift cards or in cryptocurrency; since the latter methods are used to avoid detection thus ensuring that such transaction can never be reversed.
I believe it was on July 26th last 2021 that local elected Thurles Municipal District Councillor Mr Jim Ryan condemned on local Radio and his Facebook page, the illegal dumping at the Ladyswell River Walk; describing same correctly as being “disgusting” and “lacking responsibility”.
Then I suppose with not even one ‘Litter Bin’ in the area, perhaps we should be grateful that these unidentified litter louts did not dispose of their rubbish in the river Suir.
One wonders, however, why Councillor Mr Jim Ryan has failed over the past 3 years to post pictures of the illegal dumping, occurring almost weekly, on the ‘Great Famine Double Ditch’, situated on the Mill Road, Thurles, latter just 350 to 400 metres (less than ¼ mile) from Mr Ryan’s own place of residence. One also wonders why he has failed in the past, in the case of the ‘Double Ditch’ to “have it reported with the council”, as was the case with the Ladyswell river walk.
In the case of the Ladyswell river walk dumping, we should be also glad that the rubbish was not set on fire in an attempt to destroy all evidence of ownership, as is the regular case on the “Great Famine Double Ditch”.
See slide-show video hereunder.
Having watched the slide-show above, you will be very much aware of how an area, that should be declared a national monument, now depends solely on Mother Nature to hide years of illegal dumping of household and other waste.
While the first few slides shared, demonstrates Mother Earths attempt at cloaking humankind’s irremediable damage to this historic area, the remainder of the slides attempt to show the amazing flora living on either side of this public right of way.
First A Caution: Never try eating something in the wild unless you are absolutely sure you know what it is.
Alas, the Crab Apple tree; set on fire by persons unknown; latter attempting to destroy evidence of their fly-tipping. The tree while still alive, has failed to produce fruit for the first time ever this year.
Drought tolerant Lady’s Bedstraw remains here in abundance, its stems covered in frothy heads of tiny, yellow flowers appearing in dense clusters. Historically, Lady’s Bedstraw was used to curdle milk in the process of cheese-making.
Same, interestingly, gets its name from its use as stuffing in mattresses and pillows for bedding, before the advent of our modern man-made fibres. Because of its association with the Blessed Virgin Mary, it was considered good luck to use Lady’s Bedstraw in the mattresses of expectant mothers. It was also believed to deter fleas, which must have been an additional bonus back in earlier medieval times. Recognised in Gaelic mythology, it was said that a tea made from Lady’s Bedstraw could calm the terrifying battle frenzy of the hero Cúchulainn.
The entire plant named as Broadleaf Plantain in our slideshow is entirely edible. Same is slightly bitter but highly nutritious, rich in calcium and other minerals as well as in vitamins A, C, and K. The young leaves are eaten raw, while older leaves can be cooked as a green vegetable.
Broadleaf Plantain also contains many bioactive compounds and is a safe and effective treatment for bleeding. It is known to quickly arrest blood flow and encourages the repair of damaged tissue. For this reason a poultice of the fresh leaves can be applied on the skin to treat minor burns, insect bites, open wounds and stings. You basically just need to chew some leaves and apply the poultice directly on the issue.
Its close relative, Ribwort Plantain, is also a very nutritional leafy vegetable containing Calcium, vitamins A,C, and K. Its young leaves are eaten raw, but larger leaves get tough and are much better cooked. Leaves have a slightly bitter flavour, that makes them more suitable to adding them to soups or salad, rather than eating them on their own. Roots and seeds are also edible and are usually cooked, to make a stock reminiscent of the taste of mushrooms.
Purple Loosestrife is possibly the most attractive flower on the Great Famine Double Ditch here in Thurles. Bearing a valuable source of nectar it attracts bees, butterflies and other insects. In the past this plant was considered to be a useful herb for treating diarrhoea and other gastric ailments.
The late evening heavy scented native plant Meadowsweet is very much in evidence on both sides of this public right-of-way. Again the flower heads are frequently visited by bees; same attracted by the divine, evocative countryside scent given off. Interestingly in spite of its fragrance, the flowers produce no nectar. Insects are therefore fooled; however their regular visits serve to fertilise the plants, which are laden with pollen.
