For better or worse, bad signs or good, plants that shouldn’t be showing their heads until at least March are now bravely breaking ground. The Year Ahead The year ahead is an unknown package. But like every year at this time we wish each other all the happiness we can cope with. On That Note…
The Stacks Mountains is where the music is this August Bank Holiday Weekend. There, the four-day Dan Paddy Andy Festival in Lyreacrompane will celebrated the 21st anniversary of its founding. There will be seven bands in the Marquee over the weekend including Pat McKenna from Derry and Paddy O’Brien from Waterford. Starts with a Céilí…
Two soldiers who died tragically in Fermoy in 1942 during ‘The Emergency’ were honoured in a special ceremony in the Co. Cork town on Saturday. The men, Sgt Michael J. McElligott, Rathea and Lieutenant Thomas Ryan a native of Cashel, Co. Tipperary drowned in the River Blackwater while taking part in one of the biggest…
Fr. Pat Moore’s Memorial Evening on May 5th. There will be an unveiling of a memorial bench to the memory of the late Fr. Pat Moore after evening mass on Saturday, May 5th. By: Marian Harnett This will be followed by a candle lighting ceremony with night lights in glass jars. There will then be…
The death has occurred of Jimmy Roche, (86) Carrigcannon, Lyreacrompane, Co. Kerry. On March 11th. 2018. Loving and devoted husband of Joan, Jimmy passed away peacefully in the excellent care of the staff and medical team of the Mater Hospital, Dublin. He will be greatly missed by his loving daughters Lil and Kay and dear…
The tradition of communities producing local journals continues throughout Kerry. One such example is the Lyreacrompane and District Journal. Journal number twelve is now in shops in the area and in local towns €10 per copy. The first Lyre Journal was produced in 1990. Local History Material Local history material just seems to keep surfacing…
An assessment of the road in Dromada will have to be carried out by Kerry County Council staff over the next couple of days before any clearance can be given to re-open it. The ditching of a crane on Wednesday has blocked the road at a bend close to Renagown Cross since. In spite of…
This year’s Dan Paddy Andy Festival in Lyreacrompane, over the August bank holiday weekend, has all the usual ingredients of an entertaining and fun-filled five days. However, the big news is that Declan Nerney and his mighty band are back in The Marquee on Sunday night, August 6th. Extended to Five Days The Hooley in…
Trace Missing Persons Ireland are looking for your help to locate Lyreacrompane native, 35 year old, Daniel Kelly who is missing from Dunderrow, Kinsale, Co Cork. Daniel was last seen on the morning of Tuesday the 9th May 2017 after leaving his home there. Lyreacrompane National School As a child he attended the local national…
The death has occurred of Rev Fr Pat Moore, Littor Road, Asdee, Listowel, Co Kerry. Former parish priest of Duagh and many other parishes. May 1st 2017 in the tender loving care of the Bon Secours Hospital, Tralee. Beloved son of the late Mick and Peg. Deeply regretted by his loving brothers: Diarmuid and Michael,…
