Monday, March 19, 2018
Gold Cup Fever hits FHC Experience Fethard Business and Tourism CLG are honoured to have a world-renowned trophy within the Tholsel and feel it further cements the pride that the local people have of FHC Experience. Manager, Shannon Forrest, commented, 'When I first heard that Mouse wished to donate his 2006 Gold Cup to FHC Experience, I couldn't quite believe it! It is an absolute privilege to display it within our exhibition and the whole team are looking forward to welcoming even more visitors from across Ireland and further a field that this will attract. What a way to celebrate the start of the 2018 Cheltenham Festival!' Contribution to the Industry Award Shane O'Dwyer is already planning a trip back to Fethard for more ITBA members in the Summer and is looking forward to working with FHC Experience again in the future. FHC Experience wish to thank the ITBA for holding their Southern Region Awards in Fethard and are sincerely indebted to Mouse Morris for his very generous donation. Augustinian Provincial outlines difficulties the Order is now facing in Ireland Vocations are few and the membership is aging. Some houses have been closed in recent years but as of now there is no threat to the Fethard community. He did, however, emphasise that the role played by the laity will have to be enhanced and there will have to be a level of cooperation between the various Augustinian communities throughout the country. Fr Hennebry noted the relationship between the Augustinians in Fethard and the Patrician Presentation Secondary School. He took the opportunity to congratulate the school on the marvellously positive report they received following the recent 'All School Inspection' by inspectors from the Department of Education. Died recently in England Saints and Sinners welcome Died Recently Party Night at Fethard Ballroom on St. Patrick's Night Historical Society thirty-years-old next week The evening will open, at 7pm, with an audio-visual presentation by the Historical Society and by two invited speakers who will take a wide-ranging look at Fethard area over the past thirty years, and more importantly, will look into the future and the exciting possibilities that lie ahead for this special part of the world. At 9pm, a reception will take place offering finger foods, wine, tea and coffee for all present - the many people from all walks of life that have played a part in making Fethard a better place to live and to visit. The Fethard Historical Society, from its very beginning, prioritised the development of a tourism industry as one of the best ways of creating business and employment in the town and area. It would have surprised the 'founding fathers and mothers' that it would take thirty-years before Fethard was finally added to the tourist map of Ireland. But Fethard is now firmly on the radar of Fáilte Ireland, as can be now seen by the placing of 'Ireland's Ancient East' signage in the Square.
Looking Back; Going Forward! The organisers would be glad to receive any stories or photos from the past thirty years of Historical Society activity. Contact can be made by emailing history@fethard.com or by phoning 087 9009722 or 087 9305232. Daffodil Day in Fethard Senior Day at Day Care Centre We are also holding a Table Quiz on Friday night March 23, in Butlers Bar at 9pm. Table of four will cost €24. There will also be a raffle on the night. All proceeds go towards the daily running costs of the centre and your support is greatly appreciated. Student Enterprise County Final Junk Kouture Well done and thank you to Ms Patricia Looby who is a great advocate for Junk Kouture and gives tirelessly of her time to the students in the lead-up to the competition. The school has a great record in the competition with outfits making the National Finals on a number four occasions to date. Entrance Assessments Practice for Patrician Presentation Volleyball Referees Fethard & Killusty Community Lotto The following three 'Lucky Dip' winners received €50 each: Pat Fox, Woodvale Walk, Fethard; John Tobin, Fr. Tirry Park, Fethard; and Chloe Gough, Ard Alainn, Fethard. Next week's draw takes place on Wednesday, March 14. The Jackpot is €10,000 and the Jackpot seller's prize is €1,000. All proceeds go towards community projects in Fethard, and we thank you for your on-going support. GAA Sports Development Lotto The next draw takes place on Friday, March 16, when the jackpot is €20,000 and the sellers prize is €1,000. The committee of Fethard GAA/Sports Centre Development Lotto would like to thank all our supporters near and far who participate in our weekly lotto draw. The funds raised are used to promote sport in the local community. Fethard avoids 'Emma' and enjoys the snow By 6pm, with still no significant wind or snow, we felt that we may have escaped by some mysterious unexpected tactic by Storm Emma as she leaped over Slievenamon, Killusty and Fethard and headed north in a hurry. By 9pm we were regretting all our cancelled plans to go out, as just wisps of snow blew gently around . . . still no storm. So it continued as 'Gentle Emma' continued to bathe us in her white dust gathered from Siberia for the next few hours. This was no ordinary snow. Not like our usual fall of snow that melts three seconds after landing. This was different . . . floating around, looking for the perfect landing spot to build a 'drift'. Back listening to weather reports from other blustery places, we could happily relax watching our light white breeze in fading light. Morning arrived, one of the brightest for years, to the fluttering of birds trying to find a hard place to land as trees, branches, roofs, and ground were covered in this very attractive soft snow. 