Well know Clonmel man and loyal Tipperary supporter Muiris Walsh has penned a beautiful reflection of 2023 and we are delighted to be able to share it with you.
Muiris is widely known as a man who is always in touch with reality and a person who is logical and sensible in his views, but also someone who is prepared to listen to and take on board other views and opinions.
we hope you like his reflection on 2023.
This is dedicated to memory of four beautiful people, the nicest people wiped out, cheated of life as we know it.
Luke McSweeney,
Grace McSweeney,
Nicole Murphy
Zoe Coffey.
Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine:
et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Cum Sanctis tuis in æternum:
quia pius es.
The Song: Rise Up
The Principal’s: Michael O Loughlin and Anne McGrath.
The Pastoral Carer: Fr Michael Toomey
The Community: Came together
The Thumb’s Up: Tom O Reilly
The Grandparents: Thomas and Bridget O Reilly.
The Tragedy: Kiea McCann and Dlava Mohamed
The Coaches Coach: Chris O Regan
The Gentleman: Seanie O’ Neill
The Lady : Margaret Quirke
The Social Conscious :Tony Brosnan
The Public Representative: Carrie Acheson
The Cathaoirleach: Tras Honan
The Mayor: Billy Shoer
The Neighbour: Betty Hewitt
The Referee: Noel Cosgrave
The Volunteer: Robbie Whelan
The Front of House: Aileen Acheson
The Handballer: Patrick (Musha) Maher
The Bookmaker: Tony Harney
The Butcher: Eamon Ralph
The Gardner: Rebecca Hunt
The Greengrocer: John Brennan
The Sports Administrator: Jimmy Collins
The Builder: Dan Casey
The Hairdresser: Joan Denmead
The Artist: John Keating
The Rink: John White
The Life: Eileen Brennan
The Supporter: Jason “ Busty” Kerwick
The Natural Wit: Redmond Burke
The Publican: Jerry Moynihan
The Hotelier: Austin Crowe
The Advocate: Geraldine Ryan
The Random act of Kindness: Bridie Mordaunt
The Beautiful Soul: Cathy O’ Neill
The Carer: Vicki (Corcoran) Fahey
The Runner: Colm Ryan
The Tragedy: Kiea McCann and Dlava Mohamed
The Measure of my Dreams: Shane McGowan
The Crazy World: Christy Dignam
The Incomparable: Sinead O Connor
The Message to Rudy: Terry Hall
The King of Conversation : Michael Parkinson
The Businessman: Ben Dunne
The Friend: Mathew Perry
The First Lady: Rosalyn Carter
The Secretary of State: Henry Kissinger
The Darling : Alistair
The Singing Detective: Michael Gambon
The Impressionist: Mike Yarwood
The Weight: Robbie Robertson
The Last Farewell: Roger Whitaker
The King of Calypso: Harry Belafonte
The Best Singer in the Business:Tony Bennett
The Earth,Wind and Fire: Fred White
The Album Covers: Jamie Reid
The Eagle: Randy Meisner
The Box Player: Seamus Begley
The Fiddle player: Sean Keane
The Trouble with a capital T: Johnny Fean
The Guitarist Guitarist : Jeff Beck
The Script: Mark Sheehan
The Princess of Rock N Roll: Lisa Marie Presley
The Early Morning Rain: Gordon Lightfoot
The Sister: Anita Pointer
The Modest Mouse: Jeremiah Greene
The Drummer: Fred White
The Bassist: Andy Rourke
The Guitarist: George Tickner
The Keyboard Player: John Gosling
The Whiter Shade of Pale: Keith Reid
The Sunshine of your Love: Pete Brown
The Composer: Burt Bacharach
The World at War: Carl Davis
The Byrd: David Crosby
The Best: Tina Turner
The Sexiest Voice: Jane Birkin
The Broadcaster: Rónán Mac Aodha Bhuí
The Room with a view: Julian Sands
The Man from UNCLE: David McCallum
The Kominsky Method: Alan Arkin
The Writer: Cormac McCarthy
The Fiddler on the Roof: Chaim Topol
The French Connection: William Friedkin
The Filmaker: Sir Horace Ove
The Cinematographer: Ross McDonnell
The Jack N Jill Foundation: Jonathan Irwin
The Madra : Bród
The Dog: Belle
The Love of Dogs: Paul O Grady
The Dame: Barry Humphries
The Novelist : Deirdre Purcell
The Deer Skin Bikini: Raquel Welch
The Diva: Gina Lollobrigida
The Mini Skirt: Dame Mary Quant
The Mystic: Margaret Lake ( Meg)
The Vilified: Jimmy Cooney
The Chancellor of the Exchequer: Nigel Lawson
The Shopkeeper: Mohamed Al-Fayed
The Bunga Bunga Party: Silvio Berlusconi
The Strictly Judge: Len Goodman
The Talk Show: Jerry Springer
The Newsreader: George Alagiah
The Master Chef: Jock Zonfrillo
The Artist: Graham Knuttel
The Songwriter: Cynthia Weil
The Moody Blue: Denny Laine
The Cornet Player: James Shepherd
The The Girl From Ipanema : Astrud Gilberto
The Double Oscar Winner: Glenda Jackson
The Corner Man: Burt Young
The Whistleblower: Daniel Ellsberg
The Submarine: The Titan
The Volunteer: John Mckilop
The Scriptwriter: Simon Carlyle
The Pub: Geoff’s (Powerstown) Waterford
The Mummy: Stoneman Willie
The Philanthropist: Chuck Feeney
The Radio Producer: Ian McGarry
The Love Story: Ryan O Neal
The Wire: Lance Reddick
The Tropical Rock: Jimmy Buffet
The Shaft: Richard Roundtree
The Supermodel: Tatjana Patitz
The American Daredevil: Robbie Knievel
The Poet: Benjamin Zephaniah
The Pope: Benedict
The Comedian: Norman Lear
The Day: Marian and Manus
The Centurion: Peg Rossiter
The Half Century: Raymie Condon
The 80th Birthday: Boylan
The Fittest Family : The Peters
The Healer: Always and forever Boylan !!
