KEASHCULFADDA

DEATHS

Your prayers are requested for Pat Breheny, San Francisco,

USA and formerly of Carrowreagh (brother of the late Thomas Breheny, Carrowreagh) and Annamaria Mitchell, Drumnagranshy and Cregg house.

We also offer our sincere condolences to our ex parish priest and close friend Canon Jim Finan on the loss of his brother and sister recently. Canon Jim’s brother, Fr Joe Finan, was late of Sybil Hill, Raheny, Dublin and retired priest of the diocese of Leeds, England. Canon Jim’s sister Mary Stack was based in County Kerry prior to her death.

We offer our condolences to the Mitchell family on the loss of Annemaria Mitchell, Drumnagranshy and Cregg House.

We also remember at this time Thomas Galligan Cloonaughal, Charlestown (grandfather of Miss Claire O’Donnell NT Keash NS).

ST KEVIN’S CHURCH, KEASH

When we began the second phase of the renovation of St Kevin’s Church, Keash which is ongoing to address the heating, lighting, electrical and associated works; we applied to Allchurches Trust Limited to see if they would be able to help with funding.

Allchurches Trust’s vision is to be one of the UK’s most impactful grant giving charities.

They support the repair, restoration, protection and improvement of church buildings, cathedrals and other places of Christian worship, especially where those changes support wider community use.

Since they were founded in 1972, they have given more than £180 million in grants. Their primary charitable object is to promote the Christian religion. They only fund projects in the UK and Ireland, and they provide additional funding to Christian charities and churches working with the most disadvantaged.

Allchurches Trust have provided a Grant for St Kevin’s Church, Keash of £4,000 (€4,411).

Fr Gabriel would like to thank the people of the parish who have, to date, contributed €19,067 in donations and Bernard C Dwyer, who provided the scaffolding and insurance to the value of approximately €12,000. He would like to thank all those who helped in preparing all aspects of the application, our engineer David O’Hara, the Parish Pastoral and Finance Councils. Moreover, Fr Gabriel would like to thank all who assisted him from St Patrick’s College Maynooth, especially Ceire Sadier, grants officer from the Finance and General Purposes Council, Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference.

The Coronavirus has slowed progress with these works on Keash Church down, but God willing when restrictions lift, we can move on again.

Keash Church Renovation Fund for heating, lighting, electrical and associated works.

Total received to date: €23,478.