Anthony ‘Sconey’ Kilmartin is congratulated by his father Tony after Newmarket-on-Fergus won the Clare SHC in 2012. Photograph: James Melody NEWMARKET-ON-FERGUS came to a standstill in paying tribute to its beloved son, Anthony ‘Sconey’ Kilmartin.
BAREFIELD gathered as a parish “with broken-hearts” for a vigil on Sunday evening following the deaths of Vanessa Whyte and her two children James and Sara in a Fermanagh shooting on Wednesday.
*The late PJ O’Driscoll at his veterinary practice in Summerhill, Ennis. PJ O’DRISCOLL has been remembered as one of the “greatest veterinary surgeons in Ireland”.
Several changes are to be implemented across the Killaloe Diocese from next month regarding the priests in each parish.
Regarded as one of the finest midfielders of his generation, former Newmarket-on-Fergus and Clare hurler Liam Danagher has been laid to rest.
Canon Pat Taaffe was remembered as a warm, witty and engaging man for whom family and prayer remained the most important things in life as he made significant contributions to communities across the county.
Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral mass of Canon Reuben Butler in Newmarket-on-Fergus on Sunday.
The death has occurred of historian and sociologist, Canon Reuben Butler.