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Diocese of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory

150 Virtual Tour week 4

8th December

Carnew – 1987 – A new system of vehicle registration

Kilcommon – 1988 – The Gibraltar killing of IRA suspects and subsequent horrors

Preban – 1989 – The last single party government

Kilpipe – 1990 – F.R. Higgins poem Father and Son

10th December

Hollyfort – 1991 – Death of Dr Theda Beere

Gorey – 1992 – Bishop Eamon Casey

Leskinfere – 1993 – The Greysteel, County Derry massacre

Ballycanew – 1994 – Death of Sir Alfred Beit of Russborough

Kiltennel – 1995 – The removal of the divorce prohibition

Ardamine – 1996 – The year my mother died

Clonevan – 1997 – Drumcree

Kilmuckridge – 1998 – The Good Friday Agreement

Kilnamanagh – 1999 – The Millenium Bug – much ado about nothing

Monamolin – 2000 – The quirks of US Presidential elections

11th December

Fethard-on-sea – 2001 – 9 11

Killesk – 2002 – The Euro arrives

Whitechurch – 2003 – The Spire in O’Connell Street

New Ross – 2004 – The smoking ban

Old Ross – 2005 – The speed limits change to km per hour

Rossdroit – 2006 – My last days as a parish priest

Killegney – 2007 – Tony Blair leaves the stage

Killanne – 2008 – The end of Irish Biscuits in Dublin

Ballycarney – 2009 – We first meet Dr Tony Holohan

Ferns Cathedral – 2010 – The Dublin Cork motorway is completed

Templeshanbo – 2011 – The royal visit

12th December

Fountain – 2012 – A dreadful General Synod

Lismore – 2013 – The Papal resignation

Cappoquin – 2014 – No more ‘Ridings’ in County Tipperary

Dungarvan – 2015 – The equal marriage referendum

Stradbally – 2016 – Death of Jack Boothman, ex GAA President

Kilmacthomas – 2017 – A splendid new website Gloine.ie

Comeragh – 2018 – Good Friday – with the pubs open

Bishop’s House Chapel – 2019 – And he leads his children on