Mr Murphy passed away peacefully while in the care of staff at Unit B, Community Hospital of the Assumption, Thurles.
Pre-deceased by his sister Mary; his passing is most deeply regretted by the Director of Nursing, staff and residents in the Community Hospital of the Assumption, Thurles.
Requiescat in pace.
Funeral Arrangements.
Requiem Mass will take place, in private, tomorrow, Thursday November, 17th, followed by interment immediately afterwards in St Patrick’s Cemetery, Moyne Road, Thurles, Co. Tipperary at 2:00pm.
Arrangements for those wishing to send messages of condolence, may use the link shown HERE.
“Nikita Catherine is a young novelist from Co Tipperary. Her novel “The Tailor’s Daisy” is the latest publication from Olympia Publishers, an independent publishing house with offices in London, Los Angeles and Mumbai.
Cashel Library is delighted to announce that they will host her Irish launch on Tuesday, November 29th at 7:00pm.
“This is our second opportunity this yearto showcase local novelists”, says Branch Librarian Maura Barrett, “It is really heartening to see the amount of writers we have in our midst that are seeing their projects come to fruition.”
The novel tells the story of Nikita’s Great Great Grandfather, a young man of Ireland who fought bravely in World War I and his ensuing journey in life having survived the horrors of war.
It is now generally accepted that around 200,000 soldiers, from the island of Ireland, served over the course of the Great War, many did not survive and those that did rarely if ever spoke about it. Nikita Catherine has picked up the mantel and told her relative’s story a few generations on in this inspiring novel.
Joseph Thompson was swept up in the Great War, not returning home for years. Injured and emotionally scarred, he returns to find that not everything is as he left it. Now, he must do his best to find himself after the horrors of the front line, take care of his parents, the family business, and deal with political tensions rising in Ireland. These tensions seem to be more than he can handle, but, when he meets Mary-Kate, he will discover that maybe his life is just beginning, and that love can beat any hardships one might be faced with.
The Tailor’s Daisy is a wonderful story written with a lot of heart about the importance of family and having perseverance when faced with difficulties.
Nikita Catherine is from Tipperary, Ireland, growing up not far from the original homestead of this story’s main characters. She is their great-granddaughter, by their son Billy, and his wife Kitty. She is a huge bookworm, fiction and history being her favourite. She based a lot of this book on the anecdotes and stories told to her by her grandmother, Kitty, on how her great-grandparents lived and raised their family in difficult circumstances, and on the stories of what her grandfather got up to with his siblings and kids.
Nikita Catherine has a diploma in photography, preferring portrait and landscape.
Olympia Publishers are an independent publishing house, with offices in London, Los Angeles and Mumbai. “We pride ourselves on our wide range of genres and giving ambitious authors a platform that is so rarely available in the publishing industry today. All of our books and authors are enormously special in their own way. We believe that a story can evoke a large range of emotions; they can make you laugh, cry and, most importantly, change a life. We have committed ourselves to being an environmentally friendly company, implementing the use of FSC paper in all our books and promotional material as well as actively encouraging writers to correspond and submit to us electronically” says James Houghton, Commissioning Editor.
The Tailor’s Daisy will be launched in Cashel Library on Tuesday 29thNovember 2022 at 7:00pm, by Kathleen Peters and Margaret Gleeson. The author Nikita Catherine will be present and available to sign copies of this unique novel. It retails at €10, or two for €15 and copies will be for sale at the event.”
Cashel Library will host the event and refreshments will be served. All welcome enquiries please toTel No: 062 63825.
NB UPDATE– November 28th 2022: Above book launch has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances – Nikita Catherine regrets this delay and Cashel Library will be in touch in due course with a new launch date.
Baby Méabh passed away peacefully, while in the arms of her parents, at the Children’s Hospital Crumlin, Dublin.
Her passing is most deeply regretted and will be forever remembered by her heartbroken parents Pat and Caitlín (nee Love), her grandparents Gerald and Christina Love, Eugene and Catherine Shortt, aunts, uncles Owen, Rachael, Michelle James, Therese, Paudie, Caitriona, Nigel, Martha, Rosalind, Robin, Stephen, Jackie, Anna-Marie, Paul, cousins, extended relatives, neighbours and friends.
Rest in Peace, our angel, our darling, our star.
Funeral Arrangements.
A ‘Mass of the Angels’ for Méabh will be celebrated on Friday afternoon at 2:00pm in St. Mary’s Church, Drombane, followed by interment immediately afterwards in Kilvalure Cemetery, Glebe, Drombane, Co. Tipperary.
The extended Shortt family wish to express their appreciation for your understanding at this difficult time and have made arrangements for those wishing to send messages of condolence, to use the link shownHERE.
