RATHKEALE & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY

RATHKEALE & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY: Rathkeale & District Historical Society wishes to remind readers that it’s Autumn series of lectures is continuing in the Community Arts Office which is part of the Limerick  City & County Council Offices on the Ballingarry Road.  This Friday night the lecture is entitled “Whiteboys of County Limerick,” and it will be delivered by Mr. Thomas Toomey.   Thomas is a renowned historian and an accomplished author.  He is a leader in the field of Limerick local history and this will be a talk to savour.  The start time is 8.30pm and there is no admission fee.  You and your friends are welcome.

ANNUAL CEMETERY PRAYERS

ANNUAL CEMETERY PRAYERS will take place in Kilkeedy at 11am on Sunday November 15.

NOVEMBER MASS FOR DECEASED PARISH MEMBERS

NOVEMBER MASS FOR DECEASED PARISH MEMBERS: The mass will take place on Saturday 7 November in Patrickswell Church at 6.30pm and in Ballybrown Church at 8.00pm for Parishioners who have passed away in the past year.  A special Candle will be lit for relatives of parishioners who died outside of the parish.

ANNUAL CEMETERY PRAYERS

ANNUAL CEMETERY PRAYERS: The following are the arrangements for the prayers in the cemeteries during the month of November.

Clounanna – 1st November at 12.30pm,

Patrickswell  – 8th November at 12.15pm,

Castlemungret – 15th November at 2.30pm,

Kilkeedy– 15^th November at 11.00am.

Old Cemetery Mungret – 15th November at 3.15pm

Newsletter 01 Nov 2015

01 Nov 15

NOVEMBER MASS FOR DECEASED PARISH MEMBERS

NOVEMBER MASS FOR DECEASED PARISH MEMBERS : The annual mass for those deceased during the last year from the parish will take place on Saturday  November 7 in Patrickswell Church at 6.30pm and in Ballybrown Church at 8.00pm.

THE ANNUAL CEMETARY PRAYERS will take place on the following dates:

Clounanna                   –  November 1 at 12.30pm

Patrickswell                 – November 8 at 12.15pm

Castlemungret            – November 15 at 2.30pm

Old Cemetery Mungret -November 15 at 3.15pm

Kilkeedy                       – November 15 at 11.00am.

BISHOP LEAHY VISITS BALLYBROWN

BISHOP LEAHY VISITS BALLYBROWN : On Sunday morning last Bishop Brendan Leahy paid a visit to Ballybrown and attended the 10 o’clock mass. Afterwards he met and spoke with all the children who will be making their first communion in May 2016. He was welcomed by Fr. Michael Cussen our P. P. and by Arch Deacon Michael Lane who celebrated mass. He attended at a reception for him at the Ballybrown Resource Centre where he had plenty of time to chat and share a cup of tea with the local parishioners. Liam Coughlan, Michael McNamara and Ted O’Leary escorted him down to Newtown to see the beautiful monument “The Sailor’s Haggard” and he was amazed at the workmanship that had gone into this project. He then paid a visit to our Grotto down in Tervoe and he was equally amazed at what is termed the first Lourdes Grotto to be erected in Ireland. He has promised that he will come back to celebrate mass there in May 2016 if his diary allows. We extended a big Ballybrown welcome to Bishop Leahy and we hope that he will come to visit us again in the near future.

Newsletter 25 Oct 2015

25 Oct 15