Archive for March, 2017

THIS year, Kerry Rape & Sexual Abuse Centre (KRSAC) will be celebrating 25 years in existence. To celebrate this milestone, several events have been planned for 2017. The first of these celebratory events took place on Saturday, March 11 at the School House at Muckross House & Gardens. Soprano and Harpist, […]

LAST year’s day-long Rose experience in Kildare was so successful, the county will double the hospitality in 2017 and welcome the International Roses for two-days next August, before the Rose of Tralee International Festival. The Rose of Tralee, Maggie McEldowney flew in from Chicago today to join the Mayor of […]

DAFFODIL Day was launched on Monday at The Brogue Inn. It will take place on Friday, March 24, and will help raise vital funds for The Irish Cancer Society. There will be 13 stations located around Tralee on the day, giving people plenty of opportunity to donate to the cause. […]

JACK O’Connor has decided to stick with the same 15 who started against Clare for their U21  Munster Championship Semi Final this week. The Kerry Under 21s play Waterford at Fraher Field Dungarvan on Wednesday evening at 7:30pm. The team, captained by Brian Sugrue of Renard is as follows:       1. Shane […]

Senior Tralee Town league Results Sunday 12/03/2017 Ballymac 0-11 Kerins O’Rahillys 2-12 A strong effort from Ballymac against a stronger Kerins O’Rahillys team this week. Even though victory was not to be had for the home side  this week it was great see the team out against this Division 1 […]

Seniors    Na Gaeil Seniors get their Division Three County League campaign off to a start on Sunday next March 19th when they take on Fossa at home in Killeen at 2.00pm. Come out and support the team for what promises to be a very entertaining game of football.  U14    The […]

ST PATRICK’S DAY PARADE: Once again John Mitchels will be taking part in the Annual St Patrick’s Day Parade on Friday March 17th. We would hope to see as many Players, Mentors and Parents come together and represent John Mitchels GAA Club on our national day. 11.15 a.m. Meet at […]

SIGNIFICANT ANNIVERSARY: It was the Club’s greatest victory in our one hundred year history, and it happened in Croke Park, forty years ago today (13th March 1977), when we won our first and, so far, only All Ireland SF Club Championship title. In that final on that Sunday afternoon we […]

  Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 6, 11, 13 & 28. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Paul Denison The Kerries, Colin O Shea c/o PJ Higgins, Susan Keating c/o Jerry Moriarty, Martin O Shea c/o The Rock […]

Seniors: Having not played a game for the past 3 weeks we were back in action again this week with the final game in the Tralee town league when we played Ballymac in their own pitch with a place in the final up for grabs. We fielded a strong side […]

Juveniles: Academy training was due to commence last weekend, however due to the recent poor weather conditions the pitch in the Spa was unavailable. We now hope to start the Academy training this Sunday from 11am to 12pm on the AstroTurf pitches in Tralee Sports Complex. Further information will be […]

Bring Your Hurley and March On Friday: Players please bring your hurley with you and show the people of Tralee the skills we are developing among our players as we march along the parade route. All members and supporters, please contact club officers if you are available to march with […]

St.Patrick’s Day Greetings: We wish all those who are abroad a wonderful St. Patrick’s Day. Here at home, we look forward to all our age groups participating in the annual parade. Our town is looking fantastic-thanks to the hard working committee who spent last Sunday afternoon putting up colourful bunting […]

GARVEY’S Tralee Warriors were on fire last month and this has been recognised with both the Men’s Super League Player of the Month and the Men’s Super League Coach of the Month titles for the month of February. Head Coach Mark Bernsen won Coach of the Month for February after Tralee continued an unbeaten run […]

EARLIER we brought you the winners of the Connect Kerry Hair and Beauty Awards in the Rose Hotel (click here for previous story and images). It was glamorous occasion with no shortage of style and amazing hair and make-up as you’d expect from guests who are experts in their field. […]

GARDAI are asking for the public’s assistance in relation to an assault which occurred last week. A man had just left a taxi outside the Kingscourt Apartment Complex in Manor West on Thursday night/Friday morning, when he was assaulted at 3.30am. He suffered injuries and was moved to Cork University Hospital. Gardaí are […]

