GLORIOUS sunshine made the most picturesque racecourse in Ireland even more spectacular on Friday for Dawn Milk Ladies Day at Killarney Races.
Speaking of spectacular, the style was just that as thousands attended the final day of the week’s racing, dressed to impress the judges of the Best Dressed competitions, Anna Daly and Aidan O’Mahony.
Anna and Aidan had a tough task as they whittled the field down to a final 10, before finally selecting Charlene Brosnan from Killarney as the winner of Best Dressed Lady.
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She won a trip for two to Paris and a specially commissioned piece of crystal. Meanwhile, the Best Dressed Gent prize was won by Niall Crowley from Kilcummin who will receive a Trip to Milan for two and a specially commissioned crystal decanter.
Worthy winners indeed but they had plenty of competition on the day. We’ll have loads of photos over the coming days but here’s a taste of the style courtesy of photographer Domnick Walsh. Scroll down for photos…
We’ll have many more photos from Dawn Milk Ladies Day soon
MET Eireann has issued a Status Yellow High Temperature warning for Ireland for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
Over those three days, exceptionally warm weather will occur over Ireland with daytime temperatures of 25 to 30 degrees generally and possibly up to 32 degrees in places on Monday. Night time temperatures will range from 15 to 20 degrees.
Met Eireann says the impact of this weather will be;
• Heat stress, especially for the more vulnerable of the population
• High Solar UV index
• Risk of water related incidents
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The warning is valid from 6am on Sunday until 9pm on Tuesday. However, the predicted temperatures for Kerry over those three days have come down since yesterday on the Met.ie website.
Now it looks like temperatures will not exceed 30ºC on Monday, while Tuesday will be a much milder day with temperatures in the high teens and showers likely.
WITH the judging for the Tidy Towns underway, it’s hugely beneficial that one of the most ambitious projects Tralee Tidy Towns has ever undertaken is ready in time for the adjudicators.
The Creative Ireland-funded Street Art Project consists of three large murals and four utility box murals in locations around the town.
Roisín Smullen of Tralee Tidy Towns said: “We are very grateful to our Tralee MD partners who provided permission to site some murals on their property in strategic locations.”
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“We are also grateful to the Kerry County Council Arts office for its support and the project was, of course, only made possible by generous funding provided by Creative Ireland. It involved a significant project management effort from Tralee Tidy Towns and supported five local artists to provide beautiful and meaningful works of art within our town centre”.
Joe Moynihan who led the project for Tralee Tidy Towns said: “the project has been a great success and really improves the appearance of our streetscape in Tralee”.
Members of Tralee Tidy Towns and Kerry County Council gathered with artist James Hayes at his large-scale mural in Garvey’s Car Park on Thursday for a photo to officially mark the completion of the project.
The mural faces towards the old Denny factory site which is about to get a new lease of life through the Island of Geese Project to help boost the town the factory served for generations.
The mural features a woman who appears sleeping, framed by the Sliabh Mish mountains, with growth springing from rubble, between the past and the future, about to reawaken; the mural’s theme is rebirth and renewal.
Well known Tralee creative Rebekah Wall’s murals are an homage to the heritage of the Kerryman Lane, the original site of the newspaper.
The lane had been rejuvenated in a Tralee Tidy Towns and Tralee Chamber Alliance project in 2018. This mural project nods to the proud history of the lane when it was home to journalists and writers reporting on the happenings of the county.
A total of four utility boxes were brought to life as part of the project. Two utility box murals by award-winning Tralee artist Damien Slattery were dedicated to famous people who have connections with the town: Dusty Springfield (whose mother, Catherine Ryle was from Tralee) and Tom Waits (who is known to have stayed in Tralee on Milk Market Lane and wrote songs here including Rain Dogs.
Finally, the last two murals are located in the area of Rock Street. Tara Lynch’s ‘A Room With A View’ is located near the traffic lights on the junction of Maine St and Rock Street while artist Aisling O’Connor’s ‘A Hunger to Belong’ is based on Princess Scotia who fled to Ireland seeking refuge.
The murals are sure to add to Tralee’s Tidy Towns entry while also adding vibrancy, colour and culture to the town.
WITH the weather set to be fine on Sunday, it’s the ideal time to hold a family fun day.
Well the good folks at Kerins O’Rahillys GAA Club have a fantastic line-up of activities and entertainment for all ages at the Strand Road grounds from 2.30pm to 5.30pm as part of the ‘One Good Club’ programme.
This ‘Family Fun and Wellbeing Day’ on Sunday and organisers are hoping the wider community get involved in the event which is also open to families who aren’t member of the club.
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Entertainment includes live music with Owen Rua, dancing with Cassie Leen, a barbecue, Baking Competition, Face Painting, Kids Colouring Competition, Preloved Sale.
Activities include monster kick, welly throwing, obstacle course, penalty shootout, egg and spoon race, crossbar challenge, raffle and prizes and a whole lot more.
Of course, if you want to check on the score in the All-Ireland hurling final you can pop into The Klub bar for refreshments.
Kerins O’Rahilly’s Ladies were nominated for the “Lidl One Good Club” Programme, in association with the LGFA – Ladies Gaelic Football Association and Jigsaw – the National Centre for Youth Mental Health.
One Good Club is a five-step youth mental health awareness programme for LGFA clubs which aims to raise awareness and improve understanding of mental health while empowering clubs to positively affect their members and communities.
Kerins O’Rahilly’s were selected to represent Kerry. A committee has been set up to promote Mental Health in our community by organising a number of events, talks and, in the case of Sunday, a family fun day. All are welcome.
THE official launch of the Cromane Seafest took place this week at Jacks Coastguard Restaurant as details of the event which takes place from September 16th to 18th were revealed.
The Seafest Committee Crew, made up of local people from different age groups, have put together a festival celebrating Cromane’s finest local seafood.
Local oyster farmers will be the stars of the weekend when they battle it out for Cromane Oyster Shucking Champion. Festivalgoers that are not seafood lovers, can still enjoy the fayre with a variety of festive food trucks.
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Attractions and activities that will be taking place are Maritime Walks, Water Trampolining, Seafaris, BIM The ARC Project and fantastic seafood.
More information is available on Cromane SeaFest website https://www.cromaneseafest.com/ or you can follow all the updates on their social media channels on facebook and Instagram.
CROWDS have been flocking to Killarney Races over the past few days with the biggest crowds attending Thursday’s meeting (see photos below).
But that sizeable attendance is sure to be beaten today at the Dawn Milk Ladies Day with some fantastic prizes to be won.
Ten lucky ladies and gents will be selected by celebrity judges Anna Daly and Aidan O’Mahony, each taking home a prize for their efforts in the fashion stakes.
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The overall Best Dressed Lady will win a trip for two to Paris and a specially commissioned crystal and the overall Best Dressed Gent will receive a Trip to Milan for two and a specially commissioned crystal decanter.
Ladies and gents are advised to arrive early as the judges will be selecting finalists on the racecourse from early doors.
The first race is also at the earlier time at 2.15pm and the seven race national hunt card will also feature the Dawn Milk Run Handicap Hurdle (€22,500), the Dawn Omega Milk Maiden Hurdle (€10,500) and the Dawn Hi & Low Milk Handicap Hurdle (€10500). Scroll down for photos from Thursday’s meeting…