FR. CON COLLINS RIP: The death took place at Milford Nursing Home of Fr. Con Collins formerly of Carrigeen Croom. Fr. Con Collins took up residence with his parents John and Nora, from Abbeyfeale, in their new home and farm at Carrigeen in 1934. Fr. Con was one of eight children in the Collins family, John Joe, Kitty, Julie, Fr. Con, Mary, Ita, Bridget, and Denis. They were nieces and nephews of the well-known businessman, Denis Guiney who set up a landmark business in O’Connell St. in Dublin, Clerys (1941) Drapery Store. Fr. Con would have attended Croom National School under the tutorship of David Cantwell and William Jones. He later attended Adare CBS and St. Munchin’s College, Limerick. Fr. Con was Ordained on the 22nd June 1952 in Maynooth. His first assignment as an Ordained Priest was in the diocese of Kildare. In 1957 he went on to be appointed to St. John’s Cathedral and Chaplain to the Good Shepherd Convent, Limerick. In 1971 Administrator to St. John’s In February 1976 appointed CC Ballingarry. 1980 appointed PP Glin. July 1993 appointed CC Feenagh/Kilmeedy. 2004 retired to Patrickswell. Fr. Collins died in Milford Nursing Home on the 24th April 2013. Fr. Con was a very popular priest and pastor of the many parishes and churches which he administered. He loved to meet his fellow school mates and parishioners of Croom, he would recall the sporting activities, the hurling and athletics, the playing of Tennis at the Tennis court on the Castle Road. Fr. Con celebrated his Diamond Jubilee of his Ordination to the Priesthood in 2012 where he joined the diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes to celebrate his 60 years as a committed servant of the Church. Concelebrated Requiem Mass took place on Sunday headed by the newly Ordained Bishop of Limerick Brendan Leahy who acknowledged the Pastoral duties that Fr. Con carried out during his life time. Canon James Neville was the chief celebrant. Canon Neville spoke of the friendship that he had with the late Fr. Con Collins, his seminarian