ABOUT Kilmore Parish Journal

Our preparation for the future carries our hope that the journal will pass to provident hands and continue in the spirit which has made fifty-four appearances. Little did those first committee members realise what they had initiated! As the world moves into a digital age our current committee have moved in tandem and initiated the digitization of all the past editions and future journals which will be published in hard copy and digitised also in the succeeding year when added to this website. As with The Lake in Bridgetown there are always lacunae but, captured as faithfully as possible in these pages, the human side of Kilmore is evident. In this age when every social media post will be preserved forever it appears fitting that current social life in our parish should be as available to future generations. The launch of a dedicated website will enable people near and far to access and download past editions; this is facilitated by the provision of an index to the extensive contents of the full corpus dauntlessly prepared by Seamus O’Keeffe. The heads of this index encapsulate the occurrences, culture and pastimes recorded in the journal; these are Contents, Covers, General, Maritime, Persons, Photos, Places, Songs and Verses and Sport which direct you to the year and page where your sought material is to be found. More than half a century of lived life here in Kilmore is available to all. As always, this achievement redounds not solely to the credit of the many laudable committee members, whose names are given hereunder, but also vitally to the many contributors of material over the years, in form of articles, activities, memoirs, occasions and creative works. The secret of KPJ’s success lies in that it is generated by and for the people of Kilmore; it is your magazine, long may both prosper!

Kilmore Parish Journal Officers and committee members no’s 1 to no 54

Editor.
Hilary Murphy 1972 to 2012.
Seamus O’Brien 2013 to 2022.
Ger Walsh 2023 – ’24 – ’25.

Assistant to the editor
John Power 1997 to 2008.

Chairperson
Sean O’Halloran 1972.
Rev. Donald MacDonald C.C. 1973 – ’74 – ’75.
Seamus O’Keeffe 1976 to 1982. 1997 to 2003. 2008 to 2020.
John Power 1983 to 1996. 2004 to 2007.
Lucy Moore, Fidelma Rossiter, Margaret Nunn, Breda Hayes 2021 – ’22 (Rotating).
Fidelis Power 2023.
Jim Moore 2024 – ’25.
Vice Chairperson
Frank Lonergan 2014.
Tom Dunne 2018.
Lucy Moore 2019 – ’20.

Hon Secretary
Theresa White 1972 -’73.
No records for 1974 to 1981.
Brid Carroll 1982 – ’83 – ’84.
Mary Kehoe 1985 to 1992.
Mary Power 1993 to 2008.
Vivienne Brady 2009 to 2014.
Frank Lonergan 2015 to 2025.

Treasurer
Tom Kehoe 1972.
Rev Donald MacDonald C. C 1973 to 1993.
Seamus O’Keeffe 1994 – ’95 – ’96.
Patricia Boyd 1997 to 2025.

Advertising
Fergus Duff 1989 – ’90 – ’91.
P. J. Murphy 2000 to 2007.
Patricia Boyd 2008 to 2025.

Committee
Aidan Miskella, Annette O’Neill, Breda Hayes, Brian Sarsfield, Brid Carroll, Cat Hogan, Cyril Lambert, Ellen McCormack, Fergus Duff, Fidelma Rossiter, Rev. Dennis Doyle P.P., Frank Lonergan, Hilary Murphy, Jim Hurley, Joe Monaghan, John Power, Kevin Whitty, Lucy Moore, Margaret Nunn, Mary Kehoe, Mary Power, P. J. Murphy, Patricia Boyd, Patricia Power, Patricia Roche, Patrick Lambert, Paud Doyle, Peter Devereux, Rev. Donald MacDonald C.C., Richard Nisbet, Seamus O’Brien, Seamus O’Keeffe, Sean O’Halloran, Theresa White, Tom Dunne, Tom Kehoe, Tomas Hayes, Vivienne Brady, Ger Walsh, Rev. Pat Mernagh P, P. and Jim Moore.