By Jer Kennelly
PARISH: 2nd Collection at Masses this weekend 1st & 2nd July for Sick & Retired Priests.
Church Offertory envelopes are available for collection at the Parish Office during the office opening hours. They will be distributed at weekend Masses and to homes at a later date.
Confessions: Moyvane Saturday 6.45pm to 7.15pm. Eucharistic Adoration: every Tues. after 10.00am Mass to 11.30am. Baptisms: Saturday afternoons only from 12 noon to 4pm.
Graveyard Masses; Friday Aug. 4th – Ahavoher ; Tues. Aug.8th – Knockanure ; Wednesday 9th Aug. – Murhur. All Masses at 8pm. Aghavallen, Friday 7th July; Lislaughtin, Friday 4th August and Kilnaughtin, Friday 11th August. Ballylongford Mass at 7pm.
ST PIO Listowel 1st Friday mass for Mickey, Nora, Moss & Eamon Flavin, Bunagara at 6.45pm.
- MICHAEL’S CEMETERY mass rescheduled to Monday 3rd July at 8.00pm. Bishop Ray Browne will be attending.
ADORATION Listowel, there will be one full day on Tuesday’s 11am. to 8pm. in the Adoration Room. Contact Ian on 0858407782 or Ann on 0872216590
Kerry Diocese
Appointments in the Diocese of Kerry, Summer 2023
Cry out with joy to the Lord, all the earth.
Serve the Lord with gladness.
Come before him, singing for joy. Ps. 99
HEALING: Fr Pat Collins CM will Deliver a Teaching and Healing Service in the Rose Hotel Tralee on Sunday July 9th 2023. Starting at 10 am to 5 pm. (break for lunch and teas) Seating recommended by 9.45 am. He will also Launch Deacon Thady O’Connor’s New Book and CD. Your Breath is Your Hope “Thady’s book takes you through an emotional account which describes his stages of recovery from a near fatal encounter with Covid 19 and will help anyone coping with a crisis and the inevitable challenges of life” (Fr Pat Collins CM). The day will also be accompanied by the Healing Music Ministry of Thady, Fergus and Company.
DEATH of Christopher (Christy) McNamara, Church Road, Ballybunion and late of Clounprohus, Moyvane, on June 23rd, 2023. Predeceased by his wife Noreen and siblings Paddy, Tom, Mike, Jackie and Peggy. Christy is survived by his sons Padraig and Michael, daughters Mary, Helen, Breeda and Nora, grandchildren Luke, Christopher, Jack, Sean, Sebastian, Lilly, Hannah and Darragh, sisters Mary and Joan, daughter-in-law Tara, sons-in-law Pieter and Pat, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews, and nieces. Requiem Mass for Christy celebrated on Monday in Ballybunion Church at 11.00 a.m, followed by burial afterwards in the adjoining St. John’s Cemetery.
ANNIVERSARIES: Josie Liston, Catherine Carew, Jerry Carey, Eileen Holly, Joe Thompson, Julie O Connor, Mick Finucane, John Kirby, Richard Kissane, Mickey Flavin, Sheila Birkinshaw, Mike O Halloran, John Patsy O Sullivan, Margaret Aherne, Mickey Barry, Sr. Anne Daye,
MASS INTENTIONS: Sat. 1st July’23- Moyvane for John & Mary Stack (Aniv.’s) Aughrim at 7.30pm;
Sun.2nd July’23- Knockanure for Pat Lynch (Aniv.) & deceased family members, Carrueragh, Kilmorna at 9.30am, and Mass Moyvane for John Carmody (Aniv.) & deceased members of the Carmody family at 11.00am; Tues.4th July’23 –Moyvane a Private Intention at 10.00am; Weds.5th July’23- Knockanure a Private Intention at 10.00am
Thurs.6th July’23- Moyvane for Bridie Reilly nee Fitzmaurice (Aniv.)Glasgow and Leitrim Middle at 10.00am; Fri.7th July’23- Knockanure a Private Intention at10.00am, and Mass in evening for Nancy Hannon, Recently Deceased at 7.30pm; Sat.8th July’23- Moyvane for Paudie Hanrahan, Recently Deceased at 7.30pm; Sun.9th July’23- Knockanure for People of the Parish at 9.30am, and mass Moyvane for Mary McElligott (1st Aniv.) & Pat McElligott (18th Aniv.) at 11.00am.
