Archive for October, 2016

  Seniors: The Junior Championship Final between Na Gaeil and Glenbeigh/Glencar wil take place on Sunday October 16th. It will be a curtain raiser to the senior final.  The venue has yet to be decided. Honouring the Victors: Na Gaeil Clubhouse was packed to the rafters on Friday night to acknowledge the […]

TWO young second year students from Killorglin Community College will take their place at Europe’s largest Maker Faire in Rome, Italy later this month. Jack Nagle and Eoghan McKenna have qualified, out of a field of thousands, to exhibit their medical device ‘Dreamy Baby Prop’. The two young men, who […]

KERRY won the Best Regional stand award at the Connect16 closing ceremony in Dublin last week. Kerry Convention Bureau (KCB) and 16 Kerry business event specialists took Dublin by storm, exhibiting at Connect16, Ireland’s largest ever event for the meetings and events sector which took place in the RDS on Wednesday […]

U16: Churchill under 16s won the Division 1 of the Tralee Town League on Thursday night with a victory over Na Gaeil in Oakpark. Our lads struggled to make their dominance count early on and there was only a few scores between the teams at half time. Churchill came out more […]

THIS week, Chapter 23 credit unions have announced its sponsorship of the Padraig Pearse fund to assist adult learners who face financial hardship in completing their post Leaving Cert courses. The fund is being administrated through Kerry Education and Training Board and will be allocated to those needing additional financial […]

  Garvey’s Supervalu Senior Championship Quarter Final Kerins O’Rahillys 0-14 Dr. Crokes 1-16 Played in ideal conditions last Saturday afternoon Dr. Crokes qualified for the semi-final in this Garvey’s Co. Championship. Though we had the first point from Jack Savage Crokes equalised straight after before Kieran O’Mahony equalised in the […]

PEIL FAOI 6: Our youngsters had an enjoyable hour’s football v Na Gaeil in Caherslee on Sunday last. More football next Sunday and every Sunday (no…no Thursday sessions!!) ‘till the end of October. That’s dedication! PEIL FAOI 8/10: The Siobhán Cotter Blitz will be held in Churchill on Sunday next (9th). Good […]

THE Tidy Tralee Together awards for 2016 have been announced with winners in many different categories. Manor Village were tops in the Large Estate category, the Medium Estates category was won by Knockmoyle, Quarryvale in Mounthawk will celebrate winning the Small Estates group while Caheranne Close and Castlemorris share top spot in […]

SANDBAGS are being distributed in parts of the county as up to 100mm of rain is expected over the next day. Met Éireann issued a Code Orange rainfall warning for Kerry which is valid until 6pm on Tuesday and up to 100mm is expected on higher ground particularly in coastal areas. […]

TOMMY Tiernan is coming to Kerry in December for three gigs…in the one hotel. The Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney will host the comedian where he’ll perform in the Ballroom, the INEC and the INEC Acoustic Club on three consecutive nights Friday, December 16, Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th. According to […]

  Senior County Championship Relegation playoff Kilcummin preserved their senior championship status with a three points victory over our own club-Milltown –Castlemaine in Castleisland on Sunday afternoon. MC was very unfortunate to lose Donal Dennehy to injury in the 14th minute. Donal had just scored MC’s 1st point -when he […]

HURLING: Austin Stacks 4-8; Duagh 3-5. Congratulations to our Hurlers who retained their JH Co. Championship title with two goals to spare over a strong Duagh side at the John Mitchels Complex last Saturday afternoon (1st Oct).  We played with the aid of a very strong wind in the first half […]

CLUB RESULTS; Saturday 01st October U12 JK Sports Premier 3 Tralee Dynamos 0-8 Park A . U12 JK Sports Premier 4 Listowel A 8-3 Park B . U14 Foundation Sports Premier Park A 9-0 Mastergeeha . U14 Foundation Sports Div.1 Killarney Celtic B 2-2 Park B . U16 Trophy World […]

THE club may have had a disappointing Sunday after the footballers were knocked out of the senior championship, but Austin Stacks had a trophy to celebrate at the weekend. The hurlers retained their Junior Hurling Co. Championship title on a scoreline of 4-8 to 3-5 over Duagh at the John Mitchels Complex on Saturday afternoon. […]

