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The Way I See It

 

 

 

By Domhnall de Barra

 

 

 

Can’t believe we are into November already. It only seems like yesterday we were celebrating the new year and suddenly the Summer, or what passed for one, is gone and we are into Winter time again. November seems to be a month with no expectations. The Summer months are full of activity, September had the All-Irelands, now changed, and the Listowel Races and October has Halloween but the next we have to look forward to is Christmas. November is  the month of the Holy Souls, a time when people remember and pray for the dearly departed. Years ago the month used to start with a Holyday of Obligation, All Saints Day, and everyone went to Mass. It was compulsory to do so and  was regarded as a sin if you didn’t. The following day was far more important to most people as it was the day when indulgences could be gained for the departed by visiting a graveyard or saying a prayer in the church. There used to be a constant flow of people to the cemeteries and the church was busy too with people doing “the rounds”.  This meant visiting the church on several occasions to gain indulgences for different people. There was usually a holy water font between the church gates and the main door so people would go into the church, pray for the souls and then come out as far as the font, sprinkle themselves with holy water and then go back in and do it all over again. The more people you had to pray for, the more rounds you made. You won’t see many people doing the rounds these days but you will see them visiting the graveyards.

 

 

 

The clocks going back meant that the days were shorter and the nights were getting longer. When we were young it meant getting things done a bit earlier and forgetting about outside pursuits for the remainder of the Winter. A typical evening for us was doing the jobs before dark. These were tasks like bringing water from the well. Not every house had a good well but those who had shared the water with the neighbours. We drew the water in gallons and buckets. This water was strictly for making tea and drinking so water had also to be brought in for washing etc. This  was usually collected in a trough at the end of the house that gathered rain water from the roof. We got our water from a spout across the road from Cusack’s house next door. This was just a pipe that brought the water from a dyke inside the ditch and it flowed constantly. The water from the trough was a much better quality since it came from rainfall on the roof while the dyke water was  full of iron deposit from up the hills. Turf for the fire had to be brought in from the turf shed to keep the open fire, the only fire in the house, going for the night.  Other jobs included putting in the hens and other fowl. Everyone kept hens for the eggs and to eat when they were past laying. Some people also kept ducks, geese and, at this time of the year, turkeys would be fattened for the Christmas market. Farmers would have to tend to the cattle that were housed for the winter but, in those days, even people in cottages kept a cow to supply milk for the house.  That is why each cottage had an acre of ground with it, enough for a cow and a garden. It was also customary for people to rear pigs, one to be killed and the others to be sold. All theses had top be looked after before the supper. That meal wasn’t by any means a great feast; it was usually just tea with bread an butter. There might sometimes be a bit of cold bacon left over from the dinner but more often than not it was just the bread. Afterwards, while we were all together, the Rosary had to be said. As children we weren’t too keen on this but we had no choice. My mother would “give out “ the Rosary and the first decade and then other members of the family said the other four decades. Sometimes our minds wandered as we said our decade and we would forget the count but, as soon as we started on the Hail Mary for the eleventh time, shouts of “glory be, glory be” would come from the others. Sometimes we would get a fit of the giggles, especially if somebody started making faces behind our mother’s back but a swift lash of the sally rod that was never far away from her hand brought us back to paying proper attention and respect. The Rosary was soon over but that was not the end of it. Now came the “trimmings”. In these all the Saints in heaven were invoked to pray for us and those gone before us. This was a long list and was followed by the same entreaty of the different names for the Blessed Virgin of which there are quite a few. At last it would be over and then our homework had to be done before the ramblers came.  It was the custom for people to visit each other’s house at night, sit around the fire for a couple of hours and discuss all the news and gossip of the day.  I was the eldest of our family so I used to go up to Davy Connors’ house  to learn how to play cards. We used to play football and hurling there during the long evenings so now we went indoors.  Dave and Liz had great patience with us as we argued about the rights and wrongs of the playing of 41. Dave also taught myself and his son Mick, who was the same age as me, how to play the tin whistle. He would sit opposite us and play the tune slowly while we copied the movement of his fingers on the holes. The first two tunes I learned from him were “Going to Mass” and “The  Wearing of the Green”, tunes that were very important for the Wren Day which was coming up. We had many a great night in that house and always came down the road happy, especially if we had won a game or two and had a couple of pennies to show for it. Those days, however, are long gone and times have changed out of all proportions. We are far better off nowadays and we don’t need to keep pigs, fowl and cattle but I think we have lost a lot too. Neighbours don’t visit each other’s houses any more and youngsters are too busy on their mobile devices to play cards or even have meaningful discussions. I am glad though that we now have central heating and we don’t have to rely on mountains of bedclothes to keep us warm. As I get older I am more appreciative of my creature comforts.

 

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Poetry

 

Tigh Neidín

 

 

 

Uair amháin, fadó fadó

 

Beside the fireside’s orange glow

 

Con and Molleen reared their family

 

Sona, sásta from year to year.

 

 

 

 Trathnóna amháin in sixty two

 

They bought a TV – it was brand new

 

Tháinigh na sluaite for miles around

 

When they saw it they were spellbound.

 

 

 

 So gach trathnóna tar éis an tae

 

The neighbours gathered without delay

 

Con and Molleen smiled on in glee

 

With a fáilte for all, ba iontach iad.

 

 

 

 The first to come sat on the chairs

 

While the buachaillí hung off the stairs

 

Na páistí óga sat on the floor

 

Ag féachaint ar an scannán an t-am go leór.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In later years their son came home

 

And Ned lived in the cottage on his own

 

Until do dhíol sé do Mike and Marian

 

Who renewed it le grá. ‘Nois tá sé go h-álainn.

 

 

 

 So to those who dwell in this house tonight

 

Think of them all as you quench the light

 

That you may be as happy in Tigh Neidín

 

As was the couple – Con and Molleen.

 

 

 

Peg Prendeville 2004

 

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CELEBRATE 100 years of the Legion of Mary, there will be an online worldwide consecration to Jesus through Mary began on August 5th. Tune in nightly at 8 p.m. on zoom.

 

FEAST of the Assumption 15^th August, always a great day for sports in Knockanure. Feast of Our Lady of Knock on 17^th August. of St. Teresa Benedicta (better known as Edith Stein) patron of Europe is

 

celebrated on Monday 9th August.  Born into Jewish Faith, she became a Catholic and a

 

Carmelite Sister.  Captured by the Nazis, she died in the gas chambers of Auschwitz in 1942. 

 

Feast of St. Leila patron saint of Limerick city is celebrated on Thurs. 12th Aug.  Born in

 

Kilcolgan, Co. Galway, she is said to have been baptised by St. Patrick.  On coming to Limerick she built her church at Kileely near Thomond Bridge.

 

POPE Francis – Tweet: The Gospel is the Good News and the force that changes our lives and hearts for the better. For this I ask you to read the Gospel every day and meditate on a short passage to be nourished from this inexhaustible source of salvation.

 

MEMORIAL: Due to Covid 19 restrictions the Annual Remembrance in Tarbert for the seventeen local people lost in the ‘Shannon Drowning’ on the 15th August 1893 is cancelled this year.

 

BINGO AT FR. CASEY’S:  Outdoor Bingo continues at Fr. Casey’s on the Duagh Road every Sunday at 2pm.

 

AUDITIONS at Siamsa Tíre in Tralee on Friday and Saturday the 13th and 14th, and the 20th and 21st of August.

 

Seisiún” is on in Bruach Na Carraige, Rockchapel every Tuesday during August.

 

Due to restrictions, it is essential to book in advance by phoning 087 9921 119.

 

LISTEN to; Loretto Lynch Long Lockdown in Valentia on Horizons Radio Kerry on 15 Aug. at 9am. Loreto from Cahersiveen now lives and farms on Valentia Island with Jim. She is a mother of four: three daughters and one son. Two of her daughters, now in their 30s have Autism. Loreto tells her story.

 

BEAUFORT SPECIAL NEEDS PROJECT: The Board of Management of Beaufort Special needs Project Ltd by guarantee T/A Home from Home would like to invite interested volunteer members to join their committee. Please apply by  email  at  :  homefromhomekillarney@gmail.com  or

 

call 087 9104 546.

 

 CAP: Sample measures in the CAP Strategic Plan. Example measures under consideration include:  Farmers committing to devoting more of their land to non-productive areas and features than is required under GAEC 9; High nature value actions such as extensive livestock production, where farmers maintain a low stocking; Hedgerow management and reduced input of chemical nitrogen.

 

HEALTH: €9,710,000 for Kerry Healthcare capital works, this year ensuring enhancements and upgrades in the county. Included is €5 million for refurbishment works for Listowel, Killarney and Cahersiveen Hospitals. Met a man at the library and he had to go North for eye treatment, which was organised by a TD.

 

MENTAL Health & Wellbeing Hub under Kerry Child & Youth Mental Health Working Group of Kerry (CYPSC), details on www.KerryMentalHealth.ie.

 

ACCORD has two centres, Tralee and Killarney, in the diocese of Kerry. Contact Aisling on 01 505 3112 or email to info@accord.ie.

 

OFFICE: The Tarbert Business Centre is located at the “Old Presbytery” Tarbert. Have fully serviced office accommodation available for short and long-term leasing, more at https://tarbertbusinesscentre.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Tarbert-Business-Centre-Brochure-1_3.pdf . Contact James Lavery (087-7838198) or Paddy Creedon (087-2532011) for further details.

 

FUNDING of €1,187,099 is being given for repairs and improvement works on non-public roads in rural communities in Kerry this year.

 

OLD TIMES: Irish Life and Lore have hit the 10,000 downloads mark for their recent podcasts, the subjects of which range from Irish national, social and local history, the Irish Big House, business, the professions, sport, Irish storytellers and much more besides.  This is the link to the podcasts page on our website:  https://www.irishlifeandlore.com/category/podcasts/

 

ARTS: If you want to discuss your creative side, contact Kathleen Hurley, on  085 1052177 or:  findkathyhurley@googlemail.com

 

LIMERICK-man Peter Lawless aged 52, lives in Annascaul wants to be the first Irishman to sail non-stop, around the world on his own, starting from Kilrush harbour later this month.

