CHURCH owns about 2,000 hospitals, clinics and rest homes in Italy, in Rome they have, 250 schools, 580 institutes, convents and monasteries, 18 hospitals, and 65 rest homes.
THOUGHT: This did not once so trouble me, That better I could not love thee; But now I feel and know, That only when we love, we find, how far our hearts remain behind, the love they should bestow, Richard Chenevix Trench. Quotes from Albert Einstein: I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science."
SYMBOLS: Saint Pius V - a rosary; St. Peter keys; Saint Zita groceries; St. Joseph - a square; St. Ambrose - scrolls of music or beehive, The Infant of Prague and Mary Queen of the Universe -an orb; Saint Vincent de Paul, St. Anthony and St. Christopher are shown holding a young child; Saint Jerome holding a rock; Saint Cecilia a harp; Saint Jude a shield; St. Clare- a monstrance.
HISTORY: A footprint of a sandal with iron hobnails on the soles was found on the boundary wall of the ancient city of Hippos also called Sussita situated near the Sea of Galilee, the sandal was of the type worn by Roman soldiers, it is thought that Jesus may have visited the place also. Snippets from The Kerry Evening Post of August 8th 1857: Reports alarming rumours from India, Delhi massacres, Mussulmans are to rise and kill the European infidel, the paper carries list of various atrocities committed by the rebels, more transports are preparing to sail for India to restore order. The Mohammedans were the ruling class in India since 638, and the British superseded them. Another report in the paper suspected that Russia had made a treaty with China. The August 19th edition continues with letters from India and the plight of Europeans and soldiers, a list of people who escaped and are alive is also printed; Violent thunderstorms and torrential rain occurred in England, the temperature in the morning shade was 60 to 66 degrees on Friday, at noon while the rain was falling the glass rose as high as 70 degrees in London, lightening struck the gasometer containing many hundred thousand feet becoming ignited, but it was put out and firemen were not needed; A big account of the Inauguration of the O Connell Monument is given, one banner read �We followed him when living, we honour him when dead�, all the trades had their banners, the Young Men�s Societies and the Temperance Society took part and played appropriate marches, all the City dignitaries attended the unveiling was done by the Earl of Dunraven who gave an account of O Connell�s life and work. The Kerryman of February 16th 1929 carries more information on the Liberator and the preparations for the Centenary of Catholic Emancipation, Dan established the Catholic Association in 1824 at the first two meetings they could not find a quorum of 10 members, but on the third attempt to hold the meeting they were still short so O Connell induced two Maynooth students to fill the quorum that was necessary.
Kerryman�s Killarney notes for first week of January 1947 complains that Killarney is now haggard, drawn and pitiful and scarcely recognisable are the features that were once so beautiful and serene, all for the root of evil, without a single voice raised in protest.
ROADS: Drivers are four times more likely to have a collision on a two lane road than on a dual carriageway, half of fatal crashes take place when vehicles cross the centre of the road. Road Safety strategy 2007-2011 will concentrate on education, engineering, enforcement and evaluation. Rules of the road was recently delivered to all homes in the Parish, these books will end up in the dump like all the free literature, that is delivered from time to time, who can find the vitamin tablets which were sent to homes to protect against a nuclear leak across the Irish Sea. Now that we have a government with a shade of green, it is time to charge for all government information literature and see what happens.
OLD Bonded warehouse at Strand Street Tralee was torn down last week, fine pine planks were plainly visible at the site, these planks may have been brought in to Tralee by ships like the Jeanie Johnson, and it is a duty to see that the old planks which are in good condition are used again for restoration work.
MUSICAL archive is being compiled at Seanchai, details from Micheal Kelliher.
BEST Wishes to Sr. Peggy Barry of the Sisters of St Joseph of Peace who recently marked the 60th anniversary of her entrance to the convent, Sr. Peggy is a native of Lisselton.
EMMET�S are marking the 50th anniversary of their club with celebration of mass at their Club House on Friday Sept. 7th at 8pm, other events will be held on the following day , details from 068 21369.
PATTERN Day at Ballyheigue is on September 8th, it is also the Open Day at Ardfert Retreat Centre; Fr. Bill O Carroll will lead a walk from Tralee to Ballyheigue on Saturday morning of the Pattern starting at 6am from the Dominican Church.
