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Volume 1, Issue 6 June 2017 PAGE 2 MONKSTOWN PARISH CHURCH, ST PATRICK’S CHURCH AND THE FRIENDS VOLUME 1, ISSUE 6

Monkstown’s Community Newsletter surprising given the subject matter of the film. It is set against the background of the persecution of Neville Keery writes..... Christians in Japan in the 17th century. It is a long thoughtful film about the nature of faith, conscience Each Sunday in June, as every Sunday, there is a Meeting and evangelisation. It is also a deeply serious and for Worship from 10.30 to 11.30 in the Quaker Meeting spiritual film. It raises questions about the apparent House on Packenham Road. All are welcome. Anyone silence of God during periods of persecution and interested in local architecture and the history of Quakers suffering. Although it was not a success on its cinema in Ireland can find a detailed history of the Packenham release one has a feeling that this will film will be Road building in David M. Butler's book, The Quaker around for many years. It will be a rich source of Meeting Houses of Ireland, published by the Irish Friends discussion for film clubs and groups such as our own. Historical Committee in 2004. Some Friends worshiping in We will view the film in the parochial house on 20 Meeting Houses in Central Dublin in the nineteenth June at 7.30pm. We wish all readers of Monkstown century looked to what was then the Kingstown area as an Voice, and all in our congregations, a very happy and agreeable place to live. They became known as “carriage safe summer. Enjoy your holidays! Fr Michael friends” establishing comfortable households near the coast and traveling to work in Dublin. Their first Meeting Phone 2802130 email: [email protected] for Worship, known as Kingstown, was settled in a rented Canon Roy Byrne writes… room in Seapoint house from 1830. They leased the site on which today's Monkstown Meeting House stands in Half way through the year and our sixth edition of 1833. Monkstown soon became accessible by train ‘Monkstown Voice’ rolls off the printing presses! through the construction of the Dublin to Kingstown Summer is a time for rest and recreation and we wish railway. The railway was promoted by several prominent all our parishioners, friends and readers a restful Friends, including James Pim junior (1796 -1856) and was summer. Our prayerful good wishes to all sitting their soon known as “the Quaker line”. The first building on the State Examinations this month and of course to the Packenham Road site was completed in 1832 , with candidate’s families in this stressful time. Summer of schoolrooms added in 1837 and 1868. Early on there was Heritage begins in a few short weeks and full details also provision for caretaker accommodation and, of the opening times for Monkstown Parish Church surviving this and other changes, you can still see a serving will be available in the Summer of Heritage magazine hatch in the wall along the road which is part of a soup currently being printed. The church will also kitchen built about 1848 to help with famine relief. Key participate fully in Heritage Week and Culture Night factors in shaping the building much as you see it today, so we hope many will use the opportunity to visit us were a serious fire in the 1880s and changes made in 1968 and learn more about this extraordinary building. The when part of the site was taken for road widening. Irish Chamber Orchestra will perform an evening of Compensation at that time was used to make changes iconic American music directed by Katherine Hunka enhancing the simplicity and modernisation of the on Friday 16 June at 8:00pm. Full details on building. Every effort is made to ensure safe access to the www.paviliontheatre.ie. Tickets €20 / €18 available building and to meet today's standards in heating and online. Further information from the theatre box lighting. When Friends are not using the building office –01 2312929. Please don’t forget that the themselves, there can be lettings to local organisations, Monkstown Village Pet Service will take place in the most notably a Montessori school. church on Sunday 25 June at 3:00pm and all are welcome to come along (with or without a pet!). Neville Keery 0879474687 email: [email protected] There will be no family service on 25 June due to the family pet service that afternoon. The next edition of Fr Michael Coady writes… ’Monkstown Voice’ will be a combined July / August The year certainly rolls around very quickly and it is hard edition. Deadline - 15 June please! to believe that we are in the month of June. The end of Parish Office 2147714 email: [email protected] the school year is in sight. We keep those young people who are preparing for the Junior and Leaving Certificates (Cover photograph) An evening ‘Malahide’ Dart arrives at Monk- in our prayers. We pray too that we will be supportive to stown / Salthill station. Photo: Canon