by Jer Kennelly
RAMBLING HOUSE; Knockanure on the first Thursday of the month. Clounmacon Rambling house Friday, 14 June.
PARISH: 2nd Collection at Masses next wkend 8th & 9th June for Family Services & Accord.
Eucharistic Adoration: every Tues. after 10.00am Mass to 11.30am.
Provisional Graveyard Masses- Friday July 26th @8pm – Ahavoher- Monday 5th August @8pm – Knockanure, and Tuesday 6th August @8pm – Murhur.
BLOOD donations Devon Inn Tuesday 4th & Wednesday 5th June 2024 from 4.50 pm – 8.10 pm
New Donors welcome. Phone 1800 222 111 for appointment.
ST PIO 1st Friday evening mass at 6.00pm in Listowel.
NATIONAL CARERS WEEK. Mass will be offer up for all carers and for the people they care for on Monday 10th June the 10.30am – especially those living in the Listowel and north Kerry.
CORPUS CHRISTI PROCESSION 2024: takes place in Listowel on Saturday evening, June 1st at 7.00 p.m. immediately after the Vigil Mass of the Feast of Corpus Christi.
SYMPATHY: At a recent Board of Management Meeting of Scoil Chorp Chriost a vote of sympathy was passed To The Kennelly Families on the death of Gerard Kennelly Gortdromagowna, Knockanure.
DEATH on May 27th, 2024 of Denis Mulvihill, Lower Aughrim, Moyvane, on May 27th, 2024, survived by his cousins, extended family, neighbours and many friends. Requiem Mass for Denis being celebrated in Moyvane Church on Thursday, followed by burial afterwards in Murhur Cemetery, Moyvane.
DEATH of Gerard Kennelly, Gortdromagowna, Knockanure, on May 27th, 2024. Gerard will be sadly missed by his heartbroken family, his mother Sheila, father Jerry and his partner Anne, daughter Miya, brothers Thomas and John, sisters Mairead and Julie, uncles Paddy and Tom, aunts Marguerite, Kathleen and Joan, brothers-in-law Ger and Shane, sister-in-law Gina, nephews, nieces, extended family. Funeral arrived at Corpus Christi Church, Knockanure, on Friday morning for the Requiem Mass, followed by burial of Gerard afterwards in Ahavoher Cemetery, Moyvane.
ANNIVERSARIES: Ita Sweeney, Daniel F Kennelly, Anne Stack, Joan McCarthy, D P Woulfe, Betty O Connor, Ita Keane, Tony Foley, Gerard Kennelly,
MASS INTENTIONS: Sat.1st June’24- Moyvane for Nora & Thomas Fitzgerald (Aniv.’s) and deceased of Ahern & Fitzgerald families at 7.30pm; Sun.2nd June’24- Knockanure for James Duggan (Aniv.) Murhur at 9.30am, Mass Moyvane for John Kearney & parents Dan & Bridie (Aniv.’s), Moyvane Village at 11am; Tues.4th June’24 Moyvane for Julia McSweeney, Recently Deceased Upper Aughrim at 10am; Wed.5th June’24 Knockanure a Private Intention at 10am; Thur.6th June’24- Moyvane a Private Intention at 10am; Fri.7th June’24- Knockanure a Private Intention at 10am; Sat.8th June’24- Moyvane for Biker’s Mass at 2pm and Mass for Gerald Kennelly (2nd Aniv.) at 7.30pm; Sun.9th June’24 – Knockanure for Denis & Nancy Flaherty (Aniv.’s) at 9.30am, and Mass Moyvane Moyvane for Pa Joe McEnery (4th Aniv.) of Tubertoreen at 11am.
BEST WISHES to Fr. Brendan Walsh, P.P. Causeway, who celebrates 40 years in the Priesthood this weekend. To mark this special occasion, he will celebrate a special Mass on Friday, 14th June – 8.00pm. in Ballyduff Church.
MASS and Eucharistic Procession in Athea on Sat. June 8th, 7.30 start.