STUDENTS: closing date to apply to SUSI for college grants July 6th.
PE: St Michaels College now have their first class to study PE for Leaving Certificate Examination.
BEST WISHES to Stephen Stokes from Knockanure on his marriage recently to Hannah McTague.
Best wishes also to John O’Mahony of Ballydonoghue and Jennifer Kennelly of Moyvane on their recent marriage.
LOCAL Events; Rambling House Knockanure on July 6th and Rambling House Moyvane on Friday July 7th ; A walking Tour of Moyvane at 6pm on July 6th; Guided walking tour of Tarbert- Wednesday 5th July – donations to Tarbert Historical Society. Assembly point – Tarbert Bridewell- 2.00pm; Visit North Kerry Heritage Museum in Ballyduff from July 5th to 12th, from 9.30am to 3.30pm; Guided tour of Bromore Cliffs at 10 am sharp- Every day from Wednesday 5th to Wednesday 12th July;
Many more events on https://www.facebook.com/northkerrystory
BOOK; Deacon Tady O Connor, has written a book “Your breaths is your hope” Covid-19: My Story of Recovery and More, including a CD of Hymns, Costs €20 in the parish office. All proceeds are being donated to MS Ireland, Alzheimer Society and Radio Maria Ireland.
“DESIGNER MINDS have 2 upcoming Summer Camps running in Listowel. Choose a Science Design & Technology Camp OR Art Camp (or try out both and receive a discount). For all boys & girls currently in Senior Infants up to 6th Class. Check Dates and Register online at www.designerminds.ie or call 087 631 0411”.
TUSLA, are currently recruiting new foster carers to meet the growing demands for placements given the ongoing humanitarian crisis. To find out more about becoming a foster carer please call 1800 226 771.
TICKETS- GAA, all tickets were online only for the Kerry’s clash against Tyrone. There was no allocation for clubs. Seán Kelly, former President of the GAA, strongly disagreed with the All-Ireland Quarter-Final clash with Tyrone on Saturday being on the pay-per-view channel GAAGO.
GUIDE DOGS: Ballyseedy Home & Garden are supporting the ‘Irish Guide Dogs’ with a special in-store event on Saturday, July 8, between 10am to 4.30pm. It will cost an estimated €53,000 to breed, train and care for a guide dog during its working life. To donate to the charity visit www.guidedogs.ie/donate.
KERRY County Council, prohibited bathing at Ballybunion beaches, due to bacteria levels.
What about all the other beaches in the area.
COW CULL: Deputy Mattie McGrath, the leader of the Rural Independent group of TDs, said the Dail motion recognised “Ireland’s proud tradition of clean and green grassland agricultural production, with farms often managed by the same families for generations”. “It is deeply troubling that not a single government representative bothered to show up and support farmers during this vital debate.
NOTE: Barriers in carbon markets and financing remain for those that are viable e.g., only 1% of all carbon credits are issued through agriculture.
More about grain prices; Deputy Claire Kerrane says- They have advised me that the imported grain is being traded at €160/t, in comparison to current market prices for Irish grain of €202/t for barley, €223/t for wheat, and €430/t for oilseed rape.
https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/no-show-from-rural-government-tds-at-dail-debate-on-cow-cull/
Deputy Healy-Rae told the Dáil (Wednesday, June 28) that Ireland is a leader in producing milk, beef and lamb “because we base it on growing grass”. “We are better at farming than anyone else,” he stated. https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/healy-rae-ireland-is-better-at-farming-than-anyone-else/
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BEST WISHES to Kerry Parents and Friends who have operated for last 50 years, they have 30 centres all over Kerry, and care for over 300 people and their families.
