Knockanure Notes – 29/4/25

by Jer Kennelly

CLOTHES: Scoil Chorp Chriost will be holding a clothes bank collection
on the 14th of May all clothes donations would be greatly appreciated
and can be dropped to the polytunnel in the school yard anytime before
the 14th of May.BEST Wishes to James Kissane of Moyvane GAA, who was recently selected
to represent Kerry at minor level.

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY:  Ceremonies commence with confessions followed by
novena, Mass, Healing prayers in the Church of the Assumption
Abbeyfeale at 2.30pm on Sunday, April 27.

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.

THANKS: Moyvane ICA would like to acknowledge and thank Age &
Opportunity and Sport Ireland for recent grant funding. This grant is
for the purpose of promoting sport and physical activity in older
people.

WALK: Moyvane Darkness into Light Sat. 10th May 4.30am. Moyvane’s
first time hosting the event. Register online on
darknessintolight.ie/in person in the Marian Hall on 9th May 2pm-8pm.
Late registration on the morning 3.30am-4.30am. Refreshments served
after.

PARISH: Rosary for the month of May will take place at the Grotto,
Moyvane, 6:45pm each Tuesday. Everybody is welcome.

Reminder to return your Trocaire Box collections, in the envelope
provided with the box, to the Church collection basket or to the
Parish Office.

LIFE is made up of work and play.  Both are very important and we
would not appreciate either one of them half as much without the
other.  Let us try to have a healthy mix of both in our lives.

PADRE Pio Devotions are on Tuesday 8th April at 7.30pm in Castleisland
Parish Church.   St. Padre Pio Evening Mass & 1st Friday Evening Mass
the first Friday of every month in Listowel at 7.00pm.

ADORATION takes place each Friday in Duagh Church from 3.00 p.m. in
the afternoon. Public Rosary starts at 7.00 p.m. Mass starts at 7:30
p. m.

POPE: We remember Pope Francis this weekend as we invite you to sign a
Book of Condolences in Moyvane Church and to Knockanure Church
afterwards.  May he rest in peace.

DEATH of Peggie O’Connell, Stack (née Buckley), The Demesne, Irremore,
Listowel and formerly Derry, Listowel, on 23rd April 2025, Mother of
Eileen Stack, Thomas O’Connell & the late Jerome Stack, wife of the
late Billy Stack (Irremore) and Joseph O’Connell (Tournageehy) and
sister of the late Bobby Buckley (Derry), Fr. William Buckley (South
Africa), Sheila Barry (Lisselton), Bettie Moloney (Listowel) & Josie
Phelan (Clonmel). Sadly missed by her family, her grandson Billy
Kissane, son-in-law Michael Kissane, her brother Tim Buckley
(Ballybunion), sister Mary Curtin Ballybunion, brother-in-law Sean
Curtin, sisters-in-law Phil Buckley, Maura Stack and Mary Buckley,
nieces and nephews. Requiem Mass for Peggie was celebrated at Irremore
Church, Interment afterwards in Kilsinan Cemetery.

DEATH of Irene O’Connor (née O’Callaghan), Ballyduhig, Six Crosse’s,
Listowel and late of Ennismore, Listowel, on April 23rd, 2025, wife of
the late Mike. Irene will be missed by her daughters Kayo, Fiona and
Sandra, sons-in-law Tony, John and Brian, grandchildren Clíona, Katie,
Seán, Aoife, Maebh, Nessa, Jill and Ruth, great-granddaughter Orla,
brother-in-law Tom, sister-in-law Mary, nephews, and nieces.  Requiem
Mass for Irene was celebrated at Listowel Church, followed by burial
afterwards in St. John Paul II Cemetery, Listowel.

DEATH on  Monday 21st April 2025 of Bridget Deegan (nee Higgins) of
Rusheen, Ballylongford and late of Gullane Asdee, in her 103rd year.

Predeceased by her husband Mick, son Micheal, granddaughter Heidi,
sister Kate, and brothers Ant, Jack, Martin and Pats. Missed by her
daughter Maura and partner James, daughter Catherine, sons Joe and
Patrick, and her sister Nell, her grandchildren Kerrie, Orla, Jason,
Katie, Margaret, Sabrina and Aidan, daughters-in-law Angela and Anna,
nieces, and nephews. Requiem Mass for Bridget celebrated on Friday
25th April, at St. Michael the Archangel Church, Ballylongford
followed by burial afterwards in Aghavallen Cemetery.

