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With hail stones teaming down, David Moran, grabs the game by the scruff of the neck and pings the ball over the bar for Kerry. Photo by Dermot Crean.

Three Blues Named In Kerry Team To Face Dublin

January 28, 2016 at 9:13 pm Comments are Disabled

  JUST eight of Kerry’s 2015 All-Ireland Final side are named in the starting 15 for Kerry’s Allianz National League opener against Dublin in Croke Park this Saturday at 7pm. Three Kerins O’Rahilly’s men feature in the team that will look to get one back on Dublin after the disappointment […]

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Four Tralee Women Named In Ireland Six Nations Squad

Four Tralee Women Named In Ireland Six Nations Squad

January 28, 2016 at 5:26 pm Comments are Disabled

FOUR Trelee women have been picked in the Ireland 6 Nations squad it was announced this afternoon. Tralee RFC’s Zoe Grattage, Ciara Griffin and Ciara O’Connor and Ruth O’Reilly, who plays her rugby with Galwegians, were named in the squad of 30 that will defend Ireland Six Nations crown. The Tralee RFC trio have […]

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Ring of Kerry Cycle Committee Respond To Feedback On New Registration Process

Ring of Kerry Cycle Committee Respond To Feedback On New Registration Process

January 28, 2016 at 12:15 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Ring of Kerry Cycle Committee has released a statement in response to feedback around the Registration process which was changed to a lottery system this year.   There has been some criticism of the new process, but they explain the new system is a fairer way for all. “Many of […]

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Ticket Prices And Venue Have Been Confirmed For Katie Taylor Fight

Ticket Prices And Venue Have Been Confirmed For Katie Taylor Fight

January 28, 2016 at 10:28 am Comments are Disabled

FIGHT fans in town got a big surprise on Tuesday when it was announced that Katie Taylor is coming to Tralee to fight American, Queen Underwood.  It has been confirmed by Tralee Boxing Club, the venue is The Mount Brandan Hotel and tickets are priced at, €30 ringside, €20 regular […]

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Tralee Man Presents US Masters Champion With A Very Irish Gift

Tralee Man Presents US Masters Champion With A Very Irish Gift

January 27, 2016 at 4:54 pm Comments are Disabled

A TRALEE man currently caddying in the Singapore Open gave a special gift to current US Masters Champion today. Freelance golf writer, Kenneth Quillinan, from Derrylea, Oakpark, is carrying the clubs for Corkman, Niall Turner, at the Asian Tour event, but couldn’t resist presenting Jordan Speith with an Irish soccer […]

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CLUB FOCUS: Cillard Camogie Club Looks Back On A Great Year

CLUB FOCUS: Cillard Camogie Club Looks Back On A Great Year

January 27, 2016 at 10:37 am Comments are Disabled

AT the end of the year medal presentation held at Ballyroe Heights recently, Cillard Camogie Club had much to celebrate as they looked back on a very successful year. Special guests Michelle Costello county secretary and Laura Collins Kerry Camogie Seniors were on hand to present medals to the various teams. […]

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PREVIEW: Big Day For Tralee Basketball As St Brendan’s Bid For National Glory

PREVIEW: Big Day For Tralee Basketball As St Brendan’s Bid For National Glory

January 27, 2016 at 10:24 am Comments are Disabled

BASKETBALL fever is beginning to build once more in Tralee. Leading the charge are St Brendan’s who will play in the Men’s Intermediate National Cup Final at the mecca of Irish basketball, the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght. Continued below… It’s a long time coming for St Brendan’s. 2001 was the […]

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St Brendan’s Basketball Club News

St Brendan’s Basketball Club News

January 26, 2016 at 10:09 pm Comments are Disabled

ST. BRENDAN’S BASKETBALL CLUB All roads lead to Tallaght next Saturday Our Senior Men travel to Dublin on Saturday 30th January for the Hula Hoops Mens Intermediate National Cup Final vs BC Leixlip Nemunas. Tip off for the game is 12pm at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght. We are […]

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Katie Taylor Is Coming To Fight In Tralee Next Month

Katie Taylor Is Coming To Fight In Tralee Next Month

January 26, 2016 at 2:43 pm 2 comments

GREAT news is coming through that Katie Taylor is set to fight US Olympian, Queen Underwood in Tralee next month. The event is being organised by Tralee Boxing Club. Tonight they will hold a meeting to decide the venue, ticket prices, and confirm the date of the fight, which is expected to be Saturday, […]

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From The Wetlands With Love…Get Set For The Valentine’s Weekend 10 Mile Road Race

From The Wetlands With Love…Get Set For The Valentine’s Weekend 10 Mile Road Race

January 26, 2016 at 12:04 pm Comments are Disabled

DO you love to run? Run the Kingdom are holding the Valentines Weekend 10 Mile Road Race which will take place on Sunday, February 14, 2016. The race is seen as a valuable training guide for the Tralee International Marathon and Half Marathon, which takes place around four weeks after this […]

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Kerry GAA Has Some New Gear For The National League

