Pre-deceased by her husband Brendan, son E. Patrick and grandchildren Pat and Séa, Mrs Maher passed away peacefully surrounded by her family, while in the care of the staff at Milford Care Centre, Limerick.
Her passing is most deeply regretted by her children Emmet and Eoin, sister Breda, brother Ned, grandchildren Evan, Oisín, Neil, Caoimhe and Noah, daughters-in-law Majella and Emer, nephews, nieces, sisters-in-law, brother-in-law, extended relatives, neighbours and friends.
Requiescat in Pace.
Funeral Arrangements.
The earthly remains of Mrs Maher will repose at Kennedy’s Funeral Home, Dublin Road, Thurles on tomorrow evening, Thursday, August 25th, from 5.30pm until 7.30pm. Her funeral cortège will be received into the Cathedral of the Assumption, Cathedral Street, Thurles on Friday morning, August 26th, to further repose for Requiem Mass at 11:00am, followed by interment immediately afterwards in St. Patrick’s Cemetery. Moyne Road, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
For the many persons who, because of distance or ill health, would wish to participate in the funeral Mass for Mrs Maher; same may do so online HERE.
[NB: Due to C-19 virus fears; those attending will continue to observe strict adherence to social distancing, face covering, with no hand shaking.]
The extended Maher 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.
Volunteer Support Officer with ALONE, Ms Aoife Dennehy Reports:-
“ALONE is a national organisation that strives to enable older people to age at home, safely and securely, for as long as they wish. We work with all older people, including those who are lonely, isolated, frail or ill, homeless, living in poverty, or are facing other difficulties.
ALONE recruit, train and support volunteers for a number of services, including Visitation Support and Befriending Service, in which volunteers give just 1 hour of their time each week to provide companionship to an older person. We work with a number of older people in the Thurles area who would like for someone to visit them, however, we are finding it difficult to recruit volunteers within the Thurles area.
Would you be willing to provide companionship to an Older Person for one hour per week?
ALONE are currently seeking volunteers for their Visitation Support and Befriending Service here in North Tipperary and particularly in the Thurles area. Full training and support will be provided”.
Those of you who may be interested are asked to please sign up HERE” For more information, please contact Aoife on aoife.dennehy@alone.ie or Tel: 086-0120221
ALONEAddress: Olympic House, Pleasants Street, Dublin 8. Website: www.alone.ie ALONE is a registered charity RCN:20020057
Pre-deceased by his brother John and sister Mary; the passing of Mr O’Halloran is most deeply regretted by his brother Pat, sister-in-law Hannah, nieces, nephew, extended relatives, neighbours and friends.
Requiescat in Pace.
Funeral Arrangements.
The funeral cortège, bearing the earthly remains of Mr O’Halloran will be received into the Church of the Sacred Heart, Upperchurch, Thurles, on Thursday morning, August 25th, to repose for Requiem Mass at 11:30am, followed by interment in the nearby local cemetery.
[NB: Due to C-19 virus fears; those attending will continue to observe strict adherence to social distancing, face covering, with no hand shaking.]
The extended O’Halloran 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.
Pictured above; graphic design artist Mr Dan Leo at work, creating his painting of a Peregrine falcon, which is expected to be completed shortly. Photo courtesy G. Willoughby
Artist Dan Leo was born in London in 1984, before moving to Ireland at a young age. He admits to having always a keen interest in art; his enthusiasm growing from his consumption of 90s cartoons and having a keen interest in American sports logos and graphic design.
His style has evolved over the years, as he moves forward exploring new approaches as well as improving on existing ones.
Animals have always been something he has had respect for and as the viewers of his work can observe; same feature almost exclusively in his work. To Dan, nature remains a never ending source of inspiration, while painting continues to give him the opportunity to travel and meet many like minds, while allowing him to work at what he loves most.
This project is one of at least two such projects to be undertaken within the Thurles area, over the coming weeks.
Readers can view more of Dan Leo’s work by logging onHERE.
Should this mural not have been a Greyhound?
Perhaps I should explain myself.
The area where this mural is being painted was once the home of publican Larry (Lawrence) Hickey, (more recently J. Griffin’s Newsagent, Liberty Square, Thurles), same building having been demolished in June 2018, to make way for a car park.
On the night of March 9th 1921, five masked and armed policemen raided the pub of Larry Hickey. He was ordered out of his upstairs bedroom, in his night attire, together with his pregnant wife, and when he reached the top of the stairs, he was tripped and thrown down the said stairs by an R.I.C. man named Jackson.
In the fall, Hickey’s neck was broken. While he was in great pain at the foot of the stairs, Sergeant Enright, who was in charge of the raiders, shot him dead, to put an end to his agony.
Larry Hickey was a well-known republican in Thurles at this time, and a detailed account of his death was given to republican James Leahy during the truce period, by Sergeant Enright himself.
Mr Larry Hickey would have collaborated with his republican next door neighbour, Mr Mixie O’Connell, latter who sent the coded telegram with the wording, “Greyhound on train”, giving the time of the departure of the train to brothers Tom and Mick Shanahan at the Coal Stores, in Knocklong, Co. Limerick, regarding the sending of the IRA prisoner Sean Hogan to Cork city, on May 13th 1919.
Lovers of factual Thurles history can read the full storyHERE and HERE.
On August 22nd, 2022, exactly 100 years ago, Michael Collins (the Big Fellow or the Long Fellow), then chairman of the provisional government of the Irish Free State, was shot dead on a roadway in the county of his birth; Co. Cork. On Sunday last, August 21st, 2022, an Taoiseach and Tánaiste rightly addressed a crowd of thousands, who had gathered at Béal na Bláth, in Co. Cork, to commemorate the centenary of his death.
In Thurles there were no commemorations over the past number of years for those Thurles men and women, who including Loughnane, Quinn, Hickey, O’Connell (Mixie), Leahy (James), Kelly, Fitzpatrick (Bridget), Ryan (Col. Gerry), McCarthy (Goorty), or indeed Mulcahy (Richard).
But then, that is what you get when you elect public representatives including two TD’s, who are mis-informed, mendacious and self-serving.
Meanwhile, the last mentions of Peregrine falcons in Tipperary was in July/August of 2013, when 3 nesting birds were deliberately shot dead in a spate of attacks in south Tipperary; and again in Nenagh, North Co. Tipperary in 2021, latter located nesting close at the top of the spire of Nenagh’s Saint Mary of the Rosary, Catholic church.
Pre-deceased by her sisters Sr. Margaret (Peggy) and Kitty (McEnaney); Mrs Carmody passed away peacefully.
Her passing is most deeply regretted by her husband Bert, children Brendan and Linda, brothers Paddy, Mick and Tom, sisters Mary (Butler), Bridget (O’Gorman) and Joan (Kinnane), grandchildren Meah, Ava-Mai, Edith, Seth and Sadie, son-in-law Ronan, daughters-in-law Niamh and Tracy, nephews, nieces, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, extended relatives, neighbours and a wide circle of friends.
For the many persons who, because of distance or ill health, would wish to participate in the funeral Mass for Mrs Carmody; same may do so online HERE.
[NB: Due to C-19 virus fears; those attending will continue to observe strict adherence to social distancing, face covering, with no hand shaking.]
The extended Carmody 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.
Note Please: Donations in lieu of flowers, if desired, to the Palliative Care Unit, U.H.K. – Kerry Hospice Foundation)
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