Archive for April, 2016

AHEAD of Kerry’s return to the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship this Sunday, Captain Daniel Collins has spoken about the rivalry between Kerry clubs and how winning is a habit for this generation of Kerry players. “I suppose every year I’ve been with Kerry I’ve nearly won something,” Daniel Collins told GAA.ie in […]

A BURST water mains out in The Kerries created a six foot deep hole on a road in The Kerries on Monday. Bernard O’Keeffe and his wife Clem sent in photos of the hole to TraleeToday.ie. They came upon it on Monday evening and immediately contacted the gardai. The couple stayed […]

A HEALTHY crowd of locals turned out in Spa Community Centre on Monday night to celebrate the history of Churchill Pearse Brothers GAA club and commemorate the 1916 rising. Churchill has the distinction of being only one of two GAA clubs in Ireland named after the 1916 patriots Padraig and […]

BADMINTON The Annascaul Badminton Club hosted their annual tournament on Sunday last and despite clashing with the Kerry/ Dublin National League final a sizeable entry from across the County descended on the West Kerry village to take part in the last Kerry competition for the 2015/2016 season. No doubt but […]

  PRIMARY school pupils from Firies National School, Lyreacrompane N.S and Scoil Naomh Eirc, Kilmoyley, will take part in the Cork and Limerick regional finals of the Our World Irish Aid Awards 2016 on  May 18-19. The Our World Irish Aid Awards invited pupils across Ireland to create projects, in […]

A CHALLENGE that brings walkers 57km along the Dingle Peninsula coast is back again for another year and takes place on Sunday June 5. The Dingle Way Challenge, organised by St Pats GAA, has proved a very popular event for walkers from near and far. Over the last few years the […]

A LOCAL writers group held a special event in The Abbey Inn last night to encourage local singer/songwriters, poets and writers to take to the stage to air their work. The Thursday Night Writers Group started last summer and meet weekly upstairs at the Abbey from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. They […]

A WALK OUT was conducted by hundreds of Institute of Technology Tralee students on Tuesday morning because lecturers are refusing to give students feedback on their assignment over a dispute with the ITT on the college complaints policy. “We will be saying to lecturers that they need to drop this action […]

HOUSEKEEPING and catering staff at the Bon Secours Hospital Tralee have been celebrating after winning two major national awards for their cleaning and cooking. On the housekeeping front the CAP (the Continuous Advancement Programme) Award inspectors were impressed by the dedication of the cleaning team to ensure the patient environmental […]

A TRALEE businessman was angered and disgusted with an attempt by a person to blacken his name last night, by using a fake Facebook account with photos of his family and claims that his business was closing. Niall Hobbert, who owns BTS Fitness at Manor Park, was contacted by friends and members of his gym […]

THE result was awful but wasn’t it great to be in Croke Park on a fine Sunday afternoon with over 80,000 people as early as April? We’re used to travelling to headquarters on the first weekend in August so it was nice to have an early trip to the capital for […]

TICKETS to the feast of entertainment at this year’s extended Rose of Tralee International Festival will go on sale from Tuesday, May 3. The longer event will feature more Rose and entertainment participants from all over the world and will attract more visitors to enjoy a week-long celebration in Tralee from […]

Busy times for under 14s: Our u14s had a busy and successful weekend ending the 17th. On Sat we had a comprehensive win over the newly formed St Pats, East Kerry. This fledgling club remind us of where we were at a few years ago and we wish them well. […]

  SENIOR TEAM – Co. League: Round 4: Home to Castleisland Desmond’s (5th June) Round 6: Away to Glenbeigh/Glencar (12th June) Round 7: Away to Kenmare (19th June) Round 8: Home to Legion (2nd July) Round 9: Home to Austin Stacks (24th July) Round 10: Home to Dingle (14th August) […]

LOTTO The lotto was held in O Riadas Bar on Monday, 18th April 2016 for a jackpot of €2,500.  Numbers drawn were 8,13,17,27.  There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. Michael Murphy, Brosna 2. Aidan Butler, Rathanny 3. Margaret Horan, Castleisland 4. Kathleen Riordan, Ballymac 5. Mike Webber, Tralee Sellers Prize […]

