By Jer Kennelly
MEETING will be held in Knockanure Community Centre on Fri. 3rd Mar.@8pm, with a view to restarting a Tidy Towns group. It would be an opportunity to identify areas that might be addressed. All very welcome.
RAMBLING House Knockanure will be held in the Community Centre on Thurs. 2nd Mar.@8 pm. Everyone very welcome
AGM of Moyvane Development Association will take place in The Marian Hall on Tuesday March 14th at 8pm. New members are welcome.
KNOCKANURE GAA – Lotto Results from Tuesday 21st February. Jackpot was €7,800.
Numbers Drawn: 3, 5, 23, and 27, No winner but lucky dips went to:1. Emily Flynn, Duagh;
- Gerard White, Athea; 3. James Moore, Tralee; 4. Michael Lynch, taxi, and 5. Katie and Bridget, c/o Kevins. Next draw will be on next Tuesday 28th February in the clubhouse and jackpot will be €7,900
All are welcome.
PARISH; Presbytery/Office: 068 49308, Web: dioceseofkerry.ie Monday (Emergencies only): 087-2461749. Parish Office: Weds.10.00am-12.00noon, Thurs. & Fri. 10.00am-1.00pm
Please ring during above hours to book Masses, Baptisms & Weddings. Confessions: Moyvane Saturday 6.45pm to 7.15pm. Eucharistic Adoration every Tues. after 10.00am Mass to 11.30am.
DEATH of Bridie Moloney (née Moriarty), Leitrim Middle, Moyvane and late of Coolard, Listowel, on February 18th, 2023, wife of the late Michael and sister of the late Mary, Eileen and Peggy. Bridie Moloney will be sadly missed by her sons Tommy and James, daughter-in-law Mary, brothers-in-law Michael and Jerry. Requiem Mass for Bridie was celebrated at the Church of the Assumption, Moyvane, on Tuesday morning, followed by burial afterwards in Murhur Cemetery, Moyvane.
DEATH of Philomena O’Connor (née Farrelly), Kilbaha, Moyvane, on February 18th, 2023, at her home. Wife of the late Mike and sister of the late Eddie, Maureen, Kathleen and Jenny. Philomena is survived by her daughters Breda and Mena, sons Eddie and Tony, daughters-in-law Eileen and Patricia, sons-in-law Wolfgang and Micheál, grandchildren Alex and her husband Stephan, Mario and his partner Síle, Donnchadha, Áine, Éamon, Michelle and Conor, sisters-in-law Mary and Nora, nephews, and nieces. Requiem mass for Philomena was celebrated at Knockanure Church on Tuesday 21st February live-streamed on https://youtube.com/channel/UCVQVOMu9jmtp3EyH3co9n_Q
followed by burial afterwards in Ahavoher Cemetery, Moyvane.
DEATH of Patrick O’Keeffe remembered on February 22-2023, which marks the 60th anniversary of his death, he was of one of the most influential, inspirational traditional Irish musicians of the 20th century.
ANNIVERSARIES: Nora Hurley, Nora Mary King, Noirin O’Hanlon, Fr. John Lawlor, Patsy Kennelly, Tracy Kennedy, Nell Flavin, Elizabeth Flaherty,
MASS INTENTIONS:Sat.25th Feb.’23- Moyvane for Jerry Brosnan (Aniv.) at 7.30pm; Sun.26th Feb.’23
Knockanure for People of the Parish at 9.30am, and Mass Moyvane for Henry & Bridie Stackpoole (Aniv.’s) Aughrim at 11.00am; Tues.28th Feb.’23 – Moyvane for John Buckley, Recently Deceased
Rush, Co. Dublin & late of Glin Rd. at 10.00am; Weds.1st Mar.’23- Knockanure a Private Intention at 10.00am; Thurs.2nd Mar.’23- Moyvane for Richie & Mary Brosnan (Aniv.’s) Coilagurteen at 10.00am;
Fri.3rd Mar.’23- Knockanure- Private Intention at 10.00am; Sat.4th Mar.’23- Moyvane for Margaret Wallace (Aniv.) at 7.30pm; Sun.5th Mar.’23 Knockanure for Tom & Bridie Flavin (Aniv.) Trien at 9.30am, and Mass Moyvane for Carol Ann Flahavan (10th Aniv.) 11.00am.