 

GRANT: MIC Applied Linguistics researcher, Dr Anne O’Keeffe, has been awarded funding to investigate whether the shift to virtual communications in the workplace has impacted how we communicate. €270,000 awarded by the Irish Research Council and £390,000 from the British based Arts & Humanities Research Council, work begins this month and will  take two and a half years.

 

MORE funds: education providers can apply for funding for eligible projects under the €10 million Mitigating against Educational Disadvantage Fund 2021.

 

DIPLOMA in Theological Studies: Commencing on September 24th 2021. Apply on www.pac.ie

 

MAGAZINE: Ballydonoghue Parish Magazine intend featuring young people in the 2021 edition, who are helping out on the family farm, their ideas and aspirations on new farming methods, etc. The tradition of Hitching a Lift is now a distant memory for people of a certain age. You may have a story to tell about some of those journeys. The Magazine committee want to hear about it. E-mail details to magazine@ballydonoghue.net or post to BPM, Lisselton Post Office. Photos, of social occasions are required also for the 2021 edition.

 

CANAL Tralee; What Lies Beneath’ will appear on the Heritage Week website. The display will also be in front of the Marina Apartments, Tralee on Saturday 14th and Sunday 22nd August.

 

RACING on the beach at Ballybunion on Sept. 11^th.

 

SEA LEVEL:  Michael O'Shea, a chartered engineer with a PhD in sediment transport monitoring and researcher with University College Cork’s Blue Economy. Says the effect of rising sea levels on Kerry towns and coastal areas will not be as extreme as predicted.

 

TAISCE according to Richard O’Donoghue TD,   has received E30m in taxpayers money since 2011.

 

WEATHER. Recently we had blight weather, then it suddenly changed to heavy showers and cooler weather. But there are reports that the hot weather is set to hit Portugal and bring temperatures of 35C to 40C by Friday, August 13. And the forecasters say the hot weather will then spread north, reaching the UK by August 20.

 

FLOWERS; Colourful and easy to grow, calendulas can be sown in August and September, for flowers in late spring. They’re hardy, so sow them where they are to flower.

 

-You can sow cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus) in August and September, for May flowers.

 

-Forget-me-nots (Myosotis sylvatica) can be sown throughout the summer months and into September.

 

-California poppies, Eschscholzia californica, are hardy, and will survive a winter outdoors. Sow where you want them to flower.

 

- Wild carrot or Queen Anne’s lace (Daucus carota) can be part of a wildlife garden. Choose a sunny, well-drained spot and sow where you’d like it to flower.

 

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-Japanese onions are bred to withstand winter cold, and now is the time to sow them.

 

- Hardy chicory sowing it in August and you should be able to make a harvest over winter.

 

- Spring cabbages can be sown now outdoors.

 

- Sow your last crop of chard now, to provide an autumn harvest. Also makes a colourful addition to borders.

 

- Japanese onions are bred to withstand winter cold and now is the time to sow them.

 

PARTY: On July the 21st former Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone had an event at the Merrion Hotel in Dublin. Around 50 people attended, (they said), Government regulations at the time allowed for outdoor events of up to 200 people. Where are the names of those attending, the hotel must have them. Ordinary people are prevented from attending important occasions in their lives. We have the situation where ordinary people are prevented from attending funeral of sibling in the U.S. and politicians seem to be able to cross the Atlantic at will and no comment from media.

 

BOOK LAUNCH by Delia O’Sullivan, her first solo collection ‘It’s Now Or Never’.

 

Israeli-Made SonoMask Actively Eliminates COVID-19 and Its Variants

 

MASK: Test results conducted by internationally accredited, Italian based, Vismederi Textyle corroborated Sonovia's fabrics neutralizes 99.97% of Covid-19 particles.

 

DEATHS: Minister Eamon Ryan, in response to a parliamentary question from Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick, said that each year, “some 1,300 people die prematurely in Ireland due to air pollution from solid fuel burning”. In 2018, transport had the largest share of energy-related CO2 emissions at 39%, with heat at 34%.

 

YOUNG PEOPLE: Minister Foley said: “I have been very impressed by the work of the three existing pilot LCYPs since they were established in 2019. The target audience for all LCYP programmes and initiatives is children and young people in local communities (in ‘out of school’ settings with a particular focus on those who are marginalised or experience disadvantage.

 

https://www.creativeireland.gov.ie/en/news/minister-foley-approves-establishment-of-3-new-local-creative-youth-partnerships/

 

REASEARCH: Publication recently of 4.7 million records from 3 new collections: New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840–1901, Marriage Index, 1840–1901, and Death Index, 1840–2021.

 

DOGS: Cost of dog attacks on sheep and cattle rose by 50% across the UK in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the same period last year.

 

WOMEN:  Paddy Lane has found that female drivers are hugely dependable, hard-working and – despite what some might think – have no problems handling machinery.

 

https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/full-throttle-females-driving-it-on-in-agri-contracting-world/

 

KNITTING: Tom Daley appreciates the “great and welcome distraction” of knitting as he kept his bid to become double Olympic champion alive by qualifying for the semi-finals of the men’s 10 metres individual platform.

 

 

 

Daley has been pictured with his needles and thread while watching team-mates on several occasions during Tokyo 2020, where he has already claimed one gold medal after winning the synchronised event alongside Matty Lee.

 

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/knitting-offers-welcome-distraction-olympic-21244356

 

 

 

HOLY WELL: St Bartholomew's Well, Coolard, Lisselton

 

Collector  Nancy Hanrahan-Informant-  Michael Hanrahan, Age   60

 

The blessed well is situated in a thick wood near Coolard. The well is shallow and a stream of fresh water flows from it. Many people in the district visit the well three times a year, to pay rounds. They go around the well nine times and they say three rosaries. If they have not the rosaries finished when going around, they kneel by the well and finish them. When they are going home they leave money or holy pictures or pieces of cloth on the tree beside the well. Anyone having sores washes them in the water. They also take three sips of the water and also some water with them. The people living near the well use the water for household purposes. It is said that the well was situated farther up on the wood once. A woman washed clothes in it. Then it moved down to where it is at the present time.

 

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Holy Wells

 

Collector  Eibhlís Ní Chorradáin

 

Holy Wells

 

There was a parson living in Bedford about eighty years ago. There was a blessed well in his field about one hundred yards away from his house, near the bank of the river. One day his maid washed clothes in it and it removed across the river over to a filed of Nolans in Drombeg. It was a well for sore eyes and one day a very old man came from Knockanure to wash his eyes in the water, because he was blind. He thought that they would not get better: he only chanced it, but to his surprise his sight was restored next morning. It was called Saint Agnes's well. This is how it got its name: One day a very holy woman named Agnes came to the well to wash her eyes, because they were very sore. When she was paying her round she heard a voice saying: 'Behold Agnes Behold!' and at that moment she slipped and fell into the well. And it is believed that she was a saint. There is a rosary said for every three rounds that are prayed, and nine rounds that are prayed for every visit a person pays. There are special days for paying rounds, the day after Saint Patrick's day, and the twenty-ninth of December. And when a round is paid the people always say three 'Hail Marys' in honour of saint Agnes. Tullamore County Kerry school

 

 

 

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Collector-Maureen Lynch- Informant- Muiris Ó Loinsig

 

GLEANN na BRÓN

 

The name is still used by the local inhabitants and probably means the Glen of the Quern. It is beside this glen the "brittlen" woman used to be heard.

 

In the farm of Pat Trant Jnr, Behins, there was a blessed well. This was known to the older people as Tobar Uí Leidhin. There was an old midwife living in Behins named Moll Barry. One May morning she went to the well for a can of water. She had hardly reached the well when she was lifted off the ground and the next place she found herself was below at the monument in Lixnaw, spirited away by the good people.

 

Beside the well there was a graveyard. A glen beside it is still known as Gleann Dóighte.

 

 

 

Beside our house is a place called Pike, on the main road between Listowel and Castleisland. Old Ned Prendiville use to say that there were two gates here and everybody who passed the way with cattle or cars had to pay a toll of a halfpenny. There was also a pound there. There is a Dispensary at Pike. In this building was the old National school whose first teacher was John O'Connor. O'Connor was not long there when he had to flee the country owing to his connection with the Fenians. Then came my Grandfather old Master Lynch who taught there for six years and who opened the school at Rathea in 1875.

 

My Grandfather was a native of Knockanure. He used to tell stories about a woman name Joan Grogan of Knockanure. This woman used to be "out" with the good people. One night they were on their way to Castleisland to decide whether a girl there name Brosnan was to be taken away or not. On their way they called in to my grandfather's aunt the wife of Michéal Ruadh Kirby of Behins and took her snuff box as a joke. Micéal Ruad's wife met her a few days after at the big fair in Listowel (13th May). Joan asked her did she miss her snuff box on such a morning and she said she did. Micheal Ruadh's wife told her she heard them laughing in the kitchen that night.

 

Maureen Lynch

 

M'athair Muiris Ó Loingsig O.S a d'innis an méid sin dom. Rathea Listowel.

 

 

 

CHARITY: Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York hit a major milestone on Thursday, July 29: the organization handed out their 10 millionth meal to the people of New York during the pandemic. While it was a celebration of a big accomplishment, it was also a sad reminder of just how hard the pandemic has hit the city.

 

https://netny.tv/episodes/currents/catholic-charities-of-new-york-hits-10-million-meal-distribution-milestone-during-the-pandemic/?utm_medium=email&_hsmi=145071547&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_56ktct3hAapuViDHVgRxedFZGNaYyANj3Go43P_94Qp0DdCB9VZvCbIL-Z-skyVZDnl6oiNf_7TqbYchxYCMhcp4VPw&utm_content=145071547&utm_source=hs_email

 

 

 

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CLASS of ’37; Here were thousands of pages by working-class girls and boys of all ages, writing about parents and friends, hopes and fantasies, daily routines. We knew immediately the preciousness of what we were looking at.

 

Most of the essays – which make up the heart of our new book, Class of ‘37 – were written by children living in Bolton or its surrounding towns, between 1937 and 1940.

 

https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/people/essays-schoolgirls-class-of-1937-lives-beautiful-brilliant-mass-observation-1118697?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB

 

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Some police unions feel they can't back them.

 

Janelle Griffith 1/22/2021

 

NBC News logo Off-duty police were part of Capitol mob. Some police unions feel they can't back them.

