Articles by: Dermot Crean

New Year  Wishes The Senior, Juvenile and Ladies Committees at Kerins O’Rahillys would like to wish all of their members, supporters and players a very happy and healthy New Year both on and off the field. We would also like to sincerely thank all of those who have volunteered their […]

SEASON’S GREETINGS: We wish all our members, supporters, sponsors and readers of these Notes a very happy and successful New Year. SCÓR SINSIR: Senior Scór will commence in early January.  For more information read Brian Caball’s detailed Juvenile Notes. THE YEAR PAST: In next week’s Notes and for the following two weeks thereafter […]

DESPITE the spitting rain, the inaugural Tralee RFC fund-raising fun run went ahead at O’Dowd Park in Ballyard on Saturday. Around 170 adults and kids registered in the clubhouse before the event kicked off at 1pm. There was a 5k and 3k route for this timed event, sponsored by Noyeks Newmans of […]

Continuing our Review Of 2015, here’s the news we brought you in February… • The first day of February saw Kerry senior footballers begin their Allianz National League campaign with a lacklustre performance against Mayo at Fitzgerald Stadium , losing 0-10 to 2-11 to the westerners. Barry John Keane had a good day with […]

THERE was good news over Christmas for the Run The Kingdom company as two of their events were nominated for the 2015 Running in Ireland awards. The Tralee International Marathon has been nominated in the marathon of the year category and the Tralee 100K has been nominated in the Ultra Marathon […]

IN case you hadn’t noticed, the weather has been pretty bad of late. There seems to be no let up in the rain and wind as it pummels the country and Kerry seems to be getting it very bad. There’s Status Yellow rainfall and wind warnings in effect for the […]

EARLIER we brought you photos and a video from the Christmas Day Swim in Fenit (click here for images). The annual dip, in aid of the RNLI, was another massive success and hundreds made the three dashes into the water as hundreds more looked on in the driving rain. Here […]

IT was a wet Saturday morning but there was a decent turnout for the annual Bill Kirby Memorial Walk in aid of the Kerry Hospice. The rain teemed down but around 200 showed up for the walk with Mike Gaffney and friends keeping spirits up playing music before the participants headed away to walk off […]

IT was a miserable Christmas morning weatherwise, but that didn’t deter the hundreds of swimmers who made the annual dash into the cold waters of Fenit. Well over a thousand people gathered at the beach to either take part in or watch the swim which again was  in aid of […]

  THIS is a continuation from last week’s column (click here for previous column) To appreciate and understand this fully, I believe we have to go back to the origin of man which I refer to as ancient man. Why is this so? Well we have to understand the origin of […]

  WE’RE taking a bit of a break for the next couple of days here at TraleeToday.ie, but we’ll be back on Sunday, December 27 with coverage of the Christmas swim in Fenit, the Bill Kirby Memorial Walk and we’ll be starting our ‘Review of 2015’. I hope you all – our readers […]

IT was a very stylish affair at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Tuesday night for the Mercy Mounthawk Students Debs Ball. Yesterday we brought you images from the glamorous event (click here for previous coverage) and now here’s the rest of our photos. Scroll down for photos…  

  THE earlier Status Yellow wind warning for Kerry has now been changed to the more severe ‘Orange’ status by Met Eireann. Issued at noon today, the new warning applies to Kerry, Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, and Cork. Southerly winds of mean speeds of 60 to 65km/h gusting 100 to […]

  The next couple of days may be a time to spend with family, pigging out on chocolates and arguing over the telly, but there’s still a few things you can get up to in the outside world… Christmas Eve Take in the atmosphere There’s nothing like meeting up with […]

KERRY County have published proposals for a new pedestrian crossing on Killerisk Road close to the junction with Manor Shopping Centre. The need for a crossing at this location has been raised by the members of Tralee Municipal District and Tralee Town Council at their meetings over the past few […]

SEASONED and enthusiastic Christmas Day in Fenit swimmer, Billy Ryle, is cordially inviting the thousands of people, who will be driving to swims at venues all over the county on Friday, either as participants or spectators, to get fully behind the “Never Ever Drink and Drive” campaign of the Road Safety […]

