Joe (Phil) Power, Kilfarrasy, and his friend Bill Ormond, the old Post Office, Fenor, in Mother McHughs circa 1997 — two men who spent much of their lives in England before retiring to Fenor.
Joe worked across the water for many years with Jim — both brothers of the late Phil Power, Whitfield, Butlerstown — before returning to Waterford and a farm near his native Fenor in the eighties. Bill was originally from Kilsheelan but connected to Fenor through his sisters, Kathy (d. 1995) and Mary (d. 1998), who purchased the post office here and operated it for more than two decades until its closure in 1986.
Their brother used to visit regularly on holiday before deciding to make the move full-time in the early eighties. He was never happier than when playing cards with his friends in O’Mahonys/Mother McHughs. Joe and Bill passed away within weeks of each other in the year 2000.
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