AWARD: President Michael D. Higgins was presented with the John B. Keane Lifetime Achievement Award on the opening night of Listowel Writers’ Week.
For more visit https://writersweek.ie/
MART: Jimmy Cremins received presentations to mark his 50th year at Castleisland Co-Op Mart recently .
HOSPITAL: Minister for Health has announced an additional 580 beds for the South West healthcare region. Many have noticed that regulations and equipment have reduced the number of beds available at present.
Scoil Chorp Chríost Knockanure: Due to the tragic events in Knockanure this week our Astro Turf Opening Day will be rescheduled on June 14th at 1pm. Thank you for your understanding.
Thanks and Kind Regards, Eoghan Sullivan, Principal.
BLOOD: Ballybunion Blood Donation Clinic, Ballybunion Community centre, Thursday 6th June 2024, 4.50 pm – 8.10 pm, New Donors welcome. Phone 1800 222 111 for appointment. Existing donors have the additional option of booking online.
CARDS: There is a weekly Card Game at Athea GAA Clubhouse on Tuesday evenings from 8pm – 10.30pm. All welcome, come along & bring a friend.
GAA, this year’s Kerry Minor Football Captain is Cormac Dillon of Duagh Club. Moyvane U13 team recently beat Ballyduff, score – Moyvane 0-13 Ballyduff 3-6. Minor North Kerry League Result: Moyvane 2-12- Listowel Emmets 2-6.
Premier Division League Champions Glin Rovers FC having claimed the title recently after a 38 year wait. Final score Glin Rovers A 4-2 Athea Utd. Premier Division League Winners 2023/24. Premier Division League Cup Winners 2023/24.
CEMETERY MASSES, Listowel, St. Michael’s Cemetery, Tuesday 25th June, St. John Paul II Cemetery, Wednesday 26th June and Finuge Thursday 27th June all masses are at 8pm. Annual cemetery mass St Johns Ballybunion Friday 7th June at 7pm.; Kilcony Cemetery- Friday 12th July at 7 p.m.; Killahenny Cemetery: Friday 19th July at 7 p.m. Lisselton 24th June, Gale 27th June both 7.30 p.m
CEMETERY Masses: Glin Church Grounds: 9th June at 2pm, Kilfergus Cemetery 16th June at 2pm and Kinnard Cemetery 17th June at 7.30pm.
FESTIVAL: John Moriarty Festival, June 21-23, A 3-day festival celebrating the life and works of Moyvane-born writer and thinker, John Moriarty. We extend an open invitation to all to join ‘A Way to Wonder’, a free community event taking place in the Church of the Assumption Moyvane on June 21 at 7.30pm, to mark the opening of the festival and launch a new collection of John’s writings, John Moriarty Grounded in Story. Special guests and speakers include Fr. Pat Aherne, Tommy Tiernan, and editors of the collection Amanda Carmody & Mary McGillicuddy. For the full festival line up and ticket information visit johnmoriarty.ie
MEMORIAL: “Ger Kennelly” Memorial Fundraiser Dance Friday 7th June at Fr. Casey’s GAA, Abbeyfeale. Doors open at 9pm. Pay at the door on the night. All proceeds going to Bru Columbanus Cork. Contact 087-7206449.
DANCE Classes every Tuesday night in June from 8:15 to 10PM in McHales Function Room, Causeway, Mentor, Norella Mary Molyneaux.
DANCE: Social Dancing in Ballybunion every Tuesday night at 7.30pm.
SENIOR LINE: Would you like someone to talk to? Senior Line is Ireland’s national telephone service for older people open every day of the year 10am-10pm, Freephone 1800 80 4591.
ST JOHNS: Friday 7th, Conversational Irish at 11am, free; Wed 12th Theatre with Pride and Prejudice at 8pm, details from 068 22566.
SIAMSA Tíre theatre. Auditions will take place in June to be part of the cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ which will be staged in August.
Complete the expression of interest form by clicking on https://forms.gle/
BOATS: Tarbert Regatta: Tarbert Island, Dinghies June 8, Cruisers June 9th. Briefing at 2pm, First gun at 3pm.
