Fenor 1996 – Diary of a Parish Community

“Dedication”

During the course of a Sale Of Work meeting in late 1995, a suggestion was made that a year book, recording the life of the parish, would be an interesting and worthwhile addition to the two books on the parish published in 1994.

The year 1996 was an ideal year to begin this project. In this year the present National School is 50 years old and the original school in the village opened its doors 170 years ago. Fenor Development Committee, which organised the first Sale of Work as a fund raiser, is 25 years in existence and this Sale of Work is now one of the longest-running and most successful in the South-East.

The Gymkhana Committee held its 22nd Equestrian event in the parish and Fenor Macra na Feirma, this year, celebrates its 21st year in existence. Fenor G.A.A. has started the second phase of its building project and, by the end of the year, the new dressing rooms will be well underway.

For some parishioners this was “the best of years”. For others it was “the worst of years”. For most of us it has been a year we will always remember.

We dedicate this book to the memory of John O’Mahony, James Chapman, Mary Barry, Ann Hynes, Conor O’Grady, Johnny Flynn, Eddie Murphy, Paddy Hayes, and Jack O’Sullivan.

May the light of heaven shine on them all.