ANNIVERSARIES: Mickey Walsh, Sheila Walsh, Sr. Mary Andrew O Flaherty,
Esther Mary O Keane, Pat Given, Fr. Pat Moore, Paddy Feury, Noreen
Horgan, Paudie Hanrahan, Hannah Sheehy, John Horgan, Sr. Perpetua O
Brien, Assumpta Mahony, Peg Sweeney.

MASS INTENTIONS: Sat. 26th Apr.’25- Moyvane 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; Tues. 29th Apr.’25- Moyvane a Private Intention, Mass followed
by Eucharistic Adoration at 10am; Wed. 30th Apr. Knockanure a Private
Intention at 7pm; Thurs. 1st May’25 Moyvane for Denis O’Connor (Aniv.)
Church St., Glin at 10am

Fri. 2nd May’25 Knockanure for First Friday, Private Intention, Mass
followed by Confessions at 10am, and Mass Moyvane for Con & Bridie
O’Carroll (Aniv.) Manchester and deceased of O’Carroll family, Mass
followed by Confessions at  7pm; Sat. 3rd May’25 Moyvane 1.Paudie
Hanrahan (2nd Aniv.) Kilbaha & his brother Neilie who died recently in
UK, 2.Denis O’Connor (Month’s Mind) and his wife Maura (Aniv.),
Aughrim at 7.30pm; Sun. 4th May’25 Knockanure for Padraig & Jackie
McMahon (Aniv.’s) at 9.30am, and mass Moyvane for Margaret Sweeney
(1st Aniv.) & husband Eamonn (Aniv.), Woodgrove at 11am.

ST. BATTS WELL:  Rounds at St. Batts Well Saturday April 26th at 3 p.m
: St. Bartholomew’s Well, Coolard 26 April, Located in Carhoonaknock
East, Coolard, a short distance from the Gale Road, St. Batt’s (St
Bartholomew’s) Holy Well, is situated in a wood of tall trees. The
well is shallow with a heart shape. A stream of freshwater flows from
it.

FLEADH BY THE FEALE:  Traditional Music Festival will take place over
the May Bank Holiday week. The Gathering Session takes place in the
Ramble Inn on Thursday, May 1 followed by the annual Busking
Competition on Friday, May 2 starting on the Main St. at 7pm.  There
will be workshops for Music and Singing Saturday afternoon, Ella Marie
O’ Dwyer will highlight the concert in the Glorach on Saturday May 3.
The events include storytelling with Daisy Kearney, annual Bones
competitions, the celebrity concert in Scoil Ide agus Iosef.

SINGING CLUB: West Limerick Singing Club will hold their next singing
and storytelling session on Friday May 2, at 8.30pm in the Ramble Inn
Abbeyfeale. The special guest will be Evelyn O’Connell

CHERISH THE LADIES:  Celebrity Concert in conjunction with Fleadh by
the Feale with support from Colaiste Ide agus Iosef School Band on
Sunday, May 4.  Doors open 7.30pm, Show 8pm.

SIAMSA Tire will have Declan Nerney on the 27th.

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.

ST JOHNS: Paul Egan: Kerry Icons Collection, is  the May Exhibition;
Miscellany of Folk on Thursday May 1st @ 8pm; Conversational Irish-
Ciorcal Comhrá on Friday May 2nd  @ 11am Free; Classical Concert
Vladimir Jablokov on Saturday May 10th @ 7pm, more from 068 22566. Or
[email protected]

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DANCE: The Plaza Hall, Listowel- Bank Holiday Monday 5th May. Dancing
from 3pm-5.30pm

Michael Collins Band

DRAMA: The Abha Bhán Players are staging of the Field by John B Keane
in the Parish Hall, Ballyhahill, on Saturday April 26, Sunday 27,
Tuesday 29, and Wednesday 30, at drama at 8pm.

CAMOGIE All Ireland U16 B Championship, Semi-Final between Laois and
Kerry in Portlaoise recently

The game ended with a final score of 2-13 to 2-5 in Laois’ favour.

Kerry: Emily O’Donoghue, Sarah Chute, Hayley O’Connor, Siofra Murphy,
Rachel Lennon, Ava Kennelly , Jessica Leen, Nicole Power, Aoibhinn
Hennessy, Evie O’Sullivan (1-2), Ally Russell (0-1f), Georgia Kennedy,
Clodagh Carroll (1-1), Sinead Flynn, Emma Gaynor (0-1). Subs: Cliona
McElligott, Shannon Murphy, Aoibheann Flaherty, Abbey Boyle, Caoimhe
Nolan, Anna Maria Harty, Ellie O’Connor.

