GAA

WHILE Friday is Women’s Christmas, a group of men will take centre stage at Kerry County Council buildings at an event to mark their achievements in 2022. A Civic Reception to honour the Kerry Senior Football Team, 2022 All-Ireland Champions, will take place in the Council Chamber at 6.30pm, hosted […]

KERRY had five representatives on the 2022 TG4 Ladies Football All Star team which was revealed at the TG4 All Star awards banquet, in association with Lidl, at The Bonnington Dublin Hotel on Saturday evening. The TG4 All-Ireland Senior Final runners-up Kerry were represented on the team by Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh, leading […]

THEY were under starters orders at Na Gaeil GAA Club last night when the annual race night got underway just after 8.30pm. The fundraising night has been held for nearly 20 years now and is always well attended by club members and the greater community. Chairman of Na Gaeil, Tim […]

It’s the last bank holiday weekend before Christmas so make the most of it! While Friday and Saturday are quiet enough, there’s a few more things to see and do around the town on Sunday… Friday 1. Warriors battle Demons… A timely fixture for the weekend as Garveys Tralee Warriors […]

FINAL preparations are in hand for what should be a fun night in Skelper Quanes, Blennerville, this Sunday. St Pats GAA Club members were joined by Radio Kerry’s Tim Moynihan on Monday evening to launch their first ever Race Night which starts at 8pm. There’s been a fantastic response from […]

KERINS O’Rahillys secured the Kerry Petroleum Senior Club Championship for the first time since 2010 and will now represent Kerry in the Munster Championship at the end of November. They beat Templenoe by 0-15 to 0-14 in the decider played at Fitzgerald Stadium this afternoon. Killian Spillane had a chance […]

THE reigning county champions, Austin Stacks, will not be involved in the Kerry senior county championship next year. The Tralee titans were defeated by Kenmare Shamrocks in the Kerry Petroleum Senior Club Championship Relegation Play-off game at Fitzgerald Stadium this afternoon by 3-11 to 1-15. In what was a classic first […]

THE first John Mitchels GAA Club Social in 13 years was a sold out success last night as over 180 of the club faithful gathered to celebrate the past and present, while looking to the future with optimism. Guests at The Rose Hotel event were treated to a welcome drinks […]

NA Gaeil GAA Club had a special visitor on Wednesday night as they launched their annual Race Night fundraiser. Kerry stars Diarmuid O’Connor, Jack Barry and Stefan Okunbor brought Sam Maguire to the clubhouse in Killeen as the club promoted the event to take place on Friday, November 11. The […]

THERE was a great turnout at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium for the Kerry GAA Fundraiser in aid of the Kerry Teams Training Fund on Friday night. GAA fans got to meet the victorious Kerry football team with the Sam Maguire Cup and members of the Kerry senior hurling team also […]

AS part of St Pats GAA Club’s Healthy Clubs Initiative, a new programme to get people running will begin at the club next Thursday. The club is delighted to have such experienced AI running coach Michelle Greaney to lead the sessions.  This is a progressive running program designed to get […]

ABBEYKILLIX Camogie Club were delighted to be one of the 64 teams chosen out of over 400 to play at Croke Park last week. The Tesco Camán to Croker event 2022 invited Abbeykillix under 12 team members and their supporters to travel to Dublin for the event. The club is […]

AFTER an enforced break of three years due to Covid-19 Restrictions, the Austin Stacks Denis O’Connor U14 Invitational Football Tournament sponsored by Lee Strand, returns on Saturday, September 3. This popular event, which is an important landmark in the club calendar, started out in 1986 as a 4-team competition for […]

AUSTIN Stacks GAA grounds at Connolly Park Tralee was the place to be on Saturday where the club hosted U8 and U10 girls teams from Kerry, Limerick, Clare and Cork for a Go-Games Blitz. There were 32 teams representing 17 clubs. The Kerry teams taking part were Austin Stacks, Kerins O’Rahillys, […]

A FOOTBALL blitz held last Saturday raised hundreds of euro for Mary Gardiner’s fundraising efforts for Breast Cancer Ireland. Teams from Tralee, north Kerry and west Kerry and beyond gathered for the U10 girls blitz at Pat Healy Park in Ballyrickard. The event is normally held each year with funds […]

