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History Bits 2013
ANCESTORS: We have two parents, four grandparents, and eight great-grandparents. If we go back four generations, we have 16 ancestors. Going back eight generations (160 years), we have 256 ancestors. And at 12 generations (240 years), we find there are 4,096 ancestors.
NEWS: The University of Oxford and the Vatican have jointly created a digital project that will put online over 1.5 million pages of medieval and biblical texts.
The National Library of Norway is planning to digitize all the books by the mid 2020s.
Intermountain Catholic Jan 3 1919, Salt Lake City.
Probate of the will of the Rev Matthew Dillon of Newtownsandes who died on Oct 26 1918 ? has been granted to his nephew the Rev Jeremiah Dillon to whom the testator bequeathed his gold watch and his library, to his brother Patrick £100 and his sister Mrs Danaher £50 Father Dillon left the residue of his property in trust two thirds for the children of the poor attending the schools of Newtownsandes and one third for children attending the schools of Knockanure. He left to the parish £225 which he had expended on the presbytery and the thirty eight pews which he had put up at the cost of 27s each His personal estate has been valued at £1702 19s 3d.
Kentucky Irish American 27 Jan 1906
The people of Kenmare decided on making a presentation to Rev P Garvey on his promotion to the important parish of Newtownsandes
From the Columbia Telescope, copies in the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond, Virginia. October 11, 1831
Died at his residence in this town, on the 5th inst., Mr. Thomas
Quilter, aged forty years, a native of the County of Kerry,
Ireland. Industry and honesty, kindness and good nature, were
conspicuous in his character, during a residence of nearly
thirteen years in Columbia.
DEATH
No. 8957-Recorded July 23, 1897
Maloney, Thomas, age 83y 4m 27d, male, white, retired farmer, married
Died: May 21, 1897, 2:00 a.m. at 1454 w 6th st, Davenport, Iowa
Cause of death: senility and cystitis
Born: Co. Limerick, Ireland. Resided in U.S. 45 yrs
Buried: St. Anne's Cemetery; May 22, 1897
Obit: Daily Times, Davenport, Scott, Iowa, May 21, 1897
MALONEY
At his home 1454 West Sixth street, at 2 o'clock this morning occurred the death of Thomas Maloney in the eighty-fourth year of his age. Death was the result of a complication of diseases against which the great age of the deceased ill could cope.
Mr. Maloney was a native of County Limerick, Ireland where he was born in 1813. He came to this country in 1858, and just before the beginning of the Civil War he established himself upon a farm near Long Grove, where he remained until some years ago, when he entered upon retirement, and removed to the home in this city in which he passed away.
The deceased is survived by his widow and five children, John, T.F., James and Patrick and Mrs. T.F. Meagher of Lenox, Iowa.
The funeral will be held from his late residence on west Sixth street at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning with services at St. Mary's church. Interment will be made at St. Ann's cemetery in Long Grove, Iowa.
Freeman’s Journal 13 Aug 1917
SERGEANT-MAJOR'S DEATH-The death in action of Sergeant-Major John Hennessy,Leinsters, has occasioned keen regret in his native town, Listowel. The deceased was 21 years in the army, and served through the South African war,
and was about receiving a commission when he was killed by a shell. He was the son of the late Mr. D.C. Hennessy, journalist, and author of the "Lays of North Kerry."
19 May 1823 Connaught Journal
On Friday night, three valuable farm houses, on the lands of Ballyrehan, in the immediate vicinity of Crotto, county Kerry, were set on fire by some incendiaries, and totally consumed. The houses, when burned, were untenanted.
SEARCHING FOR
May 30, 1857
County Kerry
Of Eugene Madden, of Ballyconnery, Parish of Liselton, who was learning the carriage-making trade in Paris, Kentucky, about 3 years ago. Information received by his brother, Edward Madden, Keokuk, Iowa.
12 July 1856
Of JAMES GRANT, who left Listowel [co. Kerry] 6 years ago. - Please address his brother, Michael Grant, Wappelo, Louisa county, Iowa.
21 Feb 1857
Of RICHARD HEARTNETT, and his sons, Michael, James, Thomas and Jeremiah, and daughter Honora, of the county of Kerry; when last heard from were in Burlington, Iowa, one year ago last May. Please address his son-in-law, Michael Moore, Osage City, Cole county, Mo.
Of EUGENE MADDEN, of Ballyconnery, parish of Liselton [co. Kerry], who was learning the carriage-making trade in Paris, Kentucky, about 3 years ago. Information received by his brother, Edward Madden, Keokuk, Iowa.
Of PATRICK DOWNEY, of Ballynahown, parish of Knocknacashill [co. Kerry]; when last heard from was in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, went to Missouri, and is supposed to be now in Iowa. Please address his sister Mary (who has been anxiously enquiring about him for four years) care of Dennis Rahilly, 6 Pearl street, New York.
20 Feb 1858
Of LAWRENCE CUSIC, native of parish Newtownsands [co. Kerry]; when last heard from was in Sidney, Ohio, and moved to Iowa. Information received by his sister, Hannah Cusic, Crawfordsville, Montgomery county, Indiana.
1860 Of JEREMIAH GALVIN, native of parish Dwa [co. Kerry]; when last heard from he worked on the North Mo. Railroad outside Warrenton county, two years ago. Any person knowing anything of his whereabouts will confer a favor by writing to his father, Murty, Otumaway, Wappelo county, Iowa.
HISTORY;
Freeman’s Journal 13-10-1808
Yest morn, the wife of Mr Jessen a compositor on this paper, was safely delivered of a son being his twenty-seventh child - He is now in his 70th year of his age and full of health, spirits and hilarity.
Limerick General Advertiser 18-8-1818
Friday, Richard Wall and James Wall of Shanagolden in County Limerick, were lodged in Ennis jail, under committal of Bindon Scott, Esq. charged with burglary and robbery committed in the dwelling house of Mr. Michael O'Shaughnessy, of Enniscorker Island, in this County.
Limerick General Advertiser 23 March 1813
By the Rev Mr Ellard, at Kilmallock church, Maurice Creed Parker, of Hermsbrook, to Eliza, third daughter of the late James Wall, of Kilbaha, County Kerry,
Limerick Chronicle 9th July 1825.
A man named James Conway was murdered within a few miles of Listowel, on Monday, for simply driving his cow into a field where a bull was at pasture; the owners perceiving he wanted to have the benefit of the animal, without their permission, set upon him and beat him so unmercifully that death was the immediate consequence. Two of the assailants, William Doolan and Michael Doolan, were committed to Tralee Gaol the next day, for murder.
RELATIONS: FORD /Flynn. Looking for any information concerning my ggggrandparents, Michael Ford and Margaret Flynn. Margaret was the daughter of Martin Flynn, born between 1808 and 1818. We don't know Michael's date of birth, but he died shortly before Margaret emigrated with her oldest son, Michael in 1884 to Binghamton, NY.
NZ TABLET 21 Jan 1887
Douglas Blacker has granted his Knockanure tenantry a reduction of 25 per cent., on the judicial rents. The Knight of Glin has granted a reduction of 15 per cent, on the March gale of '86 to those tenants who did not get judicial rents fixed. Mr. Chetwood has given his Ahawilk tenants an abatement of 40 per cent. Henry D. Spread grants 20 per cent, reduction to his Broadford House tenants. Mrs. James gives her Tallaha tenants 20 per cent. The O'Grady tenants demand reductions varying from 30 to 50 per cent and have refused 15 per cent.
NZ TABLET 4-3-1892
Sunday week a meeting was held in the chapel-yard at Knockanure, for the purpose of forming a branch of the Irish National Federation, and was well attended by the farmers and labourers of the surrounding districts who formally established the branch. Officers will be elected next meeting.
NZ TABLET: 11 July 1890
James C. O'Sullivan presided at the recent meeting of the Knockanure League, and the following resolution passed That, having heard Exterminator T. W. Sandes, of Sallowglin, is again offering the farm of the evicted tenant, Cornelius O'Connor, for applotments to labourers, we warn any who will be so base as to aid the exterminator in robbing the evicted tenant of what honestly belongs to him that he is the worst enemy of the National cause, and any so offending will incur the censure of the Nationalists of this parish that we congratulate our worthy and indefatigable representative, Edward Harrington, through whose exertions the notorious Pasha of North Kerry, George Sandes, had been removed from the Commission of the Peace.
EXTRAORDINARY MAINTENANCE
CASE. Kellehar Ryan case Kilflynn 31 May 1876
Bendigo Advertiser Vic.
The oft-adjourned and now celebrated maintenance case of Mary Costello v. James Costello was again before the City Police Court yester day, and finally disposed of. Mr. Clark (the mayor), and Messrs Bayne and O'Brien, Js.P.,
presided; and the solicitors engaged were Mr
Rymer for plaintiff, and Mr. Wrixon for defendant. Before touching upon the evidence, it may be as well to recapitulate the leading facts shortly. The defendant is a small fanner at or near Sweeney's Creek. Two years ago he met the plaintiff, who represented that she was a single woman; and being in want of a wife he married her. They lived together tranquilly for a year after this, and then a man named Edmund Kelleher suddenly turned up and declared that he was the woman's husband, having married her before she left Ireland in 1865. By this time Mrs. Costello was enciente, and husband No. 1, appreciating the awkward position of affairs, bade the family party a sorrowful adieu, and disappeared as mysteriously as he came. Costello's happiness was now irretrievably shattered, and, after
a time, he refused to support Mrs. C. any longer
Meanwhile, the latter gave birth to a child, and
having no means of her own she brought this
action for maintenance against the deluded farmer.
BALLYDONOGHUE magazine. 2012 their 28th edition with 230 pages.
Foreword is by Fr John Lawlor PP. Margaret Gilbert has her usual diary of the past year. The youth section covers subjects from Euro 2012 to Fashion. Michael Barry gives his story including the purchase of his first motorbike for £3 and his first car bought in 1949 a Baby Ford Y for £9-10 shillings. Central Ballroom is remembered and Fr Tim Dowling walks the roads as usual of Ballydonoghue and reminds us of events both old and new. Cranky Dick remembers all the women who had fine asses and the visit of Bridie Gallagher.Mick Finucane gives his story. Jim Finnerty remembers the Technical School. On page 102 The Iron Man from Ballydonoghue gives his story of diagnosis of Haemochromatosis and how 20,000 more have been identified over the past six years. 32 County Cycle Challenge story is told by Gerard McCarthy. Brendan Buckley gives us a rundown on Beekeeping. David Kissane has a list of major events since 10,000BC to 1870 and forgotten soldiers from the locality. Tony Lyons gives snippets from school folklore collection 1937/ 38. Mick Browne describes local antique equipment. Paidraig O Concuhubhair recalls three key events in Ballylongford’s history. Family history advice is given by Noreen Neville O Connell. Snippets from notes of 30 years ago and eyewitness to history are side by side . Children talk of their favourite aunt. Sport is well covered. Deaths, creative writing, a host of pictures, poetry and much more making a great journal.
by Aine McCormack
story goes that my great-grandmother, Margaret Mary Flannery, put the Christmas goose in the oven, then stepped into the side room and delivered her own special Christmas present. My grandmother Agnes Anastasia Celestine Flannery was born on December 25, 1915 in the house on Bayless in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Knocknagoshel Despatch, 29th edition of Then and Now.
Over 80 pages cover a wide variety of subjects including; Consecration of Bishop Lenihan, son of Knocknagoshel man. Ploughing Match 100 years ago. Mrs O Donoghue Knockngoshel link to the Titanic. Picture of Abbeyfeale vintners at Guinness Brewery in 1950. Dublin goalie with local links. Memories of Kerry by Kathleen who emigrated in 1858. Events of the past in Knocknagoshel. Eliza McNamara nee Scanlon aged 100 visits he fathers home. Death of three members of the Danaher Family. It happened in 1944; Castleisland District Board, Death of rs Mary Collins, Munster Football Final, Knocknagoshel GAA Club, Sympathy to Paddy Dowling and Castleisland District League. Bailiffs at Brosna early 1900’s. Brosna c 1840. Brosna Creamery picture 1924. List of subscribers to Lyrecrompane Chrch 1912. Oldest citizen of Brosna died Oct. 2012. 1904 will of Fr Neligan. Nominations for successor to late Bishop Coffey May 1904. Local wild flowers. Big Wind recalled in 1912 by Timothy O Sullivan.
The magazine contains a great number of photos including Pecker Dunne in 1992.
From Perth Diocese archives
Jan 2013
John Senan Moynihan, son of Thomas and Mary Moynihan, was born on 25 November 1900 at
Meeascarthy Camp, Castlegregory, County Kerry, Ireland. He was baptised on 25 November 1900.
He was educated at Aughaeasia National School (8 years) and St Brendan’s Seminary, Killarney (4
years) and matriculated in June 1918. He studied at All Hallows, Dublin from October 1918-March
1919. He joined the Capuchin Order in 1920. He was ordained in Ireland in 1925. The Capuchin
Annual was published from 1930-1977. Fr Senan OEM Cap. was Editor until 1953/1954.
He came to Perth at the invitation of Archbishop Redmond Prendiville. He arrived in Perth on 25/10/ 1959 from Ireland and was incardinated into Perth on 1 April, 1959. On arrival he took up a position as Chaplain to the Sisters at St Anne’s Hospital, Mt Lawley [now Mercy Hospital]. He was not the Chaplain for the patients.
Archbishop Redmond Prendiville appointed him the first Archivist of the Archdiocese of Perth on 25/
7/1962-1970.
He died in Perth on 26 July 1970 age 70. He is buried at Karrakatta Cemetery IC 19.
He died without a Will and his estate was auctioned. I did find the original copy of Padraig Pearce’s Poems written the night before he was executed in Kilmainham Gaol. There were four sheets and they had been laminated. The heat sealing was lifting and it cost some hundreds of dollars to separate the poems from the laminating. I then sold the originals [with the permission of the Archbishop] to the National Archives in Dublin where you will be able to see them.
ATHEA JOURNAL:
Great credit is due to Lillian and Domhall for compiling the journal. Kieran Murphy writes on depressing times. There is a Tribute in verse to Tom and Ann Ahern on their 50th anniversary. Peg Prendeville remembers Clounleharde NS which opened in 1884 and closed in 1967, they are having a reunion this year. The magazine has a great number of photos, the principal contributers were Peg Mulvihill, Kathleen Mullane, Liz Murphy and Mary Kelly. All the Athea Parish organisations give a rundown of the activities. Pat Brosnan recalls, how Athea has changed, as usual several of his songs and poems are also included. Tom Ahearne writes about Glensharold Bridge and also about school folklore collection. Kate O Brien born 1897 is recalled by her cousin.
Seanie Hanrahan’s travels are described by Kathleen Mulline. Johnny Quaid inured his back at age 17 years in 2006 and he gives us an update on events since. John Liston writes on Irish Heritage. Damien Ahern offers his services to local organisations and describes his involvement in the community. Patrick Fitzgerald recalls great Irish songs, or are they, he gives origins and performers, the Titanic, Why O Why and favourite films, are other subjects covered by him. George Langan continues the story of the Lynch Family and Faleys of Glasha.
Joe Quille , compiled Here and There. Life Remembered by Alma and Eoin O Connor , this is only a sample of articles, the front cover carried a picture of the famous Western Star Ceili Band.
By Pat Brosnan
Death of Arthur Quinlan
The death, just before Christmas, of renowned journalist Arthur Quinlan at the age of 92 brought back memories of this wonderful person to those of us who had known him. First of all it must be stated that he was a nice, pleasant and kindly man who treated everybody as an equal without any pretence, airs or graces, at least that was my impression of him. But as well as being the super journalist and one of the most respected reporters of his time who worked for several different newspapers and who was also commended and noted for his work with RTE, Arthur was also a man who possessed a strong sense of humour as well as the ability of the common touch which left people of all stations so relaxed and at ease in his company
My own acquaintance with Arthur Quinlan was during the 1970’s when as the local Athea correspondent for the Limerick Weekly Echo at the time that Arthur Quinlan was Editor of that newspaper. When working in Limerick at that time my first call on Monday mornings would be to hand in my Athea Notes to the Echo office. Going in there wearing my helmet and full motor cycle outfit Arthur Quinlan would greet me with a cheerful “good morning” followed by a good-humoured “Ah here comes the man from outer space”. Arthur gave me a Press Correspondent’s identity card which entitled me to get free admission to sports meetings and other various functions. It was my second period writing for the Limerick Weekly Echo as back in the 1950’s when late Ted Gale appointed me correspondent for Knocknagoshel and surrounding North Kerry areas. Ted Gale was Manager and Editor of the Echo in those days. He later joined the Limerick Leader and he too was a great journalist. His daughter Jan O’Sullivan of the Labour Party is a Junior Minister in the present coalition Government.
But getting back to Arthur Quinlan and his journalistic career, he was a member of honour of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) the highest accolade awarded by the Union.
Arthur Quinlan was known by many of his colleagues in Limerick as “Uncle Arthur” and he once said that he had interviewed many royals including the Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Margaret, King Michael of Romania and his mother Queen Marie, King Peter of Yugoslavia, King Zog of Albania, Emperor Haill Selassia of Ethiopia, Queen Wilhelmina and Queen Juliana of Holland and Prince Rainier and his wife, the former Grace Kelly. Arthur Quinlan also reportedly taught Fidel Castro of Cuba how to make an Irish Coffee and also interviewed Che Guevara, perhaps at the time of his visit to Kilkee by the widely known revolutionary. Arthur Quinlan, who was originally from Dublin, was raised in Clare and began working as a freelance journalist for The Irish Times in 1945. He also worked for RTE in the 1960’s and 1970’s.
He was pre-deceased by his wife Vera, former President of Lahinch Golf Club, who died last April. The couple, who lived at Rocklawn, North Circular Road, Limerick are survived by their son Tom, daughters Ann and Joyce as well as other relatives to whom sympathy is extended.
Peggy
Ok Jer, now I am going to send you on the Hanrahan info that I have. I had forgotten that I had all of this. Anyway as I said the Hanrahan's are related through either Flavin or Costello line. After rereading what I went through today, I believe it is through my Flavin/Flahavan line, instead of Costello Ok here goes:
John Hanrahan Married Ellen Collins. (My ggg John Flahavan married a Mary Collins--maybe that is the connection) Back to John Hanrahan. John was a "native of Newtownsands" according to his grave marker. John and Ellen had the following children in Ohio: William Hanrahan, Michael, Margaret (who married a Neville), Thomas who was a Priest in USA, Mary, (Mary was a Sister known as Sister Mary DeChantal) Martin, John , and Helen. John and Ellen had a granddaughter named Cleo Marie. John Hanrahan died in 1915 in Ohio. I do not at this point know when he was born. I could probably figure it out through all these papers, but don't have time at the moment. Just thought I'd throw this your way, in case at any time you run into someone who is a Hanrahan and remembers Hanrahans going to Ohio, USA or a Hanrahan that remembers a Collins connection. Oh my is this complicated or what. LOL
Peggy
HANRAHAN;
great great grandparents were Dennis Hanrahan and Mary English. My great grandfather was Thomas Hanrahan who was born in Ballybunion. He moved to Moyvane in County Kerry at a very young age and lived the rest of his life there as a farmer. I am familiar with the records of Ellen, Honora, and Dennis Hanrahan. In your query I noticed that you did not mention their son Dennis. Was there a Timothy Hanrahan or a Thomas that you might have heard about through word of mouth? I am interested in getting more information about the Hanrahan family. If you know of anything please don’t hesitate to pass along your information.
HELENS TREE:
24. Patrick (Paddy) FINUCANE (Mary Anne (Mainanne) O'CONNOR , William O'CONNOR , Patrick ) was born on 5 Dec 1899 in Clounprohus, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. He died on 10 Apr 1984 in Listowel, Co. Kerry. He was buried in Listowel, Co. Kerry.
Paddy was elected to Kerry County Council in 1942, and in 1943 he was elected as TD (Teachta Dála, meaning member of parliament) for Clann na Talún (the Farmers' Party). At a later stage he was elected to the Dáil as an Independent TD. He was never defeated at election time, and in 1969 he retired after 26 years in the Dáil. His main achievement as a TD was the implementation of the Cashen drainage scheme which proved vital in the prevention of flooding in north Kerry.
