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07 March 7 Knockanure
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FASHION SHOW: Tarbert Comprehensive School will hold their annual Fashion Show in The Lanterns Hotel Tarbert on the 7th March Ticket sellers will be calling to the houses over the coming weeks your support would be gratefully appreciated. Tickets are available from Ann Flavin (068)49967 or Ann Woods (068) 49438. No Tickets available at the door on the night.
COMMUNITY Games coming events: Mixed Gaelic Football u10; Girls Gaelic Football u12; Model Making; Projects; and Swimming, details from the schools, the notice board at The Community Centre, The Marian Hall and Holly�s Shop.
Kieran Flavin came joint second in the Solo Music Competition at Glenflesk recently.
YOUTHREACH has worked with about 130,000 young people since it started in 1989, it caters for 15 to 20 age group who have left school without qualifications, last year it cost E52 million to operate the scheme which has 6,500 places.
SOCIAL Night will be held at the Community Centre Ballybunion on Friday March 9th from 10pm to 1am.
TEAGASC are organising an Agri-Vision for Bio-Energy Conference on Wednesday March 7th at Clonmel Park Hotel.
MILK Quota trading Scheme, closing date is Friday March 9th.
MILK prices are to be held at their current rate for the foreseeable future by the Kerry Group.
TAOISEACH was in the locality on Thursday last and brought a bit of excitement, the opposition were trying to float their deflated balloons as usual.
DUAGH play Greencastle at Croke Park in the AIB JFC Championship Final on Saturday March 10th at 5.30pm, it will be followed by Ardfert v Eoin Ruadh at 7.30pm in the IFC final. After the match Duagh will have a dinner at the Citywest Hotel.
Bus will travel from Duagh to Croke Park on March 10th, details from 068 45162.
LEADER Consultation process in now being undertaken, submissions must be in before March 16th `07, more information from 066 7120390.
SHOW and Sale for beef bullocks, heifers and cows will be held at Listowel Mart on Thursday March 15th.
HOUSE of Prayer in Achill; day trip takes place on Saturday March 10th, another trip with overnight stay is on Sat. March 31st, more information from 066 714 74 94.
ARDFERT Retreat Centre, reflection and prayer for lent conducted by Sr. Rosalie Carey PBVM will take place on Tuesday 13th of March from 8pm to 10pm, more information from 066 713 4276.
FAITH: True faith produces a life full of actions, not a head full of facts, anonymous.
HEALTH Awareness event takes place at the Manor Centre, Tralee on Friday March 9th from 4pm to 9pm.
WALK in aid of the Kidney Association will be held on March 11th; about 40 people attend the dialysis unit in Kerry General Hospital, details of walk from 066 712 4593.
FIRST Aid Course run by the Red Cross continues every Thursday night from 8pm to 9pm at St Ita�s Hall, Abbeyfeale.
TRAVEL: From April 2nd people over 66 will have free travel all over the island of Ireland, details from 1890 777 121.
RUGBY: Scotland v Ireland will be played at Murrayfield on March 10th at 1.30pm.
KNOCKANURE born Jerry O Carroll is grandfather of Diarmuid O Carroll of Killarney who is now going on loan to Ross County for the rest of the soccer season, Diarmuid is aged 19 years, a tall and powerful striker for Celtic, he also played with the Irish Under 21.
HAPPY Birthday to Kirsti Enright daughter of Bernadette O Connor and Joe Enright of Keylod, Kirsti celebrated with her family and friends at Fitzgerald�s Restaurant recently.
AGM of Coiste na nOg was held in Moyvane on Monday March 5th.
LOBBY: Many Irish are going to Washington D.C to lobby for immigration reform on Wednesday March 7th.
ECLIPSE of the full moon was on Sat. last, we will have to wait till 2029 for another one to compare with it. Saturn will be very near the moon on March 29th.
PHOTO Competition organised by SEI, has E10, 000 worth of prizes, theme of competition is Energy Efficiency, details from the schools section of www.sei.ie
RACING: Thursday 8th of March Thurles and Cheltenham begins on Tuesday 13th, Point to Point in Bruff on Sunday March 11th.
DRAMA: P J O Connor Drama Awards, closing date is Good Friday April 6th `07, details from RTE Radio Centre , Donnybrook, Dublin 4.
KERRY Drama Festival continues at the Ivy Leaf Art Centre in Castleisland till March 9th , details from 066 714 2018.
HALL Draw in Athea will be held on St Patrick�s day.
PHOTOGRAPHY Competition sponsored by Samhlaiocht, closing date March 16th `07, selected photo�s will be exhibited during the Easter Arts Festival in Tralee which begins April 5th and continues till the 27th, details from 066 712 9934.
FILM Maker in Residence, information is available from 066 7183 541.
GLOBALISATION programmes will be shown on RTE 1 television at 10.45pm on the following dates March 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th.
TREE Week runs from March 5th to 11th, details from 066 716 2000.
RTE Performing Group will visit Tralee Regional Sports and Leisure Centre on Thursday March 15th `07 at 8pm.
TOASTMASTERS will be at Big Al Maguire's, Newcastle West on Wed. March 7th from 8.30pm to 10.30pm, all are welcome.
MS Conference was held at the Silver Springs Hotel on Saturday March 3rd, details from www.ms-society.ie
ENABLE Ireland after school person of the year 2006 is Moyvane school girl Lisa Stackpoole.
WOMEN: International Women�s Day is on March 8th. It is estimated that up to 70% of the worlds poor are women.
GUIDE to words and numbers on RTE 1, information pack is available at 1800 20 20 65.
TALK on Leaning Irish in a Multicultural Ireland will be given by Dr Muiris O Laoghaire of IT Tralee at Listowel Library on March 13th at 8pm. Eddie Lenihan will have a story telling session at Listowel Library on Tuesday 13th of March at 1pm.
NEW Bus Station in Tralee cost E1.8 million; Knockanure Village never had a CIE bus service.
HISTORY: England abolish the slave trade in March 1807 in the 400 years previous to the abolition about 15 million African slaves were taken by traders to the New World, between 1609 and 1616 466 English ships were captured by pirates and many of their crew sent into slavery. Between 1810 and 1865 the English navy captured 1,237 slave ships and freed the captives. Slavery was abolished in the U.S. after the civil war. 27 million people are still in slavery, most of them are children.
