Articles by: Gavin O'Connor

AN ESTIMATED 150 participants took part in the Rotary Club’s ‘Run Kingdom Run’ event, despite the awful weather conditions which were wet from start to finish. The 10K run was won by Dublin’s Gary Condon who came in at the finish line at the Brandon Hotel in a time of […]

A VIDEO of three men supping pints and cracking jokes at the reopening of the ‘highest pub in Ireland’ in Coom on the Kerry Cork border has gone viral. The pub was destroyed in a fire two years ago which left locals in the area without a place to meet up […]

THE Kingdom County Fair turns the pension age this year as huge crowds are expected to flood into Ballybeggan Race Course on Sunday, May 11. The 65th Fair, which is the second biggest in Munster, will have bundles of things on offer for what is seen as a great family […]

Friday Denny Premier A Park FC v Camp United, 7pm Tommy Healey Memorial Cup Tralee Athletic v Tralee Dynamos 7pm Park have their eye on qualification for the league final and got themselves into second place last weekend after a 5-0 win against Tralee rivals Spa Road. Every point is […]

SENIORS We are away to Ardfert in Round 2 time and date T.B.C. CO LEAGUE Our next Co. League game is at home to Skellig Rangers in round 4 on Saturday May 10th  at 7pm Under 14 boys Our under 14 boys continued our good recent run with a hard fought […]

IF you were born in Tralee in the mid to late 80’s then the chances are you’ll remember some of these, says Gavin O’Connor 1. You believe Quinnsworth’s carpark was and always will be, the spiritual home of the ‘Bazaar’. 2. You got Coke and Taytos after GAA juvenile training. Altogether now, […]

TRALEE Sailing Club will be opening its doors this Sunday afternoon May 4 for free. The promotion called ‘Sail Spraoi, Sail Free’ is hoping to attract newcomers to the sport of sailing. Sailing boats will be rigged up and powerboats, kayaks and coastal rowing boats will be ready to take you […]

IT’S been a fantastic weekend for Churchill as their quiz team brought home an All-Ireland title. The Churchill GAA Scor Quiz team travelled to G.M.I.T centre in Castlebar in Mayo for the finals. This was only the second time the club contested the All-Ireland, the first being in 1971. The team […]

JAH BASS is a Tralee composer, arranger, bassist and guitarist with Irish Dub Reggae/Jazz group Avatar. Here he picks the music which has shaped his life. “When I was ten or eleven around 1971/72, I remember hearing James Moody playing ‘Phil Up’ from his 1956 album ‘Moody’s Mood For Love’. I […]

  AUSTIN STACKS NOTES OF 29/04/2014. SENIOR FOOTBALL: Austin Stacks 0-11; Milltown/Castlemaine 1-8. In the first round of the Senior Club Championship played in ideal conditions in Connolly Park on last Sunday afternoon (27th April)  both sides could not be separated after 82 minutes of some tough, intensive football and must […]

By Gavin O’Connor TUCKED INTO  an innocuous corner of a Tralee estate is a house you wouldn’t give a second glance to, but behind its walls you’ll find it rammed full of an eclectic mix of expensive collectibles. Stuffed into every corner there are such items as 19th century watercolours, […]

ON Saturday, May 3, artist and Integrated Energy Therapist Tricia O’Connor is running a Vision Board Workshop from 12.30-2.30pm in Collis Sandes House, Oakpark,. A visionboard is made from magazine clippings and is a creative tool used, to help you clarify, concentrate and maintain focus on a specific life goal. The […]

PROJECT partners from six European countries Germany (co-ordinator), Austria, Italy, Ireland (ITT), Spain and Poland met at the ITT recently to collaborate on an EU project entitled TeamCoaching, which aims to find solutions for the unemployed young people. In order to up-skill this specific cohort a training concept from the German […]

