Knockanure Notes June 2023
2023 June 7 Knockanure
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PARISH: 2nd Collection this weekend 3rd & 4th June for Family Services & Accord. Fr. Wilhad Casmir Shayo would like to thank the people of the parish for the generosity and warm welcome he received last weekend. So far €1,795 (subject to change) was collected for the Rosminian missions.
Mass on Friday 9th June 10.00am at Corpus Christi Church for grandparents. Confessions: Moyvane Saturday 6.45pm to 7.15pm. Eucharistic Adoration: every Tues. after 10.00am Mass to 11.30am.
KNOCK: Annual Pilgrimage to Knock takes place Weds 5th July from Knockanure, Moyvane, Tarbert. Contact Margaret 087-2976304.
MASS: Ballydonoghue’23 Cemetery Masses, Lisselton Monday June 12th and Gale Thursday June 15th. Both at 8.00pm
CONGRATULATIONS to Maureen Sweeney nee Flavin celebrates her 100th Birthday on Sunday 4th June. Maureens’ weather report was instrumental in the D day operation. Children from both schools send their kind regards.
DEATH of Michael Carmody, Trieneragh, Duagh, on May 29th, 2023. Predeceased by his brother John and sister Mary. Survived by his wife Margaret, sons Colm and Aengus, daughter-in-law Grace, granddaughters Lucy and Sarah, brother Dan, sisters Catherine, Nora and Margaret, brothers-in-law Mike, Bob, John and his wife Nora, sister-in-law Catherine, nephews, nieces, grandnephews, and grandnieces. Requiem Mass for Michael was celebrated at Duagh Church on 2nd of June 2023, he was laid to rest at St. Michael’s Cemetery, Listowel.
DEATH of Connie O Sullivan Snr, (Peace Commissioner) Lower Athea, Athea, on 29th May 2023.
Predeceased by his wife Margaret, brother Seán (New York) & his son-in-law Michael O’Connor.
Survived by his sons Seán, Connie & Patrick, daughters Margaret (Scanlon), Mary (O’Connor – Patrickswell) & Breda (Hayes), brother Patie, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, brother-in-law Denis Casey (Chicago), nephew John O’Sullivan (New York), niece Mary Fava (New York). Following Requiem Mass on 2nd June at St. Bartholomew’s Church, Athea burial took place in Holy Cross Cemetery, Athea.
DEATH of Pat Scanlon, Ballygrennan, Listowel and late of Moyvane, on May 29th, 2023, Predeceased by his son Padraig and brother Michael. Pat is survived by his wife Bridie, sisters Eileen and Joan, sisters-in-law Peggie and Marina, nephews Kevin and Gerard, nieces Sinéad and Deirdre. Requiem Mass for Pat was celebrated at St. Mary’s Church, Listowel, on 3rd of June 2023, followed by burial afterwards in St. John Paul II Cemetery.
DEATH of Vince Galvin, Clounmacon, Listowel on May 26th, 2023. Predeceased by his parents Mamie and Ned Joe. Vince is survived by his brother Joe, and cousins. Requiem Mass for Vince was celebrated at St. Mary’s Church, Listowel, on Wednesday, followed by burial afterwards in St. Michael’s Cemetery.
ANNIVERSARIES: Joan McCarthy, D.P. Woulfe, Betty O Connor, Ita Keane, Tony Foley, Gerard Kennelly, Jeffrey Bradshaw, Sr Helen Keane,
MASS INTENTIONS: Sat. 3rd June’23- Moyvane- The Most Holy Trinity, for John Kearney & his Parents Dan & Bridie, Moyvane Village, (Aniv.’s) at 7.30pm; Sun.4th June’23 Knockanure for People of the Parish at 9.30am, and Mass Moyvane for Michael Flaherty (Aniv.) at 11.00am; Tues.6th June’23 – Moyvane for Timothy & Julia O’Flaherty (Aniv.’s) Moher at 10.00am; Weds.7th June’23- Knockanure a Private Intention at 10.00am; Thurs.8th June’23- Moyvane for Maura O’Connor (Aniv.) Aughrim at 10.00am
Fri. 9th June’23- Knockanure a Private Intention at 10am and mass at 7.30 pm, for Noreen Sheehy Recently Deceased; Sat.10th June’23- Moyvane feast of Corpus Christi for Gerald Kennelly (1st Aniv.) at 7.30pm; Sun.11th June’23- Knockanure for Denis & Nancy Flaherty (Aniv.’s) Lissaniskea at 9.30am, and Mass Moyvane for Jim Groarke (Aniv.) & deceased of Groarke & McKenna families at 11.00am.
We will continue to pray for students doing exams at this time including the Leaving Cert and Junior Cert students who will begin on Wednesday, 7 June 2023.
CORPUS CHRISTI PROCESSION: Listowel celebrate the Feast of Corpus Christi weekend June 10th / 11th, we invite you to join us for our Annual Corpus Christi Procession which will take place immediately after the Vigil Mass on Saturday night beginning at 7.00 p.m. It will begin at the Church with the Choir present in the Church.
OUR LADY OF FATIMA Statue: will be on Main Street, Killarney on Tuesday 13th June. Prayers including the Rosary will be recited at 3 p.m. everyone is most welcome to come.
GOLDEN Jubilee of Fr. Willie King, was celebrated in Abbeydorney Church last week.
FEAST: Saint Colmcille (Columba) – Feast Day: 9th June. Saint Colmcille also known as Saint
Columba was born in Garton, Co. Donegal, on 7th December 521.
WASTE: National Food Waste Recycling Week 2023 which runs from the June 5-11.
€180,000, by the government has been made available to a food waste reduction project.
FOOD prices have remained low for the past 40 years. A result of the cheap food policies of
the E.U.
GLORACH: On Thursday, June 8th a night of bluegrass music with musicians Melody Walker and Jacob Groopman. Two nights later, The Lost Souls returning to the stage on Saturday, June 10th, with the night being a fundraiser for St Ita’s Hall which will be undergoing extensive renovations. Curtains up at 8 pm on both nights, and tickets can be booked at http://www.glorachabbeyfeale.com or at 0871383940
ST JOHNS: Wed 7th, Theatre- From a Low and Quiet Sea at 8pm; Fri 9th Theatre- Yes Reflections of Molly Bloom, at 8pm; Sat 10th at 10am, Children- Cruinniu Na Nog with little artists Listowel, and at 8pm Concert- Pauline Scanlon & Barry Kerr, details from 068 22566.
FLEADH: The Kerry County Fleadh will take place in the Tintáin Theatre, Ballybunion on June 10th and 11th and in St Joseph’s Secondary School on June 17th and 18th.
TINA TURNER: Rebecca O’Connor as Tina Turner — Simply The Best’ in the INEC in Killarney on Friday, June 9.
FATHERS Day June 18th. In 1972, Richard Nixon signed a proclamation making Father’s Day a federal holiday. Today, it is estimated that Americans spend more than $1 billion each year on Father’s Day gifts.
FAIR: The second Ballylongford Fair will be held over the weekend of 24-25 June, 2023 where Irish traditional trades and craftspeople will talk about and demonstrate their work.
TOURIST OFFICE Abbeyfeale: Opened on Thursday, June 1 at the Work Hub building on Main St. at the old Provincial Bank. For more info email AbbeyfealeTouristOffice@gmail.com
GLIN Knights Visitor Centre open daily 10am – 5pm.
TRIP: a trip on the Princess Cruiser in Lough Corrib on Sunday, June 18. We will be having a full Irish Breakfast in Ennis and returning in the evening for MAIN course dinner choice of three. Boarding the Princess at 2.30am. Fitzpatrick’s bus will be picking up in Listowel at 8.30am, the Abbeyfeale bus stop across from the church at 8.45am, Newcastle West bus stop opposite Longcourt Hse Hotel 9am. For more information please contact Maureen Finnegan 087 9845102.
SISTERS of St Clare Order are leaving Kenmare after 160 years, among the sisters marking the occasion was local Sister Concepta Looney. Details of Order at https://www.sistersofstclare.com/kenmare/
THANKS: Moyvane ICA would like to acknowledge and thank Sport Ireland and Age & Opportunity for grant funding of €300. This scheme is designed to increase participation in recreational sport and physical activity by older people.
THANKS; On Friday 26th May a special gathering took place in Newcastle West, to thank Sisters Marie Flynn and Rena O’Gorman for 14 years service to the Desmond Resource Complex in Newcastle West.
World Youth Day 2023, there are still three places remaining for the diocesan youth pilgrimage to YOUTH: World Youth Day 2023 to be held in Lisbon, Portugal. We fly out from Dublin on July 31st and return on August 8th. Pilgrims must be over 18 to travel. The cost of the pilgrimage is €1,400. Please contact Tomás Kenny on 086-3683778 or email tomaskenny@dioceseofkerry.ie for more information or application form.
HELP: Anam Cara Kerry, the organisation that supports bereaved parents, is holding its monthly Parent Evening for bereaved parents on Tues. 13th June 7:15pm in the Meadowlands Hotel, Tralee Co. Kerry. Free event. Open to all bereaved parents regardless of the age your child died, the circumstances of their death, or whether their death was recent or not. Online support group and further information by contacting us in info@anamcara.ie
CUL CAMP: It will take place from 10th – 14th July. Book now by visiting http://www.kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie
GAA fixtures and results; https://www.kerrygaa.ie/fixtures-results/
SIAMSA; Call 066 7123055 to book. The summer programme includes touring comedy, drama, music and children’s events. Visit http://www.siamsatire.com for details.
