Adare and Tom O'Donoghue obituary

Photo: Ita Hannon

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Adare, a Lovely Village just down the Road

On the day I visited Adare the Friday market was in full swing

This man was making and selling his baskets.

There was a lovely mix of food, crafts, jewellery and garden produce for sale.

This lovely Buttevant man had a beautiful selection of competitively priced ceramics on offer.

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Brosna in 1877

(from The Freeman's Journal New South Wales, Australia)

Passing to the diocese of Kerry, I observe that at a mission by the Franciscans, in the parish of Brosna, 5,000 persons communicated, 2,000 were invested with the scapular of the Blessed Virgin, and 1,200 were enrolled in the Confraternity of the Holy Family. Moreover, six unfortunate persons who had become ‘Jumpers’ made, with their families, a solemn public recantation. I may mention that this place was once the centre of a Protestant proselytising traffic, I doubt if there is any single Protestant there now.

Has anyone any idea what Jumpers were?

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Tom O'Donoghue, grandfather of Florida Rose 2017

John Anthony Hegarty and Janet Fisher sent us this account of who exactly Tom O'Donoghue was

St. Moling's Well, Sue Ryder shop closing and Road Works Continue

Dave Curran took the photograph and he captioned it;  The slower pace of life in west Kerry.


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Gurtinard Wood and The Garden of Europe

Tree in Gurtinard Wood

 Fallen leaves edge the path at the fork in the Gurtinard Woodland walk.

 Bat Boxes

 A Lovely corner of The Garden of Europe

 The statue of Schiller through the branches of the weeping willow.

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St. Moling's Holy Well Brosna

 When I was in Brosna lately, I spotted a sign for a holy well. I went to investigate.

The well is accessed by this grassy path beside  the churchyard.

The story of the well

 I then found myself in a field surrounded by cattle. The well is set in the middle of a farm.

The well

 A sign on the way to the well

The well is protected by this mound of stones.

 The entrance

This looked to me like a kneeler. Stones like this were placed at intervals around the perimeter wall. People probably knelt here while they did the rounds of the well.

This is the actual well.

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Sue Ryder Shop is Closing

The manager of this shop was a very creative artist. I'll miss her great window displays. Her last one, with a Halloween theme, complete with creepy clowns, was typical of her topical imaginative approach to window display.


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William St. Road Works proceeding apace

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Remember the Date and Remember the Fallen

Horse Fair, Brosna, and Jimmy Hickey and his dancers and musicians in the 1990's

October Horse Fair

Photos by Elizabeth Brosnan

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Aspects of Brosna Today

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Listowel Musicians and Dancers

This picture was taken outside St. Johns before Jimmy Hickey's troupe headed off to the Harmonie festival in Germany for the first time. Kathleen McCarthy (4th from left at back) provided me with all the names.

Back, Left to Right: ? , Mary Doyle R.I.P., Phil O'Connell, Kathleen McCarthy, Mary Murphy R.I.P., Jimmy Hickey, Jean Lynch, Brina Keane, Mary Cantillon, Seán Murphy

Front, L.to R.: Martin O'Flynn, Margaret Harrahan, Bob Downey, Richard O'Connell R.I.P. , Kate Downey and Jerry Browne

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More Photos from Listowel Garden Centre's Christmas Shop's opening

Teresa Hannon was indulging her inner child and picking up a few new ornaments.