St Pats GAA Club News

October 12, 2015 Dermot Crean

Lotto:

There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 02, 05, 18 & 20.

The five €30 consolation prizes went to Donal O Connor c/o Mono Ryle, Mary O Shea c/o Texaco, Marie Moriarty Annagh, E&S Quill Lohercannon and Pat O Shea Curraheen.

Next week’s Lotto will have a Jackpot of €3,000 and the draw will take place this Sunday night October18th in Skelper Quane’s Bar. Lotto tickets are available from the usual outlets or any club officer.

U-8s:

St Pats U-8’s took on Na Gaeil away in a very well organised fun game last weekend. All our u-8’s played full games and they all had a chance to play in different positions.

All our players tried their best. Luke Passway, Sinead Murphy, Mark Vansteenkiste, Killian O’Mahony, Michael Enright, Justin O’Halloran and Millie O’Brien all defended well at the back. Mark O’Brien and Jack Costello worked hard around the middle to get their hands on the ball.

Darragh Murphy, Grainne Breen, Kayla O’Connor, Rory Daly, Ben Jones, Caoilainn Culloo, Sinead Knightly gave it their all for the team. The management team of Johnny Enright, John Breen and Sean Daly were delighted with the effort and the skills each player showed in the games.

They would also like to thank all the parents / family of the players who came along gave their support.

It’s important that each player continues to improve by practicing their skills at home. We are having our last academy session for this year this Sunday 18th of Oct at 10.30am so we hope to see you all there for a bit of fun.

U-10s:

Our u10’s played an enthralling game against the u10 boys of Na Gaeil last Sunday in the glorious October sunshine.

It was a superb, exciting game between two evenly matched teams. It was another outstanding performance by our players who gave a great display of teamwork, courage and a never say die attitude.

Each player played their hearts out and we had great goals and points by Fionn Dairo, Rory Kelliher, Seanie Murphy and Caoimhe Dairo. Our backs led by the physical presence of Callum Houston, the tenacity of James Dowling and Lisa Rowan, the ever improving Orlaith Murphy, Eddie Stack and Jamie Lynch and not to forget our star back, Josh Quilter, fought hard and kept the Na Gaeil forwards at bay.

In the middle of the field, we had great displays by Caoimhe and Siobhan O’Sullivan as well as Thomas Sheehy who replaced our brilliant goalkeeper, Paddy Moran in the second half. It was great to end our successful year on such a high with an impressive victory. We’ll done to all our great players. Naomh Pádraig Abú!

U-14s:

St Pats 1-12

Ardfert 1-10

There were great scenes in caherslee on Sunday when st pats claimed their first bit of silver ware after loosing two finals already earlier in the year.

In what was a fantastic game by both sides st pats heart and determination won out in the end .All the st pats team preformed very well and we started the game well with quick points form Nathan Rohan , Jamie O’Brien and two frees from fergal o Brien !

Gavin doody did very well in goals as always and his kickouts were great and with great defending by Niall McCarthy and Paddy Murphy who both blocked ball after ball throwing every thing into it .

Brian teahan put in a man of the match performance letting no ball pass him. Ian McCarthy, luke and Martin savage who was in centre back for Damien Quirke who was injured held the wing back line with great ease and always gave off a great ball when they won it .

The score at half time was 6 points each and st pats were just getting going !The second half started with a point form fergal and the game was really coming to life now and with each ardfert score st pats replied straight away.

It really was end to end stuff.Ali Gardezi did very well on one of ardfert s stronger players and kept running for the whole hour. cathal played a captains role picking up ball after ball and finding a player every time .

Fergal and Patrick both put on a master class of shooting with both scoring from placed ball and play and were still back to help the defence in the closing stages .

St pats were really growing in confidence now but we were still two points down and time was running out.

Our two wing forwards of Jamie O’Brien and Tomas O’ Sullivan won a lot of ball and sometimes won ball that they shouldn’t have and both got on the score board scoring great points .cormac Lynch left off great ball when he got it and got in to great positions in front of goals which afforded us two scores!

James and Nathan made up the full forward line and both played very well making life difficult for the ardfert backs !

That smallest man on the field entered the fray at this stage and one Danny Greaney who caught great ball and it was just what st pats needed he left off a pass to Patrick who struck for a wonder goal to put st pats in the driving seat.

Another point followed but ardfert rallied again and pushed for a goal to win it ! Gavin in goals made a save and our fantastic defenders with stood it and we ran out two pint winners .

It was great for the the club to see Cathal mr consistent all year lift the trophy to the cheers from the great support and his proud mom looking on. This team will go far and this just topped off a great year!

Huge applause has to go to the management of Maurice Quirke and Eoin Sayers and also Joe Costelloe and Brendan Poff when this dream team started earlier in the year. No doubt some of this team will see the green grass of Croker in time to come.

Minors

St Pats 2-13

Beale 1-10

“Good things come to those who wait!”

St Pats were crown Division 5 Minor Champions in a sun drenched Ballyduff last saturday week, overcoming a gallant Beale team , that refused to throw in the towel when when the result was no longer in doubt.

St Pats dominated this game almost in its entirity but found it difficult to shake loose of the North Kerry side. St Pats started in whirlwind fashion and were four points to the good before Beale registered their first score.

Our forwards movement was causing the opposition all sorts of trouble and indeed in the first half we had 6 different scorers with our first 7 points. Joe Quilter and Gearóid Dillane were very much getting the better of their men in the full forward line while Cian Ronan, Brandon Boyle and Tommy Lynch covered every blade of grass as they constantly sought space and pocession.

Beale were forced to foul on a regular basis to stop our runners. However, our different free takers didn’t appear to have their shooting boots with them and placed many scorable frees wide. At Half time, despite having owned the ball and territory, we were only 4 points to the good, 0-8 to 0-4.

Beale must have been thinking that, having played very poorly ,they were only 4 points down and were in with a great chance of winning.

This belief was very evident in the way they drove out our defence at the beginning of the 2nd half. Within 10 minutes they had reduced our lead to 2, 0-9 to 0-7. Jack Quilter moved from midfield to centre back , switching with Sean Dowling, a move that sealed the centre of our defence and released Sean to drive at the opposition.

Both Seán and Jack put in excellent displays and dominated the centre of the pitch The move appeared to have a settling effect on the rest of out defence. Kieran Dwyer showed why we believe that he will be a Kerry minor next year with an exceptionally solid display. Killian Quirke played with a calmness throughout the game and can be very proud of his display.

Brian Murphy completely nullified his man to such an effect that he recieved a nice “thank you” from his man, which unfortunately the referee didn’t see. Cillian O’Riordan had a great battle with his man, who it appeared hoped to run “Massey” into the ground. If he did, he definitely picked the wrong man as Cillian stuck like glue to him.

Having weathered the storm, St Pats found the net through Tommy Lynch to put clear daylight between the sides. Beale refused to wilt and in a fantastic move broke through the cover. One of their forwards unleashed a shot that was rifling towards the top right hand corner.

That was until Aidan O’Halloran threw himself to his left and parried the ball to safety. Nothing sort of a fantastic save. Aidan’s kick out were absolutely superb, find Jordan Conway and Jack Quilter, and later Seán, time and time again. Jordan Conway was in magnificient form, giving a real Captain Fantastic performance, his highfielding being particularly praiseworthy.

St Pats’ forward play looked very threatening with every attack and Brandon Boyle put the result beyond any real doubt with a well taken goal with 12 minutes remaining. But back came Beale again.

Again a break through the cover, again a ferocious shot destined for the net, and again, another ridiculous good save from Aidan. St Pats started to empty the bench with, Anthony Craig and Shane O’Donoghue (both of whom were very unlucky to not start) replacing Cillian O’Riordan and Brandon Boyle respectively.

Joe O’Connor came in for Brian Murphy, Eoin Greaney for Joe Quilter and Jack Lynch in for his brother Tommy. It was unfortunate that gametime couldn’t be given to every player, as all 23 togged out yesterday had played their part on the path to the final. With time almost up, Beale drove through again and this time not even Aidan in the game of his life couldn’t keep it out. In all fairness, it was probably no more than they deserved.

The full time whistle sparked great joy among the large Pats following. Captain Jordan Conway, who led by example throughout recieved the trophy on behalf of the team. In a nice touch of sportmanship, he offered good wishes to the missing Beale player Cormac Linehan, who suffered a season ending injury playing for the Kery minors. Aidan O’Haloran was named Man of the Match for his heroics.

While the County League trophy is safely stored away for the year, the minors are also in the final of the Central League. The Double beckons! Well done to this fantastic group of men who have been a credit to themselves, their families and our club all year long. Naomh Pádraig abú!

Panel on the Day: Aidan O’Halloran, Kieran Dwyer, Killian Quirke, Brian Murphy, Seán Dowling, Cillian O’Riordan, Jack Quilter, Jordan Conway, Tommy Lynch, Brandon Boyle, Cian Ronan, Gearóid Dillane, Joe Quilter, Seán Hogan, Anthony Craig, Shane O’Donoghue, Jack Lynch, Eoin Greaney, Shane Jordan, Mikey Cahill, Eoghan Murphy, Adam Boyle, Josh Laucher

Absent but not forgotten: Kyle Bustard, Alex Walsh, Míchéal Murphy

Management team: Eoin Sayers, Luke Mulligan, John Fitzgerald

Scor

There will be a meeting for all those interested in Scór Sinsir on Monday the 12th of October in Blennerville NS at 8.00 pm. Contact Antóin Ó Ceallacháin on 087-9670307 for more details.

Congratulations

Congratulations to Norma Breen and Aidan Scanlon who got married recently.

Sympathy

The club would like to extend its sympathy to the family and friends of Walter Burghoff Curraheen and Teresa Lynch Mitchell’s Avenue. May they rest in peace.

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Kerins O’Rahillys GAA Club News

October 12, 2015 Dermot Crean

Senior Football

Garvey’s Super Valu Senior Football Championship Quarter Final Kerins O’Rahillys 1-15 Killarney Legion 4-09

They say goals win matches and this was certainly the case on Saturday evening last when we bowed out of the championship with a James O’Donoghue inspired Legion march on to the semi final.

James O’Donoghue caused havoc in the Kerins O’Rahillys defence and with his goals it gave them the platform to see out the game. We responded well after these goals and only a point separated the teams at the 17th minute but the third goal gave them another fillip before half time and they always threatened in the attack.