Attractive Knapweed is a firm favourite of our pollinating insects, bearing a source of high quality nectar. But as well as supporting our bees, butterflies and beetles, its seeds also provide food for many of our feathered friends.
In days gone by, Knapweed was used as a cure for ruptures and wounds, bruises, sores, scabs and sore throat.
For budding photographers today; Knapweed attracts all of our known 21 species of bumblebees, and those in search of ‘insect posers’ are guaranteed quality macro pictures. The images shown in our slideshow include the large White-tailed Bumblebee and Red-tailed Bumblebee.
[Back some 8 years ago a worldwide study declared that the decline of wild bees and other wild pollinators may be an even more alarming threat to crop yields, than the loss of our honeybees.]
Named after Queen Anne of England, who was an expert lace maker, Queen Anne’s Lace, with is doily-shaped blooms, is related to carrots and is also known as Wild Carrot, because it was once used as a substitute for same.
Often you will find a flower cluster with a single tiny reddish/purple floret, in the centre. Legend states that when Queen Anne accidentally pricked her finger with a needle, a single drop of her blood fell onto the lace, leaving this reddish tiny flower.
Great Willowherb, depending on light availability, can grow up to 2 metres in height. Same is visited by many of our insects, particularly bees and hover-flies and can usually be found growing near streams, in wet ditches and damp meadows.
Yellow Ragwort is very common almost to be found everywhere in Ireland. Located on ruined walls, on grassland, wasteland and on roadsides; insects and butterflies truly love this yellow, large headed wildflower. Poisonous to horses but not to sheep, its seeds are borne on the wind thus guaranteeing its future propagation. There are at least thirty species of invertebrates that remain totally dependent on Ragwort as a food source.
The Bramble Blackberry with pink and white flowers, accompanied by their vicious thorns are beginning to bear fruit, for this autumn’s hungry birds. Back some 60 years ago same were picked and sold to manufacture dye.
Common St John’s-Wort is widely used in medicine as a treatment for depression and as an ointment for skin problems such as eczema. It was available in Ireland as an over-the-counter anti-depressant, before the then Minister for Health at that time, Mr Brian Cowen, made it a prescription-only medicine.
Scented Hawthorn flowers are now turning into red berries, yet another source of food for our bird life. Same berries are known to possess antioxidants which can help neutralize unstable molecules called ‘free radicals’ that in turn harm our bodies when present at high levels. Same molecules can be brought about by poor diet, as well as environmental toxins like air pollution and the inhalation of excessive tobacco smoke.
Due to their antioxidant activity, consumption of Hawthorn fruit, known as ‘Haws’ are understood to offer certain health benefits, including a lowering of the risk of some cancers; type 2 diabetes; asthma; some infections; heart problems and premature skin ageing.
Common Vetch is a member of the pea family and flowering from June to August. It produces long, dark green coloured seed pods that replace their dark purple flowers at the end of summer. The pod becomes smooth and black as they ripen, before splitting to spread the seeds contained inside. Traditionally, Common Vetch has been used as a food for livestock, and was also used in medicine to treat eczema and other skin irritations, and as an antiseptic.
The leaves of White Snowberry are a larval foodplant for the Death’s Head Hawkmoth. Its fruit is poisonous to humans, [ Please do be aware when out walking with young children who may be tempted to pick and eat ], however the game birds such as pheasants are known to eat them. The wood of the Snowberry, in the past was used to manufacture ‘besoms’, latter used as a household implement for sweeping up leaves, akin to a witches broom.
Heal All or Selfheal is also a native flower. For centuries it has been used to cure or aid the symptoms of almost every possible malady. Common folklore informs us that it was a herb sent by God to heal any ailment of man or animal. Recent research suggests that it may have some consistent medical uses.
Convolvulus or Bind Weed, is hated by all involved in gardening, because of its ability to survive. It is not easy to remove as it persists in growing from a perennial root system. The roots are usually white and very brittle and if broken, will easily regenerate from even the smallest remaining section. It will climb using its strong twining stems and broad leaves to cover off shrubs or anything supporting its ability to climb. It will even find a route through heavy duty “Weed Block” in its effort to emerge from the soil in early spring.
