KNOCKNAGOSHEL
COVID-19
Knocknagoshel GAA Club are willing to collect groceries, fuel or prescriptions for anyone that is self-isolating at this time. Please contact Dan on 087-6411397, John on 087-7176698 or Mike on 086-1929558.
SYMPATHY
Knocknagoshel GAA club would like to express sympathy to Liam Bell and the Bell family on the death of Liam’s brother Michael. Sympathy is also expressed to the Leen family Ballymac and the Sheehan family in Brosna on the deaths of David Leen and Denise Sheehan. May they rest in peace.
MEALS ON WHEELS
Knocknagoshel Meals on Wheels deliver to Knocknagoshel, Lyreacrompane, Duagh, Brosna, Cordal and parts of Castleisland on Monday to Saturday. Main Course is just €5 and a three-course meal is €7. Kids portions are now available. This group also provide a laundry service. Meals on Wheels can be contacted on 087-1269270 to order before 11am.
KIERANS XL
Kierans XL shop is open each day. You can phone your order for collection or delivery. Please contact Kieran on 087-4354516 for more details.
MASS
Knocknagoshel Church remains closed. You can hear mass from Castleisland at 11.30am on Sunday on www.churchservices. tv/castleisland RTE News Now will broadcast mass at 10.30am every weekday.
COVID-19 SUPPORT LINE
ALONE has launched a national support line and additional supports for people who have concerns or are facing difficulties relating to the outbreak of Covid-19. Professional staff are available to answer queries and give advice and reassurance where necessary. The support line is open Monday to Friday 8am8pm, by calling 0818 222 024 or whatever is required.
Contact someone if you need help! You can contact the club secretary Dan on 086-3526318 or the club Chairman Kevin on 087-9957999 if you need any assistance.
Kerry County Council have launched a dedicated phone number, 1800 807 009 which you can ring if you need any assistance or text SUPPORT to 50555 followed by your name. This number will be linked into local groups who will be contacted if anyone needs any help. Please don’t hesitate to reach out.
MASSES
Anyone who has access to the internet can follow mass from St Mary’s Church, Dingle as follows: Monday and Tuesday at 10am; Wednesday 7.30pm, Thursday 10am, Friday 7.30pm; Saturday 8pm and Sunday 11.30am. The website is naomhmuire.wordpress. please ask someone to help you set it up. Also, the parish newsletter is available in Kate’s Cross and Keane’s Shop each week. businesses below, place your order, they will put it together, calculate what change you will need and we will deliver to your door on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evenings between 6.00pm and 8.00pm.
The shops will explain everything when you ring: Foley’s Gala shop -066-7132116; Stack’s Londis Shop -066-7132106; Walsh Butches 066-7132143; Fitzmaurices’s Chemist 0667132153; McCarthy’s Post Office 066-7132151 or Woodview vets 068-40796.
Split the Bucket Draw will continue and we will use the Club’s half of the proceeds to pay the fuel expenses of our volunteers, who are yet again giving their time to assist in this. We hope we will of some assistance. contact a person with computer knowledge.
LOOKING BACK
After the formation of Mountcollins Club na Nog in 1984, under age football blossomed in the parish. The first ever under age title came in 1985 with a 1-5 to 1-1 victory over Ballyhahill in the final. The team was John Brosnahan, Nicholas Curtin, John Lane, Danny O Brosnahan, Tim Lenihan, Bobby Mullane, Brian Flannery, Tom O Connell, Christy Collins, Nelius Murphy, William Daughton, Mike Daugton, Con Murphy, Paudie Naughton, Patrick Curtin.
The team management was Jerry Healy, Larry Begley and Billy Sheehan.
The club has continued in existence and brought divisional and county as well as school titles to the parish over the years.
LADIES FOOTBALL
While the ladies football team enjoyed a breif existence in the early nineties many of our players have enjoyed success with various clubs.
Many were prominent with our under age teams playing up to under 14 level. Cationa Sheehan was a skillful player at club and school level and has won many honors with Athea ladies team along with Lillian Quirke. Bridget Cahill is an all round sports woman playing camogie with Tournafulla, Rugby with Abbeyfeale and Munster, soccer with Abbeyfele and gaelic football with Monagea. Carol Horan played school and under age level locally and has played camogie with Tournafulla and soccer with Abbeyfeale.Maire Lyons began her playing carer locally and also played camogie with Tournafulla and rugby with Abbeyfeale. She is currently a member of Abbeyfeale ladies soccer club and plays gaelic football with Mungret St. Pauls an has represented Limerick Ladies. Irene Dillane is also multi talented playing gaelic football with Monagea, camogie with Tournafulla and rugby with Abbeyfeale. Elanor McCarthy was also a talented player with all underage level teams. Marie Lenihan has been an outstanding player for Monagea while Deirdre Lenihan has enjoyed much success with her team in Dublin. Muirne Lane has being very successful at every age group with Fr. Casey’s ladies G.A.A. club and is a wonderful prospect for many honors at adult level.
FACEBOOK PAGE
There has been a fantastic response to the Mountcollins Parish Notes Facebook Page which features photographs from the early 1900.
Contacts have been received from home and abroad regarding many of the events which are featured, and efforts to re-establish family connections with people in the parish which may have been lost over the years.
Anyone with local photographs who may be interested in sharing them can message the page or email them to mountcollinsparishnotes@yahoo.com of contact John Lyons on 06844585 or Seán Lyons on 0863102783.
MOYVANE DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
hopes you are all safe and well in these unprecedented times. A number of issues have arisen over the past few weeks.
1. Some unauthorised felling and removal of both mature and young trees from the Wood Walk has taken place.
2. Dumping of ashes is taking place in the Wood Walk at the Knockanure end.
3. Littering is on the increase as is dog fouling throughout the walk and village.
Please note dogs should be kept on a lead at all times when in public.
FR. KEVIN
Fr Kevin is doing a great job in the current circumstances. If you would like to watch his Mass on Sundays just go into You Tube and search for Church of the Assumption Moyvane and click on the stained glass window and this will bring you to the You Tube page to view. If you don’t get to see it on Sunday it will still be there whenever you would like to watch it.
STAY SAFE
To all of you out there hang in, keep in touch with everyone you know and especially those you haven’t talked to for a while. It’s good to talk as the saying goes. Look at it like this, none of us are happy with the situation but we don’t live in an apartment 5 or 10 floors up, we have plenty of green fields and right now sunshine and fresh air. We have mobile phones with all kinds of entertainment apps, televisions with entertainment platforms, You Tube, Netflix, Spotify, Vevo etc. etc. If this had happened 20 years ago we would have none of this. The world is a much smaller place and you can now do video calls with your family in any part of the world with Whatsapp, Skype, Zoom etc.
Stay Safe and make sure your neighbours are OK.