SCHOOL: Scoil Chorp Chríost
Parents’ Association, Knockanure are holding a Church Gate
Collection at Masses in Moyvane on Saturday 17th September and
Sunday 18th September 2011. Your support would be greatly
appreciated.
All pupils and staff in Scoil Chorp Chriost are well settled
back now. The School is looking beautiful with its spacious new
extension and freshly painted grounds. Eleven new Junior Infants
have started this year; Aoife Walsh, Caoimhe O Sullivan, Clodagh
Donegan Ward, Kelly Enright, Cian Halton, Fionn Stack, Aaron
Flavin, Aaron White, Ben Sweeney, Ethan Benham, Harry O Connor.
All pupils and teachers have been very busy decorating the
school in the county colours and are looking forward to Sam’s
return to the Kingdom. John Barry, caretaker, must be commended
for putting up all the green and gold buntings and flags. Mrs
Donegan’s class made up slogans for the All Ireland Final. These
are a few of them; The Kerry team are beyond their teens, but
they will lick Dublin’s young jackeens; The Dublin colours are
cold and blue, but The Kerry colours are gold and true; The
Kingdom will win, we’ll put the Dubs in the bin!. Ciarrai Abu.
LOTTO Results for 9th Sept. 2011, Jackpot E10,000, Numbers Drawn
were 3-4-11 and 17, No Winner. Lucky Dips went to; Marguerite
Woods, Knockanure; Eamon Dunlea, Ballylongford;
Doreen O Flaherty, Moher; Ted Halpin, Duagh; James Collins,
Purt; C.S. c/o Ploughman Bar; Bar Prize Patsy Lane; This weeks
Jackpot E10,100.
FUNDRAISING Night at the dogs in aid of extension to Tarbert
Comprehensive School PE Hall will be held on 12th Nov. It is
being organised by the school Parents Association, Details from
087 117 666 5.
GAA held a collection at Masses on Sunday last, many homes,
schools and business premises have the Kerry colours flying
urging on out team.
MUSIC: Set Dancing at the Marian Hall for children on Wed. at
6pm; Comhaltas Classes at the Marian Hall begin on Sat. 24th at
noon, all welcome; Line Dancing at the Marian Hall on Wed. 21st
Sept. at 8pm. Ceili Classes have resumed at the Gables on Monday
nights at 9pm; Music Lessons at Glorach Theatre, details from
066 712 5690.
EVENTS: Races and festivities continue in Listowel, the
highlight for many is the 52nd All Ireland Wrenboy Competition
on Fri. Night Sept. 16th; ICA meeting in Moyvane was held on
Sept. 13th at 8pm; Coffee Morning in aid of Milford Hospice will
take place on Thursday, September 15th in the Con Colbert Hall
from 9.30 am; Rural Women’s Group meet every 2nd and 4th Wed. of
the Month, details from 068 23429; Moyvane GAA Video Race night
at Brosnan’s Bar on Sept.15th; Family Resource Centre Listowel
Alzheimer’s Carers Group meet on Sept. 13th from 7.30pm and the
Carers Support Group meet on Mon. Sept. 19th at noon, details
from 068 23584 ; Pilgrimage to the Skelligs On Saturday,
September 17th starting at 8.45am in Portmagee Church, Contact
Jacqueline on 087 2890523; Bingo in Moyvane every Thursday
night; Mental Health Information evening at the Dromhall Hotel,
Killarney on Sept. 15th ;Organic Week runs from Sept 12th to
18th; St Pio Pilgrimage to Knock Sept. 18th; Healing Service at
Scartaglen Church on Sun. Sept. 18th at 2.45pm; Rural
diversification options course will be held at the Woodlands
Hotel starting Sept. 27th, details from 069 61444; Mount Brandon
Charity Walk is on Sept, 24th; Honda 50 run begins in
Castleisland at 11am on Sept. 25th; Nolan Clan will meet at
Leighlinbridge, Carlow on Sept. 24th, details from
[email protected] ; National Day of Volunteering is on Fri.