If you are out and about walking near the Mill Road in Thurles, in the days ahead, do take a walk on the Double Ditch; it may be reduced to tar, cement and unwanted traffic lights shortly, that’s if our elected representatives and Tipperary Co. Council officials persist in their ignorance and destruction of our local history.
My immediate focus is on Kickham Street, possibly the busiest street in Thurles, with traffic entering from the motorway (East) and from the South via the Mill Road (latter in an attempt to avoid a new set of delaying traffic lights at the Lidl junction near Slievenamon Road & Clongour Road).
Kickham Street over recent years has suffered from faulty planning, arrogance from engineers, and more recently downright, shoddy, construction, courtesy of ‘Tar Stone’ and contractors appointed by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII). How any of the latter contractors have gotten paid, remains a mystery.
My thoughts are also with the businesses on Stradavoher and Friar Street, as I write this blog. Flooding is among one of nature’s most destructive forces in terms of the irreparable damage and heartache it inflicts on homes and on business owners whose ground floor premises become immersed in flood water, due to the incompetence of Tipperary council engineers.
The most probable responses from Tipperary County Council and their officials, to last Friday’s flooding on Kickham Street; Stradavoher and Friar Street will be “Ah sure hindsight is always 20/20!”, latter a phrase used to describe the fact that it is easy for one to be knowledgeable about an event after it has happened.
Last Friday’s flooding was not a case of hindsight for a change. “Ah sure, hindsight is 20/20” is not an acceptable response or excuse when the problems were already pointed out by Thurles.Info first in August 2019. [See Link Here]. See also Link Here, posted in January (6 months ago) and See Link Here, yet again posted in February (5 months ago), with latter forwarded to all local elected councillors via their email addresses and to Tipperary Co. Council engineers, through their “Customer Service Desk”, [reference numbers T-151500-F3F1 and T-151595-Y1S0.]
Many of the pictures forwarded to Tipperary County Council’s “Customer Service Desk” are featured in the sideshow shown above and were emailed to all local Thurles councillors, with only one County Councillor, Mr Sean Ryan, Littleton, bothering to reply.
We now need more foresight from our Tipperary County Council officials and politicians. Instead of reacting to trouble and challenges after the event, we need them to take action when informed in advance, thus avoiding unnecessary trouble and the wasting of taxpayers money.
According to staff at ‘APEX Surveys’, latter who are currently surveying Kickham Street at night, they say they are unable to tell us if and when issues on the street will be sorted out.
Surely a road survey is not required to clear out a few blocked drains.
In the meanwhile, local school children cyclists and adult pedestrians; do expect to be drenched in water by passing traffic, as you attempt to walk/cycle on Kickham Street. Remember cyclists there is no room for cycle lanes on Kickham Street and note article 13 of the 1997 Regulations makes it an offence to cycle on a footpath, unless you are entering or exiting a property.
So remember also this same inconvenience come election time.
We need massive changes in the ranks of our elected representatives, starting with politicians and ending with local councillors. Same are like computer service providers, they need to be changed often.
The first trailer for the new historical drama movie, ‘The Last Duel’, which was partially shot in Cahir Castle, Cahir, Co. Tipperary, (also in Dublin, Meath, Wicklow and Kilkenny), has now been released.
‘The Last Duel’ is expected to open here in Irish cinemas (fingers crossed due to our Covid-19 pandemic) on October 15th next, 2021.
Based on the book by Eric Jager and directed by Ridley Scott of ‘The Martian’, ‘Black Hawk Down’, and ‘Gladiator’ fame; the film stars performing included Matt Damon as ‘Jean de Carrouges’, Adam Driver as ‘Jacques Le Gris’, Jodie Comer as ‘Marguerite’, and Ben Affleck as ‘King Charles VI’.
Same tells a story of sexual violence, betrayal and vengeance, set against the brutality of 14th century France.
It is also stated to be based on actual real events centred around France’s last sanctioned duel, which took place between Jean de Carrouges and Jacques Le Gris, previously two friends, and later turned bitter rivals.
Carrouges was a respected knight, known for his bravery and skill on the battlefield, while Le Gris was a Norman squire, whose intelligence and eloquence made him one of the most admired nobles at court.
