Fethard Macra na Feirme
Fethard Macra is a fun, welcoming club for 17–35 year olds interested in being social, getting active, and meeting new like minded people in the area. Activities range from sports, quizzes, footgolf, farm walks and everything in between! Something for everyone

We’re celebrating 75 years on 17th October 17, 2025, in The Coachman Clonmel, and all are welcome, new and old members! If you have any old photos, trophies, or club records, please contact our club Chair Lisa on 083 136 4475 
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Died Recently
The death has occurred on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, of Teresa Fogarty (nee Tobin), Pike Street, Killenaule, E41 XT28, formerly Kilnockin, Fethard. Predeceased by her husband Daniel, her parents Patrick and Johanna Tobin, brothers Patrick and Eugene, sisters Breda, Joan and Peggy, sister-in-law Ann Johnson and great granddaughter Beibhinn.

Sadly missed by her loving children Geraldine, Ann Marie and Edward, her brothers David and John, grandchildren Jason, Tara, Laura, Sarah and Lucy, great grandchildren Caitlin, Allanah, Conor, Sean, Tadhg, Donnacha, Domhnall, Aodha, Harry and Aoibhin, sons in law Barney O' Mahoney and Danny Mullins, brother-in-law Marcus Fogarty, sisters-in-law Mary Smith and Alice Tobin, nieces, nephews, relatives, neighbours and friends. May she Rest in Peace.

Reposing at O'Connell's Funeral Home, Killenaule (E41 HH66) this Friday evening, April 18, from 4.30pm to 7.30pm. Arriving at St. Mary's Church, Killenaule at 8pm. Liturgy of the Word on Saturday, April 19, at 11.30am followed by burial in Crosscannon Cemetery. Liturgy can be view at https://www.churchcamlive.ie/killenaule-parish-live-stream/
House Private on Saturday Morning please. Messages of condolence can be left online by CLICKING HERE

GAA Sports Development Lotto Results
Fethard GAA Sports Lotto draw results for April 15, 2025, are as follows: the numbers drawn were: 5, 19, 20 and 31. We had no Jackpot winner and no Match 3 winner. One' lucky dip winner received €100: Robert Wallace. The next draw takes place on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, when the jackpot is €30,000.

Died in England
The death has occurred on Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England, of Olly Fitzgerald, formerly from St. Patrick’s Place, Fethard. The funeral notice for Olly Fitzgerald is now live on https://funeral-notices.co.uk/

Olly passed away peacefully at his home on April 5, 2025, aged 86 Years. The funeral service will take place at St Johns Catholic Church, Melton Mowbray on Thursday 1st May 1, 2025 at 1pm. The Committal will follow at Thorpe Road Cemetery.

Family flowers only please. Donations if desired made payable to Age UK, Leicestershire and Rutland, (Gloucester House) may be sent to Mousley Family funerals, 34 Cranmere Road, Melton Mowbray, Leics LE13 1TB. Tel: 01664 561400. The funeral notice for Olly Fitzgerald is now live on https://funeral-notices.co.uk/

This Here is the Link for the day of the funeral. For those that cannot attend and wish to view online. They just log on ready for 1pm on the day.

Here is the link to The YouTube channel of the Roman Catholic parish of St John the Baptist, Melton Mowbray.

This week's Tipp Echo Free Paper available Online
Read this week's or back issues of the Tipp Echo newspaper online by clicking here. You can read local news and sports from the surrounding districts and also view Recollections from 1993 photographs from the past, and local Fethard News

Died Recently
The death has occurred on Sunday, April 13, 2025, of Patrick 'Paddy' Broderick, Kilnockin, Fethard, and late of Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick. Paddy passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family in the loving and compassionate care of the staff at Tipperary University Hospital. Predeceased by his parents Mick and Eily; his brothers Mike, John-Joe, Denis, Dan and Tom; his sisters Kathleen and Eily. Paddy is deeply regretted and remembered with love by his heartbroken family, his dear wife Nell, daughter Orla, sons Pat, Micheál and Riobard, daughters-in-law Rowena and Ann and Riobard's partner Jannicke; grandchildren Stuart, Conor, Ciara, Jamie, Callan, Aisling and Danny, great-granddaughter Lily, sisters Nora and Margaret (USA), brothers Bernard and Billy, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

Reposing in McCarthy’s Funeral Home, Fethard, on Tuesday April 15, from 4.30pm to 7.30pm. Removal to the Augustinian Abbey Church, Fethard, after reposal, to arrive at 8pm. Funeral Mass on Wednesday, April 16, at 11am can be watched live on fethardabbey.com and will be followed by private Cremation. No flowers please. Donations if desired to Tipperary University Hospital. Messages of condolence can be left online by CLICKING HERE. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dilís.

