BALLYLONGFORD

EASTER WISHES

To all readers, subscribers and friends of these notes I wish you all a very Happy and safe Easter and urge each person to please heed and comply with the notices and warnings that are being issued by the Health Authorities on a regular basis, in regards to COVID-19 (Corona virus) sadly cases keep increasing. The warnings and instructions being issued are for our good and must be adhered to in order for us to overcome this very serious health issue. It is only by our combined efforts that we will help to clear this virus and return to normality as quickly as possible.

CHURCH NOTICES

Regarding Masses: In the context of Covid-19 pandemic: The decision of the Diocese of Kerry is that no public Masses will be celebrated until further notice. Private masses will continue to be celebrated by Rev. Fr Michael Hussey P.P. with the situation being reviewed continuously. The Church will be open daily for anybody that wishes to visit. In regards the Parish Office please telephone 068-43110 for further assistance and information. WATCH MASS ON T.V. Parishioners are reminded that if they wish they can watch Mass daily on television, it is on the R.T.E. NEWS channel beginning at 10.30am each morning. You can also stream Mass live from the various Churches in the Diocese of Kerry such as Killarney, Tralee, Listowel, Moyvane and Dingle. Just log onto www.dioceseofkerry.ie and you will find a full list of churches in the County streamlining mass and Easter ceremonies.

BEREAVEMENT

It has been another very sad week with the unfortunate passing of two people from the Community. Firstly came the sad news of Pamela Lewis R.I.P. of Tullahinell South, Ballylongford and late of Islington, London, England. Pamela died peacefully on Saturday 28th March, 2020, at the Palliative Care Unit, at University Hospital Kerry. To her sons Chulainn and Eoghan, daughter Elisha, grandchild Aisling, brothers John, Anthony and Leroy, sisters Paula and Anita, daughter-in-law Colleen, sisters-in-law Donna, Jackie, Michelle and Geraldine, nephews, nieces, relatives, work colleagues at Garvey’s Foodstore Listowel, neighbours and many friends we offer our dearest sympathies. May she rest in Peace.

This was unfortunately followed on Wednesday 1st April by the sad news of the passing of David Boyle R.I.P. of Castletown, Lexslip. Co. Kildare and late of Well Street, Ballylongford. David was a very loyal and proud Bally man living and working in Dublin since his teenage years. The eldest son of a family of five boys and two girls born on 6th February to his beloved parents Jack and Jane Boyle R.I.P. He grew up in a community where times were hard but he enjoyed the folklore and the way of life attached to rural Ireland in those years.

Educated at the local School and going on to secondary school he enjoyed his youth in a village that was so very dear to him right up to his passing. He particularly liked the easygoing way of life and how people lived, the characters he grew up amongst and the stories he heard and relayed in detail in later years were truly amazing. On completion of his education he went to Dublin where he worked in the Institute of Industrial Research & Standards as a mechanical engineering technician and later in Enterprise Ireland.

His job was to build special purpose machinery and design new products and carry out production engineering on them, this followed on with a hobby which was only natural considering his line of work and that hobby was the making of violins and banjos where in a very short time he would become a truly gifted and creative genius. The DB range of personally made Banjos were much sought after instruments by some of the biggest entertainers in Irish music industry, people such as the late Barney McKenna of the Dubliners, Dave McNevin and Kieran Hanrahan of Stockton’s Wing, Eamonn Coyne, Dessie Kelleher, Kevin Breen, Demaris Woods and Mick Maloney, but to name a few.

He also made personal Banjos for local musicians such as his cousin Kevin Finucane, Tommy Donovan and Aisling Neville. But he always found time to travel back to Bally where he would enjoy a short break in Carrig and meet up with old and young and make new friends during his stay. He also had a great love for the Irish language and could speak it fluently.

His love of Bally and home in the Well Road were always dear to him, the characters he grew up with, the characters that he admired and respected were what he truly enjoyed and loved and when he would speak of them and relay stories of them you would know from the roughish smile and the glint in his eye that he was truly back at home amongst his own. To his beloved wife Eileen, his children Stephen and Katie, his daughter-in-law Antoinette and his grandchildren Aaron and Ruby, brothers Seamus (Lenamore) and Noel (Well Road), sister Maureen (Dublin) Family relatives and wide circle of friends. We extend our deepest sympathies. David is predeceased by his parents Jack and Jane, his brothers Tommy and John and sister Jeanne Anne. His funeral took place in Dublin. Comhbron lena bhean agus a chlann, ar dheis Dé go raibh anam Daithi.

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