JOB: The new Tourist Office will be in the WorkBase E-Hub building on Abbeyfeale’s main street. Full training will be provided Contact [email protected]
St JOHNS: Thursday 2nd March Book Launch- Gabriel Fitzmaurice- Gan Focal; Friday 3rd Music- Padraig Jack; Sat 4th Comedy- Fred Cooke- Right Said Freddie; Tuesday 7th Theatre- An t-Asarlai O Oz and on Wed 8th Theatre- Clean at 17, celebrating International Women’s Day, more from 068 22566.
DRAMA Workshop; The Drama League of Ireland, through the support of the Arts Council, will be bringing a drama workshop to the Glórach, Abbeyfeale on Saturday, March 25, with stage and screen actor Diarmuid de Faoite as tutor. Known for his roles in Ros na Rún, Corp agus Anam and the film Black 47, Diarmuid will be giving tips in both acting and directing. Co-ordinated by John Nelligan and Joanne Keane, the workshop takes place from 10 am to 5 pm and the cost is €20. For further information and booking simply email Paul Breen at: [email protected]
PLAY: Tearing and Dragging – Abbeyside Players present a comedy by John Hank Regan at the Glorach Theatre on Thursday, March 9, Friday, March 10, Sunday, March 12, Thursday, March 16, Saturday 18 and Sunday 19. Booking 0871282930.
CONCERT featuring the Carrigkerry Wren Group will be held in the Community Hall, Ardagh at 8pm on Friday, March 3.
DRAMA: Kerry Drama Festival will be held at the Ivyleaf Art Centre, Castleisland from Friday, March 3rd. to Saturday, March 11th.
LENT: At its February meeting, The Pastoral Council confirmed: Easter Ceremonies 2023, as follows;
Stations of the Cross every Friday morning before Mass during Lent in Knockanure Church. Palm Sunday – Procession this year in Moyvane – 11:00am mass. Holy Thursday – Mass of the Lord’s Supper – Moyvane 8:00pm. (Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at the Altar of Repose until 12 Midnight) Good Friday – 3:00pm Passion of Our Lord – Moyvane 7:30pm Stations of the Cross – Knockanure. Easter Vigil – 9:00pm – Moyvane. Easter Sunday 9:30am – Knockanure. Easter Sunday 11:00am – Moyvane. If anyone has comments or suggestions, please feel free as none of the above is set in stone.
SPARE Buildings: Sports Capital Division of the Dept. of Children, Equality, Disability, and Integration & Youth, if your Parish has any buildings that might be suitable for providing shelter for refugees and can make them available on a short or long term basis, please contact the Dept. at [email protected].
EVENTS: North Kerry Parents and Friends, please support our fundraising Cheltenham night on Tues. [email protected] pm in Christy’s bar Listowel. A great night’s entertainment and useful information is guaranteed from the well-known panel. The money raised will help our Centre in Listowel to continue to support those with intellectual disabilities in the North Kerry area. The Centre provides individual training and employment programmes including various art and craft, horticultural and catering skills.
Killarney Rambling House on Fri.3rd of Mar.@8pm at the Old Killarney Inn, Aghadoe V93 NW52 – Entry €5 – All Welcome.
The Well Within’ – The Gospel as a Life-Giving Source during Lent (Lectio Divina) Fr Séamus O’Connell will look at how we engage with the newness and depth of the Lenten Sunday Gospels. Sat 1 March 10.30am -12.30pm In St Brendan’s Pastoral Centre, Tralee. Email: [email protected].
GROW MENTAL HEALTH MEETINGS will resume this Wednesday 1st March in the Seanchaí Centre, Listowel at 8:00 pm. No referrals or introductions required. Just drop in.
PRAYING FOR UKRAINE: All are welcome in Ballybunion Church on Saturday morning 25th February at 9.30 a.m. in St. John’s Ballybunion. Maksym Lozovyi will be singing and there will be a dance of the angels by Ukrainian children.
