Archive for March, 2018

PEIL FAOI 6/8/10: Peil an Domhnaigh….all our Sunday action will take place in Caherslee from next Sunday on (25th). We look forward to a long fruitful outdoor season. PEIL FAOI 12: (i) Our Sunday morning training will take place in Connolly Park. (ii) Training will be held on the Tralee CBS (The […]

By Donie Jack Griffin Mixed luck at the Munsters on Monday . Shane Coffey boxed very clever to win against Colin Fitzpatrick (Ennis BC) in Boy 3  44.5kg & will box next sunday 25th for a Munster Title. Francie Doherty Boy 1.   37kg  came up against Jamie McCarthy (Riverstown BC) Cork […]

Scor na bPaisti Best of luck to our traditional music group-Pat Murphy, Liam O’ Dowd, Padraig O’ Sullivan, Gearoid Quirke and Donnachda O’ Sullivan who will represent our club on this Friday night in the Mid Kerry Scor na bPaisti competiton, in the CYMS Hall, Killorglin at 7 p.m. They […]

Senior Fixtures Ballymac will play Milltown /Castlemaine on Sunday the 25th of March at 2pm at Ballymac. We welcome all support as we enter Round 2 of The County League. Lotto Results 12/03/2018 Venue: Halfway Bar Jackpot: €3,800 Numbers Drawn: 2 , 11, 22, 23 NO WINNER ! Lucky Dip Winners […]

Castle Bar Spring League Cup Quarter Finals. Sat 17th March Results: Team Danny Leen beat Team Daniel O’Connor Team Mikey Sheehy beat Team Tim Leahy Team Gene Kelly beat Team Kevin McCarthy Team Donie O’Keefe beat Team Brian Hennebery Castle Bar Spring League Plate. Team Gene O’Donnell beat Team Tom O’Driscoll […]

GARDAÍ are asking for the public’s help in relation to a number of incidents in Tralee and beyond over the past few weeks. Between 5pm on Tuesday, March 6 and 4pm on Tuesday, March 13, a storage house in Rathass was entered via a rear window. Nothing was taken in […]

THE Tralee Marathon races drew huge support from both locals and runners around the country. Sunday’s event, sponsored by Kerry’s Eye, at Tralee Bay Wetlands was also a massive operation to organise and the work of volunteers was vital in everything going smoothly on the day. Here’s some more images […]

A LOCAL company was the winner of the Kerry Innovation Challenge at IT Tralee last Friday. The college hosted its annual Enterprise Showcase where visitors had a chance to talk to those who took the plunge to set up their own business in Kerry including past and current New Frontier participants. The Kerry […]

THE semi-finals of ‘Ireland’s Got Talent’ on Wednesday night will see a man from Tralee aiming for a final place. Steve Barry has an amazing voice and really impressed the judges in the TV3 show with his audition. Now he’s hoping to go one step further and he’ll be hoping […]

THE Mayor of Kerry/Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr John Sheahan, has concluded a visit to New York as part of the St Patrick’s Day Parade celebrations. On Saturday, he joined the Mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, for an early morning reception at his official residence, Gracie Mansion. […]

Mike O’Halloran reports on the County Senior Hurling League Division One match between Causeway and St Brendan’s…  Causeway 0-19 St Brendan’s 3-9 Concession of frees and an inability of St Brendan’s to win any clean possession beyond midfield allowed Causeway to go home with the the points from this lively […]

SUNDAY was cold but dry as the big day arrived for hundreds taking part in the Tralee Marathon events from the Tralee Bay Wetlands. Sponsored by Kerry’s Eye and hosted by Tralee Harriers, there were almost 800 entries for the marathon, half-marathon, 10k and 5k races. There was a great […]

Alan Cantwell reports on Garvey’s Tralee Warriors quarter-final victory over Swords Thunder yesterday in the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght… Garvey’s Tralee Warriors kept their hopes of retaining their Champions Trophy title alive with a 78-71 win over Griffith College Swords Thunder at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght on […]

IT’S been quite a week for a young Tralee athlete with success running for her school and in a 5k event on Sunday. Niamh O’Mahony of Presentation Secondary School Tralee came in second place in the All-Ireland schools cross country championships at W.I.T. sports arena on Saturday, March 10. Niamh, […]