Kerins Legion 17 — John Ferguson of Kerins O’Rahillys is being watched by Legion’s Jonathan Lyne. Photo by Dermot Crean

Jack Savage had our first point in the second minute. Just before this with 30 seconds gone Gary Kissane brought off a brilliant save to deny O’Donoghue a certain goal. But they hit the net in the 4th minute to put them ahead.

We responded well with another point from Jack Savage who had an excellent game throughout and when Barry John Keane was brought down in the square it was expertly put away by David Moran to put us ahead by 1-02 to Legions 1-01.

Then disaster in the 10th minute with Legions 2nd goal. We replied with points by Barry John Keane, Tommy Walsh, and Jack Savage to leave the score at Kerins O’Rahillys 1-05 to Legions 2-03 at the 17th minute then another goal by Legion to put them ahead.

We fought back with points from David McLoughlin, and 2 Jack Savage points to leave the half time score at Kerins O’Rahillys 1-08 to Legions 3-04. We were only a point adrift in the first quarter of the second half with David Moran and Tommy Walsh dominating the middle and good support play from Con Barrett, Danny O’Sullivan, and Kieran O’Mahony.

Points by Jack Savage from frees and a Kieran O’Mahony point from play left the score at Kerins O’Rahillys 1-11 to Legions 3-07 at the 45th minute and it was anyone’s game, but pressure from Legion resulted in a penalty and O’Donoghue to put away for Legions fourth goal.

Though we battled hard for an equaliser and we had points from Tommy Walsh, John O’Connor and Jack Savage Legion held on for a deserved win.

Next game is Tralee Town Board Championship final. This will be played in Ballymac on Sunday the 18th of October at 3.30 and is against Austin Stacks.

Note – All fixtures are subject to change. Changes will be posted on Facebook and Twitter.

Juveniles

U6, U8, U10s Training for these age-groups is back on Saturday mornings in Healy Park Ballyrickard at 11am. All coaches are fully qualified and newcomers are always welcome.

U8/10 Girls Our U8/10 Girls train in Healy Park Ballyrickard on Saturday mornings at 11am.

Mouthguards-gumshields are compulsory for all ages. We have boil and bite flavoured mouth guards for sale on Saturday mornings. They retail at €5 each.

U12Boys Training U12 Boys training will take place in Healy Park Ballyrickard on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 5.30 to 6.30pm.

Coaching and Development

With ever increasing playing numbers at all ages in the Club we are always anxious to ensure that every player is given the best possible coaching in the skills of the game. We are extremely grateful for the hard work and commitment of our members who volunteer to coach and assist in any way with each team.

As in previous years we are looking for new people to get involved. We have had a very productive 2015 and look forward to the same in 2016. This would not be possible without our volunteers.

Bearing this in mind and planning for the season ahead we would like to invite anyone who would be interested in getting involved in any team from Saturday Mornings to Minors to get in touch. “Many hands make light work”.

Coaching courses will be provided as were in other years and can also be updated. If you feel you have time to give please contact Juvenile Chairman Dinny O’Connor on 0879574410 or Senior Chairman Frank O’Connor on 0877971862. We are looking forward to hearing from you.

Ladies Football

U12 Girls train in Healy Park Ballyrickard on Tuesday. Contact Robert for details 0868882875. Congratulations to our U12 girls taking part in the Kerry Development squads at the moment. They are training hard will travel to Clare on Saturday next to represent their county.

U14 Girls The U14 girls are back training Tuesdays and Thursdays 6.30-7.30. Contact Robert on 0868882875 for further details.

U16 Girls The U16 girls are training in Ballyrickard on Mondays from 6pm to 7.30pm with David and Ruth. Contact David on 0861630458 for further details.

Lotto

The Lotto takes place in Charlie’s Bar every Monday. The Lotto results for Monday the 5th October were 4, 8, 23 and 28. There was no jackpot winner.

The next jackpot will be €5,400. There was one match 3 winner. That was Catherine Tierney Clogherbrien. The 5 entrants for the December Draw 2015 were Danny Walsh c/o Eileen, Mary McCarthy Knockmoyle, C.R. c/o Mrs O’Brien, Susan Nix DD and Lynda O’Callaghan DD. To play the Kerins O’Rahillys Lotto, four numbers are selected from 1 to 28.

If anybody matches the four numbers selected on the night he/she wins the Jackpot. Match three numbers to win €25. Tickets cost €2 each. The Kerins O’Rahillys Lotto can also be played online at www.korgaa.com

Kerins O’Rahillys G.A.A. – Official Website

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Lotto Sellers The club needs lotto ticket sellers. It can be worth your while. If you are interested contact any member of the Senior Committee.

Cards

Whist drive is back on Thursday nights. Call the club on 7124956 for details. All welcome.

Yoga Classes

There are yoga classes in the club on Thursday nights from 7.30 to 9pm. Phone or text Mike at 0872732591 for further details.

Pilates Classes

Do you want to improve your flexibility? Do you suffer from back, neck or hip pain? Do you want to improve your strength and tone up?

Well look no further “Pilates Classes” have arrived at Kerins O’Rahillys. Mondays 7-8 are for men only, Fitness and Flexibility is at 8.15 to 9.15. Tuesday evening Pregnancy classes at 6pm-6.45 and Pilates for Fitness at 7pm-8. Contact Izabela on 087 765 0125 for further details.

Weightwatchers

Weightwatchers classes take place in the Healy Room at the Kerins O’Rahillys clubhouse every Thursday. The new Summer times are times are 9.30am and 12.30pm. Contact Helen for details on 0879504232. All welcome.

Charlie’s Bar

Club Lotto on takes place in the bar every Monday night with a special in house raffle if you are present so why not pop along. Why not treat yourself to lunch in Charlie’s. There’s something to please everyone.

The Active Retired Coffee Morning Group meets every Tuesday morning in Charlie’s. Come along and keep in touch with old friends and make new friends. All welcome. “Dance for Fun” will start back on Wednesday the 23rd.

This has grown in popularity and is a very entertaining night out, a great way to stay fit and to make new friends. Come along and check it out.

We have many different size function rooms and cater to all types of functions. Contact Tom or Eileen or any member of staff at 7124956 if you have any queries.

Charlie’s Bar is on Facebook where there are regular updates on what is happening. Why not check it out.

Sympathies

Sincere Sympathy is expressed to the family of Teresa Lynch (nee O’Mahony) Mitchels Avenue Tralee, Maureen Moloney (nee Fernane) Casement Avenue Tralee, Michael Loughlin St Brendan’s Park Tralee, David J McElligott The Spa Tralee and Bernard Collins Carrignafeela and late of Racecourse Road Tralee. May they rest in Peace.

P.R.O Contact

If you have any thing you feel is of interest for the Kerins O’Rahillys notes please get in touch. You can contact me at pro.kerinsorahillys.kerry@gaa.ie. Why not join our Facebook group to keep up to date with all fixtures and what is going on in the club. Just follow the following link https://www.facebook.com/groups/Narries/ or follow us on Twitter @korgaa

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Austin Stacks GAA Club Juvenile News

October 12, 2015 Dermot Crean

PEIL FAOI 6: (i) Football on Sunday for our Under 6 boys, mar is gnách!

PEIL FAOI 8: (i) Football for our Under 8 boys on Sunday morning, mar is gnách. (ii) The Bracker ‘Regan Cup competition is still in progress on Thursday. (iii) The Siobhán Cotter Tournament was held in Churchill last Sunday. Our boys enjoyed themselves. Thanks to the organizers.

PEIL FAOI 10: (i) Our internal club cup competitions will continue on Thursday evening….more important games to be played! (ii) The Siobhán Cotter Tournament was held in Churchill on Sunday (11th) last. Thanks to all involved…a lovely tournament in Siobhán’s honour/memory!

PEIL FAOI 11: We’ll make our annual visit to Na Piarsaigh, Cork, in the coming weeks for the Dee O’Leary Tournament.

PEIL FAOI 12: Our season is now nearly ended and, mar chríoch, we are running a club blitz every Sunday. A cup has been put up in memory of the late great Charlie Healy. This cup, Corn Uí hÉilí, will be highly sought after! Beannacht Dé le hanam Charlie.

PEIL FAOI 14: (i) In the play-off on Wednesday (7th). i bPáirc na Mistéalach, we achieved a great victory v Churchill…AdeS: 3-17; Churchill: 3-4. (ii) In Sunday’s final in Caherslee, we took on Na Gaeil. Scór ag leatham…AdeS: 1-10; Na Gaeil: 1-3. After 60 minutes…AdeS: 5-13; Na Gaeil: 1-6. Well done, young Rockites! Report on web.

PEIL FAOI 16: Our Bs final game was v Ardfert on Monday (5th). Result on web. SCÓR NA nÓG: Scór na nÓg for the Greater Tralee Area will take place on Friday 23rd October.

OUR SENIORS: Sympathies to our hurlers v Crokes in the South Kerry Championship Final. We wish them well on Sunday next in their Junior County Final.

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Ballymacelligott GAA Club News

October 12, 2015 Dermot Crean

LOTTO

The lotto was held in the Halfway Bar on Monday 5th October 2015 for a lotto jackpot of €8,600. Numbers drawn were 3,10,15,18. There was no winner.

Lucky Dips

1. Joan Reidy, Kielduff

2. Sinead Nolan, Caher, Kilduff

3. Caroline O Connell, c/o Paula Silles

4. Margaret Wharton, c/o Tom Leen

5. John Duggan, c/o Tom Leen

Sellers Prize : Joan Reidy.

The lotto now stands at €8,700 and can be played at www.ballymacgaa.com

Ballymac Notes 1 — The winners of the recent Ballymac GAA Club Golf Classic held at Beaufort Golf ClubDavid Nolan, Cathal DeLacey, Anthony Curran and Ciaran Nolan.

SIOBHAN COTTER BLITZ

The Siobhan Cotter Memorial Blitz took place on Sunday the 11th of October in Churchill. The blitz saw our under 7, 8, 9, and 10 panels playing on the day. Our opponents on the day were Churchill, Ardfert, and Austin Stacks.

