Today is December 8th and the traditional start to the Christmas time of trading and gathering the makings of the season. The spiritual side of Christmas was launched in Castleisland on Friday afternoon at 2pm at the crib by the fountain. There, just a handful of people and two small dogs gathered as Fr. Seán…
The fourth annual festive lighting fundraising initiative has just been switched on at No. 31 Cahereens West. Joan and Siobhán Horan are the faces and voices behind the charity drive and this year the beneficiaries will be their neighbours at the Acquired Brain Injury riverside base in Castleisland. Lots of Lights and Decorations “We were…
Members of the Horan family of No. 31 Cahereens West, Castleisland recently travelled to Tralee and presented a cheque for €98.75 from their home Christmas Lights charity appeal. Lit Their Lights The Horan’s lit their lights for the North Kerry based animal welfare charity ‘Sera Husky’ – a small, not-for-profit rescue organisation dedicated to helping…
Fundraising ideas springing from the seemingly endless concoctions of Christmas lights show no signs of dimming this year. The Horan family of No. 31 Cahereens West dipped their toes in the fundraising waters last year for the children’s charity, Barnardos. Mammoth Undertaking The fruits of this year’s mammoth undertaking will go to the North Kerry…
The increasing prevalence of Christmas lights being used for charitable purposes continues unabated. Barnardos is the latest charity to benefit from this kind of altruism and the Horan family of No. 31 Cahereens West is the latest to provide it. Absolutely Festooned This Christmas, the Horan home is absolutely festooned with festive lighting of every…
It’s 50 years next year since the Church of the Assumption was opened and to celebrate the Jubilee Year we are having Finbar Wright in Concert on Friday, February 9th. 2018. By Marian Harnett Tickets are available at the following outlets in Abbeyfeale: Moss Harnett’s Spar Shop; Twohig’s SuperValu; O’Donoghue’s Spar Shop; Ann Lyon’s, The…