Lt John McCarthy was shot while on duty with Toledo police in 1947 on the 60th anniversary of his death a scrapbook of newspaper cuttings on the policeman�s career was returned to his family after being missing for many years.
Extracts from the Kerry Examiner of March 1847; March 5th advice is given about the growing of mangels, cabbage, beans and rape. They advised using well rotted dung or Guano which can be used alone or mixed with sand, earth, ashes or the top surface of bog. To plant an Irish acre with cabbage at one Sq ft apart you would need 70,640 plants. Catholics; Berlin has 25,000 Catholics of whom 5,000 are soldiers, they have only five priests, a Provincial and four chaplains to minister to them and also minister to twelve surrounding districts with catholic populations ranging from 500 to 20. Catholic Almanac in America for 1847 sates that they have 834 priests, 812 churches and 577 stations. 1,000 Catholic Bibles were distributed to soldiers at Woolwich; many of the soldiers were Irish. Pope has given 1,000 Roman Scudi for relief in Ireland, prayers for the Irish and talks on Irish distress were said at Rome also. Tablet reports that several scholars and clergy have become Catholics. Lent 1847in Ireland; The Indulgence which granted in recent years is to continue, due to the inclemency of the season scarcity of several articles of food, high prices of others, all who are capable of supporting it, are asked to observe fasting.
More news in March 1847; Frauds in Indian Meal, corn and cob ground together; Freights has risen 100% and more and even at that price it is difficult to get shipping; Lord John Russell said it would cost �19,000 to make a warship suitable for transporting corn from America; flax seed sold last year at the highest price and a considerable amount failed to germinate. Canadian Land Emigration Society wanted workers from Marlebone Guardians of the Poor to build a 600 mile railway line from Halifax to Quebec; there was no money to send the paupers to Canada.
Queen Victoria rises at 7am and household prayers are said at 9am.
Fenians attacked Kilmallock Barracks on March 6th 1867.
FINDING of the tomb of Jesus is regarded as a publicity stunt by genuine archaeologists.
FR CASEY of Abbeyfeale: On Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th of March all the primary school pupils of the parish will be invited to a talk on Fr. Casey in the Library. Thursday 14th at St. Josephs Secondary School there will be a talk by Sean Liston entitled 'Faction Fighting in West Limerick'. This will be followed by the presentation of prizes for the Irish Essays, Poetry and Photography entered by the Abbeyfeale post primary students. Entertainment on the night will be provided by Philip Enright and local musicians. Friday March 16th at Fr. Casey's GAA Clubhouse Professor Liam Irwin will give a lecture entitled 'Life and Times 1880 -1910', this will be followed by the launch of the local history magazine 'Macalla na Mainistreach'. Templeglantine Comhaltas will provide the entertainment. On St. Patrick's Day Mass will be celebrated as Gaeilge at noon with the Folk Choir singing. The parade leaves from the Convent yard at 4pm and participants are asked to focus on life during Fr. Casey's time. The parade will include the Corpus Christi Pipe Band from Fr. O'Shea's old parish of Moyross and the Rathkeale Brass Band. WL102FM will be broadcasting live during and after the parade so if you have requests for absent friends who can listen in live to all the excitement on the internet on www.westlimerick102.ie The Fr. Casey Clubhouse will be the venue on Saturday night with music by Autumn Gold. Sunday 18th of March Bishop Murray will offer 12 noon Mass for the Casey family and for all the past and present members of the football club. The senior choir will be singing at the Mass. At 3pm the 'Liam Lynch Pipe Band and the Galtee Gaels Football team from Kilbehenny-Anglesboro will at Fr. Casey's Monument where they will lay a wreath and the band will perform. Fr. Casey's and the Galtee Gaels will then march to the football pitch led by the Pipe Band and play a challenge Match. At 7pm the Casey Family will present the 'Fr. Casey Perpetual Cup' to the Limerick County GAA Board and this will be followed by music and refreshments. Abbeyfeale Drama Group will be at various venues all weekend performing pub theatre.
JOBS: DuPont are to employ 500 at a new research and development facility in Hyderabad. Goodyear lost $367 million because of 15,000 of its U.S employees were on strike for 86 days, the company hope to save $290 million over a number of years by cutting back on pension and retirement money for its employees.
INCOMES average in Kerry are 12.8% below the national average which is E18,781.
KERRY Group profit after tax for last year was 178 million.
HOMES: First time buyers seminar will be held at the Meadowlands Hotel in Tralee on March 12th starting 7.30pm, more information from 068 53870.
DEATH has taken place recently Sister Francis Galvin, Holy Family Convent, Rockferry, Liverpool and late of Barragougeen,
STATION for Murhur Moyvane and Claar will be held at the home of John and Marian Moloney on Friday March 9th at 8pm.
STATIONS of the Cross will be read every Thursday during Lent at 7.30pm in Moyvane and every Tuesday in Knockanure at 7.30pm. Stations in Listowel after evening mass on Friday�s.
STATION for Aughrim on Monday 12th March at the home of Edward Cunningham on 7.30pm
KDYS Listowel are holding their annual �Battle of the Bands� on Friday 9th March at Listowel Secondary Presentation Convent between 8.30pm and 11.30pm details from 068 237 44.
CLASSES in traditional singing, Seanos Dancing & Storytelling for adults & children will commence at the Seanchai Literary Centre, Listowel in March, more information from Cara at the Seanchai Centre, The Square, tel. 068 22212.
DIOCESAN Vision: I have come so that they may have life and have it to the full John 10:10
Pope John Paul II describes what parish is when he says "it is a place in the world for the community of believers to gather together, to be a house of welcome to all and a place of service to all" (The Vocation and Mission of the Laity). If we want our parish to be a place of welcome and service for all, then we must all play our part. Ultimately, it is through our participation and collaboration that our parish will flourish.
THE POPE will meet our President in Rome on Friday March 23rd.
READERS: Una Fitzmaurice, Elaine Hudson, David Murphy, Bernie Walsh & Ciaran Lane.
