by Jer Kennelly
ST PIO devotions in Castleisland Church on February 13th 2024 – (Second Tuesday).
PARISH: Eucharistic Adoration in Moyvane: every Tues. after 10.00am Mass to 11.30am.
Confessions: Before Mass or by arrangement. Baptisms: Saturday afternoons only from 12 noon to 4pm. 2nd Collection at Masses 10th & 11th Feb. for Lourdes Helpers. The Kerry Diocese hopes to begin its pilgrimages to Lourdes again this year and so need helpers and assistants. They wish to have a collection to help fund this event including the Lourdes Helpers. Please assist.
ADORATION; Takes place each Friday in the Sacristy in Duagh Church from 3.00 pm in the afternoon. Public Rosary starts at 7.00 pm Mass starts on Friday evening at 7:30 pm. Adoration Listowel, takes places each Tuesday and Wednesday, beginning immediately after the 10.30 a.m. Mass, until 8.00 p.m
DEATH of James (Jimmy) O’Sullivan, Knocknagorna, Athea, on the 5th February, 2024. Predeceased by his parents Patrick and Mary and nephew Paudie Mullane. Jimmy is survived by his family, brother Johnny, sisters Mary B. Mullane (Athea), Peggy Barrett (Knockanure) and Phil O’Sullivan (Athea), aunt Peggy Dalton (Athea), sister in law Margaret, brothers in law Conor Mullane and Joe Barrett, nephews, niece, grand-nephews, and grand-nieces. Requiem Mass for Jimmy was celebrated in St. Bartholomew’s Church, Athea, on Thursday, and burial afterwards in the family plot in Holycross Cemetery, Athea.
DEATH took place of Michael (Mickey) Flaherty, Keylod, Moyvane, on Sunday 4th February, 2024, in his 95th year. Predeceased by his wife Mary Ellen, son Michael Jnr., grand-daughter Heidi and grandson Michael Daniel, parents Timmy and Mary, brothers and sisters. Survived by his children, Mary, Tadhg, Helen, Kate, Angela and Liz, 16 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren, sons in law, daughter in law, brothers in law Brendan and Dan Joe, nieces, nephews, relatives, neighbours and many friends. Requiem Mass for Mickey was celebrated at the Church of the Assumption, Moyvane, on Wednesday. Burial in the family plot in Ahavoher Cemetery, Moyvane.
DEATH has taken place of Dan Culhane, Killeaney, Glin, on February 1st, 2024, in his 90th year. Predeceased by his parents Michael and Mary, brother Thomas and sister Annie. Dan is survived by his wife Julia (Carr), family- Michael, Thomas, Brigid (Leahy, Clarina), Donal and Brendan, brothers Jack and Moss, sister Kitty (Moyvane), cousin Mary McSweeney, grandchildren Cian, Niamh, Liam, Maeve, Róisín, Marykate, Áine, Cáit, Ava, Daniel and John Michael, son-in-law Mark Leahy, daughters-in-law Breda, Karena and Johna, sisters-in-law Nora and Breda, nephews, and nieces.
Requiem Mass for Dan was celebrated on Monday at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Glin followed by burial afterwards in Kilfergus Cemetery, Glin.
DEATH of Mary O’ Rourke, née Stack, Ballyhoulihan, Glin, and formerly, Main Street, Glin, on 1st February 2024. Predeceased by her parents Paddy and Tess, her sister Margaret and recently her father-in-law Pascal O’Rourke (Abbeyfeale). Mary is survived by her husband Michael, son Patrick, daughters Teresa, Sarah and Ann-Marie; brother John (Stack, Tarbert), sisters Josephine (Mulvihill, Moyvane) and Teresa (Egan, Tarbert), Uncle Eddie (Stack, Moyvane), sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews, and grand-nephews. Requiem Mass for Mary was celebrated at Glin Church on Saturday, 3rd February, followed by burial in Kilcornan Cemetery.