Our U10’s began with a superb win over Austin Stacks however we went down to a better Churchill team in our second game. In our final group game against Ardfert our lads put in another sterling performance to record a brilliant victory. Panel : T Palmer, J O Connor, M Culloty, A Horgan, P Heffernan, D Galvin, S Rice, N Collins, M Prendergast, R Lowe, E O Brien, J Orgonbagor.

Our U 9’s had three tough games coming up short against Austin Stacks and Churchill but we saved our best football until last with an excellent victory over Ardfert. Panel : C Martin, S Gilroy, W O Donoghue, A Riordan, J Burke, M Savage, K Lynch, J Slattery, D Lucid, C White, T Leen, T Long.

A great days football was enjoyed by our under 7 & 8 footballers . Best on the day were Michael Quirke, Paddy Lucid, Padraig Reidy, Mairtin Mc Kivergan, Matthew Rodgers, and Luke Griffin.

At the end of the tournament we were level on points with Austin Stacks which necessitated a play off which saw a joint U8 and U9 team from both clubs play each other. The town side proved stronger in this game and this result saw Austin Stack receive the Siobhan Cotter Cup. Many thanks to the Churchill Club for their invitation to the Blitz and the hospitality extended to us on the day.

There will be no academy for the Ballymac under 8 and 10 boys next weekend. The last academy of the year for this group will take place on Sunday the 25th of October in Ballymac at 11am. Well done to all on a great year.

BRATS BWILDERED WILDERNESS CHALLENGE
Brats BWildered wilderness challenge takes place on Tom Herlihy’s farm on Sunday the 18th of October. The run will be approximately 3km in length and will start at 11.15am. The challenge will be a team format and is open to Ballymac GAA club member’s boys and girls in U12, U14 and U16 age groups. Entry fee €5. It promises to be a great event.

CAILINI FAOI 15

Ballymac 2 – 5 Beaufort 2 – 3
Our U15 team played in the last competition of the year Sat evening last and secured a final spot . This was a good display from the team who have actually played U16 this year despite all being underage next year again and it was a win that was deserved .
Goals in either half from Aine Rice and Mary Healy helped us on our way , both teams defenses were quite strong on the night . We led at half time by 1- 2 to 0-2 our 2 points coming from Rachel Godley and Aine Rice . We pulled away to lead by 2-5 to 0-2 with 10mins remaining with points from Micheala Murphy , Mary Healy and Elle Mc Elligott .
2 late goals for Beaufort and a point from a free finished the scoring .
We await the winners of Spa/Abbeydorney .

Team : Robyn White , Roisin O Connell , Tara Murphy , Aisling O Connell , Niamh Rahilly , Caoimhe Carroll , Rose Anne O Shea , Therese Keane , Aine Rice , Rachel Godley , Leah O Neill , Elle Mc Elligott , Mary Healy , Micheala Murphy . Sub : Cait Rice

CAILINI FAOI 14

Following the recent Co League win we’ve had a couple of weeks off prior to the beginning of the North Kerry . Having played and defeated Ballyduff and Na Gaeil at home in the first 2 games , we’d 2 games this week to finish off our year . Both games produced wonderful high scoring games in which we came out the right side of to cap off a fabulous year for this group of girls . We have completed the double as the girls have annexed the North Kerry League Div 2 title .

Ballymac 2-18 Listowel 4-7

Sunday 4th we travelled to Listowel to play the locals in round 4 .

This was a cracker with both teams going for the jugular . Despite playing very well in the first half we went in at half time on level terms . We seemed to get punished heavily for small mistakes made . However in the 2nd half our girls eliminated those mistakes and our superior fitness was telling . Robin was very good in goals , Niamh had a storming 2nd half and along with Eve and Maeve put up the shutters at the back .

Aisling and Therese played very well against 2 very good opponents , our forwards were exceptional on the night Elle Mc Elligott , Catriona Sommers and Cora Savage did most of the damage on the scoreboard but the half forward line of Aine and Cait Rice and Lisa Curran’s high workrate ensured good supply of ball and quality passing . Sinead suffered a hand injury and we wish her a speedy recovery

Team & scorers
Robyn White , Eve Creedon , Niamh Rahilly , Sinead Mc Keown , Roisin Long ,Caoimhe Carroll ,Maeve O Sullivan , Aisling O Connell 1-0 , Therese Keane , Cait Rice , Aine Rice 1-1, Lisa Curran 0-1 , Catriona Sommer 0-6 , Elle Mc Elligott 0-5 , Cora Savage 0-5 . Sub Kate O Connor for Sinead

Ballymac 5-9 John Mitchels 3-9
Thursday 8th Oct we made the short trip to neighbours John Mitchels
Another shootout and we again go home by 2 goals to clinch the North Kerry Div 2 title . John Mitchels played very well with Eva Buckley and Rachel Kilgallon causing us all sort of problems in the first half with their strong running and accurate kicking .

Elle Mc Elligott kicked 2-3 in this period and Catriona Sommers got 1-1 . We regrouped at halftime , made a few substitutions and positional changes and the applied themselves much better in the 2nd half . Goals from Catriona Sommers and Cora Savage were important but the main difference on the night were 3 very good saves from Robyn . On each occasion she was brave and stood big to deny the Mitchels forward . Aisling and Therese came good in the 2nd half too as did Roisin Long , Maeve O Sullivan & Caoimhe Carroll . Subs Cora Savage , Emily O Donoghue , Cathy Palmer , Elle Linehan and Jade Riordan all contributed on the night . We celebrated Cait Rice’s 13th birthday afterwards who also Captain’d the team on the night .

Team & Scorers
Robyn White , Eve Creedon , Niamh Rahilly , Sophie O Donoghue , Roisin Long ,Caoimhe Carroll ,Maeve O Sullivan , Aisling O Connell 0-2 , Therese Keane , Cait Rice , Aine Rice 0-2 , Lisa Curran , Catriona Sommer 2-1 , Elle Mc Elligott 2-4 , Elle Sugrue. Subs Emily O Donoghue , Cora Savage 1-0 , Cathy Palmer , Elle Linehan & Jade Riordan .

These are a special bunch of young ladies , a pleasure to coach & committed to the club . They’re fantastic ambassadors for the club too , each game they turn out impeccably with matching shorts and togs and their conduct on the field is first class too . What they achieved this year is well deserved and they definitely reflect the saying ‘ the more I work and practice , the luckier I get ”

Well done again girls and thanks to parents and supporters for encouragement and support during the year 2015 .

TESCO COMMUNITY FUND

Ballymac GAA Club have been successful in being nominated as one of the Clubs you can allocate your blue tokens to as part of the Tesco Community Fund. Thank you for all who completed nomination forms and get dropping those blue tokens for the next six weeks. Any tokens gathered must be dropped in to Tesco Shop in Central Plaza in Tralee Town centre. Please support this club fundraiser.

SYMPATHY

Great sadness extended over the Parish of Ballymac and beyond with the recent passing of Bernard Collins. Bernard was involved in many organisations within the Parish and county wide and he will be a huge loss to all these organisations. However, his loss will be greatest felt by his wife Marion and daughter Aisling. All at Ballymac GAA Club extend their deepest sympathy to his family.

News

Van Damaged In Car Park As Owner Attended Bingo

October 12, 2015 Dermot Crean

A van was damaged in the car-park of John Mitchels Clubhouse on Wednesday night last.

GARDAÍ are investigating a case of criminal damage to a car last week.

A white Fiat Doblo van was parked in the car park of John Mitchels GAA clubhouse on the John Joe Sheehy road on Wednesday evening, October 7.

When the owner came out from playing bingo in the clubhouse, she saw multiple scratches on the bonnet and other parts of the vehicle.

One witness said they saw an intoxicated female wearing a pink top in the area at the time of the bingo. Gardaí are appealing for anyone who may have recognised this woman, or have any information regarding the incident, to contact them at Tralee Garda Station on 066-7102300.

News

Gardaí Investigate Attempted Break-In At Rock Street Bar

October 12, 2015 Dermot Crean

GARDAÍ in Tralee are investigating an attempted break-in of a bar in Rock Street, along with a number of other incidents in Tralee over the past week.

An attempt to break into The Shebeen Bar on Rock Street was made between midnight on Thursday, October 9 and 7.30am on Friday morning.

There was no entry gained but the back door was damaged by the would-be thieves. If anyone saw anything suspicious in the lane way at the back of the premises, they are asked to contact Tralee gardaí.

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Another incident being investigated is an attempted break-in at Mercury Foods in Monavalley this morning, between 4.50am and 5.30am. No entry was gained, but there was damage done to the shutters of the business premises.

If anyone saw anything suspicious at that time in the area, please contact Tralee Garda Station.

Gardaí are also investigating after a garage of a house at Bateman’s Green, Killeen, was entered between Monday, October 5 at 8.30pm and Tuesday, October 6 at 1pm. A quantity of alcohol worth €210 and a sports bag was taken in the burglary.

If the any member of the public was offered alcohol for sale or saw anyone drinking alcohol in the area around this time, please contact the gardaí in Tralee.

If you have information about any of the above incidents, please contact Tralee Garda Station on 066-7102300.

Entertainment, News

Listowel Man Wins €40,000 On Winning Streak

October 12, 2015 Dermot Crean

John Joe Fitzgerald from Listowel, Co. Kerry has won €40,000 on last Saturdays (10th October 2015) National Lottery Winning Streak game show on RTE. Pictured here at the presentation of the winning cheques were from left to right: Marty Whelan, Winning Streak game show co-host; Carmel Kehoe, the winning participant who played on behalf of her brother John Joe Fitzgerald; John Joe Fitzgerald, the winning recipient; Harry Cooke, Head of Corporate Affairs at the National Lottery who made the presentation and Sinead Kennedy Winning Streak game show co-host. The winning ticket was bought from Garvey’s Supervalu, Listowel, Co.Kerry. Pic: Mac Innes Photography. — John Joe Fitzgerald from Listowel, won €40,000 on last Saturday’s National Lottery Winning Streak game show on RTE. Pictured here at the presentation of the winning cheque were from left to right: Marty Whelan, Winning Streak game show co-host; Carmel Kehoe, the winning participant who played on behalf of her brother John Joe Fitzgerald; John Joe Fitzgerald, the winning recipient; Harry Cooke, Head of Corporate Affairs at the National Lottery who made the presentation and Sinead Kennedy Winning Streak game show co-host. The winning ticket was bought from Garvey’s Supervalu, Listowel. Pic: Mac Innes Photography.