TROCAIRE boxes are available at every church, people who want to help can contact 1850 408 408
ST PIO Prayer meeting will be held at St Mary�s Listowel on Thursday 22nd of March, starting at 7.15pm.
PIONEERS in Listowel who wish to receive a silver or gold pin, or Fr Cullen Medal, please contact 068 402 72, between 6pm and 8pm till March 16th, new members welcome.
KNOCKANURE GAA Lotto Draw for 2nd March, Jackpot E1,500 numbers drawn 4-9-11and 24, no winner of Jackpot. Lucky Dips went to the following; Leesha Meehan, Ballybunion; Kathleen Carmody, Kilmorna; Josephine Broderick, Gortdromagouna; Paddy Lynch, Gortdromagouna; Noel Stack, Moyvane; Jim Connolly, Trien Kilmorna; Bar Prize went to Kathleen Carmody, next weeks Jackpot E1, 600.
A.G. M. of Knockanure G.A.A. will be held in the clubhouse Knockanure on Monday night 12th March at 9.30 p.m.
RAMBLING House in Finuge will be open on Friday March 9th at 8.30pm, all are welcome.
SPECIAL Olympics needs volunteers, details from 064 26 500.
VOLUNTEERS are needed for the after school club at the Presentation Family Centre, more information from 068 235 84.
07 March 14 Knockanure
KNOCKANURE
HAPPY St Patrick�s Day on the 17th and best wishes for MOTHER�S Day on March 18th;
STATIONS of the Cross will be held in Knockanure on Tuesdays and Moyvane on Thursdays at 7.30pm, Mass at 7.30pm on Thursday 15th for Sister Francis Galvin, Holy Family Convent, Rockferry, Liverpool and late of Barragougeen who died recently.
ICA will sell daffodils after mass in the parish on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 16th , 17th and 18th.
COMMUNITY Alert held their meeting at the Marian Hall on Monday night last March 12th.FOOTBALL: Moyvane ladies under 12 and U14 will train in Moyvane Sports field at 7pm on Friday March 16th.
ESTUARY Athletic Club will hold a fundraising video race night at Speedy�s Bar Moyvane on Friday March 16th, MC Liam Purtill.
AGM of Estuary Athletics was held recently, Chairman Sean Stokes, Knockanure; Vice Chairman Desmond O Connor, Tarbert; Secretary Eileen Roche, Moyvane; Registration Secretary Breda Moriarty, Tarbert; Treasurers Emer Ward and Niamh Wall, Tarbert; PRO Alfred McDonnell, Tarbert; Financial Co-ordinator Kathy Finucane, Knockanure Committee Dan and Lily Stackpoole, Athea; Breda O Connor, Tarbert; Madeline and P.J. Collins, Ballylongford. Training on Tuesday�s at Moyvane Community Centre from 6 pm to 7pm.Coaches: Kathy Finucane, Alfred Mc Donnell, John McGinley, Niamh Wall and Breda Moriarty. Over the past four years the club won 28 national gold medals, 10 silver medals and 22 bronze medals.
CHOIR: Knockanure Choir will sing for St Patrick�s Day; Bishop Lynch High School Advanced Choir from Dallas will sing at St John�s Church, Tralee on Thursday March 15th starting at 5.45pm, all are welcome to attend. Lotto Draw KNOCKANURE GAA Lotto results for 9th March `07; Jackpot E1, 600, numbers drawn 12-22-25 and 28, no winner of Jackpot.
Lucky Dips went to the following; Bridget Caffrey, c/o Kevin�s; Maurice Murphy, c/o Kevin�s; Ann Sheehy, Kilcara, Duagh; Peggy McElligott, Lisaniskea, Kilmorna; Mossie Molyneaux, Knockanure; Philomena Molyneaux, Knockanure;
Bar Prize Maureen Connolly; Next Weeks Jackpot E1,700.
MEETING: Alcoholics Anonymous have an open public meeting at Saleen Pier, Ballylongford on Wednesday March 14th starting at 8.30pm, all are welcome, speakers from AA and Al-Anon will attend.
ALZHEIMER�S carers support group had a meeting at the Pres Family Centre Listowel on Tuesday March 13th. Widows Group met also on Tuesday night 13th at the Arms Hotel.
ADVOCACY Service for people with intellectual disability will be launched in Castleisland on March 16th, details from 066 714 2576.
HOSPICE Charity walk will be held on Good Friday April 6th , t hospice home care was given to 347 people in Kerry last year, they made 2892 home visits, 1008 hospital and nursing home and 177 bereavement calls.
CANCER: About 50,000 European women develop cervical cancer every year and 25,000 die from it.
DAFFODILS: Silk Daffodils in aid of Cancer Society will be given out at the Arms Hotel on Thursday March 15th at 8pm, volunteers needed for Daffodil day March 23rd.
AWARE contact number is 066 712 8010.
ACCESS: Thousands of scientists and academics are calling on the EU Commission to give open access to EU funded research results. EU have 23 official languages and now they are spending on a project to develop automatic learning and translation system for languages, they are also granting E2.8 million to a camera project which you can swallow to take images of the digestive tract.
MEDJUGORJE Prayer Group monthly meeting was held at St Patrick�s Hall on Monday night last March 12th.
ST PIO Prayer Group meeting will be held in Listowel Church on Thursday March 22nd starting at 7.15pm.
GLOBALISATION About 30 million tons of waste is produced by Europe�s fruit and vegetable processors every year.
GLOBAL Tralee 07 will be held at the Brandon Hotel on St Patrick�s Day from 2pm to 5pm.
BOBBY; Listowel Film Club on March 15th will show Bobby the story of Robert Kennedy.
ST JOHN�S: Thursday 15th Jack L in Concert.
SEANCHAI are starting classes in traditional, singing, seanos and dancing, more information from 068 22212.
ATHEA Drama Group present the Country Boy by John Murphy on March 17th and 18th.
DRAMA: P J O Connor Drama Awards, closing date is Good Friday April 6th `07, details from RTE Radio Centre , Donnybrook, Dublin 4.
GABRIEL Fitzmaurice gave a talk on local poets at Seanchai on March 8th last.