Social Dancing at Fethard Ballroom
Social Dancing continues at Fethard Ballroom on Sunday night, April 20, 2025, to the music of, ‘Magic Moments’. All are welcome to come along and enjoy a terrific night’s social dancing from 8.30pm to 11.30pm. Admission is €10, which includes refreshments.

Holy Week Services in Holy Trinity Parish Church

• Monday 14 - Reconciliation Service in the Parish Church at 7pm
• Wednesday 16 – Chrism Mass in Thurles Cathedral at 7pm.
• Holy Thursday 17 – Mass of the Lord's Supper at 7pm with veneration afterwards at the Altar of Repose in the Adoration chapel until 9pm. There will also be a Renewal of Commitment for Ministers of the Word and Ministers of the Eucharist during this mass.
• Good Friday 18 –Way of the Cross at 7pm in the Convent Garden.
• Holy Saturday 19 – Easter Vigil at 7pm.
• Easter Sunday 20 - Mass at 11am.

Easter Service at Church of The Sacred Heart Killusty

• Easter Sunday 20, – Mass at 10am.

Easter Services at Church of Ireland, Fethard
Services in Holy Trinity Church of Ireland, Fethard.

• Good Friday April 18 at 11am Service for Good Friday taken by the Dean of Cashel, the Very Revd James Mulhall
• Easter Sunday April 20. Holy Communion taken by Archdeacon John Murray

Easter Services at the Augustinian Abbey Fethard

• Good Friday April 18 – The Celebration of the Lord's Passion will be at 3pm in The Abbey.
  Stations of the Cross in the Abbey at 8 pm
• Saturday April 19 – Easter Vigil at 8 pm
• Easter Sunday April 20 – Masses at 9am and 12 noon.

Parish Church Lotto Draw Results
There was no jackpot winner in the Parish Lotto on Thursday, April 10, 2025. The numbers drawn were 2, 6, 8, and 21. The winner of the weekly draw for €30 was Jennifer Fogarty. Next week's Jackpot for Thursday, April 17, 2025, will be €5,000.

We are delighted with the support shown for our Parish Lotto, it is a fundraising initiative that is of great benefit to the parish. Please pass the word on and invite friends and family to take part. You can join, see the draw results, and details of how your support is making a big difference at: https://www.ourfundraiser.ie/org/fethardkillusty

Willow Weaving Day

Fethard Tidy Towns would like to thank everyone who helped on Saturday. April 12, to weave our beautiful new willow fence at the 'River Garden' by Fethard Town Park guided by master weaver Lynn Kirkham . There was a great 'meitheal' feeling to this event.

A Willow Weaving Day with master weaver Lynn Kirkham took place at the 'River Garden' by Fethard Town Wall on Saturday, April 12, from 11am to 4pm. This creative Community Event was part of a series of artist led workshops run in conjunction with Fethard Tidy Towns and funded under the Tipperary Creative Community Grant Scheme.

Fethard Ladies Social Outing

Fethard Ladies Social Group photographed on another of their successful social outings on April 12, when they enjoyed a tour of The Tipperary Museum of Hidden History in Clonmel, followed by lunch in Hotel Minella.

Fethard Daffodil Day

Helping out at the Coffee Morning in Fethard Town Hall in aid of the Irish Cancer Society are L to R: Noreen Hackett, Jane Farrell, Anita McGuire and Mary Lynch.


Photographed at the Coffee Morning in Fethard Town Hall in aid of the Irish Cancer Society's Daffodil Day are L to R: Concepta Healy, Mary Hurley, Kathleen Connolly and Mary Connolly.


