Sport

A QUICK drive around the outskirts of town and in a few estates showed Tralee folk are making the effort to show their support for the Kerry teams. We noticed while going through the Mitchels Road, that there were plenty of flags and bunting on view, so we decided to go left […]

IN the annals of Kerry football only one other club has contributed more men to senior cause than Kerins O’Rahilly’s. Town rivals, John Mitchels, with 48 players, are the only team that have provided more players for Kerry in the history of inter-county football. Kerins O’Rahilly’s supplied 47 and Austin Stacks at 46 make […]

THERE is a great sense of excitement all around the town as the day of the All Ireland Final clash with Dublin approaches with local businesses keen to show their support to the team ahead of the match. TraleeToday.ie were out and about yesterday afternoon capturing a selection of the […]

TRALEE band Rouge, featuring Paudie Hobbert, have recorded quite a catchy song ahead of the upcoming All-Ireland Final clash with Dublin. Entitled ‘The Gooch & His Boots’, it tells the tale of Kerry’s trip through this year’s championship where they beat Tipperary Cork, Kildare and Tyrone along the way. There are a […]

  Dunloe Cup Round 2, John Mitchels Pitch CBS The Green  2-12 Mercy Mounthawk  3-7 (Photos and report from CBS The Green) MICHAEL Kelliher scored eight points as CBS beat Mercy Mounthawk in the second round of the Dunloe Cup on Tuesday at the John Mitchels grounds. This result means that […]

  IT looks like the craic has begun in earnest in north Kerry as racing and football fever has combined to create an electric atmosphere. These were the scenes captured by photographer Don MacMonagle in The Ocean Bar in Ballybunion on Wednesday as Paddy the Horse paid a visit to […]

  Adrienne McLoughlin reports on the Lee Strand Austin Stacks Under 13 tournament held on Saturday and Sunday at Connolly Park… THE annual Lee Strand Austin Stacks Under 13 tournament was another huge success over the weekend. Three trophies were up for grabs with 16 teams taking part in this year’s competition. […]

THREE bona fide legends of Kerry football met up on a couch in Waterville to discuss games gone by and this Sunday’s Kerry v Dublin, final. Along with the football talk, Mick O’Dwyer, Maurice Fitzgerald and Darragh, attempt to out-rogue each other and talk Dublin up a bit at times, […]

YOU can nearly, always count on a Darragh O’Se article in The Irish Times, to give you at least one decent chuckle. This week, while lamenting the sadness of an All-Ireland Final loss around the county he uses the sight of a lonely flag in Glenbeigh to humorous to effect, […]

AND the songs keep on coming… With just days to go until the All-Ireland final, schoolchildren from all over Tralee have been wearing the green and gold and singing their support for the Kerry team. The kids at St John’s Parochial School have made a great video to the tune of […]

Boys, Girls and Parents, it was great to see old friends and new faces back on Saturday, our first day back for the 2015/16 season and we hoped you all enjoyed. Remember the Club is hosting a information evening on Thursday next 17/09/2015 at 7pm in the General Purpose Area […]

By Kevin Williams The Gerald Walsh Memorial Swim: Congratulations and well done to all of the swimmers. The swim was pulled forward an hour to accommodate the inclement weather, however there were still showers as the race took place. The SE wind was minimal . 41 swimmers took part with most […]

Saturday Blue Tees Singles 1st. Anton 0’Callaghan (4) 78nett CSS +3 Reduction Only Saturday White Tees Singles 1st. Conor Stack (12) 40pts 2nd. Brian 0’Leary (11) 37pts CSS 37pts Sunday Fourball 1st. Sean Mc Carthy (9) Dominick Foley (22) 44pts 2nd. Michael Sheehy Jnr (8) Michael Sheehy (11)     44pts Fixtures […]

Gavin O’Connor looks at three key areas where Eamonn Fitzmaurice’s tactical guile will prove invaluable if Kerry are to win title No.38… ONE of the main buzzwords you’ll hear in the run up to the All-Ireland Final is ‘versatility’. Eamonn Fitzmaurice has shown this in spades so far in his […]

IT’S fair to say that spare tickets for the upcoming All Ireland Final between Kerry and Dublin are few and far between at the moment. The clash of the two heavyweights has left those GAA fans lucky enough to have secured a ticket, salivating at the thought of the match […]

