Bruce Blake will be laid to rest from Knocknacarra Church.
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I found spelt a lot easier to digest and, with a slight nutty flavour, it enhanced all cakes I made. Friends and family had always encouraged me to set up a stall at the market and about five years I joined the Moycullen Country Market.
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Among the hardy group were six staff members from Supervalu, who were generously paid by their manager, Leonard Fay, to take part.
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The massive Panama-registered bulk carrier, Nordic Barents, has been in the bay since yesterday, and the Irish Navy paid a social call on it while anchored off Bearna this morning.
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Those named on the Shield were the ones who had won the most races during the annual parish event. Sadly, two of the them subsequently passed away, well before their time.
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Burkeway Homes Ltd. has placed a planning notice at the Truskey East site, and the application has been advertised in the Irish Times. The builders are seeking to construct 197 homes, consisting of detached, semi-detached, and terraced houses, duplexes, and apartments.
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We extend our sincere sympathies to Val Buckley, and Brian, Robyn, and Ava, on the untimely death of Valerie (née Thornton), Creagan, Bearna, yesterday (Thursday). Requiem Mass in Bearna on Sunday.
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A Truskey West resident has been on to us about a theft at their home during the week, while they were out at work.
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The Local Area Plan for Bearna is up for review again, although feedback is only allowed on the material alterations previously proposed by County Councillors, rather than the entire plan.
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While the rest of the world was fighting the spread of Fascism in November 1942, the people of Furbo and beyond were waging a war of their own - against a Typhus outbreak in Connemara.
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In order to archive the graves of Reilig Bhearna into an easily-accessible online database, we will need:
- Someone handy with CAD (computer aided design)
- Someone who can obtain images of the graveyard's layout with the use of a drone.
- People to enter the information into a database in the format required.
Before there was Bearna-Na Forbacha Aontaithe, there was Furbo Soccer Club, which enjoyed its best successes in the 1980s.
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The damage was done with pink and green spray paint. It is quite possible that someone noticed these colours on a person's clothes or skin.
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Frank Conlon, Clochscoilte, Bearna, died suddenly on Sunday morning, March 25.
We offer our sincere sympathies to Celia, and to their children, Fiona and Sean, and to his brother and sister, P.J. and Peggy.
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We can all play our part in making our community 'Glan agus Glas' Clean and Green!
Let us know what efforts your business is making, and we will share the info/pic.
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Reposing at St. Anthony's Room, within the Church of St. John the Apostle, Knocknacarra, on Monday at 5pm, with removal at 6pm.
Funeral after 11am Requiem Mass on Tuesday, and burial at Rahoon Cemetery.
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Easter is considered the most important event in the church's calendar, and it is traditionally marked with a triduum of observance, to prepare us for the resurrection. Fr Michael and his team of volunteers have put together the following programme for the churches in both Bearna and Na Forbacha.
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"We remember Pat’s naming at baptism, his mother and father and godparents choosing his name, Patrick.”
“They wanted some of St Patrick’s spirit to be in and over Pat. Pat did not disappoint. He is now in the hands of God, no torment will ever touch him again – he is at peace.”
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What an amazing few days here! There was a Red Weather Warning in place for snow across Ireland on March 1 and 2. The schools were closed, and many businesses shut down on Thursday afternoon, not to re-open again until Saturday. There were food shortages, frenzied buying, and lots of snowmen of course!
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Joan Hutton relieved many parents of unruly toddlers and pre-schoolers over the years, opening up her home in Bearna village to hundreds of us. She was assisted for some of those years by Beverly Dawson, Pier Road.
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