Condolences to Francy, Vincent, Aidan, Fran and the extended Fenlon family on the passing of Molly.
Paper notice follows:
MOLLY FENLON, BALLYSIMON, MONAGEER
BELOVED WIFE OF FRANCY AND MOTHER OF VINCENT, AIDAN AND FRAN
REPOSING AT HER SON FRANS RESIDENCE TODAY THURSDAY FROM 7PM
WITH REMOVAL ON FRIDAY AT 7PM
TO SAINT PATRICKS CHURCH, MONAGEER
FUNERAL MASS ON SATURDAY AT 11AM
BURIAL AFTERWARDS IN THE ADJOINING CEMETERY
With Saturday night (3rd Mar) just around the corner, please ensure you have your tickets bought. Its an all ticket affair, so dont turn up without one. For tickets, David Breen can be contacted on 087-1342038 or any committee member (find details on website under contact us), will gladly sort out tickets for you.
The fight pairings have been drawn up and are as follows:
Aaron “Puingeon” Dunne vs Harry “Whisper” Goff
Brian “Crouch” Dwyer vs Graham “Danger” Denton
Gary “Killer” Kelly vs Anthony “Braveheart” Wallace
Brian “Bro” O’Loughlin vs Maurice “The sheep” Casey
Patrick “The mouth” Murphy vs Philip “The power” Freeman
Niall “Horse” O’Loughlin vs Colin “Blapper Buster” Sheehan
David “Reggie” Breen vs Jeremiah “Knuckle” O’Connor
Niall “Smasher” Finn vs David “Lazy Boy” Murphy
Stephen “Chesty” Murphy vs George “Crazy” Jacob
Paul “Bomber” Farrington vs Eddie “Pretty Boy” Weafer
Ray “Fists of stone” Fenlon vs Craig “The puncture” O’Brien
Please come out and support the lads, who have put in a hugh effort in terms of training over the last 5 weeks. There will be a live MC on the night along with music and a live DJ after the event. With a packed house the atmosphere should be electric.
Tickets are €10 or VIP (Balcony area) €15
The untimely death of Monageer native Frank Rath, resident at Ballintlea in Barntown, at the age of 63, has deprived Wexford and Ireland of a leading agriculturalist.
The large attendance at Trinity church in Monageer who attended the funeral reflected the respect and high esteem in which he was held. A graduate of UCD, Frank from Avonbeg was well known through his career in the Teagasc advisory service and as an inspector with the Department of Agriculture. He specialised in farm finances after taking a masters degree in agricultural economics in 1979 under the direction of Professor Seamus Sheehy.
Based for a while at the Teagasc regional office in Kildalton, he made an outstanding contribution during the 1980s as a front line advisor to farmers affected by the burden of debt and high interest rates. In 1990 he became an inspector with the Department of Agriculture, moving in due course to Johnstown Castle.
In Johnstown, he was chief architect of the REPS programme, in which about 60,000 farmers enrolled. Under his guidance REPS (the rural environment protection scheme), which was launched in 1994, not only became a channel for millions of euro in EU grant aid and protected the environment.
The deceased was a man of vision, an excellent communicator blessed with a practical approach to his job. His intelligence, expertise and insight grained him an international reputation and he advised several of the newer EU member states as they in turn set up similar schemes.
While he was stationed in Kildalton, Frank met his future wife Hannah O’Mahony, who was a colleague working on socio-economic matters. They married in the Honan Chapel at UCC in Hannah’s native Cork and the couple shared 22 happy years together.
Although not resident in Monageer in recent years, he always retained his interest in local affairs, especially the parish GAA club, of which he was a trustee.
An accomplished fiddle player in his youth, he won national honours as a member of his local Macra na Feirme branch’s Gaelic cabaret team. He also represented Wexford Macra in an All-Ireland winning quiz team.
Frank is greatly missed by his loving wife, his brothers and sisters and extended family.
Ar dheis De go raibh a anam dilis – ni bheidh a leitheid aris ann.
– Courtesy of the Wexford People, 7th December 2011