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The Way I See It
By Domhnall de Barra
Athea branch of Comhaltas held their class recitals and Christmas session in the Memorial Hall on Saturday evening last. It was great to see so many young pupils perform for their families and friends and when the session started a group of them got out and danced to the music. A great night was had by all and I think it is safe to say that the future of traditional music, song and dance is safe in Athea. This parish was always full of music and song with composers in almost every townland. Sadly we have very few people, at the moment, who compose poems or songs. I wonder why this has happened and I don’t think it is just in Athea. Are we now too pre-occupied with social media and other distractions or is it a change in society and how we spend our time. Our Irish poets are famous the world over but they came from a time when we depended on the written word for all our news and other articles. In modern times people don’t write anymore, or indeed read written words, so it is hard to see how they could write verse. I am hoping that I am wrong and that there are budding rhymers out there who will come to the fore in the not too distant future. We need poems and songs about current events so I wonder if we could do anything to encourage the talent that must be there. If anyone has any ideas, please get in touch.
The recent storm was a sharp reminder that global warming is here to stay and we are going to have to adapt to it. Luckily, we did not get the worst of it but it is obvious form the frequency of storms and floods that the climate as we knew it is no more. The whole world is up in a heap with wars, droughts, floods, storms and fires so is it possible that it is all coming to an end? Mankind now has the capacity to destroy itself and if the atomic bomb was never used, natural disasters will destroy the Earth in the future if things keep going the way they are. Those in power must come up with some solutions but, looking at the turmoil in governments all over the world with diametrically opposed factions fighting each other, it is hard to see any progress being made. One of the sad things about all this is the fact that religions are the cause of many of the wars, especially in the Middle East. They all believe that God is on their side and that they are fighting a holy war and that their reward will be in Heaven so it is very hard to negotiate with them. Why has religion gone so wrong?. It should be a good thing and a comfort to the believers but when it is used to justify killing and maiming I wonder what kind of God these people think they are following. Are we all damned just because we are born in the wrong place because where we are born dictates what religion we are. There is even great division between two almost identical versions of the same religion. We had it ourselves in the North between Protestants and Catholics who both believe in the same God. I don’t know if there is any answer to it all but I am fearful it is only going to get worse.
This time of year always brings back memories to me of long ago when preparations would begin to welcome home the boys and girls who were coming home for the Christmas holidays, mainly from England. There was hardly a family who did not have some members who had to take the emigrant boat from Hollyhead to make a living in a foreign land. They worked hard an sent home money on a regular basis to help out with the families left behind. It was all big families in those pre-contraception days so there were a lot of mouths to feed at a time when, after the second world war, there was very little money, or opportunities to earn it, in the country. In England they would be gathering a few pounds for the journey by giving up the drink for a few weeks. “Are you going home for Christmas” was the usual question if you declined an invitation to go for a pint. It was not easy, travelling home, like it is today. Now you can have breakfast in London and be home in Ireland for dinner time. In bygone days a train or two had to be taken to reach Hollyhead where the boat to Ireland could be boarded. This was not like the luxury ferries they have today but an old cattle boat, much of it with no roof for shelter. Everybody carried a brown suitcase tied with a belt or a piece of rope and a new wardrobe for the trip. It was important to “cut a dash” for the locals who would be goggle-eyed looking at the trendy suits, shoes and hairstyles. The trip on the boat was often rough with people being seasick all over the place. From Hollyhead, another train brought passengers to Kingsbridge Station (now Heuston Station) where other trains could be got to all parts of the country. The entire journey could take 24 hours depending on where you came from. When I was coming from Coventry it took a total of 24 and a quarter hours. It was a great feeling , rolling into the station in Abbeyfeale where all the families were waiting for their own loved ones. The home-comers were treated like royalty and would take pride of place in the home until they went back again after the Christmas festivities. Times might have been tough but there was a lot of love around and nothing was spared at the Christmas dinner. They really were great days and Christmas had a real meaning, not all the plastic and tinsel you see today.
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The Way I See It Dec 2024
By Domhnall de Barra
Another year over and it seems like only yesterday that we were packing away the decorations after Christmas. Where does time go? They say the older you get, the faster the years fly by. I can attest to that because I well remember the long wait for Christmas when we were expecting Santy. A week then felt like a month but eventually the time came and went and a new cycle began. I was thinking the other day of Christmases long ago and how each one was the same but different, if that doesn’t sound strange. I spent a good few of them in England and it was a great time to be there with all the other emigrants but of course we all missed being at home. I definitely had my worst ever Christmas there. I was in my early twenties at the time and I was working nights at an electro-plating plant. My shift finished at 8am on Christmas Eve and a few of the workers asked me to join them for a Christmas drink. There were a few pubs who had market licenses and could open early in the morning so off we went to one of them. I wasn’t much of a drinker at the time so I wasn’t sure what to have ‘till one of the lads bought me a rum and blackcurrant. I had never sampled one before but it was lovely so I stayed with it for the duration. We went for a bit of a pub crawl and didn’t miss the time until I realised it was nearly 4pm and I had to play at the Kerryman’s Club that night. I said goodbye to my drinking buddies and headed for home. I walked through the Precinct in Coventry and I went into the underground toilet there. I felt really light-headed as I sat on the bowl in the cubicle and I knew nothing until I awoke with my trousers around my ankles, frozen with the cold and with the mother and father of all hang-overs. It felt as if there was a crew of men with jackhammers trying to burst my brain and there was a taste of blackcurrant in my nose. I got a shock when I looked at the watch and saw that it was 9.50pm. I had fallen into a drunken stupor and slept all that time. I should have been at the Kerryman’s at 9pm so I had nothing better to do but try to make my way home. I lived about two miles away and I can say it was the longest two miles I ever walked. Getting home was another problem. I was living with my aunt Nora at the time, a strict pioneer who hated drink with a passion. I was expecting a big lecture but she just took one look at me and shook her head with a look of disappointment on her face. It would have been easier if she hit me because I no knew that I had let her down as well as myself and of course the people at the Kerryman’s Club who were expecting a bit of music. I went straight to the bed, via the bathroom where I got violently sick. The following morning wasn’t quite as bad and I thought I would be alright until the Christmas dinner was put in front of me. I could only pick at it and all the time I could still get the taste of blackcurrant juice. I forced myself to eat as much as I could and as soon as possible went back to bed. I will never forget that time and I have never tasted a rum and blackcurrant again to this day. You could say it was a lesson well learned.
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2024; TV PRESENTER: Katelyn Hayes from Knockfinisk, Carrigkerry is one of two new faces to join the Nuacht Cúla4 team this year. Nuacht Cúla4 is a daily six-minute news bulletin as Gaeilge specifically for children, broadcast from Tuesday to Friday at 1:30pm on the children’s channel Cúla4.Katelyn attended Carrigkerry national school, and Scoil Mhuire agus Íde secondary school in Newcastle West. Katelyn now 24, obtained a degree in Irish and maths, as well as a master’s in media and journalism, both from the University of Galway.
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POETRY
Christmas Eve
After Christmas Eve Mass we walked back home
The full moon guiding us, lighting the way.
And I thought back on that first Christmas time
When the shepherds saw the star in the sky.
They sensed that history was being made
The same sense of wonder was with us now
Two thousand years later; it cannot fade.
The moonlit sky invited me to bow
At the thought of Divine becoming Man
In order to show humans how to love.
A crazy idea but that was the plan.
The man in the moon smiles down from above.
As we walked back the road on Christmas Eve
That kindly light cemented my belief.
Peg Prendeville
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Prayer
Lord God,
whose days are without end
and whose mercies beyond counting,
keep us mindful
that life is short and the hour of death unknown.
Let your Spirit guide our days on earth
in the ways of holiness and justice,
that we may serve you
in union with the whole Church,
sure in faith, strong in hope, perfect in love.
And when our earthly journey is ended,
lead us rejoicing into your kingdom,
where you live for ever and ever. Amen.
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You never know the true impact you have on those around you. You never know how much someone needed that smile you gave them. You never know how much your kindness turned someone’s life around. You never know how much someone needed that long hug or deep talk. So, don’t wait to be kind. Don’t wait for someone to change. Just BE KIND – because you never know
how much someone needs it.
When you forgive, you in no way change the past – but when you do it can
certainly change the future.
LAST WORD: Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until that moment becomes a memory.
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THE HUNT MUSEUM LAUNCES THE KITE POWER FESTIVAL: FUN WITH WIND ENERGY: Inspiring Creativity, Community, Recycling and Clean Energy Advocacy.
Kite-Making Workshops reusing Christmas packaging to take place across the County in January
Kite Power Festival takes place on Sunday 11th February in Limerick and Shannon, Co Clare.
The Hunt Museum is organising a county and city-wide Kite Power Festival as part of its current exhibition to highlight the power of wind as an energy resource. The museum is calling on Kite enthusiasts and novices to get creative with recyclable materials and paint the sky of Limerick and Shannon, Co Clare with vibrant kites on 11 February 2024. The Kite Power Festival takes the Hunt Museum’s Climate Change exhibition “Night's Candles are Burnt Out: Climate, Culture, Change & Community”, outside its walls and onto the streets and hills of Limerick as it showcases the power of wind through art, culture and a fun community event. In a visually captivating and eco-friendly manner, this unique family experience, sponsored by The Shannon Airport Group in collaboration with the Limerick.ie Festivals scheme, encourages participants to reuse their Christmas wrapping paper and tinsel and give it new life in the skies powered by the abundant wind in the Mid-West. To help people get involved, Lumen Street Theatre will host a series of Kite Making Workshops across Limerick City and County and in Shannon Town. Some Men’s Shed groups will also host their own Kite Making days. Speaking at the launch, Jill Cousins, Director, Hunt Museum said, “We want to continue to engage people emotionally through art and creativity in campaigning for change to renewable energy sources. The idea behind “Nights Candles are Burnt Out” is the use of culture to develop real understanding of the need to change both personally and nationally. We want to be able to achieve Climate Action 2021 targets by 2030. By promoting clean energy in a fun and unique way, we hope to inspire individuals and communities to embrace sustainable energy solutions.” Sinéad Murphy, Head of Sustainability at The Shannon Airport Group said, “We are delighted to sponsor this exciting event that will raise awareness in a fun and engaging way of the power of wind as a clean energy resource. Ireland, and the west coast in particular, has one of the world’s leading wind resources, so raising awareness of the opportunities this brings to our region is really key. We would encourage everyone, schools, families, community groups to get involved to promote this great initiative”. Prizes will be given in each location for:
· The best flyer
The best use of recycled Christmas packaging and decoration
The best artistic design
After the festival, all Kites can be lent to The Hunt Museum for a post Festival exhibition.
Save the Date – Festival Highlights:
Saturday, January 13: Lumen Workshop in Adare
Saturday, January 20: Lumen Workshop in Kilmallock
Saturday, January 27: Lumen Workshop in Newcastle West
Tuesday, January 30: Lumen Workshop in Limerick Learning Hub
Saturday, February 3: Lumen Workshop in Abbeyfeale
Saturday, February 3: Hunt Museum Kite Making Day
Saturday, February 3: Men’s Shed Kite Making Day
Sunday, February 11: Kite Power Festival across Limerick & Shannon .
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The Way I See It
By Domhnall de Barra
No sooner had the severe frost ended than a storm hit the country with great damage being done in the West and North West in particular. Fortunately, we in Athea, did not get the worst of it although it did knock the odd tree here and there. I have a feeling that storms are getting more frequent as time goes on so it must be to do with global warming. We are definitely getting more flooding and higher tides than we used to and I can’t see anything changing in the immediate future. At least we are not in a war zone like many unfortunate people throughout the world. What is happening in Gaza is to be condemned by every right thinking person and the excuse by Israel that they are “defending” themselves does not hold water. How can the indiscriminate murder of thousands of innocent civilians be described as “defence”. It is ironic that it is now the Jews who are carrying out what can only be described as ethnic cleansing having been themselves the victim of Hitler’s regime during the second world war. They, of all people should know what it is like to be persecuted. Not all Israelis are of the same mind. Many have voiced their opposition to this war and call for an end to fighting and a search for a solution that will allow both Palestinians and Israelis to live side by side in peace. At last The USA is calling for a two state solution but the Israeli leader wants to have control of the whole area. Maybe if America pulled the plug on its military support it might have the desired effect. In the meantime the carnage continues and thousands more will be killed before sanity prevails. There are several more conflicts around the world where people have no choice but to flee and look for sanctuary in other countries. Many thousands of them have come to Ireland, much more than expected, and we are legally as well as morally obliged to look after them. The sheer volume means the government is scrambling to find accommodation and are looking at every possibility around the country. This is not always welcomed locally and people protest as they did in Roscrea last week. The owner of Racket Hall Hotel, which is situated on the Dublin Road outside Roscrea, made a deal with the government who wanted to house asylum seekers there. Local groups blockaded the entrance stating that there was no consultation from government and that there wasn’t enough services like schools and doctors in the area to deal with the newcomers. Some are genuine in their views but others are feeding off misinformation being spread that single male migrants are a danger to young women in the area. Of course not all asylum seekers are squeaky clean but neither are all the people of Roscrea or any other town in Ireland for that matter. Most of them are just looking for help and a chance to be a part of the community. People say it is about lack of services but I wonder if there would be so much concern if, for instance, the hotel was to be taken over by a group of Americans or British people. We have a fear and distrust of people with a different culture and skin colour and we must see past this if we are to be fair to those who are less fortunate than ourselves. Yes, the government must be more forthcoming with locals before they decide to house people in their area but nobody should have a veto on who lives in any particular area. Unfortunately some local county councillors are now jumping on the band wagon because there are local elections coming up and they can see votes if they appear to be backing the local community against the government. This is the ugly side of politics but it is understandable if you are standing for election. As you have to be seen to be on the side of the local people. Let us hope that lessons have been learned and that extra services will be provided where large groups of people are added to a community. Some of these migrants have skills and would be an asset where there is such a shortage of people to fill various professions. We need electricians, plumbers, carpenters, block layers etc. Not to mention nurses and doctors so we have to become resigned to the fact that these positions will be filled by people from overseas. We, the Irish, should know all about that as we went all over the world and did all kinds of work to survive. We now have a multi-cultural society which is only going to get more diverse as time goes on. This is to be welcomed and can only make Ireland a better place.
Last week I was writing about my introduction to set dancing at a wren night in Knocknaboul so I was more than interested to hear an interview on the radio with a man who had MS. He described getting it over 14 years ago but has managed to keep active all this time by learning and practising set dancing. He told of a French professor ( I don’t know exactly what his speciality is but it has something to do with the brain) who loves and plays Irish traditional music. He is so into it that he visits Ireland several times a year to sit in with trad sessions all over the country. He was in Feakle, Co, Clare, at a session and he noticed a man sitting at the bar who obviously had MS. When a set was called he got onto the floor and danced perfectly. He asked one of the local musicians what the story was and he was told that Tom was a great set dancer who danced every night. When he went back home he started experiments, giving some people who suffered from MS exercises and steps to do and others learned set dancing. They all improved but the greatest improvement was in the group who were set dancing. He put it down to the strong rhythm of the music and the message that gives to the brain causing people to turn left or right at will without thinking. Did we ever think that dancing a few sets was good for the brain? I can see John Joe’s classes in great demand into the future. Set dancing is a wonderful exercise and one I didn’t get into until a few years ago. I always wanted to dance but spent most of my life on the stage playing for dancers. “Around the house and mind the dresser”
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St Brigid – Feast Day: 1st February. Saint Brigid is the Secondary Patron of Ireland
and is renowned for her hospitality, almsgiving and care of the sick. She was born c
454 AD in Faughart near Dundalk, Co Louth. When she was young her father wished
to make a very suitable marriage for her but she insisted in consecrating her virginity
to God. She received the veil and spiritual formation probably from Saint Mel and
stayed for a period under his direction in Ardagh. Others followed her example and
this led her to found a double monastery in Kildare with the assistance of Bishop
Conleth. The tradition is that when Brigid approached a local chieftain in Kildare
looking for a piece of land on which she would build a monastery he refused her.
She then asked him if he would give her as much land as her cloak covered. He had
no problem with this and more or less laughed at her as she placed her cloak on the
ground. However, miraculously, her cloak expanded to cover a huge area! The
chieftain was a man of his word and gave her this land – enough for a double
monastery! The Saint Brigid’s Cross, in legend used by Brigid to explain the Christian
faith, remains a popular sign of God’s protection. The tradition regarding the Saint
Brigid’s Cross comes from the story that she was at the bedside of a pagan chieftain
who was dying. To pass the time she started to make a cross from the rushes on the
ground of the room where the chieftain and herself were. When he asked her what
she was doing, she replied that she was making a cross and explained how Jesus
died on a cross before rising from the dead and thereby saved the human race.
When he heard this, the pagan chieftain decided to become a Christian before he
died. Saint Brigid died in 524 AD and devotion to her is widespread not only
throughout Ireland but throughout the world
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Saint Blaise: Saturday 3 February is the Feast of Saint Blaise who was Bishop of
Sebastea in Armenia and was martyred in 315 AD. He is patron saint of people with
sore throats and sick cattle.
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Limerick Search
Sister Mary Anthony1814
Sister Mary Anthony O'Connell 1814 County Limerick
Place of migration Migrated to/Born in USA
Sister Mary Anthony O'Connell was born in Limerick on the 15th of August, 1814.
Her parents were William O'Connell and Catherine Murphy. Catherine sadly passed away when her daughter Mary Anthony was only 12 years old.
Sometime in the 1820's the remaining O'Connells migrated to Boston on board a merchant ship.
Mary Anthony was educated at the Ursiline Academy where she would have boarded with up to 40 other girls.
In June 1835 Mary Anthony entered into the convent of the American Sisters of Charity in Emmitsburg, Maryland. She took her final vows in 1837 and was soon assigned to St Peter's Orphanage in Cincinnati.
Sister Mary Anthony was extremely devoted to the poor children of her community.
In 1852 she became the Procuratix of Cincinnati's St John’s Hotel for Invalids. There she developed a love and dedication to working with the sick and became a skilled medical worker.
After the civil war began in April of 1861, Sister Mary Anthony volunteered to tend to the Union soldiers many of whom had fallen prey to an outbreak of measles. During her time tending to the soldiers she reformed many of the primitive treatment methods. She is credited with having initiated the first triage system of treatment, sending the most injured soldiers to the hospital ships first. Doubtless this meant that countless lives were saved. She even received praise from Abraham Lincoln. She also established nursing programmes to train the hospital volunteers. When a hospital ship was sent to an incredibly bloody battle, prominent surgeon George Curtis Blackman personally selected Sister Mary Anthony to serve as his chief assistant. Not deterred by the harsh realities of war, she took to the body strewn battlefield, giving comfort to the injured men and identifying those most in need of urgent care. She became known as the Angel of the Battlefield.
As Sister Mary Anthony's notoriety grew, she was able to persuade the Catholic Church to increase the numbers of nuns they sent for medical training. In recognition of her efforts and skills, the Church assigned her to the United States Army of the Cumberland. There she once again showed her worth as she tended to the sick and the injured soldiers, as well as nursing escaped slaves back to health, many of whom had contracted smallpox.
Even in times of peace Sister Mary Anthony continued to work to the betterment of the poor and the sick.
Sister Mary Anthony died on the 8th of December 1897. Crowds of mourners filled the Cathedral to bid her a final farewell. Her lifetime of dedication to nursing the sick and injured and caring for the poor earned her the moniker, 'The Irish Nightingale of the Civil War'.
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The Way I See It
By Domhnall de Barra
If you haven’t heard the song “Fairy Tale of New York” over the past few days, you haven’t been listening to the radio. Ever since the death of singer Shane McGowan it has been aired on most radio shows because it was probably one of the most successful recordings he made during his lifetime. I must admit it is my favourite Christmas song because it strips away all the tinsel and nonsense about the festive season and gives us a glimpse of a life that is sadly lived by many at this time of year. Shane was a genius in one way and a child in another. He wrote some great songs and he brought a breath of fresh air to the music scene when he formed The Pogues, a band that fitted into no slot. There was a bit of Irish, rock, punk and other influences but they had a freshness and vitality about them that endeared them to their many admirers. Shane did not look like or act like a star. He didn’t wear fashionable clothes and would appear on stage smoking a cigarette and carrying a drink in his hand. Unfortunately it was the drink that eventually cut short his life but he left behind great memories and there is no doubt he will be forever remembered as a mould breaker, a rebel, a great lover of this country, a great singer and composer and a thoroughly likeable individual. There have been many arguments about whether the music The Pogues played was “Irish” music or not. It depends on what you call Irish music. Some purists have a narrow view of the term and take it to mean traditional Irish music only but that is not correct. Yes, authentic traditional Irish music, ,such as the reels, jigs, etc., is the most easily recognisable but there are many others. What the Clancy Brothers sang wouldn’t fit into that format but it was definitely Irish music. Then there are the compositions of people like Percy French who wrote about many parts of Ireland, songs like “Come Back Paddy Reilly to Ballyjamesduff”, “There is only one Street in Dronmcollogher” and “Are you right there Michael are you Right”. You could not say they are not Irish. There is a good story about ”Are you right there Michael”. He wrote the song about the West Clare Railway. This line originally operated in County Clare between 1887 and 1961. This 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge railway ran from the county town of Ennis, via numerous stopping-points along the West Clare coast to two terminals, at Kilrush and Kilkee. When Percy French used it, the train broke down several times so he wrote the song describing the railway in a very poor light but in a funny way. The board of the West Clare Railway weren’t impressed, in fact they were incensed and brought an action against Percy. On the day of the trial, the case was due to start at the appointed time but there was no trace of Percy French. The judge wasn’t impressed but he decided to wait for a while but when there was still no sign of Percy he decided to go ahead in his absence. The solicitor for the West Clare Railway outlined his case stating that the words of the song were not correct and were doing great damage to the reputation of the line which, he assured the judge was in excellent condition and always ran on time. He had just finished when the door opened and Percy came in. He apologised to the court and the judge asked him why he didn’t turn up on time. Percy explained that he had arranged to be at the court house at least an hour before the time of the trial but misfortune had befallen him. “What is this misfortune that caused you to be so late” enquired the judge to which Percy replied, “ I came down on the train and it broke down three times and is just after arriving at the station an hour and a half late”. The judge took his gavel in hand, banged the desk and said. “I have heard enough, case dismissed”. There are many more examples of Irish music that are not regarded as traditional but they all have a place in their own right. So, we must accept that much of the music of The Pogues should be considered as Irish but it should be judged on its own merit. There is no doubt that Shane McGowan had a great influence on the music scene and he will be fondly remembered. May he rest in peace.
I saw an interview on TV lately where a Muslim, living in Ireland for many years, was talking about his experience of racism in this country. He said that most people were very welcoming and friendly but there were some who looked on him with fear and sometimes hatred. He explained that not all Muslims are extremists and try to live their lives according to God’s teachings but Islamic extremists get all the headlines and then they are all tarred with the same brush. This is true and I have personal experience of it in England long ago where we were all thought of as the “drunken Irish” and the “fighting Irish” because of the actions of a few in pubs at the weekends. The same happened in America when the Irish first arrived there. It is too easy to blame a whole nation for he actions of a few. As the man being interviewed pointed out; the IRA volunteers who planted bombs and carried out murders during the troubles in the North were more than likely all church-going Catholics. That did not mean that all Catholics were capable of such acts. The hard right, as we call them, see all foreigners as a threat but I wonder how they feel when they go to hospital and find out that the doctors and nurses saving their lives are mostly foreign nationals. They also probably support English football teams whose players come from all over the world. Mo Salah is a gifted forward for Liverpool and he is also a devout Muslim and can be seen in prayer before every match. We should never make general judgements because there are good and bad in every race and creed. Live and let live should be our motto.
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The Sacred Heart Church in Limerick
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The town of Abbeyfeale in Co Limerick has bared all to raise money for charity.
The calendar, aptly titled 'Abbeyfeale - The Bare Essentials', saw locals strip off and be captured in everyday poses.
The first photograph for the cover image took place on a very cold and early Sunday in August, where five brave soles braved the elements.
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The Way I See It
By Domhnall de Barra
I was at the All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil in Mullingar during the week. The Liverpool Celi Band got together again for a special concert to commemorate the band winning at the same venue 60 years ago. Members of the band have changed over the years but the spirit of the Livepool is alive and very much in evidence with the group that are playing today. I had the privilege of playing with most of the original line up in the late ‘sixties and early ‘seventies and I will never forget those times. They would play anywhere at the drop of a hat, airports, train stations, car parks, in fact anywhere there were people who wanted to hear and enjoy the music. The music was never taken too seriously – enjoyment was the name of the game but even though it appeared casual that music was of an extremely high standard. They were the first ceili band to appear on the BBC’s flagship show, Sunday Night at the London Paladium and to tour America. Even when I returned home to work for Comhaltas they always kept in touch and I regularly joined them when they played in Ireland or when I was visiting Liverpool. Sadly many of the original members have gone to their eternal reward but the spirit lives on. The band was filmed in Mullingar by TG4 so I suppose we will future in one of the programmes at a later date. While on the subject I really enjoyed the TG4 Fleadh programme on Saturday night, especially one item that featured a black man from Africa who not only spoke perfect Irish but also danced in the Sean Nós style like a veteran from Connemara. He has been in Ireland a good few years and he explained that when he told his family he was going to live in Ireland his Grandmother told him to learn the language and immerse himself in the culture of his adopted country and then he would fit in like a native. He certainly achieved that. I also saw a group of women from Japan, decked out in their beautiful traditional costumes, play Irish music and dance Clare sets like they were from Milltown Malbay. What is it about Irish traditional music, song and dance that attracts people from other countries? I suppose, due to the work of Comhaltas over the years, it has become one of the strongest cultures in the world. Joe Cooley, the great Galway box player who lived in America for most of his life once said, “Irish music is the only thing brings people to their senses”. Whatever it is, it was evident in Mullingar that it is now a worldwide music that is enjoyed and played by people who have no contact whatsoever with Ireland. Long may it last.
As the time for the budget gets closer kites are being flown by politicians who are testing the waters to see how various proposals will be accepted. There was a time when we found out on budget day what the minister had in store for us but now, through carefully orchestrated leaks, we know well in advance what to expect. Everybody wants a piece of the cake and the lobbying intensifies as time goes by. A rise in the old age pension is sought along with the children’s allowance and a helping hand to struggling mortgage holders and renters. While I agree that anyone struggling should be helped, I am not in favour of across the board increases that will be paid to those who don’t really need it. The children’s allowance is a good example. It is given to all families, regardless of their income, so multi millionaires will say thank you very much and pocket the extra money. Forget about the wealthy, does the allowance really go to looking after children.? Yes, there are families who depend on it and spend it wisely but there are also those who look on it as extra disposal income. During my teaching years I worked in Dublin during the summer holidays. Near where I worked there was a labour exchange where the children’s allowance was paid out once a month. There was a pub nearby and on that day they had live music and refreshments. The place would be rocking on the strength of the children’s allowance and a good time was had by all. Of course families in need should be helped but is this the best way to go about it? The hospitality industry is trying to keep the VAT rate at 9% even though Covid is long gone and they are fleecing the public. The price of dining out is now prohibitive and forget about hotel rooms, especially in the big cities. Despite that there is still a big demand and we have had a very good tourist season so there is no point in having the poor mouth. Everyone should pay the same VAT rate and that’s that. I think there should be something done about room rates in hotels and the price of concert tickets. If a big show comes to town the price of rooms rockets to three or four times their normal rates. I also hear of concert tickets being offered for up to €1,000. This is madness and there should be something done about it. I have no problem with people making a profit, that’s what they are in the game for, and they should be well rewarded for the job they do but taking advantage of people to profiteer is not on. They will eventually kill the goose that laid the golden egg if they continue as they are and we will all be the worse off for it.
And what about the banks? There is a huge difference between the rate they charge for loans and the rates they pay on saving deposits while they accumulate huge profits in the process. There is a lack of competition in the Irish banking market and where you have that it is easy to control rates without fear of losing clients to competitors. TDs have been calling on the government and the central bank to do something about it but I, for one, will not be holding my breath.