DOLLY Day, in Listowel on June 24 in the Frank Sheehy Park in aid of the Kerry Hospice Foundation and Comfort for Chemo Kerry.
TINTEAN Ballybunion; In the first of two summer concerts at Tintean Radio Kerry Events presents Timeless and Irish on Wednesday June 14th. Radio Kerry’s Billy Donegan brings his Sunday Music show to the stage with special guests Sean Keane, Elle Marie O Dwyer, Crystal Swing, Bryan Murphy, Shaun O Dowd, Trudi Lalor, Spalpin and Pat McKenna. Music as ever by The Ryan Turner Band.; Saturday 17 June 2023- Taobh na Mara comprises of Conor Arkins, Sarah O’Gorman and Seamus O’Gorman on fiddles; Claire Fennell and Liam Walsh on Flutes; Rebecca Saich on concertina; Joseph Mannion on button accordion; Seán Kelliher on banjo; Danny Collins Céilí Drums and Hannah Collins on piano. Tourist Office: 068 25555. Email: nkartstheatre@gmail.com
WRITERS: This year marks the 25th anniversary of the passing of writer Bryan MacMahon. Born in Listowel in 1909, MacMahon was a folklorist, short story writer, poet, playwright and producer of plays, novelist, lecturer and ballad-maker. More at https://kerrywritersmuseum.com/blog/
TG4; Wild Atlantic Way: A Musical Journey’ is a four-part TV series featuring an eclectic mix of Irish musical artists from various genres, filmed in the Royal Theatre Castlebar. The series takes viewers on a musical tour of the scenic west coast of Ireland, showcasing the vibrant music scene along the Wild Atlantic Way. From traditional Irish music to contemporary rock, each episode presents a different county in the region, showcasing the rich musical culture and heritage of its coastline on June 11th 2023.
LOUGH DERG, Sanctuary of Saint Patrick, Pettigo, County Donegal, open until Monday 15th of August (last day to begin Sunday 13th of August) Three Day Pilgrimages, One Day Retreat, Residential Retreat, Lakeshore Pilgrimage and Quiet Day, For further information, please email mary@loughderg.org or contact +353(0)719861518
SCEILG MHICHÍL: has opened to visitors. Email skelligslands@gmail.com for information on trips.
JOB: Head of Direct Payments, Salary Range: Not Disclosed. In 2022, the Department of Agriculture was responsible for a gross budget of some €3 billion of national and EU funds. The area of Direct Payments under the remit of this role is expected to disburse an amount of €1.5 bn in Direct Payments to the Farming Sector in 2023.
MILK: Fonterra has again cut its forecast farmgate milk price for the current season.
FUNDS: University Hospital Kerry will receive over €8.5 million this year for a number of projects.
MENTAL Health Association of Kerry wants applications from community or not-for-profit organisations in the county to compile a schedule of mental health first aid courses during the second half of the year, contact Manager@KerryMentalHealth.ie or phone 083 2032742.
NETWORK Ireland are to establish a Kerry Branch as they celebrate their 40th year. Official launch event at The Rose Hotel, Tralee on June 7 from 6:30pm – 8:30pm, pre-register at http://www.networkireland.ie
KERRY Lost to Cork, in the TG4 Munster Senior Championship Final played on 28 May 2023 in Mallow- Cork 5-14 and Kerry 2-17. : Team, C Butler; E Lynch, K Cronin, A Dillane; A O’Connell, E Costello, C Murphy; L Scanlon, C Lynch; N Carmody, N Ní Chonchúir, A Galvin; H O’Donoghue, D O’Leary, L Ní Mhuircheartaigh. Subs: L Galvin for A Dillane (20), A Harrington for N Carmody (48), S O’Shea for N Ní Mhuircheartaigh (54), N Broderick for A O’Connell (57). Referee: Shane Curley (Galway).
BLUE FLAG Beaches 2023, Kerry has 15 of them, the highest number for any County in Ireland.
CULTURE Night , deadline for application 20th of June.
MEDAL: Billy Alexander of Kells Bay Gardens in Cahersiveen has won a gold medal at this year’s Bloom festival in Dublin.
FESTIVAL in Tralee; Tralee Municipal District are fully supportive of the continuation of the street events in the Town Centre and will be working with the local business community and organisations.
40 YEARS celebration takes place over the June Bank Holiday weekend of the oldest independent lifeboat station in Kerry, Banna Rescue.
HELP in identifying people photographed by German photographer, Ulrich Ahrensmeier from Garbsen in Lower Saxony who visited Kerry from the 1970s and up to the 1990s, taking photos of locals. Anyone with any information on those photo, email address, to fdennehy@kerryman.ie marking the subject line ‘Ulrich’, or contact the offices of The Kerryman at 9/10 Denny Street, Tralee.
GAS generated 47% of Ireland’s electricity in April, Wind energy was responsible for 37% of the country’s electricity in April.
TREES: 2,000 native Irish Scots Pine trees have been planted at Glenveagh National Park, in Donegal, the pine seeds were collected in the Burren National Park.
MIGRATION: researching the lives of foreign nationals in a government archive
By Lisa Berry-Waite- On 5 August 1914, only a day after Britain declared war on Germany, the 1914 Aliens Restriction Act was passed and non-British citizens were required to register at their local police station.
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzGsmrDLzTbHVCjCNWPkpkLbwrJH
KERRY: Killarney Echo and South Kerry Chronicle 1899-1920, Saturday, 05 July, 1913; Page: 3
UP KERRY’
Or THE BOYS OF THE GOLD AND GREEN.
New Song on the victory of the Kerry Team at Jones’s Road on Sunday. June 29th, 1913.
Lift high your heads to-day, boys,
Let ” Up Kerry!” be the cry;
Strike up the drums, light up the fires,
And lift your banners high;
For the boys are coming home to-night
Our dashing, brave Fifteen—
Bringing fresh laurels to “The Kingdom,”
The boys of the Gold and Green.
Now, Louth, where’s all your boasting?
Your “wee county” is down and out,
But whilst our boys we’re toasting
We’ll drink one to little Louth;
For tho’ they’re vanquished foemen
They are Irish brave and bold,
And some day they’ll strike for their native land
With the boys of the Green and Gold.
A health to Mullins and Jack Lawlor
Maurice McCarthy and Tom Rice,
Tom Costelloe and Con Clifford,
And Pat Shea, who’d jump the skies;
Captain Dick and Skinner,
D. Doyle, and P. Breen,
P. Healy and Connie Murphy—
True men of the Gold and Green.
Drink up to young Moriarty,
From North Kerry’s capital town;
And the health of P. Kenneally,
A Ranger from the Laune;
A cheer for Jerry Collins,
Who coached our brave Fifteen,
And the trainer, Billy Connor,
Who deserves well of the Gold and Green.
God bless you all, brave Kerrymen,
God strengthen your iron backs,
May your sons and their descendants
Follow in your tracks
And fill historic Kerry
With a race like you have been;
Let your war cry be “Up Kerry!”
And success to the Gold and Green.
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Laundry detergents, generally ignored in the water pollution discussion, add yet another dimension: 16% of the Danube’s phosphate loads stem from detergents, causing the EU to take first legislative steps for a total ban on phosphates in detergents.
The fashion week tents have been packed up and the models sent home until the next collection debuts, but one deeply entrenched industry trend shows no sign of stopping: Fast fashion, which has become one of the biggest sources of pollution in the world. According to a recent report, the textile industry emits more greenhouse gas emissions than international shipping and aviation combined. And the amount of waste the industry generates, as well as how much water and resources it uses, is increasing.
https://www.theconsciouschallenge.org/ecologicalfootprintbibleoverview/clothing-pollution
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CENSUS: It is the first time in 171 years that Ireland’s population exceeded the five million threshold. There were 5,149,139 people in the State on Sunday, April 3rd, 2022, an 8 per cent increase since April 2016.
Comment, thousands of Irish abroad the government watched them go and are now replacing them with people from other countries. In the long term, it will reduce the Catholic ethos of Ireland.
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KNOCKANURE
KNOCK: Annual Pilgrimage to Knock takes place Weds 5th July from Knockanure, Moyvane, Tarbert. Contact Margaret 087-2976304.
PARISH: Presbytery/Office: 068 49308, Web: dioceseofkerry.ie – Confessions: Moyvane Saturday 6.45pm to 7.15pm. Eucharistic Adoration: every Tues. after 10.00am Mass to 11.30am. Baptisms: Saturday afternoons only from 12noon to 4pm.
PADRE Pio Devotions in Castleisland on Tuesday, June 20th at 7.30pm.
ANNIVERSARIES: Willie Buckley, Gerald Tierney, Sr. Borgia Shanahan, Fr. Moss O Connell, Fr. Bill Prendiville OSA, Tommy O Connor, John Joe Kearney, Bridget Buckley, Fr. William Stack.