Co. Tipperary remains a favourite location for the film industry with just 10 of the many films todate, made here, immediately coming to mind including:-
The Green Knight (2021). Director: David Lowery.
Excalibur (1981). Director: John Boorman.
Barry Lyndon (1975). Director: Stanley Kubrick.
Barbarian Queen II: The Empress Strikes Back (1990 Video). Director: Joe Finley.
The Quiet Hour (2014). Director: Stéphanie Joalland.
Garage (2007). Director: Lenny Abrahamson.
Stella Days. Director: Thaddeus O’Sullivan.
Trampoline (2014). Director: Thomas Ryan
Eviction, Director: Tom Waller
Territorial Behavior, Director: Peter Bergin.
On Friday last, July 9th, 2021 a stone memorial plaque was unveiled in Two-Mile-Borris cemetery, Thurles, Co. Tipperary to the late Mr James (Jimmy) Fogarty (July 20th 1938 – May 15th 2018).
Prior to the unveiling, a memorial Mass was held in the Church of St. James, Two-Mile-Borris, Thurles, latter celebrated by Fr. George Bourke and Fr. Tom Fogarty.
Following the memorial Mass, those in attendance moved to the local cemetery and Mr Gerry Bowe (MC) opened proceedings, stating “Welcome everyone to Two-Mile-Borris Cemetery for this special occasion. I welcome Fr. Tom, Fr. George and a special welcome to the Kelly family, Co. Meath and the Maher family, Co. Kildare and all our guests here today. I will shortly call on Mr Joe Moran to give the oration who will be followed by Mr John Hackett, who will unveil the plaque. Fr. George will then bless the plaque and we will wrap up proceedings with a short prayer and a list of acknowledgements”.
Giving the oration on this memorial occasion, Mr Joe Moran stated: “The Great Liberator Daniel O Connell on his deathbed said as follows: My soul to God, My body to Ireland, My heart to Rome. If I could re-phrase that quotation for Jimmy Fogarty (RIP) it might read as follows: My soul to God, My body to my parents resting place in Loughmore and My life’s work and spirit to the communities of Two Mile Borris, and the parish of Moycarkey-Borris.
Today, his local community in Two-Mile-Borris formally remember Jimmy by placing his memorial stone among these of his local community neighbours and friends. Our sincere thanks to the generosity and vision of our own Reverend Father George Bourke for this well-deserved memorial to Jimmy. We thank everyone that has helped to make today a special remembrance of Jimmy, his cousin Eamon Kelly, his friend John Hackett and everybody here present.
It is my honour and privilege on its unveiling to briefly recall Jimmy’s unique lifetime of service in our community. I begin with Jimmy’s great passion for athletics. In his athletic youth Jimmy represented his club Coolcroo in the black and white singlets and Tipperary in the blue and gold singlets. He regularly competed in nine-mile cross country runs.
The efforts involved in winning races and medals didn’t stop a twenty-year-old Jimmy from taking on the job of secretary for the newly reformed Coolcroo Athletic Club in 1958.
Jimmy excelled as a sports administrator and made a meteoric rise in the athletics world. In 1964 he was elected Secretary of the Tipperary N.A.C.A.I. and only three years later he was Munster Secretary and only two years later in 1969 Jimmy was elected the first National Secretary of the newly established B.L.O.E. Despite the heavy workload of these offices Jimmy remained heavily involved in the promotion of Juvenile Athletics in his local club.
In 1985 Jimmy was one of the prime movers in the unifying of all athletics in the parish under the banner of Moycarkey – Coolcroo and the new Red and Black singlets. Jimmy remained involved in the club throughout the years and appreciated the achievements of all its athletes from The Healy’s in the early years to Tomas Coman in the modern Olympic Games.
When the time came to write the definitive history of athletics in the parish, Jimmy took on the mammoth task of editing the publication. The resulting “Moycarkey Coolcroo 1936-2006, A Tipperary Athletic club” is a testimony to Jimmy’s thorough research and writing skills.
In parallel with Jimmy’s involvement with Athletics administration he became a respected columnist and reporter on athletics in the Tipperary Star, Clonmel Nationalist, Gaelic Weekly and Marathon magazine.
