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VIDEO: Five Reasons We’d Love To Beat Tyrone

VIDEO: Five Reasons We’d Love To Beat Tyrone

August 20, 2015 at 10:57 am 1 comment

The greatest rivalry of the Noughties will be renewed again on Sunday and Kerry fans will be praying they’ll finally get the better of Tyrone in Croke Park for the first time since 1986. Gavin O’Connor looks at why a win over the Red Hand county means so much… 1. They’ve […]

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Garvey’s Renews Imperials Sponsorship As Club Welcomes Newcomers

Garvey’s Renews Imperials Sponsorship As Club Welcomes Newcomers

August 19, 2015 at 2:26 pm Comments are Disabled

  TRALEE Imperials Basketball Club launched its National League season for 2015/2016 on Saturday, along with details of the renewed sponsorship of its Ladies team, Team Garvey’s Tralee with Garvey’s SuperValu for another season. Story continued below… “Our Club is built on a solid rock of dedication, commitment, and an unquenchable thirst […]

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The Kerry Senior Hurling Championship Semi-Finals Pairings Have Been Made

The Kerry Senior Hurling Championship Semi-Finals Pairings Have Been Made

August 18, 2015 at 5:19 pm Comments are Disabled

  THE Draw for the Garvey’s Supervalu Senior Hurling Championship Semi-Finalss have been made. Dates and times for fixtures have as yet to be decided. Kilmoyley v Ballyduff Lixnaw v St Brendans Last year’s finalists, Lixnaw and Kilmoyley, went into the draw seeded. Champions Lixnaw, remain the only side in […]

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A Tralee Man Swam The English Channel Last Night

A Tralee Man Swam The English Channel Last Night

August 18, 2015 at 11:16 am Comments are Disabled

A TRALEE man completed the arduous challenge of swimming the English Channel last night. Kristian O’Donovan, swam the channel in a more than respectable time of 13 hours and 48 minutes. The employee of Pitman Training, received fantastic support along the way through the world’s busiest shipping lane, finishing around 11.30pm last night. […]

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Ailbhe Culloty, Robbie Costelloe and Bernadette Ryan, former Laois Rose, after running the Rose of Tralee 10k on Sunday morning. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Runners Finish The Rose 10k In Style On Sunday

August 18, 2015 at 10:11 am Comments are Disabled

OVER 700 runners took part the Rose of Tralee 10km run and by the looks it, the event is one that is certainly growing more and more in popularity. Runners included the current Rose of Tralee Maria Walsh, the Born To Run club running as Roses and Escorts, and many new […]

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Mike’s All Mikadoed-Out As ‘The Great Kerry Hurling Cake-Off’ Continues

Mike’s All Mikadoed-Out As ‘The Great Kerry Hurling Cake-Off’ Continues

August 17, 2015 at 5:29 pm Comments are Disabled

  Our hurling writer, Mike O’Halloran, is continuing to sample the culinary delights and hospitality in north Kerry’s hurling venues during the hurling championship as ‘The Great Kerry Hurling Cake-Off’ continues… THE Great Kerry Hurling Cake Off continues for the next few weeks with the competition hotting up and the caterers […]

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HURLING: St Brendan’s Cruise To Semi-Final As Causeway Collapse

HURLING: St Brendan’s Cruise To Semi-Final As Causeway Collapse

August 17, 2015 at 3:21 pm Comments are Disabled

  Mike O’Halloran reports on the St Brendan’s v Causeway, Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC quarter final played on Sunday… St Brendan’s 4-16 Causeway 1-8 St Brendan’s had to drive through floods to get to Kilmoyley after a huge downpour prior to the game, but on arrival at the pitch and […]

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HURLING: Ballyduff Secure Semi-Final Spot After Victory Over Abbeydorney

HURLING: Ballyduff Secure Semi-Final Spot After Victory Over Abbeydorney

August 17, 2015 at 12:13 pm Comments are Disabled

  Mike O’Halloran reports on the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC quarter final clash between Ballyduff and Abbeydorney yesterday… Ballyduff 1-17 Abbeydorney 3-9 In my preview I had tipped Ballyduff to win this game and I based that prediction on the ability of Michael Boyle, Gary O’Brien and Aiden Boyle to […]

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At the Blue Collar Boxing Event in the Dome for the Kerry Cancer Support Group, were from left: Lisa, Katie, Jason and  Emma Nelligan, Eimer O'Flaherty and Jesse Heaphy. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.

