Archive for January, 2018

Fixtures for the 2018 Senior Football League Div 2 Ballymac Senior Team gained promotion in 2017 and will now play in Division 2 of The Senior Football League in 2018. We have 5 away games and 6 home games including the last round at home to Currow! The competition is […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 04, 06, 11 & 16. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Pa Hurley Curraheen, Emmet Kelly Ballyseedy, Michelle Cahill Spa Road, Bridie Hanrahan c/o Betty’s Bar and Paul Clapham c/o Betty’s Bar. Next […]

SENIOR FOOTBALL: Our season is due to get underway on Sunday next (28th Jan) with a home game against Ballymac in round one of the Town League. Throw in at 12.30pm. The remaining four rounds are as follows – away to Na Gaeil on 4th Feb; at home to Kerins O’Rahillys on 11th Feb; […]

Juvenile: Our juvenile season is now up and running with most teams back doing light training and games. Watch these notes for reports etc. and make sure that mentors/coaches have parents’/guardians’ phone numbers for texts to keep families informed of times and venues etc. We hope that everyone will enjoy […]

CLUB MEMBERSHIP : Abbeydorney GAA Senior and Juvenile Annual Club Membership 2018 is now open and you can NOW REGISTER ONLINE…. You will have the facility to pay online by Credit Card, Debit Card (such as Visa/Debit). Please follow the link : http://abbeydorneygaa.ie/#clubmembership and Select one of the Membership plans to REGISTER. COSTS :- […]

Annual 10k Run: Next Sunday 28th Jan sees our annual run take place and a large entry is expected based on registrations to date and the interest expressed from various sources. This year’s run is being kindly sponsored by Rory Kerins and his team at  Pro Plan Property Management Ltd […]

Seniors: Churchill got their season underway on Sunday afternoon when we defeated John Mitchels in Round 1 of the St. Brendan’s Championship in Tralee. Churchill started brightly and went in at half time with a 5 point lead 0-8 to 0-3. Mitchels came into the game more in the second […]

St Brendan’s Board Senior Football League 2018: John Mitchels v St Pats January 27th Please support our Senior Men in their 2nd Round Match at home. Ardfert v John Mitchels February 4th Na Gaeil v John Mitchels February 11th John Mitchels v Ballymac February 18th Final will be played on […]

Coaches Workshop Fri 02 Feb:  At I.T. Tralee on the 2nd of February from 6.30 to 8 pm.  David O Dea has organised a workshop for the club with two of the top hurling men in the country attending.  All managers, coaches and parents thinking of getting involved with coaching should attend.  All current club managers and coaches are encouraged to […]

Milltown/Castlemaine MEMBERSHIP/ REGISTRATION DAY AND FOOTBALL GEAR SWAP SHOP- GAA clubrooms, Milltown on SUNDAY FEBRUARY 11th, from 12 noon to 1:30pm. Our club is having a registration event for all those wishing to play football with our Club this year, from the Milltown/Castlemaine area, as well as those wishing to […]

CAMP resident, Pauline Bell, cleaned up on the National Lottery and RTE Winning Streak game show last Saturday, walking away from the show with €23,000 which included a holiday to Iceland. Pauline, who bought her ticket in O’Dwyer’s Londis in Camp, was born in the UK and moved to Ireland in […]

GARDAI in Tralee have two items at the station that they would like to reunite with their owners. A set of car keys was found on Princes Street on Wednesday, January 17. Then on Friday, January 19, a Samsung phone was found on Edward Street. Both items were handed into […]

GARDAI in Tralee are appealing for information in relation to an assault which took place just before Christmas in the town. In the early hours of Saturday, December 23 at around 3am, a man in his late 30s was assaulted by a man in his mid 40s on Lower Castle […]

TRALEE Rowing Club celebrated their annual social event last Saturday at O’Donnell’s Bar, Mounthawk, with a belated Christmas party for all members and their families. They also had something to celebrate from earlier that day at the Irish Indoor Rowing Championship with Nicolas Larkin winning 1st place at his J15 race. […]

