KILLUSTY SOCCER CLUB
The Annual general Meeting of Killusty Soccer Club will take place in The Well Bar at 9pm on Friday 1st August. All are welcome.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Belated ‘Happy Birthday’ wishes to Mamie Morrissey, St. Patrick’s Place, who celebrated her 80th birthday on July 24th. To mark the auspicious occasion, a surprise birthday party was arranged in her honour by her family, grandchildren, great grandchildren, brother and sister, in the Fethard Arms on Saturday night last.
Mamie, who was formerly connected with the running of Fethard Sports Centre and Fethard Muintir Na Tire, is still very much involved in the administration affairs of Fethard and District Credit Union. Ad Multos Annos.

ONE WAY STREET
Many local residents are concerned about the introduction of a one-way street system in Fethard. Current plans being introduced in the near future involve one street only. The main Clonmel-Killenaule through road remains as it is and will not be affected. The one-way system will apply only to the street running from opposite the Centra Foodmarket to St. Patrick’s Place. Known locally as the ‘Back Green’, this road will now be one way only heading north towards St. Patrick’s Place. Traffic entering from the St. Patrick’s Place end will now be obliged to turn left at the junction at Canon Hayes Court and enter the Killenaule Road above Meagher’s Garage.
The problem of the bottleneck caused by double-parking on Lower Main Street is still ongoing with South Tipperary County Council.

FETHARD GAA CLUB
In minor ‘B’ hurling on Wed 23rd, we had a victory over Cahir on the tightest off margins in Newcastle on a scoreline, Fethard 1-7 (1-3), Cahir 1-6 (0-2). The team was: Keith Lawrence, Mike Kelly, Darragh Corbett, Liam Ryan, Liam O’Brien, Shane Walsh 0-3 (f), Gavin Ahearne, Jamie McCormack, Daren O’Meara, Johnny Leahy, Paul Kenrick, William Doyle 1-0, Connie O’Flynn, Alan Burke 0-4 (2f), and Daniel Lonergan. Subs used were, Shane Aylward and Liam Frewen. Our next game will be played on Wednesday 30th. On Wednesday 6th August we play Moyle Rovers in Cloneen at 7.30pm.
Our next game in Junior ‘B’ Hurling is fixed for Tuesday 5th August in Killenaule against Ballingarry at 7.30pm.
We had no winner of the €1,200 Lotto Jackpot. We had two ‘match three’ winners who received €75 each: Teresa Fogarty (Pike Street, Killenaule), and Bernie Byrne (Claremore). The numbers drawn were: 16, 18, 19 and 23. The draw was made in The Well and the €50 Lucky Dip winner was Louis Coen (Killusty).

THE WELL GOLF SOCIETY
A final reminder to all of our members, that our next outing takes place on Saturday, August 2nd at Callan Golf Club. The format for this outing is a scramble, so please arrive well in advance of the 9.15am tee off time, and register immediately on arrival. Players arriving late may find themselves out of the competition proper. And finally, don't forget, soft spikes.

PROGRESSIVE 25 RESULTS
The results for the Progressive 25 Game played on Friday 18th July are as follows:
Winners on 11 games: Bob Gleeson and Tom Phelan. Runners up on 10 games: Michael O'Brien and Sean Callaghan; Jack Fleming and Cyril O'Dwyer. Table Prize: Seamus Maher and Brian O'Donnell. Rubber Finals: Alice Quinn and Kay St. John; Dinny O'Donnell and Jimmy Hayes; Hannie Leahy and Mick Phelan. Tickets: Michael Davitt, Margaret Phelan and Chris Maher.
The results for Friday 25th July are: Winners on 10 games: Greta O'Donovan and Philly Kenny. Second on 9 games: Michael O'Brien and Seamus Lawrence; Nora Lee and Nora O'Donnell; Jimmy McCarthy and Davy Lonergan; Jackie Davitt and Tom Tobin. Table Prize: David Curran and Bridget Hayes. Rubber Finals: Bridie Lee and John Martin; Greta O'Donovan and Joe Godfrey. Tickets: Michael Davitt, Tom McCormack, Ann Nevin and Richie Nevin.