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Weekly Newsletter
Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
13th August 2023
Dear Friends of Sacred Heart Church,
The healing of the deaf-mute, as narrated in today’s Gospel (Mk 7,31- 37), is a figure of baptismal grace. We, too, were once taken before Jesus in a condition similar to that of the poor man in Galilee. We were deaf and dumb in the life of the spirit, and Jesus, in the person of the priest, welcomed us lovingly at the baptismal font. The priest made the same gesture over us and said the same word as did the divine Master in the Gospel: “Ephpheta,” “Be thou opened!” From that moment the hearing of our soul was opened to faith and our tongue was loosed to give praise to God. We were enabled to listen to the voice of faith—to the exterior voice of the teaching Church and to the interior voice of the Holy Spirit, urging us to do good; from that moment, we could open our lips in prayer: in praise, adoration, and petition. But later the noise of the world deafened and distracted us; likewise, the tumult of our passions deadened our capacity to listen to the voice of God. Then, too, idle conversations about worldly things and great anxiety over various events in our life have left us unable to pray sincerely and earnestly. But Jesus wishes to renew the grace of our Baptism today and to repeat the all-powerful word “Ephpheta.” How greatly we need Him to reopen our ears to His voice and to make us more attentive and sensitive to His call! “In the morning He wakeneth my ear that I may hear Him as a master; I do not resist, I have not gone back,” says Isaias (50, 4, 5). This is the grace we must ask of Our Lord today, that we may not only hear His voice, but may follow it, without resistance. The more faithfully we follow it, the more sensitive we shall become to its slightest whisper. At the same time let us ask for the grace of always being ready to give praise to the Lord, to call upon His mercy, to ask His pardon humbly, accusing ourselves of our faults sincerely and with sorrow.
The month of August is traditionally dedicated to Our Lady where we honour in particular her Immaculate Heart. During this Marian month, we place our hope in her maternal assurance that her Immaculate Heart will indeed triumph. Let us prepare also for the great Feast of the Assumption where we celebrate the body and soul of the Virgin Mother, taken up into Heaven. This is a Feast of Obligation and there will be a procession following the Sung Mass at 6 pm. Please come in great number on Tuesday to honour Our Lady's triumphal entry into heaven. Let us also unite with our apostolate in Belfast as they begin their Novena tomorrow to the Patronness of their church, the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Lastly, we welcome back a familiar face: Canon de Martin will be in our midst from 16th to 19th.
Canon Lebocq
Prior of Sacred Heart Church
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Weekly Newsletter
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost
9th July 2023
Dear Friends of Sacred Heart Church,
One thought emerges from today’s liturgy in a special way and dominates all: God is a merciful Father who takes pity on us and nourishes our souls. Our souls are always famished, we are always in need of nourishment to sustain our supernatural life.
God alone can give us the proper nourishment as the Church tells us in the beautiful prayer of the day: “O God of all power and might, the giver of all good things; implant in our hearts a deep love of Your name; increase in us true religion and sincere virtue; nourish us with all goodness and… keep us in Your loving care” (Collect). The heavenly Father graciously hears our plea and answers by directing us to His divine, only-begotten Son whom He sent into the world that we might have life in Him. In the Epistle (Rom 6, 3-11), St. Paul reminds us that as “we are baptised in Christ Jesus... in His death… so we also may walk in newness of life,” that in Him we may “live unto God.” It is in Jesus and in His Redemption that we find everything we need for the nourishment and life of our souls; it is in Him that we shall find the grace, love, faith, and the encouragement to virtue which we have petitioned in the Collect. It is a great joy for us to hear again that we are reborn in Christ to “newness of life”; it is a great comfort for our weakness. One point, however, remains obscure. How does it happen that we are always falling? Why are we always so miserable? A more attentive reading of the Epistle will reveal the reason: because we are not yet wholly “dead” with Christ, because the “old man” in us has not yet been “crucified” to the point of our no longer being “slaves of sin.” In a word, if we wish to live fully the life that Christ acquired for us by His death, we must first die with Him. As this does not mean material death of the body but spiritual death to our faults and passions, this death must be continually renewed: “Quotidie morior,” I die daily (I Cor 15, 31). The weakness of our spiritual life is caused by the insufficiency of this death to self.
Our motherhouse in Gricigliano was in full celebration and festivities when we welcomed six newly ordained deacons and five subdeacons by His Excellency Archbishop Cordeleone of San Francisco. Deo Gratias! Please pray for them as they approach closer and closer to the priesthood.
Our altar servers were very impressed by the seminary and all the hardwork and dedication of the seminarians to prepare for this wonderful event. They would like to thank you for your generosity last Sunday for this once in a lifetime opportunity to witness the glorious ordinations of the Catholic Church. May God send us more holy priests.
We would like to thank Father Horgan for taking the time to replace the Canons and to assure the faithful of your daily Bread. We also ask you keep him in your prayers.
Our candidate Emmanuel left us on Monday after finishing his year of discernment. We pray for him and wish him all the best. Canon Post, whom you have come to know over the years, is here in Limerick before making his way to Ardee for the first girls' summer camp. Our Sister Adorers have carefully planned out a week of fun and prayerful activities that will keep all the 26 participants happy and occupied.
Lastly, we would like to remind you that the feast of Saint Oliver Plunkett falls on 11th July (this Tuesday). We can unite our prayerful devotion with the Archdiocese of Armagh in celebrating our beloved Irish martry. We leave you with a short extract of his life from the February 1909 issue of the Irish Monthly...
Wishing you a blessed week,
Canon Lebocq
Prior of Sacred Heart Church
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The Way I See It
By Domhnall de Barra
The weather is the most popular topic of conversation in this country and is a great ice-breaker when meeting other people. It certainly gives us plenty to talk about, especially this year with the extremes we are getting. There seems to be no happy medium, we are either roasted or drowned. June brought the hottest weather we have had to date and now it seems to rain constantly with no real end in sight. Saturday last was St. Swithin’s Day and, according to folklore, whatever weather we have on that day will be repeated for the following 40 days. If there is any truth in it we may as well start building another “ark” now! All jokes aside, there is no doubt that there is a big change in weather patterns throughout the world. We are lucky in this neck of the woods because, although we complain, we do not get the extremes they have in other places. As time goes on we see more homes being destroyed by floods in one place and wildfires in another. The rising temperatures will have a huge effect on crop production with many areas in places like North Africa now barren deserts incapable of producing any type of crops. This will have a huge effect on migration with millions looking towards Europe as a place of refuge. Already, thousands take their lives in their hands trying to cross the seas in tiny boats. Many are lost but those who profiteer from shipping these poor unfortunates will not shed a tear. It is big business and those being transported have to pay a high price for the chance of a new life in another continent. There has to be a co-ordinated effort by the world leaders to deal with the increasing influx of those seeking asylum. There are many who will not want to have anything to do with migrants and are ready to send them back to where they came from. There are also many right wing elements who want to close their borders to all who are not like themselves and they are growing in number every day. This type of nationalism is what caused the second world war where the Nazis felt they were the “clean” white supreme race and all others should be treated as vermin. We often hear the phrase “this is our country”. Ireland is my country but what choice did I have in that? I am Irish by an accident of birth. I could have easily been born in Africa, America, China or any place else. What does being Irish mean anyway? Who are the “true” Irish”. It is a matter of where, in history, you stop the clock. All nations are a mixture of other nations who, in days gone by, regularly invaded each other. Some married locally and settled down. If I take my own name, de Barra, it is obvious that my forefathers came from Normandy. We are a mixture of Scandinavians, Normans, Anglo Saxons, Spanish and many other different races and cultures. In recent years we have many from Africa, Eastern Europe, South America etc. There are those who think that the ideal Irish person is somebody who is white, with red hair, Roman catholic, native Irish speaker with a fainne and a pioneer pin on a lapel and a card carrying member of the IRA. The reality is so different. An Irish person today may very well not be white, have any religion or none, speak a different language at home but is proud to be called Irish and takes part in local social and sporting events. Many of today’s GAA players trace their ancestry to foreign countries but they will give their all for the county jersey and the pride of the parish. This is the new Ireland which is greatly enriched by this diversity. We are so much better off with a mix of cultures that will include everybody than with a narrow view of nationality that will impoverish our way of life.
Have funerals in Ireland got a little bit out of hand? Time was you attended a funeral if you were a neighbour or close friend of the deceased person’s family but now, if you ever had an acquaintance with a 31st cousin you feel obliged to go in case you would be missed. The set up in funeral homes is not ideal. All the relatives form a line at each side of the coffin and each sympathiser walks along the line, shaking hands with everybody. That is ok but the reality is that you may know only a few of the family and you end up shaking hands to people you don’t know and you have never met before. It is also an ordeal for the mourners who have to stand or sit there for three or four hours also shaking hands with many people they don’t know either. I know people mean well but surely there is a better way that will allow mourners and sympathisers to meet the people they really want to meet without having to do the whole rounds. I don’t know myself but I would welcome any suggestions or comments any of you may have.
Why are we paying so much for petrol and diesel when the price of crude oil is dropping? They tell us it takes time for the reductions to filter through because the fuel distributors have bought supplies in advance at the higher price. Fair enough, but why does that not apply when the price of crude rises? Whenever there is a rise, the companies put up their prices at the pumps straight away even though they have stocked up at the lower rate. It is just another example of taking us for mugs. The problem is we have got used to it by now and don’t make a fuss. They have us over a barrel because, despite what Eamon Ryan thinks, we need our cars in rural Ireland to get from A to B and have to pay whatever price the stations want to charge us.
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Desmond Hall
By Fionán Coughlan, owner of Re:Story Limerick
23 Jun 2023 1:43 PM
IN THE year 1440, during the height of Italy's Renaissance, the Signoria in Florence sent a letter to Limerick, heralding the arrival of a young Florentine named Giovanni Gherardini.
This letter of recommendation was addressed to James FitzGerald, 6th Earl of Desmond, at Desmond Hall in Newcastle West.
The letter read; “…if the claim that has been reported concerning you be true, that your progenitors were Florentine in origin, descended from the most noble and most ancient family of the Gherardini, one of the most excellent and preeminent families of our city, we rejoice and congratulate ourselves exceedingly… that the Florentines rule in Ireland.”
The Gherardini had helped establish Florence as a City State Republic in 1115 and are immortalised in the writings of the famous poet Dante.
The Signoria in Florence originally heard about the family's supposed connection to Ireland from Maurice FitzMaurice, son of the 6th Lord Kerry. FitzMaurice visiting Florence in the year 1413 recalled a peculiar story. According to FitzMaurice his family along with FitzThomas and FitzGerald were descended from the Gherardini of Tuscany!
A story 500 years in the making, couldn't be left any longer to hear-say. Re:Story decided to investigate Limerick's connection to Renaissance Italy further.
Today, a branch of the family lives in Italy and is called Geraldini. Their family have passed down this age old Irish tale for generations!
Re:Story sent an invitation to the Geraldini family, hoping to organise a visit to Ireland, and in May welcomed Mr. Alessandro Geraldini from Rome to our historic city.
Alessandro was treated to a customary tour of the Milk Market, followed by a tour of Desmond Hall in Newcastle West given by Professor Declan Downey of UCD. Professor Downey, stirred the spirits of Desmond Hall, reading the famous letter from Florence for the first time in 580 years.
The letter was read in Latin and English, but we are no closer to an answer now as they were back then!
Next, the Askeaton Civic Trust gave Mr. Geraldini a history of Askeaton Castle and shared a lively debate over tea and freshly baked cakes!
Alessandro was warmly welcomed to Glin Castle by Catherine FitzGerald, daughter of Desmond, the late Knight of Glin. Catherine’s family have lived in Glin for 700 years and brought Alessandro on a tour of the enchanting Castle and magnificent gardens.
Following a stroll through the woods along the Knights walk, the historic evening was brought to a fitting end with Harp music by the fire side.
Despite much research and debate, no definitive clue emerged to solve the age-old mystery.
Fortunately, Gerard Corcoran, Director of Ireland’s Society of Genetic Genealogy, offered an opportunity to reveal further insight by facilitating a DNA test.
As we await the results, a big thank you to Professor Declan Downey, Askeaton Civic Trust, Catherine and Olda Fitzgerald, Gerard Corcoran and Alessandro Geraldini for helping to bring Limerick’s truly incredible history back to life.
For more, see restory.ie/
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Athea
By Domhnall de Barra
Unfortunately, Lillian is out with Covid this week so, if you find any typos or other mistakes it is because she is not here to correct my shoddy work. Hope she recovers soon. Putting the newsletter together every week is not an easy job but Lillian makes it look easy, juggling all the photos, club notices, anniversaries, advertisements etc and trying to fit them all into the space available. My job is to do this piece, the crossword, work with the photographs, help with the articles do the printing and distribution. Somehow it all comes together but I suppose it is like second nature, now that we have being doing it for so long. Doing this piece every week has its own challenges. Sometimes I sit down to write and the mind goes totally blank. When that happens I just have to leave it and come back later hoping I will get some inspiration from somewhere. Touch wood, I haven’t missed a week yet but when I do I will know it is time to give up. People often ask me if I am retired and I reply that I am trying to but find it difficult. I am only working part-time now and that is not entirely by choice. The printing industry has changed over the years and the small rural printer is in danger of extinction because of changing trends. I used to make a living printing posters, fliers, invoice books and business cards. A few years ago every event was advertised by fliers and posters. They were put in every available window and put under the wipers of cars parked in the church yard or on the street. The practice of putting them on cars was outlawed because of the litter they created but the arrival of the personal computer meant that, through social media, notices of events could be quickly posted on line with no cost and no need for printing. The business cards went the same way. I would do hundreds of invoice and quotations for big and medium firms but now they send an invoice attached to an e-mail and the customer has to print it off. There is nothing wrong with that as it saves money and paper and does not need a stamp to deliver it but it means that there is less work for printers all over the country. Times have changed and are still changing at an alarming rate. We will soon be a paperless and cashless society. Some people don’t like using bank cards instead of hard cash. I must admit I prefer using the card, especially the one on the phone when there is no limit to the amount you can “tap”. It has its drawbacks though. There is something to be said for knowing how much money you have in your pocket and not being able to spend more than you have on your person while shopping. With the card it is very easy to go into debt and this causes great problems, especially in the betting industry. Many is the person who has gone broke because they were gambling with money they didn’t have and did not realise until their cards were maxed out and they owed the banks a fortune. Betting really is a mugs game, the bookie always comes out on top in the end but there is no harm in having the odd flutter provided one is able to afford it and it does not become an addiction. I don’t go to races anymore but, when I did, I used to have a €10 bet on five races. That was the cost of my day out along with the entrance fee and I was happy if I did not win anything. If, on the other hand, I was lucky enough to back a winner, it was a bonus and I came home delighted with myself. I loved listening to the conversations between races. There were so many “experts” who knew the form and the “whispers” from the stables, giving tips to each other and running from bookie to bookie trying to get the best price. Sometimes they got it right but most of the time they got it wrong. I knew a good few of these “experts” when I used to call to the bookies in England long ago. They knew every runner’s pedigree and how fast or slow they were and what chances they really had but they all had two things in common – they hadn’t an arse in their trousers or a sole in their shoes!!
Getting back to the changes in the printing game, it is difficult to see how this newsletter can be kept going into the future with dwindling ales and rising costs. At the moment it is losing money if I included the cost of my labour and time spent on it. The changing trends mean younger generations are not buying newspapers and issues like ours anymore. News and other information are available at the touch of a button on smart phones, tablets and even watches so there is a fall off in sales which will eventually lead to closure. The decline in rural villages is also a factor. At one stage, the back page of the newsletter was full of ads from local businesses, especially the three big pubs, The Top of the Town, The Gables and Paddy Drury’s, letting people know what bands were playing at the weekends and what other activities were taking place. Now there are no ads for pubs as two of them are closed and the weekend entertainment has changed completely. We also had four outlets for sales in the village but now we have only one. I would hate to see the newsletter close but sometimes I think I am a bit like King Canute, trying in vein to keep back the tide. I really have enjoyed producing Athea & District News for the past thirty years or so and I hope we have given a voice to clubs, organisations and individuals in the parish and beyond. I am not going to close just yet but the writing is on the wall and, to be honest, at this stage of my life I haven’t got the fight in me to continue indefinitely. Maybe there is some way of keeping the newsletter alive and if any of you out there has any idea as to how it could be achieved, pleas let me know. In the meantime enjoy it while you can.
They say you will never miss the water until the well runs dry.
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Glin GAA club proudly celebrates 125 years of existence this year. To mark this significant milestone, we are writing a book on the history of the club from 1898 to the present day. Many who have made valuable contributions to this period will have memories of their first involvement with the club, the fields around the parish they played in and will remember great teams and players. Perhaps also, people may have old newspaper clippings, photographs, match programmes and medals kept which would be of great interest to us in preparing this book and will allow us to best tell the story of Glin GAA over the past 125 years. Our book committee has begun the process of interviewing people and shortly, for those comfortable with technology, a questionnaire link will be sent around where interested individuals can make their own contributions. We will be holding an evening in Glin in the next while where old Glin GAA photographs, medals etc. can be brought in to be photographed and scanned, and the owners can share their stories relating to them. If anyone would like to be sent the questionnaire link or wishes to be interviewed, send an email with your details to glingaabook@gmail.com, contact us through our Facebook page www.facebook.com/glingaa, or contact James O’Donovan on 087 2311156 or Tom O’Donovan on 086 1710136.
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New records found
Limerick historian 'blown away' by discovery of documents
Dr O’Brien along with his colleague Dr Helene Bradley Davies will catalogue and digitise the archive.
"Utterly breathtaking" historical documents dating as far back as 1695 may have been lost forever if not for a man who rescued the collection 30 years ago from a skip.
Limerick historian Dr Paul O’Brien said he is “blown away” by the discovery of the archive spanning most of Munster that he believes will “tell the story of land ownership in Ireland.”
The Mary Immaculate College lecturer said he’s running out of words to describe its “phenomenal” sheer volume and geographical range.
“It covers huge swathes of land up the country and just gives a lot of agency to tenant farmers and tenant voices that aren’t generally covered out there,” he said.
A man found the documents about 30 years ago in a skip outside a house in Limerick but only managed to save 20%, or 28 boxes, out of the collection due to the sheer volume.
He kept them up until he showed Dr O’Brien and his colleagues, Randal Hodkinson and Dr. Paddy Waldron.“He had a good sense and a good fortune to rescue the boxes from the skip and had he not rescued them, they almost certainly would have been lost.
"We took one or two to begin with and the first box I took had material related to a charity set up by a woman in Limerick in 1729,” said Dr O'Brien, adding: “It’s utterly breathtaking.”
The collection was originally put together by a land agent, and it spans most of Munster. However, Dr O’Brien has come across documents from as far as Armagh. “It’s the nature of families marrying into families, you might have been matched off to someone in Cork and you could be from County Leitrim."
More exciting for Dr O’Brien is that the archive also contains important records relating to farm tenants which could plug a gap in census records lost in the Four Courts fire over a century ago.
“Often tenants that have small holdings, their names aren’t recorded anywhere, so we have hundreds of names of tenant farmers all across Munster,” he said. With these lists, generations of farmers can be traced.
Historical documents are discarded all the time and Dr O'Brien urged everyone to check their attic and contact their county archivist for advice. Dr O’Brien along with his colleague Dr. Helene Bradley Davies will now catalogue and digitise the archive.
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The Way I See It
By Domhnall de Barra
One day last week, I looked at the front page of the Irish Mail and the message there, in very large print, stopped me in my tracks. I first of all pinched myself to see if I was dreaming and then I checked the date on the paper to make sure it wasn’t the 1st of April. The headline stated that the term “Father” may not be allowed in the Lord’s Prayer anymore due to gender neutrality, a term that means that “policies, language, and other social institutions (social structures or gender roles) should avoid distinguishing roles according to people’s sex or gender”. This agenda has been foisted on us by a minority of liberalists who carry far more weight than their percentage of the population. It started a few years ago with people objecting to the term “man” being used in words like chairman, manhole, postman etc. The word “chairman” describes a position that may be filled by either sex and anyway its definition in the dictionary says: “a human being of either sex, a person”. It wouldn’t be so bad if it stopped there but all references to different sexes are frowned upon even down to having unisex toilets in schools. A teacher who objected to not being able to refer to pupils as “him” and “her” ended up in the high court and lost his job just a couple of weeks ago. A friend of mine, who teaches in a secondary school said they might as well put condom machines in the toilets where boys and girls can mingle. A meeting could easily be arranged through the phones they are all now attached to and if you think some leaving cert teenagers are not sexually active, it is time to come out of the fog, wake up and smell the roses. Males are males and females are females but it is not that simple. Some males feel they are female and born into the wrong body and vice versa. My thinking is they should be male or female until such time as they have a sex change and then be referred to as they have become. I have great sympathy for those who are in the situation and everything should be done to help them but, they are such a small minority that it should not change everything we have been used to since time began. The animal world, with a few exceptions, is divided into male and female for the purposes of procreation. This hasn’t changed so I see no sense in trying to appease certain agendas by changing the terms we are all used to. Should “Holy Mary, Mother of God” now be changed as well? What we know about God comes from the Bible and it states that He is a man. Jesus Christ was born a man and, to my knowledge, He never wanted to have a sex change and become a woman. Call me old-fashioned but this is a step too far for me and I fear we are going down a road that will lead us to chaos. Do we really want to see words like “him”, “her” etc disappear from our vocabulary to be replaced by some neutral terms that mean nothing? Men are men and women are women; vive la difference.
I have always been fascinated by the term “happy in my own skin”, because I think the most of us are actually unhappy in our own skin. Let us look at the evidence. Because of our geographic location we are mostly white-skinned but are we happy with that? We spend every chance we get, exposing ourselves to the sun, to try and be as brown as we can. Because we don’t get enough sun here in the summertime we jet off to all the sunspots to bake on the beach for hours each day so that we can come home with a really good tan. At least that used to be the case but now, due to advances in cosmetics, we don’t have to rush abroad at all – we can get that tan from a sun bed or a bottle. It is almost obligatory if we are going to a wedding or some other celebration to be properly “browned off” before we go. Are we happy with our faces? We continually cover them with foundations, rouge, blushers, lipstick, eyeliner and all kinds of lotions to make us look different. When the wrinkles appear, those who can afford it turn to botox and it is now common for lips to be injected to make them stand out. Again, those who can afford it may get the nose changed or have some other cosmetic surgery to improve the image. The hair is long, short, straight or curly and shaped in every which way according to the fashion at the time. Our hands cannot be neglected either so nails have to be cut in a certain way and maybe painted. I could keep on about other body parts but I am sure you have got the point by now. But, why are we so unhappy with ourselves? Some of the most beautiful women in the world come from Scandinavia and they are whiter than white and see no need to be different. The late Michael Jackson spent a fortune trying to make himself white and nearly succeeded so it isn’t just confined to ourselves. We have become victims of pressure from adverts that show us what the perfect look is like and how we can attain it. Beauty is big business and every town and village in the country has hairdressers and beauty technicians who make a good living of our vanity and our desire to fit in. There is no such thing as the perfect man or woman – we are what we are and beauty, after all, is in the eye of the beholder. True beauty comes from within and has nothing to do with make-up or fake tans. Maybe it is time we grew up and became “happy in our own skin” at last.
Our worries are very small when we think of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria and the tens of thousands who have lost their lives. It puts everything else into perspective and we should do everything in our power to try and help the survivors who are now trying to live in appalling conditions. Arrest warrants have been issued for those involved in the building of those apartments that weren’t up to the required standards. They should be made pay for what they have done by cutting corners to make more profit.
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Glenville House, GLENVILLE, Ardagh, LIMERICK
Description
Detached three-bay two-storey country house, dated 1803, having six-bay block to north (rear) elevation, extending to east of main block and adjoining L-plan multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding. Central full-height breakfront to south (front) elevation. Hipped slate roof with rendered chimneystacks, overhanging eaves having paired timber eaves brackets, timber eaves course and cast-iron rainwater goods. Pitched slate roof to rear block. Coursed dressed limestone walls to south and east elevations having cut limestone quoins. Roughcast rendered walls to west elevation. Rubble stone walls to north elevation. Square-headed openings to north elevation with tooled limestone sills, cut limestone voussoirs to west bays and red brick voussoirs to east bays, and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed openings to south, east and west elevations of main block with tooled limestone sills, cut limestone voussoirs and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed openings to south elevation rear block, having tooled limestone sills, cut limestone voussoirs, six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows to ground floor, three-over-three pane timber sliding sash windows to first floor.
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The Way I See It
By Domhnall de Barra
I wrote a couple of weeks ago about the government giving a €100 payment to power providers for every household in the country and how it was a waste of public finances because it did not make any distinction between those who did and did not need it. Now they are going to double that to €200 and again there is no talk of means testing. They say people need it now because of the rise in the cost of living but, in reality, they are just taking the easy way out. I’m sure the likes of Michael O’Leary and J.P. McManus will be delighted and there will be many more laughing all the way to the bank. RTE don’t help matters either. To listen to some of their interviews one would think that most households in the country were on the verge of starvation or in danger of dying from the cold. The truth is that the vast majority of households are doing ok and getting by even though they are hit by rising prices. What the government fail to do is to tackle the causes and instead resort to throwing money at the problems in the hope that they will go away or at least ingratiate themselves with the population and enhance their chances of re-election. They could have tackled low wages years ago. It is obvious that the minimum wage is no longer a living wage and some employers are exploiting workers with zero hours contracts etc. Large supermarket chains, most of them British, are among the worst offenders along with the hospitality industry. They will complain that, if the minimum wage is raised they will not be able to survive. This should be taken with a pinch of salt as supermarkets in Ireland record massive profits every year. The prices for goods over the counter here are far higher than in the North or in the UK so it is no wonder these supermarket chains refer to Ireland as “treasure island”.
Then there is the housing situation that we hear about day after day. This is all the government’s fault. In the last century, when money was really scarce, local authorities, aided by the government of the day, built thousands of house each year. These were rented out at a reasonable rent to people who had the option of purchasing the properties after a number of years. It was a great system and ensured everyone who needed housing got it. Then there was a change of emphasis and the government got the notion that privatisation was the way forward so, instead of building houses they gave good sites to private developers, saving money in the process. Private developers are not in the business of housing people, they are there for profit so they were able to charge whatever the market could afford so the cost of housing started to rise and soon “affordable” houses were a thing of the past. The banking collapse did not help matters but saving money by not building houses was false economy and we are now paying the price. Along with the actual building costs, there are a whole load of extra charges by local governments that make it almost impossible for anyone trying to build a house today. Planning permission is another problem and is in need of overhaul. If I want to build a house on my own land at the moment, an objection to my planning permission can be lodged by somebody in Dublin or Galway or anywhere else in the country who has no knowledge of the area or situation. This is patently wrong. Local planning laws are stringently observed, maybe too much so. It is very seldom that the first plans submitted are accepted and several changes have to be made involving new drawings and extra expense. I had a situation where improvements were necessary to a listed building. I invite the conservation officer to meet the architect and myself at the site and he told us what we could and could not do. The architect submitted the plans accordingly and you can imagine my surprise when the document came back with no fewer than 17 changes. This should not happen but, unfortunately there are many out there who have similar experiences. We have to get back to common sense. Forget about mansions; young married couples only need a couple of rooms to start off with. These should be rented or affordable to buy and could be sold on when bigger premises are required. This would help those on lower incomes to get on the property ladder and give them a chance to put a bit of savings together for the future. There is another section of our society that is in real need at the moment. They are what we might describe as the middle class. They are usually professional couples who have big mortgages and both have to work to make repayments. This means they need to pay for child care and between that and travelling costs they are struggling to make ends meet every month. The lower income groups can avail of government help in many forms but the middle class are entitled to nothing because their wages are above the threshold. As children grow up they are hit by education costs which are huge in this country. I have personal experience of this myself. I had two of the lads in third level education at the same time. Because I was self employed I did not qualify for any grants so I had to fork out for college fees, digs and books. During that time I worked day and night. One year I was working in Rathvilly in Carlow by day and playing music in Dublin every night. I managed on 6 hours sleep and then on Friday drove down home after work in time to play at some local venue that night and somewhere else on Saturday. On Sunday afternoon it was back to Dublin and the week started all over again. I was one of the lucky ones who had the option of earning the extra money required due to the accordian but it was hard going and I have every sympathy for those who are struggling now to give their children a decent education. One of those lads, Danjoe, has lived and raised a family in Copenhagen since he graduated from Trinity. His two daughters, now grown up, came through the Danish education system and what a difference it is there to what we have here. The system is completely free from pre-school right up to and including university. Workers pay a bit more tax than we do but they don’t mind because they get the services for it. There is no reason why that system could not be adopted here.