ANNIVERSARIES: Jerry Sheehy, Fr. Jim Finan, Sr. Aquin Enright, James Connolly, Stephen Casey, Hannah Ferguson, Betty McCarthy, Sr. Margaret Stack, Joe Mackessy, Bridie McElligott, Tom Kennelly, Billy Leahy, Johanna Dell, Paudeen Moloney, Bridie Moloney, Philomena O Connor, Dorothy O Sullivan,
MASS INTENTIONS: Sat.10th Feb.’24 Moyvane for John Sheehy RIP Recently Deceased at 7.30pm; Sun.11th Feb.’24 Knockanure for Catherine Culhane (Aniv.) Ballyguiltenane and deceased of the Culhane & Sheahan families at 9.30am, and Mass Moyvane for Jack Shine (Aniv.) at 11.00am;
Tues.13th Feb.’24- Moyvane for James Fitzmaurice (12th Aniv.) Leitrim Middle and Dublin at 10.00am; Weds.14th Feb. Knockanure Ash Wednesday at 10.00am, Moyvane Vigil Mass at 7.30pm
Thurs.15th Feb. Moyvane Private Intention at 10.00am; Fri.16th Feb.’24 Knockanure a Private Intention at 10.00am; Sat.17th Feb.’24 Moyvane for Peter and John McGrath (Aniv.’s) at 7.30pm;
Sun.18th Feb.’24 – Knockanure Billy Leahy (Aniv.) at 9.30am and Mass Moyvane for Martin & Mary Mulvihill (Aniv.’s) at 11.00am.
FUTURE: Webinar: Planning for the Future of Parishes, Mon. Feb. 12th @ 7:30 pm. During this webinar, speakers from Austria and England will discuss lay involvement in their parishes. They will share the initiatives undertaken in their parishes, what has worked well, what has been challenging and what they see as the hope for the future. This webinar is in preparation for the upcoming parish gathering as part of the diocesan planning process, Moving Forward in Hope. Go to www.dioceseofkerry.ie to register.
FIRST Communion: Webinar; First Holy Communion – Journeying with your Child, Weds. Feb 21st at 7.30pm, for all parents and guardians of children preparing for First Communion. The guest speaker is Dr Patricia Kieran, parent and lecturer at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. Register for the webinar on www.dioceseofkerry.ie
BEST Wishes to Dan Broderick of Lacca East who recently celebrated his 94th birthday.
LENT: Diocese of Kerry YouTube channel. During Lent, consider listening to and reflecting on three videos of talks given online in the diocese in recent months:
• Bishop Brendan Leahy describes the Synod that he participated in in Rome over the four weeks of October. • The talk for parents in preparation for the Sacrament of Confirmation given by Dr Dan O’Connell of Mary Immaculate College Limerick. (Title, ‘Confirmation Talk’) • The talk given by Dr Jessie Rogers, scripture scholar, of St Patrick’s College Maynooth on coping with significant change in the Church. (Title, ‘Moving forward in Hope’) You can access them via the diocesan website or via Google. Google … ‘YouTube Diocese of Kerry Channel’ … then click on ‘Diocese of Kerry – YouTube’ … then click on ‘videos’. The three videos should be in one of the top rows.
A TRIBUTE TO FR. TIM GALVIN: On Saturday, February 10th following the 6.30pm Mass in Abbeyfeale, Fran Leahy who volunteered with Fr. Tim in 2015 and 2016 as well as returning again in 2023 following his death will present a slide show showcasing some of the work that was enabled by donations Fr. Tim received from home. It will take place at St. Ita’s Day Care Centre. Everyone is welcome.
SCHOOL: Murhur N.S. Moyvane, Enrolment Application Forms for September 2024 are available by email at [email protected] or by contacting the school at 068 49522 9:30am-12:30pm.
