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Na Gaeil Youngsters Receive Medals From All-Ireland Minor Star

Na Gaeil Youngsters Receive Medals From All-Ireland Minor Star

December 13, 2015 at 10:21 am Comments are Disabled

A MEDAL presentation for Na Gaeil GAA club’s under 8 and 10 boys was held at the clubhouse on Friday. The medals were presented by Andrew Barry, Na Gaeil’s two time All Ireland minor medal winner. The presentation was at the end of a year which started with indoor training in January […]

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David Moran Has Been Named As Munster Player Of The Year

David Moran Has Been Named As Munster Player Of The Year

December 11, 2015 at 10:59 am Comments are Disabled

THE year ends on a high note for David Moran who has been named as Munster Player of The Year for his performances for Kerry in the Munster championship this year. The O’Rahilly’s man starred in Kerry’s Munster Final Replay against Cork. Under torrential rain, Moran stood out, conducting the orchestra […]

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PHOTOS: Former Irish Rugby Star Presents Jerseys To Tralee RFC Youngsters

PHOTOS: Former Irish Rugby Star Presents Jerseys To Tralee RFC Youngsters

December 11, 2015 at 10:34 am Comments are Disabled

YOUNGSTERS from Tralee Rugby Club had a pre-Christmas treat on Wednesday when a former Irish star showed up at the clubhouse. Shane Jennings, former Irish International and Leinster legend was there to present jerseys, sponsored by Sherry Fitzgerald Stephenson Crean of Denny Street, to the entire Under 14 squad. “We […]

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Sense Of Déjá Vu? Tyrone GAA Official Blames Referee For Kerry Loss…And The Rain Is Mentioned Too!

Sense Of Déjá Vu? Tyrone GAA Official Blames Referee For Kerry Loss…And The Rain Is Mentioned Too!

December 10, 2015 at 10:46 am Comments are Disabled

IN the depths of winter and the championship far behind us, some people just can’t let things lie and get on with it. According to Tyrone GAA county secretary Dominic McCaughey – who was writing in his annual report – in this year’s All-Ireland semi-final referee, Maurice Deegan, denied Tyrone a second […]

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Colm Cooper To Have Shoulder Operation Next Week

Colm Cooper To Have Shoulder Operation Next Week

December 9, 2015 at 1:37 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY star, Colm Cooper, is to have a minor operation on his shoulder next week. The Dr Crokes man will have the procedure in Santry and it is hoped he will be back on the playing fields in January, at the earliest. He is the latest in a long line of Kerry players […]

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PHOTOS: Austin Stacks Stars Of The Future Receive Awards

PHOTOS: Austin Stacks Stars Of The Future Receive Awards

December 9, 2015 at 10:18 am Comments are Disabled

THE Austin Stacks juveniles enjoyed an awards ceremony last Sunday. The club’s juvenile chairman, Tim McMahon, addressed the large gathering of Under 6, 8 and 10 boys at the event in the clubhouse. He praised the young footballers, their parents and mentors for their great dedication and hard work during the ’15 season. […]

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PHOTOS: Over 40 Students Receive Awards At IT Tralee Ceremony

PHOTOS: Over 40 Students Receive Awards At IT Tralee Ceremony

December 8, 2015 at 12:53 pm Comments are Disabled

  THE Institute of Technology, Tralee held its annual Scholarships and Awards Evening on Thursday last at the North Campus where 41 students received awards at the event held to honour sports, academic and civic engagement. Awards and scholarships presented on the evening included President’s Civic Spirit Award (Civic Engagement), Tom Mc Ellistrim Memorial […]

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Tralee Rugby Club Adds Fun Run To Traditional St Stephen’s Day Celebrations

Tralee Rugby Club Adds Fun Run To Traditional St Stephen’s Day Celebrations

December 8, 2015 at 11:01 am Comments are Disabled

A LONG running Christmas Tralee RFC tradition will be adding a new event this year. The ‘Home v Exiles’ game has been played every St Stephen’s Day at O’Dowd Park in Ballyard for over 30 years and this year the club has added a 3k/5k fun run to the day of festivities. “This […]

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Kerry Badminton Association News

Kerry Badminton Association News

December 7, 2015 at 2:41 pm Comments are Disabled

It was Tournament Sunday day for Kerry Badminton at the Killarney Sports Centre on Sunday last where the annual 4 tournaments for all divisions were played off. Divisions 3m4 and 5 were reasonably well supported but the Kerry Badminton executive were disappointed with the lack of support by many of […]

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PHOTOS: Impressive Finish By Stacks Books County League Final Place

PHOTOS: Impressive Finish By Stacks Books County League Final Place

December 7, 2015 at 11:50 am Comments are Disabled

County League Division 1 Final Play-off Austin Stacks 1-12 Killarney Legion 0-7 AUSTIN STACKS will defend their league title after they won their Division 1 play-off against Legion in Fitzgerald Stadium on Sunday. An impressive final ten minutes which saw Stacks score 1-4 without reply sets up a repeat of the 2014 […]

