Village Journal
Week-Ending Monday 6th March

..............St Patrick’s Day Parade: The Abbeydorney Millennium Committee ask all taking part in the St Patricks Day parade to let them know as soon as possible as they would like to determine a running order, this years parade looks like being the biggest yet and will commence at 2pm from the GAA grounds. The parade is open to anybody from anywhere to take part and we say ‘’The more
the merrier’’

..................Golf. Abbeydorney Golf Society travelled to Dooks on Saturday for their first outing of the season, on a most excellent course on a beautiful day some great scores were recorded. Society Captain, John O’Connor brought in an excellent 41 pts of 15 handicapp closely followed by Dan Brassil on 40 pts off of 17 handicapp, John Sexton came in third with 39 pts, Brian Power fourth
with 36 pts and Paddy Walsh fifth with 34 pts.

............Mass Times Ash Wednesday:  Kilflynn 10.00 am / Abbeydorney 7.30 pm

............Missionaries of Africa:  A priest of the Society will preach at all masses
this weekend, a collection will be taken. Do please be genesous.

...........Going to the Ducks: Despite a counter attraction at Cheltenham the
Duck Race on the O’Dorney River is already a sell out, the committee would like all who have supported them with this fundraiser, especially those who purchased Racing Ducks and our very generous race sponsors.

 Kingdom Hunt Day in Abbeydorney.

.........Walking Club: Abbeydorney walking club are holding their next walk on Sunday March 12th, new members are always welcome to join.

...........Sponsored Walk: The Kilflynn Area Development Association are holding a sponsored walk to raise funds for maintenance and further development of the St Columba Centre and other areas, the walk will be held on Sunday March 26 starting at 2 pm.

............Committees Appointed: 

Abbeydorney / Kilflynn Community Alert:
At the annual general meeting of the Abbeydorney / Kilflynn Community Alert the following officers were elected. Chairman, Mundy Hayes; Secretary Helen O’Donovan; Treasurer, Johnny Cunningham; P.R.O. Kathleen Hayes.

..........Bord na nOg: Chairman Gerard O’Connell; Secretary, Brenda Dowling; P.R.O. Kathleen
Hayes; County Board Delegate, Tom Healy.

...........Abbeydorney Golf Society: President, James McGrath; Captain, John O’Connor; Vice-Captain, Frank Egan; Secretary, Michael Hayes; Assistant Secretary, Gerard Doyle, Treasurer, Tom McNeice.

Phil Sexton, Aulane and John Flaherty the Village at the Kingdom Hunt in Abbeydorney.
 

.............Abbeydorney gets into the spirit of  Tree Week: Organised by the Tree Council of Ireland and  sponsored by Coilite and Pitney Bowes, Tree Week has become a major national event. Abbeydorney Millennium Committe  will  distribute 120 Birch trees to the school children this weekend. The Committe ask parents to assist the children to plant these trees as soon as possible.

.....................Ballymac church packed as rank and file say goodbye:
Those that came to the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Tom McEllistrim's native
Ballymacelligott heard the politician described as a devoted family man. Chief concelebrant was Parish Priest Father Michael O'Leary who told mourners that Mr McEllistrim, known affectionately to all those who knew him well as Tommy Mac, was a man of faith and prayer, who loved his church and his parish. 

``I visited him on many occasions during his illness and he was always pleasant, relaxed and
patient. From our conversations during his illness I learnt a great deal. I think I got more from
him than he got from me,'' he said.Charlie Haughey  flew to Kerry via Celtic Helicopters arrived at the funeral mass accompanied by Páidi Ó Sé.

