Tony’s wife Norah, children Suzanne, Neil, Tony & Elaine & all his extended family wish to express their most sincere thanks for the huge amount of love & support shown to them throughout Tony’s illness, at the time of his funeral & in the weeks since.

To those who were in a position to visit our home & pay your respects, we thank you. Equally to those who, due to current restrictions couldn’t be present, we thank you for your phone calls, cards, letters, flowers & the thoughtful sharing of happy memories & loving messages online. We thank you for sharing in the celebration of Tony’s life via live-stream & for keeping him, & all of us in your thoughts & prayers.

Special thanks to the wonderful doctors, nurses & caring staff of St. Vincent’s Hospital, especially those in St. Joseph’s Ward, to Dr Bothwell, Dr Coates & all at Arklow Medical Practice, to the staff of Grants Pharmacy, to carers Bernie, Jenifer, Madeline & Robin & the district nurses, especially Claire for their wonderful care over the past few years.

Our heartfelt thanks to Fr Pádraig Ó’Cochláin for his prayers, guidance & beautiful funeral Mass, to Patricia Kavanagh for her accompaniment & to our own Ella Healy for such fabulous music. Thanks also to Elizabeth Power & John Byrne for all their assistance at St. David’s Church.

To our own extended families, our wonderful neighbours, friends & colleagues, we cannot thank you enough for the amazing support, both practical & emotional, that you have shown to us.

Thanks also to Orla & Staff of Orla’s Kitchen for the catering,

to Eugene Whelan for recording the Funeral Mass, to Bill & Joe from R.S.S. for tending to the grave & to Niamh & all at John Sweeney & Sons Funeral Directors

The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be offered for the intentions of all.

Tony’s Month’s Mind Mass will be celebrated on Sunday 6th December at 10am in St. David’s Church, Johnstown.