Holy Year Cross 50th anniversary Pilgrimage this coming Sunday, August, 18, 2024
Photograph of one of the older pilgrimages to Holy Year Cross on Slievenamon showing some making the journey on horse back.
 The 50th Annual parish pilgrimage to the Holy year cross on Sliabh na mBan takes place on this coming Sunday August 18, with our usual 1pm start time from the hill wall. This year we welcome Archbishop Kieran O'Reilly, who will join us to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the building and blessing of the present cross, and the day will be dedicated to the memory of the late Fr. Donal Cunningham cc. As we expect a larger turnout than usual we ask patrons to arrive in good time. We will have ample parking available and will do our utmost to ensure that cars won't meet on the way up or down.
The Rosary will be recited in O'Donnell's field while the walk is under way, and Mass will be celebrated when the walkers return at 3.30pm approx for tea and light refreshments. Looking forward to seeing you all there.
Ladies Football Split the Pot draw
Congratulations to Chrissie Cummins who is the winner of this week’s Split the Pot draw of €478. Chrissie is pictured above with our underage players Anna, Ayla and Tayla. Chrissie bought her winning ticket from our Split the Pot Committee – one of the many ways that you can purchase tickets – along with local shops in Fethard that kindly have our Split the Pot boxes instore.
To be in with a chance of winning our next pot on August 25th you can buy your envelope online by CLICKING HERE. All support appreciated, all money raised goes towards promoting ladies football in Fethard. Thanks for your support.
Senior Ladies Football Championship Table after Round 2
Senior Ladies football Championship result
Aherlow 0-05, Fethard 2-13
U14 A/B league Championship result
Fethard 1-04,
Cahir 8-09.
Parish Church Lotto Draw Results
There was no jackpot winner in this week's Parish Lotto on Thursday, August 15 , 2024. The numbers drawn were 2, 3, 11, and 16. The winner of the weekly draw for €30 was Una Prendergast. Next week's Jackpot for Thursday, August 22, will be €4,225.
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
Heritage Week at Cashel Library
Heritage Week takes place in Ireland from August 17 to August 25, 2024. This is a summary of events (adults only) taking place at Cashel Library. Booking essential contact Tel: 062 63825.
GAA Sports Development Lotto Results
Fethard GAA Sports Lotto draw results for Tuesday, August 13, 2024, are as follows: the numbers drawn were: 3, 7, 18 and 23. We had no Jackpot winner and one Match 3 winner who received €150: Majella Hayde. One lucky dip winner received €100: Patricia Treacy.
The next draw takes place on Tuesday, August 20, when the jackpot is €30,000. The committee of Fethard GAA Development Lotto would like to thank all our supporters for the continued support.
Social Dancing at Fethard Ballroom
Social Dancing continues at Fethard Ballroom on Sunday, August 18, to the music of ‘Chris Dallat’. All are welcome to come along and enjoy us for a terrific night’s social dancing from 8.30pm to 11.30pm. Admission is €10, which includes tea and cakes and raffle.
Died Recently
 The death has occurred on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, of Mary Grant (née Ryan), Killerk, Fethard. Mary passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family, predeceased by her parents Dinny and Annie.
Mary will be sadly missed by her husband Tom, her sons Tom and Matt, her daughters Teresa, Lil and Siobhán, her grandchildren Rian, Teaghan, Hannah, T.J., Conor, Tomás, Laoise and Cillian, her sister Rose and brother John, her son-in-law Cormac and daughters-in-law Jemma and Mairead. She will be greatly missed by her nieces and nephews, her extended family, relatives, neighbours and friends. May her gentle soul rest in peace
The Grant family would like to thank all of the staff of South Tipperary Hospice Movement and UPMC Whitfield Hospital for the tender care and attention Mary received throughout her illness.
Mary will be reposing at her home in Killerk, Fethard (E91 FY71) on Wednesday, August 14, between 4pm and 8pm. Requiem Mass on Thursday at 12.30pm in St John the Baptist Church, Lisronagh (E91 V279), with burial afterwards in the adjoining Cemetery. House private on Thursday please. Family flowers only. Donations, if desired, to South Tipperary Hospice Movement. Mary's Mass can be viewed online at www.powerstownchurch.com Messages of condolence can be left online by CLICKING HERE
Mary Harrington Celebrates her 100th Birthday
Mary Harrington photographed with her family, Noreen, Josephine and Liam, on the occasion of her 100th Birthday celebrated on August 7, 2024
Congratulations to Mary Harrington, Garrinch, who recently celebrated her 100th Birthday on August 7, 2024, with family and friends. Mary will be remembered for facilitating one of the major projects undertaken by Fethard & District Community Council in 2011, with the official opening of the ‘Harrington Walkway’ at Jesuits Walk, which took pedestrians off the busy Clonmel road so they can safely walk from Congress Terrace to Jesuits Walk away from traffic.