Jimmy bequeathed us a considerable library of quality writing, not just the Moycarkey-Coolcroo book, but also the Moycarkey-Borris GAA Story published in the Mid 1980’s and his own memoir Hillside Views 2011 which sold out in weeks. But you will find Jimmy’s writing in past newspapers, magazines, Athletics reports, Hurling reports, Football reports, Match programmes, Field openings, the Souvenir booklet for the millennium year opening of the memorial wall for the Two Mile Borris All Ireland Winning team of 1900 and many other written sources. Much of Jimmy’s writing can be found under other people’s names as he was an expert Ghost writer for anybody who needed an article or special column.
Jimmy’s path into Journalism and Sports reporting was not accidental but the realization of his true vocation.
After leaving school, where he was an able student, Jimmy came home to the family farm in Skehana. In his memoir Jimmy admits that he wasn’t cut out for farming. He didn’t enjoy harrowing and other such work involving horses.
His real passions for reading, writing, researching and journalism were taking hold. Long before distance and online learning, Jimmy was getting qualifications for journalism via correspondence courses. In 1967 he received a qualification in Free-Lance Journalism from the London College of International Correspondence.
Jimmy’s first break into journalism came via Raymond Smith in the Munster Tribune newspaper in Clonmel. He did reports on local news and Athletics. Soon he was appointed Athletics correspondent for the paper. When that publication folded, Jimmy was recruited to do a weekly column on Athletics for the Tipperary Star and the Clonmel Nationalist. In the late 1960’s Jimmy took up a full-time position as a Journalist in Dublin for a publication called The Gaelic Weekly.
When The Gaelic Weekly ceased publication in 1970 Jimmy returned to match reports with the Tipperary Star and was subsequently appointed full time there. He spent six years full time with the Star covering everything from the Courts, the Council, Sports news etc.
Jimmy could recall many interesting and humorous stories from his career as a journalist in an era of basic technology long before smartphones, WiFi and social media. The value of the advice from a senior. One such story involved Jimmy’s part in a great scoop. A trusted source informed him that prayers had been said in Ballingarry Church over the weekend for John Joe Barry the famous “Ballincurry Hare”. This quickly became a front-page story on the Star and nationally but a phone call from the editor to Jimmy via Corcoran’s Bar informed him that alas it wasn’t true. John Joe was alive and well and was subsequently photographed with Jimmy in the Tipperary Star office. Jimmy resigned from the Star in 1979 to set up his own printing and writing business at home in Skehana Hill.
Jimmy’s first experience in GAA administration was at the age of nineteen when he assumed the positions of Treasurer and PRO in Two Mile Borris GAA. At that time, he was a midfield player in the hurling team and the goalkeeper in the football team.
Jimmy remained involved in the Moycarkey-Borris GAA club over the years and in the 1980’s as his new business grew he gave generously of his time and talents to serve as a key leader in club administration and team management. His writing and printing expertise in a golden era for the club made Skehana Hill the nerve centre of club activity. Jimmy’s know how in combination with his neighbouring close friends Conor Kennedy, Harry Ryan, Liam Hennessy, John Hackett, Gus Ryan, Michael Clohessy and others made a great leadership team.
Jimmy was a trusted and respected judge of hurling and used his abilities as a Selector on various Moycarkey-Borris teams of this era. In 1982 he reached the pinnacle as a selector with Gus Ryan, Sean Barry, Larry Ryan and Paddy Coman, when Moycarkey-Borris won the County and Munster Senior Hurling Championships. Further success as a Selector followed for Jimmy in 1985 when he was a Selector for the club’s second team that won the County Intermediate Hurling Championship.
Jimmy served four years as Secretary in Moycarkey Borris GAA club and several more years as PRO. But he didn’t need any title or defined role to serve the club. The ancillary services and expertise he generously provided for all of us cannot be enumerated. All of us in the Senior and Juvenile club relied on Jimmy for the Secretary’s report, tickets, cards, County Board Draw materials, scripts for speeches, Fund-raising events, Club developments etc.
Jimmy’s was an open house. He didn’t operate regular opening or closing hours and people needing writing and printing were always welcome. He could read our awful handwriting, inoffensively correct our spelling, improve our punctuation and give us sound advice. He often worked late into the night to get urgent work ready for us. He was an invaluable resource for the Mid Board, it’s Chairmen and Secretaries.
