Was, I thought it was near Newcastle West, but I was surprised to find it near Athea, in a beautiful but rather remote hilly area. I got to know Timmy, he knew I was an East Limerick man which was a help as he was from Rooskagh. We had a yearly Dance in the Fall which brought in around $50 thousand. I arrived in Winfield in 2007 as Curate (Associate Pastor). Mary’s Church which I worked in as a priest from 2007 – 2014, before I returned to Ireland. Timmy never forgot Monsignor Fox and the encouragement he gave him. Husband ran a construction Company building public Schools for New York City and State. He also, with his two sons and daughter Ann’s Timmy was on a roll and his turnover became over $300 million/year. In 1964 Timmy Set up Ahern Painting Company and it got bigger as he began to be contracted to paint the bridges of New York– Brooklyn Bridge 4½ miles long,Ĭosting $165 million over 3 years, Manhattan Bridge, Tribora Bridge etc. Monsignor Fox was a great priest with many influential friends and I believe heĮncouraged Timmy in his career. Woodside became very Irish in the early 50’s. Timmy was deeply involved in the parish, which began in 1854 as a German enclave in Queens. Whose Pastor Monsignor Peter Fox helped Timmy to start a business as a painting contractor. He set up a small paint shop in two blocks away from St. Timmy Ahern from Rooska, Athea/Carrigkerry emigrated as an 18 year old to Wookside, NYC in the late 1950s.
He was a gentleman, very kind and generous and he died on July 29th 2015) A West Limerick Man in New York who helped me - By Fr.