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It was with a great sadness that we learned of the death today, Tuesday 5th July 2022, of Mrs Mairéad Ryan (née De Veale), Ballybeg, Littleton, Thurles, Co. Tipperary and formerly of Holycross, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
Pre-deceased by her daughter Nóirín and her beloved husband Pat; Mrs Ryan passed away peacefully at her place of residence, while in the loving care of her family.
The passing of Mrs Ryan is most lovingly remembered and sadly missed by her children; Tomás, Reidín (Corcoran), Máire, Síle, Neans (O’Donnell), Gearóid, Eibhlín (O’Brien) and Bernadette (Holland), her seventeen cherished grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, sons-in-law Barry, Brian, Kevin, Tony and Séamus, daughters-in-law Claire and Miriam, sisters-in-law Helen and Margaret, brothers-in-law Donal and Michael, nieces, nephews, cousins, extended relatives, neighbours and friends.
Requiescat in Pace.
Funeral Arrangements.
The earthly remains of Mrs Ryan will repose at Hugh Ryan’s Funeral Home, Slievenamon Road, Thurles on Wednesday evening, July 6th, from 5:00pm to 7:00pm.
Her body will be received into the Church of St. Kevin, Littleton, Thurles, on Thursday morning, July 7th, at 11:00am, to further repose for Requiem Mass at 11:30am.
Interment will follow immediately afterwards in the adjoining graveyard.
For the many persons who would have liked to have attended the funeral service for Mrs Ryan, but due to distance or ill health are unable to do so; same can be viewed 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 Ryan 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.
Suaimhneas síoraí dá h-anam dílis.
On average some 47 motorists, each day, are receiving speeding fines on the M7 motorway, in an area where new average speed safety cameras have been recently installed.
Figures provided by An Garda Síochána indicate that a daily average of 47 motorists have been caught driving at average speeds in excess of 120km/h over the distance between Junction 26 [Nenagh West, North Co. Tipperary] and Junction 27 [Birdhill, North Co. Tipperary].
These figures indicate that regrettably the speed by motorists has increased significantly on this 15km-stretch of the M7 motorway, since the safety cameras were first introduced in late April of this year.
It should be noted that, motorists found driving at speeds in excess of 120km/h, between Junction 26 and Junction 27 on the M7 in Co. Tipperary are liable, as at the moment, for a fine of €80, combined with three penalty points on their licence.
The Road Safety Authority has confirmed it has decided to now fast-track a review of penalties for serious road traffic offences, in response to the major increase in road fatalities so far in the current year.
To date, sadly a total of 83 people have lost their lives on roads, here in the Republic of Ireland; an increase of 30 persons over the corresponding period of last year.
This review of penalties, by the Road Safety Authority, which will include the offences of speeding, mobile phone use, drink and drug driving and the non-wearing of seat belts, was initially due to be completed by the end of 2024, however the review is now being re-prioritised, to possibly be completed within the current year, together with new media public awareness publicity campaign.
It was with a great sadness that we learned of the death, on Sunday 26th June 2022, of Sr. Bridget Leamy, Stella Maris Convent, Swansea, Wales and late of Roskeen, Drombane, Thurles. Co. Tipperary.
Sr. Bridget passed away peacefully, while in the company of the Congregation of the Ursulines of Jesus.
Pre-deceased by her parents Patrick and Josephine and her sisters Sr. Elizabeth and Sr. Patrick Joseph, her brother Dan, and brother-in-law Seamus Hayes; the passing of Sr. Bridget is most lovingly remembered and sadly missed by her brother Willie, sisters Sr. Mary and Kathleen Hayes, sister-in-law Kathleen Leamy, nephews, nieces, grand nephews, grand nieces, extended relatives, neighbours her convent community, carers and community nurse.
Requiescat in Pace.
Funeral Arrangements.
Interment will takes place in Swansea, on the south coast of Wales, United Kingdom, on Thursday, July 7th.
A Memorial Mass will be celebrated in St. Mary’s Church, Drombane, Thurles, Co. Tipperary on Monday night next, July 11th at 8:00pm.
