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Memorial Table for Jimmy and Bridget Murphy unveiled at Lough Conn

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Sunday the 12th  started off wet and sometimes wintry but at 2pm rays of rare October sun shone on the crowd assembled on the Shore of Lough Conn for the unveiling of the Jimmy and Bridget Murphy Memorial table. The picnic table has been placed on the Massbrook Shore where both Jimmy and Bridget shared many happy years together. The Murphy family have a long association with Lough Conn where Jimmy ran a very busy and successful boat hire business catering for the many anglers who came from all over the world to fish for wild brown trout and salmon.

Jimmy’s son Gerry continues the tradition of the family Boat Hire business today. The picnic table, made from recycled plastic is one of a number of picnic tables and huts placed around the lough by the local angling clubs in recent years. Chairman of the Foxford Angling Club Michael Tiernan said that it was only fitting that a table placed on the Masbrook Shore would serve as a memorial to Jimmy and Bridget Murphy who were a huge part of the angling scene on Loughs Conn and Cullin.

Members of the Murphy family and Foxford Angling Club

Members of the Foxford Angling Club are delighted to have a resource like Lough Conn on their doorsteps and are committed to protecting and enhancing it for future generations of anglers and nature lovers. “Over the last number of years we have joined forces with other local angling clubs to work together to put in place facilities which enhance the angling and outdoor experience. We have done this through fundraising, voluntary work and some gifted and willing members who have the foresight to work towards a better tomorrow for our local loughs.”

On behalf of the Murphy family Gerry Murphy thanked Foxford Angling Club and said he was delighted to see Jimmy and Bridget remembered by the anglers. He said the family would visit the table for picnics in the coming years. The huts and tables can be accessed by boat with boats available for hire from Gerry Murphy, Massbrook. Anglers and nature lovers visiting and using the facilities are asked to follow the countryside code and leave no trace.