..........................Irish Cup:
County Kerry Coursing Club rose magnificently to meet the challenge of staging the JP McManus Millennium Irish Cup at Ballybeggan Park, Tralee, appropriately, the event threw up what must surely rank as one of the greatest winners of the event in its long history, namely the Co Down-owned Toy Razor, which was bred in Tarbert by Patrick O'Connor.
Toy Razor (Newry Hill-Razor Exile) had a lot of class on his side, but the general consensus on
Saturday evening, after he had taken a dusting in his third-round course, was that the handicap
would be too much for him .Indeed, he could be backed at 6/1 on Sunday morning, after being quoted at just 3/1 at lunch-time on Saturday.However, this is a very special animal and he showed absolutely no sign of fatigue in any of his courses on Sunday. He strode out in highly-impressive style to beat the Dan Brassil Abbeydorney-trained Man From Slane by two lengths in the quarter-final and, although again getting a fair bit to do,he raced clear of Money School, which hadn't got it easy either, by five lengths in the semi-final.
It was a straight run up against Money School and it is fair to say that Toy Razor was well due it.
Not surprisingly, he was installed favourite in the final against the Kerry-owned Durango Lad
(Hilltown-Bexhill Cottage), which is trained in Macroom by Christy and Liam O'Callaghan.
Durango Lad had caused a big upset when getting a just-up decision against Noelles Expresso in
a thrilling semi-final buckle and there were those who thought that he might slip one across Toy
Razor as well.Noelles Expresso had been 4/6 favourite to win out at the semi-final stage and it represented quite a feat by Durango Lad to beat him. However, it was to be Toy Razor's Irish Cup and hepowered his way to a tremendous victory by a length and a half after changing sides on the way up.
The Lee Strand Co-Op Millennium Irish Purse, for greyhounds beaten in the first round of the
Irish Cup, was won in fine style by Kyle Myles, bred, owned and trained by Mrs Marie Field, of Patrickswell, Co Limerick, and nominated by Tom Hayes, of Killaloe.
The Tom Browne Memorial Millennium Irish Plate, for greyhounds beaten in the second round
of the Irish Cup, was won by Careful Glory (Cillowen Glory-Biscayne Emblem), owned by John
Murphy, of Kilteely, Co Limerick, and nominated by Paddy O'Malley, of Limerick City.
He had to return to slips in the final with Knockash Phoenix, owned by Mick Nolan, of Loughrea, after the two had gone up unsighted, and he emerged as winner in the re-run by a length.
Kerry greyhounds did dominate the Liam Coffey Memorial All-Aged Cup, an event
confined to the seven Kerry clubs and to Abbeyfeale and Glin.
Donal O'Connell, of Abbeydorney, had a hot favourite on Sunday morning in 4/6 shot,
Sunmontuewed (Newry Hill-Summer Morning), and this fellow duly made it to the final where he
met Lackabane Chorus (Team Chorus-Please Dont Ask), owned by Michael Spillane, of
Killarney.The betting continued to favour Donal O'Connell's charge, but Lackabane Chorus, which had run up the Derby Trial stake to Killerisk Turbo at the Kingdom Cup meeting at Ballybeggan
Park over Christmas, powered his way to a highly-meritorious two-length victory.
Lixnaw man, Thomas Murphy, played his part with very good slipping overall and it says a lot
for the judging of Thomas Lawler, of Carlow, that controversy was noticeably missing.

Douglas Roche, Abbey Farm Abbeydorney at the Kingdom Hunt.

...............G.A.A.

The Kerry hurlers suffered a second successive mauling when they went down by 17 points to
rampant Dublin at Parnell Park.. Dublin 3-24 -  Kerry 3-7 Division 1A of the National Hurling League is proving to be a steep learning curve for Michael O'Halloran's charges.
A big home defeat by Clare followed by this latest reverse will prove a huge test of Kerry's
morale. Dublin looked extremely fit and eager for this, their first league outing, and Kerry were rocked when Shane Ryan fired home their opening goal within 45 seconds.
Ballyheigue's Michael Slattery soon replied with a 65 and further points from Slattery (a free)
and impressive midfielder, Willie Joe Leen (a splendid 70-yard effort) kept Kerry in touch at 0-3
to 1-4 after ten minutes.However, a fitter and stronger Dublin team gradually took control and they rattled off eight unanswered points in the following 20 minutes through Tomás McGrane (3), Kevin Flynn (twice), debutant David Henry (twice) and Ryan. Kerry finally responded when Michael and David Slattery combined to set up full-forward,Padraig Cronin, who blasted an unstoppable shot to the net.
Two minutes later, Cronin won a free which Michael Slattery pointed, to leave Kerry trailing by
1-13 to 1-4, and then came another Kerry goal by John Mike Dooley, which was well taken.
A number of positional switches helped Kerry to steady the ship further during the third quarter.
Dublin's David Henry did scramble home his team's second goal after 42 minutes, but shortly
afterwards Causeway's John Joe Canty replied by firing home a rebound at the other end after
Michael Slattery's penalty had been parried.
Willie Joe Leen, Padraig Cronin, John Mike Dooley and Michael Slattery were all impressing
for Kerry, while centre half-back, Maurice McCarthy, turned in a storming second-half display.
However, the ever accurate Tomás McGrane, who finished with 1-10, ensured that Dublin always enjoyed a huge cushion.
Two pointed frees from Michael Slattery and a late point from Kilmoyley's Ian Brick completed
the scoring for Kerry.
Kerry: E Thornton; M Hanafin, C Lyons, M Carroll; T Cronin, M McCarthy, A Keane; WJ
Leen, C Harty; M Slattery, JJ Canty, I Brick; D Slattery, P Cronin, JM Dooley. Subs: A Cronin
for T Cronin (21 mins), B Fahy for Carroll (half-time), I Maunsell for A Cronin (51 mins), A
Healy for Leen (64 mins).