Scoil Chorp Chríost Knockanure is currently accepting enrolment for the coming academic year 2024-2025. Please contact Anne at school office telephone at 068-49130 or 087-7939134 or email [email protected]
CLOSING DATE Writers Week; This Award is for a work of Literary Fiction by an Irish Author published between the 1st February 2023 and 31st January 2024. Closing date Monday 19th February 2024. Prize: €20,000, several other competitions, their closing date Feb and March, contact https://writersweek.ie/
TINTEAN Ballybunion Dublin City Ramblers on 24th February 2024, [email protected]
ST JOHNS: Wed 14th – Classical with Ora Quartet at 8pm; Three separate Readings over three nights with local playwright Dick Walsh from 15th to 17th at 8pm, details from 068 22566.
SOCIAL DANCING Duagh, to Mike Condon February 16 and Norah Hickey on February 23.
Clounmacon Dancing Classes every Monday night at 8pm.
CARDS: Thursday evening try your hand at a game of 41, which runs every Thursday night at 8.30pm. Simply show up on the night or give Donie a call on 087 973 8100.
CLOTHES Bank at Knockanure School on 14th of March, clothes can be dropped off at the school between 9.10am and 3pm.
“THE BANSHHEE OF CROKEY HILL” Abbeyfeale Drama Group present “The Banshee of Crokey Hill” by Tommy Marren at the Glórach on Tuesday, February 13, Thursday 15, Saturday 17, Sunday 18 and the following week.
DRAMA AND WELLBEING CLASSES 5-12 YEAR OLDS: Glórach Theatre starting February 3 from 3 – 4.30pm.
RAMBLING HOUSE: Ita’s Rambling House will be held at the Desmond Complex on Friday February 16, at 8pm. Rambling house will be held at Ballyhahill Hall on Wednesday February 21, at 8.00pm. Knocalucka is on the 3rd. Tuesday of the month.
SOCIAL DANCING CLASSES: Waltzing, jiving etc have started in the Plaza Hall, Listowel on Monday 7.00-8.00 pm, Advanced: 8.00-9.00 pm. For bookings, please contact 087 7541631.
SET DANCING: On Sunday February 18th a set Céilí will be held in Halla Tadhg Gaelach from 3-6pm with music by Star Of Munster from Clare. Con Colbert Hall Athea is the venue on Saturday February 24th from 9pm. Music by Uí Bhriain.
DANCING CLASSES: Set dancing classes are held in Ballyhahill Hall at 8pm; Marian Hall Moyvane on Monday’s; Con Colbert Hall Athea at 9pm, on Tuesday’s, and Fr. Casey’s Clubhouse Abbeyfeale at 8.30pm on Wednesday’s.
NORELLA MOLYNEAUX Dancing- Monday nights Clounmacon Community Centre, V31PF95 at 8pm. and Wednesday nights in Lyreacrompane Community Centre at 8.15pm. All ages welcome.
EVENT: The Island of Geese, Tralee is the location for the Youth Mental Health Awareness Day on March 2, facilitated by Kerry County Arts Office and local partners Munster Technological University.
ACTIVE Travel Investment Programme for 2024, about €1bn allocation available nationwide.
DINNER: Athea GAA & LGFA, Dinner Dance Fri 1st March in the Devon Inn. These can be booked by contacting any member of the team / committee or Liz O’ Sullivan 087 6699783 or Mary Ita Casey 0874141157.
JOB: in the Tarbert CE Scheme; 1. Heritage / Coffee Shop Assistant – Tarbert Bridewell. Job Ref #CES-2317277; 2. Parish Hall Caretaker – Community Centre Tarbert. Job Ref # CES-2317286. No experience is needed for any of these positions as full training will be provided to the successful candidate. Please apply for any of these positions by contacting Jackie on 086-3266991 or email jackiekissane@
CHINA: culture, history and traditions of China with music, instruments, dress, the Dragon Dance in the Square on Saturday, February 17th from 1-4 pm.
KERRY EMIGRANTS: An afternoon tea dance in aid of the Kerry Emigrants will take place in Tomáisíns, Lisselton on Sunday, February 25 with music by Eddie Lee.
