 |
8:32pm - May 18th, 2012
Fáilte go dtí Maigh Mheáin - Welcome to Moyvane. |
 RSS Feeds |
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.
Lovely Leitrim
Athea Drama Group presents 'Lovely Leitrim' by John Mc Dwyer. Lovely Leitrim is a modern play about emigration with scenes from rural Leitrim and a London pub and features a cast of 12. Armed with the certainty of motherhood, Mary Gallagher is convinced she knows what is best for her family in the event of her death. Her insistence on being granted her dying wish ultimately fragments her family and results in a cataclysmic evening in a London pub where her eldest son finally makes peace with himself and with the world. The unbridled wit of the dialogue sugars the sadness of a passing way of life.
Martin Tobin joins us for the first time this year and Connie O’Sullivan and Roger Ryan are appearing in their first production after their cameo appearance in The Man From Clare. It will be staged at the Con Colbert Memorial Hall, Athea On Sat 25th Sun 26th February and Thurs 1st Sat 3rd and Sun 4th March at 8pm.
|
Passing of Dan Keane (1919 - 2012)
North Kerry was saddened to hear of the passing of renowned poet and storyteller Dan Keane from Moyvane on January 4th, 2012. The former insurance salesman was best known as a great writer, entertainer and teller of jokes and stories. He was described by Minister Jimmy Deenihan as "an institution". "He was one of the last of the great rhymers and had a great way with words". Former Mayor of Kerry Pat Leahy said "The county is all the poorer for his passing".
"But you cannot kill a rainbow nor turn back the rising sun
Nor undo the works of gifted men even though their day is done
For they always walk beside us when the things they had to say
Are a part of what we were and are and form the centre of our ways."
-- Mickey MacConnell
Listen below to Dan recite one of his poems in 2007.
Tribute by Dan Keane to Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh (2007)
Click here to explore the world that was the late Dan Keane
|
Launch of Songs from the Boro CD
The launch of the latest Moyvane CD called "Songs from the Boro" took place in the Marian Hall on Friday, December 9th. The CD was officially launched by Weeshie Fogarty and is a celebration of the musical and football traditions of the village.
The CD Costs €10 and proceeds will be donated to Our Ladies Children's Hospital in Dublin.
The CD was the brainchild of Jerry Brosnan, President of Moyvane GAA, and includes performances from Jerry, Eddie Stack, Eileen Cronin, Aine Cronin, Marie Mulvihill, Robert Stack and Eddie Walsh.
Click here for further details about the CD, the songs and the performers.
|
Passing of Dr. Jim Brosnan
The Moyvane GAA Club would like to offer their condolences to the family of the late Dr. Jim Brosnan. Jim was a former Kerry footballer and the holder of 2 All Ireland Senior medals in 1953 and 1955. He was unlucky to lose out in 1959 when he was injured in the semifinal. He won 3 National League medals and 3 Sigerson Cup colleges medals and was named on the Sigerson Cup Team of the Century.
He was a great administrator in the County Board and one of his many achievements during his time as Chairman was the setting up of the County Leagues which still offer every Club in Kerry the opportunity to play games on an ongoing basis through out the year. Always a proud Moyvane man he also trained the Kerry Minors when they won All Irelands in 1962 and 1963.
Listen to a Terrace Talk Tribute that Weeshie Fogarty did with Dr. Jim and his friends for his birthday in 2010
|
Moyvane Notes
The weekly Moyvane Notes are now online. Many thanks to Anna Maria and Karen 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.
May 15th, 2012
Marian Hall Blotto:
Results for Thursday, May 10th. Numbers drawn were: 2 19 22 27. Lucky Dips: €100 Pat Kennelly, Knockanure, Moyvane. €50 Tom ... more
May 8th, 2012
Moyvane Bingo:
If you haven't been to Moyvane Bingo you are missing a treat with lots of money to be won. You can Spin the Wheel every week and win up to €2,000, you can ... more
|
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.
May 13th, 2012
OPENING: Scoil Chorp Chríost... Knockanure : The official opening/blessing of the new extension... at Scoil Chorp Chríost Knockanure will take place on ... more
May 6th, 2012
FIRST Holy Communion on Sat. 12th... May in Knockanure at 11.30am....... ...... SOCIAL Day for the Active Retirement takes place in the... Knockanure ... more
|
Google Street View of Moyvane
A virtual tour of the village, although the Google car didn't travel down the Listowel Road for some reason. Click on the icon in the top right of the Street View to view it full screen or see the street view in Google.
Most roads in Kerry and the rest of Ireland are now covered so a virtual driving tour around Slea Head or the Ring of Kerry is just a click away.
|
Elaine Foley - My Story in Song
 Elaine Foley recently released her debut album called My Story. Recorded in Causeway in 2011, the album is a selection of the many favourites of the well-known North Kerry songstress, who appeared last year in RTE's All Ireland Talent Show. Mother-of-three and full-time student, Elaine has toured the world with various groups and has performed with a number of dance shows like Ceol Chiarraí.
Click here for further details about the album and the launch which takes place on August 12th in the Listowel Arms Hotel.
|
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
|
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.
|
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
|
Census for 1911 Available Online
Some interesting reading in the families who lived in Newtownsandes and its environs in 1911.
View the Newtownsandes Census
|
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.
|
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
|
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
|
|
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.
|
|  |
Latest Photos
|
|
|
|
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.
 |
|
|
|
"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.
|
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).
|
|
