Archive for August, 2015

  WHILE the Kerry Rose has had great support locally, there’s another few contestants this year who’ve had had the backing of people from around the county. The Darwin Rose, Caitriona Brennan, has relations in Castlemaine; Chelsea Thursby Milovanovic, the South Australia Rose’s grandfather came from Boherbee; Boston and New England’s Sarah […]

  IT’S been an incredible week for all the Roses and our own Kerry Rose, Julett Culloty, is having a ball! We had a quick chat with the Kilcummin lady about her week when we called into Jigsaw Kerry, where some of the Roses were visiting on Tuesday afternoon. “I […]

  THE Draw for the Garvey’s Supervalu Senior Hurling Championship Semi-Finalss have been made. Dates and times for fixtures have as yet to be decided. Kilmoyley v Ballyduff Lixnaw v St Brendans Last year’s finalists, Lixnaw and Kilmoyley, went into the draw seeded. Champions Lixnaw, remain the only side in […]

  IT’s seems like a strange thing to bet on, but as sure as two flies climbing up a wall people will throw down a bet on anything. It may seem a difficult one to call, given the lack of form guide, but last year the bookies called, Maria Walsh […]

  IT seems with every year the chatter on Twitter for the Rose selection nights grows louder and last night was no exception. Featuring, Mike Denver, Dáithí in a Tutu and ‘dung spitting’ of all things, the Rose of Tralee was back with all its odd, beautiful glory and it was […]

THERE were a lot of stars around town over the past week for the Festival, but one that went largely unnoticed was a BAFTA-winning actor who was enjoying the atmosphere. Jack O’Connell, the star of ‘Skins’, ’71’ and the lead actor in ‘Unbroken’, which was in our cinemas over Christmas, was in […]

TraleeToday.ie’s Coverage Of The Kerryman Rose Of Tralee Fashion Show Is Brought To You By CH Chemists, The Mall, Tralee AS you may have already seen from our previous coverage, the Rose of Tralee Fashion Show was a huge success with some incredible style. Here’s our final batch of photos from […]

  THERE was a great turn out in the town park as owners and pets were put through their paces at the ‘Paws & Tails Dog Show’ on Monday afternoon. With a whole array of prizes on offer throughout the day including ‘Best Dressed’, ‘Best Small/Medium/Large Dog’ and ‘Dog of […]

A TRALEE man completed the arduous challenge of swimming the English Channel last night. Kristian O’Donovan, swam the channel in a more than respectable time of 13 hours and 48 minutes. The employee of Pitman Training, received fantastic support along the way through the world’s busiest shipping lane, finishing around 11.30pm last night. […]

OVER 700 runners took part the Rose of Tralee 10km run and by the looks it, the event is one that is certainly growing more and more in popularity. Runners included the current Rose of Tralee Maria Walsh, the Born To Run club running as Roses and Escorts, and many new […]

TraleeToday.ie’s Coverage Of The Kerryman Rose Of Tralee Fashio Show Is Brought To You By CH Chemists, The Mall, Tralee IT was a night of high fashion at The Kerryman Rose of Tralee Fashion Show in the Dome on Sunday with hundreds of ladies getting their style fix. We were […]

  TRALEE architect Shane Kenny (23) is the 2015 Newbridge Silverware Rose of Tralee Escort of the Year. Shane’s fellow Rose Escorts and this year’s 32 International Roses voted for the winner before Dáithí Ó Sé announced the result in the Festival Dome in front of live on RTÉ One. In […]

LOTTO The Lotto was held in the Halfway Bar on Monday August 10th for a jackpot of €7,800.The numbers drawn were 9 12 19 22.There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. Bridget Leen, Kilquane 2. Sean O Connor, c/o Tom Leen 3. Marie Woulfe, Clogher 4. Niamh McCarthy, Rathanny 5. […]

Co. League Div 4. Churchill 2-7 Scartaglin 1-10 In a very exciting and well-contested game, Churchill were left to rue 13 wides as Scartaglin kicked a last minute free to earn a draw and keep their own promotion hopes alive. Churchill were short a number of regulars, due to injury and […]

NA GAEIL CYCLE:If you want to experience a rewarding and fun days cycling  then the Na Gaeil Cycle takes place on Saturday 29th August. Usual choice of routes. 40Km to Castleisland and back. 80Km  to Castleisland, Abbeyfeale, Listowel, Tralee. Registration Adults €20, Students €10, family €50. Register now online,  in club,  or […]

