by Jer Kennelly
pleasant and happy.A A: An Open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous will take place in
Knockanure Community Centre @ 8.30pm on Tuesday April 29th. AA
offers, a way out of problem drinking. Speakers from both AA and Al
Anon. Refreshments afterwards. All are welcome.
PARISH: If you wish a Funeral Mass to be recorded please contact Fr.
Brendan or Maria in the Parish Office, at the time of the bereavement.
Reminder the Parish Office will be closed Holy Thursday and Good
Friday.
Please remember to return your Trocaire Box collections, in the
envelope provided with the box, to the Church collection basket or to
the Parish Office.
Our prime purpose in life is to help others. And if you can’t help
them, at least don’t hurt them.
MOYVANE CHURCH AND A DONATION TO THE AXEL HORGAN FUND: The concert
will take place on Sunday, May 11th.
CLOTHES collection on the 14th May 2025. Clothes can be dropped to
Knockanure School from 28th April onwards. No bedding, duvets or
pillows please. Thank you to Jumbo’s Family Restaurant for donating
their returnable cans to benefit Knockanure National School.
MURHUR National School was established in 1975, anyone with old school
photographs, please send to [email protected]
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BLOOD: Ballybunion Blood Donation Clinic, Community Centre Weds. 24th
Apr. 4.50pm-8.10pm. New Donors welcome. Phone 1800 222111. Donors can
make a significant impact, 65% of all blood collected helps support
cancer patients, with an additional 5% used for childbirth-related
needs.
DEATH of Maureen O’Connor (née Buckley), Shalimar, Bunagarha, Listowel
and late of Kilmorna, Listowel, on April 11th, 2025, sister of the
late Bridie Flavin, Nora and Michael. Maureen will be sadly missed by
her husband Denis, son Shane, daughter-in-law Lorraine, her
grandchildren Luke, Alison and Olivia, brothers-in-law Roger and
Maurice, nephews, nieces, and cousins.
Funeral arriving to St. Mary’s Church, Listowel, on Monday for Requiem
Mass for Maureen, followed by burial afterwards in St. John Paul II
Cemetery, Ballybunion Road, Listowel.
ANNIVERSARIES: Nora Fitzgerald, Ian Cahill, Angela Kearney, Margaret
Galvin, Katrina Crowley, Martin Mulvihill, Con Carmody, Liz Galvin,
Conor King, Fr. Paul Dillon, John Kennedy, Marie Kennelly, Patrick
Dalton, Patricia O Connor, Sean Quinlan,
MASS INTENTIONS:
Thur.17th Apr.’25- Knockanure Holy Thursday, Mass and Renewal of
commitment by Eucharistic Ministers 7pm, and Moyvane- 8pm
Mass followed by Exposition until 10pm ; Fri.18th Apr.’25
Moyvane- Good Friday Passion of Our Lord at 3pm, and Knockanure
Stations of the Cross at 7.30pm; Sat. 19th Apr.’25 Moyvane- Holy
Saturday, Vigil Mass 1.Madge Kiely, Month’s Mind, 2.Margaret Cahill
(nee Lucid), Month’s Mind, 3.Richard “Dick” Windle, Month’s Mind at
7.30pm; Sun. 20th Apr.’25 Knockanure- Easter Sunday Angela Kearney
(4th Aniv.) at 9.30am, and Mass Moyvane a Private Intention at
11am; Tues. 22nd Apr.’25 Moyvane-Martin & Jack Mulvihill (Aniv.’s)
Nenagh & Glenalappa, Mass followed by Eucharistic Adoration 10am;
Wed. 23rd Apr. Knockanure a Private Intention at 7pm; Thurs. 24th
Apr.’25 Moyvane a Private Intention at 7pm; Fri. 25th Apr.’25
Knockanure for Lizzie Lane (2nd Aniv.) & her husband Michael (21st
Aniv.) at 7pm; Sat. 26th Apr.’25 Moyvane for Con (5th Aniv.) & John
Carmody (3rd Aniv.) & deceased of Carmody family at 7.30pm; Sun. 27th
Apr.’25 Knockanure for Alan Kennelly, Month’s Mind at 9.30am, and Mass
Moyvane for James Fitzgerald, John & Catherine Scanlon & their son Tom
Patrick Hughes, Eileen Scanlon (Aniv.’s) at 11am.
THANKS to all the volunteers who help with parish work and a special
thanks to Fr. Brendan for his work and dedication.
SUSI; Applying for a grant? Find all the information you need right here.
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GAA Knockanure Lotto Results; Tuesday March 25th Results – Jackpot was
€3,100. Numbers Drawn: 6, 11, 19, and 28. No winner but lucky dips
went to:
Kathleen McDonnell, Listowel; 2. Maurice Dowling, Coulagourteen; 3.