The Sacristan: Eddie Sweetman
The Underdogs: Charlie McKeever
The Spare: Prince Harry
The King of the Castle: Harry Styles
The Concert: Rick Astley in Glastonbury
The Goodbye: An Irish
The Movie: An Cailín Ciúin
The Oscar Winner: James Martin
The Cereal Winner: Colin Farrell
The Olivier Winner: Paul Mescal
The Actress: Kerry Condon
The Actor: Barry Keoghan
The Rising Star: Daryl McCormack
The Book: Elders of Clonmel
The Single: Now and Then
The Acceptance Speech:Siobhan Kennedy
The Monk: Not Guilty
The Podcast: Nicola Tallant’s Crime World
The Young Scientist: Liam Carew and Shane O Connor
The Performance: From Out The Land
The Window Cleaner: Jonathan Moore
The National Icon: Ted Walsh
The Centurion: Peg Rossiter
The End of an Era: Soccer AM
The Unbelievable : Jeff Stelling
The Voice of Premier League: Martin Tyler
The Voice of Scottish Football: Roddy Forsyth
The Pundit: Liam Brady
The Overpaid: Ryan Tubridy
The Payment: Barter( whatever that is)
The Most Googled ‘What is’ category: What is a Barter Account!!
The Scandal: RTE
The Musical: Toy Story
The Footwear: Flip Flops
The Make of Car: Renault
The National Disgrace: The New Children’s Hospital
The Director General: Dee Forbes
The Arrogance: Dee Forbes
The Late Late Show: Patrick Kielty
The Six-One News: Caitriona Perry
The Seizure: MV Matthew
The Casualty: Derek Thompson
The Fallout: This Morning
The Nervous Breakdown: Dunkettle Roundabout
The Discontinued: Choc Ice
The Data Breach: PSNI
The Streaming Service: GAA GO(ish)
The Best Original Composer: Fergal Carroll
The Classical Daytime: Niall Carroll
The Prime Minister: Jacinda Ardern
The First Minister: Not anytime Soon!!
The Senator: David Norris
The Radio Legend: Ken Bruce
The Teacher: Enoch Burke
The Tweet of the Day: Gary Linekar
The Middle Finger: Maryam Moshiri
The Word of the year: AI
The Skier: Gwyneth Paltrow
The Prosthetic Nose: Bradley Cooper
The Tales from Leinster House: Cara Darmody.
The Storm: Babet
The Latest Storm: Fergus
The Tornado: Leitrim Village
The Village I never knew existed: Leitrim
The Floods: Midelton, Galway, Cork etc
The Buzz Term : 100 per cent
The Magician: Cillian O’Connor
The Wildfire: Maui
The Crisis: Climate
The Farm: Clarkson’s
The Farmer: Kaleb Cooper.
The Status Warning :Yellow and Orange
The Switch off : Aertel
The Satellite: EIRSAT-1
The Hottest Month: July
The Wettest Month: July!!
