Comhaltas came to Kerry in 1959. In 1959/60 and 1960/61 records of registration of a Moyvane Branch can be seen. Little else in that regard is known to current members. There are suggestions that Jerry Nolan was Chairman and Ann Marie McEnery was secretary.

Moyvane/Knockanure Branch was not always a combined entity. Dan Keane, our longest standing member and still our President, recalls being invited by Mary O'Carroll to his native Knockanure to help found a branch. Their first meeting was held in the old school in Knockanure (which in the last few years was renovated into a community centre). The first Chairman there was Jakie McMahon, Vice Chairman Dan Keane, Secretary Tom Flavin, Treasurer Mary O'Carroll.

In 1978/79 Poet Gabriel Fitzmaurice took the chair there (Moyvane native). He was succeeded after a few years by Dan Keane. Interestingly Dan recalls around the 78/79 mark - a member of over 60, with 30 children in a music class. Get this though - junior membeship was ten pence, senior was fifty pence! Better again, he has the costings of the first social at what was then 2Monty's" and is now Kirby's Lantern's. They were as follows: supper was £1.20 per head, the hall was £35, the band were £68. Tickets were £2 senior, junior £1.50.