Andrew Rogan, Lissaniska; 4. Breda Harley, c/o John Barry, and 5. Mary
Moore, Kilmorna. April 1st Results – Jackpot was €3,200. Numbers
Drawn: 2, 6, 11,and 24. No winner but lucky dips went to: 1. Ann
Woulfe, c/o Goulds; 2. The Greaneys, Kilmeaney; 3. Rose Costello, c/o
O’Briens Bar; 4. Ann Stack, c/o T. Collins, and 5. Tara and Joseph O
Flaherty. Lotto Results from Tuesday April 8th- Jackpot was €3,300.
Numbers Drawn: 7, 17, 21,and 26. No winner but lucky dips went to: 1.
Dublin Joe, c/o Kevin’s Bar; 2. S. Fitzgerald, c/o T Fitzgerald; 3.
Bernadette Enright, Keylod; 4. The two James, c/o The Kingdom Bar, and
5. Tom Harley, c/o Johnny Barry.
CUCKOO and swallows have arrived, in the morning at 6am, there is a
grand chorus of birds singing. New Moon on 27th.
CLEAN up was carried out last week along local roads, items from cans,
glass, exercise strap and a hoover were found. Thanks to all the
walkers, who pick up items on the daily walks.
SENIOR LINE is Ireland’s national telephone service for older people
open every day of the year 10am-10pm, Freephone 1800 80 4591.
WALK: Moyvane Darkness into Light Saturday 10th May commencing 4.30am.
This is Moyvane’s first time hosting the event. People can register
online darknessintolight.ie /in person Sun. Apr. 20th after Mass /the
Marian Hall 9th May 2pm-8pm. Late registration at event 3.30am-4.30am.
Refreshments after.
HOSPICE Memorial Good Friday walk/run 10am St. Patrick’s Hall 18th
Apr. Registration 9.30am with distances of 3K, 5K or 10K to choose
from. Refreshments in the hall afterwards. Sponsorship cards available
from committee members/JK Sports. Contact Eileen, 087-9865275 / Jenny
086-3934134 & Siobhan 087-6464799. Donation through Listowel Hospice
FB page
EASTER MONDAY: Wellbeing Event at Barnagh on Easter Monday, April 21.
Take part in a 5/10 K run or walk or take on a 20K cycle or take part
in a wellness session or demo by our yoga instructors, PT’s
nutritionist and much more. The day will be packed with family fun,
face painting and kids’ entertainment.
ST JOHNS: Drama Workshop in Irish on Tuesday 22nd and on Wed 23rd,
Film- Inside Out at 11am and at 2pm another film Inside out 2, details
from 068 22566.
COLLECTION: Ballybunion Sea Cliff Rescue Annual Church Gate collection
3rd & 4th May.
THANKS: Dogs for the Disabled wish to sincerely thank all those who
contributed so generously to the church gate collection on Apr. 5th &
6th. Total collected €972, will be used to train dogs and provide
services to children/adults living with disability. Your help is very
much appreciated.
FLOWERS now a plenty around, from Plums, apple trees blackcurrants and
wild flowers. Blackthorn and White Thorn on the way.
TRIP TO INISFALLEN: There will be a pilgrimage (Mass and Talk) to
Inisfallen Island, Killarney, on 15 May 2025. If you wish to go on
this pilgrimage call Tigh na Sagart on 066-9156131. It is essential to
book your place.
HISTORY: The next meeting of Tarbert Historical Society will be on
Friday 25 April when Patrick Lynch will talk on ‘Irish men who fought
and died in the Spanish Civil War 1936- 1939.
GROW MENTAL HEALTH Support Group meetings Wednesday nights in the
Shanchai Centre, 24 The Square, Listowel at 8pm, for more information
contact Jerry Cronin 0860271990.
SOCIAL DANCE CLASSES: Mondays at the Plaza Hall, Listowel. Classes
include waltzing, jiving, quick step, line dancing and much more.
Beginners 7p.m. – 8p.m. Advanced 9 p.m. For bookings call or text
087-7451631.
BRIDGE CLUB: Abbeyfeale Bridge Club meet on Thursday evenings in St.
Ita’s Day Centre, Abbeyfeale. New members very welcome. Contact Nora
Quirke 087 761 5480.
RAMBLING House; Listowel on last Thursday of the month and Knockanure
on the first Thursday of the month. Clounmacon on the second Friday of
the month. Ita’s Rambling House at the Desmond Complex is on the 3rd.
Friday each month. Knocalucka is on the 3rd. Tuesday of the month.
