Archive for August, 2016

THOSE with an interest in getting back into education should pay a visit to Tralee VTOS at Clash on tomorrow morning (Thursday) for an Open Day about the services they offer. The information morning gives information on the two year Leaving Cert course, Level 3 General Learning, Level 4 Employment Skills and Level […]

Sunday  28th August Exchange with Ceann sibeal MC13  sponsored by Tralee Town House 1st : Gene O’Donnell  (13 ) 41 Points 2nd : Kieran O’Callaghan (21 ) 37 Points 3rd : Paddy O’Donoghue  (21 ) 37 Points 4th : Colm Nagle  (20) 36 Points 5th : Brian Waldron (17) 36 […]

PLANNING permission has been granted for a new petrol station on the John Joe Sheehy on the grounds of the old John Mitchels GAA pitch. Last December, Corrib Oil Company Limited, applied for permission to construct a two storey retail/office building and a petrol filling station. Permission was granted in March but the […]

NOT a bother on them. That seemed to be the consensus on the children beginning their schooldays at Scoil Eoin, Balloonagh, on Wednesday morning when we called to take some photos. There were three junior infants classes starting and they were all settled down and happy with their teachers, Mrs Carol Anne O’Donoghue, […]

OUR website passed another milestone yesterday when we went over the 900,000 pageviews a month mark, for the first time. TraleeToday.ie has been averaging over 750,000 page views a month from over 80,000 users since January 2016, but there was a huge surge of users hitting the site over the Rose of Tralee […]

WHAT’S Limerick’s loss is Kerry’s gain as Ciaran Carey has said he will be staying with Kerry, despite interest from within his native county. The three time All-Star is just one of the high-profile figures linked with the Limerick managerial job vacated by TJ Ryan, but Carey has maintained he is […]

IT’S set to be a swish affair this autumn when a black tie Masquerade Ball takes place in Tralee in aid of Pieta House. A committee headed by Tralee woman Mary Stapleton-Foley and her colleagues from The HR Suite are organising the event at The Rose Hotel on Friday, October […]

KERRY Education and Training Board has announced the appointment of Mr. Owen O’Donnell as the new Director of Further Education and Training with Kerry Education and Training Board. The Education and Training sector has been through a period of restructuring in recent years with the establishment of 16 Education and Training Boards […]

LEE Strand welcomed the 2016 Rose of Tralee Maggie McEldowney, to the launch of the Lee Strand Homework Journals at the Lee Strand milk plant in Ballymullen, Tralee. This year over 10,000 Lee Strand hardback homework journals will be distributed to National School pupils in Kerry, West Limerick and North Cork. […]

IT’S the time of the year when parents around the country can get very emotional as a milestone event in their child’s life comes around. Schools around Tralee are welcoming new Junior Infant classes and we’re going to travel around town all week to see how they settle in. Though […]

THE founder of the successful ‘Hairy Baby’ company, who hails from Tralee, has revealed that a t-shirt, inspired by the O’Donovan brothers from Skibbereen, is their biggest selling t-shirt to date. Daragh Murphy, of the Cork company which makes novelty t-shirts and other products, also said he received inspiration for a t-shirts from […]

KERRY had some outstanding performers in the clash against Dublin at the weekend, but one of them has beaten off blue opposition to win the the GAA.ie Footballer of the Week award. Paul Geaney, who scored 1-4 for the Kingdom, topped the poll with 7,956 public votes. Dublin’s Kevin McManamon came […]

NOW that the Kerry seniors are out of the All-Ireland championship, the focus returns to the Garvey’s Supervalu Senior Football Championship which is at the quarter-final stage. The competitions control committee (CCC) will meet on this Wednesday evening to put the finishing touches to the autumn schedule of games. The […]

THE Austin Stacks Hurling & Football Club/Lee Strand Under 13 Invitational Football Tournament will take place in Connolly Park over the weekend September 10/11 with 16 teams taking part from all over the country. This prestigious competition began 30 years ago, when four teams took part, but it has grown so […]

THE Rose of Tralee has received a lot of bad press over the last week – and a lot of it, I have to agree with. I think the annihilation of the poor hopeful girls on the RTE TV documentary was heartbreaking and completely unnecessary. I think that the Sydney Rose should not […]

