Is i gCill Áirne a reachtáladh ‘Oireachtas na Samhna’, féile mhór ceoil agus rince, i mbliana. D’fhreastail breis agus 10,000 daoine air. Mar chuid de na h-imeachtaí  d’eagair Cumann Gaelach na hEaglaise agus Pobal an Aifrinn seirbhís mhacnaimh.  Is é an tUrr. Antóin Ó Murchú  a bhí ina bun.

I measc na ndaoine  a ghlac páirt sa tseirbhís (ó chlé): Caroline Nolan (Oifigeach Forbartha C.G.na hÉ); Dáithí Ó Maolchoille (Leas-Chathaoirleach C.G.na hÉ); Bláthnaid Ó Brádaigh (Pobal an Aifrinn);An tUrr. Antóin Ó Murchú; An tAth Frainc Mac Brádaigh (Pobal an Aifrinn); Máire Ní Éalaithe (N.Muire, Carraig Uí Laighin); Risteárd Mac Annraoi (N.Áine, An tSean-Dún).

Group at the Service (from left to right): Caroline Nolan , Development Officer CGnE, Daithí O Maolchoille Vice-Chairman CGnE, ,Bláthnaid O’ Brádaigh (Pobal an Aifrinn), The Rev. Tony Murphy, An t Ath. Frainc Mac Brádaigh (Pobal an Aifrinn), Mary Healy (St Mary’s Carrigaline), Risteard Mac Annraoi (St Anne’s Church, Shandon)

‘Oireachtas na Samhna’, a major festival of Irish language, music and dance, which was attended by 10,000 people took place recently in Killarney.

As part of the Festival, Cumann Gaelach na hEaglaise (the Irish Guild of the Church) in conjunction with Pobal an Aifrinn, organised a Reflective Service which was conducted by the Reverend Tony Murphy from the Church of Ireland Diocese of Cork.