[NB: Due to C-19 virus fears; those attending on Monday night, will continue to observe strict adherence to social distancing, face covering, with no hand shaking.]
The extended Leamy family and her religious community 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.
Suaimhneas síoraí dá h-anam dílis.
Not All Of Us Have Jewels To Give.
Poem Courtesy of Thurles Author & Poet, Tom Ryan ©
Not all of us have jewels to give,
Or fine expensive wear,
To one we love beyond all else
With whom our life we share. Not all of us can dine at night
In elegant hotels,
Or laugh or giggle in delight
At super money deals. Not all of us can fly abroad
For holidays in the sun,
Nor see the world as one small place
And chat with everyone. Nature bejewels my lover’s skin,
And elegance her wear,
And when we dine together
Our home has not a peer. And though we do not fly abroad
For a sojourn in the sun,
We’re just as happy up the road
And bless our days each one. For we have sunshine all the time,
As joy bejewels the heart.
We drink our health in rich red wine
And never are apart. There is no more on this good earth,
A laugh a loving kiss,
And sweetest merriment and mirth,
What more can count for bliss? End
Tom Ryan “Iona”, Rahealty, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
“Bricks through the window now,
Thieves in the night.
When they rang on her bell,
There was nobody there.
Fresh graffiti sprayed on her door,
Shit wrapped in a newspaper posted onto the floor.”
Extract from that wonderful poem “History”, by Carol Ann Duffy, DBE FRSL HonFBA HonFRSE.
A current decision by Dublin City Council planners to grant permission for a proposed demolition of yet another part of Moore Street’s 1916 battlefield site; latter to make way for another office block, has been described as “deplorable”. If relatives of the Signatories to the 1916 Proclamation and the Moore Street Preservation Trust expect help from Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Mr Malcolm Noonan, then forget it and for God’s sake don’t communicate, as we did, by email.
We base this assertion on the Ministers assistance in preventing the total destruction of the Great Famine Double Ditch, once situated at Mill Road, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.
Over the past few weeks we have continued to watch as officials of Tipperary County Council and Thurles Municipal District Council combined to further continue to wipe out Thurles History.
Watch the video hereunder and sigh.
You can see from the video, that despite threats of “COVER CCTV” detecting “ENVIRONMENTAL OFFENCES”; the most of these offences I might add, were done by Tipperary County Council and Thurles Municipal District Council, whose combined destruction of this area has continued unabated.
The old 1846/47 stone walls built by starving, emaciated men, have now been totally destroyed in favour of modern wire fencing. This same fencing has removed legal access to the lands on the southern side, of the now destroyed ditch area, formerly identified as Bohereen Keagh [translated from Irish to English ‘Blind Road’]
The old stile entrance appears to has been temporally replaced, with the worst effort at stone masonry that I and many others have ever witnessed. [Compare same with left section of stile built in 1846]. Sadly, none of the original faced stone work was retained. Dog walkers are now beginning to use the stile entrance as an area to dump dog faeces bags.
Thankfully, the perennial Common Spotted Orchid, despite every possible attempt to destroy it, has survived the cement post holes. Alas, other wild flowers have since been replaced by tarmac.
The promise by Councillor Seamus Hanafin in Press and Radio Statements of February 20th, 2022, to the more gullible of his electorate, has, as we suspected, never materialized.
His quote, lest our readers forget, “This coming week contractors will begin site preparation works on the pathway running from Monakeeba to the Mill Road through the double ditches. Some vegetation will be removed and illegal dumping cleaned up“.
Five months later, this filth and unsightly dumped rubbish remains in its entirety; some 3.5 years, after we first highlighted its existence, and today remains currently hidden, courtesy of Mother Nature’s green cloak, until next autumn.
Quite a few of the newly built houses, situated north of the destroyed Great Famine Double Ditch, are now occupied.
To demonstrate their ‘gratitude’, a few of these newly housed persons have already begun to rip numerous vast breaches in the new green chain link fencing, in their efforts to gain access to lands to the south side of the now destroyed Famine Ditch.
With council officials unable to fill a pothole in Thurles streets; same are unlikely to be able to control continued acts of local vandalism to the satisfaction of Thurles taxpayers.
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