Annual Remembrance Service
Since 2014, Embrace FARM has held the Annual Remembrance Service in memory of those who have passed within farm families across Ireland. This is a time of the year that we gather together in Abbeyleix, Co. Laois to hold space for each other, and remember those who have died within farm families as well as support those who have survived farming injuries.
“We remember those we have lost and acknowledge your pain. You are a part of everything that we do, everything that we are. We speak their names because they are still and always will be, a part of us.”
A Lasting Tribute
Grief is not something confined by time passed, so no matter when a family member or friend may have passed, you can contact us to have them memorialised at the annual service by adding their name to the Remembrance List. Once their name is placed on the list, it is there to be remembered and read aloud at all future services.
Annual Remembrance Service 2026
This year’s annual service will be held on Sunday, June 28th 2026 at 2p.m. in Most Holy Rosary Church in Abbeyleix, Co. Laois.
We would be delighted if you would join us on the day or online as we come together to remember those who have been seriously injured or died on farms across Ireland over the years.
If you are not able to be there in person, you will be able to watch the livestream of the service on our Facebook. Recordings of Remembrance Services from past years are available to watch below or on our YouTube channel.
Gone but not forgotten – those we remember for you
| Title | Place | Year | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbie Nummy | Down | 2019 |  |
| Adam Mangan | Offaly | 2015 |  |
| Aidan Daly | Kerry | 2017 |  |
| Alan McDonald | Dublin | 1967 | |
| Alison Torrens | Tyrone | 2009 | |
| Allan Ward | Down | 1996 |  |
| Alphonsus Jr. McMahon | Clare | 2023 | |
| Alphonsus Smith | Cavan | 2018 |  |
| Andrew Claxton | Offaly | 2012 |  |
| Andrew Merrigan | Wexford | 1973 | |
| Angela Murphy | Waterford | 1962 | |
| Anne O'Neill | Wicklow | 1962 | |
| Anthony Ennis | Dublin | 2015 | |
| Anthony O'Donovan | Cork | 2022 | |
| Austin Reddin | Offaly | N.D. | |
| Barry Sweetman | Dublin | 1985 | |
| Barthy O'Leary | Cork | 2019 |  |
| Ben Regan | Cork | 2015 | |
| Bernard O'Connor | Meath | 2024 | |
| Billy Doyle | Wexford | 1973 | |
| Billy James Egan | Limerick | 2004 |  |
| Bobby Richardson | Limerick | 2024 | |
| Breada Lynch | Kerry | 2025 | |
| Brendan Kelly | Tipperary | 2011 |  |
| Brendan O'Connor | Meath | 2024 | |
| Brian Ahern | Laois | 1989 | |
| Brian McElroy | Louth | 1968 | |
| Brian Mulhern | Mayo | 2023 | |
| Bridget Dunphy | Kilkenny | 1970 | |
| Cathal McLaughlin | Tyrone | 2011 |  |
| Cathal Moran | Kilkenny | 2023 | |
| Christy Lispsett | Donegal | 2013 | |
| Cian Mooney | Kilkenny | 2022 | |
| Ciaran | Casey | 2013 | |
| Ciaran Casey | Cork | 2013 | |
| Ciaran Morrissey | Wexford | 2022 | |
| Colie Kearney | Galway | 2023 | |
| Colm Kettle | Kildare | 1985 | |
