Parish of Lisdoonvarna-Kilshanny

10/09/2026

PARISH OF LISDOONVARNA, KILSHANNY, TOOVAHERA, DOOLIN. September 12th/13th, 2026.

Fr. Robert McNamara PP, 065 7074142, 087 0949030 [email protected] Lisdoonvarnaparish.ie

Corpus Christi, Lisdoonvarna, 10am: Dr. Maura Lernihan. Michael and Delia Conlon, Ballinalacken. Michael Fitzgerald, 4th anniversary. Teresa Flanagan, Rooska. Tom Scullane.
Next week: Brendan Hillary, Lisdoonvarna and USA. Gerard O’Loughlin, Kilmoon. Martin and Mary Rouine. Ciaran Lotz. Bernard and Margaret Howley. Guss and Bernie Droney. Kathleen and Mick Danagher and baby Anne, Rooska. John-Joe Lyons and his daughter Mary Bethell, late of Poulnagun.
Our recently deceased: Noreen McNamara, Athenry, aunt of Fr. Robert.

Daily Masses are booked on condition that they may have to be moved in the event of a funeral. Thank you for your understanding and flexibility.

Welcome to all our September visitors. We hope you have an enjoyable, refreshing, and safe time.

Saturday evening 7pm Masses in September:
Kilshanny 12th: Johnny O’Driscoll, Ballyalla, 2nd anniversary, and deceased family members. Michael Nestor, Caheramore. Paddy Williams, 2nd anniversary, and deceased family members. Margaret, Brendan, and Patrick O’Looney and deceased family members, Wingfield. This Mass will be celebrated in Kilshanny cemetery, weather permitting.
Toovahera 19th: Michael Healy, Ballyhenna, Lisdoonvarna. Gerry Davoren, Ballyconnoe. This Mass will be celebrated in Kilmoon cemetery, weather permitting.

Thank you for last week’s collection: €1402. Thanks everyone

There is a Mary’s Meals church-gate collection this weekend. This is a great no-frills charity which focuses on providing one hot meal a day for a school-going child in a developing country, thereby enabling them to climb out of the poverty trap using the ladder of education.

Sincere thanks to those of you who attended the funeral of my Aunt Noreen in Athenry. It was so kind of you and most unexpected. Thank you very much from all the McNamara family. This shows the warmth and love of the North Clare people. Thank you also to those who sent messages of condolence.

Fr. Robert will be in Medjugorje from October 14th-21st. Please write out any prayers you want left on top of Cross Mountain.

Speakers from the National Apostolate of Adoration will speak at Masses on the weekend of November 7th/8th with the aim of refreshing and enhancing Adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament in the parish.

Lisdoonvarna Failte/Town Team events: Lisdoonvarna Fringe Festival beginning with Culture Night in the Pavilion on Friday, September 18th. Lisdoonvarna Tractor Fest, including vintage farm machinery and vehicles, on Sunday, October 14th. Surprisingly, no one has taken up Fr. Robert’s offer to drive one of the tractors!

28/08/2026

PARISH OF LISDOONVARNA, KILSHANNY, TOOVAHERA, DOOLIN. August 29th/30th, 2026.

Fr. Robert McNamara PP, 065 7074142, 087 0949030 [email protected] Lisdoonvarnaparish.ie

Corpus Christi, Lisdoonvarna, 10am: Michael and Oliver Marrinnan, Rooska. Susan and Michael Clancy. Dilly and Margaret Clancy, and deceased family members, Tournahuan, Doolin. Catherine Clancy.
Next week: Liam Guthrie and deceased family members. Thomas, Margaret, Patrick, Tom, and Anthony Scullane, Ballinalacken and Lisdoonvarna.
Monday, September 7th, 9:30am, Lisdoonvarna: Brendan Clohessy, 3rd anniversary.
Our recently deceased: Teresa Murphy, Kildysart, mother of Mary Cooney, our wonderful Kilshanny sacristan.
Daily Masses are booked on condition that they may have to be moved in the event of a funeral. Thank you for your understanding and flexibility.