Sept. 30th, details from 066 7117 966; National Ploughing Match
at Athy from 20th to 22nd Sept, bus details from 087 9096 916;
Guided tours of the Old Library of the Irish College Paris on
Sept. 17th at 2pm, includes presentation of its treasures three
illuminated manuscripts dating from c.1500.
TURF Cutters in Moanveanleagh Bog are disappointed that the
government is forcing them off the bog. During the war the
County Council had boats removing turf from the banks. It would
be interesting to know the names of the people and the real
reason for the ban.
KERRY HOSPICE: Annual Coffee Morning will take place on
Thursday 22nd Sept. at 10.30am. in the Mermaids.
ST JOHN’S; Thursday 22nd, Fonn Aniar , the best of Irish folk
from the west, details from 068 22566.
WRITERS; Seanchai are having writing workshops, starting Sept.
24th and 25th; Oct 8th and 9th and again on Nov. 5th and 6th,
details from 068 22212.
TIDY Towns; Congratulations to all who were making an effort to
make our locality looking well. Knockanure received 239 marks,
they got 7 out of 10 marks for general impression. The judges
noted in waste reduction, that a survey revealed that one thirs
of food purchased was discarded, rather than consumed.
ALZHEIMER Awareness evening at the Malton Hotel, Killarney on
Wednesday, September 21st from 7pm – 9pm. For further
information, phone 021 4972504.
BRIDGE Club open day at Bridge Centre, opposite Stoker’s Lodge,
Tralee on Saturday, September 17th from 2pm – 5pm, All welcome.
TRIP to Donegal, Giant’s Causeway and more, departing Sunday
September 18th and returning on Friday September 23rd , Contact
087 7674832 . Three Day trip to cycle and walk old railways and
visit historic places in Mayo and the West, From Sept. 26th to
28th, enquire before Sept. 3rd, [email protected]
CHURCH: Twenty masked men destroyed the altar, confessionals,
and vestments in a parish in the Indian state of Kerala on the
evening of September 4th 2011.
ENTRUST yourself to the doctor, and he will open the eyes of
your soul and your heart. Who is the doctor? God, using his word
and his wisdom, Theophilus of Antioch.
SEAI and REIO; The Wind Energy 2011 – Planning, People and
Environment Conference takes place in Bewley’s Hotel,
Ballsbridge, Dublin, on Thursday 22nd September 2011.
The European Commission has reserved several hundred million
euro for environment research to help address major challenges
such as climate change. E150 million Co. Clare wind farm has
been approved by An Bord Pleanála.
OUR Leaders and media have given a very weak response to recent
huge job losses, where is the strong action against fly by night
corporations. Farmers are facing Quota restrictions on
production, will the EU give us a chance to recover with one of
our best card.
30 YEARS Ago, local man Leo Finucane filmed The Colleen Bawn
with a huge cast of locals, it took a year and a half to
produce.
STARS: Californian astronomers have found the closest, brightest
supernova of its kind in 25 years, 21 million light years from
Earth to the left of the last two stars in The Plough’s handle,
visible using a large pair of binoculars.
NSW: Assisted passengers with Knockanure, Co. Kerry as origin
who arrived in New South Wales on 29th Nov. 1864; John Breen,
born 1839; Daniel Brown, born 1844; Arthur Brown, born 1845;
Edward Connors, born 1841; John Conrick, born 1832; Dominic
Diver, born 1836; John Edmond Stone, born 1847; Dan Egan, born
1838; Pat Fahy, born 1832; Malachi Farrell, born1846; Richard
Kennelly? Born 1835; Martin Flanagan, born 1839; John Flynn,
born 1855; John Fogarty, born 1840; Martin Fogarty, born 1844;
John Foley, Born 1845; ? Gale, born 1849; George Gear, born
1843; Pat Gleeson, born 1838; Henry Godfrey, born 1849;John
Gormley, born 1846; Pat Guinan, born 1842; Tom Hannan, born
1838; Martin Hansbury, born 1843; Pat Hennessy, born 1843; Tom
Hogan, born 1852; James Houghan, born 1845; Tom Keating, born
1836; Martin Kelly, born 1835; William Kelly, born 1844; Pat
Kenna, born 1838 and John Kesgho, born 1837. Names compiled from
list on Ancestry.com, the majority of above names were never
heard of in Knockanure.