| Conal James Durkan | Mayo | 2021 | |
| Conor Campbell | Leitrim | 2020 |  |
| Damian Buckley | Cork | 2010 | |
| Damian Trench | Mayo | 1999 | |
| Damien Carmody | Clare | 2021 | |
| Damien Forde | Cork | 2015 |  |
| Damien McKeon | Leitrim | 2018 | |
| Dan Delahunty | Laois | 1976 | |
| Dan Twomey | Cork | 2023 | |
| Daniel Phillpott | Cork | 2011 | |
| Darren Shanahan | Tipperary | 2008 |  |
| David Lyster | Monaghan | 2009 |  |
| David McAteer | Meath | 2023 | |
| David Morrissey | Tipperary | 1995 | |
| Declan Donohue | Galway | 2015 | |
| Declan Gohery | Tipperary | 2018 | |
| Declan McNamee | Meath | 2022 | |
| Denis Canniffe | Sligo | 2021 | |
| Denis Carroll | Tipperary | 2008 | |
| Denis Colbert | Tipperary | 1958 | |
| Denis Daly | Cork | 2022 | |
| Denis Rodgers | Dublin | 1972 | |
| Denny Murphy | Cork | 2020 |  |
| Densy Kelly | Limerick | 1979 | |
| Derek Deacon | Wexford | 1969 | |
| Dermot Hogan | Offaly | 2014 | |
| Dessie Donnelly | Tyrone | 2012 | |
| Diarmauid Whelton | Cork | 1990 | |
| Dick English | Limerick | 1997 | |
| Donal English Hayden | Carlow | 2015 |  |
| Donal Fitzpatrick | Laois | 1972 | |
| Donal Keneally | Cork | 2000 | |
| Donal Scully | Laois | 2007 | |
| Eamon Keogh | Tipperary | 1972 | |
| Eamonn Corcoran | Tipperary | 2002 |  |
| Eamonn Kealy | Kilkenny | 2010 |  |
| Eddie Lonergan | Kilkenny | 1994 | |
| Eddie O'Shea | Tipperary | 1994 | |
| Edmond Burke | Clare | 2012 | |
| Edward O'Shea | Tipperary | 2014 | |
| Eimear Gahan | Cork | 1990 | |
| Elizabeth Dowling | Laois | 1974 | |
| Ellie McDonnell | Down | 2019 | |
| Eoin Griffin | Kerry | 1996 | |
| Eric Whelan | Wicklow | 2010 |  |
| Ernest Strong | Cavan | 2005 | |
| Eugene Dunne | Laois | 1981 |  |
| Fionn Cashman | Cork | 2014 | |
| Fionnán Lynch | Kerry | 2024 | |
| Frances Corcoran | Laois | 1945 | |
| Francis Dunne | Cork | 1968 | |
| Frank Nyhan | Cork | 1981 | |
| Garrett Dee | Kerry | 2025 | |
| Geoff Curran | Waterford | 1995 | |
| Geoffrey Power | Waterford | 1958 | |
| George Colton | Offaly | 2003 | |
| George Kavanagh | Wicklow | 1995 | |
| George Kelly | Offaly | 2006 | |
| George Rothwell | Carlow | 2012 | |
| George Williams | Kilkenny | 2010 |  |
| Ger Stafford | Wexford | 1970 | |
| Gerard McCarthy | Cork | 1980 | |
| Gerry Egan | Offaly | 1991 | |
| Gerry Naughton | Mayo | 2019 |  |
| Graeme Kilpatrick | Armagh | 2012 | |
| Harry McAnaspie | Tyrone | 2018 | |
| Henry Adams | Down | 2006 | |
| Henry Allen | Derry | 2013 | |
| Hugh Fitzpatrick | Cavan | 2000 | |
| Jack Conroy | Laois | 1973 | |
| Jack Nolan | Kilkenny | 1988 | |
| James Clince | Wexford | 1967 | |
| James Earle | Wexford | 1977 | |
| James Galvin | Cork | 1992 |  |
| James Higgins | Offaly | 2008 |  |
| James Purcell | Kilkenny | 2016 | |
| Jerry O'Meara | Tipperary | 2022 | |
| Jim Bergin | Kilkenny | 1989 |  |
| Jim Cronin | Cork | 1970 | |
| Jim King | Offaly | 1981 | |
| Jim O'Neill | Tipperary | 2023 | |
| Jimmy Brennan | Carlow | 1985 | |
| Jimmy Cooney | Galway | 2023 | |
| Jimmy Curran | Down | 2007 | |