A MEETING of two town teams is surely the pick of the opening games in this year’s Garvey’s County Senior Football Championship from a Tralee point of view. The draw for the Championship took place in Austin Stack Park on Monday evening with four groups of four teams set to […]

TEAMS from Tralee, north Kerry and west Kerry and beyond gathered for a football blitz on Saturday for a great cause. The Under 10 blitz, sponsored by Terrys Butchers in Oakpark, featured teams from 10 clubs playing each other at Pat Healy Park in Ballyrickard. The event is normally held each […]

IT’S proving to be a highly entertaining week for young Rockies as their annual summer camp continues. This week has proven even more successful than the Cúl Camps last month, with around 150 kids registered to take part in the activities in the Connolly Park grounds. Coaches have been putting […]

SOMETHING very special took place at the Austin Stacks GAA grounds this week. The Connolly Park venue hosted the first Inclusion Cúl Camp to be held in Kerry, with children from all over the Tralee area attending. The camp was created to give an outlet for children with additional needs […]

WHILE most GAA summer camps concentrate on either hurling or football, they took a novel approach to proceedings at John Mitchels GAA Club’s complex at Ballyseedy. Because of the great facilities at the complex, Thomas Kearns, the Games Development Officer at the Club, devised a diverse programme of events for […]

AFTER a week of Cúl Camp fun in early July, Na Gaeil GAA Club was once again a hive of activity for kids when the club held their own summer camp this week. Over 110 children aged between five and 13 were put through their paces by young coaches and […]

WHILE it’s not uncommon for Kerry stars to visit their club’s summer camps every year, this time it was a bit more special at Kerins O’Rahillys. Players David Moran and Jack Savage, along with Kerry selector Micheál Quirke, popped by their club’s juvenile camp on Thursday morning with a shiny […]

YOUNG girls from Tralee and beyond are set to gather for a football blitz this Saturday at the Kerins O’Rahillys pitches for a great cause. The Under 10 blitz, sponsored by Terrys Butchers in Oakpark, will feature 16 teams from 12 clubs in Tralee and North Kerry, playing each other […]

THE Austin Stacks club is inviting everyone in the community to join them this evening to parade Sam Maguire from Rock Street to their Connolly Park headquarters. Kerry captain Joe O’Connor will be joined by his Kerry teammates for the march which is scheduled to begin at 7.30pm from Kirby’s […]

THE Credit Unions of Kerry and West Limerick are delighted to lend their support to the Kerry Senior Ladies ahead of the All- Ireland Senior Championship Final on this Sunday, July 31, in Croke Park. Kerry LGFA Chairperson Selina Looney said: “We are hugely excited to be in an All-Ireland […]

PERFECT timing. The rain arrived in Croke Park right on full-time to cool down the many thousands of Kerry fans who were roasted in glorious sunshine all afternoon. Nobody cared about the rain though, as a tumultuous roar of elation and relief resounded around the stadium to hail Kerry bridging […]

IT was a sweltering afternoon at Kerins O’Rahillys GAA grounds on Sunday as the club hosted its Family Fun and Wellbeing Day. There was a good turnout for the event considering the beach weather and the All-Ireland hurling final competing for attention. Part of the Lidl ‘One Good Club’ programme, there […]

WITH the weather set to be fine on Sunday, it’s the ideal time to hold a family fun day. Well the good folks at Kerins O’Rahillys GAA Club have a fantastic line-up of activities and entertainment for all ages at the Strand Road grounds from 2.30pm to 5.30pm as part […]

THE greatest rivalry in Gaelic football will be revived once again this weekend when Kerry face Dublin in Croke Park in the All-Ireland semi-final. A huge crowd is expected at headquarters for the game on Sunday which throws in at 3.30pm and the Kerry team to take the field has […]

CÚL Camps took place in the town’s GAA clubs all week with hundreds of youngsters learning new skills and perfecting old ones in a fun environment. At John Mitchels GAA complex in Ballyseedy, there were over 110 children registered to take part, while a similar number converged on Na Gaeil […]