GAMES: Moyvane /Knockanure
Community
Games Athletics will be held at Moyvane Sports field on Tuesday
May
18th at 5pm.
COMMUNITY Centre, Active Retirement Day in Knockanure was due
to take
place on Monday 10th May, details from 068 49799.
CLINIC: The Physiotherapy Clinic is now open at the Knockanure
Community Centre. For appointments please phone 087 7777600 or
061
320330 or 068 49799.
ANNUAL Afternoon in honour of Our Lady will again be held in
Knockanure
on Pentecost Sunday May 23rd, the usual walk from the Grotto to
the
Church with singing and prayer service will be held.
FLEADH: Anybody interested in taking part in the Fleadh Cheoil
2010,
should contact the local branch secretary Bridget McCarthy
before 16th
May. Contact no. 068 49489 after 6.00pm.
KDYS Listowel are holding two summer camps this summer, 7-9 year
olds
19th July – 23rd, 10 – 13 year olds 26th – 30th For more
information,
please contact KDYS Listowel 068 23744.
SCHOOL: A new era has dawned in the education of the pupils in
Scoil
Chorp Chriost Knockanure N.S., last week saw the introduction of
state
of the art interactive Whiteboards in the school classrooms.
This new
technology will enhance and contribute to the learning
opportunities of
the children in the school and bring our classrooms into the
21st
century. Well done to the Board of Management and Parents
Association
in the school who fundraised recently for the provision of these
interactive boards.
COURSE: Intensive Tuition Course starting shortly in Listowel
for a
small group (men and women) on Monday and Tuesday for 3 hours.
Maths,
Computers, Driver Theory, Health & Beauty and English are
some of
the topics that will be covered. Contact Mary at 068-23866.
CARING: The Alzheimer’s Carers Support Group for North Kerry
were due
to meet at Listowel Family Resource Centre on Tues 11th May at
7.30pm.
The evening will include a talk by the local co-coordinator of
ASI Home
Care Services. If you are caring for a relative, friend or
neighbor
come along to meet other Carers on Mon. 17th May at 12noon.
Susie will
talk to the group on Homeopathy. All are welcome for details on
any of
the above call Bridie 068-23584.
NEW Moon on May 14th, fine weather continues. The International
Space
Station can be seen till May 14th. Nice to see from Knockanure
the wind
turbines working in Asdee, Pallas and Athea producing clean
electricity. The Food Safety Authority say they are monitoring
the ash
from the Icelandic Volcano and report that 58% of it is composed
of
silica and has 104 milligrams of water soluble fluoride per kg
of ash.
People are enjoying the lovely weather, Sunday morning grass was
crisp
with the frost and the Cuckoo appears to have been singing all
night.
FAKE: There has been a huge rise in fake antivirus software,
which
tricks users into paying for useless software according to media
reports.
AGM of Newtownsandes Co-op will be held in the Marian Hall,
Moyvane on
Wednesday May 26th at 8pm.The Creamery in Moyvane is a power
house in
the parish, giving a service to farmers, builders and
householders, the
Village is busy, the parish has numerous small operators in
various
trades servicing the community. It is noticeable that when the
creamery
closed in surrounding parishes every avenue of trade collapsed
also.
The early rising farmers set the headline even on Sunday morning
when
most are in bed at 8am suppliers are delivering their milk, even
the
squad car was touring around at 8.30am.
ROAD: A fine repair job was recently completed on the hill
between
Knockanure and Ahavoher, it was in a dreadful state following
the
winter frost, now all is well again.
EVENTS: Kingdom County Fair is on May 16th; Tommy Tiernan will
be at
the Arms Hotel on Thursday May 13th ; Ceili will be held at
Tournafulla
on Friday May 14th, starting at 9.30pm; Sci Fest will be held at
IT
Tralee on May 12th, 32 projects on view; Kerry School of Music
will
perform a show at the Glorach Theatre Abbeyfeale on Friday May
14th ;
DeafHear have an outreach day at Listowel Citizens Information
Centre
on Friday May 14th from 10am to 12.30pm; Tea Dance will be held
in
Lixnaw on May 16th from 2.30pm; Afternoon of Prayer will be held
at
Scartaglen Church on Sunday May 16th at 2.45pm; The monthly car
boot
sale and indoor market in Newcastle West takes place on Sunday
May
16th; Comhlamh AGM will be held in Dublin on Sat. May 15th ,
details
from 01 4783 490; Closing date for entries for the Kerry County
Fleadh
is the 21st May; Foroige Club is being formed in Duagh, they
meet at
the Family Centre in Duagh; Racing in Cork on May 14th and
Limerick on
the 16th; Summer Soccer School details available at 1890 653
653;
Toastmasters Night at Newcastlewest on Wed. May 19th; Feile
Siamsa Tire
21st, 22nd and 23rd of May; Killarney Mini Marathon starts at
3pm on
May 23rd.
ST JOHN’S: Play called Eden is on Wed. 12th; Thursday 13th Piano
Recital; Friday 14th exhibition by active retirement groups
dedicated
to memory of Mary Allen; Wed. 19th a play by Myles Breen called
Language Unbecoming of a Lady, details from 068 22566.