Josie’s Brosna 2nd Thursday of the month. Ballyhahill 3rd Wednesday
in the Community Centre. John Barrett’s Bar, Glin 4th Tuesday.
Tarbert last Saturday of the month at the Community Centre.
DISCOVER Kerry: https://www.discoverkerry.com/
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CHOIR: Opus ’96 Chamber Choir – Fundraising Concert in aid of St John’s Parish
celebrating the 60th anniversary of The Sound of Music. Sunday 27
April at 7.30 pm in the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Rathass,
Tralee. Tickets €15 available at the door and from St John’s Pastoral
Centre, Castle Street, Tralee.
STATUE: Jesus Christ in the coastal resort city of Vung Tau, Vietnam.
The Christ the King statue in Vung Tau is 105 feet tall, totaling 118
feet, including the 13-foot platform Jesus stands on. Christ the
Redeemer in Rio measures 98 feet high.
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FMD: The UK government has extended the ban on meat and dairy imports
for personal use to protect British farmers from foot-and-mouth
disease (FMD).
Travellers are no longer be able to bring cattle, sheep, goat, and pig
meat, as well as dairy products, from European Union countries into
Britain for personal use.
https://www.agriland.ie/farmin
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TAX: By Gordon Deegan
A farmer and company shareholder has lost a €351,545 capital gains tax
(CGT) battle with the Revenue Commissioners.
This follows the Tax Appeals Commission (TAC) ruling that while a
share-for-share exchange at the centre of the tax dispute was effected
for bona fide commercial reasons, it constituted an arrangement of
which the main purpose, or one of the main purposes, was the avoidance
of liability to tax.
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ARTISTS: Kerry Council’s Cill Rialaig Residency Award 2025, entries
should be submitted to [email protected] or post to Arts Office,
Kerry County Council, County Buildings, Rathass, Tralee. Deadline for
submissions is 1pm Wednesday 7 May 2025. For more about Cill Rialaig
see https://cillrialaigartscentre.
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ACCORD CATHOLIC MARRIAGE CARE SERVICE CLG is currently recruiting
volunteers to train as marriage preparation programme facilitators to
support couples preparing for the Sacrament of Marriage. The marriage
preparation programmes are fun and interactive and very popular with
couples. Working as part of an enthusiastic, friendly and experienced
team, facilitators typically provide three marriage preparation
programmes per annum. Successful applicants will receive free
professional training during seven in person workshops at venues
around the country and will be part of a team delivering marriage
preparation programmes in your local area. The closing date for
receipt of application forms to be included in Selections for this
year is Friday 30th May. Contact Aisling on 01 505 3112 or by email to
[email protected] www.accord.ie
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AWARD: Like Bikes, Abbeyfeale-based company was recently presented
with a Green/Sustainability award at the National Enterprise Awards,
County Limerick final. https://www.localenterprise.ie
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NEWGRANGE: Mythical Ireland in conjunction with Newgrange Farm is
pleased to announce the dates for the Newgrange Farm Archaeological
Park and Newgrange Chamber tours 2025. The tour was first launched in
2023 and involves a unique combination of mythology, legend,
archaeology, history and prehistory. Participants first visit the
great monument of Newgrange and get to go inside its 5,300-year-old
chamber, with a guide from the Office of Public Works (OPW).
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RIVERFEST Limerick
Friday 2nd – Monday 5th May 2025. https://www.limerick.ie/riverf
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AMRI to host social gathering for returned missionaries
On Tuesday 29 April, AMRI (the Association of Leaders of Religious and
Missionaries of Ireland) will host a gathering of ‘Returned
Missionaries’ in Avila Retreat and Conference Centre on Dublin. This
event will be mainly social, offering an opportunity to make (or
renew) connections and to share stories. Additionally, participants,
whether they have returned to Ireland recently or have been back for
some time, will be invited to register their interest in further
supportive events, or perhaps webinars on topics of importance to
them. https://www.dioceseofkerry.ie/
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DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY. Will be celebrated in St Mary’s Cathedral,
Killarney on Sunday April 27th.@3pm…Proceeded by the Rosary @ 2.40pm
FEAST of St Brendan on 16th May Bréanainn or Brendan of Ardfert and
Clonfert is the patron of the dioceses of Kerry and Clonfert. The
Annals of Inisfallen give him a birthdate of 486 and a death date of
578 AD.
HISTORY: The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) in
Belfast has a huge collection of emigrants letters, mostly donated by
folk who have recognised letters historical value.
Some are really only of interest to the immediate family (how’s Aunt
Jane’s health, what’s the price of potatoes and is the old brown dog
still alive?). They just get catalogued under the relevant names and
townlands/addresses, and filed away. To access them you need to go to
PRONI, order them up and copy them.
