Sport

THE 2019 Lacey Cup will be held on Sunday, March 3 hosted by Tralee Manor West Bicycle Club. The Lacey Cup is the grand opener to the Munster racing season with a competitive field anxious to show early season form. The race always draws a large field of riders, with […]

THE win over Dublin in Tralee less than two weeks ago was sweet for fans, but for Kerry players it was even more satisfying. In case you missed it, Allianz Ireland brought out a short video about a month ago as part of their ‘My Tribe’ series, featuring Kerry back, […]

By Colm Griffin Kerry Ladies and Men’s Doubles Championships Friday night last was one of the busiest evenings on the badminton calendar in Kerry when the Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre played host to the CPC.ie sponsored Division 1, 3 and 5 Ladies and Men’s Doubles Championships. With 128 players […]

ST. BRENDAN’S BASKETBALL CLUB NOTES KABB VITHIT Mens Div 1 Final St. Brendan’s 90 KCYMS 80 St. Brendan’s added the Men’s Division 1 Cup to the club collection with a very impressive team performance against a determined KCYMS side in front of a big crowd in Killarney. The sides went […]

ULTAN Dillane has been named in the squad to play Italy in Rome on Sunday in the Six Nations Championship. The Tralee man made his first appearance for Ireland in 15 months when he came off the bench in their 22-13 victory over Scotland at Murrayfield less than two weeks […]

SEAN O’Shea has picked up his third GAA.ie Footballer Of The Week award this year, but this time it’s not for his performances in green and gold. The Kenmare forward was in scintillating form for UCC bagging 2-3 as the college proved too strong for NUIG in Sunday’s Electric Ireland Sigerson […]

Risteárd Ó Fuaráin on Kerry Camogie’s opening league game played on Sunday afternoon… Kerry 0-7 Westmeath 0-10 KERRY welcomed Westmeath to John Mitchel’s GAA Club on Sunday in their first outing in Division 2 of the Littlewoods Ireland National Camogie League. This was a Westmeath team that had been beaten […]

THE St Pats GAA faithful gathered on Saturday night to look back on a successful period in their history and also to look to the future with a sense of optimism. The function in The Rose Hotel was an occasion to reflect on the period of 1989 – 1995 when they won […]

THE senior county championship win was rightly celebrated, but there was also a tinge of sadness to Lixnaw’s Victory Social in Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Around 170 of the club faithful enjoyed a night of great food and music as they looked back on a year when they […]

Alan Cantwell says the Tralee Warriors defence was immense on Saturday night as they finally beat Killester this season… Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 71 Pyrobel Killester 55 Garvey’s Tralee Warriors overcame Pyrobel Killester at the third time of asking this season by 71-55 in a performance of real quality and endeavour […]

Mike O’Halloran was  in Austin Stack Park to see Kerry beat Mayo convincingly this afternoon… Kerry 3-18 Mayo 0-9 A PRETTY easy win for a much changed Kerry hurling team over Mayo in Tralee in this Division 2A league game. Kerry lined out without their scorer-in-chief Shane Conway and ended […]

AROUND 370 people registered for the Tralee 10 Miler and 5k Road Race which took place on Saturday from The Rose Hotel. Organised by Michelle Greaney of Optimal Fitness, she said she was delighted with the turnout which was well up on last year’s event which drew around 300 participants. Runners […]

WHAT a guy! Hanna O’Connell received a lovely surprise on St Valentines Day when a couple of  flags arrived at her door signed by former Munster and current Racing 92 rugby star Simon Zebo, Hanna, who has Cystic Fibrosis, hit the headlines over the past couple of years thanks to […]

THERE’S still time to enter the Tralee 10 Miler and 5k Road Race which takes place this Saturday at 10.30am from The Rose Hotel. Organised by Michelle Greaney of Optimal Fitness, the chosen charity to benefit is the Kerry Hospice Foundation. Last year’s event drew 300 participants and a good […]

IT’S a huge weekend for Garvey’s Tralee Warriors as they continue their bid for a first Men’s Super League title. At the moment they lie in third place on 24 points, six behind leaders Templeogue. However, the Warriors have two games in hand so it’s still all to play for. […]

