Tom Jones (1905-1978) Glenmore Village
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Glenmore Photos from the Eamon Jones Collection–Updated
On 21 December 2025 we had the pleasure of visiting Eamon and Ann Jones of Slieverue. Below are a few of the photos Eamon had and shared with us of Glenmore people and events. Eamon, a native of Glenmore Village, also shared some interesting information regarding Jim B. (1918-1988) which is related at the end of the post.
[Update & Correction–Thanks to Jackie Walsh née Ryan we have the identities of almost everyone in this photo. ]
The first photo depicts Eamon Jones and his twin brother George (c. 1952-2014) as babies. His father Tom Jones (1905-1978) is holding one infant and his mother Mary Ellen Jones née Doolan (c. 1917-1993) is holding the other.
Back Row (left to right) The lady standing at the back on the left is Katie O’Keefe née Irish, of Ballinlammy and the Rower.; Maureen or Betty Byrne, of Haggard; Pat Power, the Village and Elsie Power is the lady standing at the back on the right. Elsie Power, of the Village, was the daughter of post-man “Foxy Wattie” Power she married and moved to Carlow.
Middle Row: Tom Jones holding one of the twins; Danny Power, the Village; Mary Ellen Jones née Doolan holding the other twin; and Mikey Power, the Village.
Front Row: Unknown; ? O’Keefe, the Village; John Power, the Village; Margaret Power (Jackie Walsh née Ryan’s mother) the Village, Biddy Doolan, (Bridie O’Keefe née Doolan’s daughter) and Neddy O’Keefe, the Village (Eammon’s first cousin). The boy in the front on the right is Neddy O’Keefe, the Village (Eamonn’s first cousin).
For information on Tom Jones’s parents and grandparents see our post of 28 October 2025. For further information on Bridie O’Keefe née Doolan see our post of 11 May 2025.
The photo to the left is Tom and Mary Ellen née Doolan Jones standing outside their home in Glenmore Village.
The photo to the right of three men is (left to right) Joe Moore (c. 1904-1979); Tom Jones (1905-1978) & Wattie Walsh of the Village. For further information on Joe Moore (c. 1904-1979) see our post of 23 December 2022. It is believed that Wattie Walsh (b.c. 1933) was the son of Jim “The Weaver” Walsh and his third wife. See our post of 19 May 2025 for further information on the “The Weaver” Walsh family of Glenmore Village.
The photo to the left of 5 men (left to right) are Seamus Jones (c. 1932-2016) the Village; unknown; Pakie Jones (c. 1932-2006), the Village;
Pat Walsh, the Priest Lane, Robinstown; and Paddy Griffin (1937 -2022) late of Newtown, Glenmore. For further information on Seamus and Pakie Jones see our post of 25 April 2021.
Glenmore Fancy Dress
The photo above was taken in Glenmore Village of a Fancy Dress Carnival. Jim B. (Walsh) is holding his accordion and the man in the white shirt and tie (standing at the wrong end of the ass with a snare drum) is Jimmy Long of Carrickcloney, Glenmore. Can you identify anyone else in this photo?
Fancy Dress Parade past Lizzy J.K.’s Glenmore Village. A quick newspaper search revealed the following advertisement in the Munster Express (Fri. 4 May 1956, p. 5).
The Fancy Dress Winners
The Kilkenny Journal & Leinster Commercial & Literacy Advertiser (Sat., 26 May 1956, p. 4) published the winners of the Glenmore Fancy Dress Parade of Sunday 20 May, 1956.
Most Topical—Pat and J. McDonald, Gaulstown, Glenmore (Prince Rainier and Grace Kelly); Most Humerous—Ed Haberlin and Tom Connolly (The Bride that won the Sweep); Most original—Betty Walshe (Piper at his Best).
Another Jim B. Story
Eamon Jones related that Jim B. had a fine collection of military items. He had a number of helmets and swords and often trimmed the shrubs around his cottage with his swords. One night after his mother Lill retired to her bed upstairs, Jim B. was examining an object and accidently dropped it. It is not known if it went into the fire, or whether it merely exploded when dropped, however, a projectile from the object went up through the ceiling and went next to his mother’s bed and out through the roof. Thankfully no one was injured. For further information on Jim B. see our post of 12 October 2025.