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Aidan O'Mahony, bursts out from the back

Nine Kerry Footballers And One Kerry Hurler Named In Munster Inter-Pro Sides

December 4, 2015 at 3:03 pm Comments are Disabled

TEN Kerry GAA stars in total have been picked to represent Munster Football and Hurling team’s in the GAA Interprovincial Championship 2015 over the weekend. Aidan O’Mahony is captain of the Munster footballers who will face Leinster in Newry tomorrow. Shane Nolan, will be the sole Kerry representative on the hurling panel […]

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James O’Donoghue To Miss Entire Kerry League Campaign Again

James O’Donoghue To Miss Entire Kerry League Campaign Again

December 4, 2015 at 11:27 am Comments are Disabled

JAMES O’Donoghue will go for surgery on a troublesome shoulder which will put him out of Kerry’s entire league campaign. The star forward, dislocated his shoulder while playing for Legion in the County Final replay against South Kerry two weeks ago. This will be O’Donoghue’s second shoulder surgery in just […]

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PHOTOS: Here’s What The New €15 Million Kerry Sports Academy Will Look Like

PHOTOS: Here’s What The New €15 Million Kerry Sports Academy Will Look Like

December 3, 2015 at 3:11 pm Comments are Disabled

PLANS of the new Kerry Sports Academy look pretty impressive, as the artist’s impression of the completed building reveals. Today, Joan Burton visited IT Tralee with Deputy Arthur Spring, to take a look at the site of the new development which received €7 million of capital funding from the government. The €15 million centre […]

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Hurling County Championship Games Could Return To North Kerry Grounds

Hurling County Championship Games Could Return To North Kerry Grounds

December 1, 2015 at 5:10 pm Comments are Disabled

IT looks like Kerry Senior Hurling Championship games could be played again in North Kerry. In 2015, due to the unavailability of Austin Stack Park because of redevelopment work, all rounds of the senior championship were played in the heartland of Kerry hurling. The Secretary of County Committee, Peter Twiss, has said […]

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Kerry Badminton Club News

Kerry Badminton Club News

November 30, 2015 at 4:59 pm Comments are Disabled

The wind roared and the rain poured all over Kerry on Sunday last but that did not deter well over one hundred hardy souls from Iveragh to Tarbert who plied their Badminton trade at the Newtownsandes sponsored 30th annual Moyvane Badminton Tournaments played in the local Community Centre on Sunday […]

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St Brendans Basketball Club News

St Brendans Basketball Club News

November 30, 2015 at 4:56 pm Comments are Disabled

  ST. BRENDAN’S BASKETBALL CLUB Boys U-18 Div 1 County League St. Pauls’ 41 St. Brendan’s 42 St. Brendan’s travelled to St Paul’s in Killarney last week and from the start it was clear that the game was going to be close. It was basket for basket by both sides […]

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Tralee Imperials Basketball Club News

Tralee Imperials Basketball Club News

November 30, 2015 at 4:43 pm Comments are Disabled

  Under 16 Boys division 1: St. Marys –v- Tralee Imperials 23.11.2015 – Castleisland Community Centre The first quarter started very slow for Tralee Imperials, with St. Mary’s making all their shots, and unlucky misses by Tralee, ending the first quarter 13-4 to St. Mary’s. The second quarter brought more […]

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St Brendans Park FC News

St Brendans Park FC News

November 30, 2015 at 4:34 pm Comments are Disabled

  By Club PRO Tommy Naughton  CLUB GEAR FOR CHISTMAS ; Looking for the perfect Christmas Present , Then why not get some of our club Merchandise which is available at our club shop . Details and pictures are on our club website . Deadline for orders is Saturday December […]

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Barry O’Shea Steps Down As Manager Of Kerins O’Rahilly’s

Barry O’Shea Steps Down As Manager Of Kerins O’Rahilly’s

November 30, 2015 at 4:18 pm Comments are Disabled

BARRY O’Shea’s time as manager of the Kerins O’Rahilly’s senior football team has come to end after two years in charge. At the club’s AGM last Friday night, Chairman Frank O’Connor, thanked Barry and wished him all the best for the future. He said that a committee will work to find his […]

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PHOTOS: Great Fun At Soccer Match To Honour Joe Flynn

PHOTOS: Great Fun At Soccer Match To Honour Joe Flynn

November 30, 2015 at 1:21 pm Comments are Disabled

IT was going to take more than an Orange Wind and Rain weather alert to stop Kerry soccer stalwarts from turning up to honour Joe Flynn on Sunday in Cahermoneen. The wind howled and the rain battered the players, but over 30 hardy souls togged out and took to the field […]

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At the Tralee Golf Club annual social in the Ballyroe Hotel were, from left. Catherine McCarthy, Mary Murphy, Ashling O'Riordan and Louise Moran. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.