SHOW: Kingdom County Show takes place on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th
May 2025 at Ballymacthomas, Tralee.

RACES Listowel   May 31st – June 2nd. Killarney 12th to 14th May.

VIDEO  link  https://youtu.be/HddSRVSBQmI

Filename Rambling House Listowel April 2025.m

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DINGLE: Féile na Bealtaine is a community music and arts festival that
takes place on the May Bank Holiday every year.

MOYA — a festival of Meditation, Ocean, Yoga and Art at Ballybunion
May 2nd to 5th.

RALLY of the Lakes will take place over the May Bank Holiday weekend
from May 2nd to 4th.

LIMERICK Riverfest Village on May 2nd – 5th – food, music, games, and more!.

WALK: Darkness Into Light 2025, will take place at 4:15 a.m. on
Saturday, May 10, 2025.

TINTEAN Ballybunion Sat 10th of May will have Mick Flannery.

MUSEUN Kerry county events May Bank Holiday 11am to 4pm, Sasta Family
Fun, arts and crafts.

WALKING: Activator Walking Poles, get a chance to try them out and
learn how to borrow a set from the library. Try a fresh and exciting
physical activity to improve balance and support mobility.

When: Wednesday, 30th April 11am to 1pm Where: Listowel Library, Civic
Centre, Listowel.

SUPPORT Nano Nagle School. On Monday, 5th May 2025, walk on the
Listowel Greenway. The walk starts at 2pm, To register use the
following link:

https://platform.payzone.ie/customer/11770/product-list/details/28270

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ROSARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY; O’Connell’s Ave Grotto, Listowel,  every
Sunday in at 6pm. All welcome.  Finuge Grotto every Tuesday at 8pm for
the month of May. Killocrim Grotto every Friday evening in May at 8pm.
All welcome.

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FEAST of St. Cronán of Roscrea is celebrated on Tuesday 29th April.
His mother is said to be the sister of St. Senan. He moved from his
original foundation at Moin na hInse to Roscrea which was situated on
one of the ancient great roads of Ireland.

Feast of St. Catherine of Sienna is also celebrated on 29th April.
Patron of Europe, a Dominican sister whose life was spent working for
peace all over Europe.

Feast of St. Joseph the Worker is celebrated on Thursday 1st May,
Mayday. Patron saint of carpenters, woodworkers, craftspeople and
engineers

St Brendan’s Day – Friday 16 May. Mass will be celebrated at Wether’s
Well at 7.30 pm (weather permitting). All are welcome.

CANONIZATION: Pope Francis’ death, the Vatican has announced that the
canonization of Blessed Carlo Acutis, on April 27, is postponed. The
Jubilee of Teenagers will proceed, the ceremony for the first
millennial saint will be delayed.

IFA Farm Family & Social Affairs Chair Teresa Roche said the expanded
Accelerated Capital Allowance scheme for farm safety equipment,
announced by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin
Heydon and Minister of State with responsibility for Farm Safety
Michael Healy-Rae, is a positive step.

https://www.ifa.ie/farm-sectors/expansion-of-accelerated-farm-safety-equipment-allowances-a-positive-step/

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PLANNING in Moyvane :
https://m.independent.ie/regionals/kerry/news/planning-permission-refused-for-houses-to-be-built-in-north-kerry-village/a1565934092.html

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BP: https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/news-and-insights/energy-in-focus/three-new-gas-start-ups.html#04

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EXPORTS: Over 160,000 cattle have been exported in the first 15 weeks
of this year, according to the latest figures from the Department of
Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM).

This figure is up 26% on the same time period of last year and up 16%
from the same time period of 2023.
https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/over-160000-cattle-exported-in-first-15-weeks-of-this-year/

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IFA President Francie Gorman on the ongoing intense lobbying campaign
of public representatives by our county executive officers.

https://x.com/IFAmedia/status/1915405115558650209

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NETTLES are a rich green plan. They are called “stinging” for a reason
– they have little “hair”-like things on them that can cause an itchy
allergic reaction. So why would you you want to eat them?! Don’t worry
– the stinging goes away when cooked.

It is April. The nettles have just appeared in Zone 6A. I only harvest
the tops and the first few leaves. It is important to not collect
nettles after they have formed the flower

https://allgardenadvice.com/food-forest-permaculture/foraging-nettles/

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TOWN PARK DOG SHOW, Abbeyfeale will take place on Sunday, May 18 at
2pm.  Many categories and a raffle.

