Thurles Information

Cashel Library To Host Lecture On A Cashel, Co. Tipperary Bigamist.

Ms Maura Barrett, (Cashel Library) Reports:
An exciting lecture on a Cashel Bigamist, from the early 1800’s, will take place in Cashel Library on Thursday 28th August at 2:30pm.

This illustrated presentation will examine key themes arising from research into Irish convicts who had been transported to New South Wales in the early 19th century.

Australian-based Dr Damian John Gleeson, has been visiting Tipperary since the early 1980s and is descendant of the Gleeson, O’Brien and Collins families of Nenagh Co. Tipperary and Errinagh, Silvermines, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary.

As a qualified genealogist and historian, Mr Gleeson’s works include An Enduring Flame: St Patrick’s Mortlake, 1885-2020: An Irish-Australian Working-Class Community (Mortlake, NSW, 2021), winner of the City of Canada Bay Heritage Award in 2021, and The Rock of St George: celebrating the 125th anniversary of the first St Joseph’s Church/School, Rockdale (Rockdale City, NSW, 2017), winner of the Ron Rathbone Local History Prize, Bayside Council, 2017.

N.B. This exciting lecture is free to attend, but remember places for such popular events are limited. Please call Cashel library Tel: 062 63825, to secure your place.

Visitors attending this event can locate the Cashel Library building; situated on Friar Street, Lady’s Well, Cashel, Co. Tipperary, HERE. (Eircode E25 K798).

Salmonella Alert – FSAI Recall Braemoor Red Hen Ham & Cheese Chicken Kievs.

Recall of Braemoor Red Hen Ham & Cheese Chicken Kievs due to the presence of Salmonella

Alert Summary dated Monday, August 25th 2025.

Category 1: For Action.
Alert Notification: 2025.44.
Product Identification: Braemoor Red Hen Ham & Cheese Chicken Kievs; Pack size: 500g
Batch Code: 25190B; Best before date: October 2026.
Country Of Origin: Ireland.

Message: Glenhaven Foods, is recalling the above batch of Braemoor Red Hen Ham & Cheese Chicken Kievs due to the presence of Salmonella.

Nature Of Danger: People infected with Salmonella typically develop symptoms between 12 and 36 hours after infection, but this can range between 6 and 72 hours. The most common symptom is diarrhoea, which can sometimes be bloody. Other symptoms may include fever, headache and abdominal cramps. The illness usually lasts 4 to 7 days. Diarrhoea can occasionally be severe enough to require hospital admission. The elderly, infants, and those with impaired immune systems are more likely to have a severe illness.

Action Required: Manufacturers, Wholesalers, Distributors, Caterers and Retailers:

Retailers: Same are requested to remove the implicated batch from sale and display recall notices at point-of-sale.
Wholesalers/Distributors: Same are requested to contact their affected customers and recall the implicated batch and provide a point-of-sale recall notice to their retail customers.
Caterers: should not use the implicated batch.

Consumers: Consumers are advised not to eat the implicated batch.

Death Of Mona Lyons, Formerly Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

It was with sadness that we learned of the death, today Monday 25th August 2025 of Mrs Mona Lyons (née Carrigan), Baunta, Callan, Co. Kilkenny and formerly Burnchurch, Killenaule, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

Pre-deceased by her husband Jack, her sisters Kitty, Maureen and Jocie, her brother Jim and her great-granddaughter Moira, Mrs Lyons passed away at her place of ordinary residence, surrounded by family.

Her passing is most deeply regretted, sadly missed and lovingly remembered by her sorrowing family; loving daughters Mary, Bernadette and Breda, sons Joe, John and Adrian, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, great-granddaughter, nieces, nephews, extended relatives, neighbours and friends.

Requiescat in Pace.

Funeral Arrangements.

The earthly remains of Mrs Lyons will repose at P. Molloy’s Funeral Home, Callan, Co. Kilkenny, (Eircode R95 Y443), on Wednesday afternoon, August 27th, from 4:00pm until 7:00pm, same evening.
Rosary and Vigil Prayers will be recited afterwards at her home in Baunta (Eircode R95 Y5F2) at 8:30pm.