From the autumn, the 7pm Wednesday evening Mass in Lisdoonvarna will move to Ennistymon.

Saturday evening 7pm Masses in September:
Doolin 5th: Michael Finucane and his parents John and Kitty. John Blood, Carroweragh. Austin, Susan, Catherine, Jimmy, and Dan Driscoll. This Mass will be celebrated in Doolin cemetery, weather permitting.
Kilshanny 12th: Johnny O’Driscoll, Ballyalla, 2nd anniversary, and deceased family members. Michael Nestor, Caheramore. Paddy Williams, 2nd anniversary, and deceased family members. This Mass will be celebrated in Kilshanny cemetery, weather permitting.
Toovahera 19th: Michael Healy, Ballyhenna, Lisdoonvarna. Gerry Davoren, Ballyconnoe. This Mass will be celebrated in Kilmoon cemetery, weather permitting.

Thank you for last week’s collection: €993

Angel Voices Children’s Choir: due to increased commitments, Kathleen is no longer in a position to continue with this ministry. Would anyone be interested in taking over? Sincere thanks to Kathleen for the joy and hope she and the choir have brought us, throughout the parish.

Blessing of schoolbags and backpacks: at all Masses in the two parishes this weekend as we wish our young people and school communities every blessing as they return to school. Of course, learning goes on throughout life if we are open to it: “every day’s a school day.”

The Cenacle: this is the “upper room” referred to in the Gospels where the Last Supper was held, and also where the Holy Spirit descended on Our Lady and the apostles at Pentecost. It’s also the name of a lovely system of prayer for vocations to the priesthood and for priests themselves. Sometimes people are surprised when I ask them to pray for me. But everyone needs prayers! No one is immune from the evil one and his wiles. Our life on earth is a constant spiritual battle. The Cenacle is prayed on the first Thursday of the month at 6pm in Our Lady of Lourdes church, Toovahara. Please come along and pray for vocations and for priests ministering on the front lines of this challenging world, starting on September 3rd next. It would mean so much to me to know that there’s a group of people praying for me and other priests. Contact Betty on 087 9807351 for more information.
A blessing: may you never be afraid of growing old. Count the seasons not the years. May each of the four seasons bring you something new, wonderful and beautiful. May the gentle and serene song of the robin in the dull days of winter fill you with joy, as you realise he sings in anticipation of the coming spring. May the wondrous notes of the blackbird in the hush of a summer’s evening fill your heart with songs of praise to Him who gives such pleasures through His creation. May you never feel you have lost your way as you travel the circle of life. For as sure as the leaves fall in autumn and winter, the buds are already forming for another spring. So when you are old in years, you are putting on the bloom of eternal youth, to live forever with Him who said: “I am the way, the truth, and the life.”
(Thank you to Mena Griffin for this lovely reflection.)

21/08/2026

PARISH OF LISDOONVARNA, KILSHANNY, TOOVAHERA, DOOLIN. August 22nd/23rd, 2026.

Fr. Robert McNamara PP, 065 7074142, 087 0949030 [email protected] Lisdoonvarnaparish.ie

Corpus Christi, Lisdoonvarna, 10am: Manus and Bridget Sammon and their daughter Margaret Carey. Sile Mc Mahon, Month’s Mind. Mary O’Gorman, Carnane, Doolin, Month’s Mind. Declan, Leonard, and Eric O’Halloran. Mary and John O’Brien. Mrs. Bibby. Vincent Kelly.
Next week: Michael and Oliver Marrinnan, Rooska. Susan and Michael Clancy. Dilly and Margaret Clancy, and deceased family members, Tournahuan, Doolin. Catherine Clancy
Daily Masses are booked on condition that they may have to be moved in the event of a funeral. Thank you for your understanding and flexibility.

From the autumn, the 7pm Wednesday evening Mass in Lisdoonvarna will move to Ennistymon.