JUVENILE GAA CLUB
There were two matches played in the U/14 Hurling championship with one great victory over Cahir in Cahir. It was an extremely hard match played but every member of this team did their club proud.
They then travelled to St Pat's on Thursday evening last and were well beaten but once again did their club proud and did not give up and played on until the final whistle.
The U/12's are still waiting a date and venue for their semi-final match in their championship bid. The club would also like to congratulate John Leahy on being presented with his U/16 County medal.
Training times for U/12 - U/14 hurling training has now changed to Tuesday evenings in the GAA field at 6 o/c - please note this time change.

ORGANIC FARM & GARDEN WALK
A walk through an organic farm and garden will take place on Saturday 2nd Aug at 3pm on Rice’s farm, Everardsgrange, Fethard. Topics for discussion will include: ‘The impact of organic farming on the rural landscape’, ‘Flora & Fauna’; ‘Water Quality’; ‘The combining of agriculture and forestry on the family farm’; ‘The growing of fruit and vegetables organically’; ‘Self sufficiency and the environment’. All are welcome.

FETHARD JUDO CLUB

Fethard Judo Club made presentations to members at a special social held in the Fethard Arms last weekend. Photographed above are L to R: Samantha Feery (most improved girl in 2003), Eric O’Donnell (head coach), Richard Gorey (best judo player 2003), Josephine O’Donnell (coach) and Padraig O’Shea (most improved boy 2003). A special presentation was also made from the club to Richard Gorey on his wonderful achievement in qualifying for the Judo Youth Olympics in Paris this month.
Providing music for the Judo Club Social were Jack Kenny (right) and his assistant Mark Sullivan.

GOLF CLASSIC FOR DAY CARE CENTRE
A Golf Classic in aid of Fethard & District Day Care Centre will take place at Slievenamon Golf Club on weekending 23rd August. Please lend your support by entering a team or sponsoring a green. Further details from the Community Office Tel: 052 31000. For time sheets please ring Brendan Kenny, Slievenamon Golf Club. Tel: 052 32213.

HAPPY 70th BIRTHDAY
A very 'Happy Birthday' to Mr Paddy Maher, Abbey Street, Fethard, who recently celebrated his 70th Birthday.

COMMUNITY GAMES
Fethard & Killusty have a total of 18 competitors and four managers travelling to Mosney next month. They will hold a volleyball marathon during the coming weeks as a means of raising funds to cover expenses. The competitors will be selling sponsorship cards so please give your support. It is a great honour for the area to be represented at the National Finals.
The Community Games annual church gate collection will also be taken up next weekend 26th and 27th July.

FIANNA FAIL
Fethard Fianna Fail Cumann have nominated Joe Keane and Waltie Moloney both from St. Patrick's Place as candidates for the forthcoming selection convention for South Tipperary County Council which will take place in Cloneen on this Thursday night. We wish them the best of luck. Best wishes for a speedy recovery to Waltie.