I remember when the late Donagh O’Malley made secondary education free a few decades ago. The profits of doom said it would break the country but it was one of the best pieces of legislation ever passed and opened the door to all who wanted to avail of an education. Investment in education is an investment in the future of the country and it would help parents who are squeezed enough as it is. Third level institutions should also be obliged to provide purpose built college apartments for students so that they are not caught up in the annual race for flats at exorbitant fees. It will take a lot of changes in government thinking and individual bravery but it can and should be done. I am sure those who could afford it would not mind a little bit of extra tax to cover the cost because the rewards of having an available to all education far outweigh any monetary worries.
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From Tom Aherne
A new TV programme Faoi Bhláth (In Bloom) starts on Monday, February 14 at 7.30pm on RTE 1. In the first programme the presenter Aedín Ní Thiarnaigh meets Limerick family practitioner, Doctor Frieda Ní Chatháin, who has her own medicinal walled garden in Mount Trenchard, Foynes, and she showcases her tried and tested recipe for a cough medicine made from violets. It is a 13 part series which investigates the many uses of Irish wildflowers. The presenter travels through Ireland which has a rich biodiversity found in the country’s parks, lakes, bogs and mountains, to unearth a vast array of wildflowers and their uses in cookery, medicine and crafts.
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The Way I See It
By Domhnall de Barra
I often wonder about the people we have elected to govern our country and whether we have made the right choices. I don’t suppose any of us voted for a Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael/Green coalition but that is what we got. The government seems to stumble from one blunder to another, the latest being finding a way to reward front line workers for their efforts during the pandemic. Somebody had an idea that they should be given a financial bonus and that is what it should have remained – just an idea. Unfortunately some of those in high office ran with the idea and almost promised it. It is a nice thought but totally impractical as it is almost impossible to determine who should qualify for the bonus. No sooner was it mooted than the scrambling for places at the trough took place. Gardai, taxi drivers, bus and train drivers, shop assistants and many more who worked during the crisis had a right to a claim, as they saw it. What was a bit much was the teachers unions wanting their members included even though they weren’t actually working for a lot of the time with schools closed. To be fair, it was the unions and not the teachers themselves who made the claim and I was delighted to hear many teachers on the airwaves stating that they did not want to be included. Let’s call a spade a spade; we simply can’t afford it. The government might be talking about throwing money around like confetti but we aren’t just broke, we are in serious debt. Look at all the money that has been spent since the start of the pandemic in supporting businesses and workers. It is money we didn’t have in the beginning and our national debt has now gone so high that our children’s children will be paying it back. Then there is the other idea of creating a new bank holiday (why don’t they call it what it is – a public holiday) either in November or February. Haven’t we got enough public holidays as it is? It is not a “free” day off, somebody has to pay, and again the government will have to pick up the bill for the public service. No doubt the hospitality sector will be all for it but there are a lot of small businesses out there who just couldn’t afford to give their workers an extra day off with pay or pay double or triple time for those who may have to hold the fort. No, it is not the way to proceed. Sometimes governments have to make unpopular decisions in the public interest and forget about trying to buy their way at the next election The proper way to compensate the frontline workers is to overhaul the health service so that in the future our hospitals will be properly staffed and waiting lists will be a thing of the past. This would take financial investment but that is what it is, an investment in the future of our country and the health of the nation. The two tier health scheme has to go. I am not in favour of totally free health insurance, every one should pay according to their means and it would be ridiculous to see millionaires included, but medical assistance should not depend on whether you have money or not. A couple of years ago Noreen was taken into hospital and was waiting for tests. She was in a bed in a corridor and we were told that we would be there overnight. I happened to mention to a nurse that we did have private insurance and, within ten minutes, she was put into a semi-private ward. I felt guilty because there were old people in that corridor in a far worse state than Noreen but they had to wait for a public bed even though there were plenty of empty private beds in the hospital. That is just the way things are but it shouldn’t be. There should be a national insurance scheme, run by the health service, where nobody would lose out because of lack of means. There is a line in an old song that goes “If living was a thing that money could buy, the rich would live and the poor would die”. How tragically true!
“You should never speak ill of the dead” That was drummed into us as we grew up and, to be fair, it is seldom done. The opposite is in fact the case. As soon as somebody passes they become almost saintly with all the good things being said about them. It is now customary for some family member to say a few words about their loved one at the funeral Mass and it must be a great comfort to other family members. However, I have noticed that some of these words of praise can go on for too long and go into too much detail. Sometimes, as they say, less is more and a concise contribution can have a much greater impact than a long-winded one. Why should we wait until somebody dies to show them what we think of them? As an example, there are those who have given great public service during their lives and it is only after they die that they are shown appreciation. Would it not be better if that was done while the person was alive and made aware of how much they are loved and respected. Never pass up a chance to tell a loved one how you feel about them. Too soon the day will come when they won’t be there to hear it.
Congratulations to Athea GAA on their newest venture, the tarmac walkway. I walked it the other day and it is a great improvement on the track that was there before. It gives people a very safe place to exercise away from roads that can be busy and dangerous at times. Athea GAA are very progressive and, through all the improvements they have made in recent years, they now have one of the best club pitches in the country. It is good to see that they are not just thinking of the footballers and hurlers and are not afraid to spend money on a facility that will be of benefit to all the parish. Well done and keep up the good work.
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Oct/21
By Carrig Side-05/10/2021
by DomhnallDB under By Carrig Side
By Tom Aherne
Ardagh author Mary Kury’s new book is titled “In loving memory”. As the name suggests it is a survey of four graveyards: Clounagh, Coolcappa, Kilscannell and Rathronan and a review of Cillins/Killeens in the Parish. Each graveyard survey has a map with an index and a list of all the monuments there. The earliest gravestone is dated to 1728. It commemorates Patrick Felan owner of Cahermoyle House at that time. His descendant sold the property to Nicholas Smith in 1765, It then came into the hands of William Smith in 1774, he was grandfather of William Smith O’Brien. The most noteworthy monument is Smith O’Brien’s Mausoleum at Rathronan Graveyard
Other graves of note are the Massy Mausoleum also at Rathronan. The Conway grave in Kilscannell is the resting place of Jim Quinn’s sister. Jim was one of the finders of the Ardagh Chalice. He emigrated to Australia and is buried in Falkner Memorial Graveyard in Melbourne. There are many stones with beautiful carvings: Crucifixion’s scenes, angels, cupids and Celtic knotwork are plentiful especially in Clounagh Graveyard. This graveyard is difficult to access, and this isolation has helped conserve the stones.
Coolcappagh is a new Cemetery with the first internment taking place in 1983. It is located next to the Church car park on the site of the old Parish Church. Priests who were buried in the church have been relocated here and there are two stones to commemorate them. Many who are interred in Coolcappagh, Clounagh and Kilscannell went to school in Coolcappagh. Therefore Coolcappa Boy’s school register has been included. It lists the students who attended there from 1863 to 1907. The book will be launched on Thursday October 14, at 7pm, at Cahermoyle House Ardagh and a further launch at Rathkeale Tourist Office/The Old Court House on Thursday October 28. Tea / Coffee and light refreshments will be served. So do come along and catch up with your local history.
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Bridie Murphy from Glenastar, Ardagh will launch her first book ‘Connections’ at Carrigkerry Community Centre on Sunday, October 17, at 7pm. Bridie is known far and wide for her photography and now this talented lady has used her time during Covid to compile a selection of her poems, articles and photographs in book form. Seamus O’Rourke, Leitrim, author of Standing In Gaps and many funny rural stories heard on radio and TV will perform the launch. The numbers are limited due to hall capacity, but the book will be available from Bridie and many local shops after the launch.
“Such a timeless and beautiful book you will never tire of. Bridie has captured the beauty of everyday events in this walk-through time with her gifted view of the world.” Is how singer and storyteller Frances Kennedy, Listowel describes it. Quote: “This is the perfect collection of stories, poems and photographs to while away the hours and raise the spirits.” From author Vincent McDonnell. With those two wonderful recommendations the book is eagerly looked forward to. The proceeds from the book will go to Temple Street Children’s Hospital and the Irish Air Ambulance.
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One step at a time: Limerick footbridge taken into public ownership
Taken from an article in the Limerick Leader by Norma Prendeville
Local councillors have pledged €10,000 to Athea Community Council to refurbish the footbridge which the local community built and paid for back in 2005. The money will help foot the €55,000 bill for sandblasting and repainting the iron footbridge which sits alongside the road bridge over the River Gale.
The high cost of the work, Cllr Liam Galvin said at this month’s Newcastle West Municipal District meeting, was due to the fact that the stone bridge was a protected structure and scaffolding had to be put in place to ensure no damage was done to it while the refurbishment was going on.
But, in a further move, the councillors agreed unanimously that the footbridge should be taken into public ownership and the burden of maintaining it taken over from the people of Athea.
Proposing the motion, Cllr John Sheahan said the local community council had taken out a loan of €250,000 to erect the bridge in 2005.The safety of pedestrians crossing the bridge had become an issue he explained, because of increased traffic. “It was a great initiative at the time,” he said. “It is a credit to the community council and the people of Athea.”
But, he continued, the maintenance of the bridge was a burden on the community and it needed to be lifted and he argued it was time for Limerick City and County Council to take it into public ownership. He did not believe there would be any structural issues that would prevent that, he said.
“It will have to go through due process,” the area engineer, John Sheehan said. “It will have to be advertised.”
But, he added, the most important thing was to get the work done now.
Councillors accepted that a grant had been given from the council’s Town and Village Renewal Fund but there was still a shortfall.
Cllr Francis Foley, who seconded the motion, pledged €3,000 towards meeting this shortfall and this was matched by Cllrs John Sheahan and Liam Galvin from their General Municipal Allowance. Cllr Michael Collins pledged €1,000.
Once again Athea Community Council Ltd. are indebted to our local Councillors for their continued support of our many projects throughout the years.
The Way I See It
By Domhnall de Barra
Can anyone explain to me what is happening with our water supply? We live in a country that is surrounded by water, has hundreds of lakes and miles and miles of rivers that are constantly filled with all the rain that tumbles from our skies, sometimes day after day. One would think that the last thing we should be short of is water but, hey, four or five days of constant sunshine and suddenly there are water shortages leaving my neighbours with no means of washing, showering or flushing toilets. I am one of the lucky ones because, as well as being tapped into the mains supply, I have my own water source. I discovered it by accident when I was in the process of building my house. At the bottom of the garden, behind the house, a stream runs along the boundary fence. I decided to build a trough for water, by the stream, which would feed into it, to supply enough for washing and flushing toilets. I had a JCB at the time and Noreen’s father, Jack Hannon R.I.P., was directing operations. When he thought we had enough room to build the trough, he said “take one more bucket so that we will be able to stand outside the wall”. As I did so a great gush of water burst up through the ground. He shouted to me that I should cap it straight away as it was spring, which I duly did. We built the trough and let it settle. Eventually, my mother and myself got a concrete pipe and pushed it into the ground over the spring. As the water started to rise, we plastered mud around the pipe until eventually the water rose high enough to be transported by a short 2” pipe into the trough which took a couple of days to fill up. Now I had a fine supply of the best spring water you could find anywhere. It was sheer luck but am I glad it happened. In recent years I have added a filtering system and a light that zaps all harmful bacteria It is serviced yearly at a cost of €140, money well spent.
To get back to the problem, we have seen a lot of money spent on Irish Water over the past few years and were given guarantees that we would have a state of the art system. If they had their way we would all be paying through the meters they installed throughout the country. It took the people of Dublin to put a stop to their gallop and, as we all know, Dublin rule the roost. As one wise man once said “Ireland finishes at the Red Cow”. Consultants were paid millions to set up Irish Water which took over from the local authorities. They are pouring money into replacing pipes that are obsolete and they are only playing catch-up because more than half the water is being lost into the ground. Maybe it is a bit unfair to blame them because the problem has been kicked down the road for decades and not enough was invested in upgrading the system. How do they fare out in countries like Spain, Portugal, Italy, etc where they have constant sunshine for most of the summer yet they are able to fill their pools, water their lawns and use as much as they like without restrictions?. Can we learn something from these countries or will we set up another committee who will hire more consultants to eventually tell us what we already know. The system is broken, let us fix it. Plans are already afoot to pipe water from the Shannon to Dublin and this will solve one problem but it will not stop places like Athea and Abbeyfeale running dry in a week. Water is the most vital commodity we have and should be available to everyone who wants it. I don’t agree with those who think it should be free to all – I don’t mind paying for a service if it is properly delivered and if it needs investment, the money has to come from somewhere. I think we should adopt something like the system they have in the North of Ireland. Each household pays a services charge which includes water, bin collection and property tax. Down here we have to deal with private bin collectors who can charge what they like to make a weekly collection. We still have to pay property tax but we get nothing in return – welcome to Ireland! It is time to alert our politicians that they represent us and we will have the power at the next election. At the moment, both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are running scared of Sinn Féin who are steadily gaining in the polls. If they cannot give us the basics, like constant running water, then may it is time to give Sinn Féin a go or any other party who will at least try keep some of their promises.
I am not a stickler for detail and I don’t claim to be an expert on the English language but, there are some things that annoy me when I hear them on the airwaves. One of them is the use of the word “first” by sports commentators both in Gaelic Games and others. As soon as somebody scores in a match the commentator will say something like, that is so-and-so with the first score. This is grammatically incorrect as it cannot be the first score until a second one has been recorded. First, second, third etc are all relative to each other and none of them can stand alone. Ger Canning, veteran commentator on GAA matches, has a habit of saying “that is his first ever goal in championship football or hurling. Now, if it is his first then, that’s it, the “ever” is superfluous and has no meaning. Some soccer commentators will make up a sentence like “they are doing all the pressing in this half, Arsenal”. I know I am being picky but we should expect more from people who are paid big bucks to get it right. Here endeth the lesson!
If the recent heat wave taught us anything, it is that we are extremely lucky to have a fairly mild climate in this country. We are not used to the high temperatures we experienced so imagine what it would be like having it for the whole summer. I found it very difficult to sleep at night and walk for any length of time and trying to do any kind of physical work was exhausting so I was glad to see a reduction even if it meant the rain was back. Don’t get me wrong; I enjoy the sunshine as much as anyone but just a few degrees cooler would be nice. Can’t please us all I suppose.
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Great Southern Trail 2019;
Firstly, four points that the officials and politicians associated with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport [DTTAS], Limerick City and County Council [LCCC] and Kerry County Council [KCC] might reflect upon:
1] Why had the home page of the website (http://www.dttas.ie/tourism/english/greenways) only featured promotional videos of the Mayo, Waterford and Westmeath Greenways while omitting the link (https://youtu.be/zGDnCBpslEY which was commissioned by LCCC)? [The DTTAS website was only updated after GST Ltd. contacted the Department a fortnight ago]
2] How is it that EuroVelo route1 signage can be found along local roads in Wexford and Waterford but not in Limerick? The attached photo (Pic5) was taken recently in the Waterford Gaeltacht at a location some 15km from the Waterford Greenway. It is directing cyclists along a coastal route to Ardmore. It is also about 15km from the Great Southern Greenway Rathkeale Trailhead to Adare and LCCC have failed to provide signage along quiet local roads to this historic village despite several requests by the Great Southern Trail Ltd.
3] With the hopeful expectation that KCC will be successful in their funding applications for Listowel and Fenit could they undertake any necessary clearance of vegetation etc. in the early months of 2019 to avoid being delayed by habitat regulations during the summer months.
4] Will LCCC and KCC refrain from titles such as 'Great Southern Greenway Limerick', 'North Kerry Greenway' and 'Tralee-Fenit Greenway' to avoid confusing visitors? Why not use "Great Southern Trail Greenway'' throughout to illustrate that the route is a nature trail rich in flora and fauna as well as acknowledging its origins when the "Great Southern Trail" was planned as Ireland's first long distance rail-trail thirty years ago? (See www.southerntrail.net)
As the year 2018 drew to a close approximately 100 people of all ages enjoyed the annual 27th December Great Southern Trail Greenway Christmas Walk/Cycle organised by GST Ltd. This year the chosen route was the 9km from Tullig Wood (Templeglantine) to Abbeyfeale. The participants were ferried to the starting point by Coach House Travel courtesy coach thanks to Phelim & Margaret Kinahan and the ever obliging driver, Pat Liston. The weather was spring-like and enabled everyone to admire and enjoy the surrounding countryside. At journey's end there were copious quantities of delicious mince pies to be enjoyed in the homely atmosphere of Leen's Hotel and the personal attention of Olive, Mary and the team.
We welcome the commencement of works by LCCC to reconnect the Barnagh Tunnel with the main Greenway and look forward to celebrating this event in the springtime D.V.
LIMERICK
Limerick city was founded by the Vikings.
It received its first charter from King John in 1197 and thereby owed loyalty to the crown rather than a local magnate’.
The second charter was granted in 1292 and gave the city the right to elect a mayor. The
quid pro quo was that the Crown was responsible for the upkeep of the castle, walls
and bridges and the city paid rent, as well as the profits from the fisheries and mills to the Crown. From medieval times Limerick was a trading port city and Bristol was one of the ports with which it traded. However, from the end of the medieval period to the seventeenth century Limerick began to trade with Germany and America.In the 1841 census the population of Limerick County was 330,029 people but by the 1946 census it had declined to 142,559.
The population of Limerick city in 1926, the first census of independent Ireland, was 39,448.
The number of people gainfully employed in 1926 within the city was 16,608. Of this figure some 5,648 people were employed in production, with 327 people employed in agriculture. A significant number, 1,272, were employed as domestic servants. Transport accounted for 2,253 people and commerce for 2,171. There were 1,082 professional people and 767 employed in public administration, with 999 clerks in the city. The balance was described as ‘gainfully
employed.
Margaret ‘Bridie’ McNamara, born in Glin on the 14 February 1912 to Martin McNamara and Margaret Clogan. She married Don MacNeil while in Nova Scotia. She lived in both America and Canada for over 80 years, and had no children. She returned to Limerick following the death of her husband in 2002. Today she is still going strong at aged 105 and counting.
From Glin News
Glin GAA History
The sixth instalment of our ten part series charting key matches from the history of Glin GAA looks back at three games played over 100 years ago. The first concerns a challenge match in 1911 with our neighbours across the estuary, Labasheeda, which took place at a time when strong links, both of a commercial and friendly nature were held between the two parishes. The second is our West final victory over Newcastle West in 1908; the third a contest between ourselves and Ballyhahill. The names of these players will be familiar to many. May they rest in peace.
1911 Challenge
Glin 1-4
Labasheeda 1-3
On Sunday, an interesting match of Gaelic football was played at Labasheeda, Co. Clare, between a team representing several districts in the Banner County and the Glin Gaelic team. The utmost good order prevailed. The visitors won the toss and elected to play with the breeze from the west, and after some time, Michael Adams scored a goal. This was followed by two points and at the half-hour the play stood, Glin, 1 goal 2 points, Labasheeda, Nil. Resuming, the home team pressed, favoured by the wind, and playing like their opponents splendid football of the first half, they scored a goal. The Glin men again scored two points to their credit. The home team scored three further points. Result: Glin, 1 goal 4 points, Labasheeda 1 goal 3 points. William Quaid, John Dunne, Maurice O’Shaughnessy, Thompson, Matt Dillane and Michael Adams played very well for Glin. The referee was satisfactory. Glin team- John Dunne (captain), William Quaid, John Thompson, Peter Thompson, P. Hanlon, Denis Connors, Maurice O’Shaughnessy, Michael Fitzgerald, Daniel Geoghegan, Tim Conway, Matt Dillane, Patrick Lawlee (goalkeeper), Michael Adams and John Barry.
1908 West Final
Glin 0-5
Newcastle West 0-2
What would certainly have been an interesting football match yesterday in the Markets Field, was to a great extent disappointing, owing to the continuous downpour of rain. First-class football was impossible, but still, the exhibition was good and in the trying circumstances, the fielding and play all-round gives great promise of future excellent players from the West. Keen interest centred on the match as both teams had met previously and drawn. For this reason the replay was at the city ground yesterday. On their present form, Glin showed a little ahead, their taller and heavier players travelling better in the slushy ground, and towards the end of the game played the sounder and more dashing football than he men from Newcastle. Both teams have a few excellent men, who ought with a good season’s practice develop into really first-class footballers. Result-Glin, 5 points; Newcastle West, 2 points. The following represented Glin-John Dunne (captain), Maurice O’Shaughnessy, Patrick Fitzgerald, John Sheehy, William Quaid, Maurice J. O’Shaughnessy, James Chanley, Marcus O’Donnell, Patrick McCoy, Thomas Culhane, Edmond O’Connell, John Thompson, James Cussen.
1912 West Championship
Glin Emmets 1-2
Ballyhahill 1-1
A most interesting football match was played on Sunday in a field at Cahara, Glin, kindly placed at the disposal of the committee by Mrs. Dunne, between Glin Emmets and the Ballyhahill club and resulted in favour of the home team by the narrow margin of one point. In the first half, the visitors who played remarkably well, scored a goal and a point, while the Emmets failed to put anything to their credit. When play was resumed they worked hard to alter the state of things and soon did so, and at the close the figures stood: Emmets 1-2, Ballyhahill 1-1. Mr. Richard Fitzgerald refereed and gave entire satisfaction. This friendly match was witnessed by a big crowd who enjoyed the contest. For the Emmets, Quaid, O’Shaughnessy, Cregan, Dunne, Adams and Thompson played a fine game. Glin Emmets-John Dunne (captain), Michael Adams, James Bridgeman, John Thompson, William Quaid, Maurice O’Shaughnessy, Matt Dillane, John Houlihan, Thomas Dillane, J Conway, Michael Ellis, P. E. Hanly, Daniel Geoghegan, Michael Cregan, Patrick Hallinan.
Glin; A Town Flowing with Milk and Money in 1897
The butter produced by the Glin Co-op creamery was of a renowned high quality partly due to its cooling which was aided by the importation of ice from Norway for the ice houses built for the thriving Glin fish market where salmon taken locally were bought and then sent directly from there to Billingsgate, London for sale. Ice was needed to pack the fish to keep them fresh. A dairy inspector report dated 13 August 1897 confirms this As the creamery is now receiving ice daily and I gave them information how to use this to the best advantage, I expect good results in the future both in quantity and quality.
Source; Glin, A Heritage Town website
Glin Christmas Concert hosted by Glin Development. Dec 2016
It was a beautiful crisp Christmassy December night. Glin church looked resplendent with its magical lanterns and holly and ivy decorations. Everyone was looking forward to the Friday night concert, where the nights entertainment was being provided by the world famous BAGATELLE and also by our very own John Sheahan of the Dubliners fame and his very good friend and musician Danny O Mahony of Radio Kerry fame. The night did not disappoint and we were entertained for over three hours with the most fabulous music. John Sheahan and Danny are both gifted musicians and they both played some beautiful pieces of Irish music together and John recited some poignant poetry which he composed himself. They held the crowd enthralled for over an hour, and after a short interval the much anticipated BAGATELLE took over the stage. The tempo soared as they played hit after hit of their famous songs and the roof of the church was in doubt as they belted out hits including, Second Violin, Summer in Dublin, Trump card, Leeson Street Lady and many more. Everyone was able to sing along as memories of the 80’s flooded back and brought us all back to our youth! The concert finished on a high well after 11pm and both John Sheahan and members of Bagatelle mingled with the concert goers for photos and a chat. The concert was a resounding success and enjoyed by all who attended. Glin Development would like to take this opportunity to thank Fr. Tom Crawford for allowing the use of the church and also to all the people who purchased tickets and attended the concert. Your support as always is greatly appreciated.
GLIN NEWS Dec 2016
This morning was looking through The Indo headlines . Thought about Xmas and all the material things ,. People going out for the last few days shopping,looking forward to Santa,The Wrenn, Racing & Coursing over the Festival , The Sales, etc etc .and theres nothing wrong with that either. I thought of the Toy Show & Gay Byrne & his assistant of a few years ago. For all locals round here in Glin/Ballyhahil/ Loughill. the most uplifting news was there to be read. The reappointment to GSOC of Glins own Kieran Fitzgerald. He went away to Dublin or somewhere many moons ago and next we saw him on the Toy Show with Gay (both recovering presently).He became high profile & eventually became a GSOC commissioner . Did it change him? not one bit. He came home would be seen sitting on the low wall outside the Courthouse where many of Glins Characters of the past always sat, he would meet all those people ,, he never picked his company he could and did chat with anybody. One could see him leaning on the monument in the Square,half in or out of a car or just lying against a wall having a word with whoever it was. He never came with the fancy suit or the shiny shoes. He was always Pat — — son .
I remember once at a festival when there was Pig Racing on the Street and he was mesmerised by it .. Cant say if i spoke to him on the night but a few days later he had rounded up my mobile and was looking for a photo of the Pig Racing “I have a contact in The Mirror or Star ( cant be sure ) will get one published which he did ,that was him . When he was in Town everyone wanted to talk to him and he wanted to talk to everyone.
On the day of his unfortunate accident it was if a weighted cloud had landed over Glin and was pressing the people into the ground if you get the drift, it was a case of did you hear it, — I did — Well –!!!.The news was not good but time is a great healer , He was on Foreign Soil, He was brought home ,,He is still in Dun Laoighaire, but he has made a remarkable recovery, and when the Xmas presents are being dished out i think putting everything in perspective for many people, for Kieran his family and friends this news has to be the best that any “Stocking” can hold.So for Kieran and All the Fitzgeralds its great that you are making such great strides on the way to recovery, Even though things may be a little different , we all look forward to seeing you back in Town soon. For the moment the news is fantastic So Happy Xmas .
GREAT SOUTHERN TRAIL
The further development and enhancement of the Great Southern Trail is gathering momentum. Recent funding totalling €1.3million has already been allocated for the upgrading of the 40km Rathkeale to Kerry Border section and planning of a link to Adare and Limerick City is being studied.
On the Kerry side of the border the county's Tourism Strategy and Action Plan 2016-2022 was launched on October 21st. The developments of the Border-Listowel and Tralee-Fenit sections are given priority status (see attachments: paragraphs 1.7.2 and 1.7.3) although the Listowel-Tralee section is listed as a longer term project (attachment: paragraph 1.7.4).
The GST appreciates the positive approach of Kerry County Council's management and elected members to this long overdue project and realises the problems they have to overcome.
Our thanks also to Michael Healy-Rae T.D. for his raising of the matter in the Dáil and for his support.
It is now almost four years since Limerick City & County Council completed construction to the Border. The actions of a few have since then stymied progress beyond the Border to the detriment of the general Kerry community. We read in the "Sunday Business Post" (23/10/2016....see attachment) that Government Greenway funds previously allocated to Kerry have just now been transferred to the Midlands as a result of these obstructive tactics. We must not forget that the North Kerry Railway is the property of the people with ownership at present being transferred from CIÉ to Kerry County Council. The time lost and cost to the public purse of this transfer was as a direct result of the obstructive tactics of a small minority. No such transfer was necessary in Limerick or in Waterford when their Greenways were being successfully developed.