Saturday evening 7pm Masses in September:
Doolin 5th: Michael Finucane and his parents John and Kitty. John Blood, Carroweragh. Austin, Susan, Catherine, Jimmy, and Dan Driscoll. This Mass will be celebrated in Doolin cemetery, weather permitting.
Kilshanny 12th: Johnny O’Driscoll, Ballyalla, 2nd anniversary, and deceased family members. Michael Nestor, Caheramore. This Mass will be celebrated in Kilshanny cemetery, weather permitting.
Toovahera 19th: Michael Healy, Ballyhenna, Lisdoonvarna. Gerry Davoren, Ballyconnoe. This Mass will be celebrated in Kilmoon cemetery, weather permitting.

Thank you for last week’s collection: €1163

Mass at St. Augustine’s Well, Kilshanny: Friday, August 28th at 7pm, followed by a kind invitation to refreshments from the proprietor of The Hedgerow. Thank you to them. This Mass is offered for all the extended Kilshanny family at home and abroad, living and deceased We include Patrick Nestor, Ballyalla, on his 10th anniversary. If the weather is inclement, we will move to St. Augustine’s Church.

Welcome to Fr. Lance McGrath: we welcome Fr. Lance to the parish. He has been appointed by Bishop Michael to assist me in the two parishes whenever he can.

Exam results: if you were happy, say thank you to God. If not, “this too shall pass.” Exams do not define you. What really defines you is your identity as a beloved son or daughter of God.

The Vocations Monstrance is touring our diocese to encourage prayer for vocations. It will be used for a holy hour of prayer for vocations on Monday evening, August 24th, from 7 to 8pm in the day chapel of Ennistymon church.

A prayer for the protection of our home: sweet and gentle Lady, Immaculate Mother of God, we choose thee this day and night as the mistress and lady of this house. Guard it, dear mother, from fire, pestilence, lightning, or tempest, from heresies and schisms, and the malice of enemies. Protect its inhabitants dear Mary. Watch over and protect us from sudden death. Keep us from all sin and harm, and pray to God for us, that we may live this life in His service, and depart this life in His grace. Amen.

13/08/2026

PARISH OF LISDOONVARNA, KILSHANNY, TOOVAHERA, DOOLIN. August 15th/16th, 2026.

Fr. Robert McNamara PP, 065 7074142, 087 0949030 [email protected] Lisdoonvarnaparish.ie

Corpus Christi, Lisdoonvarna, 10am: Gussie and Finnula Connole. Margaret and Brud Petty, Ballyreen, Doolin. Tom Quinn.
Next week: Manus and Bridget Sammon and their daughter Margaret Carey. Sile McMahon, Month’s Mind. Mary O’Gorman, Carnane, Doolin, Month’s Mind.

Daily Masses are booked on condition that they may have to be moved in the event of a funeral. Thank you for your understanding and flexibility.

Saturday evening 7pm Masses in August:
Toovahera 15th: Stephen, Eileen, John, and Anthony O’Donohue. Michael McNamara.

Saturday evening 7pm Masses in September:
Doolin 5th: Michael Finucane and his parents John and Kitty. This Mass will be celebrated in Doolin cemetery, weather permitting.
Kilshanny 12th: John Blood, Carroweragh. Michael Nestor, Caheramore. This Mass will be celebrated in Kilshanny cemetery, weather permitting.
Toovahera 19th: no booking as yet. This Mass will be celebrated in Kilmoon cemetery, weather permitting.

Thank you for last week’s collection: €1503

Mass for the holy day: Saturday, August 15th, Our Lady’s Assumption, 7pm vigil in Lisdoonvarna, 11am in Clouna.

Mass at St. Augustine’s Well, Kilshanny: Friday, August 28th at 7pm, followed by a kind invitation to refreshments from the proprietor of The Hedgerow. Thank you to them. This Mass is offered for all the extended Kilshanny family at home and abroad, living and deceased. If the weather is inclement, we will move to St. Augustine’s Church.

Welcome to Fr. Lance McGrath: we welcome Fr. Lance to the parish. He has been appointed by Bishop Michael to assist me in the two parishes whenever he can.

KNOCK NOVENA, theme “Sheltered in God’s Love,” August 13th-21st, can also be followed on-line at knockshrine.ie There’s a variety of interesting speakers, with a family fun day on Sunday the 17th.