FETHARD GAA CLUB
Five south teams have qualified for the quarterfinals of the county senior football championship, Fethard, Commercials, Cahir, Ardfinnan and Carrick Swans. The west-champions, mid-champions and south champions will join these five. If one of the five south teams also win the south-championship they will automatically take a semifinal spot in the county championship. All games are scheduled to take place on weekending 14th September.
Our next county league game is against Moyle Rovers on Tuesday 29th July, in Monroe at 7.30pm.
Fethard played Eire Og in the intermediate hurling county league on 15th July. When the appointed referee did not turn up, Miceál McCormack stepped into the fray, to take charge of the whistle. The final scoreline was, Fethard 0-14 (0-8), Eire Og 2-11(1-4). The team was: Paul Fitzgerald, Philly Croke, Michael Ryan, Shay Ryan, Tomas Keane 0-1(65), Stephen O’Donnell, Michael Ahearne, Cian Maher, Owen Doyle 0-1, Shane Walsh, Aiden Fitzgerald 0-8 (1f), Michael Dillon, Jamie McCormack, Miceál Spillane 0-3 (2f), and Kevin O’Donnell. Subs used: Ciaran Treacy 0-2 (1f), Gareth Byrne and Joe Keane. This result leaves us depending on other results if we are to move to the latter stages of the league.
In junior ‘A’ football on Saturday 19th July, we had a good victory over Newcastle on a scoreline, Fethard 2-9 (1-6), Newcastle 1-8 (0-4). The team was: Tommy Gahan, Martin Ryan, Diarmuid Burke, Alan Burke, Ian Kenrick, Philly Blake, Jamie McCormack, Kevin O’Donnell 0-1, Owen Doyle 0-1, Brendan Brett 0-2, Shay Ryan 0-1, Jason Nevin 0-1, Johnny Neville 2-1, John Hurley 0-1 and John Noonan 0-1. Sub used was Tommy Sheehan. This gives us two wins out of two games played with two more games to go.
We played Ballybacon / Grange in junior ‘B’ hurling on Sunday 20th July, in Marlfield, and lost on a scoreline, Fethard 1-8 (0-3), Ballybacon Grange 7-10. After having approached forty players, we only got sixteen to travel. This competition must be looked at very seriously for the future. The club is grateful to those who travelled and gave their very best on the day. Our next game is against Ballingarry, so players please come to the field on Thursday nights for training at 7.30pm. The team was: Paddy Cooney, Philly Prout, Tommy Gahan, Philly Blake, Alan Burke, William Delaney, Brendan Doyle, Joe Keane 1-1(frees), John Noonan 0-1, Alan O’Meara 0-1, Diarmuid Burke 0-1, M J Croke, Johnny Neville 0-2, John Hurley 0-1, and David Flanagan. Sub used was John Hanrahan.
In minor ‘B’ hurling, we play Cahir on the 23rd July in Ardfinnan and on the 30th we play Kilsheelan.
Our lotto jackpot of €1,100 was not won. We had three ‘match threes’ who won €50 each: Mark Leahy (7 Congress Tce), James St John (Gurtnapisma, Cloneen), and Rena Sheehan (264 Elm Park Clonmel). The €50 Lucky Dip winner was Joan St John (Peafield, Cloneen). The numbers drawn were 6, 13, 19 and 20.
Juvenile Fixtures coming up are: Under/16 ‘B’ Hurling against Carrick Davins in Fethard on 28th July at 7pm.
The club would like to extend its sympathy to the Barrett family on the passing off Jo O’Connor (nee Barrett). Go Ndeanai Trocaire Orthu.

MARRIED RECENTLY
The wedding took place in Fethard Parish Church on 18th July of Mary, daughter of Mr Jim and Mrs Kathleen Connolly, The Valley, Fethard, to Mr Kevin Shelley, Moyglass.

The wedding (above ) took place in Florence, Italy, on 17th July, of Niamh, daughter of Mr Willie and Mrs Catherine Ryan, Rocksprings, Cashel Road, to Paul, son of the late Mr and Mrs Dick Hayes, Burke Street, Fethard. (photo supplied by Sarah Ryan)

FETHARD & KILLUSTY COMMUNITY LOTTO
The numbers drawn in the Fethard and Killusty Community Lotto on Tuesday 22nd July were: 6, 12, 18 and 30. There was no Jackpot Winner and three 'Match 3' winners who received €50 each:
Anthony Witherow, 17 Aherlow Heights, Tipperary Town.
Margaret Dorney, 22 Woodvale Walk, Fethard.
Margaret Smith, Cashel Road, Fethard.
The three ‘Lucky Dip’ winners of €50 were:
Eamon Delahunty, Killusty Road, Fethard.
Fr. Tom Breen, Parochial House, Fethard.
Maureen Whyte, Main St., Fethard.
The Jackpot remains at €10,000 and next weeks Jackpot sellers prize is €1,000.

TENNIS COURTS
The tennis courts at Fethard Sports Centre are now open daily from 9am to 5.30pm for children up to 16 years. Children interested in playing should come along between these hours.