SCHOOL: As pupils go back to school this year they will be thinking of the past sunless summer with few opportunities to visit the seaside, parents will grumble about the cost of books and the waste of piles of useless school books, the department of education and teachers should get their act together and give a longer life to text books. We are still waiting after several years to hear from the group who were looking into the weight of school bags.
Best wishes to Julienne Donegan who is the new principal of Knockanure National School. Congratulations to Mary Mulvihill of Keylod who taught the All Ireland winner Saoirse O Connor who came first in the English Singing in the 12 to 15 years age group at the recent Fleadh in Tullamore;
SEpt 12th` 07
THOUGHT:
Some people bring great happiness wherever they go, others whenever they go� Kathleen Corrigan.
NEW Moon on Sept 11th, we are having marvellous fine weather at present, it is very welcome after the long wet spell. Apples, plums, haws and blackberries ate nearly ripe, a big proportion of plums and blackberries are diseased and inedible.
The Kerry Evening Post of Wednesday September 2nd 1857, reports that the country has never been blessed with more favourable harvest weather than the last fourth night, Hay and green crops saved in the finest condition, we hardly hear of the potato disease. Butter production is down due to the dry weather, the average of �firsts� is down among firkins sent to Cork Butter Market due to warm weather, but prices are rising. First Quality butter made 109, Sixth Quality made 63.
HISTORY: September edition of the Nation reports death of John F Hewson aged 78 years. September 1st 1961 Harvest Dance was held at the Six Crosses, admission 3 shillings, dancing from 9pm with Ina O Flaherty and her Showband , the following day Maurice O Connell of Moyvane was beaten by inches at Dromkeen Sports. September 4th 1971 Kerryman reports that Con Keeffe of Kilmorna won the high jump at Knocknagoshel sports for the 6th year and that Dan Keane presented Tops of the Parish at the Feale Baron Festival on last Saturday night. September 1967 free secondary school transport started over 3,500 Kerry students were accommodated. September 1963 the oldest bridge in the country in regular use was blown up in Castlemaine, it was built 1215. September 13th 1937 St Ita�s College Abbeyfeale opened, around 1947 James Dore opened a school in Glin and Jane Agnes McKenna opened a school in Tarbert. Mick Mackey and Princess Grace died Sept. 13th 1982. Edel Quinn born at Kanturk on 14th Sept. 1907, she went to school at the Pres. in Tralee for a time, Edel died in Nairobi May 12th 1944. The Times of Sept. 19th 1867 reports on the rescue of Fenians in Manchester and the killing of Sgt Bret.
The Earls left the country 400 years ago this month and Pope Pius v received the Earls gave them a pension, the Earl of Tyrconnell died 1608, Hugh O Neill died 1609 and the old Earl of Tyrone died in 1616. Thaddaeus Clancy was martyred near Listowel on Sept. 15th 1584. Several priests were martyred in the storming of the Rock of Cashel by Lord Inchiquin on 15th Sept 1647.
September massacres of 1792, in a few days over 1,200 prisoners were killed during the French Revolution.
100 men and boys arrived at the Jamestown settlement from England in 1607, they had a preacher called Robert Hunt who used a sail to make a church and a pole tied to a tree to make a pulpit , fire destroyed everything after eight months, two thirds of the new settlers including their preacher were dead on the first anniversary of their arrival. 30 intact hives from 900 BC were found by archaeologists in the ruined city of Rehov in Northern Israel some time ago.
Pope Benedict XV1 went to Austria last weekend to mark the 850th anniversary of the Shrine of Our Lady of Mariazell, he also visited the Holocaust memorial in Vienna to 65,000 Jews killed in Austria by the Nazis.
FOOD sector in Ireland employs around 300,000 people while in Europe it is said to employ 2.6 million. Food additive E128 has been withdrawn because of questions about its side affects. World Seafood Congress will be held at Croke from 25th to 27th of September. Veal must now be from animals less than eight months and rose veal must be from animals less than a year.
The European Food Safety Authority is in existence for only five years and have compiled 450 risk assessment reports, did anybody tell them that it is over eating, processed and idleness are the biggest dangers to heath. Holly�s Gala shop in Moyvane has healthy eating leaflets by Aveen Bannon.
BLOOD: 642 donors attended the recent blood transfusion clinic in Tralee.
