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Unsung Hero 2026

 Liam Harkin - Unsung Hero Muff Féile 2026

Earlier today Muff Féile Chairman presented our Unsung Hero for 2026 with his official certificate at the Country Games space. 

An integral part of Muff community, Liam has played a quiet, but vital role of community, in so many roles for endless years. From the Youth Club to Muff Festival, and now Muff Féile, he's always there supporting, helping, guiding, and being a part of the very essence that is Muff.

Emma McLaughlin said of Liam, "A fluorescent jacket flapping in the breeze as the bunting goes up. Signs carefully put in place. A catchup with the amusements crew, marquees rising. Climbing ladders with a smile, fixing the sound, setting up the power so there's tea for everyone, making sure everything works just as it should.


And then quietly, early on Sunday morning, he's there again, laying out the field, putting in posts, roping off the areas, the strongman, the races, the fancy dress, everywhere gets its spot.

The bones of the festival are in place before most of us have even arrived."

Liam has, and continues to be, a true community man. Everyone in the village and beyond knows him. His quiet smile has encouraged so many (if not all) of our young people in one way or another. He continues to encourage folk of all ages. This has been showcased to the max this very weekend in his dedication to the Muff Féile and his assistance in the Country Games. 

In years passed he was well known for spinning helpless adults around the pole and laughing as they wobbled off trying desperately to run in a straight line - oft times falling way off target. The echo of 'Can Liam Harkin present to the lorry' will always echo around the village in times of celebration. Liam has been our village 'fixer upper' of the modern age. He's the one who fixes all and manages to take care of everyone. 

Liam has been the man to do a thousand jobs no-one knew needed doing. He wasn't just part of the village festival and youth club in years gone by, he was the beating heart of both. 

Liam Harkin is, and continues to be, community at its finest. He represents community spirit in the best possible way. 

Liam is the man who has always quietly done things in the early hours, in the last hours, and in all the hours in between.

If ever there was an Unsung Hero in our midst, it's the one and only, Liam Harkin.


GMcC

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