Mary Fuller, Kilflynn and Michael Donovan, Abbeydorney at the Kingdom Hunt.

..............G.A A:
Kerry 1- 8 Roscommon 0- 9

 IT would be easy to imagine how Kerry football supporters would  have reacted to a defeat in Fitzgerald Stadium in the fifth round of  the Church & General National League. As it happened, they can’t  have been too enamoured with a performance which, over the 70 minutes, was anything but convincing. Roscommon produced an  even more patchy display and might even have stolen an unlikely victory had full forward Stephen Lohan enjoyed a bit of luck from a
 late goal opportunity.
 That happened when Frankie Dolan picked him out, unmarked, with  a quick pass, and he kicked narrowly wide.  Kerry wasted possession at the start of the game, after team
 captain Seamus Moynihan scored a 4th minute goal.  Moynihan’s goal came when a Aodhán MacGearailt pass found  him charging down the middle of the field. Remarkably, however, all
 that Kerry managed for the remaining half hour’s play was a Denis O’Dwyer point in the 15th minute and one from Russell six minutes  later. On the other hand, MacGearailt was denied a definite penalty  in the 11th minute.
 However, it wasn’t a case of them lacking possession, more a  matter of misusing it — with full forward Liam Hassett the chief  culprit, accounting for four of their eight wides of the half. That, of
 course, reversed the good work he was doing in winning  possession against John Whyte, who was later replaced. Roscommon took a long time to get themselves organised, but  they made progress once they settled in defence. John Gillooly  became involved around midfield and Fergal O’Donnell and Frankie  Dolan began to threaten in attack. The net result was that they  fought back to be only a point behind at the break, 1 2 to 0 4.  A continuing improvement saw them go in front for the first (and  only) time, with a Derek Duggan free within five minutes, before Kerry raised their game. MacGearailt sparkled on the left wing, Russell did some great work and Dara O´ Cinnéide contributed after moving from centre to full forward. Darragh O´ Sé and Donal Daly regained their grip at midfield, while Enda Galvin and Michael McCarthy maintained their consistency at corner back, and all three half backs were prominent at stages.
 However, Roscommon were far from finished and, between the 55th and 58th minute, wiped out a three point deficit and draw level (two of the scores coming when Barry O’Shea was being attended to far out on the wing for a knee strain). The game was very much in the balance before Russell pointed a free and — after Lohan’s missed goal chance — O´ Cinnéide put over a magnificent 65 yard free kick. Earlier, he had kicked two chances wide from play, bringing the wides total to 14.
 Scorers: Kerry M.F. Russell 0 4 (0 2 frees,); S. Moynihan 1  0; A. MacGearailt 0 2; D. O’Dwyer and D. O´ Cinnéide (free), 0 1 each.
 Roscommon: F. O’Donnell 0 3; D. Duggan 0 3 frees; F. Dolan 0 2; S. Lohan 0 1.
 KERRY: D. O’Keeffe; M. McCarthy, B. O’Shea, E. Galvin; S.
 Moynihan, E. Fitzmaurice, M. Hassett; D. O´ Sé, D. Daly; A.
 MacGearailt, N. Kennelly, D. O’Dwyer; M.F. Russell, L. Hassett, J.
 Crowley. Subs: D. O´ Cinnéide for O’Dwyer (41st minute); L.
 Murphy for Crowley (47th); T. O’Sullivan for O’Shea (injured, 57th);
 T. O´ Sé for Kennelly (injured, 65th).

Pat Buckley, Yard Farm, Abbeydorney at the Kingdom Hunt.

The Kingdom Hunt gets under way  in Abbeydorney

The Millennium Project at the Old Forge Abbeydorney.

..............................Soccer Abbeydorney FC got back to winning ways in the first round of the Hennebery Sports Reserve Cup when they defeated Tralee United B 4-0. David Nolan scored a superb hat trick, with two of the goals coming in the first half.




Anna May NcHugh, Managing Director ,of the National Ploughing Association, Dick Spring, T.D. and Tom O'Mahony, Secretary of the Abbeydorney Ploughing Society at the unveiling of the Millennium Project.