PAY: Netflix Co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters Pay Rises Above $60
Million in 2024. Sarandos brought in $61.9 million while Peters’ pay
check came to $60.3 million.

ARTS: Munster Literature Centre are seeking poetry and short fiction
submissions for their literary journal Southword. Applicants will
receive €50 for published poems and €300 for published short stories.
More details (https://kerrycoco.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b3755ab5575cb711eac9566f8&id=f8605f29b9&e=57e387efec)

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NEWS: Kerry PPN Community Newsletter Friday 18th April 2025

https://kerryppn.ie/kerry-ppn-community-newsletter-friday-18th-april-2025/

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ARTS: Tarbert Bridewell Visitor Centre has been awarded funding to
host a series of literary arts events in October 2025 in honour of
Thomas MacGreevy.

Kerry International Film Festival are Seeking Submissions

Categories for submissions include Irish Short Films, International
Short Films, Feature Length Films, Kerry Connection, Documentary
Short, All Abilities, Student Shorts, Screenwriting, Animation & Music
Videos. More Details
(https://kerrycoco.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b3755ab5575cb711eac9566f8&id=1fcddbde12&e=57e387efec)

Events

We are delighted to launch our Kerry Arts Festivals & Events Calendar 2025.

More Details (https://kerrycoco.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b3755ab5575cb711eac9566f8&id=b0bb271db7&e=57e387efec)

If you would like to avail of a free school/community exhibition tour
and drawing workshop with Lisa email [email protected]
(mailto:[email protected])

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NEWS: Muintir Na Tíre Newsletter Vol.1/2025; We are delighted to share
Vol.1/2025 of our new-look newsletter for your information. Over the
two pages of each volume, you will find news, information about what
we’ve been up to, a spotlight on our services, and a “Did You Know”
section where we’ll share tips and advice for Community Groups
nationwide. Cairde App users will receive the Newsletter directly to
their App and you can also opt-in to receive it by emailing
[email protected]

https://www.muintir.ie/2025/03/26/muintir-na-tire-newsletter-vol-1-2025/

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HUGG Kerry for a complimentary cuppa and chat with others who
understand your grief.

Led by trained volunteers with a lived experience of suicide loss, the
pop-up café offers a safe, non-judgmental space for social connection,
mutual support and shared understanding. Whether you’ve lost a friend,
family member, neighbour, teammate, or colleague, and if you are over
18, you are welcome to come along. Take some time for yourself, to
share memories of your loved one, exchange coping strategies, or
simply be in the company of others who truly understand. Where:
Tralee, Kerry, 10.30am to 12pm. When: April Thursday 24th, May
Thursday 22nd, June Thursday 26th. call 01 513 4048.

BALLYBUNION SUMMER MARKET, contact  email
ballybunionsummermarket2025@outlook.ie

Summer Markets will be starting from 31st May until 30th August from
10am-3pm in McMunns garden. Proceeds will go to the Ballybunion Sea
and Cliff Rescue.

BIODIVERSITY Week is taking place this year from May 16th – 25th.

MALLOW 2025- Home & Garden Festival at Cork Racecourse, Mallow, 23rd,
24th & 25th May 2025.

SLEEP: We all need sleep to maintain our physical and mental health
and perform our best.

So it’s unsurprising that there’s no shortage of content out there
about how to improve your sleep.

Unfortunately, so much of it repeats the same things you’ve heard a
million times before: keep a consistent sleep/wake schedule, stop
drinking caffeine later in the day, keep your room cold and dark, etc.

https://www.artofmanliness.com/health-fitness/health/45-tips-that-you-haven-t-heard-a-million-times-before-to-improve-your-sleep/?mc_cid=70df21e355

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LOUGH DERG Three Day Pilgrimages begins Friday 30th May until Friday

15th August. http://www.loughderg.org/2025.html

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.

KERRY DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO FATIMA 2025: will take place with a
return coach from Kerry via Shannon Airport on Sunday, 11th May and
return on Thursday, 15th May. Contact Karen at Barters Travelnet, Cork
at 021 – 4851700 or email: [email protected] Spiritual Director: Fr.
Noel Spring.

40th All Ireland Rosary Rally Sat. 7th June’25, Knock Shrine, see noticeboard.

3rd Annual Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock Sat. 23rd Aug.  May our prayer
be “To Jesus through Mary”  Please pray for the safety of all pilgrims
who travel.

