SOCIAL Day: Please note change of
date for the next active retirement day at Knockanure Community
Centre. The next social day for the active retired takes place
on Monday 5th September. Come and enjoy a great meal followed by
music and dance. Anyone wishing to attend please ring the office
on 068 49799 or 087 7528626. New members would be especially
welcome.
AEROBIC Class; Tone Key Areas. Every Monday – Tarbert Community
Centre 8.00 – 9.00pm, Classes Starting August 29th.; Every
Tuesday – Ballylongford GAA Hall, 8.00 – 9.00pm, Classes
Starting August 30th; Every Wednesday – Ballybunion Health,
Leisure Centre, 10am – 11am, Knockanure Community Centre
8.00-9.00pm,Classes Starting August 31st;
Every Thursday – Listowel Community Centre 8.30 to
9.30pm,Classes Starting September 1st, (No class in Listowel on
Thursday 15th September-race week). For more information on any
of the classes listed above, call your NCEF instructor Maggie on
087 9866533, All Levels Welcome to Attend.
BEREAVEMENT Support Group meeting takes place on Wednesday 31st
August starting at 8p.m. at the Listowel Family Resource Centre.
EVENTS: Bridge Congress in Ballybunion on Sept 2nd; Set dancing
Class in Athea on Sept. 5th; Weanling Show and Sale at Listowel
Mart on Sept. 7th; Car Boot sale in Listowel on Saturdays;
Pattern Day in Ballyheigue on Sept. 8th; Night at the Dogs in
aid of the Wheelchair Association Sept 9th; Exhibition of photos
of Kerry monuments now on at Library in Tralee; Racing at
Clonmel on Sept. 1st and starts in Listowel on Sept. 11th;
Dingle Marathon is on Sept. 3rd; Mount Brandon Charity Walk is
on Sept, 24th; Lisdoonvarna Festival begins on 2nd of Sept;
Pilgrim Hill the latest film from Gerard Barrett is expected to
be shown shortly; Business Course is starting ar the Carlton
Hotel on Sept. 7th, details from kerryenterprise.ie; Oxfam are
shortly celebrating their 20th year in Tralee.
CARBOOT Sale and indoor market in aid of WL102fm will be held at
the Community Centre, NCW on Sunday, September 4 next. Gates
open 7.30am. Further information 087 6866450.
BEST Wishes to West Limerick 102 FM community Radio who have
been awarded a new 10 year broadcasting licence.
BEDS wanted for Listowel Races details at Seanchai and at 068
23036.
ST JOHN’S: Wed. 31st, Diana Braithwaite traces blues in song and
story, supported by Chris Whiteley; Sept. 2nd, Deeper Well,
traditional, folk, jazz and more; Wed. 7th , Play about, Lady
Wilde; Artist with generations of Moyvane connections Tony O
Connor will have his exhibition opened on Thursday 8th; Watch
out for Cherish the Ladies on Sat. 10th, details from 068
22566.
SEANCHAI: From Tuesday to Saturday every week live performance
at Seanchai Writers Centre at 11.30am and 2pm until end of Sept.
FRANK Snaps are wanted by the Ballydonoghue Parish Magazine
committee for their next edition, details from Lisselton Post
Office.
Lyreacrompane and District Journal are also seeking material,
details from [email protected] ;
CD by blind musician and singer Noel Glynn and his band from
Galway was launched recently, all proceeds to the National
Council for the Blind and the Irish Guide Dogs Association.
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]
AWARE: The Tralee Aware group offer support for those who are
sufferers of depression, and for their families and friends
every Tuesday at 8pm in the Sacristy rooms at the rear of St.
John’s Church. Call Kate on 087-2993142 or Aware main office on
01-6617211 for details, or contact loCall Helpline – 1890 303
302 or Head Office 01 6617211.
KERRY HOSPICE: Annual Coffee Morning will take place on
Thursday, September 15th. In 2010, E59,797 was raised in
Kerry. In this country about 6,000 use the hospice services per
year.
HELP: Suicide Awareness Week is on from 3rd September to 10th
September 2011. More from
http://www.pieta.ie/Pieta_House_Events_and_volunteering.html
Listowel Family Resource Centre bereavement support group
meeting takes place on Wednesday. August 31,commencing at 8pm.
for further details contact (068) 23584.
VACCINES information,
CREDIT Union in Tralee is abolishing deposit Accounts from 1st
of Sept. 2011. Existing Accounts will be transferred to share
accounts.
CHUCH: Many standing at the back of Knockanure Church do not
realise that the white wall at the back of the altar is like a
TV screen. When the sun shines at a certain angle, children
acting and people even picking their nose can be clearly seen.
ROSE Erin Loughran attended events at the Parish last weekend;
her picture is on display at Moyvane Village. She is well known
by locals as she spent a lot of time here between studies in
Limerick. Great for her family members and friends from home and
abroad to see how well she performed on Rose Night.
JOBS Information check traleeles.ie
RESEARCH Section of Tralee Library should have opened for extra
hours around festival time to accommodate visitors who were
interested in searching for their roots, increasing the bonding
of the Irish Diaspora would benefit all.
