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Cell - 1Cell - 1Coming HomeCOMMITTALCHURCHChurchCELEBRATIONComing Home1. Church2. Committal3. CelebrationGeantraiThe Joy/Happy StrainSheilaO’Neill

Cell - 2Cell - 2Coming HomeCOMMITTALCHURCHChurchCELEBRATION1. Church – Suantrai – Sleep/Dream Strain

Cell - 3Cell - 3Coming HomeCOMMITTALCHURCHChurchCELEBRATIONAmazing GraceAmazing GraceAmazing Grace, how sweet the soundThat saved a wretch like me !I once was lost, but now am foundWas blind but now I see

Cell - 4Cell - 4Coming HomeCOMMITTALCHURCHChurchCELEBRATIONTurn, Turn, TurnFor everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:A time to be born, and a time to die;A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;A time to kill, and a time to heal;A time to break down, and a time to build up;A time to weep, and a time to laugh;A time to mourn, and a time to dance;A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;A time to seek, and a time to lose;A time to keep, and a time to throw away;A time to tear, and a time to sew;A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;A time to love, and a time to hate;A time for war, and a time for peace.

Cell - 5Cell - 5Coming HomeCOMMITTALCHURCHChurchCELEBRATIONTurn, Turn, TurnTurn, Turn, TurnFor what do people gain from their toil ?I contemplate the task God gives humanity to labour at.All he does is apt for its time;But although he has given us an awarenessof the passage of time,we can grasp neither the beginning nor the end of what God does.

Cell - 6Cell - 6Coming HomeCOMMITTALCHURCHChurchCELEBRATIONPsalm 23Psalm 23The Lord’s my shepherd, I’ll not wantHe makes me down to lieIn pastures green, he leadeth meThe quiet water by

Cell - 7Cell - 7Coming HomeCOMMITTALCHURCHChurchCELEBRATIONEulogy – Tony Troy (1 of 3)What can you say in a few words about your mom? She was 92 when she passed peacefully away and she always lived life to the full. That is why today is a mixed occasion, sadness that’s she’s not here but also a celebration of a great life, well lived.I suppose looking back when we were growing up, mom was the dominant force in our family the ‘glue that held everything together’ so to speak, the truth was: she hadto be as my father was often ill.I can’t help having a great admiration for her courage in coming across from Ireland at just 15 (just a kid really) leaving the green fields of Ireland in 1945 for the dark,industrial heartlands of England’s Black Country to start work as a housemaid. With her older sister Kitty.Mom said of those early days, she thought her heart would break, she was so homesick.She often communicated the story to us of being shown to her bedroom on the first night and trying to blow out or push off the electric light bulb not realising there was a switch to turn it off.From the Black Country she moved onto Birmingham and got a job on the buses.

Cell - 8Cell - 8Coming HomeCOMMITTALCHURCHChurchCELEBRATIONEulogy – Tony Troy (2 of 3)That’s where she met my dad, she a Bus Conductress (or Clippie) he a bus driver – on the no.8 inner circle route. They eventually married and had us 3 kids.It was my mom who badgered the council ... until they were so fed up with her and gave her the keys for a recently vacated council house that enabled us to get out of a rented room that housed our family of 5.I suppose my fondest memories of mom were the early days in Osborn Road Sparkhill. I think they were the happiest days for mom and dad, and for us growing up too, they were special times.Mom was so proud of us children wanting to give us all the things they never had, they scrimped and saved to do the best for us.I have to say as well that mom seemed to get sweeter and lovelier as she got older and she was a real fighter to the end.We were beginning to think mom was indestructible until she finally passed away at the Ridings care home last month.

Cell - 9Cell - 9Coming HomeCOMMITTALCHURCHChurchCELEBRATIONEulogy – Tony Troy (3 of 3)Can I say a special thank you to all moms’ carers who looked after her from my sister Roselyn and myself, both at the Ridings and when she was at home. You made her last days so much happier - She loved you and I know you loved her.A special thank you to Roselyn as well for the incredible, love, support and patience you showed to our mom in all the difficult times she lived through.So mom in closing; you were an incredible person you instilled in me values of integrity, resilience and compassion that I try to hold to today.Thank you especially for planting the seeds of faith in God in me that grew and became so important to me as I got older.Thank you mom from all your family for all that you sacrificed for us and how much you loved us.So there are no goodbyes for us mom. Wherever you are, you will always be in our hearts. And we hope to see you again one day in eternity.RIP Mom.