FASHION: In 2018, environmental historian Adam Rome considered what
led us to this moment of hyper-consumption. In an essay on the history
of fashion’s environmental impact, Rome proposes that  [f]ashion is
creative destruction. When styles change, no-longer-stylish things
become useless, even if they still are in perfectly good condition. To
avoid embarrassment, the fashion conscious must keep buying into the
latest trends, and that potentially endless replacing of the old with
the new is a terrible environmental burden.

https://daily.jstor.org/fashions-flaws/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Act-On+Software&utm_content=email&utm_term=Fashion%5Cu2019s%20Flaws&utm_campaign=jstordaily_04172025

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LISTOWEL: Kerry Writers’ Museum is delighted to acknowledge generous
funding of €44,520 from Kerry County Council, get ready to reveal our
exciting programme of events, taking place from Wednesday, May 28th to
Sunday, June 1st, 2025.

https://www.radiokerry.ie/podcasts/kerry-today/best-daycation-ever-kerry-writers-musuem-341764

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CHURCH: Globally, the Catholic Church ‘manages’ 150,087 schools,
mostly in developing countries, while providing education for around
54 million students per year.  In terms of healthcare and wellness,
the Catholic Church operates over 5,000 hospitals, 16,000 outpatient
clinics, and 600 leper colonies, mainly through its often vilified
religious orders. Moreover, the Church runs nearly 16,000 nursing
homes for the elderly, chronically ill and disabled as well as 10,000
orphanages, 10,500 nursery schools, 13,000 marriage counselling
centres, 3,200 social education centres and 31,182 other charities.

https://newdailycompass.com/en/the-catholic-church-makes-the-world-a-better-place

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Blood and Water

https://www.catholic.com/magazine/online-edition/whats-so-important-about-blood-and-water?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=catholic_news_good_friday_christ_became_obedient_to_the_point_of_death_even_death_on_a_cross&utm_term=2025-04-18

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Ireland Search

https://www.catholic.com/search?q=ireland&l=en

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HEBREW University: April 1, 2025 – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
was established 100 years ago today with thousands of guests,
dignitaries, and academic delegations from many countries in
attendance on its new Mt. Scopus campus.

Among the thousands in attendance were residents of the Land of Israel
and international guests, including leaders, clergy, British military
and administrative officials, as well as government representatives
and academic delegations from the United Kingdom, Ireland, the United
States, the Netherlands, Egypt, Switzerland, France, Canada, Poland,
and Austria. Notable attendees included Meir Dizengoff, Judah Leib
Magnes, Norman Bentwich, Nahum Sokolow, and many others.

https://www.afhu.org/2025/04/01/the-hebrew-university-of-jerusalem-shaping-the-future-since-1925-post/

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GAZA: April 17, 2025

Through a mutual friend, I recently had the privilege of connecting
with a courageous ecumenical group of Christian leaders in Jerusalem.
In the midst of a devastating war, the ecumenical group A Jerusalem
Voice for Justice issued a public statement crying out against the
horrific suffering of Palestinian peoples and calling for the right of
Palestinians to live in their homeland. They joined worldwide calls
for “equality, justice and peace for Palestinians and Israeli alike.”

As the war in Gaza continues, the Israeli army is forcibly removing
some 40,000 West Bank Palestinians — Muslim and Christian alike — from
their ancestral homes, forcing them to live without shelter, essential
services and health care. It is the largest displacement since 1967.

https://www.ncronline.org/jerusalem-christian-leaders-decry-suffering-potential-annexation-palestine?utm_source=Global+Sisters+Report&utm_campaign=38add18c0e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_04_17_01_20&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_86a1a9af1b-38add18c0e-231238552

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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 11, 4 April 1901, Page 10

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZT19010404.2.21?end_date=04-03-1961&items_per_page=10&query=kilmorna&snippet=true&start_date=04-03-1861&title=NZT

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In a letter to Archbishop Sogaro, formerly Vicar- Apostolic of the
Soudan, Lord Kitchener defends his troops from the aspersions cast
upon them. He says : Thanks for your good wishes. My task is very
difficult — more so than in the Soudan. The Boers fight well but are
very ignorant, and still hope for intervention by Europe. The
newspapers have published many untrue statements of cruelties
practised by our troops, but they have conducted themselves very well.
I trust that you, knowing English soldiers in Egypt, will not believe
them.