ARDFERT: Winter series of lectures in the comfortable setting of Kilmoyley Community Centre on Wednesday March 1st. Pat Lawlor will give a follow up talk on Roger Casement’s legacy and work in the Congo. The talk will begin at 8pm. All welcome to attend
YOUTH: Ceiliúradh na nOg celebration day will take place this year on Tuesday, March 14th 2023 in the Brandon Hotel, Tralee. This event celebrates the faith of our young people in Post-Primary schools throughout the diocese. Up to 400 young people participate in this event, representing many schools throughout the diocese.
FOOD: Mary’s Meals, a simple solution to world hunger. Those living in outright famine have increased 500% since 2016. Mary’s Meals are hoping to start a new support group in YOUR area, to get involved/for more info. www.marysmeals.ie, contact Angela Moore 089-4339592, or [email protected].
RACE- 200 are expected to compete in the 69th edition of the Lacey Cup hosted by Tralee Manor West Bicycle Club on Sunday, March 5. It is a 75km circuit.
HOSPITAL: “University Hospital Kerry (UHK) acknowledges and welcomes HIQA’s detailed report following their inspection in September 2022. See papers for details.
CLIMATE Action Plan about 100,000 farmers, have to bear the burden of a 25% reduction, while other sectors can share their cuts among millions.
COST: Danny Healy-Rae said that in recent weeks “Germany, other European countries and the UK are paying 40% less than our farmers for fertilisers”.
NATIONAL TREE WEEK! Sunday 19th March to Sunday 26th March 2023. https://www.treecouncil.ie/national-tree-week
ROSE: Tralee Community Rose Selection on March 12 at the Meadowlands. Details, visit www.roseoftraleecommunities.com
WRITERS Museum, exhibition -The Kerry Nest, All are welcome! Open until March 6th. Please phone the team there. The number is 068 22212.
GAA: Minor County League Round 1 – Moyvane 5-07, John Mitchels 1-03. North Kerry League
Tarbert 1-11 (14), Moyvane 1-7 (10).
LOCAL Enterprise Week takes place from Monday, March 6th to Friday, March 10th! Kerry Local Enterprise Office have week long programme of events and training during Local Enterprise Week 2023. https://www.localenterprise.ie/Kerry/Training-Events/Local-Enterprise-Week-2023/
LISTOWEL: due to works at Clieveragh Junction in Listowel, William Street is currently reduced to one lane and will only allow inbound traffic from Wednesday 22nd February 2023 until 6th March 2023. Diversions in place.
EVENTS: https://www.irishcentral.com/events
CENTENARY: Mary Lou McDonald will deliver the address at the centenary commemoration of the Ballyseedy Massacre on Sunday March 5 at 12 noon at the monument in Tralee.
COMPLAINT: Deputy Michael Healy Rae TD has condemned the actions of the National Driver License Service office which refused to accept a payment of €35 in cash from a 75 year old man recently.
BOOKS: Amanda Gerard will be at a literary event in the Rose Hotel on March 7 – admission is free. She is an Australian native who now lives in Kerry.
VINTAGE; Knockdown Vintage Club are on the road on Sunday 26th March 2023. Contact: Patrick Langan 087 – 2452695 Dave Noonan 087 – 2500938.
DANDELION leaves, roots, and flowers may offer health benefits. These can include promoting liver health and fighting inflammation.
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/dandelion-benefits#TOC_TITLE_HDR_17
RALLY: Circuit of Kerry Rally it is the 43rd, and is scheduled for April 1 and 2. A nine-stage 110km route over north Kerry’s roads.
MUNSTER Fleadh takes place in Tralee town between July 9 and July 16.
RUN: register for the Ballyheigue Saturday June 17, Half Marathon or the 10k Run visit www.halfonthehead.com.
WALK: Healthy Athea GAA are delighted to announce the commencement of the weekly ‘Step to the Beat’ hour, on Thursday, music will be played from 6.30pm – 7.30pm.
FIRE at Tarbert Power Station which is due for closure at the end of the year.
