TANGNEY (Main Street, Millstreet): On March 20, 2015, peacefully, at Marymount Hospice, JOHN JOE, beloved husband of the late Teresa. Sadly missed by his children Evelyn, Catherine, Denis, Nicholas and Anne, sons- in-law Edward and Niall, daughter-in-law Grace, grandchildren, sisters Mary and Patricia, relatives and friends.
Rest in Peace.
Reposing at Tarrant’s Funeral Home, Millstreet tomorrow, Sunday evening, from 6pm, followed by removal to St. Patrick’s Church, Millstreet, at 8pm. Requiem Mass on Monday at 12 noon. Burial afterwards in Drishane Cemetery. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.
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Community website for Millstreet, Co. Cork, Ireland
John Joe Tangney as a young man was quick on his feet
And a star Gaelic Footballer for his Club of Millstreet
A hero of Millstreet’s 1948 Cork County Senior Championship win for the famed green and gold
But time does tick on and great players grow old
Predeceased by the mother of his children Teresa his beautiful wife
He was one who did live a very long life
Of years he must have had lived a decade with four score
And for decades on Main Street Millstreet Town he owned a draper store
One who forged many friendships in his long life span
It can be said of John Joe that he was a nice man
One who never craved the social limelight though in Duhallow he was quite well known
He did have a quiet sort of charm of his own
In his words John Joe never put anyone down
A role model for many in Millstreet Town
The sad news of his passing has traveled far and wide
Beyond the borders of Duhallow’s green countryside
In the old cemetery at Drishane his last remains lay
And for his passing Millstreet is the poorer today
But eventually time becomes everyone’s foe
And may he rest in peace now the genial John Joe.
“John Joe Tangney” is by Francis Duggan
http://francisrhymer.blogspot.ie/2015/03/john-joe-tangney.html
(added by mdc)
Hi Francis,
Thank you for the lovely poem you wrote about my father. It was very much appreciated by all the family. Evelyn Tangney
John Tangney was my uncle and godfather. I still think of him fondly to this day. I am sad that I did not meet him in my adult life as much as I did as a child when I visited millstreet.
Billy Herlihy