The growth of cycling tourism is phenomenal with the French section of EuroVelo1 ( see map on www.eurovelo.com/en/eurovelos/eurovelo-1) seeing an increase in numbers of 17% over the past two years. Many of these cyclists are of the older generation (affectionately called SILVER CYCLISTS!) and their spending capacity is of great benefit to the tourism industry. The link www.silvercyclists.eu/bookable-offers/ illustrates this point.
Let us hope that the people of North Kerry will soon enjoy the benefits of Greenways which threaten nobody as the rest of Ireland can readily vouch for.
Liam O'Mahony,
Cathaoirleach,
WEST LIMERICK SINGING CLUB
Just recovering after a BRILLIANT Garry McMahon singing weekend. A Massive Thank you to everyone who joined us for the weekend, A special thanks to Mick O'Connell from Valentia Island who opened our festival on Friday night what a very special person he is. His speech, comments and willingness to pose for pictures with everyone just shows what a true gentleman he is.
It is impossible to put into words how much it meant to us all to see so many of our fellow singers and friends enjoying our weekend.
A special word of thanks to the following.
Canon Mullins and Fr Joe Foley and the Abbeyfeale choir for the beautiful was they performed mass on Sunday for all the visitors and locals alike. To Joe O'Connor and Seamus Brogan who provided the work shops on Saturday morning and adjudicated our very popular newly composed ballad competition on Saturday afternoon, Sean McLoughlan for recording most of the singing, Michael Collins our fantastic photographer who captured an amazing amount of pictures of the weekend. To everyone who sponsored our weekend we could not manage without your support. Abbeyfeale GAA club for the use of there facility's. Leens Hotel for the way they treated us all and provided beautiful food. To all the amazing singers and listeners who travelled long distances to join us for the weekend THANK you all for making our festival so enjoyable. I won’t start mentioning any more names as you are all very special.
I will be adding video clips and comments for the next few days as i recover after you all.
Roll on October 20th 21st 22nd . 2017 HUP
Ursula Callaghan
October 13, 2014 ·
I am sharing this project from the Limerick Musuem and Archive webite. This project is a COLABORATIVE project ...Mary Immaculate College, history and geography departments are partners in this major historical project over 4 years in the making. Those of you in Limerick will be well aware of this graveyard. There are 70,000 people buried there since the 1850s. I am delighted to have been a Volunteer and a founding member of the project team that brought it this far...Indeed lots of very happy customers using it too. The project is on going but the database and the site is really looking very professional and easy to search! Lots of work going on in the background and more to come. Other Graveyard are also being mapped, photographed and put on line. Limerick Genealogy and Limerick History & Heritage Pillar
https://www.facebook.com/LimerickGenealogy/
http://mountsaintlawrence.limerick.ie/
LIMERICK AND THE 1916 RISING
Monday 21st March - Sunday 15th May
The Hunt Museum, Custom House, Rutland Street, Limerick City
Categories: Art/Exhibition, Limerick 1916 Commemoration, History
The Hunt Museum will display the Daly Collection from The Glucksman Library, The University Limerick.
It consists of mostly letters which paint a picture of direct personal involvement with 1916 through the activities of a Limerick Family.
These include letters of sympathy following the executions in 1916.
The collection also consists of portraits of the Daly sisters and a poem referencing the execution of Roger Casement.
Phone: +353 61 312833
Email: education@huntmuseum.com
Web: www.huntmuseum.com
REVOLUTION: A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF REVOLUTIONARY IRELAND 1913-1923
Thursday 24th March - Friday 6th May
Watch House Cross Shopping Centre, Moyross, Limerick
Categories: Art/Exhibition, Photography, Limerick 1916 Commemoration
Photographic Exhibition “Revolutionary Ireland 1913-1923” at Watch House Cross Library
Launch Date March 24th @ 6.30pm
ABOUT
Ireland 2016 marks the centenary of the Easter Rising in 1916, a seminal moment on Ireland’s journey to independence.
It is also a once-in-a-century invitation to people of all ages, in Ireland and overseas, to shape and actively engage in a diverse range of historical, cultural and artistic activities designed to facilitate reflection, commemoration, debate and analysis and an active re-imagining of our future.
Limerick has many important links with the 1916 Rising and it is planned to commemorate these in a programme of events and activities in 2016.
Click here to download Limerick's full 1916 / 2016 Centenary Programme.
Admission: Free
Phone: +353 61457726
Email: patricia.cusack@limerick.ie
Clare and Kerry poets share Michael Hartnett Poetry Award
http://www.eigsemichaelhartnett.ie/
Thursday, 31 March 2016
Two of Ireland’s new generation of poets have been named joint winners of the Michael Hartnett Poetry Award 2016.
The Award will be presented on the opening night of Éigse Michael Hartnett in Newcastle West, Co Limerick, on Thursday (April 14, 2016) to John McAuliffe from Listowel, County Kerry for his collection 'The Way In' and to Doireann Ní Ghríofa from Kilnamona, Co Clare, for her collection 'Clasp'.
The Limerick Arts Office and The Arts Council jointly fund the annual award to honour the poetic legacy of the late Michael Hartnett (1941-1999) from Newcastle West. The €4,000 annual prize is awarded on alternate years for collections in English and Irish. This year’s award is for a third or later collection in English published during the past two years, and is intended to support poets in mid-career.
Kerry-born John McAuliffe described the award as "a confirmation and encouragement".
He continued, “In his poem 'Struts', Michael Hartnett describes creatures who abide alone, each on their own 'ledge, / seldom seeing each other -- / hearing an occasional shout / above or below / and sometimes and most welcome / seeing fires like silver spirals / jump along the crevices'. The poem could be describing poets, who work alone (on their own ledges) and, every so often, hear good news and celebrate it at events like Éigse in Newcastle West every April.”
“This award is like one of those spiral-like fires. It's both a confirmation and a great encouragement to receive the award, especially since I've been reading and thinking and talking about Michael Hartnett's poems -- the lyrics, the narratives, the ballads -- for as long as I've been writing,” Mr McAuliffe said.
“I'm absolutely over the moon!,” Doireann Ní Ghríofa said in response to the announcement of the award. “Hartnett is a hero of mine, so this is such a delight for me. I am so deeply moved by this honour."
Ms. Ní Ghríofa added, "Michael Hartnett is a writer who has become very dear to me, and I feel such a deep resonance with his work in both languages. As I wrote 'Clasp', my first book in English following two books as Gaeilge, those lines from Hartnett's 'Inchicore Haiku' felt particularly resonant: My English dam bursts/and out stroll all my bastards./Irish shakes its head. I am so pleased to accept an award in his name and to wear his ‘muince dreoilíní / necklace of wrens”.
The judges for this year were Rita Ann Higgins and Gerard Smyth. In their citation for 'The Way In' by John McAuliffe, (Gallery Press 2015) Gerard Smyth said, “The Way In consolidates the promise of John McAuliffe’s three previous collections. Keenly tuned-in to particular experiences of his own generation, he is a sharp-eyed poet who catches the moods of domestic space and revels in the daily quotidian – nothing seems to escape him.”
“The book’s coherence is matched by the fresh textures of McAuliffe’s language and the author’s particular achievement is the way in which he appears to be expanding the “Irish poem”, challenging tradition and old idioms but doing so respectfully,” Mr Smyth concluded.
Rita Ann Higgins said, "Door handles, empty wardrobes and the piano that went north in a shoe box are some of the items that might occupy a space in this labyrinth. The result is always the same. These are well wrought poems that challenge and sing.”
In the citation for 'Clasp' by Doireann Ní Ghríofa (Dedalus Press, 2015), Rita Ann Higgins said: “I trust this voice. I trust these poems. Earthiness and physicality jostle for position in Clasp. Doireann Ní Ghríofa is breaking new ground with her fresh, fearless approach to memory and motherhood, loss and love.”
Gerard Smyth stated, "Doireann Ni Ghríofa is a poet pushing boundaries, uncovering new ways of expressing the flux of the modern world, and doing so with a daring lyricism. Her versatility, vitality and emotional range are hugely impressive. With her Letterfrack sequence, she handled a delicate subject with tender care. On the basis of Clasp, Ni Ghríofa is on course to become a major talent, a poet who seems set to move more deeply into the places from which her poetry comes.”
Previous winners of the prestigious Michael Hartnett Poetry Award include Julie O'Callaghan, Vona Groarke, Kerry Hardie, Sinead Morrissey, Paddy Bushe, Maurice Riordan, Aine Ni Fhoghlu, James Harpur, Peter Sirr, Stiofán O'Cadhla, Mark Roper and Jo Slade and last year, Marcus MacConghail and Caitríona ní Chléirichín.
The award-winning novelist and short story writer, Donal Ryan will launch the Eigse Michael Hartnett 2016 programme this coming April 3rd 2016) in Newcastle West. This year's line-up includes Colum McCann, Donal Ryan, Rita Ann Higgins, Michael Coady, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Jane Clarke, Gabriel Fitzmaurice, Mike MacDomhnaill, Jo Slade, Mary Hartney, Míchéal Rowsome and the Stanzas.
Maurice Lenihan Papers - Limerick
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Limerick People
LIMERICK BIOS
http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/limerickbios.htm
"From History of Scott County, Iowa 1882 Chicago: Interstate Publishing Co."
Thomas Moloney was born in the county of Limerick, Ireland, Dec. 24, 1813, and came to America in 1840. He landed at Kingston, Canada, and remained there until 1852, when he came to Scott County, and bought a farm of 261 acres in Winfield Township, where he now lives. He was married to Mary Slattery, on the 27th of November, 1842. She was born in Tipperary Co., Ireland, April 8, 1819, and came to the United States in 1841. Of 10 children born of this union, five are living - John J., born Oct. 27, 1844; Thomas F., June 26, 1846; Richard J., May 10, 1849; Patrick, March 16, 1852, and James, born April, 20, 1857. The children are all married except James, and have homes of their own. Mr. Moloney is a member of the Catholic church. In politics he is a Democrat. He is one of the representative farmers of his township.
TIERNEY
A History of Tama County, Iowa Vol II; Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1910.
Daniel Tierney owns and operates, in connection with his son, John O. Tierney, a splendidly improved farm of one hundred and sixty acres in the southwest quarter of section 12, Buckingham township. Born in County Limerick, Ireland, in 1837, he was left fatherless when but six years old, his parents, Owen and Margaret (Quad) Tierney, having been farming people there. Of their family of six children, only two sons, Daniel and Timothy, are living, the latter a resident of Sedalia, Missouri and a veteran of the Civil war, in which he served four years as a member of the Twelfth New York Regiment, Company G.
Daniel Tierney in his youth received very limited educational advantages, and as a lad of sixteen he came with his mother and the remainder of her family to America, and going at once to Attica, New York, the mother established her home there, and died at the age of seventy-seven years, in 1880. In that city Daniel Tierney spent five years as an employe in a livery stable, and then coming to the West in the spring of 1862, he located in Winnebago, county, Illinois, near the city of Rockford, where he was engaged in farming until his enlistment in 1863 in Company B, One Hundred and Forty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. His services continued on until the close of the war, and he experienced the hardest rigors of army life, and at one time, during a mounted infantry charge, he was wounded in the foot, which rendered him slightly crippled for life. Receiving his honorable discharge in July 1865, he returned to Illinois, and three years later in 1868 came to Iowa and bought a farm in Buckingham township, while in the following spring of 1869 he brought his family to his new home. But in 1882 he sold that property and purchased the farm he now owns, which he improved in a splendid manner, and is successfully engaged in a general line of agriculture.
In the city of Rockford, Illinois, in 1865, Mr. Tierney married Miss Honora Craegen, a native also of County Limerick, Ireland, born in 1841, and a daughter of Patrick and Catherine (O'Rourke) Craegen. She was twelve years old when she came to America and to her new home at Troy, New York, where some of her brothers were then living, and later she joined another brother in Rockford, and she lived there until her marriage. This union has been blessed by the birth of eight children, but three died when young, and a daughter, Catherine, died at the age of twenty-seven years. Those living are: Margaret, the wife of James Gallogly, a merchant in Buckingham, and the mother of three sons, Daniel James, Ralph Michael, and Thomas LeRoy. Mrs. Gallogly had taught school some time before her marriage. John is at home with his parents and assists his father in the operation of his farm; Helen is also at home; and Honora is the wife of Ted Carrigan, their home being in Buckingham township, and they have two children, Francis D. and John J. Mr. Tierney is an independent political voter, and is a member of the J.G. Safley Post, No. 125, G.A.R. The religious home of the family is Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at Blessing.
PURCELL
Wolfe's History of Clinton County, Iowa; Vol 2; B.F. Bowen & Co; Indianaplis, Indiana: 1911
Conspicuous among the representative business men of Clinton, Iowa, is the well-known gentleman whose name introduces this biographical review. The industrious and well-regulated life he has led has gained for him not only material success, but the friendship, confidence and good-will of a vast acquaintance.
John E. Purcell is a native of Clinton, having been born here on April 5, 1866, and he is the son of James and Mary (Conner) Purcell. The father was born near Limerick, Ireland, and died in 1873,while the mother's birth occurred in Canada; she is still living. James Purcell was a contractor by occupation and he was sixteen years of age when he came to America and settled in southern Illinois. He was very successful in his line of endeavor and established a good home here. His family consisted of two sons and two daughters, John E., of this review, being the first in order of birth; the others are Charles J., an engineer on the Northwestern railroad; Mrs. Margaret Calnan and Anna.
John E. Purcell was educated in the public schools of Clinton and finished at St. Mary's school. Leaving the school room, being equipped with a good practical education, he began life for himself as clerk in the grocery store of O'Donnell & Calnan, where he remained two years, during which time he gained many valuable pointers relative to the mercantile business. He then clerked two years for the grocery firm of Hall & Pollard, then went to the store of S.C. Seaman, where he remained three years. He then went to Denver, Colorado, and clerked two years for the McNamarrah Dry Goods Company, giving his usual satisfaction. He always took more or less interest in athletics, especially outdoor sports, and he played baseball with the Denver City League, and he was a member of a brass band at Denver. He then returned to Clinton county and was later salesman in the city trade of Chicago for the Drummond Tobacco Company, later working in southern Iowa. He was a traveling salesman for twelve years in northern Illinois for Dean Brothers & Lincoln, wholesale grocers, remaining with them until they went out of business, being considered one of their most efficient and trustworthy employes. Then for two years he was in the employ of the Steele-Wedells Company of Chicago, resigning his position July 1, 1905. He then started in business for himself at Clinton, Iowa, opening a shoe store under the firm name of Henley & Purcell. One year later Mr. Purcell bought out his partner's interest, and on February 1, 1909, moved the store to No. 305 Main street, Lyons, where he still conducts the same and enjoys a very liberal patronage from the town and surrounding country, having a neat and well-kept store and carrying an up-to-date and carefully selected stock of goods.
Mr. Purcell is a member of the Knights of Columbus; in fact, he organized the lodge at Clinton, and was the first grand knight and charter member of Sterling Council, No. 662, at Sterling, Illinois. On October 2, 1902, he transferred his membership to St. Edward's Council at Clinton. Politically, he is a Democrat, but independent locally, and he is a prominent Catholic.
Mr. Purcell was married on June 19, 1895, to Louise Victoria Henle, who was born June 11, 1865, in Lyons, and is the daughter of Mathias and Theresa (Staley) Henle, a well-known and high respected family, and this union has resulted in the birth of the following children: Theresa Mary, Louise Marie, Anna, Helen (deceased), Josephine, Dorothy, Margaret Bernardine, Catherine Natalie and Mary Elizabeth.
lANE
History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa 1882... Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co., 1883
Patrick Lane, farmer, P.O. Shelby, Shelby County, was born in County Limerick, Ireland, son of John and Honora (McCarty) Lane, natives of County Kerry, Ireland. John Lane was born in 1799, was a farmer by occupation and died in County Limerick, Ireland, in 1850. His wife died in New York City. They had two sons and two daughters, and of this family one son is deceased. Mr. Lane was educated in Ireland, and began life as a farmer, which occupation he followed in his native country. In 1847, he came to the United States, came to Clinton County in 1849, and the following year went to Tennessee, where he worked in the tunnel at Tunnel Hill, and while working there saved the life of a fellow workman- an act which he considers the best of his life. Returning to Iowa in 1851, he bought 320 acres of land in Clinton County at $1.25 per acre, sold one-half of the land for $6.15 per acre, invested the proceeds in stock, and succeeded well in all his undertakings. He was a foreman on the North Western Railway for some time. In 1874 he came to Pleasant Township, where in January, 1872, he had bought of J.P. Casady and Mr. Haas, of Council Bluffs, 640 acres of wild land at $6.50 per acre. He at the same time owned 200 acres in Clinton County, one of the best farms in that county, which he sold in May, 1874, for $9,500 cash, then moved to his section in this township. In 1874, he bought 830 acres of wild land at $9.50 cash per acre, and he now owns 1,550 acres of land, all clear of incumbrance, one of the finest stock or grain farms in the county. The Big Silver Creek runs through the farm, one-half of which is valley. The farm is located four and a half miles west of Avoca, and two and three-fourths south of Shelby. Mr. Lane carries on general farming, and frequently goes to Chicago to buy cattle. At Lyons, Clinton Co., Iowa, November 14, 1853, he married Mary Shannon, born in County Clare, Ireland, in March, 1832, daughter of Michael and Mary (Neylon) Shannon, natives of County Clare Ireland, he born in 1796, she in 1806. By this union they have been blessed with the following children: James, Patrick Henry, Mary, Margueretta, Katy and John (deceased). In politics Mr. Lane is a Democrat, but conservative in his views.
HENNESSY
Harlan, Edgar Rubey. A Narrative History of the People of Iowa. Vol IV. Chicago: American Historical Society, 1931
p. 236
JAMES HENNESSY, physician and surgeon at Emmetsburg, has practiced medicine there longer than any of his contemporaries. Doctor Hennessy has done his professional work well, and no citizen has a larger body of loyal and devoted friends. He is a splendid specimen of physical manhood, tall and straight, six feet, four inches high and the lines on his face indicate his kindly character and a disposition for helpfulness which has been manifested in all his work.
Doctor Hennessy was born in County Limerick, Ireland, September 24, 1875. He comes of a remarkable family, being the youngest of sixteen children of Roger and Catherine (Russell) Hennessy. His parents lived all their lives in Ireland. Dr. James Hennessy is the only representative of this family to come to America. A number of his nieces and nephews are older than himself. Five sons took up medicine as a career. The oldest son, after qualifying himself for practice, encouraged the younger brother to go to school. Roger Hennessy died when his youngest child, James, was two and a half years old.
Doctor Hennessy received his education in Queen's College of Medicine at Cork and the Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians at Dublin, and after coming to America he graduated from Keokuk Medical College at Keokuk, Iowa, in 1906. For a quarter of a century he has been in practice in Palo Alto County, for a short time at Graettinger, and since then at Emmetsburg. Doctory Hennessy for the past ten years has served as county coroner He is a member of the Palo Alto County, Upper Des Moines and Iowa State Medical Associations. In politics he votes as a Republican and is a member of the Catholic Church and the Emmetsburg Council, Knights of Columbus.
He married Miss Bridie Davis, a native of Canada. They have two children, Russell, born November 14, 1904, and Catherine Louise, born February 14, 1908, graduated from State University of Iowa with A.B. degree in 1929 and is now employed in the office of Ayers Lumber Company of Iowa City.
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Fr Tim Leonard
Fr Maurice Richard Woulfe b 1891.died 24th Nov 1962 at Wolverhampton.
Fr Casey PP Abbeyfeale d 29-12-1907 a 63yrs.
Fr Finn CC Came to Athea 21-5-1926.
Fr James P Mulcahy Ord. Waterford 15-6-1933 by Bishop O Brien.
Fr Pat Crowley Ord. St Pats Maynooth 21-6-1942.
Fr Bernardine Dore OFM Ord. Rome 5-7-1936.
Fr James O Connell Ord. All Hollows 21-6-1936.
Fr Ml Murphy Ord. Mill Hill London 11-7-1937.
Fr Dan Harnett Ord. Rome Dec 8th 1931.
Fr Francis A Murphy Ord. Syracuse Sept 23rd 1933.
Fr John J O Donnell Ord. Maynooth 18-6-1933.
Fr Ml Breen Ord. Maynooth June 5th 1932.
Fr James L Ahern Ord. June 1950.
Br J B Fleming Cabra d 9-12-1928.
Also Br Dalton.
Fr Pat Woulfe b Cratloe in 1934 was in Coolcapagh.
Br Maurice Harnett joined Christian Brothers c1924 USA.
Abbeyfeale Area Cards.
Rev Charles Mullins CC died 22nd Sept 1960 a42.
Pat J Hurley Ballybunion d 9-5-1943 a 78. Of Athea.
Lillie O Connor Brosna d Oct 1st 1969 a 71.
Sr. Teresa Hurley Pres. d 26-4-1962 a 86.
Fr Vincent O Rourke CssP Ord. 1933.
Fr Richard Fitzgerald AM Ord. Newry 1955.
Sr. Baptist Hurley Pres. Listowel 10th July 1905.
Fr Tim Moloney San Francisco d 1965 a 50.
Sr. Alphonsus Moloney d 1977.
Sr. Gonzaga Moloney d 1994 sister of above.
Rev Ml J Moloney SJ Zambia d 1984.
Fr Joseph Moloney OFM Galway 1875-1954.
Fr Tim Moloney Ocist.Roscrea d 1993.
Fr John Baptist Moloney Parteen d 1957 a 85.
Fr Denis J Moloney 1889-1946 USA.
Fr Tom Moloney Calif. d 1986.
Br Baptist Moloney Pres. d 1910 a 66.
Sr. Magdalen Moloney Mercy d 4-3-1960.
Sr. Consilio Moloney
Sr. Rosari Hayes Mercy Abbeyfeale d 1993.
DILLON PATRICK
Born 17 March 1850
Ordained 25 June 1876
Died
Born - Janemount, Kerry, Ireland.
Seminary Education - Maynooth
Ordained - Maynooth.
1876 Seminary of Pastoral Theology
1877-1878 Mount Carmel, Salford.
1879 St Mary's Bolton.
PV1-159 states he was not affiliated. Not in 1880 Almanac, presumably recalled to his own Diocese.
Rev Dr Walsh died Kerry Priest.
Death of Fr Walsh report c Feb 1901 in Plattsburgh [New York ] Paper.
His funeral Mass at St Johns Church at 10-15 the Church was thronged.
Pallbearers Edward Hannon, W J Daly, Joseph Donahoe of Ogdensburg, E J Dinneen of Ottawa Illinois, J P Kavanagh of Montreal, A O Keeffe, F Mc Cadden, and S K Ryan.[Relatives attended]
Mass was Celebrated by Rt. Rev Bishop Gabriels, Fr Rossiter ,Vicar General Swift and Fr La Rose Assisted.Also Fr Cox, Fr Emard and Fr O Brien.A Choir of 100 from St Peters and St Johns Churches sang.
Fr Conway of Ogdensburg gave the Sermon.
The Grey Nuns of D`Youville Convent and Sisters of Mercy from Sanatorium , Gabriels , Saranac Lake attended.
Fitzgerald was the Undertaker.
Dr Walsh was buried Mount Carmel Cemetery.
His brothers in Kerry Edward E Walsh,Tullamore , Listowel. William Walsh Ahanagran, Ballylongford, Mrs Nolan Drombeg Listowel. Mrs Enright Kilflynn, Mrs Quill ? Dromlacht ? Listowel, Mrs Walsh Ahalanna Newtown Dillon, Mrs O Sullivan USA.
FRANCISCAN
Services Held for Leo Clifford
RINGWOOD, N.J. — Last week, a Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated for Leo Clifford, OFM. The 89-year-old friar died Feb. 16 2012 at Holy Name Friary. He was a professed Franciscan for 69 years and a priest for 65.
At Leo’s request, there was no visitation. Provincial Minister John O’Connor, OFM, celebrated the Feb. 20 liturgy at St. Anthony Church in Butler, N.J. Burial followed at God’s Acre Cemetery in Ringwood.
Early Years
Leo was born March 21, 1922, in Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland, to John and Catherine Clifford. He was baptized Diarmuid Brendan Clifford. In 1939, he graduated from St. Brendan’s College in Killarney. Diarmuid then studied for two years at St. John’s Seminary, Waterford.
In 1941, he entered the Order of Friars Minor at the Franciscan Friary in Killarney, receiving the name Leo. He professed his first vows there in 1942. Leo then studied philosophy at University College, Galway, and theology at St. Anthony’s College, Newcastle, Galway. In 1945, he professed final vows and was ordained a priest the following year.
Ministry
Following his ordination, Leo served in Dublin and Limerick, Ireland, and in Manchester, England. During these seven years, he developed an extensive preaching ministry and was engaged in radio work, under Fr. Agnellus Andrew, OFM, a pioneer in Catholic communications.
In 1954, Leo was given permission to come to the United States to continue this ministry, and for the next 50 years devoted himself to preaching, especially through retreats for religious, parish missions, and days of recollection. While engaged in the preaching ministry, he was stationed at three Province friaries. Leo spent his first year at St. Francis of Assisi Friary in New York City. In 1955, he moved to St. Bonaventure Friary in Paterson, N.J. From 1967 to 2003, he lived at St. Stephen of Hungary Friary in New York.
In 1993, Leo formally transferred from the Franciscan Province of Ireland to Holy Name Province.
Videos of his talks have been featured for many years on EWTN television network.
In 2003, Leo retired to St. Anthony Residence in Boston and in July 2010 moved to St. Anthony Friary in Butler. Due to health reasons, he was transferred in November 2010 to Holy Name Friary, the Province’s long-term healthcare facility.
Leo is survived by his nieces Mrs. Maire Baily and Mrs. Caitriona Lyne and nephew Hon. Judge Leo J. Malone, all residing in County Kerry. Condolences may be sent to: Mrs. Caitriona Lyne, Bunrour Ross Road, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland.
Memorial contributions may be made to: The Franciscans — St. Anthony’s Guild, 144 W. 32nd St., New York, NY 10001.
— Compiled by Theresa Bartha and Dominic Monti, OFM
HONOURED IN EL SALVADOR:
Limerick man, Fr Alfred Loughran, OFM, who has served for over 40 years in El Salvador and other Central American countries, has had a statue uveiled in his honour.
Alfred was parish priest in the town of Gotera during the civil war which claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands in El Salvador. During that time the friars strongly defended the rights of the ordinary people.
The celebration took place after the Fiesta Mass of San Francisco on the 4 October 2010. The local bishop presided at the Mass and afterwards the celebration took place in the square in front of the church, which also has the the local municipal offices and the goverment . The friar was given a small plaque saying that the the municipal authorities had agreed to name the square " Plaza Cultural Fray Alfredo O Lochráinn". After a few speeches the Bishop blessed the bust and it was unveiled.
Fr Alfie writes: "I suppose it was because I have been the longest serving parish priest in the history of the parish. Most of the Irish friars who ministered in El Salvador, Brendan Forde, Crispin, Pat Hudson, Livín, John Dalton, Peter O Neill, Gerrry Moore, Ronán Ciarán O Nuanáin, Michael Lenihan, have all lived and spent time in Gotera. I was the longest serving Irish friar, having spent almost twenty years there originally and then returning here again two years ago. I see this honour as acknowledging the contribution made by all the friars who served the people."
NEW BISHOP:
Friar Michael Lenihan, OFM, from Co. Limerick, has been appointed by the Holy See as first bishop of La Ceiba in Honduras, Central America. We congratulate Michael and assure him of our support and prayers as he undertakes the responsibility of organising the new diocese.
The new diocese of La Ceiba covers an area 4,640 kmq, with a population 547,709, of whom 398,800 are Catholic. There are 22 priests and 42 religious ministering in the area. Michael was former vicar general and parish priest in the diocese of Comayagua, Honduras. The bishop-elect was born in Abbeyfeale in 1951 and ordained a priest in 1980. Before going to work in Central America in 1989 he was stationed at Mulyfarnham, Co. Westmeath, and Wexford friary.
The parish priest who married my GF and GM was named John Hartnett.
According to his personel file his father was John Hartnett and mother was
Margaret O'Connell,
He was born Jul 2, 1873 in Abbeyfeale
he had 3 sisters: Mary Smith, Nellie O'Connell and Bridget Dalton.
