Knockanure Notes – 22nd February, 2009

BEST Wishes to Bridie Sheehan who is retiring after been Postmistress in Moyvane for the past 21 years. It was always a pleasure to meet Bridie. The late Dick Sheehan husband of Bridie continued the families long tradition of running the Post office, Catherine Shine aunt of Dick ran the Post Office for many years, she died on May 21st 1983 aged 86 years, the 1911 Census reports that Nora Richardson nee Shine aged 60 years was Postmistress then, she was assisted by Bridie Shine aged 21 years.

BEST Wishes to Mary Brouder Athea Shopkeeper who is retiring

GREAT to hear that permission has been granted to link Kerry to the National Gas pipeline.

SHOP: Listowel Chamber of Commerce is urging locals to shop local.

WISHING Success to local children Marie Kennelly and Christopher Keane who are competing at the County Final of the Community Games Art Competition, which will be held at the Convent in Listowel on Saturday Feb. 28th at 1pm.

GOLF: Abbeyfeale Golf Society are travelling to Killarney on Sat. Feb. 28th details from http://sites.google.com/site/abbey fealegolfingsociety

ST JOHN’S: Wednesday 25th of Feb. Classical Recital with Elizabeth Cooney on violin and Elaine Brennan on piano; Saturday 28th Comedy called Shakers by John Godber and presented by the Blue Pig Theatre Company of Galway. Elayne O Connor continues her exhibition till end of Feb.

SIAMSA: From 25th to 28th Musical Sweeney Todd, presented by the Kerry School of Music, details from 066 7123055. Kerry Film Festival presents free screenings for retired people. Next screening, Mrs Henderson Presents, will take place on Thursday, March 5th at 2pm in Siamsa Tire. Free tea and coffee served beforehand.

FAMILY: Presentation Family Centre have a wide range of services available, more information from 068 23584.

SCHOOL: Maria Montessori used to point to a Raphael painting of the Madonna and Child, and say it should be in every Montessori school, because it expressed what Montessori education is about – the tenderness of a mother and child.

KDYS Listowel and the BOZ Project are holding a band night on Saturday 28th February at the X-istance Youth Caf=E9, Listowel between 8pm and 11pm , details from KDYS Listowel on 068 23744.

CLINTONS deregulations of the moneymen was the start of the slippery slope that we find ourselves in at present, not the people who are two big for their shoes in this small little country.

SEE the 25 smart boys at http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1877351_1877350,00.html

MONEY: Saudi Arabia is giving Cornell University $25 million for nano technology research. Because of shortage of money no school in Kerry will be refurbished this year.

MILK price soared at the end of 2007 to 178 cents per gallon and by Dec. 2008 price had fallen to 118.20 cents per gallon, a 34% reduction and no marching by hard pressed farmers, some milk is being produced below cost of production. Has the price of milk products in the shops fallen?

TROCAIRE Fast will be held from March 6th t 7th, more information from 1850 408 408, last year over E1 million was raised nationwide. This year’s theme for Trocaire Lent appeal is “Were you ever forced to leave your home? I was.”

MARATHON: Women’s Mini Marathon in Dublin, application forms are on line from Feb. 26th, closing date April 21st.

AGM: of the local Multiple Sclerosis Society will be held at the Arms Hotel on Thursday Feb. 26th at 8.30pm, everyone welcome. AGM of Listowel Mission Bazaar Group will be held on Friday Feb. 27th at 8.30pm in the New Sacristy.

PRICES: Munster Voice a local Polish paper compares prices, Like for like, Smoked bacon is E2.92 cheaper in Poland; Price of a dinner in Poland is E5; Potatoes are E 2.30 cheaper in Poland. Electrical goods and cars are more expensive in Poland.

SERVICE Providers doubled their prices over the past few years, where are the newspapers highlighting the rip off in professional fees.

