ONGRATULATIONS to Clodagh Keane, who came 1st place recently in the
Community Games National Art Competition Finals.
KNOCKANURE School Family Fun Day: We would like to extend our
heartfelt thanks to everyone who came along and supported our Family
Fun Day. It was wonderful to see so many families and members of our
community come together, creating such fantastic memories. A very
special thank you to all our amazing sponsors for their generous
support, and to all the stars who joined us on the day. We are so
grateful to everyone who donated, volunteered, helped behind the
scenes. It was a true community effort, and seeing everyone come
together to support our school and our children made the day all the
more special. From everyone at Scoil Chorp Chríost Parents Association
— thank you!
GAA Knockanure Lotto Draw results for 8th of Sept. 2026; Jackpot was
E6.100. Winning numbers, 11-21-23—28. No winner, lucky dips of E25,
went to Pat White, c/o John Barry; Dublin Joe, c/o Kevin’s; Mary
Murphy, c/o Kingdom Bar; Dan Costelloe, Kilmorna, and Jim Greaney,
Kilmorna. Next Draw, Sept. 15th. Next Jackpot E6.200.
GAA: Congratulations to the North Kerry u16s, in particular to the 3
Moyvane players on the panel, Muiris Mulvihill, Jack Barrett and Adam
Kearney, who became County Champions recently after defeating
Castleisland District on a final score of 1-25 to 2-14.
Moyvane Girls, U16 won the Div 4 County League and their U14 were
crowned North Kerry Div 2 Champions recently.
Keane’s SuperValu Minor County Championship Semi Final. North Kerry 4.19 to
St Brendan’s Board 0.19.
RAMBLING House at Seanchai, Listowel on Sunday 20th September at 3pm,
Special date due to the Listowel Races.
PUB QUIZ: A Fund-Raising Pub Quiz for Moyvane Men’s Shed will be held
in Flynn’s Bar on Fri. 18th Sept. at 9pm. We are now at the stage of
equipping the shed. Please support.
FOUND: A flash for a camera was left in the Church, please contact
Sacristan/Parish Office
SEASON of Creation 2026 began on Tues. 1st Sept. the World Day of
Prayer for the Care of Creation, and continues until 4th Oct., the
Feast of St Francis of Assisi. This year’s theme is Living Water. All
are invited to participate in an activity/take action to care for
creation. Info. see: www.dioceseofkerry.ie/justice
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ARD CHÚRAM COMMUNITY CHOIR will return on Thursday 17th September at
the Fuchsia Centre in the Hospital grounds. New members always
welcome.
ACTIVE Ageing Festival Listowel, Fri. 18th Sept., Listowel Community
Centre, 10am-2.30pm (refreshments provided). Free Event. Bookings on
eventbrite.com or phone 066–718 4776. It aims to promote physical
activity for older adults by providing an opportunity to try
activities such as Activator Pole Walking, Floor Curling, Walking
Football etc. Keynote speaker John Lonergan. Stands allowing local
organisations and charities, the HSE, SKDP and men’s sheds etc. to
showcase their services.
CULTURE: Listowel Community & Family Resource Centre Culture Evening
Weds. 16th Sept. 6pm-8pm.
OUR LADY: As the month of the Seven Sorrows of Mary, we have two
feasts of Our Lady: the Nativity of Mary (nine months after the
Immaculate Conception, on Dec. 8), and the Feast of the Holy Name of
Mary, instituted as a universal feast of the Church by Pope Innocent
XI to commemorate her intercession in the important Christian military
victory over the Ottoman Turks at the Siege of Vienna in 1683. The
fifteenth of September, finally, commemorates the Seven Sorrows of Our
Lady, a powerful devotion which taps into Mary’s mediation and
powerful participation in Christ’s Redemption.