Keep up your prayers for vocations: remember in prayer Cathal Hickey from Castlegar, studying for our Diocese in Maynooth, and Jack Kennedy from Lahinch, studying with the Dominican Order. Please pray for us priests as well. We are human, “wounded healers,” and never claimed to be perfect, reliant on the grace of the Sacrament of Confession and the Divine Mercy of Jesus like everyone else. Our Lady in Medjugorje says: “God will judge them as they were as priests, but He will also judge our behaviour with priests. They don’t need your judgment and criticism, but your payers and love. Take the Rosary and pray for your brother!”

A funny reflection I got from another priest: The Parish Priest: if he preaches a while, he’s long-winded. If his sermon is short, he didn’t prepare. If Sunday Mass is an hour long, he thinks we have all day. If Sunday Mass is half an hour, he has no devotion and is in a hurry to a match! If he celebrates Mass in a soft voice, he’s boring. If he puts feeing into it, he’s an attention-seeker. If he sings, he’s a show-off. If he doesn’t, he has no sense of reverence. If he starts Mass on time, his watch is fast. If he starts late, he’s holding us up. If he takes time in Confession, he’s too spiritual, if he doesn’t, he has no empathy. If he visits, he’s a nuisance, if he doesn’t, he’s lazy. If he’s jovial, he has a great welcome for himself, if he’s serious, he’s aloof. If parish funds are good, he’s mad for money. If they’re not, he’s too spiritual. If he has fundraisers, he’s bleeding people dry. If he doesn’t, there’s no life in the parish. If he renovates the church, he’s wasting money. If he doesn’t, he’s letting it run down. If he teaches the belief of the Church, he’s too conservative. If he talks about the compassion of God, he’s too liberal. If he’s young, he has no experience. If he’s old, he needs to retire. But if he dies, he was a great man altogether, and his likes will never be seen again!

06/08/2026

PARISH OF LISDOONVARNA, KILSHANNY, TOOVAHERA, DOOLIN. August 8th/9th, 2026.

Fr. Robert McNamara PP, 065 7074142, 087 0949030 [email protected] Lisdoonvarnaparish.ie

Corpus Christi, Lisdoonvarna, 10am: Mary Fitzgerald, Kilfenora Road. Jimmy, Nora, Mary, Michael, and Julie Fitzgerald. John and Mary Murphy, Ballytigue, and their sons John and Michael. Jim Delaney, Month’s Mind. Mamie and Jimmy Gray and their son Liam, on Liam’s 10th anniversary. Thomas and Mary Hawes, Ballydonoghue. John and Rosanne Guerin.
Next week: Gussie and Finnula Connole.
Our recently deceased: Dolores (Patricia) Delaney, née O’Grady, Doolin and Dublin.

Daily Masses are booked on condition that they may have to be moved in the event of a funeral. Thank you for your understanding and flexibility.

Saturday evening 7pm Masses in August:
Kilshanny 8th: Tom Dowling, Listowel. Bridget “Biddy” Neylon, and her son Patrick “Packie” Neylon. Thomas Connole, Month’s Mind. Anne McMahon, Caheramore. Our beloved organist, Chris Arthur, on her 4th anniversary.
Toovahera 15th: Stephen, Eileen, John, and Anthony O’Donohue. Michael Mc Namara.

There is no evening Mass on Wednesday this week as Fr. Robert is going on retreat. Apologies for the inconvenience. Maura will lead Adoration as usual at 6pm.

Thank you for last week’s collection: €1474

Feast of Our Lady’s Assumption, Saturday, August 15th, is a holy day of obligation. Vigil Mass in Lisdoonvarna on Friday evening the 14th at 7pm, and day Mass in Clouna at 11am. The Mass in Clouna will be offered for young Martin Devitt and his brave companions of North Clare who gave their lives for Ireland’s freedom. The Mass will be preceded by a brief historical talk.

Sincere thanks to Bespoke Restoration who have completed their work on the windows of St. Augustine’s Church, Kilshanny.

Rekindle Festival, August 14th-16th: rediscovering and celebrating traditional skills, crafts, song, and music. For further details see ourcommonknowledge.org/rekindle.