Dingle Way Challenge 2014: Bang! We are back! The Dingle Way Challenge 2014 will take place on Sunday 1st June. This year we will bus you back to thevillage of Cloghane on the foothills of the famous Mount Brandon. From there you will walk 55km along some of the most stunning scenery in the world through Castlegregory and […]

Kerins O’Rahillys Notes Juveniles U6/8/10 Training for this age group continues in Healy Park on Saturdays at 11am. U8/10 Girls Our U8/10 girls trained as usual on Saturday last. These girls are a joy to watch as their skill level continues to improve every week and they are in preparation for the many blitzes they […]

Kieran Donaghy could spend extended time on the sideline due to a suspected dislocated shoulder injury sustained during Austin Stacks first round Championship match against Milltown/Castlemaine yesterday. The player was admitted to Tralee General hospital where he underwent a scan, the results of which should be known today. This is yet […]

General Information: Kerry School of Music head office in High St, Tralee is open six days a week- Monday to Friday from 9.30am to 5pm and on Saturdays from 9am-1pm. We can also can be contacted at  066 7125690, by email at kerrymusicschool@eircom.ie , on Facebook or by visiting our website at www.kerryschoolofmusic.com  where regular updates and news on forthcoming events are […]

LOTTO The Lotto was held in Ballygarry House on Monday 21st April 2014.  The jackpot was €11,700 and the numbers drawn were 10, 19,21,28.  There was no winner. Lucky Dip 1. Moss Crowe, Chutehall 2. Paudie Heffernan, Kielduff 3. Denis O Shea, Lisbeg, Tralee 4. Marie Shanahan, Kielduff 5. Tom […]

Austin Stacks  0-11   Milltown/Castemaine 1-08 By Gavin O’Connor EXTRA TIME was needed but it still couldn’t decide a winner between Austin Stacks and Milltown/Castemaine in this scrappy and sometimes ill-tempered Championship encounter. Connolly Park was bathed in sunshine for the 2.30 throw-in, the ground was hard allowing for perfect conditions. The […]

By Gavin O’Connor NA Gaeil will regret not capitalizing on their first half dominance as Dromid Pearses killed off this second round Junior Championship contest with a two goal blitz midway through second half. A wet and blustery Killeen was the venue on Saturday evening for this game played in conditions […]

By Gavin O’Connor MUNSTER-MAD Declan Smith is willing to go one step further for his team. He sported a bright red Mohawk hairstyle for Munster’s Heineken Cup Semi-Final trip to Marseilles to face Toulon in the South of France. The former Louth native, now of Ashgrove, Tralee, said the overall process took three […]

By Gavin O’Connor GLAMOUR was to the fore at the Fels Point Hotel last night when their Herbs and Roses Spa hosted a fashion and beauty event which was attended by over 150 ladies looking for beauty, fitness and style tips. Irish blogger Suzanne Jackson, who runs the very popular So Sue Me […]

YESTERDAY morning Manchester United supporters awoke to the news their manager David Moyes had been sacked. Some may have been relieved, but all have been reeling from what has been a disastrous ten months for their club where they have seen rivals overtake them, late goals fly in the other […]

Ballymacelligott 1-11 Churchill 1-16 A storming second half performance by Churchill was the difference as they knocked local rivals out of Junior Championship. Sunny Ballymac was the venue for this first round Junior County Championship encounter and It was Ballymac had the better of the exchanges in the first half. A […]

Intermediate Club Football Championship John Mitchels  1-16   Skellig Rangers 1-11 Extra time was needed in what was a classic championship encounter bathed in sunshine in Ballyseedy last Saturday evening. The first half was a hard fought affair with Mitchels having the share of possession and benefiting from a slight […]

NA GAEIL 21st APRIL 2014 JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP Please come and support Na Gaeil playing Dromid Pearses this Saturday at home @ 6 30pm. NA GAEIL MINIORS Na Gaeil were awarded a walkover against Currow in the final round of the County League and now travel to take on Fossa in […]