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History Bits for Oct 2012
TREACY
http://www.traceyclann.com/files/kerry.htm
Jan 25, 1919 (IT) Shooting Outrage in Kerry
Three men named Dowling (2) and Tracy were charged, at the Listowel Petty Sessions...with riotous and disorderly behavour at Finuage, by discharging firearms into the house of John Horgan, a local Sinn Feiner...bound to the peace for twelve months with an alternative of a months imprisonment.
9 January 1875 (N)
A few evenings since a farmer named Tracey, residing at Kiltean, within a few miles of Listowel, left home on horseback to attend a funeral, and on his return from Kiltorney he turned down to the river near Finague, where it is fordable, for the purposed of crossing it, and taking a short homewards. When he entered the river the horse and rider rolled into the deep water. In the fall the unfortunate man was so stunned as to be unable to make any exertion to recover himself, and in a few moments after his inanimate body was swept down with the current into the tidal water.
WALK: GST first walk along their new route was held on Thursday 27th December 2012 from the old Abbeyfeale railway Station to Kerry Border. The round trip was 4 miles. The North Kerry rail line closed in stages. Passengers service was withdrawn on 4th Feb 1963. By 1972 Newcastle west was served by a thrice weekly goods from Limerick and Abbeyfeale by a thrice weekly goods from Tralee. The line from Ballingranne to Listowel closed 3rd November 1975. Listowel continued to be served by a daily goods service until 10 January 1977. The Trail could be easily extended to Tralee if the County Council had the foresight. See knockanurelocal on youtube to view last walk.
BALLYGUILTENANE Journal:
142 page magazine this year full of pictures and articles of past and present.
Pat Brosnan a seasoned warrior again has several items, including article on Singers, Poets and Composers, Ballad of Sean Histon composed by Pat in 2003 and much more. Tom Aherne recalls Christopher Lynch from Rathkeale to Carnegie, other pieces by Tom include Saint Molua’s Well Ardagh and Patneen Ahern Remembered. Eileen O Brien writes on Play Acting. Sean ua Cearnaig in Irish recalls Maurice Walsh and the Piper Jackson. Louie Byrne brings us the Sign of the Cross, Paradox of Life , Philip MacAdam and several other pieces. Glin Creamery Successful Years are described by Tom O Donoghue. Joe Quill has his usual Information Page. Patrick Hayes gives us some poetry. Daithi O Riordan tells us about Granagh’s Volcanic Hills and Songs from the Past. Peg Prendeville writes about Glin Library and Glin attractions. Patrick Lynch recalls Tarbert Fallen Soldiers and another article on the Requiem for the Bank. Jer Kennelly has snippets of history and tributes to Dan Keane who passed away in January 2012 and John Murphy who died July 2012. Last coal miner in Glin is remembered by Eoghan Ryan. Langan History is continued by George who also recounts the life and family of John Criona Flahavan 1784- 1868.
NOBLE: “That man is of a noble and elevated spirit who mercifully and generously scatters his gifts upon all, and rejoices when he has an opportunity of doing good and giving pleasure to everybody without thinking of being rewarded for it”. John of Kronstadt
Hi Jer,
Daniel J (Dan Jim) Moloney first stood in bye election of 1956 (see attached leaflet) but was beaten by Kathleen 0 Connor of Clann na Poblachta. Only 2 candidates stood for the bye election which was caused by the death of Ms O Connors father.
Topped the poll in 1957 general election for Kerry North,with 6976 votes, which elected 4 candidates.
In 1961 general election Kerry North became a 3 seat constituency and he lost his seat. Was subsequently elected to the Seanad in 1961. Died while in office in 1963 (the day before JFK came to Ireland).
Originally came from Lyreacrompane and had Ford garage in Market St (where Spar is today)
Some useful links for info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Moloney
1957 election results http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1957&cons=138
1961 election results http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1961&cons=138
The Oireachtas website has links to all debates but can be difficult to navigate http://search.gov.ie/sites/oireachtasdebates.oireachtas.ie/?q=Moloney%2C+Daniel+J&filter=&start=0
Hope this helps , if you need any more info get in touch.
Jimmy Moloney
THOUGHT: Outwitted
He drew a circle that shut me out—
Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle that took him in!
--Edwin Markham
FLU: University of Michigan has established the largest digital collection of materials relating to the 1918 influenza epidemic in the United States.
HITLER: Oct. 15th 1924, Adolf Hitler, leader of the German anti-Semites and defeated general of the Bavarian Beer Revolution, will not be permitted to enter Austria. If he crosses the border he will be interned and held for deportation. Hitler, was imprisoned in Bavaria, is to be deported to Austria, his former country. The Austrian government say that Hitler’s absence from Austria for twelve years means he has lost his citizenship.
From the speech, Citizenship in a Republic, 1910
By Theodore Roosevelt
The very last thing that an intelligent and self-respecting member of a democratic community should do is to reward any public man because that public man says he will get the private citizen something to which this private citizen is not entitled, or will gratify some emotion or animosity which this private citizen ought not to possess.
