Archive for March, 2023

TRALEE Boxing Club got a little taste of Hollywood last weekend, as Saint Francis Special School in Beaufort turned our humble gym into a big screen movie set to film their uniquely Irish interpretation of the movie ‘Rocky’. A number of our talented boxers and coaches got to showcase their […]

THE issue of the return of the steam train between Tralee and Blennerville was raised again at the meeting of the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council on Wednesday morning. Fianna Fáil Cllr. Johnnie Wall asked that the Council organise a feasibility study in relation to the return of the […]

KERRY County Council are to look at the possibility of installing solar lighting at Rath Cemetery. Independent Councillor Sam Locke brought a motion to the Tralee Municipal District meeting of the Council on Wednesday that the local authority considers the introduction of solar lights at the cemetery. In reply, the […]

KINGDOM Pride in Kerry 2023 (KPINK) has announced that Killarney will be the capital town of the 2023 Pride Festival. Taking place over a full week, from July 10-16, across Kerry, the festival will be celebrating the LGBTQI+ community of Kerry. A broad range of family-friendly events will be taking […]

DESPITE a warning, the ice and freezing temperatures didn’t materialise in the Tralee area overnight and this morning, but yet another weather alert has been announced. Met Éireann has issued Status Yellow Snow-Ice and Low Temperature warnings for Ireland taking effect tomorrow and into Friday. According to Met Éireann, there’ll […]

THE fourth class pupils at St Brendan’s NS in Blennerville have put together an impressive project on the birds of Blennerville. The Greenschool committee in Ms Olivia O’Shea’s 4th class are in their 2nd year of the Biodiversity flag programme. The children went bird watching and did the project under […]

LÁ FHÉILE PÁDRAIG: The marching season comes again! Sea, beidh an club ag máirseáil ar an 17ú Márta in onóir do Naomh Pádraig, Aspal na hÉireann. Have your hats, flags and banners…and trumpets and drums and bodhráin…at the ready for the The Rock’s March march down The Yellow Road! PEIL […]

Division 2&4 Doubles Championships On Friday night last,the division 2&4 mens and ladies doubles championships took place in Tralee Sports Complex. It was a great night of badminton with some great games played on the night. Thanks to all those that helped with the running of the competition on the […]

4th and 5th March Club sponsored singles 16 holes. 1 Denis Kelly 38 pts (08) 2 Trevor Harty 37 pts (14) 3 Denis Murphy 37 pts (16) 4 Ciaran Nolan Tighe 37 pts (05) 5 Joe Slattery 37 pts (06) Fixtures: Sunday 12th March Castle Bar Spring LEague Finals: League: […]

Upcoming Swim Meets March brings us a busy schedule of swim meets , kicking off this weekend with The Aspiring Champions meet 1 taking place in UL, Sat 11th and The Future Challenger, for our younger swimmers, taking place in Tralee ,Sun 12th. Our co club captain Cian Mason is […]

TRALEE Chamber, in partnership with Kerry County Council, is gearing up for the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade which has ‘Cúpla Focal’ as this year’s theme. It aims to honour and celebrate the Irish language and is expected to attract thousands of spectators to the streets of Tralee. “We are […]

MET Éireann as issued another weather warning for Kerry to take effect from midnight. The Status Yellow – Snow/Ice warning for the county will last for 12 hours until noon on Wednesday. Patchy sleet or snow overnight and Wednesday morning will have the potential for hazardous conditions on some roads […]

LOCAL Community Garda Mary Gardiner has been announced as the Grand Marshal for this year’s St Patricks Day Parade in Tralee. The Cork native is a hugely popular figure in Tralee and beyond, who has done amazing charity work since she was diagnosed with cancer back in early 2022. Mary, […]

AFTER the success of the Stag & Doe Sessions in The Greyhound Bar last month, the showcase of original artists will return with a special celebration for St Patricks weekend. The Stag & Doe Sessions will collaborate with The Dirty Disco as part of the one-year anniversary of their Patrick’s […]

KERRY Education and Training Board (Kerry ETB) invited students from two of their post-primary schools in to give a presentation to the Board Members at last week meeting. The students from Coláiste na Ríochta in Listowel and Coláiste Gleann Lí in Tralee gave a presentation about how the Ethos Framework […]