FORMER Irish rugby international Keith Wood and Kerry senior football team boss Eamonn Fitzmaurice are among the high-profile figures from the world of local, national and international sport who will attend a series of panel discussions on recreation and sport at the launch of the new five-year strategy of the Kerry […]

TRALEE Marathon organisers are looking for stewards and volunteers to help run the event on Saturday March 18. The organisers require people to volunteer a few hours to help cover some key spots along the route, with time slots of 9.30 am-12.30 pm and 12.00 pm- 3.00 pm. The marathon is taking […]

OVER 250 people from the hair and beauty industry in Kerry gathered at The Rose Hotel on Sunday afternoon for an afternoon of fun, style and awards. The inaugural Connect Kerry Hair and Beauty Awards garnered huge interest over the past couple of months with thousands of votes cast for […]

  IT may have been a 13 point defeat (0-12 to 1-22) but there was certainly no shame in Kerry’s loss to Galway on Sunday in the home side’s penultimate Allianz Hurling League Division 1B game of the season. Kerry will now prepare for a showdown with Offaly on March […]

THIRTEEN new Tourism Ambassadors for north Kerry have been presented with certificates by the Listowel Municipal District Leas-Cathaoirleach, Cllr Mike Kennelly, upon their completion of the very first Tourism Ambassador Programme in Kerry. The initiative was developed by Kerry County Council’s Tourism Unit in association with the Institute of Technology in […]

THERE was a great turnout at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday as  stylists from around the county battled it out at a fantastic charity event. ‘Rags To The Runway’,was a fashion event for anyone with an interest in thrift shopping, vintage clothes and fashion in general. Stylists had the challenge of […]

THE Spa/Churchill community and beyond were out in force last night for its ‘Night at the Dogs’ fundraiser. It was a great night of racing with a wide variety of different novelty activities from bouncy castles to face painting for the younger visitors, to a ‘Battle of the Legends’ with former Kerry […]

IT was close…very close. However, Garvey’s Tralee Warriors winning run came to end last night up in Dublin when they were beaten by newly crowned champions, Templeogue. The Dublin side won the Men’s Super League crown after a 96-93 win over Tralee Warriors at Oblate Hall. Tralee will finish third if they […]

I SUPPOSE a good place to begin with anything is at the start and a good place to start here is in the dictionary. Charity is described as ‘Charitable giving is the act of giving money, goods or time to the unfortunate, either directly or by means of a charitable […]

KIRBY’S Brogue Inn was even busier than usual on Friday morning as the local branch of the Irish Cancer Society held a fundraising coffee morning. “We always have it before Daffodil Day and there’s a great crowd here today. All the money goes to research and training ‘daffodil’ nurses,” said […]

KERRY ETB will hold its annual Further Education and Training Fair, on Wednesday, March, 22 from 10am to 6pm at the Brandon Hotel. The public are invited to this free event with a variety of interactive skill demonstrations ranging from stonecutting, to 3D printing that can make prototypes, culinary arts, tour guiding, hairdressing, […]

A PRESENTATION Tralee TY group have reached the last 50 teams in the SEAI ‘One Good Idea’ competition. Ciara Boyd, Blaithnaid Cotter, Rebecca Duggan and Eimear Allard were extremely busy running their activity week recently and put the finishing touches to the final project submission this week. Continued below… Their project, ‘Locally Grown Is […]

  THERE’S more than a ghost of a chance that an attempt to break a Guinness Book of Records will succeed later this month in Mercy Mounthawk Secondary School. The school hopes to break the record of having the most number of ‘ghosts’ in one location and raise funds for the Kerry Branch of Arthritis […]

A SPRING treat is on the way next weekend with a not-to-be-missed choral concert with the Kerry Choral Union in St Brendan’s Church, Upper Rock Street, Tralee on Sunday March 19 at 7:30pm. The concert is eagerly anticipated and has been organised as a fundraiser for the benefit of Recovery Haven, the Kerry […]