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A few of Father Des's friends hosted a Birthday Party in the Community Centre, Laurencetown to celebrate his 60th birthday on 27th July 2023. Friends from parishes he served in over the past 33 years joined us to wish Fr. Des well. Because of Fr. Des's recent heath scare, it was a 'quiet' affair and included a buffet provided by Gilberry Fayre, scrumptious desserts provided by those of us who could bake, a slide show depicting Fr. Des's life and a surprise showing of the 'Cliff Richard' segment of Canon Treanor's Golden Jubillee concert in 1991. A HUGE  'thank you' to Claire in the Community Centre for facilitating us, Sheila Monaghan who kept us right, Linda Savage for the beautiful centre piece for the cake, Lylnn for the table decorations and everyone who helped decorate the centre. It was lovely to be able to celebrate another 60th clerical birthday - (the last one was Canon Powell's which the TYG hosted in the Den in 2008! (https://tullylish.com/birthdays/453-our-pp-is-60)

Beautiful birthday cake made by Maria McCrory

From Ballynahinch: Benny Smith, Kathleen McEvoy, Patricia McGrath and Sally Shields

Sally Shields from Ballynahinch with Pat Smyth and Linda Savage from Tullylish

Josie and Benny Smith from Ballynahinch

Sr. Paula Carron with Liz and Brendan Stevenson

Fr. Des's cousin Agatha Larkin and his aunt Agatha Larkin, Sr. Ann Brady, Sr. Paula Carron and Liz Stevenson

Sr. Bernadette Duffy, Canon Liam Stevenson with Agatha Larkin

Sean and Meave Jennings with Liam and Angela Fox (Derrytrasna)

Maura Gelston with Cecilia and Brendan Mason (Drumaness)

Anne Marie Rogan with Rory and Orla Mason (Drumaness)

Christine Wilson and her sister Ruth O'Reilly (Drumaness) with Sean and Paula McCartan

Sean and Anne Marie Rogan (Drumaness)

Rosemary McGrann with Margaret Convery, Sheila and Bill Monaghan (Tullylish)

Harry Convery with John and Rosemary McGrann (Tullylish)

Eithna and Armand Gallard (Tullylish)

Lorna and Peter Hendron with Brendan and Nuala Byrne (Tullylish)

Anne and Dessie Nicoletti with Paul Moore (Tullylish)

Christine Moore and Lorna Hendron

Sean O'Dowd, Paula Jordan, Lynn and Paul Laverty (Tullylish)

Paul Laverty, Nora and Joe Jordan (Tullylish)

Marie and Sean O'Dowd with Paula Jordan (Tullylish)

From Waringstown: Mrs Anne Quinn with her daughter Caroline and husband Damian Smith and their daughter Caitlin and Charlie.

Richard and Mark Quinn with their parents Martin and Anne Quinn from Waringstown

Danielle Quinn and her boyfriend Phillip Mulholland

Fr. Des's aunt Joan with her daugther Edna and her husband

Aidan Shields (Newry) Liam and Anne McGrath (Tipperary) and Fr. Des's brother-in-law Joe Callan

Fr. Des's sister Susan Callan, his mum Frances and himself

Fr. Des with his life-long friend, Deirdre Shields.

Anne McEvoy, Gerald Agnew, Robert McVeigh from Tullylish with Marie Haughian and her son Emmet Haughian (Derrymacash)

Maria McCrory from Aghagallon with Kate Agnew and Anne McEvoy

Isabel Quillitti with Damian Weir (Tullylish)

Mairead Weir with Catherine McEvoy (Tullylish)

The cutting of the beautiful birthday cake made by Maria McCrory

The evening ended with a slideshow depicting Fr. Des's life followed by some guests paying tribute and then a surprise showing of the 'Cliff Richard' excerpt from Canon Treanor's Golden Jubilee concernt in 1991.
You can click on the photo below to view the 'Cliff Clip'!