Residents, former residents and associates gathered for the launch of the Croke Street Residents Association Committee’s second photographic exhibition which took place in Larry’s Bar recently.
The group would like to publicly acknowledge the invaluable cooperation of the following in helping them to bring this project to fruition. Pat Slattery Cormackstown Heritage Centre, Cormackstown Thurles; Pat Bracken, Phil Jordan, Ray Yates, Andy Cooney, Lillian Moore, Adrian,Joe and Frank Cullagh, Joan and Louise Ryan and their many friends who contributed.
To Sheila Hackett, Graphic Designer, Lion Print , Cashel for expertise and patience; to Tipperary County Council and Refresh Thurles without whose funding this project would be but a pipedream.
For the use of shop windows which allow the groups to display our photographic panels they wish to express gratitude to Dr. Aidan O’Donnell of Generation Music; Teresa and Jimmy Purcell Silver Needles; Tom Malone Stitch in Time; Mrs Nancy Fogarty; Mairead and Mary Hanna Thurles Curtain Centre; John Butler memorabilia window; and Hannah and Larry Fogarty ‘Larry’s Bar’ Dempsey’s Square. Katy Goodhue and Margaret O’Brien Tipperary Mining Project The Commons Ballingarry.
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Their excursion to Upperchurch was made possible through the generous funding they received from NTDC- their social inclusion and community action arm.