COUNTYWIDE
KERRYHOSPICE FOUNDATION EVENTS
As you all know by now we have had to cancal several events due to Covid 19. Thankfully, we have wonderful supporters who continue to fundraise, raising funds for the Kerry Hospice Foundation. We are overwhelmed by the wonderful support from right around the county.
The countdown is on. Next weekend why not take to the roads with your family for our virtual Run/ Walk. To add some fun to this event we also have a best dressed, which Mars O’Connell and Deirdre Walsh will judge from the pictures received.
This is again all done on line and it is important to send in your pictures to the Facebook page. You choose the distance either 5k/10k or 21km (half marathon) in your own time. Medals for everyone.
Also, there will be a trophy for fastest male/female over the 5k/10/21k distance so it’s up to ye to submit your tracking information afterwards.
We would like to thank you a for your continued support.
https://give.everydayhero. com/ie/kerry-hospice-sunflower
LEGIONGAA
The Legion ladies football team along with the management will run 250km on Saturday the 30th of May. It will be a long day for all of this team as 250 km is not an easy feat in a day. This will be done over the course of the day and they have a fundraising page on their Facebook page. Best of luck to you all. And a huge thank you to you all for thinking of the Foundation in your fundraising efforts.
LISTRYGAA
The Listry club are doing a family event over the long weekend where they will do a 48 hour relay of running and walking. This event will raise funds for the Kerry Hospice Foundation and Kerry Cancer support. Again the club has a fundraising page if you would like to support. A huge thank you to all involved and again we wish you all the best of luck.
STEPSINMAY
Monica Sheehan is coming to the end of her challenge and she hopes to finish next weekend. She has done over 20,000 every day over the month of May and will pass her aim of 620,000. A brillamt effort by Monica and we are hugley grateful to all who continue to support her.
GALLYSGALLOP
Eoghan Galvin aimed to do 200km over the course of May and in doing so has raised over €12,000 for the Foundation and the Kerry Cancer support group. Eoghan aim was to raise €6,000 but went way passed his aim. A huge thank you to Eoghan for thinking of us in his event and we are so grateful for the wonderful support.
HEADSHAVE
Mairead Fernane who has been an volunteer for many years and is the current Treasurer of the Foundation held an event last weekend. She took the brave decision to do a head shave in memory of her niece Marlene who passed away last year after a short illness. Mairead is raising funds for the Kerry Hospice Foundation and you can support her on her own face book page. Well done Mairead and a huge thank you for doing this.
We are as always very grateful to all who supported Mairead.
CONGRATULATIONS
We here at the Foundation would like to congratulate David who is the son of our vice chairman Jack Shanahan. David has received a 4 year scholarship to Georgia Tech. We wish him well.
THANKYOUS
At this time we appreciate that it is hard for many charities and of course for you the public to support. We here at the Foundation are so grateful for the wonderful support we continue to get and we are overwhelmed by the public who continue to organise events. This is our 30th year and unfortunalty some of our annual events have gone but the support is we are getting is amazing. Thank you all.
KILFLYNN CROTTALOTTO JACKPOTRESULTS
The Crotta Hurling Lotto Club draw with a Jackpot of €15,600 was held on Monday 25th May in St Columbas Centre, Kilflynn. The four numbers drawn by Independent observer: Sean Weir, Castletown, Kilflynn were 11,22,30 and 32. There was No winner of €15,600 Jackpot. Congratulations to the following who won €35 in the lucky dip draw: Jane Joyce, Clounsillagh, Lixnaw, Emer Loftus, Swinford, Mayo, and Maura Breen, Knocknacaska, Kilflynn. Both Emer and Maura purchased their lucky tickets on www.locallotto.ie
For the record the four numbers drawn on Monday 18th May were 8,16,25 and 28. The gremlins struck last week’s numbers. The next Draw will take place next Monday evening 1st June @ 9:30pm via Crotta Facebook Live. Please note cut off time for entry is 8pm
Monday 1st June.