Big Blitz Big Success: Congratualtions to all the volunteers and participants who helped make the Tralee Parnells Hurling and Camogie Big Blitz day on Saturday, September 3rd a great success. We had 200 camogie players and 200 boys in action at John Mitchels GAA grounds. Too many club members to […]

RESCHEDULING OF CLUB MEETING: As a mark of respect to the late Noel Dalton, John Mitchels Club Information meeting has been rescheduled to Monday October 3rd at 7.30 p.m. in John Joe Sheehy Road.SYMPATHY: The Chairman, Officers and members of John Mitchels Club wishes to extend their sympathy to the […]

LOTTO The lotto was held in the Halfway Bar on Monday 26th September 2016 for a jackpot of €4,800.  Numbers drawn were 9,12,14,19.  There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. Katie and Blake Leen, Chutehall 2. JJ Murphy, c/o Tom Leen 3. Dave Slattery, c/o Paula Silles 4. Margaret O Connor, […]

  Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 01, 11, 16 & 18. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Michael Lynch Curragraigue,Bertie Flynn c/o M Sugrue, Margaret Kelliher c/o Rock St PO, Chris Griffin c/o Rock St PO […]

NA GAEIL will play Glenbeigh-Glencar in the Castleisland Mart Junior Premier Championship Final as the curtain raiser to the Garveys Supervalu Senior Football Championship Final scheduled for Sunday, October 16. This was decided at a CCC meeting last night where it was decided Fitzgerald Stadium would be the venue for next week’s […]

KERRY could see up to 100mm of rain in the next day according to Met Eireann. They have just issued a Status Orange Rainfall Warning just for  Kerry.  From 60 to 80 mm of rainfall is forecasted for today, tonight and much of Tuesday with up to 100 mm possible in […]

Gavin O’Connor watched on as the second Tralee side in as many days were dumped out of the championship at Fitzgerald Stadium on Sunday… Kenmare District 0-15 Austin Stacks 0-12 KENMARE DISTRICT seized the initiative in the final quarter to secure a three point win and knock Austin Stacks out […]

  THERE were two lucky winners of Saturday’s Lotto jackpot worth €4,532,646 and one of them bought their ticket in Kerry. And there was more great luck for another winner of over €180,000 in the county. The winning tickets, which were both Quick Pick selections were sold in Hannah Mary’s Country Store XL in […]

FORMER pupils from Listellick NS gathered on Saturday afternoon to do battle for the ‘Top Of The Hill’ Cup. The John Mitchels All-Weather pitch was the venue for the game which is in its second year. Organiser Ricky Moloney explained what the match is all about. “Last year Listellick school celebrated […]

THESE are halcyon days for Na Gaeil GAA Club. The seniors were promoted from Division 4 and are now looking forward to a Junior championship final, the juvenile teams are going well and the ladies teams are no slouches in the success department in recent years. And then there’s the minors. This year, […]

TO paraphrase a famous line from the movie Jaws, ‘you’re gonna need a bigger venue’! If you want to see top basketball action in Tralee this season, you better get there early! The Tralee Regional Sports and Leisure Centre was full nearly half an hour before the start of Irish TV […]

AUGUST proved a very busy month on the property market around town and indeed, in the county. According to the latest figures from the Residential Property Price Register, there were 25 properties sold in the Tralee area during the month, realising €3,435,139. A house in the Spa sold for the most […]

THERE was a belief not that long ago that the world was flat. Because that was the belief, it was therefore not surprising that all thoughts that were generated at that time arose on the assumption that the world was indeed flat. Thus there was huge fear generated at that time, […]

AN ORANGE weather warning has been issued by Met Eireann for dense fog tonight and tomorrow morning, which will result in poor driving conditions. Kerry County Council are advising motorists to drive with extreme care, at an appropriate speed and with your fog lights on. Pedestrians should also exercise caution, are advised to wear […]

Gavin O’Connor watched Kerins O’Rahillys bow out of the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SFC at Austin Stack Park this afternoon… Dr Crokes 1-16 Kerins O’Rahillys 0-14 A CLASSY and composed Crokes dumped a battling Kerins O’Rahillys out of the Senior Football County Championship at the quarter-final stage on Saturday. Though O’Rahillys […]

IT was great fun out in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night as teams took part in a very different type of fundraiser. The Family Gameshow, in aid of Recovery Haven, was based loosely on popular television shows “Family Fortunes” and “Mr & Mrs” and saw families from various parts of the […]