CELEBRATE VALENTINE’S DAY: Celebrate with Afternoon Tea in Kerry Writers’ Museum in Listowel on Wednesday 14th February, from 3pm to 5pm, Ticket Office on 068 22212.
KERRY defeat Cork; http://traleetoday.ie/photos-
PRAYER: The Worldwide Day of Prayer for Survivors and Victims of Sexual Abuse takes place in Ireland on Friday 16 February. The Day of Prayer is an initiative of Pope Francis and was first marked in Irish dioceses in 2017. At Mass that day parishes are asked to light a ‘Candle of Atonement’ on the altar. The candle symbolises repentance, light in the darkness, and hope
BADMINTON on 2nd of February in the Tralee Sports and Leisure Complex on Feb. 2nd, Helen Browne, Moyvane, was winner of CPC.ie Kerry Div 2 Ladies Singles Championships. The Kerry Juvenile Championships in Killarney with the girls’ and boys’ doubles. Players from Moyvane, Annauscaul, Castleisland, and Tralee contested finals, but Listowel contested all eight finals and won all eight.
RARE: this year Ash Wednesday falls on Valentine’s Day. The day of romance and a day of fasting at the beginning of Lent. The ashes come from burnt Palm Branches from Palm Sunday of last year. Ashes on our forehead that day are an indication of our desire to become more like Jesus, living as He wants us to live. The gospel on Ash Wednesday (Matthew 6: 1-18) reminds us of the three traditional practices of Christianity: Prayer, Fasting (Denying ourselves things we enjoy and
Making Sacrifices) and Almsgiving (Giving to those in need). Ash Wednesday is a day of Fast and Abstinence from Meat.
KERRY College open week 19th to 23rd of February, 066 714 9696.
TROCAIRE Packs are available in most churches. They contain the Trócaire Box and information on Trócaire’s work, helping very needy people in the Developing World.
ST PATRICKS Day Parade in Listowel, details from Christy Walsh at 087 826 4544.
NEWKD’s Home Visitation Service is a free service for people over the age of 60 in the North Kerry area and is a social visiting service. It is an initiative by NEWKD’s Rural Social Scheme and is supported by HSE’s Community Works Department, Public Health Nurses, Local Link, An Garda and our dedicated volunteers. We are actively looking to recruit volunteers for our service in all parts of North Kerry. Without volunteers it will be very difficult to expand our very valued service. Anyone interested in volunteering please feel free to contact Ed O Connor (068) 23429 or 087 7794765. Email: [email protected] Office: NEWKD Office, 20 William St. Upper, Listowel.
DIVINE MERCY CONFERENCE 2024: R.D.S., Ballsbridge, Dublin on February 23rd, 24th, 25th. For information contact 086 0529008. A bus travelling Divine Mercy conference at the RDS on 23/24/25 Feb., Contact Paudie 0868630511 or Megan 08301288329 for details.
LOUGH DERG PILGRIMAGES: Three Day Pilgrimages begins Friday, May 31 until Thursday 15th August. https://www.loughderg.org/
PILGRIMAGE to Lourdes Limerick; both Diocesan and Youth Pilgrimages takes place in June, details from 061 35 0000.
CAMINO: A group from Athea are hoping to do 100km of the Camino Frances from Sarria to Santiago from June 12-19. Average walk 20km per day, please contact Denise on 086-6095716.
DIVINE MERCY CONFERENCE: A bus will be travelling to the Divine Mercy conference at the RDS on February23/24/25. Contact Paudie 0868630511 or Megan 08301288329 for details.
BOOK on Fourknocks ; Fourknocks archaeology, astronomy and mythology a small passage-tomb situated less than 10 miles from the giant megalithic monuments of Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth. Excavated in 1950 by Patrick J. Hartnett, and open to the public. The book will run to around 150 pages and will feature full colour photographs, illustrations and diagrams. It will also have generous footnotes and a comprehensive bibliography.