LEGALLY Blonde The Musical is going on tour and the producers are holding auditions in Killarney to discover a four-legged star for the show. Producers of a major new tour of the smash-hit Broadway and West End musical  are on the hunt for a dog to fill the role of ‘Rufus’ and auditions take […]

IT’S a wonderful school right in the heart of Tralee and the good people of St John’s Parochial School on Ashe Street want to make the parents more aware of it with an open day this Saturday at 1pm. “The open day is a chance for parents to come in […]

IT’LL be an emotional occasion for Tom and Eileen O’Shea on Wednesday, January 31, as they will spend their last night behind Charlie’s Bar at Kerins O’Rahilly’s Clubhouse. The couple are part of the furniture at the club and have seen so many changes over the years. They’ve catered for […]

MANY people are currently hitting the road every day this month for the 5k A Day January Challenge. Organised by Colin ‘Poshey’ Aherne, the campaign has proved hugely popular with almost €11,500 already raised for three great organisations — Donal Walsh LiveLife Foundation, Kerry Cancer Support Group and Make A […]

By Adrienne McLoughlin SCHOOLS cross-country began in earnest at The Demesne, Killarney on Thursday last, where 17 schools (320 secondary school athletes) from Kerry and West Limerick took part in the annual Kerry Schools Cross Country Championships, an event which began in 1985. The fixture was in doubt early in […]

Alan Cantwell Reports on Garvey’s Tralee Warriors win over DCU St Vincent’s on Saturday night… DCU St Vincents 74 Garveys Tralee Warriors 110 Garvey’s Tralee Warriors produced arguably their best performance of the season as they outplayed and outclassed DCU Saints by 110-74 in St. Vincent’s on Saturday night. The […]

MORE of this please. The weather gods smiled on Tralee on Saturday afternoon, as families gathered on the Mall for a party to mark the revamp of the area. While we’ve seen horrendous showers for what seems like every 15 minutes over the past week, the rain stayed away for […]

A NUMBER of Tralee and Kerry businesses have been nominated for the 2018 Irish Hospitality Awards. Over the last few months a campaign has been running where the public have been able to nominate their favourite establishment under a number of different categories. Well the full shortlist has been announced and […]

THEY’VE got some record in the competition and now the next Transition Year ‘generation’ of students are vying to keep up a winning tradition in the AIB Build A Bank Challenge. Last year The Butterfly Bank won the top prize of €5,000 at the AIB Build A Bank Challenge competition […]

NOW in its 21st Year, the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2018 programme has officially opened for nominations from Kerry. The theme of this year’s programme is “Ambition” and all sectors and businesses of all sizes are invited to submit their nominations until  February 16. The 24 finalists for 2018 will be […]

THE owners of Kirby’s Brogue Inn are set to for a major expansion of both the famous hostelry on Rock Street and their sister restaurant, MJ’s Diner, in Clash over the coming months. Both MJ’s Diner and Kirby’s Brogue Inn will extend their premises and well in excess of 30 […]

CAHERLEAHEEN staff and pupils are getting ready for a fantastic fundraising day at The Rose Hotel with a ‘Bingo Bonanza’ afternoon. It’ll be ‘eyes down’ at 2pm on Sunday, February 4, with well over €1,500 in prizes and a huge crowd is expected. The event is open to the general […]

A TRALEE company is to expand its operations and will create seven new jobs to add to the workforce of 60. BioAtlantis, based in Clash Industrial Estate, operates in the biostimulant and nutraceutical sectors and will advertise new positions in the areas of chemistry, biology and sales. The company, founded […]

SIXTY-SIX student awards were presented at the annual Kerry ETB Student Award ceremony at the IT Tralee on Friday night. The event celebrates the achievements of students and learners from their Post Primary Schools and Youthreach centres. Students from Coláiste Gleann Lí, Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí, Coláiste na Sceilge, Coláiste na Ríochta, […]

IT was a miserable Friday night with the rain spitting down, but well done to those who showed up for an event organised by students from Mercy Mounthawk. Family First, a group of Young Social Innovators from the school, organised the family fun walk by the canal. While it was hoped […]

  Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: There is a long wait for a medical procedure that I need. Can I get my medical costs refunded if I have the procedure done in another European […]