Kerry GAA Has Some New Gear For The National League

January 26, 2016 at 11:48 am Comments are Disabled

WITH the opening match of the Allianz National League against Dublin in Croke Park now only days away, Kerry GAA, has unveiled new training gear the football and hurling teams will wear throughout the league campaign. Standing out from previous years, Kerry have gone for a luminous green as the most […]

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Tralee Golf Club News

Tralee Golf Club News

January 26, 2016 at 11:36 am Comments are Disabled

Captains Drive in Results BACK NINE : 1st: 27 5/8 Willie Goulding (9),John O’Brien (10),Joe McCarthy (15),Kieran O’Callaghan (20) 2nd : 28 5/16 Alan Kelly (8), Pat Williams(12), John Paul Enright (19), Gene Kelly(20) 3rd: 28 6/16 Kevin Lucey (6), Donie O’Keefe (6), Peter O’Driscoll (14), Maurice Laide (16) FRONT […]

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Club Championship Draw Throws Out Tough Tests For Some Tralee Sides

Club Championship Draw Throws Out Tough Tests For Some Tralee Sides

January 26, 2016 at 10:45 am Comments are Disabled

THE draws for the Castleisland Mart Club Championship took place last night at the County Committee meeting held in Austin Stack Park. Recent championship clashes would suggest Kerins O’Rahilly’s would have preferred to avoid Legion. The Killarney side have knocked O’Rahilly’s out of the 2015 Senior Championship and the two […]

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2015 Austin Stacks captain, Barry Shanahan, with the County League shield. Photo by Dermot Crean.

Here’s The Tralee Area Teams’ Fixtures For The Senior Football County League 2016

January 25, 2016 at 4:42 pm Comments are Disabled

FOR the first time in over a decade three Tralee clubs will compete in Division 1 of the Credit Union Senior Football County League. John Mitchels will join defending champions Austin Stacks and Kerins O’Rahilly’s in the top flight throwing up a couple of more town derby days. Once again, […]

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Austin Stacks manager, Stephen Stack will stay on for another year in charge. Photo by Dermot Crean.

Donaghy To Captain The Rock As Pat Flanagan Joins Stephen Stack’s Backroom Team

January 25, 2016 at 3:29 pm Comments are Disabled

AUSTIN Stacks GAA Club today announced their management teams for the coming season, which includes renowned former Kerry senior team strength and conditioning coach, Pat Flanagan. An infusion of new, albeit very experienced blood, from senior right down to the minor grade sees a strong development in the Rock, in the final […]

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St Brendans Park FC News

St Brendans Park FC News

January 25, 2016 at 2:14 pm Comments are Disabled

St Brendans Park Fc Weekly Notes After weekending Sunday 24th January 2016 By Club PRO Tommy Naughton  RESULTS ; U13 Daly’s Supervalu Premier Park A 5-1 Inter Kenmare . U13 Daly’s Supervalu Div.1  Park B 5-2 Ballyhar U15 Killarney Plaza Premier Killarney Celtic A 4-1 Park A . U15 Killarney Plaza Div.2 Fenit […]

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James Duggan celebrates at the final whistle. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.

REPORT/PHOTOS: Sensational Last Gasp Winner Promotes Mitchels To Division 1

January 25, 2016 at 12:36 pm Comments are Disabled

Gavin O’Connor was in Brosna to see John Mitchels grab an injury-time winner in the Division 1 Promotion Playoff Final Replay against Spa… John Mitchels 1-11 Spa 0-13 JOHN MITCHELS ended 13 years outside of Division 1 by overcoming Spa in a thrilling finale in Brosna on Sunday. It looked as […]

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Tralee Imperials Basketball Club News

Tralee Imperials Basketball Club News

January 25, 2016 at 10:54 am Comments are Disabled

RESULTS FOR THE WEEK: U14 BOYS DIV 2 Tralee Imperials v Kenmare Kestrals 31 v 54 U16 Boys DIV 1 Tralee Imperials v St Brendans 46 v 47 after overtime: U12 BOYS DIV 1 Tralee Imperials v TK Cougars 20 v 32 U16 GIRLS DIV 1 Tralee Imperials v TK […]

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Kerry Badminton Association News

Kerry Badminton Association News

January 25, 2016 at 10:42 am Comments are Disabled

It proved, indeed, to be a bumber nights Badminton at the CPC.IE sponsored Badminton County Singles Championships played at the Killarney Sports Centre on Friday night last, where over 70 competitors took part in the ladies and men’s championships for divisions 1, 3 and 5. The fare provided was out […]

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Tralee Bay Swimming Club News

Tralee Bay Swimming Club News

January 25, 2016 at 10:39 am Comments are Disabled

By Kevin Williams ….Club PRO AGM: The AGM took place last Thursday and was well attended with 38 members showing up.  After the minutes were read, the Chairman issued a short address thanking everyone for a very successful 2015. The Treasurer followed and reported a healthy set of accounts again […]

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At the Kerry Supporters Club social on Saturday night in Ballygarry House Hotel were Megan Hennessy and Kerry All-Star Anthony Maher. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: A Celebration Of Kerry GAA At Supporters Club Dinner

January 24, 2016 at 12:20 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY GAA stars from all codes were honoured at the Kerry GAA Supporters Club social in the Ballygarry House Hotel on Saturday night. A crowd of around 200 loyal GAA supporters reviewed the year gone by and speculated on Kerry’s chances for 2016 in the company of the football and hurling All-Stars. […]

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Kerry's, Shane Nolan takes off with Waterford's Colin Dunford trailing behind. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.