MEMORIAL Mass for all lost bikers on Sat 24 June in Moyvane at 2pm.
MASS INTENTIONS:
Sat. 10th June’23- Moyvane for Gerald Kennelly (1st Aniv.) at 7.30pm; Sun.11th June’23- Knockanure for Denis & Nancy Flaherty (Aniv.’s) Lissaniskea at 9.30am, and Mass Moyvane for Jim Groarke (Aniv.) & deceased of Groarke & McKenna families at 11.00am; Tues.13th June’23 – Moyvane for Hughie Fitzmaurice & deceased of Fitzmaurice & Cahill families at 10.00am; Weds.14th June’23- Knockanure a Private Intention at 10.00am; Thurs.15th June’23- Moyvane a Private Intention at 10.00am; Fri.16th June’23- Knockanure a Private Intention at 10.00am; Sat.17th June’23- Moyvane for Richard & Hannah Stack (Aniv.’s) Clounbrane at 7.30pm; Sun.18th June’23 – Knockanure for Kathleen & Tom O’Dwyer (Aniv.’s) Shrone, Listowel at 9.30am, and Mass Moyvane for Pa Joe McEnery (3rd Aniv.) Tubertureen at 11.00am.
Graveyard Masses; Friday Aug. 4th – Ahavoher; Tues. Aug. 8th – Knockanure; Wednesday 9th Aug. – Murhur. All Masses at 8pm.
MASS: Ballydonoghue’23 Cemetery Masses, Lisselton Monday June 12th and Gale Thursday June 15th. Both at 8.00pm; St. Michael’s, Tuesday, 20th June with Bishop Ray present. St. John Paul II, Wednesday June 21st, Finuge Cemetery, Thursday 22nd June. Duagh Cemetery (Springmount) Thursday 27th July 8.00pm.
ST. PATRICK’S PONTIFICAL UNIVERSARY:. New Post graduate Programme. Application deadline is August 14th. Open Day – 24th June. Visit sppu.ie to view their range of courses.
EXAMS: Let us save a thought and say a prayer for all the students doing the Leaving and Junior Certificate exams at the moment.
PROCESSION: Saturday night June 17th the Corpus Christi procession will take place to the Hall in Athea. Tea and light Refreshments will be in the Hall afterwards.
STATUE OF OUR LADY OF FATIMA will be on Main Street, Killarney on Tuesday 13th June. Prayers including the Rosary will be recited at 3 p.m.
TRIBUTE: Maureen Sweeney nee Flavin who is a native of County Kerry forecast an impending storm from Blacksod station in 1944 which changed the timing of the D-Day landings and ultimately secured victory for the Allies.
The remote Blacksod lighthouse and coastguard station played a key role during World War II supplying Britain with weather reports.
Ted and Maureen Sweeney were amongst those taking readings on an hourly basis, which were being secretly phoned into London.
At 1pm on 3 June 1944, 21-year-old Maureen was first to forecast a severe Atlantic storm, which led to a change of plan in one of the world’s biggest military operations.
D-Day was postponed to 6 June and the rest is history.
Maureen will celebrate her 100th birthday today June 3 2023 with friends and Family in Tí Aire Nursing Home in Belmullet.
BEST WISHES to Tara Finucane of Knockanure and Joe Flaherty of Abbeyfeale, who were married recently in Athea Church and held their reception at The Devon Inn.
GRANDPARENTS Day was celebrated at Knockanure on Friday 9th, great to see the pupils participating, singing, reading and praying. Later there was refreshments at the school. Weather beautiful. Thanks to all who prepared and participated in a most inspiring morning.
FOOD Waste Recycling Week this year ran from 5th until the 11th June 2023.
From January 1st 2024, all households will be eligible for a food & bio-waste service from their waste collector. From July 1st 2023. All commercial waste management companies will be obliged to provide bins for compostable material from commercial sources.
DOLLY DAY in honour of Dolly Parton, when an attempt will be made to establish a Guinness World Record for the most people dressed head to toe as Dolly Parton, in Listowel on June 24th.
TALENT: “My Dad’s Got Talent” competition takes place at Féile na mBláth in Tralee on Father’s Day.
To enter, send a video, 30 to 60 seconds in duration, of your dad performing his talent to Radio Kerry’s Whatsapp 083 300 3 300 before 6pm on Monday 12th June. The Coordinator of Féile na mBláth, is Bryan Carr.
FLEADH: The Kerry County Fleadh will take place in the Tintáin Theatre, Ballybunion on June 10th and 11th and in St Joseph’s Secondary School on June 17th and 18th.Taobh na Mara Ceili Band at Tintean Theatre on 17th of June. See the Advertiser for a list of events.
ST JOHNS: Tuesday 13th Film Club- An Irish Goodbye & Pure Grit and on Wed 21st –Theatre with Sense and Sensibility, details from 068 22566.
TINTEAN Ballybunion; In the first of two summer concerts at Tintean Radio Kerry Events presents Timeless and Irish on Wednesday June 14th. Radio Kerry’s Billy Donegan brings his Sunday Music show to the stage with special guests Sean Keane, Elle Marie O Dwyer, Crystal Swing, Bryan Murphy, Shaun O Dowd, Trudi Lalor, Spalpin and Pat McKenna. Music as ever by The Ryan Turner Band.; Saturday 17 June 2023- Taobh na Mara comprises of Conor Arkins, Sarah O’Gorman and Seamus O’Gorman on fiddles; Claire Fennell and Liam Walsh on Flutes; Rebecca Saich on concertina; Joseph Mannion on button accordion; Seán Kelliher on banjo; Danny Collins Céilí Drums and Hannah Collins on piano. Tourist Office: 068 25555. Email: nkartstheatre@gmail.com
RACING at Listowel; https://listowelraces.ie/ ; Listowel Highlights 4th June 2023 https://youtu.be/kZhH1CxRPU0
RACING at Ballyeigh, beach, Ballybunion at 1pm on the 18th of June.
CAR BOOT SALE will be held at the Rugby Club grounds, Abbeyfeale on Saturday, July1st from 9am -1pm in aid of St. Ita’s Sheltered Housing. To book a space contact 068 51850.
FAIR: The second Ballylongford Fair will be held over the weekend of 24-25 June where Irish traditional trades and craftspeople will talk about and demonstrate their work.
TEA Afternoon, a special fundraiser in aid of the Kerry Parents and Friends Association. Josephine and Patrick O’Riordan will host Vintage Tea Afternoons on Saturday, June 17 and Sunday, June 18 at a cottage adjacent to their home in Ardfert.
GARDEN FETE Rathfredagh : Will take place on the grounds on Sunday, July 2. Donations for their bric a brac, jewellery, book, music and clothing stalls will be accepted at Reception prior to the day.
SHOP: New opening hours for the Saint Vincent de Paul shop in Listowel as follows: Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 10.00 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. All types of donations are welcome.
ROAD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT UPDATE for N69 Listowel Bypass is provided below. Update on John B Keane Road works: Works on the northern side between Ballygologue and Tim Kennelly roundabout ongoing and are due to be completed by 19th June 2023. On 19th June traffic flow will be switched, directional flow will be from Ballygologue Junction towards Tim Kennelly Roundabout to facilitate works on the southern side between Ballygologue and Tim Kennelly Roundabout. The works on southern side will take three weeks to complete. Final surfacing works will then commence working back from Tim Kennelly roundabout. These works will require single lane traffic flow in one direction only. It is anticipated that all online works on John B Keane Road will be completed by end of July 2023. N69 Tralee Road Works, N69 lane closure anticipated date for commencement of works is 26th June for a period of 7 weeks to facilitate tie-in works on Tralee and Listowel ends of the scheme. This will be a full lane closure during this period.
MTU third-level institution is a finalist in three categories, which celebrate universities’ quest for entrepreneurship and engagement in higher education. The awards ceremony will be held in Barcelona from June 26th-29th 2023.
RAMBLING House at Knockalougha on the 3rd. Tuesday of the month. Ita McQuinn’s Rambling House is on the third Friday of the month at the Desmond Complex, Newcastle West at 8pm. Listowel Rambling House takes place on the last Thursday of every month from 9.15 pm in the Seanachai Centre. Rambling house will be held at Ballyhahill Hall on Wednesday, June 21, at 8pm.
LOURDES: Kerry diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes will take place from Sept 1st to the 6th led by Bishop Ray. Flights from Kerry Airport. Booking through Marian Pilgrimages Dublin.
VOCATIONS afternoon, Sat. 17th June 2-4pm at Poor Clare Monastery, College Rd., Cork, for women considering a vocation. For more details http://www.poorclarescork.ie or email vocationspoorclarescork@gmail.com.
FEAST of St. Anthony of Padua is celebrated on Tues. 13th June. He was a renowned Franciscan preacher. Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is celebrated on Friday 14th June.
BISHOP: The Episcopal Ordination of Ray Browne took place 21st July 2013.
