Tipperary County Council is looking at the possibility of putting up memorials in Clonmel to famous figures from the past.
If follows a call from Mayor Richie Molloy for a plaque to be errected on the new Greenway to remember the exploits of world-renowned boxer Johnny Healy who died in 1994.
Cllr Molloy says there’s loads of other local people who’s achievement deserve to be remembered.
He says a series of memorial would create an added sense of the town’s history for tourists and locals alike:
“I was happy with the response that the Council are going to look at this and put all these memorials up – I think it will create a bit of history. And you know from a tourism point of view too, I think it’s important that we remember people from the past. And certainly, I knew Johnny Healy myself personally when he was alive, and he was a great man for coaching and getting young people into boxing. So people like that shouldn’t be forgotten.”
