Enniskeane man has bucket souvenir of papal visit
TO MOST people it’s just a humble plastic bucket, but to pensioner John Joe McCarthy it’s a valued souvenir of one of the most fascinating days in his life – the day Pope John Paul II came to Limerick.
‘I used the bucket to carry my provisions for the day – my lunch, my camera and my binoculars,’ he says, quipping that the solid two-gallon bucket, which measures more than 12 inches in height, also served two other important functions. ‘I used the bucket to sit on and I also turned it over and stood on it in order to take pictures of the Pope as he passed in front of me in his Popemobile! So the bucket had three functions! I kept it all these years as a souvenir of the Pope’s visit to Ireland.’
‘I originally wanted to have an inscription put on the bucket, but because it is made of plastic this could not be done. Instead I have written out the background to the story and laminated it. I also have a marble slab on which to display the bucket.’
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University of Limerick Students Union rejects claims livestock were ‘groped’ at Farmers Ball
No sheep were interfered with during an agricultural-themed night during Charity Week at the University of Limerick, the students union has insisted.
Students arriving at the Stables Bar for the Farmers Ball last Tuesday were met on the way in by three sheep - as well as a pair of goats named Shakira and Rihanna.
But the farmyard shenanigans were a step too far for one student who complained to the Limerick Chronicle that “sheep were being groped by people who had obviously had a few - it wasn’t funny and it wasn’t smart”.
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