HALL Draw in Athea will be held on St Patrick�s Day.
PHOTOGRAPHY Competition sponsored by Samhlaiocht, closing date March 16th `07, selected photo�s will be exhibited during the Easter Arts Festival in Tralee which begins April 5th and continues till the 27th, details from 066 712 9934.
FILM Maker in Residence, information is available from 066 7183 541.
SPECIAL Olympics needs volunteers, details from 064 26 500.
VOLUNTEERS are needed for the after school club at the Presentation Family Centre, more information from 068 235 84.
BEBO sites has many local contributors, plenty of photo�s and comments.
THOUGHT: Brains can argue, but it takes heart to comfort, says Samuel Chadwick; When our load is light, it�s time to carry someone else�s, Janet Oke. Satan�s number one weapon is pride; God�s number one defence is humility says Larry Burkett.
RUGBY: Saturday March 17th at 1.30pm Italy v Ireland.
RACING: Cheltenham begins March 13th, racing at Limerick on Sunday March 18th.
TRAINS: Between 1997 and 2006 over E3.2 billion was spent on upgrading the railways. Twelve new carriages arrived in Dublin from Korea last week; they are the first of the 183 new railcars which will cost in total E400 million. It will take more than fancy railcars to tempt passengers.
NEW Moon on March 19th, Summer Time begins on Sunday March 25th. Books: Island of the Setting Sun by Anthony Murphy and Richard Moore, deals with the astronomy of our ancestors; Bang! The Complete History of the Universe by Dr Lintott, Patrick Moore and Brian May were launched recently.
CHILDMINDING: Kerry County Childcare Committee Ltd is giving away resource packs valued at E700 to Childminders for only E70, details from 066 7181 582.
BIRTHS: Last year 1,607 children were born at Kerry General Hospital in 1998 there were 1,137 births in the hospital.
HISTORY: First note came into circulation on Match 11th 1797. Assassination attempt was made on Queen Victoria on March 2nd 1882. On March 5th Annie Oakley creates a record by shooting 98 of 100 clay pigeons.
Kerry Examiner: March 2nd 1847 reports figures for last year excise on corn amounted to �793,000. Charge for Irish Constabulary was 30,745,000.The amount for helping Ireland till next harvest was projected to cost 10,000,000l, about 2 million already spent. FARM size in different categories in Ireland: 306,915 five acre farms; 251,158 fifteen acre farms and 48,312 forty acre farms, it was estimated if the 15 acre man spent �10 on labourers wages and the 40 acre man spent in the same proportion it would support 900,000 people. Letter from New York , states that half famished creatures arrive there every day from Liverpool, no work in New York at this time of year, many join the army which is being raised to be sent to Mexico, also states that Irishmen in America are sending provisions home from every port. On the 25th of Feb. 1847 the Commodore Brig with 120 tons of rice, peas barley and one way flour a donation from the British Association arrives at Dingle, also the Comet arrived with supplies of maize, the 5th Dragoon Guards contributed �5/10 for distribution to the distressed in Dingle. Killury and Rattoo Relief fund had donations of �24/ 12 shillings. Money sanctioned under 9&10 Vic. Chap 107 for Irraghticonnor was �28,000. Works in progress include Wooden Bridge at the Cashion Ferry Bridge opened to public, 40,000 were employed on works at a cost of �8,000 per week. Assistants to County Surveyors got a salary of �50 per year.
Inspector of weights and measures in Listowel retires. Mr O Riordan travelled 550 miles to inquests. Crown Courts 183 names on the books, 10 homicides, 48 charged with cattle stealing, 9 plundered wreck, jail in Tralee built for 120 persons contains 374, and three sheds were converted for hospital purposes. Mr Denny stated that the County Fever Hospital was in a deplorable state. March 9th 1847 edition reports that Fr John O Connor was presented by the people of Listowel with �20 in grateful appreciation of his work. Remedy for potatoes disease was advertised costing 6 shillings per acre. Prices in Tralee Market end of Feb. 1857 taken from the Kerry Evening Post: Wheat 3s 4d to 3s10d per 2 and a half stone; Barley 14d+ per stone; Oates 11d+ per stone; Potatoes leathercoates and ratlers 4s+; blacks (seed) 3s/9d to 4s per half quarter of 10 stone; beef and mutton 4d+ per lb; Turnips 11d to 1s per cwt, carrots �2 do; Hay �3/10s+ per ton and straw �2/10s+ per cwt. The workhouse in Cahirciveen had 588 in the house in 1855 and was reduced to 261 in Feb 1857.
JESSE James died March 4th 1882 aged 34 years, the Governor of Missouri had at one time $10,000 on the heads of the James gang.
St Patrick�s Missionary Society was established on St Patrick�s Day 1932; Cannon Sheehan was born March 17th 1852; St Patrick�s Day was first celebrated in New York in 1762.
St Patrick�s Day 1897: West Bromwich Albion�s and Stoke played a charity match in aid of Brighton children�s free dinner fund, which provided 12,000 children with a meal every day.
Times of March 10th 1937 had a letter about St Patrick�s Cross on the Union Jack.
MARCH 1927: Condensed Milk Company was bought by the government for �365,000, Newtownsandes Co-op signed contract to supply and erect churn costing �218, and also in March 1927 there was a rush for the diamond fields at Grasfontein, South Africa.
1975: Feb 7th Bishop Daly of Derry urged Christian people or the North of Ireland not to be misled by self appointed clergymen; March 16th the standardised English language version of the mass came into effect; March 17th Cardinal Conway said that the brutal assassination of three people a week is no longer regarded as important news.
HISTORY Society: Tarbert Historical and Heritage Society was formed recently, their next meeting will be held at the Bridewell, Tarbert on March 31st, correspondence to the Tarbert Historical and Heritage Society c/o Bridewell, Tarbert, Co Kerry.
SORRY state of affairs when a country TD who lived on the verge of the Shannon, complaining when South Kerry gets an extra facility, it is well known if civil servants had their way they would put as much facilities as possible near their own base in Dublin. His party will never again have a TD in South Kerry.
WAGE increase of 3.6% was recently accepted by German chemical workers.
