A native of Clonmel, she was first elected as a councillor to South Tipperary County Council in 1974. She was elected as a TD in 1981, representing Tipperary ...
She was a wonderful lady, a real lady and she was with us for well over 30 years, coming to the Ploughing every year, she never missed a year. “She’d always have something nice to say to everyone. “She was particularly good when children would be lost or separated from their parents. “Carrie was always interested in organising. “She’d always be on the ball. “A former Mayor of Clonmel, Carrie had many interests.
Ms Acheson was elected as a councillor to South Tipperary County Council in 1974 and won a Dáil seat at the general election in 1981, before losing that seat in ...
"She was an able and determined public representative, a true community activist, always caring for and advocating on behalf of her constituents." "Hers was an infectious and warm personality." She was a community representative for many years, Micheál Martin said.
The Clonmel Show Society has paid tribute to the late Carrie Acheson who passed away on Monday. She was a stalwart of Clonmel Show and a dedicated volunteer ...
Her kindness to people “in trouble” was truly remarkable – a handwritten note would arrive in the post with her own special few words of support and comfort. The Clonmel Show society became a registered charity in 1998. When she was elected the first ever lady chairperson of the show committee in 1989, she had every class fully sponsored. She was the Mayor of Clonmel when attending her first show as a committee member in 1980. Carrie immediately immersed herself in the running of the annual show taking a special interest in the show’s sponsors. A bit like the late Queen Elizabeth at Ascot there would be small wagers as to what colour Carrie would wear in the afternoon.
"It is with a sense of great sadness that our ploughing family bid farewell to one of our most vibrant, elegant and legendary members."
“She’d cover the public address for us over the three days of the event, and particularly when children would get mislaid from their parents or get lost in the crowds, she would always arrive with her bag of sweets and her storybook and her colouring book, so that when a lost child would be brought to the public address system unit, she would have something to occupy them until they would be reunited with their parents,” Ms McHugh continued. With Ms Acheson taking on the task of addressing the crowds at the National Ploughing Championships for decades, Ms McHugh said that now, “a light is gone from the ploughing”. She is also a former mayor of Clonmel, president of the Irish Red Cross, president of the Clonmel Show, and a member of the National Ploughing Association, for which she did the public address at the National Ploughing Championships.
If you've been to the National Ploughing Championships or the Tullamore Show over the years, then you've definitely heard the distinctive voice of Carrie ...
"There were a few women involved in politics then and I never had a problem being a woman. I only had one and I worked nearly every day until he was born and I went back to work immediately after. "But I had no problem at all. "I remember the women waiting outside the town hall for their husbands to come from work to collect keys of houses. To see somebody getting a house in my time, it was something else. I was a councillor for 12 years and in that time I was the Mayor of Clonmel. "So I asked him, what time does he milk at in the morning. You name it, I was it. I went up with the salesman to see could I encourage him to pay for the machine. I gave him £150 off his bill, he gave me a cheque, a lovely breakfast and we ended up good friends. If I saw a Claas in a field today, I’d stop to look at it. "Dad left the sugar company and started up Barlo Farm Machinery in Clonmel.