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STORY: The Dingle Lit Short Story Competition, in partnership with Dingle Distillery, is open to all writers on the island of Ireland, writing in either English or Irish. Writers are invited to submit previously unpublished work. Entries will be accepted from Monday December 4th 2023, through to midnight on Thursday, February 29th, 2024. https://dinglelit.ie/
LAND is very wet at present, the birds are singing in the evening, the first of the plum trees are flowering and the nettle is reawakening. The weather forecast is generally greatly exaggerating the extremes, no wonder there were never so many going abroad, despite the high cost of living.
RAIN: The wettest year in Muckross was recorded in 2015 with a total of 87 and three quarter inches of rainfall. The driest year 1971 in Muckross a total of 48 and a quarter inches.
The total at Muckross on December, 31 2023 was a total of 75 Inches of rainfall.
In 1943, Muckross recorded 63 and a half inches of rain.
1974-03-23 Irish People
GAA: IrishPP1974-03-23-019_page20
KERRY-S.F.L: Div. 1-Laune Rangers 0-10, Listowel 0-4; Tarbert 2-14 Sneem 0-3; Glenbeigh 5-3, Dr. Crokes 2-7;Tralee Austin Stacks 0-14, Spa 2-5; Dingle 1-6, Kenmare 0-9; Waterville 1-9, John Mitchels 1-3; Desmonds 3-6, Ballylongford 3-5.
Div. 2-Killarney Legion 0-9, Kilcummin 0-9; Moyvane 0-10, Kerins-O’Rahillys 0-2; Keel 2-5, Glenflesk 1-4; Ballymacelligott 1-9, Rathmore 1-9; Lispole 5-7, Gneeveguilla 0-9.
Div. 3A-Templenoe 1-8, Fossa 0-3; Currow 3-5, Skellig Rangers 0-7; Gaeltacht 2-10, Scartaglen 1-4;
Valentia 5-14, Renard 0-1; Listry 3-13, Firies 0-3.
Div 3B-Aunascaul 2-7, Cordal 0-2; Beale 3-5, St. Senans 04; Churchill 9-12, Ballydonoghue 0-1; Castlegrogory 4-11, Ballyconry 1-3.
Div. 4A-Laune Rangers (B) 0-9, Currow (B) 0-7.
Div. 4B-Duagh 2-10, Listowel 0-1; Austin Stacks (B 2-11, Knockanure 1-2.
https://indianamemory.
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SAVE US: Can Intellectual Humility Save Us from Ourselves? Intellectual humility is defined as a willingness to admit you’re wrong. It could be just the idea for our self-righteous times.
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LATE: There’s an unspoken timeline that people supposedly need to follow to have a successful life: be a good student in high school, get into a good college, and then get a good job right after you graduate. But you’ve probably met successful people whose lives didn’t follow this kind of linear arc and neat timeline, and maybe yours didn’t either. Their young adult years weren’t very auspicious, and they didn’t come into their own and find their bearings until after college, or even much later. My guest today explores the upsides of this kind of trajectory in his book: Late Bloomers: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early
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CHESS: Thanks to a charity called, the Gift of Chess, a young girl who just arrived in the U.S. from Colombia last year is now a nationally ranked player.
New York City has come up with a new pilot program to deal with the migrant crisis.
The highest court in the land is considering a case involving herring fishermen that may have an impact on certain religious liberty cases.
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25TH NATIONAL PIONEER BALL, on Saturday 6th of April in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, Mass at 6pm at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Dinner Dance at the Annebrook House Hotel 0449353300, Ball Tickets €40. Further information from Daisy 087 6544626 or Dermot 085 7201646.
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HISTORY: My father Jack Moran arrived in New York on April 5th, 1923. He was from Athea, a small village in County Limerick. He loved New York. And Brooklyn.
My mother was born in Kerry and raised in Limerick but she didn’t meet my father until she came to the States in 1927. The Irish in New York would all get together for parties and they met at one of those parties.
