Social Dancing at Fethard Ballroom


Fethard Ballroom continues its social dancing on Sunday, November 20, to the music of ‘Dermot Lyons'. All are welcome to come along and enjoy a great night’s entertainment and social dancing from 8.30pm to 11.30pm. Admission is €10, which includes tea and cakes. For further information or for booking the Ballroom, contact Eileen Coady, Tel: 086 0776420.

'The Lonesome West' at White Memorial Theatre

The Fionn MacCumhaill Players present 'The Lonesome West', by Martin Mc Donagh, in The White Memorial Theatre, Clonmel, on Saturday, November 26, at 8pm. Tickets for this highly rated production are €15 each and available at Bookmarket or by phone at: 083 1355762 or 087 2948231 and also at the door.

Cast members photographed above are: L to R: Valene Conner (Noel Clancy), Coleman Conner (Will Condon), Girleen (Louise Fallon) and Fr. Welsh (John Morris).

Well done Chelsea!

Congratulations to Chelsea Kenny, Fethard, who graduated in BSc (Hons) in Psychiatric Nursing from SETU Waterford.

Parish Church Lotto Draw Results
There was no jackpot winner in this week's Parish Lotto on Thursday, November 17. The numbers drawn were 4, 7, 10 and 18. The winner of the weekly draw for €30 was John Whyte. Next week's Jackpot for Thursday, November 24, will be €2,975.

Please pass the word on and invite friends and family to take part. You can help our Parish in a real, practical way.  Thank you for your support and the best of luck in our next weekly draw. PLAY OUR LOTTO NOW

Christmas Bazaar
It’s back! After a break due to Covid, our Christmas Bazaar is back! Next Thursday morning, November 24, from 10.30am to 12.30pm, in the Fethard Day Care Centre at Barrack Street.

Please support our fundaising cause and please, do feel free to call in for a cuppa and a chat! This is also a great opportunity to see what we’re about, if you, or a loved one, would like to join us. 

State of the Art Facilities for Tipperary Ladies Football

Photographed at Tipperary Ladies Football partnership announcement with Fethard Town Park are L to R: Tommy Sheehan, Pitch Manager at Fethard Town Park; Maurice Moloney, Director, Fethard Town Park; Maria Curley, captain Tipperary Ladies Football; Michael Towey, Chair Tipperary LGFA; Tony Smith, Selector; and John Hickey.

Tipperary Ladies Football are delighted to announce an exciting partnership with Fethard Town Park which will give our Ladies Football County and Development Squads year-round access to state-of-the-art 3G and sand based floodlit pitches at Fethard Town Park. 

Speaking on behalf of Tipperary Ladies Football, Chairperson Michael Towey said, “This is an exciting step forward in developing Ladies Football in Tipperary. Access to facilities at Fethard Town Park will deliver enormous benefits to our players and coaches in their preparations for inter county football for the 2023 season and onwards.”

Fethard Town Park is an all-inclusive multipurpose community facility in the heart of Tipperary.  Once complete, Tipperary Ladies Football will also have access to the extensive community pavilion with fully equipped gym, fitness studio, changing rooms, café and meeting room.

Maurice Moloney, Director, Fethard Town Park, said: “I am delighted Tipperary Ladies Football have come on board as a partner in Fethard Town Park and wish them every success in the coming years.”

Died Recently
The death has occurred on November 12, 2022, of Bobby (Michael Joseph) Guiry, Peppardstown House, Fethard, suddenly but peacefully at home. Deeply regretted and sadly missed by his wife Anne, daughters Deborah (Dunphy) and Roberta, son David, daughter-in-law Nicola, sons-in-law John and Seán, beloved grandchildren Rachel, Orlagh, Katie, Maryrose, Annamai, Síofra, Michael and Aoibhinn, sisters-in-law, relatives, friends and neighbours.May he rest in peace.

Reposing at his home on Tuesday from 4pm to 8pm. Funeral Mass in the Holy Trinity Parish Church, Fethard, on Wednesday, November 16, at 11am followed by burial in Peppardstown Cemetery. The Funeral Mass can be watched online at parishchurch.net

Family flowers only please. Donations , if desired, to the Irish Community Air Ambulance Service. Messages of condolence may be left online by CLICKING HERE

St. Vincent de Paul help with Christmas expenses
The Fethard Conference of St. Vincent de Paul would like to invite local families who may need support with Christmas expenses to make an application for funding if needed. Application forms can be acquired by texting your name and contact details to: 085 808 6099.

Community Playschool AGM
Fethard Community Playschool will hold its AGM on Monday, November 21, 2022 in the Tirry Centre, Barracks Street, Fethard at 7.30pm. All are welcome.

November Cemetery Rosaries for the Holy Souls
The last of the November Rosaries for the Holy Souls will be recited on this Sunday, November 27, at Killusty Cemetery after 10am Mass; Kiltinan Cemetery at 2.30pm; and Kilmaclugh Cemetery at 3.15pm. Please join us if you can.