.....................Balloonagh Development: Tralee UDC made a u-turn on a previous decision to construct 19 new houses in the Balloonagh/Spa Road area of Tralee, after a deputation of residents from the area protested at their meeting in the Town Hall this week. A representative from an action group from the area addressed the meeting, outlining the reasons for the objection to the proposed development. Amongst the chief reasons was that it would ruin their green areas which they aim to protect, while more houses would mean there would not be sufficient facilities to serve both the youth and the elderly.residents and Mr Walsh said that the support was overwhelmingly against the development. Councillor Martin Ferris said that the Council must back the residents in every way possible in their quest to prevent the development taking place. Councillor Tommy Foley said that the idea of imposing further housing in the area is not right as it would limit the recreational space there. Councillor John Blennerhassett said there are a lot of elderly people living in the area and it would not be fair to them to settle complete strangers there. Chairwoman Norma Foley said that it beholds the Council to offer the residents any support possible in their campaign against the development. ``It would be detrimental for us to speak on one hand and act on the other. For that reason I'll be offering my support to the deputation,'' she said. Town Manager Willie Wixted said the Council is finding it increasingly difficult to locate land for development. A number of recent attempts to locate green field sites have proved unsuccessful as the Council is coming under increasing pressure from the government to cut the waiting lists. He added that the decision by the Council to take the u-turn and not proceed with the development leaves everyone concerned with a problem.

...........School of Music: Siamsa Tíre Theatre will stage a production of Rodger's and Hammerstein's Cinderella starting on Wednesday February 16 and running until Sunday February 20. Although the school matinee shows have sold out there are still tickets available for the public matinees and the nightly shows. Director of the show, Aidan O'Carroll, says the show is not just for children, adults will also find it very enjoyable.


Gerald and Thomas McElligott, Lixnaw and Anna May McHugh at the Millennium Project unveiling.

................... New road plan: The proposed new road from Ballycarthy to Tralee could be scrapped for a second time if a single landowner refuses to sell his land to Kerry County Council, according to County Engineer Tom Curran. And speaking on Monday at a press conference on Kerry County Council's plans for road development in Kerry, Mr Curran also said that increasing numbers of landowners around Kerry are trying to get unreasonable prices for land which the council needs to press ahead with road projects. Mr Curran told Monday's roads press conference that five out of six landowners in Ballycarthy had agreed to sell their land to the council to allow the new Tralee road to go ahead. However, one landowner has still not reached an agreement which could jeopardise the whole project. ``Unless we get that sixth piece of land that project will be in jeopardy,'' Mr Curran said. Some landowners are demanding as much as £50,000 per acre for farming land, or are trying to claim for the value of land in addition to loss of farming revenue, Mr Curran said.


Mike Fitzmaurice and Sonny Lawlor at the Millennium Project unveiling.

................Anger at closure: THE proposal by AIB Bank to discontinue its sub-branch in Sneem has been greeted with disbelief by the local community which views it as a further blow for a socially disadvantaged rural area. Two hundred signatures have been collected following a packed meeting in the village on Sunday, February 6. An ad hoc committee has been set up to liaise with the Bank of Ireland and all other banks to explore the possibility of a future banking service in Sneem.

.................Insane Law: Kerry County Council is facing a bill of £0.5m following a direction last week by the High Court ordering the Council to pay compensation to a developer who was refused planning permission to build ten houses in Kenmare. A loop-hole in the bizarre compensation clause under Section 11 of the Local Government Planning and Development Act 1990 has left all local authorities open to claims from developers who are refused planning permission. Willie Wixted, Asst Co Manager, said that the Council will now negotiate with the Developer to try and reach some agreement about compensation but any money paid out will have to be taken from money set aside in the estimates. "The money will have to come from some programme as this issue is not covered by Public Liability Insurance" said Mr Wixted this week. "Unfortunately legislation at present states that the local authority has to pay the compensation. It is an anomaly that has been highlighted by local authorities around the country on a number of occasions. Kerry Co Council have in the past made a submission to the Dept of Environment on the Act. In this instance, even though it was Bord Pleanala that turned down the planning permission, Kerry Co Council have to pay the compensation bill, if we find that compensation is due."


Anna May McHugh and Frank Egan at the Millennium Project unveiling.

...................Deputy Foley: Deputy Denis Foley's apology to the people of Kerry on Wednesday morning was the first public comment the North Kerry TD has made on the entire Ansbacher affair, outside of his evidence to the Tribunal, since news of his offshore account became public on January 27. Neither Deputy Foley nor his family have made any comments to the media about matters which unfolded before the Tribunal, aside from Cllr Norma Foley's statement to The Kerryman last week that she and the rest of the family were `100 per cent' behind her father. Along with regular news coverage of the Deputy's often startling evidence to the Tribunal, the Foley affair has also been the central focus of several current affairs programmes on both radio and television. The Vincent Browne radio show was due to be broadcast live from Tralee on Wednesday night; while the Prime Time current affairs programme on RTE 1 was also recorded at The Brandon Hotel on Wednesday night. Ironically, this was the very location where Deputy Foley first met Des Traynor in 1979, and the entire sequence of events which led to the Foley affair was set in motion.