| Jimmy Nolan | Carlow | 2014 | |
| Jimmy Purcell | Kilkenny | 2016 | |
| John Ahern | Tipperary | 2015 | |
| John Brennan | Clare | 2020 | |
| John Cotter | Kerry | 1952 | |
| John Deegan | Wicklow | 2022 | |
| John Devine | Waterford | 2007 | |
| John Donnelly | Wicklow | 2017 |  |
| John Early | Carlow | | |
| John French | Wexford | 2012 |  |
| John Gleeson | Tipperary | 1990 |  |
| John Grier | Longford | 2009 |  |
| John Halpin | Limerick | 2011 |  |
| John Hansberry | Galway | 2022 | |
| John Harkness | Leitrim | 2023 | |
| John Harte | Longford | 2020 | |
| John Kennedy | Wexford | 2017 | |
| John Lonergan | Tipperary | 1971 | |
| John Loughman | Laois | 2016 |  |
| John McCue | Mayo | 1981 | |
| John McDonnell | Kilkenny | 2022 | |
| John McGovern | Longford | 2015 | |
| John McHugh | Mayo | 1981 | |
| John McSweeney | Cork | 2001 | |
| John Meehan | Mayo | 2013 | |
| John Miller | Derry | 1984 | |
| John Murphy | Cork | 2011 | |
| John O'Dwyer | Carlow | 2017 | |
| John O'Hanrahan | Kilkenny | 2008 | |
| John O'Mahony | Kerry | 2022 | |
| John Pollard | Wexford | 2015 | |
| John Reynolds | Cork | 2020 |  |
| John Ryan | Tipperary | 2002 |  |
| John Sheehan | Cork | 1992 | |
| John Smyth | Wexford | 2023 | |
| John Sweetnam | Wexford | 2011 |  |
| Johnny Drumm | Kerry | 1965 | |
| Johnny Fleming | Wexford | 1981 | |
| Johnny Rowe | Laois | 1985 | |
| Jonathan Reilly | Galway | 2022 | |
| Joseph Moore | Dublin | 1968 | |
| Joseph Shorten | Cork | 2023 | |
| Josie McDermott | Donegal | 2014 |  |
| Julie Broderick | Laois | 2023 | |
| Kathleen Seale (Nee Collier) | Laois | 2022 | |
| Kenneth Mooney | Laois | 2024 | |
| Kevin Banville | Wexford | 2014 |  |
| Kevin Dorman | United Kingdom - Devon | 2014 | |
| Kevin Harney | Kildare | 1968 | |
| Kevin Kelly | Armagh | 2000 |  |
| Kevin Lonergan | Kilkenny | 1985 | |
| Kevin Molloy | Laois | 2010 | |
| Kevin Skelly | Longford | 2022 | |
| Kevin Timmins | Wexford | 1998 | |
| Kieran Brennan | Kilkenny | 1985 | |
| Kieran Byrne | Offaly | 2018 |  |
| Kieran Flynn | Cavan | 2012 |  |
| Kieran Joyce | Wexford | 2009 |  |
| Killian O'Brien | Sligo | 2024 | |
| Laurence Wacks | Cavan | 2014 |  |
| Leonard Poole | Wexford | 2024 | |
| Liam Drake | Limerick | 2011 |  |
| Liam Lyons | Offaly | 2014 | |
| Liam Rohan | Laois | 2012 | |
| Liam Ryan | Kilkenny | 2012 | |
| Liam Ryan Luke | Limerick | 1998 |  |
| Llewellyn Mooney | Tipperary | 1982 | |
| Louis O'Toole | Wexford | 2018 | |
| Louise Colhoun | Donegal | 2020 |  |
| Lucy O'Connor | Roscommon | 2014 | |
| Margaret Phelan | Kilkenny | 1995 | |
| Marian McKeon | Leitrim | 2022 | |
| Marion O'Reilly | Cavan | 2016 | |
| Mark Fordham | Galway | 2015 | |
| Mark Hargadon | Sligo | 2021 | |
| Mark O'Hara | Galway | 1983 | |
| Martin Geran | Cork | 2023 | |
| Martin Kehoe Jnr | Wexford | 2017 | |
| Martin Moran | Leitrim | 2013 | |
| Martin Morgan | Galway | 2019 |  |
| Martin O'Connor | Wexford | 2022 | |
| Martin Young | Tipperary | N.D. | |
| Mary Josephine Kelly | Wexford | 2024 | |