SUPPORT: Anam Cara Kerry, the organisation that supports bereaved parents, is holding its monthly Parent Evening for bereaved parents on Tues. 13th June 7:15pm in the Meadowlands Hotel, Tralee Co. Kerry. Free event. Open to all bereaved parents regardless of the age your child died, the circumstances of their death, or whether their death was recent or not. Online support group and further information by contacting us in info@anamcara.ie
WORLD Youth Day 2023,There are places remaining for the diocesan youth pilgrimage to World Youth Day 2023 to be held in Lisbon, Portugal. We fly out from Dublin on July 31st and return on August 8th. Pilgrims must be over 18 to travel. The cost of the pilgrimage is €1,400. Please contact Tomás Kenny at 086 3683778/email tomaskenny@dioceseofkerry.ie for more information.
MUSIC: CCÉ Leac Snámha: We are running a Traditional Arts Summer Camp at The Ceolann from 3rd – 7th July from 10am to noon which consists of music, step-dancing, singing and sean-nós dancing. Limited places left on this Summer Camp. For further info contact Emma 087-7219373 or e-mail lixnawccesummercamps@gmail.com
CULTURE Night , deadline for application 20th of June.
CHARITY CHOIR CONCERT: featuring, St. John’s Church Choir, Kerry Chamber Choir, and Kerry School of Music, with special solo performances. Sunday June 11th at 7pm in St. John’s Church. Tickets €10 can be purchased at the door on the night. Doors open at 6.30pm. All proceeds go to the projects supported by the Lebanon Trust Ireland, see http://www.lebanontrust.org
RALLY FOR LIFE: Will be held in Dublin on Saturday July 1st, Assembling in Parnell Square at 1pm. For
bus from Kerry contact Denis on 087 6590551.
SHOW at Charleville on 24th and 25th of June. The annual show began in 1979.
CIRCUS: 135th anniversary of Fossett’s Circus is being celebrated at Bunratty Castle and Folk Park,
on June 17 and 18.The story began with George Lowe, who went on a tour of Ireland with his own circus. His troupe, included Edward Fossett.
BUNRATTY: Adrienne O’Flynn, Brand Marketing Manager for Shannon Heritage, commented, “From humble beginnings during the early trial banquets of 1962 when employees of Shannon Development volunteered to don medieval costume and entertain guests, the success of Bunratty castle as a medieval banqueting venue prompted other castles to be sought for similar revitalisation, including Dunguaire Castle, near Kinvara, and the 15th century Knappogue Castle, near Quin. Collectively the three sites have attracted more than 5 million people to their banquets since the 1960s, which is testament to everyone involved.”
https://www.bunrattycastle.ie/news/news/exhibition-marks-60-years-of-the-bunratty-castle-m/
SCHOOL; Tarbert Comprehensive School’s 50th Anniversary Ball will be held at The Arms Hotel on 2nd of Dec 2023.
TRAVEL; Kerry Airport Passenger numbers for 2022 amounted to 356,141. Shannon Airport, June Bank Holiday numbers expected to be 42,000.
BLOOD Donors wanted, only three days’ supply at present, aim is seven days, details from 1800 7311 37.
HELP: Samaritans 116123/061 412111
SIAMSA Tíre have made have made a decision to suspend all non-profit-making productions after June 17 and for the remainder of the summer season. They are in discussion with Kerry County Council, The Arts Council and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport, Gaelteacht and Media to secure Siamsa Tíre’s future. They remains open for business and will continue to be a community cultural hub, hosting a variety of performances, theatre, music, dance and traditional arts for audiences. Siamsa Tíre academy is holding auditions for children aged 7 – 12 years of age on Saturday 17th of June from 10am – 6pm at Siamsa Tire Theatre, Tralee. Audition is by appointment only, so please call 066-7123055 to make an appointment.
TRIP to God’s Cottage Glendalough on 2nd of July, details from 087 6174 639.
CEIST: Summer 2023 Newsletter
Presentation Convent Listowel
https://presentationsecondarylistowel.ie/
BEEF imports; reported by Agriland, almost 54,000t of beef, with a total estimated value of €183 million, was imported from other countries to the Republic of Ireland in 2022. The value of Irish beef exported in 2022 exceeded €2.5 billion.
COST of feed; IFA Ulster / north Leinster regional chair and pig farmer, Frank Brady, has said that pig feed costs should have fallen by €100/t but have only fallen by €25/t.
Edmund Graham, the beef chairperson of ICSA, noted that farm incomes through increases in beef prices are not enough to cover the increasing cost of fertiliser, saying that a beef bullock this time last year would have fetched €1,650, enough to buy 6t of fertiliser at €275/t, but now, even though that same animal would get €2,000, this would only buy 1.8t of fertiliser at €1,100/t.
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NEW MOON on the 18th, gooseberries and blackcurrants will be ripe shortly. Weeds are thriving in the warm weather and most of the early silage is cut.
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Irish Independent 1905-current, Tuesday, 05 July, 1932; Page: 5
REIGN OF ELIZABETH ; BRAVE IRISH GENTLEMAN
The son of Sir Maurice Fitzgerald Knight of Kerry united all Ireland in 1569 in a conspiracy against Elizabeth, said Mr J J O Kelly (“Sceilg”) in a lecture on James Fitzmaurice, the ” Herald of Wolfe- Tone,” delivered at Sinn Fein headquarters. He was, said the lecturer, referred to as a brave and gallant gentleman, capable of great effort, and ready to endure everything in his country cause, but as is always their way, English scribes dubbed him a traitor. In 1577 the Pope issued a Bull granting Indulgences to all who fought with Fitzmaurice, but his military exploits were always doomed to disappointment and after the suppression of a revolt, he died fighting against England. Three things emerged from the history of Fitzmaurice’s dealings with England, the folly of relying on foreign aid for the liberation of Ireland, that their fight was as necessary and justifiable to-day as when Pope Gregory XIII sent troops to Dingle, and when Pope Innocent sent aid through Rinuccini to Owen Roe ‘ O’Neill, and thirdly the absurdity of people pretending they could regard the English people as our friends. Mrs. Buckley, V.P., presided, and amongst those present was Mr. T F O Sullivan, a former Dublin journalist, whose book, “Romantic Hidden Kerry.” the lecturer referred to in terms of the highest appreciation.
Kerry Evening Post 1813-1917, Wednesday, 29 December, 1897; Page: 3
A BRAVE IRISH OFFICER. Bombay, December 11th 1897.
The Times of India states that the young officer who gallantly led the Dorset Regiment across the terrible fire- zone at Dargei was Lieutenant James C Hewett. All the members of the leading party were shot down, and the only one who escaped was this this officer, who miraculously got across to the sheltering cliff without being hit. Lieutenant Hewett is the great grandson of Daniel O’Connell.
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MEMORIA: These people died for our freedom.
Unfortunately, a large percentage of our countries doesn’t know of or care about Normandy.
British artist Jamie, accompanied by numerous volunteers, took to the beaches of Normandy with rakes and stencils in hand to etch 9,000 silhouettes representing fallen people into the sand.
Titled The Fallen 9000, the piece is meant as a stark visual reminder of those who died during the D-Day beach landings at Arromanches on June 6th, 1944 during WWII.
The original team consisted of 60 volunteers but as word spread nearly 500 additional local residents arrived to help with the temporary installation that lasted only a few hours before being washed away by the tide.
9,000 Fallen Soldiers Etched into the Sand on Normandy Beach to Commemorate Peace Day.
What is surprising is that nothing about this was seen here in the US.
Someone from overseas had a friend that sent it with a note of gratitude for what the US started there. Please share with others who understand “freedom is not free– nor has it ever been.
JAMES GILL
9,000 Fallen Soldiers Etched onto Normandy Beaches in this Amazing Artwork
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COVID: US regulators revoked emergency authorization for Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine after the company’s Janssen unit requested its withdrawal.
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Tariq Tahir- Published: 19:20, 14 Dec 2021Updated: 16:21, 15 Dec 2021
WASTE: MONEY can’t buy you happiness and judging by these stories of how the obscenely rich spend their cash, not much in the way of sense either.
https://www.thesun.ie/news/8071391/we-work-for-super-rich-horrified-waste-money/
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History Studies
It’s been a difficult few years for researchers in Irish disapora studies, but things are looking up now with the Global Irish Studies Conference in South Africa in July (see What’s On ), and here in Australia it is pleasing to see the ISAANZ conference 26 is planned for December in Melbourne. The call for papers for this conference has been extended to June 16. See below for details.
Please note that the Irish Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand’s conferences are open to presenters and non-presenters alike. They offer a friendly and inclusive immersion in Irish Australian studies over three days wherever they are held – usually rotating among Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand venues. You can read about past conferences on their website at https://isaanz.org/ where you will also see details and updates about the December Melbourbe conference as they come to hand.
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More at https://isaanz.org/
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Reflection; The most important single influence in the life of a person is another person. We may say to our children: Here is art, science, philosophy, mathematics, music, psychology, history, religion—and we may open innumerable doors along the corridors of living so that they will have a broad and even a minute acquaintance with the segments of life; but these introductions are not as important as knowing people whose characters and actions, personalities and words have grown after similar introductions and have become worthy of emulation.
—Paul D. Shafer
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2023 June 21 Knockanure
KNOCKANURE
KNOCK: Annual Pilgrimage to Knock takes place Weds 5th July from Knockanure, Moyvane, Tarbert. Contact Margaret 087-2976304.