My mother was nine years younger and she had the prettiest blue eyes. They got married in 1928, had me in 1929, and my brother in 1931. At some point my father started to work at the Stock Exchange. He ran what they called “the car” – the elevator from the first floor to the sixth. It was for “Members Only,” and he was fascinated by the way the “members” dressed. He loved nice clothes.
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Talking to Andrew McCarthy, the star of iconic 1980s movies like Pretty In Pink, Less Than Zero and St. Elmo’s Fire is a bit like talking to a teenage bedroom poster that somehow magically answers back. ——————————
I have to ask him about his own Irish background, an important undercurrent in the book and in his life. “When you’re an Irish American it’s such a part of your identity, you know? I went back for a travel story for National Geographic Traveler, to find my roots which turned out to be in Duagh, County Kerry. It was odd because I thought I was a Cork man, which as you know is sort of like waking up and discovering your Boston Red Sox fan, when you thought you were a Yankees fan your whole life. So that was a shock.”
“But I first went to Ireland in 1986 and the first time I landed there, I felt at home in a way that was great. And I’ve been going back ever since and then I married an Irish woman (novelist and screenwriter Dolores Rice). We have a home in Dublin and it’s become a whole thing.”
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PLASTIC: Six of the containers went overboard with Maersk saying that none of the container cargo is officially listed as hazardous material. There is no word about what else was in the boxes, but one of them contained 1,050 bags of the nurdles (less than 5 millimeters in size). Each sack is reported to hold 55 pounds of the nurdles. Greenpeace estimates that are 22,500 nurdles per pound which means there could have been nearly 1.3 billion nurdles in the container. Maersk told the Associated Press that the vessel’s owners hired multiple cleanup specialists to support the efforts to remove the plastics from the beaches.
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PLASTIC: On May 25 2021 explosions were heard on the ship, and containers began falling into the ocean. Piles of plastic pellets meters deep engulfed the nearby Sarakkuwa beach. There was so much plastic that “you could not see the sand,” says Muditha Katuwawala, founder of the environmental organization the Pearl Protectors. “It was really scary.”
https://cen.acs.org/
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FAMILY: Romance and Scandal in the Big Irish House.
Let’s take a look at the Earls of Clancarty, the LePoer-Trench family of south east County Galway.
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By Reporter 11 Jul 2023
THINK AHEAD – WHAT IS IT?
Think Ahead Planning Packs, developed by Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF), are easy to read guides for patients, their families, and caregivers to start putting their affairs in order for their end of life. With Think Ahead, people can make their care wishes known, appoint somebody to act as their healthcare advocate, keep track of important documents, and more. In the 10 years since Think Ahead was initially launched, it has become a key advance care planning resource for people in Ireland. Planning ahead can reduce stress or anxiety people may feel when facing dying. Using Think Ahead can also reduce conflict between family members. Over 100,000 people have already received a version of Think Ahead through their GP, at events, or by ordering from IHF.
Visit www.thinkahead.ie . Call IHF on (01) 679 3188. Email – thinkahead@hospice foundation.ie
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BREAKFAST: One make-ahead meal I’ve been enjoying recently is a high-protein breakfast bake. I got the idea from a fella named Johnny Hadac on Instagram who serves up easy, affordable meal prep recipes for people looking to lose weight/eat better.
This breakfast bake takes about 15 minutes to prep. The thing that takes the most time is dicing up your veggies. Bake time is about 35 minutes.
When you’re done, you’ll have six tasty, high-protein, low-carb mini breakfast casseroles that will leave your belly feeling nice and full, but without a ton of calories.
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SLAVES: By Courtney Mares
Vatican City, 08 February, 2024 / 8:15 pm (ACI Africa).
On the 10th International Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking, Pope Francis urged people to take concrete actions to “combat this global scourge.”
“Let us help one another to be more responsive, to open our lives and hearts to our sisters and brothers who even now are being bought and sold as slaves. It is never too late to take action,” Pope Francis said in a message published Feb. 8.