Archive for November, 2015

  MANY of the leaders of the 1916 Rising were writers and the new website www.1916-2016.net aims to encourage Kerry students to write contemporary poetry on its legacy. “The 1916-2016 and Beyond project, Commemorating the 1916 Rising and its Legacy in Poetry aims to imaginatively engage transition year students in the values […]

  THERE were 137 patients waiting on trolleys last month at Kerry General Hospital, making it the worst October on record at the hospital. The figures are also reflected nationally, prompting the Executive Council of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) to decide to commence a nationwide ballot, of all of its […]

GAA stars from both codes turned out for the Churchill GAA Centenary Golf Classic last Friday. Tralee Golf Club, Barrow hosted the very successful event in aid of their new pitch development fund. Many personalities from the world of sport and business were amongst the teams that participated, on what was a beautiful […]

LISTELLICK teenager, Con Gill, was just 10 when he began complaining of neck pain. What he thought was a crick in the neck turned out to be an extremely rare and aggressive tumour pressing on his spine. His mother Kay, warned there was a 50/50 chance surgery would kill her […]

  IT is one of the greatest photos of a Kerryman in Croke Park and it sometimes gets falsely attributed to the wrong man. The catch was made by Tommy Griffin in the 2006 All-Ireland Final against Mayo and often gets mistaken for the handiwork of his West Kerry neighbour, […]

THE draw has been made for the County Senior Football Championship Relegation Playoffs and sees Tralee sides facing Mid Kerry sides. Austin Stacks will face Milltown/Castlemaine while Kerins O’Rahilly’s go up against Laune Rangers in Castleisland this Saturday, November 7, with Stacks going first at 1pm and O’Rahilly’s at 2:30pm. In the championship this […]

APOLOGIES for not having a column last week, but I was in CUH having tests. I can now finally say that I am cancer free and boy what a feeling it is. For the last five years I have contemplated life and how it has changed completely for me. Pre-cancer […]

MERCY MOUNTHAWK will host its first ever 5k colour run on Friday November 20, as part of the school’s health promotion week. Transition year students are the core organisers of the run which will see students set off all in white and get doused in multi-coloured powdered paint with every kilometre […]

RACE NIGHT: A date for your diary. On Saturday November 14th 8.30pm our annual Race Night will be held in the Clubhouse. We ask all supporters and parents to purchase a horse from Club Officers over the coming weeks. Fabulous prizes for   Best Dressed Lady and Best Dressed Gent  and a Free draw on […]

THE wonders of Irish weather never cease to amaze. After what was a wash-out of a Summer we’re experiencing some of the finest weather in months after the clocks have gone back. In Valentia, yesterday the observatory recorded a barely believable highest temperature  of 19.5 °C – which was the warmest […]

  PEIL FAOI 6/8: Football for Under 6 and Under 8 boys reached a conclusion on Sunday last at Caherslee where the finals of the Bracker Regan, Kevin Barry and Jimmy Barry Memorial Cups were held. What football! Rogha agus togha na peile! David Barry presented the Kevin Barry Memorial […]

SENIOR FOOTBALL: Castleisland Desmonds 2-8 Austin Stacks 0-21 On a sunny summer-like Sunday afternoon (1st Nov) in Castleisland a very good second-half performance by our lads, in the 11th and final round of the Co. League, saw us end up joint second (with Killarney Legion) on the League Table. After a rather […]

Senior Football Our next Co League game versus Dingle has been provisionally fixed for Sunday the 15th of November at 2pm in Strand Road. The first round of the Senior Relegation play offs have been fixed for the 7th of November at neutral venues. The draw hadn’t been made at time […]

TWO Tralee Imperials basketball players have been presented with their Ireland caps which they earned recently. Basketball in town got a boost with the selection of Ryan Leonard and Philip Corkery for the national side in the U18 and U15 categories. Philip Corkery received an Irish cap for his appearance […]

Austin Stacks 5-12 Finuge/St. Senans 3-10 This North Kerry Intermediate Shield final was a closely contested affair, with Austin Stacks leading at half time by three points, 3-6 to 3-3. Finuge/St. Senans piled on the pressure in the second half, but Austin Stacks ladies rose to the challenge and finished […]