WAR: A series of files consisting of claims for damages by individuals for injuries or death during Ireland’s War of Independence or Civil War have been transferred from the Department of Finance to the National Archives. Work will now begin on these files preparing them for public release in April 2023.
https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/genealogy/records-irelands-war-independence-civil-war
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BUS – 066 714 7002 [email protected]
DINNER available at Knockanure Community Centre, collect or have it delivered, contact, Sharon at 086 874 5485.
GUITAR LESSONS with Elaine, children age 6 and upwards. For more information contact Elaine at 087 288 4869.
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SOLAR: Farmers can apply for grant aid to install solar PV on their rooftops under the new Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3) from today (Wednesday, February 22).
Grant aid under the solar capital investment scheme (SCIS) will be paid at a rate of 60% with a ceiling of €90,000.
ICMSA president, Pat McCormack, had said a cap on cow numbers would “deem it unacceptable for full-time dairy farmers to make a profit”.
“The TAMS 3 scheme, as now announced, provides farmers with virtually free machines in order to put agricultural contractors out of business,” John Hughes, FCI national chair, claimed. See link above for more.
JOB: Lough Derg- 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻
Applications are open for seasonal employment at Lough Derg. Roles available include: 𝘋𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 & 𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘴, 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘈𝘪𝘥 𝘈𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘊𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤, 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯g, 𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭 & 𝘈𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴. More details on our website: www.loughderg.org/jobs
𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟯𝗿𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 @𝟯𝗽𝗺.
MUSIC: Phil Coulter, in Co Derry. Coulter’s father, also called Phil, encouraged music in the house. He played the fiddle whilst his wife played the upright piano. The younger Coulter recalls this piano, made by Challen, as ‘the most important piece of furniture in the house’. ‘I always stayed away from the fiddle, having inflicted enough pain on my family with the piano,’ he laughed. Coulter confesses that he came close to abandoning the piano at an early age.
Read more https://wp.me/p3XCMr-vne
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TOURIST: Fáilte Ireland Fáilte Ireland launched its 2023 plans on Thursday 23rd February at a tourism industry briefing in the INEC Killarney.
HISTORY: The Civil War: Beyond the Archives Thursday, 9 March- Tim Horgan, historian & KAHS member at Tralee Library, 7:00 p.m.; Outing: Knocknagoshel & Ballyseedy Centenary Commemorations Sunday, 5 March Jimmy Deenihan & Owen O’Shea. Meet at the Sportsfield, Knocknagoshel at 2:30 p.m. and Outing: Countess Bridge Centenary Commemoration
Saturday, 11 March Fr Tom & Dr Tim Horgan Meet at Spa GAA Grounds, Killarney at 2:30 p.m
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FEAST: Feast of St. David is celebrated on Wed. 1st March. Patron Saint of Wales, several Irish saints were pupils at his monastery. The daffodil is the national symbol of Wales.
WHEN IRELAND’S CAUSE WAS SOLD FOR A BATTLE OF WHISKY.
The Sacred Heart Review, Number 12, 13 March 1909 (Temperance.)
We are all more or less familiar with the part played by the unfortunate love of liquor in the Irish rebellion of 1798. The tale has often been told, (although no lasting lesson has been learned from it,) of advantages won by valour and lost by liquor in that struggle of Wexford’s peasantry against the disciplined might of England. But an earlier example of the unholy and traitorous part played by liquor in Irish history is, perhaps, not so well known. In view of the coming feast of St. Patrick, it may be well to recall it. In 1601 when a Spanish force, sent over to help Ireland win back her ancient independence, was occupying the town of Kinsale it was besieged by the English. But the English were in turn surrounded by an Irish army under O’Neil and O’Donnell, and thus were placed between two fires. It was decided that a general attack should be made on the English by the forces of O’Neil and O’Donnell on the one hand, and the Spaniards on the other. This attack might or might not have succeeded, according as the English, whom it was hoped to take by surprise, fought well or ill, but, anyway, there was treason in the ranks of the Irish, the English were apprised of the proposed attack , and the Irish and Spanish forces were disastrously defeated. This is how it came about: A certain Brian MacMahon whose son, it seems, had been, some years before, a page to Sir George Carew in England, ” for old time’s sake ” sent a message to Carew asking for a bottle of whisky. The whisky was sent, and so grateful was MacMahon for the gift that he informed Carew of the intended attack. “The list of Irish traitors is a long one,” says the Rev. E. A. D’Alton in his history of Ireland, “but our history records no more infamous transaction than this bartering of faith and country for a bottle of whisky.” The Irishmen who drink to excess on St. Patrick’s Day are guilty of a crime against their birth land and their religion which differs only in degree from that of Brian MacMahon. Drunkenness on St. Patrick’s Day is a species of treason to the old land and the old faith which every loyal Irishmen should reprobate and condemn.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~nickred/newspaper/np_abst87.htm
Nick Reddan’s Newspaper Extracts
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IRISH going abroad.
