by Jer Kennelly
PARISH: Eucharistic Adoration: every Tues. after 10.00am Mass to 11.30am. Baptisms: Saturday afternoons only from 12 noon to 4pm. Rosary at Our Lady’s grotto, Moyvane, on Thursday 15th August (Feast of the Assumption) at 7pm. Please come along and join us. Maria, the Parish Secretary is on Annual Leave 12th-23rd Aug.’24.Please book any Masses etc. before/after this time. Mass cards available in the Presbytery. Kerry Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock Shrine Sat. 24th Aug.’24.
Remember when you are in a position to help someone – be glad and do it. That is God answering someone else’s prayer.
Presbytery/Office: 068-49308, email[emailprotected], Fr Brendan Walsh 087-7913271.
AGED: Care of the Aged, Chiropodist will attend Marian Hall Monday 19th of August at 10.30am for appointment contact Noreen on 068-49238.
TRIP: Care of the Aged trip to Bunratty on Thursday September 5th.Bus, entrance fee, tea & scones and evening dinner €25.Pay when booking.All bookings and payment by 29th August. Bus leaving Church car park at 10.30am.Book & pay with Noreen 068-49238 or Elaine 068-49692.
THANKS to all who helped at the recent graveyard masses. Special thanks to Tom Fitzgerald for designing and constructing a new lectern. Graveyard mass has been celebrated for the past 29 years, the usual helpers are now experts in moving and setting up all that is necessary, moving and loading also removal of all the items that are needed to storage after the event.
ANNIVERSARIES: Betty Moody, Bridie Leahy, Michael Scanlon, Kay Horgan, Patricia Morton, Danny Sheehan, Brid Flavin, Sr. Kathleen O Connell, Patricia Danaher,
MASS INTENTIONS: Sat.10th Aug.’24- Moyvane for Liam Lynch (Aniv.) and deceased of the Byrne & Lynch families at 7.30pm; Sun.11th Aug.’24 Knockanure a Private Intention at 9.30am, and mass Moyvane for Jackie Lyons (Aniv.) at 11am; Tues.13th Aug.’24 Moyvane for Mossie, Joanie and Tommy O’Connor, (Aniv.’s) Glin Rd. at 10am; Wed.14th Aug.’24 Knockanure a Private Intention at 10am; Thur.15th Aug.’24 – Moyvane for Martin Mulvihill, Nenagh and his father Jack (Aniv.’s) Glenalappa at 10am; Fri. 16th Aug.’24 Knockanure for John P. & Marie Welsh, Ellen & Patrick Welsh & deceased of Welsh family, Barragougeen. Annie J. & Jeremiah Welsh, Baby Robin Welsh (1st Aniv.), Diarmaid Jeremiah Welsh & deceased of Welsh family, Turamore. (Aniv.’s), at 7pm,No Morning Mass; Sat.17th Aug.’24 Moyvane for Nora & Jack Walsh & Michael Mulvihill (Aniv.’s) at 7.30pm;Sun.18th Aug.’24 Knockanure a Private Intention at 9.30am, and Mass Moyvane for Mike Scanlon (Aniv.) at 11am; Tues.20th Aug.’24 Moyvane forTom Scanlon (Aniv.) Leitrim Middle at 10am; Wed.21st Aug.’24 Knockanure a Private Intention at 10am; Thur.22ndAug.’24 Moyvane a Private Intention at 10am; Fri. 23rd Aug.’24 Knockanure a Private Intention at 10am; Sat.24th Aug.’24Mossie & Dora Ahern (Aniv.’s) at 7.30pm.
MEDJUGORJE PRAYER GROUP will take place Monday 12th August after the 10:30am. mass in the Listowel parish meeting room. (the group meet the 2nd Monday of every month).