PHOTOS: Tralee Golf Club Members Enjoy Captains Dinner In Ballyroe

November 30, 2015 at 12:10 pm Comments are Disabled

MEMBERS of Tralee Golf Club convened in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday for the annual Captains Dinner. Around 150 or so members and guests filled the Summit Restaurant upstairs at the beginning of the evening before making their way into the main room for dinner and entertainment. Though members partied in […]

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VIDEO: CBS The Green Fall To Killorglin Side In Dunloe Cup Final

VIDEO: CBS The Green Fall To Killorglin Side In Dunloe Cup Final

November 29, 2015 at 9:32 am Comments are Disabled

Kerry Schools U16 1/2 – Dunloe Cup Final Intermediate School Killorglin 2-8 Tralee CBS 1-8 Tralee CBS came unstuck in the Dunloe Cup decider played in atrocious conditions in Annascaul on Wednesday. Killorglin were deserved winners thanks to powerful surge after half time in which they scored 1-5 without reply to […]

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Katie O'Donoghue and Akeem Molloy who organised the charity fight night in aid of the Miscarriage Association of Ireland at the BTS Fitness gym in Manor Park on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Akeem And Katie’s Fight Night Raises Over €3,000 For Miscarriage Service

November 27, 2015 at 12:03 pm Comments are Disabled

THERE was a fantastic crowd and atmosphere at BTS Fitness last night for a special fight night fundraiser which raised well over €3,000. The event was the brainchild of Akeem Molloy and his partner Katie Donoghue, who suffered a miscarriage last year and therefore decided to raise funds for the Miscarriage Association […]

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Kerins O’Rahillys Trainer Lands Mayo Backroom Staff Job

Kerins O’Rahillys Trainer Lands Mayo Backroom Staff Job

November 26, 2015 at 2:13 pm Comments are Disabled

KERINS O’Rahilly’s trainer, Maurice Horan, has been appointed as a member of the Mayo senior footballers backroom staff. Horan will take over video analysis for the Connacht champions. It was announced when new manager, Stephen Rochford, finalised his management team. Though a native of Ballinrobe, Mayo, the former Limerick manager has […]

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Cian Is Back And Says He’s Enjoying His US Basketball Experience

Cian Is Back And Says He’s Enjoying His US Basketball Experience

November 26, 2015 at 12:14 pm Comments are Disabled

OVER the last few weeks, former Mounthawk student, Cian Sullivan, gained national attention after he became only the eighth Irish basketball player – and the first Kerry man – to sign a contract to play with a US College (see previous story). At the beginning of the month, news spread that the Ballymac teenager had […]

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VIDEO/PHOTOS: Meet The Contestants In The St Pat’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Meet The Contestants In The St Pat’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’

November 26, 2015 at 11:26 am Comments are Disabled

THE rehearsals are in full swing now ahead of the St Pat’s Strictly Come Dancing event next week. The 12 couples will take to the stage in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday, December 4 in a fundraiser to help pay for their new astro-turf pitch and they’re being put through […]

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PHOTOS: Legendary Tralee Runner Honoured At Run The Kingdom Awards Night

PHOTOS: Legendary Tralee Runner Honoured At Run The Kingdom Awards Night

November 25, 2015 at 4:33 pm Comments are Disabled

A TRALEE athlete who has enjoyed a stellar career in running was honoured at the Run The Kingdom Awards in the Fels Point Hotel last night. John Griffin received the Hall of Fame Award at the event which saw numerous awards handed out to participants. The 1988 and 1989 Dublin City Marathon […]

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Tralee Native Appointed New Tipperary Manager

Tralee Native Appointed New Tipperary Manager

November 25, 2015 at 11:58 am Comments are Disabled

FORMER Austin Stacks player, Liam Kearns, has been appointed as the new Tipperary senior team football manager. He will take over the reins from Peter Creedon in the Premier county that has been building a promising side over the last few years spurred by underage success. Kearns was in charge […]

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Dynamos To Honour Kerry Soccer Legend Joe This Sunday

Dynamos To Honour Kerry Soccer Legend Joe This Sunday

November 23, 2015 at 8:05 pm Comments are Disabled

A KERRY soccer hero is set to be honoured next Sunday when the Tralee Dynamos club organises ‘The Legends Game’ at 12 noon in Cahermoneen. It’s all for Joe Flynn from Rahoonane, who has made the news recently for speaking so frankly, honestly and courageously about his battle against terminal cancer. Dynamos is inviting […]

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Stacks Must Wait Weeks For Championship Fate To Be Decided

Stacks Must Wait Weeks For Championship Fate To Be Decided

November 23, 2015 at 4:08 pm Comments are Disabled

AUSTIN Stacks will have bit of a wait before they meet Laune Rangers in the final round 3 relegation play-off match, to decide who keeps their senior status. The match, at a time and venue to be decided, takes place on Sunday, December 13, so it’ll be nearly three weeks […]

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