The Miscarriage of Justice: Andrew Malkinson
The Horror: Lucy Letby
The Evil in the room: Jozef Puška
The King of Crypto ( Fraud): Sam Bankman-Fried
The Fear: President Donald Trump
The Comeback : David Cameron
The “ Celebrity” that should stay in the Jungle: Nigel Farage
The Inappropriate Kiss: Luis Rubiales
The Strike: Writers
The Moderator: Chuck Todd
The GAA Hall of Fame: Enda McEvoy
The
The Show business With Blood: Eamon Carr
The Treasurer: Richard Power
The Mess: Var
The Bigger Mess: Man Utd
The Leak: Old Trafford
The Leaks: Carrington
The “Arms”: Demolished ( At last)
The Memories (some to take to grave: Clonmel Arms
The Booker Prize: Paul Lynch
The Peoples Institution: Credit Union
The Person of the Year: Taylor Swift (apparently)
The pain in the Arse: Sky Sports pundits, Sunday Game Pundits
The Most used button: MUTE
The Number 1: Lauren Fitzpatrick
The Number 2: Christopher Higgins
The Number 3: Huw Lawlor
The Number 4: Paul Breen
The Number 5: Jude Bellingham
The Number 6 : Gareth McKinless
The Number 7: Pippy Carroll
The Number 8: Jack Kennedy
The Number 9: Orla O Dwyer
The Number 10: Johnny Sexton
The Number 11: Katie McCabe
The Number 12: Shane O Donnell
The Number 13: David Clifford
The Number 14: Seamie Callanan
The Number 15: TJ Reid
The Icon: Bobby Charlton
The Rally Driver: Craig Breen
The Pioneering Driver: Rosemary Smith
The Manager: Craig Brown
The Gaffer: Terry Venables
The Goalkeeper: Peter Thomas
The 1 Million Pound Player: Trevor Francis
The Dream Maker: Liam Kearns
The Double Winner: Teddy McCarthy
The Finisher: Gianluca Vialli
The World of Sport: Dickie Davies
The Commentator: John Moston
The Voice of Athletics: Tony O Donoghue
The Sprinter: Tori Bowie
The Snooker Player: Vera Selby
The Flop: Dick Fosbury
The Bronze Medalist: Jim McCourt
The NFL Dancer: Alex Collins
The Cyclist: Tijl De Decker
The Look on his Face: Francis Lee
The Flyweight: Hugh Russell
The Announcer: Ivor Robson
The Chairman: Bill Kenwright
The Cup Final Hat Trick: Miah Dennehy
The Jockey: Tommy Kinnane
The Centre Half: Gordon McQueen
The Full Back: John Hollins
The Bainisteoir: Art McRory
The Rower: Daire Lynch
The Swimmer: Daniel Wiffen
The Mare: Honeysuckle
The Vision: Noel McGrath
The Grand Slam: Ireland
The Point: Danny Slattery
The Goal(s): Peter McGarry
The Save: Eoin Murphy
The Overhead Kick: Jake “Fozzy” Forristal
Clonmel Celtic v Bansha
The Bicycle Kick: Alejandro Garnacho
The Celebration: Tholom Guiry ( Old Bridge v Clonmel Town)
The “Clearance”: Padraic Mannion
The Quickest Goal: Gundogan
The Champions: Peake Villa
The Striker: Erling Haaland
The Treble: Man City
The Four in a Row: Limerick
The Ten in a Row: Ballygunner
The Ladies: Ballymacarbry
The Goalkeeper: Lauren Fitzpatrick
The Men: The Dubs
The Parting Shot: Vera Pauw
The Disrespect: Not allowing Tipp & Limerick wear Dillion Quirke Jersey.
The Heartbreak: Rugby World Cup
The Working Class Hero: Keith Earls
The Sellout: LIV AND PGA
The Switch: John Rahm
The Caddy: Joe LaCava
The Handpass: Thrown
The Quarter Back: Tom Brady
The Field Goal: Harrison Butker
The Punter: Dan Whelan (NFL)
The Harty Winner: Enna Ormonde
The Comeback: Westmeath v Wexford
The Finish: Leinster Hurling Final
The Penalty Shootout: New York v Leitrim
The Past: Richie Hogan
The Future: Adam Screeney
The Athlete: Rhasidat Adeleke
The 400m: Sharlene Mawdsley
The Jockey: Liam Burke
The Boxer: Shauna O’ Keeffe
The Golfer: Leona McGuire
The History Maker : Hannah Dingley
The Brain: Paul Kinnerk
The Bowler: Stuart Broad
The Unseeded Champion: Markéta Vondroušová.
The Tennis Player: Coco Gauff
The Tennis Match: Alcaraz v Djokovic
The Scratch Cups: James Cleary
The National Matchplay Champion: Stephen O Reilly.
The Return: Stephen Cluxton
The Camoige Player: Beth Carton
The Hurler: Aaron Gilliane
The Footballer: David Clifford
The Glen: Relegated
The GAA Club: Glanmire
The Back to Back Champions: South Africa
The Red Card : Sam Cane
The Loyalty: Non Existent
The Only Club in my Heart:Clonmel Town FC
The War(s): Unnecessary
The Winners: Nobody
The Losers: All of us
The Date: November 23rd
The Peoples Hero: Caio Benicio
The Beatles were correct: “All You need is Love”
The Word that should never be used: Hate
The Moral of the Story: Always try to be Kind.
The Year: Too Sad
“Leave your sorrow behind here today, and make the world a better place.”
Bridget McSweeney
Le gach dea-mhéin
Muiris
By Jonathan Cullen
Thu 14th Dec
Muiris
“In a world where you can be anything, just be kind”