GARDAI in Tralee are appealing for witnesses after an escooter was stolen in the town centre. On Wednesday last, March 1, the owner of an escooter locked his property to the bicycle stand in The Mall at 2.40pm When they returned the lock was on the ground and the escooter […]

ROCK ST. PO. LOTTO COMPETITION; Please support the Rock St. Post Office Club Lotto Competition. The winning Club will have exclusive sales on their Club Lotto tickets in the Rock St. Post Office for the next 3 years. Club supporters will get (please ask) one token for each transaction completed […]

Seniors: We made the short trip to Blennerville this afternoon for round 2 of the Tralee town league and came away convincing winners on a final scoreline of 2-16 to 1-05. Tom Hoare had the opening score inside the first minutes but St Pats hit back immediately with a goal […]

Senior Men  Friday under lights saw a challenge game against Ballymaclligott with some great football on display. We would like to thank Francis Galvin and the team at Gallys Bar and Restaurant staff for ongoing support on the Senior Mens Team. Our Senior Team play Austin Stacks in the Town […]

Lotto results: Lotto Tue 28th February 2023. No winner. Numbers drawn were 2, 8, 14, 22. Lucky dip winners of €20 were William & Kitty Palmer, Tim Lynch senior, Moira Godley, Kay Dillane, Denis O’Connor. Next week’s jackpot will be €2,350. Why not try your luck in our lotto.The links […]

Registration 2023 Now that some of our teams have resumed training and others will be resuming shortly players and coaches, please register your membership of the Club for 2023. One of the benefits of registering as a playing member of the GAA or LGFA via the Club is that in […]

U7 Boys and Girls Our under 7 hurlers were in action in MTU on Saturday from 3-4pm, with a few weeks of training under their belts these young players were highly focused on perfecting their hurling skills this week. Rounding off training with a few fun and competitive hurling matches […]

Minors Spa GAA v Ballymac GAA – Minor County League Div 2A – Round 2 Spa GAA 2-14 Ballymac GAA 1-07 Our Minor team played in the second round of the County League Division 2a against Spa GAA in Killarney on Saturday. Ballymac started the game well with some good […]

A NIGHT of fashion and fun is planned for this Friday evening in Castlegregory. The ‘Spring Into Fashion’ show is being held to fund the recent refurbishment of the club rooms at Castlegregory Community Centre. Paco Tralee, Jasmine, Pamela Scott, Annburys, That’s Perfect and Celsius will provide the fashions on the […]

IF you’re interested in getting into cycling and on your bike seeing the sights of Kerry this summer, then read on. The Tralee Chain Gang Cycling Club will hold an information night on Thursday, March 9 at 8pm at The Meadowlands Hotel inviting people to ‘saddle up for summer’. If you’re […]

Alan Cantwell reports on the InsureMyVan.ie Men’s Super League 2022/2023 – Round 18 match played in Dublin on Saturday night… UCD Marian 70 Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 88 Garvey’s Tralee Warriors have given themselves every chance to secure a place in the Super League playoffs as they easily accounted for UCD […]

Alan Cantwell reports on the Men’s U20 National League 2022/2023 – Quarter Final held on Sunday in Tralee Sports Complex… Tralee Warriors 88 Maree 80 With their senior counterparts looking to make the final eight in Super League next weekend, the Warriors U20s negotiated their way past Maree to secure their […]

A STATUS Yellow Ice warning has been issued for Ireland by Met Éireann. They say hazardous conditions are incoming due to freezing temperatures including icy stretches on roads and paths. The warning is valid from 6pm on Monday to 10am on Tuesday. The cold temperatures are set to continue until Friday. […]

THE first Kerins O’Rahillys GAA Club social in seven years was an enormously successful night out with 320 of the club faithful gathering in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel. As we told you earlier (click here if you missed it), it was an occasion to celebrate the Kerry Senior Club and […]

AN amazing year for Kerins O’Rahillys was celebrated with gusto last night at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel, as the club held its first GAA social since 2016. There was good reason to hold the event too, with medals for their Kerry Club and Munster Club Championship successes to be presented. […]