WRITERS’ Week closing date for Literary Competitions is Friday 27th of Feb., details from www.writersweek.ie . People who want to provide accommodation for Writers Week can contact 068 23294. A Literary Programme begins on Match 14th, if you want to join and learn to write contact 068 22212.

COMHALTAS Tour of Britain Wed. 25th the Irish Club Birmingham; they are attending many other venues including Camden Irish Centre on Friday 27th of Feb.

LIBRARY: Lecture will be given at Listowel by John O Flaherty at 8pm on Thursday 26th of Feb. on Practitioners of Ethno-Veterinary Medicines-Cures. Mobile Library will visit Moyvane on Wednesday Feb. 25th at 10am.

SOCCER: Cathal O Connor scored for Newtown Athletic in a recent match, score Listowel Celtic 1 Newtown Athletic 1, they were playing in the Denny Division 1A.

CONGRATULATIONS to Tara Finucane who got a very special mention at Lixnaw Feile for her performance in the treble reel and exhibition of Sean- nos dancing recently.

EVENTS: St Michael’s Drama Group in Lixnaw present Sailor Beware at Lixnaw on Feb. 25th and March 1st at 8pm; Scor Sinsir County Final will be held on Sunday Feb. 28th at the Gleneagle Hotel; Fianna Fail 72nd Ard Fheis will be held at the City West Hotel, Saggart on 27th to 28th of Feb.; ICA Spring Federation meting will be held at Abbeydorney on Sunday March 1st at 2.30pm; National Parents Association of Vocational Schools and Community Colleges will be held at the Meadowlands Hotel on Feb. 27th and 28th ;RTE Vanbrugh Quartet will perform at Muckross House on Feb. 27th at 8pm, more information from 064 70144; Confirmation will be given at Tarbert on March 3rd at 2pm; Fairtrade Fortnight runs to March 8th; Feb. 28th Ireland v England in the Six Nations at Croke park; 6 Nations U20 Ireland v England Feb. 27th ; AGM of the local Wheelchair Association will be held at IWA Centre at Ballygologue Road on March 4th , They are also having a meeting at the Centre on 25th of Feb. at 8pm; IBEC have a information event at the Brandon Hotel on Wed. 25th of Feb. from 8.30am to 10.30am, details from 01 605 1628; Bereavement Support Group will meet at Ballyloughran Leisure Centre from 8 to 9pm on Tuesday March 3rd, more information from 068 23429; ; Clounmacon ICA Annual Irish Night will be held on Feb 27th ; Toastmasters will meet at the Desmond Complex on Wed. night March 4th; ; Brendan Grace will be in the INEC on 27th and 28th of Feb.; lecture on peat landslides will be given at Solas Building IT Tralee on March 3rd at 6.30pm, more information from 066 712 3030; Kerry Drama Festival in Castleisland runs from 6th to 13th of March; Snow patrol are in Dublin on March 1st; In Hurling Offaly v Kerry on March 1st; Rural Development advice will be available at the Desmond Complex on Tuesday March 3rd , details from 069 62 222; Workshop on childminding in the home will be held in Tralee on March 7th and 14th, details from 066 7181 582; Kerry London Association will hold a special night at The Kingdom Bar in Kilburn on March 7th, all are welcome, details from +44 (0) 7939 017022; Samhlaiocht are inviting photo submissions for their competition, details from 066 712 9934; Samhlaiocht Easter Parade is on April 12th , please contact them if you want to enter; Active Retirement Group meet every Tuesday at 2.30pm in St Patrick’s Hall, they held their Tea Dance at the Arms Hotel on Sunday last; AA open meeting will be held at Saleen Pier Boathouse at 8.30pm on Wednesday Feb. 25th ; Local Government Convention will be held at the Gleneagle and Brehon Hotels from March 3rd to 6th;

CIVIL Defence are looking for recruits, details from 066 712 8500, or visit www.civildefence.ie

FOOTBALL: Registration for Moyvane Ladies Football Club takes place on Sunday March 1st at noon in the Marian Hall.

