Graigue Ballycallan GAA Club extends its deepest sympathies to the family of the late Milo Hennessy, his brothers Kevin and Gerry, his sisters Rena and Eileen, the extended Hennessy family and Milo’s wide circle of friends.
May Milo rest in peace.
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@Pat_Shortt A day full of tears and laughter because the whole country has spent the day watching back the clips on YouTube. What ye achieved will never be forgotten. Grew up across the road from the Kenny's. Lovely family, great neighbours. REST IN PEACE JOHN🥲
I first knew her in 1968. She lived behind Hatch Street. I remember she playing “If I had a hammer” again and again and again. She wrote for Magill brilliantly. She was great fun but, at times, difficult. I remember her particularly from a press conference on the publication of the Ryan report, which revealed appalling sex abuse by many priests in the Dublin. It was covered up deligently by bishops here and by the Vatican. She stood up and delivered a tirade, which caused the bishops present to squirm. She damned their appellation “father” and afterwards ridiculed “his holiness”. I thought then she had shattered the power of the Catholic Church here. She emboldened less courageous religious correspondents, and they took off from Nell. It was quite an extraordinary episode. The most powerful institution crumbling before our eyes. She had a difficult several years, loosing her eyesight and her softness. She was revolutionary more significant than the “Republican revolutionaries”. I was privileged to know her.
@vincentbrowne Vincent, as you yourself wrote in December 2009, it was one of those 'less courageous religious affairs correspondents' who led that charge against senior Dublin clergy following publication of the Murphy. The same correspondent had been inspired by Nell since the early 70s.
Congratulations to Billy Ronan & Gearoid Cleere who were part of the U14 @KilkennyCLG Team that won the Tony Forristal Tournament Cup Final today in the Hurling Academy National Games 👏🏻
Best wishes to the girls on Sunday in the Intermediate All Ireland Camogie Final v Cork in Croke Park. Throw in is at 3pm. Match will be live on RTE2. Let’s show the team our support. Bring it home girls 🖤💛
@DanielHussey2@davidpatrickla1 Anybody that thinks that was the reason has been living under a rock for the last 4 years. Hint, ABBA have a song about it