Paddy is still keeping busy

If there was ever an example of the antidote to ageing being just not stopping, Paddy Maloney of Kilcullen is that.



A year on from being guest of honour, at the age of 88, for the opening of the new premises of the Kilcullen Canoe Club which he founded, he still finds time and has the talent to make things, and make them well.

A carpenter and builder by trade in his younger days, Paddy these times has put his hand to making very attractive bowls from fine woods such as mahogany and parana pine.

And not content to just turning a bowl from a chunk of wood, he painstakingly cuts out pieces in shaped and splayed sections, clamping them together and creating very ornate pieces from his own patterns.

The results from his endeavours in his home workshop he gives to family members to mark special occasions. His latest creation is made from no less than 60 individual pieces.

“He’s a great man, and a great example of keeping busy in older age,” says a friend who visits him regularly.