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It was with great sadness that we learned of the death, on Sunday 23rd July 2023, of Fr. Liam P. McSweeney, Sacramento, California, USA and formerly of Thurles Co. Tipperary and Gortnahoe, Thurles, Co Tipperary.
Fr. McSweeney, beloved priest of the Diocese of Sacramento, USA had celebrated his diamond jubilee (sixtieth anniversary as a priest) this year.
Pre-deceased by his mother Ellen (Thurles) and his father Edward (Cork), brother Pearse, sisters Dympna and Maureen (Maher) and brother-in-law James Maher (Roscrea), the passing of Fr. McSweeney is most deeply regretted and sadly missed by his sister Noreen (Dublin), brother Patrick (Paddy) (Dolla, Co Tipperary), nephew Martin Maher and his wife Elaine, grandnieces Ráichéal, Aisling and Grace Maher, cousins, extended relatives Maura Quinn and family (Holycross), Breda Minahin and family Piltown (Kilkenny), Willie and Marie Dunne (Gortnahoe Tipperary), Richie and Mary Dunne (Gortnahoe Tipperary), Richard Dunne and family (Dublin) and Josephine Maher and family (Australia), neighbours, many friends and Religious colleagues, both in the United States and Ireland.
Requiescat in Pace.
Funeral Arrangements.
A Vigil Service and Rosary for Fr. McSweeney will be held on Thursday evening August 10th at 6:00pm in St. Mels Church, 4745 Pennsylvania Avenue, Fair Oaks, Sacramento, California USA.
His earthly remains will repose for Requiem Mass on Friday morning, August 11th, 2023, at 10:00am, followed by a rite of committal service same day at 2:30pm in Calvary Catholic Cemetery and Funeral Center, situated at 7101 Verner Ave. in Citrus Heights, Sacramento.
For those persons who are unable to attend the funeral service for Fr. McSweeney, same can be viewed, streamed live online HERE.
The extended McSweeney 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: A special memorial Mass will be celebrated in the Cathedral of the Assumption, Cathedral Street, Thurles, Co Tipperary, on Sunday August 27th at 11:00am, for all of Fr. Liam’s family and friends in Ireland.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.
  
It was with great sadness that we learned of the death, today Wednesday 2nd August 2023, of Mrs Teresa (Tess) Foley (née Carey), Sarsfield Street, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
Pre-deceased by her husband Tadgh and her sister Bridie; Mrs Foley passed away while in the care of staff at St. Teresa’s Nursing Home, Cashel.
Her passing is most deeply regretted by her nephew Joseph and her nieces Ann Marie and Martina, sister-in-law Ann, extended family, neighbours and friends.
Requiescat in Pace.
Funeral Arrangements.
The earthly remains of Mrs Foley will be received into the Cathedral of the Assumption, Cathedral Street Thurles, on Friday morning next August 4th, to repose for Requiem Mass at 11:00am, followed by interment in Ballycahill cemetery, Moneydass, Ballycahill, Co. Tipperary.
For those persons who are unable to attend the funeral service for Mrs Foley, same can be viewed, streamed live online HERE.
The extended Foley 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.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h-anam dílis.
Hot Asphalt
Vocals: The late Irish singer, folk musician and actor Luke Kelly (1940–1984) & Irish folk band The Dubliners.
Lyrics: The late folk singer, songwriter, folk song collector, labour activist and actor, James Henry Miller (Stage name Ewan Maccoll, 1915–1989).
Hot Asphalt
Ah good evening, all my jolly lads, I’m glad to find you well.
If you’ll gather all around me, now, the story I will tell,
For I’ve got a situation and begorrah and begob,
I can whisper I’ve the weekly wage of nineteen bob.
‘Tis twelve months come October since I left me native home,
After helping them Killarney boys to bring the harvest down,
But now I wear the gansey and around me waist a belt,
I’m the gaffer of the squad that makes the hot asphalt.
Chorus
Well, we laid it in the hollows and we laid it in the flat,
And if it doesn’t last forever, sure I swear, I’ll eat me hat.
Well, I’ve wandered up and down the world but sure I never felt,
Any surface that was equal to the hot asphalt.
The other night a copper comes and he says to me, “McGuire,
Would you kindly let me light me pipe down at your boiler fire?”
And he planks himself right down in front, with hobnails up, till late,
And says I, me decent man, you’d better go and find your bait.
He ups and yells, “I’m down on you, I’m up to all yer pranks,
Don’t I know you for a traitor from the Tipperary ranks?”
Boys, I hit straight from the shoulder and I gave him such a belt,
That I knocked him into the boiler full of hot asphalt.
Repeat Chorus
We quickly dragged him out again and we threw him in the tub,
And with soap and warm water we began to rub and scrub,
But devil the thing, it hardened and it turned him hard as stone,
And with every other rub, sure you could hear the copper groan.
“I’m thinking”, says O’Reilly, “that he’s lookin’ like old Nick,
And burn me if I am not inclined to claim him with me pick”.
“Now”, says I, “it would be easier to boil him till he melts,
And to stir him nice and easy in the hot asphalt“.
Repeat Chorus
You may talk about yer sailor lads, ballad singers and the rest,
Your shoemakers and your tailors, but we please the ladies best.
The only ones who know the way their flinty hearts to melt,
Are the lads around the boiler making hot asphalt.
With rubbing and with scrubbing, sure I caught me death of cold.
For scientific purposes, me body it was sold.
In the Kelvin grove museum, me boys, I’m hangin’ in me pelt,
As a monument to the Irish, making hot asphalt.
Repeat Chorus
END
It was with great sadness that we learned of the death, yesterday Tuesday 1st August 2023, of Mr Gerard O’Connor, Ormond Lodge, Mitchel Street, Thurles, Co. Tipperary and formerly of Figlash, Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary and Co. Limerick.
The passing of Mr O’Connor is most deeply regretted by his sisters Eileen (Fitzpatrick), Margaret and Catherine, brother-in-law Richie, nieces, nephews, extended relatives, neighbours and friends.
Requiescat in Pace.
Funeral Arrangements.
The earthly remains of Mr O’Connor will be received into the Church of St. Mary, Ballyneale, Co. Tipperary, on Saturday morning, August 5th, to repose for Requiem Mass at 10:30am, followed by interment, immediately afterwards, in the adjoining graveyard.
The extended O’Connor 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.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.
It was with great sadness that we learned of the death, on Sunday 30th July 2023, of Mr Alphie Ryan, Seangharrai Drive, Ballinagh, Co.Cavan and formerly of Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
Mr Ryan passed away peacefully in the Lisdarn Unit for the Elderly, Lisdarn, Co. Cavan.
Pre-deceased by his wife Bridie; His passing is most deeply regretted and sadly missed by his loving sisters, Mary and Jean, brothers, Noel and Gerry, extended relatives, neighbours and friends.
Requiescat in Pace.
Funeral Arrangements.
The earthly remains of Mr Ryan will be received into the Church of St. Felim, Ballinagh, Co. Cavan to further repose for Requiem Mass on Thursday, August 3rd, at 12:00 noon, followed by cremation in Lakelands Crematorium, Dublin Rd., Cavan, at 1:00pm.
The extended Ryan 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.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.
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