Sinéad Farrelly ☘

[Babs (Bárbara) McMahon 💚💕 #RememberMyNoah💙 @BarbaraMcMahon8]

In 2020 you stopped breast cancer screening & smear tests.. I was entitled to my free screening in 2022 but no appointment was available due to the backlog.. 2024 diagnosed with breast cancer after chasing the appointment myself so just fuck off Simon!

[Sinéad Farrelly ☘ @sineady_eady]

Make Skyclarys available in Ireland! - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/VfT1U3Qk9P via @Change

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Stop the cull of Special Needs Assistants - Protect Ireland’s Most Vulnerable Pupils - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/BFWHPOJv9G via @Change

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@mcd_productions Katy Perry

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[MCD Productions @mcd_productions]

✨Win 2 x tickets to ANY SHOW in 2026!

If it’s listed on https://t.co/w38FwbaxEu before 15th December then it’s up for grabs! 😍 We’ll be picking 12 winners for this one so don’t miss out on our biggest #competition of the year!

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[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

Rest in peace, Patricia Routledge 🙏🏻

In memory of her, I encourage everyone to read these words of hers from February last year.

Whether young or old, you're bound to get something out of it.

*****

"I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often filled with worry — worry that I wasn’t quite good enough, that no one would cast me again, that I wouldn’t live up to my mother’s hopes. But these days begin in peace, and end in gratitude.

My life didn’t quite take shape until my forties. I had worked steadily — on provincial stages, in radio plays, in West End productions — but I often felt adrift, as though I was searching for a home within myself that I hadn’t quite found.

At 50, I accepted a television role that many would later associate me with — Hyacinth Bucket, of Keeping Up Appearances. I thought it would be a small part in a little series. I never imagined that it would take me into people’s living rooms and hearts around the world. And truthfully, that role taught me to accept my own quirks. It healed something in me.

At 60, I began learning Italian — not for work, but so I could sing opera in its native language. I also learned how to live alone without feeling lonely. I read poetry aloud each evening, not to perfect my diction, but to quiet my soul.

At 70, I returned to the Shakespearean stage — something I once believed I had aged out of. But this time, I had nothing to prove. I stood on those boards with stillness, and audiences felt that. I was no longer performing. I was simply being.

At 80, I took up watercolour painting. I painted flowers from my garden, old hats from my youth, and faces I remembered from the London Underground. Each painting was a quiet memory made visible.

Now, at 95, I write letters by hand. I’m learning to bake rye bread. I still breathe deeply every morning. I still adore laughter — though I no longer try to make anyone laugh. I love the quiet more than ever.

I’m writing this to tell you something simple:

Growing older is not the closing act. It can be the most exquisite chapter — if you let yourself bloom again.

Let these years ahead be your TREASURE YEARS.

You don’t need to be famous. You don’t need to be flawless.

You only need to show up — fully — for the life that is still yours.

With love and gentleness,

Patricia Routledge

*****

Once more, rest in peace. 🤍

[O'Neills @ONeills1918]

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[Castleknock Hotel @Cknock_Hotel]

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🔥 TICKET GIVEAWAY! 🔥

Fancy being at Croke Park this Saturday for the All-Ireland SHC Semi-Final between Dublin and Cork? We've got 2 tickets up for grabs! 🔥

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[Sinéad Farrelly ☘ @sineady_eady]

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@BGETheatre Seen Mary Poppins there & it was fantastic from start to finish.
Also watched Love Actually with the orchestra there last Dec’23 & it was spectacular #BGET15

[Sinéad Farrelly ☘ @sineady_eady]

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[Castleknock Hotel @Cknock_Hotel]

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