Let me illustrate this by one anecdote from my own experience. A number of years ago I was engaged in cattle-ranching on the great plains of the western United States. There were no fences. The cattle wandered free, the ownership of each being determined by the brand; the calves were branded with the brand of the cows they followed. If on the round-up an animal was passed by, the following year it would appear as an unbranded yearling, and was then called a maverick. By the custom of the country these mavericks were branded with the brand of the man on whose range they were found. One day I was riding the range with a newly hired cowboy, and we came upon a maverick. We roped and threw it; then we built a little fire, took out a cinch-ring, heated it at the fire; and the cowboy started to put on the brand. I said to him, “It is So-and-so’s brand,” naming the man on whose range we happened to be. He answered: “That’s all right, boss; I know my business.” In another moment I said to him: “Hold on, you are putting on my brand!” To which he answered: “That’s all right; I always put on the boss’s brand.” I answered: “Oh, very well. Now you go straight back to the ranch and get what is owing to you; I don’t need you any longer.” He jumped up and said: “Why, what’s the matter? I was putting on your brand.” And I answered: “Yes, my friend, and if you will steal for me you will steal from me.”
Now, the same principle which applies in private life applies also in public life. If a public man tries to get your vote by saying that he will do something wrong in your interest, you can be absolutely certain that if ever it becomes worth his while he will do something wrong against your interest.
The Dennys of Tralee Castle, their exceptional connections
To begin with, they were courtiers, which in the age of Queen Elizabeth implied a life of tilting, voyaging and subjugating the Irish and the native Americans. Sir Anthony Denny, father of the first Denny settler in Ireland, was considered to have sufficient fortitude to be entrusted with the task of informing Henry VIII that his death was nigh. He was Henry’s executor, and groom of the stole. Sir Anthony married one of the ladies-in-waiting at the court. Her name was Joan Champernowne, of Devon, whose sister Catherine was the mother of Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Humphrey Gilbert, both of whom were very prominent in the suppression of the first and second Munster rebellions of the 1570s and 1580s. Mary Hickson tells us that the mother of the Champernowne sisters was a Carew, aunt of that seeker after old land titles, Sir Peter Carew, whose energeticl pursuit of claims in Idrone, Co. Carlow, instigated the rebellion of 1568/9. Therefore, Sir Edward Denny, the first Irish settler of his family, who made Tralee Castle his home after its owner, the Earl of Desmond, was killed, was first-cousin to some of the leading land buccaneers of the day. On his father’s side he was equally well connected. Joice Denny, Sir Anthony’s sister, married William Walsingham, and their son was the famous Sir Francis Walsingham, eminent statesman under Queen Elizabeth and international spy master. He was first-cousin of Sir Edward Denny of Tralee Castle. Sir Edward was friendly with Sir Philip Sidney, who married Sir Francis Walsingham’s daughter Frances. Frances would marry secondly, to Robert Devereux, the ill-fated favourite of Queen Elizabeth.
Intermarriage with the ladies of the court continued. The first settler, Sir Edward, married one: Margaret Edgcumbe from Cornwall. So did their son Arthur Denny. Arthur’s wife was Elizabeth Forrest.
The first settler’s brother was Henry Denny. Henry stayed in England and married Honora Grey de Wilton. Grey de Wilton was responsible for the massacre at Dun an Oir in West Kerry in November 1580. Denny and his wife Honora Grey de Wilton were ancestors of Sir George Fleetwood, Cromwell’s lord deputy of Ireland in the early 1650s, another powerful connection for the family at Tralee Castle.
As a servant of crown policy in Ireland the first settler, Sir Edward Denny joined with Black Tom Butler, Earl of Ormond, to subjugate the Earl of Desmond. And then Sir Edward was given a portion of Desmond’s estate, that around Tralee. The descent in the family of Sir Edward (d. 1599) changed to a brother, or the son of a brother, on a few occasions. We come to that in a moment. The original estate around Tralee was 6, 000 acres, but it grew to 30, 000 acres, and then it contracted considerable, when some of it was given to the Cromwellian family of Bateman, and again in the early nineteenth century. In the 1670s Sir Edward married Mary Maynard, and a considerable Maynard estate in Tipperary transferred to the Dennys at that time. Thomas Denny succeeded in 1742 and more Maynard property seems to have transferred to the Dennys then, this time by inheritance when the Maynard heiress died in London. Now to the succession in brothers’ families. Thomas succeeded his brother Arthur who died in 1742. Thomas was predeceased by a number of sons, and his successor was Barry, the son of his brother Rev. Barry Denny. Barry became Sir Barry in 1782. He was a popular colonel of a volunteer corps at the time of Britain’s fight with her American colonies, but the estate ran up big debts and parts of the estate had to be sold off in the early nineteenth century to satisfy these. Judge Day was by then in control. How this happened was as follows. In 1794, the second Bart., named Barry like his father, was killed in a duel and he was succeeded by his brother Edward. In the following year Robert Day, future Judge, got his daughter, Elizabeth Day, married to Edward. In the next century the succession again changed to a brother, this time when Edward and Elizabeth’s heir, Edward, failed to marry. His brother Henry of Churchill provided the line of the subsequent baronets.