GAA Knockanure Lotto Results from Tuesday July 23rd, Jackpot was €8,700. Numbers Drawn: 5, 9, 25, and 32. No winner but lucky dips went to: 1. Helen Horgan, Knockanure; 2. Ella Marie Kearney, Moyvane South; 3. Helen Corridan, c/o T. Collins; 4. Breda and Bridget, c/o Kevins, and 5. Liam Kearney, Moyvane South. Lotto Results from Tuesday July 31st. Jackpot was €8,800. Numbers Drawn: 2, 8, 14,and 29. No winner but lucky dips went to: 1. Brendan O Carroll, Moyvane; 2. Eileen & John Enright, Lissaniska; 3. Eugene Sweeney, Moyvane; 4. Ann Scannell, The Hill Abbeyfeale, and 5. Dublin Joe, c/o Kevins.Results;juniors in North Kerry League Division 3 – Moyvane 4-12 and Castleisland Desmonds 3 -5. Keane’ Supervalu Minor County Championship Rd 1-, North Kerry 1.09 v East Kerry 0.10. North Kerry Team: Brian Dineen, Shane Stack, John Curtin, Fionn Byrne, Tadgh O Connor, John Carmody, Gavin O Keeffe (c), Cormac Scanlon, Pat Brosnan, Gorgie O Donnell, Keighan Maloney, Tadgh O Connell, Callum Carey, Daithi Keane Tyrell, Ivan Conway.
ORDINATION: Rev Sean Murphy will be ordained to the priesthood for the diocese of Kerry on Sunday 18 August at 3pm in the parish church in Glenbeigh.
COMHALTAS SEISIÚN SHOW:Thursday night at the Devon Inn and entertained by local musicians, singers and dancers. The trad show of music, song, dance and story gets underway at 8.30pm
PUCK FAIR was held inKillorglin August 10,11, and 12th.Horse Fair, early morning on the 10th.
CONGRATULATIONS to Domhnall De Barra on being conferred, Ard Ollamh at the recent All Ireland Fleadh in Wexford.
CAR BOOT SALE:Community Centre, NCW Sunday, September 15.
FAMILY FUN DAY:Abbeyfeale Town Park Sunday, August 18 from 10.30 -1pm.Scavenger Hunt, Facepainting, Games, Arts and Crafts and nature based activities for children.Free, fun filled morning for all the family, supported by West Limerick Resources, LCDC and Heritage Week.
SOCIAL DANCING IN DUAGH SPORTS AND LEISURE COMPLEX V31K659: There’s a lovely floor and a fine crowd in attendance from all over North Kerry every Friday night from 9-11pm, this Friday it’s the Coffeys.
ST JOHNS: Fri. 16th, Theatre- Short Tales of Love and War with Michelle Boyle, and on Sunday 25thTrad- Eileen O Brien, Deirdre McSherry, Anne Conroy- Burke and Mary Conroy, details from 068 22566.
SIAMSA Tíre presents Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most popular musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat directed by Oliver Hurley – 23rd-25th August.
ARTS Festivals and Events Calendar (https://kerrycoco.us10.list-
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KAYAK: A big thank you to Listowel Kayak Club for teaming up with us to bring you this women only event. Adult female sessions (18yrs+) Sunday 18th August from 10:00-12:00 pm and Adult female sessions (18yrs +) Sunday 18th August at 12:15-2:15.pm.
FUN RUN FOR AXEL:On September 15 next Abbeyside Fitness are holding a 5k fun run/2 k walk in support of Axel Horgan who is one of only 200 people suffering from a rare geneticcondition called CLOVES.Axel’s mom is Sarah Curtin from Abbeyfeale.
BALLYBUNION 5K FUN RUN: in aid of Ballybunion Sea Rescue and Scoil Iosagainon Saturday 17th August. Register:https://eventmaster.ie/event/
FUNDARISING DANCE FOR KERRY HOSPICE AND UHK PALLATIVE CARE: in memory of Mary Lynch Ballygologue, Listowel on Sunday 18th August at 3 p.m. in Listowel Arms.
GARRY Mc Mahon: closing date Friday 23rd August for this year’s Garry McMahon Newly composed and not sung in public before the weekend. The Garry McMahon Traditional Singing Weekend will take place in Abbeyfeale on the 11th 12th 13th October 2024.
TRALEE Entertainment; from Friday, August 16 to Tuesday, August 20. Entertainment include, the music of The Beatles, Abba, Rory Gallagher, Tom Jones, Dolly Parton, Rod Stewart and Cher. Country star Derek Ryan. on August 18ththe Ladies Football team will be part of the Rose of Tralee/Féile Thrá Lí Sunday afternoon parade. On Saturday, August 17thMembers of the Fire Services, Ambulance, Defence Forces, Banna Rescue, Garda Mounted Unit, Garda Dog Unit, Ballybunion Coast Guard Unit, Red Cross, Civil Defence will be at The Ashe Memorial Hall from 12 noon to 4pm.