Cell - 10Cell - 10Coming HomeCOMMITTALCHURCHChurchCELEBRATIONLord of all HopefulnessLord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy,Whose trust, ever child-like, no cares can destroy,Be there at our waking, and give us, we pray,Your bliss in our hearts, Lord, at the break of the day.Lord of all eagerness, Lord of all faith,Whose strong hands were skilled at the plane and the lathe,Be there at our labours, and give us, we pray,Your strength in our hearts, Lord, at the noon of the day.Lord of all kindliness, Lord of all grace,Your hands swift to welcome, your arms to embrace,Be there at our homing, and give us, we pray,Your love in our hearts, Lord, at the eve of the day.Lord of all gentleness, Lord of all calm,Whose voice is contentment, whose presence is balm,Be there at our sleeping, and give us, we pray,Your peace in our hearts, Lord, at the end of the day.

Cell - 11Cell - 11Coming HomeCOMMITTALCHURCHChurchCELEBRATIONLord of all HopefulnessLord of all HopefulnessLord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy,Whose trust, ever child-like, no cares can destroy,Be there at our waking, and give us, we pray,Your bliss in our hearts, Lord, at the break of the day.

Cell - 12Cell - 12Coming HomeCOMMITTALCHURCHChurchCELEBRATIONEulogy – Roselyn Troy (1 of 2)I have so many things to thank my mom for, but the greatest gift she gave me was a happy childhood. I don’t know how she managed with little money,Dad often out of work with ill health, but we were always well fed, well dressed (no hand-me-downs for us!) and well loved.Every summer she’d take us off to Ireland, and that long arduous journey (for Mom) always felt like an adventure to me. Trains, boat, more trains, a taxi to the stile at the side of the road, over the stile and across the fields toarrive at Granny and Granddad’s farm in the middle of the night to a great welcome. And then the summer stretched before us, running wild, climbing hills, gathering in the hay, collecting eggs, only coming home to be fed, with Mom and Granny busy doing chores, baking bread, churning butter,Sending us to fetch water from the spring well.Back home in Osborn Road, Mom loved entertaining: there were always parties at our house. Aunties, uncles, friends, neighbours, lots of food and drink, music, dancing, singing, and tears too when one of the uncles sang “Oh Danny Boy”. It was great to be part of that big, loving family.

Cell - 13Cell - 13Coming HomeCOMMITTALCHURCHChurchCELEBRATIONEulogy – Roselyn Troy (2 of 2)She was an amazing mother, fiercely protective, always on my side, always looking out for me. I will miss her every day but I’m so luckyTo have had her for 68 years.Thank you Mom, God Bless, Roselyn X

Cell - 14Coming HomeCOMMITTALCHURCHCommittalCELEBRATION1. Committal – Goltrai – Sad/Lament Strain

Cell - 15Coming HomeCOMMITTALCHURCHCommittalCELEBRATIONCrematoriumCrematorium26thAugust 202213:00

Cell - 16Coming HomeCOMMITTALCHURCHCommittalCELEBRATIONCountry RoadsCountry RoadsAlmost heaven, West VirginiaBlue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah RiverLife is old there, older than the treesYounger than the mountains, growin' like a breezeCountry roads, take me homeTo the place I belongWest Virginia, mountain mamaTake me home, country roads

Cell - 17Coming HomeCOMMITTALCHURCHCommittalCELEBRATIONWild Mountain ThymeWild Mountain ThymeO the summer time has comeAnd the trees are sweetly bloomin'And the wild mountain thymeGrows around the bloomin' heatherWill ye goLassieGo?

Cell - 18Coming HomeCOMMITTALCHURCHCommittalCELEBRATIONCemeteryCemetery8thOctober 202211:00

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Cell - 20Coming HomeCOMMITTALCHURCHCommittalCELEBRATIONCemetery8thOctober 202211:00Cemetery

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Cell - 24COMMITTALCHURCHComing HomeCelebrationCELEBRATION3. Celebration – Geantrai – Joy/HappyStrain

Cell - 25COMMITTALCHURCHComing HomeComing HomeCELEBRATIONThe Darling Deb’s of SneemTheDarling Deb’s Of SneemStory BySheila O’Neill

Cell - 26COMMITTALCHURCHComing HomeCelebrationCELEBRATIONCelebration

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Cell - 29COMMITTALCHURCHComing HomeComing HomeCELEBRATIONCelebrationBodhran Drum

Cell - 30COMMITTALCHURCHComing HomeCelebrationCELEBRATIONCelebrationBlack Velvet band

Cell - 31COMMITTALCHURCHComing HomeComing HomeCELEBRATIONCelebrationThe Parting Glass

Cell - 32COMMITTALCHURCHComing HomeComing HomeCELEBRATIONBunnakilla – Before and After

Cell - 33COMMITTALCHURCHComing HomeCelebrationCELEBRATIONBunnakilla – Then and Now50 YearsLater !!!