Mary Harrington photographed with her extended family, on the occasion of her 100th Birthday celebrated on August 7, 2024
The whole project was made possible by the generosity of the Harrington family for allowing us the use of their land, assisted by Tipperary County Council, and local foreman Jimmy Horan and his fantastic team of workers. Mary Harrington officially opened the walkway on 14 September 14, 2011.
Mary Harrington photographed with family members and friends from Fethard & District Day Care Centre, on the occasion of her 100th Birthday celebrated on August 7, 2024
We wish Mary many more years of good health with her family, Noreen, Josephine and Liam, and grandchildren.
Fethard Celebrate 100th Parkrun on August 17
Group of regular volunteers photographed on Saturday, August 10, at the weekly Parkrun held at Fethard Town Park, are L to R: Willie Connolly, Graham Miekle who travelled from Ballincollig and volunteered as a parkwalker, Fintan Rice, Deirdre Royce, John Hurley, Isobel Minogue, Catherine Ryan and Paul Ryan.
On Saturday August 17, Fethard Town Park will celebrate its 100th Parkrun. Our first event took place on September 10, 2022. Parkrun is a free weekly timed 5k or 2k event practiced worldwide and taking place each Saturday in 22 countries. Parkrun caters for all abilities joggers, runners, walkers, sloggers and more importantly still volunteers. Since we began, we have had visitors from all over the world and everyone has said how welcome they are made to feel.
Ladies who regularly 'tail walk' at the weekly 'Parkrun' photographed last Saturday, August 10. L to R: Noreen Sheehy, Eileen Frewen, Isobel Minogue and Valerie Rice.
No one is ever last finishing a Parkrun and we are very lucky here in Fethard to have a great bunch of ladies who are regularly volunteer as ‘tail walkers’ at the Parkrun every week, those dedicated ladies include Eileen Frewen, Mary Tierney, Noreen Sheehy, and Valerie Rice, along with Isobel Minogue’. We are very grateful to Fethard Town Park for facilitating us to host our Parkrun each week. A special mention to John Hurley and the Fethard Athletic Club who are always so willing to give a hand when needed.
Next week, on Saturday August 17, we invite all to please come and join us at 9.30am and help us celebrate our 100th Parkrun in Fethard.
Art Exhibition opens on October 18 at Holy Trinity Church of Ireland, Fethard
Tim Corballis will officially open an Art Exhibition at 6pm on October 18, at Holy Trinity Church of Ireland. The exhibition will remain open for viewing from October 18 to 20, and will feature the work of three artists:
- The late Cherry Brandon, mother of Faith Ponsonby from Mullinahone, who exhibited in London and Dublin before she died in 2007. She has also featured flowers and abstract work. Irish Times Article
- Liana Lovie, a local artist working in Kiltinan Stud who features animals. website
- Ani Mollereau, sculptress, who has work covered the Irish Derby. website
Guided Walks of Fethard’s Historic Walled Town
The Fethard Historical Society will offer two guided tours of the historic walled town of Fethard during Heritage Week. It is an ideal opportunity to explore our medieval heritage including the Town Walls, Holy Trinity Church of Ireland, the Síle na gigs and the Augustinian Abbey. The walks will take place at the following times:
- Wednesday, August 21 at 7pm
- Saturday, August 24 at 11.30am
Walks begin at the Footbridge, the Valley, Fethard.
€5 per person; accompanied children free. Cash only as card facilities are not available. Booking is not necessary, but participants are advised to dress for the weather and to wear suitable walking footwear.
Fethard Heritage Day Festival plans well underway for Sunday, August 25
Fethard Heritage Day Festival and Fancy Dress Parade will take place on Sunday, August 25, by the Medieval Town Wall at Watergate Fethard.
A steering committee have been meeting over the past few weeks to organise this year’s family friendly Fethard Heritage Day Festival on Sunday, August 25, at Fethard Town Wall Park. We look forward to a favourable response for entries in this year's annual Fancy Dress Parade with over €500 in prizes. The parade will be led from Fethard Ballroom by Banna Chluain Meala – the colourful majorettes and marching band, who are also looking forward to making a return visit to Fethard.