DEATH of Nora Enright, (née McNamara), Church Street, Abbeyfeale, on
Wednesday, 2nd September 2026.Predeceased by her parents Dan and Ellen
(McNamara), her husband Michael J., her daughter Bernadette Boyd,
(Tralee), her brothers and sisters-in-law. Nora is sadly missed by her
son Philip, daughters Eileen (Duffy Sligo) and Marie (Marion
Prendiville Mullingar), daughters-in-law Marie, sons-in-law John,
Laurence and Neilius. Grandmother of Alan, Philip (Jennie), Laura,
Deirdre, Claire, Niamh, Elaine and Michael (Aine), great-grandmother
of Ronan, Conor and Lily. Requiem Mass for Nora celebrated on Saturday
5th September in The Church of the Assumption Abbeyfeale, followed by
burial in the Old Abbey Cemetery, The Square, Abbeyfeale.
ANNIVERSARIES: Josie Clancy, Vivienne Rogan, Eddie Walsh, Sheila
Horgan, Sr. Martina Hegarty, Gertie Murphy, Dan Joe Broderick, Tony O
Sullivan, Michael McGrath, Madeline Barrett, Timothy Horgan,
MASS INTENTIONS: Sat. 12th Sept.’26 Moyvane for Brid Flavin (Aniv.) &
deceased of Flavin & Hanrahan families at 7.30pm; Sun. 13th Sept.’26
–Knockanure for Kitty & Jackie Murphy (Aniv.’s) Kilmeaney, Kilmorna,
Josie (1st Aniv.) & Jerry Clancy (27th Aniv.) & deceased of Clancy &
Dalton families at 9.30am; Tues. 15th Sept.’26 Moyvane- Eucharistic
Adoration at 6pm and mass at 7pm; Weds. 16th Sept.’26 Knockanure at
7pm; Thurs.17th Sept.’26 Moyvane at 7pm; Fri. 18th Sept.’26 Knockanure
at 7pm; Sat. 19th Sept.’26- Moyvane for Bridge, Pat & Dick Stack &
Ellen Stack, A/v’s
Mikey Joe & Peggy Enright, Kathleen & Willie Stack (Aniv’s) at 7.30pm;
Sun. 20th Sept.’26- Knockanure at 9.30am.
ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: Takes place each Friday in Duagh
Church from 3.00 p.m. in the afternoon. Public Rosary starts at 6.00 p.m
CHIFUNDO FOUNDATION, MALAWI: Seán Stack and Anne Foley of Glouria,
Lisselton, wholeheartedly thank everyone who so kindly donated towards
the recent GoFundMe for the Chifundo Foundation in Malawi. Over E4,000
was raised. Also, to the people and the sports clubs who donated
football, soccer and basketball jerseys, as well as the suitcases
that are now in Zomba, Malawi. We are humbled by the kindness of the
people who gave so generously. We thank you from the bottom of our
hearts.
STORYTELLING in Listowel 17–20 September; There’s much more to
storytelling than simply sitting back and listening. At this year’s
Listowel International Storytelling Festival, you can learn the craft,
share your own stories, explore traditional tales and be transported
by some of Ireland and the world’s finest storytellers.
https://kerrywritersmuseum.com
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ANTHOLOGY: Seanchaí Writers’ group is launching its first-ever
Anthology after 23 years. The Seanchaí Writers’ Anthology 2026 will be
launched during Listowel International Storytelling Festival 2026 on
Saturday the 19th Sept. at 12 noon.
ST JOHN’S: Music Wednesday 16 September 2026 • 8pm- National String
Quartet Foundation: Peig Unplugged – Retold by Nuala Hayes- Theatre
Friday 18 September 2026 • 1pm, Peig Unplugged – Retold by Nuala
Hayes. Part of the StoryTelling Festival. From Ascendancy to Brexit:
Ireland and the EU Lecture Friday 18 September 2026 • 5.30pm. Dr Peter
Moloney traces Ireland’s journey in Europe, from accession in 1973 to
Brexit and the Northern Ireland Protocol. Part of Culture Night so
admission is free.
Casting Call – A New Operatic Play! Theatre Friday 18 September 2026 • 8pm
Casting Call – A New Operatic Play! Enjoy this comedic take on opera
singing actors auditioning for the same role. Part of Culture Night so
admission is complimentary! Box office: 068 22566.