ACTORS Workshop will be held at the Brandon Hotel on the 14th and 15th of March, from noon till 8pm, details from 074 9126 994.

ST MICHAEL’S College 1st year assessment will take place on Saturday 28th February 2009. All are welcome to attend St. Michael’s College from 7.20pm to 9.00pm.

KDYS have Internet Access, Bebo, Pool, Driving Theory Test Practice, Playstation, Board Games and lots more. (Open to all teenagers). Also various courses are running at the moment, for more information ring 068 23744.

DVD of Project: Chernobyl Knitting Project Moyvane are hosting a meeting on Sunday 1st March at 2.30pm at the Marian Hall, Moyvane. Fiona Corcoran of the Greatness Chernobyl Cause will be in attendance. A DVD of the Project will be shown to highlight the cause. This is an open meeting and all are welcome.

ARDFERT Retreat Centre: Lenten Journey opportunity on Thursday evenings to explore how the Lenten Journey mirrors life – February 26th & March 5th from 8pm to 10pm, contact 066 7134276.

SCHOOLS: An Post writer’s competition for primary schools called the ‘What’s the Story?’ challenge, contact before March 6th, 01 7058400 or www.anpost.ie/educationawards

GRANNY : In 2009 Special Olympics Ireland will run a national fundraising campaign. If you are free for 2 hours any time between 8.30am and 7.30pm on Friday 24th of April we would be very grateful if you would contact us at the Special Olympics Office, 068 57710. One of the major elements of the 2009 Support an Athlete campaign will be the All-Ireland Granny of the Year contest, details from [email protected] or ring 01 8691688.

ESB are in a very foolish position if they are unable to cut prices, to match competition. The regulator wants to delay things to keep their staff and spend their allocation of money.

KERRYMAN for January and February 1919 reports; Flight from Newfoundland to Dingle confirmed, it left Newfoundland on July 28th 1918 and took 24 hours; Bolshevicks in Finuge attack homes of Nora Sheehan and John Horgan; Albert Smith of Moyvane selling 161 acres , Annuity was £74; Poor labourers in Dingle get 24 shillings per week , all other towns pay 30 shillings per week wages; Employees of Jack McKenna of Listowel are to receive a voluntary increase of 5s per week in their wages; Price of a horse load of turf delivered is 5s and 6d, ans ass load coast 2s and 6d; Mrs Foran of Listowel charitable to inmates in Workhouse; 48 houses condemned in Listowel; Newtown Bar in Listowel owned by Mrs E Mulvihill is transferred to her nephew Mr Forde; Kerry Teachers Association half yearly meeting is well reported; Fr. O Flanagan is to tour America; Dr. Seamus Crowley is elected unopposed for North Kerry; At a recent meeting in Tarbert the principal speaker was Fr. McCarthy of Ballyhahill, bands from Glin, Newtown, Listowel etc attended; Some deaths due to flu in Ballylongford, the disease has not spread to any extent; Concert held in Newtown called The Eloquent Dempsey was staged by the local drama group, which included Miss B Stack, Miss M O Connor, Messrs J Kissane, J C O Connor, E Kissane, M Hanrahan, The Musical was presented by W O Sullivan, J Nolan, T Fitzgerald and L O Sullivan. Canon Cregan of Abbeyfeale has recovered from illness and the people showed their appreciation; Floating Mine picked up at Ballyheigue defused and secured.

MOTHER: mt-mrca is the name given by scientists to the woman who is the mother of all humans. Science proves that Eve existed.

DEATH has taken place of Peg Stack nee Danaher of Charleville, she was born 83 years ago to Matt Danaher of Woodcliff, Ballyhahill and Nora Daly of Duagh. Peg Stack was predeceased by her husband Tom who died on November 14th 2008, she is survived by her daughter Norah (Butler), sons Mort, Tom and Garry, her brother Fr Mort Danaher, sisters Joe Heffernan in Limerick and Anna Smithwicks in Canada. Siblings Fr Leo, Patsy, Mary, Rena and Matt predeceased Peg. Following Requiem Mass at Charleville Church Celebrated by Fr Mort Danaher and cousin Fr Mort Stanley and local priests, Peg Danaher was laid to rest beside her husband Tom in the local cemetery.

