The Southern Region decided to honour families who have been involved in pigeon racing in the Region for a hundred years or more.

This wonderful gesture was the brain-child of Kevin Darling, himself a life-long member of the Irish Homing Union. A man of boundless energy and enthusiasm, his contribution to all aspects of the sport deserves the highest praise.

For the Southern Region Meeting of 29th March, 2009 Kevin made all the arrangements to honour four families whose members have been involved with the Irish Homing Union for over a hundred years. He asks that any other families with such distinctive service to make themselves known to Region authorities.

Congratulations to Kevin for coming up with the idea, and of course, to the families involvded.



The Crean Family of Cork. Left to right: Niall Crean, Kevin Darling, Michael Crean (father of Niall) , Pascal Mulcahy.



The Daly Family of Dublin. Left to right: Raymond Daly, Kevin Darling, Roisin Daly (grandaughter of Raymond) Christy Daly and Pascal Mulcahy. Unfortunately, Clifford Daly, son of Raymond and father of Roisin, was parking the car and missed the photo-shoot. Such a pity, and sorry, Clifford!



The deKhors Family of Dublin. Left to right: Kevin Darling, Cecil deKhors, Pascal Mulcahy.



The Ingle Family of Dublin. Left to right: Kevin Darling, Anthony Ingle and Pascal Mulcahy.



He is not quite a hundred years in pigeons, but the Region took advantage of the occasion to present Kevin Darling himself with a silver salver in recognition of his contribution to the sport. Kevin recently stood down as Treasurer of the Region. Here Kevin is flanked by Eugene Fitzgerald and Pascal Mulcahy.

Under each of the above photos it is intended to insert, in the near future, a resumé of each family involvement. It should make interesting reading, so watch out for it.