Below are the recent local deaths.
May they rest in peace.
Paddy Dunne
Moore Street, Rathdowney, Laois
Paddy Dunne, Moore Street, Rathdowney, Co. Laois. June 5th 2021, suddenly at his home. Predeceased by his wife Mary. Sadly mourned by his daughters Marie and Eimer, sister-in-law Elizabeth, cousins, relatives, neighbours and a wide circle of friends.
Due to the COVID-19 directive, a private funeral has been arranged. Funeral Mass on Wednesday at 12 noon in The Church of The Holy Trinity, Rathdowney (parishwebsites.ie/rathdowney) followed by interment in Rathdowney Local Cemetery. The funeral cortege will proceed to the church via his native Bordwell. The route will be as follows: Bawnogue, Middlemount, Bordwell, Oldcourt, Shanavaughy, Connors Cross, Clough Village and Rahandrick and return to Rathdowney via Kilbreedy and Coolfin.
Peadar Rice
Forest, Mountrath, Laois
Peadar Rice, late of Forest, Mountrath, Co.Laois. Died unexpectedly on the 5th of June 2021, in the care of the staff of University Hospital Limerick, surrounded by his loving family.
Sadly missed by his loving wife Bernadette,(Bernie) sons and daughters; Peter, Cora (Gorman), Deirdre (Phelan), Amanda (Kirwan), Matthew and Paul, their respective partners, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, his brother Michael, sisters Crescentia and Maria (Melbourne), nieces, nephews, cousins, extended family, relatives, dear neighbours and friends.
Reposing at his home (Forest, Mountrath) on Wednesday evening from 4.0’clock with family Rosary at 9.0’clock. (Please adhere to social distancing guidelines at all times.), Removal to St. Fintan’s Church Mountrath (eircode R32EC61) on Thursday morning, for Requiem Mass at 10.0’clock, (Peadar’s Funeral Mass can be viewed on the Parish Website: www.mountrathparish.ie – link to Webcam on Home Page and also the Funeral Mass will be live-streamed on St. Fintan’s Parish Mountrath Facebook page). followed by Burial in Churchtown Cemetery, Castletown, (via Forest).
SEE ALSO – Deaths in Laois – Tuesday, June 8, 2021