GARDAÍ are investigating after a break-in at Abbeydorney GAA Club last week. Two males forced their way into the club through the main door at around 2.30am on Tuesday, October 27. They were disturbed by a staff member and fled the scene without taking anything. One man was described as being 5′ 10″ in height […]

TRALEE will access to the fastest broadband in the country next year as a new company begins work on putting the infrastructure in place from December. When the work is finished, 13,500 homes in town will have access to broadband speeds of 1GB per second, on a par with cities like Tokyo […]

  JEROME MC ELLISTRIM RIP Ballymacelligott GAA Club lost one of its greatest servants with the passing of Jerome McEllistrim on Friday last.Jerome was President of our Club,a role he took great pride in fulfilling. Pride in his Club was one of Jerome’s great traits,for him after Family his Club […]

CONGRATULATIONS: To Ciaran and Ciara O’Brian on the birth of their daughter Kate. SENIOR LADIES: Training continues on Wednesday and Friday evenings from 7 pm to 8 pm. MOUTH GUARD: Please remember that mouth guards for all players under the age of 18 are now compulsory for both training and […]

  Under 6s and 8s Awards Night: Some nice pictures on the Parnells Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/TraleeParnellsHurlingClub/, taken at the annual Tralee Parnells under 6s and 8s Awards Night 2015 in Na Gaeil clubhouse Killeen, on Thursday 29th of October at 8pm. Kerry County Hurling Officer Ger McCarthy, brought along […]

RESULTS ; Saturday 31st October 2015 JK Sports U12 Premier  Killarney Celtic A  0-4  Park A  . Foundation Sports U14 Premier Park A  13-2  Killorglin A   1 . Foundation Sports U14 Div.1   Park B  6-3  Ballyheigue  . Foundation Sports U14 Div.2 St.Bernards  0-1  Park D    . Trophy World U16 Premier Park […]

  Lotto: There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 05, 09, 18 & 25. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Margaret Kennedy Asdee, Julie Diggins Tonevane, Enzo c/o O’Shea’s Texaco, Jimmy Savage Curraheen and Caroline Poff Lohercannon. Next week’s […]

YOUNGSTERS received medals on Saturday morning from Kerry stars to mark the end of the season for the under 6, 8 and 10 players from the Kerins O’Rahillys Club. Declan Quill commended the young charges on their efforts and thanked both the parents for all their help during the year and the coaches […]

IT was a colourful morning at St Vincent de Paul on Saturday as they hosted a fun event for kids to mark Halloween. Everyone was invited to come along and enjoy the sweets, cakes and refreshments at a face-painting and storytelling morning at their shop in Friary Lane, one of a […]

THE death has occurred of well-known Kerry GAA figure, Leo Griffin, today. Leo, who grew up in the Mitchels area, was a familiar face around town, but came to be known nationally when he accompanied the Kerry team of the 1970s and 80s during the glory years as their bagman. […]

  ABOUT 10 years ago I did a wonderful course in Cork. It was called a SHEP course. At the time I hadn’t a clue what SHEP was and it would be fair to say I was unable get the image of a dog out of my head for a […]

SO did you have fun yesterday? It certainly looks like it! You sent us in a few photos of your dressing up efforts from yesterday and it looks like ye went all out for Halloween. We also stole a few photos from Twitter. A lot of fun was had…(feel free to […]

WITCHES, zombies and even the Grim Reaper are getting health conscious these days as they turned up for the Halloween Fancy Dress Park Run on Saturday. Setting off at 9.30am, even a few vampires braved the daylight to do the three circuits of the Park where people walked and ran […]

A TRALEE couple are organising a charity event for a cause close to their hearts later this month. A charity fight night in aid of the Miscarriage Association of Ireland will take place on Thursday, November 26, at the BTS Fitness gym in Manor West. Continued below… Katie Donoghue and Akeem […]

  MARCUS Howlett, CEO of Run the Kingdom, will give a talk at IT Tralee (North Campus, Room T106) on November 3 at 7.30pm on the setting up of the Tralee Sport Tourism Alliance. Run the Kingdom wants to increase Tralee’s capacity to attract and host sport tourism events, develop adventure tourism, bring […]