RETIREMENT: Fr. Denis O’Mahony will celebrate his retirement Mass in Abbeydorney Church on Friday 7th July at 7.30 p.m. There will be refreshments in the Abbeydorney Community Hall afterwards. All are welcome.
SEISIÚN Shows will be held by Templeglantine Comhaltas Branch at the Devon Inn Hotel on Thursday nights commencing on July 13 at 8pm.
MUNSTER provincial Fleadh Cheoil, takes place this year in Tralee, between July 9 and July 16.
Volunteers, Please contact the following – Tony O’Connor – 0876258641, Tadhg Creedon – 0851742574, John Canty – 0872684677.
SUDAN COFFEE MORNING: There will be a coffee morning in St. Ita’s Day Care Centre on Saturday, July 15 from 11-2pm in aid of the Primary and Secondary Schools in the parish of St. Mary Magdalen, Riwoto, South Sudan.
BINGO at Moyvane every Thursday at 8pm. Bingo in Listowel every Sunday at 8.30pm.
WRITERS: Creative Writers meet at the Library in Listowel on Tuesdays from 10.30 to noon every fortnight, details from 085 2351 202.
Listowel Library Book Club -11:00am – 12:00pm Thu Jul 6th.
ARTS: Ballybunion Arts Festival, dates 21st to 23rd July 2023 ; arts and crafts, song, dance, walks, workshops; poetry competitions and more. https://www.facebook.com/northkerrystory
COWS: Macra president Elaine Houlihan, “I am astounded that we are looking to reduce our national herd of dairy cows by 180,000 head in the next three years, while Brazil is planning to increase its herd by 30 million head by 2030.
EU emissions auditors say that the EU’s 2020 GHG emissions does not include emissions from international aviation and shipping and emissions from carbon leakage as a result of trade.
Ireland used international credits for a total of 8.2 million tonnes of emissions.
DOLLY Day; over 1,000 Dolly Parton lookalikes were in Listowel recently for Dolly Day.
POET and Kerry author Alice Curtayne, By Tom Dillon
HOLIDAY: Kerry Airport inaugural Chalair flight from Brittany, France last weekend. With visitors from Quimper and Brest while the first outbound passengers departed on the return flight.
Flight time 1 hour 40 minutes from Kerry to France on board a 70-seat ATR 72 aircraft.
FLUSH: Think Before You Flush” campaign, operated by Clean Coasts in partnership with Uisce Éireann, notes flushing behaviour and disposal of items including wipes and other sanitary products in the bin, rather than flushing them.
EDUCATION Money: Launch for the SyMeCo COFUND fellowship programme was held on the 13th of June 2023 at Lero, Tierney Building, UL. SyMeCo is a €2.9 million Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoc fellowship programme at Lero – the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software. The programme will provide research, training and career development opportunities for 16 postdoctoral researchers. The initiative is co-funded by Science Foundation Ireland and the EU.
RESCUE Vehicle in Banna: the Argo’s amphibious will allow the rescue team to travel the 10 km stretch of beach from Ballyheigue to Barrow, crossing at Akeragh and Poulgorm, and is the ideal vehicle for Banna Rescue. Ballybunion also got a new vehicle recently; the T96, is a Talus MB-H which is a vehicle for launching rescue craft into the sea. They are standing down the vehicle which has operated for 18 years.
MARKET: Ballybunion Community Market. Held every Saturday from 10am to 2pm.
SWIM: Glin Pier Swimming/Lifesaving Lessons: Week 1 Registration at 12 noon on Sunday 9th July at Glin Pier. Classes commence: Monday 10th July to Sat 15th July. Week 2 Registration 12 noon on Sunday 6th August at Glin Pier. Classes Commence: Monday 7th Aug to Sat 12th Aug Age: Toddlers up. Times: to be confirmed.
Annual Charity Swim the Shannon at Glin on 29/7/2023.
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TINTEAN Ballybunion: Nathan Carter Fri 7th and Sat 8th July. Tickets are available on www.tintean.ie
ST JOHN’S; Jo Jordan and her Theatrix Theatre School Summer Camps are back this July. The camps include acting, singing, music, arts and crafts with a performance on each Friday. Camps begin on Monday 10th July and Monday 31st July, 11am-1pm Telephone: details from 068 22566.
TRIATHLON CLUB- Ballybunion Triathlon Club will host triathlon on Saturday 29th July. You can sign-up for the race by visiting : https://app.triathlonireland.com/ for more information, email ballybuniontriclubgmail.com or phone Derek on 087 854 2199.
KILLARNEY’S 4th of July Festival celebrating the town’s centuries-old link with America.
https://killarney.ie/4th-of-july-festival/
OLDEST Person in Ireland, Máirín Hughes, aged 109, born Belfast on May 22, 1914, grew up in Dublin and in Killarney was among the guests at Áras an Uachtaráin at event hosted by President Higgins and wife Sabina on Tuesday, May 29 2023. Also there was Film director, George Morrison, who celebrated 100 in November 2022.
MOUNT TRENCHARD house and gardens Foynes open 9am to 1pm daily -Monday to Friday, June, July and August.
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MORE Events; North Kerry story trail historical walk of Moyvane, take a trip down memory lane, recall the people, the characters, their stories, remember the shops, the pubs, the schools, the churches, the Garda barracks, the post office, the hall, the forges, the creamery, the farmers and all who made Moyvane such a special place. The tour, led by Gabriel Fitzmaurice, will assemble at the Annamoy Bridge below the village at 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 6. Everybody is welcome. And if you have a story to share Gabriel would be delighted. The following night, Friday, July 7, the Rambling House comes to the Marian Hall at 8 p.m. Tell a story, sing a song, play a tune, dance a few steps or just come for the craic. Fear an Tí Tom Moore and James Fogarty will preside over what promises to be an unforgettable occasion. Admission is free. Everybody is welcome.
National Grandparents Pilgrimage to Knock Shrine on Sunday 23rd July’23, 2.30pm Anointing of the Sick in the Basilica and at 3pm Pilgrimage Mass followed by the Rosary Procession.
JOB; Opportunity in Youth Ministry Leadership, The Diocese of Lancaster Youth Service are looking for a Senior Programme Leader to lead retreats and other programmes in their youth retreat centre, Castlerigg Manor, in the English Lake District. This is an innovative project which focuses on leading their volunteers into a closer relationship with God and in working with their volunteers to lead programmes for thousands of young people each year. The post is residential with an excellent salary package. More information email [email protected] or see castleriggmanor.com
Kerry diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes will take place Sept 1st – 6th led by Bishop Ray. Flights from Kerry Airport. Booking through Marian Pilgrimages Dublin. See poster at the back of the Church for more details.
MTU Kerry North Campus will welcome 600 delegates from across the world to Tralee in June 2025, for International Symposium of Adapted Physical Activity (ISAPA).
ALONE: Are looking for befriending volunteers. Visit www.alone.ie for more details. Befriending services, contact ALONE on 0818 222 024 from 8am – 8pm, seven days a week.
NATURE: Doctor Bees were out in force following the heavy rain.
Blackbirds have disappeared, every year they relished the blackcurrants, this year not a bird visited them. Weeds are now thriving and cabbage is improving following long dry spell. Recent heavy rains are a warning not to build where flooding occurred in the past.
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GREENWAY: to celebrate their 2nd anniversary @barnaghgreenwayhub they are hosting a Family Fun Day, Sunday July 2nd.
ENERCON hosted an event to celebrate its 25th anniversary in Ireland recently, colleagues were invited to mark the occasion at their headquarters at Killerisk, Tralee. They have a new purpose built (1,900 m²) office in Tralee.
TG4; Live horse racing from Bellewstown in Co. Meath on the 8th of July and Killarney in Co. Kerry on the 20th of July. Presented by Seán Bán Breathnach with Mánus Ó Conghaile, Sarah Lynam, Evelyn Ní Ghriallais & Daragh Ó Conchúir
NHS was founded on 5 July 1948, this year marks its 75th anniversary.
STORY of man who lost his job and was on social welfare and had to pay his mortgage, his child hungry and was eating the box of the corn flakes. If he was short of money corn flakes were more expensive than spuds, cabbage and porridge. Being idle, why not grow his own food. There are also plenty of wild greens and fruit seasonally. Potatoes are given to cattle, because of size are rejected, carrots with extra legs also discarded. Supermarkets also dump food which is still edible.
PRISON: Honduras prison fight that left 40 women inmates dead .The massacre was carried out by women belonging to the “Barrio 18” gang against members of “Mara Salvatrucha” (MS-13).
SCHOLAR: Lane, Timothy O’Neill (1852–1915), lexicographer and Irish scholar, was born at Templeglentan, Co. Limerick, third son of Timothy Lane, farmer, and Mary Lane (née O’Neill), who also had four daughters. As a child he spoke Irish and English, and was a pupil at Templeglentan national school; from 1877 he was a teacher there. He later passed the civil service entrance
https://www.dib.ie/biography/lane-timothy-oneill-a4665
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Joseph Devlin M.P.
The Catholic Press (Sydney, NSW : 1895 – 1942) Thu 14 Dec 1911
Page 36- Days With Joseph Devlin, M.P., in London and in Ireland
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/105981243
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COMPLAINT Culture: My flight was awful. The restaurant’s service was terrible. The traffic was horrible. My boss is the worst. Our culture is the stupidest.
Whenever we get together with other people, we hear lots of complaints, and plenty come out of our own mouths.
All this complaining may be ubiquitous, but it’s not entirely innocuous. Complaining puts us in a negative mood, hurts our health, and damages our relationships.
If you’ve ever wanted to complain less, my guest today has some advice on how to break the complaining habit and embrace a more positive and proactive life. His name is Will Bowen, and he’s the founder of the Complaint Free movement and the author of A Complaint Free World. Today on the show, Will first defines what constitutes a complaint. He then shares the five main reasons people offer complaints, so you can learn to recognize what triggers yours. Will also explains how to deal with being on the receiving end of each type of complaint, so you don’t have to listen to the complaining of others
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- There was a general election at the end of the year. But the Sinn Féin candidate was returned unopposed and the Company took no part in the election. In 1919 there was very little doing until coming on to winter when I, with the other men of the Company, took part in collecting shot guns from the farmers around.
In 1920- I, with others, continued the collection of the shot guns in the area. The people around were now wholeheartedly behind the Volunteers and the Sinn Féin movement. In November of this year a man named Eddie Carmody who used to live here in Newtownsandes and was originally a member of this Company, was shot dead by Tans in Ballylongford. He was living in Ballylongford for some time before he was shot. The shooting of Carmody put new life into the Company here and the men of the Company were very anxious to avenge his death.
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SUDAN: The SAF and RSF have been dueling, with intense fighting on the streets of Darfur and Khartoum, affecting ordinary citizens, destroying infrastructure and halting school and church activities, as well as shutting down about 11 hospitals. The war has plunged the country into a crisis, leaving 600 people dead and 1 million others displaced from their homes, many of them fleeing into neighboring countries.
‘There are days when we are full of abnormally fearful silence and all we do is just pray, and hope that God will touch those hearts of stone.’
—Salesian Sr. Teresa Roszkowska
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Charleville Show
THERE was a hive of activity outside Charleville on Saturday as the town’s show returned.
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