 

 

 

After an FBI and Houston Police Department investigation determined that veteran Officer Tam Pham had participated in the deadly breach at the U.S. Capitol this month,

 

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ATHEA JOURNAL is on sale at the usual outlets, Collins’ Shop, Athea, Moloney’s, Carrigkerry, Knockdown Shop, Holly’s, Moyvane & Ann Lyons’ Shop,  Abbeyfeale.

 

LISTOWEL MASS; (Please note the times) Christmas Eve –Tuesday, Dec. 24^th 5.30 p.m. Children’s Mass with the Parish Folk Group & it will be broadcast live on Radio Kerry. 8.00 p.m. Mass of the Nativity with Parish Choir. Christmas Day Mass: Wednesday, Dec. 25th9.00 a.m. Christmas Morning Mass. & 11.30 a.m. with the Parish Choir.

 

LIVE CRIB & MEMORY ROOM which is organised by our local Duagh Tidy Town’s Committee is back again this Christmas. Located behind St Brigid’s Church, the crib will be officially opened and blessed on this Saturday night (Dec.21st) immediately after the Vigil Mass. It is opened daily from10.00a.m. to 9.00 p.m. from now to January 6th.Do not forget to visit the Memory Room in the separate building opposite the entrance to the Crib. There are some lovely photos of our past and many memories of great people from Duagh in the room. Your kind donations will be used in the work of Duagh Tidy Towns and a donation will be given to the Parish.

 

AGM of Athea Credit Union was held in their office recently. Katie Sullivan gave an insight into the position of the Credit Union, saying it was in a very healthy position. Eibhlís Geoghegan read the minutes of the last AGM. Timmy Woulfe praised the dedicated staff and volunteers, himself and Patie Sullivan being the 2 longest serving members. Athea Credit Union is 51 years in existence. Mary Anne Stack thanked everyone for coming.

 

WALK: Ballylongford Tidy Towns The annual fundraising walk/run will take place on St. Stephens Day at 1pm with refreshments in the hall afterwards.  Registration in the Parish Hall from 12pm. 

 

Annual Bill Kirby Walk in Tralee on Dec. 26^th.

 

HURLING: The Charity Road Hurling competition will be held on Friday, December 27 from 11am outside  Ardagh Church and follow the usual route by Skehanagh and Cahermoyle and back to the village. All funds raised on the day will be donated to two local charities Milford Hospice Home Care, and the Night Daffodil Nurses (Irish Cancer Society),

 

WALK: The  annual Christmas Walk along the Great Southern Trail Greenway will take place on Friday, December 27. Assembly is at the car park of the Rathkeale House Hotel, Rathkeale, between 12.30pm and 1.30pm . Bus Éireann services  from Kerry and Limerick stop a few metres from the hotel for those who wish to reduce their carbon footprint. Walkers will be transferred by  Coach House Travel courtesy shuttle coach from the hotel car park to Ardagh from where they will have a 5mile [8km] stroll (a shorter option can also be provided) along the old railway back to the Rathkeale House Hotel which is alongside the Greenway.

 

SWIM: Christmas morning dip; Be at the pier in Glin for 7.50am, photograph at 7.55am, followed by swim at 8am.

 

GLIN Castle Side-saddle Meet will take place on Sunday, December 29 at Glin Castle. Meeting in O’Shaughnessy’s Bar and Leaving from Glin Village at 12noon.

 

RACING in Limerick begin on St Stephen’s Day.

 

ST PADRE PIO PRAYER GROUP The first Friday of every month in Listowel.  The ceremony begins with the Rosary at 6.45pm, followed by Mass at 7pm.for Saint Padre Pio with Exposition of Blessed Sacrament and Benediction after Mass.

 

ARDFERT Retreat Centre  Vision Board Workshop: Juliana Murphy & Anne O'Donnell, Sun. 12th Jan. 2-5pm. Join this positive, up-lifting and fun hands-on workshop which allows you to create your own Vision Board with images and words that will attract what you want in your life. To be part of this Powerful Workshop Call Anne or Juliana on 087-2915343.  Fall Adult Religious Education Programme: Fr. Sean Sheehy, Certificate Course: Group Leader training to lead discussions on Faith, Sacraments, Morality and Prayer Catechesis based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Wednesdays 7 - 8.30pm beginning Wed. 15th Jan.

 

OPEN DAY: Mary Immaculate College  On Sat 11th Jan (10am-1pm), Mary Immaculate College will give thousands of prospective students the opportunity to explore its Limerick campus and discover all that the College has to offer from its range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, extra-curricular activities and exceptional facilities.  The Open Day will be an invaluable opportunity for prospective students to get a real sense of the College and to get the information they need to make their final college choices.  For more information, see micopenday.ie.

 

JOBS: Ford to add 3,000 jobs in the Detroit area, invest $1.45 billion

 

Detroit, MI - Ford Motor Co. is adding 3,000 jobs at two factories in the Detroit area and investing $1.45 billion to build new pickup trucks, SUVs, and electric and autonomous vehicles. The company said Tuesday that about $750 million will go to the Michigan Assembly Plant in the Detroit suburb of Wayne, where 2,700 jobs will be added.

 

RAILWAYS: San Francisco Call, Volume 84, Number 138, 16 October 1898

 

SIX VERY SINGULAR RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD.

 

ONE of the most recently built of England's railways may claim the proud position of being the most singular of all. This is the Brighton and Rottingdean Electric Railway, opened in 1896, and demolished by the great storm of December 4 in the same year. Since then the havoc wrought by winds and waves has been repaired and traffic resumed. The rails of this single-track railway are laid in the sea, and the singular-looking structure pictured in the group rises from the water on four steel legs, which run on wheels on the rails. Propelled by the electric current, this car, which represents the company's whole locomotive and rolling stock, proceeds at a slow and stately glide on its four-mile

 

Journeys. A no less convenient than curious railway is the electric one which establishes communication between Lynton and Lynmouth on the coast of North Devon. Those two tiny towns are situated, one on the summit of a particularly tall cliff 700 feet high, and the other on the beach below. The railway climbs up this cliff almost perpendicularly. Do you know which is the highest railway In England? The Snowdon Mountain Railway occupies that proud pre-eminence. The first sod of this singular line was cut In December, 1894, and a year later it was opened. It starts from, the foot of that king of Welsh mountains at Llanberis and goes to the summit, a distance of four miles. There are six stations in all and the time taken on the journey is the not very thrilling one of an hour. If, however, the pace is not exciting: the scenery on the way Is; for, half-way up, the little train of an engine and one carriage passes a windy shoulder of the mountain between two sheer precipices. The gauge of this line is 2 feet 7% inches, and some of the gradients are 1 in 6%. From the highest railway in England to the highest in Europe Is a natural transition. This is the Rigi Railway, which carries tourists to the summit of the Rigi Kulm, 4472 feet above the sea. An Indian line, the Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway, Is one of the most remarkable in the world, and Is also the highest, its Darjeeling terminus being situated on a giddy eminence 8000 feet above the level of the plains. At many points it is possible to see the curves above and below from the train, no fewer than seven tracks being visible at one place. The sharpest curves are at a place well named "Agony Point," where the train on two occasions almost describes a circle in its own length. One of the most striking features of a Journey up the Darjeeling-Himalayan Railway is the sharp transition from the burning heat of the plains to the cold air and the snows of this great height. There is a "single line railway" now working in Ireland. The Listowel and Ballybunion Railway sounds like the invention of some mad humourist; but such a place as Ballybunion really exists. It is a very popular seaside resort in the southwest of Ireland. The distance between this point and the other terminus at Listowel is ten miles, and there is one intermediate station— that of Lisselton. The system on which this railway is worked is called the Lartigue Single Rail Elevated Hallway, and was the invention of a French engineer. This single-rail line, It should be explained at once, is not a single-track railway, but actually has only one rail for trains to run on. This rail is supported on iron trestle work at a height of three feet three Inches from the ground, and the locomotive and carriages are actually balance on it. There is nothing In Europe to compare with the extraordinary trestle bridges which carry American railways over the deep gullies and precipitous creeks found In many parts of the United States. They are of rough timber construction, sometimes rising to a height of 150 feet, and form a most complicated maze of timbers.

 

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PAPERS

 

Kerryman 1904-current, Saturday, July 28, 1973; Page: 27

 

Concrete city

 

 

 

Nora will never be the same again, after her debut-in the concrete city. Joe Ruane of the Irish Pavilion wasn't quite prepared, for Nora, and, the magic she wove among the New York Irish. Nora appeared, at the Pavilion two days  after Saint Patrick's day when you would expect the Irish, to be nursing king-size hang overs. Not so! The Irish Ambassador, Consul General, and other  assorted dignitaries were present in strength. Maeve Fitzgibbon,  the Limerick colleen who-runs things for Shannon Development in New York City was on, hand with her friend, and colleague, Joan, Ennis. Kerrymen and women from, all parts of the Kingdom cheered the talented redhead as she stepped, on stage. I had, the distinct pleasure of introducing the fair Nora and, a pleasant chore  it was- O'Casey, Keane, McMahon and Clifford—she did the lot! I  had written a new poem, for her, entitled "'Dark Sunday"', about the Derry massacre, which, she related to a hushed and crowded Pavilion. After the performance was over Carmel Quinn requested it and told me she would set it to music and record, it. So thank you. Nora, I owe you a jar. Nora's new song, "Magee on the Moon", brought the house down. I am told it will be recorded, soon by the Clancy Brothers. Written by my brother Mick's wife, Kitty, it's a spoof on Kerry astronauts.

 

 

 

 We have Joe Ruane convinced at last, he admitted, to me after the show: "Those Kerry girls' are dynamite!" Last year it, was Fiorenza Nolan with, "Blow ' The Candles Out", now Nora Relihan with "I Am Ireland". 'I gave Joe the name of a Kerry girl he should Invite over for next year's celebration. She's a young singer named Mary Deedy from Abbeydorney. Mary would, send, shivers down the back of an Eskimo when she sings "The Valley of Knockanure", Why doesn't some young Kerry promoter sign Mary up and put her on record? –She is a, very "talented and, pretty girl.

