QUEEN OF THE MAY – THANKS: Our sincere thanks to all who were involved in the Queen of the May procession in Knockanure, To Fr. Tom and to Canon Declan for leading the celebration. Margaret Carmody has put great effort and energy into this procession for many years and we are grateful to her for her generous efforts in organising it. Choir can be heard on knockanurelocal.
NEW STOCK: has arrived in the Parish Office in particular battery operated candles for the graves. A new extra selection of cards for exams and various occasions are now available.
CHERNOBYL CHILDREN: Annual collection of clothes will commence this week. These children from Belarus stay with voluntary host families in North Kerry. Please contact Ann Flavin on 086/3090948.
CONGRATULATIONS to Seάn Jones, Aughrim who was due to be ordained a Deacon in Maynooth on Sunday last.
BEST WISHES to Jerry Brosnan of the Village, who celebrated his 88th Birthday.
ANNIVERSARIES: J B Keane, Tom Lynch, Bridie Histon, Maurice Connor, David Flynn, Owen McGillicudy, James Duggan, Hannie Fitzgerald, Sr. Maureen Griffin, Eileen Healy, Chris Sweeney, Eileen Goulding, Chris Moriarty, Hannah Doyle, Sr. M Emilian Bunce, John Costelloe, John Moriarty, Fr. Timothy Enright, Peg Normile, Sr. Cornelius Holly, Denis Collins, Br. Hermes O’Connor, Bridget Kennelly, Tom Connor, Tommy OHanlon, Willie Flaherty, Mass at Moyvane: Mon 30th at 7.30pm for Kathleen Dore. Wed 1st at 7.30pm for Brίd Brouder. Fri 3rd at 10.00am, First Friday Mass-Feast of the Sacred Heart. Sat 4th at 7.30pm for Jim Groarke. Sun 5th at 11.00am for John Carmody. Mass at Knockanure: Thurs 2nd at 7.30pm for Kathleen O’Dwyer. Fri 3rd at 8.00pm for Eileen Goulding. Sun 5th at 10.00am for David Dillon & Parents Margaret & Vincent & Aunt Kathleen Stack.
WRITERS WEEK: 1st to 5th June, there will be FREE parking available throughout the town for the duration of the Festival courtesy of Kerry County Council.
Seanchaí Centre will host an Arts & Craft Fair as part of Listowel Writers’ Week 2016 on Sunday June 5th.
RACES Listowel June Bank Holiday Meeting Sunday 5th and Monday 6th of June 2016
CASTLE in Listowel is now open for the summer season and free guided tours are available daily from 9.30 am.
SIAMSA TÍRE are holding auditions for young people aged 7 – 12 on Saturday 11th June from 10am – 2pm at Siamsa Tíre Theatre. Audition is by appointment only, To Book: 0667123055.
CORPUS CHRISTI Procession in Listowel was well attended, the evening was ideal with lovely sunshine and the less mobile could wait in the hospital grounds. The choir were in great form, singing at the porch of Ard Curam. Several toured the building when proceedings had ended. Others visited friends in hospital and Arus Mhuire.
FLEADH: Glin will host the Limerick County Fleadh Cheoil from Friday 3rd to Monday the 6th June.
LOURDES: The annual Limerick Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes takes place from Tuesday 21st to Sunday 26th June.
‘THE O’RAHILLY MEMORIAL TOUR’ history outing will take place on Sunday 5th June led by Padraig O Conchubhair, O.S., Author. Meet at Ballylongford Church car park at 2.30pm. All are welcome. Organised by Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society.
RING OF KERRY CHARITY CYCLE Help us to Help Others – Volunteers needed for the Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle on Saturday July 2nd , – Stewards, helpers at Food Station and Cyclists registration. Please phone SouthWest Counselling Centre at 064 6636416.
CELEBRATE the Silver Jubilee of the Ordination to the Priesthood of Fr. Padraig Kennelly on Friday 17th June 2016. Commencing with concelebrated Mass at 7pm in The Church of St. Michael the Archangel, Ballylongford followed by refreshments in Ballylongford Parish Hall and afterwards dancing to “Heart & Soul” in the Listowel Arms Hotel.
BLOOD Donor Clinic at Ballybunion on June 2nd from 5 to 8pm.
NINE DAYS OF PRAYER, NOVENA TO THE SACRED HEART. Continues until Friday next, June 3rd,
PILGRIMAGE TO MEDJUGORJE: 21st to 28th of September from Cork. Spiritual director: Fr. Francis Nolan. Group Leader Maura Harksen. Contact 066 7185940
NEW MOON on June 5th. Lovely weather, Silage is being cut here and there at present. Buttercups and wild flowers are blooming.
ARE YOU IN CRISIS: There are several organizations who will help if you are under pressure and these include the newly formed West Limerick Crisis Intervention Team who can be reached on 085 1777631, the Mind Our Farm Families is a dedicated suicide and self-harm phone line 1890 130 022 between IFA and Pieta House. The phone line for IFA members will put farmers and their families in direct contact with a Pieta House trained therapist. Then there is the Samaritans on free call 116 123 or Console 1800 247247.