Helping out at the Coffee Morning in Fethard Town Hall in aid of the Irish Cancer Society are L to R: Deirdre Lanigan, Finola Anglim, Ann Moloney, Carol Neville, Sinead Hyland and Mary Hurley.


Fethard Patrician Presentation Secondary School pupils who helped at the Daffodil Day Coffee Morning held at Town Hall on Friday, March 28, 2025. L to R: Joey Daly and Darragh Egan.


Photographed at the Coffee Morning in Fethard Town Hall in aid of the Irish Cancer Society's Daffodil Day fundraiser are: Deirdre Lanigan and Bob Lanigan.

Celebrating Second Birthday on Friday May 23!


AC Aesthetics & Laser Clinic at The Square, Fethard, Tipperary, E91 P8H7, will celebrate its Second Birthday on Friday, May 23, 2025, and have lots of goodies and special offers for those attending on the day. Booking required to avail of special offers listed above. Contact: 087 702 7777.

The late Lory Kenny

On behalf of the Kenny family at Rocklow Road, I would like to sincerely thank all who called to our home, attended Lory’s ceremony, or helped and supported us in any way from the time of Lory’s untimely death on March 28, 2025, at the age of 35. We were astounded and consoled by the generosity and support received from our friends and community at home and away. No words can adequately express our grief at this time. The family would like to share one of Lory’s songs that he wrote and performed in this recording, which has given us much solace. The song is called ‘Reclaim Your Heart’ (above).

Slievenamon Mens Club support Day Care Centre


Fethard & District Day Care Centre send a huge thanks to the Mens Club at Slievenamon Golf Club for their very generous donation of €1,400 for our day care services. This money will go towards a summer day trip for the clients. Thanks to all of you who visited our centre.

Fethard Day Care Centre
Fethard and District Daycare Centre recently hosted a combined St. Patrick’s Day and International Women’s Day celebration in The Convent Chapel. Below are some photographs from the happy occasion.

Trailer for Ireland's first talkie discovered
In late 1931 and early 1932 scenes were shot for the first 'all talking picture' (ie talkie) to be made in entirely in Ireland with an all-Irish cast and scenes. Entitled 'Sweet Inniscarra', the bulk of the filming took place in the Cashel area although shooting was also carried out in counties Cork, Dublin, Kerry, Limerick, Waterford and Wicklow.

'Sweet Inniscarra' was directed and produced by an Irish-American named Emmett Moore. The actors who were all amateurs, hailed from dramatic societies in Cashel, Fethard and Portarlington.

The plot of Sweet Inniscarra was centered around Gerald O'Carroll's love for Kate O'Donoghue. Although her father's preference was a wealthy major as a suitor for his daughter, O'Carroll ultimately wins the day and they marry.

The film encompassed music, song and dance, was 72 minutes in duration and shot in black & white on nitrate film. It was shown in cinemas in the USA in 1932 and in Ireland in 1933. In the decades that followed the film was believed to have been lost or destroyed.

Over the course of a six-part radio documentary, Tom Hurley has been investigating the story of Sweet Inniscarra, its cast, its producer Emmett Moore and examined some of the unsuccessful efforts made over the years to try and locate a copy of the film. In episode six Hurley reveals the outcome of his own attempt to find a copy.

It transpires that when the film was shown in the US its title was changed from Sweet Inniscarra to The Heart of Ireland. This made it harder for Irish researchers over the decades to track it down in America as many had been unaware of the title change. Like others before him, Hurley was unsuccessful in his endeavour to find a copy of Sweet Inniscarra but his research did lead to the unearthing of a trailer for the film which lay undiscovered in the UCLA Film & Television Archive, Los Angeles.

Hurley reveals that, "The element was contained in a 400 foot can and contains 16 distinct title cards. There is no moving footage, no soundtrack and it is tinted green to associate it with Ireland. The trailer is made up of text only. It is on nitrate film and looks like it's never been projected. It looks pristine. It's a complete mystery how the UCLA Film & Television Archive acquired the trailer. It comes under what they call an anonymous donor category.