He was naturalized in Mar 2, 1904. He worked as a parish priest at St
Teresa’s and St. Cecelia's in San Francisco until his death on Mar 19, 1946.
He was ordained on Jun 17, 1897 at St Patrick’s in Carlow, Ireland.
ABBEYFEALE Priests
Timothy K Cotter OSA 1916-’88, born Dromtrasna, Bishop of Maiduguri, Nigeria.
Archbishop James Leen, Mauritius.
Fr Edward Leen CSSP, Kimmage.
Fr Dan Leen CSSP Blackrock College.
Fr Richard Harnett CSSP Kimmage.
Fr Con Collins Limerick.
Fr Dan McEnery- Duluth, Minnesota.
Fr Tom McEnery, Do.
Fr Pat McEnery, Do
Fr Denis McEnery, Do
Msgr Pat Leahy- Dodge, Kansas.
Fr Thomas O Donoghue, Duluth, Minn.
Msgr Dan Harnett- Mobile, Alabama.
Fr Peter Harnett, Galveston, Texas.
Fr Michael Murphy, Mill Hill, Africa.
Fr Tom O Callaghan, Brisbane, Australia.
Fr John O Callaghan, Do.
Fr Pat Collins, Los Angeles.
Fr Richard Harnett, Do.
Fr Michael Collins, Purt and Los Angeles.
Fr Dan Collins, Do, Do,
Fr Tom Greaney, New Street, and Los Angeles.
Fr Tony Lyons, Knocknisnaw and California.
Fr Con O Connell, Caherlane, died 21-3-1995 aged 84 , China 1935 and Philippines to 1990.
Fr John O Sullivan, Ord. 1931in Alabama.
Fr Jack O Donnell, son of Tom and Julia.
Fr Tim Corridan, Knockmaol
Fr J O Donnell, CC Castlemahon 1937. native of Abbeyfeale Hill.
Fr Sean Danaher,Ord 1943, died July 15- 1985.
Mons Dan P Collins, St Laurence Martyr Parish, LA. Ord Rome, 1935, died 1994.
Fr T J Murphy, Rockhampton, Aus. born Aug. 1918?. Ord. 1937, died 1992.
Fr Tom McEnery, Deluth, died 1983.
Fr Pat McEnery, Deluth, Min. died 1957.
Fr William Moriarty, of the Railway Station.
Canon Kevin O Donoghue, Menevia ? Wales.
Fr Vincent O Rourke, CSSP, Kimmage.
Fr Dermot McCarthy, - Limerick.
Fr John Browne – Limerick.
Fr Con Daly, CSSP, Kimmage.
Fr Dan Murphy, Limerick.
Fr Tim Murphy, Rockhampton, Aus.died 1997.
Fr Seam Murphy, Do.
Fr Pat Carroll, - New York.
Fr Con Woulfe, CSSP, Africa.
Fr Richard Woulfe, Do.
Fr Michael Woulfe, Do.
Fr Willie O Neill CSSP, San Francisco.
Fr Pat Harnett, CSSP. Kenya.
Fr Michael Moloney, SJ. Duluth.
Fr John Moloney, Los Angeles,
Fr Bill Lane, Seattle, Washington.
Fr Tom Lane, Do.
Fr Sean Danaher, Birmingham,
Fr Dan Hackett, CSSP, Kimmage.
Fr Denis O Connell OMI Channel Islands.
Fr Michael Curtin, OP, Newbridge College.
Msgr. John Enright, Kansas.
Fr Michael Enright, Do.
Fr Michael O Connell, OMI Brazil.
Fr Con Connell, Columban.
Fr Dan Harnett, Westminister.
Fr Denis Lyons, Orange, Calif.
Fr Jerry Downey, , Canberra,
Fr John O Donnell. Limerick.
Msgr. William O Donnell, Los Angeles.
Msgr. John Healy, LA.
Msgr Michael Lane, Limerick.
Fr Tim Leahy, Salesian, Lesotho.
Fr John O Connell, Rockhampton,
Fr James Cotter, Detroit.
Msgr John Galvin, had four brothers priests in California.
Canon James Colbert. Kilmorna ?
DEATH; Fr. William P Lane born 1925 at New Street, Abbeyfeale, died in Seattle, Washington USA on Saturday, October 19th 2013. Following Requiem Mass Fr Bill Lane was burial in Seattle on Monday, October 28th 2013 on his 88th birthday. A Mass for the repose of the soul of Fr. Bill Lane late of Abbeyfeale and Seattle will be held in Abbeyfeale Church on Wednesday, November 15 next at 7pm.
Fr Tim Leonard
Fr Maurice Richard Woulfe b 1891.died 24th Nov 1962 at Wolverhampton.
Fr Casey PP Abbeyfeale d 29-12-1907 a 63yrs.
Fr Finn CC Came to Athea 21-5-1926.
Fr James P Mulcahy Ord. Waterford 15-6-1933 by Bishop O Brien.
Fr Pat Crowley Ord. St Pats Maynooth 21-6-1942.
Fr Bernardine Dore OFM Ord. Rome 5-7-1936.
Fr James O Connell Ord. All Hollows 21-6-1936.
Fr Ml Murphy Ord. Mill Hill London 11-7-1937.
Fr Dan Harnett Ord. Rome Dec 8th 1931.
Fr Francis A Murphy Ord. Syracuse Sept 23rd 1933.
Fr John J O Donnell Ord. Maynooth 18-6-1933.
Fr Ml Breen Ord. Maynooth June 5th 1932.
Fr James L Ahern Ord. June 1950.
Br J B Fleming Cabra d 9-12-1928.
Also Br Dalton.
Fr Pat Woulfe b Cratloe in 1934 was in Coolcapagh.
Br Maurice Harnett joined Christian Brothers c1924 USA.
Abbeyfeale Area Cards.
Rev Charles Mullins CC died 22nd Sept 1960 a42.
Sr. Teresa Hurley Pres. d 26-4-1962 a 86.
Fr Vincent O Rourke CssP Ord. 1933.
Fr Richard Fitzgerald AM Ord. Newry 1955.
Sr. Baptist Hurley Pres. Listowel 10th July 1905.
Fr Tim Moloney San Francisco d 1965 a 50.
Sr. Alphonsus Moloney d 1977.
Sr. Gonzaga Moloney d 1994 sister of above.
Rev Ml J Moloney SJ Zambia d 1984.
Fr Joseph Moloney OFM Galway 1875-1954.
Fr Tim Moloney Ocist.Roscrea d 1993.
Fr John Baptist Moloney Parteen d 1957 a 85.
Fr Denis J Moloney 1889-1946 USA.
Fr Tom Moloney Calif. d 1986.
Br Baptist Moloney Pres. d 1910 a 66.
Sr. Magdalen Moloney Mercy d 4-3-1960.
Sr. Consilio Moloney
Sr. Rosari Hayes Mercy Abbeyfeale d 1993.
Monday, March 9, 2009
The Bishop who started the National Shrine . I have no birth place of his parents yet.
Today in 1932 marks the death of Bishop Thomas J. Shahan (1857-1932), fourth Rector of The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. Born to immigrant parents in New Hampshire, he studied for the priesthood in Montreal and in Rome, where he was ordained in 1882. While he was in Rome he earned a doctorate in theology. After a short time in parish work, Father Shahan was named Chancellor of the Diocese of Hartford. In 1888, he was invited to join the faculty of America's new pontifical university in the nation's capitol. Before going there he studied in Berlin and Paris. In 1891 he started teaching early Church History at Catholic University. Shahan was a major force behind the publication of the 1911 Catholic Encyclopedia (still an in valuable resource) and wrote over two hundred articles on it. In 1909 he was named university rector, and in 1914 he was named a bishop. (Until the 1960’s, the CUA rectorship carried a bishop’s rank with it. Presumably it still could.) As rector he oversaw the expansion of the faculty, the student body, and the campus buildings. He also started contruction on the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Among other things he was active in the creation of the American Catholic Historical Association, and served as President of the Catholic Educational Association for nineteen years. In 1928, Bishop Shahan retired after nineteen years at the helm of the university and died in 1932.
SHANAGOLDEN
This story was told by C. Shine a Carpenter at Newtownsandes
21-6 1934, school collection Knockanure
Fr O Connor was my granduncle. He was a powerful strong man.
Lord Adare was building a castle one time the gave the contract to a Englishman, but he told the Irish were to get work. The contractor brought a great big strong man from England with him, and any one that could bar stones with him got work .A labour men brought a letter from FR. O Connor of Shanagolden looking for work but they could not bar stones with the English man so they were sent away. Fr. O Connor gave a letter to a poor man and he went to lord Adare to get work . He was barring stones with the strong man and he was sent away because he couldn`t carry keep up with him . " For Fr. O Connors sake give me work" said the poor man. "If Fr. O Connor were here himself I`d give him work" said the foreman. When Fr. O Connor heard it, he got an old suit of clothes and he put them on and carried his letter to Adare looking for work. He started working with the strong man. When the bar was full Fr. O Connor said " Is that all you`re going to carry" The strong man said "the load maybe be too heavy when you get to the top with it. With that Fr. O Connor put on a few more stones on the load. When they were going to start he gave a little shake and broke the Englishman’s back. Everyone got work after that
He died in Shanagolden and some friends were there when he dying and he said to them "If the parishioners want to keep me don`t go against them. The parishioners buried him in Knockanure graveyard beside the wall.
FATHER WILLIAM CASEY
(1840- 1907)
Taken from Abbeyfeale Church Newsletter of December 06.
William Casey was born at Castlequarter in the parish of Kilbehenny Co. Limerick in December1840. The old parish records give his date of baptism as the 10th December 1840. Though situated in County Limerick, the parish belongs to the Diocese of Cashel and Emly. He was one of five children -Patrick, Owen William, Nora and Mary born to John Casey and Johanna Kiely who farmed on a roadside farm not far from the village of Kilbehenny. It is believed that his early education was at a local hedge school. He spent a short time at Mount Melleray School and went from there to St. Colman's College in Fermoy. It was through his education in the Diocesan College of St. Colman's that he was later ordained for the Diocese of Cloyne at Carlow College on the 2nd of July 1868.
William Casey's family background was that of a comfortable farming family. William Casey was a fine athlete, fond of weight throwing, running, jumping and all outdoor sports. He had achieved champion status in his own locality and in Carlow. Many events would have combined to influence his early years. Most likely he had heard of the cruelty inflicted on the Irish people by the anti-Catholic Penal Laws. The priests of that time were subjected to intense intimidation. On one such occasion the Parish Priest of the neighboring parish of Ballyporeen, Clogheen and Burncourt was hanged outside Clonmel jail on the 15th March 1766. He was Rev. Nicholas Sheehy. The Famine of 1847 and the misery endured by the less well off tenant farmers must also have left a lasting impression on the young William Casey. Another likely influence was the Young Ireland and Fenian movement and the Risings of 1848 and 1867.
At the time of William Casey's ordination there was a shortage of priests in the Diocese of Limerick. Bishop Butler of Limerick appealed to his friend Bishop William Keane, the Bishop of Cloyne for the loan of a priest to do temporary duty in a Limerick parish. Father William Casey was the priest who was loaned to the Diocese of Limerick. He came on temporary duty to Banogue in County Limerick soon after his ordination in 1868. Father Casey came on temporary duty to Abbeyfeale on the 6th January 1869, but returned to Banogue and Manister for a further term of temporary duty in 1870.
Father William Casey was appointed permanently to Abbeyfeale on the 18th November 1871, and there he remained until his death on the 29th December 1907. At the time of Father Casey's coming to Abbeyfeale the Parish Priest - Rev. Michael Coghlan was in poor health so a great lot of responsibility rested on the shoulders of Father Casey. He became very aware of the great injustices being perpetrated on the tenant farmers by grasping landlords who demanded exorbitant rents at a time when farm incomes were pitifully low. Another great champion of the under -privileged at that time was Michael Davitt, son of a Mayo emigrant. He had founded the Land League in Straide , Co. Mayo on the 17th April 1879. The Land League motto was the achievement of the 3 F's for landholders - Fair Rent, Free Sale and Fixity of Tenure. It was exactly what Father Casey of Abbeyfeale was fighting for. One of the earliest branches of the Land League was founded in Abbeyfeale on the 29th September 1879.
On the death of Rev. Michael Coghlan P.P. on the 14th June 1883, Father Casey was appointed P.P. of Abbeyfeale. The population of Abbeyfeale at that time was 4,700. This was soon reduced by a fever plague, which swept many people to an early death. Father Casey arranged for patients to be cared for in four Temporary Fever Hospitals. Both Father Casey and his curate Father Byrne contracted the disease but narrowly escaped death.
At that time evictions were a common occurrence. At one time over 50 tenants were evicted from the O'Grady estate in Ballaugh. Father Casey arranged for the provision of Land League huts where needed. These huts came from Dublin, ready to be assembled. One house in Abbeyfeale, which was used to accommodate those evicted, was known as "the eviction house". Evictions at Meenahela were also memorable, as the women there fought the bailiff and R.I.C. police with stone- filled stockings and succeeded in postponing the intended eviction.
Because of his early athletic experience, Father Casey soon turned his attention to the formation of an athletic club in Abbeyfeale. This was before the G.A.A. was founded. The founding of the G.A.A. was a great bonus to a man who valued so highly training in all forms of sport for the youth of Abbeyfeale. Soon his team of footballers was traveling to outside venues and competing successfully. A very useful ally at these matches was a newly- formed Brass Band. The Band accompanied the football team to all matches and acted as a sort of intimidating presence. The Brass Band was also called out on occasion when tempers were frayed at eviction time or when the local R.I.C. Barrack was under threat of attack. The Band's rousing marches were intended to instil fear in the hearts of their opponents. Father Casey was Chairman of the County Limerick Board of the G.A.A. He was also Chairman of the County Limerick Committee of Agriculture and Technical Education.
Because of the misery he saw among his parishioners, caused by the abuse of alcohol, Father Casey established a branch of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association in Abbeyfeale. Using local labor, he organized the building of a Temperance Hall. Members of the Temperance group had their regular meetings here. The Hall was also used regularly for Band practice. Unfortunately, the Hall was burned to the ground by the Black and Tans on the 21st September 1920. Stored in the Hall were the Band instruments. Only the very few instruments, stored underground at the base of the Father Casey monument in the Square survived into the succeeding years. The fire marked the end of Father Casey's Band.
His great love for, and natural facility in speaking the Irish language soon found expression when he established a branch of the Gaelic League in Abbeyfeale Town.
Father Casey's life was characterized by great charity to the less well- off. It is related that he received a substantial legacy during his lifetime. This was soon dispersed among the deserving poor. It is also said that in his final illness, he prayed to be spared until the Christmas dues were paid as there was no money to defray his funeral expenses. His wish was granted. He died on the 29th December 1907 and was buried in St. Mary's Parish Church. On the 16th December 1968, prior to the demolition of this Church, the remains of Father Casey and three former Parish Priests were re-interred in St. Mary's Cemetery at the rear of the present St. Mary's Boys School. On the 29th December 1910, a monument to the memory of Father Casey was unveiled in Abbeyfeale Square by Bishop Murphy, Bishop of Mauritius and a native of Knocknagoshel. The memory of Father Casey and his outstanding contribution to the spiritual, physical and temporal well being of his parishioners is still strong in Abbeyfeale. Commemorating the centenary of his death is just one expression of their appreciation.
DEATH: Sr. Anthony Joseph( Catherine) Mulvihill died on December 15th 05 at the Holy Faith Convent in Rockferry, Liverpool, she was born at Lower Athea on the 15th of August 1915 to Ned Mulvihill (carpenter) and Ellen McKenna (teacher). Sr. Anthony Joseph entered the Holy Family Order on January 29th 1934, went to (Ceylon) Sri Lanka on 21st August 1935, in 1958 she became principal of Kalutera School in Colombo, all Europeans were expelled from Sri Lanka in 1970, returning to England Sister continued her work in schools, libraries, Pastoral Ministry and was also Mother Superior at Liscard, in 1990 Sr. Anthony Joseph retired to Rockferry.
Oct 17th 02 notes
Death has taken place of Bishop James Collins CSSR Bishop of Mircena Brazil, born 22nd of February 1921 son of Michael Collins and Catherine O Connor of Moyvane. He lost his mother who died leaving eight children when James was fourteen months. Testimony to their aunt who reared the family four members joined the religious life Bishop James, Fr Pat who died 1969, Brother Canice died 1957 and Sister Theophane. Requiem Mass for Bishop James was celebrated at the Redemptorists Church Limerick on Monday 6th of October in the presence of sixty priests and a large congregation of family and friends. Bishop James Collins was laid to rest in the Church Grounds after Mass.
Bishop James Collins was Ordained Priest 3rd of September 1944 made Bishop 14th September 1967 retired 14th of February 1996. The Diocese of Mircena has about 10,000 Catholics for each Priest.
Jan 19 -06 notes
DEATH has taken place on January 9th 06 of Bishop Michael McAuliffe retired Bishop of Jefferson City, son of Jack McAuliffe of Lower Athea and Bridget Broderick of Knocknagorna, he is survived by brothers Joe and Bill, Jack and Larry predeceased him. Bishop McAuliffe’s grandparents were Lawrence McAuliffe of Meenoline North and Catherine Wright of Gortnagloss
Carroll Rev. Fr. Australia 30/11/1905 from Kilmallock, Co. Limerick
Cregan Very Rev. Dean Bruff 23/01/1892 parish priest, Bruff; born at
Dore Robert, Very Rev. 11/01/1881 ex-Superior of the Augustinians in Limerick.
Fitzgerald Edward (Rev.) Foynes 27/07/1922
Fitzgerald Edward (Rev.) Foynes 27/07/1922
Gorman J., Rev. Newcastle West 28/12/1916 parish priest of Manister
Rev. James Fitzgerald Gregg; obituary (funeral report, 21/01/1919)
Gregg Henry George 09/12/1890 son of Rev. Canon Gregg Maxwell Gregg
James Fitzgerald, Corbally 31/10/1905 Dean of Limerick; also funeral, Very Rev. report, L.C., 04/11/05
Griffith Christopher John Barrington Street 30/11/1880 infant son of Rev. J. H. Griffith,
Hallinan John, Rev. Ardagh, Co. Limerick 08/05/1917 Parish priest of Ardagh; obituary
Hammond Very Rev. Dean St. Ita's, Newcastle West 06/08/1898 parish priest, Newcastle (funeral report, 9/8/1898)
Hanrahan John, Rev. Fr. George Street 03/03/1896 Augustinian
Harkness George Law, Rev. England 25/01/1917 son of late Rev. Robert Harkness,
Hayes J. J., Very Rev. 11/12/1906 died in Australia at 24(25?) years
Magner J. M., Rev. Fermoy and The Phillipines 20/04/1916 educated at Mount St. Alphonsus,
Mulqueen James, Very Rev. Shanagolden 06/01/1894 parish priest, Shanagolden
O'Connell Very Rev. Fr. 24/01/1889 rector at Church of St. Alphonsus
(Redemptorists); funeral report
O'Connor Gerald, Rev. Rockhill and Bruree 11/08/1921 parish priest of Rockhill
O'Donnell P., Rev. Templeglantine 09/05/1899 c.c.
O'Dwyer Edward, Rev. Dr. 21/08/1917 Bishop of Limerick; obituary and funeral report.
Plunkett William, Very Rev. Australia 18/09/1900 rector at Redemptorists, Limerick,
1860-65
Scanlan Bartholomew, Rev. Castleconnell 19/05/1903 parish priest, Castleconnell
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SECTION I. THE METHOD OF LECTIO DIVINA.
1.1 We read the Bible in order to meet God.
She was a Good Shepherd sister in her late seventies when I knew her forty years ago. I remember only one story she told. When she was twenty years old she had a job in Tralee and was renting her own flat. Her plans for a bright future were falling into place. Then one day as she was passing the Dominican church she dropped in and knelt at the back. She looked up and noticed the cloth that was hanging on the front of the altar. On it was written: ‘The Master is here and calleth for thee.’ The words had a powerful and completely unexpected impact on her. She felt that they were addressed directly to her and she sensed they would cut across the plans she had made. The words —words which Martha once said to Mary when Jesus came to their home after the death of Lazarus—these now became the same Lord’s words spoken to her in Tralee, and were the beginning of her vocation to the Good Shepherd sisters.
Irish Mountain Catholic Feb 1st 1908 Salt lake City
On Dec 29 the Pope received in private audience William Redmond M P
who was introduced to Mgr ORiordan
rector of the Irish college On hearing that Mr Redmond represented the
constituency which returned O’Connell
in 1829 His Holiness said You have
a noble predecessor follow him in
everything
Irish Centenarians
Seven cases of Irish centenarians are
recorded for the past year Their par
ticulars are as follows Mr Henry Mc
Kearney has died at Richill near Ar
magh at the age of 103 years Mr
James Loughran of Drumcaland Mid
dletown County Armagh attained his
116th birthday He is believed to be
the oldest subject of King Edward in
the British Isles Thomas Kelly of
Lurganboy County Tyrone celebrated
his IJGth birthday the other day John
Lawton a centenarian of Ciunty Cork
has died after a brief illness Mrs
Sullivan died at the age of 101 years
In her native village of Athea County
Limerick Mrs Ellen Dunne died at
the patriarchial age of 110 years in
CarrlckonShannon The funeral took
place at Tipton of a centenarian named
Elizabeth Driscoll who was in her
102d year She was born In Ireland
and lived in Staffordshire for at least
half a century
Athea and Limerick
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Limerick
Rev George Quain Athea has been
appointed rector of Bulgaden rendered
vacant by the death of Rev Father
McCoy Re Father Cregan Limerick
has been appointed rector of Athea
His relatives at Ballyregan Crecera
have learned of the death of the Rev
T J Hayes Omeo Australia He was
educated at All Hallows Dublin was
ordained two years ago and at the time
of his death was only in his twenty
fourth year
The hospital branch of the Land and
Labor association at its last meeting
passed a resolution expressing deep regret at hearing of the death in the
United States of William Curran a
cousin of Mr James F Barry ex Mayor of Limerick
Kentucky Irish American May 11 1907
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Letters just received from Ireland
brlngtbe sad intelligence of the
I1cath of Daniel J LIston aged forty
eht years at his residence Derreen
AtheaCounty Limerick Deceased
the late John
was the eldest son of
Liston and a cousin of Messrs D J
ileman and Patrick J Liston of
Milsville His death Is deeply re
gretted by his sorrowing wife and
children and a wide circle of relatives
andfrJendsamongthem many in
s country and Australia
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Death of Roche Athea
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Ahern Athea
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The morning star and Catholic messenger. (New Orleans [LIMERIsCK.-Jonathan Allen, of Limerick,
ope of the men lately transferred from
"Mountjoy Prison to Kilmainham, was on
the 22d ult. discharged from custody from
the latter prison by order of the lords jus
tices, he having entered into bail for his
future good conduct.
Mr. Michael Leahy, Newcastle West,
county Limerick, has been appointed sessional crown solicitor for the city and county of Limerick, vice Mr. Murphy, deceased.
Mr. Leahy was appointed through the influencie of Lord Devon.
James Stenson, a compositor, who had
recently undergone long periods of imprisonment in Limerick and Mountjoy for For Fenianism, died recently in Thomondgale,
Limerick. His funeral was attended by an
immense concourse, as lie was esteemed as
a " martyr," and it was believed his death
had resulted from the severities he endured
during-his incarceration.
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The testimonial to be presented to Rev.
Martin Cleary, P.P., late of Nenagh, but
now of Kilkee, county Clare, amounts to
over £200.
A mission was, at latest dates, being car
ried on at Nenagh, by the Redemptorist
Fathers from Limerick. Crowds from town
and country were attending night and
morning.
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O'CONNELL On Thursday, July 6, 1911, at
9-45 p. m.. MART O'CONNELL, a native
of Newcastle, West county, Limerick. Ire
land, aged eighty-six years.
Funeral from her late residence. 29 a
street northeast, this morning, at 10 a.'m.
Mass at St. Aloyslus' Church at 10:30
o'clock. Friends Invited to attend. Inter
ment at Mount Olhet Cemetery.
Tired Mothers Washington 1911
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Lawrence Collins.
NATIVE OF NEWCASTLE WEST.COUNTi
Limerick, Ireland. Left California, where
ho worked In the mints for many jcare, abouttcr.
years ago, to go to Arizona. Age If living, 4!)
years Any ono knowing of him or his where
abouts, will greatly oblige by communicating
with his brother, Michael Collins, 270 Clcmcntlro
Street, San Francisco. Cal . iylO d&vv
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1892
CONNOR.-Oa Monday, Jan. 18. Bridget, beloved
mother ot Maurice, Thomas, and Martin Connor,
native of Newcastle West, Limerick county, Ire
land. Funeral on Thursday from the residence of her sen.
Maurice, 41S Kaat llith st, at 1 o'clock.
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Mrs Moore 1882 Listowel
McCarthy July 1901
Evening star. (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, July 01, 1901, Page 7, Image 7
Abbeyfeale Barry and Kelly
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Kennelly Father and Son
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About The Day book. (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917
Day Book Chicago Kennelly Heat
Kennelly Mines Detroit
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James M Kennelly of Salt Lake en
joys the distinction of being the first
nan to discover the precious minerals
i h4 Utah finding it in what is now Park
City says the Millard County Blade
He has lived in Utah for nearly thirty
j ears and has achieved a splendid rep
utation for his knowledge of mines
and their value together with the best
methods of working them profitably
Mr Kennelly also did some excellent
work in defeating the Liberal party at
the municipal election last fall
With this introduction to Mr Ken
nelly let us set the party from which
came from the Detroit mines at the
table of the Deseret house on Satur
day evening The party consisted of
Chris Overson of Leamington M A
Woods a welltodo butcher of Second
South street Salt Lake Mr Driggs
connected with the Teasdel mercantile
f > concern of Salt Lake and Mr Ken
nelly
These four gentlemen started Thurs
day to examine the property in the vi
cinity of the Ibex mine Mr Kennelly
acting in the behalf ol Mr Woods and
others Upcn their return on the ee
g ring in Question Mr Kennelly gave his
opinion upon the results of their short
I examination
f The properties looked over showed
well on the surface and development
work made it look better In one claim
a shaft had been sunk thirty feet in
others the surface work in the shape
of incline shafts about fifteen feet deep
in places on the vein and various open
b cuts revealed the vein on the surface
it A tunnel running about fifty feet on
the vein also revealed a large body of
i gold and copper ore In all the surface
t developments > that were examined the
properties showed up very well
Throughout the camp where the work
has progressed through cuts and in
i clines of the veins the labor has been
rewarded with the presence of large
bodies of coppergold ore
Mr Kennelly is confident there is
abundance of iron ore in the samp but
whether it will carry enough of pre
cious metal to make it profitable to
mine for fluxing purposes he is unable
< to determine from his hasty examina
f tion
i Twenty years ago he visited the De
4I troit mountains There is a future for
the camp but it will take a good deal
of money to develop it and capitalists
p are leery of mining propositions in these
da s
Eer body who has a claim has not
I S a mine by a long shot remarked HJr
4 Kennelly and there are a lot of such
claims out in Detroit Mr Kennelly
j
I
i
> >
jf > o Jlr it w iIf 1Jif4
I believes that Oregon will be the great
mining state of the future
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AGED PIONEERPASSES AWAY
John Kennelly Diet at Home at an
Advanced Age.
OWNER OF SITE OF SOUTH OMAHA
t ntne te Omaha to Settle In 1NS4 and
Ilffs Lived Hero Since That Tins
Is "arrived by His
Wife. I
John Kennelly, ft years of sgr, who once
owned the property which Is now the site
of South Omaha north from Twenty-fourth
and N streets, died yesterday afternoon at
4 o'clock at his home, I&07 St. Mary's
avenue.
