A huge attendance from this and neighbouring parishes provided Monsignor Dan O’Riordan, director, Jerome Stack, the Castleisland Parish Choir and the actors with the kind of endorsement their well rehearsed efforts deserved. The Passion and Death of Christ was staged around the altar area of the Church of Saints Stephen and John with an 8pm…
It’s an enduringly sad and sorrowful story of the betrayal of a good man. It’s one that darkened the whole of Holy Week ever since the first, or certainly most celebrated, crucifixion over 2,000 years ago. Its dramatic story line and turns and twists in the telling is what grips us and draws us back…
Anyone interested in getting involved in a home produced Good Friday Passion Play is invited to a meeting in the River Island Hotel on this Monday night, March 13th at 8pm. A DVD of the passion play will be shown at the meeting. The organisers will be looking for expressions of interest from actors, actresses,…
For the duration of this month, St. Mary’s U-16 girls’ basketball team members are organising a ‘Christmas Memory Tree’ at Nana Bea’s Cafe here in Castleisland. The tree will be based there for the next month and over the holiday period with the help of a local business people, Shirley and Chris Higgins, their family…
With a gesture as sincere and solemn as any other he had issued all evening, Monsignor Dan O’Riordan raised his face and hands heaven-ward and thanked the Lord for a wonderful, if threatening evening’s weather. He knew he spoke for his flock at Cahereens West too as they fretted and threw nervous glances at an…
They promised great pageantry and a back-up choir for the Good Friday dramatisation of the passion and death of Christ at the Church of Sts. Stephen & John. That’s exactly what the Tralee based, St. John’s Parish Players and Choir delivered. They entertained the near capacity crowd with scenes we never witnessed in the parish…
There was great excitement amongst the children at Muire Gan Smál Presentation Primary School, Castleisland on Thursday, June 5th ahead of the arrival of our new Bishop of Kerry to the school. The school was an absolute hub of activity all week with everyone eager to assist the dedicated Green School Committee with their ‘Spring…
Mission Accomplished – Time for Reflection – Monsignor O’Riordan “It was my first Parish Mission in Castleisland so I wasn’t sure what to expect and it turned out to be a great experience,” according to Monsignor Dan O’Riordan, PP Castleisland as he reflected on the success of the event which reached its finale on Friday…
