Lundy, Eneas
April 23, 2013
Eneas enjoyed life to the full
Many a household in South Sligo purchased their first washing machine from him.
Eneas Luhdy, Rhue, Tubbercurry, was an agent for FAM models throughout the 1950s. He died, in his 98th year, on April 8th. Eneas was bom in Manhattan, New York, in 1915 to Tom and Sarah. He returned to Cloongoonagh, Tourlestrane, to be reared by his grandparents in 1918 after his mother died of the great flu of that year.
Educated at Banada National School and the Convent until he was 14, Eneas spent a number of years employed by the Irish Land Commission. He worked for 24 shillings a week on farm projects.
As a young adult he took up a position with the Irish Life Insurance Company and it was at this time also he became a FAM agent.
Unlike many of his generation, Eneas did not emigrate to find work. He married his nurse sweetheart Mary Ellen Walsh in 1946.
In the early 1950s he purchased a farm at Rhue. There he built the family home.
He worked for the rest of his life at various enterprises. One of these included the growing and selling of strawberries at the farm gate. Rhue strawberries became a landmark on the N17 throughout the 1970s.
His many interests included shooting, hunting, fishing, GAA football and his card games of both Poker and 25.
He was a member of the first Tourlestrane football team to win the County Sligo Junior in 1938 and was also won the winning team in 1946.
Eneas was a founder member of Tubbercurry Gun Club and the South Sligo Angling Club.
He was also interested in politics, current affairs, Irish and world history and general rural development.
Many a youth he coached on the fine aspects of wildlife. He was an expert on the behaviour of the wily fox and all native wild birds and mammals.
His retirement years were full of merriment - be it card games, sheep sales in Coolaney or chatting the various generations he might meet on a day's outing.
His easy going attitude to life was an example to all. Eneas believed life was for living and enjoying.
He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Mary Ellen; sons, Robert, Brendan, Seamus, Gerry, Kieran and Paul; daughter, Patricia; grandchildren and great grandchildren, in-laws, relatives and friends.
Courtesy of The Sligo Champion
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