Archive for June 29th, 2015

NA GAEIL SENIOR LADIES: Na Gaeil added to their Junior title of two years ago winning the County Intermediate final last Sunday in Ballymac against a very spirited and well drilled Rathmore team. This was a very exciting game of ladies football with the teams level on numerous occasions and […]

  JUVENILE CLUB NOTES ÁR LAOCHRA FAOI 14: What a weekend! We took on the best at Féile na nÓg in Wicklow, in Carlow and in Wexford…and won! After 6 hard games we returned to The Rock as champions of Ireland. Gaiscígh na Ríochta! What a proud homecoming for Dara de Barra-Breathnach […]

SENIORS: Churchill put in a convincing performance at home on Saturday running out and comfortable winners against Dromid Pearses on a scoreline of 1-14 to 0-08. In the beginning, Dromid showed signs of why they were top of the table with Chris Farley scoring 2 quick points in the opening […]

Senior Football Senior County League Round 7 Division 1 Kerins O’Rahillys 1-15 AustinStacks 0-12 This game was played at the Caherina grounds on Saturday last in ideal conditions and a local derby went our way and a valuable two league points and a change in fortune in our Co. League campaign. Austin Stacks […]

SENIOR FOOTBALL: Kerins O’Rahillys 1-15; Austin Stacks 0-12. Round 7 of the Co. League, played in overcast drizzly conditions at Strand Road on the last Saturday in June, went the way of the home side. The result leaves us on 8 points (3 wins, 2 draws, 2 lost) and brings […]

Feile: A historic weekend in the history was for St Pats club took place at the weekend.  Pride of the parish has to go to this amazing bunch of un14s. Players who represent our club with great heart and determination through out. Our host club were Newtownmountkennedy and  treated the […]

Parnells Cúl Camp: Parnells Cúl Camp takes place the 10th to the 14th of August.  Contact David O Dea 066 712 7782.  To avail of family discounts (for 2nd and 3rd children), all bookings must be made in one transaction.  Sign up online at https://www.gaa.ie/youth-zone/kelloggs-gaa-cul-camps/ Under 14 Camogie Final: Tralee Parnells […]

SENIOR MEN: County League – Round 7: Mitchels v Currow We played Currow at home in Round 7 of the Credit Union Co. league last Saturday evening. Currow played with the breeze in the first half and opened the score with 2 points. We scored a point from Alan O’Donoghue […]

LOTTO The lotto draw was held in  O Riadas Bar on Monday 22nd June 2015 for a lotto jackpot of €7,100.  Numbers drawn were 6,9,13,14.  There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. Jack Kelly, Ballyseedy 2. Geoff Riordan, Ballymac 3. Nellie Brosnan, c/o Mannix PO 4. Fionnan Fitzgerald, Rathanny 5. […]

  IT was a case of celebrations all around today as local athletes returned from the ‘International Childrens Games’ that was held in Holland over the past week. They brought with them a fantastic total of ten medals as they returned home to a fine reception from parents and friends who had bravely […]

  THE Castleisland-based Build4Life organisation today received €250,000 in National Lottery funding towards the funding of isolated inpatient children’s beds in Cork University Hospital, but the ward is still closed much to the dismay of the organisation The grant comes as the Irish Examiner reports that staffing shortages are delaying the opening […]

THE weather stayed fine for a weekend of great racing at Ballybeggan, but it failed to bring big crowds to the racecourse. Punters enjoyed two days at the Kerry International Horse and Pony Racing event, while families were well catered for with children’s play facilities and a bouncy castle. However, it […]

GARDAÍ are looking for the public’s help after two Tralee businesses were broken into last week. On Thursday night/Friday morning, between midnight and 7am, a rock was used to smash the glass on the door of Spotless Dry Cleaners in Oakpark. The thief gained entry and took the cash register. Then […]

TWO Rose of Tralee escorts with strong local links have been put through their paces as they competed in the rigorous ‘Rose of Tralee Boot Camp’ for escorts. Shane Kenny who is an architect based in the Spa and Nicholas Gogarty, an accountant, originally from Lurgan, with ‘Kerry Group’ were among the group […]

FUZION Communications, founded by Tralee businesswoman Deirdre Waldron, has been announced as the winner of the Best Public Affairs Campaign at the prestigious Public Relations Institute of Ireland (PRII) Awards 2015, for its work with Down Syndrome Ireland (DSI) on a public awareness campaign last year. The announcement was made at the […]

MEMBERS of the Tralee District of the Chernobyl Children’s Fund (CCF) were on hand to welcome 14 children to town yesterday. The children from the village of Kozhan in the contaminated area of Southern Belarus arrived on Sunday for a four week way stay in Kerry, which is designed to boost […]

THERE was a great turnout for ‘The Voice Of Tralee’ on Saturday night. The fundraiser in aid of the Recovery Haven drew around 350 people who saw ‘The Supremes’ scoop the title (see previous story and photos here). Mary Higgins, Ann Drury Kahraman and Karyn Moriarty had the crowd in […]