Fundraising Night at the Dogs As part of the annual fundraising efforts at the John Mitchels GAA Club in Tralee, a night at the dogs at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium is happening on Saturday September 5th this year. The ‘Show me the Bunny’ night at the dog’s fundraiser will help […]

Lotto: There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 14, 16, 23 & 25. The five €30 consolation prizes went to N @ D Ashe Keel, Denis O Sullivan Annagh, Dan O Sullivan Mounthawk, Mike Horgan Lohercannon and Seamie O Shea […]

CHARLIE HEALY; It was with great sadness that all in the Club and the wider community learned, early on last Sunday morning (16th Aug), of the death of Charlie Healy. Although not in good health in recent times it still came as a shock to all who knew and loved him. He […]

Senior Football U21 Acorn Life U21 Championship Final Kerins O’Rahillys 2-15 East Kerry 2-09. We captured the Under 21 Co. Championship title for the first time last Tuesday evening at the Castleisland Desmonds grounds with a deserved win over East Kerry played in ideal conditions. It was a performance well […]

  Our hurling writer, Mike O’Halloran, is continuing to sample the culinary delights and hospitality in north Kerry’s hurling venues during the hurling championship as ‘The Great Kerry Hurling Cake-Off’ continues… THE Great Kerry Hurling Cake Off continues for the next few weeks with the competition hotting up and the caterers […]

SATURDAY night’s Rose of Tralee parade really was something, with the beautiful Roses, colourful floats, music and great atmosphere. Yesterday we brought you a video and loads of photos (click here) but we’ve got many more images of people watching and the Roses to show you…  

  Mike O’Halloran reports on the St Brendan’s v Causeway, Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC quarter final played on Sunday… St Brendan’s 4-16 Causeway 1-8 St Brendan’s had to drive through floods to get to Kilmoyley after a huge downpour prior to the game, but on arrival at the pitch and […]

MARIA Walsh has certainly had a busy week as she finishes up her reign as the current Rose of Tralee in style. Only last Friday August 14, she completed her 242km ‘Trek2Tralee’ charity challenge which raised funds for three different charities in the Donal Walsh Live Life Foundation, Development Perspectives and […]

GARDAI say 32 people were arrested for Public Order Offences over the weekend in Tralee, but crowds have generally been well behaved. There were 15 arrests made on Friday night, five on Saturday and 12 on Sunday night. Most of the incidents were due to people drinking too much alcohol. Meanwhile, a […]

TraleeToday.ie’s Coverage Of The Kerryman Rose Of Tralee Fashion Show Is Brought To You By CH Chemists, The Mall, Tralee… IT was billed as the fashion event of the year in Kerry and The Kerryman Rose of Tralee Fashion Show in the Festival Dome certainly didn’t disappoint with hundreds attending on Sunday […]

STUNNING Sunday on Denny Street last certainly lived up to its billing as hundreds of fans were kept highly entertained well into the night by a multitude of hugely talented acts. With seven bands taking to the stage last night in a line up that included ‘Ovie’, ‘5 Dollar Shakes’ […]

  Mike O’Halloran reports on the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC quarter final clash between Ballyduff and Abbeydorney yesterday… Ballyduff 1-17 Abbeydorney 3-9 In my preview I had tipped Ballyduff to win this game and I based that prediction on the ability of Michael Boyle, Gary O’Brien and Aiden Boyle to […]

GARDAÍ have appealed have information relating to the theft of an accordion from a public house in Tralee on Saturday. At about 1.20pm, an accordion worth around €5,000 was taken from An Cearnóg pub in The Square, by a male wearing a tracksuit in his early 20’s thin with ginger hair, […]

IT was another memorable night at the Rose of Tralee Festival annual parade on Saturday as thousands lined the streets to catch a glimpse of the glamorous Roses. Just before 9pm, the parade led by Dáithí Ó Sé and current Rose of Tralee Maria Walsh, made its way down Boherbee and […]

HUNDREDS of fans were out in force on Friday night to watch one of the best known singers in the country rock his third straight appearance at the Rose of Tralee Festival. Nathan Carter blew Denny Street away last night with his typical energetic performance for almost three hours as he […]