SUMMER MARKET Ballybunion opened Saturday 1st June until Saturday 31st August from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m
DESMOND CASTLE NCW will be open until 05 November. Open daily 10:00 – 18:00. Further information 06977408.
ARTS Festival Ballybunion, poetry competition; Full details of how to enter can be found at both of the above links. Deadline is 30th June, Visit www.ballybunionartsfestival.ie
BOOK: The heroine of the O’Brien Press-published ‘The Weather Girls’ is 12-year-old Grace Devine, the story was inspired by the weather forecast from Maureen Sweeney née Flavin’s who was born at Knockanure and was a post-office clerk at Blacksod Post Office, County Mayo, she took regular weather readings, her forecast in the early hours of June 3, 1944, delayed the D-Day landings.
CONGRATULATIONS to Gabriel Fitzmaurice on this latest publication, “The Best- Loved poems”. We are honoured and delighted as a Parish. On what a wonder is darkness!. In it you can view, The moon and stars of your nature, That daylight hid from you (p.20)
TOURIST OFFICE Abbeyfeale: Reopening for the summer first week of June, based in the Work Hub on Main Street, Abbeyfeale. Open 11-2pm.
FEAST: On May 31, we celebrate the Feast of the Visitation. Following the angel’s annunciation, Mary immediately runs to her much older cousin Elizabeth to tell her the news. It’s an example of women supporting women. Feast of St. Kevin of Glendalough is celebrated on Monday 3rd June. Renowned for his love of the works of God which he saw in nature all round him. Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is celebrated on Friday 7th June
FATHERS Day falls on Sunday, June 16, 2024.
ARAS MHUIRE needs a new roof. The AIB Community €1Million Fund has up to €35,000 available and all we need to do is to get as many votes as possible. To get enough votes we need you to forward this link to everyone in your contacts its for charity, they ll forgive you, Please click on the link below go to Nominate here, to fill out the form. You will need the charity registration number which is 20026509 and we fit under category: Other, if you have more than one e-mail you can vote with each one! Please Flood all of your WhatsApp groups family and friends. We truly appreciate it Thanks a million. Warmest regards, Trish Parkes. https://aib.ie/personal-forms/
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TIDY Towns judging for 2024 competition begins on 1st June. Organisers are requesting co-operation and displays.
ACTIVE RETIREMENT GROUP – (over 55’s) meet in Tarbert Bridewell every Friday between 10.30am and 12 Noon. We have different activities every week followed by refreshments. New Members are welcome.
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OUR LADY: The Catholic Church celebrates the feast of Our Lady Help of Christians, protector of families and homes, on May 24. This devotion to Our Lady emerged in the 16th century when the invocation “Help of Christians” was added by Pope Saint Pius V to the Litany of Loreto after the famous Battle of Lepanto in 1571. The liturgical feast was established by Pope Pius VII upon returning from France after spending five years as a prisoner of Napoleon Bonaparte. The pontiff attributed his return, which occurred on May 24, 1814, to the intercession of Mary, Help of Christians, setting this date on the calendar in her honour.
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RARE Disease; MTU Tralee will host the All-Ireland Rare Disease Interdisciplinary Research Network symposium on June 10 from 11am-4:30pm. Open to anyone living with or interested in rare diseases. In Ireland, an estimated 410,000 are affected with rare diseases, 70% are children and young people.
AN AIRBOURNE SURVEY: The Tellus survey, is a national program working on behalf of Geological Survey Ireland (GSI) gathering geochemical and geophysical data across Ireland. The Tellus team will shortly commence an airborne survey to gather geophysical data across counties Kerry, north-west Cork, and neighbouring Limerick. Given the aircraft will fly at a low altitude of 60 metres over rural areas and may startle sensitive livestock, we are keen to inform and engage with as many organisations as possible to help raise awareness of the survey activity. To know more about the Tellus programme, please visit the www.tellus.ie
A PRAYER FOR ALL OUR STUDENTS DOING EXAMS: ‘O Great St. Joseph of Cupertino, Who by your prayers, Obtained to be asked at your examination the only proposition you knew, Pray that I, like you may succeed in the examination which lies before me. In return I promise to make you known and cause you to be loved’. Amen.