[email protected]
LISTOWEL SOCIAL DANCE CLASSES – are starting on Mon. 28th Sept. at the
Plaza Hall Listowel, beginners from 7 to 8pm and advanced 8 to 9pm.
Waltzing, jiving, line dancing etc. For more information, please
contact 087-7541631.
EXERCISE Classes with Conor O’Neill continue at the Marian Hall every
Monday 1-2pm, Beginners welcome all the time!
RACES ACCOMMODATION OFFICE is open above Christy’s Bar, Listowel from
11am until 4pm. We are looking for anyone that is letting
accommodation in the Town for Race Week or anyone that is looking for
accommodation please call into the office or call Maria on 087 665
2211.
LISTOWEL RACING begins on Sunday September 20.
ALONE: By volunteering with ALONE, you can help older people stay
connected, supported and independent at home through friendly visits
or phone calls. Join us today and find out more: [alone.ie/volunteers]
(http://alone.ie/volunteers) or call us on 0818 222024/086 059 1399.
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CERTS: Young Musicians From Oidhreacht Chiarraí Receive Certifications
At Dúchas Centre. ————————–
Michelle O’Sullivan, founder of Oidhreacht Chiarraí, said: “The SCT
examinations demand a great deal of commitment and preparation from
our learners, and to have 60 of them successfully certified this year
is a stellar achievement. They have worked incredibly hard and shown
tremendous dedication to their music. Seeing them receive their
certificates and then take to the stage to perform together was a very
proud moment for all of us at Oidhreacht Chiarraí.”
https://traleetoday.ie/young-m
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RAMBLING HOUSE; Listowel on last Thursday of the month, Finuge
Rambling House takes place on the first Monday of every month,
Knockanure on the first Thursday of the month. Moyvane on 2nd Sunday
of the month; Clounmacon on the second Friday; 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.
The National Ploughing Championships is Europe’s largest outdoor
agricultural trade exhibition and competitive ploughing event.
Tuesday, 15 September 2026–Thursday, 17 September 2026, 8:00am–4:00pm.
Screggan, Tullamore, Co. Offaly.
https://www.agriland.ie/supple
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HOSPICE: Kerry Hospice Coffee Morning , This is the 34th year of
coffee mornings, taking place on Thursday, September 24. Over the past
34 years, more than €48 million has been raised nationwide.
https://www.hospicecoffeemorni
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BALLYHEIGUE: Video link https://youtu.be/EHNr8ja7zl4
Filename- Ballyheigue Blessed well 8 September 2026
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LISTOWEL LIBRARY – SKILLS FOR LIFE WEEK, On Tuesday 22 September at
2.30pm, Listowel Library is hosting a General Budgeting (money
management and tips) talk with MABS (Money, Advice & Budgeting
Service) This will be a 30 minute talk and will include the following
topics: money management and
saving, budgeting advice, paying and managing bills, signing up for
utilities and simple household cost-cutting measures. All welcome, no
need to book.
On Thursday 24th September at 7pm, Thomas O’Connor from Manna Organic
Farm, Transition and Talamh Beo Kerry, will give a talk on Practical
Solutions to Sourcing and Growing our own food.
HISTORICAL SOCIETY Tarbert; The next meeting will take place on Friday
18 September at 8pm in the Bridewell when local historian Pádraig
O’Concubhair will talk on 1916. Everybody welcome.
ROSARY in Hand, This Couple Celebrates 80 Years of Marriage and Fidelity
With rosaries in their hands and surrounded by loved ones, Luiz and
Maria Luiza celebrated 80 years of marriage—a lifetime shared and
sustained by love, faithfulness, and faith.
https://www.churchpop.com/rosa
KNOCK: St. Pio Pilgrimage to Knock Sunday 20th Sept. Bus leaving
Listowel at 7.30am via Ballybunion, Asdee, Tarbert. Contact 087-6019
474 to book.
LEGION OF MARY ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE TO KNOCK: This takes place on
Sunday 27th September. The bus leaves at 6.30 a.m. from the Church of the
Resurrection Park Road, Killarney. Stops in Farranfore and Castleisland, price
30.00 euro. Ring Pat at 086 8510423 for booking.
