Archive for August, 2015

A TRALEE gold medal winner got a hero’s welcome home last night. There were joyous scenes when Oakview man, Brendan O’Connell, returned home with the gold medal and 4th place ribbon he won at the Special Olympics in Los Angeles. The Kerry Stars Special Olympics Club member, landed gold in the 800m […]

  ANTI Water Charge campaigners and protesters will again highlight their defiance of Irish Water and the Government with an intention to burn their bills in public next week. The local Right2Water movement have organised the event for next Wednesday August 12 at 7pm in the Square in what is sure to attract […]

IN the aftermath of Kerry’s 27 point demolition job of Kildare on Sunday, even Darragh Ó Sé is finding it hard to throw cold water on the expectations that have arisen from the win. Writing in his Irish Times column  today, he agonises over how the hell Kerry people are going to […]

Mike ‘Masterchef’ O’Halloran has been sampling the delights of north Kerry hospitality while covering the county hurling championship for TraleeToday.ie over the past month. So whose buns have impressed him…  SINCE the games in this year’s Garvey’s SuperValu Kerry Senior hurling championship were moved to the five North Kerry clubs of […]

Mike O’Halloran reports on an exciting Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SFC clash between Ballyduff and Crotta O’Neill’s in Lixnaw last night… Ballyduff 2-20 Crotta O’Neill’s 1-17 Crotta have played nearly four hours of hurling in the 2015 championship between draws, extra time and added time. Tonight again, in Lixnaw, they lost […]

  QUINLAN’S Fish, who have a shop in Tralee, are celebrating after winning three star golds in the prestigious Great Taste 2015 judging. Quinlan’s Fish based in Cahersiveen, took three-star golds for its smoked Irish Organic Salmon and its Smoked Irish Organic Salmon cured with Irish Atlantic Sea Salt. Top […]

  A SEAGULL attacked a swimmer in Fenit last week and drew blood from his hand. According to a report on the RTE news website, the man who was visiting the area required tetanus shots after the attack which took place last Tuesday afternoon, around 70m off the coast. The swimmer was attacked twice […]

  WE won’t be forgetting the Kerry performance against Kildare any time soon, with many great moments to savour ahead of the semi-final later this month. But to condense the magic into a short video, The KY Comedy Alternative has put together an entertaining clip of the seven goals scored by […]

  Kerry will have a pep in their step in training after Sunday, but there’s a lot more work to do says Barry O’Shea… IT WAS a 27 point win, but I’d bet if you spoke to Eamonn Fitzmaurice, he’ll find plenty of things the team can still work on. […]

  ANIMAL Rights Action Network (ARAN) are calling for the live goat to be removed from this year’s Puck Fair in Killorglin which runs from August 10-August 12. “The puck is a wild animal who doesn’t understand the loud noise, bright lights, and thousands of people in front of him, […]

  AFTER Kerry showed flashes of genius in their demolition of Kildare it’s worth recalling this, the greatest point in Kerry football history. It happened 14 years ago today, August 4, 2001. Kerry, losing by a point to Dublin in the closing stages of the All-Ireland Quarter Final in Thurles, […]

LADY luck smiled on a Currow woman at the weekend when she won €30,000 in prizes on the Winning Streak gameshow on RTE. Noreen O’Sullivan, Currow, was one of five players from Dublin, Galway, Kerry and Louth who won prizes to the value of  €245,000. Noreen’s prize included a holiday […]

As the dust settles on Kerry defeat of Kildare, Gavin O’Connor looks at what we learnt from the victory, plus our own action photos from the game… 1. The Gooch is back  James O’Donoghue had hinted in the build-up that Cooper is a different man as soon he hits Croker. Kerry followers […]

THE Tralee 100k Ultra Marathon is over for another year with the event going down as a great success for all who took part on Saturday. Over 50 runners set off on the gruelling challenge in the early morning, all determined to finish what they had trained so long and […]

LOTTO The lotto was held in Ballygarry House on the 27th July 2015 for a jackpot of €7,600.  Numbers drawn were 12,15,19,25    There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. Mike Rahilly, Chutehall 2. Ricky Rogers, Kildare 3. Sarah O Connor, c/o Paula Silles 4. Kieran Boyle, Arabella 5. Helen & Blake […]