FREE 6 WEEK COURSE: A free 6 week course run on a Stress-Strain-Coping model will take place in the West Limerick area shortly for people who are affected by someone else’s’ substance misuse. Further information from Mags Dillon Community Substance Misuse Team 086 4141890 or [email protected]
HORSE AND PONY RACING: The annual Abbeyfeale Races take place on Sunday, June 19 at Relihan’s Inch, Kilcara, Duagh with the first race at 12.30pm.
FAMILY SPORTS DAY 2016: Tarbert GAA Club present Family Sports Day 2016, featuring a host of events to keep both the kids and the adults entertained, on June 11th from 12.30pm – 5.00pm.
ANNUAL DOG SHOW AT THE TOWN PARK takes place on Sunday June 12 in Abbeyfeale Town Park. Judging in 12 classes along with many other side events.
MONTHLY CAR BOOT SALE AND INDOOR MARKET at NCW on June 12th.
RUBBER: Tire Industry Association finds crumb rubber poses no risk in athletic field use.
LARTIGUE MOMORAIL Volunteers needed, could you spare an hour in the afternoon. [email protected] or ring 068-24393.
CELEBRATE THE 8th AMENDMENT NATIONAL PRO-LIFE GATHERING Saturday June 4th 3pm to 4pm. Molesworth St. Dublin. For further information or to find a bus in your area contact: Katie on 0872668702 / Maria on 0857619297 / Michael 0858711100, email [email protected]
REMEMBERING ZOE RELAY RUN TO DUBLIN: Runners wanted for a once in lifetime experience. The Remembering Zoë Relay run to Dublin for Make a Wish Foundation will take place over the August bank holiday weekend July 29 – July 31.
THOUGHT; Prayer wonderfully clears the vision; steadies the nerves; defines duty; stiffens the purpose; sweetens and strengthens the spirit. S. D. Gordon. You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.
John Bunyan.
FLEADH: Would you like to join our team and be part of Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann Ennis 2016. This is your opportunity to be part of the biggest ever traditional music event in Co. Clare. We have roles for every age and every ability. You will meet new people, have fun and be part of the welcome to over 400,000 visitors! [email protected] or tel 065 686 68 00.
RECORD: At least 70 million Americans have a criminal record — that’s the same number of Americans who have college degrees. Acording to NY Times.
SAFETY: Toyo Tire recognizes National Tire Safety Week by introducing four new online tire maintenance videos
Cypress, CA – Toyo Tire U.S.A. Corp. recognizes National Tire Safety Week by introducing four new videos in the Tires 101 section of its website at toyotires.com/tires-101. These highly informative videos address four essential topics: How to Check Your Tire Pressure, How to Check Tire Tread Depth, How to Inspect Tire Wear.
1916 GARDEN OF REMEMBERANCE: The First Holy Communion children of Murhur N.S. gathered after school on Friday last 27th and planted trees next to the Proclamation Plaque that has been erected by the Development Association. Our sincere thanks to the Development Association for getting this garden up and running and special thanks to the First Holy Communion children and their parents for gathering to plant these trees in memory of the men, women and children of ‘16.
PAPER: Kerryman 1904-current, Saturday, June 12, 1954; Page: 9
Children Honoured Our Blessed Lady; On Saturday, May 29,1954 the children of Moyvane and Kilbaha schools marched to Knockanure Church, a distance of two and a quarter miles, to do homage to the Blessed Virgin. It was a pleasant sight as the long procession of children, under the care of their teachers, filed past, reciting the Rosary and singing hymns. On Sunday the children of the Knockanure schools went on Pilgrimage to St. Mary’s Church, Moyvane. Two beautiful banners of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour were carried by the children.
18 Jan 1898 Morning Bulletin Rockhamption
MINING NOTES. story from Queenstown
Patrick Galvin, his wife, and sister have reached here from Klondyke, having travelled from New York by the Canard Liner Lucania He is described as the ‘Irish Millionaire,’ and is possessed of immense wealth He says he declined an offer of £200,000 made to him before Leaving Klondyke for the purchase of some land there, and that be disposed of one of his claims for £20,000 when coming over here to spend the winter with the old people in County Kerry His party travelled by the Dalton trail They started with eleven pack horses and arrived with four Galvin walked 574 miles and his wife 150 miles of the journey Their provisions ran low, and they were compelled to live on flour and water, which he described as being most sustaining and nourishing Speaking of the climate, be said nobody need be afraid of it, for although he had seen a temperature registered of 87° below zero, the climate on the whole is clear and healthy, and the weather from April to June is the finest be ever saw He emigrated to Klondyke four years ago a poor man, and now returns to his native land a rich one He brings a large nugget of gold, which he is exhibiting, for his father in Listowel, County Kerry.
HELP CHILDREN: The Jamaica experiment helps make the case that if we want to improve children’s opportunities for success, one of the most powerful potential levers for change is not the children themselves, but rather the attitudes, beliefs and behaviour’s of the adults who surround them.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/22/opinion/sunday/to-help-kids-thrive-coach-their-parents.html?utm_source=pocket&%3Butm_medium=email&%3Butm_campaign=pockethits&%3B_r=1
Thalidomide
http://www.upworthy.com/the-very-real-story-of-how-one-woman-prevented-a-national-tragedy-by-doing-her-job?c=ufb1
Kelsey continued to work for the FDA until 2005. She died in 2015, aged 101, just days after receiving the Order of Canada for her work on thalidomide.
Listowel
https://youtu.be/fS54W9HBcl0
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