A LISTOWEL man had a good Saturday night when he won €40,000 on the Winning Streak TV show.

John Joe Fitzgerald (55) from Greenville, Listowel, chose his sister Carmel Kehoe to represent him on the show. Carmel lives on a farm in North Wexford with her husband, Miley Kehoe.

John Joe has two nephews and three nieces; Aidan, 34, twins Maura and Eileen, 33, Robert, 30, and Emma who is 26. He enjoys art, a hobby he takes part in every Monday at Writers Grove House where he is a resident.

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John Joe considers himself to be quite lucky and recently won some money at the Listowel Races. He used to work at Listowel Racecourse, helping out in the jockey’s room. He also worked at a petrol station as a petrol attendant.

John Joe is very excited about the win but has not disclosed any plans for his winnings.

News

Man Who Died In Fenit Fire Was Much-Loved Retired Priest

October 12, 2015 Dermot Crean 1 Comment

Screen Shot 2015-10-12 at 12.50.42 — Fr. Gearoid O’Donnchadha who died in a fire in Fenit in the early hours of the morning.

THERE is a sense of shock in Fenit at the death of Fr. Gearoid Ó Donnchadha in a fire in the early hours of Monday morning.

The well-known an much-loved man was a huge figure in the Fenit community, actively promoting many projects in Fenit and beyond, including the statue of St Brendan the Navigator.

Fr Gearoid was born in Cork City in 1933 and grew up in Killarney.

In 1950 he entered Maynooth College Co. Kildare and was ordained a priest of the Kerry Diocese in June 1957.

He served in Manchester, Rathmore, Sneem and Birmingham. He served briefly in Tralee and Castlegregory. He taught in St. Brendan’s Killarney and St. Colman’s Newry between 1964 and 1967.

In 1967 he began a two year teaching stint in Archbishop Stepinac High School, White Plains, New York while attending Fordham University where he received MA and PhD degrees in Sociology.

Between 1969 and 1971 he taught in Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY, and in City College NY. In 1971 he began teaching in Hartwick College, Oneonta, in Upstate New York. In 1980 he began teaching in Tralee Regional Technical College ( later, ITT, Institute of Technology, Tralee). He retired in 1998.

In a statement issued this morning, Sinn Féin Deputy Martin Ferris has expressed his sympathy on the death of the popular retired priest.

“The parish of Fenit and the wider community are horrified at the tragic death of Fr. O’Donnchada this morning. Fr. O’Donnchada served his parish faithfully for many years and he had a deep affection for Fenit and its people,” said Deputy Ferris.

“This affection was reciprocated by the people of the area towards him. He was involved in many projects in the area over the years, none so much as the St. Brendan the Navigator statue on Samphire Island at Fenit pier which he spearheaded and will forever be connected with him.”

“His historical knowledge will be impossible to replace and to his family and many friends I express my deepest sympathy. His passing has left a deep void and sense of bewilderment in the area which has suffered many tragedies over the years, people like Fr. O’Donnchada were always there to help in these situations and I know the parish of Fenit will rally around to help his family at this terrible time. Ar dheis Dé a raibh a anam dílis,” said Deputy Ferris.

Health&Fitness, Lifestyle, News

New Community Responders Scheme To Be Set Up In Tralee

October 12, 2015 Fergus Dennehy 1 Comment

Tralee Community Responders — Tralee will benefit from a new ‘Community Responders Scheme’.

TRALEE is to get a new ‘Community Responder Scheme’ (CFR) to assist the Ambulance Service in various life threatening emergencies.

The scheme will be made up entirely of volunteers living or working within the coverage area who will be on a roster system. The scheme will be reliant entirely on public support and business sponsorship and it is estimated that the scheme will require €8,000 in order to ‘go live’.

The scheme will be linked to, and under the control of, the National Ambulance Service, who are supporting
the scheme for Tralee.

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Emergency calls for the scheme will be sent by ambulance control to the pagers of the responders on call. The scheme will attend calls for choking, stroke, chest pain and cardiac arrest within the 6km radius which is centered at the railway flyover on the Tralee Bypass.

The scheme will be managed on a local level by Scheme Coordinator Sean Horgan who also set-up and
continues to run the Ardfert & District Community First Responders which went live on 23rd February this year
and had attended 27 emergency calls as at 9th October.

“We are lucky enough in Tralee to have an ambulance station but the crews have a very large coverage area spanning from Kerry Head to Knocknagoshel. So what we intend to do, like the 120+ CFR schemes nationwide, is assist the National Ambulance Service where possible to ensure that assistance is given to persons choking, experiencing chest pain, a stroke or cardiac arrest,” said Sean Horgan, commenting on the setting up of the group.

Businesses and locals are asked to pledge their support to the CFR scheme in order to get it up and running.

“CFR schemes are worth their weight in gold and do tremendous work around Ireland. In times where ambulances are on other calls, you can still rest assured that a trained Community Responder is on their way to you. Taking Ardfert as an example, the members have assisted in many calls since going live and have genuinely made a difference and it would be great to follow suit in Tralee like other schemes in Kerry have – such as Ardfert, Killarney, Ballybunion, Sneem, Beale, Asdee and more,” Sean continued.

The responders will be local persons living or available within the 6km coverage area when on call. They will carry with them a kit bag containing all necessary supplies and a defibrillator when on call.

Full training will be provided and the only other requirements are that you are over 18, have a full driving licence, can pass a Garda vetting check, have access to an insured vehicle when on call and are not on call for any other
organisation whilst on call for the Tralee Community Responders.

The Tralee Community Responders website can be found HERE . A Facebook page for the group can be found HERE as well.

You will also be able to get in touch by e-mailing traleeresponders@gmail.com.

A public meeting will be held in a few weeks for those persons interested in getting involved.

News, Sport

PHOTOS: Gardaí And Na Gaeil Ladies Raise Cash For Red Cross

October 12, 2015 Dermot Crean

MEMBERS of the Kerry Garda Síochána and Na Gaeil GAA ladies took part in the tenth ‘Carmel O’Connor Memorial Shield’ match on Saturday, all for a good cause.

The event, dedicated to the memory of their late Listowel-based former colleague, was held for in aid of the Tralee branch of the Irish Red Cross.

Gardaí from all over the Tralee, Listowel and Killarney areas were part of the team taking on Mná Na Gaeil team at the Na Gaeil Club grounds and it was the home side who emerged victorious on a scoreline of 5-3 to 2-3.

A great time was had and essential funds raised for the Red Cross.

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Kerry Gardai 1 — The Kerry Garda team and trainer who played the ladies from Na Gaeil on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean

Kerry na gaeil 1 — The Mná na nGaeil team who took on the gardaí on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean

Kerry na gaeil 2 — Jack Fitzgerald, David O’Connor, Laura Walsh, Noreen Walsh, Emily Walsh, Kate O’Connor and Cathy Canty at the fundraising football match on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean

Kerry na gaeil 4 — Frances Bowler, Sorcha Ní Shuilleabháin, Ava Dewey and Marie Dewey at the fundraising football match on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean

Kerry na gaeil 3 — Sophie, Jason and Naomi Mitchell at the fundraising football match on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean

Na Gaeil Ladies 1 — Marguerite Maunsell and Caroline Dillane with Na Gaeil trainer Eddie Sheehy.

Entertainment, WHAT'S ON

Omniplex To Stream Live Broadcast Of ‘Otello’ From New York

October 12, 2015 Fergus Dennehy

rsz_met_otello_smaller — Tralee Omniplex will stream a live broadcast of the Metropolitan Opera ‘Otello’ on Saturday October 17.

LOCAL fans of the opera will soon be getting their chance to see an adaptation of one of the world’s best known plays when the Metropolitan Opera streams the latest production of ‘Otello’ straight into the Tralee Omniplex Cinema.

On Saturday October 17 at 6pm, Verdi’s ‘Otello’ will be broadcast by satellite transmission into the cinema here in town and will afford locals the unique opportunity experience a great performance broadcast LIVE by satellite from the stage of the Met in New York.

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The piece is inspired by the Shakespearean play of the same name and has been described as ‘powerful’ and ‘intense’ and commended for its magnificent staging.

Verdi’s Otello is one of five opera productions being premiered by the Met’ in the coming months with Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher updating the opera’s setting from the late 15th to the late 19th century, where the action unfolds in a shape-shifting glass palace.

Tickets for the event are on sale now and can be purchased from the Omniplex Tralee website HERE with more information available on the Classical Arts Ireland website HERE.

Soccer, Sport

St Brendans Park FC Club News

October 12, 2015 Gavin O'Connor

RESULTS ;
Wednesday 7th October 2015
Sfai U12 Cup Rnd.2
Park FC 3-3 Listowel Celtic , Listowel won on Pens .

Saturday 10th October 2015
Daly’s Supervalu U13 Premier
Camp 2-1 Park A .
Daly’s Supervalu U13 Div.1
Park B 5-3 Killarney Celtic B .
Killarney Plaza U15 Div.2
St.Bernards 4-2 Park B .
Denny U17 League
Park A 3-1 Fenit Samphires .
Sunday 11th October 2015
Denny Division 1A ,
Park B 1-0 Castlegregory Celtic .

ACADEMY SEASON;
Our academy for ages 5 to 10 years continues every Saturday . All our coaches are fully qualified so your child is guaranteed the very best of Coaching .Proof of this is that our academy has been running since 2006 and over 100 kids attend every Saturday. The U6’s , U7’s and U8’s will be from 1.00pm- 2.15pm and this will be followed by the U9’s and U10’s from 2.45pm-4.15pm . Please insure that you bring Shin pads, water, jackets etc. All parents are welcome to watch the whole session or arrive a little early to see how much fun their child is having. If you would like to get involved yourself in any way, just ask one of our coaches for assistance on how to do this. For any questions or comments please email academy@stbrendansparkfc.com .

P.R.O Contact ;

If you have any thing you feel is of interest for the St Brendans Park Fc notes please get in touch. You can contact me atTknocka74@hotmail.com . Our Club website is available on www.stbrendansparkfc.com where you will also find links to our Facebook and Twitter club pages . All coaches are asked to submit match reports and squad photos as soon as they can after matches so that they can be posted on the website .