They had even been unaware that they possessed it until conducting a search of their archives for the documentary. There was no date on the trailer but there's a good chance it can be dated to 1932 when Sweet Inniscarra / The Heart of Ireland was being shown in cinemas across America. The trailer runs for about two minutes. Although the actual movie hasn't been discovered, I’m informed that this can be regarded as a significant find as it's a small piece of evidence of how Sweet Inniscarra was presented in America."

The documentary entitled 'Sweet Inniscarra' produced by Tom Hurley is available to listen to on Tipp Mid West Radio. The sixth and final episode which explores the discovery of the trailer airs this morning 14th March at 11am on the station.

Big Picture - Operation Transformation 2014

This photograph was taken of participants in the Operation Transformation 'weigh-in' held in Fethard Convent Community Hall on January 29, 2014, with group leader Biddy O'Dwyer.

You can zoom in closer to see more detail by clicking the photograph to zoom-in and double-clicking the photograph to zoom-out or use the controls when you hover at the bottom of the photograph. If you can help with names or further information please let us know. Your comments, names or corrections are always welcome to: fethardnews@gmail.com

Faces and Places from the Past
This week we have a variety of photographs taken in 1984. We invite people to let us know any missing names, including first names, or any other information that we can add to our files for future generations. If anyone can help us, please do and send any comments, photo information, names, to fethardnews@gmail.com

Presentation to Patrician Brothers Secondary School 1984 ‘Munster Cup’ team members who also made their way onto the Tipperary Minor Football Panel who won the Munster Championship title in 1984 and reached the All Ireland Final against Dublin. Most unlucky of these was centre half Willie O’Meara whose broken knee in the Munster Colleges final cost him his place on the County Minor Panel and the Munster Minor medal won by Brian Burke, Tommy Sheehan, John Hackett and Tom Anglim. Back L to R: Michael O’Gorman, Michael Leonard, Billy O’Farrell, Bro John Gallagher, Vincent Doocey, Paddy Broderick. 3rd Row L to R: Timmy O’Connor, Mary O’Sullivan, Kathleen O’Connor, Mary Ann Fogarty, Dinny Burke. 2nd Row L to R: Ann O’Donnell, Anna Judge, Deborah Conway, Mary Lysaght, Annette Coffey, Dick Prendergast. Front L to R: Sr. Consolata, Tommy Sheehan, John Hackett, Tom Anglim, Brian Burke and Bro Virgil Duggan (Principal).


A sisiter of Mrs O'Flynn's Fethard, photographed at the Ormonde Stores, in Kilsheelan (October 1984)


Tipperary's Young Footballer of The Year', Brian Burke, receiving the Roscrea Bacon Factory 'Tipperary Sports Award' presented by Mr Eugene Maher, sales manager Roscrea Bacon Factory Ltd (sponsors). L to R: Eamon Wynne (The Nationalist), Mr Eugene Maher, award winner Brian Burke and his mother, Frances Burke, Fethard. (October 1984)


Fethard Senior Football Team 1984 County & South Champions photographed before beating Clonmel Commercials by 1-9 to 1-6, in the final played at Kilsheelan on Sunday, October 21, 1984. Back L to R: Pascal Hanrahan, Liam Connolly, Noel Sharpe, Tom Ryan, Tommy Sheehan, Davy Morrissey, Brian Burke, Richard Hayes, Anthony Colville, Michael (Buddy) Fitzgerald. Front L to R: Mascot, Michael Healy, John Hackett, Fr. Abe Kennedy, Morris Harrington, Michael O'Riordan (captain), Dermot Hackett, Paddy Kenrick, Dinny Burke and Joe Keane.


Fethard Senior Football Team winners of Centenary County Senior Football Championship celebrating with supporters after their 1-9 to 1-6 victory over Commercials in the final played at Kilsheelan on Sunday, October 21, 1984.


Paddy Kenrick holding the Centenary County Senior Football Cup with family members and local supporters after Fethard's 1-9 to 1-6 victory over Commercials in the final played at Kilsheelan on Sunday, October 21, 1984..


Fethard Players cast of 'A Letter to the General', staged in the Town Hall from December 4 to December 9, 1984. Back L to R: Mary Keane, Ann O'Riordan, Jimmy O'Sullivan, Carmel Rice, Joe Walsh, Angela Dillon-White, Rita Kenny. Front L to R: Billy McLellan and Marian Gilpin.

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