Thurles Information

Death Of Johnny Keane, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

It was with great sadness that we learned of the death yesterday, Thursday 21st March 2024, of Mr Johnny Keane, No.3 Beechwood Lawns, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

Pre-deceased by his parents, son Mark, brother Jimmy and sisters Helen and Julia; the passing of Mr Keane is most deeply regretted, sadly missed and lovingly remembered by his grandchildren, brothers Tom, Ger and Niall, sister Mary, brothers-in-law, sister-in-law, nephews, nieces, grandnephews, grandnieces, extended relatives, neighbours and a wide circle of friends.

Requiescat in Pace.

Funeral Arrangements.

The earthly remains of Mr Keane will repose at Dan Kennedy’s Funeral Home, Dublin Road, Thurles, [Eircode E41 XY47], on Sunday afternoon next, March 24th, from 5:30pm until 7:30pm, before being received into the Cathedral of the Assumption, Cathedral Street, Thurles at 8:15pm same evening.
Requiem Mass for Mr Keane will be celebrated on Monday morning, March 25th, at 11:00am, followed by interment immediately afterwards, in St Patrick’s Cemetery, Moyne Road, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

For those persons who are unable to attend the funeral service for Mr Keane, same can be viewed streamed live online, HERE.

The extended Keane 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.

Mary Immaculate College Thurles – Student Experience Day Sat. April 13th.

The Thurles Mary Immaculate College (MIC) situated on Cathedral Street, in the town, [formerly St. Patrick’s College], will hold a ‘Student Experience Day’ on Saturday April 13th 2024, from 9.30am-2.30pm.

Can’t attend on that day! Then a similar MIC ‘Limerick Student Experience Day‘, will also take place on Thursday May 2nd 2024, from 10:00am-1:00pm.

Not to be missed; both these MIC Student Experience Days, being held this coming April and May, will offer a taste of what it is like to be a student on both of the current Mary Immaculate College campuses, here first in Thurles and later in Limerick; offering prospective students a chance to experience at first hand a sense of what it is like to be an MIC student.

The MIC Thurles Student Experience Day deserves an entry in every prospective student’s diary, for those interested in a future career in post-primary teacher.
Prospective students will get a chance to experience lectures in the subjects being offered at MIC Thurles, including Home Economics, Mathematics, Gaeilge, Accounting, Business Studies and Religious Studies.
A panel discussion together with question and answer sessions will take place, with current college students sharing their experiences of student life at the Thurles College.

The event will also include student-led campus tours, with lecturers on-hand to answer any questions attendees might have about MIC’s post-primary teaching degrees.

Drugs Valued €18,000 Seized In North Tipperary.

Last St Patrick’s weekend, drugs with a value at some €18,000 were seized in the Borrisokane area of North Co. Tipperary.

The drugs; suspected herbal cannabis, were located following a search operation by Gardaí that took place on the afternoon of Saturday, March 16th last.

We understand that Gardaí have also arrested a man, aged in his 40s in connection with the seizure.

The, as yet, unnamed offender has since been charged and is expected to appear before a sitting of Co. Tipperary’s Nenagh District Court.

Tipperary Woman Receives Suspended Jail Sentence & Driving Ban.

Mrs Mary Lowry, aged 57 years, with an address at Green Road, Dundrum, Co Tipperary; latter previously a witness who was central to the Mr Moonlight murder trial, today received a fully suspended one year jail sentence and a one year driving ban.
Mrs Lowry had previously admitted to a charge of careless driving, while in control of a Volkswagen Passat motor vehicle, which had, sadly, caused the death of father-of-five, named as Mr Patrick Connolly, at around 12:45pm on December 28th, 2021 last.

The fatal collision had occurred on the N24 Waterford to Limerick road, close to an entrance to Bansha Wood, Spring House, Bansha, Co Tipperary.

Mrs Lowry wept silently in court as her barrister, Mr Pádraig de Búrca (BL), read a letter of apology penned by Mrs Lowry to the deceased man’s family, seeking their forgiveness.

The court was informed that Mrs Lowry had waited for other traffic travelling on the N24 to pass by the entrance to Bansha Woods, and on believing the coast was fully clear, turned out of the entrance onto the N24, colliding with a motorcycle being driven by Mr Connolly, latter who was carrying his son on the pillion. Both had been participating in a charity bike event.

A Garda forensic report into the collision stated that road conditions and visibility were both good on the date in question, but that Mrs Lowry had failed to yield to traffic travelling on that stretch of roadway.
This report also stated that Mr Connolly might have been more visible to Mrs Lowry, had he been wearing a high visibility jacket at the time of the tragic incident.

Senior counsel Mr Colman Cody stated that Mrs Lowry was a volunteer support worker with cancer patients and people with disabilities; herself having lost her own husband tragically to cancer, and he argued before Judge Ms Catherine Staines that jailing her would serve no real purpose.

The case concluded with Mrs Lowry thanking the judge, before leaving the court in obvious distress.

Beautiful Magnolia.

**Magnolia Flower.**
*Pic: G. Willoughby*.

Beautiful Magnolia.

Poem Courtesy Canadian Poet William M. Wismer.

Oh beautiful Magnolia, you’re blossoming again.
It’s early Spring and there you are, like you have always been.
Your glorious Spring time beauty is wondrous to behold,
But it is such a little while until your blossoms fold.

It only seems a day or two from when you’re in full bloom,
That petals start to flutter down and leave me with sad gloom.
The reason I feel gloomy is that just once each year,
I see your gentle beauty, then wait another year.

Upon this wondrous earth of ours are many lovely things.
In spring I marveled at the sights the kind your beauty brings.
Oh beautiful magnolia, you are by Heaven blessed.
Spring time has many wonders, but you’re one of the best.

END.