Grange Bus Hire - Armagh/Moy

27/05/2026

A day tour with the ladies from Armagh Gardening Group. First stop is the private gardens at Tattykeel House Omagh. A lovely 40 years project from when the house was built.

25/05/2026

Back to beautiful Spiddal to collect a hen party.

23/05/2026

Another day and a different location. Start of the wedding season and various groups dropped to Dublin Airport, Belfast International Airport, Kilkenny and An Spidéal in the Connaught Gaeltacht. Roll on Tuesday! Doing the Spidal run today myself. A long one 🚌 Missing Jim and his craic on a weekend like this 🙏

21/05/2026

A different farm today! With the P1, P2, and P3 children from St Malachy’s PS Armagh.

20/05/2026

Farming in the Yorkshire Dales is a bit more serious than Emmerdale 😮

18/05/2026

Early morning 4am start and we have now reached The Lake District (Cumbria) and the first farm to be visited over the coming days with the students from CAFRE Greenmount Agricultural College. Thinking of All Creatures Great and Small and also One Man and his Dog. This farm has cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens and bees and is run by a lovely hard working family. And they also do the sheep dog trials!

15/05/2026

We have Armagh City U18s in Belfast tonight for the NI Cup Final. C’mon the lads 🤞🤞 Can be watched on the net 😮

08/05/2026

Our colleague and friend

McAneney (Armagh) 8th May 2026, peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family. Jim beloved husband of Mary and loving father to Stephen and Neil, son of the late Jimmy and Betty and godfather of the late Peter, May they rest in peace, and brother of Anthony, Tommy, Ann and Geraldine. 5 Drumarg Park Armagh BT60 4AQ.

Jim's remains will be reposing at his late home from today Friday until removal on Monday at 10am to St Patrick's Cathedral for 11am requiem mass burial afterwards in St Colmcille's Graveyard Knockaconey.

Sacred heart of Jesus have mercy on his soul.

Very deeply regretted by his sorrowing wife, sons, daughter's in-law Rachel and Carla, grandchildren Holly, Edith, Emily, Sophie and Remi, brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces and the entire family circle. Family flowers only please donation's in-lieu if desired to Marie Curie c/o any family member, donation box in the home or Martin Kelly Funeral Director's 10a Moore Island Road Armagh BT61 8LX (02837 510600)

08/05/2026

🚌 Jim McAneney - The Ultimate Bus Man 🚎

It is with the heaviest and saddest of hearts that we learned of the passing of our colleague Jim this morning. This was after his short and most dignified fight against recent illness.

To us, he was a very good friend, a mentor, and someone that could be relied on to help in any circumstance, to give good advice and for the safe transport of all our customers at all times. He was super reliable at all times and a man you benefited greatly from having on your team.

Jim was Jim. Always punctual, always prepared (with flask of tea, multiple tea bags, packed lunch, and small portable radio), and always willing to do what was asked of him to the very best of his ability. His buses were always kept spotlessly clean, as often commented on by other bus men and passengers. He had a huge appetite for work and just loved being a bus driver. He loved meeting people and seeing different places.

He was the most decent of men, old fashioned in some respects, especially toward ladies and younger girls travelling. He would try and get them dropped as close to home as he could. He would wait those extra minutes to ensure they were collected safely after late nights.

He also worked as a driver of the yellow school buses for The Education Authority for decades. He was therefore responsible for the safe transport of the local school children of Caledon, Collegeland, Madden, Ballyhegan, Grange and other Armagh areas for generations. He formed close bonds that lasted with the children and their families, even being invited to their weddings.

He was a huge Liverpool fan, with their scarf proudly on permanent display on his school bus for many years. He tortured all of us non-Liverpool fans, but especially the Man Utd fans!

He was a huge follower of Armagh GAA, never prouder than when they won the All-Ireland final in 2024. This was a memorable day for our drivers. We had four bus loads of friends, family and supporters that went to Dublin that day. Jim and all drivers had the best of days together savouring the atmosphere and camaraderie that day. He loved the bus chat with other drivers when on away days together.

But first and foremost he was a strong family man, who loved his family deeply. Mary, Stephen, Neill, his daughters-in-law Rachel and Carla, and his much loved grandchildren were his world and he was forever talking proudly of his family. Everything he did had them in mind. To them we extend our sincerest and most heartfelt condolences.

Thank you for the friendship Jim. You will be truly and sadly missed by us all. May you be at peace, navigating us all from above.

03/05/2026

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