Patrick married Elizabeth (Lily) HANRAHAN, daughter of John ('The Major') HANRAHAN "the Major" and Elizabeth BUCKLEY, in 1920 in Listowel Church, Co. Kerry. Elizabeth was born on 10 Oct 1897 in Kilbaha, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. She was christened on 12 Oct 1897 in Moyvane, Co. Kerry. She died on 10 Nov 1943 in Urlee, Lisselton, Co. Kerry. She was buried in St. Michael's Cemetery, Listowel, Co. Kerry.
Lily's baptismal sponsors were Jeremiah Hanrahan and Mary Hudson.
Prior to her marriage to Paddy, Lily's parents had arranged a marriage between her and someone else. But Lily and Paddy had fallen in love, and they eloped. After their marriage they lived in Kilbaha where their first child was born. The move to Urlee in Lisselton (in about 1923) came about because they bought or were given the farm of Lily's uncle Mike Buckley and his wife, Maria (née Kissane) who had no children.
Lily and Paddy were second cousins once removed - Paddy's great-grandfather Bryan Cunningham and Lily's grandmother Margaret (Peg) Cunningham were brother and sister.
Lily was only 44 years of age when she died.
100 Years: Fr Con Nolan, Born Carrueragh, Knockanure, born 31st January 1913. Studied at St Peters Wexford. Ordained 9th June 1940.Arrived in Australia 1st November 1941.Appointed Curate at High Gate Hill, Queens Park and Ned lands. Was Parish Priest at Waroona, Yarloop, Pingarra and later Chaplin to St John of God Hospital, Subiaco and St Josseph’s Hospital Bicton. Fr Con Nolan died 21st May 1983 , his requiem mass was celebrated at Our Lady of Fatima Church Palmyra, he was laid to rest in Karrakatta Cemetery.
John Costelloe born Ballylongford 19th April 1835, died aged 102 years at Walnut Hills, Cincinnati. He was buried at Calvary Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio. John went to Canada in 1861 and moved to the US in ’63, he spent 40 years on the railroad and lived at Osborn, Ohio, moving to Cincinnati in 1918.
Constable Kelly and Scanlon shot by Kelly Gang Oct. 1878.
Note Fr John L Scanlon born Lisselton, ballylongford 1847
On Sunday Father Scanlan, at the Roman Catholic Church, called upon all right-minded people to help the police and maintain the authority of the law. He said that numerous friends had condoled with him on account of the death of Constable Scanlan, whom they had heard was his cousin. There was no relationship between them, but the manner in which the deceased trooper had conducted himself in the district would have made him (Father Scanlan) proud to call him a kinsman. The reverend gentleman is bestirring himself about the erection of a monument in the Mansfield Cemetery.
LEGION of Mary, are preparing to celebrate the five hundredth meeting of the council, Kerry Comitium on Sat.23rd.2013 Feb. The Sacrifice of the Mass at 2.30p.m. in the Church of the Resurrection, Park Rd., Killarney
HISTORY: Old Newspapers cuttings about local events can be viewed on Australian and New Zealand government site free of charge, these items are not available online locally. Argus Melbourne of Aug. 1912 carries death of Michael McElligott on August 14th 1912, he was husband of Mary McElligott and youngest son of late Tom and Catherine McElligott of Moyvane.
Courier Mail Brisbane Queensland, 23rd Sept. 1948 reports death of Con Mulvihill at his home in Wilston on 15th September 1948, he was husband of Annie and father of Rita, Mrs O Sullivan. Con was born at Aughrim Newtownsandes.
South Australia Register Adelaide,4th May 1884 publishes the marriage of Mortimer Gallivan of Patch , Duagh, he was 4th son of the late James Gallivan. He married Margaret 3rd daughter of Bernard Smyth of Pine Creek, Laura. Priest at the wedding was Fr. O Dowling SJ.
SULLIVAN
The International O’Sullivan Clan Gathering (Mon 8th – Sat 13th July 2013)
The International O'Sullivan Clan Gathering is open to everyone and looks forward to welcoming you to the O'Sullivan's spiritual homeland of the Beara Peninsula in beautiful West Cork (check out The International O'Sullivan Clan Gathering on Facebook to see who's planning to attend!).
Brosnan name is closely linked with the Sliabh Luachra area and there are many theories about its origins. One of these is that the name was derived from the parish and village of Brosna in East Kerry. My own ancestors from both sides originally came from the Sliabh Luachra area of Currow, which means that we still have several relatives in the Currow/Scartaglin/Kilcimmin areas. Anyone who can find a Brosnan in their family tree are invited to come along and take part in this clan get-together which is being held in Castleisland during the last weekend in July. Everyone is encouraged to invite Brosnans from near and far back for a great gathering , as well if others, some of whose ancestors happened to be Brosnans. A packed programme of events is being planned with music, song, dance, sport and much more. For further information contact Kay at 087-9940339.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21341766
NHS staff should face prosecution if they are not open and honest about mistakes, according to a public inquiry into failings at Stafford Hospital.
Years of abuse and neglect at the hospital led to the unnecessary deaths of hundreds of patients.
But inquiry chairman, Robert Francis QC, said the failings went right to the top of the health service.
He made 290 recommendations, saying "fundamental change" was needed to prevent the public losing confidence.
DEATHS: Selection of death index at Tralee Library.
Sr. M Costelloe Dingle Sept. 198? ; Sr. Columbus Costlloe KM 5 July 1985; Denis Costelloe Ballydwyer K Sent 1910; Mrs Costelloe Ballydwyer April 1910; r Finbar Costelloe 1950; Gabriel Costelloe Ballybunion 10 Feb. 1968; Ian Costelloe Abbeyfeale 1982; Mrs Costelloe Abbeydorney 1911; Mrs J Costelloe 1962; Jack Costelloe Tralee and Boston 25 March 1903; Miss Katie Costelloe Listowel K Sent 4 Dec.1915; Kitty Costelloe Ballybunion K Champ. 12 Feb. 1938; Maureen Costelloe Bromore, Ballybunion May 2001; Michael Costelloe Lixnaw 1912; Rev Michael Costelloe Nov. 3 1915; Pat Costelloe San Francisco 15 Aug. 1942 KM; Tom Costelloe Limerick 17 April 1954 KM;
Dan Flavin Listowel 22 Feb. 1955; Fr James Flavin Knockane, Listowel 21 April 1978; Joan Flavin Lisselton and USA 30 Sept. 1972; John Flavin Listowel 12 Dec. 1942; lil Flavin Birmingham 2 Jan. 1976; Michael J Flavin Tralee 20 May 1944; Tim Flavin 27 May 1950.
KERRYMAN Snippet; July 6 1935, Kerry County Council congratulated bishop elect of Ross Right Rev Patrick Casey DD. Canon Casey was PP of Newmarket and he was nephew of the famous Fr Casey of Abbeyfeale.
Maurice Leahy picture and details of his life, a native of Kerry and founder of Catholic Poetry Society, has spoken at countless schools and lived at Parnell and Redmond homes.
Bedford Dance licence refused, Batt Joy was manager and chairman of hall since foundation in 1919. No sanitary facilities, hall on side of road.
Death of Daniel Mulvihill of Gortdromasillihy on 29th June 1935, he was uncle of Fr Michael Mulvihill , Saline, Kansas, Fr Donal Mulvihill, St John’s Church, Lincoln, Kansas and Sr mary Ann Joseph Mulvihill Concordia. Chief mourners Joan Mulvihill widow, Michael and Donal Mulvihill sons, Mrs John Leahy, Shrone daughter, Con Mulvihill Burntwood brother.
Funeral of Joe Broderick of William Street, Listowel, 25th June 1935, Brodericks fron Gortdromagowna attended, also cousins, Lyons, Dooling, Madden, Gaughan, Buckley, McMahon and Connell.
Death of John B Mahony Ballybunion 17 July 1935,he was 50 years inn Ballybunion , he was a native of West Limerick.
August 3rd 1935 a mad cow belonging to Tom Dillon of Knockanassig shot by guard as she was a danger to people at the Spa in Listowel.
WALK:
Since August 2011 a group which calls itself 'The Clare Pilgrim Way' has been marking out a pilgrim route linking ancient monastic sites, holy places and cultural centres around the County and a small section of South Galway.
The aim is to map a Clare style ‘Camino’ with a Celtic spirituality theme, allowing walkers to follow a pilgrim path linking the significant sacred places, sites of cultural and historical significance and pilgrim routes in the landscape of County Clare.
The route passes through mostly country roads but also includes woodland, bog roads and coastal routes and visits the two island monastic sites of Inis Cealtra and Scattery.
The next walk will be from Molougha to Kilfenora, from 1- 5 of April 2013 (Easter week - Mon to Fri). Participants will gather in Spanish Point on Monday at 19.00 for and orientation for the four day pilgrim walk.
KERRYMAN: Aug 3rd 1935 edition photo and details of ordination of Fr John Reidy OSA son of M J Reidy of New Brighton, State Island NY. Fr Reidys school friend Fr Edward Kenealy of the Society of the Fathers of Mercy was in attendance. M J Reidy wrote several books, born at Cordal went to USA in 1903, as young man spent most of his time in Islandanny, Duagh with his mothers people the O Connor Family of Rathoran, he was also creamery manager in several Kerry Creameries including Ashgrove, Kenmare, Kilgarvan. In America he was top man in his job.
Joan o Sullivan of Derra Asdee, was secretary of Catholic Film Society of London, she had a brother Fr Michael O Sullivan who worked in America.
Death of garda Pat O Connor of Toor, Duagh died aged 39 years was serving at Dromsna, Co Leitrim, he was buried at Duagh.
Died Patrick O Connor of Lenamore, father of ohn martin O Connor a GAA and Republican supporter. Tom O Connor in USA played with Kerry Juniors.
Other News
Old cows being bought for Roscrea for 50 shillings.
General Goering gave order that Nazi Regime must not be criticised.
August 10th 1935; Clounmacon FF letter critical reply to Kissane TD by Michael Hegarty , while Newtownsandes FF gives Mr Kissane their confidence.
Kenny and Stack accused of armed attack on Listowel bank.
This edition had two old IRA pictures one was a Lisselton group.
2013
Red Squirrel Sighted
A number of local people recently spotted a red squirrel emerging from the forestry near the old school in Knocknagorna. For Athea area this is a very rare sighting
GENEALOGY: In each family there is one who seems called to find the ancestors. To put flesh on their bones and make them live again. To tell the family story and to feel that somehow they know and approve.
Doing genealogy is not a cold gathering of facts but, instead, breathing life into all who have gone before. We are the story tellers of the tribe. All tribes have one. We have been called, as it were, by our genes. Those who have gone before cry out to us: "Tell our story". So, we do.
In finding them, we somehow find ourselves. How many graves have I stood before now and cried? I have lost count. How many times have I told the ancestors, "You have a wonderful family; you would be proud of us." How many times have I walked up to a grave and felt somehow there was love there for me? I cannot say.
It goes beyond just documenting facts. It goes to who am I and why do I do the things I do. It goes to seeing a cemetery about to be lost forever to weeds and indifference and saying I can't let this happen. The bones here are bones of my bone and flesh of my flesh. It goes to doing something about it. It goes to pride in what our ancestors were able to accomplish. How they contributed to what we are today. It goes to respecting their hardships and losses, their never giving in or giving up, their resoluteness to go on and build a life for their family. It goes to deep pride that the fathers fought, and some died, to make and keep us a nation. It goes to a deep and immense understanding that they were doing it for us.
It is of equal pride and love that our mothers struggled to give us birth, without them we could not exist, and so we love each one, as far back as we can reach. That we might be born who we are. That we might remember them. So we do. With love and caring and scribing each fact of their existence, because we are they and they are the sum of who we are.
So, as a scribe called, I tell the story of my family. It is up to that one called in the next generation to answer the call and take my place in the long line of family storytellers. That is why I do my family genealogy, and that is what calls those young and old to step up and restore the memory or greet those who we had never known before." Author: Unknown
SEARCHING for relatives:
Looking for any info on the following :
PatricK Kiely b. 1832, Limerick ( My g-g-grandfather) died pre-1882. Margaret Kiely ( born Grffin 1834 in Co. Kerry ) ( my g-g-grandmother) died 1882
I have fairly reliable information on 5 of their children:
Johanna Kiely b. 1853
Edmund Kiely b. 1856
Ellen Kiely b.1868
John Patrick Kiely b. 1869 ( my g-grandfather)
Margaret Mary Kiely b. 1878 d. 1882
The 1881 census records the family as living in st George Hanover Square at this time, and apparently John/Jack Patrick was mainly educated in London.
1882.Margaret (Griffin) Kiely and Mary Margaret both died ( registered a few months apart) . A grandaughter of hers remembers being told that their deaths were caused by a runaway horse and trap.
At the time of his mother's death, John Patrick Kiely had begun University, but had to leave and joined the Cape Mounted Rifles, a unit based in South Africa. He was stationed in Kokstad, Transkei, SA approx 1889
John Patrick Kiely ( while in S. Africa ) married...
Alicia Emily Mary Holmes b. 1873 King Williamstown, Cape, S. Africa
They had 14 children - my grandfather, Melville George Kiely, being one of them
John Patrick Kiely served in WW1 in France as a member of the SA Corps Sig. Coy, where he suffered a spinal injury as a result of a fall from a horse during battle. He returned to SA, but in 1928 required spinal surgery, for which he had to return to London. He died a few weeks later in Epsom, Surrey.
Any information on the above persons will be greatly appreciated.
MULVIHILL taken from Clan Newsletter: Congratulations to Margie Mulvihill of Pearl River, New York. Margie, who plays whistle and flute, was the recipient of the prestigious 2012 Turlough O’Carolan Award. She studied with her late cousin Martin Mulvihill, the great fiddler from Glin, Co. Limerick. She also played at times in his All-Ireland champion band, The Glinside Ceili Band.
Great-niece of the renowned Irish dancing teacher Jerry
Mulvihill also from Glin, now of Long Island, Margie has
been involved in Irish music and dancing since she was very
young. Her parents, Mike and Peggy were both from Co.
Kerry. Her grandmother and mother sang rebel songs and
taught them to Margie. Although born in the Bronx, she spent
much time in Ireland playing in sessions. She later formed the
band Morning Star with Kerry singer Mary Courtney. Margie
and her husband, fiddler John Reynolds, have a band called
the Pride of Moyvane Ceili Band, named after a reel written by
Martin. Her four children are all musicians. Margie is also a
music teacher, inspiring and training a new generation of Irish
music players. Margie played at the Mulvihill Clan reunion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2009.
HISTORY: IRISH College, letter to O Hagan 1920.
20 January 1920 Holograph letter from Seán T.Ó Ceallaigh, Grand Hôwas 94&104 tel, Paris (France), to Hagan, expecting to come to Rome the following week. Enclosing copies of typescript circular letter (16 January) from the delegation of the Irish government (one in English translation) signed by himself and G.Gavan Duffy (envoys), to Sir Eric Drummond and all delegates attending the meeting of the League of Nations, and to President Wilson (English translation) – no Italian papers have published it yet. The letter contains a solemn protest against 'this unreal English simulacrum of an International League of Peace' because it is 'an engine of Empire' that will further strengthen English hegemony against the claims of nations struggling for independence: invoking Ireland, as 'one of the oldest nations in Christendom', Egypt and India, in each of which countries the people are fighting for self-determination. Also it is seen that 'the great United States of America stands out in indignant repudiation' - demanding the international assembly originally promised by Wilson on foot of 'a war ostensibly fought for the freedom of small nationalities and the destruction of militarism'. Inviting 'the co-operation of all those to whom the rights of
suffering humanity are dearer than the designs of diplomacy'. (Both French and English versions state the letter's provenance and destination, the French leaving out President Wilson.) [partly French] more below.
http://www.irishcollege.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Hagan-Catalogue-Part-2-1920-1922.pdf
St Patrick;
I arise today through the strength of Heaven
Light of sun, Radiance of moon, splendour of fire,
Speed of lightning, Swiftness of wind, Depth of
sea
Stability of earth, Firmness of rock.
I arise today through God’s strength to pilot me
God’s eyes to look before me: God’s wisdom to guide me
God’s way to lie before me: God’s shield to protect me.
From all who shall wish me ill
Afar and near; alone and in a multitude
Against every cruel merciless power that may
Oppose my body &soul
Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me.
Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ on my right ,
Christ on my left, Christ when I lie down,
Christ when I sit down,
Christ when I arise, Christ to shield me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me.
COLUMBAN: The year 2015 sees the 1400th anniversary of the death of St Columban (Columbanus)
The project Columbanus' Life & Legacy seeks to explore the connections between Ireland and Europe resulting from the life and legacy of St. Columbanus (c. 540-615).
On Saturday morning, 9 March 2013, a mob of about 7,000 looted and set fire to Joseph Colony, a Christian residential area near Badami Bagh in central Lahore. At least 160 houses belonging to Christian families, 18 shops and two churches, one Catholic and the other Seventh day Adventist, were burnt.
The immediate reason was that a Christian man in his 20s, Sawan Masih, was accused of blasphemy against Muhammad which is punishable by death under 295-C [Blasphemy Laws] of the Penal Code of Pakistan. Sawan was arrested by police on Friday 8 March 2013 and sent to jail by the magistrate.
Mark Kelly, His parents, Richard and Patricia Kelly. Their Irish roots are in Cork and Kerry.
Scott Kelly is the twin brother of Mark Kelly, a fellow astronaut who is the husband of Gabrielle Giffords.
Mark Edward Kelly is the son of Richard and Patricia Kelly, two retired police officers
A fallen soldier with a Listowel Connection
Martin Stack of William St. sent me this very sad story. His father's uncle was killed in battle at the very end of WW1.
"My fathers uncle John Stack was born in 1887. One of 12 children (3 died as infants). After a spell in the RIC he decided that it wasn't for him, so he decided to emigrate to the USA where there were already 4 of his brothers and sisters there. On his arrival in Connecticut he was immediately conscripted into the USA Army. I have attached a letter that he sent home at the time, also attached are a photo of his group that he was attached to in France.
John Stack
Private, U.S. Army
111th Machine Gun Battalion 29th Division
Died October 10, 1918
Buried at Plot C Row 39 Grave 9
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery,Romagne, France.
The cemetery covers 130 acres and has 14,246 graves and this is only a fraction of the casualties that died in that offensive. The Battle of the Argonne Forest was the final major battle of WW1 Starting on 26th September until the very end of the war on 11th November. Casualties US 117,000 French 70,000 German 120,000
Congratulations to Margie Mulvihill of Pearl River, New
York. Margie, who plays whistle and flute, was the recipient
of the prestigious 2012 Turlough O’Carolan Award. She
studied with her late cousin Martin Mulvihill, the great fiddler
from Glin, Co. Limerick. She also played at times in his All-
Ireland champion band, The Glinside Ceili Band.
Great-niece of the renowned Irish dancing teacher Jerry
Mulvihill also from Glin, now of Long Island, Margie has
been involved in Irish music and dancing since she was very
young. Her parents, Mike and Peggy were both from Co.
Kerry. Her grandmother and mother sang rebel songs and
taught them to Margie. Although born in the Bronx, she spent
much time in Ireland playing in sessions. She later formed the
band Morning Star with Kerry singer Mary Courtney. Margie
and her husband, fiddler John Reynolds, have a band called
the Pride of Moyvane Ceili Band, named after a reel written by
Martin. Her four children are all musicians. Margie is also a
music teacher, inspiring and training a new generation of Irish
music players.
Margie played at the Mulvihill Clan reunion in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania in 2009. We hope she’ll join us again!
Mayor Denis Mulvihill
The Stoker Mayor: First Term
Part 3
by Denis F. Mulvihill & Cathy Mulvihill Gatesman
A quick review: Part 1 followed the transition of a young
Denis Mulvihill from a rural townland near Tralee, Co.
Kerry to becoming a mill fire stoker in Bridgeport,
Connecticut. After thirty years, he was elected as city
Alderman of Ward 10. Part 2 followed Denis’ work as the
“watchdog of the city treasury” and his election as mayor.
Denny Mulvihill, the stoker mayor, had beaten the odds.
“Rugged honesty” had prevailed. The job ahead of him
would hold new challenges and the cleaning up of unfinished
business. Newly elected politicians must please their
constituents, never an easy task, while rebuffing the
criticisms of their opponents. His first job was to return
$1,700 in campaign funds to those who had supported him,
(over $40,000 adjusted to 2012). As he had been as
alderman, the new mayor was hands-on. He represented the
people first. Daily he walked about town talking to citizens
and city officials alike. He wanted to determine if
improvements were needed to the city’s sewers, gutters,
pavement, garbage collection, bridges, telephone poles, fire
and police buildings, horses and stables or any of the city’s
departments. He read all commissioner’s reports, making
suggestions based on his own evaluations
March 23 2013
BOOK on Causeway Comhaltas is now available.