CARNIVAL: Tarbert is hosting Carnival weekend from June 11, to
14,
2010, complete with a comprehensive range of Amusements, Talent
Show,
Dancing, Fancy Dress, Donkey Derby, Tug-O-War, Racing that
includes;
Tots, Mothers, Fathers, Sack race , Wheelbarrow, Vintage car
show,
Vintage tractors, Vintage bikes, French market and much more.
TALENT: The Tarbert All Ireland Talent Show Competition where
the
winning act/group will receive 1000 euro and an audition to
enter the
All Ireland Talent Show is up and running. Entry fee for the
event is
only 10 euro and entrants are asked to post their entrance fee
to the
Secretary of Tarbert Community Care Centre c/o Post Office
Tarbert,
County Kerry before May 11, 2010.
CONGRATULATIONS to John Goulding who had the Reserve Champion
and Alan
Quinn who had the best bull in his class at the recent Show and
Sale at
Castleisland Mart.
FLEADH by the Feale concert at the Convent Hall on May 2nd in
Abbeyfeale was a great night of music and song Frankie Gavin and
his
band gave a great performance, but special mention must be made
of the
local St Joseph’s School Band and their teachers for their
outstanding
show on the night. Despite their great talents, they never
travel to
other local events where they would be greatly appreciated.
HEALTH: Irish Heart Foundation fundraising days 13th , 14th and
15th of
May, Mini Marathon in aid of the Heart Foundation will start at
the
Brandon car park Tralee at 2pm on May 16th ; Diabetes Federation
are
holding a public meeting at the Meadowlands Hotel on May 17th at
8.30pm; Kerry Autism Action meet at the Abbeygate Hotel on Wed.
May
26th at 8.15pm;
PILGRIMAGE: Diocesan Pilgrimage to Fatima runs from 10th to 17th
of
May; St Pio Pilgrimage to Holy Cross Co Tipperary takes place
on
Sunday May 30th, bus leaving Tralee at 8.30am. Bookings: 066
7124519.Lough Derg Pilgrimage June 5th to 7th, details from 068
31232;
Pilgrimage to Iona, also visiting Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee,
Lough
Lommond, Lough Ness & Inverness, from May 29th to June 5th ,
ring
066 7131328 for more information; Walk in the footsteps of St
Paul,
this will take place in Turkey from September 24th – October
8th.
Spiritual Director: Dr Joseph Nolan. For information, contact
Niamh
O’Malley at 01 8235448.
AGE and Opportunity are celebrating during May the creativity of
older
people, various events are advertised in local press, last year
about
57,000 people were involved.
THOUGHT: An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly
considered. An
inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered says
Gilbert
Keith Chesterton.
CENSUS of Agriculture will be held on June 1st 2010, the census
was
held every year from 1847 to 1953, they were taken every five
years
from 1960 to 1980, the census is now taken every 10 years, the
questionnaire this year is eight pages long.
OUR Lady: The statue Our Lady of Limerick in St Saviour’s
church,
Limerick is made of oak was brought by Patrick Sarsfield from
Flanders in 1640. The Patrick Sarsfield we know from the Siege
of
Limerick lived 50 years later. The Statue and the Sarsfield
Chalice
were hidden in St Mary’s Churchyard to save them from looters;
Our Lady
of LaSalette (France 1846); Our Lady of the Pillar in Saragossa,
Spain
c 40 AD ;Our Lady of Walsingham ,England c 1061 ;
Our Lady of the Rosary , Prouille, France (1208) ;Our Lady of
Mount
Carmel – Aylesford, England (1251) ;The Black Madonna –
Czestochowa,
Poland (1382) ; Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal – Paris, France
(1830)
;Our Lady of Knock – Knock (1879) On her right stood St. Joseph,
his
head inclined towards her. On her left stood St. John the
Evangelist,
dressed as a bishop, to the left of St. John was an altar on
which
stood a lamb and a cross surrounded by angels; Lourdes, Our Lady
appeared 18 times to Bernadette Soubirous, in the grotto of
Masabielle,
Lourdes in France in 1858; Fatima, On the 13 of May of 1917 Our
Lady
appeared for the first time at Fatima and the apparitions took
place on
the 13th. of the month for the next 8 months; Five First
Saturdays
revealed by the Blessed Virgin Mary to Sister Lucia December
10th.
1925, while she was kneeling in the Convent Chapel; Guadalupe,
Our Lady
appeared in Mexico in the year 1531 to an Indian named Juan
Diego;
Akita, In 1973, the Blessed Virgin Mary gave Sister Agnes
Katsuko
Sasagawa in Akita, Japan three messages through a statute of
Mary; Our
Lady of Lavang – La’Vang, Vietnam, The first apparition of the
Lady of
Lavang was in 1798, when the persecution of Vietnamese Catholics
began.
Our Lady continued to appear to the people in this same place
during
100 years of persecution in Vietnam.
PHOTOS: Goodyear tyre and Rubber Company have 250,000-item photo
collection. The University of Akron’s Archival Services, a
division of
University Libraries, has received a two-year, $303,000 grant to
index
and digitise the collection. LDS Church is to spend 10 years
digitising
their 3.5 billion images at their Granite Mountain Records
Vault.
