Patrician Presentation Virtual Open Night on November 4
The Virtual Open Night of Patrician Presentation Secondary School, Fethard, will be streamed live on Wednesday, November 4, at 7pm. Please share. We look forward to welcoming you and giving you the opportunity to see the wonderful daily happenings in our school.

Fethard & Killusty Emigrants Newsletter deadline
We are now in the process of finalising the layout of this year’s Annual Newsletter and as we approach the deadline, Monday, November 2, we encourage outstanding articles to be submitted as soon as possible, otherwise we cannot guarentee inclusion in this year's issue.
Email: emigrantsnewsletter@gmail.com

Donations Online
Due to Covid restrictions there will be no Annual Church Gate Collection this year, but you can still make a donation by putting it in an envelope with your name and address and hand or post it to our Secretary, Carmel Rice, Brookhill, Fethard, E91 HY84, or to Joe Kenny, Rocklow Road, Fethard, E91 XR26, and all donations of €10 and over received before November 8, 2020, will be acknowledged in this year’s Newsletter. After that date they will be acknowledged in next year's issue (2021).

Alternatively you can also make a secure donation by Credit Card or PayPal by clicking the 'DONATE' link below.

EMIGRANTS' NEWSLETTER

New Addresses
If you have relatives abroad that you wish to receive the newsletter you can also send us their address or update a current address by email to: emigrantsnewsletter@gmail.com or hand them in to Joe Kenny, Rocklow Road, or Carmel Rice, Brookhill, Fethard.

Pat O’Donnell - Appreciation
The parish of Fethard was thrown into a dark state of gloom on Sunday morning October 4, 2020, when word spread of the untimely and totally unexpected death of one of the best known and most popular men in the area, Pat O’Donnell, Monroe.

Pat came to Fethard many years ago when he married his beloved wife Margaret (née McCarthy) and reared a family of five, Vanessa, Eric, Kevin, Kenneth and Stephen. The deepest and heartfelt sympathy of all is extended to Margaret, their family and their grandchildren.

Pat was a man of many interests. Family came first but, he liked the GAA too and loved meeting people, chatting and bantering with a very wide circle of friends. He had that very rare talent, granted to only very few, of being able to make everybody he met feel important. It started with the friendliest greeting you could imagine followed by lively interesting discussion on any topic. He was not just witty intelligent good humoured and charming, but also a great listener who made you feel that everything you said was listened to.

He never had a bad word to say about anybody and if you were overly critical of, say a player or a referee, he would always counter this by pointing out some other very good qualities the person had. It was one of life’s pleasures to chat to Pat and to lis-ten to him. Pat was a hugely popular character as only a man who never tried to be one can. He could mix and get on with all age groups and in his coaching days he was a most encouraging mentor to many players.

His family will miss Pat most, but all of us will too. People who can raise your spirits just by meeting them are few and far between. Pat was one in a million He was a gentleman and a gentle man. It was a pleasure to know him.

Thanks Pat. – ‘A Friend’

All Saints Day moon
This very moody Halloween 'Blue Moon', hiding behind the tower of Holy Trinity Church of Ireland, was photographed just before dawn on All Saints Day by Tim Robinson. There are two different definitions for a Blue Moon. A seasonal Blue Moon is the third Full Moon of an astronomical season that has four Full Moons. The Full Moon on October 31, 2020 was a monthly Blue Moon.

GAA Sports Development Lotto
Fethard GAA Sports Lotto draw results for Friday, October 30, are as follows: the numbers drawn were: 9, 18, 23 and 28. There was no jackpot winner and one ‘match three’ winner who received €100: Monica Aherne, Prospect, Fethard; one Lucky Dip winner received €50: Sparky, The Lantern Restaurant, Fethard; and two Lucky Dip winners received €25 each: Majella Daly, Strylea, Fethard; and Stephen Fitzgerald, St. Patricks Place, Fethard.

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 next draw takes place on Friday, November 6, when the jackpot is €27,800 and the seller's prize is €1,000. The funds raised are used to promote sport in the local community.

Fethard Town Park - October Newsletter











'Big Picture' – Leaving Cert Class 1995

Fethard Patrician Presentation Leaving Cert Class 1995

Fethard Patrician Presentation Leaving Certificate Class photographed on May 18, 1995, Back L to R: Ray Condon, Noel Barry, Mark Barrett, Joe Bradshaw, Mark O'Flaherty, Noelle Murphy, Emily Sayers, Annette McCarthy, Sharon Lawton. 5th Row L to R: Robert Hickey, Declan Maher, Michael Bourke, Gabriel Horan, Stephen Keane, Liam O'Sullivan, Tomás Keane, Brendan O'Dwyer, Miceál Sean McCormack, Paul Fitzgerald, Caroline Fitzgerald, Kay Spillane. 4th Row L to R: Keith Colville, Olivia Phelan, Elaine O'Connell, Bernie Horan, Gwen Cooke, Deirdre Lawlor, Eleanor Ryan, Lee-Ann Burke, Cabrina Roche, Christina Thompson, Patrick Cloonan. 3rd Row L to R: Trevor Spillane, Kim Barrett, Ann-Marie Murphy, Jill Barrett, Valerie Allen, Jennie Hannigan, Samantha Outram, Caroline Gahan, Shona Coen, Jimmy Butler, Anthony Coffey. 2nd Row L to R: Greg Walsh, Johanna Sheehan, Colette Fitzgerald, Teresa Looby, Sharon Lyons, Mr. Ernan Britton (School Principal), Joanna Clancy, Maireád Lennon, Michelle Nevin, Deirdre O'Meara, Gary Lonergan. Front L to R: Thomas Burke, John Hunt, Seamus Tynan, David Fanning, Tommy Sayers and Stuart Looby. 