...................No Mercy: Kerry 1- 5 / Clare 2 -20 A windy and rain swept Ballyheigue in February is far from the limit of Clare’s ambitions for this year and they showed no mercy to the home team yesterday. The gulf in class between both sides could not have been missed by even one of the 400 or so supporters who attended. For new Kerry manager, Michael O’Halloran, it was a chastening experience being his first game in charge, an experience he termed, “a dose of reality.” O’Halloran adopted a youth policy by giving seven youngsters their debut. For the first time in several years the name Christy Walsh did not appear on their team sheet. His influence was sadly missed if only to add strength and experience to an underweight forward line. Clare, minus such stalwarts as Fitzgerald, Daly, Frank Lohan and the St. Joseph’s contingent looked remarkably lean for the time of year. However, Clare didn’t open particularly well. The pitch cut up badly after a handful of minutes and the Clare forwards though enjoying ample supplies did not get into their stride with one notable exception. Barry Murphy had as good an outing as he’s ever had in the Clare colours and scored a variety of points from both sides of the field. It was a surprise to the crowd when his eighth shot went wide at the beginning of the second half because all seven of his first half efforts had been points. His first came after six minutes followed closely by another from Ken Ralph. But Kerry, playing a good brand of first time hurling hit back when following a high delivery by impressive midfielder Willie Joe Leen, John Mike Dooley swept a ground shot to the Clare net to give his side some hope. Thanks to the dominance of Liam Doyle and the repatriated Fergus Flynn in the Clare half back line the Kerry defence were regularly under pressure but coped admirably. Full back Colm Lyons was teak tough and was ably assisted by tenacious play from wing backs Tom Cronin and Andrew Keane who never relented. In fact, four of the Clare forwards, Tuohy, Flannery, Markham and O’Hara went in scoreless at half time. Kerry added points from frees through Michael Slattery and minor player Brian Donovan along with an excellent 70 metre effort by Willie Joe Leen from play to leave them four points adrift at the interval. If the first half had been reasonably encouraging from a Kingdom perspective, the second half was quite the opposite. The scoring flood gates really opened up after the 45th minute when Ken Ralph took advantage of a goal keeping error to scrape home a goal. It was thereafter exhibition stuff for a Clare forward line who revelled in the wide open spaces where previously there had been none. With Murphy having being substituted Ken Ralph and impressive substitute Tony Griffin (a St. Flannan’s player last year) kept the points umpire busy. When substitute Fergal Hegarty added his side’s second goal with 20 minutes remaining the home crowd would have been glad of the final whistle as Kerry were finding it nigh on impossible to get the ball into their full forward line and their self belief was ebbing away. Colin Lynch was the dominant player on view covering every available space in typical fashion and Liam Doyle wasn’t far behind. It is a depressing statistic for the Kerry men that their only score of the second half came with the second last puck of the game from a free by Michael Slattery and that they recorded no wide in that half. For the amount of possession they enjoyed Clare never seriously threatened to score goals. They will hope to have that particular problem sorted out before the serious hurling begins. Scorers Kerry: J. Dooley (1 0), M. Slattery (0 2, 0 1 from a 65), B. Donovan (0 2 frees), W. J. Leen (0 1). Clare: K. Ralph (1 6, 0 4 frees), B. Murphy (0 7), T. Griffin (0 3), E. Flannery, G. Quinn, C. Lynch, L. Doyle (0 1 each). KERRY: E. Thornton, M. Hannafin, C. Lyons, A. Healy, T. Cronin, M. McCarthy, A. Keane, W.J. Leen, C. Harty, M. Slattery, I. Brick, J. Maher, J.M Dooley, J.J. Canty, B. Donovan, Subs: A. Cronin for Harty, P. Cronin for Healy, S. Harty for Maher, D. Slattery for Donovan, B. Fealy for Lyons.


Front l\r: John French, Skibereen, Co Cork and Hannah Roche, Clounametig, Abbeydorney who were married in St Bernards Abbeydorney. Back l\r: James French, Bestman. Fr Patrick McCarthy, P.P. Abbeydorney. Fr Tom O'Connor, Lissereen, Abbeydorney and Bridesmaid Mary Roche, Clounametig, Abbeydorney.