'Gentle Emma' had performed well and distributed her Siberian 'guests' everywhere, without the dreaded gusts. March 1, 2018, will be remembered for many years to come and children will also recall building the biggest snowmen and other works of art, maybe never again to be surpassed. Now that the day has passed, and the memories slowly melt away, we can thank all those good people who visited neighbours, cleared pathways and roads, and helped make the meeting of Emma and The Beast, a pleasant experience, at least for most of us in Fethard. Died Recently GAA Easter Camp To book your place or for further details, contact Michael O'Mahoney 087 6791735 or Deirdre McEvoy 087 2479023. Fethard GAA Representatives Fethard ICA AGM Fethard Convent Community Hall If you are interested you can do a self-referral with our TÚS coordinator, Richard Wood. The TÚS program makes it possible for the committee to keep the hall open and cater for a variety of events. We are very grateful to have TÚS and their great program working for the benefit of all the community. Positions are suitable for both males and females. Friends of Slievenamon Those present will recall that a committee (Friends of Slievenamon) was formed on the night consisting of eight people who have taken on various tasks in relation to access and ownership. We have since had further meetings and members have been engaged in looking into the complicated background issues involved and have been liaising with relevant bodies such as Coillte, Mountaineering Ireland and the Land Registry. We have also been trying to arrange a meeting with the owner, but so far without success. At our next committee meeting will be planning to arrange a further public gathering to bring people up to date with our findings and to pool knowledge: we will circulate the date and time in due course. In the meantime, it would be helpful if our committee could be updated with any news of recent difficulties with access. Please email such information to EMAIL. Don't drink the water! The warning was issued on Monday, March 5, shortly after it emerged that a river in Mullinahone may be contaminated with kerosene. Irish Water say that, “Due to hydrocarbon contamination of the source supplying the Fethard Public Water Supply, Irish Water and Tipperary County Council, in consultation with the HSE, have issued a Do Not Drink notice for customers supplied by this scheme." Areas affected include Fethard, Killenaule, Gortnahoe, Ballysloe, Ballynonty, Moyglass, Mullinahone, Drangan, Glengoole, Cloneen, Ballinure, Killusty and surrounding areas. This water should not be used for: drinking, drinks made with water, food preparation, washing or cooking of food, brushing of teeth, or making of ice. In particular, pregnant women should not drink this water. This water should not be used for making up infant formula for bottled fed infants. An alternative source of water should be used. Bottled water can also be used to make up infant formula. All bottled water, with the exception of natural mineral water, is regulated to the same standard as drinking water. It is best not to use bottled water labelled as ‘Natural Mineral Water’ as it can have high levels of sodium (salt) and other minerals, although it rarely does. ‘Natural Mineral Water’ can be used if no other water is available, for as short a time as possible, as it is important to keep babies hydrated. If bottled water is used to make up infant formula it should be boiled once (rolling boil for 1 minute), and cooled in the normal way. The water can be used for personal hygiene, bathing, flushing toilets, laundry and washing of utensils, however, if you are experiencing skin irritation you may wish to avoid using water for showering or bathing or washing clothes. Domestic water filters will not render water safe to drink. Caution should be taken when bathing children to ensure that they do not swallow the bathing water. Discard ice cubes in fridges and freezers and filtered water in fridges. Please note that boiling the water will not be sufficient to make it suitable to drink. Water tankers will be provided to assist customers in these areas. Details of the locations of these tankers will be available on the Service and Supply Section of the Irish Water website at www.water.ie/water-supply/supply-and-service-update/ Irish Water is working with Tipperary County Council, the HSE and other relevant bodies to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. Our priority at this time is to safeguard public drinking water supplies and public health. Production at the plant has ceased until the issue has been resolved and it may be a number of days before a full supply is restored. We will continue to keep the public informed on the progress of this work. Irish Water and Tipperary County Council apologise for the inconvenience caused as a result of this incident and wish to assure customers that we are making every effort to restore supply as quickly as possible once it is safe to do so. Should customers have any concerns or queries, they should contact Irish Water’s 24/7 customer care line at 1850 278 278. Fethard Mini Girls Rugby fun continues The girls also recently were lucky enough to play at Munster’s half time games in the hallowed Thomand Park . A marvellous opportunity for the girls to play and they really showed off their skills by proving the stronger of the two teams against Listowel Girls. A great time was had by all and who knows we hope to see some of the Girls playing for Munster in the future at Thomand. Lead ably by Aoife Bryne with Ciara Fitzpatrick, Emmaleigh Cuddihy, Aine Connolly, Amy Costigan, Phillie Gillman, Millie O’Hallorhan, Ciara McCarthy, Jamie Ferncombe, Katie Clancy and Zoe Prout, these girls made their Club very proud for their great performances, and thanks to Joe and Cliff for all their work with this fantastic team along