VISIT: Pat Rabbitt will be in Listowel at lunchtime on this Thursday.
APRIL is Spring Clean Month, more details from 066 7183 562.
BANK Holiday Marathon is on June 4th.
SPACE: International Space University has no Irish applicant, details from www.isunet.edu/EN/574
BEST Wishes to Sr. Declan Murphy who is 62 years a nun this month March `07.
POCONO Record reports on March 8th 2007 details of Brendan Kennelly a wrestler who won his first State Tournament, he is 5 feet 5 and weights 103 pounds, and he has blonde hair, doesn�t say much, but talks softly when he speaks.
BEST Wishes to Margo Galvin daughter of Marie and Billy of Greenville, Listowel who married Adrian Kennelly of Knockanure Village son of Cathy and Paddy at Knockanure Church on Friday March 9th `07. Chief celebrant was Fr Tom McMahon who was assisted by Fr Brendan O Callaghan, Hymns and music was by the Kerry School of Music. The Best man was Allen Kennelly; bridesmaid was June Galvin and Flower girl Caoimhe Galvin. The reception was held at The Manor Hotel, the couple will reside in Cork. Margo�s distant ancestor Edward Stack came to Knockanure from Duagh about 150 years ago.
HAPPY 21st Birthday to Stephen Stokes of Gortdromagowna he had his party on March 10th 07.
CONGRATULATIONS to Sean Walsh who was elected Munster Vice Chairman of the GAA at 2007 Munster Convention held at Lismore recently, Sean began as officer of his local club at the age of 19 years.
TROCAIRE boxes are available at every church, people who want to help can contact 1850 408 408; Flooding in central Mozambique recently left 160,000 homeless and 40 dead, severe flooding also occurred in Jakarta, Indonesia.
ST PIO Prayer meeting will be held at St Mary�s Listowel on Thursday 22nd of March, starting at 7.15pm.
PRAYER: Afternoon of prayer will be held at Scartaglin Church on Sunday Match 18th starting at 2.45pm.
READERS: Michelle Corridan & Chloe Mulvihill, Michelle Corridan , Chloe Mulvihill Ciara Healy , John Fitzmaurice, Mary Flaherty & Siobhan Fitzgerald
DIOCESAN Vision: I have come so that they may have life and have it to the full. Jn 10:10 Witness, Worship and Service are ways to the reality of living life to the full, in our homes, in our workplaces, in our parishes. Faith as Witness; reflecting our faith in God in our everyday life; Faith as Worship; deepening our relationship with God through prayer; Faith as Service; using our gifts at the service of the parish and society.
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KNOCKANURE Development Association; The committee of Knockanure Development Association are about to form a company for the operation of the Community Centre and would welcome any member of the community who wishes to become a director of the company to contact either Dan Keane Chairman at 068 22813 or Mary Flavin Secretary at 068 23905.
ST PATRICK�S day mass in Knockanure was well attended, the choir with Ann Cunningham on the organ added greatly to the occasion, the Readings were in Irish. Despite the misty day a reasonable crowd attended the Listowel Parade which was supported by many voluntary groups. People who have cushy jobs because they had that bit of extra book Irish are very thin on the ground when they are wanted. Extract from Deer�s Cry God�s host to secure me-against the snares of devils, against temptation of vices, against inclinations of nature, against everyone who shall wish me ill, afar and near, alone in a crowd.
Extracts from St Patrick�s writings are in last weeks Irish Catholic.
ST PIO Prayer Group meeting will be held in Listowel Church on Thursday March 22nd starting at 7.15pm. North Kerry Pilgrimage to Rome, San Giovanni and Sorrento will begin on October 9th 2007, more information from 087 6019 474.
HOUSE of Prayer in Achill; An overnight stay is on Sat. March 31st, more information from 066 714 74 94, another bus will travel to Achill on April 14th, details from 068 22781.
BUS will travel to Knock on Saturday March 31st, intention prayers for missing persons and their families, details from 087 9230 160. Bus to Knock for Mercy Sunday April 15th ,more information from 066 7180 123.
ADVOCACY Service for people with intellectual disability will be launched in Castleisland on March 16th, details from 066 714 2576.
HOSPICE Charity walk will be held on Good Friday April 6th
DAFFODILS: Silk Daffodils in aid of Cancer Society were given out at the Arms Hotel on Thursday March 15th, volunteers needed for Daffodil day March 23rd.
BEST Wishes to Kathleen O Keeffe of Kilmeaney who is now operating a Hair Saloon called Trendylocks at Convent Street, Abbeyfeale. Earlier in the year her brother Fergal O Keefe won the Employer of the Year and his apprentice Derrick O Driscoll won the overall Fitter of the Year 2006.
MOVED: West Limerick Community Project has moved from St Ita�s Hall to a new premises at the Square in Abbeyfeale.
SUMMER Time begins on Sunday March 25th.
BEACH Guards are being sought by for the Counties Beaches, more information from 066 718 38 14, applications must be in with the Council before Thursday April 5th.
APRIL is Spring Clean Month, more details from 066 7183 562.
ENERGY: Iris Wind Energy Association annual conference will be held at the Burlington Hotel on the 29th and 30th of March `07.It is reported that Europe�s wind energy generating capacity increased by 26% in 2006. Energy Show will be held at the RDS on the 25th and 26th of April. According to news reports emissions from power plants can be used to grow seaweed, it is claimed one litre of oil can be made from five kilograms of seaweed. Irish transport emissions are up by 140% since 1990.
ROADS: Kerry County Council are hinting that we will have less outdoor staff to repair roads at the end of this year, did anyone remind then that it is the indoor staff that will have little to do as no major project is occupying their desks. Why not loan them to a busy local authority.
RAG Meeting will be held at Dromtrasna, Abbeyfeale on Sunday April 15th.
DAY CARE: Glin Day Care Centre bus will collect locals again on Thursday March 22nd.
HEALTH Service: Every day we hear reports where self interest groups in the Health Service for their own gain are leaving ordinary people suffering.
AFRICANS: Every year about 70,000 qualified Africans leave their native place to work in the developed world; in Sub Sahara they have only one Ophthalmologist per one million people. There were 6.7 million blind people in India in 2002 a reduction from 8.9 million in 1990, life expectancy in India is 64 years.