Mr Byrne sadly passed away peacefully following a long illness, while in the care of staff at St Michael’s Nursing Home, Caherconlish, Co Limerick.
Pre-deceased by his parents Kitty and Michael, brothers Patrick and Michael, sister Mary; the passing of Mr Byrne is most deeply regretted by his loving family, sisters Bernadette, Catherine, Anna, Theresa and Carmel, nephews, nieces, brothers-in-law Gerry (Gavin), Michael (Power) and Andrew (Beatty), cousins, carers, neighbours and friends.
For those unable to attend Requiem Mass for Mr Byrne, same can be viewed, streamed online HERE.
The extended Byrne family wish to express their appreciation for your understanding at this difficult time and have made arrangements for those wishing to send messages of condolence, to use the link shown HERE.
* Tipperary Country Recording Artist Molly O’Connell announced as contestant on Glór Tíre 2023. * Molly rounds off a most successful 2022 with a new Christmas single entitled “Jingle Rock A Melody“.
Country Recording Artist Molly O’Connell chosen as contestant on Glór Tíre 2023.
Top Country Music recording artist Molly O’ Connell will round off a great year, in style, with the announcements that she will be a contestant on Glór Tíre 2023. Sharing her Glór Tíre news on her social media platforms, Molly said, “Over the moon to tell you all that I am a contestant on Glór Tíre 2023. I hope ye can tune in along the way and I would be so appreciative of your continued support.”
The Tipperary woman shot to fame on the country scene in 2022, thanks to a string of original releases that have helped win her a multitude of loyal fans across the country, wherever she has performed. As 2022 comes to a close, Molly clearly has no signs of slowing down when it comes to capturing hearts, with her Christmas single looking like it’s going to be that tune you can’t help but hum through the holiday season.
From the pen of Maurice Ferris, “Jingle Rock A Melody” actually originated as a poem, some forty years ago, before eventually taking shape as a song with a production influenced by the style of the recently deceased country icon Loretta Lynn.
Molly, a native of Kilcommon, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, was approached by Maurice after the songwriter had been following her rapid rise to prominence, during the course of 2022. As with music lovers the country over, Molly’s smooth, honeyed, bird-sweet tones quickly made an impression on Maurice, and he knew hers was the voice through whom he wanted to share some of his songs with the world.
Among a selection of songs he sent to Molly was “Jingle Rock A Melody”. “It’s funny, because I had actually been looking for a Christmas song for a while”, revealed the ‘Crazy, Crazy Baby’ singer. “I love that frosty time of the year, so I’ve always had it in the back of my mind that I wanted to record my own Christmas single, sometime soon.
During 2022, Molly first announced her arrival on the Country Music scene starting in May with a trio of fan and radio favourites; “Crazy, Crazy Baby” – “Waltz A Lifetime With You”, which followed in August, and “Don’t Judge The Book By Its Cover”, recorded in early October. All three records came from the songbook of well-known country musician Stephen Hamilton, latter a collaborator that Molly hopes to work with again in the future, having described meeting him as being “a blessing”. Molly now looks ahead to yet another milestone moment in her music career, with her first Christmas single.
Molly who hails from a family of talented musicians, has fondest memories of songs, echoing through the hills of Kilcommon, during past Christmases. “With all the family home for Christmas, my late dad Denis would be first out with his button-accordion, followed by my sister Siobhan, following suit soon after. From there, it would only be a matter of time before my other two sisters – Breda Jr. and Deirdre, my brother Denis Jr, my Mam Breda, also joining in.” Molly explained. These sing-song sessions were always a family affair in our house and any relatives who came by on Christmas night, would contribute their own favourite party-piece for the occasion as well. We’d never needed to worry about what was on the television, because we’d have such great entertainment going on around us. You’d hear everything from Christmas carols, to country songs, to trad tunes, and needless to say there’d be dancing around the kitchen as well. You couldn’t but dance with all that music.” continued Molly laughing.
“And of course, in more recent times”, recalls Molly, “all the grandchildren would be called by my mum and dad to play their tin-whistles and sing a few songs by the fire too. So many great memories of so many great times
If my new Christmas single can become a part of peoples’ happy memories of this time of the year”, says Molly, “something that can make everyone happy now and give them a reason to look back on days gone by with smiles on their faces in the years to come, well, I don’t think I could make a more lovely Christmas wish than that.” Note: “Jingle Rock A Melody“, this brand new Christmas single from Molly O’Connell, will be available on all digital platforms and to request from radio, later this month.
For more information, do follow Molly’s official music page on Facebook, Molly O’Connell Music.
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