..........................In Memoriam ; We remember our deceased relatives, neighbours and friends : Recently Deceased:

* Mrs Margaret Counihan,Glankeagh, Abbeydorney, removal took place from Hogans Funeral Home Tralee on Sunday, Buriel took place on Monday in Kyrie Eleision Abbeydorney.
*Bridie Leary, Ballinclemesig, Ballyheigue. Removal took place on Wednesday from Hartnett's Funeral Home, Ballyheigue, to St Mary's Church. Burial took place in New Cemetery, Ballyheigue.
*Christy O'Connor (The Tailor), The Cross, Ahabeg, Lixnaw. Removal took place on Wednesday from Sheehy's Funeral Home, Lixnaw, to St Michael's Church, Lixnaw. Burial took place in Kiltomey Cemetery.
*Joseph O'Neill , Gortcloghy, Kilflynn, Removal took place on Tuesday from Gleasure's Funeral Home to St. Mary's Church, Kilflynn. Burial took place on Wednesday in St. Mary's Cemetery.



Village Journal
Sunday 6th Feb 2000.

....................SYMPATHY is extended to family, relatives and friends of Brid Costello, Listowel, to the family, relatives and friends of Mrs Bridie Shanahan, Ballybroman and to the family, relatives and friends of Mrs Mary Fitzpatrick, Ardrahan who died recently.

....................DARTS: McElligott's Bar Abbeydorney Dart team after their great victory last week will be hoping to continue their good fortune this Thursday night versus Purcell's Bar.

...................WALKING CLUB: Abbeydorney Walking Club would like to thank all those who took part in the Walk on Sunday last. Watch this space for details of our next walk.

................LADIES FOOTBALL: The annual general meeting of the Abbeydorney Ladies Football will be held on this Friday night, February 4 at 9pm. All players are asked to attend.


Ann and Patrick Slattery, Laccamore Abbeydorney at the Ploughing Match Dance in the Parish Hall Abbeydorney this was the first Ploughing dance for almost 30 years.

...............PLOUGHING: The following are the results of the raffle held by Abbeydorney Ploughing Society: £50 fuel voucher, courtesy Kerry Petroleum, Phil Godley, Dromature, Ballyheigue; meal for two, courtesy The Three Mermaids, Assumpta O'Driscoll, Aulane, Abbeydorney; Sunday lunch for two, courtesy The Oyster Tavern, The Spa, Tim Fitzgerald, Aulane, Abbeydorney; Sunday lunch for two, courtesy The Country Market, Castleisland, Kathy Cronin, 26 Meadowlands, Tralee; Sunday lunch for two, courtesy The Grand Hotel, Tralee, John Flaherty, Fahanane, Kilflynn; Sunday lunch for two, courtesy Brandon Hotel, Tralee, Tom O'Mahony, Clounametig, Abbeydorney; Sunday lunch for two, courtesy Ballygarry House Hotel, Tralee, Mrs Bridie Griffin, The Village, Abbeydorney; Sunday lunch for two, courtesy The Brogue Inn, Tralee, Nellie Neenan, Crotta, Kilflynn; Sunday lunch for two, courtesy Tralee Court Hotel, Gerry Jameson, The Village, Abbeydorney; Sunday lunch for two, courtesy Mervin Peevers, Plastering Contractors, Abbeydorney; Margaret O'Callaghan, Killahan, Abbeydorney; Sunday lunch for two, courtesy Fred Cronin Engineers, Meadowlands, Tralee, Ashling O'Connell, The Village, Abbeydorney; Sunday lunch for two, courtesy Ml Baker Welding Works, Abbeydorney, Stephen Reidy, Leith East, Tralee; Sunday lunch for two, courtesy The Earl of Desmond, Tralee, Maurice Slattery, Kilflynn. £25 voucher, courtesy Ardfert Quarries, Paddy Quilter, Lixnaw Pub; Drum of Universal oil, courtesy of Suttons Oil, Edel O'Connell, The Village, Abbeydorney; £20 voucher, courtesy Abbey Batteries (Sandie Egan), Mrs Bill McCarthy, Ahamore; £20 voucher, courtesy Leahy Fruit and Veg, Rock Street, Tralee, Bridget Quille, Kilflynn; Box of Pork Chops, courtesy of Eamonn Leen, Mrs Bill McCarthy, Ahamore; home cooked ham, courtesy John O'Connor Deli, Listowel, Laurence Twomey, Kilflynn; leg of ham, courtesy Mannix Foodstore, Clash, Tralee, David Twomey, Kilflynn; leg of lamb, courtesy David Power, butcher, Abbeydorney, Helen Murray, Kilflynn; £10 petrol voucher, courtesy Dillane's Maxol Station, Abbeydorney, Gerry Doyle, Killahan, Abbeydorney; £10 petrol voucher, courtesy James Ryall Shell, Abbeydorney, B Barrett, Kilflynn; £10 Shopping voucher, courtesy Burns Supermarket, Abbeydorney, Bridie Griffin, The Village, Abbeydorney; Five Gallons engine oil, courtesy Dave Foran Oil Products, M O'Callaghan c/o ESB; Five gallons drum Universal Oil, courtesy Dave Foran Oil Products, The Chef, Ardfert.