EDMUND RICE 250: To reunite, reconcile, give thanks and look to the future. An invitation from the Edmund Rice/Christian Brothers Past Pupils & Friends Steering Committee to an evening with former President Mary McAleese to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Blessed Edmund Rice. This will take place at the Convention Centre, Dublin Spencer Dock, North Wall Quay, Dublin 1. Queries to Vanessa Moss on 01 8196782.
ARDFERT RETREAT CENTRE: On Tuesday, October 16th 2012at 8pm, - WilliamTalbot-Crosbie & his time in Ardfert (Repeat lecture) with Tommy O'Connor
DEATH has taken place of Tim Griffin on October 8th 2012. Tim was a native of Coolagown, Listowel. Tim is survived by his wife Moria Sheahan, sons Tim and Seamus, daughters Maria and Kathleen and sister Mrs Molyneaux. Following Requiem Mass in Listowel Church on Wednesday 10th October 2012 Tim Griffin was laid to rest in St Michael’s Churchyard, Listowel.
Tim was always a very active member of the community and took a great number of photographs and contributed articles on local historic events, holy wells, grottos, convents and old dwellings. Tim also taped folklore. Articles he contributed to the Ballyguiltenane Journal include; In the 30th edition Tim wrote and illustrated the history of the Listowel Presentation Convent1844 to 2007,among the photos is an inside view of the Convent Church and congregation on the last mass celebrated there on 26th Aug. 2007. In the 31st edition of the journal we find Tim giving a summary of devotion to Our Blessed Lady down the centuries, with a lovely picture of the Crown and Cross on the Rosary Basilica in Lourdes, the treasures were donated by the Irish people. Later on in the 34th edition, he gives coverage with many photos of the Monks Road through the bog from Finuge to Dysert.
Old Testament law provided for a “Year of Jubilee every fifty years, in which wealth and property were redistributed which eliminated poverty among the Israelites. Jubilee was proclaimed on the Day of Atonement. After the people’s debt of sin was abolished by the High Priest in the Temple, a trumpet was blown and money debts of money were forgiven.
Names of girls proposed to sail on the Thomas Arbuthnot – Arrived Sydney 3.2.1850
Mary Brandon
Newtownsandes Johanna Hayes
Kiltomey Mary Purcell
Listowel Ellen Wilson
Listowel
Ellen Casey
Ratoo Hanna Jones
Listowel Margaret Stack
Kiltomey Mary Wilson
Listowel
Mary Casey
Duagh Eliza Moriarty
O’Dorney Catherine Ryan
Listowel Ellen Leary
Ardfert
Margaret Connor
Listowel Johanna Connor
Ballylongford Mary Ryan
Listowel Biddy Ryan
Listowel
Mary Conway
Dromkeen E.D. Winnie Pierce
Ratoo Margaret Scanlon
Listowel
Source: Minutes of Board of Guardians 11 September 1849
These girls did not travel according to arrival records of Thos Arbuthnot 3 Feb 1850
Names of Girls proposed to sail on the Tippoo Saib – Arrived Sydney 29.7.1850
Mary Courtney Catherine O’Sullivan Anne Buckley Julia Daily
Ellen Leary Bridget Griffin Mary Griffin Margaret Ginniew
Mary Daly Johanna Scanlon Deborah Kissane Catherine Mullowney
Mary Sullivan Mary Stack Honora Brien Mary Creagh
Catherine Connor Johanna Sullivan Margaret Connor Ellen Relihan
Source: Minutes of Listowel Board of Guardians 7th March 1850
Mary Griffin not on arrivals of Tippoo Saib 29 July 1850
Here’s a quick list of some websites and blogs that deal with one’s inner peace and mental health:
http://www.peacefulwife.com – A wonderful site, self-deprecating, honest and humble. This one made me pray.
http://respectedhusband.wordpress.com - Literally the ‘husband’ site of the peaceful wife blog. These spouses have made a momentous journey to peace together. Worth reading every word.
http://www.retrouvaille.com - Troubled marriages need this program. Click now.
http://www.johnjanaro.com - The blog is called “Never Give Up”, and can be found at this website. John also has a book called Never Give Up: My Life and God’s Mercy, available on Amazon.
http://www.depressedandcatholic.com - A website by Kathleen Hockey which raises some interesting discussion. For example, her most recent was on ‘Catholic guilt.’ Her website is full of resources.
KERRYMAN Feb. 3rd 1912.
Brennan a driver was charged with cruelty to horses.
Newtowndillon Races on 25th March 1912.
