Passing of Agnes 'Babs' Conroy marks end of an eventful era
Passing of Agnes 'Babs' Conroy marks end of an eventful era Agnes Conroy, Durrow, 1925- 2020 Reporter: '); Agnes Conroy (neé Murphy) was born on December 4 1925 in Blackcastle, Threecastles, Co Kilkenny, the last of a family of ten children. She very quickly acquired the affectionate “ Baby “ or “Babs” among the rest of her siblings - a sobriquet she was to hold for the remainder of her days. Her father Tom - an All- Ireland Hurling medal winner with Kilkenny in 1905, had died unexpectedly the previous August, leaving her mother Margaret to raise their ten children, alone on a sma...
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