FIRST SATURDAY CONFERENCE: will be held in Knock on Saturday 28th
November 2026. It begins at 10 a.m. and finishes approx 5 p.m. Those
in the line up for the day Geraldine O Donnell A parish testimony. Fr.
Patrick Cahill. Fr. Leon. Fr. Marius O Reilly. Fr. James Devine
celebrates Holy Mass. Fr. Jamie Twohig and finally Fr. John Keane will
conduct a Eucharistic Healing hour. Ring Kate 087 688 4124 for the
bus.
INISFALLEN: Recording the Past: The Annals of Inisfallen and the
Making of Irish History exhibition opened at the Glucksman, UCC, and
will close on 1 November 2026. One of Ireland’s most significant
medieval manuscripts will be available for the public to view in a
major new free exhibition in University College Cork.
https://www.irishcentral.com/r
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AWARDS: TECH Industry Alliance 2026, Leaders Awards will take place on
Friday, November 13 at the five-star Great Southern Killarney.
Following the nomination deadline, submissions will be reviewed by an
expert judging panel, with finalists taking part in virtual interviews
from November 2–6.
https://techindustryalliance.i
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National Women’s Enterprise Day Regional Events 15th October 2026
Ireland’s largest female enterprise event is back again for 2026.
National Women’s Enterprise Day, now in its 20th year.
https://www.localenterprise.ie
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COURSE: A new Independent Living Movement Ireland (ILMI) voice project
with a course of six weekly online workshops will start in several
counties including Kerry from Monday, September 28th For more, please
Click on the Link:
https://www.mainevalleypost.co
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FAREWELL: Sunday 4th October 12noon a Special Farewell Mass will be
celebrated by Bishop Brendan Leahy, to mark the departure of the
Sisters of Mercy after 154 years of service in the town of Abbeyfeale
, the final two resident sisters, Sr. Perpetua and Sr. Delia have
recently relocated to Catherine McCauley House, Old Dominic St.
Limerick. With the end of an era, we owe them massive thanks.
POETRY: Éigse Michael Hartnett Literary and Arts Festival, Newcastle
West, Thursday 1st – Sunday 4th October 2026. Remembering Poet
Michael Hartnett, he would have been 80 years old on September 18th
2001. He was born in Croom, Co. Limerick in 1941, he was a young 58
when he died in 1999.
https://eigsemichaelhartnett.i
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ARTS Council has 220 recipients in its Arts Grant Funding scheme, an
investment of €17.2 million in organisations and individuals across
the country.
OLIO connects neighbours ; The Olio app is the must-have money-saving
app for anyone who loves a good deal. It helps you unlock free food,
discover discounted groceries and find free household items nearby.
It’s simple: save money, reduce waste and reconnect with your local
community – all in one place.
https://olioapp.com/en/getting
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MONEY: The Bord Bia chair added that these procurement controls, which
are monitored through expenditure analysis four times a year,
identified that expenditure of some €1.2 million was incurred without
a competitive tendering procedure taking place.
However, this figure of €1.2 million is less than half the amount that
was spent in non-compliance with procurement rules in 2024, which was
€2.6 million.
According to Murrin, this shows “improved adherence to procurement
policies following the strengthening of controls during 2025”.
https://www.agriland.ie/farmin
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CAP: The five counties in Connacht could lose €460m in the next round
of CAP, unless the current proposals are changed. That was the stark
message at the IFA Connacht regional meeting held in Claremorris last
night.
https://www.ifa.ie/farm-sector
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MTU campus in Tralee. The ninth annual Architecture Kerry Festival
will officially open on Wednesday, September 23 with the launch of a
major exhibition celebrating Villa Tugendhat, one of the world’s most
important examples of modern architecture.
Programme of events will be available shortly on the Kerry County
Council website.
MOON First Quarter 18th;
CONVICTS: Journal of Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society 2007
carries a sample of convicts, among those are locals, 1822, Thomas
Mealy Lisanska, Listowel, his wife Mary O Connell; James Quinn , 1822
Listowel, wife Ann Lyons; Timothy Relihan , wife Sarah Fleming 1822;
Matt Quinn, Pound Lane wife Hanora Dillane 1833; John Sheehy, alias
Keane, Ballylongford, wife Hanora Carroll, Sheehy may be of Duagh.