Mike O’Halloran was in Ballyduff yesterday to see Kilmoyley play Abbeydorney in the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC clash… Kilmoyley 2-10 Abbeydorney 0-6 Kilmoyley had a very facile victory over a very poor outfit from Abbeydorney in the wind and rain in Ballyduff. Kilmoyley played with a significant wind in the […]

GALWAY was where it was at last week and boy was it fun! Racing, friends, a little champers and lots of craic is always the recipe for a good meeting. I caught up with my childhood friends and lots of the Cork and Kerry girls too. Ladies Day at any […]

NA GAEIL FUN DAY:  Will be held on Sunday 9th August  at 2.30pm. Lots of fun and games,mouth watering BBQ,Yummy Tent( Cake sale fundraiser in aid of the club) Tea & Coffee Mickey Mouse, live music, obstacle course ,Fuzzball Arts & Crafts  Face painting  and lots more. This event is one of the […]

U21 Championship Semi-Final John Mitchels and Kerins O’Rahillys met in Connolly Park last Wednesday evening for the Semi Final of the U21 Championship Semi Final. This local town Derby was well attended by both sides. This was going to be a tricky encounter for John Mitchels as they were missing […]

  CAMPA PEILE AN CHLUB: Our autumn club football camp began on Tuesday last in Connolly Park and will run until Saturday. It’s being enjoyed by all! Tá an-pheil le feiscint ann agus is ag dul i bhfeabhas atá scileanna na n-imreoirí! Cleachtadh a dhéanann máistreacht! FPEIL AOI 6: (i) […]

Training every Friday: Our summer break is over and we will be back training as usual every Friday night in August, 7pm at Caherslee Road. Parnells Selected for Community Fund: Parnells have been selected by Tesco Manor for their local Community fund initiative.  From Monday the 3rd of August All blue […]

Lotto: There was one winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot of €6800 on Sunday night last – Richard Rowan of Church Lawn, Blennerville. The numbers drawn were 02, 05, 18 & 24. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Anne Knowles St. John’s Park, Johnny Enright Derrymore West, Paul Clapham […]

Congratulations Everyone in Kerins O’Rahillys would like to congratulate the Kerry seniors and management on their reaching the All Ireland semi-finals. We would like to especially congratulate our own lads on their contributions on the day, David Moran’s Man of the Match performance, Barry John Keanes 1-03 to add to […]

HURLING: Our Hurlers were due to travel to Lixnaw on this Friday evening (7th August) to play the home side in the first round (quarter final) of the Co. Intermediate Hurling Championship with a 6.30 pm throw in. However, as we write, the fixture is in doubt. Check Club Website for updates. […]

KERRY GAA have issued an update on the injury to James O’Donoghue sustained yesterday. The Kerry star injured his shoulder when he fell following a tackle by the goalkeeper in yesterday’s All Ireland Football Quarter final tie with Kildare. According to the statement: “The Kerry Medical Team immediately realigned the shoulder […]

  THE Kerry County Board has launched a new initiative to raise funds for the new Kerry GAA Centre of Excellence. The Kerry GAA Centre of Excellence incorporates two locations, a co-hosted GAA facility at the Institute of Technology, Tralee, and six playing fields with a training facility at Currans near […]

EARLIER we brought you photos of the Kerry fans in Dublin for the match (click here for previous story). In recent years, the support for Kerry in quarter and semi-finals has been very impressive and despite the lack of glamour about the fixture, there was still a great showing of […]

  YOU really had to feel sorry for Kildare by the end yesterday. Sitting in the crowd, when Colm Cooper advanced on goal with a few minutes to go, a few Kerry fans behind me implored him to punch it over and he duly did that. It was a plea for […]

As the festival is less than two weeks away, yesterday we brought you 16 contestants in the Rose of Tralee International Festival (click here for previous story). Now here’s the rest… MELBOURNE ROSE – JOY KERRIGAN My name is Joy Shannan Kerrigan; I am 24 years old and I was […]

FROM a spectator’s point of view, it fell somewhere between the Christians v The Lions circa 90AD and a Harlem Globetrotters exhibition game, but Kerry fans didn’t mind. They turned up in their thousands again at our spiritual home and roared their approval as the Kerry forwards ran riot in […]