The Islandman: all the local news in brief

Birthdays: Congratulatons to the brothers Dion and Devlin Corcoran, who recently celebrated their birthdays.

Dion was 20 on Saturday, January 12, and Devlin was 19 on Saturday, Januaruy 26.

Wedding anniversary: Congratulations to David and Ann O’Driscoll (pictured, left )of The Farm, Farranreigh, who recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with family and friends in Limerick.

The marriage took place in the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Knightstown, with the reception taking place afterwards at The Farm, Farranreigh. Ann is originally from Ballyduff, and David is the brother of the well-known dairy farmer and farm-tour guide, Tim O’Driscoll.

Aidan’s Dip: The annual New Year’s Day swim in Knightstown, referred to locally as ‘Aidan’s Dip’ in memory of the late Aidan Walsh, raised €1,738 for Valentia Lifeboat.

A miraculous recovery:

During the course of last autumn, Gerard and Geraldine O’Donoghue of Feighmane purchased teacup Yorkshire pups from a breeder in Newcastlewest, County Limerick. However, while the O’Donoghues were attending Mass in Loher Church, they were horrified on returning to their car to see that that pups had disappeared. Happily, in the recent past, one of the micro-chipped pups was discovered in Tallaght, Dublin, and returned.

The second pup has not yet been found. Good luck to the O’Donoghues in reuniting these beautiful canines.