Articles by: Dermot Crean

TRALEE Imperials BC took over the hall in Mercy Mounthawk on Saturday and did a marathon 12 hours of basketball raising funds for club and the Kerry Hospice Foundation. Starting at 9am with the enthusiasm of the young academy members evident, each age group took to the floor filling an hour […]

TRALEE photographer, John Cleary’s new book ‘T’was Only Like Yesterday’ is a great stocking filler this Christmas. The follow up to ‘Through The Lens’ — which featured images of life in Tralee in and Kerry in the 1970s — his latest book of photographs concentrates on the 1980s with images from sporting, […]

WORK is due to begin next month on the construction of a new road at the Kilderry Bends on the N70 between Milltown and Killorglin following the appointment of a contractor for the €10m project. Kerry County Council has received approval from Transport Infrastructure Ireland to appoint Cork-based Sorenson Civil […]

THE Mall and Bridge Street in Tralee will re-open to traffic on Thursday evening at 6.00pm following the completion of works costing approximately €1.7m as part of the Tralee Active Travel Town Project. New taxi bye-laws have been in place since Tuesday and the part-pedestrianisation of The Mall will come […]

A SPECIAL  celebration was held recently to mark the retirement of the Tralee Golf Club Course Superintendent. JJ Young retires from Tralee Golf Club after 41 years’ service and the club honoured his service by holding a charity golf competition and dinner attended by club members and guests. Continued below… […]

THE talented and hardworking Ballymac Strictly Love Dancing participants will take to the floor in less than two months to dance their hearts out for the chance to be crowned winners in the 2018 competition. The dancers rehearsals are well underway and this year’s event at the Ballygarry House Hotel […]

LEABHAR AN CHÉID AGUS FÉILIRE 2018: (i) The 11th edition of our club calendar with photographs of our young stars will be on sale this Friday night, December 15th, in the clubhouse. Costas:  €5 an ceann; 3 cinn ar €10. (ii) Also on sale will be ‘A Centenary History’…100 bliain de stair na Carraige. […]

Scór na nÓg    Congratulations to Na Gaeil’s super talented  Dearbhala Quirke ( Recitation) and our Leiriu whiz kids ,Barry Sugrue, Liam Óg Kingston, Joshua Roche, Aine & Aoife O’Sullivan, Dearbhala Quirke  and Isabelle and Emily Crowe who were crowned Scór Na nÓg Munster Semi Final champions in Ovens on Sunday […]

ST. BRENDAN’S BASKETBALL CLUB NOTES By Alan Cantwell Lee Strand Boys U14 Div 2 St. Brendan’s 41 Tralee Imperials 25 St. Brendan’s welcomed Imperials to Moyderwell last Sunday for the eagerly awaited local derby. The first quarter was very evenly matched. Danny Hennessy opened the scoring for Imperials but a […]

St Brendan’s Park FC club notes weekending  10/12/17 Club Results W/E 3/12/17 Skechers U13 SFAI Cup St. Brendan’s Park Fc 2 : 0 Shelbourne U13 DIV.2 M.E.K Utd 2 : 2 St Brendan’s Park Skechers U15 SFAI Cup Tulla United 0 : 0 St. Brendan’s Park Fc U15A (Lost AET […]

Despite the inclement weather, or the allure of Christmas shopping or, indeed, the North Kerry football final played in nearby Listowel, the Moyvane Community Centre was the focal point for the many badminton enthusiasts from all corners of the Kingdom of Kerry on Sunday last where the Newtownsandes sponsored 32nd […]

The ITA (Irish Taekwon-Do Association) National Blackbelt Grading took place in Tralee, at the John Mitchels GAA Complex at the weekend. Students were tested on hand and foot techniques, patterns, sparring, self defence, theory and power breaking. The standards were very high, with students from Dublin, Cork, Waterford, Tipperary, Kildare, […]

TRALEE Credit Union will be known as ‘Cara Credit Union’ after the motion to change its name was passed last night at the AGM in The Rose Hotel. There was a large attendance at  the 50th Annual General Meeting where the Board of Directors  reported a very positive year of […]

TEACH an tSolais at St John’s Ashe Street will be a busy spot this Saturday as the parish hosts a Christmas Fair from 10am to 4pm. The Fair has returned after a break of three years and there’s some great prizes including a weekend away at Breaffy House Resort in […]