Mr. Kennelly was, until fifteen years ago
when he retired from active business life;
one of the most prominent real estate
dealers and capitalists of Omaha. He had
been confined to his bed In the last Ill
ness six weeks, dying of weakness due to
old axe. ,
Mr. Kennelly was born June SI, 1830, In
County Kerry, Ireland. He came to this
continent and settled at Montreal In 1851
and was married the later part of that
year to Miss Elisabeth Dee. From Mont
real the Kennedys moved to Logansport,
Ind., and from there Mr. Kennelly came
overland In ISM to settle In South Omaha.
Shcrtly after arriving there he bought up
640 acres of land which stretched from
where Twenty-fourth and N streets now
are to beyond the city limits on the
north. He was the father of three chil
dren, who are now dead. When his prop
erty began to be settled for Its final
growth Into the city of South Omaha, Mr.
Kennelly moved to Omaha, where he re
sided for several years at 607 South Tenth
street
Mr. Kennelly Is survived by his widow.
85 years old. The funeral services are to
be held at St Peter's church with a sol
emn high mass at 9 o'clock Saturday morn
ing. Father McGovern will pronounce the
burial ceremony. Burial will take place
in St. Mary's cemetery hi South Omaha.
KENNELLY and SON
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A FAMOUS FATHER
AND SON IN REAL!
Influence Wielded by Ke
nelly, Sr. and Jr., Ex
tends Over 50 Yeiirs.
AMONG FOREMOST
IN SHAPING PROGRE
Many of the Most important Pi
lie and Private Sales
Made by Them.
This ?* 'he *rr,d ct n ??r,..., of arfi
beut promtotei otee in th" reolfy ieo
??>.. teoo* I sahHaiVd in
Baf fut t'A
Taro generations of Keatnetlya v.
led a d^mtnant hnr.d oye- New V
. r ' itl ST ?'??' ?JOB for m
n hall - ?? ? ry haee axerted m
?han any other two men. pr
?I'lv. u* -rn the development BDd PTOgl
t moi realty whrn conalde
'rom a broa?! ? Int.
William Kennelly, ?ha father, heos
a ?eadt*?K broher end appraiser during
?arlier 6a\ya arhea Seta Torh
cing to etrtabllsh Itself i>?. m
?tvorM's most re m arks Me fleMl
realty Investment H? aras '
foremost ? - ? I I f Ma I
aa**lc?-? area foil ??rod in scores of j*r
-4?*poriitlons outelde of the mesa
'actions in arl ' fa he ara? r"-*'-c"'n ?"???>' ?.
?eiected. Bryan L Kennelly, th" j?
.'??tarn?" ?" ft talla of the bustnees un
??The ion?;, ?rat I telase of the fatl
?dBjnd he wns folly equipped to ad-rai
?wtth the Kenr.ciiv acttvltlea oontlnui
'in the very IVont mirk of procr
througtio-;t the ?rre-ntept ara of szpani
in the history of metropolitan l-l
The elder Kennelly, after a an tant
college ediicnt'or, Fta?-te'. in "?-44. fit I
aee of Basteen, 1n the law ofhoe?<
"liornas A "lia "ahnmot and Richard E
?net at No 46 Ceda* Street Three jre?
later, ?ivlth a pon of Thomas ?VddlB i:
met. he e?P?8rted a real estate, ofllce
Pine street under the firm name of K?
nelly & Emmet
The Otnoe |usi 'set of the I*roar"w
comer hecama a familiar landmark In 1
flnaccln' dlstrli t rnri there the son
partner was re? osnlzed for nearly foi
years as the ora Ie and men*.?- of I
r*ea"ty mark- t
Aside from rord'i'ting many of 1
ltnadlnc" tarokorasje trai tiens he was
charge Of SO Of th? reel rs'.!io buslni
of City <'?.ntroller.?? Green, Kelly n
ramr-0'-' ?nd he presided at Buch *?;,r'
inakint.' auction ? ?a that
the Jumel eat i tr offorin?-. He made
iphI ?i5?at'-- sal? - ? ? Sheriff of N?
Torh ? t a Uni when all lei
?-?riff,
r B a Co, wt
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Mr, Kennelly, tr., eo'd th?
<iuire?i for ' bo This waa <
??f the most Important of the early at
Mr. Kennelly, sr., sold
Of St. Pi
? i1" ?h on Mai
t] gad Hat atn
for ?
n I, Kennelly ?raa ?d-raduat? I fri
on ? ? ? teristlo energy
h litre busln? ? tabUsh
I ? i fa! ' lag 1 ted bo?
yeere froa ide the Kc
? sir.-et as
it Imd be
the e of the eldei
liat?n In t
mon oon"renie
qu ? . in the th
ird of Broken, close
th? ina
? rdntained wi
latent atn ant i
attained by I
? market.
ippralser for th? < ity ?ander
? ?rout. Metz and Prenders*ast Mi
i.elly acted o r f>r the city
;?; pralali the 1 ; treeta tor tl
l.e**?* Penne*yl*?ranla station and a.
the Qrand < ' ' in tl
easement of the A tot tl
Pul U - retail
tho Qftu
other lrr :
recent apr>rai?a! ? . Hou
site at:d CMr Centre Mr. Kenn?:
?PTa>...i- iron aocept? a: i t e
ties : ? s ?lirure?.
Laat sprint- M Belly orgar.lz?
ar?on*, the do*amtoern >? est?t? rokei
a movement ? at the pa
sage of a atock tranafer tax of |4, pr?
pos? d I ? '. ser, and i ?
coasted m sending a mmlttee 1
?auid had this bin k'.ii-d.
I In the auction market his prestige wr
perpetual
ji.envi-..
?Aidn ;h estai
on loan B Ii he estai
?:*-hed th? 8? lar*-??
?*ru rn ? ' ? - ?
Off':" | ?
f)t!:er ! ? ?? .
fctal ? of Alhert 4
Adam 4, the I
Kquar. ll..t?l. ? ? ?
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Empire Brew.
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aapri ent i
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U - t ? :> ! " .? b< h- 8 ' A
a-?*? teiai toares* lag i.*., ?
tie? those ?torllns qualities of heart and
mind thai ?re lalsing New Torkfa mm <>!
affairs liicr.li above OIS M'Kli'l nia.lstron
of traer? nKmey tnaklng is ahown by hi?
?jrida and i srtt d aeUi lUsa In M lal and In?
. titutlor <i matten In tl ' a hai
... If upon a level whl? h can b<
attslnsd bj onljf a fea men In each of thi
wortd'a larp??-t cities
He Ii ttrsl ?rlcee-presidenl of the Harri"
ma-: I ' Bank, of which h? s
of the rounder? and ?aril worker? arhi
bull! its deposit? up from J."?."?1""""" to a
total .?* * ? within th.- last tari
. s. lio la a director also of the H iiri
? ? B ?? ?eposlt ''"ti *,
In cl irch ? Iri I? - he la pr?,;:
r Bt. Patrick'? ? ,*atl edral :"'ci
ilrman of th.? Caii ? etei ? on
mit'f.-. ii- ' !? barge of th? real estati
inter.- ta ol th? Catholic Church i ?r C-srdi
I'.n-i.-v. He la a dlrsctor ol the Uttl?
MlMlcmsriea' Day Nursery, Bl
Daj X':ts,?i -> and i ?omii '? * a ol
the hi? h Poor, Catholic Institute for th?
Blind, Madonna l ?y Ni rsery, In i
?-??i. and Bt Vil ?i ut de Paul Bot ? l
in ?-iuti?ioni he la a fsmlliar and popular
I la la a meml er of ti a Las 11
Manhattan. New York Athletic, Andiron,
Pilgrims, ? nth..lie and Army and Navy
o of the Baltuai
and and Kr.??lhv<??.<l ?r?.If clubs, thi
of Bt Patrick, the Ameri?
: facht Club and the Automobil? Clufc
nd an honoratTf meml ?
I -? Association of Albany.
Mr, Kennelly acted on a ape?eia] com?
' vf sppointi .1 by thi Hon. Vie
I tor I the membsrshl]
mittee
i its i * th? i .nit" i
?HKtltl..?-.
? Alt! the Kennelly horns hai
for many yesi : on M ?ti-ael ne u
Fifth av? nue, he ia
of Westchi?ter ?? irt/jg the ? i
on, snd there h< - me Identlfle?!
? illy r.-ith much of the rssi<
Identisl actlviir?. lie i; s dlrectoi of thi
? ITnlted B?58pltal of Rye, Port Chester and
HarriKnti, m- mbei of the W<rstchea?tei
itloti and the Waart
???? County Horse Show, a trustee ol
th-? School Tes hers' Pension Fund ol
IWestchestea1 County, v!?-?- "r.?s*iit?n* of th,
Purchase Propart Owners' Association oi
Harrison Township, ?.-tie of the organisera
??I treasurer of the Clthtens' Lasague <?'
? iter ? ounty and one of the ?iirr-.-t
ora and gOTsrnora of the D?mocratie Clul
Vv*4Mtensstef C?*>unty. in Die earltei
tJaya, ?rhen he was fond ?if tfia Jsi ej
ooasl bo summer, lie -?va? one ?>f the, or
Issra ati'i an a'tive member ?'f the
I Deal ?Golf ' lub
fu pol?tica F.ryan ??. Kennelly leaves his
stamp somewhere upon svery city, atat?
and national campaign. He Ii ?
-,??? . ?>, powers in Dern?ocratic
OOundla His Influence Is exerted unl
formly upon the side of progress and pub?
He enhancement, and ??n this account he
is found usually among the lead?-? of th"
independen???. He rindere?! valuable ?
np an Independent Democrai on the
?fusion conference committee during th?
I mayoralty campaign of II
?mi? among the fern tirp?-.i a? the candi
to head the tlckel at th? big meeting
in < 'c-oper Union He has been mentioned
for ? llty nomination at ons time
or another in every campaign since that
time. Hi iva'-) one of the organisera of
? ?D?mocratie club on the West
Bid? covering the district bet?4**aw
19th BtreetS and ha served for five
y?-ar? as the club'a vice-president. Mr.
? ally was one of the oriranlzcrs and
treasurer of the Democrat!.? Leaf
the State of New York. In the "U'est End
??elation, composed mainly of realty
owners In the same section, he has been
an Influential number and the cha
of some of its most important commit?
During the Mrsinonlaa at the open?
ing of the tomb of ilineral f'rant, on
Riverside Drive, ha was on the Bt '
neral Orenvlll? M. i?".Ik". He ?jernrssj
on the staff of the Governor ? f Nsw
York r.t the last inauguration ?if Orover
Cleveland as Prsaidsnt of the United
Bt ' He Ie Siso a member of the third
panel s h r riff's jury and a ?former treas
. ? of that panel,
Mr. Kenn? wss a stanch supporter
of Woodroa Wilson In the last Presiden?
tial campaign and was a memher of the,
? ?tic Natli ? I ;'-.'????: ' a Ctmunitta?
.-'Vite r,f New fork
| r>n January 15, MO, Mr Kennelly mar
Mlsa ESiaabsah Amy *>\'H!??--house.
have one daughter, Margueitte Amy
Kenn?
Mr. Kf-nnHly's winter home is a' No
SOth f-rrect. and his country hnnii.?
.- trmowi aa Kennell?i?*i*>Tth, st Purchass,
N T., adjoining the residence of t;
Whitelaw Reld.
a
ELEVATED TO THE PRIESTHOOD 1900
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A nlilncton Boy Onlnlncil
Spokane Wah
nt
James A Kennelly formerly of Wash
ington and son of P H Kennelly of this
city was ordained to the priesthood of
the Catholic Church by the Right Rev
Edward John ODea Bishop of NIsqually
in St Aloyslus Church Spokane Wash
on June 18 1900, Father Kennelly for twelve
years prior to his ordination had been
connected with Gonzaga College Spokane
and was prefect of that college from 1S90
to 1S95 On the afternoon following the
elevation of the Rev Father Kennelly to
the priesthood Mr Kennelly of Wash
ington gave a banquet in the college re
fectory which was attended by all the
students and faculty during which in
formal speeches were made
On the morning of June 19 Father Ken
nelly offered his first mass His servers
were his father from Washington and his
uncle P T Downs a well known Western
railroad man The priests mother and
sister from this city were also present
at the mass as well as a large number of
friends
Following Is an extract from a Spokane
newspaper After the mass and as Father
Kennelly stood on the steps of the college
In company with his father his mother
and sister and James Monaghan P T
Downs Edward OShea and Michael
OShea the boys brigade of the college
passed in review In command of Captain
Iuhn The two cnmnanlee wero rirnan im
In front of the college and came to pre
sent arms At this point the smallest
boy In the college Hill Hoover with a
bouquet so large that the little fellow
was almost entirely hidden presented
Father Kennelly with the flowers and a
handsome silver mounted cane on behalf
of the boys of the school One of the
members of the alumni then presented
him with a silver mounted umbrella In be
half of the alumni association after which
the brigade went through a drill The
college band appeared on the scene at
this time and played Stars and Stripes
Forever
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GRIFFIN
The Salt Lake herald., September 14, 1897, Page 5, Image 5
About The Salt Lake herald. (Salt Lake City [Utah) 1870-1909
The Indian advocate. ([Sacred Heart, Okla.]) 1???-1910, April 01, 1894, Image 16
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4.0
TEE INDIAN ADVOCATE.
TO-DAY.
Lord, for to-morrow and its needs,
I do not pray;
Keep me, my God, from stain of sin
Just for to-day.
Let me both diligently work
And duly pray,
Let me be kind in word and deed,
Just for to-day.
Let me no wrong or idle word
Unthinking say,
Set thou a seal upon my lips,
Just for to-day
Let me in season, Lord, be grave,
In season gay :
Let me bo faithful to Thy grace,
Just for to-day.
And if to-day my tide of life
Should ebb away,
Give me Thy Sacraments Divine,
Sweet Lord, to-day.
In Purgatory's cleansing fires
Brief be my stay;
Oh, bid me if to-day I die,
Go home to-day.
So for to-morrow and its needs
I do not pray;
But keep me, guide me, love me, Lord,
Just for to-day.
The Indian advocate. Sacred Heart, Oklahona April 01, 1894, Image 16
ST. JOSEPH.
St Joseph is the Patron of a happy
death. Rev. Father O'Hare, missionary
in South Africa, relates the following:
"During my residence of twelve years
in Africa, I had charge of a territory as
large as all England. From time to
time I visited my scattered flock. On
one of these tours I lost my way and
wandered about, without having any
idea whence I came or whither I was
going. No trace of a human being
could be seen. It was in the dry season
ond my thirsty ponies could hardly
draw my cart. At last I arrived in an
unknown valley at the farm of a boer.
The land was burned by the heat of the
sun, but I saw a pond near the house.
I presented myself to the farmer, told
him my story and requested permission
to water my horses, which he permitted.
Then I told him that I was a Catholic
priest. I noticed that ho was a Calvin
ist. 'Oh,' said ho, 'that is fortunate;
in the rear of the house there lies a
workman; he is Catholic. Perhaps you
can go to see him.' "
"I hurried there and found a poor
boy with death written on his forehead.
When I told him that I was the Catholic
priest from the district of Cudtshorn,
150 miles away, then the sunken and
pale man raised himself in his bed and
cried out in a tone of genuine thanks:
'0, St. Joseph? I knew you would send
me a priest before my death, who
would assist me in my last hour.'
'What is that about St. Joseph,' I
asked inquisitively. Then the dying
man told me the following: 'When I
was ret a boy at home my good and
pious mother taught me to say every
day, '0, St. Joseph obtain for me the
grace of a happy death.' From that day
on I never omitted that pra3rer a single
day. I made my first Holjr Com
munion when ten years old, served Mass
until my fifteenth, and entered the army
when I was twenty-one. The Zulu war
brought me to Africa. Before leaving
Ireland I went to take leave of my poor
old mother in my uniform. When we
parted she added: 'Do not forget the
little prayer to St. Joseph.' The Zulu
war ended, and my service expired;
I received my honourable discharge, and
stayed in the Colony. The nearest
priest to me lived in Capetown, 500
miles distant. After a time I came to
this Dutch farmer, and am here for
years. Not long ago, I heard that a
priest was at Cudtshorn, 150 miles
away, and although sickly, I went there
that I might again approach the
Sacraments, go to Confession and
receive Holy Communion. When I
arrived at the parsonage, I was told
that you left on your tour, and that you
would return in a month perhaps. I
waited a week, and then returned home.
Yesterday I arrived here, sick unto
death, and now you see to-day St. Joseph
sends me a priest.' "
"I remained over night with him,
prepared him, hoard his confession,
and the next morning gave him the
Holy Viaticum, and shortly afterwards
anointed him, and gave him the last
blessing. Soon after he died, and the
last prayer that fell from his lips was,
'St. Joseph, obtain for me the grace of
a happy death.' "
All hail ! St. Joseph, heavenly bless,
Who with thine arms didst Christ caress,
Give us a share of that pure love
Which brings the soul to God above.
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Feb 8th 1908 Intermountain Catholic
Derry
i 1 Mrs Margaret Thompson a vencia
H j ble and beloved resident of Dirry City
She in her
J 1j died on January 5 was
i f 9Sth year and her recollection went
t < back to the days when Derry was al
l trl most wholly comprised within the
h walled city and the waters of the Foyle
t laved tho amparts towards Ship Quay
and the Strand She saw Roger Demp
sey by his coffin on a cart go to
I Claudy for execution 1815 and the
highwaymen Rainey McQuaid an1
j Acheson swing from the gallows in
it front of the jail in Bishop street She
+ was born in 1S10 and so was five years
old when the star of Bonaparte sank
forcer at Waterloo
Kerry
The Rev Mother Ignatius OConnell
superioress of the Presentation con
vent Castleisland died in the S2d year
of her age and the 56th of her religious
profession
The accidental death of Mr Patri k
Jones an extensive farmer has caused
universal sorrow in Ballylongford and
vicinity
Roscommon
Mrs Jane Stack who has been an
inmate of Roscommon district hospital
1
for over twenty years and was
I mother to the late fever hospital nurse
Mrs OFlynn died on January 3 i at
4 the very advanced age of 102 years
Tipperary
The interment took place recently at
i Clonmel of Mr Dan Mara publican
Old Bridge Clonmel an old and re
L spected citizen who in his young days
I former one of the band of Irish volun
teers that joined the Papal brigade and
took part in the Garibaldian war in
1 L Italy
Li j The death of Mr Thomas Cullinan
lt Ballydine Kilsheelan recalls an excit
Sng incident in the career of Mr Wil
I liam OBrien After Cullinan was
Ir evicted from his holding a big demon
4 1 stration was held in its vicinity For
I the speech made on the occasion Mr
OBrien was brought before R Ms at
J CarrickonSuir and was defended by
1 Mr Healy M P
THOS J dl CONNUR
CALLED BY D DEATH A
Well Known Resident of Park
City and One of Early Gam
ers to Utah Is Dead
Thomas J Connor of Park City died at
6 oclock last evening in the Holy Cross
hospital where he had been a patient for
two weeks He had long been In III
health and last September he Was seized
with an attack of the grip from which
he never recovered
Mr Connor was one of the early com
ers to Utah having arrived in Salt Lake
City with Ills family in 186G Since that
time save for a period of three years
he has beeT a constant resident of this
state t
At the time of his death Mr Connor was
75 years ot age He was a native of
Kerry Ireland He left New York with
his wile and five children for Salt Lake
in 1866 Here the family remained at
that time about six months when they
went on to San Eranclsco where they
I
lived for three years Mr Connor who
was a cousin of General P E Connor
had come to the west to look after min
ing Interests which the general held Gen
eral Connor himself came hither in lhC2
Owing to the fact however that there
was not much activity in the mining in
dustry at that early day Mr Connor
went on to the Pacific coast In ban
Francisco during his three years resi
dence he was employed in the customs
service He returned to Utah and lo
cated at Stockton where he engaged in
the hotel business and mining Twenty
years ago he went to Park City where
until a few months ago he owned and
conducted the Salt Lake hotel commonly
called the Connor house when his
health became so seriously Impaired that
It seemed the part of wisdom to lease
the hotel which he did In August In ad
dition to his hotel business in Park City
Mr Connor was Interested in a general
way in mining but having disposed of
the greater part of his properties it Is
not believed that at the time of his death
his holdings were very material in
amount Mr Connor was ever a man of
peace and therefore took no prominent
part in politics or war
Undoubtedly the death of Mr Connor
was hastened by the passing of his wife
Ellen on March S of last year and of
Thomas F a son on Dec 14 1906 John
F Connor a merchant mining man and
storekeeper at Stockton arrived in the
city last evening a few moments after the
death of his father Mr Connor himself I
arose from a sick bed to answer the sum
mons that called him hither In addition
to the son residing at Stockton there are
three other thlldren Mrs Amy Paxton
of Salt Lake Mrs Ellen Leary of Lake
And Mrs Joseph Lehey of Lehey Wash
A brother of Mr Connor John Con
nor and a sister Mrs May Hayes died
in San Francisco about fifteen years ago
Mr Connor was a member of the
Knights of Columbus of Park City The
funeral will he held Tuesday afternoon
at 2 oclock from ODonnells undertaking
chapel The Catholic service will be ob
served Interment will be in Calvary
cemetery
Chicago Ill Day Book 30th Oct. 1914.
Ex Fire Chief Hugh F Sweeney aged 65 years on Oct 30th 1914 he gives statement at Wilmington, Delaware . In 1872 he was sentenced to 6 years hard labour for manslaughter.
He attended a picnic at Sea Breeze NJ 42 years ago. A man was struck on the head and died from the blow, he knew the man who gave the blow, who was his friend Lewis Legg. Legg did not come forward to save him from jail so he spent his time in
Trenton and got 15 months off for good behaviour. Lewis Legg is now dead. The ex fire chief Sweeney has a brother a priest in Philadelphia and a sister who lives at Chester PA.
Oct 29 1914 News from Chicago Day book.
An undertaker named John O Brien put net across river to catch floaters, already he has caught 14, the last one was murdered.
Six millionaires to milk cows at show, prize leather medal and drink a glass of the milk they extracted and another prize also not mentioned.
Kentucky Irish Paper 10th march 1900, Thomas McDonagh a native of Listowel a shoemaker before the war in Johannesburg, charged with treason.
LIMERICK INDIA
Record details
Name:
John CRIMMIN Event type: Biography Start date: 19 Mar Start year: 1859 End date:
End year: 1945 Biographical notes:
Col, IMS, VC; Who was Who IV p.266; Crawford p.484; b 19 Mar 1859 Knockaney, Limerick - Surg 1882; L/MIL/9/413 f.117
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Source name:
Who was Who IV p.266
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Name:
Richard Lacy EVANS
Event type:
Biography
Start date:
Start year:
1782
End date:
End year:
Biographical notes:
Madras Army; bap 15 Nov 1782, Shanagolden,co Limerick, son of John & Mary Anne L/MIL/9/111 f.556 - Cadet 1800/1
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L/AG/23/10/1-2
Name:
George GRIFFITH
Event type:
Birth
Date:
24 May
Year:
1803
Location:
Limerick
Parents:
John, Lt., H.M.5th Drag.
Notes:
Vet.Surg. 1828
Event type:
Baptism
Date:
29 May
Year:
1803
Location:
Limerick
Parents:
John, Lt., H.M.5th Drag.
Notes:
Vet.Surg. 1828
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L/MIL/9/433 f.120
Name:
Joseph O'HALLORAN
Event type:
Biography
Start date:
13 Aug
Start year:
1763
End date:
3 Nov
End year:
1843
Biographical notes:
Maj-Gen Sir, Bengal Army; Hodson III p.418; Dictionary of National Biography; b 13 Aug 1763 Limerick, 3rd & ygst s of Sylvester, surgeon, & Mary O'Casey; m 1 Dec 1790, Calcutta, Frances BAYLEY (dau of Col Nicholas, of Redhill, Surrey, & neice of Henry, Earl of Uxbridge) N/1/4 f. 101; [She d 23 Jan 1835 Calcutta]; d 3 Nov 1843, 42 Connaught Sq, London
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Source name:
Hodson III p.418
Name:
J. QUINLIVAN
Event type:
Biography
Start date:
Start year:
End date:
21 Sep
End year:
1914
Biographical notes:
QUINLIVAN, Dvr. J., 41972. ''V'' Bty. Royal Horse Artillery. 21st Sept., 1914. Age 29. Son of James and Margaret Quinlivan, of Miltown, Croagh, Co. Limerick. R. C. 30.; Meerut cantonment cemetery
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission register
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Name:
Augustus RUSSELL
Event type:
Biography
Start date:
Start year:
1809
End date:
End year:
1880
Biographical notes:
Madras Army; b 20 Dec 1809 St Michael's pa, Limerick, son of John L/MIL/9/165 ff.39-42 - Cadet 1826; retired 31 Dec 1861, d 6 Jan 1880; m Belinda 25 Apr 1848 (b 18 Mar 1818, d 11 Apr 1899); Belinda Anne Maria b 13 Jul 1859, m 10 Aug 1881
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Name:
Thomas Osborne Mervym Catterson SMITH
Event type:
Biography
Start date:
Start year:
1888
End date:
End year:
Biographical notes:
Indian Army; b 1 Jun 1888 Limerick, s of Joseph, Asst Manager, Guinness Brewery, & Elizabeth (nee McMahon-Cregan); L/MIL/9/306 f.37
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Name:
Jeremiah MORIARTY
Event type:
Birth
Date:
08 May
Year:
1832
Location:
Bruff, co. Limerick
Parents:
James; Bridget Barry
Notes:
Haileybury 1852
Event type:
Baptism
Date:
12 May
Year:
1832
Location:
Bruff, co. Limerick
Parents:
James; Bridget Barry
Notes:
Haileybury 1852
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Ballyloughane School Reunion
29 July 1893 Sacred Heart Review
a recent meeting of the Ardagh (County Limerick) branch of the Irish Federation, Mr. Edmond O'Shea in the chair, resolutions were passed thanking the patriotic electors of north-east Cork for triumphantly returning Mr. William Abraham to Parliamentary ranks; also thanking the electors of Pontefract for their splendid Home Rule victory; and expressing pleasure at the resolute and determined action of the '' Grand Old Man" in paying back Mr. Balfour and that sanctimonious apostle of religion and order — Salisbury —with a drastic dose of closures.
1909 Feb 6th SHR
Rev. T. F. O'Neill, Rev. T. O'Neill and Rev. James O'Neill, three brothers, natives of the County of Limerick, Ireland, who are on the mission in Australia, were recently received in special audience by the Holy Father. His Holiness said he was much pleased to receive at one time three brothers who are giving their services to God in the sacred ministry. A fourth brother was also on the mission in Australia, but he died some time ago
HENNESSY SHR 10-3-1900
Most Rev. John Hennessy, first archbishop of Dubuque, died last Sunday afternoon at his residence in Dubuque, la., aged seventy-four years. In March of last year he was first stricken with partial paralysis of the brain. Although for days at the point of death, he recovered and was well until the evening of Feb. 10, 1900 when he was again stricken. Since then he gradually sank until the end came. Just as death occurred the great bell on the cathedral tolled the notification to the people of the city. Archbishop Hennessy was born in County Limerick, Ire., Aug. 20, 1825. In 1847 he came to America, and was ordained priest Nov. 1, 1860. He was appointed bishop of Dubuque in 1806. He was consecrated Sept.30 of that year by Archbishop Kenrick of St. Louis. His silver jubilee was celebrated in MM. He was made archbishop on Sept. 17, 1893. His life was marked by earnestness and zeal in the cause of the Church. The funeral took place last Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia, who preached the sermon when he. Father Hennessy was
made bishop, and at the silver jubilee, and again when he was made archbishop, pronounced the eulogy.
PURCELL 20 June 1912 SHR
A Catholic Irishman who was foreman of the construction of the Washington Monument died at his home in Washington recently at the age of eighty-eight. Thomas S. Purcell was his name and he was a native of Limerick. He was considered by many the foremost stone-setter in the United States. He was foreman of the construction of Cabin John bridge, which, until a few years ago, was the largest stone arch bridge in the world.