WELCOME THE ROSES at the 10.30am Mass in Tralee on Sunday, August 18th when some of the Roses, their families and escorts will join with St. John’s Community for Mass. This will be followed by refreshments in the Parish Centre.
LISTOWEL RACES ACCOMMODATION OFFICE is open in the Square above Christy’s well bar, Listowel from11am until 4pm We are looking for anyone that is letting accommodation for race week or anyone that is looking for accommodation please call into the office or call Maria on 0876652211
GROW Mental Health group Meeting is on Wednesdays, between 8-10 pm at the Seanchaí Centre, 24 The Square, The weekly meetings are free, confidential, and open to anyone over the age of 18. Contact Kerry Coordinator Jerry for more information: 086 0271990.
CHARITY 5K WALKIn aid of the Listowel Branch of the Irish Wheelchair Association. Sunday 18th August reg. 11am. │ departs 12noon. Venue: IWA Day Resource Ctr., Ballygologue Rd. For more info: Jackie 0863953387, All funds raised stay local! Walk the Greenway with light refreshments served after.
FLOWERS everywhere now along the roadsides on minor roads, a great variety of them, shortly we will have blackberries, apples and plums. Many of the apples are now left to rot, and we import most fruit. If the government were truly interested in the environment they would have competitions, showcasing earth friendly practices, both inside and outside.
FARMERS prohibited period for slurry spreading commences on Tuesday, October 1. Chemical fertiliser, the prohibited period commencing on September 15.
TB STUDY: A farmer-led study based in Cornwall has found that badger vaccination for bovine tuberculosis (TB) is “practically achievable”. Over four years, researchers vaccinated 265 badgers across 12 farms, and wildlife scientists took blood samples from many of the vaccinated badgers. The percentage of badgers testing positive for Mycobacterium bovis declined from 16% at the start of vaccination to 0% in the final year.https://www.agriland.ie/
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METHANE: Tesco is backing a four month methane-reducing feed supplement trial with a dairy supplier in the UK.
BEACH Litter: September 20th to 22nd, volunteers will gather to clean our beaches and contribute to a global effort to combat marine litter. For more information and to register, visitwww.cleancoasts.org
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HEALTH Lungs: The trillions of bacteria living in our gut have an extraordinary effect on our health. They’re in charge of digestion, breaking down the foods we eat and extracting their vitamins and minerals. A healthy, balanced microbiome also helps ward off infections and even lowers risk of certain diseases.
The effects of the gut microbiome on our health are far-reaching – research shows that even our lungs are influenced by this community of microbes.
The interaction between the gut and the lungs is enabled by the gut-lung axis. This axis plays a crucial role in our respiratory health – including whether or not a person develops various lung diseases. By better understanding this connection, we may potentially be able to improve treatments for lung diseases and boost respiratory health.
CO2: On an average day, 100,000 flights take to the skies across the globe.
HERITAGE Week; County Museum open weekend, 17 – 18 August, 9:30am – 4:15pm at Ashe Memorial Hall, Denny Street, Tralee;From Gortaglanna to the Galtymore: Film and community storytelling networks 22 August, 7pm – 8:30pm at Kerry Writers’ Museum @ 24 The Square, Listowel;Killing Of Pig (1978), a short film by John Lynch on 21 August, 8:30pm – 10pm-Kerry Writers’ Museum @ Kissane’s Farm, Cloontubbrid, Listowel; Any old film in the attic? Managing personal collections of film and digital media. Kerry Writers’ Museum @ 24 The Square, Listowel on
25 August, 10am – 4pm, details athttps://www.heritageweek.ie/
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YOUTH 2000 SUMMER FESTIVAL; will take place from Thursday August 15th to Sunday August 18th at Clongowes Wood College, co. Kildare. For young people aged between 16-35, an opportunity not to be missed to experience the Catholic faith and meet many new people. The festival is donation only, free buses available. For information and to register online, go towww.youth2000.ieor phone 016753690
SISTERS: On 3 August, the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary celebrated the centenary of its founding by Bishop Joseph Shanahan on 7 March 1924.Bishop Shanahan, originally from Cavan was first Bishop of the Diocese of Onitsha, Nigeria, in 1920.This celebration took place in the Cathedral of Saint Patrick and Felim, Co Cavan
https://www.dioceseofkerry.ie/
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FEAST of our Lady of Knock is celebrated on Saturday 17th August. On August 21st 1879, Our Lady, St. Joseph and St. John appeared to fifteen people on the south gable of Knock church in Co. Mayo.
