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5:19pm - July 29th, 2010
Fáilte go dtí Maigh Mheáin - Welcome to Moyvane. |
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Moyvane.com is an expression of the Global Village in its truest sense. By means of the internet, the old country village has been reborn online. The
old village corner has become the the modern website where others from many different cultures can visit to observe the transformation
of old ways into new. These stangers may never get to physically experience the passage of life in the village but by means of this
site, they may taste the sense of rural life there.
 An Evening with Tommy Fleming
A fundraising concert in aid of the Irish Pallottine Fathers Missions will take place in the Church of the Assumption, Moyvane on July 9th August 6th. Tommy was involved in an accident recently and the concert had to be rescheduled. Tommy Fleming will be performing as well as some local talent from the village.
Tickets are €25 and are available locally by ringing Aileen on 087-313-6584 or Sean on 087-414-7001. A raffle will also take place on the night for the Fr. Jerry Roche Memorial Fund.
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Moyvane Notes
The weekly Moyvane Notes are now online. Many thanks to Anna Maria Kennelly for posting them online and for providing so many of the recent photos in our Gallery section. If you wish to have items included in the Moyvane notes, please email Anna Maria.
July 27th, 2010
Marian Hall Blotto:
There was no winner of last week's Jackpot. Numbers drawn were 15 16 17 24. Lucky Dips: €100 Julia Dunworth, ... more
July 20th, 2010
Bingo:
€3,975 - That's what was won at Bingo last Thursday night. Congratulations to James Carmody, Ballybunion who was lucky enough to Spin the Wheel and win ... more
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Knockanure Notes
The weekly Knockanure Notes are now online. Many thanks to Jer Kennelly for writing them. If you wish to have items included in the Knockanure notes, please email Jer Kennelly.
July 25th, 2010
GRAVEYARD: Graveyard Masses for... the Parish, Monday 2nd August Ahavoher at 8pm; Tuesday 3rd... August Old Knockanure at 8pm and on Wednesday 4th August ... more
July 18th, 2010
CHILDREN: Music, singing and... Drama summer camp will be held in The Marian Hall, Moyvane From... July 26th to 31st for 5 to 15 year olds. Time 10 am to 1 pm ... more
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The Kennelly Photo Archive
A new website has been launched which chronicles, through photos, life in Kerry fifty years ago. The online photographic collection consisting of 150,000 photos has been donated by the Kennelly family and Kerry's Eye to the Kennelly Archive, a newly-formed charitable foundation. They cover the first twenty years (1953-1973) of the photographic careers of Padraig and Joan Kennelly. The Kennellys covered every sort of assignment from painful tragedy to the burgeoning social scene of 1950s Ireland.
Photos from the opening of Moyvane Church in 1956
Photos from Confirmation Day in Moyvane Church in 1960
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Moyvane Development Association News
Moyvane was awarded 253 points in the 2009 Tidy Towns Competition which was an improvement of 7 points. The plans for 2009 include laying a footpath to the Lime Kiln, erecting new street name and townland signs, erecting Information Boards and pursuing a Plebiscite on the name change of Newtownsandes to Moyvane.
View the 2009 Newsletter here.
Well done to the Development Association and all those in the village who have worked hard to ensure Moyvane's attractiveness and charm.
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Travels Through a Kingdom
Moyvane was featured on Radio Kerry's Travels through a Kingdom show on November 30th, 2008. Many locals who are active in different organizations around Moyvane were interviewed.
- Julieanne Donegan spoke of the Kilbaha Wrenboys
- Teddy Keane and Gerry Brosnan on the Moyvane GAA Club
- Mike Brosnan on the Farming community;
- Anna Maria Kennelly on the Moyvane Marian Hall and Community Centre
- Cathy Kennelly on the Knockanure Community Centre
- Jill McCarthy on the ICA
- John Scanlon on the Newtown Athletic Soccer Club
- Seamus Roche on the Moyvane Development Association.
