Archive for December, 2018

WITH just a few days to go until the holidays, children at CBS Primary were in understandably giddy mood as they prepared for their annual Christmas concert. The whole school got to see a preview of the show on Monday before parents packed the hall for performances on Tuesday and […]

CANCER support charity Recovery Haven Kerry has received the ultimate Christmas present this week with confirmation that proceeds from their recent Movember challenge have exceeded a staggering €30,000. The charity, which offers free support to cancer patients and their families across Kerry, had hoped to raise €10,000 from the initiative, […]

THE Dingle New-Music Choir And Orchestra will perform a concert in St John’s Ashe Street tonight (Wednesday). It’s set to be a wonderful occasion with the works of Stamitz, Vaughan Williams and Ennio Morricone performed under conductor an composer Gabor Peli. The Orchestra and Choir’s repertoire will include freshly written […]

A LOCAL family received a fantastic early Christmas present during the week when they won a big cash prize. During the ad breaks for this year’s Londis-sponsored ‘Tastes Like Home’ RTE ONE series  with Catherine Fulvio, a text-in competition was run for a family to win a cheque for €5,000 […]

WITH the holidays in sight, Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí kids got festive for a great cause last week. Transition year class 4Y at the school in Moyderwell ran a small fundraiser for Bumbleance. They sold personalised Christmas candy canes at break time during the week to students. Santa Claus then distributed the […]

JOHN Cleary’s new book ‘As Time Goes By’ is a wonderful collection of photographs from the 1990s in Tralee and Kerry. It’s the third book in as many years from the well-known Tralee photographer, having previously captured the 1970s and 1980s in ‘Through The Lens’ and ‘Twas Only Like Yesterday’ […]

MEMBERS of the Mitchels Boherbee Historical & Heritage Group gathered at The Rose Hotel on Monday evening to launch their 10th annual calendar ‘Memories Of Times Gone By’. The calendar is always a must have for residents in the area and indeed for people from Mitchels/Boherbee who now live elsewhere. […]

ONCE again, gardaí brought some seasonal cheer to the streets of Tralee with their annual fundraiser on The Mall on Tuesday. Members of the force carried collection buckets for their annual festive fundraising drive aided by local musicians — including retired garda Dave Rath — and created a great atmosphere […]

CONSTRUCTION company Sisk & Son is delivering some 500 handcrafted wooden toys to children’s hospitals and charities in Ireland and across the United Kingdom in the lead up to Christmas and University Hospital Kerry is one of those to receive the toys. The beautiful wooden toys were handmade over the […]

  PRIMARY school pupils from around the county have used their artistic skills to highlight and promote road safety through their winning submissions to the 2019 Kerry County Council Road Safety Calendar competition which is hosted annual by the local authority. Charlie O’Sullivan, Deputy Chief Executive, Kerry County Council this […]

AGM: Our juvenile Cruinniú Cinn Bhliana (Annual General Meeting) will take place at 7pm on Tuesday January 8th in Connolly Park. Fáilte roimh chách. SCÓR na nÓG: (i) Our singer, Ella Nic Gabhann, sang beautifully in the Kerry Scór na nÓg final and came a very creditable second….tá sí beagnach […]

By Colm Griffin Munster Closed Championships U-11 / U-15 Kerry were well represented at the Munster Closed Championships last weekend at the University of Limerick and our young Badminton players certainly made the county proud. In the U-11s clubmates Nicole Vesko and Ben McElligott from Listowel both had double success. […]

Results & Fixtures 16.12.18 Results: 14 Hole Scramble 1. Ger Power, Mikey Sheehy, Grainne Sheehy 38pts. 2. Sean McCarthy, Sean Reidy, Colm Sheehy 38pts 3. Kieran Rutledge, Brian Durran, Alan O’Connor 38pts Cards processed 19 Fixtures: Tuesday 18th December – 18 hole Singles Thursday 27th December – Sean Walsh AmAm

TRALEE will see a major boost next  Spring when thousands of cyclists are expected to base themselves in town for the SRAC Atlantic Challenge which features Irish cycling legends Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and Nicolas Roche. Cyclists from all over the world will gather in town on Saturday, March 30 to participate […]

95% of INMO nurses and midwives have voted to go on strike in a dispute over staff shortages and pay. The INMO’s Executive Council, made up of elected nurses and midwives from across Ireland, will meet on January 7th and 8th to discuss the result and decide the next steps. […]