PARISH: Confessions: Moyvane Saturday 6.45pm to 7.15pm. Eucharistic Adoration: every Tues. after 10.00am Mass to 11.30am. Baptisms: Saturday afternoons only from 12noon to 4pm. The boxes of Church Offertory envelopes are available for collection at the Parish Office during the office opening hours. They will be distributed at weekend Masses and to homes at a later date.
GRAVEYARD Masses; Friday Aug. 4th – Ahavoher; Tues. Aug.8th – Knockanure and Wednesday 9th Aug. – Murhur. All Masses at 8pm. St. Michael’s, Tuesday, 20th June, at 8.00 p.m. St. John Paul II, Wednesday June 21st, at 8.00 p.m. Finuge Cemetery, Thursday 22nd June at 8.00 p.m.
PADRE PIO: The monthly Mass and healing service will take place in Castleisland Church on Tuesday, June 20th at 7.30pm.
RALLY FOR LIFE: Will be held in Dublin on Saturday July 1st, assembling in Parnell Square at 1pm. For bus from Kerry contact Denis on 087 6590551.
SYMPATHY: At a recent Board of Management the following votes of sympathy was passed; To Hanrahan & Donegan Families Kilbaha on the death of Paudie Hanrahan; To the Kiely & Kennedy Families on the death of John Kennedy Tarbert; To The Foley Families on the death of Tom Foley Moyvane & Listowel; To The Sheehy Families on the death of Nora Sheehy Glenalappa Moyvane, and
To The Brouder Families on the death of Moss Brouder Athea.
DEATH of Nancy Hannon (née Lane), Dirha East, Listowel and late of Beenanasbig, Kilmorna, on June 14th, 2023. Daughter of the late Nora and Pats. Mother to Shane and Keith, survived by her sisters Margaret, Theresa and Caroline, brothers Con and Patsy, brothers-in-law, sister-in-law, nephews, and nieces. Requiem Mass for Nancy was celebrated at Knockanure Church at 12 noon, on Saturday 17th, followed by private Cremation on Sunday, at Shannon Crematorium. Her mother Nora Lane née Dillane, Benanasbig, Kilmorna, died on May 17th, 2022.
ANNIVERSARIES: Mary Barry, Sean Casey, Damien Carmody, Anne Sheahan, Gerard O Connor, Teresa Riordan, Nora Buckley, Mary Martin,
MASS INTENTIONS: Sat. 17th June’23- Moyvane for Richard & Hannah Stack (Aniv.’s) of Clounbrane at 7.30pm; Sun.18th June’23- Knockanure for Kathleen & Tom O’Dwyer (Aniv.’s) Shrone, Listowel at 9.30am and mass Moyvane for Pa Joe McEnery (3rd Aniv.) Tubertureen at 11.00am; Tues.20th June’23- Moyvane a Private Intention at 10.00am; Weds.21st June’23- Knockanure a Private Intention at 10.00am; Thurs.22nd June’23- Moyvane for Nora & Joseph O’Connor & daughters Sheila, Mary & Ann & Pascal O’Rourke son in law, (Aniv.’s) at 10.00am
Fri.23rd June’23-Knockanure a Private Intention at 10.00am; Sat.24th June’23- Moyvane a Bikers Mass at 2pm and mass in evening for Elizabeth Lane, Recently Deceased at 7.30pm; Sun.25th June’23- Knockanure for James Duggan (Aniv.) at 9.30am, and Mass Moyvane for Jerry & Ellen Enright, Lissaniskea at 11.00am.
FEAST of the Irish Martyrs is on Tuesday 20th June. 17 men and women were put to death for their faith between 1579 and 1634. Feast of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Jesuit novice is celebrated on Wednesday 21st June. A Jesuit novice who died in 1591 at the age of 23 while nursing those
Suffering from fever in Rome.
NOVENA continues to Saturday June 24th in Mount Saint Alphonsus Redemptorist Church, Limerick. The Novena is in honour of Our Lady of Perpetual Help.
More at https://www.redemptoristslimerick.ie/church/
GAA Knockanure Lotto Results from Tuesday June 13th, Jackpot was €3,100. Numbers Drawn: 4, 18, 19, and 22. No winner but lucky dips went to:1. Dan White, c/o John Barry; 2. Kathleen Carmody, Kilmorna; 3. Ruth O Keeffe, Kilmorna; 4. Ann Quirke, Duagh, and 5. Eilish Kearney, Moyvane South
Next draw will be on next Tuesday June 20th in the clubhouse and jackpot will be €3,200, all are welcome.
FAIR: The second Ballylongford Fair will be held over the weekend of 24-25 June where Irish traditional trades and craftspeople will talk about and demonstrate their work.
NEW MOON on the 18th, warm and dry weather, is causing some pastures to show signs of drought, fruit of gooseberries and blackcurrants are being used. Roses are thriving, but plants will need daily watering. Difficult to plant cabbage for some time. Potatoes stalks are growing rapidly. The briar is in full bloom, also flowering, Thistle, Woodbine, Lily and meadow sweet, to name a few.
CONGRATULATIONS to Noreen Moran on her 99th birthday, she can recall many events from the past.
DOLLY DAY in Listowel. The charity event for Kerry Hospice and Comfort for Chemo Kerry takes place on the 24th June in Listowel. Dolly has donated two nights’ accommodation with 5 star treatment , costing $10,000 in her personal tour bus. Eugene Naughton, the manager of Dollywood, is travelling to Listowel on June 24th to represent Dolly, Eugene will speak at the event. More at
ST JOHN’S: St John’s Youth Theatre every Monday evening to work on projects. If you know a teenager who would like to join the Club that are aged between 14-20 please let us know. This Summer between the 22nd and 28th July, we will host our annual Young Film Makers Summer Workshop in association with the Young Irish Filmmakers Association Ireland. Places are limited, bookings through the St John’s Theatre Box Office 068 22566. Theatre- Sense and Sensibility on Wednesday June 21st @ 8pm.
WINNER of 2023 Kerry Short Film Bursary of €10,000 are Writer/Director, Dónal Dineen, and James Kelly of Feenish Productions for the short film “Save the Last Dance”.Kate Kennelly, Arts Officer, with the Council said that the Bursary “gives filmmakers the opportunity to enhance their skills while shooting in Kerry.”
GLORACH Abbeyfeale; The last drama production of the summer is Twenty Minutes from Nowhere performed by Eoin O’Sullivan on Saturday, June 24 at 7.30pm.
TRIP to God’s Cottage Glendalough on Sunday July 2, details from 087 6174 639.
THANK you from Trocaire for the €2,120 contributed to their 2023 Lenten Campaign.
LOURDES: Kerry diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes will take place from Sept 1st to the 6th led by Bishop Ray. Flights from Kerry Airport. Booking through Marian Pilgrimages Dublin. See poster on the notice board at the back of the Church for more details.
SIAMSA Tíre academy is holding auditions for children aged 7 – 12 years of age on Saturday 17th of June from 10am – 6pm at Siamsa Tire Theatre, Tralee. Audition is by appointment only, so please call 066-7123055 to make an appointment.
RATHFREDAGH GARDEN FETE: Will take place on the grounds on Sunday, July 2. Donations for their bric a brac, jewellery, book, music and clothing stalls will be accepted at Reception prior to the day.
RAMBLING HOUSE: Knockalougha on the 3rd. Tuesday of the month. Ita McQuinn’s Rambling House is on the third Friday of the month at the Desmond Complex, Newcastle West at 8pm. Listowel Rambling House takes place on the last Thursday of every month from 9.15 pm in the Seanachai Centre.
CEILI will be held in the hall Brosna on Sunday, June 25, at 3pm. Music by Taylors Cross Céilí Band It is part of the Con Curtin Festival which takes place from Friday, June 23 to Sunday, June 25.
MUNSTER provincial Fleadh Cheoil returns to Tralee for the first time since 1978, with upwards of 10.000 visitors expected over eight days. The Munster Fleadh takes place this year between July 9 and July 16, with Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Kerry branch members making preparations for the traditional music, singing and dancing festival.
Fleadh Ballybunion 2012; https://youtu.be/JDR_CfeaTT0
GAA Camp; Cúl Camp Registration is open for this year’s Cúl Camp. It will take place from 10th – 14th July. Book now by visiting http://www.kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie
TINTEAN Ballybunion; Waterloo on 1st July 2023. Joe the Magician on 2nd July 2023. For more contact the Tourist Office: 068 25555.
FRIESIAN: The Kerry Holstein Friesian Breeders club has launched its annual herds competition. Judging will commence on July 3 with well-known judge Mick Gould and the awards ceremony will be held on Thursday, July 6 at Hughes’ Bar, Cordal.
MUSIC: CCÉ Leac Snámha: We are running a Traditional Arts Summer Camp at The Ceolann from 3rd – 7th July from 10am to noon which consists of music, step-dancing, singing and sean-nós dancing. Limited places left on this Summer Camp. For further info contact Emma 087-7219373 or e-mail lixnawccesummercamps@gmail.com
NONINATIONS are being sought by Kerry Association in Dublin for the 2023 Kerry Person of the Year and for the 2023 Laochra Chiarrai award. Closing date is 21 August 2023. Nomination forms from info@kerryassociation.ie.
SHOW at Charleville on 24th and 25th of June. The annual show began in 1979.