| Mary McCann | Leitrim | 1990 | |
| Matthew O'Shea | Clare | 1998 | |
| Mattie Moore | Offaly | 1975 | |
| Maurice Coffey | Waterford | 2018 |  |
| Maurice Foley | Cork | 2011 |  |
| Michael (Mick) Kelly | Cork | 1973 | |
| Michael Ahern | Cork | 2001 | |
| Michael Collins | Cork | 2001 | |
| Michael Cox | Westmeath | 1959 | |
| Michael Cronin | Cork | 2020 | |
| Michael Crowley | Cork | 2022 | |
| Michael Jordan | Carlow | 2012 | |
| Michael Joseph Burke | Offaly | 1969 | |
| Michael Kelly | Cork | 1973 | |
| Michael Kenny | Kildare | 2014 | |
| Michael Liddane | Clare | 2021 | |
| Michael McCarthy | Cork | 2014 | |
| Michael McGloughlin | Meath | 1993 | |
| Michael McKessy | Cork | 2013 | |
| Michael Nagle | Offaly | 1987 | |
| Michael O'Donnell | Waterford | 2008 | |
| Michael O'Keeffe | Meath | 2013 | |
| Michael Smith | Meath | 2004 | |
| Michael Smyth | Meath | 1999 |  |
| Michael Walsh | Kilkenny | 2017 |  |
| Micheál Buckley | Cork | 2013 | |
| Mick O'Donohue | Wexford | 1968 | |
| Mike Flavin | Cork | 2022 | |
| Mike Stack | Limerick | 2011 | |
| Mikey Matthews | Louth | 2022 | |
| Ned Broderick | Laois | 2023 | |
| Ned Campbell | Limerick | 1985 | |
| Neil Graham | Fermanagh | 2018 |  |
| Niall Deegan | Wicklow | 1979 | |
| Nicholas Cosgrove | Wicklow | 1982 | |
| Nick Whelan | Wexford | 1971 | |
| Nigel Conboy | Sligo | 1999 | |
| Noel McCormack | Wexford | 2003 |  |
| Norman Foster | Fermanagh | 2021 | |
| Norman Frizzell | Donegal | 2012 | |
| Norman Masterson | Wexford | 2023 | |
| Owen Thornton | Monaghan | 2018 |  |
| Paddy Clohessy | Clare | 2020 |  |
| Paddy Curtin | Cork | 2020 |  |
| Paddy Devereux | Wexford | 2015 | |
| Paddy McCarthy | Cork | 2020 | |
| Paddy O'Neill | Wicklow | 1962 | |
| Paddy Sweeney | Galway | 2013 |  |
| Pat Bogue | Clare | 2021 | |
| Pat Brennan | Carlow | 2023 | |
| Pat Coffey | Tipperary | 2020 | |
| Pat Curran | Down | 2015 | |
| Pat Dermody | Galway | 2020 | |
| Pat Hogan | Carlow | 2024 | |
| Pat Joe O'Connor | Cork | 2006 | |
| Pat Kavanagh | Laois | 1992 | |
| Pat Kelly | Clare | 2010 | |
| Pat McCarthy | Cork | 2012 |  |
| Pat Nolan | Mayo | 2000 |  |
| Pat O'Connor | Kerry | 2018 | |
| Patrick Anthony Heanue | Galway | 2022 | |
| Patrick Brennan | Longford | 2000 | |
| Patrick Buckley | Cork | 2014 | |
| Patrick Burkett | Dublin | 2024 | |
| Patrick Conroy | Laois | 1961 | |
| Patrick Dillon | United Sates of America | 1981 | |
| Patrick Farrelly | Cavan | 2020 | |
| Patrick Looney | Cork | 2021 | |
| Patrick Madden | Galway | 1934 | |
| Patrick Mahon | Laois | 1988 | |
| Patrick McCormack | Tipperary | 2018 | |
| Patrick McKeogh | Tipperary | 2021 | |
| Patrick Pilkington | Offaly | N.D. | |
| Patsy Coffey | Tipperary | 2018 | |
| Paul Flynn | Dublin | 1976 | |
| Paul Harrisson | Kilkenny | 2016 | |
| Peadar Moloney | Clare | 2006 | |
| Peadar Purcell | Tipperary | 2022 | |
| Peggy Brennan | Kilkenny | 2009 | |
| Peter Coney Byrne | Wicklow | 2019 | |
| Peter Downey | Armagh | 2003 | |
