Ceremony to mark 29th anniversary of the disappearance of Kilkenny woman

A ceremony will take place next Saturday (November 9) at the Missing Persons Monument at the Castle Park to remember Kilkenny woman, Jo Jo Dullard who has been missing for 29 years this November. 

To mark the anniversary a walk and service to remember Jo Jo will take place at 2pm gathering at the courtyard of Kilkenny Castle and walking to the Missing Persons Monument. 

"It’s important to keep Jo Jo’s memory alive in our hearts and our prayers,"  said Father Willie Purcell who with the Kilkenny Gospel choir will lead the walk and service for Jo Jo.  Every year on her anniversary family, friends, relatives and neighbours of Jo Jo gather at the monument to remember her and to hope and pray for word on her.   This is an opportunity for all of us to gather 29 years on to ensure that Jo Jo is not forgotten and the search for her will continue," he said. 

Jo Jo Dullard is missing 29 years this November. Jo Jo was 21 years of age at the time of her disappearance. At the time that she disappeared she was making her way from Dublin back home to Callan in Co Kilkenny. The last known sighting of her was when she made a phone call from a phone box in Moone Co Kildare.