By Dan Walsh
The death has occurred of Danny O’Neill, Hollybrook House, Myshall, Co. Carlow who was a legend in his own lifetime, carried on the bonesetting tradition in his family for more than 60 years, and his name is universally known, and he regularly featured in television documentaries and print articles. He was in his 94th year.
Danny continued his bonesetting practice up to the Covid 19 virus outbreak where he was forced to retire on medical advice.
The O’Neill bonesetting gift goes back throughout the generations. Old timers in the Myshall area during the 1960s speculated that the gift was with the O’Neill’s for up to 400 years. In living memory, Danny’s grandfather Johnny O’Neill and his uncle Pat O’Neill were bonesetters.
Born into a farming background, Danny farmed for the best part of five decades on a mixed holding, and since his retirement in 1999, the farm has been managed by his son Jimmy.
Danny O’Neill has dealt with fractures, displaced bones and probably the full range of ailments relating to the 302 bones in the human body over a working life, providing relief from pain for people young and old ‒ men, women and children.
FAMILY NOTICE; Danny O’Neill, Hollybrook House, Myshall, Co. Carlow, passed away peacefully on March 13th, 2024.Predeceased by his beloved daughter Olivia and son-in-law Peadar. Danny beloved husband of Tess and much-loved father of Dan, Mary, Jimmy, Gretta, Claire and Treasa. Deeply regretted by his wife, sons, daughters, sons-in-law Fursey, John, Gerry and Kevin, daughters-in-law Bernie and Natalie, grandchildren Danny, John, Aíne, Joe, Marie, Therese, Maria, Danielle, Tess, Charlie, Daniel, Donal, Seana, Daire, Sean, Peter, Jack, Shane and Grace, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, relatives, kind neighbours and his many friends. May Danny’s Gentle Soul Rest In Peace.
Reposing at his home on Thursday from 12 noon concluding with prayers at 8pm. Requiem Mass on Friday at 2pm in the Church of The Holy Cross, Myshall, followed by burial in Lismaconly Cemetery, Myshall.
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