 

 

 

Evening Herald 1891-current, Friday, October 12, 1973; Page: 13

 

 

 

Listowel History; It would take several thousand words. I will do what I can to convey the extent of the riches contained within. Anything you want to know about the town's better-known figures is to be found here. Anything you would like to know about the town's environs, amenities, traditions, families, place names and history, is to be found here. Lest I forget, let may say that it is my fervent hope there will be a paperback edition very soon. It never fails to shed light upon local and Irish history- and always it is a scholarly work, painstakingly and lovingly compiled. It is the function of a reviewer to seek out flaws and to highlight misleading information and all sorts of inaccuracies, but, in football parlance, I find that Father Gaughan is above the slightest caution in this fine work.

 

 

 

All the local events, early and late, are chronicled here. All the characters are here, and there are times when long passages read like fiction.

 

 

 

But, of course, they are non fiction. It is A. J. Gaughan's skill as a narrator which makes them seem so.

 

 

 

The names are here, great and small, from Field Marshall Kitchener to Paddy Drury of Knockanure. Both were born within a few miles of the town of his native Ireland and the place where he was born, Kitchener was at pains to point out to his English biographers that a man could be born in a stable and not be a horse.

 

 

 

Drury was even less kind to Listowel, where he worked for Morgan Sheehy, the publican: Abbeyfeale for flour and meal, Cahirmee for horses, Ballygologue for thieves and rogues, And Listowel for kiss-me arses. However, the good folk of Ballygologue, Listowel, or Knockanure never took Paddy too seriously and the author will be glad to hear that a monument to his memory, by local subscription, will be erected to Paddy, his brothers and sister, at the end of this year.

 

 

 

It is highly unlikely that a monument to Kitchener's memory will be erected at his birthplace in Gunsboro. As Father Gaughan's chapter on him shows, he was most loyal to the Empire and regarded Ireland merely as a province of same.

 

 

 

The life and times of Sir Arthur Vicars, custodian of the Irish Crown Jewels, is here and his unfortunate death at his residence in Kilmorna four miles from Listowel.

 

 

 

Here too is the saintly bishop of Nigeria, Tom Hughes, who was one of the leaders of the famous Listowel Mutiny as a lowly constable in the town's R.I.C. Barracks in 1920. As Father Gaughan quite rightly points out, this single act of bravery by the Listowel R.I.C. was a determining factor in the outcome of the Anglo-Irish War.

 

 

 

The story of the Lartigue Railway is here, the famous monorail which ran between Listowel and Ballybunion. There is also an account of the North Kerry line. There is a blazing account of General O'Duffy's visit to Listowel. This I personally remember since all of us children were kept indoors for most of the day. It was a time of dreadful turmoil.

 

 

 

In another part of the book are tales of fierce faction fights, it gallops onward at a mighty rate, this is a mighty book.

 

 

 

There is the tragic tale  of the book Valleys of Knockanure, Gortaglanna where three well- loved local volunteers beaten and gunned to death by British forces , dramatic escape of Con Dee

 

Father of Thomas Moore was described by his teacher John Lynn, as the cleverest boy ever to attend the school at Trien.

 

( There is an account of every writer in Listowel locality, good , bad and indifferent, of Writers Week and festivals, see paper for, original version, written by J B Keane of Listowel)

 

 

 

 

 

Kerryman 1904-current, Friday, December 14, 1973; Page: 5

 

DECEMBER, 9, 1,973, is a date that will stand, out in the history of Knockanure as the day they " won the final of the North Kerry football, championship. Last winter they took on the running of their own football club-and entered the intermediate- grade in North Kerry football. Events last Sunday showed full justification of that move by adding another facet to the 'Valley of 'Knockanure .

 

 

 

During the season they triumphed over all comers on their way to the final. Last Sunday, dispite  the petrol shortage, they travelled in large numbers to Ballybunion, to ensure full support, of their team,. They led by 3 pts to one at half time and went on to add three more against, the wind to show their superiority on, the field and from midway- In the second, half the result was never in doubt as they ran, out winning by a clear margin of four points.

 

 

 

They were best served by the four Collins- brothers, Tom O'Connor (Keylod), W. J. Leahy and, N. Buckley, who  was  very accurate with frees.

 

 

 

The game and cup secure, their enthusiasm knew no bounds and they celebrated the occasion by calling to Moyvane to fill the cup before going, on to Knockanure where celebrations went on to a late hour.

 

Very Rev. W. O'Brien, P.P.,  went to see the game and , lent his moral support  and congratulated them on, winning.

 

QUESTION TIME — A very interesting Question time and film show under the auspices of the Moyvane PTAA. will be held in the Marian Hall this Friday evening at 830 p.m. Four teams representing different areas of the parish have already been selected.

 

 

 

 

 

Kerryman 1904-current, Friday, February 10, 1978; Page: 26

 

 

 

THE death occurred recently at her residence in Newborough, Patrickswell of Mary Dillon (nee Lyons), formally of Duagh. Mrs-Dillon relict of Thomas Dillon was  of course sister of Captain. Jeremiah Lyons, who was shot, by the Black and Tan forces in the valley of Knockanure. Mrs. Dillon's remains were removed to Patrickswell Church on Wednesday, February 1, and the funeral took place on Thursday to Springmount, Cemetery, Duagh, after Requiem Mass in Patrickswell Church. To her son, daughters, sons-inlaw, grandchildren, relatives and friends sympathy is extended.

 

 

 

CLONMEL—In what must surely have been the greatest week ever for coursing and particularly for Kerry dogs the local dog "Enola Gay" did not let his followers down.

 

Master Myles won the Derby with such class that those who were fortunate enough to see him in his greatest, hour have now resigned themselves to the fact they will never again In the lifetimes see anything to touch him. Enola Gay left his Kingdom Cup form far behind him by accelerating right away from Cisco Wood, in the first round . A mere formality followed in the final so Enola was not even tested in Clonmel so decisive were his wins. The Dillon brothers Con and Mattie must be heartily congratulated on their victory.

 

 

 

G.A.A.—The local G.A.A. Club requests those players who have Club jerseys In their possession to return them, immediately. At the moment the club possesses about three quarters of a set of jerseys. This set is pretty new but the fact that so many jerseys are missing has made the remainder useless.

 

PARISH SOCIAL—The annual parish social takes place in the local, hall on Friday next, February 10.

 

 

 

 

 

Evening Herald 1891-current, Monday, June 26, 1978; Page: 7

 

The Night of the Raid.

 

MY PUBLIC house was raided several times by vigilant gardai. I was fined and those found on were fined and that was the end of it. Over the past few weeks in Listowel several other public houses have been raided but that was the end of it too and now the raids are as stale as yesterday's headlines. The reason, of course, is that there is no writer of ballads in the locality. How different was the immortal raid on Flynn's public house in the famous village of Knockanure. The raid took place ten years ago but it is still remembered fondly because it was immortalised in verse by Knockanure poet, Willie Finucane. Willie was in Flynn's when the raid took place. Flynn was caught. He was defended by Listowel solicitor Shay O'Reilly and brought to trial in Tarbert court before district justice Cyril Maguire. But let Willie take up the tale:  Have you ever been to a pub, me lads, or have you felt that way;

 

 'Tis nice to have a pint or two to pass the time away.

 

 Oh if at night 'tis your delight your thirst you bid to cure.

 

 Better watch the clock or you'll see the dock like the night in Knockanure.

 

A nice opening. The occasion was New Year's Eve of nineteen sixty-seven. Spirits were high in Flynn's and Auld Lang Syne was in full swing but what a cheek I have. Let Willie Finucane proceed in his own inimitable way:

 

 Now the last few hours of sixty-seven were fleeing mighty fast

 

 As we did join in Auld Lang Syne for to make the year go fast.

 

Our hearts were light, our spirits high, the fun was fresh and pure,

 

Oh little we thought -that-we were sought at Flynn's of Knockanure.

 

Now the alarm went at ten o'clock, a warning-time you see;

 

 The barman shouted at the door "Ten minutes more of glee."

 

 But as the clock ticked on, me boys, 'twas twenty past for sure

 

 And down the lane came Garda Keane to Flynn's of Knockanure.

 

 Thus Willie Finucane skilfully sets the scent. The air of merriment indoors while danger threatens from the outside. Suddenly there is an imperious knocking at the door. No one in his right mind would dare knock at Flynn's in such a manner, nobody, that is, but a Guard. The awful certainty begins to dawn upon the revellers. A communication from the outside confirms that it is indeed a Civic Guard on public house duty. The door is opened and the limb of the law is admitted. Here again I have great pleasure in handing over to Willie Finucane:

 

 "Account for those men. The time is past," his voice came through the door.

 

 While we stood like ghosts beside our host, our feet stuck to the floor.

 

Then nice and mute Flynn spoke the truth Of that you can be sure.

 

 "But for the song they'd be long gone from the valley of Knockanure."

 

 There follows an account of the name-taking of those found on. Some were old lags, veterans of a hundred raids in Listowel, Ballybunion. Tarbert, Moyvane and elsewhere. Others were never caught after hours before. It was a mixed haul. However, every man in that cornered conglomerate gave his name willingly and correctly and showed no disrespect whatsoever to the Civic Guard. 'He had his duty to do and no man held that against him. In fact at this stage in the ballad Willie has this to say to the men in the blue tunics:

 

Oh a happy New Year to all the police from here to Templemore,

 

To your sergeants and inspectors, all ranks of your peaceful corps.

 

May you banish all crime to the end of time and keep us well secure

 

'Though we'll never forget being caught in the net in Flynn's of Knockanure.

 

No bitterness here. No harbouring of old grudges, no festering of old sores. What a much improved world it would be if its occupants would only behave like those gallant victims who fell foul of the law on the last night of nineteen sixty-seven in Flynn's of Knockanure. About Garda Keane, Willie had the following to say:

 

And should he return again to the Cross we'll meet him face to face,

 

As man to man we'll sing this song for it is no disgrace.

 

With a cead mile failte we'll welcome him back and hope he don't act poor

 

 For if he had not come no song would be sung of the capture in Knockanure.

 

The composer now takes us to the court in Tarbert where the case of Flynn versus the State is brought before District Justice Maguire, an impartial and well-loved figure.

 

 Now in Tarbert Court a nice resort, Maguire threw in the ball;

 

Keane was first to break away. He kicked it with the fall.

 

But Flavin Mick he done the trick with a daring save for sure And when Reilly caught he drove it back, so 'twas cheers for Knockanure.