HISTORY: 2015 sees the 1400th anniversary of the death of St Columban (Columbanus) .The project Columbanus' Life & Legacy seeks to explore the connections between Ireland and Europe resulting from the life and legacy of St. Columbanus (c. 540-615).
AMERICAN Civil War
St Patrick’s Day 1863 . The Irish Brigade began the day with religious ceremonies, The enlisted men ran around the course riding mules, creating fun for the crowds. There was also foot-races, weight casting competitions, hurdle-races, sack-races and wheelbarrow races. Greatest fun was a chase after a soaped pig and attempting to catch it, a prize of $5 was given for the man who proved the best dancer of reels, jigs and hornpipes.
The first horse race was at 11am, and each of the riders had dressed up for the occasion. Thousands of officers and men from the army clamoured around the track. audience which included the commander of the army, Major-General Joseph Hooker. Six runners and riders dashed around the freshly built course, each determined to take the first laurels of the day. Captain Jack Gosson, took the prize, riding General Meagher’s grey horse, ‘Jack Hinton’.
Sad to say many of the men were dead before the end of the war.
MOLONEY:
Mar 1915 , Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois, USA
SON OF EX-ATTORNEY GENERAL DIED IN CHICAGO
DIED FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Former Ottawa Young Man was one of Greatest College Athletes in the World--Burial Here Monday.
William Moloney, a former Ottawa young man, but late of Chicago, passed on to his reward at 5 o'clock Friday afternoon at his home, at 6116 Greenwood avenue, in Chicago, following an illness of several months due to heart disease. He had been in ill health for the past year, but his condition grew worse gradually for the last few months and his death was expected momentarily.
William Moloney was the son of Attorney General and Mrs. M. T. Moloney, of 307 Benton street.
He was born in Ottawa, in June , 1878, and he received his early education here. From this city he set up his studies in the University of Chicago, from which he was graduated with high honor.
Was Great Athlete
The deceased was always in good health and was of an athletic build. While a student in the university of Chicago he participated in all kinds of field athletics, and was noted throughout the country as being one of the greatest of college athletes. He had held many world's records in field events.
The deceased was united in marriage twelve years ago in Chicago. Two children survive, besides his widow. They are William, Jr., and Ralph Moloney. He also leaves his mother, of this city, one sister, Mrs. Helen Buckley, of New York City, and two brothers, James and Fred Moloney, of Chicago.
The funeral of Mr. Moloney will take place from his late home, 6116 Greenwood avenue, Chicago, on Monday morning. The body will arrive in Ottawa at 9:40 a.m. and will be taken to St. Patrick's church, where a requiem high mass will be held at 10 a.m. Burial will be in St. Columba cemetery.
Cissie Gourley Notes Molyneaux & Daly
The Molyneux's came from Trienerach (where Dan Nolan comes from) our ancestor married
into Bedford where another ancestor called Daly had a big farm which he divided between a
son and daughter, Molyneux marrying the daughter. My grandmother Mary Molyneux w
as
the child of this marraige, she later married my grandfather Denis into papas old home of
Islandanny, Mary had 4 sisters and 2 brothers.
Tom
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got the home farm, He had a son a priest in USA another son Dennis married in USA
and his son (my second cousi
n) Professor John Lambert Molyneux of New Orleans
University visited me 2 years ago.
Patsie
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a public house in Listowel
Mary
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Mrs Brosnan
Mrs Enright
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also a business house in Listowel, very clever family, Dr. killed in world war 1,
priests, family died
out I think.
Mrs. White
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Bedford
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mother of Canon White, there are Whites still on the farm
Mrs Corridan
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Drombeg, died out,
Mrs Broderick
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Duagh, family still there
The Daly Brother had only two daughters and Jack Dillon of Abbeydorney was descended
from one sister. His name should be Dillane, papa and his father were second cousins.
( From Pres. Secondary School yearbook 1992 )
Michael Collins – Eilín Olive Pierse, 1 Bríd
Michael Collins, Commander – in – Chief of the Free State Army during the Civil War, was killed at Beal na mBláth on 22nd August 1922.
His brother Johnny had lived at the family home at Woodfield, near Clonakilty with his wife Kate and their eight children. Kate died in February, 1921. Woodfield was burned by the Black and Tans and the children were forced to live with relations.
One of the eight was Mary. She married Richard (Dick) Pierse of Listowel and had seven sons. The second eldest – Robert- is my father so this makes Michael Collins my great-grand uncle.
Patrick De Woulfe Scanlon (1862 – 1893), Karen Kennelly, 1 Bríd
The anniversary of the death of Patrick de Woulfe Scanlon brings to mind the taking off in the springtime of his life of a talented young North Kerry man whom the Pittsburgh, Pa. press described, at his demise, “as one of the brightest and most talented young men that city had ever known”.
A journalist, and an artist, whom disease cut down more than a quarter of a century ago, just as fame had dawned on the marvels of his brush. De Woulfe Scanlon was born close to the village of Newtownsandes in North Kerry and, when quite a young lad, emigrated to America and, for a while, settled in Philadelphia, Pa. where he accepted a position on the clerical staff of the Pennsylvania railroad. He was shortly afterwards promoted to Pittsburgh, Pa. Having always a taste for literature and art, his spare time was devoted to the cultivation of both, and shortly after his arrival in the great iron smelting city of the west, he was looked on as a brilliant and effective writer.
The brush, however, dominated the pen in his ambition, and after four years he had spared sufficient money to enable him to set out for Europe to pursue his artistic studies. In Paris he studied painting under the leading masters of the period and there became associated with Mr. J. Elmar Salsibury, the well known Pittsburgh artist, who took a keen interest in the work of young Scanlon.
Outside the studio he still continued to write for the American press and supplied art critiques and articles under the pen name of “Vandyke”. After the Paris Exhibition he studied in Florence and Rome and, having toured France, Germany and Africa, he returned to Ireland on way back to America, having taken in the principal cities of England in his route.
During this itinerary many interesting sketches and articles found their way into the leading journals of the States, while yet he was laying the foundation of the more solid and enduring forms of art. Returning to Pittsburgh he opened a studio in 4th Avenue and soon his paintings attracted a number of patrons through whom his work was gradually attracting lucrative attention. Death claimed him at the age of 31.
For many years afterwards in his old home – a pretty homestead on the roadside between Newtownsandes and Tarbert – numbers of his earlier school day sketches were to be seen up to a few years ago, but they have gradually found their way into the hands of his many friends and admirers.
The Field Athea 1995
With Kieran Murphy, Donal Woulfe, Dick Bridie, Donal de Barra, Theresa Mullane, Raymond Enright, Tom O'Keeffe, Lillian O' Carroll and Mick Ahern.
http://youtu.be/VawZZ6xqw9U
ATHEA Drama Group Celebrated 21 Years of acting in March 2013. They presented a play by John B Keane called Manny Young Men of Twenty. Directed by Theresa O Halloran.Cast, Annette O Donnell, Margaret Reidy, Tommy Denihan, Donal Woulfe, Oliver McGrath, Hannah Mai Collins, Tom Enright, Roger Ryan, Theresa O Halloran, Carol O Connor, Kevin O Keeffe, Tom O Keeffe, Jack Denihan, Lal Browne, Lorcan McAuliffe, Saoirse Redmond, Box Player Kieran Flavin,Set, Noel Ambrose and Martin Dalton. Backstage, Amina Parkes and Damien Ahern. Makeup Joan Griffin. Front of house, Sean Barrett, Mary Kelly, Francie Flavin and Dan Griffin. Lights/ Sound, Declan O Carroll.
Cast of 1992 Production, Director Oliver McGrath; Cast, Lillian O Carroll, Theresa Mullane, Mick Ahern, Donal de Barra, Con Fitzgerald, Betty Murphy, Raymond Enright, Jimmy Dee, Christina Brouder, Mike Sheahan, Theresa O Halloran, Pat Brosnan, Teddy Murphy, Joan Griffin, Patricia Quinn, J J O Connor and Box Player Francie Flavin.
Productions; Manny Young Men of Twenty 1992, Sive, ’93, Buds of Ballybunion ’94, The Field ’95, Nano ’96, I Do Not Like Thee Dr. Fell ’97, The factory Girls ’98, Big Maggie ’99, The year of the hiker ‘2000, The Chastitute ‘’02, The Cripple of Innishmaan ’03, Moll ’06, The Country boy ’07, The Cobweb’s Glory ’08, The Curse of Josie Ward ’09, Unforgiven ’10, The Man From Clare ’11, Lovely Leitrim ’12.
old Listowel Presentation Convent yearbook from 1992 I found a very interesting article where some girls wrote about their famous granduncles.
Here are two of the accounts
My great grand uncle founded Glasgow Celtic
Mairéad Mahony, 1 Bríd
It wasn’t through Packie Bonner, our famous football star, that I became a fan of Glasgow Celtic. My interest began years before that as my great-grand uncle, Fr. John Foley (1860 – 1953), was one of the founders of the club. He died in his native Tralee in the 93rd year of his life and 64th year of his priesthood.
He frequently paid the rent of the club’s first pitch out of his own pocket. Fr. Foley was in his younger days a crack athlete, a first-class boxer, cricketer, footballer and walker. When he was over 60, a walk of twenty miles in four hours was nothing to him.
He was a man to make you turn and stare in the street. Even in his advanced years he had the build of a giant and the springing walk of a perfectly trained athlete.
I am really proud to see how well Glasgow Celtic, which he helped to found, has done since.
Bishop Patrick Joseph Keane, Sacramento
Ciara O’Connor, 1 Bríd
My great grand-uncle, Patrick Joseph Keane, was born in Barraduff, Lisselton on 6th January, 1852. He was educated at St. Michael’s College, Listowel and later at St. Patrick’s College, Carlow.
Pope Pius X1 appointed Fr. Keane as auxiliary to Bishop Grace of Sacramento on 10th September, 1920. After the death of Bishop Grace, Fr. Keane was appointed Bishop of Sacramento. He was responsible for updating the historic Sacramento Cathedral. Bishop Keane died on 1st September, 1928.
The family of Bishop Keane was indeed a distinguished one. Bishop Keane’s brother was Governor of Assam from 1932 until he died at the age of 63 in London. He had served as State Secretary in India from 1917 to 1921.
Bishop Keane had another two brothers, Rev. W. Keane who was Parish Priest in Killorglin, and Rev. John Keane who was a Jesuit in St. Francis Xavier’s, Gardiner Street, Dublin.
I am very proud of my great grand-uncles as, indeed are his relatives to this day in the parish of Ballydonoghue.
LYONS Murder Railway Station Listowel
http://irishgenealogyqueries.yuku.com/topic/957/Murder-at-Listowel-Railway-Station#.UU8r4zcqKZ4
1992 Pres Book
The Martyrs of Gortaglanna
There was a mission on in Athea this particular week. Con Dee, Paddy Dalton and Paddy Walsh were after attending the mission on the morning of the 12th May 1921. They had Mass, Confession and Communion. They had come a couple of miles to Connors cross where they had arranged to meet Ger Lyons. As Ger arrived, the lorries which belonged to the Black & Tans surrounded them. The only thing the four men had with them was their rosary beads. They hadn’t expected to meet the Tans but it is rumoured that a woman in Athea told the Tans that she had seen them leaving a while earlier and that they were on the road. The Tans captured them, beat them up and threw them into the lorries. They took the four men about a quarter of a mile in the direction of Listowel. They took them out of the lorries and marched them into a field where there was a fort. This field is now known as the “Martyrs’ Field”. This field was owned by William McMahon of Kilmorna. The Black & Tans lined the four men up and selected a firing party from the Black & Tans. The Tans were ordered to shoot the four men, the orders were given and the shots rang out. Paddy Walsh, Paddy Dalton and Ger Lyons fell dead. Con Dee was wounded in the leg. He turned and ran down the glen as shots rang out after him. He kept going on towards the bog with his leg bleeding heavily until he came to a road. He had travelled a mile when he was spotted by a man who had a horse car and rail. He put Con into the horse car and covered him over and brought him a mile or two towards Coilbee and put him into a meadow and hid him in a dyke and contacted some of the other comrades.
Con was collected by Donal Bill O’Sullivan who helped him across about eight fields to Enrights of Ballahadigue where a doctor was called from Listowel to treat his wound. He had lost a lot of blood by this time. Later that night Con Dee was removed in a pony and trap to a farm between Ballylongford and Lisselton where he was cared for until his wound healed and he had recovered to health. Con Dee emigrated to Philadelphia in the late 1920s. He used to make regular visits to Ireland and called to the people who cared for him while he was wounded and would also call to the location where the murders had taken place. Con Dee died in Philadelphia about ten years ago.
There is a monument in memory of these men at Gortaglanna and also the well-known song “The Valleys of Knockanure” is dedicated to these men.
INFORMATION on Keys; I see in your notes from October 2011 a reference to some of my ancestors. “Dan Keys Ahalahanna born 1835 to Dan Keys and Deb. Hanrahan.” . I have the baptismal records for the children born to Daniel Keyes and Deborah (Hanrahan) Keyes from the parish in Moyvane. These records include the marriage of their oldest daughter, Mary Keyes, to Richard Collins in 1861. Both were from Ahalahana. Deborah (Hanrahan) Keyes was a daughter of Denis Hanrahan and Dorothy (Clifford) Hanrahan.
The descendant chart for Daniel Keyes and Deborah Hanrahan is attached. My great grandfather was Thomas Keyes (born 1844 to Daniel Keyes and Deborah Hanrahan). Of course, I have the details of his marriage, children and other descendants from my own family records in the United States. He immigrated in 1871. But, I don’t have information about what happened to the rest of the Keyes children (except for Mary [Keyes] Collins) and some of their descendants, and that information is only from the Irish Genealogy church records.
So, I am writing to ask if, perhaps, you have anything more on the family than what appeared in your notes. If so, I would appreciate knowing about it.
Thanks, Patrick McDonnell.
Message: Hello. I recently came across an article referring to Newtownsandes and the Leahy family connections. I understand Fr. William Casey wrote a booklet about The Leahy family life & times in Abbeyfeale since their first ancestor left Tournafilla c.1796. I am a descendant of the Leahys and am tracing the family. I have had great sucess with the Australian side of things but have nothing to go on with the Irish descendants. I am wondering if anyone would know where I could find a copy of this booklet as the library in Abbeyfeale didn't have any record of it. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks,
Rose
TRAIL rally on the 12th May to highlight the inaction and failure of our elected representatives, (with the exception Clr. Tim O Leary, FG and Jimmy Moloney, FF who will have a motion down for next meeting of Listowel Town Council to deliver the Great Southern Trail project for North Kerry.
JFK Anniversary, send any photo or story about JFK visit to Ireland to the American Embassy, or hello@jfkhomecoming.com
Clann Mulvihill
Officers 2012
Chieftain: James M. Mulvihill, USA
Deputy Chieftain, Mary Ann
North America: Mulvihill-Decker, USA
Deputy Chieftain, Europe
and Secretary: Aiden Mulvihill, IRL
Vice Chairperson: Joseph Mulvihill, IRL
Treasurer and Membership: Thomas Mulvihill, USA
Public Relations Officer: Carolyn Mulvihill, IRL
Genealogist and
DNA Project Director: James M. Mulvihill, USA
Co-Administrator,
DNA Project: Aiden Mulvihill, IRL
Linguist: Seán Mulvihill, IRL
Founder: Rev. Cathal Stanley, IRL
Dear Mulvihills,
I saw the note about your newsletter in Mary Colgan’s blog
today and would like to subscribe. My great-grandmother
was Ellen Mulvihill (1853-1939) from Gurtdromosillihy,
Moyvane. I have some information on her family tree that I
would be happy to share with others of the Mulvihill clan.
Ellen’s parents were John Mulvihill (1812-?) and Bridget
Kennelly (1824-?). Ellen had two brothers: Patrick (1841-?)
and Cornelius (1855-?), and one sister Honora (1842-?).
Ellen married Con Shine of Gurtdromosillihy on 7/30/1875
and they had 10 children. I would be happy to share what I
have and find out more. Thanks.
Jim Horgan
Atlanta, Georgia (originally from Pittsburgh)
Ann Prunella Stack, teacher and advocate of physical education, born 28 July 1914; died 30th December 2010. She is survived by her sons, Diarmaid, an astrophysicist, and Iain, a wildlife conservationist.
Prunella She was born in India, daughter of a Gurkha Rifles officer, Captain Edward Hugh Bagot Stack, and his wife, Mary. In September 1914, he and his men embarked for France; Mary and her baby sailed for Britain, her husband Edward was killed at the front before the arrived in England. Mary set up her first classes at the Bagot Stack Health school, in London, among her pupils was her daughter Prunella, who qualified in 1930, aged 16, she was 20 when her mother Mary Bagot Stack died,
In 2010, Prunella attended, with her family, the celebration of 80 years of Bagot Stack at the Royal Albert Hall. 600 teachers and class members performed .Prunella Stack wrote her 1973 memoir, "Movement is Life. In 1935, she wanted "the youngest, and the oldest, fattest and thinnest, most elementary and most veteran, marching side by side. "Cut out feelings of shyness of self-consciousness," she advised "They are selfish, fundamentally, and unnecessary."
Stack Families
http://www.google.com/cse?cx=partner-pub-4531772726434445%3Awpco96-hf35&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=stack&sa=Search#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=stack&gsc.page=1
This trend of so-called “comparative religion” gave rise to a substantial amount of very bad scholarship. Amateurs like Gerald Massey (1808-1907) and Kersey Graves (1813-1883) penned works that serious modern scholars have ignored.
WOMEN: (1878–1954), Irish suffragist who was active in the Indian women's movement. Margaret Gillespie Cousins, an Irishwoman, participated in both the movement for Irish suffrage and the Indian women's movement, recording many of these experiences in We Two Together (1950), co-authored with her husband, James Cousins .
Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/margaret-cousins#ixzz2QqR59CkG
April 2013
KNOCKANURE
MISSION: Great crowds attended the recent mission in the parish. Thanks to all who helped to make it a success. Especially Fr Lucid and the Pastoral Council, Fr John Hanna and Fr Michael Dempsey both of the CSsR Order. The have connections in the parish as Bishop Collins and Fr Enright belonged to the same order. Singing and praying began at 7am and the last service began at 8.15pm, with priests and congregation happily joining in all the activities.
Choir can be heard on youtube at knockanurelocal.
Our Sacristan Margaret was going a hectic pace all week, keeping everything ship shaped. Knockanure Choir during Mission April 2013 : http://youtu.be/vXIutWaEqEU
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THOUGHT; All men can be criminals, if tempted; all men can be heroes, if inspired, G. K. Chesterton.
TRAIL: Gearoid Pierse has update on Facebook on rally 12TH May in support of restoring the old rail line for walkers. Walk on 12th May at 3pm and will commence at Listowel's J.B.Keane Road outside the Old Station (now the Lartigue Museum).
In Co. Limerick on Bank Holiday Monday 6th May at 3pm an 8 mile loop walk will set out from the Rooskagh Communications Mast (on the hills to the North-West of Newcastle West; close to L1329..see map on http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/197955314). This is a very scenic route with panoramic views of the Golden Vale and involves minor public roads as well as the old railway. Please wear visibility vests. Beidh fáilte romhat. Be advised that there are fairly steep roads to be walked!
ST BRENDAN Walk, The Kerry Camino will take place on the route of The Dingle Way on Sat 4th May (Tralee to Camp), Sun 5th (Camp to Annascaul) and Monday 6th (Annascaul to Dingle.) Registration and slideshow in The Grand Hotel, Denny Street Fri 3rd from 7-9 pm. Information from www.kerrycamino.com or email info@kerrycamino.com.
RTE documentary about John Sheahan, retired member of the Dubliners folk group, on Monday 15th April . 2013. His father came from Glin, and his mother from Ardagh. John Sheahan has relations in the locality. He is the last surviving member of the original five man band.
Taken before us, 1st of April 1654,
WM. HAMILTON. JOHN CARMICKE.
ROBT. BROWNING. THO. BAMPTON.