OVER 30 bags of litter was collected by 40 volunteers in less than two hours at a Pre-Christmas clean-up on Banna beach on Sunday. It was a fantastic turnout in the cold weather where many of the volunteers  included lots of young children. The beach, the car-park and approach road […]

KERRY County Council has launched a survey of the skills of people in Kerry which will assist in targeting investment and employment for the county. The online survey is being targeted at everyone living in Kerry, as well as those thinking about relocating to the county, those planning to set […]

TRALEE and Ballybunion have been chosen as the venues for the Irish Golf Tour Operator Association National Golf Tourism Conference 2019. The Networking event and Gala Awards Dinner will be shared across The Rose Hotel Tralee and Ballygarry House on October 20/21, 2019. A golf tournament will be hosted at […]

NATIONAL Learning Network Kerry were recently honoured when its Sporting Chance course received a People Make Places award at the National Inclusion Awards in the Castleknock Hotel, Dublin. The awards, which are a Cara initiative, aim to highlight the outstanding work of people and organisations all over Ireland, who are […]

THERE was tremendous excitement in the Bon Secours Hospital Tralee earlier this month when pupils from six schools received cash prizes for themselves and their schools. As part of a staff led initiative and in conjunction with the Bon Secours Community Initiative Fund, all primary schools in County Kerry were […]

Ballymac GAA Lotto Results from 10th  December 2018 This weeks Lotto Jackpot was €7,700.00 The draw took place in Kielduff Community Centre The numbers drawn were: 4, 15, 20 and 24. There was no winner of the Jackpot. Congratulations to the Lucky Dip winners of €30.00 each: 1. Mrs Buckley, C/O […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 15, 19, 21 & 25. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Susan Sugrue c/o Tony Casey, Marie Thompson Caheranne, Hannah Shanahan c/o Terry Boyle, Brenda O’Hehir Balloonagh Estate and Andrew Breewood Derrymore West. […]

Christmas Wishes: We would like to wish all our members and supporters  a very happy Christmas with much joy, health and happiness for 2019. Nollaig Shona agus Athbhliain faoi Mhaise dhaoibh go léir. Wedding bells: We would like to wish David & Sinead all the best on their forthcoming nuptials […]

AGM     Na Gaeil AGM was held in the clubhouse on Saturday evening last. The following officers were elected: President: Pat O’Connor; Vice President: Donal Leahy; Chairperson: Tim Lynch Jnr. Vice Chairperson: Morgan Sheehy; Secretary: Eamon Browne; Assistant Secretary: John Keating; Treasurer: Cathy Carey; Assistant Treasurer: Conor Kavanagh; PRO: Mícheál Herlihy; […]

SEASON’S GREETINGS: As these will be the last Senior Notes of the year we take this opportunity to wish all our members, supporters and readers of these Notes a very happy Christmas and a successful 2019. CLUB AGM: The Senior Club’s AGM goes ahead in the Clubhouse on Sunday 6th […]

POST-PRIMARY : Jack Sheehan and Craig Teahan were part of the Mercy Mounthawk team that played The Green, CBS in the Munster U19 E Hurling Final last Friday afternoon. Score : Mercy Mounthawk 3-04, The Green CBS 3-14. Congratulations to Oisin Maunsell and Jack Hannon and their Causeway Comprehensive teammates who […]

Munster Colleges Final Day, Huge Milestone in Tralee Hurling Development: Congratulations to all at The Green and special mention for the large Parnells contingents on both teams in the final, as Tralee CBS were crowned Munster PPS U19 E Hurling champions, defeating Mercy Mounthawk on a scoreline of 3.14 to 3.04 […]

Sympathy: Sincere sympathy to the O’Connor Family, Coolbane on the death of Tom. May Tom rest in peace. Get well: We wish all those from our community and beyond a full return to health. We think in particular of all those who may be in hospital over the Christmas season […]

ANOTHER day, another weather warning. Saturday’s Status Orange Wind Warning was downgraded to Yellow and didn’t affect us much here in Tralee at all. But Status Yellow Wind and Rainfall warnings were issued by Met Eireann for Kerry which will be in effect overnight. South to southeast winds will reach […]

IT was such a success last year that it’s back again this New Year’s Eve providing runners with a chance to end 2018 on a healthy note. The Optimal Fitness Tralee 5k and 10k Road Race takes place on December 31 at 11am and proceeds raised will go to the Palliative […]