 

 His clearance went to Flynn. me lads, the publican is tall,

 

He fielded high above their heads and soloed with the ball.

 

 From thirty-five 'twas a mighty drive, it ripped the net for sure,

 

 Oh 'twas pot luck as the cobwebs shook in the valleys of Knockanure.

 

 So ends the court scene with a dismissal, but there is no cocksureness in the closing lines of The Raid of Knockanure. It is a wise man who walks easy when his jug is full and this Willie Finucane was content to do. He concludes with a pleasant verse. What a great shame it is that other events of local interest were not recorded by poets of Willie Finucane's calibre. What new colours and dimensions would be added to the lore of rural Ireland. I hand over once more to Willie:

 

Oh to all you young Guards I give my regards. May I coach you with this rhyme,

 

 If you learn to sell the dummy your scores will come in time.

 

If the going is rough just play it tough and take things slow but sure

 

And we'll call it a draw within the law in the Valleys of Knockanure.

 

 

 

Kerryman 1904-current, Friday, November 30, 1979; Page: 4

 

Moyvane and Knockanure

 

THE MOYVANE Creamery Social proved once again to be an outstanding, night for prizes, songs, amusing stories and events as well as dancing.

 

Supper over, Mr. Tom Sheehan, chairman of the creamery committee, welcomed, those present, especially the guests of the night, Fr. Quirke, C.C., Fr. John Lawlor, C.C. and Dr. B. Barrett, son of the former manager and his pretty wife.

 

Mr. Sean O'Shea sang, eight songs including The Valley of Knockanure.

 

 

 

Then came the most humorous event, of the night: with microphone in hand. Mr. Liston called for four volunteers to come on stage saying the quickest one to drink a half pint would get a bottle of whiskey.  Presently on stage were Mr. Noel O'Connell, Mr. Matt Quinn, Mr. Gabriel Fitzmaurice and Mr. Paddy Fitzmaurice. " -The adjudicators were Fr. Lawlor, CC, Fr. Quirke, C.C., and Dr. B. Barrett.

 

 

 

When Mr.  Listen presented, each competitor with a baby's bottle full of milk with nipple on, and they tugged eagerly and sportingly at their job, the house shook, with laughter.

 

Mr. Maurice O'Connell was judged the winner by a narrow margin but each one got a prize.

 

 

 

I.C.A. — The I.C.A. will hold its AGM on Friday, December 14, -at 8 p.m. All members are requested, to attend, and new members are welcome.

 

 "The Annual Senior Citizens Party will be held at the school, on Sunday, December 9, starting, with Mass at 2 p.m. All senior citizens are welcome.

 

FOOTBALL — Moyvane won the N.K.L., semi-final on. Sunday at Ballybunion, beating Ballylongford by one point, 6 to 5. The man of the day for Moyvane was G. Fitzmaurice who put Ballylongford out of victory with some great saves in goal.

 

 

 

 

 

Anglo-Celt 1846-current, Thursday, December 29, 1988; Page: 10

 

CHRISTMAS IN LONDON (By: Maureen O Dwyer)

 

 

 

WE hear an awful Jot of debating those  days about emigrations and the plight of our emigrants in foreign lands, but looking back on my migratory years and those of many more in my age group in the ‘50’s, I think that the emigrants of today seem to be more in the tourist range of travellers. When we heard last September that every flight from London to Dublin was completely booked out for Christmas, makes one wonder if emigration can be a very worthwhile experience, such a far cry from the old Princess Maud which we travelled on over and back in those years, it had no stabilisers whatsoever and the vibration right through each deck was just better imagined than described. My first Christmas in London was in 1953,that was to be the Christmas when I got my first taste of real loneliness if ever a heart did break for home and homeland, mine did. Like many an Irish girl, I was lucky enough to have a job as a "clippie" with London Transport and in those days a bus driver and conductor were a highly respected crew and treated as such. My daily route was on the No. 2 from Crystal Palace to Golders Green which was an education in itself as it took me through the elite residential area of Norwood through the working class area of Brixton where the West Indians were already beginning to call home, through Victoria, the luxurious hotel lined Park Lane and Marble Arch, the expensive shopping centre of Oxford Street looking like a Disneyland for weeks before and after Christmas, out by Lords Crick Ground right along the Jewish area of Finchley Road to Golders Green. The atmosphere was terrific among the passengers all through the Christmas week. Housewives laden with bags of shopping coming from the various markets, the supermarkets were unheard of at that time, every passenger getting on the bus seemed to have boxes and parcels of gifts of every shape and size. I recall one evening when the driver was almost demented by the bell ringing in the cab and finally he pulled up, came back into the bus to investigate, only to discover that a fairly well intoxicated man seated on the bench seat and holding a Christmas tree in his arms kept swaying backwards and forwards and the top branch was touching off the communication cord causing the bell to ring. Our route also look us past the Rowlon House in Vauxhall which was a night shelter for the down and outs at about a shilling a night, unfortunately many of the regulars there were our own countrymen who had fallen down on their luck. They always seemed to hit the bottle harder at Christmas time. I often wondered was it an emotional time that they wanted to blot out earlier happier times or maybe the generosity and the Christmas spirit among the public. Whichever reason left them in such a sorry mess, always grieved me and prompted me to count my blessings. TORE AT MY HEART

 

I went to Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve as I would be working on Christmas Day, every one of those hymns tore at my heart, recalling the choir practices I had done back home with Mrs, Meachan over the years, I wondered what Santa Claus would bring to my nine younger brothers and sisters that night or if they had got the few toys which I had sent earlier. The little bedsitter which I had rented in Stockwell was owned by a Polish landlord he was a very honest man who had escaped from Warsaw just before the end of the war with his brother and had never been able to return there again, he came with gifts for all his tenants on Christmas Eve and wished us all a merry Christmas. I found it very unusual to hear everyone wish a merry Christmas instead of a happy Christmas. Most of the tenants in the house were Irish or Scottish, one particular Kerry man used to sing the 'Valley of Knockanure" all through the Christmas holiday. The Banshee cried when young Dalton died, in the Valley of Knockanure. That tune haunts me even to this day.

 

 

 

I looked forward every day to the postal delivery. It was great to come in from work and see all the cards on the hall stand with all the familiar handwriting, sending out the cards seemed to be my own link with the homeland.

 

 

 

I always remember my good friend, Julia from Ballyhaunis who worked with me and sent a five pound note home to her parents every Friday, she confided in me once how her father was really anti-British but that he never sent back the fivers, although the Queen's photo was on them!

 

 

 

There were only about six Irish girls in the depot where I worked and being on shift work, we hardly over got together. In those years, young girls never went into lounge bars unaccompanied, if we happened to meet in the canteen, we always had a good old chat and a laugh.

 

 

 

I always looked forward to meeting two brothers, Sheamus and Mick from Virginia as they got the Celt every week and would pass it on to me when they had finished reading it, my first glance was through the  entertainment page to rend about what bands I was missing in the Farmer’s Ballroom in Virginia. In those years there were regular visits from Mick Delahunty, Steve Garvey, Clipper Carlton, Arcadians and many more great orchestras.

 

 GOOD MOOD

 

 

 

On Christmas morning I started work at nine and finished about two, most of the passengers were on their way to and from churches, hospitals and cemeteries, everyone seemed in such a good mood. I only wished they could retain this attitude for the ordinary everyday travelling, it would make my job so much easier. Being in the early post-war years when London was still flattened to the ground through the many air raids shelled down on it, if was really a desolate looking sight that Christmas and many of the passengers that morning were on their way to visit graves of their loved ones who had been killed in action or during those air raids. I heard many poignant stories during my Three years on the buses, I think the one which I never forgot was of the underground air raid shelter in Kennington Park which was filled to capacity one night and got a direct hit from a German bomber. There wasn't one survivor left and the only thing which the London Council could do was to close in the  whole shelter and leave all the bodies buried in one communal grave, it is still a nice tittle) park with a lovely display of flowers all the year round a memorial to the many unknown dead beneath.

 

 

 

Although I had been invited to Christmas dinner by many of the regular passengers, I declined the offers and went to Paddy and Rose for my dinner and had a good old get-together, recalling childhood years together. Paddy loved the Irish ballads and had a great selection of records which we all enjoyed and when he took down the accordion we had a good old sing-song together.

 

 

 

When I got back to my lonely little bedsit for that night, I cried bitter tears, I know there was always a Christmas night dance in Maghera Hall, it was the only place for miles around where there was one hold on this night.

 

 

 

Looking at my little two-bar electric fire which was my only means of heating, I could visualise the big turf fire in the open hearth which my father would have piled up with a few big "portans" at the back of it.

 

I could imagine all the boys and girls getting all their gear together for the Wren Day and the great crack we had all through the year as we went from house to house back home going around with the Wren. Once Christmas was over, we got back into the daily, routine of everyday life and I was working so hard and such long hours that I hadn't Time to be lonely. But I knew in my heart and soul that one day I  would go back home to Ireland, although it took another ten years to realise my ambition and I did spend another ten Christmases in London, by this time.

 

 

 

I had married and had a family which kept me occupied, happy and busy and thank God, I never again experienced the loneliness and heartbreak which I did during that first year in 1953.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLOUGH

 

Kerryman 1904-current Saturday, December 06, 1958, Page: 26

 

 Billy Benner, Kerry Motor Works, will be showing movie pictures of the local Ploughing Matches, National Ploughing Match and the Tralee Show, at Causeway Technical School on Tuesday, 9th December and Tralee Technical School, Thursday, 11th Dec. and Knockanure Hall on Friday, 12th December. Starting' at 8 o'clock, ADMISSION FREE.

 

 

 

February 2, 1957

 

South Kerry Team For Junior N.P.A. Tests At Boyle

 

THE County Committee of Agriculture, at their monthly meeting in Tralee, decided to pay the expenses of-the South Kerry junior horse ploughing team to the National Ploughing Championships at Boyle.