Cardinal Vaughan’s (hobby, if hobby it can be called (says a London
secular newspaper), is that of collecting money for objects he has at
heart. Some 37 years ago, it recalls, he went off to America — then a
greater undertaking than it is now — to collect funds for a missionary
college. Although the then Pope, the kindly Pio Nono, gave him his
blessing, he strongly dissuaded the young English priest from going on
what he thought a fruitless errand. However, Father Vaughan came back
with a goodly sum, and with characteristic fearlessness wrote to the
Pope’s secretary : — ‘Tell his Holiness that his blessing was worth
more than his prophecy.’

The Journal Offlriel has just published the list of honours granted to
English and American subjects in connection with the Paris Exhibition.
The American list is a fairly long one, but the English list is very
short, for owing to the refusal ‘ by order ‘ of the Legion of Honour
by the British representatives at the Exhibition, the French
Government have refrained from granting the decoration to any
Englishman. The only British subjects now decorated are Mr. R. V.
Mooney, the representative of Reuter’s Agency in Paris, a genial
Irishman, who is vice-president of the Foreign Press Association in
France, and receives the Cross in that capacity, and Mr. Smith and Mr.
Roberts, two manufacturers whose factories and works are situated in
France, and who received the distinction as important manufacturers
established in France.

A correspondent of Mr. T. P. O’Connor’s weekly writes as follows
regarding the present Commander-in-Chief of the forces in South Africa
: — ‘ Let me set you right about Lord Kitchener’s natal spot,
regarding which I happen to know a good deal, having myself been born
within a couple of miles of it. He was born at Gunsborough Cottage,
which was lent to his father, Lieutenant-Colonel Kitchener, by the
father of the well-known ? Irish M. P., Mr. Pierce  Mahony, of
Kilmorna, Gunsborough is within three miles of Listowel, the capital
of North Kerry. He was baptised at the In the Protestant Church hard
by — now in ruins, I believe — by the late Rev. Robert Sandes, a
representative of the family of which the late Mr. George Sandes, of
Grenville, Listowel, was a well-known member. The Kitchener’s
subsequently went to live at Crotto House, which Colonel Kitchener
afterwards sold to Mr. Thomas Beale Brown, a near relative of Sir
Michael Hicks-Beach. The true history of the whole vexed question of
the connection of the Kitchener family with Kerry was told during the
late Soudan campaign in the columns of the Irish Times by Major
Kiggell, of Cahara, Glin, County Limerick, whose son, Major Lancelot
Kiggell, is now on Lord Kitchener’s staff.

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ATHEA: San Francisco Mail News

New Zealand Tablet 5 September 1879

Two anchors have recently been fished up in Bantry Bay by fishermen.
They are said to have belonged to the French fleet that anchored in
the bay in 1795.

Bad accounts come from Ireland as to the harvest prospects. The wheat,
which ought to have been far advanced, is scarcely visible, and green
crops are full two months behind.

An extraordinary discovery has been made in the vicinity of Athea,
County Kerry. A human skeleton in a bog was found at a depth of five
feet in a solid bank, which apparently had never been disturbed. A
lock of brown hair was attached to the skull.

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZT18790905.2.23?items_per_page=10&page=3&query=athea&snippet=true#text-tab

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POPE: Pope Francis, 88, leader of the world’s more than one billion
Catholics, died this morning at 7:35 a.m., after a brief rally from a
long period of illness that began with a severe respiratory infection.
Many things come next: a papal funeral, a conclave, and the
announcement of a new Pope.

But the question of the Argentinian pope’s legacy will linger long
after the mourners have left St. Peter’s Square, long after the
pageantry of the papal funeral, and long after his successor is no
longer new.

It is also a question that we probably will not see answered in our
lifetime. For a Church that thinks in millennia, the impact of a
single Pope is usually smaller than our exaggerated viewpoint expects.
But it is interesting to speculate nonetheless.

https://media.benedictine.edu/what-francis-did-how-will-the-pope-be-remembered?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=catholic_news_pope_francis_dead_at_88_the_pope_of_the_peripheries_who_shook_up_the_church&utm_term=2025-04-21

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Prayers for Pope

https://youtu.be/332YkDm8xPw?feature=shared

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SYMPATHY CARDS FOR POPE FRANCIS- An Post has announced that all
sympathy cards sent to; Cards to the Vatican, PO Box 13812, Freepost,
Dublin 1 before 14th May will be delivered to the Vatican for free.

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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 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]

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ALONE the national organisation that enables older people to age at
home, are looking for Telephone Support & Befriending and Visitation
Support & Befriending Volunteers to support older people in the
community. If you or an Older Person you know, need support please
call 0818 222 024, seven days a week 8 am to 8 pm or see ALONE.ie/
Volunteer for more information.”

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