VIDEO presentation on contraception will be presented by Janet E Smith at St John�s Parish Centre Tralee on March 28th at 8pm.
Cork University Maternity Hospital opens at noon on Saturday March 24th `07, details of closures in other maternity hospitals are available from 1850 742 628 on weekday working hours.
GOING Strong in Athea will have their afternoon at the Top of the Town from 3pm to 6pm on Wednesday March 21st `07.
TROCAIRE boxes are available at every church.
FALUN Gong was banned in China in 1999; newspaper reports the suffering of its members in China, more information www.faluninfo.net
AWARE will hold an open meeting at Saleen Pier Boathouse on Wednesday March 21st at 8pm, Aware can be contacted at 066 712 8010, Grow contact number is 087 2389 461.
SEANCHAI will have Eddie Linehan for 10 weeks of adult story classes, they are due to start shortly.
MUNSTER Finals of Scor will be held at the INEC Killarney on March 31st starting at 6pm.
CEILI will be held at Tournafulla on Friday March, starting at 10pm.
CEOLTOIRI na Sionainne will perform at the North American Convention of Comhaltas in Atlanta which will be held from 11th to 15th of April.
Live Earth Concert will be held on the 7-7 `07, it will be broadcast to an estimated audience of two billion.
BAND: RTE House Band for Tubridy Tonight will play at the Abbeygate Hotel on April 8th at 8pm.
QUIZ: The Munster Final of the Pioneer Quiz will be held on Sunday march 25th at the Ballyroe Hotel.
STUDENTS preparing for their Leaving and Junior Certificates are cramming themselves, some are doing Easter Revision Courses, and if they concentrate better in their earlier years at school they would get a more balanced education.
A meeting was held at Tarbert Comprehensive School on Tuesday March 20th to explain options for Leaving Cert. subjects.
RECORDING: The Presentation Girls are recording a programme for 2FM on March 29th it will be broadcast on May 20th.
ART: Artists are being invited to present works for the Killarney Summerfest Exhibition, details from 066 718 3541.
MUSEUM: Great to hear that Murhur National School have their own museum, it will officially open on Wednesday 21st of March at 8pm. Among the many artefacts on display is the Sawtell Cup which was won by Dainty Man, the cup was presenter by Mr Sawtell in the 1930�s to promote greyhound racing in Ireland.
NEWSLETTER: Loughill/ Ballyhahill Newsletter is now available.
HUNT was held at Knockanure on Sunday last March 11th, the day was very wet but mild, forty horses travelled the course, and every one enjoyed the fun.
NEW Moon on Monday last March 19th, heavy showers of sleet on Sunday last, land is very wet; many are waiting for a dry spell to spread manure. The flowering Currant which was much in favour in times past is now in flower, nettles and weeds are on their way back. Clocks go forward one hour on Sunday March 25th. On March 10th 1982 all nine planets aligned on the same side of the sun.
MOOREPARK Open Day on early grazing will be held on March 26th. Careers Open Day will be held at the Agricultural College, Clonakilty on march 29th.
LECTURE on the 3rd Earl of Kerry will be given at Tralee Library by Patrick Pilkington, M.A. at 8pm on Tuesday 27th of March.
FAITH, fantastic faith, which wedded fast to some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last.
HISTORY Society: Tarbert Historical and Heritage Society was formed recently, their next meeting will be held at the Bridewell, Tarbert on March 31st, correspondence to the Tarbert Historical and Heritage Society c/o Bridewell, Tarbert, Co Kerry.
INDIA 1947: March 24th Lord Mountbatten appointed Viceroy in India; It was decided to partition India on June 3rd; August 15th India gains Independence; Pakistan attacks Kashmir in October and Ghandi is assassinated on Jan 30th 1948.
Treaty of Rome the foundation of the EU was signed on March 25th 1957.
CHURCHILL: An article was recently found called How the Jews Can Combat Persecution was written by Churchill in 1937.
DANIEL O Connell reaches Paris on 26th of March 1847; he was on his way to Rome.
Death took place on 27th of March 1837 aged 8 years Maria Fitzherbert wife of George 1V, he died 6th of June 1830; they were married on Dec. 15th 1785.
Kerry Evening Post of March 4th 1857, reports the Charles Gavin Duffy was lecturing the Melbourne legislature on the Imperial Parliament; Recipients of the Victoria Cross in the late war take up four columns of the Gazette. Wanton destruction was caused to 229 looms in the premises of the Cotton League Company; Coal accident 181 killed; The whole cabinet fifteen Ministers met at Downing Street; The standing army is to be reduced by 2,500 men in Ireland, Calvary also to be reduced by 270 horses in each regiment; The Emperor of China has placed the five ports open to Europeans under siege; British troops in Persia and Persian forces will observe a three month armistice.
Bigamy of Mrs Race who married a soldier in 1838; Sale of Crotto Estate of Samuel Julian by the Commissioners of Incumbent Estates, it contained 1,302 acres; Tarbert Petty Sessions dealt with drunkenness, road nuisance, abusive language and circulating reports which were defamatory; Price of tea up a penny per lb, Common Congou making up to 13 pence per lb; The Queen of Naples gave birth to a son and it is hoped that the King will make concessions and reconcile the Western Powers; Up to now only Liverpool Merchants had licence to import Guano from Kooria and Mooris Islands, they are willing now to grant licences at a cost of �1 per ton to anybody who wants it.
NAPLES had a death sentence for kissing in public in 1562.
HORSE Fair in Listowel on April 5th 2007.
NOVA: A new Nova was observed from Japan on March 15th, it is near Constellation Cygnus, the nova which never sets over this country, Nova is caused by a huge explosion in the dead core of a star, and nobody knows how bright it will get or how long its light will last.
Thought: we should be careful with our mortifications, as we may be building a castle for ourselves and shutting out God.
Annunciation of the Lord Sunday March 25th.
Emigrant Services collection amounted to E570.
DEAF: Deaf Outreach Service will be available at St Patrick�s Hall, Listowel on the 3rd Tuesday of each month.