With current social restrictions Crotta GAA would encourage lotto players to avail of our online facility (see link below). Alternatively tickets are available at Herbert’s Village Store,Kilflynn (Open Daily 4-8pm), Zamzam Kebab, Kilflynn, Abbeydorney Post Office, Foley’s Shop, Lixnaw or by contacting Paddy Weir (087) 415 5821, Paud Tuomey (087) 237 9559 or Mike Parker (087) 979 4541. All Draws will be broadcast live via Crotta Facebook on a weekly basis Monday’s at 9:30pm until our traditional venues for draws are once again available. Play online now https:// play.clubforce.com/play_newa. asp?ll_id=427#Anchor . Thank you for your amazing support as always.
ABBEYDORNEYPARISH~ ST. BERNARD’S, ABBEYDORNEY ~ ST. MARY’S, KILFLYNN
MASSES
Saturday 30th May at 6.00 p.m. Donal Walsh, Cappa Sunday 31st May at 10.00 a.m. Mass will be streamed live on www.dioceseofkerry.ie,
go to Abbeydorney Parish and click on watch live Mass
Priest on duty in North Kerry Area, Sunday 24th May
Fr. Kevin McNamara 0894044816
Parish Office is closed due to the Covid-19 restriction. Please phone 066 4018996 for Mass booking and all other queries.
GUIDELINESFORTHE DIOCESEOFKERRY
St. Bernard’s Church Abbeydorney and St. Mary’s Church Kilflynn will be open for private prayer from 11 a.m. -- 7 p.m daily. Please use the sanitisers provided, observe social distancing, follow the signs and do not to enter the areas where access has been restricted. The churches will be closed during Mass times.
Priests or other church personnel (sacristan, cantor, volunteer) over 70 or with underlying vulnerable medical conditions are not to be involved in funeral liturgies or prayers. This is in line with the regulation regarding ‘cocooning’. Funerals the regulation =9110 or less’ applies to the cemetery as well. Burial follows immediately on the Mass. All HSE guidelines are to be observed, no shaking hands, social distancing etc.Simple Mass, none of the usual family participation. No distribution of Communion as it involves each host being touched. No Funeral Pall as it would involve a lot of touching. Masses are to continue, where possible, to be transmitted via webcam etc. The Mass should be celebrated by the priest alone without reader or cantor. All baptisms and weddings are postponed until further notice. At this difficult time, it is good to remember that the whole Church of Christ is present in every Diocese and that each time Mass is celebrated or the Divine Office prayed, it is done in union with and on behalf of the whole diocese.
THELATEMOSSSPILLANE
It is with great sadness to hear of the passing of Maurice (Moss) Spillane, Balloonagh Estate and formerly Scartaglin. Moss was a constant figure at Austin Stacks Park,Tralee and his welcoming smile was ever present. On big match days/ trainings it was always a pleasure to speak with Moss who by the way always remembered everybody. His relaxed nature and kindness had a calming effect with teams. Moss along with his fellow grounds men maintain Austin Stack and Caherslee pitches to the highest standard and both were always available and in perfect condition to county and clubs teams when needed. A true GAA man and gentleman who presents will be sadly missed and I have no doubt his name will be spoken of fondly for many years to come. The Crotta Hurling club would like to extend our sympathies to his wife Mary, his daughters Michelle, Tracey, Deirdre and Ashling, his relatives,friends and GAA colleagues. Ar dheis De go raibh a anam.
KILFLYNNCOMMUNITY TOGETHERANDCROTTAGAA
Kilflynn Community Together and The Crotta Hurling Club are here to help and if you or any of your neighbours need a delivery of medicine or food or any other essential service during this difficult time while our country battles the threat of Covid 19, please let us know. We have an army of volunteers to support our community at this very difficult unprecedented time. Please if you need any assistance contact the Kilflynn Community Together phone on 087-1122828. We will organise pickup and delivery for you. Please let any of your neighbours that might need assistance know this help is here. We will let you know who will be delivering it to your door. Please keep safe, and as a community we will beat this virus.
GAAUPDATE
The GAA has confirmed that no official on-field activity will resume before July 20 and our facilities will remain closed until that date and will issue detailed advice before any return to play, outlining the steps needed to take to facilitate the re-commencement of our training and games, both in terms of physical engagement and around the use of our facilities. The GAA Player Injury Scheme will remain closed until an official return to activity is confirmed. Clubs are reminded that membership and public liability will need to be in place for the return of our activities and are advised to process same in the weeks ahead.