Lisdoonvarna Failte Fundraiser Draw: thank you to all who supported it and congratulations to all the winners: Lisdoonvarna Rugby Club coaches (€5000), Sophie Mc Cauley (€1500), Jack, Rian, Rory, and John (€1000), Darragh Considine (€200 Supervalu voucher), Peter and Mary Williams (Roadside Inn voucher), Bodie and Theo Burke (Ritz voucher).

Please donate blood: at the Falls Hotel, Ennistymon, Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th of August, 5-8pm, thank you.

God didn’t promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, or sun without rain. But God did promise strength for the day, comfort for tears, and a Light for the way, and for all who believe in His Kingdom above, He answers their faith with everlasting love. O Jesus the blossom, and Mary the flower, O Jesus be with me at my dying hour.
My past, O Lord, to thy mercy. My present, O Lord, to thy love. My future, O Lord, to thy providence. (St. Padre Pio)

31/07/2026

PARISH OF LISDOONVARNA, KILSHANNY, TOOVAHERA, DOOLIN. August 1st/2nd, 2026.

Fr. Robert McNamara PP, 065 7074142, 087 0949030 [email protected] Lisdoonvarnaparish.ie

Corpus Christi, Lisdoonvarna, 10am: Bridie and Andy Griffin, formerly of the Kincora Hotel. Ann Droney, Month’s Mind, and her son David. PJ O’Loghlen and his wife Anne, née Carroll.
Next week: Mary Fitzgerald, Kilfenora Road. Jimmy, Nora, Mary, Michael, and Julie Fitzgerald. John and Mary Murphy, Ballytigue, and their sons John and Michael. Jim Delaney, Month’s Mind. Mamie and Jimmy Gray and their son Liam, on Liam’s 10th anniversary. Thomas and Mary Hawes, Ballydonoghue. John and Rosanne Guerin.
Our recently deceased: Sile Mc Mahon, Ballinahuon. Mary O’ Gorman, Carnane, Doolin.

7pm Mass Wednesday 5th, Lisdoonvarna: Lizzie and Michael O’Brien.
Daily Masses are booked on condition that they may have to be moved in the event of a funeral. Thank you for your understanding and flexibility.

Saturday evening 7pm Masses in August:
Doolin 1st: Margaret Hurley, Glasha. Austin Greene, Roadford. Jacko, Nora, and William Shannon, Fisher Street. Connie and Margaret O’Connor, Boston and Ballyvarra. Anthony and Bee Moloney. James and Pat Moloney. Paddy and Marie Guerin. Pat Browne, Doonagore, 2nd anniversary. Ellen and Michael Frawley, Carnane. Mary-Ellen and Tommo Curtin, Caherkinanna.
Kilshanny 8th: Tom Dowling, Listowel. Bridget “Biddy” Neylon, and her son Patrick “Packie” Neylon. Thomas Connole, Month’s Mind. Anne Mc Mahon, Caheramore. Our beloved organist, Chris Arthur.
Toovahera 15th: no booking as yet.

Thank you for last week’s collection: €805

There are no Monday morning Masses on August 3rd and 10th . Apologies for the inconvenience.

NEXT CHILDREN’S ROSARY: Corpus Christi Church, Lisdoonvarna, Sunday August 2nd at 6pm.

Please take your copy of the Summer 2026 Parish Financial Statement. Sincere thanks to the Parish Finance Committee, and sincere thanks to you for your support of our parish and of Fr. Robert.

Morning prayer of the late Sile Mc Mahon: God of my life, I welcome this new day. It is your gift to me, a new creation, a promise of resurrection. I thank you for the grace of being alive this morning, I thank you for the sleep that has refreshed me, I thank you for this chance to make a new beginning. This day, Lord, is full of promise and opportunity, let me waste none of it. This day is full of mystery and the unknown, help me to face it without fear or anxiety. This day is blest with beauty and adventure, make me fully alive to it all.
During this day, keep me thoughtful, prayerful and kind. May I be courteous and helpful to others and not turned in om myself. Keep me from any word or deed that would hurt, or belittle, or destroy, and may the thoughts of my mind be pleasing in your sight.
When might come again, may I look back on this day with no grievance or bitterness in my heart, and nobody be unhappy because of anything I have done or anything I have failed to do. Lord, bless this day for me and for everyone. Make it a day in which we grow to have the mind of Christ, your Son.
Lord, Jesus Christ, friend and brother, may we know you more clearly, love you more dearly, and follow you more nearly, day by day. Our Lady Queen of Peace, for us. Amen.