KNOCKANURE GAA Lotto Results for 26th August 2011 Numbers Drawn
were 4-20-23 and 26, No Winner of Jackpot E9,800. Lucky Dips
went to; Kathleen Carmody, Kilmorna;
Noelle Clancy, Knockanure; Margaret Moloney, Derry, Listowel;
Jackie McMahon, Lisaniskea; Micheal O Connor, Keylod;
Breda Harley, c/o John Barry, Knockanure; Bar Prize, Joe
Enright, This Weeks Jackpot, E9,900.
VINTAGE Day was held in Athea on Sunday last Aug. 28th 2011. The
day was ideal and a reasonable crowd attended. Sorry to see that
some of the long established supporters were missing, one man
who was at every occasion be it sport, vintage or religious was
sure to be there, was surely attending in Spirit this year.
WALL of Kilbaha: I came across the information below online,
from Sean O Connell. Wall in Kerry Evening Post of 10 March
1860, 4 Nov. 1908. Murder of James Wall/sentencing of John Neil
to hang, Jan. 1809 Special Commission. ‘Mr. Wall was a
respectable gentleman, residing near Newtownsandes .Freeman’s
Jn., 4 August 1809: ‘Michael Mulvahill found guilty of the
murder of James Wall and John Scanlan, to be execute on the same
day’ (July 29, ); executed with Michael Murphy (see Tisdall
op.cit.) ‘opposite the gaol’. More than four years later, the
Knight of Kerry noted that Timothy Mulvihill, the principal
suspect, was still at large (National Archives of Ireland, SOC
1532/22.Ballinruddery, Listowel, 30 Sept. 1813, Maurice
Fitzgerald to Robert Peel); apprehension of Timothy Mulvihill
reported in The Limerick General Advertiser of 31 May 1814 ‘at
Knockanure by the spirited and judicious exertions of John
Sandes, Esq … aided by a party of the Waterford Militia’.
HOUSES: Two weeks ago Glengarriff site had a story about an
initiative required 14 members to commit to purchasing a home
each. In two weeks, they have 14 purchasers committed and 5 are
on a waiting list.
GRANDPARENTS Pilgrimage to Knock on Sunday, September 11th.
Chief Celebrant: Archbishop Michael Neary,
Archbishop of Tuam. Guest singers: Fr Liam Lawton, Dana, Ann
Marie Gibbons & Daniel Furlong. Reflection by Kathy
Sinnott.
STUDY Theology at home Contact The Priory Institute, Tallaght
Village. Dublin 24. Phone 01 404 8124 or e-mail
ADORATION: Moyvane Sun. 4.00pm to 5.00pm, Wed. 10.00am to
7.00pm and Knockanure Tues. 10.00am to 6.00pm; Listowel on
Tuesdays and Wednesdays after 10.30am Mass till 7pm. Adoration
in Athea begins on September 1st and will continue each
Thursday.
An information meeting on Eucharistic Adoration in the Dromhall
Hotel, Muckross Rd. Killarney on Sat. 17th Sept from 10.00am to
12.30pm.
DEATH took place on 20th August 2011 of Margaret Crowley,
Caherdown, Listowel and St Joseph’s, Listowel. Margaret was
predeceased by her husband Michael, and is survived by children
,Clementine, Michael and Nuala, her sister Marie, brothers Dick,
Dan, John and Con. Siblings, Bridie, Pat, Michael and Tom
predeceased her. Requiem Mass for Margaret Crowley nee Stack was
celebrated in Listowel Church on 23rd August 2011, following
mass Margaret was laid to rest beside her husband Michael in St
Michael’s Churchyard, Listowel. Margaret was born at
Gortdromasillihy to Mick Stack and Hannie Shanahan who was a
native of Direen, Athea. Margaret was a great historian and had
a vast knowledge of and extensive data on her family. Her father
in law was a local T.D. and was interned for a time.
ANNIVERSARIES: Dan Ahern Michael Griffin, Diana, Madeline
Moloney, Mai Scanlon, Moss McGrath, Dick O Connor, Paddy
Finucane, Mass on Fri.2nd at 8.00pm for Bridie McCarthy &
the Deceased Members of the McCarthy Family; Mass on Sat. 3rd
at 8.00pm for Mary Walsh; Mass in Knockanure on
Sun. 4th at 10.00am for Ellie Scanlon, Months Mind.
WORLD Youth Day with two million attending was one of the best
kept secrets in the media. Though; The supreme qualification for
Christian work of
any kind is contentment to work in shadow, so long as Christ is
seen in the light. A E Gould.
FIRST Friday of the Month Usual communion rounds with Knockanure
in the morning and Moyvane in the afternoon. Mass in Knockanure
on Thursday Sept 1st at 8pm.
READERS: Vigil, Michelle Corridan;11.00am,Paul & Anthony
Kiely; Knockanure ,Mary O’Flaherty & Siobhan Fitzgerald.
COLLECTORS for September:- Vigil, Noreen O’Connell & Michael
Liston; 11.00am , Kitty Windle & Mary Lynch; Knockanure,
Maurice Dowling.
COLLECTION for diocesan needs this weekend.
RTE: The God Slot is a new programme which will begin on RTE
Radio 1 on Friday 2nd Sept. 2011 at 10.00pm
Knockanure Notes – 28th August, 2011
August 28, 2011