TG4; 22 Meitheamh @ 20:30, broadcaster and journalist, Evelyn O’Rourke, brings two inspiring cancer survivors face to face with two cancer researchers to reveal the life-changing impact this cutting-edge research is having in Ireland today. Discover how the science behind survival is giving people the chance to make more magical moments in their lives.
33,810 people in Kerry have a disability to some extent.
RING of Kerry Cycle on July 1st.
CENSUS 2022, says almost 22% of county Kerry the number being 33,810, have a disability.
SLAVES: June 19th marks the day in 1865 when slaves in Texas learned that slavery had ended in the U.S. when President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation was enacted on Jan. 1, 1863. This day is now known as Juneteenth.
RECENT UL; 600 graduates who now join a global community of over 120,000 UL alumni, President of UL, Professor Kersten Mey said at their recent graduation.
JOB: Opportunity in Youth Ministry Leadership, The Diocese of Lancaster Youth Service are looking for a Senior Programme Leader to lead retreats and other programmes in their youth retreat centre, Castlerigg Manor, in the English Lake District. Castlerigg Manor is an innovative project which focuses on leading their volunteers into a closer relationship with God and in working with their volunteers to lead programmes for thousands of young people each year. The post is residential with an excellent salary package. For more information email the director, Jack Regan director@castleriggmanor.co.uk or see castleriggmanor.com
ACCORD If you have a positive attitude towards marriage in the Catholic Church. If you have the enthusiasm to be part of the ACCORD team in supporting couples who are preparing for the sacrament of Marriage. JOIN ACCORD and train as a Marriage Preparation Programme Facilitator. Please contact Aisling on 01 5053112 or email: marriagepreparation@accord.ie
MARE Upgrade Scheme
Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) are delighted to continue the Mare Upgrade scheme in 2023 for breeders who wish to obtain a performance mare for their breeding herd. This initiative is funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (DAFM) under National Breeding Services. The aim of this initiative is to incentivise Irish breeders to invest in performance dam-lines abroad as either filly foals, active performance mares or retired performance mares that may/or may not be already in foal. The scheme will finance the veterinary screening and transport back to Ireland of qualifying purchased high genetic merit mares/fillies. A Horse Sport Ireland Breeding Scheme Advisor will be available to assist breeders through this process.
JOB: Soil Carbon Technician (x2 vacancies) Teagasc- Johnstown, County Wexford
€33,220–€44,150 a year – Full-time
CUCKOO: Three cuckoos from Killarney National Park, and one from Burren National Park, have satellite tags fitted to them. National Parks and Wildlife Service and the British Trust for Ornithology are working together on the project. Cuckoo is still singing in the parish.
EU: Billy Kelleher, MEP told Agriland: “We can’t have a situation where we have contradictory policies, or policies that aren’t thought through so after a short space of time they realise that this policy is having an unforeseen consequence and they then have to change it.
TRALEE Church; In 1854 the foundation stone of St. John’s Church was laid on the site of a chapel dating back to 1780. The ‘Chapel’ faced in the east-west direction. Some artifacts of the 1780 chapel have survived – the Holy Water font (Mortuary Chapel), Our Lady of the Wayside statue (near front porch on the outside), and the gables of the 18th century building, which are contained in the transepts of the present church.
We Became A Throw-away Society
Sofia HadjiosifSofia HadjiosifMarch 29, 2021Society
Our society has become one in which we find it easier to replace products instead of repairing them. Nevertheless, civilization never used to be like this. Before industrialization and the invention of plastic, the world was a very different place.
In addition, whereas before, everyone cherished what they had, now the majority of the world’s population solely cares about accumulating as much stuff as they can; falsely thinking it will make them happier.
And the worst part is that these bad consumerist habits are having a huge impact on the world. The planet is suffering because of our ignorance and because we choose ‘convenience’ over what’s better for the planet.
https://www.terramovement.com/how-we-became-a-throw-away-society/
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NATURE: World Oceans Day was marked with a clean-up of the world’s seven seas. On Thursday 8th June, thousands of dive crews collected 50,000 plastic bottles worth of rubbish from the world’s oceans.
Also, Gil net fishing will be phased out on the Great Barrier Reef,
“It is very clear that solar farms can be wildlife havens,” said Hollie Blaydes, the PhD student
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SIXTIETH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY, Born in Listowel
Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24865, 3 May 1946, Page 2
MR AND MRS J. DWYER Mr and Mrs John Dwyer, 555 Manchester street, will celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage tomorrow. Mr and Mrs Dwyer are well known in Christchurch, as Well as in many other parts of the Dominion where Mr Dwyer was stationed during his 43 years’ service in the Police Force. Mr Dwyer was for nine years Superintendent of Police in the Canterbury district. He retired from the service in 1922, on which occasion he was accorded a public farewell. Mr Dwyer, who was born in Listowel, County Kerry, Ireland, came to New Zealand in 1878 on the sailing ship City of Auckland, which was wrecked, on the Otaki coast. Many and varied are the experiences which Mr Dwyer can recall. For his rescue work during the Cumberland street fire in Dunedin in 1882, he was presented by the City Council with a silver medal for valour. He also holds the Australasian Royal Humane Society’s award for bravery, which was presented to him in 1893 for his attempt, in very dangerous circumstances, to rescue a man from drowning in Oamaru harbour.
When the then. Prince of Wales visited Christchurch in 1920, Mr Dwyer was probably one of the happiest men in the city, for in recognition of the excellent work of the police in Christchurch, the Prince presented him with a gold tie pin.
Mr Dwyer has been associated with many cases which have made police history in New Zealand, and wherever he has been stationed he and Mrs Dwyer have won the respect and affection of those among whom they have lived. Mrs Dwyer, Who was born in Australia, came to New Zealand at the age of seven years. Mr and Mrs Dwyer were married in St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Dunedin, by the Rev, Father P. Lynch. They have one son, Mr Philip Dwyer, of Gisborne, and three, surviving daughters, Mesdames N. Lyttelton (Auckland), David Lusk (Fendalton) and F. B. Freed (Wellington). There are three grandchildren.
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NATURE FACTS: IFA president Tim Cullinan outlined “five facts” that demonstrate the efforts being made by Irish farm families to protect nature:
Research from University College Dublin (UCD) states that 12-14% of area on Irish farms qualifies as ‘Space for Nature’;
Ireland has almost 700,000km of hedgerows covering around 2.6% of its land area, which are protected by law. This landscape is unique to Ireland;
Irish farmers planted approximately 20,000ha of wild bird cover under the Green Low-Carbon Assurance Scheme (GLAS);
Every farmer must farm in line with the code of good agricultural and environmental practice in order to receive their EU basic payment. In addition, 25% of the farmers payment is ringfenced into an ‘Eco Scheme’ payment which includes allocating and maintaining ‘Space for Nature’;
Over 46,000 farmers have applied to participate in the new Agri-Climate Rural Environmental Scheme (ACRES).
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FARMERS: New Beef Welfare Scheme to open in July; No great improvement in water quality – nitrogen levels too high in 40% of Irish rivers; Nature Restoration Law vote – Environment committee voting on rewetting delayed.
SHROUD of Turin is a centuries old linen cloth that bears the image of a crucified man. A man that millions believe to be Jesus of Nazareth. Is it really the cloth that wrapped his crucified body, or is it simply a medieval forgery, a hoax perpetrated by some clever artist? Modern science has completed hundreds of thousands of hours of detailed study and intense research on the Shroud. It is, in fact, the single most studied artifact in human history, and we know more about it today than we ever have before. And yet, the controversy still rages. This web site will keep you abreast of current research, provide you with accurate data from the previous research and let you interact with the researchers themselves. We believe that if you have access to the facts, you can make up your own mind about the Shroud. Make sure you visit the page where you can Examine the Shroud of Turin for yourself. We hope you enjoy your visit. Barrie M. Schwortz, Editor.
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COSMIC history that’s unfolded, from the earliest moments of the hot Big Bang until the present day, is all that’s required to explain our present-day reality. But if things were only slightly different in any number of ways, our Universe would have evolved in a very different fashion, leading to a wildly different outcome today. Here are five very minor-seeming “what if” scenarios that, if any of them were true, would have absolutely prohibited our coming into being.
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Ballylongford Mill
Welcome to our Ballylongford Mill Facebook page!
Starting with some history of the site…construction of the Mill was started in about 1846 by William Blair of Co. Clare and ceased during The Famine, we think he got as far as the stonework for the ground floor.
Building recommenced in about 1850 and the structure appears on an 1851 map of Ballylongford, and was fully completed by 1852.
The Mill was originally built as a grain drying store, a unique agricultural building for drying bags of green oats which were later shipped down the river in sailing barges and on to a Corn Mill in Limerick for milling.
This was at a time when most local tenant farmers lived in shocking poverty and didn’t have their own barns to dry the crops.
It also explains the extremely heavy timbers used in construction to carry the weight of bags of green oats and the narrow width of the building and the numerous casement windows on both sides; the windows were used to control cross flow draughts to dry the oats.
William Blair got into some financial trouble and sold the building to Ryan’s from Kilrush, who then sold it to the Bannatyne family who had a large Corn Mill in Limerick which is still standing.