 

This decision was made on the proposition of Mr. F. Chute, seconded by Mr. J. Costelloe, following consideration of a letter from Mr. John Doherty, Secretary, Killarney Ploughing Association, asking the Committee to pay the expenses which, he stated, would be considerably higher this year because of the longer distance to the venue, Messrs. J. Costelloe and F. Chute and E. Cregan, Instructor in Agriculture, were appointed as the Committee's representatives on the Co. Ploughing Association,

 

 

 

'' TIGHTENED UP"

 

 

 

The Chairman, Mr. Wm Dennehy, said that Mr. Cregan would be a very forceful representative on the Association, because with the co-operation of their C.A.O, Mr. Moyles, he had made a very serious attempt to enforce the rules at ploughing matches. "The rules required to lie tightened up," Mr. Dennehy said_, Mr. John Costelloe said the rules should be tightened up a lot, especially so far as the tractor ploughing was concerned.

 

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KILMORE FREE PRESS 18 July 1912

OBITUARY. ----- Mr. Thomas Denis Ryan, who had been a resident of Kilmore for 27 years, and a business man of the highest probity and honour, died at half past twelve at his residence, Powlett-street, on Thursday morning last. Mr. Ryan, who was 62 years of age, was born in Glasgow in 1850; he was the only son of Mr. Thomas Ryan (a Customs official) his mother's maiden name being Mary McElligott, both being natives of Ballylongford, Kerry, Ireland. His father having died when the subject of this notice was only three months old, his mother remarried a Mr. Stack having issue three in family---the Rev. Gerald Stack, parish priest of Cambalang near Glasgow---formerly a professor in St. Patrick's College in the city named Mrs. Brady, now resident of Falmouth, and the late Sister Sebastian, who up to the time of her death some two years ago was Rev. mother in the Presentation Convent at Glagow, all of whom were much attached to their step-brother ; indeed Father Stack came all the way to Australia some two years ago to visit Mr. Ryan, spending some time with him, a matter of great, solace and pleasure to Mr. Ryan, who was then, and for some years previously, in delicate health. Deceased gentleman came to Victoria when quite a young man, and after spending a brief period with the late Mr Martin M'Kenna, of Kyneton Brewery, he took up duty with the old established and popular metropolitan firm of Messrs. Hogan and Mooney, wine and spirit merchants, to whom he proved a most capable, efficient and trustworthy employee. After some years with the firm named he married Miss Mulcahy, owner of the Oriterion Hotel and store, which handsome business he actively carried on for some time, and practically supervised almost up to the day of his death, the delicate state of his health not seeming to dim his unusually bright intellectual capacity. During his long years as an invalid he was zealously and carefully looked after by his good wife, whose self-sacrificing devotion should be mentioned as deserving of all praise. The writer, who had special opportunities of knowing Mr. Ryan, has no hesitation in attributing to him many admirable qualities, being just, straightforward and highly conscientious in his dealings and one whose accuracy was unquestionable. His death was most peaceful and edifying, being attended most assiduously by the local Catholic clergy- men---being conscious to the last moment. The remains, enclosed in an oak casket, were interred in the Kilmore Catholic Cemetery on Friday afternoon, the Rev. L. Martin, P.P., attending to the obsequies at the grave. Mr James Beegan had charge of the mortuary arrangements.

 

1 Sept 1927 Catholic Press

Death of Mr. Daniel Tierney. On the 17th August 1927.,

Mr. Daniel Tierney, a resident of the Orange district for more than half a century, passed away at North Sydney. Born at Lenamore, Ballylongford, North Kerry, in 1849, he was for several years engaged in farming pursuits in his native land before coming to Australia. Owing to the blight of landlordism he could

not see much prospect in the future by remaining there, so he decided to come to . Australia, and arrived here in 1873; Like many young Irishmen at this and an earlier period, he was the victim of a Government which cared little for the people's welfare. The Home Rule movement, which afterwards accomplished so much under the leadership of Parnell, was just then attracting notice, and the late Mr. Tierney used to relate the famous Kerry election of February, 1872, when the Protestant Home Rule candidate, Mr. Hassett, defeated the Catholic Tory, Dease, in a district almost exclusively Catholic. This election was the last conducted . in Ireland .under the old system of 'open voting.' Arriving in Orange in 1874 he remained in and about the district until May last, when he came to Sydney for health reasons. During that long period he established ,a reputation for sincerity and uprightness, and was highly respected by the whole community. Always a devout Catholic, his was a familiar personality on Sunday to two generations going to Mass. As a 'true Irishman lie took an active interest in Irish affairs, and always nailed his colours to the mast. The delegations to Australia in the 'eighties and again after the Irish Party united under tho leadership of John Redmond, found an ardent supporter in the deceased. Though in no way aggressive, he would not allow aspersions to be cast on Ireland, and he died as he lived, true to faith and Fatherland. The interment took place on the 18th Aug. 1927, at Orange. Rev Father O'Donnell recited the last . prayers. The chief mourners were Rev. Brother Joseph (Patrician Brothers), Sydney, Mr Patrick Tierney, Sydney (sons), Mrs. J. Fitzgerald (sister), and Mr. J. Fitzgerald (North Sydney), brother-in-law. — R.I.P

 

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SH Review 20 April 1885

Gerald GRIFFIN

"Our Irish Letter" asks for a short sketch of Gerald Griffin, a request with which the writer is but too happy to comply. He was born in Limerick, Dec. 10, 1803, where his father had a large brewery, but the business not being a successful venture the family moved to Fairy Lawn near Glin, some thirty miles from the city of the Violated Treaty, and after a few years residence, the parents finally emigrated to America. Gerald, however, who was intended for the medical profession, remained with his brother Doctor Griffin who lived at Adare. His two sisters also remained in Ireland and in company with them he spent much of his time in rambling through the demesne of Lord Dunraven— fishing in the Mague, or watching its waters glide whisperingly along by the time-worn walls of the old castles and romantic ruins of that historic locality. Poetry was his first and greatest inspiration, and if his natural bent had been property encouraged, he would probably have been the greatest of the Irish poet of this century. He has however proved himself equal to any task which he deliberately undertook to perform. At the age of 19 years he wrote his drama of " Aruril," of which his brother thought so highly that he consented to Gerald's going to London to seek his fortune as a dramatic writer— without a single friend there to whom he could look for counsel or support. Imbued with the true poetic spirit and anxious to devote his whole energies to create a name as a poet, he brought misery and ruin upon himself by the pursuit of his darling passion. At the age of twenty he wrote "Gissipas" which has been pronounced the "the greatest drama of our times." At twenty-five he wrote "The Collegians ' — and thence forward till he withdrew from the world he never ceased to poor forth the rich creations of his fertile and vigorous imagination in verse and

prose. But the success which he attained was too dearly paid for. His health was undermined by long vigils, by mental toil and blasted hopes. He became sad and heartbroken. His delicate sensibility of feeling forbade all intercourse with even those who were willing and able to help him — and foremost among these were John Banin and Dr. Maginn. Although his distress was most severe — being sometimes without food for three days he acted firmly upon his resolute determination of trusting solely to his own efforts for success. As he approached the goal of his ambition his keen enthusiasm became blunted and subdued by the anxieties and disappointments he met on every hand. To his sister he wrote, " I look now upon success as a matter of mere business. As to fame if I could accomplish it in any other way I should scarcely try for its sake alone." He wore away all relish for it in his too eager pursuit. The publishers for whom be wrote "cheated him abominably," he says. They forgot the first rudiments of arithmetic ; they never counted his pages correctly ! All of them except Jerdan of the Literary Gazette. At this time he translated a volume and a half of Prevot's works for the paltry sum of two guineas. To cheat such a talented man of hard earned money was to commit the sin of "defrauding the labourer of his wages." At last he says in a letter to his brother: — "I am tired of this stupid, lonely, wasting, dispiriting, caterpillar kind of existence which I endure, however, in hope of a speedy metamorphosis. It would amaze you to know all 1 have done and to no purpose." His mind was deeply tinged with a strong religious sentiment, and in order to live as it seemed to him, a more perfect life, he joined the Christian Brothers in September, 1838 ; a society of good and religious men who withdrawing from the world and its fleeting pleasures devote their whole lives to the teaching of the poor alone. No one could describe in more felicitous language than Gerald the new world of beauty and delight which education brought to minds pent up in darkness, and none could feel more anxious to transplant light and intelligence to where gloom and ignorance previously reigned supreme. It is this ignorance, certainly not their poverty or toil that degrades men. After having laboured for nearly two years in the Christian Brothers, in this vineyard of the Lord, he peacefully breathed his last at the North Cork Monastery on June 12, 1840. There is a graceful ease and elegance of versification in all his poems, and though they betray the ardour and warmth of feelings peculiar to youth, they are ever remarkable for their chasteness and purity of thought and expression.

As a novelist Gerald Griffin takes his place by universal consent in the first rank beside Banin and Carleton His great historical novel of " The Invasion," — his "Collegians,' '-Tales of the Munster Festivals,"' and other works are well known and admired in every hint where the English language is the medium of conversation.

J. ROCHE.

 

 

 

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A chance meeting of two priests in Canada was the beginning of the American Missionary Society, whose co-founder, Bishop James Walsh, has lately died. Father Walsh, from Boston, and Father Thomas Price, from North Carolina, went to Montreal for the International Eucharistic Congress of 1910, two years after the Congress at Westminster. Father Walsh was the editor of a mission monthly, 'The Field Afar.' Father Price was the founder of another magazine called 'Truth.' In conversation they discovered that each had an ambition to found a foreign missionary seminary in the United States. They founded the American Missionary Society, whose members are popularly known as the Maryknoll Fathers, after the name of their headquarters. To-day the society has 550 priests, brothers and students, and there are 525 Maryknoll Sisters. Both institutions have members in China, Manchukuo, Philippine Islands and among the Japanese on the Pacific coast.

 

 

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By Fr O Sullivan 19th Dec. 1918, The Catholic Press NSW.

 

 

Missions of Irish

 

IRISH MISSIONARIES. '

'Teach All Nations.'

A KERRY PRIEST ON THE AFRICAN MISSIONS.

