Archive for December, 2014

SO at the moment I am the ‘favourite aunt’ as I got my hands on one of the coveted Frozen Elsa dolls and delivered her to my adorable niece in Dublin on Saturday. It got me thinking if I had to have one gift this christmas, what would it be? […]

Juveniles U8/10/12 Boys Training in the Sports Complex has finished for Christmas and New Year for these age groups and will resume in February. U12/14s Training has finished in The Green for this age group and will resume on Wednesday the 7th of January. U16s Training for this age group has also finished in […]

  Lotto: There was no winner of our club lotto draw from last Sunday night. The numbers drawn were 21, 22, 23 & 25. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Ann Ahern, Castlegregory twice; Eileen Carolan, Tonevane; Paula O’Connor, Lohercannon & Dylan, Adam & Johnathon c/o G Moriarty. As […]

Results Sunday 14th December 2014 Whiskey Singles 1.st John Gibbons(13)18pts 2.nd Anthony 0’Connor(17)16pts 3.rd Mark Leahy (12) 16pts WINTER RULES APPLY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE TIMESHEETS OPEN 6pm TUESDAY BEFORE COMPETITION 16.Dec- 18 Hole Tuesday Singles QUALIFYING COMPETITION 20.Dec-Guest/Member Casual Golf 21.Dec-Captain’s Waltz Christmas Party/Fun Day 23.Dec-18 Hole Tuesday Singles QUALIFYING COMPETITION […]

SENIOR TOWN CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL Replay for the Town Championship between John Mitchels and Kerins O’Rahillys is set for next weekend. Time to be decided. ACTIVE. RETIREMENT PARTY The 15th year of the Annual Active Retirement party took place at the John Mitchels Club House, John Joe Sheehy Road last Saturday. […]

  FÉILIRE 2015: Our lovely 2015 club calendar is on sale at The Rock Club, Nolan’s Garage, Barry’s Shop, Spar Caherslee, Gala Caherslee, O’Connell’s Pharmacy and The Greyhound. Hurry, hurry, while stocks last…only €5. Please support your youngsters….brabús uile go coiste na n-óg. AGM: Our Juvenile Annual General Meeting will […]

CLUB AGM: Yesterday’s (14th Dec) AGM was conducted in double-quick time. Members present observed a moment of silence at the start in memory of all those associated with the Club who died during the year. With the Bishop Moynihan and Munster Cups on display the meeting was excellently conducted by Vice Chairman, […]

GARDAÍ are asking for the public’s help with regard to terrible road accident in which 50 year old Catriona Dowling lost her life. The accident happened at Ballincrossig Cross on the Ballyduff to Tralee road on Saturday morning at around 8.45am. Gardai are appealing for anyone who saw the blue Vauxhall […]

  GARDAI are warning people of a scam where people locking their cars by clicking the button on their key, have their code cloned by nearby would-be thieves. The scam which has been going on in the Midlands and Dublin area, but hasn’t been experienced in Kerry yet, involves thieves sitting […]

  OVER 150 people attended the 15th year of the annual Active Retirement party at the John Mitchels Clubhouse on John Joe Sheehy Road last Saturday. The frosty morning and hazardous driving conditions did not deter the volunteers from reporting to duty from early morning as floors were brushed, carpets […]

Our rugby writer, Mike O’Halloran, on a disappointing day for Munster yesterday… I ASKED in my preview of this game Can Munster win and I answered ‘of course they can’, but I was wrong. Try as they might, Munster could not overcome ASM Clermont Auvergne, even after getting a dream start. […]

BRYAN Carr School of Performing Arts has teamed up with Kerry County Library to promote  books or Library membership as practical gifts for Children this Christmas. “We wanted to show the fun and adventures that are alive within Dr. Seuss books with Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant, and […]

THERE was a large gathering of asylum seekers, people from the Tralee International Resource Centre and volunteers at the annual Christmas Party on Saturday afternoon. Santa made an appearance and they all enjoyed a Christmas dinner and entertainment. Held in Kerins O’Rahilly’s Clubhouse, Gillian Wharton of TIRC explained what the […]

THE weather may have been miserable but it didn’t deter the hundreds of happy Santas on their 5k run on Sunday morning. They created a sea of red and white at the Tralee Wetlands, for the 5k Santa Fun Run in aid of the Ronald McDonald House, Crumlin and in memory […]