CANCER: Triple testing for breast cancer will be mandatory for patients from now on, following recent disturbing revelations.
BOOK: �Lifelines Folklore� a book composed of stories from elderly South Kerry people is now available. Paddy Faley of Ballyhahill aged 88 years has his photo featured in the Positive Ageing exhibition which will tour the country.
Changing Ireland Website is at www.changingireland.ie
PARKS: The 60 biggest cities in America spent $4.3 billion on their parks in 2005; their combined acreage is over 800,000
EDUCATION: Grants E 2,528,000 for equipment are promised to UL, Mary I are getting E 310,000 and LIT are getting E73,000. UL attracts 1200 international students from 70 countries. Bank of Ireland survey reveals that 40% of students have cars; one in five students intend buying a new car; 30% of students work less than 20 hours per week; 56% plan to travel abroad half students earn E400 per month, socialising cost E162 per month while groceries and expenses amount to E221 per month.
RACES: Listowel Races runs from 16th to 22nd, thousand from home and abroad will throng the streets of Listowel , both day and night. The Races were held in Moyvane in 1857 they continue now as the Listowel Races, the Island Racecourse was owned at one time by Connell�s, Sullivan�s and later by the O Leary�s
BEST Wishes to Dan Keane on his Birthday September 17th.
Happy Retirement to Hugh Friel who is retiring from the Kerry Group at the end of this year, Kerry Group have travelled a long way since Hugh and Denis started working in a rented caravan in the Canon�s Field in 1972.
Sept 19th `07
ALL IRELAND: Kerry had another great win, Saturday and early Sunday morning droves were leaving the Parish to soak in the atmosphere of yet another All Ireland final. Soaking in the rain was forgotten, by most except some students who had poor drying facilities in their flats. The Clare County Board in 1947 put a motion before Congress that the All-Ireland football final of 1947 would be played in New York as a commemoration of the 1847, the motion was passed. Teams travelled by Skymaster and by the ship Mauritania. The All Ireland match was played at the Polo Grounds in New York, score Cavan 2-11 Kerry 2-07. The teams came home by boat to Southampton taking eight days, the plane trip over took 29 hours. The Kerryman of September 1947 gives good coverage to the event.
HISTORY: Voters list 1966-`67 for Carhooeragh, Moyvane: John, Patrick and Ellie Broderick; Maurice and Ellen Dowling; William and Katie Fitzmaurice; Johanna Griffin; Catherine and Patrick Hanrahan; Dan, Bridget and Lily Keane; Sean, John, Kit and Moria Larkin; Margaret, Patrick, Daniel E and Ellie Leahy; John and Catherine Moloney; Catherine and Michael Mulvihill; Michael (Junior), Maria, William and John Murphy; Michael, Bridget, John and Nora O�Connor; Robert and Kathleen Stack. List for Carhooeragh, Kilmorna: John Barrett; John and Margaret Buckley; Mary and Nicholas Costelloe; Patrick and Bridget Doody; David, Mrs Ellen, John Joseph, and Ellen M Dore; Bridget and Daniel Flavin; Willie and Nora Looney; Pat (Junior) Lynch; Michael Madigan; John McMahon; Thomas (Con), Sarah, Catherine and Thomas Joe Nolan; Margaret Lyons; Thomas and Annie Relihan; Moira, John, James and Catherine Sheehan; William Garret, Mary Garret, Maurice, Mary Agnes, Edmond, Mary Edmond, Eileen, Bridget, William Edmond and Bridger Edmond Stack; Patrick Joseph, Joseph E, Hannah E, Chriss, Joseph and Catherine( Mrs Joe) Sweeney.
Kerry Evening Post of September 2nd 1857 reports that there is hardly a family in Great Britain that has not a relation in India. The paper continues reports from their August editions on the Indian rebellion, places mentioned include Futterpore, Lucknow, Delhi, Agra, Sealkote, Hyderabad, Nagpore, North-western Province. List of Europeans who escaped to Hooshingara, account of massacres at Jhansi, Delhi people committed great atrocities against Sikh and Punjambee who happen to fall into their hands. Punjab still tranquil, Calcutta quiet and Bombay tranquil.