Please send any corrections, further information or photos to glenmore.history@gmail.com
Dr. Kathleen Moore Walsh
From Danny’s Files: Interview of Tom Jones (1905-1978) of Glenmore Village
On the 27th of March 1971, Danny Dowling (1927-2021) interviewed Tom Jones (1905-1978) of Glenmore Village. The interview is only three paragraphs, but it does appear to answer the question of when the stream that once was the border between the townlands of Graiguenakill and Robinstown was altered in the Village.
Tom Jones’s Parents and Maternal Grandparents
Tom’s parents were George Jones (c. 1866-1945) and Bridget Murphy (1870-1945). Tom’s parents died within two months of each other. Tom’s maternal grandmother was Mrs. Mary Murphy (b.c. 1831) of Moulerstown. His maternal grandfather was Patrick Murphy (c. 1835-1912). According to Tom his grandmother’s maiden name was Rigby. She was born near Cat’s Rock, Glenmore. She worked on the building of the road from Glenmore to Tom Connolly’s. It is assumed that this referred to Tom Connolly, of the Mile Post. In any event, Mary was paid 2d per day for her work on the road.
Tom believed that his grandmother may have been married twice. He thought her first husband was Laurence Hartley’s father. A review of parish records provides that Laurence Hartley was born in 1901 to Laurence Hartley and Mary Murphy. The couple were married in 1888 in Rosbercon. This Mary Murphy was the daughter of James Murphy. Tom’s grandparents were married in 1869. However, it was his grandfather, Patrick Murphy, who was married twice not his grandmother.
According to Tom his grandparents met when Mary Rigby went on “binding operations down in his country” which he referred to as Iverk. On 30 September 1869, at Slieverue, Mary Rigby of Molarstown (sic) married Patrick Murphy (c.1838-1912) (widower) of Ballynooney East (Mullinavat?). Their fathers were recorded as Laurence Rigby (deceased farm labourer) and James Murphy (farm labourer).
1911 Census
Two children were born to this union. Tom’s mother, Bridget Murphy, was born in 1870 and his uncle, Jack Murphy, was born in 1872. In the 1911 Census, Mary Murphy née Rigby stated that she was 80 and her husband Patrick Murphy reported he was 76. The couple resided in Moulerstown, and their son Jack (aged 38) and his growing family lived next door.
The Death of Patrick Murphy in Glenmore Village
Tom stated in his interview that his grandfather, Pat Murphy was over 80 when he died. He was at the Jones house in the Village “when he got bad in Dunnes Workshop, Cappagh on a Good Friday. The same day a bridge was being built in the Village.” Mick Walsh, of the “Masonry Walsh’s,” [of Haggard] was on the building of the bridge. When Pat Murphy died he discontinued the work for the day. A death cert was located for Patrick Murphy. He died on 5 April 1912 of aortic regurgitation. His daughter Bridget Jones was present when he died. In 1912, Good Friday did fall on 5 April. Tom was only 7 years old when his grandfather died.
Moving the Stream in Glenmore Village
In his interview notes Danny wrote, “Before that time the water ran down in front of our house in the Village.” We believe that the stream that ran from the Creamery down into the Village ran in front of Danny’s house and was re-routed to meet the stream coming from Mullinahone at what is now the pub side of the bridge. There are two upstream arches visible from the Coach House. One is for the Mullinahone stream that once powered Gaffney’s Mill and the other is for the stream that flows from the Creamery down under the Vee Road, through what was Fluskey’s field behind Hanrahan’s, under Barry Jones’s drive, out next to the late Marita Cummings home and under the road where the Robinstown Road meets the Churns Road.
Tom also explained that the Dunne’s Workshop was for carpenters and it was located in an old house that once stood in Patsy Ryan’s yard [near where Pauline Power now lives].
See our post of 23 May 2020 regarding the pollution of the Village pumps within 2 decades.
Please send any corrections or additional information to glenmore.history@gmail.com
Dr. Kathleen Moore Walsh