REPORTS ;

(U13) Div 1;
Park B 5-3 Killarney Celtic B ,
It was a dry day with no wind for the second league game in division 1 under 13s between Park B and Killarney Celtic B. The game got under way at 12.15 with Park attacking and making some fine moves, one in particular which looked like it could lead to the opening goal but it was deemed to be offside. After 5 minutes or so a high ball down field by Killarney which bounced in front of Parks central defender saw an effort on goal, in the confusion that followed Parks defender put the ball in his own net making it 0-1. Shortly after that, following another attack by Killarney a mix up between Parks defender and keeper saw Killarney make it 0-2. Park continued to play well with some lovely movements down the right wing, Evan Foley linking up with Adam Walker who sent David (Tiny) Callaghan on an attack and as he approached the penalty area he let fly with a beautiful shot which hit the back of the net. 1-2 at half time.
After a team talk at half time Park got down to business in the second half dominating play and with some excellent midfield play the ball came out to the left wing where Matt Healy took it up and made his way on goal, with everyone expecting him to have a shot as he closed in on goal he unselfishly passed it to Tiny who stuck it in the back of the net for his and Parks second. Park now in command all over the field made it look easy as they played forward and a lovely cross from the left side found the head of Danny Jeffers who put it away to make it 3-2. Minutes later left winger Danny Fisher running in on goal had a shot and made it 4-2. With 10 minutes to go a goal by Killarney which looked well offside was allowed making it 4-3. There was a tense but exciting 10 minutes to go, Park attacking, Killarney attacking. Parks defence were excellent blocking all shots by Killarney reminiscent of the Republic of Ireland defence against Germany. With a minute left, the ball was played in to the Killarney area and Tiny was waiting there to score his hat trick which he did. Final score 5-3. Well done to Park.

Slí Eile Play Therapy – Our website sponsor ;
We are proud to announce Slí Eile Play Therapy as our new website sponsor. Slí Eile Play Therapy are based in Manor, Tralee (next to Wadding’s Butchers) and assist children who may need help in dealing with emotional, behavioural and/or psychological difficulties. Slí Eile also provide parental guidance and support. Owner and Play therapist of Slí Eile Laura O’ Carroll felt that St Brendan’s Park FC and Slí Eile were an ideal fit as “The Park provide a very healthy environment for children to develop sports wise and socially and our aim is also to help children develop and deal with issues on a more personal level.

FIXTURES ;

Tuesday 13th October 2015

Denny Premier A

Listowel Celtic v St Brendans Park Fc 7-15pm Venue Mounthawk Park .

Saturday 17th October 2015

JK Sports U12 Premier
Park A v Killarney Celtic A   10-30am
JK Sports U12 Div.1
Inter Kenmare v Park B   11-00am
JK Sports U12 Div.3
Park C v M.E.K     12-00am
Sfai U14 Cup
Aisling Annacotty B v St.Brendans Park FC 2-00pm
Foundation Sports U14 Div.1
Inter Kenmare v Park B    12-30pm
Foundation Sports U14 Div.2
Listowel B v Park C    10-30am
Park D v Killarney Celtic B   11-00am
Sfai U16 Cup
St.Brendans Park FC v Pike Rovers 2-00pm
Trophy World U16 Div.1
Asdee v Park B     11-45am
Denny U17 League
St Brendans Park B v Killarney Athletic 2-30pm .
Denny Youth League
Listowel Celtic v St Brendans Park 2-30pm .
Sunday 18th October 2015
FAI Junior Cup 3rd Round
Avenue United v St Brendans Park 2-00pm .

News

Man Dies In House Fire In Fenit

October 12, 2015 Gavin O'Connor

A MAN has died in a house fire in Fenit in the early hours of this morning.

At around 2am the fire broke out and the Fire Service and Gardai were dispatched to the scene.

Three units of the Tralee fire brigade were at the scene and fought the blaze until 4:20am.

The man who died is said to be well known in the area.

Entertainment

PHOTOS: Kerry Minors Visit Their Old School In Kielduff

October 12, 2015 Fergus Dennehy

TWO Kerry minors paid a quick visit to their old alma mater this week with a few trophies in hand of course, to the obvious delight of staff and pupils.

Footballer Mícheál Reidy and hurler Tomás O’Connor stopped off in their former stomping ground of O’Brennan NS in Kielduff with the All-Ireland trophies they won in their respective sports in the past couple of months.

The two talented sportsmen happily posed for photos with the staff and pupils while allowing students to eagerly examine the trophies.

With the abundance of sporting talent in schools throughout Kerry, it mightn’t be too long before we see some of these pupils returning with those trophies some day.

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rsz_20151007_120325 — Mícheál Reidy and Tomás O’Connor with some pupils from O’Brennan NS.

rsz_002_1 — Mícheál Reidy and Tomás O’Connor with Principal Mike Sweeney and teacher Mary Slattery at O’Brennan NS.

GAA, Sport

PHOTOS: Blues Fans Show Their Support In Killarney

October 11, 2015 Dermot Crean

Kerins Fans 17 — Strand Road stalwarts at the match on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean

IT was a tough day for Strand Road fans in Killarney yesterday, but one thing it proved was how once again Tralee clubs bring the big crowds to championship games.

Kerins O’Rahillys went down by three points to the Legion, but their fans certainly made a lot of noise. The championship will be all the poorer without the Tralee teams. We took some photos of the Blues faithful in the stands and terraces…

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Kerins Fans 15 — Discussing the match at half-time. Photo by Dermot Crean

Kerins Fans 4 — Fiadh, Cathy and Ava McCarthy at the game on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean

Kerins Fans 22 — Cheering on the Blues at the game. Photo by Dermot Crean

Kerins Fans 20 — Strand Road fans at the game on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean

Kerins Fans 18 — Interested spectators at the game on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean

Kerins Fans 12 — A well-known Narie at the game. Photo by Dermot Crean

Kerins Fans 13 — The next generation of Strand Road footballers look on. Photo by Dermot Crean

Kerins Fans 19 — John McAdams doesn’t look too impressed. Photo by Dermot Crean

Kerins Fans 21 — Blues fans waiting for the game to start. Photo by Dermot Crean

Kerins Fans 14 — Spectators at the game.

Kerins Fans 9 — Strand Road faithful looking on from the terraces. Photo by Dermot Crean

Kerins Fans 11 — Shane Ronan sending a text to the Strand Road management at half time. Photo by Dermot Crean

Kerins Fans 1 — Strand Road men waiting for the second half to start.

Kerins Fans 8 — Those phones are killing the art of conversation you know! Photo by Dermot Crean

Kerins Fans 3 — Paul Hayes doesn’t look too happy at half time. Photo by Dermot Crean

Kerins Fans 6 — Well known faces on the terraces.

Kerins Fans 7 — Checking what twitter has to say about the first half.

Entertainment, Sport

Guide To Surviving Today’s Super Sunday Of Sport In The Pub

October 11, 2015 Dermot Crean

TODAY is arguably the biggest day in years for Irish sports fans, with the rugby and soccer teams playing vital games.

Many of you will be heading down town on Sunday afternoon to sample the atmosphere in the pubs showing the matches on the big screen.

It’ll be a long evening, so here’s our tips on how to get through it…

1. Get there early

Yeah, I know. Pubs normally try the ploy of advertising a game for 5pm when the kick-off is an hour later, but they’re really only concerned about your punctuality.

This time though, pay attention. Seats will be scarce in the popular pubs, so get down at around 4.15pm at the latest, for the rugby kickoff, leaving half an hour to listen to whoever the TV3 crowd have on the panel.

2. Avoid the rugby bellower

“HEAVE!” “THAT WAS FORWARD!” “IT WAS OUT ON THE FULL REF!”

There’s fan atmosphere and there’s the plague.

Funnily enough, it’ll be the guy who developed an interest in rugby at the age of 35 back in 2006 when Munster won the Heineken Cup, who’ll be the most vociferous in the pub.

Just slide that barstool 20 feet up the bar and you’ll be grand.

3. Get some soakage

Yeah, you may have had half a cow and 15 spuds for Sunday lunch at two o’clock, but now it’s 6.45pm, Ireland have beaten France by 10 points, you’re buzzin’ and it’s an hour to the soccer game.

The brain chants “Pints! Celebrate! Pints!” but common sense better kick in soon or you’ll be a face-down-on-the-bar-counter-drooling-mess by 10pm.

Snack-box time!

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4. Share your happiness with loved ones

If things are going really well, it’s good to make contact with loved ones to tell them how you feel and share your happiness on such an amazing occasion. Paul O’Connell’s twitter account is @Paul_OConnell

5. Pace yourself

Things can get tense during matches and you’ll be drinking deep in between plays, while the free, suspiciously extra-salty sausages and chips supplied by the bar at half-time, might encourage you to drink more than you would.

Take it easy, it’s a long night and you’ve work/college in the morning.

6. Resist your primal urges

As appealing as it may seem at the time, refrain from holding an impromptu scrum with the lads on Denny Street at 2am. Not a good look…in court.

7. Capture the moment

This one is for the people who have no interest in either game and have been dragged to the pub for the afternoon/night.

If Ireland are hanging on in both games in the closing stages, it might be fun to film the reactions of the crowd at the final whistle for posterity.

And then send them in to us here at TraleeToday.ie so we can show everyone!

See what we did there?…

Entertainment, WHAT'S ON

Call Goes Out For Castleisland Presentation Class Of ’95 To Attend Reunion

October 11, 2015 Fergus Dennehy

THE girls from the Castleisland Presentation Secondary school Class of 95 are preparing to hold its reunion and the call has gone out to former classmates who might want to attend.

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Pres Reunion — The Presentation Castleisland Class of 1995.

As it will the 20th anniversary of the girls’ graduation this year, the reunion is set to be a very special occasion for all that attend, with organisers anxious to get in contact with those who may not yet have heard about the plans.

It will be held in the River Island Hotel in Castleisland on November 7 and is open to anyone who started in the school back in 1990 and who would have finished in 1995.

Organisers have already gotten in touch with several past pupils via Facebook, but there are still others whom they have yet been unable to contact.

They are hoping that the word of mouth might spread and are urging locals and families of former students to spread the word and help make the reunion as successful as possible.

Tickets are available now and are currently set at €20, which will cover food and entertainment, and organisers are asking that those who plan to attend to get in touch immediately so that they can confirm numbers with the hotel.