with Thomas. Fethard RFC Girls have been Great to Support Edel McMahon playing for the Ireland Women at Donnybrook these past few weeks. Furthermore, Edel played for the first ever Barbarians Women’s Team before Christmas that played in Thomand Park. Edel is working at the Fethard Equine Hospital next to the Community Field and most weeks since last summer volunteers her time to coach our Fethard Girls Youth teams. We are very lucky to have Edel’s wonderful input and support to the girls. Our Fethard Girls Rugby will be running a Bus subsidised by the IRFU to the Ireland Women's Game at Donnybrook, on Sunday 11th March and looking forward to continuing to cheer on Edel and the Girls in Green. If you are interested in travelling up on the bus for €15 including entrance ticket to watch the Six Nations Match against the Scottish Women’s team please contact Polly by Thursday evening on 086 339 4959. Upcoming Fethard RFC Fundraisers this coming month, are our Fantasy Cheltenham at €20 a ticket where by you can be top tipster each day and over the 4 days. Please contact any committee member or Coach to buy your ticket. For more details please contact Polly on 086 339 4959 Also, we will be sending out “Guess the Score” Cards for the Ireland Vs England Rugby match on St Patricks Day this Friday Evening, to be back by Friday 16th March for all to have a bit of Fun, and raise some much needed funds to keep the young people in Fethard & Surrounding district having fun playing Rugby. Fethard RFC will also hold a Race Night on Easter Saturday March 31st in McCarthys Fethard. This is always wonderful fun as much as a valuable fundraiser. More details to follow. Finally, please come and lend your support to our Fethard Girls, in their Munster Cup final, which was postponed due to the snow last weekend and is now on this Saturday in Limerick. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for more details. The Snow might have postponed the Munster Girls Cup final last weekend, but some of our members and supporters had great fun last Saturday with their own Snow girl. Fethard and Killusty Anglers AGM The National Strategic Development Plan has allocated approx. €32K of a grant to carry out stream enhancement works on the river Anner in the worst affected areas of this beautiful river. Simon has already dedicated a lot of his time in identifying the worse effected areas where there is siltation due to trees in the river, and overgrowing the river, causing a tunnelling effect, which stops any light onto the stream bed and kills any growth of Ranunculus and invertebrate habitat. There is a lot of analysis to be performed before any monies are granted, including a habitat report on the Anner including pearl mussel survey, ecologists report, electrofishing, and identification of worse effected areas from those submitted. Past projects on similar sized rivers have given staggering results with increase in fish stocks with typical increases of up to 600% (electrofishing comparison). We wish Simon and his team every success with this for the future. The officers elected at this year’s AGM were Chairman; Colm Hackett, Secretary; Seán Maher and Treasurer; Albert Adcock. Tom Fogarty, our chairman of over 20 year’s service stepped down this year and handed the baton on to another enthusiastic Fethard man. We wish Tom all the best in his semi-retirement from club duties, but he will always be there to give us all a bit of common sense and give Colm a kick in the backside when needed. Sunday 11th March is set for bank cleaning with all to meet at Thorny Bridge at 10.30am, please support this if you can as every pair of hands makes a big difference. The annual club competition date is set for Sunday, April 8, meeting at Thorny bridge at 10am. If you are interested in joining our club please contact Colm Hackett on 086 8397868 or Seán Maher on 085 7050580 for membership cards (Seniors €25, Juniors €10, OAPs Free) or come along to our bank cleaning or competition to meet some of us. The new season starts on March 17, and new members are always welcome, and we encourage you to try this fantastic hobby, it’s a great way to clear the head and get out in the fresh air. Our club members will do their very best to show you how to get started or teach you new methods you may not have tried yet. The Gods do not deduct from mans allotted span, the hours spent in fly-fishing. Tight lines to all for 2018. Fethard Faces and Places from the Past Share this page on Facebook
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The death has occurred on Friday, February 23, 2018, of Patrick Sheehan, Killusty, Fethard. Patrick, husband to the late Maura and father to Elizabeth, passed away peacefully at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, England. He was surrounded with the love and care of his daughter Elizabeth, son in law Steven and adored granddaughters Stephanie and Isobel. Patrick will be deeply missed by all who knew him including his daughter, granddaughters, son-in-law, brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, cousins and friends.
The death has occurred on Monday, March 12, 2018, of Chris Mackey, Kilnockin View, Fethard, and late of Red City and Lincoln, England. Chris, deeply regretted by Mary, his sisters Kathleen Gallagher and Anne Devaney, his step daughters, relatives, neighbours and friends. May he rest in peace.
Preparations are in place to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the Fethard Historical Society which was founded on March 23, 1988, and thirty years to the day, on the evening of Friday, March 23, 2018, the society will celebrate the occasion in style in the Abymill Theatre and the Fethard community are invited to join in the occasion.
James Burke (USA) posted this photograph of his mother, 