SPECIAL Olympics Ireland contact number is 064 26 500.
IT ACCESS Tarbert, will begin courses in the following modules shortly, Basic and Intermediate Computer, for information, please call 068 36938.
BUS: North Kerry Together and its Limerick sister company are organising a petition to lobby for a daily Bus Eireann Service linking Knockanure and Moyvane to Tralee and Limerick. It is envisaged that the bus would arrive in Tralee and Limerick before 9am and depart on the return journey after 5pm. It would suit workers, people doing training or apprenticeships, students, people with hospital appointments and those making hospital visits, as well as those who wish to avail of train and bus connections to other parts of the country. The bus would run 5 days a week and also serve the villages of Ardagh, Carraigkerry and Athea. Your signature is important so please sign the petitions in the Church porch, Holly�s Supermarket, Stack�s Butchers and Brosnan�s Bar. Please do not sign the petition more than once. If you would like more information, please phone 087 9593219 / 087 3290483.
LENT: Faith as Witness: You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world Matthew 5:13a, 14; As followers of Christ, we are called to witness to God's presence in our society. Sometimes we fail to recognise the link between our faith and our everyday lives. Yet, the way we live tells something of who our God is and of what our faith means to us; Fr Lucid
THANKS to Holly�s Gala Foodstore for collecting Candles for the Church.
LOTTO: Knockanure GAA Lotto results for 16th March 07 Jackpot was E1, 700. No Winner of Jackpot. Numbers Drawn 5-8-17 and 25.Lucky Dips; Tara Mulvihill, Keylod, Moyvane; Ann O Connor, Keylod; John /Grace Carmody, Knockanure; Richard O Connor, Keylod; Mike Horgan, Trien; Michael J Lennon, c/o Kevin�s; Bar Prize Liam Sexton; Next Weeks Jackpot E1,800.
A.G.M. of KNOCKANURE G.A.A. was held recently the following officers were elected President Jackie McMahon;
Vice Presidents Fr Tom McMahon, Fr Brendan O Callaghan Fr John Lucid Chairman Patsy Lane; Vice Chairman Mike Lynch; Secretary Tommy McMahon; Ass Secretary Jer Keane; Treasure Ann Woods; P.R.O. Joe Enright; Scor Officer Helen O Connor; Delegates to Co Board Mike Lynch; Delegates to N.K. Board Patsy Lane, Gerard Greaney; Team Trainer Gerard Greaney; Captain Michael Greaney.
A vote of sympathy was passed to anybody in the parish who suffered bereavement during the past year
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BEST Wishes to Kate McElligott of Knockanure who recently got a silver medal in her division at the Irish TaeKwonDo Association open competitions in Cork, Kate�s sister Grace and brother David also practices TaeKwonDo.
SCHOOL: Knockanure School have a window display of their Easter artwork. It was lovely to see the Principal of Murhur School entertaining some pupils in the school yard during lunch break recently. Every parent have received the new booklet; Don�t let your child miss out on a good start in life, if you need support contact an Educational Welfare Officer at 1890 36 36 66. Schools are being invited to submit project folders on Hedgerows and Field Monuments-Past Present and Future , summary from first prize winners will be published in the Kerry Magazine, closing date for entries Friday April 27th `07, details from any Branch of Kerry County Library.
HOSPICE Charity walk will be held on Good Friday April 6th
DAFFODILS Day was on March 23rd , many wore daffodil in support of the hospice on the day. Since 1997 the government have added extra 100 consultants and 300 extra healthcares people to deal with cancer. E400 million is being spent in radiotherapy equipment at public hospitals, there are now 58,000 more cancer patients being discharged from public hospitals in comparison to 1997.
ADVOCACY Service for people with intellectual disability will be launched in Castleisland recently, details from 066 714 2576. The government is to spend E900 million in investments for people with disabilities, E400 million increase in the last two years for services for older people also occurred.
GRAND Window display reflecting the season is on view at Kearney�s in Moyvane. Some interesting window displays were in Listowel for St Patrick�s week
ESTUARY AC training continues at the Moyvane Community Centre on Tuesday�s from 6pm to 7pm.
EVENTS: will be held at the Phoenix Park on April 15th and the London Marathon will be held on April 22nd.
Circuit of Kerry Rally is on Sunday April 1st `07; Circuit of Ireland Rally will be held from April 6th to 9th.
Easter Festival will be held in Tralee from April 6th to 9th.
Munster Finals of Scor will be held at the INEC Killarney on March 31st starting at 6pm. Ireland play Slovakia on March 28th.
Racing will be held at Limerick on Saturday and Sunday March 31st and April 1st, Cork racing April 8th and 9th.
Ballybunion Point to Point Race Committee is holding a golf classic at the Cashen Course on Sat. March 31st.
Charity Concert will be held at the Pro-Cathedral on March 30th at 8pm. St Patrick�s Missionary Society celebrated their 75th anniversary on 17th March `07. Life Direction weekend will be held at Mount Melleray Abbey from April 5th to 8th, details from 058 544 04. Dawn Mass will be celebrated in Tarbert on Easter Sunday April 8th starting at 6.15am. Ceili will be held at Athea Hall on Sunday April 15th, time 4 to 7pm.
RAG Meeting: The 3rd. annual Rag Meeting takes place at Dromtransna on Sunday 15th. April next. All proceeds will go to Abbeyfeale Rugby Club Under Age and Mini Rugby teams. There will be four stakes, An Open All Age, Open Bitch, Surrounding Parish and a Local Confined Stake with prize money totalling E3800 and a cup for the winner of each stake. There will also be terrier racing during the intervals and other attractions on the day. A draw will be held that evening at the Cryle View Bar for total prize money of E450. Closing date for entries is Wed. 4th. April, if you have a dog you want to enter contact Pat Lyons on 087 6119636.
ENERGY: The 11th International Passive House conference will be held in Austria from 12th to 15th of April `07, details from 023 42193. The first Passive House was built in Germany by Wolfgang Feist in 1991, since then 10,000 of the houses have been built.
SIAMSA: Catherine Young the Kerry Dancer in Residence will present her show on March 30th and on March 31st the Fureys will perform.
