Archive for September, 2015

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 […]

Boys, Girls and Parents, it was great to see old friends and new faces back on Saturday, our first day back for the 2015/16 season and we hoped you all enjoyed. Remember the Club is hosting a information evening on Thursday next 17/09/2015 at 7pm in the General Purpose Area […]

  THE 11 refugee families set to arrive in Tralee and Killarney in November and a further 16 families in January and February, will not impact too much on the housing list according to the Director of Services in Kerry County Council. Forty-five is the number of first phase refugees coming to Kerry, with […]

Class resumption Classes resumed in all centres last Monday, September 14th. Access Fund Scholarships With the generous support of our teachers, families and private, business and corporate friends,  a limited number of scholarships is made available annually to provide access to the full range of Kerry School of Music classes to […]

By Kevin Williams The Gerald Walsh Memorial Swim: Congratulations and well done to all of the swimmers. The swim was pulled forward an hour to accommodate the inclement weather, however there were still showers as the race took place. The SE wind was minimal . 41 swimmers took part with most […]

Saturday Blue Tees Singles 1st. Anton 0’Callaghan (4) 78nett CSS +3 Reduction Only Saturday White Tees Singles 1st. Conor Stack (12) 40pts 2nd. Brian 0’Leary (11) 37pts CSS 37pts Sunday Fourball 1st. Sean Mc Carthy (9) Dominick Foley (22) 44pts 2nd. Michael Sheehy Jnr (8) Michael Sheehy (11)     44pts Fixtures […]

By Club PRO Tommy Naughton  RESULTS ; Wednesday 9th September JK Sports U12 Premier Park A  3-1  Listowel A   . Trophy World U16 Premier Park A  5-2  Castleisland   . Thursday 10th September Daly’s Supervalu U13 Premier Listowel A  1-6  Park A   . Sunday 13th September 2015 Dominos Pizza U17 Cup […]

Gavin O’Connor looks at three key areas where Eamonn Fitzmaurice’s tactical guile will prove invaluable if Kerry are to win title No.38… ONE of the main buzzwords you’ll hear in the run up to the All-Ireland Final is ‘versatility’. Eamonn Fitzmaurice has shown this in spades so far in his […]

IT’S fair to say that spare tickets for the upcoming All Ireland Final between Kerry and Dublin are few and far between at the moment. The clash of the two heavyweights has left those GAA fans lucky enough to have secured a ticket, salivating at the thought of the match […]

WITH skills like this, you’d definitely know that this young man has some Kerry blood in him! Daniel Dennehy is a 3x Irish freestyle champion who was raised in Dublin, but who spent three years living here in Kerry with his Kingdom-born father. With the All-Ireland Final now fast approaching, […]

DON’T forget that tonight, Irish TV will broadcast a special show on the All-Ireland Football Final from the Fels Point Hotel at 8pm. ‘Mad For Sam’ will showcase the wonderful passion for football here in the county with a host of legendary past players, including Ogie Moran, giving their insights and analysis ahead […]

TWO working days was all it took for the business community in Tralee to achieve their target contribution figure within the overall one million euro fund to develop Austin Stack Park Tralee. A five year All-Ireland Final ticket-scheme, costing €1,000 a year for five years, was created to encourage businesses in […]

THE Manor West Lifestyle Sports team have shot and uploaded a ‘Drop Kick Goal Challenge’ video as part of the #ForVictory campaign around the upcoming Rugby World Cup. With Ireland set to kick off their RWC this coming Saturday, September 19, the #ForVictory hashtag has been adopted by many of the […]

SELDOM in my life have I have ever been as upset at seeing a photo of the beautiful boy lying lifeless on the beach in Bodrum. This precious little boy was called Aylan and he perished along with his mother and brother on the way to what was perceived to be […]

TRALEE has received the flags from TripAdvisor confirming Kerry’s capital town as one of Ireland’s top 10 towns based on ratings and reviews in the Annual Travellers’ Choice Awards. The flags will be proudly flown above Kerry County Museum in the Ashe Memorial Hall in the town centre, at the […]