Funeral Prayers will also be recited at the residence of Mrs Lyon’s, on Thursday morning, August 28th, at 11:00am, before her earthly remains are received into the Church of the Assumption, Callan, Co. Kilkenny, to further repose for Requiem Mass at 12:00 noon, followed by interment, immediately afterwards, in Kilbride Cemetery, Callan, Co. Kilkenny.

For those persons who would wish to attend Requiem Mass for Mrs Lyons, but for reasons cannot, same can be viewed streamed live online, HERE.

The extended Lyons family wish to express their appreciation for your understanding at this difficult time, and have made arrangements for those persons wishing to send messages of condolence, to use the link shown HERE.

Note Please: Donations in lieu of flowers, if desired, to L’Arche Community. Thank you.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h-anam dílis.

Death Of John Doyle, Formerly Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

It was with sadness that we learned of the death, today Sunday 24th August 2025, of Mr John Doyle, Padre Pio Nursing Home, Holycross, Thurles, Co. Tipperary and formerly of Ballycurrane, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

Pre-deceased by his parents John and Anna, Mr Doyle sadly passed away unexpectedly after a short illness, while in the care of staff at Tipperary University Hospital, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.

His passing is most deeply regretted, sadly missed and lovingly remembered by his sorrowing family; loving sisters Marie and Josephine, niece Aoife, nephews Seán and Aidan, extended relatives, neighbours, the Padre Pio community and friends.

Requiescat in Pace.

Funeral Arrangements.

The earthly remains of Mr Doyle will be received into the Cathedral of the Assumption, Cathedral Street, Thurles, on Wednesday morning, August 27th at 10:30am to repose for Requiem Mass at 11:00am, followed by interment, immediately afterwards, in St Patrick’s Cemetery, Moyne Road, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

The extended Doyle family wish to express their appreciation for your understanding at this difficult time, and have made arrangements for those persons wishing to send messages of condolence, to use the link shown HERE.

Note Please: Family flowers only. Donations in lieu, if desired, to Acquired Brain Injury Ireland, in Memory of Mr John Doyle.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.

A Song For A Sunday.

Too often, we as menfolk, fail to recognize the depth of love and sacrifice shown by our wives/partners. Her work is quiet, remains often unseen and indeed unmeasured, yet she holds together the home and gives us a place of rest, comfort, and belonging.
We often overlook the countless acts of care, patience and devotion she gifts so freely, and we sometimes forget that her love is not expressed in grand gestures, but in the steady rhythm of daily life.
In our blindness, we men often take for granted the very heart of our family home, failing to give back the gratitude and appreciation a mothers love truly deserves.

Remember the words of Psalms 90:10: “The days of our years are threescore years and ten (70 years); and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years (80 years), yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away”

To Daddy.

Lyrics: American singer, songwriter, actress, philanthropist and businesswoman Ms Dolly Rebecca Parton.
Vocals: American singer, songwriter, country rock genre musician, bandleader and activist Ms Emmylou Harris.

To Daddy.

Mama never seemed to miss the finer things of life.
If she did, she never did say so to Daddy.
She never wanted to be more than mother and a wife.
If she did, she never did say so to Daddy.
The only thing that seemed to be important in her life,
Was to make a house a home and make us happy.
Mama never wanted any more than what she had,
If she did, she never did say so to Daddy.
He often left her all alone, but she didn’t mind the stayin’ home.
If she did, she never did say so to Daddy.
And she never missed the flowers and the cards he never sent her.
If she did, she never did say so to Daddy.
Being took for granted was a thing that she accepted,
And she didn’t need those things to make her happy,
And she didn’t seem to notice that he didn’t kiss and hold her.
If she did, she never did say so to Daddy.
One morning we awoke just to find a note,
That Mama carefully left to Daddy,
And as he began to read it our ears could not believe it,
The words she had written there to Daddy.
She said, “The kids are old enough, they don’t need me very much,
And I’ve gone in search for love I need so badly.
I have needed you so long, but I just can’t keep holding on.”
She never meant to come back home.
If she did, she never did say so to Daddy.
Goodbye to Daddy.

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