| Peter Fitzsimons | Monaghan | 2020 |  |
| Peter Ryan | Tipperary | 1995 |  |
| Peter Taaffe | Louth | 1995 | |
| Peter Tobin | Offaly | 2014 | |
| Peter Wall | Laois | 2015 | |
| Philip Furlong | Wexford | 2017 |  |
| Philip Lonergan | Cork | 2019 | |
| Philip Rogers | Cavan | 1972 | |
| PJ Killeen | Clare | 2023 | |
| PJ Matthews | Louth | 2022 | |
| Raymond O'Donovan | Cork | 1996 |  |
| Richard Cully | Offaly | 2022 | |
| Richard Moore | Dublin | 2002 |  |
| Richard Ryan | Kilkenny | 2006 | |
| Robert J. Walshe | Cork | 1972 | |
| Robert McMahon | Louth | 1998 | |
| Robin Roark | Wexford | 1990 |  |
| Rody Carroll | Offaly | 2017 |  |
| Roisin Costello | Roscommon | 2020 | |
| Roland Barr | Derry | 1982 | |
| Roman Chmil | Ukraine | 2008 | |
| Rory Fox | Tipperary | 2001 |  |
| Ryan Nagle | Kerry | 2019 |  |
| Sam Martin | Down | 2008 | |
| Seamus Convoy | Armagh | 2021 | |
| Seamus Foyle | Laois | 2023 | |
| Seamus Hennessy | Meath | 2017 | |
| Seamus Joyce | Mayo | 2020 | |
| Seamus McParland | Armagh | 2005 |  |
| Seamus Walsh | Mayo | 2014 | |
| Sean Clarke | Cavan | 2021 | |
| Sean Clear | Laois | 2023 | |
| Sean Delaney | Kilkenny | 1968 |  |
| Sean Grier | Longford | 1950 | |
| Sean Healy | Cork | 1994 | |
| Sean Kehoe | Wexford | 1967 | |
| Sean Mulligan | Offaly | 2010 | |
| Sean Quinn | Mayo | 1990 | |
| Sean Reilly | Longford | 2016 |  |
| Sean Treacey | Kilkenny | 2011 | |
| Shane Foley | Kerry | 2016 |  |
| Shane Kenneally | Offaly | 2011 | |
| Shane McNamee | Meath | 2002 | |
| Shane O'Connor | Meath | 2008 | |
| Shannan Keohane | Cork | 2003 |  |
| Sophie Pearson | Laois | 2013 |  |
| Stephen Grehan | Roscommon | 2019 | |
| Stephen Powell | Tipperary | 1987 | |
| Stpehen McMinn | Down | 2014 | |
| Tadhg Brosnan | Cork | 2019 |  |
| Teddy Brosnan | Kerry | 2014 |  |
| Teresa McNally | Monaghan | 2015 | |
| Thomas Dunne | Meath | 2020 |  |
| Thomas Fingleton | Laois | 2024 | |
| Thomas Joseph Kiely | Cork | 1958 | |
| Thomas Lambert | Roscommon | 1986 | |
| TJ McDonagh | Clare | 2014 | |
| TJ Sweeney | Limerick | 2026 |  |
| Tom Blake | Tipperary | 1964 | |
| Tom Butler | Tipperary | 1995 | |
| Tom Concar | Galway | 1979 | |
| Tom Kennedy | Tipperary | 2017 | |
| Tom Leahy | Limerick | 2021 | |
| Tom Nolan | Wexford | 2017 | |
| Tom O'Loughlin | Laois | 1959 |  |
| Tom Tierney | Galway | 1991 | |
| Tom Walsh | Laois | 1998 | |
| Tomás Mossy Teehan | Kilkenny | 1969 | |
| Tomás Tierney | Galway | 2010 | |
| Tommy Dillon | Kilkenny | 1989 | |
| Tommy Feeney | Monaghan/Donegal | 2021 | |
| Tommy Hales | Cork | 2016 | |
| Tommy Hill | Cork | 2019 |  |
| Tommy Tiernan | Leitrim | 2008 | |
| Tony Day | Cork | 2019 | |
| Tony O'Malley | Mayo | 2017 | |
| Victor Rynhart | Wexford | 2012 |  |
| Walter Ryan | Kilkenny | | |
| William Boal | Donegal | 1979 |  |
| William Byrne | Carlow | 2002 | |
| William Joyce | Galway | 2019 |  |
| William Leahy | Kerry | 2022 | |
| William V Conway | Tipperary | 2016 | |
| Willie Keogh | Limerick | 1985 | |
| Willo McGrath | Tipperary | 2011 | |