IT’S a meeting which is only in its second year, but it’s already proving massively popular among primary schools throughout the county. Over 500 pupils from 41 schools spread throughout Kerry took part in the Allianz-sponsored Cumann na mBunscol Chiarraí Cross Country competition on Wednesday at Caherslee GAA grounds. “The […]

TRALEE has new All-Ireland champions thanks to the exploits of Mercy Mounthawk basketballers this afternoon. After some disappointments over the past few week, the Under 15A boys side went to the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght today and won the Subway  All-Ireland Schools final. They beat Malahide in the semi-final […]

AN Oakpark resident is €11,000 richer after he scooped the Na Gaeil GAA Club lotto jackpot recently. The lotto had not been won in 95 weeks so John, a west Cork native and former employee of Kerry Group, was surprised and delighted to learn he had won the prize. John, […]

By Colm Griffin Kerry Division 2 and Division 4 County Singles Championships. Killarney was the badminton focal point last Friday night as the CPC.ie sponsored final four singles titles of the season where played out in the senior Ladies and Men’s Championships. With four titles on offer it was nice […]

Men’s Results: Sunday 10th February  (14 holes singles) 1st Edward J Morrison (14) 30 Points 2nd Donagh Shanahan (16) 29 Points 3rd Ger Power (11) 29 Points 4th Kieran T Dinan (19) 28 Points Nrs of Cards – 50 Fixtures: Sat 16th Feb Casual Golf & Junior Golf Sun 17th […]

DOZENS of Kerry GAA stars from past and present will attend the ‘Friends of Kerry’ dinner on this Friday night at a five-star hotel in the centre of London. MC Daithi O’Shea will host an evening to celebrate an all star line-up of Kerry GAA greats as well as marking […]

A MEMBER of the Kingdom Wheelblasters has a new wheelchair thanks to the alliance the club enjoys with Kerry Recreation and  Sports and Partnership. The wheelchair basketball club formed the alliance to provide the opportunity for more people with physical disabilities the choice to get physically active. During 2018, both partners jointly […]

KERRY’s Dara Moynihan has been voted GAA.ie Footballer of the Week beating fellow Kerry man Kevin McCarthy in a public vote. Sean O’Shea had been voted Footballer of the Week for the past two weeks for his performances against Cavan and Tyrone. This time it’s the Spa clubman who wins […]

A GROUP from Na Gaeil will head up the west coast this weekend to take part in the All-Ireland Scór Na nÓg Finals Na Gaeil, Tralee/St. Brendans Board  will be appearing in their second All Ireland Final in a row at Scór Na nÓg level in the Léiriú category at […]

THEY came, they saw, but we conquered the Dubs last night in Austin Stack Park. It was a memorable evening in the county capital and Kerry showed great promise for the season ahead when they beat Dublin by the bare minimum. It also proved how important nights like this are […]

TWO out of two, but now it’s the big one. Dublin are expected to provide tougher opposition in Austin Stack Park tomorrow night in Round 3 of the Allianz Football League Division 1 (7pm). Peter Keane has made a couple of changes from the team the beat Cavan away last […]

IT Tralee Camogie team will travel to Mallow GAA Complex this Saturday to play at the 2019 Ashbourne Cup weekend. IT Tralee will compete for the Fr. Meaghair Cup when they play favourites Athlone IT in the semi-final. This game will take place at 11am. The Fr. Meaghair Cup this […]

THE Kerry Ladies Team to face Waterford in Round 2 of the Lidl Ladies National Football League has been announced. The game is fixed for 2pm on Saturday in Kerins O’Rahillys, Tralee. It’s the team’s first home game of the season in the league. The team captained by Amanda Brosnan […]

FORMER Tralee RFC player Ultan Dillane has been included on the match day squad for Ireland’s next Six Nations game this weekend. The Connacht lock will be on the bench for the game against Scotland at Murrayfield which kicks off at 2.15pm on Saturday. Hopefully Ultan will get a chance […]

KIERAN Donaghy has joined Newstalk’s ‘Off The Ball’ team to talk GAA for the coming season. The former Kerry star was announced as their new ‘signing’ on the show tonight. Kieran has been sporadically applying his punditry skills in the past, but listeners to the excellent ‘Off The Ball’ show […]