Popular local man named Cashel Person of the Year
Well-known local man Tom Wood was officially confirmed as Cashel's Person of the Year
The Cashel Person of the Year for 2025 has just been revealed.
Well-known local man and former councillor Tom Wood was officially confirmed as Cashel's Person of the Year by Cashel Lions Club at a ceremony held at Halla na Féile.
Tom was selected for a lifetime of service to Cashel and its people dating back to his school days.
In September 2024 Tom published Gravestone Inscriptions which is a record of the detail on the headstones in the three graveyards in the town of Cashel and this was described on the night as the ‘icing on the cake’ of Tom’s service to his native town.
Tom was proposed for Cashel Person of the Year by his lifelong friend, Oliver Corbett, and seconded by his good friend and neighbour, Seán Ó’Duibhir.
The Cashel Person of the Year project has bee run by Cashel Lions Club since 1987, and aims to "recognise and thank" a member of the local community who has had an impact on the area.
In proposing Tom Wood as Cashel Person of the Year, Oliver Corbett described Tom as a "true local patriot".
Mr Wood was still in school when he helped to establish the Cashel Youth Club, before going on Widows and Widower’s Club which indirectly led to the establishment of the highly successful Cashel Tours which gave Cashel people "a chance to visit various parts of Ireland, Britain and Spain".
Various tributes were paid to Tom on the night including from councillors John Crosse and Roger Kennedy who served with Tom on Tipperary County Council.