24/07/2026

PARISH OF LISDOONVARNA, KILSHANNY, TOOVAHERA, DOOLIN. July 25th/26th, 2026.

Fr. Robert McNamara PP, 065 7074142, 087 0949030 [email protected] Lisdoonvarnaparish.ie

Corpus Christi, Lisdoonvarna, 10am: Dympna Burke. Ciaran Lotz. Sean Garrahy, Doolin and Ennis, 13th anniversary. Thomas Linnane, Rooska, 20th anniversary.
Next week: Bridie and Andy Griffin, formerly of the Kincora Hotel. Ann Droney, Month’s Mind, and her son David. PJ O’Loghlen and his wife Anne, nee Carroll.
Our recently deceased: Sile McMahon, Ballinahuon.
Daily Masses are booked on condition that, in the event of a funeral, they may be moved. Thank you for your understanding and flexibility.

Saturday evening 7pm Masses in August:
Doolin 1st: Margaret Hurley, Glasha. Austin Greene, Roadford. Jacko, Nora, and William Shannon, Fisher Street. Connie and Margaret O’Connor, Boston and Ballyvarra. Anthony and Bee Moloney. James and Pat Moloney. Paddy and Marie Guerin. Pat Browne, Doonagore, 2nd anniversary.
Kilshanny 8th: Tom Dowling, Listowel. Bridget “Biddy” Neylon, and her son Patrick “Packie” Neylon. Thomas Connole, Month’s Mind. Anne McMahon, Caheramore.
Toovahera 15th: no booking as yet.

Thank you for last week’s collection: €976.

Sincere thanks: to John Madigan and Niall Sweeney for their generous volunteer work on Kilshanny Cemetery and Doolin church grounds.

Department of Education and Youth: if your child needs a place in a special class or special school for September 2027, you must notify the National Council for Special Education by September 1st, and apply for a letter of eligibility. Without it, schools cannot offer a place. Please complete the “Parents Notify” on-line form on the NCSE website by September 1st, 2026, and submit all required documents by September 15th, 2026. It only takes 5 minutes, and your local Special Educational Needs Organizer can help you. https://www.ncse.ie/parents/current-application-processes/parents-notify-special-class-special-school-placement/
Thank you, Ms. Maggie Garrihy, Mary immaculate Secondary School, Lisdoonvarna.

A BLESSING ON ALL OUR GRANDPARENTS THIS WEEKEND, AS WE CELEBRATE STS. JOACHIM AND ANNE, GRANDPARENTS OF JESUS. A grandparent’s prayer: dear Lord, I ask a special blessing on my grandchildren. Fill them with your grace, and bless them with every gift they need to live their lives in faithful obedience to you. Touch their hearts and minds and fill them with wisdom, knowledge, hope, and understanding. Help them to be loving, kind, and compassionate. Be their protector, and send your holy angels to lead them and guide them as they go through their day. Bless their lives with peace, joy, and true happiness. Send loving friends into their lives who will be blessings to them. Keep them healthy and whole spiritually, relationally, emotionally, and physically. Let your light shine brightly in them and may they bring love and joy to all they meet. Bless them with healthy self-images and may they always know how precious they are to you and me. May they grow to be responsible, generous, humble people of integrity and good sense. Lord, I place them in your loving care, and in the loving care of Our Lady, and trust that you will always lead them, guide them, and love them. Amen.

Parents Notify is for parents and guardians who are looking for a new Special Class or Special School placement for their child for September 2027.

16/07/2026

PARISH OF LISDOONVARNA, KILSHANNY, TOOVAHERA, DOOLIN. July 18th/19th, 2026.