At the AGM of the club on 9th December, the following officers were elected: President: JP Daly Vice-President: Paul Dowling Chairman: Mikey Moriarty Vice-Chairman: Shaun Parker Vice-Chairman: Peter O’Brien (Outgoing Juvenile Chairman) Secretary: Vacant Treasurer: David Rolls Assistant Treasurer: Liam Harty Co. Board Delegate: Ger Carmody Registrar: Derek Nolan / […]

Brian Cody Presents Parnells Awards: In a proud and historic moment for our growing club, the legend and true gentleman of hurling Brian Cody, did us the honour of presenting the Tralee Parnells Hurling and Camogie Awards 2014, in a wonderful ceremony at the Meadowlands on Friday night the 12th […]

​​​​​​​​​LOTTO The Ballymac GAA Lotto was held in Glenduff House on Monday 8th December 2014.  There was no winner and numbers drawn were 4,10,17,23. Lucky Dips 1. Joe Leen, Chutehall 2. Patsy Dooley, Ballymac 3. Aidan Pollard, Kielduff 4. Joe Leen, Chutehall 5. Desmond Savage, Kinsale, Co. Cork Sellers Prize […]

ACADEMY SEASON; Our academy for ages 5 to 10 years continues every Saturday . All our coaches are fully qualified so your child is guaranteed the very best of Coaching .Proof of this is that our academy has been running since 2006 and over 100 kids attend every Saturday. The U6’s […]

  THE Kerry senior football manager, Eamonn Fitzmaurice, officially opened the Urgent Care Centre at Bon Secours Hospital Tralee this week. The General Manager of Kerry General Hospital, TJ O’Connor, a number of GPs from the Kerry area and the Mayor of Tralee, Cllr Jim Finucane, attended the official opening. […]

THIS Santa guy really gets around town these days. He turned up again at Tralee Rugby Club on Saturday morning as the club hosted a family day which drew a big crowd of kids and their parents. “It’s just a little Christmas party for the kids,” said Gerard Hill, Chairman […]

PAUL Galvin was back in Tralee yesterday as people got their Christmas presents signed by the author himself in O’Mahony’s on Castle Street. Since it was launched a month ago, the book has been doing very well and Paul has been doing radio, print and TV interviews and a number of book […]

GLAMOUR and style were the order of the night in venues all over town on Saturday as companies in town and beyond treated their staff to a night out. Everybody TraleeToday.ie met was in great form as they looked forward to a fantastic  night in the Manor West and Fels Pint Hotels who hosted […]

‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’ by John Lyons AS I write this I’m currently sitting in Killarney’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ themed pub, ‘The Shire’,  after returning from a trek to Dublin to see the final ‘Hobbit’ film projected in 3D at 48 frames per second. There’s […]

AS I wrote in a previous article, happiness can be best achieved in life not necessarily by finding the right answers, but perhaps by asking the right questions. To this effect a great question to ask is ‘What is the meaning of Truth?’ Now Roger figure your way out of […]

THE news just gets better and better for Tralee’s Timothy V Murphy as he has just scored a role in the hugely popular HBO drama ‘True Detective’ alongside fellow Irish man Colin Farrell. Murphy, a native of Oakpark, is an award-winning star of stage and screen, and is set to play Russian […]

THE woman who died the car crash on Saturday morning at Ballincrossig Cross has been named as 50 year old Catriona Dowling (nee Boyle) of Ballyduff. Originally from Dublin, but living in Kerry for many years, Mrs Dowling, a mother of three, was a German teacher in Presentation Secondary School in […]

THE former Denny factory in the Island of Geese will be the location of the first Kerry  St Vincent de Paul Food Bank. It comes at a vital time of the year when many families in town are hard pressed to meet the demands of Christmas. The Bank, which has has […]

Gardaí are investigating a fatal road traffic collision, which happened this morning  shortly before 9.00am. The single vehicle crash happened on the Ballyduff to Tralee road at Ballincrossig Cross, Lixnaw. The driver of the car, a woman in her 40s, was fatally injured. Two teenaged passengers were removed by ambulance […]

THE Stacks team got some food for thought over the Christmas period as they received a motivational speech from the greatest hurling manager of them all, Brian Cody, on Friday evening. There was a large gathering at Connolly Park for the Kilkenny supremo’s visit to Tralee where he was accompanied […]

THERE were excited little faces all around Moyderwell Primary School on Friday morning as pupils prepared to take to the stage for the annual Christmas concert. “A lot of preparation went into today,” said Principal Moira Quinlan. “It’s a small enough concert, with just three groups taking part; the ‘Colour My […]