Kerryman Feb. 10th 1912, praise for Fr William O Connor PP of Annascaul, he was a native of Moyvane.
Kerryman Feb. 17th 1912, Dr Dillon reports complete disappearance of recent fever outbreak. Between November 1911 and Feb. 1912, 47 cases treated only 5 died. It was estimated that the cost would amount to £600 to £700.
Death of Faulkner Collis Sandes DL. JP.
Death on 8th Dec. 1911 of James Carmody born Ballylongford, a carpenter and an undertaker at Eagenville at age 58, his wife was Ellen Hagerty.
Funeral of Mr Jeremiah Neville Bedford.
Chief mourners were, his wife Mrs M Neville,; Jeremiah, Daniel and John sons; Mrs J Keane Abbeydorney, Mrs M Ryan Gurtnaminch, Mrs J Leahy Bedford , daughters; J Keane, M Ryan and J Leahy sons-in-law; Mrs Jer Keane?, Mrs D Neville and Mrs John Neville daughters-in law; Christie Keane, James Keane, Jer Keane, Jer, John and Michael Neville and John Leahy grand sons; Mary Ellen and Hannah Keane, May and Nora Neville, Hannah and Nellie Leahy and Mary Ellen Ryan grad daughters; Ty and Mrs Leahy, Hugh Leahy, Mrs D McElligott, Katie, Bridget, Annie, Julia and Maggie Stack, Mce Stack, Tom Stack, Joe and John Broderick, Denis and Mrs Browne, John, Dan and Edmund Browne, J and Hugh Goulding, Thomas and Mrs Barrett, J and Thomas Bambury, J and Mrs Prendeville, cousins; O Sullivan brother in law.
Richard DORE B:Apr 1825 Moyvane South (Shronagraga), County Kerry, Ireland M: D:11 Dec 1908 Seanamhara, Knocknagoshel, County Kerry, Ireland
James Dore B:14 Jun 1790 M: D: County Kerry, Ireland
Maurice Dore B: Templeglantine, Co. Limerick M:1782 D: Templeglantine, Co. Limerick
Robert Dower B:Bef 1750 M: D:
Mary B:Before:1765 M:1782 D:
Ellen O'Connor B: M: D:
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Hi, just found your post. I only just found confirmation on a Great GrandMother,First name, possibly, Catherine, Relihan Collins. In a 1911(?) Census, she was 70 yrs old Living with a 40 yr old Daniel Collins in Purt/Purl(?),Abbeyfeale,County Limerick. She would have been a widow of Patrick Joseph Collins. My Mother said Her father,(PJC)
son of The above mentioned,b.1877/8 was one of 11 children.Only known sibling,Nora.(Both Patrick(1943) and Nora,(1980(?)died in San Francisco Bay Area.I was very excited to finally have confirmation of Relihan. Know nothing of the family. For that matter, I've never gotten past my Grandfathers birth and death dates, so all of this is quite thrilling.I hope this was intelligeable,and I'll await your reply, Thanks, Michael Patrick Hinsley
History Bits from Sept. 2012
Bishop Moore, born Knockanure became Bishop of Ballarat. He had a uncle Francis Moore born at Kilmeaney in 1813 to Pat Moore and Mary OHenry. Ordained for Kerry Diocese and first served in Tousist 1841-44 and went to India in 1852 and later to Sandhurst before coming back to Kerry and served in several parishes and ended as PP in Duagh from 1869- ’71, he died in 1892. Moore relations from Knockanure who served in Australia , include , Bishop James Moore, Fr Francis, Fr Pat a brother of the Bishop, F James McManamny a nephew of the bishop, Fr. Pat Moore died 1879, Frs Pat and Tom sons of Michael Moore Kealid, Fr Tom Moore Kilmorna. Fr Peter moore another cousin died in Australia 1998. Aunts of Fr Peter were Sisters Francis, Clare and Carmel.
Bishop O Callaghan O.P. born in Cork City1839, entered novitiate Tallagh in 1857, ordained 1864. Was in Rome and came home and got smallpox in Cork 1872. Went to Rome again and became prior of the Dominican College there. He was made coadjutor –bishop of Cork in Rome 1884.
A huge public meeting was held at the Chamber of Commerce in Cork 25th April 1865 protesting a clause in the Penal laws which was then in force preventing individuals giving charitable donations to the Dominicans.
Acts of General Chapter of Dominicans held in Rome 1656, noted there were forty three Dominican Convents in Ireland.
The original documents can be viewed at http://www.bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie
Statement of Tom Pelican
Snippet taken from BUREAU Of MILITARY HISTORY 1913-21
Jan 1921
Around this time I received a dispatch from Michael
O'Leary, Brigade 0/C. Fianna, in Tralee, to reorganise the
Fianna throughout the Listowel Battalion area. I went to
work at once and succeeded in forming companies or sections
of the Fianna in each company area of the battalion. The
total strength of the Fianna in the battalion after its
formation was approximately 450. I was appointed by O'Leary
Battalion 0/C. Fianna. The company officers were as follow:
Company Officer Address
Listowel Patrick Flaherty Charles St. Listowel.