Novena in Knock Will take place from 14th August to 22nd August. Daily Ceremonies at 3:00 pm and at 8:00 pm.
SAINT SHARBEL’S RELIC will be coming to St. Mary’s Cathedral on Sunday August 18th at 12noon mass. St. Sharbel was a Lebanese Maronite monk who has the most amount of miracles ever recorded in Church history through the intercession of a monk. Please come along for an opportunity to learn more about this incredible saint and receive a blessing with his relic. For more information, please call +353838159492
AUGUST First World War began, 4 Aug. 1914; White House burnt 14 Aug 1814; Panama Canal Opened 1914.
PATTERN DAY: A recollection of Beale fair, which was held on 21 September, written in 1928, stated: ‘It was the battle ground of the old faction fighters and next to Ballyeigh ranked as North Kerry’s biggest event. Many and sanguinary were the fights that took place there between the rival factions that held sway in North Kerry and old men still tell tales of broken heads and bones.’
The two parties also met at the pattern days held annually in Knockanure on 15 August.
In the earlier part of the nineteenth century this Pattern was the scene of many a faction-fight between what were known as the Couleens and the black Mulvihills; young and old assembled there to see the fight; the contending parties being armed with black-thorn sticks … Hard strokes were given and received, and many a young man was maimed for life.
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FLEADH: Welcome to Wexford; Fáilte go Loch Garman
Traditional musicians of all ages are invited to gather in Wexford from 4th to 11th August for Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2024.https://fleadhcheoil.ie/
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PAPERS closing, The Universe Catholic Weekly, established 164 years ago has recently closed. Also closing is Our Sunday Visitor, established in 1912, is changing to a monthly magazine to be published in October 2024.
Freemans Journal 1763-1924, Thursday, 13 September, 1866; Page: 3
THE STORM IN LIMERICK
The Limerick correspondent of the Cork Herald thus describes the effects of Monday night’s storm in Limerick and the Shannon. Since the memorable storm of ’39, a heavier gale than that which was experienced throughout last-night and this morning is not on record. The stoutest buildings shook under its powerful influence, and some old houses in Irishtown were observed to rock at five, a.m, when the tempest was at its highest. A number of chimney tops have been blown down, and many houses stripped of slating. The tide rose four feet beyond its usual level at springs, inundating the quays at both sides of the river, and filling the underground kitchens in many localities. Boats had to be procured to enable persons to leave St. Mary’s Chapel, situate in the abbey, the banks having been overflown by the flood. On the Lower Shannon considerable damage has been done on low lands, where corn stacks were washed away, and immense quantities of hay destroyed. The wind was full from the west, occasionally veering W.S.W. So high was the tide that the keels of the ships at the quays were on a level with the verge stones, and two dragged their moorings and drifted to the middle, but were luckily mastered and brought back to their berths. On the Upper Shannon severe losses have also been sustained by farmers. In many places large trees have been blown down, and fruit gardens have suffered severely. It was providential that the passenger steamer Vandeleur, which plies between Kilrush and Foynes, was not lost on yesterday, when on her passage up with a large number of respectable passengers, male and female, together with children, who were returning home from from Kilkee. She left Kilrush pier at nine a.m. and at that time it was blowing a tremendous gale, westward. Half way between Kilrush and Tarbert, a distance of nine miles, the steamer was struck by a sea which put her on her beam ends, laying prostrate every one on board, and smashing to atoms all that was in the cabin in the way of glass and ware, and emptying the steward’s closet of the whole of its contents, in the way of liquors, not a single bottle of wine, brandy, whiskey, or porter, escaped demolition. The shock was terrific, and caused great consternation, all having given themselves up in despair ; the prayers offered were fervent, and the ladies clung to the seats and everything available. Some fainted, and one gentleman is said to have been so sure of his end that he sealed his will prepared long previously, but in his possession into a bottle, ready to cast it into the water at the last, moment. However, the boat righted, and by steady working and unswerving attention, reached Tarbert pier, when again great exertion had to be used before she could be turned towards the point of her destination.
The works at Corknaree embankment, below the docks, have been swept away ; to, a great extent, and to a depth of 17 feet. Rumers are rife in town of the loss of a sloop belonging to the firm of Messrs. Russell, in Tralee Bay, and a large ship {with all hands)grain laden, near Milltown Malbay; but up to the time this despatch leaves (5 p.m.) particulars have not been received.
