Archive for October, 2023

TRALEE has been confirmed as the European base for the 7th International Fire Behaviour and Fuels Conference next April. The Conference will take place simultaneously in Tralee, Canberra, Australia, Boise and Idaho, USA from April 15-19, 2024, and all three conferences will be linked remotely at various points. Next year […]

KERRY International Film Festival (KIFF) has announced actress Eileen Walsh as this year’s recipient of the Maureen O’Hara Award. KIFF also officially launched their 2023 film festival programme today. Celebrating its 24th edition, this year’s festival will take place October 19 – 22. In 2008 KIFF established the Maureen O’Hara […]

PEIL FAOI 7: (i) The Rock U7s had a very enjoyable game and played wonderful football v Ardfert in Connolly Park on Sunday last. See you all next Sunday at 11am, boys! (ii) NB…Our U7 Thursday training is now finished for the year…NB! PEIL FAOI 9: (i) Our Sunday morning […]

THE Na Gaeil GAA faithful will have to head to Killarney on Sunday week to see their team play in their first ever Garveys Supervalu Kerry SFC quarter-final. Details of the dates, times and venues for the four games was revealed today with three games in Fitzgerald Stadium in Killarney […]

A NEWLY redecorated part of University Hospital Kerry’s ED Department honours the memory of a nurse in the hospital who passed away four years ago. Kerrie Browne from Brosna tragically lost her life on October 2, 2019 in a road traffic collision. The Browne family were at the hospital on Wednesday […]

Preparations continue for all our teams at all age levels as the new season is set to tip off. There is fantastic work being done in training and development sessions and teams are taking part in invitational tournaments, blitzes and challenge games ahead of their opening fixtures in the coming […]

IF you’re around Tralee town centre this Saturday, the why not pay a visit to Paco on the Mall to help out great cause. Eileen Whelan of Paco is once again hosting a charity fundraiser, this time for the Kerry Hospice Foundation. Her good friend Audrey Moran sadly lost her […]

THE proceeds of a recent golf classic held in memory of a great friend of Fenit RNLI was presented to that organistion at the weekend. Enda Mullen from Dublin had a special affinity with Fenit as his mother hailed from the area. Every year he collected substantial contributions from friends […]

THERE’S just one week to go until the folks at Tralee Musical Society return to the Siamsa Tire stage with ‘That’s Entertainment’. Rehearsals are ongoing with over 100 performers ready to put on a fantastic show for audiences of all ages. The brand new variety show follows on from the […]

THE Patrick O’Keeffe Traditional Music Festival has announced the winners of this year’s ‘Young Musician Award.’ This year, like last year there is a male and female winner. They are, Roisín O’Connor (fiddle) from Malahide, Co Dublin and Éamonn O’Meachair  (uileann pipes) from Cúl Aodha, Co Cork. Both Róisín and Éamonn […]

RIP: The passing of Bill Doody last week came as a great shock to all of us in Na Gaeil. Bill was a much respected and valued member of our club and he will be missed greatly. We send our deepest sympathy to his wife Margaret who is a member […]

Club Lotto There was no winner of our club Lotto Jackpot of €4000 on Sunday night last the numbers drawn were 05,13,16 & 23. The five €30 euro consolation prizes went to: 1.       Josh Laucher c/o Quanes 2.      Clodagh Ellard Spa 3.      Ava Kelliher Annagh 4.      Denis O’Sullivan Annagh 5.      […]

Seniors: Table topping Mid Kerry, on their home patch, were put to the pin of their collar when seeing out a 1-09 to 0-11 points win where our profligacy in front of our goal was our ultimate undoing. We started without David Moran and Tommy Walsh but made light of […]

Under 6s  Boys and Girls  We had a tremendous turn out foot training on Sunday morning.  Training was again indoors due to the weather but thankfully this is not sun issue. The boys and girls trained with great enthusiasm.  Skills for the day included the solo arms the kick pass. Game […]

Senior Ladies Bon Secours Junior A Championship Round 7 The final round robin game, a do or die battle. We needed a win or draw to secure a home semi-final; a loss would probably have us away from home. Laune Rangers needed a win to stay in the competition. When […]

U14 Camogie Congratulations to our u14 camogie team who are Div 1 County champions.  It took until the  second half of extra time to separate the sides in Ardfert last Monday evening, but our girls dug deep and came away with the  well deserved win. These are a great group […]

GARDAI in Tralee are investigating a burglary at Austin Stack Park over the weekend. It was discovered at 10am on Sunday morning that the door to the Pavilion was ajar and someone had gained entry to the office where a sum of cash was taken. No damage was caused to […]

FORMER Munster, Ireland and Lions rugby player and native of Currow, Mick Galway, made a special guest appearance at the annual Student Awards night celebration at Presentation Castleisland on September 28. The night is held annually to recognise student achievement and triumph, across a broad range of activities and disciplines. […]

KERRY County Council Local Enterprise Office in association with Peevers Slye Cotter (PSC Taxation Services) will present a Budget 2024 Briefing in The Rose Hotel on Thursday, October 12 from 9.30am to 11.30am. The briefing will summarise the main points arising from the Budget to be announced on October 10. There will be particular emphasis on the tax […]

NED O’Shea Construction company has lodged a planning application for a €70m, 235-home, Large Scale Residential Development (LRD) in Lisloose, Tralee. The 9.2-hectare Lisloose site is located off the Bracker O’Regan Road and aims to supply housing for the growing population, while also creating 200 direct construction jobs in the local […]

KERRY Mental Health Association Iveragh Branch has presented a new people carrier vehicle to the Fertha View Day Centre in Cahersiveen to provide services users with easy access to appointments and outings. The ‘bus’ costing over €50,000 was financed through funding support from the Helping Hand Charity Shop and annual […]

Alan Cantwell reports on a successful opening to the InsureMyVan.ie Men’s Super League season at Tralee Sports Complex last night… Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 90 Moycullen 65 Garvey’s Tralee Warriors got their Super League campaign off to a flying start with a dominant 25 point win over Moycullen in front of […]

THE proceeds from a recent youth soccer tournament were presented on Saturday morning. The Bumbleance Cup 2023 was held at St Brendans Park FC in August with around 350 players from 15 clubs taking part. Held in aid of BUMBLEance Children’s Ambulance Service, teams from all over Munster  took part in […]

MISS Kerry is getting involved in a great fundraiser this Friday by hosting an event in Tralee. Leah Galloway will host a coffee morning at the Lakeside Cafe at Tralee Bay Wetlands  for Tie Day Friday. Taking place from 11am to 1pm, people are invited to come for coffee and treats […]