Duagh James McDonagh Duagh
Ballylongford Michael Callaghan Ballylongford
Finuge James Whelan Finuge
Newtownsandes Patrick Walsh Derry, Listowel
In the company areas of Asdee, Beale, Bedford, Behins,
Tarbert and Knockanure there was only a small number of Fianna
Available and not enough members to form a company. In these
areas they worked under the company officers of the I.R.A.
"In relation to Bolton’s Cross, I had a look at Griffith’s Valuation, and found that for Skehanerin Lower, the Knight of Kerry is listed as being occupier of 4 plots of plantation land (i.e. forested land) in this area, 3 strips of which border the road leading to and from Bolton’s Cross. The immediate lessor is given as Robert Bolton.
The Tithe Applotment Book (1830) for Listowel parish lists “Mr Bolton’s Demesne” and “Mr Bolton” as holder of the same land, along with another plot listed to 2 other men (Mulvihill and Horan).
As to who these Boltons were, it is not easy to say! The “Kerry Evening Post” (22 May 1833) gives a marriage of Robert Ellis Bolton, youngest son of John Bolton, Prospect Lodge, Listowel, to Christiana, 3rd daughter of Mr Haycroft, Doneraile. This couple seems to have moved to Doneraile, as subsequent records show a Robert Ellis Bolton L.A.H.D. (I don’t know what that set of initials stands for!) buried there on 23 April 1890, aged 77 years & 10 months. Christiana was buried at Doneraile on 9 July 1886 (aged 71).
BOLTON
The original request for information on Bolton's Cross came from Jonah McKenna Moss. In a follow up letter he said:
MOYVANE Tenants of Baron Foster 1830-40
Michael Enright, Edmund Stack, John Foran £21, Pat Moloney £7, Con Kennelly £2, Dan Riordan £5, John Bunce £3, James Mulvihill £8, James Kennelly £15, Edward Cusick £9, Mary Stack and William Stack, James Moriarty £ 12, Walsh, Mary Gallaher, Mc Auliffe, Healy, Barrett, Finucane £9, J Guiney, Aneus McGrath, Buckley, Grady, Flaherty, Nolan, Fitzgerald, J Mulvihill, E Carmody Cuss, Several Carmody’s in Cuss, 1 -14s, McCarthy, McMahon, Mangan, Hennessy, M Dunfort, W Hanrahan, Edward Carr, Ml Hanrahan, Dan Keys, Ml Callaghan, Ml Connor, McCarthy,
1838 Drum murhur; E Stack £22, John Moore £18, P McMahon £19, Barrett evicted from lands at Ahalahanna in 1838 also Tom Connell £13 rent.
Lime cost 9 pence to 11 pence per barrel, lime used by Kitson, Ahern, D and M Enright, Cusick, Shanahan, Buckley, McMahon 366 barrels, McAuliffe 324 barrels.
KERRYMAN of July 17th 1909; Feis in Listowel, President D J Flavin CU DC; Vice Presidents, M J Nolan JP Moyvane, P Trant J P Co C, G Pierse Co C; Chairman T Langford NT; Treasurer M Keane; Secretaries, J J Hayes, D Collins and R O Shaughnessy. Bands, Cork War Pipes Band and Listowel Total Abstinence Society Brass Band under the conductorship of Mr Hennessy. Special mention of work of the organisers,M Griffin NT, M Keane, J J Hayes, R O Shaughnessy. D Collins and T F Cotter. Many of the local school children won prizes including Abbeyfeale, Listowel and Lixnaw Convents, Tullamore School, Tarbert Girls, Clash School, more winners from Caherciveen, Ballyhahill, Athea and Cork. Letter in the paper calling for library for Listowel. Death notice in the paper for Nellie G Malone of Church Street, Listowel, daughter of Michael Malone grocer and publican. Nellie passed the Oxford Examination at Bury , Lancashire on 21st July 1908. Chief mourners were Michael Malone father, Frank Malone brother, Tessy Malone sister, John Lyons grandfather, Daniel, Eddy, John and Richard Lyons uncles, Miss Catty Cain, Edward Walsh and Thomas O Sullivan cousins.
THOUGHT: In the mountains the rushing streams make their own river bed along which they flow; but in the plains men have to work hard to make canals, in order that the water may flow along them. It is just the same with those who live upon the heights with God. The Holy Spirit streams through them freely, while those who give little time to prayer and communion with God have to find their way with much labour and effort.
Sadhu Sundar Singh.
