World Day of Prayer for the Care for Creation
The 1st of September was designated as the World Day of Prayer for the Care for Creation. The date has been marked by the Orthodox Church since 1989 and was in recent years taken up by the Pope also. In St Mary’s Killarney an ecumenical prayer service was held in …
Spiritual Tourism
The 2016 Census of Ireland shows that Killarney has the highest average age of any town of 10,000+ in the Republic. The average age of people living in Killarney in 2011 was 38.9. The average age in 2016 was 40.9. The average age across Ireland has risen similarly. Added to …
Killarney hits the record books again…
The recently published 2016 census results showed that among the large towns (i.e. those with a population of 10,000 or over) Killarney (with an average age of 40.9 years)had the the ‘oldest’ population. .Archdeacon Simon Lumby, Rector of St Mary Killarney, responded to the census’ findings in an RTE interview …
The benefits of Trip Advisor
The Benefits of TripAdvisor This was posted on the St Mary’s Killarney TripAdvisor page recently “Always welcoming” Every time we visit Killarney we attend Sunday service in St Mary’s, and on our latest visit there was a sign outside advertising their ‘Bus Service’ – a short Holy Communion service at …
Ancient meets Modern #1
The Bride’s father, who was due to ‘give his daughter away'(!) in St Patrick’s Kenmare was taken ill on the day before …