DRAGONFLY: Fearless and quietly astonishing’: the dragonfly that
migrates further than any other insect —————————–
Its ubiquity and ability to quickly produce a new generation point to
its truly awesome power: this 4.5cm-long insect weighing a fraction of
a gram migrates further than any other known insect. Across
generations, it completes a route of up to 18,000km between India and
east Africa. Some individuals even cross 3,500km of open water – the
Indian Ocean – riding high-altitude monsoon winds. Ben Price,
principal curator of entomology at the Natural History Museum in
London, said this miraculous migration had been discovered only this
century.
https://www.theguardian.com/en
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LOBBY GROUPS: First quarter of 2026, finding that another 568 local
governments hired fossil fuel lobbyists to work
The research by F Minus and Make Polluters Pay reviewed congressional
lobbying disclosures for the first quarter of 2026, finding that
another 568 local governments hired fossil fuel lobbyists to work on
non-climate related issues during that time, some of which included
climate adjacent issues, like healthcare and home insurance.
Dozens of lobbying firms were identified by researchers as working on
both sides of climate action. James Browning, the founder and
executive director of F Minus, said local governments who hire these
firms to lobby for climate mitigation, disaster relief, and wildlife
conservation likely don’t know that the same firms are working for
clients like ExxonMobil and the American Petroleum Institute (API),
which critics say are pushing to further dependence on fossil fuels.
“They are locked into these relationships with big firms and may also
not know they are the ones blocking climate efforts,” Browning said.
https://www.theguardian.com/en
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Solar
“Once operational, the project intends to supply up to 120MWac of
installed solar capacity or 174,000 megawatt hours provided to the
national grid each year. That’s equivalent to the energy needs of
40,000 households, per year,” they said.
Circal added that Tarmon Solar Farm will not just bring a clean and
renewable energy source but will also bring benefits both to society
and the environment, including a Community Benefit Fund to a value of
€7.1m approximately over the lifetime of the scheme.”
https://www.limerickleader.ie/
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GREEN: Vula Tsetsi, Co-Chair of the European Green Party:
“Price rises in energy costs are not just an economic pattern, it is a
political failure that leaves people in Europe permanently exposed to
shocks along the supply chain. Every crisis in the fossil fuel market
becomes a price shock for European households.
But this situation is not inevitable. A renewable energy system that
delivers stability, autonomy and protection for people in Europe is
possible.
Europe cannot remain in the hands of fossil fuel interests and lobbies
that profit from this dependency
https://europeangreens.eu/news
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TIMMY Woulfe was one of a kind
Dad was born on June 1st, 1934 in Lisroe, Duagh, County Kerry, in his
mother’s family home. He was baptised Timothy Francis, inheriting the
name Timothy from his maternal grandfather, Timothy O’Connor. For the
first three years of his life, he lived in Lisroe with his grandmother
and aunts, before moving to Cratloe West, Athea, to join his parents,
Michael (Mick Phil) Woulfe and Mary O’Connor. He grew up there
alongside his siblings – Philip (Phil), Mary (Mai) and Nora. His
infant sister Margaret sadly passed away in 1937, before reaching her
second birthday.
https://timmywoulfe.ie/life-an
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https://timmywoulfe.ie/about-t
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Pope Leo XIV reflects on human love
By Nicolás de Cárdenas
ACI Prensa Staff, 09 September, 2026 / 11:35 pm (ACI Africa).
Pope Leo XIV reflects on human love in the prologue to the new edition
of “ YouCat: Love Forever,” emphasizing that it is not a fleeting
feeling but rather “a decision, a journey, and a lifelong covenant.”
This version of the catechism, aimed at young people preparing for the
vocation of marriage, is scheduled for release in November. The first
edition of this catechism was published one week after the passing of
Pope Francis in May 2025.
https://www.aciafrica.org/news
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