Roy Byrne, with permission granted by Irish Rail for publication in ‘Monkstown Voice’. them in those other ways of helping them to make their Please remember that we are always interested in receiving arti- life choices. We have decided to continue the MC3 Film cles and news for the ‘Monkstown Voice’ and that the deadline is Club into June. The film we have chosen for June is Martin the 15th of the month regardless of the day of the week. Articles Scorsese’s film “Silence”. This film did not set the box may be emailed to [email protected] and clearly marked office alight when it was released in January. This is not ‘Monkstown Voice’. (Next magazine will be a combined July / August edition). PAGE 3 MONKSTOWN PARISH CHURCH, ST PATRICK’S CHURCH AND THE FRIENDS VOLUME 1, ISSUE 6 Monkstown Tidy District. Progress Report on Monkstown Tidy District project It’s time to clean up our village! So get involved on Decisions from the project meeting of 4 May held in the St Patrick's parish office meeting room: Saturday 10 June 2017 The boundaries of the Tidy District area should begin from 10.30 a.m. until 12.30 p.m., from the shops and businesses on Monkstown Road meet at Monkstown Parish Church. (just before the Knox Hall) and continue down Monkstown Road into Carrickbrennan Road, turn left [email protected] into Pakenham Road, turn left again at Grosvenor Terrace, then left along Monkstown Crescent, continuing to the original starting point. The short commercial roads going right from Monkstown Crescent down to Longford Terrace should also be included in the district area. Did you notice… Séamus Cannon While no management committee for the project Did you notice… the ogee window on was set up, the offer of Anne Harrington and Monkstown Castle? This is the little MarieTherese McCoy to set up an e-mail address list elaborately shaped window on the inside of to set up Facebook and Twitter accounts was the tower at the entrance gate. This little curiousity is our welcomed as a means of keeping in touch with best clue to the date of construction of the castle, probably everyone who had volunteered to get involved. the late 13th or the 14th century. The castle was built by the monks of St Mary’s Abbey to defend their agricultural It was agreed that the best way to advance would be lands from the attacks of the dispossessed Irish. St Mary’s to organise a public activity prior to a further project meeting to be held on Thursday 15 June. This activity Abbey, situated on the north side of the Liffey (it gave its would take the form of a district clean-up organised name to Abbey Street and Mary St) was established in the th from the parking area in front of the Church of 12 century. The Cistercian monks were the leading farmers and stock breeders of their day and the lands of Ireland Church on Saturday 10 June from 10.30am to Monkstown and the fishery at Bullock supplied food for 12.30pm. This event would be announced by large the monastery. During the next four hundred years the posters and in the June issue of Monkstown Voice. monastery grew in wealth and at the time of the The aim of the 15 June Meeting would be the formal Reformation St Mary’s Abbey was the wealthiest establishment of a Tidy District Committee with monastery in the country. In its heyday, the castle was at arrangements for its County Council affiliation. the heart of political and social life in the region and was witness to many important events in our history. When it Follow-up from 4 May: was offered for sale in 1788, it was described as the Neville Keery has agreed with Dean Eaton of Dun second best residence in south Dublin. The castle used to Laoghaire Rathdown County Council that the have a third tower, probably to the east and a stream and following equipment will be available on the clean up large pond with gardens formed part of the grounds in the day: Six litter-pickers, 25 strong plastic bags, and a nineteenth century. In the 1830s it was proposed using the supply of gloves. Some high-viz jackets may also be grounds for the establishment of Dublin zoo. Looking available. The Council to be advised as to the around the castle today, there is some interesting detail in preferred date and time for the collection of the remaining large tower to the south. If you stand with litter-filled bags. Coffee available at the church at your back to the entrance and look carefully you will see a 11:30 to allow for mid clean-up break! number of small blocked-up windows. One of these has a semicircular arch in a form associated with early Christian The project meeting of 15 June will be held in St churches in the area and may well have been recycled Patrick’s parish room (entrance through the parish from a local church which has disappeared. See how many office door, through the gate to left of the church of these small windows you can spot! There are at least and around to the right. three. Neville Keery, 8 May 2017

