Knockanure Notes – 21st September, 2008

ST PIO Prayer Group will meet in Listowel Church on Thursday 25th of Sept, at 7.15pm, all are welcome. Mass will be held in Lixnaw Church in honour of St Pio on Tuesday evening Sept. 23rd.

CLASSES: Computer Classes will commence at Knockanure Community Centre on Monday 22nd September at 7pm for eight weeks. Computer Classes for Farmers will commence at Knockanure Community Centre on Tuesday 23rd September at 7pm for six weeks. Style Coaching/Fashion Design Classes will commence on Thursday 25th September from 7.00pm. Aerobic/Yoga Classes will commence at Knockanure Community Centre on Wednesday evening October 1st at 7.30pm to 9.30pm . All are welcome. Anyone interested, please contact Patricia at the Community Centre on 086 8392787. Knockanure Development Association wish to thank everyone who supported our recent fundraising draw for Knockanure Community Centre. A special word of thanks to the sponsors of our prizes.

DANCE will take place at Knockanure Community Centre on Friday 3rd October @ 9pm. Music by Stevie Donegan. Tickets =E2=82=AC7. All are welcome. Knockanure Community Centre would like to thank everyone who gave Cakes etc for their Sale, which was held in Vintage Day.

SET Dancing with Timmy Woulfe is re-commencing at the Marian Hall on Monday 22nd September at 8pm for beginners and 8.30pm for all other dancers. . Children=E2=80=99s Set Dancing with Timmy Woulfe commences on Wednesday 24th September at 6.00pm. Registration on the evening is =E2=82=AC10 per child & =E2=82=AC20 per family. Set Dancing begins in Clounmacon on Tuesday 23rd of Sept. at 8.15pm.

BADMINTON for senior players is held at the Community Centre Moyvane on Monday and Wednesday nights at 8pm.

WATER Aerobatics Classes will be held in Ballybunion for 6 weeks, details from Jill McCarthy at 068 49489.

ICA There will be a Knitting evening at the Marian Hall on Fri 26th Sept at 8.30pm. Fiona Corcoran of the Greater Chernobyl Cause will be in attendance on the night.

SINGING Classes enrolment will be held in Sheehan=E2=80=99s Thatched House Finuge, on Tuesday September 23rd from 6.00pm to 7.00pm Classes will begin on Tuesday September 30th from 5.00pm to 6.00pm for the duration of 12 weeks, for further info contact Mary Mulvihill on 087 6228766.

PARENT Support Programme for Abbeyfeale and surrounding districts, details from 068 31019.

PLOUGHING championship which runs from Sept. 23rd to 25th, 15 from Kerry are competing.

BUS from Listowel to Ballybunion every Tuesday, book with 1890 528 528;

PETROL Prices are not falling in line with crude prices, no doubt shareholders will reap the benefit, and executives will receive bonuses for the delay.

RACES: Listowel had great racing days, people for generations have remarked on the fact that the weather is always suitable for the September racing in Listowel. This year the Amusements which were held near the Community Centre in Listowel were a bit congested with fewer machines available, it may be great for parents, but the youth were less than satisfied. The Wrenboy night on Friday 19th of Sept. was a beautiful night, the weather was marvellous and the shows were a credit to all the volunteers, congratulations to Fr Moore and the Carrigkerry Wrenboys who were champions. The Wrenboy Competition contributes more to local culture that all the glossy brochures coming from the experts. Racing again in Tralee Sept. 30th .Spare a thought for farmers had extra work during the fine days to try and catch up jobs delayed by the wet weather, most people in the public sector have no worries about work and can plan their way around things.

NEW Moon on September 29th, hope the fine weather continues into October, some farmers have a high tax bill this year due to the rise in the price of milk last year, the higher costs and the bad weather and the tax bill will leave many with an undue burden

MATCH: There was a big exodus from the Parish last weekend to attend the match, Kerry fans were greatly disappointed, many from North Kerry, must be very weary after spending the week at Listowel Races and then travel to Dublin to have their hopes deflated.

TADHG Kennelly of the Swans is said to be unable to play at present due to injuries.

SPARE a thought for innocent people who were led to believe last week by our so called National Radio Station that they would loose their hard earner nest egg.

EVENTS: Fun Day will be held at Barnagh Gardens on Sunday Sept. 28th; Bridge Club meet at the Railway Bar in Abbeyfeale on every Thursday night; Bereavement Support Programme will be held at St Ita=E2=80=99s Hall Abbeyfeale , details from 068 31203; Cork Women=E2=80=99s Mini Marathon is on Sept. 28th ;Bus will go to Knock from Abbeyfeale on October 5th ,details from 068 31232; Manchester United Supporters Club will hold a meeting at the Gables on Friday Sept. 26th at 9pm; European Day of Languages is on Friday Sept. 26th, a Berlin radio station will broadcast its morning show in Latin on the day to mark the European day of languages; Public information talk in conjunction with Mental Health Day will be held at the Devon Hotel on Monday October 6th at 7.30pm; Ballylongford Active Retirement Group have an outing on October 3rd; Great Southern Trail will have an organised event for Irelands first Trail Day on Sept. 28th `08; Feile Lios Tuathail runs from October 3rd to 5th; Kerry Motor Club will hold their Rally on November 9th; World Holstein Friesian Federation will meet at the Gleneagle Hotel from 9th to 11th of October `08;

Tommy Fleming on Saturday September 27th will give a concert in Foynes Museum at 8pm;

MS Readatron registration is in September, reading begins on 17th October, details from 1850 650 950.