THE Christmas Crib in the Square received a blessing yesterday afternoon. Fr Tadhg Fitzgerald PP of St John’s and Church of Ireland Rev. Jim Stephens performed the joint ceremony watched by a small gathering, while Mark Leen concluded the blessing with a Christmas hymn. The crib was subject to vandalism […]

FRIDAY should see a huge crowd of Rockies converge on their Connolly Park headquarters at 8pm for another event to mark the centenary of the club. This time it’s for the launch of a book which is sure to be in many a Christmas stocking on December 25. The Austin […]

TRALEE Bay Swimming Club has announced details of The 65th Annual Christmas Day Swim in Fenit. Once again the collection will be in aid of RNLI Fenit Lifeboats. The swim will take place at 12 noon and will begin with The traditional singing of Jingle Bells. Santa will then sound […]

Coiste na nÓg Trá Lí has nominated Na Gaeil CLG as Juvenile Club of the year 2017. Colm Ó’Suilleabháin, Tim Lynch and John Keating were presented with the trophy by the Coiste chairperson, Tom Keane at their AGM in the Rose Hotel recently. Tom congratulated Na Gaeil and complimented all […]

Seniors: Bainisteoir Micheál Quirke has finalised his management team for 2018 with the announcement that Mark Fitzgerald, Timmy O’Sullivan and Pat Flavin will act as his selectors with Giles O’Grady overseeing all gym conditioning work. Like all clubs, we are looking forward with optimism to 2018 and wish Micheál, his […]

Ballymac Strictly Love Dancing 2018 It’s our favourite time of year again in Ballymac when our talented and hardworking dancers take to the floor and dance their hearts out for the chance to be crowned winners in the 2018 Strictly Come Dancing. The dancers rehearsals are well underway and this […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 04, 20, 23 & 27. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Michael Kennedy Derrymore East, Joe, Michelle and Daniel c/o Brendan Poff, Denis O Sullivan Annagh, Trevor and Thomas c/o Jerry and Seamus […]

THE CENTENARY BOOK: Club Secretary, Elma Nix informs us that the Austin Stacks Centenary 1917-2017 Book will be hitting the shelves shortly . . . a must for every Black n’Amber Stocking! The Official Launch will be held in the Stacks Club House at 8pm on Friday next (Dec 15th). A4 size, […]

CBS Seniors Munster Schools Final: Hard luck to Tralee CBS who lost to Mount Sion in the  U18.5 Munster final yesterday. The game which was played in reckless conditions in Mallow saw the Green leading at half time 0-08 to 1-01. Playing against a gale in the second half the […]

ACTIVE RETIREMENT CHRISTMAS PARTY: The 17th year of the Active Retirement Christmas Party was held at the John Mitchels Club House in John Joe Sheehy Road last Saturday. On a seasonal cold but dry morning,  volunteers began to arrive at the Club House from 8.00 a.m. onwards. Floors were hoovered […]

Calendars: Our club calendars are available in local shops as well as the primary schools in Milltown and Ballyfinnane. They are once again very well produced so make sure you get one before they are gone ! Lotto: Our  Lotto Jackpot draw for €17,400 is on in The Shanty Bar, Ballyfinnane […]

TRALEE Art Group’s Sale of Work at Baile Mhuire Day Centre on Sunday was a great occasion with paintings, drawings, cakes and crafts on sale. Carols and music were provided by Ardfert Ladies’ Choir, while members of Bryan Carr’s School of Performing Arts gave a rousing performance. Mulled wine and […]

AS we brought you earlier (click here if you missed it), the annual Tralee Santa 5k Fun Run was another great success despite the bad weather yesterday morning. Hundreds took to the road from the Tralee Bay Wetlands just after 11am with many dressed in their Santa hats and Christmas […]

THE final Food and Craft Fair of the year took place at a busy Saturday and Sunday in Manor West Shopping Centre. The fair comprised of numerous local artisan food producers and craftspeople offering fantastic handmade products from the heart of Kerry. With Santa and his friends present as well […]

FIVE Kerry projects are among the 11 recipients of almost €14.3m in funding approved in counties in the southern region in the Regional Enterprise Development Fund, The Fund, which is an open national competitive call to support regional projects, is provided by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation, through Enterprise […]

THE Rose Hotel was rocking on Saturday night as they hosted a special Christmas party night. Tesco in Manor West, Keane’s Supervalu Killorglin, Lee Strand and many more businesses and groups gathered for a mulled wine/champagne reception followed by a delicious meal and music til the wee hours. We were […]