18 Dec 1897
last Sunday evening. Sister Anthony died at the Norwood Orphan Asylum in Cincinnati last week. She was born at Limerick, Ireland, in 1815.
Ellis Island search Wall of Honor
7. Johanna Kennelly Baranigue, Limerick, Ireland 220 Order Panel/Certificate/Photo
4. Ellen Nellie Kennelly McGonigal New Town Sands, Kerry, Ireland 285 Order Panel/Certificate/Photo
Name of Passenger Residence Arrived Age on Arrival Passenger Record Ship Manifest Ship Image
51. Kate Woulfe
Carricker...y 1901 18
83. Maurice Woulfe
Carrie City, Ireland 1912 22
20. John Dillane
Rooska, Ireland 1907 33
49. Patrick Dillane
Rooska, Ireland 1907 21
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Residence
Age
Born*
Arrived
Passenger
Record
Text
Manifest
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Manifest
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tations
Ship
Image
1 Barrett, Edward Ballyine, Ireland 21 1894 1915
6 Ahern, John Ardagh, Co. Limerick, Ireland 32 1888 1920
Ahera, Mary Ardagh, Co. Limerick, Ireland 20 1902 1922
59 Donovan, Thomas Ardagh Co., Limerick, Ireland 20 1901 1921
88 Griffin, Kate Ardagh Newcastle West 30 1875 1905
118 Hogan, Kate Ardagh, Co. Limerick, Ireland 54 1868 1922
131 Kennelly, Florence Ardagh, Co. Limerick, Ireland 20 1904 1924
135 Kennelly, Patrick Ardagh, Limerick, Ireland 22 1902 1924
142 Leane, Elizabeth Ardagh, Limerick, Ireland 12 1912 1924
143 Leane, Martin Ardagh, Limerick, Ireland 45 1879 1924
144 Leane, Timothy Ardagh, Limerick, Ireland 9 1915 1924
158 Lynch, Ellen Ardagh, Co. Limerick, Ireland 21 1900 1921
207 Naughton, Hannie Ardagh, Co. Limerick, Ireland 26 1895 1921
230 O'Donnell, Josephine Ardagh, Limerick, Ireland 17 1906 1923
237 O'Hume, John Ardagh, Co. Limerick, Ireland 21 1885 1906
238 O'Hume, Maggie Ardagh, Co. Limerick, Ireland 19 1887 1906
276 Woods, Nellie Ardagh Lim. 33 1871 1904
54 Condon, Margt. Newcastle West 18 1881 1899
Corbett, Margaret Newcastle West, Ireland 17 1896 1913
111 Dillane, James Newcastle West, Ireland 20 1889 1909
112 Dillane, William Newcastle West, Ireland 32 1880 1912
113 Dillon, Annie Newcastle West, Ireland 28 1879 1907
114 Dillon, Ellen Newcastle West, Co. Limerick, Ireland 37 1885 1922
115 Dillon, Hannah Newcastle West 24 1879 1903
116 Dillon, Lizzie Newcastle West 21 1882 1903
140 Dowling, Agnes Newcastle West, Limerick Co., Ireland 42 1878 1920
141 Dowling, Agnes Newcastle West 24 1881 1905
142 Dowling, James Newcastle West 30 1874 1904
143 Dowling, Maggilt Newcastle West, Ireland 34 1879 1913
144 Dowling, Mary Newcastle West, Ireland 18 1892 1910
145 Dowling, Mary Newcastle West 23 1882 1905
146 Dowling, Nellie Newcastle West, Ireland 21 1887 1908
147 Dowling, Norah Newcastle West 32 1872 1904
135 Dore, Bridget Newcastle West, Ireland 18 1894 1912 view
136 Dore, Michael Newcastle West 27 1877 1904
137 Dore, Nora Newcastle West, Ireland 19 1891 1910
138 Dore, Norah Newcastle West 27 1879 1906
139 Dorr, Maurice Newcastle West
204 Ford, Nora Newcastle West, Ireland 18 1894 1912 view
205 Forde, Minnie Newcastle West, Ireland 20 1888 1908
220 Greaney, Joseph Newcastle West, Ireland 24 1884 1908 view
221 Greaney, Kate Newcastle West, Ireland 20 1887 1907
243 Hartnett, John Newcastle West, Ireland 21 1889 1910
281 Jordan, John Newcastle West 8 1898 1906
282 Jordan, Katherine Newcastle West 37 1869 1906
356 Madigan, Bridget Newcastle West, Ireland 20 1892 1912
357 Madigan, Patrick Newcastle West, Co. Limerick, Ireland 42 1878 1920
488 O'Donohue, John Newcastle West 36 1868 1904
579 Shine, William Newcastle West, Ireland 20 1890 1910
Thomas, Dillane Newcastle West 24 1880 1904
618 Windle, Timothy Newcastle West 20 1885 1905
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Name Events Relationships
Sarah Ford
Pedigree Resource File birth: 26 October 1876 Rooska, New Castle West, Co. Limerick, I
death: 31 March 1953
• father:Cornelius Ford
• mother:Mary Burke
• spouse:John Stack
• child:Mary Theresa Stack
Robert Fitzgerald /De Adair/
Pedigree Resource File birth: 1366 Limerick, Ireland
death: 1445 Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
marriage: 1385 Scotland
• father:Gerald Fitzmaurice /Fitzgerald/;Gerald Fitzmaurice Ii (The Poet) (Earl of Desmond) /Fitzgerald/
• mother:Eleanor /Butler Countess Desmond/;Elinor /Butler/
• spouse:Arabella /Campbell/
• children:Niegello /Adair/, Robert /Adair/
John BUCKLEY
Ancestral File birth: 24 June 1816 , Kerry, , Ireland
death: 24 February 1908 Morona, Clayton, IA
marriage: 1852 , , , Ireland
• father:Buckley
• mother:Buckley
• spouse:Catherine DINEEN
• child:John Henry BUCKLEY
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1833
Mr. Blood went to the houses of many poor farmmers to compel them to go with them. Some of these farmers told me, that they were delighted to hear of their execution; they said so secretly, knowing I would not disclose it: they frequently made them join when they went out at night. Captain Rock (the man Dillane, whom I have alluded to) told me that he had been obliged to threaten to fire at his own men to make them attack a house.
§ What are the means by which they exercise these systems of intimidation over the lower orders?—By going to their houses at night, and swearing them to join, and be ready whenever they may: be called on to take arms or to attack houses. If they refuse, or their wives and families should in any way prevent them, they were formerly carded, but latterly wounded or flogged, or some other punishment inflicted on them
More
He would next read an extract from the evidence of the Rev. Mr. O'Connor, a Roman Catholic Clergyman, a gentleman who had had ample opportunities of making himself acquainted with the peasantry, and who was, perhaps, as well informed concerning their dispositions and habits as any man in the country. Do they endeavour, by force and by intimidation, to obtain what they wish to have done?—They generally first serve a notice, and if that is not obeyed violence follows: this notice is accompanied generally with a picture of a coffin or some emblem of death, and they write, that if they do not do what they require within a certain time, to prepare their coffin.
Leahy
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Letters handed in—
The QUEEN, at the prosecution of District Inspector LOWNDES, R.I.C.,
Complainant.
• JOHN FINUCANE, M.P.,
• DAVID SHEEHY, M.P.,
• JAMES HISHON MORAN,
• THOMAS STUART, and
• WILLIAM LOUDON,
Defendants.
Gentlemen,
I beg to inform you that when this case comes on for hearing at Ballyneety Petty Sessions, on Thursday, the 6th December prox., an application will be made to the presiding Magistrates, on the part of the Prosecution, for an adjournment to such time as may be necessary to enable Messrs. John Finucane, M.P., and David Sheehy, M.P., two of the above-named Defendants, to attend the House of Commons until the Irish Estimates are disposed of, provided that an undertaking be given by those two Defendants to attend on the day finally fixed for the hearing of said Case.
§ It is to be particularly observed that this undertaking of Messrs. Finucane, M.P., and Sheehy, M.P., referred to, will be required, and should be forwarded, so as to reach my office here, previous to Monday 3rd December prox.
§ Dated this 28th day of November, 1888.
§ MAURICE P. LEAHY,
§ Sessional Crown Solicitor,
§ Newcastle West, Co. Limerick.
§ To
§ John Finucane, Esq., M.P., Caherelly, Co. Limerick.
§ David Sheehy, Esq., M.P., 126, Holly Bank, Drumcondra.
§ James Hishon Moran, Esq., Solicitor, Limerick.
§ Thomas Stuart, Limerick.
§ William Loudon, Kilteely, Co. Limerick.
§ The QUEEN, at the prosecution of District Inspector JENNINGS, R.I.C.,
§ Complainant.
§
• JOHN FINUCANE, M.P.,
• DAVID SHEEHY, M.P., and
• JOHN MACINERNEY, P.L.G.,
§ Defendants.
§ Gentlemen,
§ I beg to inform you that when this case comes on for hearning at Castleconnell Petty Sessions, on Monday the 3rd December prox., an application will be made to the presiding Magistrates, on the part of the Prosecution for 814 an adjournment to such time as may be necessary to enable Messrs. John Finucane, M.P., and David Sheehy, M.P., two of the above-named Defendants, to attend the House of Commons until the Irish Estimates are disposed of, provided that an undertaking be given by those two Defendants to attend on the day finally fixed for the hearing of said Case.
§ It is to be particularly observed that this undertaking of Messrs. Finucane, M.P., and Sheehy, M.P., referred to, will be required, and should be forwarded so as to reach my office here, previous to Monday 3rd December prox.
§ Dated this 28th day of November, 1888.
§ MAURICE P. LEAHY,
§ Sessional Crown Solicitor,
§ Newcastle West, Co. Limerick.
§ To
§ John Finucane, Esq., M.P., Caherelly, Co. Limerick.
§ David Sheehy, Esq., M.P., 126, Holly Bank, Drumcondra.
§ John MacInerney, Esq., P.L.G., Meelick, Co. Clare.
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London, Monday. Paper 10 Sept. 1908 , Singleton Argus NSW
A quarrel leading to a riot occurred between Nationalists at Newcastle West, Limerick, on Saturday. Prior to a meeting convened by the United Irish League
in the town, there has been considerable friction between the rural and urban tenants of the Earl of Devon's 'Estate over its impending sale, men from Tournafulla ? say that Mr. O'Brien M-P-, disapproved of the gathering, demolished the platform. Mr. T. M. Kettle. M.P. (Nationalist), who was to be one of the speakers, was thrown down, was cut on the face, and was kicked. Mr. S. L. Gwynn. M.P. Nationalist), was also assaulted. Ultimately, with the aid of the. police, the meeting was enabled to proceed. Mr. Kettle, in the course of his speech, said he doubted the fitness of the people to receive Home Rule. He wanted Home Bole to be the rule of reason and argument
16 Feb. 1912 Albury Banner and Wodonga Express NSW
Under distressing circumstances a boy named William Taylor, son of a labourers, living near Carrigkerry, Ireland, met with a fatal accident. Recently a travelling circus put up at Carrigkerry and young Taylor was particularly struck with the gymnastic performance, with the result that ever since he had been practising at 'tumbling' and other gymnastic exercises. Then he turned his attention to rope walking, rigged a rope across- the yard of his fathers cottage, and attempted rope walking, with the result that he slipped from the rope, and by falling his neck got encircled by it, and he was strangled.
Boat Trip to Australia
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Thursday, June 28th 1849
At 12 O’Clock, moved from our anchorage in Cove Harbour.Weather dark misty with drizzling rain from W.S.W. Wind blowing tolerably fresh.Till last moment we almost expected a countermand to reach the Captain, requiring him to wait for our traitor comrades.But the second boat which had been sent ashore
returned from the post office without producing any change in the Captain’s arrangements for immediate departure.No letters for either O’Dogherty or myself either today or yesterday.Our friends have probably given them all to Meagher or McManus to give us when they should join us on board. It will be in Sidney I suppose that we will receive them.Now. While the ship was moving out of the harbour, O’D and I wrote letters for conveyance to shore by the Pilot.He is an Irishman & a friend of ours.The second day we lay in harbour, he came along side of us upon the Poop & addressed us with "The Lord bless you gentlemen!" And every time he has seen us since, he regards us with a benevolent expression of faith.It was too cloudy and thick to see the harbour, as I had hoped.But I saw enough to feel vexed that we can’t have it for the benefit of the Irish people.
From Tain
Networker of Athea Observer 27-4- 05
Maighread McGrath of Athea has passed away which is a great loss. My father, Tom Culhane, used to correspond with her. I am glad that your editor visited her as I suggested [see photo below], and that he wrote about her in Táin no 22. Ireland is the poorer for her passing.
The Observer (Kerry), 27/4/05, said: "A proud woman from Athea was laid to rest in Kilfergus Cemetery, Glin, on Friday afternoon last 22 April 2005. Maighread McGrath from Colbert Street was over ninety years old and a daughter of the late Dr Philip McGrath whose practice covered a wide area from Athea to Ardagh dispensary. She was a distinguished writer and historian and a true republican. She was a straight talking lady who said what was on her mind without fear or favour. She was possessed of a sharp mind and great intelligence which she used to promote her native Athea to good effect.
"She attended Athea National School until she was 12 years old. She had one sister and one brother. It was on to the Ursuline Convent in Blackrock, Cork for her second level schooling as a boarder. She later went on to do Pharmacy in Mount Street, Dublin, part of Trinity College now. She worked in chemists in Roscrea, Dublin and Athlone. Her hobbies included playing the piano and ballroom and Irish dancing. She loved the Ireland of her youth, doing the usual things of the time such as hunting the wren, bathing in the river Galley, story-telling and folklore.
"The history she learned at school made a big impression on her and she had great respect for Con Colbert and Paddy Dalton who gave their lives for Irish freedom. She also had praise for Athea's Cumann Na mBan's work during the days of the Black and Tans. She recalled a visit of Countess Constance Markiewicz to Athea after the 1916 Rebellion to pay tribute to Con Colbert. She gave up working to look after her parents and returned to Athea where she got involved in village life.
"Maighread contributed articles over the years to local journals which were well researched and made enjoyable reading. A great collector of rare books, journals, magazines, her house was a treasure trove of information and a dream place for researchers to visit. The archive of material she has written and collected over the years should be preserved if possible and housed somewhere in Athea.
"Maighread always had a great welcome for visitors and I recall my visits to her house at the top of the lane with fondness. My last visit to her was in Cahermoyle Nursing Home at the end of January. She was in good form that day and was asking about everybody in Carrigkerry and Athea." There was a similar obit in Kerry Eye.
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Land League Sheehy 24 May 1881
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—or a clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. If Mr. Sheehy had been a layman, he would undoubtedly have been arrested before he was. We know very well that there are reasons why we should be very careful—why any Government should be careful—before arresting a clergyman. There is a difficulty as regards their flocks in dealing with clergymen; but there is also a habit of using strong language which is not, perhaps, confined solely to clergymen of the Roman Catholic Church, and which requires some forbearance on the part of the Government. But I may state at once that the immediate cause of the arrest of Father Sheehy is stated in the Warrant. He was reasonably suspected of having been guilty as partici- 1241 pator in a crime punishable by law—that is, assembling with others and unlawfully attempting, by threats and menaces, to compel divers of Her Majesty's subjects to quit their lawful employment. I cannot give the detailed grounds on which the arrest was made. [A laugh.] Hon. Members laugh, but they know perfectly well what would be the effect of giving those details. The persons concerned would either have to leave the country, or their lives would not be worth 24 hours' purchase. But I will state what I can state in reference to the speeches of Father Sheehy, and which might themselves have warranted his arrest. My only reluctance in referring to these speeches is due to the fact that we may fairly lay ourselves open to the charge that we ought to have arrested him sooner than we did. I must occupy the House as shortly as I can; but here is a speech made at Feenagh, in County Limerick on April 3. On that occasion Father Sheehy produced a writ which he held up to the gaze of the people, who groaned heartily. He then said— This writ has been issued against a man named Connor, in a place called Bargavan, within the jurisdiction of the Castle Mahon branch of the Land League; and being asked for advice as to what course should be pursued by Connor now that this has been served, I say to Connor and Connor's neighbours—'Fight this battle to the bitter end. Force Lord Guillamore to bring the sheriff, and ask the neighbours not to be absent on the occasion, and by their moral support, and in every way by their influence on the occasion, to save Connor from any injurious consequences resulting from his manly attitude.' [Mr. HEALY: Is that all?] Is that all! It is enough. Now, I will state what was the consequence of Father Sheehy's advice. The speech I have quoted is one of a great number of speeches of the same kind, and we must bear in mind not merely the violence of the language used, but whether the language results in violence. On the next day, Mr. Collett, Lord Guillamore's agent, was serving writs with the bailiff and two constables when he was set upon by a mob, who stripped him of nearly all his clothes, and his bailiff of absolutely all, and beat the latter. Next day, while Mr. Collett was leaving by train, under the protection of the constabulary, at Newcastle Railway Station, another mob attacked him and smashed the railway carriage with stones, Mr. Collett being nearly killed. That was the way in which, 1242 following Father Sheehy's advice, these people assembled together and used their moral influence against the execution of the law; and I do not think that there is anyone who examines the language of Father Sheehy in regard to the assembling of the neighbours who will wonder when I say that I reasonably suspect Father Sheehy of expecting that that would be done. There is another speech I will read, delivered by the Rev. Father Sheehy at Athea, County Limerick, on May 1, 1881— The Land League pledges those who are loyal to its principles, under every instance where a solid reduction is not made by the landlord, to force him to collect his rent at the point of the bayonet, to force the emergency men to come up from Dublin, and the sub-sheriff to come out from his comfortable quarters, and the Royal Irish to trudge from their barracks, the hotel-keepers and car-owners taking care to 'Boycott' them, and so forcing them, at last, to reach the homestead where the rack-rent is to be collected. Now, if this be done, as I hope it will be done, it will take these misguiders of landlordism a much longer time than that which is to be numbered by the number of days within six to collect the current gale; and when the gale is collected, they will have to repeat the same operations next September and next March. What does that mean?
Glensharrold Tenantry, County Cork.
HC Deb 23 March 1911 vol 23 c766W 766W
Mr. SHEEHAN MP
asked the Chief Secretary whether he is aware that on the 3rd July, 1907, Mr. P. J. Ahern gave evidence relative to the congestion prevalent in Glensharrold rural district before the Royal Commission on Congestion sitting on that date at Listowel; and whether, having regard to the nature of such testimony and the poverty-stricken condition of the bulk of the Glensharrold tenantry, who are only small holders, the Congested Districts Board will give effect to Mr. Ahern's evidence by acquiring the property and scheduling it as a congested area?
Mr. BIRRELL
The petition referred to does not appear to have been received by either the Congested Districts Board or the Estates Commissioners. The estate referred to is not pending for sale under the Land Purchase Acts before the Estates; Commissioners. The lands are situate in a county in respect of which the Congested Districts Board have not any powers, and they cannot, therefore, acquire the property. They have no power to make any addition to the congested district counties.
TREATY OF LIMERICK.
HC Deb 06 March 1828 vol 18 cc990-1019 990
Sir Henry Parnell
rose, pursuant to notice, to move "that a Copy of the Treaty of Limerick be laid upon the table." Many petitions had, he said, been presented in the course of the present session from the Roman Catholics of Ireland, in which they prayed for a restoration of the civil privileges of which they had been deprived on account of their religious opinions.
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Mr. W. Smith O'Brien
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reminded hon. Members that if the officer were not allowed to use his discretion, oil casks might be used, which would render the water very unpleasant if not unhealthy. He was aware that many vessels left Limerick last season with emigrants, and all water on board of them was contained in oil casks.
Mr. W. Smith O'Brien
knew that out of 2,500 poor emigrants who left Limerick last year, 500 died on the passage. Vessels had set sail for America in a state not fit to cross the channel to England, the proof of which was that from the third day after their departure the pumps were obliged to be kept going all the voyage.
Mr. Roebuck
believed that the loss of life was caused rather by the ships being unseaworthy than by the want of provisions on the voyage. He must add that precautions were necessary, for last year there were 30,000 emigrants (for the most part quite destitute) sent out to Canada without any supplies to keep them from starving during the five or six months that the country was bound up in frost and snow.
Mr. Clay
submitted that the example of the East-India Company (with respect to the systematic inspection to which their ships were subjected previous to a voyage) was the best that could be followed in the present case. The happy effects of this course was that the Company's insurance did not amount to one-sixth of the ordinary rates, for no ship of theirs was allowed to sail unless first approved sea-worthy. Their ship-stores never spoiled or afforded subject of complaint; in fact, no bad provisions were offered to their vessels, for it was well known that they would previously be inspected. If emigrant vessels were compelled to adopt similar salutary arrangements, they would no longer hear the just complaints of poor passengers respecting the deficient quantity or deteriorated quality of their provisions.
Bomb Explosions (County Limerick).
HC Deb 30 December 1912 vol 46 c37 37
66. Captain CRAIG
asked whether the right hon. Gentleman is aware that within the past month two explosions have taken place outside the house of Mrs. Norah O'Shaughnessy, in Newcastle West, County Limerick, which explosions were caused by bombs constructed out of the box of a cart wheel filled with gunpowder; whether he is aware that the motive for these out rages is that Mrs. O'Shaughnessy has bought premises in Newcastle which are claimed by another person; that Mrs. O'Shaughnessy was summoned some time ago to appear before the local branch of the United Irish League, and refused to do so; and will he say what special protection is being afforded to Mrs. O'Shaughnessy?
Mr. BIRRELL
I am aware that two explosions occurred as stated, one at the residence of Mrs. O'Shaughnessy outside the town, and the other at her business premises in Newcastle West, but on neither occasion was much damage done. I can make no statement as to the motive for these occurrences, which can only be a matter of opinion. Mrs. O'Shaughnessy received a notice of the nature referred to, but declined to attend the meeting as requested. All necessary protection is being afforded to Mrs. O'Shaughnessy.
NEWCASTLE WEST (LIMERICK) CREAMERY.
HC Deb 15 June 1899 vol 72 c1193 1193
MR. AUSTIN(Limerick, W.)
I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if steps will be taken by the Local Government Board to enforce the provisions of Section 3 of the Public Health (Amendment) Act, 1890 in Newcastle West, county Limerick, so as to abate the nuisance created by the washings and rancid scourings of the local creamery pouring into the main sewer of the town, which is held to be dangerous to health.
MR. G. W. BALFOUR
The newly elected Rural District Council has been urged by the Local Government Board to adopt Part 3 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act of 1890, but it has declined to do so. The Local Government Board have no power to compel a sanitary authority to adopt this section of the Act, but if the Board receive a complaint under Section 15 of the Public Health Act of 1896, they will cause a local inquiry to be held into the matter.
23 Feb 1891
Q
MR. WILLIAM ABRAHAM (Limerick, W.)
I beg to ask the Chief 1377 Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his attention has been called, by resolution of the Newcastle West and Glin Boards of Guardians, to the destitution prevailing among the labourers and small farmers in the west of County Limerick; if he has caused inquiries to be made; and whether any relief works are in contemplation?
MR. A J. BALFOUR
The condition of the district in the west of County Limerick referred to is receiving attention. As regards Newcastle Union, the Guardians have been authorised to afford relief in fuel should they deem such a course necessary.
March 6 1912 Question
Mr. O'SHAUGHNESSY
asked the Chief Secretary whether he is aware that the James Benson, of Ballyloughane, Newcastle West, county Limerick, who was refused an old age pension by the Local Government Board on appeal by the pension officer on the ground that his age in the Census Return of 1851 was five years is not the same person as the applicant for the pension; that applicant's father was a labourer, whereas in the Census of 1851 James Benson's father was a farmer; and that applicant was the oldest child of his family, whereas in the Census James Benson is given as the second child; and whether, having regard to the fact that old people in the locality certified that applicant was over seventy years of age, he will direct the pension officer to inquire personally into the case, and interview the applicant with the view to getting the true facts of the case.
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Mr. BIRRELL
The statements contained in the question were brought under the notice of the Local Government Board at the time when the claim was being determined, but as the claimant was unable to furnish sufficient evidence of age the Board disallowed the appeal. The Board have have no power to re-open consideration of the case or to give directions to the pension officer, as suggested by the hon. Member.
Windsor Richmond Gazette NSW 21 June 1913
In the Will of JOHANNA LANE late of Rooska Newcastle West in the County, of Limerick Ireland, Widow deceased. APPLICATION will be made after fourteen days from the publication hereof that Probate of the last Will and Testament of the above named deceased may be granted to RORERT BRUCE WALKER of Windsor Solicitor the duly appointed Attorney of Timothy Lane the Sole Executor named in the said Will and all persons having any claim against the Estate of the said deceased are hereby required to send in particulars of the same to the undersigned at whose offices all notices may be served. WM. WALKER AND SON, Proctors, Windsor. Agent :CHARLES A. .WALKER, 113 Pitt Street, Sydney
Wrenboys 2
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Con Greaney Nancy Hogan’s Goose
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SCHOOL
Ballyloughane First Communion
Sheila Kelly, Essie Heffernan, Florrie Downes, Ita Broder, Mai Downes, Ann Kilmartin, Nan Connors, Peg Kilmartin, Nancy Lee, Lena Barrett, Nora Connor, photo from 1950
From Otaga Times 8 January 1914.
NEW ZEALAND.-IN THE ESTATE OF DENIS WOLFE (Deceased). WALSH (formerly SULLIVAN).—WiII, Elizabeth (called Betsy) Walsh (formerly Sullivan), of Rooska, Newcastle, West Limerick, Ireland, or, if she be deceased, then her Next-of-kin, Communicate with the Under signed before the Ist day of MAY, 1914. T. W. Garrctt. Registrar of Probates, Sydney, N.S.W.
NZ Tablet 1 Dec. 1889
LIMERICK.— SaIe Of Land.— The McNamara estates, at Carrigkerry, in the barony of Shanid, County Limerick, midway between Glin and Newcastle West, and at Cragroe, in the barony of Tulla "Upper, in County Clare, are to be sold under the purchase clauses of the Land Act to the tenants. Both properties contain 1,000 acres, 760 of which are in the County of Limerick. The land is of a poor nature, and consists of a good share of reclaimed bogland.
On Strike. The masons, stone-cutters, and labourers working on the new county courthouse being erected in Cookstown, struck for an increase of wages recently, of one shilling per day for the masons and sixpence per day for the labourers, which would mean a weekly wage of 21s and 15s respectively.
NZ Herald March 20 1879.
Death of Matt Dillon aged 79 years of Limerick, died at West Queens Street, he was the first man in Auckland to manufacture spices. Came to the colony 32 years ago in ship George Seymour, was in active service in Spain in 1835 under Sir de Lacey Evens. Retired from the 29th Regiment on pension.
March1944; OBITUARY
MOTHER MARY GABRIEL O'KENNEDY.
The death is reported by the Press Association from Hokitika of Mother Mary Gabriel O'Kennedy, the oldest survivor of the original foundation of the Sisters of Mercy on the West Coast. She was-in her 94th year. She came from County Limerick, and for 64 years worked at Hokitika. She was one of the best known and most esteemed members of her order.
April 1874;
DEATH OF THE O'GRADY.
The Times records the death of the head of one of those ancient "septs "or clans of Ireland which claim Milesian descent far more venerable and illustrious that) of any of the members of the Irish peerage, except, perhaps, the O'Briens, representatives as they are of the Princes and Kings of Thomond we refer to the O'Grady, of Kilballyowen, in the county of Limerick, who died a few days since, at the age of fifty-s even. The late William de Courcy O'Grady, was the eldest son of the O'Grady," J.P. and D.L., and formerly High Sheriff of the County of Limerick, who died in 1862. He was born in the year 1816, and was educated at Westminister and at Trinity College, Dublin, where he took the usual degrees, and was called to the Irish Bar in 1840. He married, in 1851, Anne Grogan, of County Wexford, by whom he had, with other children, a son, Thomas DeCourcy, born in 1811, who now becomes the O'Grady .According to Sir Bernard Burke, the Milesian family of O'Grady is one of the most ancient in the far west of Ireland from the Freeman's Journal.'