The Island Magee Massacre
A man Mitchel, of Island Magee, sworn and examined, saith, that this deponent being at Ballycorry on the sabbath day, about sermon time in the afternoon, on which day the Irish of the island Magee were murdered, when there was a great confluence of Scotch-men, met together at the said village of Ballycorry, from the county of Antrim, from beyond the Bann water and from Ballymena, all strangers to this examt., who, as this examt. heard generally reported there, gave out that they had a warrant from the king to murder all the Irish, and that they would kill any man who would save and protect the Irish. And that this examt. meeting on his way home with one William Graham told him he, this examt., was afraid all their Irish neighbours would be killed that night, for that he heard the same at Ballycorry. And this examinant further saith, that he heard that the said party, at the town of Ballycorry, did threaten that they would kill Doctor Colville, because he would not show unto them the warrant for the execution of the Irish.
And this examt. also saith, that on the next morning after the said massacre, he went into the house of Eiver Magee, who, with his family, was on that Sunday night murdered, and saw John Marshall, now prisoner in the town of Carrickfergus, coming out of the house, with bloody brackens, and clothes hanging on a staff, which he carried on his shoulder, whereupon he, this examt., told him, the said John Marshall, that it had been fitter for him to bury the dead, than to take away any of the murdered person’s clothes, who, making no answer, went unto his own house with the said clothes. And this examt. saith that he believes that the said John Marshall was a man apt to do mischief, for that within a short time after he, the said John Marshall, gave to one Thomas Russell, of Ballymenagh, a bottle of beer, for to kill one Janet McFarlane, a widow, in the island of Magee, because she demanded of the said Marshall some money, which he owed her, as this examt. was credibly informed; and it was generally reported in the country that the said Russell did thereupon murder the said woman according to the said Marshall’s desire. And this examt. saith he knoweth not of any other persons other than these herein specified that were actors or accessories in the said massacres.
The Mark of J MITCHEL
Taken before us, 1st June, 1653,
WM. HAMILTON.
JOHN READING.
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FLAVIN
. See, my gg Grandfather Denis Flahavan/Flavin immigrated in 1853. I have about stopped researching the line over the pond, as no one can help me from that far back. Yes, they were from that area, but not Listowel proper, more around Tullamore or Tullabeg.
I am still looking for information on ancestors - Jeremiah Kennelly ( born 13 Dec 1796) married to Julia Hickey, who came to Canada with their family around 1845 and settled in Ontario. Most of their children moved to the Saginaw MI area around the 1860's. I have had contact with several descendants but haven't been on the forum for awhile and would like to reconnect especially with the descendants of Julia Kennelly who married Philip Holihan (or Holahan).Looking forward to any info. Thanks
Looking for info for Jeremiah and Nora Kennaly possibly from NY or NJ. They had one natural born daughter (Gertrude) and an adopted daughter (my grandmother, Mary Margaret Smith Kennaly Morrison Savoy.) Mary was adopted from St. Mary's Orphanage in 1924 or 1926, born 12-8-1916.
STARS: The Atacama Large Millimetre Array, it can effectively configure its 50 individual telescopes to act as a single large telescope 16km across! It is the biggest and most expensive ground-based astronomical project being built at over a billion euro so far.
RELATIVES Wanted;
My GGG Grandfather Michael Cushion was born approx 1814 in Ireland and I am having problems finding his birth place. From the Moyvane pages( you have to love Google) I could see that a Michael Cushion was born in Moyvane and I have confirmed this on the free Irish Genealogy web site(mother Ellen McInery & father Michael Cushion) .Michael left Ireland and married my GGG Grandmother Julia Mac Donald (McDonnell ? ) in 1836 in Bermondsey Surrey London . The census records indicate both on them were deaf and dumb, but not where in Ireland he was born.
After the 1861 census Michael has just disappeared aged 44, and could not be located in anymore census, death lists, immigration, lists poor houses etc .So I am checking different spellings etc. Julia was head of house in the 1871 census but was still marked as married. I wonder whether Michael went home to Ireland ? . Julia was born in Middlesex London however her parents were born in Cork and Longford Ireland. So I was thrilled to find some more Irish relatives.
Michael and Julia had 3 children that survived, of which my GG Grandfather Thomas was the eldest .He married Eliza Field and my GGrandfather William was born .William married Eliza Jane Goulding and moved the family from Bermondsey Surrey London to Kent.
On the outbreak of the first world war William who was in his early forties went to war with his sons William & Albert .Sadly Albert was killed and is buried at the Somme .
My grandfather was John Cushion and he joined up with his dad and brothers but they discovered he was just under the age. He decided to sail to Australia and joined the Australian Army, instead . John Cushion married my grandmother Dorothy Josephine Donohoe.
Widows and Orphans Asylum report Waterloo, Toronto 1848
Inmates given out to work included are some Irish names.
Joseph Smith aged 10 to farmer; Mary Fitzgibbons age 5 to lawyer; Mary Gallagher @ 10 years to shoemaker; Matt Tierney @ 14 to Physician; Pat Mc Donald @ 14 to Physician; Sally Nowland pensioner; Mary, Winney and Catherine Harte to Rector; Margaret Feron @ 13 to schoolmaster; Nora Hayes @ 12 to boarding house; Pt Nugent @ 12 to butcher; Pat O Connor to be bound to shoemaker at age 12.5 yrs; Ann McCabe to be brought up as his own Tom Donoghue; Pat Nugent @ 12 to be bound as smith; Maria Mooney @ 14, pay $1 per month , has since left; Joan Fitzgerald @ 13 to farmer, when 18, a bed and two suits of clothes; Jane Williamson tto schoolmaster, food and clothes for 3 yrs; Hugh Tierney @10, bound 4 yrs @$25 first year wagonmaker; Catherine Gillooly age 10 to Rev Rice, help and maintain her till 18 yrs; Jack Doyle @12, bound to blacksmith, food, clothes for 5 yrs; Ellen Moran @11 , to be brought up as his own child, farmer; Others, Mooney, Grant, Connor, McCormack, Gallagher, Traley, McMahon, Mary Moore; Ann Carroll widow @24 to farmer$2 per month; Thomas Henry when 21, 8$ to farmer; Several in charge of Rev. S Sandell PP; Robert Walker to farmer when 21 to get $100;
KELLY
5 Oct 1822 - Petition of Patrick Kelly, Ballybunion, County Kerry, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to post of employment under Government: claims that he succeeded in bringing to justice the killers of his wife Elizabeth Stonehouse ‘who had been barbarously and inhumanely murdered on the night of the 8th of July last, by her son in law, James Casey and one Michael Hennessey’; indicates that his wife had an annuity of forty guineas flowing out of lands of Lahardane, barony of Iraghticonnor, which provided the motive for her murder, and expresses fear that ‘his own destruction is already contemplated by the friends & accomplices of said murderers’. Statement signed and attested by 12 persons.
Further to my recent email to you, I have since found out that Kay Hattley (formerly O’Brien) was buried from St Francis Church, Larkhall Lane on Wednesday 8 May 2013. She died on 24 April 2013. The tribute to her life was given by her great niece, Elisa.The funeral director was C J Reilly, 133-135 Southwood Road, New Eltham, London SE9 3QL (020 8859 1414).
This information was taken from the Order of Service.
William Kirby Sullivan born Dripsey c1821, in 1873 he became President of Queens College Cork. Sullivan married Francis Hennessy a sister of Henry Hennessy 1826- 1901 and Sir John Pope Hennessy 1834-1891.
Pat Brosnan
Census Results Reveal
Changing Face of Kerry
The Central Statistics Office this week released the latest details from the Census of 2011. This is a look at what the statistics reveal about Kerry.
Over a quarter of all the houses in Kerry are lying vacant, with over 40% of these houses used as holiday homes. Information released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) shows that almost 20,000 houses in Kerry are idle for most of the year. The figures are based on the 2011 census results and make up part of the new ‘area profiles’ published by the CSO.
It has also emerged that Kerry is falling behind when it comes to broadband, with less than 55% claiming they have broadband connectivity – 9% behind the national average.
The profiles give a snapshot of individual towns and counties and give details on the age, sex and marital status of the population, as well as data on housing, living arrangements and household composition. Other topics, such as nationality, migration, the labour force and education, are also covered.
Population
Despite criticism that Kerry is being neglected by government and State agencies when it comes to jobs, the unemployment rate in the county on Census night 2011 was at 19.5% – that’s just a half a percentage point above the national average.
Over 45,800 people were outside of the labour force, and of these, one quarter were students, another quarter were looking after the family home, and 38% were retired.
The population of Kerry now stands at 145,502 and it’s almost exactly evenly divided between men and women. Three-quarters of the population are adults. One in every 20 people over the age of 15 years in Kerry is either separated or divorced and 7,000 are widowed.
More than one in ten people living in Kerry is non-Irish, but the figure is slightly below the national average of 12%. however, towns like Killarney, Kenmare and Dingle buck the national trend in this area, with a quarter of their populations home to foreign nationals.
The county is still mainly Catholic (87.7%), with over 9,000 others claiming they belong to other religions like Church of Ireland, Islam, Presbyterian and Orthodox. And 6,684 people said they had no religion at all.
Over 19,000 people told the CSO they had a disability, and almost 7,000 people are providing unpaid care for a friends or a family member.
But the overall, general health of people in the county is quite good, with 88% of the population claiming they’re in good health – very slightly below the national average. However, over 2,000 people said they were in very poor health.
About one quarter of all dwellings in the county are rented, and over 90% of all accommodation in Kerry is a house or a bungalow. Over a quarter of all houses in Kerry were built within the ten years prior to the Census, and about 39% of the dwellings in Kerry are owner- occupied.
Workers by Industry Daytime working population
Industry
Agriculture, Forestry and fishing 3,572
Building and Construction 1,083
Manufacturing 3,959
Commerce and Trade 10,463
Transport and Communications 1,554
Public Administration 2,402 Professional Services 10,479
Permanent Housing Stock
Dwelling Type Kerry State Occupied or usually occupied 55,028 1,705,394
House or Bungalow 92% 84.7%
Flat, Apartment or Bedsit 4.3% 11%Not Stated 3.7% 4.3%Vacant 19,719 289,541
Holiday Home 41.6% 20.5%Other 58.4% 79.5%
Non Irish Nationals
Kenmare and Killarney are among the highest percentages of non Irish Nationals in the country. Almost 26% of Kenmare’s population is non Irish, and the figure is 24.6% for Killarney. The national average is 12%. The Dingle figure is 20%, its 16.8% for Tralee while 11.8% of Listowel’s population isn’t Irish. The majority of Non Irish are from the UK, with Polish making up the second biggest non-Irish Population.
Marriage, Separation and Divorce
Throughout the county, an average of 5% of adults are either divorced or separated. Listowel, Tralee and Dingle appear to have the highest divorce and separation figure at over 8%. But it drops to about 6% in Killarney and Kenmare.
Disability
Throughout Kerry 13% of people said they had a disability. The majority of these are over 65 years. The disability figure is 16% for Listowel, and drops to a low of 12% in Kenmare. When added together the figures shoe there are almost 7,000 carers in the county, and more than one fifth of these are doing it for more than 6 hours every day.
Housing
The Census has identified 55,000 ‘permanent housing stock’ in Kerry, 26% of which is vacant. But more houses and apartments are vacant in Dingle than anywhere else, with nobody living in 458 of the properties – that’s 37% of all the dwelling units in the area. And of these vacant units 57% are holiday homes, with nobody living in them for most of the year. Across Kerry, one quarter of all houses are rented. But the figure is considerably higher in the towns, like Tralee (41%), Killarney (44%), Listowel (40%), Dingle (50%) and Kenmare (51%).
May 12th 2013 was Mothers' Day in the U.S. Sean Carlson, whose mother hails from Moyvane, wrote this article in USA Today.
Taken from Listowel Blog.
My grandmother gave birth to 16 children over the course of 24 years.
Growing up, my grandmother talked about becoming a teacher.
Instead, she gave instruction in a different way: a living example of love and perseverance.
When I was twelve, my mom and I often shared a cup of tea when I arrived home from school, just as if she were still living in Ireland. Listening to her recount memories of her childhood there, I told her that someday I would write her story. "What story?" she said. "If there is a story to share, it belongs to my mother, your grandmother, Nell."
Her mother, my grandmother, Nell Sheehan, lived her entire life in the rural southwest of Ireland. In a different time and a different place over the course of 24 years, from age 23 until 47 she gave birth to 16 children -- eight daughters, eight sons, no twins. My mom was the 15th.
Motherhood may have been her calling but growing up, my grandmother had done well in school and talked about becoming a teacher. That option ended with her marriage, as such jobs were scarce and available either to single women or male heads of households, but not allowed to be hoarded by two workers in the one family. Instead, she gave instruction in a different way: a living example of love and perseverance.
Although unable to pursue the possibility of a career outside the farmhouse where she settled, she insisted that her daughters receive an education or other chances for advancement. The local primary school, a simple building with two classrooms, stood within walking distance at the top of the lane. The boys often stopped attending on account of the farm work. Most of the girls, however, continued their education. Their mother wanted her daughters to have opportunities in their lives.
By encouraging them to spend time away, the irony was that she destined her girls for elsewhere. With bleak economic prospects at the time, little choice remained for them to stay. One after another, they left home -- almost all of them for the United Kingdom or the United States. Every night, their mother prayed for their protection.
Despite the distance, the mother-child relationship stayed strong through the letters they wrote: accounts of life in new lands, photographs of grandchildren born abroad. In this way, my mom learned about many of her sisters and brothers. Her mother held the notepaper close to her chest, near to her heart, savoring the words as if the sender were present with her there on the page as well. Then, she read them aloud to her husband and those still at home.
Almost every envelope included a portion of their earnings as well. How difficult it is today to imagine enclosing 20% of a weekly salary. Yet, this is what the children often did for their mother, pleased to think of her being able to buy fresh tomatoes as a treat or perhaps a haircut in town. After the arrival of electricity in the area, her oldest son and daughter-in-law bought her even greater gifts that transformed her life in the home: a washing machine and later a stove.
My mom followed in the footsteps of her siblings. Shortly before turning 17, she went to London with her sister. Whenever she returned home afterwards, traveling by train, car and ferry, her mom greeted her at the front door of the thatched farmhouse, so eager for her arrival. Walking her daughter into her room, she sat on the bed and tapped her hand against the mattress, saying, "tell me all that has happened since you left." My mom would then recount the latest from her sisters and brothers, as well as her experiences away from home.
As her daughters grew up, my grandmother sometimes confided that she looked forward to the day when they would return to live nearby, hopefully raising families of their own near her, able to visit as she aged. Although they didn't come back for good, still they remained close. They may have left, but their mother was with them wherever they went.
A few years ago, I found a cassette recording from a distant cousin in Florida who has since passed away. On one of his visits to Ireland decades earlier, he recorded a conversation with both of my grandparents. As my mom listened to her mother's voice for the first time in more than 30 years, the tears came. Memories flooded back, reminders of the imprint of a mother.
Like every year, they are there on Mother's Day. They are there every day.
Sean Carlson is completing a book about emigration through the lens of his mother's experiences, from Ireland to London and the United States.
Mass for St Brendan’s Day in Ardfert 16 May 2013
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CUSACK: Miss Elizabeth Cusack, Cratloe West, Abbeyfeale, came over from Cratloe West to work Jack Doherty in Kilkee. Salesmen were so impressed by her that they encouraged Miss Cusack to go out on her own and that they would give her three months credit instead of the usual one months credit . she took their advice and opened shop with a sign over the door, Cusacks General Stores. Story told of Miss Cusack giving one boot to a man and telling him when he had the money to come back and she would then give the other boot. Miss Elizabeth Cusack, b1861-1957, and her niece Catherine Buckley, Bawnaraha, b1894-1957, are both laid to rest in the Buckley grave
in Knockanure Churchyard.
THE IRISH CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER: Founded in 1888, this year the Irish Catholic newspaper is celebrating its 125th anniversary and as part of these celebrations is hosting a conference entitled Horizon of Hope on June 8th at All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin 9.The speakers on the Church and change will include: John Waters, Nuala O'Loan. Sarah Carey, Mary Kenny, David Quinn and Breda O'Brien.
call Geraldine at (01)6874020 or email events@irishcatholic.ie.
Seats are limited, so book early to avoid disappointment.
The website is www.irishcatholic.ie
LOCAL Sites; Brosnan Family
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Stack Clan
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the founder of Mann's Jewelers in Rochester was cautious but intrigued when an email arrived at his store from a woman wondering if he could possibly be the Irving Mann whose military tag she said she'd found a day earlier in her barley field in France.
After all, the World War II veteran didn't recall losing a dog tag after landing in Normandy with the 90th Infantry division on D-Day and fighting across Nazi-occupied France.
"It had to be false," thought Mann, who'd recently celebrated his 88th birthday.
"You hear of so many scams going on, that somebody's going to fake it, do some research and say, `I would be willing to return your dog tag. However, it will cost you X number of dollars."'
A series of email exchanges between Mann's daughter-in-law, Charlotte Mann, and the French woman, Sophie LaFollie, eventually convinced the Manns she was for real. For one thing, LaFollie relayed the serial number from the aluminum tag, a number Mann has never forgotten: 42023412.
June 2013
Astronomers using the new Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array have imaged a region around a young star where dust particles can grow by clumping together. This is the first time that such a dust trap has been clearly observed and modelled. It solves a long-standing mystery about how dust particles in discs grow to larger sizes so that they can eventually form comets, planets and other rocky bodies. The results are published in the journal Science on 7 June 2013.
BOOK: Manchester Irish author DJ Kelly gave a talk and slideshow presentation and signned copies of her latest book 'Running with Crows - The Life and Death of a Black & Tan'. Based on the life and death of William Mitchell, a Black & Tan and the only member of the British Crown Forces to be hanged for murder during the Irish War of Independence, Kelly's novel tells the true and hitherto untold story of this tragic Irishman. Did Mitchell Kill the magistrate? Did he deserve to hang or was this a politically motivated miscarriage of justice?
REPORTS from old newspapers; Father Eugene A. Heffernan, dean of the county of San Diego and pastor of St. Joseph's Church, died Sunday at Tucson, Ariz. He was born in Kilmorna, Ireland, in 1879. He was ordained priest at Dublin in 1906, and shortly after came to the United State , report in 18 January 1919 - Mountain Democrat - Placerville, California, USA
Mr. George Gun Mahony, D.L., of Kilmorna and Guneborough, Co. Kerry, who died on the 14th September 1912, buried on Tuesday in churchyard where his father, Mr. Kenifeck Mahony, who died in 1850, lies buried. The late G. G. Mahony was educated Rugby and Oriel College Oxford . Report in, 28 September 1912 - Cheltenham Chronicle - Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England .
FitzGerald. of Moyvane, County Kerry, and of Rugby, who died on the 7th May last, his son, Mr. John Vesey FitzGerald of London, was granted sole executer. Report in,
20 September 1895 - Birmingham Daily Post - Birmingham, West Midlands, England.
Mr. Foster Fitzgerald, J.P. It appears that a large party of poachers, completely masked, went on his lands in Moyvane for the purpose of coursing, his agent was Mr, Michael Nolan. Taken from, 31 October 1878 - Morning Post - London, London, England .
Republican at Newtownsands, County Kerry, soldiers searching house found it occupied by two girls. Whilst" the men were upstairs the girls bolted all the doors, and set the house on fire, the soldiers escaped. Report in, 13 April 1921 - Dundee Courier - Dundee, Angus, Scotland .
Law in USA.
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Jesse Friedman, in all likelihood, is America’s best known wrongfully convicted child molester. His case was a national news story in the late 1980s, when he and his father, Arnold, were charged with hundreds of counts of child sex abuse. In 2003, when Jesse was newly released from prison and on parole, he was thrust back into the national spotlight when he appeared in the Academy Award-nominated documentary “Capturing the Friedmans.” The film revealed serious flaws in the original investigation and cast considerable doubt on his guilt. After the film’s release Friedman — who has adamantly maintained his innocence for years — became a new face of the wrongfully convicted.