There’s then a big gap in details about the use of the building and it’s owners between the 1850’s and when O’Sullivan’s converted it into an electric mill for milling stock feed in the 1930’s.
If anyone has any information, or particularly photographs, of the Mill or associated buildings we’d love to hear from you!
Photo courtesy of Helen Lane and historical information courtesy of Padraig O Concubhair.
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JIHADIST: The authors of the Intersociety report say, “The Nigerian radical Islamic leaders who marked the end of their civilian office tenures on 29th May 2023 were wished farewell by Jihadist Fulani Herdsmen who marked the end of their office tenures by slaughtering not less than 700 defenseless Christians in May 2023 (month of handover).”
“Plateau State donated 350 Christian lives, Benue 190, Kaduna 100, Nasarawa 62, Niger 50, Taraba 40, Borno/Yobe 40,” the report of the research and investigative rights group, which has been monitoring and investigating religious persecution and other forms of religious violence by State and non-State actors across Nigeria since 2010, indicates.
According to the report by the human rights group that does research and investigation by direct contacts with victims and eyewitnesses, “not less than 300 Christians were slaughtered in Plateau State (Mangu county, etc.) between 15th and 17th May 2023 alone.”
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2023 June 28 Knockanure
KNOCKANURE
PARISH: Confessions: Moyvane Saturday 6.45pm to 7.15pm. Eucharistic Adoration: every Tues. after 10.00am Mass to 11.30am. Baptisms: Saturday afternoons only from 12 noon to 4pm.
Graveyard Masses; Friday Aug. 4th – Ahavoher; Tues. Aug.8th – Knockanure; Wednesday 9th Aug. – Murhur. All Masses at 8pm.
2nd Collection at Masses weekend 1st & 2nd July for Sick & Retired Priests.
Church Offertory envelopes are available for collection at the Parish Office during the office opening hours. They will be distributed at weekend Masses and to homes at a later date.
KNOCK: Annual Pilgrimage to Knock takes place Weds 5th July from Knockanure, Moyvane, Tarbert. Contact Margaret 087-2976304.
GAA Knockanure Lotto Results from Tuesday June 20th, Jackpot was €3,200. Numbers Drawn: 5, 12, 17,and 30. No winner but lucky dips went to: 1. Mike Lynch, Taxi Moyvane; 2. Peg, Johnny, Eilish, Katty c/o Dicks; 3. Shane Hanrahan, The Hill Moyvane; 4. Noreen O Connor, Kilmeaney, and 5. Carafe Fitzgerald, Tara, Knockanure. Next draw will be on next Tuesday June 27th in the clubhouse and jackpot will be €3,300. All are welcome!
CHAPLAINCY: Stewarding the Mysteries course will be held on Thursday 29th June at Croke Park Stadium, details from Jenny Collins at jcollins at bonsecours-.ie
DEATH has taken place of Denis (Denny) Flaherty, Tarbert Road, Moyvane Village, on June 19th, 2023. Predeceased by his parents Eileen and Edward. Denny will be sadly missed by his wife Eileen (née Guerin), son Gerard, daughters Sinéad and Helen, grandchildren Eva, Emilie, Bobby, Meabh, Niall, Eamon and Colm, daughter-in-law Paula, sons-in-law Ned and Dan, brother Eddie, sisters Nuala, Elaine and Majella, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews. Requiem Mass for Denny was celebrated at Church of the Assumption, Moyvane, on Thursday, followed by burial afterwards in Ahavoher Cemetery.
ANNIVERSARIES: Tom Sheahan, Michael Scannell, John Joe McElligott, Martin Kennelly, Kathleen Dillon, Mike O Connor, Sean Casey, Pat Buckley, Padraig Madden, Maryanne Nolan,
MASS INTENTIONS: Sat. 24th June’23- Moyvane at 2.00pm, mass for Biker’s, and evening mass for Elizabeth Lane, Recently Deceased at 7.30pm; Sun.25th June’23- Knockanure for James Duggan (Aniv.) at 9.30am and mass Moyvane for Jerry & Ellen Enright (Aniv.’s) Lissaniskea at 11.00am; Tues.27th June’23- Moyvane a Private Intention at 10.00am; Weds.28th June’23- Knockanure a Private Intention at 10.00am; Thurs.29th June’23-Moyvane a Private Intention at 10.00am; Fri.30th June’23- Knockanure a Private Intention at 10.00am; Sat.1st July’23-Moyvane for John & Mary Stack (Aniv.’s) Aughrim at 7.30pm; Sun.2nd July’23- Knockanure for People of the Parish at 9.30am, and mass Moyvane for John Carmody (Aniv.) & deceased members of the Carmody family at 11.00am.
TRAINING: The Diocesan Safeguarding Committee would like to thank all those who attended safeguarding training programmes. So far this year 83 people attended two diocesan training programmes, safeguarding children training and adults at-risk of abuse training.
65 Parish Safeguarding Reps attended meetings in Killarney and Tralee. An important topic discussed was bringing back altar servers and other youth groups. The committee would like to acknowledge the dedicated work undertaken in parishes where these groups have returned. Finally, the committee would like to encourage Parish Safeguarding Reps, Schools and Parents to work towards reinstating altar servers in all parishes.
GRANDPARENTS: National Grandparents Pilgrimage to Knock Shrine on Sunday 23rd July’23, 2.30pm Anointing of the Sick in the Basilica and at 3pm Pilgrimage Mass followed by the Rosary Procession.
PONY Racing 02nd July at Athea.
SWIM: The Annual Glin Swim will take place on 29th July, in aid of Cliona’s Foundation.
FOOD Waste: Voice of Irish Concern for the Environment
To fund the development of a ‘Circular Approaches to Community Level Food and Waste Management’ project which will develop and pilot a toolkit for community level organisations to engage with food waste from farm to fork through consultative and action-based approaches. This is a project in partnership with Transition Kerry.
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2022-11-08/71/
FOOD Aid: Christian leaders in Ethiopia have expressed concern about the suspension of food aid to the Horn of Africa nation, and termed the move as “morally and ethically” unacceptable.
MILK: Kerry Group’s milk price is now 3c/L behind the price being paid by neighbouring processors, according to reports.
MOORPARK Dairy open day on 4th of July.
DRIVING SKILLS, For 14-16-years “Creating safety awareness amongst teenagers working with tractors on the farm” Listowel Mart on 26th June, with 12 places. To register phone NEWKD Tralee, On 066-7180190.
LIFEGUARD at Kilteery; They will be on duty full time from the 1st July until 3rd September.
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BEST Wishes to James Kissane who started for the Kerry North U15 Development Squad recently and a win over Meath with a score of 3-16 to 1-06.
FARMERS and advisors should check the correspondence section of their BISS online account.
ENERGY prices in Ireland were the second highest in the EU.
COST in this country of alcoholic beverages, highest in the EU, and tobacco more than twice the EU average.
HOUSE: Cllr Cahill asked for “an end to the life sentence put on families living along roads” with speed limits over 60 kilometres an hour, “who will never receive planning permission to build on their own land, no matter what their housing circumstances are”.
MASSAGE & Neuromuscular Therapy mobile service now available in the North Kerry/West Limerick area. Specialising in alleviating joint discomfort such as hip, shoulder & knees, muscular pain relief including lower back/neck, sports injury, correcting posture imbalances and providing soothing relaxation massages. For a home visit or an appointment at KP Therapy, Tralee, call
Brendan on 0873525261, drop an email to: brendan@kinepath.ie. Follow us on Facebook (Kinepath Neuromuscular Therapy) or check out our website on http://www.kinepath.ie Brendan Garvey from Tarbert.
SEISIÚN Shows will be held by Templeglantine Comhaltas Branch at the Devon Inn Hotel on Thursday nights commencing on July 13 at 8pm.
MUNSTER provincial Fleadh Cheoil, takes place this year between July 9 and July 16.
TINTEAN Ballybunion; Waterloo on 1st July 2023. Joe the Magician on 2nd July 2023. For more contact the Tourist Office: 068 25555.
RING of Kerry Cycle on July 1st.
SUDAN COFFEE MORNING: There will be a coffee morning in St. Ita’s Day Care Centre on Saturday, July 15 from 11-2pm in aid of the Primary and Secondary Schools in the parish of St. Mary Magdalen, Riwoto, South Sudan. This is the parish where the late Fr. Tim Galvin served for many years before his untimely passing last February. Fran Leahy originally of New Street, Abbeyfeale went to St. Mary Magadalen in 2015 and again in 2016 as a volunteer in the Primary School. She is returning there in September for 3 months. All funds raised will go directly to fund the two schools.
CAO closing date of July 1st for applicants to register change of course choices.
GARDEN FETE at Rathfredagh, Will take place on the grounds on Sunday, July 2.
FULL Moon on July 3rd, Roadsides on the quiet country roads are full of wild flowers and present a nice spectacle. We have got many downpours facing the end of June, water in rivers was running low, danger of contaminated water after the floods. There is a water supply inlet below the town of Listowel and some were worried and went for the bottled water.
TRAILS: Glin Heritage Trails: The Knights Walk: Distance: 4km, Time: 2hrs, Difficulty: Moderate, Elevation: to 150m. Knockaranna: Distance: 8.5km, Time: 2hrs.