GARDAI in Listowel are investigating a fatal road traffic collision which occured on the Lisselton to Ballybunion Rd on in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The collision between a car and a pedestrian occurred at approximately 4am at Barnadarrig, Ballybunion. A 24 year old male pedestrian was fatally injured and pronounced […]

Lotto: There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 10, 15, 20 & 21. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Helen Foley Blennerville, Jackie Power Ballyroe, Pat Doody Curraheen, Richard and Jane Rowan Blennerville and Conor Slattery Ardfert. Next week’s […]

PEIL FAOI 6/8: (i) No…no…no football on Sunday! Kerry v BÁC/Tiobraid Árann! (ii) Action for our Under 6/8 boys will also take place at 5.35pm on Thursday in Connolly Park. Thursday evening football will continue until the end of September…’till Sam comes home!!! (ii) Legion will visit us on 4th October. PEIL FAOI 9/10: […]

BEST WISHES:To Andrew Barry and all the Kerry team and management in the All Ireland finals. Bring it home Andrew! NA GAEIL LADIES: We played away to Rathmore in the Div 1 semi final on Thursday night. Rain had threatened from the start but held for the 1st half. Rathmore […]

ALL-IRELAND TICKETS: The 2015 All-Ireland tickets will be distributed on Friday evening from 7pm to 9 pm. All mentors/volunteers/adult players must have their Membership fees paid to be considered for tickets. KERRY DEVELOPMENT TEAMS: Well done to Padraig White (U14), Michael Kelleher and Ryan Ward (U15) who played with the […]

Mark Doe Cookery night: Parnells will host a Mark Doe Cookery night at Meadowlands Hotel, 7pm on Friday the 9th of October.  See Parnells Facebook pages at https://www.facebook.com/TraleeParnellsHurlingClub or  https://www.facebook.com/Tralee.Camogie for ticket details. All-Ireland U14 camogie blitz: Best of luck to the Kerry contingent in the All-Ireland U14 camogie blitz at the weekend! We […]

LOTTO The lotto was held in the Halfway Bar on Monday 7th September 2015 for a jackpot of €8,200.  Numbers drawn were 9,12,16,24.  There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. Chris Leen, Kilquane 2. Eamonn Hickey, c/o Paula Silles 3. Brian & Deirdre McDonnell, Rathanny 4. Christy Carmody, Lyre 5. […]

All-Ireland Tickets The following are the arrangements for Club Draws and Distribution of All Ireland  tickets: On Wednesday 16th September distribution of Club’s Executives tickets and the draw for senior and juvenile mentors and lotto promotors will take place at Spa Community Centre at 8 pm. On Thursday 17th the draw for […]

KERRY SF: Best of luck to Kerry on next Sunday and here’s hoping  that Kieran will return to the Kingdom on Monday evening in company with the Sam Maguire Cup – he would be the first Rock man to do so since Ger Power did it in 1980 – 35 years […]

  Senior Football Kerins O’Rahillys  3-14 Waterville 0-05 We hosted Waterville in Strand Rd on Sunday last in a Div 1 back game and our final game before we play Milltown /Castlemaine in the championship on Sunday 27th. From the throw in, we took the game to Waterville and though our early attacks were repulsed, the portents […]

IT was a good weekend for celebrity spotting in town as a soccer legend and star of a famous US reality show were spotted out on the town. Former Republic of Ireland, Arsenal, Manchester City and Sunderland player, was spotted over the weekend enjoying a night out with friends. Eagle-eyed fans […]

  GARDAÍ are warning the public after they received reports about strange hoax calls to landlines. People are getting phone calls from a person claiming to be from a business in Grafton Street, ringing to let them know their nephew has been arrested and he has been taken to Dundrum Garda […]

CBS THE GREEN showed off its colour and the strong links with the Kerry teams aiming for ‘Double, Double’ glory in the All-Ireland Senior and Minor finals, on Monday morning. Between the two finals, The GreeN will have a teacher and eight past and present pupils involved in Croke Park. Story […]

  WITH Monday and Tuesday’s races in Listowel called off due to the weather conditions and its effect on the course, Horse Racing Ireland have announced a replacement meeting for this Sunday. With seven races on the card, it will get underway at the early time of 12.15pm, so no doubt many […]