Diamond wedding anniversaries for three Claremorris sisters
The remarkable story of three couples who gathered recently in Claremorris to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of their marriages.
THE year was 1966 and Doc Carroll and The Royal Blues were putting Claremorris on the map in style when they became the first West of Ireland band to hit Number One in the Irish Top 10 in February of that year.
In the very same month, it was a busy time for John and Delia Mullaney as their daughter Una Mullaney from Meelickmore, Claremorris, married Padraig Wooley from nearby Brookhill. Seven months later in September, her sister Christina married John Smith from Castlerea. October saw another celebration for the Mullaney girls when Pauline married Mago Sheehy from Kerry over in Boston.
The three couples gathered recently in Claremorris to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of their marriages and they had plenty to talk about and memories to share from over the years. Pauline and her husband moved back to his home area in Dingle in 1973, Chris and John reside in Bray and Una and Padraig in Brookhill. They were joined for the party by their brother Tom and his wife Margaret who reside in the home place in Meelickmore and their sister Mona and her husband Jim Driscoll who are in Greystones (Wicklow). Their other brother, Kevin, lived in Birmingham for many years and died in 2018.
It is a rare enough occasion for three sisters to marry in the same year and probably exceptionally rare to celebrate such an auspicious occasion six decades later. All are hale and hearty, and we wish the three couples the best of good health in the times ahead.