CELEBRATION of Stillness was due to take place in St. John’s
Church on
Tuesday night May 11th at 8pm. Guest Speaker Sr. Stan with
music by
Eoin Duignan & St, John’s Choir directed by Fr Pat Ahern.
PRAYER: Weekend of prayer and meditation at Ardfert Retreat
Centre runs
from May 14th to 16th, details from 066 713 4276.
MASS on RTE Radio from Duagh on May 16th at 10am; DEATH took
place on
May 1st 2010 of Patrick Bunce of Leitrim East, Moyvane. He was
son of
Michael Bunce and Mary Mulvihill. His siblings were Michael,
Nicholas,
Mai, Nora, Hannah, Bridget, Margaret, Theresa and Helen.
Following
requiem Mass at Moyvane Church on Wednesday May 5th celebrated
by Fr
Lucid P.P. Patrick Bunce was laid to rest at Ahavoher Graveyard.
DEATH took place on Wednesday May 5th 2010 of Mattie Kennelly
Knockanebrack, Lyreacrompane, Listowel. He was predeceased by
his wife
Eileen Stack and is survived by his sister Bridie Leahy at the
Nursery,
Beenanasbig and Sheila. Mattie was predeceased by siblings Peg,
Nellie, Kitty, Noreen, Patrick, and Mary. Following Requiem Mass
at
Lyreacrompane Church on Saturday May 8th , celebrated by Fr
McMahon
assisted by Fr. Lucid, Fr. Dillon, and his cousin Fr Nolan.
Mattie
Kennelly was laid to rest at Springmount Cemetery, Duagh. Mattie
was
aged 82 years and son of Matt Kennelly and Margaret Brosnan.
DEATH took place in Australia of Con Synan, late of Skehenerin
he was
laid to rest in Australia. Con was aged 79 years and is survived
by his
brother Pat, he was predeceased by eight of his siblings.
ANNIVERSARIES: Noreen McCarthy, Michael Relihan, Sr. Patricia
Langan,
Tom Higgins, John Flavin, George Fitzmaurice, Mary Dunfort, Mary
Hudson, William Flaherty, Gortaglanna Tragedy, David Dillon,
David
Foley, Noreen Sweeney, Ned Sheehy, Catriona Houlihan, Sr.
Ignatius O
Grady, John Guiney, Martha O Sullivan, Michael Collins, Jimmy
Kearney,
Paddy Meehan, Tim Shanahan, Mary Finnegan, Eileen Behan, Eamon
Cotter,
John Flaherty, Dick O Connor, Mass on Wed 12th at 9.15am for
Deceased
members of the Galvin Family, Glenalappa; Mass on Thurs. 13th at
8.00pm
For the People of the Parish; Mass on Fri. 14th at 8.00pm for
Jack
& Maud Fitzmaurice; Mass on Sat. 15th at 8.00pm for James
&
Annie O’Callaghan; Mass on Sun. 16th at 10.00am in Knockanure
for
Martha & Timothy O’Sullivan and the
11.00am Mass in Moyvane is for Ned Sheehy.
FIRST Holy Communion in Moyvane on Saturday May 15th at 11am.
ADORATION: Moyvane Sun. 4.00pm to 5.00pm
Wed. 10.00am to 7.00pm and Knockanure Tues. 10.00am to 6.00pm.
Eucharistic Procession in Listowel on May 30th at 1pm.
COLLECTION: Kerry Mission Outreach E706.40; Trocaire E2,586.61
READERS: Vigil Michelle Corridan; 11.00am David Murphy &
Noelle
Nolan; Knockanure 16th May Patricia & Andrew Rogan
ROSARY: The I.C.A. will recite the Rosary each Tuesday night for
the
month of May at the Grotto Moyvane at 7.30pm. Please join us.
Rosary
will be recited at the Clounmacon Grotto every Friday at 8pm. in
May.
ICA: There will be a Mass in the Marian Hall on Tuesday 11th May
at
8.30pm to celebrate the inauguration of Noreen McEvoy as Kerry
I.C.A.
Federation President, everyone welcome.
LATIN Mass will take place at Holy Cross Dominican Church Tralee
next
May 16th at 1.30pm.
YEAR For Priests, the Diocesan information evening will be held
on
Wednesday, May 12th at 7pm. To book phone Fr Liam Lovell on 066
7133169.
ST BRENDAN’S Feast Celebrations; Friday May 14th, Pagent and
Lecture,
8pm at St Joseph’s Church, Fenit; Saturday May 15th Walk The
Brendan
Way 9:30am, St Joseph’s Oratory;
Sunday May 16th at 9:30am, Mass of St Brendan; at 11:00am,
Musical
Interlude St Brendan’s Statue and at 2:00pm, Mass, O’Leary’s
Island,
depending on the weather, details from 066 7136376.
RALLY For Life in Belfast on Sat., 3rd July, 2010. Contact
Eileen at
087 9529561 for more information.
Knockanure Notes – 9th May, 2010
May 9, 2010