Fethard T.Y. Students feeling positive!


Transition Year students from Patrician Presentation Secondary School are photographed while working on their 'positive' messages transcribed on The Square in Fethard on Thursday, October 22. 'Imagine, Dream Big, Kindness, smiling and happy were some of the words they worked on. The chalk words on the pavements should remain visible for a few days, but unfortunately, with the recent heavy rain will will be slowly washed away. People who passed by while the students were working were very impressed and commented how nice it was to see their work and loving the colourful messages.
– Photographs supplied by Ms. Pat Looby (Art Teacher).

November Cemetery Rosaries for the Holy Souls
The Legion of Mary traditionally led the praying of the Rosary in all thirteen  cemeteries of The Parish during the Sunday’s of November. We now find that this practice is not in compliance with the current Covid Level 5 Restrictions in effect for the next five weeks.

We have made the following alternative arrangements as follows:

• Each Sunday of November, after 11am Mass, the Rosary will be prayed with special emphasis on the designated Cemeteries for the day. Please join us online at parishchurch.net
• Additionally for the month of November, The Rosary will be prayed for the Holy Souls, after the online daily 10am Mass. We invite all who can to join us again on line at, parishchurch.net Of course all are encouraged to privately visit the cemeteries also during November.
• Please note, The Vatican has extended the time to obtain full indulgence for The Souls of The Faithful in Purgatory from the first week of November traditionally, to the full Month of November.

Sundays allocated for individual cemeteries:

• On Sunday, November 8, The Augustinian Abbey and Everardsgrange.
• On Sunday, November 15, Calvary Cemetery and Peppardstown.
• On Sunday, November 22, Rathcoole Cemetery, Red City Cemetery and Tullamaine Cemetery.
• On Sunday, November 29, Killusty Cemetery after 10am Mass; which will include Kiltinan Cemetery and Kilmaclugh Cemetery.

Please join in the Rosary for the Holy Souls. All are invited to come along and remember our loved ones who have passed on to their eternal reward.
 

Faces and Places from the Past
The following are a selection of photographs of faces and places taken in our locality that may bring back memories to many of our readers and visitors to fethard.com Please send any comments or photo information, names and event, to fethardnews@gmail.com


Pictured at the Famine Mass in Drangan on September 24, 1995 are L to R: Michael Hall (Kyle), Arthur Wilson (Rathkenny) and Liam Meagher (Lismoynan) looking at a man trap, which was used to protect food stores from theft during the Great Irish Famine.


Jimmy O’Connor, a member of the local committee objecting to the proposed windfarm on Slievenamon, pictured above presenting new evidence supporting their case to Claire O’Grady Walsh, executive director Greenpeace, and Pat Fleming,Greenpeace. September 21, 1995.


Section of the large group of protesters from all over South Tipperary that turned out to support the Earthwatch protest march against the proposed siting of a Windfarm on Slievenamon. The march started from Upper Irishtown and ended outside the County Council offices in Clonmel where Mr. Bobby Walsh of Earthwatch, Clonmel, addressed the crowd. September 24, 1995.


Members of the Carrick-on-Suir Earthwatch who joined in the protest march last Saturday in Clonmel against the proposed siting of a Windfarm on Slievenamon. L to R: Debbie Butler, Coral Butler, Aidan Dunne, Sara McCarthy, Enda O’Driscoll and Sinead Blackmore. September 24, 1995.


John Fitzpatrick (centre), Promotion Officer Our Lady’s Hospital Crumlin, accepting a cheque for £743 from John Ryan, Woodvale Walk, Fethard, who organised a local quiz league to raise funds for the Research Centre at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin. The quiz teams were sponsored by local businesses and individuals. The winner’s trophy was sponsored by Louis Coen, Killusty, and is named “The Cornelius Coen Perpetual Trophy” in remembrance of his nephew who died last year. Cornelius’s mother Kathleen, pictured above, presented the trophy to the winning team. October 12, 1995


Harry O’Keeffe, Clonmel, celebrated his 80th birthday at a surprise party organised by his family at Hotel Minella on November 18, 1995. A large group of friends and old workmates turned up to join in the celebrations. Harry started his career in the provisions department of Lipton’s supermarket, one of the first in Clonmel. He then worked in Five Star until it was taken over by Quinnsworth. Harry is pictured above with some of his workmates from his days in Five Star. Back Standing L to R: Billy O’Donnell, Damian Sheehan, Harry O’Keeffe, Maurice Lynch, Paddy Murphy, Dick Carroll. Front L to R: Tommy Ryan, Paddy O’Donnell, Frank Olney and John O’Sullivan.


Pupils from Nano Nagle National School Fethard pictured above after winning the award for the tidiest school in Fethard in the Tipperary S.R. Tidy Schools competition on November 25, 1995. Included in the photograph are front L to R: Cllr. Neddy Brennan; Cllr John Holohan; Cllr. Jimmy Hogan Vice Chairman S.R. County Council; Ms Maureen Maher, teacher; Ms. Mary Carroll, Environmental Officer; Cllr. Susan Meagher.

New County Development Plan for 2022-2028


Tipperary County Council has commenced the preparation of a new County Development Plan for Tipperary. To facilitate public engagement/submissions, a dedicated ‘County Development Plan’ webpage has been set up and will remain ‘live’ during the two-year process. As the Plan progresses, the site will be routinely up-dated with reports, published submissions, public engagement guides and videos etc.


The web site can be accessed CLICKING HERE. The website is an excellent resource and point of contact for the public and stakeholders, and I would appreciate it if you could circulate the link as opportunities arise.

Fethard News
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