Fr. Robert McNamara PP, 065 7074142, 087 0949030 [email protected] Lisdoonvarnaparish.ie

Corpus Christi, Lisdoonvarna, 10am: Monica O’Loghlen, late of Prospect Lodge, 17th anniversary.
Next week: Dympna Burke. Ciaran Lotz. Sean Garrahy, Doolin and Ennis, 13th anniversary. Thomas Linnane, Rooska, 20th anniversary.
Our recently deceased: Terence (Tony) O’ Shea, Patrickswell, Limerick, brother-in-law of Francis Roche and Marie Finucane, and also their late aunt Lilly Roche Allen, Somerset, UK.

Monday 20th 9:30am Mass in Lisdoonvarna: the deceased members of the Marrinan Family, Cahermaan.

Saturday evening 7pm Masses in July:
Toovahera, July 18th: Sean Hogan, Lisdoonvarna and Paul Whelan, Ruan, and deceased of the Hogan/Murphy and Whelan/Synott families. We are delighted to welcome baby Peadar James Hogan into God’s family by celebrating his christening during this Mass!

Saturday evening 7pm Masses in August:
Doolin 1st: Margaret Hurley, Glasha. Austin Greene, Roadford. Jocko, Nora, and William Shannon, Fisher Street. Connie and Margaret O’Connor, Boston and Ballyvarra. Anthony and Bee Moloney. James and Pat Moloney.
Kilshanny 8th: Tom Dowling, Listowel. Bridget “Biddy” Neylon, and her son Patrick “Packie” Neylon. Thomas Connole, Month’s Mind.
Toovahera 15th: no booking as yet.

Thank you for last week’s collection: €1182.

National Grandparents’ Knock Pilgrimage: Sunday, July 26th, beginning at 2:30pm with the Sacrament of Healing/Anointing of the Sick, followed by holy Mass celebrated by Archbishop Eamon Martin. Thank you Lord for our wonderful grandparents. So often it is they who keep the flame of faith burning.

Speed Ramps: twice this past month, my wing mirror has been broken off by tourists driving through Lisdoonvarna at breakneck speed, totally oblivious to the speed limit. Far more important than broken mirrors is the risk to life. So please let’s ask our local representatives to install speed ramps as soon as possible before someone, God forbid, gets killed or seriously injured.

09/07/2026

PARISH OF LISDOONVARNA, KILSHANNY, TOOVAHERA, DOOLIN. July 11th/12th, 2026.

Fr. Robert McNamara PP, 065 7074142, 087 0949030 [email protected] Lisdoonvarnaparish.ie

Corpus Christi, Lisdoonvarna, 10am: Patrick and Mary-Ellen Mooney, and their son Joe. Joseph and Margaret McInerney and their son Peter, Ballytigue, and the deceased members of the McInerney and McNamara families. Gerry O’Connell, brother of Mickey-Joe and faither of Danielle and Luke. We bless Gerry’s ashes during holy Mass today.
Next week: Monica O’Loghlen, late of Prospect Lodge, 17th anniversary.
Monday 13th 9:30am Mass in Lisdoonvarna: Gus, Bridie, and Peadar Clair, Corkscrew Hill.

Saturday evening 7pm Masses in July:
Kilshanny, July 11th: Elizabeth, George, and PJ Greene, Athlone. Bridget and Austin Cooney and family deceased. Fr. Frank Arthur, SDS, Kilmoon. John Curtin, Aughiska. Patrick and Mary Kate O’Loughlin, Carrowmanagh, Patrick O’Loughlin, Ennis, Aisling O’Loughlin, Rochestown, and deceased members of the Barry and Droney families, Carhunahaun.
Toovahera, July 18th: Sean Hogan, Lisdoonvarna and Paul Whelan, Ruan, and deceased of the Hogan/Murphy and Whelan/Synott families.

Thank you for last week’s collection: €1105.

National Grandparents’ Knock Pilgrimage: Sunday, July 26th, beginning at 2:30pm with the Sacrament of Healing/Anointing of the Sick, followed by holy Mass celebrated by Archbishop Eamon Martin. Thank you Lord for our wonderful grandparents. So often it is they who keep the flame of faith burning.

