.Danny O’Sullivan (who came third in the race) and family Alison, William and Amelia at the Valentine’s 10 Miler event on Saturday morning. Photo by Dermot Crean
CONDITIONS were ideal for a run on Saturday morning as the Valentines 10 Miler event took place once again in town.
Part of the Tralee Marathon series of events this year, around 160 runners had registered for the race with runners taking off from near the AquaDome/Wetlands at 9am and finished on Neil Armstrong Way in the Town Park.
“We’ve been blessed with the weather the stewards have been brilliant, as have the Gardaí and it’s all gone really well,” said race organiser Jim McNiece.
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It’s the first of six events organised as part of the series with the next race just four weeks away “We’re back again on St Patrick’s weekend for the full marathon and there’s still places available,” said Jim.
First man home was Aidan Hogan in 01:01:31 , followed by Simon O’Toole in 01:01:48 and Danny O’Sullivan in 01:02:47.
First woman home was Mary O’Shea in 01:08:11, followed by Rachel Hawker in 01:08:12 and Yvonne Deegan in 01:13:23. Click here for full list of results and scroll down for photos…
Paddy Carroll and Eoin O’Callaghan at the Valentine’s 10 Miler event on Saturday morning. Photo by Dermot Crean.Ger Kenny and Eileen Lovett at the Valentine’s 10 Miler event on Saturday morning. Photo by Dermot CreanTerence O’Connor and Eoin O’Callaghan at the Valentine’s 10 Miler event on Saturday morning. Photo by Dermot Crean.James Dalton, Tim O’Connor and William Dalton at the Valentine’s 10 Miler event on Saturday morning. Photo by Dermot CreanJames Daly and Chris Grayson at the Valentine’s 10 Miler event on Saturday morning. Photo by Dermot Crean.Ger Fitzgerald and John Hickey at the Valentine’s 10 Miler event on Saturday morning. Photo by Dermot CreanJohn Daly and Aidan Hogan at the Valentine’s 10 Miler event on Saturday morning. Photo by Dermot Crean.Tony Collins and son Rían at the Valentine’s 10 Miler event on Saturday morning. Photo by Dermot CreanYvonne Deegan on the finishing straight at the Valentine’s 10 Miler event on Saturday morning. Photo by Dermot Crean.Cyril Lynch finishing the Valentine’s 10 Miler event on Saturday morning. Photo by Dermot CreanMartin Moore finishing the Valentine’s 10 Miler event on Saturday morning. Photo by Dermot Crean.
Fozzy Forristal finishing the Valentine’s 10 Miler event on Saturday morning. Photo by Dermot CreanEric Lacey finishing the Valentine’s 10 Miler event on Saturday morning. Photo by Dermot Crean.Thomas Moynihan finishing the Valentine’s 10 Miler event on Saturday morning. Photo by Dermot CreanPatrick O’Sullivan finishing the Valentine’s 10 Miler event on Saturday morning. Photo by Dermot Crean.Ben Murphy finishing the Valentine’s 10 Miler event on Saturday morning. Photo by Dermot CreanJames O’Dowd finishing the Valentine’s 10 Miler event on Saturday morning. Photo by Dermot CreanNiamh Corcoran finishing the Valentine’s 10 Miler event on Saturday morning. Photo by Dermot Crean.
TRALEE Library will host Amanda Geard, author of ‘The Midnight House’ next Saturday at 2.30pm as part of ‘Ireland Reads’.
Ireland Reads is a campaign to get the whole country reading this month in the lead up to a National Day of Reading on this Saturday, February 25.
People of all ages are invited to get reading – for one minute, ten minutes, an hour, or more – it doesn’t matter how long you read for or what you read.
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Ireland Reads is a is an initiative of the government of Ireland, funded by Healthy Ireland and supported by public libraries and many organisations that promote literacy and the arts. It is supported with a dedicated website www.irelandreads.ie , where people can pledge to read on the day.
Each Kerry library will hold storytime sessions and crafts workshops for small children on the day while Amanda Geard, author of The Midnight House will be in Tralee Library.
“It doesn’t matter how long you read for or what you read, it doesn’t matter whether you’re an avid reader, a reluctant reader, a lapsed reader or a new reader, this campaign is for you,” says Kerry County Librarian, Tommy O’Connor.