Some letters comment much more widely and where that happens PRONI
often put them on their website so they can be read on-line by a much
wider audience. An example is from 1855 by John Mitchel where the
writer describes life in Tennessee (a “barbarious” place in his
opinion) in considerable detail and then moves to Irish politics, the
chances of Home Rule, possible war between Britain and America and of
civil war in England.
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BEES: In the film, starring a young Michael Caine, swarms of bees
crash helicopters, derail trains, and wreak havoc on communities. If
that sounds ridiculous, it was, but then again, these were not just
any bees. These were killer bees. ————-
In reality, when people talk about killer bees, they’re referring to
the Africanized honeybee. Developed in the 50s, the Africanized
honeybee is a hybrid of Western honeybees and East African honeybees
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POTATOES; Pilot, Volume 30, Number 26, 29 June 1867
A new style of planting potatoes has been adopted in England, which,
according to various agricultural reports, stands at the head of
potato rising. Neither covering, manuring, cultivating or hoeing are
required, which certainly is an important saving in the heaviest items
of expense, and what is of far more practical importance, a most
fabulous crop is the result. The seed is planted under straw, being
simply dropped on the ground, and a thick layer of straw laid over it,
which takes the place of manure in several ways: first, preventing the
escape of ammonia, and thus governing the growth of vegetation, as is
seen where brush is allowed to remain on the ground in grassland;
second, by keeping the ground moist and pliable during the hot season;
and third, by furnishing through its gradual decay a large amount of
actual nourishment. The crop requires neither cultivating nor hoeing,
as the growth of weeds is entirely smothered, the rank vines
penetrating through the straw, which i3 impervious to the weaker
weeds, that have no strong bulb to them along. The crop, on the
removal of the straw, is found lying on the ground, almost as clean as
if they had been washed, as indeed it has been by all the rains of the
season. It is stated that a thousand bushels to the acre have been
raised by this process.
FLOGGED: A Man Flogged by Two Women. —Last evening the stable yard of
one of our public houses was the scene of an unusual incident. A
stranger, while proceeding along one of our streets, grossly insulted
two young women,, evidently mistaking their character. Without waiting
for “big brothers,” they prepared to resent the insult and inflict
condign punishment upon the insulter. One seized a shillala, and the
other procured an apron full of rocks. At this display of belligerency
the would-be despoiler of female innocence retreated to the stable
yard aforesaid, closely followed by the two young women, one
belabouring him with a club and the other hurling at him stones and
brickbats. At this stage the scene is described as animating in the
extreme. People gathered from all quarters, and before the man could
escape he was most thoroughly flogged, having Ms lip badly cut and one
of his teeth knocked out by a brickbat well aimed, and his back,
shoulders and head well lacerated by blows from the shillala in the
hands of a muscular daughter of Erin. It is the opinion of those who
witnessed the affair that the scamp will be careful in future how he
insults ladies believing them unprotected. —Bangor Times, Ist inst.
https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d
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MOST NHS services operate a residence-based healthcare system. Most
NHS services are free to people who are ordinarily resident in the UK.
Being ordinarily resident is not dependent on nationality, payment of
UK taxes, National Insurance (NI) contributions, being registered with
a GP, having an NHS Number or owning property in the UK.
Ordinarily resident means living in the UK on a lawful and properly
settled basis for the time being, and you’ll be asked to prove this.
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How Love and Belief Conquered Illness- April 15, 2025
by Anddy Ferreira
In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus fell to the ground and prayed, “My
Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet, not as I
will, but as you will.” Alone in agony, his sweat fell like drops of
blood. He knew what awaited him — betrayal, abandonment, the lashes,
the thorns, the nails. He bore the weight of every sin, every sorrow,
every suffering. And he did it out of love.
My faith was my anchor. I held onto it when I married the love of my
life at St. Sebastian Church in Woodside, when we dreamed of a future
filled with joy, children, and years together. But less than a year
into our marriage, everything shattered.
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Marlene F. Watkins Blogs
April 15, 2025
St. Bernadette Soubirous is understandably considered the most
beautiful incorrupt saint of the Catholic Church. Her scientifically
inexplicably well preserved body was not embalmed, refrigerated or
oxygenated. Still, she rests peacefully, with slight decay caused by
hasting washing with lye soap at the shocking exhumation discovery of
her preservation 30 years after her burial.
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Below is a simple guide for how to gain a plenary indulgence during
the Paschal Triduum. What is a plenary indulgence?
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WARNING: “I would urge each and every individual to be extremely
cautious around suspicious texts, calls and emails,” said Sergeant
Michelle O’Halloran, crime prevention officer, Henry St garda station.
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