TERRACCE TALK
Moyvane
13 players wore the Kerry jersey in Championship (1928-2010) and National League (1950-2010)
Jim Brosnan (1949 - 1959)
50 Appearances (28 Championship. 22 League. )
Bernie O'Callaghan (1961 - 1965)
40 Appearances (11 Championship. 29 League. )
Patrick Curtin (2012 - 2012)
23 Appearances (8 League. ) Also played 3 U21 games.
Con Brosnan (1928 - 1932)
16 Appearances (16 Championship. )
Johnny Mulvihill (1978 - 1978)
14 Appearances (1 Championship. 13 League. )
Tommy O'Callaghan (1966 - 1966)
5 Appearances (2 Championship. 3 League. )
Mick Brosnan(1951 - 1953)
5 Appearances (1 Championship. 4 League. )
Jer Carmody (1937 - 1937)
4 Appearances (4 Championship. )
Colm O'Callaghan (1970 - 1970)
4 Appearances (4 League. )
Jack Flavin (1932 - 1937)
3 Appearances (3 Championship. )
John Stack (1984 - 1985)
3 Appearances (3 League. )
Joe Sheehy (1961 - 1961)
3 Appearances (3 League. )
John McEnery (1967 - 1967)
1 Appearances (1 League. )
Junior Players
3 Moyvane players represented Kerry at Junior grade (1998-2012).
Jackie Mulvihill (2004 - 2004)
2 Appearances
Eddie Bowler (2004 - 2004)
2 Appearances
Patrick Curtin(2009 - 2009)
1 Appearances
U21 Players
1 Moyvane players represented Kerry at U21 grade (2000-2010).
Patrick Curtin(2009 - 2010)
3 Appearances
Minor Players
1 Moyvane players represented Kerry at Minor grade (2000-2010).
Patrick Curtin (2006 - 2007)
11 Appearances
SEAN O CONNELL
Apprehension of Timothy Mulvihill reported in The Limerick General Advertiser of 31 May 1814 'at Knockanure by the spirited and judicious exertions of John Sandes, Esq ... aided by a party of the Waterford Militia'.
Barbara Scanlon
don't know what Scanlon family he belonged to. My husband is a descendant of Timothy Mulvihill and Johanna Connor family. Timothy Mulvihill and eight of his children came to Kansas City Missouri. Timothy died in 1872, in the 1870 census he said that he was 89 years old. He was living with Tim Scanlon, who was Timothy Mulvihill's son-in-law. The key to finding this family was a Civil War pension packet for Timothy Mulvihill's son Michael Mulvihill. In the paperwork he documented his marriage.
"May 2nd 1870. I united in Sacred bonds of wedlock Michael Mulvihill son of Timothy Mulvihill and Johanna Conors- the one part-and Ellen Clifford daughter of William Clifford and Catherine Englin - the other part.
Witness - Thomas Clifford & Elizabeth Jane Sheehan
J.D. Power
The above is a true record of the marriage records as preserved at
St. Joseph Cathedral, St. Joseph Missouri, Buchanan Co.
Newman Rector, St. Joseph's Cathedral, St. Joseph, MO
29th day of March 1894
After finding this paperwork I was able to find the baptismal records for four of the eight children in the Moyvane records. The Timothy Mulvihill family lived in Kilbaha. I have found a Timothy Mulvihill in Griffith's Valuation living in Kilbaha South.
Johanna Mulvihil granddaughter of Timothy Mulvihill married Micahel Scanlon (from Athea) in 1880 in Kansas City Missouri. My husband is a great-grandson of this couple.
IRISH TIMES Blog
Martina Woulfe
I know your wonderful Mom Nuala in Boston and enjoyed your article very much.
It brought back fond memories...
My Aunt went to a 50th school reunion last year, back in Rahavanaigh )Rahavanney) (not too sure of the spelling?) anyhow it is close to where my father and Aunts all grew up in North Kerry, at the top of Cnoc a Nur, Lahesrough, Ballybunion.
At the 50th reunion there were doctors, lawyers, teachers, nurses, politicians, business people, all walks of life, who all came out of that tiny little two roomed school, on the top of a wind tossed hill, in North Kerry. I always say that there is something about Kerry and its people...that you just don't find elsewhere..but then again I am biased as my father comes from there...
All of my ancestors on my fathers side are buried at Kilahenny graveyard by the golf links in Ballybunion.
We spent all of our summers playing on the strand there underneath the Geraldine castle owned by the Bunyans. We ate periwinkles with a pin, and candy floss from the shacks at the top of the cliff walk - near the castle. I have a LOT of relatives all back those places, Beale, Banna, Foynes, Lisselton, Ballyloughran and all of those names were as natural to us as if we lived there ourselves. We were there for hay saving time, collected the eggs from the hens, helped our Aunt milk the cows, jumped on the hay stacks, ran around the fields till all hours of night - 11p and still it was bright!.. picked mushrooms in the early morning with a rush/reed to thread them on and carry them in to cook on the pan with a nob of salted butter...jumped the little stream (which looked like a river to me back then) by the pillars at Granny's whitewashed mud walled house,
Thank you for forwarding this it brought back very fond memories of my days in North Kerry with all of my relatives and cousins there.
All the best
Brenda Harris
When thinking about the success of those from Moyvane, I am reminded of the adage regarding the fledgling Kerryman's appearance in the workplace: "Be careful whom you hire, for he may one day have your job." it was the case for the Dinneens of Chicago, In any case, Irish culture came naturally to us, the dancing and music from our earliest memories. There has been some documentation of our participation in Bill Flatley's flute band, and later in another Moyvane native, Frank Thornton's flute band, and of course, the dancing, dancing, dancing. It was not only a passion for me, but a livelihood, which allowed me to attend college while raising children. My daughter, Michelle Dinneen-White, delighted all of us with her beautiful fiddle playing, and my son Noel and I made an effort on the Bodhrain. He however, became the thespian of the family and has appeared in a film documenting plane tragedies. He also performs in improvisational comedy in New York City.
Gerald Starts a Controversy in the Irish Times
A friendly controversy is being played out in the letters column of the Irish Times concerning the FitzGeralds, earls of Desmond, and the emblem of the wild boar on their coat of arms.
Gerald O’Carroll, author of the book The Earls of Desmond, The Rise and Fall of a Munster Lordship, due to appear later this month, published a letter (Irish Times 5 June 2013) suggesting that the boar came from King Richard III’s gift to the Earl of Desmond in the 1480s: a gold collar with boar pendant.
But Desmond FitzGerald, of CanaryWharf, London, had a different understanding (Irish Times 6 June): the boar was adopted “as a sign of the love” between Earl and an Irish girl, Catherine MacCormac.
Here is yet another suggested origin for the boar emblem. Among the Imokilly Geraldines (Castlemartyr) is the legend of the boar. A wild boar infested the country around Castlemartyr until slain by one of the FitzGeralds, who split its head with a sword and adopted the boar as his coat of arms.
(Timoth Gleeson, Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society)
JUNE 2013
POPE: Harley Davidson has given Pope Francis two of its classic motorcycles to mark the brand's 110th anniversary and on Sunday hundreds parked along the road leading to St Peter's Square while the Pope recites the Angelus .
FATHER’S Day; My Father ... When I was 4 years of age; ‘My Daddy can do anything’. 5 years old: ‘My Daddy knows a lot’. 6 years old: ‘My Daddy is smarter than your Dad’ 8 years old: ‘My Dad knows exactly everything’. 10 years old: ‘In olden days, when my Dad grew up things were different’. 12 years old: ‘Oh, well naturally, Father does not know anything about that. He is too old to remember his childhood. 14 years old: ‘Don’t pay attention to my father, he is so old-fashioned’ 21 years old: ‘Him? My goodness, he is hopelessly out of date’. 25 years old: Dad knows a little about it, but then he should because he has been around so long. 30 years old: ‘Maybe we should ask Dad what he thinks? After all, he’s had a lot of experience’. 35 years old: ‘I’m not doing a single thing until I talk to Dad’. 40 years old: ‘I wonder how Dad would have handled this. He was so wise and had a world of experience’. 50 years old: ‘I’d give anything if Dad were here now, so that I could talk this over with him. Too bad I didn’t appreciate how smart he was. I could have learned a lot from him’. (Anonymous).
DEATH of Fr Tom Lawler
Kerryman 29 July 1916.
He was P P of Killorglin for 30 years, served under three Bishops of Kerry. He was a sterling and consistent nationalist. Fr Tom was born at Irrabeg, Lixnaw on 18th August 1842, educated and ordained at Paris. His first position in Kerry was at Abbeydorney, later moving to Tralee, Castletown Bere, Ballyferriter and Ballybunion. He established the Catholic Young Mens Association in Castletown Bere, two members of note were Tim and Edward Harrington MPs, who remained his lifelong friends.
While serving in Ballyferritor, he contacted fever and was transferred to Ballybunion. In Ballybunion Fr Morty O Connor was fighting for the rights of tenants against Sam Husssey, the case went to the House of Lords, where he lost, although the court of appeal had decided in favour of Fr O Connor. Fr Lawlor supported his PP in his actions. Bishop McCarthy promoted Fr Tom to PP of Valentia , where he became the Vice President of the first branch of the Land League founded in Valentia by the then PP, Canon Brosnan, he being the President. Mr Charles Russell QC, Killowen was charged with recording the state of affairs in South Kerry on the lands of the Knight of Kerry, TCD and Lord Lansdowne. Mr Russell was in contact with Fr Lawlor and he supplied him with details of the circumstances of the people which Russel later used in his book New Views on Ireland. The Duke of Connaught came to Valentia as guest of the Knight of Kerry and associated himself with Fr Lawler and the committee to help relieve the people in the area. In 1884 Dr Higgins moved Fr Lawlor to Killorglin, in a short time he had 12 schools and teachers residences erected. Fr Tom went to America in 1886 to collect money to help in the construction of a church for Killorglin, the one that was there was like a barn. He lectured in New York, Boston and Chicago and was given a great welcome on his return home. An Illuminated Address was given to him also. Cromane Church was opened by Dr Mangan some years ago also. He always took an active part in the national movement to promote the peoples rights, outrage in every form was discouraged. Before the “Times” Commission, he was able to state that the League had banished outrage from the district. Fr Lawlor helped get funding for half the price of the organ in the church from Mr Carnegie, also with Mr O Donnell he got Carnegie money to build the parish hall. Among the many priests at his funeral was Fr O Carroll from Newtown.
CHARITIES: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/13/us/worst-charities/
Mental Health; http://www.patheos.com/blogs/faithonthecouch/2013/06/am-i-crazy-the-9-components-of-mental-health-and-how-you-get-them/
Nov. 1920; Two RIC men (Constable William Muir and Constable Coughlan) were captured by the Ballylongford Company of the IRA. Constable Muir were brought to Moyvane where he were guarded by the local company. The British Army issued an ultimatum that Ballylongford would be razed to the ground if two men were not released and the Kerry No. 1 Brigade HQ ordered their release. Constable Muir later committed suicide (27th December 1920).
24 July 1904 Rev. F Magner CssR a native of Limerick, Consultor General to the Redemptorist Order, arrived in Limerick from Rome with the Superior General , he preached at St Alphonsus Church in Limerick on 24th July 1904. He served in Limerick for several years and received congratulations from his many old friends.
Fr Magner was spiritual director of the Arch Confraternity of the Holy Family and was also Rector of the Community.
David F. Keating was born c 1914 in Newtownsandes. He died on 20 Sep 1949 in Chicago. David, a patrolman in the Chicago Police Department, was shot dead in the line of duty. He was 34 years old. His mother Catherine Finucane was born on 20 April 1875 in Ardmore, Carhoonakineely, Tarbert. She died in Oct 1949 in Chicago. Catherine married Robert Keating c 1903.
5 Oct 1822 - Petition of Patrick Kelly, Ballybunion, County Kerry, to Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquis Wellesley, Lord Lieutenant, Dublin Castle, requesting appointment to post of employment under Government: claims that he succeeded in bringing to justice the killers of his wife Elizabeth Stonehouse ‘who had been barbarously and inhumanely murdered on the night of the 8th of July last, by her son in law, James Casey and one Michael Hennessey’; indicates that his wife had an annuity of forty guineas flowing out of lands of Lahardane, barony of Iraghticonnor, which provided the motive for her murder, and expresses fear that ‘his own destruction is already contemplated by the friends & accomplices of said murderers’. Statement signed and attested by 12 persons.
June 2013
VISIT: President Kennedy’s great-grandfather Thomas Fitzgerald left Bruff in 1852 for Boston taking with him the family bible which JFK used when taking his oath of office in 1961. Fifty years after President Kennedy visit to Limerick, his daughter Caroline made a visit on 21st June 2013 to her ancestral family home in Bruff.
UNIONIST: Published Limerick Leader on 19/06/2009
A Catholic Unionist and a reforming landlord, William Monsell's friends included William Gladstone and Pope Pius IX, a new biography by Matthew Potter reveals
But Dr Potter believes Monsell's 60-year political career is of great significance, he is also "one of the most overlooked political figures of nineteenth century Ireland".
The book - William Monsell of Tervoe 1812-94: Catholic Unionist, Anglo-Irishman -.
Monsell's was active the 1830s in time of Daniel O'Connell concluded in the 1890s.
Dr Potter, who like William Monsell is also from the Ballybrown/Clarina area.
"His long period as MP for County Limerick (1847-74)
Among his closest friends were British Prime Minister William Gladstone; Pope Pius IX, the longest reigning Pope in history; John Henry Cardinal Newman, the famous Catholic thinker who made two visits to Limerick in 1852 and 1854 and Lord Acton one of the greatest historians of all time.
Dr Potter is also the author of First Citizens of the Treaty City - The Mayors and Mayoralty of Limerick 1197-2007, the product of three years of exhaustive research by the author, which was published nearly two years ago.
He also wrote The Government and the People of Limerick: The History of Limerick Corporation/City Council 1197-2006, which was the first complete account of the government of an Irish urban area ever written.
William Monsell of Tervoe 1812-94, available in bookshops.
DEATH: Jim Cogan passed away peacefully on Sunday June 23 2013. His daughter, Anne, delivered this at the funeral
What can I say to you about my lovely father, Jim Cogan?
He grew up in Cork, the son of an English mother and Cork father, the second youngest of 4. Jim’s mother was a convert to Catholicism and had all the zeal of a convert. The family was a religious one. After school, Jim entered the SMA order. They had a church near his home in Cork. For a while, Jim was happy in the order and he made many lifelong friends during his time in Galway, Dromantine and UCC. But religious life was not for him and he had the courage to leave 6 months before ordination. Jim had many fond memories of his time with the SMA. It was always part of who he was.
Jim got his first temporary teaching job in Scoil Mhuire, Kanturk where he met Mary, the love of his life. That was his first step towards the Kerry border. In the Summer of ’73, he saw an ad. in the paper for a Science Teacher’s job in St. Michael’s, Listowel – a place he couldn’t even find on the map. He made his first trip here for his interview with Father Diarmuid O’Suilleabáin. Those were different times. The interview took place in the principal’s house. Interview over, Jim was told he had the job and Father O’Sullivan asked him to stay for tea which he cooked for him himself. So began Jim’s long association with Listowel.
Father O’Sullivan recognized the counsellor in Jim and he retrained as a Guidance Counsellor. Subsequent principals & colleagues in St. Michaels did everything they could to make life easier for Jim. In his time in school, Jim touched many lives. Only Mary knew the enormous effort it took on cold wet mornings to get himself to work, but with characteristic determination, Jim pushed himself to give his best effort always. It gave him enormous pleasure to get an email from a past pupil and he loved to hear that a man he had helped had done well and gone on to be happy in life.
Jim was hopeless at remembering names. When he and Mary were out walking, if she saw someone whose name he should know approaching, she would say ‘Let me take your photograph with… announcing the name loudly and clearly. All that photograph taking was only a ruse. Jim became the most photographed person in Listowel.
Jim was at the head of every technology curve. He was one of the first with a home computer, and an electronic organizer. He embraced the ebook which changed his life. He inspired the rest of the family towards technology which is a lasting and fruitful influence on us all. Mary, who is famous in our family for once turning over a CD to play the other side, is now the unofficial Listowel blogger thanks to Jim.
Jim was always fascinated by new inventions and gadgets and he shared that passion with his late brother, John. As soon as his disability began to affect his everyday life, John stepped in to invent and adapt simple things to help with everyday tasks.
As his disability increased, so did his determination to find new technologies to help him overcome these disabilities. Everyone who knew him was familiar with his mastery of hands-free devices. He was an expert on voice-recognition software and few things gave him more pleasure than the discovery of a new piece of software that enabled him to do something for himself. A friend of ours tells a story of the day that she and her young son visited our house while Jim was on his computer. When they got home, Padraig, aged four at the time, sat in front of his computer and issued the commands ‘Wake up’ ‘Mouse Up’ ‘Mouse Down’ and was so disappointed when his mouse wouldn’t obey as Jim’s did.
My father was a ladies man. Most of Jim’s best friends were women. Apart from Mary, some other women had a special place in his heart. What would he have done without Joan, Helen, Breeda & Eileen? His advancing disabilities brought even more ladies into his life. Jim had PA’s, home-help, Cathy Corps and the twilight service, and the Community Care team. These all enabled him to live at home to the end. His final days were spent in the Bons, Tralee where he was given exceptional care and attention by all the friends he had made over a very long association with that hospital. It gives us, his family, great consolation that he was able to be at home with Mary for so long and his last days were in familiar surroundings among friends.
Faced with battle after battle in his 65 years of life, Jim Cogan’s quiet courage and resillience is an inspiration to us all. Coming to Listowel, and particularly Cherrytree Dr. was to be one of the better moves of his life. But by far the best move he ever made was in marrying Mary Ahern from Kanturk. He drew love and strength from their relationship, and she was his very own Listowel Connection for over 40 years. I know that he would want me to thank her for absolutely everything.
In Listowel, he found himself among a supportive community of neighbours, friends and colleagues. Throughout his life Jim had a wonderful capacity for making and keeping friends. He was a wonderful father and grandfather. He was very proud of us and we are very proud of him. Thank you.
KNOCKDOWN: All is in order now for the Clounleharde School reunion in Knockdown on this Saturday June 29. The event will begin at 7 pm with an open air Mass celebrated by past pupil Fr Mikie O’Connor; this will be in the dressing room stand. After Mass all the people who have confirmed that they will be attending will be invited to a cold buffet in the marquee which will be erected in the car park opposite the shop. An overflow table for the latecomers will be set up in the Killeaney clubhouse. There will be a display of old photographs on the night as well a little newsletter in memory of the occasion. After the meal all will adjourn across the road to the Knockdown Arms for drinks, music, song, story, chat. The committee members have been working since last October to make this night a success so they hope that everybody enjoys themselves. It is heartening to see that over twenty are coming home from the USA and England for the event. Bridie Murphy, past pupil, will be photographer for the night, until approximately 10.30 pm so if anybody wants class photos taken, be sure to get to her before then. There will be a sales table in the marquee with local postcards and newsletters and books of local interest for anybody interested. The members are praying for no rain or midges on the night and ask you to pray also! At the moment the weather signs are good for Saturday night, thank God. Let the celebrations begin!
Managers:
Mick O'Dwyer has 8 All Irelands as a manager, 4 as a player.
There was five of that kerry team with eight, Ger Power of kerry has eight as well I think, Jack O'Shea, Mick Spillane, Sean Walsh all have seven.
The Spillane Brothers Pat, Mick and Tom have eighteen medals between them have any other set of brothers as many. They also have a total of 23 all-Ireland medals at all levels.
Dara O'Sé has six, Tomás has five, wouldn't bother listing guys with four as there'll be dozens.
Players:
John O'Keeffe , Charlie Nelligan, Mick Spillane, Jack O'Shea, Seán Walsh, Danno Keeffe - 7,
John Egan, Tommy Doyle, Eoin "Bomber" Liston, Paudie Lynch, Joe Barrett, Con Brosnan - Have 6,
Johnny Culloty,Tomás O'Sé, Mick O'Connell, Tom O'Sullivan, Jimmy Deenihan T.D, Tim Kennelly, John Joe Landers, Tim Landers, Joe Keohane, Miko Doyle, Gega O'Connor, Johnny Walsh - all have 5,
Seamus Moynihan, Mike Frank Russell, Marc O'Sé, Colm Cooper, Dec O'Sullivan, Aidan O'Mahony, Paul Galvin, Eoin Brosnan, Mike McCarthy - have 4...as do at least 10 others that I'm not going looking for! Paddy Kennedy and the like way back in the day. You may want to cut it down to 5+! Actually have to mention Dick Fitzgerald, after whom the stadium in Killarney is named. He won 5 from 1903 - 1914..aswell as writing the first ever book on Gaelic Football.
..all the above are Kerrymen
Players:
Report from Aoife Daly July 2013
There are few times in the year that bring me more delight then the annual trip to St. Patrick’s college Maynooth for the Irish Church Music Association (ICMA) Summer School.
I have been attending the Summer School for 5 years now and each year brings with it more joy, more fabulous music and more inspiration .
The fabulous music experienced at Summer school is like no other. It is practically impossible to put into words . Walking around the hallowed hallways of the colllege hearing beautiful music glorifying God to the high heavens coming at you from all angles is amazing .