James Driscoll, Aulane and Mike Edwards, Keel at the Ploughing Dance.

..............DRAMA GROUP: The annual general meeting of Abbeydorney Drama Group will be held on this Monday night, February 7 at 9pm in McElligott's Lounge. All members are asked to attend.

................GAA: A big turn out at the Abbeydorney GAA club social on Saturday night with 473 guests attending. Presentation of medals to North Kerry League winners under-15 and under-16 was made by Michael Slattery, chairman North Kerry Board. Highlight of the night was the presentation of minor county championship medals by Tony O'Keeffe, secretary, County Board. Special presentations to minor trainers Paudie Dineen and Timmy Weir.. Presentation to Jubilee team of 1974 by Fr Jackie McKenna, Paddy Walsh got the night off on a good note, with 1974 Song. Teams presentations went to u-11, Nigel Roche; u-12, Joe McCarthy; under-13, Kieran Dineen; under-14, Fergal Roche; under-15, David Fahy; under-16, Niall O'Donnell; minor, Kieran Hanafin; junior, Gerard Maunsell; senior, Aidan Healy County presentations to Tim Fealy, Niall O'Connell, Robert Murphy, Ivan McCarthy, Gerard Brassil. Club person of the year, Ger Maunsell; Hall of Fame Award, Sonny Lawlor. Ladies presentations went to under-12, Deirdre Hanafin; under-16, Catherine Sexton; senior, Norman Shanahan; County under-14 Noreen Fealy; county players, Catherine Sexton, Edel O'Connell, Breda Shanahan, County selector Joan O'Connell; Player of the Year, Edel O'Connell. Tony O'Keeffe presented the senior ladies team with their medals, spot prizes sponsored by David Power, Eamon Leen, Dermot Dillane, Mike Baker, James Ryall, Julie McElligott, Sports Complex, Teresa Burns, Ballygarry House Hotel. A special thanks to Denis Burns who did MC for the night. GAA Club annual general meeting will be held on Sunday, February 6 at 2.30 at the club meeting room. Minor hurling training begins at 12 noon Sunday, February 6. Applications for new membership names must be in to the secretary by Monday, February 14.

............GOLF SOCIETY: The next outing of the Abbeydorney Society is to Ceann Sibéal on Sunday, February 13 for Pat Ruane's President's Prize. You may invite a guest to play on the day. Further details from Pat at 066-7124377 or 087-6454424. A meeting of the Society will take place on this Monday night, February 7th at the usual time. .................pict.aa10........... John Lawlor, Ballysheen, Mary Egan Aulane and Mike Baker at the Ploughing Dance.

...........O'Neills Crotta A reminder to the Green and Red Brigade that the O'Neills Crotta hurling club millennium social will be held on Friday, February 18, in Ballygarry House Hotel. Tickets are available from Chairman Diarmuid Galvin and Secretary Declan Fuller at only £15.

.............BORD NA nOG: The Crotta hurling club are holding an AGM for the Crotta Bord Na nOg in St Columba's Centre, Kilflynn this Thursday, February 3 at 7.45pm. All parents of the U7 to U15 attend this meeting.

................CROTTA MEETING: The next meeting of the Crotta hurling club will be held on Monday night, February 7 at 7.45pm sharp in St Columba's Centre, Kilflynn. This meeting will be short because the Kilflynn Hoppers are taking centre stage at 9pm. All are welcome to this meeting. MEMBERSHIP: Cards are now available from Secretary Declan Fuller at only £10.

.............TABLE QUIZ: A fund raising table quiz, in aid of North Kerry Parent and Toddler network (Kilflynn parent and toddler group belongs to this network) will be held in the White Sands Hotel next Friday night, February 4 at 9pm. Tables of four at £3 per person. Great spot prizes. Please do support this worthy cause.

...........SOCCER: Kilflynn Santos made their exit from both the Greyhound Bar Cup and the Castle Bar League Cup over the last few weeks. They went down 3-0 to Dingle Bay Rovers in the Greyhound Bar Cup.Lisselton Rovers were our conquerers in the League Cup. A penalty after just six minutes for a trivial offence put Lisselton in the driving seat and they were 3-0 up by half time. Things got worse three minutes into the second half, when Lisselton made it 4-0. But Kevin Galvin pulled a goal back for Santos after 59m. The same player scored from the spot ten minutes later after he was fouled. This set the game up nicely but with just ten minutes to go, Lisselton were awarded a second penalty to finally kill off the tie. Final score Lisselton Rovers 5, Kilflynn Santos 2. YOUTHS CUP: After a 2-2 draw with Castlegregory, Celtic in the Youths Cup, when both Niall Enright and Jack Twomey scored, Santos advanced at the second attempt, when they won the replay 2-0.This Sunday it's back to league action, when they entertain Tralee United at the Meadow Grounds (k.o. 3pm).