REPORT/PHOTOS: Deise Prove Too Strong For Kerry Hurlers

January 24, 2016 at 11:05 am Comments are Disabled

Mike O’Halloran reports on Kerry’s outing against Waterford in the Munster Senior Hurling League match played in Killarney yesterday afternoon, with photos by Gavin O’Connor… Kerry 0-8   Waterford 0-17 Kerry hurlers played their last game in the Munster Senior Hurling League where they came up short against a Waterford team that included […]

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PHOTOS: Tralee Secondary School Students Win At Cross Country Event

PHOTOS: Tralee Secondary School Students Win At Cross Country Event

January 23, 2016 at 6:00 pm Comments are Disabled

TRALEE athletes excelled at the Kerry Schools Cross Country Championships on Wednesday at The Demesne, Killarney. Tralee CBS beat competition from around the county to win the ‘Best School Award’ for boys, with Mercy Mounthawk coming in second place and Presentation Milltown 3rd. Presentation Killarney won ‘Best Girls School’ with Mercy Mounthawk once […]

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PHOTOS: Local Liverpool Fans Enjoy Anfield Trip…Despite Losing To Bitter Rivals

PHOTOS: Local Liverpool Fans Enjoy Anfield Trip…Despite Losing To Bitter Rivals

January 23, 2016 at 10:37 am Comments are Disabled

Stephen Roche joined the Kerry Liverpool Supporters Club on a trip to Anfield last weekend. Despite the 0-1 defeat to Manchester United, he said the trip was worthwhile to see the Reds in action… THE Kerry Liverpool Supporters Club travelled over to Liverpool last weekend to watch them take on […]

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Two Tralee RFC Players Head Off On Ireland Duty This Weekend

Two Tralee RFC Players Head Off On Ireland Duty This Weekend

January 22, 2016 at 6:15 pm Comments are Disabled

TWO Tralee RFC players are heading to Wales over the weekend as part of the Irish squad for a  friendly match in anticipation of this year’s Six Nations Championship. The Ireland Women’s management team have named Tralee RFC players, Ciara Griffin and Zoe Grattage in the 26-woman squad to play against […]

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John Mitchels, Mike Deane, ready to get on the ball. Photo by Gavin O'Connnor.

John Mitchels Face Spa Again For Another Crack At Division 1 Promotion

January 22, 2016 at 4:18 pm Comments are Disabled

John Mitchels v Spa, Senior County League Division 1 Promotion Playoff Final Replay, Sunday 2pm. Venue TBC MITCHELS and SPA will get another go at promotion to Division 1 after a passionate encounter in Brosna last week. Sunday’s match got the blood pumping for a few different reasons. Before the exciting […]

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Barry John Keane, in hot pursuit of Dublin's Cian O'Sullivan. Photo by Dermot Crean.

The GAA Is Offering A Pretty Good Deal For Kerry’s National League Games

January 22, 2016 at 2:35 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY will go to Croke Park next Saturday for their Allianz National League opener and the GAA are offering a deal that runs throughout the football and hurling campaigns that will save you a few bob. Tickets at the gate cost €15, but if you buy online, by midnight on […]

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Another Kerry Legend To Feature On TG4 Documentary Series

Another Kerry Legend To Feature On TG4 Documentary Series

January 22, 2016 at 10:40 am Comments are Disabled

RECENTLY retired from football, Declan O’Sullivan will, like so many greats of the game, get the ‘Laochra Gael’ treatment on TG4. The show is the third of the series and will air at 5.55pm on Sunday, March 6. The long running GAA documentary series looks at the careers of legends of […]

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Now You See It, Now You Don’t…Here’s Where The Famous Painting On The Rock Has Gone

Now You See It, Now You Don’t…Here’s Where The Famous Painting On The Rock Has Gone

January 21, 2016 at 5:02 pm 1 comment

DID you notice something missing this morning as you were travelling on Rock Street or Pembroke Street this morning? The painting which adorned the side of The Corner House, where the two streets meet, was absent. Based on the famous photo of Sean Walsh rising into the sky over Brian Mullins […]

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After Irish Call-Up, Ultan Dillane Has Received Another Honour

After Irish Call-Up, Ultan Dillane Has Received Another Honour

January 21, 2016 at 11:48 am Comments are Disabled

ULTAN Dillane is having a good week. The former Tralee RFC player from Clahane was called up to the 35 man squad for the forthcoming Six Nations matches yesterday, but he also received another honour from his province on Wednesday. With almost 60% of the votes, the Connacht lock Ultan […]

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