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Wonderful Julia at a Marvellous 100 Years Young Receives the President’s Cheque and Can Read President Higgins’s Letter Without Glasses!
Canon John Fitzgerald, P.P., Millstreet presents the President’s Cheque to the wonderful one hundred years young, Julia Murphy, Gortavehy, Millstreet. Also included in the historic picture taken in Julia’s very welcoming home is her son, Donie and also Winnie O’Connor. Click on the picture to enlarge. (S.R.)
A very special reception followed at the Dromhall Hotel in Killarney where Julia sang beautifully accompanied by some great musicians. We’ve lots more pictures to share later. (S.R.)
3 thoughts on “Wonderful Julia at a Marvellous 100 Years Young Receives the President’s Cheque and Can Read President Higgins’s Letter Without Glasses!”
Two World wars have been fought since Julia Murphy of Gortavehy life’s journey began
A century of living in time is quite a long span
Images of her on the Millstreet Website by Sean Radley with her friends and her son Donie quite amazing to see
And he in his late sixties of an age quite similar to me
Julia was in her early fifties when i was a teenage boy
Such a happy, healthy and long lived life so few known to enjoy
Sean Radley is right when he wrote of her one hundred years young
The praises of Julia Murphy deserve to be sung
It is a known fact and fact does not lie
That us humans like all other life forms are born to die
Perhaps the gift of life from all she went to school with by now has long gone
But Julia who reads without reading glasses is happily living on
It has been many Seasons since she was in her life’s prime
But Julia is one who keeps smiling in the face of time
In her lifetime she has made and did farewell many a friend
And it may be awhile yet before her life’s journey will end
To a small band of Worldwide centenarians she now does belong
Julia Murphy at one hundred does seem healthy and strong
She has lived through two World Wars since nineteen fourteen
And many changes in Gortavehy in her lifetime she has seen.
Francis…How very kind of you to compose such a beautiful poem in celebration of the much loved Julia’s wonderful 100th Birthday. A million thanks from everyone.
A huge thank you to everyone involved in organising the wonderful celebrations for Auntie Julia’s birthday. I know she would have loved it and it was very special to see the photos on the Millstreet website! Well done Francis on your lovely poem!
Two World wars have been fought since Julia Murphy of Gortavehy life’s journey began
A century of living in time is quite a long span
Images of her on the Millstreet Website by Sean Radley with her friends and her son Donie quite amazing to see
And he in his late sixties of an age quite similar to me
Julia was in her early fifties when i was a teenage boy
Such a happy, healthy and long lived life so few known to enjoy
Sean Radley is right when he wrote of her one hundred years young
The praises of Julia Murphy deserve to be sung
It is a known fact and fact does not lie
That us humans like all other life forms are born to die
Perhaps the gift of life from all she went to school with by now has long gone
But Julia who reads without reading glasses is happily living on
It has been many Seasons since she was in her life’s prime
But Julia is one who keeps smiling in the face of time
In her lifetime she has made and did farewell many a friend
And it may be awhile yet before her life’s journey will end
To a small band of Worldwide centenarians she now does belong
Julia Murphy at one hundred does seem healthy and strong
She has lived through two World Wars since nineteen fourteen
And many changes in Gortavehy in her lifetime she has seen.
“On Julia Murphy’s One Hundred Birthday” is by Francis Duggan
http://francisrhymer.blogspot.ie/2014/05/on-julia-murphys-one-hundred-birthday.html
(mdc)
Francis…How very kind of you to compose such a beautiful poem in celebration of the much loved Julia’s wonderful 100th Birthday. A million thanks from everyone.
A huge thank you to everyone involved in organising the wonderful celebrations for Auntie Julia’s birthday. I know she would have loved it and it was very special to see the photos on the Millstreet website! Well done Francis on your lovely poem!