Nana Sahib defeated at Cawnpore July 16th 1857 by Brigadier General Havelock , but Sahib escaped to another town. 30,000 soldiers are on their way to India. Died on July 7th 1857 Captain Francis Spring of the 24th Regiment near Lahore, his wife who was in India, was daughter of Colonel Day .Cholera is raging all over the hills from Almoragh to Cashmere, along the Ganges, The Jumma etc, whole villages have been deserted in the interior, people preferring to die in the jungle.
THOMAS Edison born near Cleveland, Ohio, in 1847, he only went to school for three months, his teacher had a poor opinion of him.
Tunnel was recently found under the City of David it was designed as drainage canal. During the Roman siege of the walled city, Jews could use it to escape to the Judean Desert. Jewish New Year of 5768 was recently celebrated by them.
THOUGHT: Worry does not empty tomorrow of its trouble. It empties today of its strength; I had feelings of fear about the future...The devil kept on whispering, "It's all right now, but what about afterward? You are going to be very lonely"....And I turned to my God in a kind of desperation and said "Lord, what can I do? How can I go on to the end?" And He said, "None of them that trust in Me shall be desolate." That word has been with me ever since. Amy Carmichael; We are left with a choice: Become Christ like or gradually shrivel into superficial hypocrites: Angry people who have stopped walking with God, who blame others for our bitterness, Francis Frangipane; Anyone who is not lost on the rapturous awe at the power and glory of the mind behind the universe is as good as a burnt out candle, Einstein's. �Entry to work in the field of God should be given by God and people are free to respond to the grace of God. It is the He who moves all not we�, Monsignor. Sharma of Nepal.
MARRIAGE took place at St Brendan�s Church Tralee on Friday Sept 7th `07 of Breda Flaherty daughter of Doreen and Timmy Flaherty of Moher, Moyvane and Brendan Finucane son of Eithna and Brendan Senior Finucane of Piermount, Tarbert, Fr Francis Nolan officiated. Best man Glen Fitzmaurice, groomsmen Gerard Brown and Pat McInerney. Bridesmaids were, Sheila O Flaherty, Aoife Donnellan and Emma O Connell. Flower girls were Maura O Neill and Olyn McInerney and Pageboy Austin McInerney.
RESEARCHERS in Auckland NZ are to get $150,000 grant to test the effects of smoking on peoples voice; More are trying to find a cure for the Ebola Virus in the Congo and the Marbury virus in Angola which is causes severe and often fatal hemorrhagic fevers; ; Michelin are spending E30 million on developing an energy saving tire.
ROADS: Annual Conference of local government engineers was held some time ago at Tullamore, it was disappointing that the head of the Garda Collision Investigation Unit did not attend; the title of the conference was Engineering Road Safety.
AIRPORT: Kerry Airport will have 17 flights to London per week from November, Shannon�s loss is Kerry�s gain.
Sept 26th `07
IRELAND�S new Ambassador to the Vatican Noel Fahy was received by the Pope on Saturday September 15th `07.
VENICE: Throwing rice at newly-weds will soon be banned in Venice as it attracts pigeons that soil buildings and streets.
FLOODS: have recently occurred in Ghana and Togo, Sudan, Uganda, Somalia and Kenya, 200 people have died and hundreds of thousands had to flee the rising waters.
SPAIN: Spain�s divorce law in two years has lead to an increase of 50% in the number of children of family break ups.
PRISONS: The federal Bureau of Prisons is being asked to reverse its decision to remove from prison chapel libraries all religious books and materials that are not on the bureau�s lists of approved books.