Séamus Cannon (text) and Carole Cullen (photo) PAGE 4 MONKSTOWN PARISH CHURCH, ST PATRICK’S CHURCH AND THE FRIENDS VOLUME 1, ISSUE 6 News from Monkstown Parish Church

Easter 2017 Our Easter festivities warden and Shirley Thornton was the service. Many people commented on 2017 are still fresh in our mind and elected peoples’ churchwarden. Roger how moving and meaningful the service firstly a sincere thank you to all who Duggan was nominated by the rector as was and the sense of comfort the helped make the celebrations so his glebewarden and Liz Neill-Watson occasion brought to them and to loved beautiful and meaningful. Monkstown was re-elected peoples’ glebewarden. ones remembered. Church looked lovely on Easter The following were also elected to morning and the stunning flower serve on the vestry – John Hewitson, Pet Service The Monkstown Village Pet arrangements arranged by Valerie Jonathan Kidd, Gordon Duncan, Service will take place on Sunday 25 June Little were much admired. Our thanks Elizabeth Oldham, Joyce Todd, Ruth at 3:00pm in the church. We are to our organist and choir for their Carnegie, Jean Boydell, Brian Carnegie, delighted that our friends from Irish wonderfully uplifting music and to all Wendy Kirker and Thelma King. At a Guide Dogs and the Irish Blue Cross will who cleaned and polished to make the subsequent meeting of the new vestry be join us for the celebrations. Please do church ready for our celebrations. Our Roger Kirker was re-elected to the come along and join us on the day and thanks also to our churchwardens and position as vestry secretary and Olwen animals of all types are more than administrator who worked so hard Keating re-elected to the position as welcome to join us also. One of our most behind the scenes throughout Lent, treasurer. Thelma King, Valerie Duncan, faithful and welcome church-going pets is Holy Week and Easter preparing for Roger Kirker and Liz Neill-Watson were ‘Socks’ the boxer dog who is frequently our extra services and events. All your elected parochial nominators and seen at the 9:00am Sunday morning help was so much appreciated! Valerie Duncan, Elizabeth Oldham and Eucharist and occasionally on Wednesday Wendy Kirker as synodspeople for the mornings also. Socks is very much part of Funerals In the midst of our Easter parish. We wish all the new appointees the parish family and Sock’s behaviour in celebrations we had the funerals of every blessing in their deliberations in church is always impeccable! John Quin, brother of Etain Murphy, the year ahead and thank the outgoing and the funeral of Olive Mannion. We Tidy Districts Following the meeting on vestry for all their hard work in the year Tuesday 4 May it has been agreed to hold continue to remember these families past. in our thoughts and prayers. a village clean-up day on Saturday 10 June Healing Service A service of healing from 10:30am – 12.30pm. We invite all Easter Vestry Monkstown’s Easter and wholeness, with the anointing with parishioners to come along and support Vestry took place on Tuesday 2 May oil and the Eucharist was celebrated on this initiative and we have a particular and a good attendance ensured the Sunday 30 April. We were delighted to responsibility to clean up the grounds of necessary elections were carried out welcome members of the Diocesan the church, Knox hall and footpaths without any difficulty. Eileen Kennedy Ministry of Healing team once again to around our parish properties. Please do assumed the role of rector’s church- bring along suitable brushes, shovels, gardening equipment, gloves etc. Bags for rubbish will be provided by the Council and will be collected from the church following the clean-up day.

Art Exhibition Knox Hall from 25 to 27 August.

Harvest Thanksgiving Harvest Thanksgiving Services will take place on Sunday 8 October.