STVINCENTDEPAUL
Abbeydorney/Kilflynn St. Vincent de Paul confidential number is 087 7086253
COVID-19HELPLINE
A special helpline which is free and confidential is available in Kerry to help people accessing non-emergency and non-medical services. The COVID-19 Kerry Community Response Forum includes over a dozen agencies and organisations including Kerry County Council, Gardaí, and GAA. This freephone number 1800 807 009 will be available 8am to 8pm seven days a week. A text line is also available, people can text SUPPORT followed by their NAME to 50555. Requests can also be e-mailed to covidsupport@kerrycoco.ie.
ACCORD
are now offering over the phone counselling for couples, Individuals & family members during this time of unprecedented stress & pressure during these weeks of COVID-19. Call: 01 5313331
KILMOYLEY BEREAVEMENT
Sympathies are extended to the McCarthy family, Sackville, Ardfert following the passing this week of Michael McCarthy. Sadly missed by his loving wife Ann Marie ( nee Riordan) and much loved Dad of Keith (Lixnaw), Declan (Ardfert) and the late Michael, daughters-in- law Ann and Trina, his 4 grandchildren, brothers John (London) and Noel (Tralee), sisters Peg Goggin (Causeway), Bessey O’ Neill (Kenmare), Kate (Kenmare) and the late Mary, brothers-in-law, sisters-inlaw, nieces, nephews, friends and neighbours.
Michael’s funeral took place in St. Brendan’s Church, Ardfert and was followed by burial afterwards in the New Cemetery Kilmoyley. Kilmoyley hurling clubSympathiesThe club would like to extend its sympathies to the family of Moss
Spillane, Balloonagh estate, Tralee, formerly of Scartaglin. Moss would have been very familiar to the club over the years as he was a longtime steward at Austin Stack park, Tralee and was always a welcoming face for every team arriving for a game.
SPLITTHEBUCKET
The juvenile club Split the Bucket draw was suspended in March when the Government announced the Covid-19 lockdown. The club has decided not to resume the draw until the Government restrictions are lifted in terms of GAA activity in the, hopefully not too distant future. As there were a number of existing entries in the buckets at that time, the club decided to hold a draw last Friday evening with the winner collecting the Full jackpot rather than a 50% split. The winner of the draw is Luke O’Mahony. Luke will receive a jackpot of €154 which was the total of all monies entered in the draw.
The juvenile club is also delighted to announce that it will match this amount with a donation to the Childrens Ward of UHK.
Thank you to everyone who has supported our draws to date and when club activities resume our draws will also resume.
SKILLSVIDEOS
For the third week running our juvenile hurlers were out in great numbers practicing their skills around the gardens of the parish and thanks to the video skills of their parents, some brilliant footage was captured for the club’s facebook page. Players that submitted videos were entered in a draw for a Shane Brick hurley. The draw took place on Saturday evening and the winner, picked out of the hat by senior hurling captain John B O’Halloran was Colm O’Sullivan. Congratulations to Colm and enjoy the prize. Well done to all our hurlers and remember to keep practicing.
Last week’s videos on the Kilmoyley facebook page were viewed over 1,500 times.
THESUNDAYGAME
It was great to see Kilmoyley manager John Meyler featuring on the Sunday game last weekend. Unfortunately for John, the show replayed Cork’s All-Ireland semi final defeat to Limerick after extra time in 2018, one of the great games of recent times.
CANCELLED
As with all public events this Summer, the 2020 Féile na Gael competition due to be held in Dublin, Kildare and Meath in June has been cancelled due to the Covidrestrictions. This would have been the 50th year of a competition which was first held in 1971, hosted by Tipperary. Kilmoyley is the most successful team in Kerry in this event with 13 titles, the first coming in 1974 plus 2 All-Irelands in 1987 and 1991. Over the next few weeks the club will be looking to gather the memories, photos and stories of players, mentors and anyone involved in those victories. It will be kept as an archive of this wonderful competition which has become so fond to the hurling hurling fraternity in the county. Further details will be included on the clubs facebook page so look out for further details or contact club PRO Ian Brick for details.