Anyone wishing to attend is asked to contact Imelda Coffey (087 6261184) or Janet O’Sullvan (087 2356664) as soon as possible.

News, SCHOOLS

Ardfert Pupils Help Launch National ‘One Good Idea’ Competition

October 11, 2015 Dermot Crean

Launch of the One Good Idea. Pictured is Craoi Horgan, Adam McDonagh, Sarah Bodenham and Tiernan O'Sullivan from Ardferet Central National School, Co Kerry. Photo Chris Bellew / Copyright Fennell Photography 2015 — At the launch of the ‘One Good Idea’ competition were Ardfert Central NS pupils Craoi Horgan, Adam McDonagh, Sarah Bodenham and Tiernan O’Sullivan. Photo Chris Bellew / Copyright Fennell Photography 2015

KERRY primary school puils are being asked to submit ‘One Good Idea’ to combat climate change in a competition which could win their school a cash prize.

The ‘One Good Idea’ competition, was launched last week and Ardfert pupils were on hand to help give it some publicity.

They were one of the 2015 winners who designed a poster which will be displayed on bus shelters and Luas stops.

See them in the promo video below…

Run by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and sponsored by AIB, it encourages pupils to run energy awareness campaigns to change behaviour and improve energy efficiency in their homes, schools and communities.

Since it first launched in 2008, over 5,000 students have created energy saving campaigns which targeted almost 100,000 children, teenagers and adults throughout the country. Students are encouraged to research and plan their energy saving campaign; run the campaign in their home, school or community; then create a pitch video of their campaign; and if successful they will be chosen to take part in the national final which takes place in 2016.

Currently, a national public awareness campaign is being run using last year’s winners’ posters which are on display in AIB branches and billboards around the country.

The continued support from AIB will see each of the shortlisted teams receiving a cash prize to help their schools continue their commitment to reducing their energy use and combating climate change.

For more information on the One Good Idea project log onto www.seai.ie/onegoodidea email onegoodidea@realevents.ie or call 01 5224830.

News

Trevor Giles Transfers Fair Green Land To Ardfert Community Council

October 11, 2015 Dermot Crean

Ardfert land 2 — *(Click photo to enlarge)* At the transfer of the Fair Green lands from Trevor Giles to the Ardfert Community Council on Friday were, seated in front, Donal Stack and son Julian, Trevor Giles and Chairman of Ardfert Community Council Maurice O’Driscoll. Back from left; Pat Murphy, Katie McCarthy, Sean Dineen, Tara O’Halloran Quirke, Barbara O’Grady, Daniel Giles, Michael Latchford, Angela Ryan, Bernadette Browne, Niall Lucey and Sue Latchford. Photo by Dermot Crean

IT was a momentous day for Ardfert village on Friday when a significant portion of the Fair Green was transferred into the ownership of the local community council.

It came about thanks to a very generous gesture from Trevor Giles of Giles Auctioneers in Tralee, whose family has owned the land for the past 60 years after the owner, Talbot-Crosbie of Ardfert, asked Trevor’s father to take over the lands.

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In March 2012, Sean Dineen approached the board of Ardfert Community Council Ltd. following a conversation he had with Trevor Giles, where Mr Giles expressed an interest in transferring lands held by him, particularly his portion of the Fair Green, to the community of Ardfert. (Kerry County Council owns the remaining portion of the Fair Green.)

A lot of work was carried out over the past three years by the Community Council’s solicitors (Pierse, McCarthy, Lucey), as well as the solicitors for KCC and Mr Giles, to complete this transfer.

The Voluntary Conveyance from Trevor Giles to Ardfert Community Council Ltd was completed in September 2015. He transferred a portion of lands to Ardfert Community Council Ltd. and the balance to Kerry County Council.

“We are deeply grateful to Mr Giles for this generous and altruistic act. It means that the people of Ardfert will forever into the future have a say in what happens to the Fair Green, located in the heart of our village,” read a statement from Ardfert Community Council.

Members of the board of Ardfert Community Council Ltd., staff members from Ardfert Community Centre, Trevor Giles and his son Daniel, Sean Dineen, Katie McCarthy and Niall Lucey were present for the transfer at Ardfert Community Centre on Friday.

As a gesture of their appreciation, the Community Council presented Trevor Giles with a beautiful painting of Ardfert Cathedral by artist Donal Stack at the transfer ceremony.

Mr Giles said he will supply two seats for the green area with plaques when the Community Council is ready to accept.

The Community Council has some ideas for the land, but will take their time on how to best use the land.

Health&Fitness, Lifestyle

Roger Harty: The Power Of Acceptance

October 11, 2015 Dermot Crean

ACCEPTANCE is one of the most powerful tools that you can have in your psychological welfare arsenal.

I discovered this many years ago and I regularly use phrases like ‘it is as it is’ or the infamous teenage phrase of ‘whatever’ much to the chagrin of my family and friends.

The Irish love to complain about the weather, but at the end of the day, complaining about the weather isn’t going to change the weather so one would be much better off accepting the weather as it is and investing in a decent raincoat and going out and enjoying oneself.

The song ‘Singing in the rain’ by Gene Kelly is a metaphor for accepting the situation as it is and enjoying the moment.

One must ask ‘why does acceptance work?’

To answer this, one must investigate the whole area of stress. Many people talk about stress or treat stress on a daily basis.

In fact there are billions of euros being spent on or lost to the economy around the world in the whole area of dealing with stress.

This is a problem in itself! Most people, if you asked them to define stress, would be unable to do so.

Again ‘What is stress?’ The best definition I have ever heard of stress from a ‘working’ point of view is Stress is ‘being Here and trying to be There’.

If that is true then surely the opposite is true. The secret to a stress-free life is being Here and not trying to be There.

It all comes back to living in the ‘NOW’. Acceptance of a situation is the one tool that will always render us in the ‘Now’.

It is easy to accept a situation when it is pleasant but may not be so easy if the situation is difficult. However it is in acceptance of a difficult situation that we come to realise the real power and benefit of acceptance.

Without doubt acceptance is always the better choice over the only other choice which is ‘non acceptance’. Non-acceptance of a situation will inevitably lead to some form of stress as we are ‘Being here and trying to be there’ as explained above.

At the end of the day there are three ways we should best react to any given situation;

1. Accept the situation as it is.

2. Change the situation (in other words take action and so something about it)

3. Accept that we are unable to change the situation (Note we always retain the power to change how we Think about the situation i.e How we React!)

Non Acceptance is never really a good option as it can result in much pain, stress and confusion for both an individual and a country.

Many great leaders have used the Power of Acceptance to great effect. Nelson Mandela brought about the Freedom of South Africa from the terrible regime of apartheid and he achieved it by accepting his situation in a prison cell.

Ghandi achieved the freedom of India by accepting that ‘non- violent’ means was the best way forward for India.

Jesus Christ used the symbol of ‘Acceptance of The Cross’ to spread the message of eternal love and to save the souls of mankind.

He died and gave His life without hesitation to teach this message. Millions of Christians around the world celebrate this message every Easter.

GAA, Sport

REPORT/PHOTOS: Kerins O’Rahillys Undone By Legion’s Scoring Power

October 11, 2015 Gavin O'Connor

Gavin O’Connor reports on Kerins O’Rahillys exit from the Garvey’s SuperValu Kerry SFC at the hands of Killarney Legion on Saturday, plus loads of action photos below…

Legion 4-9 (21)

Kerins O’Rahilly’s 1-15 (18)

Kerins Legion 26 — Tommy Walsh attempts to pass Danny Sheahan during Saturday’s match. Photo by Dermot Crean

HELPED by a hat-trick from James O’Donoghue, Legion knocked Kerins O’Rahilly’s out of the county championship in Fitzgerald Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Despite a late rally by O’Rahilly’s where they scored four of the last five points, they couldn’t haul back Legion’s lead that had been stretched after O’Donoghue completed his hatrick from a spot kick with ten minutes left on the clock.

Strand Road who dominated midfield throughout will feel they left this one behind them, but when you have a ruthless forward like O’Donoghue at the top of his game, there is little that can be done to stop him.

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The early signs were not good with James O’Donoghue having to make Gary Kissane work in goal, saving a point blank shot straight from the throw-in.

The game was only three minutes old when O’Donoghue got on to a lovely long pass from wing back, Darragh Doherty, to rattle in his first of the afternoon.

Kerins Legion 7 — High flying action during Saturday’s game. Photo by Dermot Crean

Jack Savage replied with an exquisite point from 30 yards out which was followed by O’Rahillys penalty with seven minutes gone.

After Barry John Keane was tripped inside the penalty area, David Moran made no mistake, placing his shot to the right of the keeper.

Jamie O’Sullivan settled things for Legion with a point which was followed by the second Legion goal.

Kerins Legion 6 — Giles O’Grady comes under pressure from Jonathan Lyne and Damien O’Sullivan. Photo by Dermot Crean

Conor Keane linked up for O’Donoghue’s second goal, the Kerry U21 threading a beautiful 30 yard pass to the Kerry star who skinned the Strand Road defence and caressed the ball past Kissane.

The game was real end to end stuff, with almost every attack being rewarded with a score. Tommy Walsh, who had caught a superb ball over his head in front of goal, was moved to midfield with Con Barrett taking up the full-forward spot.

O’Rahillys answered back with two points from Barry John Keane and Tommy Walsh, to leave the scores 1-4 to 2-2 in favour of Legion after the first quarter.

Kerins Legion 12 — Kieran O’Mahony scores a point despite Chris Davies efforts. Photo by Dermot Crean

The game was only 18 minutes old when Legion hit the net for a third. Once again, Keane and O’Donoghue, who was now unmark able, combined for the score.

Strand Road plugged away and got the last two scores of the half, both frees from Jack Savage to leave the scores 3-4 (13) to 1-8 (11).

It was clear something had to be done about O’Donoghue and the O’Rahillys line decided to stick with Cormac Coffey on the 2014 player of the year.

Kerins Legion 24 — Conor Keane slots home a Legion goal in the first half. Photo by Dermot Crean

Though Coffey lessened O’Donoghue’s influence in the second half, the Blues were robbed of his dynamism going forward.

The second half was not as helter-skelter as the first. With Legion being wiped out in midfield by Walsh and Moran, who made some magnificent fetches, the Killarney side were forced to take short kick-outs to build their attacks.

