The death has occurred of Brendan Patrick Walsh Cloughscregg (formerly of Slieverue), Thomastown, Kilkenny

Brendan passed away peacefully at St Vincent’s Private Hospital on Saturday, 18th January 2025. He will be sadly missed by his loving family – wife Valerie, sons Patrick and Robert, daughter-in-law Ciara and much loved grandchildren Ezra and Seth, brother James, sisters: Cait, Sheila, Eithne, Ann and Maura, brothers-in-law: James, Chris, Tony, Tom and Willie, sister-in-law Jackie, nieces, nephews, uncles, aunts, cousins and the extended Walsh and Roche families, neighbours and friends.

Tá sé ar slígh na firinne.

Reposing in the Mercy Side Chapel of the Church of the Assumption, Thomastown (R95YP97) from 4pm to 6pm on Monday, 20th January with Vigil Prayers at 5.30pm. Requiem Mass at 11am on Tuesday in the Church of the Assumption followed by interment in St Mary’s New Cemetery, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny.

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Reflection

Like Mary at Cana, let us try to be more attentive in our squares and towns, to notice those whose lives have been “watered down,” who have lost—or have been robbed of—reasons for celebrating; those whose hearts are saddened. And let us not be afraid to raise our voices and say: “they have no wine.”
The cry of the people of God, the cry of the poor, is a kind of prayer; it opens our hearts and teaches us to be attentive. Let us be attentive, then, to all situations of injustice and to new forms of exploitation that risk making so many of our brothers and sisters miss the joy of the party. Let us be attentive to the lack of steady employment, which destroys lives and homes. … Let us be attentive to the lack of shelter, land and employment experienced by so many families. And, like Mary, let us say: they have no wine, Lord.
Pope Francis