Archive for September 16th, 2015

  IT looks like the craic has begun in earnest in north Kerry as racing and football fever has combined to create an electric atmosphere. These were the scenes captured by photographer Don MacMonagle in The Ocean Bar in Ballybunion on Wednesday as Paddy the Horse paid a visit to […]

BLENNERVILLE NS their ‘Jersey Day’ on Tuesday in anticipation of the big matches on Sunday in Croker. Schoolchildren from junior infants up to sixth class rolled out the green and gold for the day adding a splash of All-Ireland colour to the place. “There’s a load of excitement in the […]

  Adrienne McLoughlin reports on the Lee Strand Austin Stacks Under 13 tournament held on Saturday and Sunday at Connolly Park… THE annual Lee Strand Austin Stacks Under 13 tournament was another huge success over the weekend. Three trophies were up for grabs with 16 teams taking part in this year’s competition. […]

THE Kerry faithful turned up at the Fels Point Hotel last night for the live broadcast of ‘Mad For Sam’. The Irish TV production, hosted by Brian Hurley and Síle Ní Dheargáin, had a great atmosphere with some Kerry legends giving their views on the match while Kerry GAA officials […]

A LOCAL RETAIL complex located near the centre of the town that features with it 23 apartments has gone on sale by private treaty with the market price for €1.25m. The complex is located on John Joe Sheehy Road and is made up of an 8,000 square feet ground floor retail […]

THREE bona fide legends of Kerry football met up on a couch in Waterville to discuss games gone by and this Sunday’s Kerry v Dublin, final. Along with the football talk, Mick O’Dwyer, Maurice Fitzgerald and Darragh, attempt to out-rogue each other and talk Dublin up a bit at times, […]

YOU can nearly, always count on a Darragh O’Se article in The Irish Times, to give you at least one decent chuckle. This week, while lamenting the sadness of an All-Ireland Final loss around the county he uses the sight of a lonely flag in Glenbeigh to humorous to effect, […]

AND the songs keep on coming… With just days to go until the All-Ireland final, schoolchildren from all over Tralee have been wearing the green and gold and singing their support for the Kerry team. The kids at St John’s Parochial School have made a great video to the tune of […]

A WEMBLEY-BASED ground work contractor who celebrates 30 years in business this year has been awarded one of the most important Irish community awards in Britain. Gerry Rochford has been named as the winner of the prestigious London Kerry Person of the Year award for 2015. The Ballyduff native was selected […]

  WE are granted a lot of things in this day and age. One of the most powerful being free speech. I believe that everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I can’t see it any other way. It would be like saying that we aren’t allowed to form our […]