INCOME: About 307,000 married couples depend on one partner�s income, one income earner in a family is often penalised under our tax system.
THANKS: Conradh na Gaeilge would like to thank all who supported their St Patrick�s Day Church Gate collection.
GREAT to see St Michael�s encouraging new writers with their special literary awards, the college boasts 59 past pupils having published works.
TARBERT Comprehensive School have recently upgraded their Thomas McGreevy library.
CONGRATULATIONS to St Joseph�s Secondary girls in Abbeyfeale who recently won the Munster U15 table tennis cup.
FULL Moon on April 2nd, land is very wet; the daisies are getting more plentiful, spring is upon us. Some cows were out on Saturday last. We worry think of the 300,000 Mozambicans are displaced due to severe flooding. We hear a lot about global warming what if we get a year of severe winter and no summer like what happened in 1816.
SEAWEED: There are 1114 different seaweed uses described in the site www.seaweedafrica.org
Algae database has over 63,000 names of algae varieties at www.algaebase.org
BIOMASS: Engineers in Poland found that the greatest efficiency was achieved in power plants with mixtures comprising 10 to 20% of biomass and conventional fuels.
APRIL is Spring Clean Month, more details from 066 7183 562. National Rubber Technologies in Canada have processed 22 million old tyres since 1994.
Conservation Volunteers Nature Fund can be contacted at www.cvi.ie
GAA: Registration of players at 12 noon in the dressing rooms, all players from the U-8s, U-10s,U-12s, U-14s and U-16s are requested to attend.
LOTTO: Knockanure GAA Lotto results for March 23rd `07, Jackpot was E 1,800, numbers drawn were 4-7-12 and 22, no winner of the Jackpot. Lucky Dips went to the following; Ann Curtin, Tournafulla; Joe Riordan, Lisselton: Pauline Woods, Knockanure; Darragh Fitzpatrick, c/o Gerard Greaney; Mattie Dillon, c/o Listowel Agri; Dan and Mary McMahon, Lisaniska and Bar Prize went to Anthony Mulvihill.
CIRCUS will be at the Listowel Racecourse, Greenville Road from Thursday March 29th to Sunday April 1st, two performances daily except Thursday one show at 7.30pm, more information from 087 6666 711.
ANTI-Social Behaviour a new response, leaflets are available at the Library.
CRAFTS: RDS National Crafts Competition 2007, closing date May 21st `07, details from the library or Email [email protected]
WAR: Are we fuelling war in the Middle East by our gluttonous use of oil, in Iraq alone 2 million have fled their homeland and our greed for timber and diamonds helped prolong the civil war in Liberia.
RELAXATION Classes are held at 2 Colbert St. Listowel on Monday, Thursday and Friday, more information from 068 53794.
HISTORY: John F Kennedy was guest of honour at the Irish Institute in the Commodore Hotel New York on Jan. 12th 1957, John F made four visits to Ireland the first in 1938, when 12 Kennedy�s arrived at Dublin Airport on one of the three planes then owned by what we now call our national airline, his next visit in 1947 when he was as a Congressman, he came in 1957 with is wife Jacqueline in 1957 and gave an address on the effects of communism on Catholic Poland at All Hollows College, he was on his way home from a visit to Poland at the time, his last visit to us is well remembered, he arrived on June 26th 1963. President Kennedy�s grandfather visited his ancestral home in Wexford in 1906.
The Irish Brigade had only 280 survivors after an assault with 1200 men in December 1862 at Fredericksburg. John Dillon and Parnell went to America to collect for the Irish poor in 1876.
The Irish Parliament received Ben Franklin who was an envoy of the American Revolutionaries in 1772.
Hard winter of 1947 brought heavy snow and freezing temperatures, in England four million extra were out of work due to the weather, transport was at a standstill, causing fuel shortages many had neither heat nor light.
Kerry Evening Post: March 7th 1857 headlines; War with China suburbs of Canton burned; Voluntary school in Dundee in 1846, result , no vagrants in the streets, juvenile criminals was 212 reduced to 52; Industrial Schools Bill discussed; Fr Mc Mahon of Ballybunion on unmarried farm servants. March 14th 1857: The sale of a wife in Liverpool and attempted murder of her; Dr Charles Summer of Rochester tells the story of the girl from whom he removed 297 sewing needles, 67 pins, 2 darning needles and 5 hairpins during the year 1853; Sudden death of Robert Rundell Guinness; Great number of convicts on Spike Island charged with murder of warder; Cork Assizes, 58 cases for trial; Mr Collins a publican won his bet to walk six miles in an hour.
St Patrick�s Day in San Francisco was a big event in 2007; the 155th annual parade began at 11.30am with 5,000 groups and 100,000 onlookers, they had street closures and street performances and parties from 3.30pm to 9pm, many establishments had corn beef and cabbage on the menu and entertainment till 9pm.
Only about 700 people speak the ancient language of the Samaritans in the Holy Land in 2007.
�WHEN life knocks you to your knees, and it will, why, get up! If it knocks you to your knees again, as it will, well, isn�t that the best position from which to pray�, Anonymous.
FAITH: You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world Matthew 5:13a, 14
�So many of us, young and old, consciously and unconsciously, reflect God�s presence in our homes, in our workplaces and in our community by the way we live our lives: those committed to helping the poor and disadvantaged � the person who visits a neighbour who is housebound � parents who pass the faith on to their children � the trainer of the under-age football team in the parish � schools fundraising for those in need, B�thar, Tr�caire � those who pray � people who appreciate the beauty of God�s creation � those who care for loved ones � some responding quietly, others actively, to God�s call to be the salt�.Fr Lucid.
COLLECTORS: Tom Hanrahan, Gerald Mulvihill, Maurice Dowling, Olive Keane and Diarmaid Keane.
STATIONS: of the Cross in Moyvane Church on Thursday nights at 7.30pm.
VOLUNTEERS: 40 stands were at the Volunteer Fair held at the Desmond College in Newcastle West on Saturday March 24th `07.
KDYS in Listowel are holding guitar classes beginning March 28th for 12 to 16 year olds, time 4.30pm to 5.30pm; it will be an 8 week course.
Passion Sunday April 1st, palm will be blessed.