Kealid: James, Ellie, Pat, Catherine, Tom and Mary Ahern; Tom and Deborah Barry; Con and Janie Clancy; Jer and Tim Carroll; Han Casey; Mgt, Nick and Mary Costello; Pat, Nora, Michael and Han Connor; Mgt, Tim, Liz and Bess Cronin; Bridget, Catherine, Denis and John Dunn; Martin, Dan, Joan, Joan and Mgt Enright; Tim and Minnie Flaherty; Michael and Mary Flavin; Pat Fitzgerald; John, Dora, Bridget, Denis, Hugh, Mick, Hannie and Han Goulding; Michael, Pat, Ellie and Nora Heffernan; Joe, Julia and Liz Keeffe; Mick and Jessie Kelleher; Mgt and Ellen Kelly; Con, Ned, Mgt, and Mary Kennelly; Tom and Mary Manaher; Ml, Mgt and Kate McCarthy; John, Ellen, Jas, Mgt, Ml, Brendan Maria and Tom Moore; John, Pat and Bridget Moran; Ned, Mary, Julia and Catherine Mulvihill; Edm, Lizzie, Ml. and Joan Nash; Jer Nolan; Paddy O Callaghan; Ellen Kate and Mce Wilmott.
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~aherns/ahup.htm
Timothy Moynahan convicted of manslaughter of Michael Ahern at Killarney, Co. Kerry, 8 April 1877
James Ahern arrested for moonlighting at Killorglin, County Kerry, 14 December 1885
Mrs. Kit Ahern, of Ballybunion, Co. Kerry, president of the Irish Countrywomen's Association, staying in the Moira Hotel in Dublin, 5 January 1963
• Bridget Ahern, of Linish, Killarney, Co. Kerry, evicted by landlord, 15 April 1887
• Michael Ahern convicted of Moonlighting under arms at Castleisland, Co. Kerry, 18 March 1887
farmers Patrick and Michael Ahern face eviction in Knockmaclough, County Kerry, 12 May 1882
Ann Ahern, Ballylongford, Co. Kerry, awarded diploma from Shannon Hotel School, 3 October 1957
Dan Ahern from Kerry is the first to win two stages in an 8-stage cycling race round Ireland, 4 August 1960
In Killarney, County Kerry, William Ahern protests the arrest of young girls for selling flags at a Gaelic League festival which had been banned by the authorities, 21 June 1919
The Ahern obituary index has now reached the 4,075 mark. The earliest new obituary is for the Rev. Mr. Ahern, Parish Priest of Dunquin, County Kerry, 10 June 1819.
Edmond Ahearn, of Marlborough, New Zealand, looking for his brother, Patrick, who left Dingle, County Kerry, in March 1875, for New Zealand, 12 September 1879
NOv. 2012 Bits
MARTYRED: About 45 million Christians were martyred in the last century, most of them victims of Nazi and Communist persecution. The killings continue into this century, with about 100,000 new martyrs each year. This means that 11 Christians have been killed every hour for the past 10 years, and the killings continue. The places where Christians are martyred now are mostly parts of Africa and of Asia: Congo, Sudan, Nigeria, India, Iraq, Syria.
SHADOW OF THE SCHOOL memories of growing up in rural North Kerry in the 1950’s’ by Dick Carmody. Friday, 30th Nov. at 8.00pm in Clounmacon Community Centre Book proceeds go to support the work of Kerry Emigrant Support.
ANCESTORS: Mulvihilll's of Gurtomasillihy
My great-grandmother was Ellen Mulvihill (1853-1939) of Gurtomasillihy, Moyvane. She was baptized June 4, 1853 in Moyvane, daughter of John Mulvihill (1812-?) and Bridget Kenelley (1824-?).
Ellen married Cornelius Shine of Gortdromasillihy July 30, 1875 in Moyvane. They had 10 children, 4 of whom emigrated to the USA.
John Mulvihill (1812-?) and Bridget Kennelley had 4 children that I could find, Ellen (1853-1939), Cornelius (1855-?), Honora ((1841- ?) and Patrick (1841-?)
John (1812-?) was the son of John Mulvihill and Mary O'Connor. I am interested in comparing notes with anyone connected to these folks or to the Moyvane.
VISIT to Moyvane; Senior Editor of The Huffington Post, Craig Kanalley recently journeyed from the US to Ireland to explore his family heritage, his family came from Co Limerick and claim Kerry ancestry, he was in Moyvane and Ballylongford also discussing facts about relations.
UNAIDS estimates that 34.2 million people worldwide are living with HIV. It is about 30 years since the disease erupted.The cost of a year's supply of the medication decreased from more than $10,000 per person in 2000 to less than $100 in 2011. Dec. 1st is World Aids Day.
REFERENDA: Nancy Kennelly, who is a resident at the Abbot Close Nursing Home in Askeaton, is a petitioner who has put the State on notice of her application for hearing by Justice Iarfhlaith O'Neill. Ms Kennelly claims that in voting yes through the postal voting facility, her vote was swayed in light of the subsequent Supreme Court ruling that the Government referendum campaign material was not impartial and weighed towards the yes vote campaign.
