Tarbert Notes - Week Ending 20th March       TARBERT Dev Assoc are holding a public meeting in the Community Centre on this Thursday, March 20 at 9pm. The purpose of the meeting is to inform Tarbert residents, re windfarm development at Kilpadogue, Tarbert. Tarbert Dev Assoc are now in a position to report back on the mandates received from the public meeting, held in August 2002. Mandates for discussion are (1) Meet with Tarbert Renewable Energy to obtain the best deal possible for the community, ie distribution of 1 per cent of turnover from the wind farm and the share options for householders. (2) Seek legal and environmental advise, regarding the protection of individuals rights and possible course of action.       GAA LOTTO: There was no winner of the €8,000 jackpot in the GAA lottery draw, held at Carmodys Bar on Friday night. The numbers were 4, 6, 17, 22. Lucky dip winners of €30 each were Anna Fox, Patricia Conway, Eamon O’Connor and Josephine Deenihan, Adrian Mulvihill. Bar prize winners were envelope draw, €20 Margaret Donovan, Micheal Lanigan. €15 each, Siobhan White, Thomas Holly, Teresa Ryan. Promoters prize €15 John Foley. The next jackpot will be €8,100 and the draw will be held at the Anchor Bar on this Friday night, March 21. All welcome.       TARBERT NS: Congrats to Tarbert NS pupils, Shea McDonnell, who was placed 2nd in the infant section and to Laura Normile who came 3rd in the category for senior classes in the INTO/EBS handwriting competition at Co level. This is Laura’s 3rd time achieving success in this competition, while Sheas sister, Darragh, was successful two years ago. Lean den obair.       DEATH: The unexpected death at Tralee General Hospital on March 10 of Mrs Ethel O’Neill, nee Durkin, Kilcolgan, Tarbert, and late of Charlestown, Co Mayo, was received with sadness and shock, by her family, neighbours and many friends in the locality. She was a highly esteemed and popular lady in the community and will be remembered for her humility and gentleness. All her life her top priorities always were her family, the home and her faith. The deceased lady and her husband, Sean got married in New York, where they worked for a number of years, before returning to live in Kilcolgan, 30 years ago. Mrs O’Neill loved to travel to Tarbert and Ballylongford on her bicycle and always had time for a chat with a neighbour or a friend. There was a huge attendance at the removal of her remains from St Marys Funeral Home, Tarbert, to St Marys Church and again at the concelebrated funeral mass and burial in Kilnaughtin Cemetery. The chief concelebrant at the mass was Very Rev Mossy Brick, PP Tarbert. The other concelebrants were Very Rev Philip O’Connell, PP, Ballylongford, Rev Padraig Kennelly, CC, Castleisland and Rev Fr Fagan, Milford. Family members participated in the readings, prayers of the faithful, and offertory procession. Mrs O’Neill is survived by her husband, Sean, sons Shawn, New York, James, Lisselton, daughter Mrs Mags O’Connor, Tralee, daughters in law, Ann and Jenny, son in law, Brian, brother, sisters, brothers in law, sisters in law, grandchildren, nephews, nieces, relatives and friends to whom sympathy of the community is extended.       LA LE PADRAIG: In Tarbert, it was in St Marys Church that the feast of our National Apostle, St Patrick, was celebrated in a true Irish tradition. Fr Mossy Brick celebrated all the masses in Irish. During the masses a brief run down on the life of St Patrick was given. Great credit is due to the readers, to the people taking the part of St Patrick, to the Folk Choir and Oonagh O’Hanlon, and to the senior choir and John Dowling for the beautiful rendering of the hymns in the Irish language and the singing of Hail Glorious St Patrick, at the end of the masses.       CO LEAGUE: : A last minute point, scored by Kevin Wren gave our senior team a deserved draw with Renard in the Co league game, played in Shannon Park on Sunday. The final score was Tarbert 1-10, Renard 2-7. Tarbert trailed at half time, by a score of 1-7 to 1-3, and over the hour were guilty of losing possession of the ball too easily and giving too many stray passes. The team line out was N Kelly, S Stack, S Deenihan, M Sheahan, J Wren, C Holly, A Langan, A Holly, K Deenihan, E O’Connell, D Kiely, D Lanigan, K Wren, J Holly, P O’Connell. Subs who played, P Moriarty, E O’Connell, and Donnacha Enright, who was making a welcome return to the team.       SYMPATHY: : People of the area were shocked and saddened at the death of Mrs Johanna (Joan) Faley (nee Foley), Ballyline, Ballylongford, and late of Tieraclea, Tarbert, which took place suddenly in St Marys Funeral Home, Tarbert on March 11, where she was attending the funeral of the last Mrs Ethel O’Neill, Kilcolgan. She was sister of the late Mossy Foley, Tieraclea. Sympathy of the community is extended to the Faley family of Ballyline, and to her three nephews in Tarbert, Tadhg, Liam and Maurice Foley, and to all her other relatives and friends.           back to notes index