Just as the titles of Churches in European countries show the universal activity of the Irish, missionaries to the pagan nations of Europe, so the names of the missionaries in savage Africa to-day testify to the vitality of the Apostolic spark in Irish priests. In Germany 120 churches, centuries old, are dedicated to Irish saints. Brittany and Western France are similarly dotted with churches of Irish missionary origin. In Northern Italy there are 14; Belgium, 20; Norway and Iceland, 8 such churches. And as these bear witness to the past, not only do the development of the Church in the United States and Australia exclusively testify to continued Irish spiritual activities, but we find Maynooth organising extensive missionary work in ( China; and we have interesting records of the Irish priests in Africa. The Rev. Father D. J. O 'Sullivan, who paid a lecturing visit to Australia some years ago, recounts the pioneering work' done by the Society of African Missions of Lyons, of which he is a member. This society was founded by a French priest some 70 years ago; but it has been recruited extensively from the Irish. Working mostly in far-off foreign countries and away from civilisation, their names remain unknown to the world. The African Missions Society is strongest in Egypt and those regions of the continent which extend along the Guinea Coast. Among the numerous missions established there during the past 60 years by the society, there is scarcely one which Irish priests and Sisters have not helped to build. Many of those missions have grown above their martyr graves. In the heart of the Egyptian Delta is Tantah, ranking with Mecca as one of the sacred shrine cities of Islam, containing the tomb of a Moslem saint, minarets and mosques, and 100,000 faithful followers of the Prophet. Forty years ago Tantah was one of the fiercest strong holds of Muslimism in the Orient. The self-sacrificing devotedness of the priests and Sisters labouring for the past 40 years in that fanatical anti-Christian centre has revolutionised its religious conditions. There exists in this sacred city of Islam to-day a flourishing mission of the society, consisting of a church attended by 1500 Catholics, a college and schools with an average daily attendance of S00 children, and a dispensary for the sick poor in which. a daily average of 3 50 sufferers receive gratuitous medical treatment at the hospital of the Sisters. The Priest in Tantali. Walking along the streets of Tantah to day, the visiting priest will be agreeably surprised to notice himself gravely saluted in European fashion, almost as friendly and as respectfully as in the streets of an Irish city. Even little children will be seen to leave for a- moment the guardian ship of their veiled Mohammedan tooters, run across the crowded thoroughfare; and reverently kiss his hand and this is the second sacred city, of Islam, where .40 years ago a Christian would scarcely be allowed to occupy standing room in the streets. .Among the missionaries and Sisters of the Society of African Missions who have identified themselves with the development of the Tantah mission and the transformation of the religious conditions in that city are: Rev. Fathers Carroll, Tipperary; D. J. O 'Sullivan, Cork; Denis O 'Sullivan, Kerry; M. Slattery, Kerry; J. Dowling, M. Collins, Cork; Sister M. Donata (Miss White, Cork) and Sister M. Thekla (Miss Ferris, Kerry). In Cairo the society possesses a still more flourishing mission. Prominent among the missionaries who have contributed to its progress are Rev. John Prendergast, Kilkenny; Rev. Father Curran, Tuam; Rev. Father O Herlihy, Cork. At Zeitoun, near Cairo, in the vicinity of the famous shrine of Matarieh, where the Infant Saviour passed the first years of His life on earth, Father Morrissey, of Waterford; Father Philbin, of Achonry, and Sister M. Celien (Miss D'Arcy, Dublin), have been notably identified with the development of the mission. At Zifteh, on the Nile, Very Rev. Father Kyne. of Tuam. afterwards Prefect Apostolic of Liberia, and Father Moylan, of Limerick, have given the best years of their lives to bring back to Egypt some of its old-time Christian blessings. These few hurriedly-collected facts and names will serve only to indicate a mere fractional part of what Irish priests and Sisters have accomplished in Egypt. In the Black Republic. In West Africa their numbers and their labours have been greater. In the Black Republic Very Rev. Father Kyne, of Tuam, was the first to make the missions of Liberia a success. His 17 years African experience, acquired in Egypt, enabled him, at once on his arrival in Monrovia, to see that his efforts for the evangelisation of the descendants of the original negro colonists from Maryland would mean a useless waste of time. He therefore wisely penetrated into the interior regions of the country, where his mission, after considerable initial difficulties had been overcome, received the cordial sympathy of the native kings. Father Kyne having been recalled to Ireland as Provincial, his successes have been maintained and extended by Father Higgins, of Limerick; Father Harrington, Father Murphy, Father Collins, and Father O'Hea, of Cork; Father Baker, Dublin; Father McKenna, Kilmore. Latest accounts from Liberia show that the work is progressing with increasing success. Kings and chiefs of the interior have been sending deputations, asking that missions be established among their people, and promising grants of land and assistance in the erection of schools. In Deadly Lagos. The principal mission on the Guinea Coast is that of Lagos, where in normal times there is a Bishop with three or four priests, a Catholic population of nearly 4000 souls, and more than a thousand children attending the school. The results which these statistics represent have been obtained in 40 years in the most unhealthy climate in the world, and in the face of

formidable difficulties and at an incredible cost of life and suffering. The first Bishop of Lagos died three years after his consecration; the second returned to Europe, lingered some years in broken health, and died in France; the third, returning also in shattered health, had scarcely reached Bordeaux when he breathed his last. Of two of the Bishops who had been consecrated at Lagos, one died 18 months after his consecration, the other two and a half years after his consecration. Among several Irish priests and Sisters of the society who identified themselves with the history of this mission was Father Con naughton, Meath, who died 18 months after his arrival in West Africa in 1887; Father O'Rourke, Leitrim; Father Garvey, Leitrim; Sister Dominic (Miss O'Riordan, Cork), Sister Felicite (Miss Kirwan, Dublin), Sister Cecilus (Miss O'Riordan, Limerick), and Sister Agatha (Miss O'Rourke, Roscommon). Nigeria, Dahomey and the Gold Coast. At Lokoja, on the Niger River, six hundred miles inland, Very Rev. Father Broderick, of Kerry, is Prefect-Apostolic over an ecclesiastical territory more extensive than Southern California. The missions under his care owe their existence largely to Father Dornan, of Belfast, and Father Joseph Butler, of Kilkenny. In Dahomey the human sacrifices are now abolished. Chiefly instrumental in their suppression was Rev. Father Wade, of Dublin, a member of the Society of African Missions. The society represented to-day in Dahomey by a Bishop and priests. Prominently identified with the mission of Dahomey in the heroic efforts of its earliest pioneers is the name of Father Moran, of Tipperary, who was martyred by the native pagan priests in 18S7. On the Gold Coast there is also a Bishop with 24 priests, and upwards of 50 mission stations.' Among the Irish priests and nuns who have' sacrificed their lives in the establishment and the extension of these missions are Father Wade, of Dublin; Father Hennessy, of Kilkenny; Sister M. Ignatius (Miss Howard, Limerick), Sister M. Mark (Miss McCarlan, Belfast). The complete records of the society's work, setting for the names of its members, who, during more than half a century, have been leaving home and friends and country, and devoting themselves to lives of poverty and illness in a climate which has given to the regions it infests the sinister name of the 'White Man's Crave,' the detailed history of their daily lives among the pagan tribes of the Guinea Coast, thousands of miles from civilisation, their efforts and sufferings and sacrifices for the salvation of the souls of the poorest of God's creatures, and their martyr deaths these records in their completeness have not been written by any human hand. They are to be found only in the Book of Life, chronicled there by God's recording angels.

 

 

 

Nun from Clare and Kerry Priest July 8 1904

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Convert.

THE WORK OF OUR NUNS. APPRECIATION BY MR. REDMOND,

In a recent letter home Mr. W. H. Redmond, M.P., speaks eloquently of the work performed by the Sisters of St. Joseph in the little township of Nyimagee, and we feel sure that the following extract will prove interesting to our readers : — There is a. little Catholic church at Nymagee, but no resident priest. The people hear Mass twice a month, when a priest arrives from over sixty miles. Not far from the church, and separated from the town by a wide stretch of bare red soil, there is a small convent where four Sisters of St. Joseph live. This is verily believe, the very smallest convent almost in the world ; such a tiny little box of a place it is, that the wonder is where the four nuns manage to exist. The little church also serves as a school, and there the nuns teach the children of the place. It would be quite impossible to over-estimate the splendid work which these Sisters. Their special mission seems to be to follow people into the remote districts and right out in lonely bush localities ; they establish themselves sometimes in little houses which look like toy-houses, they are so small, and wherever there are any children to be taught they teach them.

 

A MUSIC-LOVING PEOPLE. The fact that the Australians are largely fond of music, I have heard more than once ascribed to the fact that the Sisters of St. Joseph teach music excellently, and it is surprising how many little bush houses you find with pianos, and how many Australian children, even in remote parts of the land, have a knowledge of the instrument, thanks to the work of the Sisters. It is not hard to under stand why these nuns are so- beloved. They go into the most lonely places, and wherever they go they bring the greatest advantage to the children, and help to make the lives of the people amongst whom they live brighter and better. In many places these nuns are extremely poor, but they are as well supported as the means of the people will allow. The St. Joseph's Order is of Australian foundation, and perhaps there is no other Order which does more good or of which the people are more fond. I visited the little schools at Nymagee and Nyngan, and it was a pleasure to see the bright and happy faces of the children, and to notice their evident affection for their teachers.

FROM THE CO. CLARE. In Nyngan, by the way, I met one of the nuns, who' hailed all the way from Corofin, in Clare, and to hear her speak glowingly of Lisdoonvarna. the Cliffs of Moher, and the Rocks of Burren, one might .imagine that she was but fresh from home. Thirty-five long years, however, had passed over her head since she saw her loved old county, and now her life is spent deep in Australia helping to mould the characters of those who will soon be the men and women of a great nation. The more one travels in this land the more one appreciates the extent of the magnificent work which many Irish people are doing, and doing most cheerfully, in this distant part of the world.

A BIG PARISH.

The priest who comes to Nymagee a young Kerryman, a few years from home. I happened to meet him one Sunday after noon. He had just driven by himself the sixty lonely miles from Cobar. He may not have met two human beings on the road, but he made light of it, merely declaring, with a cheery laugh : 'This is a pretty big parish Men like this are an everlasting credit to Ireland. They are real pioneers, they go out into the bush where their people are ; they get a few pounds and build a little wooden church. They gather their flocks around them, and see that schools are established. The long miles of bush roads, the lonely lives they often live, the difficulties they have to encounter, are as nothing to them. They see there is work to be done, and they do it, and they deserve the greatest credit.

