Archive for September, 2017

THE annual remembrance day for Con Houlihan takes place in Castleisland on Saturday, September 30 and this year sees the the launch of the Con Houlihan Trail by Castleisland Chamber Alliance. The trail consists of a short tour of Castleisland town taking in some of Con’s favourite places in the area. […]

Mike O’Halloran watched two  Kerry County Minor Hurling Championship quarter-final ties at Kilmoyley and Abbeydorney on Wednesday evening… THERE were big wins for both Crotta O’Neill’s and Abbeydorney/Parnells in the minor championship yesterday evening. Abbeydorney/Parnells overcame Kilmoyley in the beautiful sod that is Kilmoyley pitch, given all the rain that […]

  TRANSITION Kerry will be hosting a ‘Sustainable Space’ at Tralee Food Festival on this Saturday in the Square. This is to celebrate and showcase the work that is being done by local community groups and small local sustainable businesses. Tralee Allotments Project will show how the Community Apple Press works. […]

EXTREME endurance athlete Gavan Hennigan will be delivering a talk, organised by Jigsaw Kerry, entitled “Developing Mental Resilience” in the Rose Hotel in Tralee on Sunday, October 8.   Gavan Hennigan is an Irish Extreme Endurance Athlete who hails from Galway. He has worked worldwide as a deep-sea saturation diver […]

WHILE adults took off on the annual Ardfert Harvest Cycle in aid of the local school two weeks ago, the planned kids cycle for September 10 had to be postponed. Well now the Kids’ Fun Cycle has been rescheduled for this Sunday, September 24. Registration from 10am to 10.45am and […]

  THE country was saddened this morning at the news of the passing of the legendary Jimmy Magee. The RTE broadcaster passed away at the age of 82 and will be fondly remembered by all sports fans who grew up hearing his voice. One man who’ll feel saddened is Michael […]

YOU may have noticed that it’s pretty rotten outside today, but it should clear later this evening. The rain is coming down at the moment and Met Eireann has issued a Yellow Status Weather Advisory for Munster, Leinster, Cavan and Monaghan. There’ll be heavy rain today, continuing in the east for […]

TRALEE Boxing Club’s Patrick McCarthy is within one win of at least a bronze medal at the European Junior Championships. The local  boxer advanced to the quarter-finals of the 32-nation tournament held in Bulgaria this week with a 5-0 win over Owen Paton from Scotland in the 48kg category. The […]

THE number of people signing on in Tralee’s Social Welfare office fell in August, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office. There were 4,205 signing on last month, down 81 from July’s figure. Countywide, 8,711 signed on at Kerry’s seven social welfare offices in August, down 284 […]

Club Notes St Brendan’s Park Fc are excited to announce that we are looking to start up a GIRLS U12 team for the coming 2017/18 season. Girls born in 2007 2006 2005 would be eligible to play in this age group. As we are a volunteer run club we would ask the […]

Training times With most of the trials and teams organised the following are the updated training days and times. Training days and times are subject to change and if you have a query about any of the teams you can contact the relevant team manager or through the club facebook […]

FAOI 6/8/10: (i) Great fun was had by all at last Sunday’s ‘football breakfast’! Another enjoyable football session will take place next Sunday morning in Caherslee. (ii) Thursday football at the usual times…U6/8s at 5.45pm and U10s at 6.30pm. (iii) On Saturday next (23rd), the UNDER 8s and UNDER 10s will […]

Results: Fourball Betterball,  sponsored by Mc Carthy Insurance 1st: Richard Rafferty (9) & Brian O’Leary (10) 48 Points 2nd: Adam Leahy (8) & Mark Leahy (6) 46 Points 3rd: Bernard Costello Jnr (13) & John Joeseph O’Sullivan (21) 46 Points 4th: Eoghan O’Donnell (1) & Darren O’Sullivan (1) 44 Points […]

ST. BRENDAN’S BASKETBALL CLUB NOTES ÉAMONN MCCARTHY MEMORIAL U16 BOYS TOURNAMENT The Éamonn McCarthy Memorial U16 Boys Tournament takes place on Saturday next the 23rd September. The tournament will be played at two venues. Group One will play in Moyderwell Primary School Gym and Group Two will play in Presentation Secondary […]