NZ Herald 18 Oct 1909
[BY TELEGRAPH.PRESS ASSOCIATION.]
Napier, Saturday. A fatal fire occurred at Riverside, Clive, early this morning, the victim being Patrick Keys,' woolclasser, an unmarried man, about 34. Deceased's mother, Mrs. Bridget Keys, was awakened by hearing her son call j out, and though she tried to reach his room was beaten back by the flames.; Help was summoned, but the room by this time was a seething mass of flame, and rescue was hopeless. Nearly everything in the house was destroyed. Mrs. Keys was severely scorched. Patrick Keys' body was discovered amongst the debris of the fire on Sunday. An inquest was held at West Clive today touching the death of Patrick Keys, who was a native of, County v Limerick,. Ireland. The Coroner returned-a verdict that deceased, met 'his death through being accidentally died in the fire, there, being no disclosed origin of the fire. "-It appeared from the evidence that deceased and a brother had a section at Waimarama, and were on a visit to Clive, staying with their mother. Deceased had two or three drinks during the day, but was perfectly; sober when he retired on the night.
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Ballinloughane NS 100 Year old celebrations in 1962.
Ballyine Shrine 1962.
They were filmed in Cine Camera by Jerry McMahon , Ardagh, local photographer and historian.
No sound.
The Spelling is Ballyloughane, Ballinahane but the official spelling of the townland is Ballinloughane.
The official postal address where the school is situated is Ballyine.
Ballyloughane N.S. Re-union.
Sunday 3rd of November 2013
To mark the 150th Anniversary of the opening of Ballyloughane on the 11th of May 1863 a re-union event will be held in the Devon Inn on Sunday 3rd of November at 3.00pm.
This promises to be a great social event in the year of The Gathering with an opportunity to renew acquaintance with former classmates, friends and neighbours.
This invitation is extended to you and other members of your family who have been students of Ballyloughane.
This invitation is also extended to you who are descendents and relatives of pupils who attended Ballyloughane.
To help us plan a successful event it would be helpful if you could indicate how many persons you think will be able to attend on the afternoon by noting this on the detachable end of this page which we ask you to return to any members of the Committee or text such information to 086 8539297, preferably by Sunday 20th of October.
Please also check on our Facebook Page Ballyloughane NS for further updates and also on The Gathering website.
We the organizers would appreciate articles, and photos, for a booklet we are publishing to mark the contribution the school made to education in the area.
Thank You.
Jim Ahern, Davy Dillane, Tom Dillane, Peggy (Hennessy) Geoghegan, Essie (Heffernan) Murphy, Jody Heffernan, Kathleen (Lee) Nugent, Stephen Nugent and John O’Sullivan
Detach Here and Return by Sunday 20th of October.
Ballyloughane NS Re-Union Social.
I estimate that approximately __________ persons will be attending the event in the Carrigkerry Community Centre on Sunday 3rd of November.
Ballinloughane NS 1967
Kneeling at Front:
John O'Neill, Tony O'Sullivan, John O'Sullivan, Patrick O'Connor, Tom O'Connor, Liam O'Sullivan, Seamus Upton, Muiris Hurley, Liam Upton, Vincent McCoy, Donal McCoy, George Ahern, Joe Downes, Pat Harnett, Mike Hennessy, Pa Hennessy.
Second Row:
Gerard McCoy, Denis Dillane, Mike O'Neill, Kathleen McCoy, Bernie Upton, Patricia Downes, Bernie Shine, Eilis O'Neill, Mary Kennedy, Mary Ahern, Anne O'Sullivan, Cora O'Neill, Ann McCarthy, Helen Riordan, Assumpta Harnett, Ann Downes, Donal Hennessy, Liam McCoy,
Third Row:
A N Other, John Mulcahy, Teresa Upton, Mary McCarthy, Norma Keane, Betty Mulcahy, Mike Mulcahy, Eamon O'Neill, Christy O'Dwyer, Kathleen Hayes, Ursula McCoy, Martha Harnett, Nan Shine, Kathleen Upton, Paddy Barry, Mike Downes.
Forth Row:
Toss Keane, John Hennessy, Marion Shine, Mary Keane, Gabriel Harnett, Kathleen Downes, Breda McCoy, Mary O'Dwyer, Denis Hayes, Willie O'Dwyer, Jeremiah Dillane.
Back Row;
Niall Keane, Mossy Barry, Pat Downes, Bernard McCoy, Liam Downes, Seanie O'Dwyer.
Third Row A N Other is either Tom Hennessy, Joe Woulfe, Davy Dillane, Jody McCarthy, John McCarthy or Timmy McCoy. ????
On that day in 1967 there were 70 pupils on the roll book.
Ballyloughane NS
September 19
We hoping to have a school reunion on a sunny Sunday afternoon early in the month of November.
We have no time to lose.
We would like you to help us by sending us in photos of your time in Ballyloughane, of your parents, grandparents, etc time.
If anyone has any photos or newspaper articles from the time of the 100 Year celebrations in 1962 please forward them to any of the committee members.
Also welcome would be the roll books from 1862 to 1900.
We would also welcome you to write in and tell us of your memories, of your parents memories of the school days in Ballyloughane.
You may scan in the photos with a scanner or smartphone and EMail them to jposit@gmail.com
Please contact your relatives that are away/abroad and let them know of our plans for an afternoon of chat and tea drinking.
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MURPHY: Admiralty: Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services. General series to 1907. Name Murphy, John. Official Number: 205374. Place of Birth: Ardagh, Limerick. Date of Birth: 11 April 1884.
Reference:
ADM 188/357/205374
Description:
Name Murphy, John
Official Number: 205374
Place of Birth: Ardagh, Limerick
Date of Birth: 11 April 1884
Date:
[1899]Held by: The National Archives, Kew. Former references:
in its original department: Vol No.205-1 Legal status: Public Record
MURPHY: Admiralty: Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services. General series to 1907. Name Murphy, Joseph. Official Number: 219573. Place of Birth: Newcastle West, Limerick. Date of Birth: 25 March 1885.
Collection: Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
Date range: 01 January 1902 - 31 December 1902
Reference: ADM 188/386/219573
Subjects: Armed Forces (General), Navy
Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers. Will of Margaret Langan, Spinster of Ardagh , Limerick.
Collection: Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Date range: 18 February 1845 - 18 February 1845
Reference: PROB 11/2012/280
Subjects: Wills and probate
SULLIVAN Athea
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Royal Naval Reserve Ratings' Records of Service (Microfiche Copies). Name O'Sullivan, Patrick. Place of Birth: Athea, County Limerick. Number: SD 2729. Date of Birth: 01 March 1868.
Collection: Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies
Date range: 01 January 1908 - 31 December 1955
Reference: BT 377/7/95195
Subjects: Merchant seaman, Navy
O BRIEN: Admiralty: Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services. Miscellaneous. Name O'Brien, Edmond. Official Number: M5266. Place of Birth: Athea, Limerick. Date of Birth: 17 July 1894.
Collection: Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
Date range: 01 January 1912 - 31 December 1912
Reference: ADM 188/1028/5266
Subjects: Armed Forces (General), Navy
QUAIDE: Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers Service Documents. 1900-1913: misfiled discharge papers, arranged by range of surname. (WO 97/6323-6354). David Quaide of Athea, Newcastlewest, Limerick (Service No. 3411).
Collection: Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies
Date range: 01 January 1900 - 31 December 1913
Reference: WO 97/6354/10
Subjects :Armed Forces (General), Army
FITZGIBBON: Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Royal Naval Reserve Ratings' Records of Service (Microfiche Copies). Name Fitzgibbon, John. Place of Birth: Newcastle West, County Limerick. Number: WTS 92. Date of Birth: 17 March 1891.
Collection: Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies
Date range: 01 January 1908 - 31 December 1955
Reference: BT 377/7/127005
Subjects: Merchant seaman, Navy
WREN: Admiralty: Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services. Stokers. Name Wrenn, Patrick. Official Number: K61768. Place of Birth: Newcastle, West Limerick. Date of Birth: 22 May 1900.
Collection: Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
Date range: 01 January 1923 - 31 December 1923
Reference: ADM 188/984/61768
Subjects: Armed Forces (General), Navy
FLAHERTY: Admiralty: Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services. General series to 1907. Name O'Flaherty, Daniel. Official Number: 236540. Place of Birth: Newcastle West, Limerick. Date of Birth: 15 January 1889.
Collection: Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
Date range: 01 January 1906 - 31 December 1906
Reference:ADM 188/420/236540
Subjects:Armed Forces (General), Navy
QUINLAN: Admiralty: Royal Navy Continuous Service Engagement Books. C.S. NUMBERS. Name Quinlan, Thomas. Place of Birth: Newcastle West Limerick, Ireland. Continuous Service Number: 19836. Date of Volunteering: 22 March 1855. Date of Birth: 01 March 1841.
Collection: Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
Date range: 01 January 1853 - 31 December 1872
Reference: ADM 139/199/19836
Subjects: Armed Forces (General), Navy, Labour
KING: War Office: Women's (later Queen Mary's) Army Auxiliary Corps: Service Records, First World War (Microfilm Copies). Record for King, Katie. Place of Birth: Newcastle West, Limerick. Date of Birth: 19 May 1891.
Collection: Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies
Date range: 01 January 1917 - 31 December 1920
Reference: WO 398/128/19
Subjects: Armed Forces (General), Army, Operations, battles and campaigns, Conflict
POWER: Admiralty: Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services. General series to 1907. Name Power, John Joseph. Official Number: 183387. Place of Birth: Newcastle West, Limerick. Date of Birth: 21 July 1879.
Collection: Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
Date range: 01 January 1895 - 31 December 1895
Reference: ADM 188/307/183387
Subjects: Armed Forces (General), Navy
REGAN: Admiralty: Royal Navy Continuous Service Engagement Books. C.S. NUMBERS. Name Regan, Jeremiah. Place of Birth: Newcastle West, Limerick. Continuous Service Number: 5249. Date of Volunteering: 16 September 1853. Date of Birth: 21 March 1836.
Collection: Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
Date range: 01 January 1853 - 31 December 1872
Reference: ADM 139/53/5249
Subjects: Armed Forces (General), Navy, Labour
AMBROSE RYAN: Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Index of First World War Mercantile Marine Medals and the British War Medal. Medal Card of Ambrose-Ryan, Thomas. Place of Birth: Newcastle West, Limerick. Date of Birth: 1860.
Collection: Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies
Date range: 01 January 1914 - 31 December 1925
Reference: BT 351/1/2705
Subjects: Medals, Merchant seaman, Operations, battles and campaigns, Conflict
BROWN: Admiralty: Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services. Registers. Name Brown, John Lawrence. Official Number: 140883. Place of Birth: Newcastle West, Limerick, Ireland. Date of Birth: 31 October 1870.
Collection: Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies
Date range: 01 January 1887 - 31 December 1887
Reference: ADM 188/196/140883
1863 Dillane Kilmallock
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KELLY GANG
Taranaki Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3480, 13 July 1880, Page 2
DEATH OF THE PLATELAYER. In the outhouse, or kitchen, immediately behind the main building, the old man, Martin Cherry, who was one of the prisoners of the gang, and who was so severely wounded that he could not leave the house when the other prisoners left, was found still living, but in articled mortis, from a wound in the groin. He was promptly removed to a short distance from the burning hotel, and laid on the ground, when Father Tierney administered to him the last sacrament. Cherry was insensible, and barely alive. He had evidently suffered much during the day, and death released him. He was born at Limerick, Ireland, and was 6O years old. It was fortunate that he was not burned alive. Cherry, who was unmarried, was an old resident in the district, and was employed as a plate-layer, and resided .about a mile from Glenrowan. He is said by all who knew him to have been shot by the attacking force, of course unintentionally.
Taranaki Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 2564, 11 July 1877, Page 2
THE LATE MINING ACCLDENT.
AT KUMARA. We take the following- from the Auckland 7 July 1877: About tea-time on Friday the earth fell upon four men, in a claim on the lead. Their names wore Quinlivan, Kelly, Riley, and Cooney. Quinlivan was extricated at 3 o'clock on Saturday morning 1 Kelly at a quarter past 9 on Saturday night, and Riley at a quarter to 5 on Sunday morning. Cooney will not be got out till to-morrow (Monday), as a fall of earth has taken place to-day (Sunday). Quinlivan has been taken to the Hokitka Hospital, and is likely to recover rapidly. Kelly, upon being rescued, was conveyed to the local hospital ward, where his clothes were cut from him, and he was examined by Dr. Featherstonhaugh, under his direction
efforts were made to restore animation to the lower limbs, which were entirely benumbed. No bones had been broken. Hot bricks and fomentations were applied, but in vain, and he died at about a quarter to nine in the morning. The Rev. Father McCaughhey administered the last riles of the Roman Church to him. He was conscious to within ten minutes of his death, and conversed freely as to the cause of the accident. He said the four men were working in the face, and were about to knock off for the night, when Kelly struck out a dog (an iron support, which is used temporarily before permanent timbering). At the first stroke, five sots" of timbers gave way, and the earth came in "like a shot from a gun." There had been five men in the claim, but one left about a week ago. It was very poor, not giving the men tucker," and the owner had determined to give it up after this washing. Kelly and Riley were from Limerick, and Cooney from Clare. Quinlivan's sister is married to Cooney, who leaves one child, and Mrs. Cooney is expecting another. Kelly has a brother in Otago. He and his mates are all spoken highly of as steady, industrious men. He was a teetotaller and steadily refused to take brandy when ordered by the doctor. At the last, in obedience to the priest, he took a couple of teaspoonfuls, which did not stay on his stomach. At 11 o'clock last night there was every hope of his recovery, but the strain upon his system, of 28 hours' suspended animation of the lower limbs, proved fatal. His right hand held a pick all the time, and was much swollen. His left hand had been free, and with it he had to keep the earth from his face. His ankles and shins are considerably bruised, but though the skin had been broken, no blood had flowed. When the hot-water bottles were applied, he said, That's the style, my boys," and declared that he could perceive the warmth. Dr. Dermott, of Hokitika, was sent for, and saw him about half past six this morning, when he was pulse less and dying. A subscription will probably be started on behalf of Cooney widow, who is left unprovided for.
25th Sept 1941 Catholic Press NSW
BROADMEADOW. The death occurred recently of Mr. Michael Mullane, at the age of 80. He was a native of County Limerick, Ireland. He was an officer in the police force for many years, and' retired 21 years ago. He was stationed at Lambton., Hamilton and Broad meadow districts for more than 30 years. Requiem Mass was celebrated at St. - Laurence's Church by Rev. Father J. Walsh for the repose of his soul. Officers and men of the police force, including Inspector Duckworth and retired policemen, attended his funeral. Chief mourners were the widow, two sons (Harold and Harry), a. daughter (Ann), and Mr. Sheehy (cousin), a former sergeant of police. Pall bearers were Constables Hurtz' and Griffiths, ex-sergeants Woods and Chandler. Nurse M. Mullane, a daughter, is abroad with the A.I.F. Rev. Father Walsh officiated at ' Sandgate.— R.I.P.MULLANE
BROTHER DIES AT SPEECH NIGHT
BRISBANE. November 10. 1947 While hundreds of boys and parents were at tending Nudgee College speech night to-night a 75-year-old Brother of the school collapsed and died. He was Brother James Francis j O'Brien. Bursar a( the school for the past seven years. While walking from the College to the oval, where speech night was being held in the open for the first time. Brother O'Brien had a heart attack. He was assisted inside by fellow Brothers and Priests, one of whom ad ministered the last rites before he died. Born in 1872 in County Limerick. Ireland, Brother O'Brien had taught in Christian Brothers schools in Queensland for 50 years. He was superior at schools at Charters Towers. Rockhampton and Ipswich. and also at North Melbourne and Adelaide.
THE PRESIDENTS "IDEAL CITIZEN"
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San Francisco Call 5 Feb 1905
BEGINNING as a newsboy, William F. Downey of Washington, D. C, has lived to hear himself publicly pronounced "the ideal American citizen" by the President of the United States.
He Is William F. Downey, a Washington Disciple of "Simple Life" Wagner.
A disciple of the "simple life" and a true citizen, Mr. Downey has not only managed to accumulate a comfortable share of wealth, but has also ' founded a charity of large proportions ! — of which the public was in ignorance until President Roosevelt in introducing "Pastor" Charles Wagner referred to it and to him as "an ideal citizen." This man, whom the President could not forbear giving the highest praise as a citizen and as a man, drifted to Washington with the Fourteenth New York Volunteers in the early days of j the Civil War. He had been born in j County Limerick, Ireland, in 1844, and came to this country with his parent • when but five years old. He was scarcely 15 years old when he arrived at Washington, but he had $4 in hit pocket, the result of running errands for the soldiers. With this and indomitable pluck and perseverance young Downey began his work by selling war-time "extras." From a newsboy he became a public hackman, driving not for himself, but for others. From this beginning he saved money and became the owner of hacks, and to-day is one of the wealthiest liverymen in the District of Columbia. This is President Roosevelt's own description of the good works of Mr. Downey:
"As an example of what can be done and should be done by the individual citizen, I shall mention something that recently occurred in this city of Washington, a thing that doubtless many of you know about, but which was unknown to me until recently. A few weeks ago, when I was walking back from church one Sunday, I noticed a great fire, and found that it was Downey's livery stable. "I had long known of the very admirable work done, with a singular modesty and self-effacement, by Mr. Downey in trying to give homes to the homeless, to be himself a friend of those in a peculiar sense friendless ; in this community, and I by accident i found out what had happened in connection with this particular incident. It appears that last spring Mr. Downey started to build a new livery stable; the stable is next door to a colored Baptist church. Mr. Downey is a white man and a Catholic, and these neighbours of his are colored men and Baptists, but there is between them a kinship of that broad humanity that should underlie all our t feelings toward one another. "Mr. Downey started to build his ; stable, and naturally wanted to have ;it as big a stable as possible and build it right up to the limits of his land. That brought the wall close
up against the back of the colored Baptist church, cutting out the light and air. The preacher called upon him and told him that he would like to purchase a strip, six feet broad, of Mr. Downey'! ground, upon which he was intending to build, as it would be a great Inconvenience to them to lose the light and air; that they were aware it was asking a great deal of him to cramp the building out of which he intended to make his livelihood, but that they hoped he would do it because of their need. After a great deal of thought Mr. Downey came to the conclusion that he ought to grant their request, and so he notified them that he would change his plans, make a somewhat smaller building and sell them the six feet of land in the strip adjoining the church. "After a little while the preacher came around with the trustees of his church and said they very much appreciated Mr. Downey's courtesy, and were sorry they had bothered him as they had, because in looking into the affairs of the church they found, as they were already in debt, they did not feel warranted in incurring any further financial obligations, and so they had to withdraw their request. They thanked him for his kindly purpose and said good-by.
"But Mr. Downey found he could not get to sleep that night, until finally he made up his mind that as they could not buy it he would give it to them anyway, which he did. But, unfortunately, we know that the tower of Siloam often falls upon the just and the unjust alike, and Mr. Downey's livery stable caught fire and burned down. It was Sunday morning and the Baptist church was in session next door to him, and the clergyman stopped and said: " 'Now, you women stay here and pray, and you men go straight out and help our benefactor, Mr. Downey.' "And go oat they did and got his horses oat so that none of them were burned, although he suffered otherwise a total loss. "Now, I call that a practical application of Mr. Wagner's teachings. Here in Washington we have a right to be proud of a citizen like Mr. Downey, and if only we can develop enough such citizens we shall turn out just the kind of community that does not need to but always will be glad to study 'The Simple Life.' " Mr. Downey was not in the great audience of social, official and diplomatic Washington when the President was sounding his praises. Instead, he was superintending the
"Good Samaritan Home," a home for the homeless and friendless, which he has established and conducted since 1895. Mr. Downey pays all the bills of the home. During that time he has cared for, fed and clothed and secured employment for more than 5000 persons. . "We are living in the most advanced country in civilization and Christianity in the whole world." Mr. Downey said to the New York World correspondent, "yet we find in every municipality throughout this broad land rigid laws against the destitute and unemployed workingman who has not friends or money to secure food or shelter. When he is found stranded it may be his fault or his misfortune, after seeking 1 employment, maybe, In hundreds of places. He Is a stranger. His appearance is haggard and his clothes may be untidy. Nobody wants him. He is thus forced to the choice of four things or alternatives — to beg, to starve, to steal or to commit suicide. "The Judge may ask him If he has anything to say, but the poor man admits he was begging, as he could not find employment and had no money to procure food or shelter. He receives a sentence of thirty, sixty or ninety days or maybe six months In the workhouse and is dressed in the suit of a convict and forced to work
in the chain gang. At the expiration of his term he is discharged without a nickel to buy his next meal, thus making him ten times more wretched and degraded than before his arrest. The brand of a felon is added to his poverty. I regard this treatment a nothing short of barbarous. I try to help these men. Mr. Downey had practically forgotten the incident of the gift of ground to the negro church until the day of the fire which destroyed his stable. "That day brought me my reward," he said in discussing the matter. "The minister was in the pulpit preaching when the conflagration was announced. He immediately called upon the congregation to be calm and patient. He recommended that the women pray, while the men were urged to go at once and help me. They rushed into my place, where there were 160 fine horses in their stalls in danger of being cremated, and all were saved, not one animal being injured in the slightest. That was my reward. The land given by Mr. Downey to the church consisted of 300 square feet, worth about $1000. In addition to this he was compelled to change his building plans, which cost him $400 more, so that in all his contribution to the church was $1400.
Sacred Heart Herald 16 Jan 1915.
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BISHOP DOWLING
On the occasion of the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of his ordination and the twentyfifth of his episcopacy, the Right Rev. T. J. Dowling, D. D., Bishop of Hamilton, Ont., and Dean of the Canadian Hierarchy, was, by a brief of His Holiness Pope Benedict, enrolled among the assistant Bishops at the Pontifical throne and created a noble with all the privileges and honors annexed thereto. Bishop Dowling was born in Limerick, Ireland, in 1840, was ordained a priest in Hamilton in 1864, consecrated Bishop of Peterborough May 1, 1887, and transferred to Hamilton on Jan. 11, 1889.
GRAND NATIONAL horse called The Lamb that won the race in 1868 and 1871. The Lamb was born in the Moat field - as it is cone shaped and bounded by streams - on a farm owned by the Hinchy family, and to this day it is still in the Hinchy family, “The farm is located in Ludden, Ballyneety, behind Ludden graveyard. The horse was later taken to Cappamore and reared at McGrath’s of Towerhill, cousins of Mr Hinchy . Fr Liam Ryan wrote a piece on The Lamb in the Ceapach Mhor of 2007. Fr Ryan said the tiny grey colt bore not the slightest resemblance to a future racehorse. However, it began to win small flat races. Standing barely fifteen and a half hands high the joke in England was that the horse would not be able to see over the fences let alone jump them
ITA: Saint Ita, sometimes also known as Idé, was an early Irish nun, the patron saint of Killeedy (Cluain Credhail), and with St Munchin, patroness of the Limerick Diocese.
She was known as the "foster mother of the saints of Erin", and the 'Brigid of Munster'.
Born to nobility, she grew up in Waterford and after choosing religious life over marriage, she came to Cluain Credhail to make her convent home. In this small place she created a school for boys where they were taught "Faith in God with purity of heart; simplicity of life with religion; generosity with love". Her pupils are said to have included Saint Brendan, whom Bishop Erc gave to Ita in fosterage when he was a year old. St. Ita kept him until he was six.
The name "Ita" ("thirst for holiness") was conferred on her because of her saintly qualities. The parish of Kileedy literally means the Church of St Íta. Her feast day is 15 January.
9th Century poem attributed to St Ita
Saint Ita sees Christ come to her in a vision
as a baby to be nursed:
It is Little Jesus
who is nursed by me in my little hermitage:
though it be a cleric with treasures,
all is a lie save little Jesus.
The nursing I do in my house
is not the nursing of a base clown:
Jesus with the men of Heaven
under my heart every single night.
Young little Jesus, my eternal good!
to heed him is a cause of forgiveness,
the king who controls all things,
not to beseech Him will cause repentance.
It is Jesus, noble, angelic,
not an unlearned cleric,
who is fostered by me in my little hermitage,
Jesus the son of the Hebrew woman.
Sons of princes, sons of kings,
though they should come into my country,
I should not expect profit from them;
more likely, I think, from Jesukin.
Sing ye a chorus, O maidens,
to Him who has a right to your little tribute,
who sits in his place above,
though little Jesus is at my breast.
SOURCE: The Martyrology of Oengus. translated by Whitley Stokes. London, 1905.
TALK: lecture in the Thomond Archaeological and Historical Society's spring lecture series will be entitled A Forgotten Limerick Man, Sir Thomas Myles, and will be given by society member Paddy Waldron.
By Paddy Waldron on Monday, March 9 at 8:00pm in Room T.1.17 in the TARA building at Mary Immaculate College.
Thomas Myles was born in Limerick in 1857, probably over the family shop in Catherine Street, and achieved fame in many fields including medicine, sports and politics before his death in Dublin in 1937. His dual roles as an establishment figure in Dublin and as a leading home ruler make him something of an enigma in Irish history. He graduated in medicine at Trinity College, practised as a surgeon in the leading Dublin hospitals and became professor of pathology and eventually president at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. His medical career resulted in a knighthood and the freedom of the city of Limerick by the time he reached his mid-forties. Later, he held the position of honorary surgeon in Ireland to King George V of England. As late as 1917, St. James's Palace made him a Commander of the Bath for services rendered in connection with the war.
On the other hand, Dr. Myles was involved in 1886 in the establishment of the Irish Protestant Home Rule Association, courted controversy during the 1899 election campaign for president of the RCSI because of his membership of the United Irish League, and in 1914 made his yacht, the Chotah, available to the Irish Volunteers' gun-running effort. This saw a consignment of rifles which had been purchased in Germany successfully landed, partly at Howth and partly by Myles himself at Kilcoole in County Wicklow on the eve of the outbreak of WWI. At Easter 1916 and throughout the troubled times which followed, Sir Thomas Myles earned a reputation for going to extraordinary lengths to prevent the wounded rebels whom he treated at the Richmond Hospital, such as Eamon Martin and Matt Brady, from falling into the hands of crown forces.
Paddy Waldron has degrees in mathematical sciences, economics and finance, but his current passions are genealogy and local history. He is chairperson of Clare Roots Society, PRO of Kilrush and District Historical Society and a member of numerous other genealogical and historical societies. He is distantly connected by marriage to the Myles family.
The lecture will take place at 8pm on Monday 9 March next in room T.1.17 in the TARA building at Mary Immaculate College.
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10 Facts You Didn’t Know About Limerick
Limerick, Ireland’s third largest city, was founded by the Vikings in 812. Limerick is one of Ireland’s oldest cities, with a Charter of Incorporation older than that of London’s, dating back to 1197!
Limerick is home to the largest Georgian Quarter in Ireland outside Dublin!
Former US President, John F. Kennedy’s great-grandfather, Thomas Fitzgerald (the man who gave them the ‘F’ in their name), hails from the town of Bruff in east Co. Limerick!
There are 10 places in the USA called Limerick: Limerick, Georgia, Limerick, Illinois, Limerick, Louisville, Limerick, Maine, Limerick, Mississippi, Limerick, New York, Limerick, Ohio, Limerick, South Carolina, Limerick Township, Pennsylvania, and New Limerick, Maine!
Irish Coffee, a brew infused with Irish whiskey, was invented in Limerick village Foynes in 1943!
Limerick is known as the Treaty City after the Treaty of Limerick was signed here in October 1691!
Some of Limerick’s well-known sons and daughters include actor Richard Harris, rock legends The Cranberries, broadcaster Terry Wogan, novelist and playwright Kate O’Brienand Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt!
In 1651 after Cromwell’s forces captured the City, St. Mary’s Cathedral was used as a stable for the army’s horses!
King John’s Castle is the westernmost Norman castle in Europe!
The University of Limerick has the longest footbridge in Ireland and one of the longest footbridges in Europe – it is called the Living Bridge!