...........TABLE QUIZ: There will be a table quiz on Friday, February 11 at 9.15 in Cronins Bar and Parkers Pub, Kilflynn in aid of Kilflynn Soccer Club. Table of four only £12. Santos excellent prizes plus other spot prizes to be won on the night. The quiz master will be club Secretary, the one and only Mr Maurice Egan.


Jack Condon, the Village, at the Ploughing Dance.

............LOTTO: The quest still continues for a jackpot winner in the Crotta hurling club lotto. The numbers drawn on Sunday, January 23 in Parkers Bar were 2, 4, 6 and 12. No winner of the £1,400 jackpot. The lucky dip winners were £20 each to the following. Margaret Laide, Garrynagore, Sean Twomey and Frank Wallace, The Store, Ardfert. The five lotto tickets were won by Justin Lynch, Glenballyma. The draw took place in Cronins Bar on Sunday night, January 30. The numbers drawn were 4, 15, 8 and 24. Miss Moria Cronin had three numbers. Still no winner. The following will receive £20 each. John O'Donoghue, Garrynagore, Tom Murphy, Banna, Brendan Neenan, Crotta and J P Twomey, the five lotto tickets. The draw this week in Parkers on Sunday night, with a jackpot of £1,5000.

............................Dick Spring is Kerry Person of Year. The former Labour Party leader was announced as the recipient of the prestigious title at a reception at ESB headquarters in Dublin on Tuesday night. He joins a Hall of Fame which includes writer Brendan Kennelly and broadcaster Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh. Many well-known Kerry people from sporting, political and business circles attended the reception on Tuesday. The award, now in its 21st year, has been awarded to Kerry people from various walks of life who have distinguished themselves in their chosen careers. The award itself, a sculpture by Cliodhna Cussen, will be presented to Mr Spring at the Kerry Association's annual banquet - `Óiche Chiarraí' - on Saturday, February 26 at the Red Cow Hotel on the Naas Road.


Desmond and Nora Shanahan, Ballylahive, at the Ploughing Dance.

.......................Foley affair: THE revelation last Thursday that Fianna Fáil deputy Denis Foley was an Ansbacher account holder sent shock waves through his North Kerry constituency and throughout the country. Here was another massive embarrassment for the Government: the vice chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, which was inquiring into the payment and non-payment of DIRT by banks, was revealed as the holder of an offshore bank account. The scandal forced Deputy Foley to resign on Friday from his position on the PAC. He is determined not to follow this move by also resigning his Dáil seat. However, despite his resolve to ride out the political storm that has been rapidly gaining strength, serious doubt hangs over his future in politics.

.................................No Kerry TDs call on Foley to resign seat: As deputy Denis Foley prepared to take the witness stand at the Moriarty Tribunal on Wednesday to explain how he came to have £133,000 in an Ansbacher Account, it emerged that Fianna Fáil in North Kerry is facing a major grassroots revolt over Taoiseach Bertie Ahern's efforts to nominate Kerry GAA Chairman Sean Walsh to the Senate. The Taoiseach has already approached Mr Walsh and has indicated that he is keen to nominate him to one of the two seats on the Senate which is currently vacant. This is believed to be an effort by the Taoiseach to provide a political alternative to Deputy Foley, who was expected to retire from politics at the next general election, even before the dramatic revelations at the Moriarty Tribunal. ``The suggestion that Sean Walsh will be nominated to the Senate has thrown dynamite on the party in North Kerry,'' Both Ned O'Sullivan and Dan Kiely would feel this was a personal insult to them as they both have aspirations to run for the Dáil. If Bertie wants Sean Walsh to run for the Senate, you can be guaranteed it's just a stepping stone to eventually put him up on the ticket to run for Fianna Fáil in North Kerry.'' Significantly, none of Denis Foley's constituency colleagues have called for his resignation this week. Deputy Foley suffered from heart trouble five years ago and may also be tempted to resign on health grounds, given the obviously stressful events of the last week.

...............£1.6m of grant money: The IDA is suing the new owners of the Klopman textile firm in the first case of its kind brought by the state agency against a foreign company in a foreign court. The landmark claim for £1.67m is being pursued through the Canadian courts after Klopman's holding company insisted it be dealt with in their own jurisdiction. The Klopman company, which closed its Tralee operation in 1997 with the loss of 200 jobs, has since refused to pay back £1.67m in grant aid which was paid out by Forfás and the IDA.


Denise Burns,Droumcunnig and Fiona Donovan, Milltown Abbeydorney at the Ploughing Dance.

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