SAILING enthusiasts are in for a treat this weekend with top racing coming to Fenit. Tralee Bay Maritime Centre along with Tralee Bay Sailing Club are hosting some of the best sailors in the country in a spectacular sailing competition, The 49er Nationals and Skiff Open from Friday, September 22 […]

THE 5th Annual Enable Ireland Swimathon takes place on Sunday, October 1 at Banna Beach Hotel, Ardfert and organisers are looking for people to take part. This is a continuous swim over 8 hours from 10am – 6pm. Organiser Brid Brown says; “There is no age limit and we welcome […]

The Pope’s Astronomer, Bro. Guy Consolmagno, S.J.,Director of the Vatican Observatory, will visit the Kerry International Dark Sky Reserve on Tuesday, October 17 He is due to deliver two talks – one to secondary school students at Coláiste na Sceilge, Cahersiveen, and the second, a public lecture later that evening […]

KERRY County Council Local Enterprise Office, in association with Peevers Slye Cotter (PSC Taxation Services), will present a Budget 2018 Breakfast Briefing in Ballygarry House Hotel, Tralee on Thursday, October 12 from  8.30am to 10.30am. The briefing will summarise the main points arising from the Budget announced on the afternoon of October 10. There will be particular emphasis […]

PUBLIC history project ‘National Treasures’ is calling on the people of Kerry to submit their treasured objects to help tell the story of Irish life over the past 100 years. RTÉ and the National Museum of Ireland are currently working together to create ‘National Treasures’, a unique archive documenting how […]

LISTOWEL native and former Mayor of Listowel, Tom Barry was selected to replace Cllr Diane Nolan at a convention of the Listowel LEA, in the Listowel Arms Hotel, on Monday night. His was the only nomination received before the deadline closed on Friday.  He was selected to replace Cllr Diane […]

WELL they didn’t come to Tralee, but we made our way over the road to Killarney last night to see the Kerry minors feted for their amazing performances this year, which ended in a record-breaking four in a row of All-Ireland titles. Over 1,000 people were there to see captain […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 03, 07, 27 & 28. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Jim Keane c/o Keane’s Bar, Bridget Moynihan Camp, Billy Lyons c/o Tony Casey, Assumpta Nolan Tralee and Pa Donnelly c/o Betty’s Bar. […]

Charlie Kerins: We were eliminated from the Cahill Cup when defeated by Skellig Rangers on Friday night last at the quarter final stage in Strand Road on a final score line of 4-14 to 1-03. Seniors: Preparations continue for our quarter final date with East Kerry next week end ( […]

Senior Town League Ballymac 2-16 John Mitchel’s 0-7 John Mitchel’s came to Ballymac with realism on Saturday night last. The team that The Boherbee fielded was depleted due to injuries and the one bright note for was the return of Brian Costello after almost a year of being laid off […]

Junior Championship – McElligott Cup: We travelled to Killarney on Friday night to play Spa in the semi final of the Junior Championship and emerged with a great victory winning on a final score of 2-12 to 2-9. Spa started quickly and had a goal inside the opening 2 minutes […]

Parnells Camogie Win: Well done to the under 15 Tralee Parnells Camogie team on winning your match against Kilworth in East Cork on Saturday in the Avondhu North Cork Divisional Camogie League. It was well worth the journey to this lovely village near Fermoy to see these girls do themselves […]

MINOR FOOTBALL: Well done to the Kerry Minors, including our own Dylan Casey, Ciarán O’Reilly and Michael Slattery, on their brilliant win against Derry in Croke Park yesterday (6-17 to 1-8). What a splendid game and what a performance by team captain David Clifford from Fossa and East Kerry, scoring 4-4, […]

Get Well Wishes: The club extends get well wishes to George McKenna, Callinafercy. George has always been a very loyal supporter of the club attending all games in hail, rain or sunshine. We look forward to seeing you back on the side-lines cheering on the club in the very near […]

All Ireland Minor Final    Comhghairdeas, congratulations and well done to a fabulous Kerry minor team that made history last Sunday when winning their fourth All Ireland title in a row. Well done to Peter Keane and his management team. Comhghairdeas, congratulations and well done, especially, to Na Gaeil’s three brilliant stalwarts, Diarmuid […]

I’VE made the move to Dublin; and honestly I never thought that I would miss home. Of course I knew that I would miss people, my family and all that; but we all have to move on at some point. One thing that I have noticed, and I guess I […]