Archive for October, 2016

Milltown Castlemaine Minors: Hard luck to our minor team who bowed out of the Mid Kerry Championship after a thrilling game versus Laune Rangers. Despite a valiant effort and a score of 2:14- the boys from over the bridge proved too strong. We wish Laune Rangers well in the remainder […]

Winter indoor sessions: Tralee Parnells winter indoor sessions have started Tuesdays in Tralee Sports Complex at 6.30 pm. Under 10’s up first so all current and new players are invited to attend.  €2 per child to cover overheads. Annual General Meeting: On Friday the 18th of November, Tralee Parnells club AGM takes place at 9 […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 07, 12, 13 & 28. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Sheila Murphy Derrymore, M.Lynch Knockmoyle, Mary Reidy Blennerville, Mary McCarthy strand Street and Debra Buckley Lixnaw. Next week’s Lotto will […]

MAURICE COLLINS RIP: Family, friends and colleagues were shocked and saddened to learn last Tuesday evening of the sudden death of Maurice Collins – former Team Mentor and father of current Club Footballer, Mikey and former Club Footballers, Máiréad and Bríd and father-in-law of former Club Hurler, Finbarr Canty. For many […]

  Junior Football Final Replay     Na Gaeil played Glenbeigh/Glencar in the Premier Junior Football Final replay in Fitzgerald Stadium on Sunday last. Na Gaeil started brightly and had a few early attempts for scores but failed to take them. Glenbeigh/Glencar then took control for the next twelve minutes of the half […]

Senior Football Senior Town Championship final vs Ballymac has been re-fixed for Sunday the 13th of November at 2pm in Strand Road. There will be extra time n the event of a draw. Cahill Cup Charlie Kerins played Skellig Rangers in the final of the Cahill Cup on Saturday last in Cromane. […]

IT’S been a good year for Tralee Triathlon Club and even better for some its athletes who have been chosen to represent Ireland at the World Championships in 2017. Suzanne O’Sullivan from Farranfore and Ciara Tierney from Tralee will both be representing Ireland at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Championships in […]

SO the first ever John Mitchels ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event was a huge success with over 700 packing into Ballygarry House Hotel last night. Friends and families of the 22 contestants brought banners and a lot of noise to the occasion and it created a fantastic atmosphere at the venue. […]

THE performers at the Tenacity School of Performing Arts certainly had an eventful weekend. A large crowd of young performers and their families gathered at the school’s base in Moyderwell on Saturday night for the end of term presentations. “The students received Irish Board Of Speech And Drama certificates for their acting, […]

SINGER/SONGWRITER Leo O’Kelly entertained audiences at The Acoustic Room at Il Forno on Saturday night, continuing the list of top artists performing upstairs at the restaurant. The former Tir Na nOg singer had a small but captive audience for the gig. Scroll down for photos…

A SPECTACULAR night of entertainment was enjoyed by over 700 people in Ballygarry House Hotel last night for the inaugural John Mitchels GAA Club ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event. While the 11 couples impressed the judges and audience alike, there had to be one winner and the silky moves of Frank O’Donnell and […]

Gavin O’Connor was in Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney, on Sunday afternoon to see the Glenbeigh/Glencar beat Na Gaeil in the replay of the Castleisland Mart Junior Premier County Final… Glenbeigh/Glencar 1-16 (19) Na Gaeil 0-12 THERE is to be no fairytale championship run for Na Gaeil who were beaten by Glenbeigh/Glencar in the […]

THERE was a great turnout at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night for the Tralee Golf Club Captain’s Dinner. There was a lot to celebrate too as captain Liam Nolan explained. “I’m a member in Tralee for many years and so are my family and I’m delighted to be […]

THERE were some dangerous looking types in the Abbey Inn last night but it was all for a great cause. Terence Crean and Manus Leane organised a charity Fancy Dress Rock Night in the bar and some people really made the effort for the occasion. The two charities benefitting were […]

WHAT is ‘Oneness’? Well it is absence of ‘Twoness’. I know and accept that this is a corny answer but there might just be something in it. You see, what I refer to as ‘Twoness’ is often referred to as duality in psychology. Duality, in other words, means moving into […]

