People who are eligible are being urged to donate blood this week at a donor clinic in Tipp Town. One in four people will need a blood donation in their lifetimes, but only 3% of the eligible population are active donors. Donations will take place at the Canon Hayes sports complex in Tipperary Town from […]
WATCH: Marking 90 years of Muintir na TÃre
IrishCentral contributor Martin Quinn takes a look at the origins of Irish organizaiton Muintir na TÃre.
Martin Quinn Contributor
Jun 09, 2021
Muintir na TÃre personnel 1953; Canon John Hayes, Frank Lyddy, General Secretary and Most Rev. Dr. Thomas Morris, Archbishop of Cashel & Emly
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I have a strong affinity with the community development organisation, Muintir na TÃre, having served as National President from 2008-2011.
As a Bansha, Co. Tipperary native, it was a great honour to follow in the footsteps of its founder Canon John Hayes who was Parish Priest of Bansha/Kilmoyler from 1946 until his death in 1957 and is buried in Bansha cemetery.