Archive for August 25th, 2017

Here’s The Kerry Team For The Replay With Mayo Tomorrow

Here’s The Kerry Team For The Replay With Mayo Tomorrow

August 25, 2017 at 7:52 pm Comments are Disabled

DONNCHADH Walsh is back in the Kerry senior football team to play Mayo in the All Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final replay in Croke Park tomorrow. It’s the only change to the side from the drawn game as he comes in instead of the injured Michael Geaney. Otherwise it’s as […]

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Jack O’Shea Inducted Into GAA Hall Of Fame

Jack O’Shea Inducted Into GAA Hall Of Fame

August 25, 2017 at 2:02 pm Comments are Disabled

HE’S a legend who was such an integral part of the Kerry team of the 70s and 80s who won eight All-Irelands, so it’s no surprise to see Jack O’Shea inducted into the GAA Hall of Fame. The GAA Museum at Croke Park announced the induction of four more players […]

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WATCH: Local Musician Noel’s Revamped Tribute To Conor McGregor

WATCH: Local Musician Noel’s Revamped Tribute To Conor McGregor

August 25, 2017 at 10:38 am Comments are Disabled

LOVE him or hate him, he’s hard to ignore. Conor McGregor is unavoidable this weekend as he prepares for what could be the biggest money-spinning fight ever. A Tralee-based musician wrote and voiced a poetic tribute to UFC star Conor McGregor two years ago and he has revamped it this […]

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Fr Patsy Lynch gets a standing ovation as he enters the room at his farewell get-together at The Meadowlands Hotel on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Fr Patsy Says Farewell To St Brendan’s Parish At Special Celebration

August 25, 2017 at 9:25 am 1 comment

A WONDERFUL farewell get-together was held in The Meadowlands Hotel on Thursday for a much loved priest, who left St Brendan’s parish last month for pastures new. Castleisland native, Fr Patsy Lynch, was transferred from the parish to Portmagee this summer, but last night was a chance for parishioners to […]

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Thomas Ashe.

Plans For Torchlight Parade In Town To Commemorate Thomas Ashe

August 25, 2017 at 9:22 am Comments are Disabled

A SPECIAL event to commemorate Thomas Ashe will take place in the town centre on Monday, September 25, the centenary of his death. Coiste Comóradh 1916/Tralee Irish Volunteers will hold the event to honour Ashe who died as a result of forced feeding and maltreatment in 1917, while on hunger […]

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Grainne O'Sullivan, Catherine O'Sullivan, Amy Quirke

Seven Things To Do In Tralee This Weekend

August 25, 2017 at 9:21 am Comments are Disabled

The festival may be over but there’s still a lot to see and do over the weekend in and around Tralee. Here’s a few suggestions… Friday 1. Get Shortty… The Dome is still up and it will be used to good effect tonight when Pat Shortt performs his new stand-up […]

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Zoe’s World: The Torture Trial Of The Leaving Cert System Can’t Be Right

Zoe’s World: The Torture Trial Of The Leaving Cert System Can’t Be Right

August 25, 2017 at 9:21 am 1 comment

AFTER months of aching anxiety, serious stress and gnawing of nails – I made it. I have officially completed my leaving cert course and I have accepted my place in college; and thank fudge for that! I have tried to hold my tongue on the whole leaving cert topic thus […]

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Events Planned In Tralee To Celebrate ‘Time For Creation’

Events Planned In Tralee To Celebrate ‘Time For Creation’

August 25, 2017 at 9:15 am Comments are Disabled

THREE events are being held in the Diocese of Kerry this month as part of its month-long celebration of ‘Time for Creation’ or ‘Am Cruthaithe’. The first of these events takes place in Tralee Town Park on Friday September 1. People are invited to gather near the fountain  at 6.45pm for […]

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