BOGS: Mary T Sweeney said: “The irony of our government telling us not to cut turf, while the European Commission takes Ireland to court over alleged bog protection failures, is glaring.
“At the same time, 170,000t of peat are imported to meet domestic demand. It’s hypocritical to penalise small Irish farmers, while supporting foreign peat producers.”
https://www.agriland.ie/
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TG4, have stories behind trophies on 5 Meitheamh @ 20:30; Tá an áthas orm an corn seo a glacadh’ are the immortal words that Gaelic games players and supporters wish to hear when their county or club win the silverware. This second series of Scéalta na gCorn sees Gráinne McElwain on the road again, exploring the fascinating stories behind the trophies presented for competition, from underage matches through to All-Ireland championships. Gráinne meets past and present players, referees and managers, as well as the grassroots supporters and family members who all have a unique story to tell about a cherished trophy.
RETREAT: 3-Day Residential Retreats 2024 – De La Salle Retreat Centre, Castletown, Co Laois. Dates: 23-25 July; 30 July-1 August; 6-8 August. Cost: €195. Contact Margaret: 087 2312066 or Oonagh: 086 1736181 or email [email protected]. All welcome.
CLIMATE Action Plan, national target of 5.7 TWh biomethane production by 2030, we need to build about 170 large-scale AD biomethane plants.
ROADS: The RSA spent €800,000 on one single television advert for its 30kmph town campaign, Michael Healy Rae told the Dáil recently.
FOSTER: TUSLA Kerry are seeking Foster Carers from across the county. Information evenings:
Friday 7th June 10am-11am in the Killarney Library, Rock Rd. V93 YE35 & Wednesday 12th June, 11 am–12noon in the Listowel Family Resource Centre, John B Keane Road V31 EC62. More info. or to register freephone 1800 226 771 or email [email protected]
VHI Women’s Mini Marathon took place in Dublin on Sunday, it is celebrating 42 years.
SANDES:
Charles Lancelot Sandes was one of the principal land holders in the parish of Aghavallen or Ballylongford in Co Kerry at the time of Griffith’s Valuation in the 19th century. He also owned Carrigafoyle Castle, was leasing his property to Stephen Sandes, and held some lands in the parish of Morgans, Co Limerick.
In 1863,1864 and 1865, over 2,000 acres of the estate of William Sandes was offered for sale in the Landed Estates Court. In the 1870s, Charles Sandes of Carrigafoyle Castle and Bayview, Clontarf, Co Dublin, owned 1,208 acres in Co Limerick and 227 acres in Co Kerry, while the estate of Thomas Sandes of Sallowglen, Tarbert, amounted to over 7,000 acres in the 1870s.
Other Sandes holdings in this part of Co Kerry in the 19th century included Killelton House, which Charles L Sandes leased to William Hickie, Pyrmont House in Kilnaughtin (Tarbert), also known as Fyrmont, which William Sandes let to Thomas Sandes. The Sandes family and their descendants lived there until the 1920s, when the estate was sold and the house was later demolished.
William G Sandes was leasing Greenville near Listowel from the Earl of Listowel at the time of Griffith’s Valuation and it was a home of this branch of the Sandes family until World War I. It was repaired and rebuilt in the 1920s.
https://www.patrickcomerford.
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FRANCE: To celebrate past and present friendship between Ireland and France, four French boats sailed up the River Shannon on May 24 2024. In 1691, the French navy came during the Williamite Wars of Ireland. Patrick Sarsfield signed the Treaty of Limerick, and of over 12,000 Irish soldiers left for France, they were known as the Wild Geese.