SHOP: The people of Carrigkerry and the surrounding areas are glad to see the shop and filling station re-opened by the Moloney family from Abbeyfeale. The shop first opened on the 8th of October 1984 under the ownership of Pat, and Kathleen Nally from Ballyloughane. It provided a service to the local community and the passing public, until it closed on 13th May 2012
BOOK; Ballylongford Photographic Memoir volume 2, will be launched in Ballylongford on Nov. 30th at 8pm, the compiler of the book, Nancy McAuliffe is also well connected with Knockanure.
Book “Every Field had a Name,” it is about the place-names of West Limerick by Gerard Curtin is for sale at Ann Lyons, The Square, Abbeyfeale
BOOK: On the Banks of the Allachan by Pat O’ Shaughnessy, he has written a book about his life from growing up in Tournafulla, to working all over Limerick and life in Templeglantine.
Book; Serendipity Days is a collection of twenty five resident Kerry authors, compiled by Collette Nunan Kenny, proceeds go to Kerry Hospice and Recovery Haven.
SVP: St. Vincent de Paul is the largest voluntary, charitable organisation in Ireland, with membership of 10,500 volunteers throughout the country, they are supported by professional staff.
AUSTRALIA: Fr Tim Harnett born at Duagh to Michael Harnett and Mary Sheehy ordained at All Hollows in 1879 and went that year to Australia. When he died in 1905 he was PP at Candello NSW. He visited home in 1893. Fr Tim was buried with his brother Dan also a priest in Australia who died in 1882, both are buried at Cooma, NSW.
Kerryman of 26th May 1906. Death of Tom Mulvihill PP Gisbourne, NZ. He was aged 38 years and son of Matt Mulvihill of Doonard, Tarbert, Co Kerry, he had a brother Con at Kilpadogue, Tarbert and was first Cousin to Fr Dan Finucane of Kerry Diocese who was at the time in America collecting for the O Connell Memorial Church. Fr Mulvihill died March 1906, born 1868 and ordained by Archbishop Walsh in 1892.
COSTS: Shannon Airport is a designation as a diversion airport for mechanical and medical emergencies over the North Atlantic, this costs about E2 million per year, it is seldom used. How more designated groups are working in various state departments? Cost of planning, regulations and delays to keep regulators happy is stifling real jobs in this country.
PROCLAMATIONS:
1731 Proclamations; The like for discovering and apprehending the persons who broke open the house of Lady Margaret Crosbie at Ballyheige. Co. Kerry, and took there out twelve chests of
silver belonging to the Danish East India Company.
1760; Proclamation against the persons therein named who maimed and wounded James Supple
of Prospect Hall, in the County of Kerry.
1786; Proclamation for discovering and apprehending the persons concerned in setting fire to the house of Edward Leslie, Esq., of Tarbert. Co. Kerry.
The like for apprehending the prisoners confined in the gaol of Tralee, in the County of Kerry, who murdered Patrick Hands, the gaoler thereof, and then made their escape from thence.
LOCALS on youtube.
Vincent Carmody http://youtu.be/vb04QkH5hfg
Listowel Choir
http://youtu.be/wcOmyvH5KXU
Jimmy Deenihan, Brian McMahon and Jerry Kennelly
http://youtu.be/OPzM9Q_ZKN0
Trail in West Limerick http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGDnCBpslEY&feature=youtu.be
In 1790, 95% of Americans lived in small, rural communities. By the 1990s, 3 out of 4 citizens made their home in urbanized areas.
2006 British Parliament voted to pardon the 306 British and Commonwealth soldiers who had been executed during WWI for cowardice, desertion, and falling asleep on guard duty, under the assumption that the men may have failed in their duty because they were suffering psychological distress caused by the war.
Emigrant Prayer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1PKnr3tEGc&feature=youtu.be
Benedictine Nuns http://www.eriebenedictines.org/
ADVENT Wreath which is in all Churches during Advent. The 1st candle, which is purple, reminds us of the period of time from Creation to the coming of Christ. The 2nd candle, another purple one represents John the Baptist. The 3rd candle, which is pink, represents Mary who played a special role in the preparation for the coming of Jesus. The 4th candle, purple again, represents us. It is our hope and prayer that the light of the world will come into our hearts. The 5th candle, white, represents Jesus himself. The holly represents the thorns and are symbols of His Passion. The laurel is the symbol of His victory over sin and death. The red ribbon is a reminder of God’s love sealed for us with the blood of His Son.
The Peace Light from Bethlehem campaign was originally part of a large charitable relief mission, Light into Darkness, for children in need in Austria and abroad.
Since 1986 there has been a great deal of co-operation between Scouts and Guides in many countries which has allowed the light to travel throughout 23 European countries and onto America.
Each year, a child from Upper Austria fetches the light from the grotto in Bethlehem where Jesus was born. The light is then flown to Austria and distributed at a service of dedication to delegations from across Europe who take it back, with a message of peace, to their own countries.