ASSISTS AT BENEDICTION. On the night I met the Kerry priest there was Benediction in the church. It was a lovely moonlight night, and I stood at the gate to watch the congregation arrive, wondering what it would be like in this 'little Nymagee, far from 'the railway and the next township. It was a small scattering congregation that came, and they flitted in shadowy

little groups across the stretch of red soil outside. There were a good many children, a fair sprinkling of men, mostly miners and a number of women, not a few with infants in their arms. A single oil lamp lit up the church, and a little choir were sing the familiar music of the service. The voices of the children might have been the voices heard in any country church in Ireland, but back there, four hundred and fifty miles from the coast, the singing seemed to me strangely touching, and the attitude of the congregation seamed .marked by an eager and grateful appreciation. When it was all over the little groups of people flitted once more over the space outside, and were soon lost in the shadows in the distance, and the tiny church became once move a silent speck in the great, broad, lonely scone upon which the Southern Cross 'looked down. And there are yet far more lonely districts in the great diocese of WJloaninda, where the work of priest and nun is done under infinitely more lonely circumstances. I conceived a great admiration for the work of the minis and the priests in the back country, and I admire the unselfish devotion which prompts them to work in the lonely spots of the earth without murmur or complaint.

 

 

15 Jan 1951 Fr Cain

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OBITUARY REV. FATHER WILLIAM CAIN. It is with deep regret that we have to record the passing at Portland on Tuesday last of Father William Cain, Catholic priest, and former parish priest of Portland.. Father Cain, who was 77 years of age, had been in failing health for some time, and his death was not altogether unexpected. He passed away quietly at his residence, 'Manreca,' Bentinck Street, where he had lived in retirement since 1941. Rev. Father Cain, a native of Listowel....County Kerry, Ireland, received his education at St. Michael's College? in his native town, and at St. Brendan's? Seminary, Killarney. proceeding? later to Maynooth College, he was at the completion of his course of studies ordained priest for the Diocese of Kerry. ....after his ordination he volunteered for service under Bishop .... of Ballarat (a fellow countryman), and came to Australia with the intention of remaining for a certain term. He afterwards decided to stay permanently in the Ballarat Diocese and was stationed at lton, Colac and Hamilton. While at Colac in the year 1899, he celebrated the first Mass at the following places: Cororooke, in the old St. Brendan's Church; at Baramunga thence to Beech Forest, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Conway; at Forest, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gardiner; and at ana River, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Hamshire. At the departure from Portland in 1909 of Father Lynch, Father Cain took charge of the parish and broke all existing records by remaining Parish. Priest until 1941 (32 years) when failing health obliged him to retire. On September 10, 1923. Rev. Father Cain celebrated his silver jubilee as a Priest of the Catholic Church. To mark this auspicious occasion, celebrations were held at Portland during the day, and many priests from other centres in the Diocese were present. Another important event was the commemoration of Father Cain's fortieth year in the priesthood in October, 1938 when he was made the recipient of a testimonial, in addition to receiving? congratulatory messages from all sections of the community. In May, 1941, Rev. Father Cain ...ed his office as Parish Priest, of? All Saints, Portland, and was suceeded by Rev. Father O'Rourke, Creswick. In September, 1948, Father Cain's fiftieth year in the priesthood was marked by a Mass at All Saints Church. The school children sang hymns, and at the conclusion, Father Cain thanked all for the ...ht and then gave a short sermon, During the long forty years of his life in Portland during which time he had but one holiday to his native land, no figure was better known to and respected by residents and visitors alike than that of Rev Father Cain. He loved his work and loved his people, and the people appreciated his work. He was a good? friend to the Loreto Sisters, to visiting members of other religious orders to the poor, the sick, and above all, to the children. On Friday morning, at All Saints'. Church, solemn' obsequies and Requiem Mass took place, when the Rev. Father O'Rourke, who also conducted the service at the graveside at the south cemetery, officiated. The funeral was a particularly lengthy one and the attendance representative of all parts of the Western District, striking testimony to the high esteem in which, the late gentleman was universally held.

 

21 March 1929

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REV, FATHER LANE.

A CULTURED PRIEST.

- The. Father Maurice. Lane, parish' priest of Ipswich-road, who'; died in Bomar on Wednesday last, was a very cultured priest, at the -Catholic AOL

Brisbane. Born near Listowel, County Kerry, a little over SO' years ago,. and educated, in the local Seminary, he was -subsequently sent to' Maynooth College, where, alter a brilliant course, he was ordained priest, and destined for the archdiocese of Melbourne, where he arrived about ... 23 years ago. Finding the . southern, climate too severe on. his heath, e applied ,to the late Bishop Higgins for a place in the diocese of Rockhampton, and was stationed in .the parish . of Hnghenhen.. subsequently was for several years . Administrator of the parish of Sit. Morgan, and later parish priest of Longreach. In 1911 and 1912 Father Maurice paid prolonged visit to Europe,- spending most of the time with his friends in Ireland, Bishop Duhig was transferred to Brisbane as Coadjutor Archbishop in 1913, ' and' Father Lane, who had originally been ordained for the diocese of Kerry, ex pressing, a wish to return to Australia, Fr. Duhig obtained for him an appointment from the late Archbishop Dunne.

 

11 June 1887

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CASTLEISLAND SPEAKS OUT.

The people of Casfcleisland and its vicinity took an opportunity on April 24 of giving vent to their sentiments on tho subject of fche Coer cion policy and & cognate subject, the resigna tion of the police. Thirteen members of the force havo now refused to do the dirty work of the Government. These men were present at the meeting, and afterwards they proceeded to

Cork, en route for America. At both plooea they were received with gpeafc enthusiasm, and were accorded something like an ovation. The meeting in Casfcleioland was held in view of the fact that Mr. Crilly, M.P., was in the neigh bourhood. It was c most imposing assemblage, and its proceedings were enlivened by the music o£ bands from Tralee, Abbeyfeale, and tbe looality itself. Extraordinary attentions were paid it by the police and resident magistrates. A large force of extra police were draffced into the town, and four of the body were posted in front o£ the Crown Hotel, where Mr. Orilly bad put up, observing every one who went in and out. Mr. Cecil Roche, R.M., was strongly in evidence, he and Inspectors Singleton and Davis paying particular attention to the speoches. One of these officials requested Mr. Murphy the pro prietor of fche hotel, to take down a strip of calico with the motto ' God Save Ireland' on ifc which had been put up in front of the house, but this Mr. Murphy very spiritedly declined to do, The chair was occupied by the Ven. Archdeacon Irwin, P.P., who delivered an admirable opeeoh. For thirty-four years, he declared, he had been a missionary priest in Kerry, and his experience had taught him this — that Irish landlordism had wrecked the peace and prosperity of thousands of families in that county. To the Moonlighters of Kerry he gave the palm for being the next greatest curse to the country. It was these, the venerable priest declared, who had placed in the hands of the Coercionists the weapon wbere with the whole of Ireland was now to be stricken down. Mr. Crilly in a very able speech re ferred amongst other things to the subject of evictions, and pointed out a special reason why Kerry ohould hate landlordism like poison. The number of evictions in that one county alone exceeded by a very largo proportion the com bined totals for the whole two provinces of Leinster and Ulster. That fact speaks volumes on the causes of the disturbed state of Kerry. One of the ex-policemen who had discardedthe Government also addressed the meeting in a speech characterized by much earnestness and considerable oratorioal merit, declaring that the Tory Executive were mistaken in thinking that the Irish police could be made to forget that they were Irishmen and could be used to carry out remorselesoly the heartless work of ruffianly landlordism.

 

 

 

HENNESSY San Francisco Call 5 March 1900

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NOTED PRELATE TOUCHED BY THE HAND OF DEATH

Career of Catholic Archbishop Hennessy Brought to a Close.

Orator and Profound Theologian Who Was Named "the Apostle of the . American Parochial School."

DUBUQUE, lowa, March 4.—Archbishop Hennessy died at 2:25 p. m. to-day. Archbishop John Hennessy was recognized as one of the greatest orators and most profound theologians in the Catholic hierarchy, and because of his zeal in his educational matters has been named "the apostle of . the American Catholic parochial school. His latest work in the cause of education was the founding of a seminary here, designed to be one of the largest in the country. Since he first came to , Dubuque Archbishop Hennessy has seen the Catholic church in lowa increase from a membership of a few hundred to a quarter of a million. . Archbishop Hennessy was born in County Limerick, Ireland; August- 20, 1825. In 1847 he came to America, going to Carondelet Seminary, near St. Louis, where he commenced the study of theology and was ordained priest November 1. 1850.? His first mission was at New Madrid. Mo., embracing 6000. miles of territory without a single mile of railroad and where he endured the hardships and privations of the pioneer. In 1854 he was Installed as professor of dogmatic history at Carondelet. and. became president In 1857 The next year he went to Rome as the representative of Archbishop Kendrick In I86O he went to St. Joseph; Mo:, where he remained until appointed bishop of Dubuque in 1866. He was- consecrated September of that year by Archbishop Kendrick of St. Louis. His silver Jubilee was celebrated with great pomp in 1891. He vas made archbishop on September 17 1893 Monsignor Satolll, then papal delegate, and Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore conducting the ceremonies. AH the American archbishops except one, nearly all the bishops and upward of 400 priests and hundreds of leading Catholic laymen of the country were present. In March of last year: the Archbishop was stricken with paralysis of the brain. On February 15 - last ..he was -.again stricken and Friday night was seized with another stroke. Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia arrived. this morning. The sufferer showed signs- of recognition, though unable, to speak. He then began to sink, and at 2 o'clock passed quietly. The funeral 'will- be held, Thursday morning. Among the candidates ¦ for , the vacant archdiocese Archbishop ¦ Kane. Bishop Lenahan .of Cheyenne and . Monslgnor Ryan are mentioned.

 

 

 

 

Sacramento Daily Union 19 June 1889.

Died at Santa Rosa.

Santa Rosa, June 18th. 1889. Mother Alphonse Costello, Lady Superiors of the Ursuline Academy in this city, died Sunday after a long illness of consumption. She was born in Limerick. Ireland, came to the united States at the age of 20 years. and very soon afterward entered the Ursuline Convent at St. Martins, Ohio. She was one a board sent to establish a school at London, Ohio, in 1874. In 1880 she was one of two Sisters selected to visit Santa Rosa to ascertain the feasibility of establishing a school for young ladies. 'She was a model religious in the Roman Catholic faith.