Popular Tipperary woman passes away in her 106th year
Some woman!
Nellie Purcell, Congress Terrace, Fethard, has sadly passed away.
Nellie had a passion for flowers and attributed her long life to loving everything she did.
She was a pleasure to talk to, and listen to her many humorous stories.
Nellie was born at Shanbally, Lisronagh.
Nellie Purcell, Congress Terrace, Fethard
Nellie, formerly of Shanbally, Lisronagh, Clonmel, passed away on December 1, in her 106th year.
She will be sadly missed by her nieces, Ann Moody (Belfast), Paula Smith (Boston), Joan Shine (Fethard) and Patricia Duggan (Clonmel), grand nieces, grand nephews, great grand nieces, great grand nephews, relatives, neighbours and friends.
Reposing in her niece Joan's house in Congress Terrace, Fethard, on Monday December 4th from 5.00pm to 8.00pm. Funeral Mass in St John the Baptist Church, Lisronagh, on Tuesday December 5th at 11.00am followed by burial in Powerstown Cemetery.
Her school days were spent in Lisronagh National School where she had so many happy friends.
These happy days came to an end at the age of thirteen, when she had to leave school and return to her home to help on the farm.
She fondly remembered travelling by horse and cart to Killerk Creamery where they brought the milk.
Another of her jobs was pulping the turnips and feeding the animals. In the following years, Nellie worked for a short while in her cousin’s grocery shop in Lisronagh.
Happy 104th Birthday Nellie! Photographed on the occasion of her birthday celebrated on May 24, 2022. Back L-R: Paula Smith (niece), Joan Shine (niece), Gillian Shine (great-gran-niece), Michael Shine (nephew-in-law). Front L-R: Tish Varo (niece), Nellie Purcell celebrating her 104th birthday and Pamela Shine (great-gran-niece).
In 1966, Nellie purchased a premises on Burke Street, Fethard, and moved in with her sister. She was later joined by members of her extended family. She opened a shop and loved chatting with her neighbours, family and friends.
Nellie left Fethard in 1997 and moved to Abbey Meadows in Clonmel to look after her two sisters Kathleen and Biddy.
Nellie returned to Fethard in 2015 to live with her niece Joan and her husband Michael, at Congress Terrace.