Parish Sale of Work The parish sale will take place in the Knox Hall on Saturday 18 November. Donations for the sale are already being collected and good quality items will be gratefully received - good Lewis, one of our young people in Monkstown Parish Church, presents a news for those in the midst of Spring cleaning! Prizes needed for raffle too. cheque to the rector for €620 at the family service on Sunday 28 May. The €620 being the proceeds of his Holy Week sponsored giving up of all Parish Facebook Page Please ‘like’ things technical. The money Lewis raised will be used for the church roof our ‘Monkstown Parish Church’ page. and finial appeal. We are very proud of Lewis and thank him for his Family Service No family service in generosity and kindness! He in turn would like to thank the parishioners, June due to the Pet Service on 25 June. family and friends who sponsored him. PAGE 5 MONKSTOWN PARISH CHURCH, ST PATRICK’S CHURCH AND THE FRIENDS VOLUME 1, ISSUE 6

the-protestants-who-gave-dunlaoghaire-its-character- Carole’s Diary 1.3079529 27.4.2017 We are in the Edwardian splendour of Julie’s mum Liz was a regular parishioner of Monkstown Rathmines library – it’s ‘National Poetry Day’ and Parish Church, living latterly in Trafalgar Lane. Her Neville Keery is reading from his third collection of favourite service was the 9 lessons and carols which she poetry, “MEMOIR Poems 2007-2016.” Neville is a attended every Christmas with Julie, sitting in the contemporary, serious, accessible poet, and it is balcony. Liz was the vivacious beautiful daughter of the delightful to discover this side of his personality. Rector of the Mariner’s Church, Canon George Chamber- lain. As young mothers in the late 1970’s, Abigail, myself “Pictured here are and other neighbours, were thrilled to be ‘employed’ by chairman and publisher Liz who worked then as a market researcher. We would Ross Hinds, poet Pauline troop down the lane to Liz’s mew house to read how Hall and Neville Keery of Monkstown Quaker many leaves there were in different brands of toilet rolls Meeting. The occasion etc. etc. and get paid £2 for our trouble. The two mint was National Poetry Day £1 notes, were presented in a pristine white envelope; it which saw the was akin to a lottery win today. The men folk seemed to publication of Neville’s have the hardship of meeting in pubs or hotels to test third collection, MEMOIR. It was a charity event and raised and taste various types of porter or beer. The days of €400 for Merchants Quay Ireland. Copies of MEMOIR are now gender equality were yet to come. Liz died on 2 May available at Raven Books in Blackrock” 2010 seven years to the day after the launch of “The Pauline Hall, the other reader, entertains us with her Therapy House”. The funeral was held in Monkstown clerihews (short humorous poems). The visit to Parish Church seven years ago. In splendid ‘Liz’ style the Rathmines re-kindles very happy memories of my mourners walked solemnly behind the gleaming bedsit days in that leafy suburb – a room in the OTHER Victorian hearse. The hearse was drawn by a team of Belgrave Square was my shilling meter residence in the magnificent black horses, along the Monkstown Road, early 1970s. towards the parish church. A fitting tribute to an exciting and beloved woman. Incidentally, Julie Parsons 2.5.2017 The Lexicon Library Dun Laoghaire and Leo Cullen both read recently in the special Dun (which initially got such a bad press but has borne its Laoghaire Harbour 200 event ‘Sunday Miscellany’ from teething troubles honourably) is the location for the The Pavilion launch of parishioner Julie Parsons’s new novel “The Therapy House”. The lecture hall is packed to capacity 21-05-2017 Music in Monkstown is the brain-child and over-subscribed, so popular is Julie Parsons. Here of the RTE National Symphony Orchestra's principal in her own words she describes the plot: “Garda clarinetist and Belgrave Square Monkstown resident Inspector Michael McLoughlin is trying to enjoy his John Finucane, and David Miller. After three incredibly retirement, fixing up a grand old house in Dun successful years, MIM performed again on 21 May and Laoghaire. Then he discovers the body of his neighbour, featured some of Ireland's leading musicians: Bill a retired judge - brutally murdered, shot through the Dowdall, Flute, Lisa Dowdall, Viola, John Finucane, back of the neck, his face mutilated beyond recognition. Clarinet, Lynda Lee, Soprano and Andreja Malir, Harp. McLoughlin finds himself drawn into the murky past of Andreja is the