So sorry to hear about the death of Jim Condon- I met his son some years ago in Thurles and got Jim's DVD of the research he had done. A wonderful resource. Thanks for letting us know Mike. Clare Tuohy On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Michael F McGraw via < cotipperary@rootsweb.com> wrote: > To All > > While browsing the Irish web sites I noticed an obit for Jim Condon. For > many years he has had a web site containing info on Thurles and the Ryan, > Fogarty and Mathew families. > http://homepage.tinet.ie/~jjcondon/ > > He will be missed. > > Mike McGraw > Austin, TX > mcgrathsearch.com > > > > > <http://www.thurles.info/2014/12/26/death-of-mr-jim-condon/> Death Of Mr > Jim Condon > > > It is with great sadness and sincere regret we learn of the death of Mr > James (Jim) Condon, 4 Butler Avenue, Thurles, Co Tipperary, following an > illness. > Mr Condon, (US Army Emeritus) passed away on December 23rd last, (2014) > deeply regretted by his loving wife Biddy, sons Liam and Sean, daughter > Siobhán, daughter-in-law Sharan, sister Nora, aunt Alice, grandchildren, > great-grand-children, nieces, nephews, relatives, friends and neighbours. > During his years of retirement Mr Condon, a highly respected and published > local historian, through his original research generated new insights into > our town’s forgotten history. His years of research enhanced greatly an > understanding of our towns important historic contribution, not just to to > our county, but also to the Irish nation as a whole. > The former winner of a coveted Henry Ford Environmental History Award, Mr > Condon’s 16ft x 8ft scale model of the town of Thurles, presently on > display > at St Mary’s Famine Museum, Thurles, is testament and a monument to some > four years of research by him during the late 1990’s, latter relating to > conditions experienced during the Great Famine period (1845 – 1849) here in > Thurles. > Mr Condon’s body will repose at the Ardeen Nursing Home on Friday, December > 26th, from 5.00pm to 7.00pm, arriving at the Church of St. Joseph and St. > Brigid, Bothar-Na-Naomh, Thurles at 7.30pm. > Requiem Mass will be on Saturday next at 10.00am, with burial afterwards in > St. Patrick’s cemetery, Moyne Road, Thurles, Co Tipperary. > Go ndéana Dia trócaire ar a anam dílis. > > > > > When replying to a message in the digest please do two things: > 1. Change the 'Subject' to that of the message you are replying to. > 2. Delete all the messages above and below the one you are concerned with. > Thank You. > > All of the past messages of this list can be found in the Archives at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cotipperary > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COTIPPERARY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >