by Jer Kennelly
PADRE Pio Devotions at Castleisland Church on Tuesday, 19th December at 7.30pm.
Penance Service in Listowel On Monday, December 18th, there will be the usual pre-Christmas Penance Service at St. Mary’s at 8pm. This includes the opportunity for Confession (Sacrament of Penance). The Parish Office will be closing for Christmas on Friday 22nd Dec.’23.
COLLECTION: Samaritian’s Annual Collection will be taking place at all Masses in Moyvane and Knockanure on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Your help is needed in order to continue our work in the community. Samaritans can be contacted 7 days a week 24 hours a day on Free Call 116123.
THANKS: Scoil Chorp Chriost would like to express their gratitude to all of the people who donated so generously to our carol singing bucket collection at Supervalu. We would also like to say thank you to the Parents Association, Staff and Children. https://fb.watch/oY5dhEAGeL/
WALK: Moyvane Development Association, Grab your runners/walking shoes and come and join us on Wednesday December 27th for our Fun Run/Walk. This is a great opportunity to come out and meet everyone over the festive season, while getting some fresh air & exercise! Registration 11am -11.50am, Fee: €10 per adult, €5 per Child, €20 per family
DUAGH LIVE CRIB: The Memory Room along with Duagh’s Live Crib will open on Sunday 17th December after Mass. We would appreciate any old photographs to display in the Memory Room. They can be handed to Terese Cronin, the Village Duagh. Photos will be scanned, and the originals will be returned to you.
DEATH of Donal (Teddy) Keane, Ashgrove, Moyvane and formerly of Murhur, Moyvane and ex-ESB Tarbert, on December 6th, 2023. Predeceased by his parents Donie and Kit, brother Brendan, infant brother and sister, Joseph and Marie. Husband of Olive, dad of Yvonne, Jennifer, Brian, Suzanne and Dermot, granddad to Kayleigh, Dylan, Aleisha, Robyn and Katie, missed by his sons-in-law Shane, Denis and James, his brothers Jerry, Mike, Liam, PJ and Eddie, aunt Mary, uncles Tom and Packie, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nephews, nieces, and many friends.
Requiem mass for Teddy was celebrated at the Church of the Assumption, Moyvane, on Wednesday, followed by burial afterwards in Ahavoher Cemetery, Moyvane.
DEATH of Michael (Mick) O’Connor (Retired Bus Eireann), Oak Park, Ennis, and formerly of Moyvane, on 12th Dec. 2023. Predeceased by his parents Thomas and Catherine. Sadly missed by his loving wife Bridie, children Aoife and Aidan, son-in-law Brian (Cooney), grandchildren Tiernan, Fiadh, Laoise and Nóra, brothers-in-law, and extended family. Requiem Mass Mick O’Connor was celebrated at St. Joseph’s Church, Ennis, on Friday 15th Dec. Burial afterwards in Drumcliffe Cemetery.
ANNIVERSARIES: Bridie Cox, Patsy Meehan, Billy Enright, Michael Foley, Kieran Hayes, Fr Kevin McNamara, Desmond Groarke, Pat Moloney, Mossie Brosnan, Hazel Culhane, Eileen Mansfield, Mary Ryan,
MASS INTENTIONS: Sat. 16th Dec.’23- Moyvane for Denny & Kitty McEnery (Aniv.’s), Tubertoreen at 7.30pm; Sun.17th Dec.’23- Knockanure for People of the Parish at 9.30am, and mass Moyvane for Ned & Maureen Sheehy (Aniv.’s) of Leitrim Middle & deceased members of the Sheehy family & Mulvihill families, Willie O’Connor (6th Aniv.) Kilmeaney, Kilmorna at 11.00am
Tues.19th Dec.’23- Moyvane a Private Intention at 10.00am; Wed.20th Dec.’23 Knockanure a Private Intention at 10.00am; Thur.21st Dec.’23- Moyvane for Patrick Mulvihill RIP, Recently Deceased Manchester and formerly Aughrim Cross at 10.00am; Fri.22nd Dec.’23- Knockanure a Private Intention at 10.00am; Sat.23rd Dec.’23 Moyvane for Sean & John O’Connor (Aniv.’s) & deceased of the O’Connor family of Inchamore at 7.30pm; Sun.24th Dec.’23 Knockanure-People of the Parish at 9.30am and mass Moyvane for People of the Parish at 11.00am; Moyvane- Christmas Eve mass at 6.00pm, Knockanure and Vigil Mass at 8.00pm; Mon.25th Dec.’23- Knockanure- Christmas Day at 9.30am, and Moyvane Mass for People of the Parish at 11.00am.
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CONGRATULATIONS to Mags Deli who are celebrating 25 years in Listowel.
REMEMBER your loved ones this Christmas and tie a Yellow Ribbon on the Listowel Hospice Remembrance Tree outside St. John’s Theatre.
SPLIT the Bucket organised by Knockanure Parents Association, envelopes available at varooms shops in locality, first draw on 25th of January 2024.
HOSPITAL: University Hospital Kerry is overcrowded. There were 32 patients waiting on trolleys at the hospital on Friday morning according to Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation.
Management at the hospital is asking members of the public that, where possible, a GP or South Doc out of hour’s service be consulted in the first instance, before arriving at emergency.
SWIM on Christmas Day in Ballybunion, at 12.30pm.
PARKING free for two hours in Listowel during December.
ST JOHN’S: on Tuesday 19th-at 7pm- Theatre- Shout out Youth Theatre, full details from 068 22566.
WALK: Duagh Christmas Charity Walk in aid of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital on St Stephen’s Day, begins at 11.30am, details from 087 817 2745.
Step to the Beat at Athea Thursday evening from 7pm – 8pm. For the weeks in December, Christmas Music will play over the speaker system.
WALK: annual St Stephen’s Day Walk in aid of the Kerry Hospice Foundation, organised by Michael ‘Fox’ O’Connor, is held every year in memory of the late Bill Kirby, from 11am in front of Kirby’s Brogue Inn on Rock Street contact 087 9833075. Donations accepted on the day.
KCC, An Garda Síochána, and the National Ambulance Service seeks a ‘Vision Zero’ strategy by creating zero road deaths by 2050.
RAMBLING House in Tarbert on last Saturday of the month. Listowel the last Thursday of the month. Knocalucka is on the 3rd. Tuesday of the month.
TINTEAN Ballybunion; Mike Denver on Sat. 6th of January.
GLIN events; Adult Group Singing Classes: The group will now meet every Tuesday in Glin Library 12 noon to 1pm Please feel free to come along. Facilitated by Bernie Hayes, Askeaton/Ballysteen A variety of music styles will be sampled and all are welcome
Glin Book Club: takes place monthly on the last Wednesday and Thursday of every month in Glin Library – excluding the month of December. We will return in the new year.
A Poetry book “Celtic Visions” written by my Ger White, (sister of former Glin Librarian Peg Prendeville) are now available for €10 in Hogan’s Shop.
Glin Castle Side Saddle Meet will take place on St. Stephens Day – Tuesday the 26th of December at Glin Castle. Meeting & Leaving from Glin Village at 12 O’Clock.
Glin Rovers FC News: Glin Rovers On St. Stephens Day morning, the club are planning a soccer tournament for past & present players. This will be followed with a €1,000 giveaway prize.
FULL Moon on the 27th of Dec. Shortest day, December solstice takes place on December 21.
ICMSA: Denis Denman from Dunbell, Co. Kilkenny is the next president of the Irish Creamery and Milk Suppliers’ Association. Eamon Carroll, from Templemore, Tipperary is the next deputy president.
FARMERS who are in the business of finishing cattle have been reminded to be wary of the level of starch in cattle diets as excessive levels could lead to acidosis cases.
https://www.agriland.ie/
NEW IFA President Laois man Francie Gorman has been elected 17th President of the IFA, he runs a 130 acre dry stock family farm, received 55.8pc of the 29,909 valid votes.
MILK: In one study published in 2018, for example, researchers followed 136,000 adults from 21 countries for nine years. They found that, during the study period, those who consumed two or more servings of dairy per day were 22% less likely to develop cardiovascular disease and 17% less likely to die than those who consumed no dairy at all. Notably, those who consumed higher levels of saturated fat from dairy were not more likely to develop heart disease or die.
In another large analysis, also published in 2018, researchers pooled the results from 16 studies involving more than 63,000 adults. They found that, across an average of nine years, those who had higher levels of dairy fats in their blood were 29% less likely than those with lower levels to develop Type 2 diabetes.
https://news.yahoo.com/low-
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LOCAL Craft Brothers Donnchadha and Eamon O’Connor craft each individual product from Irish hardwood – all items are individually made by hand, so that each piece produced is a unique, one of a kind example of Donnchadha and Eamon’s craft, see details below,
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MAGAZINE: The Kilflynn Chronicle was launched at Abbeydornery Community Hall recently.
DRUGS: Professor Eamon Keenan, HSE National Clinical Lead, Addiction Services, said: “We are urging extreme caution following eight overdoses related to a powder being sold on the heroin market in the Cork region. “Preliminary laboratory analysis has confirmed that recent overdoses may be caused by nitazenes, a potent and dangerous synthetic opioid.”
https://www.echolive.ie/
TRAVEL: Over 4,500 people in Kerry take a journey of 60 minutes and over to get to work, according to the CSO’s Census 2022.
CHARITY ROAD HURLING: The St Kieran’s annual charity road hurling takes place on Wednesday December 27 at 11am, around the traditional 4km route in Ardagh starting and finishing at the Bottom Cross. The event is open to participants of all ages. Teams of three. €10 per person. All you need is a high Viz jacket, Hurley and a few sliotars. Charities who will benefit, Milford Care Centre, and The Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association.
HOLY Land: Friends of the Holy Land – a non-political Christian Charity whose mission is to secure a resilient and enduring Christian community in the West Bank, Gaza, Israel and Jordan – has produced a Christmas song Hear Angels Cry which, it is hoped, will inspire many people throughout the world to pray in solidarity for reconciliation and peace in the Holy Land. According to Vatican News, Pope Francis has endorsed the song and its theme of a light shining in the darkness and a voice of hope rising from amidst the rubble of war.
https://limerickdiocese.org/
CUT THE FOOD WASTE; Did you know we waste a third of what we buy? Every Irish family throws away about €700 worth of good food each year. There are easy and accessible ways to tackle this, saving food, money, and the earth’s finite resources in the process. It’s a win all round. How?
Portion size: If you don’t want to make leftover meals with turkey for the holidays, only buy the amount you need, remembering that a portion size is approximately 150g.
https://www.echolive.ie/
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FASHION: Recovery Haven Kerry (cancer support house) will have a Designer Fashion Showcase event taking place in the Gleneagle INEC Arena on Feb. 1st ‘24. The date – St Brigid’s Day – is particularly poignant for those involved, with the show set to incorporate the extraordinary Irish saint and mark her 1500th anniversary. The event will be MC’d by legendary RTE broadcaster, Mary Kennedy. Tickets €30 and are for sale at Recovery Haven Kerry 5 Haigs Terrace Tralee or at the Gleneagle INEC box office, they can also be purchased online. Further info. please ring 066 7192122
LOURDES: The Golden Jubilee of the Kerry Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes with Assisted pilgrims will take place from Thursday 29th August to Tuesday 3rd September 2024. More Information to follow early in 2024.
TWENTY graduates were on Dec 11th 2013 awarded their Certificate in Sustainable Agriculture as part of the Kerry Sustainability Awards which took place at Munster Technological University, Kerry North Campus in Tralee. —————note- Kerry Agribusiness, a division of Kerry Group PLC, assembles 1.2 billion litres of milk annually from 3000 family farms.
Details at http://traleetoday.ie/mtu-
PLANNING: A new division of the High Court which will deal only with planning and environmental cases had its ceremonial first sitting Monday, December 11.
HISTORY: Tarbert Historical and Heritage Society held their last talk for 2023 on at the Bridewell on Sat. 16 Dec at 7.30pm. Subject, Ukraine and Russia a historical perspective, given by Jerry O Connell.
IRISH Poets Webinar; Have you seen our poetry webinar? Using our ancestor database we take a look at the poets of the past who were of Irish birth or blood. https://www.youtube.com/embed/
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BOOKS: HEROES, REBELS AND RADICALS OF CONVICT AUSTRALIA. By Jim Haynes. Allen & Unwin 2023. 322pp. $32.99
On the second page of this book, you will read the following: ‘… in 1617, Elizabeth’s successor, King James I, issued a proclamation concerning those sentenced to death in his kingdoms of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland…’ The bother here is not what the royal proclamation was, so much as the implication that a place called Northern Ireland actually existed more than 300 years before it was created. It is a small criticism, but a book such as this which, in a few places, corrects the accepted wisdom about early Australia, would be expected not to make such a major blooper.
https://tintean.org.au/2023/
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HOSPITAL: Sandra Broderick to take up the role regional executive officer of the HSE Mid-West with responsibilities including University Hospital Limerick.
GREEN: Top 100 Green Initiatives (2023)
In an ever-changing world, more of us are searching for ways to improve our planet or keep up with the latest green trends. For many, we might explore the internet or look for apps to stay in the loop, but it can take time to find reliable, easy-to-understand sources. To make it easier for everyone to find green energy and environmental info, we’ve gathered a list of the very best all in one place!
Our top 100 green initiatives list covers everything, from green energy news, environment research, green education and support for everyday green living. We’ve collected those we think are the best in 5 categories, so you can find what you need. We want to celebrate and congratulate everyone on our list for their fantastic contribution to a greener world.
https://www.greenmatch.co.uk/
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Boston Tea Party
https://pod.link/1460242815/
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WEST CORK: 1835 John Jagoe Admitted Grey’s Inns, Called Dublin 1838. 36, only son of John Esq., father Fish Merchant, mother O’Connor probably local landowning family in Bantry and Skibbereen areas, paternal grand mother from Young fish merchant family, Fishery Inspector writer to Chief Secretary promoting non denominational education. May be uncle to Sister Begnita pioneer women’s education Townsville, Australia and Ellie Desmond who married 1862 in Brisbane Charles J Morris, Surgeon. “Possibly John Jagoe 3 1833 described as fisherman, merchant and land owner occupied
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WEATHER: When British colonists arrived in New England in the early seventeenth century, they were welcomed by an increasingly extreme and unpredictable climate. The summer of 1637 was so hot several people died, and John Winthrop, the Governor of Massachusetts Bay resorted to traveling at nighttime. The following spring, by contrast, was so cold that harvests failed. Worst of all was the winter of 1641-1642; in his journal, Winthrop noted that “the frost was so great and continual this winter that all the Bay was frozen over, so much and so long, as the like, by the Indians’ relation, had not been so these forty years…”
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TEACHER: 1942 Patrick W. O’ Donovan, Solicitor, Clonakilty aged 74, Funeral. Came of Old Stock.
Taught by Master Madden, at The Mountain, Ardfield, who also taught Michael Collins, Sam Maguire.
Oillscoilan t-Sleigh, The Academy of Master Madden late 19th century, Ardfield, Clonakilty to Prepare Boys for the British Civil Service Exams. Pupils included Michael Collins and Sam Maguire.
Master Madden ancestor was a hedge school master who was offer employment as a Teacher in the new National schools c 1830 at a salary of £29 per annum. The family still have the letter of appointment.
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ARTS: Arts Council funding details here More details (https://kerrycoco.us10.list-
Arts Act Grant & Artist Bursaries 2024
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LISTOWEL Visual Artists’ Collective | Inaugural Group Exhibition Saturday 6th January 2024 at 1pm in St. John’s Theatre and Arts Centre in Listowel. Listowel Visual Artists’ Collective is a vibrant community comprising over 50 talented artists from various disciplines and backgrounds.
Art classes by artist Damian Daly in Kerry Writers’ Museum in Listowel, starting in January 2024.
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AFRICA: By Magdalene Kahiu
Nairobi, 06 December, 2023 / 9:57 pm (ACI Africa).
Faith and civil actors in Africa are calling for “ethical practice” in accessing Africa’s natural resources.
At a COP28 side event that the Jesuit Justice and Ecology Network (JENA) and the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) organized, the need to ensure “environmental integrity” in the process of extracting Africa’s minerals was underscored.
The Chairman of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA), Bishop Charles Kasonde, highlighted cobalt present in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and lithium in Zimbabwe as some of the highly needed minerals and cautioned against taking advantage of Africa and her people.
“The extraction of these minerals must be approached with a commitment to ethical practice, ensuring that Africa’s generosity in sharing its natural wealth does not come at the cost of its own environmental integrity and the well-being of its people,” Bishop Kasonde said in his message read out by the AMECEA Secretary for Social Justice and Ecology, Fr. Paul Igweta, during the Tuesday, December 5 event.
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BRUSSELS, Dec 13 (Reuters) – The agreement reached on the COP 28 climate summit could speed up the transition to a cleaner and healthier economy and keep the world on track to meet the climate goals of the Paris Agreement, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday.
“It is good news for the whole world that we now have a multilateral agreement to accelerate emission reductions towards net zero by 2050, with urgent action in this critical decade,” von der Leyen said in a statement.
“The world has committed to tripling renewable energy capacity and doubling the rate of energy efficiency improvements by 2030. This gives powerful momentum to the transition away from fossil fuels.”
Reporting by Bart Meijer; Editing by Alison Williams
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In 2020, Ireland had the second worst emissions of greenhouse gases per capita in the EU27 at 11.6 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per capita. Ireland’s emissions were 57% higher than the EU27 average of 7.4 tonnes. Luxembourg had the highest level of CO2 emissions per capita in 2020 at 14.4 tonnes while Malta had the lowest rate of emissions in 2020 at 4.1 tonnes.
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PAPER our County Council have issued their annual report for 2022 on the best of paper containing 132 pages in English and 128 pages in Irish. Our Government have been creating paper trails for years and making no real effort to reduce them. Yet our delegation will lecture the world at COP28.
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LOST: Final Thoughts on Ways to Signal for Help in the Wilderness
The great outdoors are unpredictable, but with knowledge and preparation, you can navigate challenges and stay safe. Please don’t allow your numerous successes outside to think it can’t happen to you. Very few people need search and rescue planned for such events. Have a few supplies and the knowledge laid out here to set you up for success. Understanding these ways to signal for help in the wilderness is essential for every outdoor enthusiast. Equip yourself, practice often, and always let someone know your intended route before heading out. Adventure safely.
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The vista at Glounsharoon is indeed unique, capturing all of Kerry’s mountain ranges, including The Reeks, The Iveragh Peninsula, Slieve-Mish & Brandon’s peak on the Dingle Peninsula and the mighty Carrauntoohil and her sister peaks as well as all of the fabulous ‘little’ peaks on the horizon and the Gap of Dunloe. You can see the Atlantic Ocean, Inch Bay, Castlemaine Bay, Dingle Bay, Cromane Bay and Kells Bay and you get a heavenly view of the Belly of Kerry. Truly awesome and spectacular scenery, unique to the Glounsharoon Platform.
http://kerryscenicplatform.
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