In fact, between the end of the first half and the beginning of the second, Legion went 17 minutes without troubling the score-board. With two Jack Savage frees inside the first seven minutes of the half, Strand Road drew level.

Kerins Legion 8 — Con Barrett attempts to launch an attack hampered by Danny Sheahan’s efforts. Photo by Dermot Crean

Legion replied with two points of their own from Billy McGuire and Kevin Breen. Making an instant impact off the bench for the blues was Kieran O’Mahony who made it a one point game once more.

Following a converted free from James O’Donoghue, which had been brought forward thirty yards because of dissent, Legion hit what was the fatal blow.

After O’Donoghue was fouled going into the square by Cian Sayers, he was awarded a penalty which mercilessly finished to the net.

Kerins Legion 16 — Barry John Keane manages to release the ball despite a Legion defender’s efforts. Photo by Dermot Crean

With nine minutes left and five points down, there was still time for O’Rahillys to pull this one out of the fire.

Tommy Walsh was now moved back around the square and almost instantaneously this began to bear fruit from his aerial dominance, with two scores coming off him, one of them his own.

Despite pulling the game back to within two points with two minutes left, Strand Road had left this one too late.

Kerins Legion 11 — James O’Donoghue’s penalty sent Legion on their way to the semis. Photo by Dermot Crean

When Legion substitute, Padraig Lucey, hit the final point the game, O’Rahilly’s, were forced to hit and hope into Walsh, but alas no chance came from their efforts.

So, for a second week in a row a Tralee team has been knocked out of the county championship. Legion will go in to tomorrow evenings draw and with JOD on top form they could well go all the way.

Kerins Legion 21 — Jonathan Lyne is chased by Cormac Coffey. Photo by Dermot Crean

More photos below…

Scorers

Legion: James O’Donoghue 3-1 (f1), Conor Keane 1-1, Billy McGuire 0-2, Tom Moriarty, Denis Sheahan, Padraig Lucey, David O’Sullivan and Jamie O’Sullivan a one point each

Kerins O’Rahilly: Jack Savage 0-9 (7f), David Moran 1-0 (penalty), Tommy Walsh 0-2, Barry John Keane, Kieran O’Mahony, John O’Connor and David McLoughlin one point each

Teams

Legion: Brian Kelly, Cathal Sheahan, Danny Sheahan, Podge O’Connor, Daragh Doherty, Damien O’Sullivan, Johnathan Lyne, Kevin Breen, James O’Donoghue, Billy McGuire, Tom Moriarty, David O’Sullivan, Conor Keane

Kerins O’Rahilly’s: Gary Kissane, Danny O’Sullivan, Shane Brosnan, Tommy Begley, John Ferguson, Ross O’Callaghan, Cian Sayers, David Moran, Con Barrett, Cormac Coffey, Barry John Keane, David McLoughlin, Jack Savage, Tommy Walsh, Greg O’Connell

Kerins Legion 19 — Midfielld action during the match. Photo by Dermot Crean

Kerins Legion 27 — Barry John Keane launches a shot on goal. Photo by Dermot Crean

Kerins Legion 15 — Legion’s Shaun Keane prepares for impact against Jack Savage. Photo by Dermot Crean

Kerins Legion 1 — Jack Savage about to tacle Legion’s Podge O’Connor. Photo by Dermot Crean

Kerins Legion 18 — David Moran wins a kick out against Jamie O’Sullivan. Photo by Dermot Crean

Kerins Legion 13 — John Ferguson handles a tackle. Photo by Dermot Crean

Kerins Legion 9 — High flying action from the match. Photo by Dermot Crean

GAA, Sport

PHOTOS: O’Donoghue’s Hat-Trick Knocks The Blues Out Of The Championship

October 10, 2015 Dermot Crean

Kerins Legion 5 — Kerins O’Rahillys Jack Savage is devastated after the final whistle. Photo by Dermot Crean

FOR the second week in a row, a Tralee team has been knocked out of the championship by a Killarney side.

Kerins O’Rahillys were on the receiving end of a first half blitz of goals from the Legion which ultimately proved the difference in Fitzgerald Stadium.

James O’Donoghue netted three times in all during the game which finished 4-9 to 1-15 and leaves no Tralee team in the final four of the competition.

Kerins Legion 3 — Tommy Walsh fields the ball near the Legion goal. Photo by Dermot Crean

A second-half penalty from the Kerry maestro put his side six points in front and despite coming back at them, Kerins O’Rahillys couldn’t make up the difference.

Kerins Legion 2 — Legion’s James O’Donoghue with his side’s first goal. Photo by Dermot Crean

Tomorrow we’ll have a full match report with loads of action shots and Strand Road fans in the stands.

For now though, the Stacks and Strand Road sides face another mini-competition to save their senior status.

It’ll be a long winter.

Kerins Legion 4 — David Moran with his side’s only goal, a first half penalty. Photo by Dermot Crean

Entertainment, News, Sport

Tralee’s Randall Wharton Needs Your Votes For Top Blog At Running Awards

October 10, 2015 Fergus Dennehy

Randall Wharton 2 — Randall Wharton’s Blog ‘RandRuns’ has nominated for the ‘best blog award’ in the 2016 Running Awards.

IF THERE’S ONE Tralee man that seemingly can’t stay out of the news recently, it’s Randall Wharton.

The well known runner who was recently interviewed and profiled in the hugely popular ‘Runners World’ magazine (see previous article here) has now seen his blog ‘RandRuns’ nominated for the best blog award in the 2016 Running Awards and now needs help of the public in securing votes.

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Randall has been busy documenting his running life on the blog for the past year or so, where he consistently reports on all the races and events that he attends and always in the most entertaining manner.

In the highly impressive set-up, he can also be seen going into great detail on different aspects of his training schedule, answering questions about the sport and featuring guest posts from other writers and runners as well.

Having only started running a little over two years ago, it’s a impressive feat for the now 41 year old ultra-marathon and marathon runner.

Voting has now opened for the awards and anyone wishing to vote for ‘RandRuns’ can do so through the voting page HERE while you can read Randall’s posts beforehand on his blog site HERE.

GAA, Sport

Tralee RFC Player Answers Ireland’s Call

October 10, 2015 Gavin O'Connor

ANOTHER representative of Tralee RFC will join the ranks of players from the club called up to the Ireland Women’s squad over the last few years.

Zoe Grattage, has travelled to Belfast to take part in an Ireland training session today (Saturday) to hopefully stake her claim for a place in the squad for the coming season.

She will follow in the footsteps of club-mates, Siobhan Fleming and Ciara Griffin, who have pulled on the green shirt.

A regular starter for Munster, Zoe’s preferred position is hooker.

Earlier this year, Ireland reached the semi-finals of the World Cup beating New Zealand on the way and capturing the imagination of the nation.

Coming up in November are two internationals against England and France, after that the focus will be on claiming back to back Six Nations titles.

Ciara Griffin will not take part in the training camp because of injury, but she is expected to be back before Christmas.

Tralee RFC started their season with a loss last week when they narrowly lost to Thurles on the road.

News

VIDEO: Castleisland Woman’s Project Teams Up With Top US TV Show

October 10, 2015 Fergus Dennehy

niamh-geaney2 — Niamh Geaney’s ‘Twin Strangers’ project has teamed up with the ‘Today Show’ on NBC to help find doppelgangers in the U.S.

A PROJECT started by Castleisland woman Niamh Geaney and her friends has reached one of the highest echelons of TV coverage after it recently teamed up with the hugely popular US TV programme, ‘The Today Show’ on NBC.

Niamh Geaney, Harry English and Terence Manzanga are the three friends behind the ‘Twin Strangers’ (TS) project that has now grown into something beyond what the friends could ever have expected.

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The project gained widespread recognition when Niamh found her almost identical lookalike (see previous story here) and has now gone even further with this partnership.

They have teamed up with the immensely popular television programme, which is regularly viewed by close to 5 million people, in a bid to encourage more people in the US to sign up to the site, in the hope of finding more doppelgangers for people.

The popular US show started to sit up and take notice of the TS project when the group uploaded a video of the very first meeting between two doppelgangers in the US.

“We got a huge amount of media attention after the release of our first ever US meet up involving Ambra from North Carolina and Jennifer from Texas (see video here) The Today show got in touch off the back of that, wanting to do a meet-up live on the show in Rockefeller Plaza in New York and who could say no to that!” said Niamh Geaney when talking to TraleeToday.ie yesterday.

“They had been following my story until now so it’s amazing to see it grow and to think that now we have the chance to bring a few doppelgänger pairs together from around the US,” she continued.

“We want as many people as possible to have the chance to find their doppelgängers and the more people that are registered the more chance everybody has of finding an exact match,” Niamh said.

“Twin Strangers is hugely popular in America and all around the globe. Just this week I’ve seen new users from the likes of Mayotte, Bahrain and Belarus sign-up. It really is a global phenomenon and an incredible thing to witness.”

Did she expect the project to take off the way it has?

“No we most certainly did not. What began as three friends with a bet to see which one of us could find our doppelganger in 28 days, to become what it has become: we now have a website called twinstrangers.com with over half a million people registered from around the globe trying to find their doppelganger, it’s unbelievable!” she said.

Check out the video down below…

We were on NBC’s Today Show!We’re looking for US Doppelgängers to fly to New York and meet for the very first time! Thanks Today Show for getting the ball rolling, if you haven’t registered yet, sign up now on www.TwinStrangers.com.

Share this with your friends and family too and maybe they could meet their Doppelgängers!

Posted by Twin Strangers on Wednesday, 7 October 2015

DINING OUT, Entertainment, Lifestyle, News

PHOTOS: Mark Cooks Up Some Treats At Parnells Fundraiser

October 10, 2015 Dermot Crean

At the Tralee Parnells Mark Doe cookery demonstration in the Meadowlands were, from left: Samantha Palmer, Teresa Lonergan, and Kate Dunne. Photo by Gavin O'Connor. — At the Tralee Parnells Mark Doe cookery demonstration in the Meadowlands Hotel on Friday were, from left: Samantha Palmer, Teresa Lonergan, and Kate Dunne. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.

THERE was another great turnout for the Tralee Parnells annual cookery demonstration last night in the Meadowlands Hotel.

Mark Doe of Just Cooking cookery school in Firies cooked up some treats and gave his expert tips on the culinary arts.

