Frank Lewis presented a tribute show on Radio Kerry to Dan Keane on February 11th. Dan recounted stories and poems from his 87 years living in Moyvane and friends and relations called in to the show to share their memories of the man. Bryan McMahon once decribed Dan as: “His genial personality, his racy-of-the-soil competence […]
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Moyvane Plebiscite
November 6, 2005
Moyvane is unusual in that three of our establishments refer to different names of the village – Murhur National School, Moyvane Post Office and Newtownsandes Co-op. The Village Development Association are gearing up to have a second plebiscite to make Moyvane the legally recognised name on the register of electors and bring to an end […]
Read MoreThe Boghole Boys
January 26, 2005
In 2004, Gabriel Fitzmaurice presented a radio show on Radio Kerry called ‘The Boghole Boys’. Most of North Kerry were glued to the wireless each Monday night to hear the stories, songs, music and poems being performed by people from Moyvane, Knockanure and the surrounding parishes. Here are the full recordings from four of our […]
Read MoreThe Valley of Knockanure – A Kingdom in Song
December 1, 2004
Peggy Sweeney recorded a wonderful version of the song on her video – Kerry, a Kingdom in Song. The Valley of Knockanure Length: 6 minutesSize: 15.9mbs
Read MoreRadio Kerry’s Kerrywide show visits Moyvane
October 28, 2004
Sean Hurley presents the popular Kerrywide show on Radio Kerry each Sunday evening at 9pm. The show seeks out the best in traditional music stories and song through out the county which are in old rambling house style and is most popular with listeners at home and abroad. Sean has presented a couple of shows […]
Read More2003 North Kerry Champions
December 20, 2003
Moyvane – champions of North Kerry for the 18th time in an illustrious club history stretching back to the heydays of Con Brosnan in the 1920’s. They beat Castleisland Desmonds in the Final by a scoreline of 10 points to 8 points. 2003 will go down as a memorable year with Moyvane also winning the […]
Read MoreVideo Tour of Moyvane Village
June 26, 2003
Detailed tour of the houses and businesses that make up the village. Narration by Gabriel Fitzmaurice. Tour Part 1 – Listowel Rd with activities in the Community Centre, history of the Church and pupils of the National School. Length: 5 minutes Tour Part 2 – Listowel Rd, Glin Rd with dancing and bingo in the […]
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