HEART Health information evening will be held at Manor West Hotel on Wednesday 24th starting at 6.30pm; Hearth Health Day Sunday October 5th, walk at the Nature Trail in Aughinish begins at 2pm;

CHERNOBYL fundraising Dog Night in association with WL102fm on Saturday, November 15 at the Greyhound Track in Tralee.

STAGE School will be held at Tintean, details from 086 8389 771.

BLUE Sky Day will be held at the Brandon on Friday Sept. 26th , a host of successful speakers are attending and will encourage students to take a chance with their Entrepreneurial skills, Tarbert Comprehensive, St Michael=E2=80=99s and the Presentation in Listowel are involved, details from 066 7191 990.

JOURNALS which are published around Christmas are looking for photos and articles on local interest, Lyre Journal latest for submission of articles is end of September, more information from 068 48353.

WRITER in Residence at Kerry Council Tommy Frank O Connor is there to help writers.

VOLUNTEER Day Friday Sept. 26th , details from 066 7117 966.

HOSPICE Coffee Morning will be held at the Mermaids on Thursday Sept. 25th at 10.30am.

HEALING One day workshop with Fr. Jim Cogley Psychotherapist and Wood Turner on Healing the past, Living the present, facing the future, takes place on
Wed. Sept 24th from 10am to 4.30pm in Desmond Complex, Newcastlewest, Tel. Catherine Ambrose 064/77562.

MASS in Honour of the Patron Saint for Arthritis, Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, will be held at the Bon Secours Hospital, Tralee on Sunday September 28th at 9.30am.

LIBRARY in Castleisland has many new features including computers and overhead projector which can be connected to a computer, all the local Journals are on view. Fossa and district journal contains details of Policeman Scanlon=E2=80=99s life and the Kelly Gang, pictures of the church where the gangs parents were married is available at http://knockanure.myphotoalbum.com

ST JOHN=E2=80=99S for Sept.: Wednesday 24th The Best of Traditional with Tony McMahon and Angelina Carbery; Thursday 25th An Evening of Humorous Yarns and Verse with Trad Concertina; Friday 26th a play called The last Train to Hollywood, Tuesday 30th Taxi to the Darkside, a film in association with Access Cinema , details from 068 22566. Farewell Concert by Ballydonoghue Comhaltas will be held at St John=E2=80=99s, tickets from 087 6020 990, they are going to America on tour from October 22nd to 31st .

SIAMSA: For Sept. Every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday San am Fado; Every Thursday and Saturday Tearmann, details from 066 7123 055.

YOUTH Caf=C3=A9 in Listowel open on Thursday and Friday from 7pm to 9pm.

FAITH: Diocese of Kerry will run a 6 week course, beginning on October 7th =E2=80=93 November 11th in the Parish Centre Tralee from 8pm =E2=80=93 9.30pm. Each Tuesday night, different speakers will give a talk and discuss some of the questions, The speakers are from All Hallows College Dublin, Mary Immaculate College, and the dioceses of Kerry and Cork and Ross.. For further information or to book a place by September 30th, please contact Frances Rowland on 064 30538 or email [email protected] CALL: Trained call centre staff will provide a friendly telephone call Monday to Friday from 9am to 1pm. You pick the day(s) and the time that is convenient for you to receive the call, more information from 066 7147389.

MOBILE Library will be in Moyvane on Wednesday 24th Sept. from 10am to 11am.

KERRYMAN of September 4th 1948; Athea Notes, Work starts on new ball alley, Athea Dramatic Society will be in Old Kilcolman with their old play The Maid of the Moor on Sept. 19th 1948. A new dramatic society in Athea composed mostly of Dalton Memorial Band members are rehearsing a play written by John O Keeffe of Cool West who recently returned from Limerick. The continuing spell of exceptionally bad weather is delaying the harvest; John W Gates made barbed wire popular , he was a salesman for Elwood, when things were going good Gates left the business for the sum of $100,000 only to start manufacturing the wire himself in a mobile factory with the money he received; International Labour Organisation held their thirty first conference at San Francisco, for the first time, the right of association without interference was written into an international instrument; British Admiralty have produced a new type of inflatable lifeboat, it could hold ten men; Picture of dead room , used to test microphones, the room was lined with wedges of fibre glass wrapped in muslin; Flor Crowley has a fine article on the Hop Step and Jump, included in the list of champions and their exploits are Pete O Connor, Eamonn Fitzgerald, J Winter, Michael Dineen, Dr John Daly, J. B. Connolly, John Purcell, Dan Shanahan, Dan and Tim Ahearne, Paddy and Con Leahy; Morris Motors are to give longer life to 25,000 cars by reconditioning their engines; Pittsburg has cured its pea soup fogs with new regulations; Wit, Witness: =E2=80=9CMy Lord, I have been wedded to the truth since infancy=E2=80=9D.