PHOTO of Robert Beasley at a blocked-off section of Ballybunion’s Cliff Walk in this week’s local paper.
RALLY FOR LIFE: Will be held in Dublin on Saturday July 1st. For bus from Kerry contact Denis on 087 6590551.
HAPPY Birthday to Hannah Scanlon, Dirreen on her 101st. Birthday.
ST JOHN’S; Jo Jordan and her Theatrix Theatre School Summer Camps are back this July. The camps include acting, singing, music, arts and crafts with a performance on each Friday. Camps begin on Monday 10th July and Monday 31st July, 11am-1pm Telephone: details from 068 22566.
LOURDES: Kerry diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes will take place from Sept 1st to the 6th led by Bishop Ray. Flights from Kerry Airport. Booking through Marian Pilgrimages Dublin.
DAIL Debate mentioned Knockanure
Writers Week 2023
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CREATIVE: Following an intensive public consultation process last year, we are delighted to launch our Creative Ireland Kerry Strategy 2023-2027. An overview of the strategy, as well as the full strategy in English and Irish, is available to read/download from our website.
More details (https://kerrycoco.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b3755ab5575cb711eac9566f8&id=85c948961c&e=57e387efec)
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MUSICIANS: submissions from professional musicians to deliver a programme of performances within care home settings throughout the county. Submissions by email to arts@kerrycoco.ie Closing date: 5pm, 28th June. Arts Council funding details here
More details (https://kerrycoco.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b3755ab5575cb711eac9566f8&id=e8f89bebd3&e=57e387efec)
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NATURE Laws; Danny Healy-Rae was speaking in the Dáil when he raised the issue of both emissions reduction and the EU Nature Restoration Law.
Dáil questions were being taken by Minister for Public Expenditure Michael McGrath at the time.
Healy-Rae raised the issue of “how government policy is being fine-tuned to cut farm production by rewetting, cutting dairy cow numbers, and the Nitrates Directive”.
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VINTAGE: Ballyduff Vintage Club made the decision to postpone the tractor run to the 2nd of July, sign in at 12.30 and leaving at 2 sharp. Killarney Valley Classic and Vintage Club Show on July 9 at Killarney Racecourse, begins at 10am.
SWIM; Glin Swim 29th July 2023.
TRAVELLER: All are invited to mass on Tuesday 11th Jul at 4pm in St. Mary’s Cathedral, Killarney. It marks local Traveller Culture Week which begins on Jul. 6th.
RECORDS: Transcripts of the baptism and marriage records of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kerry to c. 1900, https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/
SEAN McCarthy weekend at Finuge from 4th to 7th of August 2023.
LENAMORE School recently celebrated 80 years of Education.
BAD NEWS, proposed closure of the sorting office, in Listowel, which employs 40 Post workers, they want to move them to Tralee.
PURT CASTLE:
Norma Prendiville- 05 Mar 2019 9:01 AM
AS part of the ongoing campaign to reclaim and renew the heritage of Abbeyfeale, a special plaque has been unveiled at Purt Castle, just outside the town.
And the castle has now become another link in the town’s Heritage Trail, a trail which includes the Cistercian Abbey, the original nucleus for the town, Daniel O’Connell, the Liberation and the Italian nationalist Princessa Cristina di Belfiojoso.
Unveiling the plaque, Maurice O’Connell, chairman of Abbeyfeale Community Council said it was fitting that the castle was once again taking its place as a major focal point for all to enjoy.
“There is a new-found interest in Purt Castle by locals and tourists alike, now that it is very much interlinked with the Great Southern Greenway,” Mr O’Connell said.
And he gave a brief, potted history of the castle.
“It’s been in existence for over 600 years and has been central to some of the most significant events affecting history in Abbeyfeale, Limerick, Kerry, Munster and Ireland as a whole,” Mr O’Connell said.
The castle, he added, was built in the early to mid 1400s by the ruling Fitzgerald family and “had seen its fair share of loyalty, love, slaughter, war and famine.”
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Can anybody can assist with my O’Brien family tree? My O’Briens were Tinsmen(Tinkers) and travelled throughout Kerry but seemed to live in the Duagh/Abbeyfeale area. Perhaps you are related or know some of the characters? Honestly any info would be appreciated.
John O’Brien born abt 1843 in Kerry died 1920/30’s Kilcarra More nr Duagh buried Listowel married Honoria(Nora) Coffey abt 1875 – 1881 who was born abt 1851 in Kerry and died 1920/30’s Kilcarra More buried Listowel. The 1911 cen shows that they had produced 10 children with 8 surviving John had numerous siblings. Two of his sons Richard and Timothy were killed in May 1915 in France/Flanders. They were privates in the 2nd Batt Royal Munster Fuseliers. Richard was married to Nora and his war record lists his birthplace as Lyreacrumpane with a contact address of Kilcara Duagh Kilmorna.Both bros are listed on the memorial at Le Touret France. Other known bros were Patrick, John(Sean) and Thomas.
Thomas born abt 1882 in Kerry and died 1952 in Tralee and was buried in Listowel. He married Bridget abt 1905 and buried in Listowel abt 1964 – 68. Bridget was known as Black Breda due to her dark hair.These were my grandparents. The 1911 cen shows that they had produced 3 children with 1 surviving (James born abt 1908) After 1911 Thomas & Bridget produced
1) Richard O’Brien abt 1920 – 1968 died in Limerick (my natural father) co-habited with Ellen (Nellie) O’Donoghue (Odun-o-who) b 1924 Charleville Co Cork died 1995 Battersea London (my mother)
Children: Richard (me) b 1943 Dungarven Waterford, Bridget b 1945 Croom d 2010 Sydenham London and Katrina(spelling) b & d 1947 bur Abbeyfeale
2) Nora d 1978? bur Listowel mar Michael O’Brien bur Listowel
Children: Michael and Margaret
3) Bridget mar Patrick Coffey
4) Thomas
5) Teige(Timothy))
6) Thomas
7) Michael
8) John (alive 1984) mar Katie O’Brien
Children: Philomena, Thomas and Margaret
Patrick had 2 known sons Sean and Paddy. Sean in turn had 4 boys and 8 girls.No info on Paddy’s or Sean’s children.
Regards Dick O’Brien
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App to reduce food waste shortlisted for Earthshot prize
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FitzGerald, James fitz Maurice
Contributed by Beresford, David
. (In June 1523 Desmond signed an agreement with Francis I, king of France, to support the claims of the Yorkist pretender Richard de la Pole+.
FitzGerald, James fitz Maurice (a.1500–1529), 11th earl of Desmond , was son of Maurice fitz Thomas FitzGerald (qv), 10th earl of Desmond, and Ellen Roche. He appears to have taken control of the earldom sometime before his father’s death (1520), in a period when Desmond interests were under extreme pressure. He was allowed to inherit his father’s lands and was promised a general pardon on condition that he swore to do his duty as a good Englishman. Desmond pursued a much more confrontational policy than did his father, especially against Piers Butler (qv). The lieutenant, Thomas Howard (qv), earl of Surrey, attempted to mediate between Desmond and Butler at Waterford in July 1520, but the agreement broke down by September. Desmond remained aloof from Anglo-Irish politics for several years, preferring to secure his position in Munster. He attempted to assert his supremacy over the MacCarthys but was defeated by Cormac Óg MacCarthy (qv) in September 1521. He had grandiose plans for allying with foreign powers to secure his authority in Munster and remove the English administration. In June 1523 Desmond signed an agreement with Francis I, king of France, to support the claims of the Yorkist pretender Richard de la Pole. When this plan failed, he turned his attention to the Butlers and began open warfare against Piers Butler, who was engaged in a power struggle with Gerald FitzGerald (qv), 9th earl of Kildare. Butler had allied himself with Domhnall MacCarthy (qv) of Cairbre and some of Desmond’s own relatives, and in turn Desmond allied himself with Piers’ enemies within the Butler family. Desmond may have received clandestine aid from Kildare but his activities were too destabilising for the Anglo-Irish administration to ignore. An act of attainder had been drawn up against him as early as 1522, but no parliament met to enact it during his lifetime. In December 1527 Desmond invaded Butler territory but was forced back to Dungarvan, where he was besieged by Piers’s son, James, Lord Butler (qv), and his own uncle, Thomas fitz Thomas FitzGerald (qv). He escaped to Youghal, but Dungarvan was granted to the Butlers. Desmond embarked on his most ambitious scheme when he contacted the emperor Charles V for aid against Henry VIII. The emperor was initially interested and sent his chaplain, Gonzalo Fernandez, to Desmond as an envoy in 1529. However, nothing came of these grandiose plans, as Desmond died suddenly on 18 June 1529 at Rathkeale. He was buried in Tralee, and as he had only one daughter, Joan, from his marriage to the daughter of Toirdhealbhach Ó Briain (d. 1525), bishop of Killaloe, the earldom of Desmond passed to his uncle Thomas.
https://www.dib.ie/biography/fitzgerald-james-fitz-maurice-a3200
Note; “Askeaton was the principal residence of the Earl of Desmond’s between the 14th and 16th centuries, and they marked the treaty recently, of the June 1523 Desmond agreement with Francis I, king of France.
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