THIS WEEK'S - 'PIC OF THE PAST'
If you have an old photograph of interest to our readers why not email it to us and we will include it on next week's 'Pic of the Past'

Abbey Church Choir in the 1960’s. Front L to R: Jimmy O’Sullivan, Jack Healy, Michael Hayes, Ritchie Hayes, Pierce Dillon, Con Healy, John O’Connor. 2nd Row L to R: Paschal Hanrahan, Paddy Burke, Vincent Breen, Brian O’Sullivan, William Breen, Joe Morrissey, Kevin Hayes. 3rd Row L to R: Brian Hanrahan, Paddy Trehy, Pat Fitzgerald, John O’Donnell, William Looby, Declan Morrissey, Mark Houlohan. 4th Row L to R: Christina Lonergan, Mairead Henehan, Rena McGrath, Ann O’Riordan, Marie Trehy, Vera O’Donovan, Paula Carey, Winifred Carroll. Back Row L to R: Rita Leahy, Josie Keane, Helen O’Riordan, Caroline Brett, Norma Hanrahan, Caroline Lonergan, and Fr. O’Mahoney OSA.

DIED RECENTLY
The death has occurred on 19th July, in Kilkenny, of Ms Ann Quirke, Dukesmeadows, Kilkenny, and formerly of Mocklerstown. Interment took place at Clerihan Cemetery.

EXPENSIVE VEHICLES STOLEN
Sierra, a firm engaged in the large contracting job for the ESB in the area, are using the premises of the late Frank Meagher, Cloneen, as a depot. On Saturday night last, the depot was entered and three of their very expensive 4x4 vehicles removed. One was recovered overturned in a drain close to the depot entrance, a second vehicle was found badly damaged in a grove at Rathvin. Gardai are investigating.

MUSHROOM FARM ENTERED
Thieves also recently entered the mushroom farm at Silverfort Cross. Having failed in their attempt to start a large tractor, they then entered the mushroom farm worker’s living accommodation nearby. Here they committed a very mean type of theft, as they removed some documents, passports etc belonging to a number of non-nationals employed at the farm. These items are vital to the workers during their stay in Ireland and surely can be of no value to the thieves.

FETHARD HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The next meeting of Fethard Historical Society will take place on Tuesday 29th July at 8.30pm in the Abymill Theatre.

FETHARD & KILLUSTY COMMUNITY COUNCIL
At the last meeting of Fethard & Killusty Community Council, guest speaker Mr Stephen Fallon, Conservation Officer, South Tipperary County Council, outlined a strategy and briefing paper on the future of Fethard Town Hall. There are two important pieces of information that will inform the final strategy adopted. The first task is to establish the current physical condition of the town hall building and the second is to understand the sequence of historical developmental of the structure, the phasing sequence. The first will indicate the scope of works required to bring the building back to an appropriate use and the second will inform us as to the potential scope to reorder the existing arrangement to cater for new needs. It is the interplay of these two sources of information that will indicate what the building needs, can and will be able to ‘absorb’ without compromising its historical integrity. The community council agreed to jointly fund, with South Tipperary County Council, the costs involved in getting this initial information by using independent professional advisers to look at the building.
Cllr. John Fahey informed the meeting that a sum of €15,000 was awarded to the New Community Sportsfield as a grant from South Tipperary County Council’s Development Fund. This was achieved by the committee’s delegation who made a very successful petition to the members of the County Council at a recent Council meeting in Clonmel.
The resurfacing of the Tirry Centre Car Park was also agreed to go ahead following consultation with Jonathan Cooney. The cost will be approximately €4,000.
It was decided to invite Ms Tess Collins, Tenant Liaison Officer, South Tipperary County Council, to the next meeting to speak on ‘Estate Management’. This should be of particular interest to members of our local resident associations, who are welcome to come along, and those wishing to find out more information on how they work.
The committee have agreed to make two participants of the Community Council’s CES available to supervise at the Tennis Courts for the summer months if required. This should help facilitate supervision and opening hours for the children using the courts.
The next monthly meeting will take place on Tuesday 19th August at 8.30pm at the Tirry Community Centre, Barrack Street, Fethard.

