Coolderry native selected as Offaly Person of the Year with Unsung Hero Award going to Edenderry man

COOLDERRY native, Noel Tynan has been selected as the 2022 Offaly Person of the Year.

A successful business man, Mr Tynan has been based in Dublin for the past number of decades where he is proprietor of the Celt bar, restaurant and hotel on Talbot Street in the heart of the capital.

Mr Tynan is also involved in a number of other business ventures providing valuable employment.

He is also deeply immersed in GAA affairs and is a staunch supporter and sponsor of both his native Coolderry and the Faithful county.

The 2022 Unsung Hero of Offaly award recipient is Edenderry man, Shane Loughlin.

He was selected for his work in reviving the Edenderry St Patrick's Day Parade, the organising of fundraising tractor tuns for charity and for arranging the visit of Santa and Mrs Claus to all the estates in Edenderry prior to the Christmas.

Mr O'Loughlin is also involved in a host of other good causes in north Offaly.

In all 26 people from across Offaly were nominated for the two awards which are organised by a sub-committee of the Offaly Association (Dublin).

The awards ceremony will be held in the Bridge House Hotel, Tullamore on Saturday, April 15 next.

Tickets, priced at €45, will be available in the coming weeks for the gala occasion from the Bridge House Hotel or any member of the organising sub-committee.

Chairperson of the organising sub-committee Ms Jennifer Guinan said the selection committee extended congratulations to both award winners and said the 26 nominees for the awards reflected Offaly life in all its facets.

The other 24 nominees were as follows: The Murphy family, Blueball; Jude Feehan, Ferbane; Paddy Hogan, Tullamore and New York; Seamus Boland, the Island; Ann Byrne McCormack, Dunkerrin; Ken Smollen, Tullamore; Joe McLoughlin, Birr; Eileen Goulding, Shinrone; Tyrrell's Shop, Tullamore; Hooves4Hospice; Judy Bryant, Killoughey; Michael Duignan, Banagher and Durrow; Paul Galvin, Tullamore; Anne Starling, Tullamore; John O'Connor, Durrow; Humphrey O'Connor, Tullamore; Anthony Kearns, Tullamore/ Ballinamere; Robert McDermott, Edenderry; Moneygall Camogie Club: Yvonne Farrell, Tullamore; Shinrone GAA; Alan McNamee, Rhode and Ned and Mary Smyth, Daingean.

The sub-committee which organises the awards is composed of Jennifer Guinan, Drumcullen and Dublin, Liam Fleury, Drumcullen and Dublin, Pat Teehan, Coolderry and Birr, Noel McCann, Daingean and Tullamore, Peter Carter, Edenderry and Ger Scully, Tullamore and Killavilla.