FARRANFORE FIRIES

SYMPATHY

SYMPATHY is extended to Claire Doyle, Firies NS, and family on the death of her father, Denis Doyle, Carnahone, Beaufort. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, a private family funeral took place with Requiem Mass in Beaufort Parish Church on Wednesday followed by burial in Churchtown cemetery. Denis and his wife Mary were very good supporters of the 31 card drives in Farranfore and Firies Halls.

MAY HE REST IN PEACE.

The death has taken place of Peter Galwey, Fahaduff, Castleisland and formerly of Lyre, Currow. Because of Government/ HSE restrictions, a private family funeral took place with Requiem Mass on Wednesday in St Stephen’s and St John’s Church, Castleisland followed by burial in St John’s cemetery. Sympathy is extended to his wife Breda and family, brothers David and Noel, relatives and friends. May Peter rest in peace.

CITIZEN INFORMATION OFFICE

is located on the 1st floor, Beech Road, Killarney between the Credit Union and Social Welfare offices. Opening hours are Monday to Friday from 10am to 4pm. Telephone 0761 07 7820. Email : killarney@citinfo.ie. Free confidential information and advocacy provided in relation to your rights and entitlements.

ADDICTION

A programme on the issue of addiction will feature on “Horizons” programme on Radio Kerry next Sunday morning 9th August at 9am.

MOLAHIFFE

The old church was probably built by one of the McCarthy Domhnach Mor about 1200 AD and was visited by the Papal Nuncio in 1291. The parish consisted of 32 townlands, namely Ballinvarrig, Ballybane, Ballyfinnane, Bohereens, Boulicullane, Breaslagh, Bushmount, Castlefarm, Cloonlara, Cunnigar, Coolclieve, Corbally, Dromore, Farranfore, Gurrane, Grarah, Gortalassa, Gortavullin, Goulane, Graffeens, Gurteenroe, Inchinveema, Killahane, Killeagh, Knockaderry, Knockbrack, Lisheenacanna, Rossanean, Rossmore, Roxboro, Rusheen and Scahies. The church fell into ruins around 1650. During the Penal times Mass was celebrated secretly at Poll an Aifrinn, near the graveyard.

After Emancipation a small thatched church was built in Hartigan’s Lane, beside the stream in Firies Village. This was destroyed by fire and work on the present church commenced in 1864 designed by the Pugin school of architecture and helped financially by Lord Kenmare. As a token of appreciation, the church was dedicated to St Gertrude as Lord Kenmare’s wife was Lady Gertrude.

BALLYHAR-FIRIES GAA

Coiste Na Nog: Training continues on to the pitch in Farranfore with U6 and U8 boys and girls & U10 boys on Saturday. All new player welcome. All players are reminded to bring their own water bottles.Parents are encouraged to drop and go. Remember No membership/No Health Questionnaire - No play. Thank all parents, coaches and players for their co-operation with covid procedures.

Please note that it is now mandatory that all players of all codes MUST pay €2 for training.

Firies U8 & U10 Boys welcomed Kilcummin on Sunday morning for an all East Kerry series of Go Games. Many thanks to the Firies and Kilcummin coaches for their direction and well done to all the boys on their fantastic performances.

U12 Boys: Firies U12 boys completed their county league phase 1 group games at the weekend. The A and B teams were unbeaten in the campaign with victories over Milltown Castlemaine, Annascaul, Lispole and Keel. Both teams played some excellent free flowing football in the process and now await phase 2 on 15th August. Well done both teams and thanks to parents for their support.

Covid 19 return to play: The GAA Health Questionnaire must be filled out by all players (adult) and parents of players (Juvenile) prior to the first training session that you attend. The link is below. Please print or take a screenshot when complete. https://returntoplay.gaa.ie/ 2020 Membership can now be renewed online. Follow the links on our social media accounts or search for Firies GAA via the =93Find My Club=94 Button on www.clubforce.com or download the clubforce app. Alternatively, you can make contact with Club Secretary Kevin Cronin, Peter Costello, Paudie O’Sullivan Hurling or Fiona Walsh or any club officer/ Mentor or Member and they will be able to give you further details. All players must be registered before playing or training.

Hurling: Training continues in Farranfore on Thursdays from 7 to 8pm for U6 to U12. All new boys and girls are more than welcome to join, all hurling gear provided for newcomers.