DEATH OF WELL KNOWN SACRISTAN
The death has occurred of Mrs Jo (Barrett) O’Connor of The Green, who died on Thursday 17th July, aged 99. The late Jo O’Connor will long be remembered in Fethard for her lifetime association with Fethard Augustinian Abbey. Jo joined the Abbey Choir as a teenager. She later became sacristan of the Abbey Church, a position she held diligently for seventy years. She would have given over eighty years service in all to Fethard Abbey.

In 1966, Jo was affiliated to membership of the Augustinian Order in recognition of her loyal service to the Abbey over the years. At a memorable ceremony in the Abbey Church on Sunday 20th March 1994, Fr. John Byrne OSA, Provincial of the Augustinian Order in Ireland, conferred Jo with the Papal Medal "Benemerenti". This honour was petitioned through His Grace Archbishop Dermot Clifford, to mark 75 years of dedicated service as Sacristan in the Augustinian Abbey.
Jo would have celebrated her 100th birthday on 25th March 2004. She will be sadly missed by her sister-in-law, nieces and nephews, and especially by the regular Abbey Church congregation. Interment took place at Calvary Cemetery.

FETHARD & KILLUSTY COMMUNITY LOTTO
The numbers drawn in the Fethard and Killusty Community Lotto on Tuesday 15th July were: 18, 24, 26 and 28. There was no Jackpot Winner and no 'Match 3' winner. Five tickets were drawn and the following won €30 each:
Edwina Newport, Main St., Fethard.
Patrick Sheehan, Walshbog, Killusty.
Martin Coen, Fethard.
Monica O'Shea, Woodvale Walk, Fethard.
Frank Hickey, Ballycullen, Mullinahone.
The three ‘Lucky Dip’ winners of €50 were:
C.E.S., Tirry Centre, Fethard.
C.E.S., Tirry Centre, Fethard.
John Murphy (Snr), Kilnockin, Fethard.
The Jackpot remains at €10,000 and next weeks Jackpot sellers prize is €1,000.

FETHARD TO GET ONE WAY STREETS
(by Sean Ryan, South Tipp Today)
A new one-way traffic street system is been planned for Fethard. The move was called for by Deputy Seamus Healy, because of a dangerous junction at Barrack Street in the town. While it is expected that it will take some time to go through the process of making the streets one-way, the idea has been accepted in principle by the engineering staff.
According to the South Tipperary Dail deputy one of the major problems in the town has been that many of the streets are too narrow to support two way traffic. He added that the new one way system will make many of the streets particularly the Barrack street Junction a lot safer to travel on.

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

At a very pleasant function held in Bob Grant’s Bar on Friday night last, a serious wrong was righted. Sean Hanrahan was presented with a South Tipperary Junior Hurling Championship medal won with Killenaule in 1948 and John Hurley, vice-chairman of Fethard GAA Club, presented Grace Pollard and Olwyn O’Brien with a Tipperary Senior Football Championship medal, won in 1942 by their father, the late Derek Wall.

William O’Grady, president of Killenaule GAA Club, made the presentation to Sean Hanrahan. Tributes to both players were spoken. Derek Wall was an all-round sportsman, and also took a very keen interest in racing being a regular attender to all South of Ireland tracks.
Sean Hanrahan in replying and thanking the organisers certainly lived up to his reputations as the locality’s greatest wit. Sean said, in a very hurt tone of voice, “ I’m surprised that the M.C. in stating that I got my second level education in the school of hard knocks and graduated from the ‘University of Life’, never mentioned the fact that I was in Rockwell.”
Stunned silence greeted the remark.
After a suitable pause, Sean added, “ Well I was at the Ploughing Match!”
Sean Walsh was chief coordinator of the event and responsible, with his good wife and daughter, for the refreshments provided. Noel Byrne looked after the supplying of the Fethard 1942 Senior Football medal. The organisers also greatly appreciated the attendance of Miceál McCormack, vice-chairman of South Tipperary GAA Board.