All the usual Festival Fare and Craft Stalls will be set up at the Medieval Town Wall at Watergate. Other events include the 'Wobbly Circus', a unique family-run circus company, based in Ireland, providing circus performers and entertainment, since 2007; annual Dog Show run by Katherine Kearney and Pat Culligan; ‘Duck Race’ organised by Bill O’Sullivan; lots of amusements, music, food and entertainment available. The site is fully wheelchair friendly with free admission to all. Lots more information to follow, so please mark the date in your diary.
Fethard & Killusty Community Council wish to acknowledge the support received from Tipperary County Council and The Heritage Council.
Munster U11 Football Blitz in Páirc Uí Chaoimh
Fethard Under 11 Football team who took park in a Munster GAA Activity Blitz in Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Back L to R: Jamie Burke, Tiernan Gahan, Jayden Setters-Coffey, Fionn O'Meara, James Sheehan, Cian Connolly, Kevin Connolly. Front L to R: Mason Lawlor, Matthew Ledger, Killian Setters-Coffey, Evan Allen, Tom Aherne, and Con Higgins.
Fethard Under 11 Football team who took park in a Munster GAA Activity Blitz in Páirc Uí Chaoimh. They played teams from Cork, Waterford and Tipperary. The boys were a credit to the club playing some terrific football. Well done lads!
Fethard Ladies Football - August Newsletter
Community Games South Regional Athletics Finals
CLICK HERE to view information, programme of events, or to purchase tickets for the Community Games South Regional Athletics Finals that takes place in Clonmel Sports Hub next Saturday, August 10, 2024.
Local qualifiers include Andrew Faraq, from Fethard Killusty; Sarah Feery and Tara Moquet, Killenaule Moyglass; Thalia Hanly, Cait Clancy, Sarah Tobin, from Drangan Cloneen; and Moya O’Donnell, Clerihan. Best of luck to all.
Big Picture - Hogan Musical Society's production of 'The Sound of Music' 1989
The sound of music reverberated literally and figuratively through the Abymill Theatre in March 1989, with the Hogan Musical Society's production of 'The Sound of Music'. CLICK HERE or image below, to read the Hogan Musical Society's twelve-page programme for their production in March 1989.
This was the musical society's first official production in the new Abymill theatre and what a joy it was to have such first class facilities at their disposal. Gone forever are the days when, in frosty weather, they had to prepare for an evening's rehearsal as if preparing for a trip to the North Pole. Now they rehearse in the comfort of the Abymill Theatre with all the amenities of a modern theatre.
'The Sound of Music' which ran for ten nights in March was a run-away success and played to packed houses every night. It was also a first for new producer, Anne Connolly, who was involved with the Fethard Players and the Hogan Musical Society for many years. This was her debut as a producer, and what a debut! Any theatrical production is only as good as the producer behind it, and we can look forward to many years of outstanding shows from the Hogan Musical Society.
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Faces and Places from the Past
This week we have a selection of some old photographs from our archives that were copied or gathered locally, but information for some and others without. There may be someone out there with further information that we can add to our files, so if anyone can help us, please do. Please send any comments, photo information, names, to fethardnews@gmail.com
Taking part in the Fethard and District Credit Union Primary School's Table Quiz on January 26, 1999, were L to R: L to R: Tracey Lawrence, Lucy O'Hara, Sarah Costello and Melissa Rochford.
A section of the large crowd that attended the 'Girls Night Out' held at Fethard Convent Community Hall on March 25, 2010, in aid of ACORN Childcare Centre.
Junior Infant group at Kilvemnon National School Mullinahone on January 19, 2001. Back L to R: Paul Gayson, Marie Lyons, Sean Birmingham, Sarah Bradshaw. Front L to R: Shane Egan, Brian O’Riordan, Mikaela Horan, and Daniel Freeman.
Photographed at the Credit Union Table Quiz in Fethard on January 25th, 2001, are L to R: Alan O'Connor, Lory Kenny, Ciarán Leahy and Declan Doyle.
Students going home from St. Patrick’s Boys School Fethard on January 30, 2001. This photo will being back memories of their school days from 1965, when the 'new' National School was built, up to September 1, 2010, when both Nano Nagle National School and St. Patrick's Boys School amalgamated and was renamed as Holy Trinity National School. The boys school above no longer exists as it was recently demolished in early July, 2024.
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