THE Presentation Secondary School bank was officially opened on Monday by a very rock n roll guest. ‘The Blossom Bank’ is the school’s entry to “The AIB Build a Bank Challenge”.  Previous years have been very successful with last year’s bank “The Dream Bank”winning the National Finals of the competition. Continued below… The bank […]

MINISTER for Transport, Pascal Donoghoe has announced an allocation of funding for Kerry Airport. Kerry Airport is to receive €311,260 under the Public Policy Remit Core Airport Management Operational Expenditure Subvention (PPPR-O) scheme for 2015. The funds have been welcomed by Minister for the Diaspora, Jimmy Deenihan and Deputy Arthur J Spring. […]

YOU know Christmas is very close when you see Christy McCarthy belting out rock n roll favourites in the town centre (see video below). Christy was one of many guest singers who came up on a stage on the Mall for a charity event organised by Tralee gardaí. This year they were […]

OVER €7.7m in funds have been allocated for improvement and maintenance work on Kerry roads today. Kerry County Council will be allocated €6,323,517 for road improvements and €1,445,446 for road maintenance, totalling €7,768,963. Castleisland By-Pass is to be allocated €150,000, Tralee By-Pass; €300,000, William Street Pavement Surface Repairs € 100,000, Kilderry […]

CHRISTMAS is here and as I said last week, the town looks incredible. I love this time of year and I am looking forward to spending it at home with my entire family, the first time in thirteen years that we are all together I was chatting to a friend of […]

THE second year students of Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí decided to get a head start on their Junior Cert CSPE action project. They organised a fun fundraiser for Bóthar, by hosting a” Christmas Jumper Day” recently. Each student donated €2 to a worthy cause and a grand total of  €328 was raised. Bóthar […]

HAPPY CHRISTMAS: Na Gaeil wishes a very happy, peaceful and holy Christmas to all players, mentors, members and supporters.Hope Santa is good to all. GOLF: Na Gaeil Annual Christmas Golf outing is on Monday the 28th of December in Castlegregory. Name Sheet is in the Club or else contact Eddie on […]

ST. BRENDAN’S BASKETBALL CLUB Ladies Div 2 County League St Brendan’s 41 Ballybunion Wildcats 38 St Brendan’s started off with great shooting particularly from the free throw line with a scoring rate of 100%. They led at the end of the first quarter by 2pts, 10-8. The second quarter saw […]

RESULTS FOR THE WEEK GIRLS U14 DIV 1 TRALEE IMPERIALS WON 25 V 23 after extra time against St Annes. A really exciting game. The girls played fantastically and kept their heads when they were under presssure. Tralee Imperials v Maree Out u18s travelled to Oranmore last Friday (18th Dec.) […]

BEANNACHTAÍ NA NOLLAG: Go raibh síocháin Dé i gcroí gach duine an Nollaig seo. GOT IT YET? Our annual calendar, FÉILIRE ’16, is still on sale at the Clubhouse and at Siopa de Barra, Sráid na Carraige. All club teams are included…pictiúir áille. It costs only €5…or three for €10. Ná bí […]

LOTTO Ballymac GAA lotto was held in Ballygarry House Hotel on Monday 14th December for a lotto jackpot of €9,600.  Numbers drawn were 12,18,22,26.  There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. Mary O Sullivan, c/o Tony Marshall 2. Eileen McCarthy, Abbeydorney 3. Tom Leen, Chutehall 4. Margaret O Connor, Ballymac […]

Lotto: There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 1, 10, 17 & 24. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Michael Lynch Curragraigue, Denise Allman Curraheen, Cathy O Grady Tonevane, Imelda O Sullivan Curraheen and Billy Hobbert O’Rahilly’s Villas. Next […]

SEASONS GREETING: We wish all our members, supporters, sponsors and readers of these Notes a happy and holy Christmas. U21 FOOTBALL: The U21F Co. Club Final (Shield Section) between ourselves and Templenoe did not go ahead as scheduled last Saturday. No new date has been fixed as we write, although both Clubs […]

Christmas Wishes The Senior, Juvenile and Ladies Committees at Kerins O’Rahillys would like to wish all of their members, supporters and players a very happy and safe Christmas and best wishes both on and off the field for the coming year. We would also like to sincerely thank all of […]