JOBMATCH PROGRAMME: This initiative is successfully helping a wide range of our players/members/parents.  Today we are appealing to those of you who are: (1) Employers/Business owners and (2) Willing to ask your own employer if they will join the programme. The more employers we have on our contact list, the better […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 02, 14, 25 & 28. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Joe Scanlon c/o Rock St. PO, Susan O Shea Curraheen, Mary O Donoghue Camp, Dominick O Brien c/o Rock St. […]

Lotto: There was no winner of the lotto on Friday night in the Tankard. The Jackpot was €2350 and the numbers drawn were 12-15-23-27. Lucky dip winners Paul Dowling, Graham Gleasure, Jim Wrenn & Padraig Walsh. U12: On a glorious Sunday evening in Fossa our U12 teams put up  brave […]

Seniors:   Na Gaeil played Ballymac in  round 2 of the Junior Championship on Saturday evening last  Killeen. Na Gaeil raced into an early lead with two points from Darragh Carmody and one from Mike Griffin before Ballymac pulled one back with a point through their corner forward Vinnie Horan. […]

Senior Football Our next game will be the Relegation Play off round 1 to be played on May 1st at 2.30pm in Farranfore. There will be extra time in the event of a draw. Comoradh 1916 Kerins O’Rahillys was one of the stops on Sunday last as part of the […]

IT was not a nice day to be a Kerry follower watching an 11 point defeat by Dublin who claimed four-in-row National League titles. Here are some of the best comments from Twitter. Kerry have gone over 350 minutes without scoring a goal v Dublin. #GAA — John Fogarty (@JohnFogartyIrl) […]

OK, you’ve probably seen this before, but it’s interesting to see where the creator of ‘Game Of Thrones’ got his inspiration for drawing the map of the fictional land of Westeros and where Kerry features in it. The world’s biggest TV show returns tonight to Sky Atlantic so we thought we’d have a look […]

OK, it wasn’t a great day in Croke Park yesterday but Kerry people  travelled in their thousands to the game and made themselves heard. We were there to capture the atmosphere under the Hogan Stand on a day best forgotten for the men in green and gold. They came from all over […]

FORMER Kerry great John Egan’s son is doing his late father proud on soccer pitches in England. Twenty-three year old John Egan is one of only four Irish players to be named in a PFA Team of the Season. The Gillingham defender was picked on the League One PFA Team of the […]

Sunday was pretty depressing for fans of Kerry football, but it’s not all doom and gloom according to Gavin O’Connor. Here’s four reasons to keep the heads up (plus see action shots from the game yesterday)… 1. There is still talent to return One of things not been mentioned enough […]

THE Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society (KAHS) annually publish ‘The Kerry Magazine’, in this Issue No. 26, 2016 and like so many other publications, this year’s magazine commemorates the events of 1916. Where it differs from these publications is that it deals exclusively with what might be termed “1916: The Kerry […]

THE Kingdom Greyhound Stadium was the venue on Saturday night for a special event for St Brendan’s NS in Blennerville. Their night at the dogs in aid of fundraising for much needed funds to provide sports equipment and library facilities for the school was a huge success with the community turning […]

TRALEE will miss a great local character around the town as John Moynihan has hung up his brush and bin and retired after 40 years of service to the Council. Popular among his workmates and townsfolk, Scartaglin native John – who has been living in Caherina for the last 47 years […]

  WE really do live in a beautiful part of the world – as if you didn’t already know – but it really comes into its own in the sunshine. The guys at ‘The Irish Drone’ recognise this and went out to Barrow last weekend to film the area in […]

CBS The Green Transition Year students are preparing to stage a play open to the public for one night only early next month. Having successfully staged their interpretation of John B Keane’s ‘The Field’ last year – of which Billy Keane opined “Ye brought John B. Keane back to life. […]