Happy birthday to Assumpta O’Donoghue, Mill Road, who celebrated her 40th birthday at the Brehon Hotel on Friday night with scores of friends and family including her husband, Johnny, parents, Seamus and Margaret, sisters and brothers-in-law, Rita and Stephen, Eileen and Brian, Fiona and Miah, and brother and sister-in-law, James and Jacqui. 

Daughter Samantha rang from Brisbane the morning of the birthday on Thursday, August 26, to wish her mam all the best and, again, the morning after the party to see how everything had gone. 

Son JJ (2) was too young for the party but celebrated with his mam and dad at home.  

Assumpta works in the office of the family business, Killarney Oils.  The party began with a barbecue in the Brehon marquee and switched indoors for an incredible night of dancing to Jason Fallon. 

Some of the more ‘senior’ partygoers played a blinder on the dance floor and turned out to be the real ‘dancing queens’ on the night. 

That’s not to say the rest of us were wallflowers.  It was great to see the birthday girl, herself, enjoying the night 110 per cent. 

For the record, Miah, I took my leave of the precincts of the Brehon some time before your rendition of ‘My Father’s House’ which, by all accounts, was a cracker.

A terrific night, Assumpta, especially all that dancing.