Archive for December 27th, 2015

A particularly festive dipper leaving the water for the Christmas Day swim in Fenit. Photo by Dermot Crean

VIDEO/PHOTOS: More From The Christmas Day Swim In Fenit

December 27, 2015 at 1:12 pm Comments are Disabled

EARLIER we brought you photos and a video from the Christmas Day Swim in Fenit (click here for images). The annual dip, in aid of the RNLI, was another massive success and hundreds made the three dashes into the water as hundreds more looked on in the driving rain. Here […]

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Mike Moriarty setting off on the Bill Kirby Memorial Walk from Kirby's Brogue Inn on St Stephen's Day. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Walking In The Rain For Kerry Hospice On St Stephen’s Day

December 27, 2015 at 1:10 pm Comments are Disabled

IT was a wet Saturday morning but there was a decent turnout for the annual Bill Kirby Memorial Walk in aid of the Kerry Hospice. The rain teemed down but around 200 showed up for the walk with Mike Gaffney and friends keeping spirits up playing music before the participants headed away to walk off […]

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Frozen but happy swimmers after the Christmas Day swim in Fenit. Photo by Dermot Crean

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Making A Splash In Fenit On Christmas Day (Part 1)

December 27, 2015 at 11:57 am Comments are Disabled

IT was a miserable Christmas morning weatherwise, but that didn’t deter the hundreds of swimmers who made the annual dash into the cold waters of Fenit. Well over a thousand people gathered at the beach to either take part in or watch the swim which again was  in aid of […]

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REVIEW 2015: The News From January…

REVIEW 2015: The News From January…

December 27, 2015 at 10:46 am Comments are Disabled

Our ‘Review of 2015’ begins with a look at some of the news we brought you in January… • It was announced the ‘Rockumentary’ DVD on Austin Stacks amazing county and Munster final successes, won a McNamee Award. The GAA McNamee Awards are held annually to honour excellence in the area […]

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Roger Harty: Stepping Out Of My Comfort Zone (Part 2)

Roger Harty: Stepping Out Of My Comfort Zone (Part 2)

December 27, 2015 at 10:40 am Comments are Disabled

  THIS is a continuation from last week’s column (click here for previous column) To appreciate and understand this fully, I believe we have to go back to the origin of man which I refer to as ancient man. Why is this so? Well we have to understand the origin of […]

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