  LEE STRAND TOWN LEAGUE BOARD FINAL: We played Austin Stacks in the Town League Final at home in Ballyseedy today. It was a bitterly cold day and a light snow fell continuously during the match. There was a close and exciting encounter in the first half and a Shane […]

Strictly Club Dancing: A capacity crowd rocked the Brandon Hotel for  a second year in  row as our Strictly Club Dancing took the place by storm providing a night of entertainment and fun for all present. From the moment the dancers took to the floor for the group dance,  appropriately […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 13, 14, 15 and 23.The five €30 consolation prizes went to Margaret Kennedy Asdee, Jeremiah Greaney c/o T. Casey, Pat Enright Port Laoise, John Kelliher Lohercannon and Joan Devane Blennerville. Next week’s Lotto will have […]

SENIOR FOOTBALL: John Mitchels 2-5; Austin Stacks 0-8. For the second year in a row we came up short in the Town League Final. Played yesterday afternoon (18th March) in the Mitchels pitch, which was in excellent condition despite the bad winter, we had a reasonably good first half and led […]

Seniors    Na Gaeil play Ardfert away in round 2 of the County League this Sunday March 25th at 2pm. They play Listowel in the first round of the Premier Junior Championship the following Saturday March 31st in Mountcoal at 5.30pm. U12    We had a very good turnout of lads at our training last Sunday […]

FRESH from their victory in the Town Board final against Austin Stacks at the weekend, John Mitchels GAA Club will be hoping for another great showing at a Table Quiz next Friday, March 23, at 8.30pm in Gallys Bar & Restaurant. Entry fee is €40 per table with teams of […]

CYCLISTS are getting ready for the sixth annual Fenit Coastal Cycle which takes place on Saturday, March 24. The cycling event is a fundraiser for St. Brendan’s National School, Fenit and they have two charities who will receive a monetary donation from the event — Diabetes Ireland & Kerry Cork Link […]

TRALEE photographer, John Cleary, has given us a few more images from his book ‘T’was Only Like Yesterday’ to show you. The book of photographs concentrates on the 1980s with images from sporting, religious, social and political life from Tralee and Kerry all contained therein. It’s a wonderful record of photos that […]

IT was quite a week for Mercy Mounthawk basketball teams as they created history winning both the 1st and 2nd year boys southwest “A” basketball titles for the first time in the school’s history. On Tuesday the 1st year boys faced up vs local rivals CBS Tralee in the semi-final […]

THE Eileen Rice ‘Country Against Cancer’ Memorial Music Weekend’ which took place in the Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney last October raised €20,000 and two charities benefitted from the event. Jerry Moriarty presented €10,000 to Noreen Smiddy, of Marymount Hospice in Cork and country singer Trudi Lawlor presented €10,000 to Breda Dyland […]

Mike O’Halloran watched Crotta beat Ballyheigue in the County Hurling League tie… Crotta O’Neills 2-17 Ballyheigue 0-13 Brendan O’Mahony brought his Ballyheigue team to his old stomping ground in Dromakee, but it was a Crotta team that contained his son that came away with the two points. The game was […]

WITH an increase in planned building projects, national and regional infrastructure – demand for construction industry workers is on the rise. This year, the Irish construction industry is projected to grow by 14 per cent to €19.5 billion in value terms – following an increase of almost 20 per cent […]

IT was a memorable night for Kerins O’Rahillys as they held their second ‘Strictly Club Dancing’ event on Friday in The Brandon Hotel. Around 1,000 tickets were sold and unsurprisingly, many if them came dressed to impress on the night. Here’s some of the style from the night and more […]

FAMILIES gathered at Our Lady and St Brendan’s Church on Friday morning as children from two Tralee schools received their Confirmation. There were 49 children from Listellick NS and Holy Family who were Confirmed by Bishop of Kerry Ray Browne as their families looked on. A number of other clergy […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Tralee St Patricks’ Day Parade is brought to you by AIB Tralee… THE St Patrick’s Day parade is all about showing what a wonderful community we have here  in Tralee. Well there were enough clubs and organisations who put their names forward to take part yesterday. […]

Mike O’Halloran on the Kerry County Senior Hurling League round one game between Abbeydorney and Ballyduff played in Abbeydorney on Friday… Abbeydorney 3-12 Ballyduff 2-8 The county champions went down to Abbeydorney in a keenly contested game. Both teams were short a few regulars but perhaps Ballyduff more so than Abbeydorney. […]