The evening also featured a guest speaker on preventative strategies regarding sports injuries in the young hurler.

There were spot prizes during the evening and everyone went home happy, full of ideas for the kitchen and the club benefitted financially from the successful event.

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At the Tralee Parnells Mark Doe cookery demonstration in the Meadowlands were, from left: Aoife O'Sullivan, Geraldine Laffan, Jenny Sheehy, Bernie Canty and Saoirse Maloney. Photo by Gavin O'Connor. — At the Tralee Parnells Mark Doe cookery demonstration in the Meadowlands Hotel on Friday night were, from left: Aoife O’Sullivan, Geraldine Laffan, Jenny Sheehy, Bernie Canty and Saoirse Moloney. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.

At the Tralee Parnells Mark Doe cookery demonstration in the Meadowlands were, from left, front: Graham Sheehy, Dara Moloney, Edward Sheehy and Jamie Fitzgerald. Back: Donal O'Brien and Jack O'Brien. Photo by Gavin O'Connor. — At the Tralee Parnells Mark Doe cookery demonstration in the Meadowlands Hotel on Friday were, from left, front: Graham Sheehy, Dara Moloney, Edward Sheehy and Jamie Fitzgerald. Back: Donal O’Brien and Jack O’Brien. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.

At the Tralee Parnells Mark Doe cookery demonstration in the Meadowlands were, from left: David Brick, Mark Ryall, Brian Shanahan. Photo by Gavin O'Connor. — At the Tralee Parnells Mark Doe cookery demonstration in the Meadowlands Hotel on Friday night were, from left: David Brick, Mark Ryall and Brian Shanahan. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.

At the Tralee Parnells Mark Doe cookery demonstration in the Meadowlands were, from left: Gerard O'Brien, Linda O'Brien and Seamus Cadogan. Photo by Gavin O'Connor. — At the Tralee Parnells Mark Doe cookery demonstration in the Meadowlands Hotel on Friday were, from left: Gerard O’Brien, Linda O’Brien and Seamus Cadogan. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.

At the Tralee Parnells Mark Doe cookery demonstration in the Meadowlands were, from left: Joan Naughton, Lil Hanifin, Josephine Casey and Joan O'Callaghan. Photo by Gavin O'Connor. — At the Tralee Parnells Mark Doe cookery demonstration in the Meadowlands Hotel on Friday were, from left: Joan Naughton, Lil Hanifin, Josephine Casey and Joan O’Callaghan. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.

At the Tralee Parnells Mark Doe cookery demonstration in the Meadowlands were, from left: Ruth Byrne and Eileen Falvey. Photo by Gavin O'Connor. — At the Tralee Parnells Mark Doe cookery demonstration in the Meadowlands Hotel on Friday were, from left: Ruth Byrne and Eileen Falvey. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.

At the Tralee Parnells Mark Doe cookery demonstration in the Meadowlands were, from left: Tara Donovan, Anne Donovan and Fiona Reidy. Photo by Gavin O'Connor. — At the Tralee Parnells Mark Doe cookery demonstration in the Meadowlands Hotel on Friday were, from left: Tara Donovan, Anne Donovan and Fiona Reidy. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.

At the Tralee Parnells Mark Doe cookery demonstration in the Meadowlands were, from left: Muirin Ni Loingsigh and Mary Ross. Photo by Gavin O'Connor. — At the Tralee Parnells Mark Doe cookery demonstration in the Meadowlands were, from left: Muireann Ní Loingsigh and Mary Ross. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.

At the Tralee Parnells Mark Doe cookery demonstration in the Meadowlands were, from left, Front: Cian O'Neil and Jack Doyle. Back: Katie Doyle, Finnuala English, Onaigh O'Neil. Photo by Gavin O'Connor. — At the Tralee Parnells Mark Doe cookery demonstration in the Meadowlands Hotel on Friday were, from left, Front: Cian O’Neill and Jack Doyle. Back: Katie Doyle, Fionnuala English, Onaigh O’Neill. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.

Entertainment, WHAT'S ON

Mounthawk School To Host Monster Bingo Fundraiser This Sunday

October 10, 2015 Fergus Dennehy

Mounthawk Bingo 1 — Mercy Mounthawk students Nicole Clancy and Ailbhe Mangan, teacher Nora Quane and students Aidan Mangan and Dylan O’Shea promoting the ‘Monster Bingo’ fundraiser this coming Sunday, October 11. Photo by Dermot Crean.

MERCY MOUNTHAWK are getting set to host their huge fundraising activity this coming Sunday as they look to raise money for a state of the art extension to the school.

The ‘Monster Bingo’ fundraiser will take place in the school’s gym at 3pm where it is expected that there will be a good crowd in attendance for the third year of the popular event with €4,000 in prizes to be won.

All funds raised from the afternoon will go toward continuing the building of the new extension at the school, which includes new classrooms, canteen space and learning support rooms.

The school is hoping to have this ready at some point before Christmas, with classes to begin there in the new year.

With spot prizes and and generous jackpots on the night, it seems like this is going to be one event that is not to be missed.

Charity, Entertainment, WHAT'S ON

Inch Beach Set To Host Toddleathon Fundraiser For UNICEF

October 10, 2015 Fergus Dennehy

INCH BEACH is getting set to host a a very different type of activity later this month when the ‘Inch by Inch Toddleathon’ takes place to help raise funds for UNICEF Ireland.

It will be taking place at 1pm sharp at Inch Beach on October 18 and will cost €10 to enter.

The toddleathon event promises to be as adorable as it sounds with toddlers and their families getting ready to take part in a very mini-marathon (approximately one kilometre) in what promises to be an enjoyable day out for all.

Bouncy castles, face painting and sack races will be the order of the day (weather permitting of course) with all toddlers and children set to receive a finisher’s medal and their very own ‘mini-marathon’ completion certificate.

Parents and kids are being encouraged to wrap up well on the day.

If you would like to make an online donation to the event, then you can do so through the donation page HERE while organisers are also on the lookout for:

• Marshals to help guide on the day

• Marquees in case of bad weather

• Help with promoting the event

News

PHOTOS: Kingdom Care Hold Information And Coffee Morning

October 10, 2015 Dermot Crean

Kingdom Coffee 1 — Elizabeth Roche, Mary McNamara, Helena Wrenn and Kevin Hannafin at the Kingdom Care information and coffee morning on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean

THE people at Kingdom Care held an information and coffee morning at their Tralee base on the Mart Grounds in Caherslee on Friday.

The event was to raise awareness of the services they offer to people in need and to showcase the clothes and goods on sale at the shop.

“It’s a gathering of staff members and volunteers and it’s gone down very well,” said Elizabeth Roche of Kingdom Care, who said donations have decreased over the past few months.

“It has got very quiet due to the refugee crisis and their need for donations and I think people are wearing their clothes for longer now. We’re asking people – as it’s coming up to Christmas – if they’re clearing out their attics to think of donating to us. We’re always looking for warm clothing, blankets and shoes – especially men’s and boys’ clothes.”

Donations can be made to the shop from Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm and Saturday 11am to 4pm.

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Kingdom Coffee 2 — Camille Ryan, Meryem Sheehy, Mary Pat Sheehy, Lily Kirby, Peter Tobin, Noreen O’Halloran and Marcella Venzel at the Kingdom Care information and coffee morning on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean

Kingdom Coffee 3 — Bernadette Tangney and Niketta Roche behind the counter at the Kingdom Care shop during the information and coffee morning on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean

News, SCHOOLS, Sport

Coláiste Gleann Lí Receives €90,000 In Latest Sports Capital Grant Allocation

October 10, 2015 Fergus Dennehy

Domnick Walsh www.dwalshphoto.ie — Coláiste Gleann Lí students made a presentation to Minister for Education, Jan O’Sullivan on her visit to the new Kerry ETB offices on Thursday. Pictured is Tiffany O’Brien, Michaela Hrachinova, Femi Laleye, Donald Walsh, First years; Sophie Morris and Gavin Mulvihill making the presentation of the painting and flowers. Also included are Asst Principal Maryanne Slattery and Principal Richard Lawlor. Photo By : Domnick Walsh / Eye Focus LTD

A TRALEE school is celebrating after benefitting from the latest ‘Sports Capital Programme’ grants allocation.

The Clash-based Coláiste Gleann Lí post-primary school received €90,000 and means that it is the only school-based application in the entire country to receive a grant.

This new influx of money will now be used by the school to help build a new changing room and other facilities at the onsite astro turf pitch.

The staff and management at the school were understandably delighted at the news which they felt complimented the image of the school as one that was ‘on the rise’ in the town.

“This fantastic news is timely as it will compliment our extension which is through the planning process and moving to the building phase shortly; with estimated completion date for next September. This new extension will include additional classrooms, a new engineering facility and a creative arts, media and library space in order to cater for the recent surge in enrolments,” said Principal Richard Lawlor.

“This welcome announcement will ensure that our fabulous on-site astro turf facility is fully maximised by the school and our community partners,” he continued.

“We would like to extend our gratitude to everyone that played a part in making this happen; in particular our community partners and the Management and staff of Kerry Education and Training Board,” he finished.

The Assistant Principal, Maryanne Slattery expressed her delight as well at the money received.

“We will be delighted to show our sports capital and extension plans along with our state-of-the-art astro turf facility to members of the public, at our Open Day next Saturday, October 17th, from 10am to 1pm,” she said.

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REPORT/PHOTOS: Kerins O’Rahillys Undone By Legion’s Scoring Power

Gavin O’Connor reports on Kerins O’Rahillys exit from the Garvey’s SuperValu Kerry SFC at the hands of Killarney Legion on Saturday, plus loads of action photos below…

PHOTOS: O’Donoghue’s Hat-Trick Knocks The Blues Out Of The Championship

Tralee’s Randall Wharton Needs Your Votes For Top Blog At Running Awards

Tralee RFC Player Answers Ireland’s Call

VIDEO: Castleisland Woman’s Project Teams Up With Top US TV Show

PHOTOS: Mark Cooks Up Some Treats At Parnells Fundraiser

Mounthawk School To Host Monster Bingo Fundraiser This Sunday

Inch Beach Set To Host Toddleathon Fundraiser For UNICEF

PHOTOS: Kingdom Care Hold Information And Coffee Morning

Coláiste Gleann Lí Receives €90,000 In Latest Sports Capital Grant Allocation

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