I remember walking into bottom loftus on the first day and just being overwhelmed by how fantastic it was to be back , how glorious it was to be around my Maynooth family and how enlightening it was to hear God being glorified with one of the most beautiful and fantastic things in this world.... music."
POPE Francis has decided to grant a plenary and partial Indulgence to all those who take part in the 28th World Youth Day that will be celebrated from 22 to 28 July in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil . Following the event online will also gain an indulgence.
THOUGHT: The whole world can ignore me and treat me as if I weren't there at all, but God has picked me out to be His very own. Neva Coyle.
CHAIR: Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise new chair. The county recently purchased DeGise a new office chair from Secaucus-based office supply store WB Mason. The cost? $429.
LAW: New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVII, Issue 53, 18 April 1890, Page 9
Judge Curran, at the Tralee Sessions, recently sent a woman named Anne Pierse to penal servitude for five years for stealing two pence from Bridget Brien in Listowel. At same time John Moriarty and Patrick Shea were charged with stealing £13 from John Scanlan. The former was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment and the latter to five years'.
WAR Irish Families died; five Sullivan brothers died on a single US ship in WWII, a film was made about it. In WWI two British families lost five sons each.
Talbots of Malahide , fourteen of them killed in the Battle of the Boyne.
Cheshire Ireland provides supported accommodation, respite and community services to adults with physical disabilities from 18 centres around Ireland.
Rathfredagh Cheshire Home, bequeathed to the Cheshire Foundation by the Waller family, opened in 1971 and is located about 4 miles outside the town of Newcastle West, about 34 miles from Limerick city.
Rathfredagh Cheshire Home, , opened in 1971 and was later extended to provide lifetime adaptable homes to people with severe physical and sensory disabilities and/or acquired brain injuries. Funding will enable: the provision of a hydrotherapy pool making it possible for service users to exercise and receive treatment in water.
http://woulfefamily.com/athea_limerick_woulfes
Children of "Old Maurice (5) and Kathleen Riordan...
James...(The Barrister)(6)
...known as James "The Barrister" Woulfe.(b1732 d1817) He married JOHANNA McCOY of Coole (d1811) and they lived in Garryantanvally near Listowel in County Kerry. James and Johanna are buried in Templeathea in grave #1.
Children of James the Barrister Woulfe and Johanna McCoy...
James (young James) (7)
(young James)died in childhood in 1817. Buried at Templeathea. Ruth's chart show 1822. Sean says he was 12 when he died. He's also in grave #1 at Templeathea.
Maurice James. (7)
(Of Knockanasig farm) d 1824. Married ELLEN DORE b Gortnagross d1827. they had at least 5 children. Both are buried at Templeathea in grave #2.
Additional from Ruth Welch - They lived in Garrianthanawallah, Co. Kerry.
Children of Maurice J Woulfe and Ellen Dore...
RICHARD (8) (Dick of Ahohfona) (b1793 - d1868 in Illinois) Married MARY FOLEY. Emigrated in 1848. 9 children, including Richard Wolfe who married Kate Maher.
MAURICE (8) (b1800?) Married ELLEN CAREY KEARNEY in 1830. 10 children. Moved to Iowa in 1848. James b1831 Listowel,Ellen b1832, John b1837, Mary b1842 Ireland, Margaret b1844 Ireland, Thomas b1843, Johanna b1847, Richard Carey Wolfe b1848 Illinois, d1919, Catherine b1849 Illinois, Bridget b1854 Illinois.
*BARTHOLEMEW (8)- remained in Ireland b1809 d1884 buried Athea.
*MICHAEL (8) - remained in Ireland b1813 d1889 married Annie Buried Athea.
*EDMOND MAURICE.(8) - remained in Ireland. D1832 2 sons, Maurice, James.
***additional notes on Edmond Maurice from Ruth Welch...
Lived in Garrianthanawallah, Co. Kerry. Burial: Unknown, Grave #2, Temple Athea
Children of Edmond Maurice...
MAURICE EDMUND WOULFE, d. 1864. Lived in Dromala, Co. Kerry.Burial: Unknown, Grave 1, Temple Athea.
JAMES WOULFE, d. 1870. Lived Dromala, Co. Kerry. Burial: Unknown, Grave #2, Temple Athea,
Richard James (Dick) (of Drumalught) (7)
RICHARD JAMES (b1763 Cratloe - d1842) married JOHANNA RELIHAN. 3 children born in Cratloe - moved with parents (JAMES THE BARRISTER and JOHANNA) to County Kerry. When his son JAMES died, RICHARD JAMES took over the farm. Buried Templethea.
Children of Dick Woulfe and Johanna Relihan...
JAMES RICHARD (8) (Dromalught) (b1800 - d5/16/1875) buried at Templeathea. Born in Limerick. Took over his fathers' land in 1837. 2 sons, Richard and Thomas.
Children of James Richard...
Son Richard (9) b1842 d 1932 buried TempleAthea. Married Margaret Mulcahey. One son, Richard (10).
Son Thomas (9) was given Beale hill in 1870 and was ejected in 1885. One son - James (10)
THOMAS RICHARD (8) (b?d1877) married ELLEN?. 4 children (no info). Moved to Iowa.
MAURICE RICHARD (8) of Knocknasig. b1802 Cratloe d 1870. Married Johanna Downey. Owned famous racehorse named Dimby. Emigrated to Iowa - buried at Lostlands cemetery. 9 children. Stephen(9)1833-70, James (9)1832-39, Richard Downey(9) 1834-1885 married Margaret OKane married Margaret S. Lyons, 9 children, Katherine Collins (10), Johanna (10) b1867 married Miller, Richard (10) b1869, Daniel Maurice (10) d 1919 Texas, Maurice Patrick (10) d1915 6 children, all died in Texas hurricane!, Margaret Therese (10) d1951 married Macdonald no children, Hanoria Euphoria (10) b1876 d 1951 unmarried Chicago, marie Lousie (10) b1881 d 1965 no children, Aileen Gregory(10) b1884 Missouri D1956 Texas, married Hawley McCall. ***This is where Peggy Brown's family comes in*** 3 children, Richard Hawley McCall (11) 4 children, Maurice Wolfe McCall(11), Peggy(11). Johanna (9)1842-62 Lostland Cemetery, Catherine (9)1842-?, John (9)1851-?, Edward (9) 1857-?, Edmond (9)- went to Montana, (Edward and Edmond may be the same person),Margaret (9) b1839 d 1904 emigrated Sept 1848 with Richard and mary Foley Woulfe - she was their daughter. Married Bart Maher after his first wife Margaret Maher died. 5 children - Maher family in Iowa.
JOHANNA (8) (b1812 in Limerick d?) Remained in Ireland.
ELLEN (8) (b?) Emigrated to Iowa. Married Patrick Maher, brother of Margrets' (above) husband.Her daughter Honora (Nanno Maher) married James (Paddy) Woulfe.
JOHN RICHARD WOULFE (8) of Tanavella (b1810 Limerick- 1882 Iowa) (see ***** below)
RICHARD (8) (b1815? -D1906) married Mary Harmon and remained in Illinois. 6 children. James(9) b1848 Athea, Margaret (9)b1949 Athea , Maurice (9), child,child, John E(9) b1852 Newcastle West died in Chicago 1987.
CATHERINE (8) - b1818 d?
EDMOND/EDWARD/NED (8) (b1821- d?) Took over his father's land with brother James in 1844. Moved to Ashgrove near Newcastle in 1851. Married MARY LISTON. At least 6 children. Buried at Templeathea. 6 children in Ireland. James b1848, Margaret b1849, Maurice, ?, ?, John E.b1852 d1897 in Chicago.
KENNELLY: What do you know about Catherine Kennelly and John Walsh? I did not find their Marriage but I did find 8 children born to them from 1806 to 1837. What is the story on these peopleIt makes sense to me that my Great Grandfather would be named after his father's father which was Patrick.
I am looking at this very seriosly to be maybe correct for my family.
Tell me what you know.
Where true love is dwelling, God is dwelling there;
Love’s own loving Presence love does ever share.
Love of Christ has made us out of many one;
In our midst is dwelling God’s eternal Son.
Give him joyful welcome, love him and revere;
Cherish one another with a love sincere.
BOOK: Newcastle West Golf Club launched their 75th Anniversary Book. The launch was performed by Jimmy Deenihan, on 7th July 2013 The 110 page book was printed by Fitzsimons Printers and is full of interesting articles and photographs.
HERITAGE Week 17-25 August 2013.
VIDEO: Irish Soldiers in Lourdes http://vimeo.com/67114781
EMIGRANTS: Father John McCarthy a Limerick man, is the emigrant chaplain at St. Brendan’s parish in Dorchester, Boston As an emigrant pastor he estimates there are 10,000 Irish undocumented among his flock. Read more: http://www.irishcentral.com/story/news/periscope/in-boston-10000-undocumented-irish-wait-anxiously-for-news-on-immigration-bill--215052501.html#ixzz2ZyhMT8kr
IRISH ABROAD:
Abbé Henri Essex Edgeworth de Firmont had the title Grand Vicaire, with responsibility for all the Catholics of Paris, he wrote to a priest friend,
Almighty God has baffled my measures, and ties me to this land of horrors by chains I have not the liberty to shake off. The case is this: the wretched master [the King] charges me not to quit this country, as I am the priest whom he intends to prepare him for death. And should the iniquity of the nation commit this last act of cruelty, I must also prepare myself for death, as I am convinced the popular rage will not allow me to survive an hour after the tragic scene; but I am resigned. Could my life save him I would willingly lay it down, and I should not die in vain.
The evening before January 21, 1793, the Abbé fell in tears at the King’s feet. Louis helped him up, made his last confession and then bade farewell to the Queen and their children. The Commune having reluctantly allowed the Abbé to put on vestments, as clerical dress had been forbidden; he said Mass and gave the King his last Communion. Abbe Edgeworth died the 22nd May 1807, aged 62.
METEORITE: The Limerick meteorite fell on September 10, 1813, with several stones falling in county Limerick near Scagh, Adare, Brasky and Faha. Witnesses reported a “huge fireball in the sky” and loud explosions that resembled the sound of heavy artillery. One of the meteorites fell close to a witness and was immediately dug out of the soft earth. The meteorite was said to be warm to the touch with a sulphurous smell.
A report in the Limerick Chronicle of 11 Sept 1813; “Yesterday morning at about nine o’clock, there was the most dreadful thunder heard in the direction of Patrickwell, towards Adare and Rathkeale”, and went on to state that “large fragments of atmospheric stones” accompanied the thunder which was “violent and continued for a considerable time.”
August 2013
SHOOTING STARS: see the most meteors per hour on the night of Monday, August 12th 2013. The Perseids have been observed for around 2000 years and are the result of Earth passing through a cloud of dust left behind Comet Swift-Tuttle. As Earth moves through this cloud, the particles fall into our atmosphere and burn up, creating shooting stars.
SILVER SURFER AWARDS 2013: These showcase and celebrate older peoples’ use of the Internet and technology and the organisers are looking for someone who will become a role model to inspire more older people to embrace technology. Further details can be obtained from www.ageaction.ie/silversurfer or by phoning Anne-Marie on 01 4756989. The closing date is Sunday, 15th September.
DAIL Report; Bulls given to farmers from Department. 8-4 -1959
Edward Carmody, Beale, Asdee, Ballylongford, County Kerry cost £222.
John F. Leahy, Lisaniska, Kilmorna, County Kerry cost £420.
Ml.
Dillon, Behenaugh, Knocknagoshel, County Kerry, cost £136.
Patk. Doran, Lyreacrompane, Listowel, County Kerry. Cost £120
Ml. Nolan, Scalp, Brosna, County Kerry cost £94
David Dillon, Behins, Listowel, County Kerry cost £105.
John Hayes, Gortnasminch, Listowel, County Kerry coat £73.
Thos. Dillane, Kiltean, Lisselton, County Kerry cost £105
John R. Kissane, Tullahinell, Ballylongford, County Kerry cost £157.
Edward Carmody, Beale, Asdee, Ballylongford, County Kerry coat £122.
DAIL: Minister for Social Protection (Deputy Joan Burton): There are currently approximately 89,000 rent supplement recipients for which the Government has provided €436 million in 2012. Statistics are not available on the number of rent supplement applications received in County Kerry between January 2010 and January 2012 or the outcome of those applications. Below is a statement showing the number of rent supplement recipients in County Kerry from 2009 to 2012.
2009 ,recipients 2,398; 2010 recipients 2,339; 2011 recipients 2,278; 2012 recipients 2008.
FAMILY WENT TO Australia; Here is a list of Daniel Kennelly and Julia Dillon/Dillane's. children born in Ireland.
I believe Julia and Daniel had another child in Ireland.
I think she was the daughter named Julia. (I haven't found the record of her birth yet.)
Children of Daniel Kennelly and Julia Dillane/Dillon born in Ireland.
Mathew b Listowel 24.1.1857
F Daniel Kennelly
M Julia Dillon
Sp'rs: Patrick Kennelly
Catherine Callaghan
Honora b Listowel 16.8.1858
F Daniel Kennelly
M Julia Dillane
Sp's: John Hayes and Honora Kennelly
Patrick b Listowel 6.4.1860
F Daniel Kennelly
M Julia Dillane
Sp's: Cornelius Kennelly and Bridget Dillane
Daniel b Pallas. 14.7.1861
F Daniel Kennelly
M Julia Dillane
Sp's: Daniel Kennelly and Honora Kennelly
Enda Kenny's chief of staff, Mark Kennelly, and one other special adviser were both paid €156,380 last year. Three other advisers claimed salaries of €81,676.
LOUGH DERG: The outgoing Prior of St Patrick’s Sanctuary on Lough Derg has said he will miss the many people who form ‘the Lough Derg family’ as he moves on from a role he has held for twenty-three years.
In his 2013 clerical changes for the Diocese of Clogher, Bishop Liam McDaid announced that Mgr Richard Mohan would be taking up an appointment as parish priest of Clones, Co Monaghan.
The mysterious Missouri priest who gave anointing to a woman in her wrecked car near Center, Mo. has been identified as Father Patrick Dowling, of the Diocese of Jefferson City. “I thank God and the amazingly competent rescue workers,” Fr. Dowling stated today in a comment on CNA's original article on the Aug. 4th 2013 incident. “I thank them for making me welcome in such a highly charged situation and allowing me to minister as a priest.”
Widows; Then, in my own life I became a rare statistic, one of the 1.8% of women in their 40′s living as widows. My research showed that 2.6% of 40-something women are widowed, 1.8% not remarried. Slightly over 1% of men the same age are widowers with less than 1% not remarried.
"DROWN HALF OF THEM." NZ Tablet 22 July 1881
The Nun of Kenmare relates this incident to an English paper. She writes "An Irish landlord who has just been evicting his tenants for not paying the rent, which they could not pay, was expostulated with by a poor man with a very large family. How can I pay rent, sir,' he said, when I cannot feed my eleven children 'Go drown half of them in the boghole,' was the reply. This was no hearsay or imagination ;it is a matter of fact. The name and place was published in the Freeman's Journal a few days ago. And I may add I have heard scarcely less brutal expressions myself. Surely there is only a degree less in humanity in turning men and women adrift on the roadside when, after a famine in which they have been fed by public charity, they cannot pay rent and feed their children. But there are, thank God, humane landlords in Ireland if there were not it would soon be turned into one vast desert, for human life would become almost extinct for want of sustenance, and emigration or the workhouse would complete the destruction of the Irish people. A priest, who has a large parish in the poorest part of South Kerry, told me yesterday that only for the patience of Lord who owns nearly all that district, that nearly every soul in his parish would be in the workhouse. Many of them owe four years' rent, but he added God knows how long he may be before he evicts them.' The late famine was preceded by bad years, and that is a circumstance too often overlooked. These people, honest, hard-working, and truly pious, had been in the habit of going to England every year, and by often working eighteen hours out of the twenty-four, had earned their rent their land could never have paid it and fed them even on the poorest fare. But this work in England has failed our people of late years. I do not know why, probably you, sir, could tell your readers the cause of the fact there is no doubt. This landlord, having both, honesty and common sense, does not evict the people, though naturally they live in constant fear of it, and hundreds have emigrated."
August 2013
BIRTHDAY: Happy 98th Birthday to Liza Mulvihill, who was born in Moyvane in 1915, she now resides in St Ita’s Hospital.
NICK Simmonds born USA, 30.12.1983, achieved, 1 x World Championships Silver medallist, 1 x Olympic Games finalist, 3 x World Championships finalist, 1 x Diamond League meeting winner. Nick Symmonds is in the top ten in the World for middle-distance running. He was spotted by local born coach Tom Shanahan of Kilbaha a former cross-country and middle-distance runner . Tom first met Nick while teaching in High School in Boise, Idaho. Tom went to the States himself about 21 years ago on a scholarship.
THE PIONEER ASSOCIATION celebrates its 115th birthday this year with an International Gathering Conference in All Hallows College on September 28th and 29th, bookings 01 8749464 For the full itinerary and more information email pioneer@jesuit.ie or visit www.pioneerassociation.ie
TOASTMASTERS is a non-profit educational corporation with headquarters in the US. Its mission is to improve the communication and leadership skills of its members.
It has approx. 180,000 members in 54 countries from Australia to Malaysia to South Africa and everywhere in between. Clubs are divided up into areas, then divisions then districts and there are three clubs in Area 36, Division A, District 71 – Tralee, Killarney and West Limerick. The three clubs meet each month from September to May in a safe, friendly, fun filled and affirming environment. We welcome people to come and sit in on meetings and watch proceedings before they consider joining up and guarantee that they will not be asked to participate until they decide to become a member.
Tralee meet in O’Donnells Bar and Restuarant, Mounthawk Roundabout on the first and third Mondays of the month with meetings from 8.00– 10.00 pm and as part of our learning we try to ensure that the meetings start and finish on time. For further information contact Celine on 066 7125364. Killarney meet at the Malton from 8.30 – 10.30pm on the second and fourth Tuesday from 8.30pm – 10.30pm and the contact there is Bernadette on 087 754 6984. Finally, West Limerick Toastmasters Club meets on the first and third Wednesday of each month from 8.30pm – 10.30pm at the Desmond Complex, Newcastlewest and the contact number for further information is Donnacha 086 8494505, from Marian Harnett, 087 6866450.
BUILDINGS: http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/
Muckross House, labelled "Muckross Abbey" on the first edition of the Ordnance Survey (surveyed 1841; published 1846), is said to be the fourth house erected by successive generations of the Herbert family on lands granted (1586) in the Killarney district by Queen Elizabeth (1533-1603; r. 1558-1603). Writing in 1837 Samuel Lewis commented that 'Muckross House, the seat of H.A. [Henry Arthur] Herbert, Esq., is situated in a demesne of enchanting beauty. The old mansion has been taken down, and is about to be rebuilt in a style according more with the beauty of the grounds, and the numerous interesting objects in the immediate vicinity: the road through the peninsula of Muckross and across Brickeen bridge to the island of that name, will be so improved as to form a delightful drive through the whole of this romantic demesne' (Lewis 1837 II, 127).
LEBANON: Tibnin Monument in South Lebanon is dedicated to the memory of 47 Irish personnel who died while on peacekeeping duty in Lebanon. Present 108 Irish/Finnish Battalion made up of 332 Irish and 176 Finnish personnel are at Tiri area of South Lebanon. Irish Defence Forces, have given 55 years of service on peacekeeping operations.
KNOCKDOWN NEWS
wish a very special Happy Birthday to Liza Mulvihill, who was 98 years old on Monday. Liza, who was born in Moyvane in 1915, has spent the last while in St Ita’s Hospital but has a mind as sharp as a young person, reads the paper every day and keeps up to date on all world affairs. She is to be admired. She featured in the 2011 edition of Vanishing Ireland. The following is quotation from that book. “That is the thing about Liza. It is completely possible to forget she was born nearly a hundred years ago. Listening to her tales, you would reasonably conclude that she is still a rather beautiful young woman gearing up for a bit of craic and the next dance night. Such as the Sunday night when her friend Kitty Walshe persuaded a young fellow called Dick Mahony to drive them both to the Tarbert Regatta on his donkey and cart. ‘We sat down in it very proud, riding down the road to Tarbert with our donkey.’ While the girls had just enough money to get in, they did not have enough for Dick. So they tied the donkey up in a nearby farmhouse and the two pretty girls strolled up to the man on the door. They explained that they would love to attend the dance, but that ‘our driver does not like dancing’ and would not enter unless his admission was free. Hearing the word ‘driver’, the ticket man assumed this pair of damsels came by motor car and were thus persons of wealth. ‘So he said all right and we went and got Dick in as quick as we could. We enjoyed ourselves to perfection, but we had two dates, with two boys, and we didn’t want them to see us going home in our ass and cart. So we stole out before the dance was over. At two o’clock in the morning, we came on up the road in the donkey cart as happy as if we were inside of a plane.’”.