Fethard Ballroom AGM
The annual general meeting of Fethard Ballroom Ltd will take place on Tuesday, November 22, at 8pm, in Fethard Ballroom. All are welcome to come along.

Big Picture - Fethard Players 'Simple Simon' – 1950

Fethard Players ‘Simple Simon’ pantomime 1950
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The cast of Fethard Players 1950 Annual Pantomime ‘Simple Simon’ on their second visit to The Savoy, Limerick, when they presented then hilarious pantomime 'Simple Simon,' for the benefit of the Augustinian Church Debt Fund.

Back L to R: Willie Ryan, Jackie Whyte, Derick Wall, Alfie Kissane, Paddy Morrissey, B. Kennedy. Third Row L to R: John Collins, Fanny Walsh, Kay Fahy, Joan Brett, C. White, Noddy Hennessy, Phyllis O'Connell, Pauline Coffey, Moira Green, Bridget Malone, Laura Ward, Johnny Lyttleton. Second Row L to R: Ned Maher, Tom Barrett, Dinny Looby, Joan Goldsboro, Helen O'Connell, Betty O'Donnell, Billy O'Flynn, Louise O' Donnell, Eddie O'Neill. Front L to R: Maura Evans, Mary McCarthy, Paddy McLellan, Mary Kenny and E. O'Shea.

'A Merry Show' – Fethard Players at Savoy, Limerick
Review from the ‘Limerick Leader’ on Mon. Feb 27, 1950

Continuous Ripples of Laughter
A packed attendance in the Savoy Cinema last night greeted the Fethard Players on their second visit to Limerick, when they presented then hilarious pantomime 'Simple Simon,' for the benefit of the Augustinian Church Debt Fund. The cast of 33 including 11 principals, deserves the highest praise for a well-produced comedy which has been acclaimed by many people as better than last year's show, 'The Erin Curtain'.

Topical Gags
The entire pantomime was seemingly well rehearsed, a feature of the topical gags being the evident pun taken to introduce local personalities and places which drew a round of applause from an enthusiastic audience - While all the principals gave smooth performances, there are a few worth a special mention. Paddy McLellan, in the title role kept the comedy going at breakneck speed and had only to bat an eyelid to send ripples of humour through the house. William O’Flynn is Paddy's stage mother ‘Dame Twinkle’, was another ‘natural’ and was always in the thick of things. As ‘Baron Cufflinks’ Louis O'Donnell gave a lively characterisation and was heard to great advantage in his renderings of popular tunes.

The leading feminine role of ‘Marion’ was capably played by Joan Goldsborough whose pleasing voice can, by the way, be heard over Radio Eireann tomorrow night. An up-to-date pirate Eddie O'Neill gave an unfaltering study of ‘Sam’, and to him also go bouquets for the producing end of the comedy. ‘Slippery’ underdog to ‘Sam’ was another hard part, which a less experienced actor than Ned Maher might easily have failed in.

Other principals were Messrs John Collins, Dinny Looby, Johnny Lyttleton, Tom Barrett, Paddy Morrissey and Misses Helen O’Connell and Betty O’Donnell.

Choruses and Orchestra
The choruses were nicely blended and were enhanced by the Players’ orchestra under the leadership of Mrs Murphy. Staging was well-nigh perfect and the costumes which were made by the members themselves would do credit to any operatic company.

Rev Father O’Flynn OSA thanked the players on behalf of the Augustinian Fathers and the patrons and expressed the wish that Limerick would be afforded the opportunity of seeing the Fethard group in action again next season.

This week we have a selection of photographs taken of people going to Sunday Mass in the 1960s. A photographer from Kilkenny was regular visitor to local churches at that time to take photographs and then sell them from a display case outside O'Sullivan's Chemist. Thanks to all who sent information and names for the photographs below, it is much appreciated. Contact us at: fethardnews@gmail.com


Breeda and Marie Lucey, The Valley, Fethard

Neddy Sheehan with Peggy O'Reilly and her mother Mrs O'Reilly, Barrettstown, in the background.


Jimmy Egan and his mother Mrs Egan, Coolmoyne.


Martin Stapleton, Brodeen, Fethard (brother of Willie Stapleton).


Timmy O'Connor, Main Street, with young Jackie Mackey, Cahir Road, behind on the right.


Mrs Lizzie Sheehan, St. Patrick's Place, holding her son Pat Sheehan's hand. In the background are, Helen Fergus (left), Cashel Road, and Michael Mackey, Cahir Road.


Ciss Casey, Abbey Street, leaving Mass (sister of Jack Casey).


L to R: Peggy Kenrick, Tom Walsh holding child's hand, and in the background is Ann O'Meara and her mother Rita O'Meara.


Molly Wall, The Back Green, Fethard


John Lucey and Anne Lucey, The Valley, Fethard.

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