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LISTOWELtown was planned by Thomas Fitzmaurice, 1st Earl of Kerry
(1668 – 1741), son of William FitzMaurice, 20th Baron of Kerry and
Lixnaw. Thomas married Anne Petty, the daughter of scientist and
philosopher Sir William Petty and Elizabeth Waller, Baroness
Shelburne, in 1692. It was around this time that the layout of the
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full survey is available to view on thekerrycoco.iewebsite. The project has been funded by The Heritage Council, LEADER, Listowel Tidy Towns and Kerry County Council.
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UCC spent ; Between 2020 and June of this year, the university has paid out a total of €3,696,694 on travel and accommodation, according to data released to The Echo under FoI legislation. That figure covers the four full years from 2020 and the nine months from the beginning of UCC’s financial year in October 2023 to June of this year.
However, in 2021, at the height of the pandemic, the university received credit notes to the value of €54,818, meaning that after that is taken from the overall figure, UCC actually spent €3,641,876 on travel, accommodation, and associated expenses. Also see mobile bills., Across the four full years from 2020, UCC paid an average of €224,577 each year for an annual average of 663 staff mobile bills.
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FREE BREAKFAST: To reclaim the social welfare contribution of the Black Panther Party,this paper examines the Free Breakfast for Schoolchildren Program and discusses its relevance to contemporary social work. Key aspects of the Free Breakfast Program are reviewed, including the historical context of the formation of the Black Panther Party and the breakfast program’s mission and funding, as well as reactions to the program. In conclusion, implications are presented for how social work can best support contemporary movements for Black community empowerment and social justice.
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By Jack Lane, 27 July 2024.
LAND issue encompassed two classes – the tenant farmers and the farm labourers. Our history is replete with the struggle of the “Bold Tenant farmer” and his wife but for every farmer there were farm labourers and many more of them than farmers because in the age before mechanisation they kept the whole show on the road. The situation of the land arrangement in Ireland is often described as an inverted pyramid from tenant farmer, with various middle men to local landlords and absentee landlords at the top. But there was a missing layer at the bottom – the farm labourer. Their conditions are unimaginable today – no security whatever. Tenant farmers may be insecure but their labourers were even more insecure.
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Prayer
Today is a new day and an opportunity for a new beginning.Now that yesterday
is over, all our failures, mistakes or regrets are gone too.It is a perfect day togive thanks and be happy.Lord I thank you today for the chance to live, love and
care for my family andfriends.May I be the person you wish me to be.
Good manners teach us that in conversation one person should not do all the
talking and another all the listening.We often hear the comment – “I couldn’t
get a word in edgeways.”Arethere times when God feels the same way about us?
We sometimes pray in such a rush – a waterfall of words – and then switch off
again in a hurry.Prayer is not just talking to God.It is talking with God.
A LITTLE HELP
So far today I have done all right.
I haven’t gossiped , lost my temper,
Been greedy or grumpy, been nasty or selfish.
I’m very grateful for that …..
But in a few minutes, Lord, I’m going to get out of bed
And from then on I’llprobably need a lot more help!!
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ABBEYFEALE: 49. The Glorach Story 93
This is part of the culture project 2015.
“Echoes of Abbeyfeale”
The Parish Council are truly grateful to Sr. Delia Curtin Mercy Order, Abbeyfeale for spear heading this project with a very active committee and to all who contributed photographs and articles. A special thanks to Sean & Eileen of Feale Print and Design for their presentation of this work.
We hope you enjoy reading these articles again, many of which have been published in various editions of “ Macalla Na Mainistreach” over many years. We hope this work will be helpful to future generations of Abbeyfeale people as they look back on our proud heritage.
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Gigi Duncan/CNA World August 9, 2024
When the American military dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, on Aug. 9, 1945, the city was completely devastated — more than 40,000 people were instantly killed by the blast as well as about 60,000 more in the following five years as a result of radiation-related diseases.
Everything within a mile and a half of the plutonium bomb’s hypocenter was destroyed, including 14,000 homes and the Urakami Cathedral, where the faithful had gathered that morning for Mass in preparation for the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary shortly before “Fat Man” was detonated. While the bombing devastated both the city of Nagasaki and its large Catholic population, the monastery of Seibo no Kishi located in the mountains on the outskirts of Nagasaki was spared.