DAIL: 22 Feb. 1951 Creamery facilities
Mr. Finucane: asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will consider establishing a creamery at Coolard, Lisselton, County Kerry, as the present travelling creamery is entirely inadequate for the needs of the farmers in the area.
[571]Mr. Finucane: asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will state the present position regarding the erection of a creamery at Doon, Ballybunion, County Kerry, and when the building is likely to be completed.
Mr. Dillon: I propose a Ceann Chomhairle, with your permission, to take Questions Nos. 32 and 34 together.
I am informed by the Dairy Disposal Company that it has decided in the light of the experience gained as a result of the operation of the travelling creamery which was put into commission in both the Doon and Coolard areas during the 1950 season to abandon its original intention of erecting a cream-separating station at Doon. The company now considers that the needs of the farmers in the Doon and Coolard areas who had previously to travel unduly long distances to the company's premises at Kilcoleman, Lisselton, Listowel and Ballylongford are being adequately met by the travelling creamery service in question, and in the circumstances it is not proposed to establish a separating station at either Coolard or Doon.
Mr. Finucane: asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will consider making available to farmers in the Duagh, Moyercha, Droumnagoch areas a mobile milk separating unit operating from the central creamery, Listowel, as such a service is urgently required in these areas.
Mr. Dillon: I presume the Deputy has in mind the areas of Duagh, Moynsha and Dromlegach in the neighbourhood of Abbeyfeale. As a result of a survey of these areas made last year it was considered that the quantity of milk in the areas which was not being sent to existing creamery premises would not justify the provision of a travelling creamery. I would suggest that the farmers concerned should cooperate to arrange for the conveyance of their combined milk supplies to the nearest creameries. As the Deputy is, no doubt, aware, milk may be conveyed to creameries for reward by owners of motor vehicles who are not the holders of merchandise licences.
Sept. 2013
ORAL HISTORY INITIATIVE: West Limerick Resources will be running an Oral History Training Initiative this autumn. contact Suzanne on 069 79114 or email srowley@wlr.ie
RUN: Killarney Women's Mini Marathon is a 10k event through Killarney National Park commencing at noon on Saturday, September 14. Walk. Run or Jog for charity, details ring 087-2410212 or 086-2719991.
GALTEE CLIMB in aid of Limerick Mental Health Association will take place on Saturday, September 14th meeting at Kilbeheny at 9am. The climb will take approx. 3 hours, contact Linda 085 7172468.
DEATH: Mountain Democrat, Father Eugene A. Heffernan, dean of the county of San Diego and pastor of St. Joseph's Church, died Sunday at Tucson, Ariz. He was born in Kilmorna, Co Kerry, Ireland, in 1879. He was ordained priest at Dublin in 1906, and shortly after came to the United State , report in
18 January 1919 - Mountain Democrat - Placerville, California, United States Of America .
Mr. George Gun Mahony, D.L., of Kilmorna and Gunsborough, Lisselton. Kerry, who died on the 14th September 1912, was buried on Tuesday in churchyard where his father, Mr. Kenifeck Mahony, who died in 1850, lies buried. The late G. G. Mahony was educated Rugby and Oriel College Oxford, report in
28 September 1912 - Cheltenham Chronicle - Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England .
HUNTING in Moyvane, County of Kerry, on the property of Mr. Foster Fitzgerald, J.P. It appears that a large party of poachers, completely masked, went on the lauds for the purpose of coursing, his agent was Mr, Michael Nolan, taken from 31 October 1878 - Morning Post - London, London, England.
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Harp Music at UL August 2013.
Professors leave UL
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Edward Daly and his wife Catherine (née O’Mara) lived at 26 Frederick Street (now O’Curry Street). They had ten children, nine daughters and one son. Catherine ran a successful dressmaking business but had less success in running a public house after the death of her husband in 1891. Their son Edward was born after his father died. Edward Senior had taken part in the Fenian Rising of 1867 along with his brother John. John, a leading Fenian, assumed the role of father figure to the family on his release from twelve years of imprisonment in 1896. In the meantime, another brother, James, had paid for Kathleen to complete a dressmaking apprenticeship. She ran her own business in Cecil Street, and later took larger rooms O’Connell Street. Edward Junior joined the Fianna, the IRB and the Volunteers. He was executed for his part in the 1916 Rising, as was his brother-in-law Tom Clarke, husband of Kathleen. Kathleen was later elected to the Dáil and served as Mayor of Dublin. Nora Daly married Volunteer Éamonn Dore. Laura’s husband, Volunteer Séamus O’Sullivan, lived in the attic over John Daly’s home at 15 Barrington Street for a year after their marriage in May 1918. John opened a bakery at 26 William Street, which Madge took over after he was incapacitated.
Catherine (Kit) Daly married Pat Browne sometime in the early 1900s. They had two sons and two daughters. The two daughters became nurses and moved to England. At least one of the two sons continued in the family's butcher shop, which I believe is still in operation today.
I would like to make contact with the Browne family, as we share the same great-great grandfather, Daniel Daly (1820-1869). Their great-grandfather would also be Daniel Daly (28 May 1868- unknown), from Drumolton.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!
--Helen
"DROWN HALF OF THEM." NZ Tablet 22 July 1881
The Nun of Kenmare relates this incident to an English paper. She writes "An Irish landlord who has just been evicting his tenants for not paying the rent, which they could not pay, was expostulated with by a poor man with a very large family. How can I pay rent, sir,' he said, when I cannot feed my eleven children 'Go drown half of them in the boghole,' was the reply. This was no hearsay or imagination ;it is a matter of fact. The name and place was published in the Freeman's Journal a few days ago. And I may add I have heard scarcely less brutal expressions myself. Surely there is only a degree less in humanity in turning men and women adrift on the roadside when, after a famine in which they have been fed by public charity, they cannot pay rent and feed their children. But there are, thank God, humane landlords in Ireland if there were not it would soon be turned into one vast desert, for human life would become almost extinct for want of sustenance, and emigration or the workhouse would complete the destruction of the Irish people. A priest, who has a large parish in the poorest part of South Kerry, told me yesterday that only for the patience of Lord who owns nearly all that district, that nearly every soul in his parish would be in the workhouse. Many of them owe four years' rent, but he added God knows how long he may be before he evicts them.' The late famine was preceded by bad years, and that is a circumstance too often overlooked. These people, honest, hard-working, and truly pious, had been in the habit of going to England every year, and by often working eighteen hours out of the twenty-four, had earned their rent their land could never have paid it and fed them even on the poorest fare. But this work in England has failed our people of late years. I do not know why, probably you, sir, could tell your readers the cause of the fact there is no doubt. This landlord, having both, honesty and common sense, does not evict the people, though naturally they live in constant fear of it, and hundreds have emigrated."
SUDAN; Helena Quinn daughter of Tadgh and Kathleen Quinn, Purt, Abbeyfeale is to to spend two months working with Fr. Tim Galvin on his mission in Sudan. Tadgh Quinn, her father was with the Irish Army in the Congo in 1961. Follow Helen at
https://twitter.com/helenaquinn
PRESIDENT Kennedy his Limerick ancestors; In 1793 James FitzGerald married Honora MacCarthy. Their son Michael married Eileen Wilmot. Their son Thomas FitzGerald emigrated to the USA in 1852 and married Rosanna Cox. Their son was Honey Fitz. (the Mayor of Boston) who married Mary Hannan (they were second cousins), the parents of Rose Kennedy, the President’s mother.
DEATH: The Limerick Chronicle, of Saturday, 31 March, 1792, reported the following: “Thursday evening a hearse, drawn by six horses, which contained the corpse of the truly pious and benevolent Lady Arabella Denny who died last week in Dublin, passed through this city, in order to her being interred in the family vault at Tralee in the county of Kerry.”
NZ Tablet 23 Aug 1878.
(From the Atheneeum.} There is an Irish poet whose remains rest in Lisbon, but whose name is now almost as forgotten as his tomb. Jeremiah Joseph Callanan, who died at the early age of thirty five, was buried here in 1829. He is known, when remembered at all, by his short poems, among others, the Convict of Clonmel,' 'The White Cockade,' 'The Virgin Mary's Rock,' and particularly by his beautiful line on Gougaune Barra, that lonely and limpid mountain lake, situated at the west end of the County Cork, the parent of the River Lee There is a green Island in lone Gougaune Barra, "Where Allua of song rushes forth as an arrow. Callanan was a student of Maynooth. and afterwards of Trinity, and was for several years a constant contributor Blackwood Magazine. Had he lived longer and possessed the perseverance and habits of work requisite for the composition of an important poem, he might have taken very high ground, for good critics consider that the poems he left display talent of the highest order. Early in 1829 Callanan came to Lisbon as a tutor for the family of Mr, Hickie, an Irish
Merchant of eminence.
125 YEARS OF EDUCATION AT MOYDERWELL.
This year's Mercy Day Mass will celebrate 125 Years of Education at Moyderwell. All past-pupils, parents, staff and friends of the school are invited to the Mass - 11.30am, St John's Church, Tuesday 24th September.
TRIP; Knockfierna Heritage Society will hold their annual outing to Cahir Castle, The Swiss Cottage, Rock of Cashel, Holy Cross Abbey on Sunday, September 29th. Mr. Philip Lynch of Kilkenny will be tour guide for the day. Those interested in travelling on this outing please contact Pat O’Donovan Newcastlewest & Rathkeale 087 9977340, Marion Hanley Ballingarry 087 9741387, Mary O’Keeffe 087 6990816.
CHURCH: Tom Ahern Carrigkerry Ardagh Notes reports.
Saint Colman’s Church in Kilcolman is 100 years old this year, and plans are in place to mark this historic landmark at present. The foundation stone was laid in 1913 and the Church was blessed and opened on 10th August 1913 by Most Rev Dr O’Dwyer, Bishop of Limerick. The parish priest at the time was Rev Jerry Murphy and a lot of the work was done voluntarily. Mass was celebrated in the Library west of the village while the church was being built. The materials for the Church came by rail to Ardagh Railway Station and were transported by voluntary labour to the site. The walls were built by rock faced cavity blocks made near the site of the church by Mike Somers from Carrrons, Kilcolman. Dermot O’Brien son of M.P. William Smith O’Brien organized a Bazaar known as the ‘’Shanid Bazaar’’ to help raise funds for the church. It was held in the grounds of Cahermoyle House on the 15th 16th and 17th August 1913. Dermot was the President of the Royal Irish Academy and a troupe of players from the old Abbey Theatre in Dublin travelled down to perform and gave their services free. It was an outstanding success and a sum of 30 pounds was left over on the erecting of the church which was completed in record time. This money was used to erect the high wall along the road in front of the church. From the church grounds there is a fine view of the surrounding countryside. The centenary of the church will be marked later this month and a souvenir booklet will be published.
HISTORY: The lecture series will take place at the Back to Our Past exhibition at the RDS (Royal Dublin Society) in Ballsbridge, Dublin from Friday 18th October to Sunday 20th October 2013. Last year at BTOP there were over 250 exhibitors and 20,000 visitors, making this Ireland's biggest event dedicated to genealogy and related topics.
INDIA: September 2013 - The Hindu reports, "The (Indian) Rubber Board has lowered the natural rubber production outlook by nearly 10 per cent on account of an unprecedented intensive southwest monsoon and an abnormal leaf fall in traditional planting areas
COUNTRY Doctor in USA.
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/Chronicles/v027/v027p412.pdf
CAMOGIE: Limerick hope of All-Ireland intermediate camogie, was dashed as title went to Galway on a score of 0-12 to 0-10 in Croke Park on Sunday 15th Sept 2013.
As part of the final celebration of the 40th anniversary of UL, its president, professor Don Barry will officially inaugurate the first 16 members of the new UL Sports Hall of Fame at the University Arena on Saturday, September 28 at 2.30pm.
University of Limerick Sports Hall of Fame inductees; Dr Sarahjane Belton – Rugby, Mr Brian Mullins – Gaelic Football, Ms Eimear Cregan – Hockey, Mr Seán O’Grady – Paralympic Athletics, Mr Jimmy Deenihan – Gaelic Football, Mr Eddie O’Sullivan – Rugby, Mr Gerard Hartmann – Triathlon, Ms Ciara Peelo – Sailing, Dr Liam Hennessy – Athletics, Mr Ray Silke – Gaelic Football, Dr Eddie Keher – Hurling,
Mr Pat Spillane – Gaelic Football, Mr Seán McMahon – Hurling, Ms Carmel Vekins – Kayak & Canoe Polo, Ms Sinéad Millea – Camogie and Mr Tony Ward – Rugby.
CHARITY: Trad for Trocaire is a fundraising and music week run by Trocaire and Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann from Friday 27thSeptember to Friday 4th October. Branches throughout the country will be holding fundraising events in aid of global poverty.
BOOK: A Year on our Farm was launched recently, The author is Ann Talbot nee Fitzgerald a native of Ardagh, and now living in Ballacolla, County Laois. Ann grew up on a mixed farm in Ardagh, and she studied Natural Science and Geography in Trinity and also worked for a time in Australia. She moved to Coole Farm, Ballacolla, when she married her husband Robin in 2002 and they have two daughters. She is a former livestock editor with the Farming Independent (1997 to 2004) and currently freelances for a variety of agricultural publications. She has also worked as a freelance agricultural journalist in the past for the Irish Farmers Journal and the Irish Field. The book is an account of the busy atmosphere and variety of work that occurs in Coole Farm throughout the year. The book is available at www.talbotsofcoolefarm.com
BOOK: Earls of Desmond, the Rise and Fall of a Munster Lordship, by Gerald O’Carroll, (ISBN 978-0-9547902-3-3, paperback) (containing maps, pedigrees and unpublished images and extensive bibliography.
DEATH of World's oldest man at 112 years
Salustiano Sanchez-Blazquez, the world's oldest man, died on Friday 13th September 2013 at a nursing home in Western New York. Sanchez-Blazquez, 112, became the world's oldest man when Jiroemon Kimura died on June 12th 2013 at age 116.
FRONT Page picture of Knockanure man Thomas Neville Stack was in the 27th September 1913 edition of The Finance Union Newsletter of London, Dublin and Belfast.
TRALEE LUTS Consultation Exhibition was held 24th Sept. 2000, what happened to their extensive plans .
KENNELLY/ McGRATH; I was browsing the site as I was looking for images of anyone my Dad might have known in the 1950'2/60's when he was growing up in Moyvane. He is Martin McGrath. He is 67 now, and is not well at the moment. I thought it might be good to show him some images from his homeland. Martin and his sister Eileen were children of Michael McGrath and Mary (May) Kennelly. They left for England in the 50`s, but Martin lived with his grandmother Bridget Shine for some years until he left for England himself in the 60`s. If you know my Dad, and have any images here you think he might be interested in please let me know. Or any images of his parents/grandparents. I`d also love to see them myself. I`ve visited myself several times as a child, and again about six years ago. My great grand mothers old house was being used as a storeroom for fence posts, and had almost fallen down. I expect it`s gone now. Lots of love to all in Moyvane.
Anyone remembers plays/shows that my grand father Michael McGrath used to put on locally in the 40/50`s. I have copy of one play he wrote, but apparently there were more, and I`d be interested to know if anyone remembers them.
THOUGHT: (Vatican Radio) He who speaks ill of his neighbor is a hypocrite who lacks the courage to look to his own shortcomings. Speaking during his homily at morning Mass at the Domus Sanctae Marthae, Pope Francis focused on the fact that gossip has a “criminal” side to it, because every time we speak ill of our brothers, we imitate Caine’s homicidal gesture.
RAILWAY LINE: Public meeting in Family Resource Centre, John B. Keane Road, Listowel at 6pm on Saturday 19th of October 2013
INVITATION to attend the official unveiling of the an old semaphore signal on the GST on 28th September 2013 at 2pm. Meet at Great Southern Trail entrance opposite Gaelscoil on the R521 Newcastle West, Co. Limerick.
Sept. 2013
RESTORATION AND REPAIR OF THE GREAT SANCTUARY WINDOW. From Monday, work will begin on the Great Sanctuary Window behind the altar of St John’s and on the surrounding masonry and stonework. Entrance of water into the church has been an issue for a number of years and examination of the window shows that conservation work is necessary both for the window itself and the stonework.
To this end, following tenders received from experienced contractors, the project has been placed under the supervision of Southgate Associates, experts in conservation projects. Aria Stained Glass of Claregalway will be working on the glass, whilst the stonework and masonry will be repaired and restored by Joe Costello of Kilmallock.
The window itself is one of the most notable features of St John’s and was manufactured by Messr. O’Connor in 1861. Christ, St John the Baptist and the Twelve Apostles can be seen in the lower part of the window, whilst further up is the Annunciation and symbols of the Holy Spirit and God the Father.
When the work commences there will be parking and pedestrian restrictions around the sacristy.
February 12, 2013 -- Limerick Supporter
It is with great sadness that we learn of the passing of Tom O'Donnell a native of Limerick city and a part of the legendary comedy duo that was know as "Tom and Paschal" , their career which spanned nearly half a century and in their heyday performed in the Royal Albert Hall in London. R.I.P Tom O'Donnell..
Michael Collins Bike, 2013 update;
The original 1919 Rudge Whitworth deluxe double bar bicycle was found only a few weeks ago by Marty Mannering of GoEco.
Marty and his team spent seven months looking for the custom made bicycle which has two crossbars.
Vatican City, Sep 27, 2013 / 06:54 am (CNA/EWTN News).- During his daily homily Pope Francis reflected on the nature of what it means to be a Christian, saying that an authentic follower of Christ is able to endure difficulties with a positive attitude.
The Pope imparted his message to those gathered in the Vatican’s Santa Marta guesthouse for his daily Mass on Sept. 27. 2013.
POORHOUSE: Listowel Union workhouse was erected on a six-acre site half a mile to the west of Listowel at the north side of Quill Street. The building and operation of a workhouse had to be financed by the ratepayers of each union and in many places was seen as an intolerable imposition from England and its officials. It took until 7th February 1844 to raise the first poor rate in Listowel, with the workhouse being declared fit for the reception of paupers on 17th August 1844, and not receiving its first admissions until 13th February 1845.
Designed by the Poor Law Commissioners' architect George Wilkinson, the building was based on one of his standard plans to accommodate 700 inmates. Its construction cost £5,980 plus £1,276 for fittings
Kerry People;
Tadgh Kennelly (Sydney Swans AFL), Jackie Healy Rae (politician and cute hoor), Michael Fassbender (actor, was in 300 among other films), Gillian O' Sullivan (retired race walker, holds every Irish record for everything from 3km to 20km), a load of retired GAA players, like Paidi O Se or Pat Spillane or Mick O' Dwyer, Daiti O Se (TG4 weatherman, TV personality and Rose of Tralee host), Martin Ferris (Sinn Fein gun runner), Dick Spring (former Tanaiste).
Pat Spillane/Mick Galwey/Sean Kelly
Tom Crean, the explorer. Pierce Brosnan a Tralee man
Joe Higgins, then Michael Gleeson Killarney.
IRELAND’S oldest photographic agency celebrates a unique birthday this year, a century after it was founded by an ‘orphan’ from Rathmullan. By Cronan Scanlon
Daniel (Dan) MacMonagle founded his photographic company in Killarney, County Kerry in 1913 along with Killarney Printing Works, and later, ‘The Kingdom’ newspaper.
Born in Philadelphia, USA, in 1883 of Donegal emigrant parents, he was ‘orphaned’ at the age of three when his father, also Dan, passed away.
It is believed his mother, Roseanne, could not afford to raise him on her own, so she sent him on the boat back to Ireland along with another family member to be reared in her home town of Rathmullan.
- See more at: http://donegalnews.com/2013/04/donegal-link-to-famous-kerry-family/#sthash.zIrsw21W.dpuf
Ploughing Match; Bands and faces in the crowd
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Well known people;
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Ploughing Match;
http://youtu.be/Gi7v1ofKdeY
October 2013
TRALEE MODEL RAILWAY; The Tralee-Blennerville Model Railway Line, which is on permanent loan to the Kerry Model Railway Society from Chester Model Railway, and a carbon copy of the actual Tralee-Blennerville Steam Locomotive, featured recently on Nationwide programme on RTE television.