Dan Kearney on Kerry’s comprehensive victory over Dublin in Austin Stack Park on Saturday evening…
Kerry 3-15
Dublin 1-10
Referee Patrick Smith with Kerry captain Síofra O’Shea and Dublin captain Carla Rowe before the 2023 Lidl Ladies National Football League Division 1 Round 4 match between Kerry and Dublin at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, Kerry. Photo by Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile
A performance full of power and pace propelled Kerry to an 11-point victory over Dublin at Austin Stack Park as they remain in the ascendency in Division 1 of the Lidl NFL.
Once again, Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh was the scoring star for the Kingdom with a total of 0-11 but she had able back up from captain Siofra O’Shea with 1-2, while the third of the lethal full forward line, Hannah O’Donoghue, chipped in with a fine goal.
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A blistering first half full of fast flowing attacking football saw Kerry, playing with the aid of a strong breeze race into a 0-6 to 0-2 lead with Ní Mhuircheartaigh scoring five for the Kingdom, two from play, with O’Shea adding another and Carla Rowe slotting over two frees for the Dubs.
The visitors were growing into the game though and after Eilish Dowd scored a lovely point Kate Sullivan struck for a splendid goal in the 14th minute after a fine move involving Rowe and Jodi Egan.
Kerry responded well through Niamh Ní Chonchúir and Ní Mhuircheartaigh with another free, but Dublin hit back once more when Danielle Lawless came from centre half back to slot over the bar.
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Then came Kerry’s first goal. Lorraine Scanlon fed Ní Mhuircheartaigh who in turn found sharpshooter O’Donoghue who made no mistake to shoot low and hard past Emer Ní Eafa.
Kerry were rampant and Ní Mhuircheartaigh added another free following a foul on O’Donoghue. Goal number two came straight afterwards.
Mary O’Connell of Kerry is tackled by Leah Caffrey of Dublin during the 2023 Lidl Ladies National Football League Division 1 Round 4 match between Kerry and Dublin at Austin Stack Park in Tralee, Kerry. Photo by Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile
Niamh Carmody gathered the Dublin kickout and found O’Shea driving through. The full forward had only one thing on her mind and she showed no mercy to shoot to Ní Eala’s top corner and Kerry led by 2-10 to 1-4 at half time.
Dublin made a decent effort at getting back into the game in the second half but the Kerry defence was ravenous and limited their opponents to a six points.
The icing on the cake for Kerry was corner back Ciara Murphy’s goal in the 55th minute when, after being fed by the outstanding O’Shea, she finished to the back of the net to crown an excellent Kerry victory.
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Kerry goalkeeper Mary Ellen Bolger had made an outstanding save a couple of minutes earlier to deny impressive sub Niamh Hetherton but in truth Kerry were the much better side and can now dream of making the top two.
Scorers – Kerry: L Ní Mhuircheartaigh 0-11 (9f), S O’Shea 1-2, H O’Donoghue 1-0, C Murphy 1-0, A Galvin 0-1, N Ní Chonchuir 0-1. Dublin: C Rowe 0-4 (3f), K Sullivan 1-0, O Nolan 0-2, N Hetherton 0-2, E O’Dowd 0-1, D Lawless 0-1.
KERRY: ME Bolger; E Lynch, K Cronin, C Murphy; A O’Connell, C Lynch, L Galvin; L Scanlon, M O’Connell; N Carmody, N Ní Chonchúir, C Evans; H O’Donoghue, S O’Shea, L Ní Mhuircheartaigh.
Subs: A Galvin for Evans (38), F Tangney for O’Donoghue (40), C O’Brien for L Galvin (53), A Harrington for Scanlon (53), E McGlynn for Ní Chonchuir (57), C Butler for Bolger (58), R Dwyer for Ni Mhuircheartaigh (59), A Dillane for Murphy (59), C McCarthy for A O’Connell (59).
DUBLIN: E Ní Eafa; T Quinn Corbally, M Byrne, J Tobin; L Caffrey, D Lawless, O Nolan; J Dunne, E O’Dowd; K Sullivan, C Rowe, E Gribben; C O’Connor, J Egan, S Wylde.
Subs: O Nolan for Lawless (ht), N Hetherton for Wylde (ht), C Darby for Egan (39), K Owens for Quinn Corbally (45), H Timothy for Sullivan (47), O Martin for O’Connor (53).