YESTERDAY we brought you photos from the IT Tralee graduation ceremony on Friday morning, where students from the School of Business, Computing and Humanities got their just rewards for their hard work. Here’s the final part of our coverage from the two days of conferrings at the Brandon Hotel Conference […]

ON Friday morning, the results of years of study bore fruit for hundreds of students from IT Tralee. The students from courses in the School of Business, Computing and Humanities gathered at the Brandon Hotel for their conferring ceremony and received the congratulations from the IT Tralee President, Oliver Murphy. […]

PUPILS had a great start to the mid-term break when the school dressed up for a Halloween party on Friday. Vampires, zombies, witches and superheroes walked the corridors of the school as each class got a chance to enjoy party games and fun in the school hall. A fun time then […]

HUNDREDS of students gathered in the Brandon Conference Centre on Friday for two IT Tralee conferring ceremonies. In the afternoon it was the turn of students who completed courses in the School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics and the School of Health and Social Sciences to step up to […]

Gavin O’Connor looks at the Na Gaeil v Glenbeigh/Glencar, County Junior Premier Football Championship Final Replay, Fitzgerald Stadium, Sunday 2:30pm… THERE is a chance for both sides to reset the clock after the arduous drawn final two weeks ago, which was slog for players and those in the stand and […]

COLLEAGUES of Marc Ó Sé at CBS The Green threw a surprise party for him on Friday to say thanks for his 14 years of service to the Kerry senior football team. “I have been very lucky that they have been very supportive down through the years,” said Marc who began teaching in […]

AS we reported earlier (click here for previous coverage), Thursday saw students from the School of Health and Social Sciences conferred with degrees at the Brandon Conference Centre. They were some of the close on 1,000 IT Tralee students attending graduation ceremonies on Thursday and Friday. The graduation was a special occasion for the […]

AN Taoiseach Enda Kenny has launched a new service from the Federation for Victim Assistance,  a group co-founded by a Tralee woman. Former Tralee Town Councillor, Mairead Fernane, joint-president of the organisation, was in Dublin for the launch of the new confidential freephone number 1800 277 477 which has been established to provide free […]

The weekend is upon us and it’s a long one. Yippee! Here’s a few things you can head out to in town and beyond… Saturday 1. Go to the dogs… A night at the dogs at Kingdom Greyhound Stadium in aid of Recovery Haven Cancer Support House Kerry is on Saturday. This […]

FORMER Rose of Tralee Maria Walsh was one of the guest speakers at an evening of fashion, fun and awareness in Benners Hotel on Thursday night. ‘Think Pink, Think Positive’, in aid of Breast Cancer Research, was an evening for ladies, by ladies with some inspirational speakers, including Daily Diva Diary founder Helen Quealy-Murphy and […]

SATURDAY should be a very special day in The Meadowlands Hotel, when ladies who completed their leaving certificate in Presentation Tralee back in 1966 meet again. Anne Kelliher is the main organisers of the event and is looking forward to meeting old friends. Anne lived in nearby Moyderwell/Upper Castle Street and remembered her […]

THURSDAY saw the first of three sessions of conferrings for almost 1,000 students who are graduating from IT Tralee. The Brandon Conference Centre was the venue yesterday afternoon for students from the School of Health and Social Sciences. Hundreds donned the caps and gowns to receive their hard-earned qualifications and Dr Oliver […]

IF you haven’t got your ticket for the  the inaugural John Mitchels GAA Club ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event this weekend then you’re out of luck. The organisers have announced that the Sunday night event is a sell-out success with 700 tickets sold at €20 a head. The Boherbee faithful really stepped […]

WORK on a new housing development in Tralee is now underway. Work on an access road to a development of 46 detached houses at  at Lisloose, off the Bracker O’Regan road has begun. The houses are being constructed on lands owned by the Lynch Family. Permission was granted for the development by Kerry […]

IT may only be October, but people are already getting ready for the Tralee Marathon Series which will be getting underway on February 12, 2017, with the Valentines 10 miler. This race was sold out last year and an appeal has gone out for participants to register as early as possible. The full […]