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https://trove.nla.gov.au/
Southern Cross (Adelaide, SA : 1889 – 1954) Fri 24 Oct 1930- Page 12
Purely Personal
The Right Rev. Samuel Alphonsus Stritch, Bishop of Toledo, has been named Archbishop of Milwaukee (U.S.A.). Bishop Stritch will become the fifth Archbishop .of Milwaukee, succeeding the Most Rev. Sebastian Gebhard Mesmer, who died at Goldach, Switzerland on August 4, in his 83rd
year. Bishop Stritch is a native of Nashville, where he was born on August 17, 1887. He is a near relative of Sister Mary Benigmis Stritch, Superioress of the Convent of Mercy, Wynnum, Brisbane, and of Sister Mary Edmund, of the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, South Brisbane.
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A cable message from Nome, Alaska, states that Father Walsh, known as the ” Flying Missionary,” and his pilot were killed when their aeroplane crash.
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Two families in Co. Limerick have between them giving ten sons and daughters to religion. Two daughters of Mr. Michael Ryan, of Bruree, have entered the Presentation Order, one the Order of Mercy, and one the Ursulines. Two brothers of the Culhane family, of Glin, have joined the Christian Brothers, and four sisters, have become Nuns in the Presentation and Mercy Orders.
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Kilmorna School
https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/
Phisogues
Long ago it was the custom on May Eve to bless the cattle and crops.
One should not sit on the grass or pick flowers on May Day.
Milk should not be given away on May Day without shaking salt on it.
If any one came in on May Eve and a churn was being made, he or she take a turn at it for fear they would carry the butter.
Informant- Ita Moloney Address Sluicequarter, Co. Kerry
https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/
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STUDY: Started in 1938, the Harvard Study of Adult Development represents the longest longitudinal study on happiness ever conducted. It set out to follow a group of men through every stage of their lives, from youth to old age, and continues to study their descendants.
The Harvard Study aimed to discover what makes human beings flourish, and its overarching conclusion was this: it’s all about good relationships. The Harvard Study has found that the quality of a person’s relationships has the biggest influence on their health and happiness.
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ADVICE: Dear Therapist,
I have two boys ages 7 and 8 and I find myself constantly telling them to put on a sweater. They get annoyed often telling me, “mom I’m fine, I’m hot!” To which I respond, “put one on anyways!’ I asked myself why I am like this so fearful of them getting sick and I remembered that when I was 17 I had kidney problems. For me, catching a cold could cause a flare up so I had to be cautious
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ELECTIONS: In order to give Europe “a breath of fresh air today”, the authors emphasised particular themes to inform Europeans ahead of the elections:
The European Union was established to cement peace and respect diversity, based on sharing for the greater good of all and based on firm democratic principles.
European integration has led to lasting peace in Europe, and in particular Franco-German reconciliation, as well as “social cooperation and joint international solidarity projects.”
Crisis of European consciousness
European values
A dream for Europe
Meeting our commitments
The European elections and the issues at stake
New challenges, new inspiration
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NOVENA TO ST. ANTHONY 4TH – 13TH JUNE 2024
O Holy St. Anthony, gentlest of souls, your love for God and charity for your neighbour made you worthy when on earth to possess miraculous powers. Miracles waited on your word which you were ever ready to speak for those in trouble or anxiety. Encouraged by this thought I implore of you to obtain for me my request……O gentle and loving St. Anthony, whose heart was ever full of human sympathy, whisper my petition in the ears of the Infant Jesus who loved to be enfolded in your arms and the gratitude of my heart will ever be yours. Amen.
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TRIP: SCATTERY ISLAND TURAS organised by Kerry’s Cumann na Sagart will take place on Wed 5th June. Pilgrims meet at Kilrush Pier at 12.30pm sharp for the one hour guided island tour followed by Aifreann Dé in honour of St. Senan .Booking with €30 fee by May 31st to Fr. Eoghan O’Cadhla S.P. (087 6951318) or Fr. Tomás O’Luanaigh (087 2213799. N.B. The Tarbert to Killimer Ferry is on a half hourly schedule – Contact 065-9053124.