Moyvane

2004 Moyvane Village Festival

by Dónal Nolan, The Kerryman Newspaper

MOYVANE was the place to be over the October weekend, when the 14th annual village festival took place.

“We’re delighted with it,” Áine Cronin, Secretary of the Moyvane Development Association said. “It went very well, we have to say. We were especially delighted with the Boro Buffet which was held in the Marian Hall on Friday night,” she said.

Over 150 people attended the banquet, the first time ever the organisers had decided to hold one, and they will definitely be hosting it again in 2005. “Everyone was delighted with it – they had plenty of food and drink to choose from,” she said.

Sunday was one of the biggest days of the weekend with the Vintage Fair at the community centre, and pride of place was given to Waterloo Boy, an antique tractor from 1914, owned by Limerick man Billy Donegan and one of the few remaining of its kinds in the country.

While the tractor afficionados soaked up the 80 or so exhibits the kids bounced to their hearts’ content on the bouncy castle and in the sumo wrestling suits. They had a whale of a time between all the various colourful activities laid on for them over the weekend, including the arts and crafts workshops that were held in the hall on Saturday.

The teenagers were kept occupied too over the weekend with their mural on the wall of the national school – all the members of the ‘Crib,’ the area’s youth centre took part in the hands-on art, producing a fine piece. “It turned out really well,” Ms Cronin affirmed.

“On the whole we’re very happy with the fourteenth year of it and we’ll definitely be having a fifteenth,” she promised. And who knows? Maybe the Sam Maguire will be paying a visit to the kiddies’ disco in 2005, as it did at this year’s Moyvane Village Festival.


Friday October 22nd

BORO BUFFET 8pm
Fine Food and Beverages
Ticket Only €20
— Marian Hall, Moyvane

Saturday October 23rd

YOUTH WORKSHOPS 12pm
Art, Crafts, Games
Consent Only No Fee
— Marian Hall, Moyvane

CEILI 9pm
With Murt Kelliher Ceili Band
Tea will be served €8
— Marian Hall, Moyvane

Sunday October 24th

VINTAGE 1pm
Including Inflatable Fun, Culchies, Face painting and Novelty Events
— Community Centre, Moyvane

MURAL 2pm
Painted by members of ‘The Crib’
Moyvane Drop In Centre
— Moyvane National School

CONCERT 8:30pm
A blend of special guests and local talents
€6
— Marian Hall, Moyvane

Monday October 25th

FOX HUNT 1pm
Followed by Hunt Ball
— Hanrahans Bar, Moyvane

VILLAGE WALK 1:30 pm
Walk around the Village and beyond
by Moyvane Walking Group

PRIMARY SCHOOL DISCO 7:30pm
with DJ Exell.
— Marian Hall, Moyvane

RAMBLING HOUSE 6pm
A night of ceol agus craic
— Mairead Kearneys Bar