WITH skills like this, you’d definitely know that this young man has some Kerry blood in him! Daniel Dennehy is a 3x Irish freestyle champion who was raised in Dublin, but who spent three years living here in Kerry with his Kingdom-born father. With the All-Ireland Final now fast approaching, […]

DON’T forget that tonight, Irish TV will broadcast a special show on the All-Ireland Football Final from the Fels Point Hotel at 8pm. ‘Mad For Sam’ will showcase the wonderful passion for football here in the county with a host of legendary past players, including Ogie Moran, giving their insights and analysis ahead […]

TWO working days was all it took for the business community in Tralee to achieve their target contribution figure within the overall one million euro fund to develop Austin Stack Park Tralee. A five year All-Ireland Final ticket-scheme, costing €1,000 a year for five years, was created to encourage businesses in […]

THE Manor West Lifestyle Sports team have shot and uploaded a ‘Drop Kick Goal Challenge’ video as part of the #ForVictory campaign around the upcoming Rugby World Cup. With Ireland set to kick off their RWC this coming Saturday, September 19, the #ForVictory hashtag has been adopted by many of the […]

CBS THE GREEN showed off its colour and the strong links with the Kerry teams aiming for ‘Double, Double’ glory in the All-Ireland Senior and Minor finals, on Monday morning. Between the two finals, The GreeN will have a teacher and eight past and present pupils involved in Croke Park. Story […]

  WITH Monday and Tuesday’s races in Listowel called off due to the weather conditions and its effect on the course, Horse Racing Ireland have announced a replacement meeting for this Sunday. With seven races on the card, it will get underway at the early time of 12.15pm, so no doubt many […]

ONE Kerry man is certainly getting into the swing of things in the build up to the upcoming All Ireland Final after he penned quite a catchy ‘tune’ about what he predicts will happen in our showdown with the ‘mighty dubs’. Killorglin’s James Flynn recently put pen to paper on […]

IT’S getting close. We’re coming into All-Ireland final week now so expect to see changes around the county in the next seven days. Fingernails will be gnawed shorter, animals will get a lick of paint and the mood will be a mixture of euphoria and dread as the days go by. […]

THE chance of rain didn’t put off  well over 100 brave souls who took part in the second annual Ardfert Harvest Cycle on Saturday morning. In fact, they were rewarded with their dedication with better weather than expected gracing the 75k and 45k routes around North Kerry. The cycle set off from […]

  THE Rock is set to, well, rock, like it’s the 80’s next weekend as the Austin Stacks Ladies Football Club have organised a fundraising disco to kickstart the All-Ireland final weekend. The event will take place in the Austin Stacks Club this Friday,  September 18 and  funds raised will go towards […]

  Stephen Brosnan talks to Robert O’Dowd about his time in John Mitchel’s GAA Club… Profile: Robert O’Dowd, Manager John Mitchel’s Junior Team; John Mitchel’s Senior Player From/To: 1982 – 1990 Player Position: Left Half Back Honours Won: Under 21 County Championship Title 1983 (Q): What has been one of your greatest accomplishment […]

SURE everyone knows the All-Blacks are the Kerry of the rugby world so it’s only natural that one of the all-time greats of the sport would come to the Kingdom. In an interview in today’s Irish Independent, Jonah Lomu, says he’s on his way to Kerry in the coming weeks during the World […]

A report from the Dunloe Cup  2015/2016 Round 1 tie between CBS The Green V St Pat’s Castleisland at Caherslee (with photos by Adrienne McLoughlin)… CBS The Green 3-13 St Pats Castleisland 3-8 A strong team performance was required by The Green to get the better of St Pats Castleisland in […]

  WE took an awful battering yesterday in Kerry with that torrential rain. It seemed like it was raining continuously for over 24 hours and inevitably it was going to cause severe flooding in parts of the county. Templenoe looks like it was particularly badly hit, judging by this photo […]

AS everyone knows there’s no love lost between Kerry and Dublin in football, but the same can be said for the Dubs when it comes to their closest neighbours in the Royal County. A photo of a car in Navan decked out in green and gold with ‘Up Kerry’ written […]