Jimmy was never critical of individual players and with his journalistic eye always looked at the big picture in analysing a game.
A quiet man, Jimmy was humble, self-effacing and avoided the spotlight. A trusted friend and neighbour, Jimmy led a decent and balanced life, always finding the time to listen, the time to smile, the time to remember, the time to pray, the time to read and the time to travel.
Our community has been very fortunate to have Jimmy in our midst, a gifted person who generously shared his many gifts with us.
His memorial stone acknowledges our appreciation of Jimmy Fogarty, our esteemed scribe, friend and neighbour.
Nì bheidh a leithèad ann arīs.”
The plaque was then unveiled by Mr John Hackett and the plaque and cemetery was blessed by Fr. George Bourke.
Mr Bowe (MC) then invited Mr Eamon Kelly to speak on behalf of the extended members of the Fogarty family in attendance.
Mr Kelly stated, “Joan & I would like to thank you all for coming here today despite Covid-19’s best efforts to thwart this memorable unveiling. I would like to fully associate with all of the previous speakers’ comments. We would like to thank Fr. George for first mooting the idea of a plaque and John & Gerry & Enda for their help in seeing it through to finality. Thank you, Tracy & Eamon, for the use of the flags, a lovely touch. And to James a job well done with the plaque, thank you all very very much.
Besides Athletics & GAA Jimmy had many other loves in his life, two of which I will briefly mention.
One was his love of journalism and this is just one job reference I found in his not so very organised printing room. It reads:
To whom it concerns,
Jimmy Fogarty has worked for the Tipperary Star in a number of capacities from 1960 to the present day. In all that time he has always been a most efficient and diligent worker and an employee of the highest integrity. I have no hesitation in recommending him to any employer and would go so far as to say that the employer who secures his services is a very lucky man or woman.
It was signed by Michael Dundon (Editor) Tipperary Star newspaper in April 1989.
That reference truly reflects the esteem with which Jimmy was held in his place of work.
Another love of his life was family. Last week I sent a message to our son Luke in Sydney about the erection of Jimmy’s plaque and this is the reply I received.
“So much about Jim I will never forget, my first hurley, my first Tipperary hurling kit, my first time staying in Two Mile Borris, Jim buying breakfast for me in Bewley’s on Grafton Street; the “yeh yeh yeh yeh yeh” in mid conversations; But the biggest thing I remember about Jim was the unconditional morals he had and his first moral was always family first”.
Neal’s memories are of being brought to Semple Stadium for a Munster Final and being treated to lunch in Hayes Hotel, the original home of the GAA.
That reflects Jimmy’s influence on two young men over 40 years his junior.
It’s wonderful for all of us to be able to remember Jimmy every time we visit this cemetery and for those who visit and maybe have never heard of Jimmy Fogarty it will encourage some curiosity as to who he was and what he stood for.
Ni bheidh a leithéad ann arís.
Go raibh maith agaibh go léir.”
Before closing the proceedings, Mr Bowe thanked Fr. George Bourke and Fr. Tom Fogarty for celebrating the Mass, together with sacristan, Ms Kitty Kelly. He further thanked the Kelly and Maher family members for their attendance, Fr. George Bourke for his kind sponsorship of the plaque and James Slattery, Monumental Works, Thurles for mounting the plaque on the wall. He thanked Mr Joe Moran and Mr John Hackett for performing their duties on the day, and Mr Noel Maher for recording the event; Mr Eamon Darmody for erecting the flags in the Cemetery and to Ms Tracey Darmody, ‘Scallywags Play School’ for sponsoring the flags at the GAA monument in the village.
Mr Bowe thanked his committee members, John and Liam Hackett, Enda Bourke, Tracey and Eamon Darmody, Fr. George Bourke and Eamon Kelly for their advice and contribution to the day’s events.
Before inviting those in attendance to ‘Bannons’ for refreshments, he thanked Billy and Veronica Lanigan for their hospitality and finally the late Jimmy Fogarty himself for his association with Moycarkey Coolcroo Athletic Club and Moycarkey Borris GAA club, who continue to make a huge contribution to sport within in the parish.
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