A report published in 2007 listed Millstreet as having the highest percentage of Polish nationals (14.17%) in the community in all of Ireland. Since the recession has visited us, I know that quite a few of the Poles have returned to their homeland, but then a lot of our own younger generation have left or are going to leave for distant shores in search of work also, so it’s hard to say what the percentage is nowadays. Anyway, the short article can be read below:
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Loads of more photos from the Polish Mass in Drishane (23-Aug-09) can be seen in on the Polish Chaplaincy of Kerry magazine which is online: Gallery 1, Gallery 2, and Gallery 3
The Polish Choir who provide exquisite musical harmony at many of the local Polish Masses celebrated in St. Patrick’s Church, Millstreet
Polish mass is celebrated at 6pm on the second Saturday of each month in St Patricks Church. Fr Marceli Gesla is the Polish priest for the Kerry Diocese and is based in the Franciscan Friary in Killarney.
Joan O’Mahony & Jackie Kent at Drishane on the recent occasion of the celebration of a Polish Mass in Drishane Chapel (first Mass celebrated there in 17 years) followed by a special Polish celebratory evening
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- 23/Aug/2009: Group of Polish people who participated in a special mass at the Chapel in Drishane. Pictured outside the Castle are some of those that attended.
Pictures above and below by Piotr Słotwiński
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