Sadie O’Connell, from Enniskerry, had a birthday to remember when she celebrated turning 80 on Sunday, August 6. Not only had her family booked a surprise trip to Lanzarote for the occasion, but Parish Priest Fr Bernard Kennedy had fulfilled his promise to her for a “packed church” for what was to prove a very special and very rare ceremony – the presentation of the Bene Merenti Medal for her service to the Catholic Church.