HISTORY: Registry of Deeds was set up by the Irish Parliament in 1707, to mark the event a conference called Registering the World will be held at Dublin Castle from 26th to 28th of September 2007; Lincoln Proclaimed the freedom of slaves on Sept 22nd 1862; French declared a republic on 22nd of Sept 1792; British Troops retook Delhi from the mutineers on 21st of Sept 1857; The Soldiers Song was written by Peadar Kearney in 1907, it was published in 1912 and the Irish version was first published in 1923; founded by Robert Baden Powell in 1907 about 500 million have joined the scouts since then; The Irish Times from 1859 to 2007 is expected to be available on the internet shortly, it will be free to schools and libraries; The Assembly of the League of Nations was opened by Dev in Geneva on Sept 26th 1932; Michael Corkery was the first Irishman in the European Commission in Sept 1972; Jim Kemmy laid to rest on Sept 29th 1997; St Theresa of Lisieux died Sept 30th 1897. Kerryman of September 6th 1947 reports joyous scenes at Cobh on Monday as the first of the Kerry football contingent left for New York, the remainder of the Kerry players and officers will leave from Rineanna on Monday, the following weeks Kerryman tells us that the GAA had a dinner at Rinanna for 70 guests, the meeting of the Kerry and Cavan players was cordial one of the officials mentioned the 1925 objection when both Kerry and Cavan were disqualified, while the teams were at the Airport, several famous people arrived including four Irishmen who were on their way to Rome to be crowned princes of the church. Welcome for the teams in New York is also is also covered. The object of the trip was to promote Gaelic Football. This was Kerry�s fifth trip to America, Fr Fitzgerald took a Kerry Team in 1927 to America to try and adapt Gaelic Football to suit American temperament, as the Americans favoured a more robust game of football. At home on Sept 14th 1947 Kerry played Meath at Croke Park in the Juniors , Michael O Ruairc was Joint Secretary of the County Board of the GAA at the time. While in NY the reporter picked up on the story of Mrs Rose Altshuler aged 67 years a Russian immigrant living in NY who had just completed her elementary education and was going to continue and enter University. Home news in the paper included survey of 3,000 miles of roads which are to be reconstructed, out of the 49,000 miles; Complaints against Medical Officer; Death of only son Martin O Donnell of Ballymacelligott, he was nephew of Tim Reidy of Ballylongford, Christy and Joan O Sullivan of Tarbert sent message of sympathy; Coal ration for Non Turf areas; At Tralee fair two year old cattle made �20 and mutton made 2 shillings per lb, 65 pigs were on offer at Listowel fair.
MARRIED at Glin Church recently were Elaine Hanrahan of Ballyguiltenane and Conor Enright of The Cashen Ballyduff, Fr Thomas Crawford performed the ceremony. Best man was Cormac Enright, groomsmen Mark Houlihan, Kevin Sheehan and Brendan Sheehan. Bridesmaids were Annette, Deirdre, Kathleen and Noreen Hanrahan. Flower girls were Aoife Carr and Laura Purcell. Pageboys were Darragh and Aodhain Enright. The bride is daughter of Ann and Denis Hanrahan and the Groom is son of Kathleen and Tom Enright.
HAPPY Retirement to Ita Barry, Marie O Brien, Peggy Griffin, Jane Lewis, and Elaine O Sullivan who recently retired from nursing at Kerry General Hospital.
VOLUNTEERS: Kerry Volunteer Centre will have a special day on Sept 26th, as it is national day of volunteering, details from 066 7117 966
FARMING contributes E 400 million to the Kerry economy, 7,500 families work the land area of Kerry 278.000 ha. About 450 million litres of milk is produced by 2,000 Kerry producers. In this Country half a million weanlings are moved to finishing units at home and abroad from the months of August to December.
CONGRATULATIONS to Moyvane who scored 241 points in the Tidy Town Competition. Goulding Family in Knockanure Village has the best display of flowers to be seen in any Village, such dedication should receive official recognition.
WRENBOYS: Congratulations to Carrigkerry who won the Wrenboy competition of Friday night last, all the competitors gave great entertainment; it was noticeable that the crowd stayed for the night�s performance very few left the Square while the competition was in progress. Moyvane won the Wrenboy competition in Listowel in 1966 and `67, the competition was inaugurated in 1959. All were disappointed that this years Harvest Festival decorations, lights and entertainment was scaled down, , everyone who complained know in their heart that they just sat back and expected others to do the volunteering. Next year is the 150th anniversary of the races in Listowel. Sam was in Listowel at the races and later toured the town on Thursday night, several commented on the absence of players whom they would love to meet in person, life for All Ireland Champions is not easy with all the commitments, to training, family, celebrating and work. The lifestyles of players are a potent headline for their peers and the rising generation.
THOUGHT: Life can be obstacles and unfinished business, anon; Many spend their life waiting for the dawn; �O what peace we often forfeit, O what needless pain we bear, All because we do not carry, Everything to God in prayer� Sam Gordon; � I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty, I have learnt the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry whether living in plenty or in want� St Paul.
LAWYER: A diocesan lawyer in America gets paid for forked tongue advice to the church on legal matters, while at the same time funding pro abortion politicians.