BALLYHEIGUE was crowded for the feast of Our Lady’s Birthday,
many locals attended, the afternoon was warm and beautiful.
ADORATION: Moyvane Sun. 4.00pm to 5.00pm, no adoration on Wed.
in Moyvane. Knockanure Adoration, Tues. 10.00am to 6.00pm.
Adoration in Athea, continue each Thursday from 10am to 11pm.
An information meeting on Eucharistic Adoration in the Dromhall
Hotel, Muckross Rd. Killarney on Sat. 17th Sept from 10.00am to
12.30pm.
VOCATIONS: Sunday, September 25th is Priesthood Sunday.
contact Vocations Director, Fr Liam Lovell on 087 1640967 or
e-mail: [email protected]
AWARE: Meet every Tuesday at 8pm in the Sacristy rooms at the
back of St. John’s Church, Tralee. Helpline – 1890 303 302.
DEATH took place on September 9th 2011 of John Patrick Ryan of
Skehenerin, Listowel, and formerly of Ahanagran. He was
predeceased by his wife Sheila Synan and is survived by his
sister Margaret and brother Maurice, sons Patsy, Johnny,
Brendan and Billy, daughters Kathy, Maura, Sheila, Breda and
Olive. Following Requiem Mass at St. Mary’s Church, Listowel on
Sunday September 11th John Patrick Ryan was laid to rest at St.
Michael’s Cemetery, Listowel.
DEATH of Ned Stack of Cahirdown, Listowel, took place on Sept.
9, 2011. Ned is survived by his wife Nora, son William,
daughter-in-law Catherine, grandson Noel, brother Tom, sisters
Sr. Gertrude, Sr. Margaret and was predeceased by his brothers
Danny, John, Liam and Pat. Following Requiem Mass at Listowel
Church, Ned Stack was laid to rest at John Paul II Cemetery,
Listowel on September 12th 2011.
ANNIVERSARIES: Michael Mulvihill, Mick Connell, Fr Joe Walsh,
Mary Shanahan Kennelly, John Collins, Sr. Anthony O Connor, Pat
Kennelly, Catherine Courtney, Kitty Denihan, Nora Galvin, Eamon
Riordan, Mary Vaughan, Bridie Moloney, Sr. Annunciata Curtin,
Fr. Theo O Sullivan, Geraldine Daly, Ned Moran, Elizabeth
Kelliher, Hugh Goulding, Tim Flaherty, Joe Moloney, Mai McMahon,
Sr. Johanna Leahy, Sr. Regis Kennelly; More than 1000 people,
who were either Irish by birth or by descent were lost on
Sept.11th 2001; Mass on Tuesday 13th at 8pm for Ned, Mary and
Ellen Stack and deceased members of the Stack Family and Annette
Scanlon; Mass on Sat. 17th at 8pmfor Dan and jack Quinn and
deceased members of the Quinn Family; Mass on Sun. 18th at 10am
for the People of the Parish and the 11 am Mass is for Hanora
and Michael Galvin and deceased members of the Galvin family of
Barragougeen.
READERS: Vigil, John Corbett;11am , Amanda Coulson and Aine O
Connor; Knockanure Sept. 18th Gerard Leahy and Brenda Clancy.
CHOIR Listowel needs new members, details from Sr. Consolata at
087-2420935.
LATIN MASS: will be celebrated at The Dominican, Holy Cross
Church on Sunday, September 18th at 1.30pm.
Knockanure Notes – 11th September, 2011
September 11, 2011