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Jim Darcy RIP
The death has taken place of Jim Darcy, Lisnanerris.
Jim died on Saturday morning, 14th December, in Áras Bhríde,
where he had been resident
over the last few months.
Jim will be best remembered as a big man, with a big heart and a big smile,
who touched
the lives of a big number of people in our community
Born in Lisnanerris in July 1927, with the exception of the last year or so,
Jim spent
all of his life in the townland of his birth.
He was the youngest of the six children
of Myles and Kate Darcy.
In his younger days, he availed of every work opportunity that came his way.
He worked
with the County Council and with the Board of Works.
But most of his time was spent
working on the land.
He kept a few cows cows, and he put all his time and energy into
looking after them.
He provided everything that he and his sister Annie needed for the home.
He harvested
his own turf, he grew his own potatoes, cabbage etc,
he provided the milk and he churned
the butter.
He even baked his own bread.
He was also a very skilled man who could turn his hands to anything.
Whether it be
mending bicycles, fixing tools, making creels and pádrógs
and even doing his bits
of thatching, Jim was a capable and talented craftsman.
He was also a man who always made himself available
to help his neighbours and friends
in any way he could.
He was always willing to help them with making the hay, saving
the turf or thatching the roof.
Jim was always happy to give of his time and his strength
to all in the neighbourhood.
In earlier days, when Jim was able to be out and about,
he cycled into town on Fridays
to collect the pension.
And part of that trip would include a visit to some of the
local pubs,
where he’d enjoy his few drinks.
He enjoyed regaling the company
with his memories of people and times past.
He also
cycled into Drumkeeran on Sundays,
for Jim would never miss his Sunday Mass.
He had
a simple, down-
at the heart of which was his Sunday
Mass and his prayers
and his his big-
Jim was the kind of man who always enjoyed working.
All he ever wanted was to be able
to do work his couple of acres of land
and to care for his cattle and his dogs.
In more recent years he wasn’t able to do the work
and he depended on the goodness
of his neighbours and friends
to visit him in hois house and
to bring him to town and
to Mass.
Over the last year or so, as his health declined,
he became a resident of Áras Bhríde.
It was there that he died peacefully
on Saturday, December 14.
He is survived by his two sisters,
Annie, in Áras Bhríde, Drumkeeran,
and Bridie, in
Dublin.
Mass of the Resurrection was celebrated by Fr Alwill
on Monday, December 16.
Jim was laid to rest in the family plot in Drumkeeran Cemetery.
As appropriate for a man who spent so much of his life working with willow
Jim was
laid to rest in a wicker coffin of willow.