Fethard GAA Annual General Meeting
The Fethard Senior GAA Club will hold their Annual General Meeting in Fethard Ballroom on Friday, December 19, at 8pm. All are welcome. In the event of this been changed we will notify you.

GAA Sports Development Lotto
Fethard GAA Sports Lotto draw results for Friday, December 4, are as follows: the numbers drawn were: 1, 22, 27 and 35. There was no jackpot winner and no ‘match three’ winner. One Lucky Dip winner received €50: Darren Phelan, Ballypatrick. Two Lucky Dip winners received €25 each: Amy & Ruby Kenny, An Seanline, Fethard; and Bridget & Vincent, c/o Chris Coen, Fethard. The Bonus Christmas Draw will take place on Friday, December 18. Prizes are as Follows: 1 x €1,000; 2 x €250; 5 x €100.

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, December 11, when the jackpot is €28,300 and the seller's prize is €1,000. The funds raised are used to promote sport in the local community.

'Big Picture' – Unveiling of Marian Year Statue in 1954

Following His Grace’s address, there was a procession to the site of the Statue, led by a band of young school-children who carried miniature blue and white flags. As the procession wended its way from the main door of the church to the foot of the Statue, the Cahir Confraternity Brass and Reed Band played the Lourdes Hymn.

Fethard Ballroom allocated €200,000 for new roof
Fethard Ballroom received good news with the allocation of €200,000 to go towards their new roof at iconic and historic Fethard ballroom. Local campaigner Sean O’Donovan spoke to Fran Curry on Tipp Today on Wednesday morning, December 2, to give a long and illustrious history of the hall and hopes for its future. Listen below.

Died Recently
The death has occurred on Monday, November 30, 2020, of Margaret Morrissey (née Dobbyn), Cloran, Cloneen. Predeceased by her husband Ned. Loving mother to Chris and Mary, mother-in-law to Keith and Carrie, grandmother to Louise and Stephen. She will be sadly missed by her family, neighbours and friends. May She Rest in Peace.

In accordance with HSE and Government guidelines, the reposal will be attended by family only. Funeral Mass on Thursday in the Church of the Sacred Heart, Killusty, at 11 o'clock, followed by burial in Calvary Cemetery, Fethard. Messages of sympathy and support for the family can be left online by CLICKING HERE

Fethard Secondary School 5K Run & Walk

Patrician Presentation Fethard are having a Fun 5k Walk & Run on Thursday, December 10. This event is being organised by the Students Council in the school, with all Covid restrictions in place. Mask wearing and social distancing to be observed. €10 to take part (you can also sponsor), with proceeds going equally to the Cancer Ward in Crumlin Children’s Hospital and towards planting in the school grounds.

The late Fr. Jack Crean OSA
The death has occurred on Thursday, November 19, 2020, of Fr. Jack (John Joseph) Crean OSA, aged 95, Augustinian Community, Ballyboden, Dublin, and formerly Augustinian Abbey, Fethard.

Fr. Jack Crean, first came to Fethard in October 1975, after serving in Nigeria for 20 years. In Fethard, he joined up with Fr. John Meagher, who also came to Fethard, from London Town, earlier that year in May. Both priests were much loved by the local community.

Fr. Crean died peacefully in our Care Centre in Bray Manor, Bray, Co. Wicklow. Predeceased by his sister Eileen (Sr. Marie Joseph) and deeply mourned by his sister Nancy Punch nephews, nieces, grandnephews, grandnieces, relatives and friends and all his Augustinian Confreres. May Fr. Jack Rest In Peace.

Due to Government restrictions regarding public gatherings a private family funeral took place for Fr. Jack. Those who wish to leave a message of sympathy for the family may do so by CLICKING HERE

Fr. Jack's Funeral Mass took place in St. Augustine's Church, Dungarvan and interment took place on Saturday morning, November 21, in the Augustinian plot in Abbeyside, Dungarvan. Both can be viewed by CLICKING HERE

Fethard Town Park - November Newsletter

Annual General Meeting - Fethard & District Day Care Centre
Fethard and District Day Care AGM will be held on Thursday, December 10, at 7.30pm, at the Day Care Centre, Barrack Street, under recommended Government guidelines. 

Died in England
The death has occurred on Monday, November 30, 2020, of Walter Patrick Flanagan, Lynton, Wantage, UK, and formerly Coolmoyne, Fethard, peacefully at his home, surrounded by his family, aged 88 years.

Walter, dearly loved husband of Rita, much loved dad of Shaun, Paul, Joanne, Kevin and the late Malcolm. A special 'gramp', great-gramp and will be sadly missed by all. May he rest in peace.

Fethard Newsletter 2020 now on sale


Fethard & Killusty Emigrants Newsletter is now available for sale in the following local shops at €12 each, Centra Supermarket (The Green), Daybreak Supermarket (Kerry Street) and Fethard Post Office (Main Street). Copies will also be posted free of charge this weekend to our Fethard emigrants and families living throughout the world.

We take this opportunity to thank everyone who supported the newsletter with donations throughout the year that help make this annual publication possible. The Annual Newsletter is celebrating 61 Years this year and has been posted free of charge to emigrants ever since it first began in 1959.

Ballroom’s 12th Anniversary Dance in 2005
St. Patricks Night is a special night for patrons of Fethard Ballroom, and 2005 was no exception for the large number of dancers who turned up to celebrate the Ballroom’s 12th Anniversary with the organising committee and their many helpers. Fethard Ballroom was and still is the most popular venue for popular dancing in the South with patrons driving from as far as Wexford, Cork and Waterford coming to enjoy the wonderful facility and warm friendly atmosphere generated among the many loyal followers every Sunday night.  The Ballroom has been closed since March 2020, due to the Covid-19 restrictions, but we look forward to seeing the doors open again at some stage in 2021. These photos take us back twenty years and remind us of better days in the past and better days in the future.

Photographed at the Fethard Ballroom's 12th anniversary dance on St. Patrick's night, 2005, are L to R: Margaret Heffernan, Larry O'Gorman, Terri O'Dwyer, Bill Maher, Bridget Staunton and Seamus Ryan.


Fethard Ballroom men's committee members photographed at the 12th anniversary dance on St. Patrick's night 2005. L to R: Seamus Barry, Gay Horan, Robert Phelan (secretary), Mick Aherne (chairman), Paddy Hickey, Thomas O'Connell and Sean Spillane.


Fethard Ballroom ladies committee who look after the refreshments in 2005. L to R: Sheila O’Donnell, Margaret Phelan, Catherine O’Connell, Monica Ahearn (treasurer), Pat Horan and Breda Spillane.


Pat O'Brien and Nora Creed from Burncourt, dancing.


Jack Doherty and Helen Ryan dancing


Dan and Pattie Walsh dancing.


Tilly Carr and Pat Burke dancing along side Eileen Coady and Dinny Walsh at the Ballroom's 12th anniversary dance in 2005.


Esther Brett (Knocklofty) and John Quinn (Ballypatrick) dancing at the Ballroom's 12th anniversary dance on St. Patrick’s Night, 2005


Pat and Joan Quish from Mitchelstown at Fethard Ballroom's 12th anniversary dance.


L to R: Mary O'Regan, Alice Lawlor, Margaret Heffernan (Horse & Jockey), Anna Hayde and Eileen Harris.


L to R: Mary Burke, Tilly Carr, Pat Burke and Gus Breen.


Back L to R: Noel and Anne Parker, Kathleen and Pat Phelan. Front L to R: Alice Burgess, Billy Dempsey, Margaret Phelan, Esther and Tom Phelan.

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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