HISTORY: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/128794196
J H Scullin 1876-1953, Australian Prime Minister in London Nov. 1930, His mother Ann Logan from Derry. his wife Sarah Maria born in Kerry her Father was McNamara of Bodyk and mother Kerry woman, the future Mrs Scullin left Kerry aged 3 years. Prime Minister family of North of Ireland.
James Henty Scullin died on 28 January 1953. Survived by his wife, Sarah Maria McNamara. He was given a state funeral and was buried in Melbourne General cemetery: Archbishop Daniel Mannix presided at a requiem Mass in St Patrick's Cathedral. They had no family, his wife was a dressmaker, they married at Ballarat on 11 Nov. 1907. While prime minister he declined, as an economy measure, to live in the Lodge, and retained a modest home in Richmond. He was over 60 before he bought a house, at Hawthorn. He was a non-smoking and teetotaller.
He persuading Prime minister Lyons to abandon a proposal in September 1932 to reduce the old-age pension from 17s. 6d. to 15s. a week.
Premiers' conference of May-June 1931, agreed to restructure Australia's public finances Australian resident bondholders accepted a 22.5 per cent cut in their interest, and all adjustable government expenditure, including salaries and pensions, was cut by 20 per cent to help balance budgets.
LIMERICK’S first subsidised living space for artists has been opened at John’s Square by the Minister for Arts Jimmy Deenihan who praised the “innovative” and timely idea as Limerick prepares to enter City of Culture next year.
THOUGHT:
Let no one imagine that he will lose anything of human dignity by...voluntary sell-out of his all to his God. He does not by this degrade himself as a man; rather he finds his right place of high honour as one made in the image of his Creator. His deep disgrace lay in his moral derangement, his unnatural usurpation of the place of God. His honour will be proved by restoring again that stolen throne. In exalting God over all, he finds his own highest honour upheld. A. W. Tozer.
SUDAN from local point of view, http://soloinsouthsudan.com/
LANGAN; http://langangeorge.wordpress.com/2013/07/09/maurice-langan-knockanure-kilcolman-glenagragra/
CARS: Some Kerry motor vehicles registered in 1911-12. Taken from Irish Motor Directory Annual 1911-12 Edited by Henry G Tempest. More on MyKerryAncestors
IN 69 James Woulfe Flanagan, Caherdown, Listowel.
IN 71 J.E.J. Julian, Kilflynn.
IN 74 William Sweeney, Dromlought, Lisselton Cross.
IN 85 William P McElligott, Waterville.
IN 68 Peter Enderson, Tralee Motor Garage, Edward St., Tralee.
IN 72 E F McCowan.
IN 92 G J Pierse, Bishops Court, Lixnaw.
IN 98 T V Hewson 16 Princess St., Tralee.
IN 100 John H Pierse, Listowel.
IN 101 John T McKenna, Market St., Listowel.
IN 109 J D Crosbie, Ballyheigue Castle.
IN 116 Henry Edward Flower,6 Denny Street, Tralee.
IN 119 Thaddeus T O Connor, Ardmachree, Killarney.
IN 123 Thomas Armstrong, Gurtinard, Listowel.
IN 125 Thomas B M Egliston, 26a Charges Street, Piccadilly.
IN 129 George S Davidge, Tannavalla, Listowel.
IN 130 Sir M Ross O Connell Bart, Lakeview, Killarney.
IN 135 David Walsh, Ballylongford.
IN 144 Mrs A Low, Sillahertane, Kilgarvan.
IN 146 Admiral Jefferys, Lickeen, Caragh, S.O.
IN 148 Gerald James Pierce, Bishops Court, Lixnaw.
IN 155 John J Kennelly, William Street, Listowel.
IF 64 John J Kennelly, Clought Hall, Listowel, registered in Cork.
IF 174 Joseph Goulding, 50 Birchfield Road, Fermoy, registered in Cork.
IU 88 Rev William Fenton, CC, Abbeyfeale, registered in Limerick.
RI 1285, Dublin reg. Thomas Armstrong, Gurtinard Listowel.
Other counties and fill list at
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The Ten Car Repairs You're Most Likely To Get Ripped Off On.
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Oct 2013
“THANK YOU” to Eileen Flaherty who has recently retired from supplying and arranging the flowers in Moyvane Church for the past 22 years. On behalf of all the parishioners, Fr. Lucid made a presentation to Eileen and thanked her for years of dedication to the Church. He wished her and her family, Good Health and Happiness for the future.
Eileen would like to convey a word of thanks to Emma Holly for collecting the flowers for the Altar.
RELICS of St Anthony of Padua were at St Johns Cathedral, Limerick on Monday, 21st October 2013. It is part of a tour of Ireland which began in Dublin on Oct 17th.
CASEMENT CONFERENCE in Tralee from 24th to 26th Oct.
NZ Tablet 8 Sept. 1893
Death has just removed Miss Goold one of the most esteemed of the ladies in the County of Limerick. Her aim was ever to promote industrial work among her tenants in Athea and Dromcologher, In Limerick she aided the lace factory established by Hon Mrs Vere O'Brien, and materially assisted the admirable undertaking of Lady Aberdeen in the Irish Village at the World's Fair, Chicago. Miss Goold was aunt of Lord Dunraven, daughter of the late Archdeacon Goold, and grand -daughter of the eminent lawyer, Mr Sergeant Goold, contemporary at the bar of the illustrious O'Connell. In the city of Limerick she had troops of friends beyond the circle in which she moved who will not forget her kindly, courteous, accomplished manner, her generous disposition, her gracious liberality, her warmth of heart that sympathised with her country's sufferings. She did all she possibly could to assist the people, and was thoroughly Irish in heart and sentiment. She was a constant visitor to the churches and convents of the city of Limerick,
by Gerald O'Carroll
Raymond le Gros as shown in a 13th century manuscript of the Expugnatio Hibernica by Giraldus de Barri (Gerald of Wales) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Gerald de Barry, aka Gerald of Wales aka Giraldus Cambrensis, the narrator of the Irish invasion, was himself a Geraldine and evidently very proud of his conquering race. In his Expugnatio Hibernica he wrote the following:
"What a breed, what a noble stock which unaided would have been equal to the conquest of any kingdom, had not envy, begrudging their great valour, descended from on high into the depths..."
by Micheál Martin
Fianna Fáil Leader Micheál Martin has today expressed his condolences following the death on 26th October 2013 of former Fianna Fáil TD and Senator Denis Foley.
Deputy Martin commented, "I was saddened to learn of the death of former colleague Denis Foley. Denis represented the people of Kerry North as a Fianna Fáil representative for almost twenty years with diligence and great commitment. During this time he worked with colleagues from all parties to advance the interests and issues of his community.
"He began his career in local Government as a councillor on Kerry County Council where his daughter Cllr Norma Foley continues the family's tradition of public service as a committed local councillor.
"In the Dáil and the Seanad, Denis was a tireless champion for the interests of his Kerry constituents.
"On behalf of the Fianna Fáil party I would like to extend my sympathies to Denis's wife Hannah, their daughters Norma, Margaret and Denise, and son William at this sad time."
"Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam."
Some history and genealogy on Curtin line from Margaret, the Clan
Genealogist .
John O'Connell Curtin was born about 1818 only child to Cornelius Curtin of
Killacullen and Templeglantine, Co Limerick and his wife Miss O'Connell of
Gorteen, and Caher Connell, near Abbeyfeale. His parents died when John was
young and he was cared for by his Aunt Eliza Hudson (nee Courcy)
He died on Friday 13th November 1885 at Castle Farm, Molahiffe, Firies, Co.
Kerry. His death certificate shows that a Coroners Inquest was held on
November 14th and that death was caused by gunshot wounds. Dr Hanafin from
Miltown, Co Kerry attended to his mortally wounded father in law.
About 1847 John married Agnes de Courcy, daughter of Maurice de Courcy and
Maria Sandes of Newtownsanders, Co Kerry. Castle Farm was part of de Courcy
lands that had come via Mahoney and McCarthy marriages in generations from
1700 onwards.
PAT BROSNAN, ATHEA
Donal says, Thanks Pat Brosnan for all you have done for the community since you came from Lyreacrompane to live in Knocknagorna. He got involved in the voluntary work of many organisations; the unselfish work that keeps our community alive. Let us take a look at some of the contributions he has made. He was a member of the G.A.A. an Community Games for many years and helped to raise much needed funds for the great work they do with our young people. A composer and singer of songs he is still involved with Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann and holds the position of chairman of the Athea branch. He joined the Civil Defence and brought his skills as a nurse to bear on that organisation being always available to give aid. He got to know everyone in the parish through his work on the census forms. In recent years he has been active in the Church, taking up the collection at Mass and, until recently, cleaning the Church on a Tuesday. He supported all the local (and not so local) rambling houses and set up the group “Ceol Luimnigh” who had their own monthly sessions and performed voluntarily in local hospitals and nursing homes. In the recent “TradFéile” festivals he took responsibility for the entertainment on stage in the street and kept the music, song and dance going for the weekend. These are but a few of his contributions to the welfare of our society but it is in his writings that he has really done us proud. His weekly column in the Limerick Leader has kept people up to date with all the news of the parish. Since he started writing for this newsletter, many years ago, he has commented on local and national issues and is never afraid to air his opinions. His many books of poems and songs give the reader an insight into his knowledge and love for Athea and its beautiful scenery. It is no wonder that he has won many County, Munster and All-Ireland titles down through the years. I think his greatest honour came this year when he was chosen as one of only 12 people in Munster to receive an award for services to Comhaltas.
The Listowel book launch is on Sunday 24th at 7pm in the Lartigue Museum Listowel by Minister Jimmy Deenihan, who has a very tight schedule that evening. It is proposed that we have a gathering of the families at 5.30 pm ( Brendan Kenny will have the museum open at 0879669541). Alan O Rourke is arriving in Listowel on Saturday from Sheffield UK, looking at the draft of Alan’s book it is very well researched and exciting.
CHRISTMAS NEWSLETTER: Parish Secretary Ann O’Mara says “We are preparing the Christmas Newsletter at present and we invite articles and reports and good wishes from the different organisations of the parish with photographs for this year's publication. Please submit to the parish office via email fealechurch@eircom.net by Tuesday, November 25 2013.
HARNETT'S/HARTNETT'S. We are looking for other Hartnett/Harnett family in Ireland that would like to exchange info for free. We do have a Facebook page under the name of Hartnett, we are good bunch of people, and we help each other with research. Thanks Debbie Hartnett-BROMILEY email is bromiley@msn.com”
OLD IRISH WAYS MUSEUM; Located in Caherguillamore, Bruff and owned by Denis O’Connor , for details visit www.oldirishways.com
BIRTHDAY: November 20th, was the 15th birthday of the International Space Station, which was launched in 1998. The station is expected to be completed in April 2014.
NEWSPAPERS in San Francisco.
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21 Feb 1898 San Francisco Call
O'CONNOR, In San Frisco, February 17, 1898. at St. Mary's Hospital. Rev. Cornelius O'Connor of Ukiah, Cal.. brother of Sister Mary Teresa of Sacramento and Thomas C, J. C. and Michael E. O'Connor, a native of Knockanure. County Kerry. Ireland, aged 50 years. The funeral will take place this day (Monday), at 9:15 o'clock, from the residence of his brother, J. C. O'Connor. 1062 Fulton street, thence to St. Mary's Cathedral, O'Farrell street and Van Ness avenue, where a solemn requiem high mass will be celebrated for the repose of his soul. commencing at 10 o'clock. Interment Mount Calvary Cemetery
8 July 1912 San Francisco Call
HUNT— In Grass Valley, Rev. James Hunt, a native of County Kerry, Ireland, aged 65 years and 1 month.
4 July 1912 San Francisco Call
GRASS VALLEY, July 3rd 1912. Father James Hunt of Sacramento died at the "priest's retreat" here today after an illness of several weeks. Father Hunt was one of the early day priests in northern California. His age Was 64.
Kentucky Irish American Louisville August 12, 1899,
No death of recent date has caused
more profound sorrow in Ireland than
that of Mrs. Pierce Mahony, which occurred at her home in Sutton, County
Dublin, July 27, Mrs. Mahony belonged
to a well-known Kerry family, the Raymonds, and was in every respect an ornament to Irish womanhood. She was a
lady of exceeding culture, and her great
personal charm was the admiration of all
who ever had the privilege of coming
within her gracious influence. To the
Irish cause she was passionately devoted,
and her bereaved husband by her decease
loses a lifelong companion who was in
complete sympathy with all his aims.
SHH 22 April 1911
from Benziger comes a tiny, vest-pocket sort of a book in prose and verse, "Lays and Legends of our Blessed Lady," compiled by a member of the Presentation
Community, Lixnaw, County Kerry, Ireland. 92 pages.
13 Nov 1915 SHH
John Shay, 113 years old, the oldest man in Louisiana, was buried in New Orleans, Oct. 24. Mr. Shay was born in County Kerry, Ireland, in 1802, according to members of his family. He came to this country in 1850 and settled in New Orleans. During the Civil War he served as a Quartermaster in the Union Army.
SHH 20 Dec 1913
Michael Shine, a native of Co. Kerry, Ireland, died recently in Holyoke aged seventy-one years. He had been a policeman in Holyoke since 1869, and during his long term of service never had a complaint entered against him, and never received a reprimand from the head of the department. He retired from the police force last June.
SHH 26 Sept 1903
A RELIC OF O'CONNELL.
Mr. Maurice Murphy writes as follows from the Crown Hotel, Castleisland, to the Kerry People, his letter being dated August 6th 1903: " Sir—Miss Leahy gave me enclosed copy of letter from Daniel O'Connell which she found recently amongst her father's papers. It appears he was in the habit of travelling to Dublin by coach from Castleisland and Abbeyfeale, the old coach road. I thought it may interest your readers, especially that part where he shows great regard for the Mass." The copy of O'Connell's letter is as follows : " Tralee, 15th January, Friday.1836. Sir: I will be at your house about 2 o'clock on Sunday. Have four horses ready for me by 2 o'clock. Take care the driver hears Mass. I will not arrive until after the last Mass, and will not allow any man to drive me who lost Mass. Truly yours, Daniel O'Connell."
The letter was written on Jan. 15 Jan 1836. Mr. Leahy, to whom it was addressed, was an innkeeper at Abbeyfeale.
MAGAZINES from Ballydonoghue, Athea and Ballyguiltenane are available in Moyvane.
BALLYGUILTENANE JOURNAL: This years edition again contains a host of photos and articles; George Langan continues his family tree, have a look at langangeorge.wordpress.com for an insight into his extensive collection. Tom Ahern continues with his usual interesting articles, which include his first Munster Hurling Final at Thurles in 1973, Dubliners, John Sheahan and West Limerick connection, he also recalls Deels Views and Desmond News. David O Riordan has several articles and pictures. Eileen O Brien recalls Christmas in Earlier Times. Louis Byrne remembers the Franciscans in Limerick. Patrick Lynch remembers Monakyle Graveyard and gives us Random Thoughts. Joe Quill has a wide ranging information page. Clounleharde School Reunion is recalled. Peg Prendeville, make report on trips to Krakov and Inisheer. Estuary swim is recalled by Marie Geohegan. Well deserved tribute to Pat Brosnan also included. Obituary of many who passed away during the year. Tom Donovan has Songs. Dillane Family Glenstar a History. Writers Week Trip to historic sites recalled. Frank Phelan remembers Sam Ryder’s Cup and more. Ann Gardiner gives us Christmas Compromise and Jer Kennelly has a number of pictures and snippets from home and abroad.
BALLYDONOGHUE Parish Magazine 2013, Est. 1985.
The magazine this year contains 250 pages of articles and a great many colour pictures. The back cover has a fine picture of Ballydonoghue U16 Team who won the County League Division 1 in 2013 and the inside front cover has a fine picture of women leaving the church after a Mission in 1941. There is a youth section from page 3 to 34. Features Section 35 to 102. Contains among others others, stories from Mick Finucane and Michael Barry. Lifestyle Section 103 to 126, includes story of Noreen Neville being proud for being an old fashioned hoarder.
History Section, page 127 to 170, include Thirty years ago, Ploughing match 1915, forgotten Soldier Michael Dee died 1918, Major events in Ballydonoghue from 1871-2013. Children’s Section runs from 171-194, has a creative corner and picture parade.
Sports section 195-214, gives a list of Ballydonoghue Minors and Olympic gold winner 1906 and of course a great coverage of GAA events. The general Section, contains, tributes, Weddings, Baptisms and Deaths. News from Kerry Emigrants. Letters and Creative writing and much more.
MAGAZINE: Knocknagoshel Then and Now, the 30th Edition is now available.
It contains 83 pages of stories, history and pictures. Among the articles are, My first bicycle by Kathleen McElligott, the late Rory O Connor who died in 2013 is recalled, Loughfuder School Reunion recalled, Memories of Timmy O Connell who served in Korea, Jack McElligott helps Kerry to fourth All-Ireland. A great many snippets taken from GAA newspaper reports are also included. Other items including the oldest people, Knocknagoshel Creamery, Dance Halls, Last pony and Trap Priest, Fianna Fail Officers 1954, Threatened Eviction 1888, Geaneys The Strong Men, Deaths 1963 and 2012. Selection of pictures from Loughfudar School Reunion 2013 also among dozens of photos taken over the past 100 years in the locality.
ATHEA Parish Journal 2013, contains 128 pages of local topics and pictures old and new.
Articles include; Dr. Kieran Murphy gives us a history of the free medical card in Ireland and the future position. Timmy Woulfe, recalls memories of Ciaran MacMathuna, Sean O Riada and Ned Quinn’s goat. Oliver McGrath, remembers films shown at the Enterprise Hall. Tom Fitzgerald writes about, Kitchens, turf cutting and windmills. Tommy Quille gives questions to answer. Joe Quille , surprises us with, This and That. All the local organisations have a run down on their activities during the year, with a selection of pictures of the present and past. Pat Brosnan recalls time spent in England and also has several songs and a sketch on Census Without Sense. Kilcolman Church Centenary. Peg Prendeville gives report on trip to Rome. Past and present is chronicled. Joan Grogan and Biddy Early story written by late Patrick T Ahern, Patrick also recalls out and about in Athea. Patrick Fitzgerald give memories from 1963. Papers Down Under mention Athea in 1900, 1885 and 1867. David O Riordan, George Langan, Domhnall de Barra and many others continue their long association with the Athea Parish Magazine. An old GAA picture in the book reminds me of several members of the Leahy family of Knockanure who played for Athea.
Abbeyfeale fire brigade was formed in mid 1968, they assisted
outside the county boundary Abbeyfeale firemen had familiarised themselves with those local parts of county Kerry to which they could get there faster than the nearest Kerry brigade, Listowel. There was a road traffic accident and the Abbeyfeale crew found on arrival that they could do nothing for the three people who were dead on the scene. The ambulance which had already been sent for arrived but because the victims were dead the crew refused to take them, such were the rules at the time. It was necessary for the firemen to literally pile the broken bodies of the dead into the back of the fire engine and try to keep them steady during the nightmare drive back.
DEATH OF THE REV. R. CARR. Born Ahalahana 1853
Taken from 1 June 1895 Freeman’s Journal,
The Rev. R. Carr, who died at Chiltern, Diocese of Sandhurst, last week, was a native of the County of Kerry, and was born near Listowel. He was educated at All Hallows Missionary College, Drumcondra, Dublin, and shortly after his ordination came to Australia. His first field of labour was in the Diocese of Goulburn, where he was for a considerable time inspector of Catholic schools. Subsequently (says the Melbourne Advocate) he became attached to the Diocese of Bendigo, and was appointed by the Bishop to the pastoral charge of the important parish of Nagambie, where he laboured with the energy and zeal of a devoted missionary until two years ago, when he was appointed to Chiltern. For a considerable time he had been in delicate health. Brief as was his residence in Chiltern, he was much esteemed by all classes of the community for his broad-minded charity, his tolerant views, and, above all, for his genuine and unassuming piety. At the time of his death Fr. Carr was about 45 years of age. He was a brother of Dr. Carr, physician, at present residing in the Western district, but formerly of South Melbourne, and was a nephew of an Irish priest who was rather famous in his day for his good works and patriotism, the Rev. Richard Walsh, who was twenty-seven years parish priest of Thomond-gate, Limerick, and afterwards P.P. of Rathkeale, in the same diocese,