ANNIVERSARIES: Michael Kelliher, Ned White, Neilus Lynch, Eamon Sweeney, Joan Buckley, Marie O Callaghan, Jim O Connor, Mary Foley, Mary Carmody, Jim Leahy, Peg O Connor, John O Sullivan, Con Shanahan, Joseph J O Connor, Matt O Connell, Barney Enright, Ted Keane,

MASS for the Week; Tues. 24th 7.30pm Michael & Margaret O’Connell &Mary Enright; Wed. 25th 7.30pm Mary and Joe Lynch, Woodgrove; Thurs. 26th 7.30pm Eamon Sweeney; Fri. 27th 7.30pm Mary and Maurice Dowling & Sean Larkin; Sat. 28th 7.30pm Catherine Mulvihill Sun. 1st 10.00am Marie O’Callaghan at Knockanure and 11.00am in Moyvane is for Mairead Moore.

ASH Wednesday Feb. 25th Mass in Knockanure at 10am and Moyvane at 7.30pm, Ashes will be given after both masses, it is a day of fast and abstenance.

ADORATION: Moyvane Sunday 4pm to 5pm, Wednesday 10am to 7pm and Knockanure Tuesday 10am to 6pm.Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Rosary to pray for priests takes place every Tuesday from 7.30pm to 8.30pm in Bon Secours Chapel.

VOLUNTEER: Options and Issues Course, this course provides an opportunity for those thinking of working for global development to meet with others and consider the options available. Choose one from the following dates: Thursday 26th February (10am-4.30pm), in Limerick Saturday 7th March(10am-4.30pm) and Sunday 8th March (10am-2pm) in Dublin, for more information, please contact Kate at 01 4783490 or email [email protected] .Government cut the Overseas Development Assistance in the budget by ?95 million recently. Now that money is scarce and fine educated people are only just waiting for a job, volunteering may be the best option for some. UNRWA has 29,000 staff around the world. And spend about $500 million.

THOUGHT: There is jealousy among the lovers of art; there is jealousy among the lovers of song; there is jealousy among the lovers of beauty. The glory of natural love is its monopoly, its power to say, ‘It is mine.’ But the glory of Christian love is its refusal of monopoly, George Matheson; To call yourself a child of God is one thing. To be called a child of God by those who watch your life is another thing altogether, Max Lucado;

ARDFERT Weekend Retreat will be held from February 27th to March 1st with Bishop Martin Drennan. ‘St Paul living his call – looking at the past as blessing, looking at the future with hope’. Residential and non-residential places available, contact 066 7134276. Car boot sale at the Community Centre, Newcastlewest was held on Sunday last February 22nd more information from 087 6866450.

READERS: Vigil John Corbett; 11.00am Jerry Duggan & Margaret Flaherty Knockanure 10.00am Siobhan Fitzgerald & Mary Flaherty.

COLLECTORS for March Vigil Michael Galvin & Breda Brosnan; 11am Cal Flynn & Pat Scanlon.

TALK for the Eucharistic Ministers will take place in the Presbytery on Wednesday 4th March at 8pm.

PILGRIMAGE: There are a number of places still available on Diocese walking pilgrimage for 20 – 35 year olds to Santiago de Compostela from May 9th – 16th 2009. This ‘journey in faith’ will consist of 115 km over 7 days leading to the city of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. For further information, please contact Helena on 064 30532.

POPE Benedict XVI ; the head of the international Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need has called for last Sunday Feb. 22nd, the Feast of the Chair of Peter, to be a day of fervent prayer for the Holy Father.

FIRST: Father Tom Coughlin is the first deaf priest to be ordained in the United States.