Listen to the 39 minute show below, or download the show (18mbs).
Travels Through a Kingdom :: Moyvane
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Census for 1911 Available Online
Some interesting reading in the families who lived in Newtownsandes and its environs in 1911.
View the Newtownsandes Census
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Kennellys Hardware
Trading in Moyvane since 1978, Kennelly's Homevalue Hardware has grown and expanded to become one of the leading branded building supply outlets in Kerry. It is run by friendly, experienced and motivated staff and comprehensively stocked with building materials, electrical, household, paint and plumbing goods to facilitate all domestic, industrial and commercial needs.
Visit the Kennelly's Hardware website
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Stories from the Past by Moyvane Locals
These stories were written as part of the Community I.T. Access Tarbert Over 55's Programme 2006.
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Videos of the Villagers
We have put videos on YouTube of some Moyvane singers like Gerry Brosnan and Eileen and Aine Cronin singing in Jimmy O'Briens pub in Killarney last August. We also put up a video of the demolition of the old Marian Hall back in 1996 and footage from a 'no holds barred' minor match in 1993 between Moyvane and Castleisland. Thanks to Anna Maria Kennelly for providing the Marian Hall and minor match original footage.
All the videos can be viewed on our Audio/Video page
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Moyvane Plebiscite
Moyvane is unusual in that three of our establishments refer to different names of the village - Murhur National School, Moyvane Post Office and Newtownsandes Co-op. The Village Development Association are gearing up to have a second plebiscite to make Moyvane the legally recognised name on the register of electors and bring to an end more than a century of name-changing. The name Moyvane was adopted by the village in 1939 when Father O'Sullivan, who was the Parish Priest at the time and he had hoped that "Newtownsandes be given a Christian burial". However, Newtownsandes remained on as the name of the village's electoral division.
In December 2000, the Development Association launched a plebiscite to make Moyvane the official name, but it failed because less than half the population voted in favour of the change.
Click here to view a 5 minute RTE documentary on the name change (5mbs - Real Video file)
Click here to listen to a 3.5 minute Radio 1 documentary on the name change (0.5mbs - Real Audio file)
Dan Keane hoped then that their plebiscite plans had not gone up in smoke like the poem he wrote about the landlord whom Newtownsandes is named after.
When Georgie Sandes went down to hell the Devil got the thongs,
Saying a long time I have waited to roast this tyrant Sandes.
The poor he hunted from their beds, the rich he robbed and broke,
And now he'll be tormented with plenty of fire and smoke.
Now 5 years later, they are hoping that a second plebiscite will be successful with the majority of the Moyvane population expected to vote for the name change. Recently, Gabriel Fitzmaurice explained to Pat Kenny on RTE Radio One, the many aspects of the plebiscite and the multiple village names used down through our history.
Click here to listen to the fascinating 10 minute interview (6mbs - WMA file)
Donal Nolan with The Kerryman got the thoughts of some of the locals on the issue.
Read Local's Chance to Put Moyvane on the Map
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Unraveling 'The Valley Of Knockanure'
The tragic ballad commemorates an atrocity during the War of Independence at Gortaglanna near Knockanure. Gabriel Fitzmaurice recently published a book, The World of Bryan McMahon, in which he wrote an essay describing the events surrounding the atrocity, the various ballads written about the incident, and clearing up once for all the authorship of the original "The Valley of Knockanure".
Click here to read the essay.
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The Boro & The Cross
To celebrate
the millenium in Moyvane, a book on the parish was published with a great collection of old photographs and articles from the many great writers around the village, past and present. Some material from the book has now been included on this site which we hope you'll enjoy.
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"The Boro and The Cross"
details the history of Moyvane and Knockanure
through pictures and stories and contains a
veritable wealth of information on the exploits
and biographies of well known denizens both past and present.
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The book, which was compiled and edited by Áine Cronin, John Looney and Gabriel Fitzmaurice, retails at €10 in
"Holly's Gala Foodstore" (+353 068-49311).
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