Scouts and Guides can then take the light on to other churches, hospitals, old peoples' homes, prisons and places of cultural and political importance - to anybody that appreciates the significance of the 'gift'.
This year the Peace Light will arrive in Limerick by train on Dec 21st and there will be a special liturgy in St Josephs Church.
(The light will be collected from St Marys Help of Christians, Holyhead, North Wales on the 18th. A service of distribution in the Church of the Visitation, Fairview, Dublin will be held on the 20th. On the 21st the Peace Light will be passed onto representatives of Irish Rail for delivery by train to main line stations. [Athlone, Arklow, Carlow, Cork, Ennis, Galway, Limerick, Waterford and Wexford], and on Saturday 22nd scouts will deliver the Peace Light to Monahan Cathedral for transfer to Derry and the Ulster Northwest.)
Dec 2012
One of the most powerful supercomputers in the world has now been fully installed and tested at its remote, high altitude site in the Andes of northern Chile. This marks one of the major remaining milestones toward completion of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), the most elaborate ground-based telescope in history. The special-purpose ALMA correlator has over 134 million processors and performs up to 17 quadrillion operations per second, a speed comparable to the fastest general-purpose supercomputer in operation today.
‘Happy Christmas’
“The light of the Christmas star to you
The warmth of home and hearth to you
The cheer and goodwill of friends to you
The love of God’s son and God’s peace to you”
“I see the countless Christmas trees around the world below
With tiny lights like Heaven’s stars reflecting on the snow
The sight is so spectacular please wipe away the tear
For I’m spending Christmas with Jesus this year
I hear the many Christmas songs that people hold so dear
But the sounds of music can’t compare with the Christmas choir up here
I have no words to tell you, the joy their voices bring
For it’s beyond description to hear the angels sing
I know how much you miss me, I see the pain inside your heart
But I’m not so far away, we really aren’t apart
So be happy for me dear ones, you know I hold you dear
And be glad I’m spending Christmas with Jesus this year
I send you each a special gift from my heavenly home above
I send you each a memory of my undying love
Please love and keep each other, as my Father said to do
For I can’t count the blessing of love He has for each of you
So have a Merry Christmas and wipe away that tear
Remember I am spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year.
PLAQUE was unveiled at Gale Bridge on December 16th 2012 to honour Paddy Finucane, born on 5 Dec 1899 in Clounprohus, Moyvane, Co. Kerry. He died on 10 April 1984. Paddy was elected to Kerry County Council in 1942, and in 1943 he was elected as TD for Clann na Talún (the Farmers' Party). later was an Independent TD. He won every election till he retired in 1969 after 26 years in the Dáil. His main achievement as a TD was the Cashen drainage scheme. Paddy married Lily Hanrahan, daughter of John Hanrahan and Elizabeth Buckley in 1920 at Listowel Church.
PILGRIMAGE TO MEDJUGORJE: May 29th. Spiritual Director, Fr Francis Nolan, St. John’s. Return flights from Cork to Dubrovnik, 7 nights full board. For further details, contact Maura O’Keeffe Harcksen on 066 7127143 .
KERRY LifeLine: will provide support for people over Christmas. Talk with a counselor over the phone over the Christmas break. 064 7736100. If you need to talk to someone immediately or outside of these hours, please call the 1Life Helpline on 1800 247100 .
SCHOOL: Largest school related massacre in American history happened in 1927, at an elementary school in Bath, Michigan. A school board member Andrew Kehoe, wired the school with dynamite and set it off in the morning of May 18th 1927. He killed 45 people, 38 were children.
ESB have spent 6bn on upgrading their network over the past 10 years, Ireland and Great Britain will be the one wholesale market for electricity in 2016.
CHANGE Engineers Ireland have stopped printing their Journal, future editions will be eJournals
Street Singer Tralee http://youtu.be/p_kfyfQVrP0
TWELVE Days of Christmas
From 1558 until 1829, Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly. Someone during that era wrote the carol, the twelve Days of Christmas, as a catechism song for young Catholics. It has two levels of meaning: the surface meaning plus a hidden meaning known only to members of their church. Each element in the carol has a code word for a religious reality which the children could remember.
The partridge in a pear tree was Jesus Christ.
Two turtle doves were the Old and New Testaments
Three French hens stood for faith, hope and love.
The four calling birds were the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke & John.
The five golden rings recalled the Torah or Law, the first five books of the Old Testament.
The six geese a-laying stood for the six days of creation.
Seven swans a-swimming represented the sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit - Prophesy, Serving, Teaching, Exhortation, Contribution, Leadership, and Mercy.
The eight maids a-milking were the eight beatitudes.
Nine ladies dancing were the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit - Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self Control.
The ten lords a-leaping were the Ten Commandments.
The eleven pipers piping stood for the eleven faithful disciples.
The twelve drummers drumming symbolized the twelve points of belief in the Apostles' Creed.