Judge: Yes how long have you been a widower=E2=80=9D? .

September 14th 1588 Armada Ships went aground near Inishowen half the sailors drowned while about 200 landed on shore where most were killed after they surrendered. Field Marshall Count Peter de Lacey of the Russian army was born at Rathcathill near Killeady on 29th of September 1678.

MARRIAGE took place in Ballybunion Church on Saturday September 13th `08 of Siobhan Kissane of Rahavanig, Ballybunion and Connor O=E2=80=99Doherty of Ennis, the ceremony was performed by Fr Pat Larkin assisted by Fr Hegarty P.P. Ballybunion. Bridesmaids were Nora Kissane and Eileen McElligott. Best man was Michael Sexton and groomsman was Brendan Killeen, flower girl Nicole O=E2=80=99Doherty. The bride is daughter of Eamon Kissane and Eileen McMahon, Eileen is from Knockanure. The groom is son of Joseph and Phil O=E2=80=99Doherty of Mullagh, Ennis.

RELIGION: Two Hearts Retreat will take place in Maynooth College on September 27th =E2=80=93 28th in conjunction with Alliance of the Holy Family International, details from 01 8255438 . MISSION in Abbeyfeale runs from 18th – 25th Oct.; Marriage Enrichment Weekend will take place at the Lake Hotel, Killarney second weekend of November, more information, contact 064 44319 or 087 6670418 .DVD on the life of Blessed Damien of Molokoi will be presented by Fr Bill O=E2=80=99Carroll on Tuesday, September 23rd in St Brendan=E2=80=99s Pastoral Centre, Tralee at 8pm, it will be followed by sharing ideas on how to honour the heroes and heroines of Kerry, St Brendan, Daniel O=E2=80=99Connell and our many saints, poets, etc;

Pilgrimage to Skellig Michael on Saturday September 27th, Spiritual Director Fr John Kerin, more information from 087 2890523. Rosary walk will be held in Castleisland on Tuesday October 7th at 3pm.

POPE Pius XII died fifty year ago on October 9, Garry Krupp a Jew remarked that after World War II many Jews thanked Pius XII. 860,000 is one estimate of the number of lives of Jews he saved.

THOUGHT: Whenever we find ourselves more inclined to persecute than to persuade we may then be certain that our zeal has more of pride in it than of charity, Charles Caleb Colton; God never gives strength for tomorrow, or for the next hour, but only for the strain of the minute, Oswald Chambers.

Year of Vocation. We are called and chosen from the beginning. Some answer immediately and others need some encouragement. If you have felt in the past that God was calling you to the priesthood or religious life contact Fr Liam Lovell 0667133169or Fr Michael Moynihan, 0667141241.

ANNIVERSARIES: Mary Joe Cronin, John Joe Cronin, Pat Joe Stokes, Maeve Goulding, Michael Kiely, Paddy Moran, Denis Holly, John McElligott, Jim Hudson, Paddy Leahy, Catherine Mulvihill, Fr Dan O Sullivan, Fri. 26th Mass at 8.00pm for Jimmy O=E2=80=99 Connor; Sat. 27th Mass at 8.00pm for Charlie Brosnan and the deceased member of the Brosnan family; Sun 28th 11.00am mass in Moyvane for Brendan O=E2=80=99Carroll.

A.G.M. of the Liturgy Group which was to be held in the Presbytery on Tuesday 23rd September is now cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

AGM for the contact people of Ardfert Retreat Centre is on Oct. 9th from 8pm to 10.30pm, day for married Couples is on Oct. 18th details from 066 7134 276.

READERS: Vigil Michelle Corridan & Chloe Mulvihill; 11.00am David Murphy & Noelle Nolan; Knockanure 10.00am Mary Flaherty & Siobhan Fitzgerald.

ADORATION: Moyvane on Sunday from 4pm to 5pm , Wednesday 10am to 7pm and Knockanure on Tuesday 10am to 6pm.

MASS for Bill Hudson was celebrated in Moyvane Church on Sunday last. William J. Hudson, Jr., was 85 years old, of Palm Beach, FL, died on Wednesday, August 27, 2008. Born in Maryland, he joined the Navy in November 1942 and attended the U.S. Naval Japanese School in Boulder, CO. he was self-taught in Sanskrit. Bill served as a translator and interpreter for repatriation of Japanese prisoners of war. Following the War, he moved to Florida. Bill Hudson=E2=80=99s many books on the Hudson Family are available in Listowel, Tralee and the National Library. His collection of language books and name origin books were the largest collections of their kind in the State of Florida. He is survived by his wife, Claudia Wampole Hudson; his brother, Dr. Paul C. Hudson, retired neurosurgeon; and sister, Mrs. Carroll Swarm, both of Maryland. Mr. Hudson was preceded in death by his first wife, Florence Lowe Hudson. A Funeral Mass was on Friday, September 5, 2008 at St. Edward’s Catholic Church, Palm Beach, Florida, Bill Hudson was laid to rest at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Cemetery, Royal Palm Beach, Florida.