FANS of musical drama – not to mention Irish history – will have one last chance to see the hit show about a Rathmore man who died in the 1916 Rising. The hit drama ‘Patrick’ returns to the INEC for a one-night-only showing at the INEC on Thursday, October 27. Written and directed by […]

  STRICTLY COME DANCING: Our thanks to Adrienne McLoughlin for the following Report and for her  brilliant photographs of the event which can be viewed, as usual, on our club website: “Strictly Come Dancing” has become a social event not just for the Austin Stacks Hurling & Football Club but for […]

THEY went to Dublin in their tens of thousands to support Kerry teams yesterday and they sure made themselves heard. From before midday there were hundreds of Kerry fans milling around the Croke Park Hotel and James Gill Pub, eagerly anticipating the encounters ahead and having a pint to calm the […]

LOTTO The lotto was held in Glenduff House on 22nd August for a jackpot lotto of €4,300.  There was no winner.  Numbers drawn were 2,11,14,24. Lucky Dips 1. James Walsh, c/o Tom Leen 2, John Rahilly, c/o Tom Leen 3. Flor O Connor, Meanala 4. Margaret O Connor, Ballymac 5. […]

Seniors: Churchill play their final game in this year’s County League at home to Valentia on Sunday afternoon. Throw-In in Churchill is at 2pm.   U-16: Churchill have reached the Division 3 final of the Co League, where they will face Milltown/Castlemaine. Details of this game are still to be […]

NATURALLY, after a championship-ending defeat and another season done and dusted, retirements are not too far away from the discussion. Four Kerry legends in particular must be weighing up their options of whether the bodies can take another crack at Sam. Aidan O’Mahony (36) The Rathmore man was a late inclusion […]

  Milltown Castlemaine-2/13 Glenbeigh Glencar: 3/09. Milltown Castlemaine took on Glenbeigh Glencar in the O’ Sullivan Cup-in the Paddy Burke Memorial Park on Tuesday evening. Playing in glorious sunshine, the first score came in the 1st minute -with a point from GG. It took MC until the 5 Th minute to […]

  Na Gaeil Annual Cycle   Na Gaeil Annual Cycle took place on Saturday last and was a great success. Well in excess of one hundred cyclists took part, some cycling the 40km route and the more experienced cyclists doing the 80km route. They all thoroughly enjoyed themselves and it was great […]

  Parnells Big Blitz Sep 3rd Tralee Parnells will host a Hurling and Camogie Big Blitz day on Saturday, September 3rd, at John Mitchels G.A.A. Grounds. Families are invited to come along to watch young Parnells showcasing their skills. The building excitement of Croke Park will surround the matches, involving […]

  SENIOR TEAM – Co League Round 11: Away to Kerins O’Rahilly’s 4th September @ 1.30p.m. DATE FOR THE DIARY – STRICTLY COME DANCING: John Mitchels are delighted to announce their 1st ever Strictly Come Dancing Competition. This will be held in Ballygarry House Hotel on Sunday October 30th 2016 […]

  Lotto Our lotto was held last Monday night, August 29th in Skelper Quane’s Bar due to the Kerry game. Winning numbers will be included in next week’s notes. Academy Our Juvenile Academy boys and girls had a good turnout last Thursday evening and everyone involved had lots of fun […]

THE Kerry Islamic Outreach Society’s ‘Fourth Annual Islamic Cultural Exhibition’ drew more people than in previous years to the Brandon Hotel on Saturday. The event is held to give visitors a greater understanding of the teachings of Islam, to correct misconceptions about the religion and for a chance to meet and interact with […]

GARDAI are seeking the public’s assistance after a woman was robbed in the Shanakill area. On Saturday night/Sunday morning, between 3am and 3.30am, a woman was walking home to Shanakill from the town centre. As she entered Shanakill estate, she was set upon and robbed by a man. He took her handbag and […]

LOSING to Dublin for the fourth time on the trot in the championship was a sickener, but there’s plenty of reasons to be hopeful of redressing the balance in the coming years… Minors on the verge of three-in-row Kerry minors did not win an All-Ireland for 20 years, now the county […]

THREE Kerry sites are coming up for sale at the next Allsop Online Auction on September 13. A site at Clogherbrien, Tralee, has a reserve range off between €10,000 – €20,000. The parcel of land extends to approximately 0.47 ha (1.16 acres). The subject property is accessible via the R558 east of […]