very taleted wife of choir member the murdered judge, which leads him back to his own Johnathan Kidd. Together they presented a programme father's killing, decades earlier, by the IRA. In seeking of music featuring music from Claude Debussy, Maurice the truth behind both crimes, a web of deceit, blackmail Ravel, Arnold Bax, Jacques Ibert, Gabriel Fauré, and fragile reputations comes to light, as McLouhglin's Théodore Dubois, Jean Michel Damase and Ina Boyle, investigation reveals the explosive circumstances linking Benjamin Britten, Michael William Balfe and Hamilton both crimes - and dark secrets are discovered which Harty. would destroy the judge's legendary family name.” Next month I hope to tell you about the new I can’t wait to read the book and it is top of my pile so development at the back of our house at Temple Hill, to do. Many will have read the article about Julie’s namely the new ‘Temple View’ which comprises the fascinating family and background in Thursday May 11 restored sublime Neptune House and detached and ‘Irish Times’; I missed it but thank you Abigail Moran semi-detached houses. for emailing it to me. The link is http:// Carole Cullen www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/what-happened-to-all- [email protected] Tel: 01-2808013 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 6 MONKSTOWN PARISH CHURCH, ST PATRICK’S CHURCH AND THE FRIENDS PAGE 6 Continuing with the MADSness MADS (Monkstown Amateur Dramatic Society) is back! Following the success of our sell out inaugural play, Red Roses and Petrol, we are now open again for membership and planning for our first one-act play(s) to be held next October in Café du Journal, Monkstown. Rehearsals will start in June and depending on cast availability there will be some rehearsals taking place over the summer months – but the full rehearsal schedule will start September. So if you are interested …. Auditions are on Tuesday 13 June at 8pm in the choir rooms of Monkstown Church of Ireland Church (the one in the middle!). The choir rooms are around the back and will be signed posted. Anyone auditioning is asked to bring something to read – something that gives us an idea of what kind of character might work for you. Only a few minutes long is fine. Yes – we know it can be a bit nerve wracking – 7 out of the 8 cast in our first play had never acted before! So go on --- give it a go. There’s only a few parts for the one acts – but we’ll have you on our database too for our next full play in March ‘18. Please do register in advance for auditions by mailing [email protected] so we get an idea of numbers. Membership. MADS welcomes all those with an interest in amateur dramatics or indeed, a willingness to be a passive member by providing moral (and a little financial!) support to our society. Active participation involves a non-exhaustive list of activities such as acting, directing, producing, painting sets, building props, making tea, costumes, make-up, lighting, sound, providing inspiration and a good sense of humour. Our membership runs from the academic year, so please let us know if you are keen to join and we’ll send out membership forms then. Membership carries a nominal fee. In the meantime – looking forward to seeing you are the auditions – and please show this article to anyone you think might be interested! Roger, Trish, Diarmaid & Dave.

Gentle Matt Talbot

At morning mass in Monkstown, I often wonder, venerable Matt, Did your holy hands make this lovely seat One busy day in T. & C. Martin's in Dublin docklands, where you worked. Teach us how to pray and be patient. Please help us to meditate, Reparate, Rejoice in goodness and beauty, Rejecting what is wrong and sinful. On your way to early morning THE HALL SCHOOL, MONKSTOWN mass Carole Cullen has sent us this wonderful old black and white in Saint Dominick's Church, photograph of ‘Prize Giving Day 1936’ at the Hall School, June 1925, Belgrave Square Monkstown. Can you name anyone in the photo? You stumbled and fell into the waiting arms We would love to receive old photographs of events in the village of Jesus. and buildings no longer standing. Please do submit them to us for publication. Sean Quinn , 2017 SEAPOINT ADVERTISERS: PHYSIO Phone: (01) 2800028 www.seapointphysio.ie Advertising Locally is more important BESIDE AVOCA IN MONKSTOWN than ever! Encourage customers to help keep a vibrant, thriving community by doing YOUR business locally If you would like to advertise please contact Ruth on

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