Junior Premier Club Championship Gp 3 - Rd 2: Firies welcomed Finuge to Pairc Eamonn for Rd 2 of the Junior Premier Championship on Saturday evening. It was wet evening for football with a lot of missed chance by both sides. Firies made 4 changes from the team in the programme with Jack Sherwood, Sean Burke, Con O’Mahoney and Josh Flynn all coming in instead of Mike Daly, Jake Flynn, Padriag O’Mahoney and Shane Burke. Finuge got off to the quicker start and in between 2 wides kicked the opening point from the lively Shane Conway after 5 minutes. Two minutes later Firies opened their account from a Padraig De Brun point. In the 10th minute, Firies had a great goal chance but the ball went wide from a close range shot from Donnacha. A minute later, a long free driven into the square was fielded well by Darragh Shannahan and he made no mistake and drove it into the net. Finuge intercepted the resulting kick out and kicked nother point to lead 1-02 to 0-01. Both Finuge and Fries, added two further point each before the water break, the Firies scores coming from Aaron Flynn and another free from Donnacha. The left the score 1-04 to 0-03 in favour of Finuge after 16 mins. In the 18th minute, Firies had their second goal chance but again Donnacha was denied, this time the ball was deflected out for a 45. Finuge then kicked two wides in a row before Firies had their 3rd goal chance of the half. This time great credit must go to the Finuge goalkeeer, Martin Stackpoole who made a double ave from Jack Sherwood and Donnacha. Then in the 23rd minute, Jason Wallace took his teams second goal chance to leave the score 2-04 to 0-03. A minute later Finuge added another point. A very fit looking Finuge were dominating the middle third of the field and made it very difficult for Firies to direct any good ball into their tightly marked forwards. Firies another free from Donnacha, while Finuge added two further points, a free from Pat Corridan and a point from play for Shane Conway. This left the half time score Finuge 2-07 Firies 0-04. Firies got the forst score in the second half after a minute from Darragh Donohue but Finuge then got four unanswered points to lead 2-11 to 0-05 after 41 minutes of play. Sean Burke kicked a point in the 42nd minute but thus was cancelled out by a Shane Conway point a minute later. A further minute later, the commanding Pat Corridon at centre back for Finuge, kicked a great point to take their lead to 13 points. Just before the waterbreak, the lively Aaron Flynn kicked another great point to leave the score 2-13 to 0-07 in favour of Finuge. Firies made three changes at the water break with Mike Daly, Shane Burke and Dylan Callaghan all coming into the game. Firies did kick two quick point after the break from Aaron and a free from Donnacha to cut the deficit to 10 points. After this point Finuge retained possession for long periods whick eventually resulted in a point in the 57th minute. Then with the last kick of the game, Firies got a goal when a deflected shot from Padraig de Brun made it way inside the post.

Final score Finuge 2-14 Firies 1-09. Next up for Firies is an away fixture against Keel next Sunday at 2.30pm

Team: Trevor O’Shea, Josh Flynn, Diarmuid Brosnan, Brian O’Leary, Niall Donohue, Diarmuid O’Mahoney, Liam Brosnan, Patrick Daly, Con O Mahoney, Sean Burke, Jack Sherwood, Darragh Donohue, Aaron Flynn, Donnacha O’Sullivan, Padraig De Brun. Subs Used: Mike Daly, Dylan Callaghan, Shane Burke, Sean Cooper.

Results:

Junior Premier Club Championship Gp 3 - Rd 2 Finuge 2-14 Firies 1-09

U12 Hurling Firies 3-05 Kilgarvan 4-03

U14 Hurling Firies 2-09 South Kerry 0-05

Fixtures:

Junior Premier Club Championship Gp 3 - Rd 3 Vs Keel Sunday 9th at 14.30 in Keel

U12 Hurling Friday 7th away Vs Rathmore at 7pm

U14 Hurling Sat 8th away Vs Rathmore at 5pm

Ciara Walsh from Cahersiveen handing over a cheque to Action Lesotho during social distancing times. Ciara walked over 500km in her home town during the month of June and raised €2,000 for Action Lesotho, which will be used to fund their infant nutrition programme. Ciara’s massive effort will provide food to keep 20 babies healthy for at least 12 months.