This week, Northern Irelands’ leading Genealogist Brian Mitchell takes us through the journey of some 9 million Irish Diaspora, now living in Great Britain, USA, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa who eimigrated via Derry. The city remained a major Irish emigration port through all significant phases of emigration from Ireland, from the 18th century outflow of Scots-Irish to colonial America, to pre-Famine, Famine and post-Famine emigration to North America.
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RECYCLE; I spend a lot of time – too much time – thinking about recycling and the main thing I think, over and over, is: it shouldn’t be this hard. Eighty per cent of UK households are “still unclear” about how to recycle effectively, according to research last year – and who can blame us?
Labelling often requires a doctorate in semiotics to decode, kerbside collections are a postcode lottery and council recycling centres are often difficult to access without a car. At home, packaging piles up – no one knows what to do with toothbrushes or the cat’s treat packages, and we’re squabbling over pizza boxes. All of it amounts to us collectively wondering whether recycling is ultimately pointless because it’s all going to end up in landfill in the developing world.
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CLIMATE: Cold, arid conditions during the first half of the last ice age (110,000 to 60,000 years ago) were punctuated every 20,000 years by warm summers in the Northern Hemisphere. These climate shifts, triggered by the wobble of Earth’s axis, created green corridors between Africa and Eurasia that set the stage for migratory waves of Homo sapiens. With the growth of lush grasses and shrubs, the expansion of animals and early humans out of Africa became possible. “If you imagine savannah biomes, they’re perfect for herbivores such as cattle, oryx, and other four-hooved animals,” explains Petraglia. “They migrate in those situations and eat off the grasslands, and then of course you have standing fresh water and aquatic resources in freshwater lakes.”
In contrast, periods of low temperatures and extreme drought would have made human travel far less likely. Paleoclimatic models are in wide agreement that 60,000 to 70,000 years ago—an era that is often thought to be the main timeframe for modern human dispersal out of Africa—was one of the most extended drought periods in northern Africa, Saudi Arabia, and the eastern Mediterranean in the last 125,000 years, says Timmermann. “Walking into the Arabian Peninsula around 60,000 to 70,000 years ago,” he remarks, “would have been a bad choice.”
Early human migration – The oryx is one of the many mammal species that may have led early modern humans out of—and in some cases back into—Africa during migrations over the last 100,000 years.
https://www.sapiens.org/biology/early-human-migration/
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FRIDGE: He said: “The lifetime running cost of an A+ rated American-style fridge freezer can be as much as £350 more than a smaller A+++ rated free standing unit – almost enough to buy a second fridge freezer.”
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How your fridge is heating up the planet
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LAWN: It’s a joy not to have to mow and still have everything look green,” says Wendy Wilber, the statewide Master Gardener Volunteer Program coordinator at the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. We agree—let’s get you started on your path to a better lower maintenance yard.
https://www.popsci.com/diy/ground-cover-grass-replacement/
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WASTE: According to Isaias Hernandez, zero-waste grocery shopping, just like sustainability in general, is a spectrum. “Don’t focus on perfectionism,” he says, especially if doing so has a negative impact on your physical or mental health. He suggests starting with a question: How can I reduce waste by 10 percent? Look at your cart, take stock of how much plastic and waste is there, and make one swap at a time as it’s feasible and practical. You’ll be reducing the amount of waste you create in no time.
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Landed Estate Court
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The Rebel and the Spy | The Cato Street Conspiracy
The National Archives UK
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