MCL Ireland seeks families who will host international students who will be attending Mary Immaculate Secondary School, Lisdoonvarna. You can earn additional income which is tax-free up to €14,000 per year. Contact Lesley on 087 4576084, or email [email protected]

FLOWERS: Mary Howley gratefully receives donations of flowers for the altar of Copus Christi church. Thank you.

Thank you to the members of the Tidy Towns group who beautify the grounds of Corpus Christi Church at this time of year, without charge, and to all who serve the parish voluntarily. As a young member of the Ennistymon church maintenance volunteer group put it: “we love our church and we want to give something back to God.” It’s so important to get involved and take responsibility for our parish and churches. We are all in this together as a Christian community, and we would like the churches and grounds to look well for the happy and sad events in our lives, and the lives of others.
There was an important job to be done and everybody was sure that somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it but nobody did it. Somebody got annoyed about that because it was everybody’s job. Everybody thought that anybody could do it, but nobody realized that everybody wouldn’t do it. It ended up that everybody blamed somebody when nobody did what anybody could have done.

Thank you to the adult leaders who organized the summer party and football match for the altar-servers and Angel Voices children’s choir, and to the leaders of the Children’s Rosary also.

KILSHANNY UPDATE: Bespoke Restoration has begun work on repairing and restoring the church windows and getting them back into working order. Guerin and Considine are working on the renovation of Kilshanny Parish Hall.

WELCOME BACK to our old friend Fr. Oliver Ryan this weekend.

TO BOOK MASSES: please ring Mary on 086 8236596.

02/07/2026

PARISH OF LISDOONVARNA, KILSHANNY, TOOVAHERA, DOOLIN. July 4th/5th, 2026.

Fr. Robert McNamara PP, 065 7074142, 087 0949030 [email protected] Lisdoonvarnaparish.ie

Corpus Christi, Lisdoonvarna, 10am: Eileen and Joe Williams.
Next week: Patrick and Mary-Ellen Mooney, and their son Joe. Joseph and Margaret McInerney and their son Peter, Ballytigue.
Our recently deceased: Sr. Rosarii O’Brien, Galway and Ennistymon. Thomas Connole, Carhumana, Kilshanny. Ann Droney, Aughiska.

Saturday evening 7pm Masses in July:
Doolin, July 4th: Gerry Griffin, 3rd anniversary. Mary O’Callaghan, Month’s Mind, and her husband Dennis, 11th anniversary.
Kilshanny, July 11th: Elizabeth, George, and PJ Greene, Athlone. Bridget and Austin Cooney and family deceased. Fr. Frank Arthur, SDS, Kilmoon. John Curtin, Aughiska. Patrick and Mary Kate O’Loughlin, Carrowmanagh, Patrick O’Loughlin, Ennis, Aisling O’Loughlin, Rochestown, and deceased members of the Barry family, Carhunahaun.
Toovahera, July 18th: Sean Hogan, Lisdoonvarna and Paul Whelan, Ruan, and deceased of the Hogan/Murphy and Whelan/Synott families.

Thank you for last week’s collection: €890.

National Grandparents’ Knock Pilgrimage: Sunday, July 26th, beginning at 2.30 with the Sacrament of Healing/Anointing of the Sick, followed by holy Mass celebrated by Archbishop Eamon Martin. Thank you Lord for our wonderful grandparents. So often it is they who keep the flame of faith burning.

Next children’s Rosary: this Sunday evening, July 5th, at 6pm in Corpus Christi Church, Lisdoonvarna, followed by their summer party. Thank you to those who organized the summer party and football game for the altar-servers and Angel Voice choir members.

MCL Ireland seeks families who will host international students who will be attending Mary Immaculate Secondary School, Lisdoonvarna. You can earn additional income which is tax-free up to €14,000 per year. Contact Lesley on 087 4576084, or email [email protected]

FLOWERS: Mary Howley gratefully receives donations of flowers for the altar of Copus Christi church. Thank you.