PHOTOS: Blue Collar Boxing In The Dome Is A Knock Out

August 14, 2015 at 3:48 pm Comments are Disabled

LAST night, a blue collar boxing event took place in the Dome drawing in a rapturous crowd of 400-plus in aid of the Kerry Cancer Support Group. Overall their were 19 bouts with every competitor giving their all in front of a crowd that almost blew the roof off the Dome. […]

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Kerry Forward Michael Geaney Ruled Out For Rest Of Season

Kerry Forward Michael Geaney Ruled Out For Rest Of Season

August 14, 2015 at 8:48 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY will be without the services of Dingle’s Michael Geaney for the rest of the season, according to the Kerry GAA website. Speaking at a press briefing yesterday, Kerry manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice revealed that they received news this week, that the forward has a back injury that flared up before the Kildare […]

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Former Kerry Star Catches Burglars In The Act

Former Kerry Star Catches Burglars In The Act

August 13, 2015 at 4:15 pm Comments are Disabled

  FORMER All-Star, Tom O’Sullivan, proved he is equally adept at catching burglars on Kerry streets as he is at stopping corner forwards running riot round Croke Park. The Garda, based in Listowel, is being hailed a hero after he chased three burglars trying to gain entry to a house […]

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VIDEO: Kerry Amputee Player Hits Crossbar Challenge At First Attempt

VIDEO: Kerry Amputee Player Hits Crossbar Challenge At First Attempt

August 13, 2015 at 2:55 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRYMAN and Irish international amputee soccer player, David Saunders, took on the crossbar challenge and nailed his effort at the first attempt. The Rathmore native, has posted footage of himself hitting the crossbar. Just to add a bit of finesse to the well known football challenge he struck his shot with outside […]

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A Tale Of Two Tommy Walshes And A ‘Home And Away’ Star

A Tale Of Two Tommy Walshes And A ‘Home And Away’ Star

August 13, 2015 at 10:41 am 1 comment

A BALLYBUNION man was amused this week when he got a tweet from a Home And Away favourite. Tommy Walsh from Ballybunion, a relative newcomer to Twitter, checked his social media to find a message from Lynne McGranger, who plays Irene on the Aussie soap. However, it turns out Lynne, […]

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Charity Event Set To Pull No Punches In Aid Of The Kerry Cancer Support Group

Charity Event Set To Pull No Punches In Aid Of The Kerry Cancer Support Group

August 13, 2015 at 10:25 am Comments are Disabled

  THE Festival Dome will be warming for the Rose Ball as hosts ‘The White Collar Boxing’ event in aid of the Kerry Cancer Support Group tonight (Thursday) at 7.45pm. There is still a chance for you to get tickets for this exciting event with prices set at around the €20 mark and available […]

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HURLING: Great Clash In Prospect As Ballyduff And Abbeydorney Meet

HURLING: Great Clash In Prospect As Ballyduff And Abbeydorney Meet

August 13, 2015 at 10:10 am Comments are Disabled

Mike O’Halloran looks ahead to the Garveys Supervalu SHC clash on Sunday between Ballyduff and Abbeydorney in Lixnaw at 2pm… TRADITION has it that we have championship action on “the Sunday of the Festival” we are off to Lixnaw and Kilmoyley for the games to decide who will meet Lixnaw and […]

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Ticket Information For Kerry v Tyrone Semi-Final Has Been Announced

Ticket Information For Kerry v Tyrone Semi-Final Has Been Announced

August 12, 2015 at 4:44 pm Comments are Disabled

  TICKET information has been released for Kerry’s All-Ireland Semi-Final against Tyrone in Croke Park on August 23. Prices as follows… Hogan Stand (No Concession) – €40 Cusack Stand – €40 Hill 16 – €25 Tickets  go on public sale at Austin Stack Park next Tuesday, August 18 at 2pm. […]

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Tyrone Team Shows Their Support For Kentucky Rose

Tyrone Team Shows Their Support For Kentucky Rose

August 12, 2015 at 4:12 pm Comments are Disabled

  CURRENTLY embroiled in a bit of controversy, the Tyrone senior team showed their lighter side by supporting the Kentucky Rose who has strong Tyrone connections. Midfielder Colm Kavanagh tweeted a team photo showing their support for Kentucky Rose, Emily Hughes, who is the daughter of 70’s Tyrone player, Micky Hughes. […]

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Darragh In Flying Form Again This Week, Brolly And Dalai Lama Get A Mention

Darragh In Flying Form Again This Week, Brolly And Dalai Lama Get A Mention

August 12, 2015 at 3:45 pm Comments are Disabled

  IN what has become regular feature of Darragh Ó Sé’s articles in the Irish Times, he has made another statement this week that that will have you cracking up. While analysing Joe Brolly’, character he conjures up an image involving the Dalai Lama and the Derry man, that hits the nail […]

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Fashion Competitions Galore And Great Racing On The Way At Listowel

Fashion Competitions Galore And Great Racing On The Way At Listowel

August 12, 2015 at 1:19 pm Comments are Disabled

THE biggest race meeting in Kerry is set to take place next month as the Listowel Harvest Racing Festival was officially launched at the course yesterday. The seven days of racing starts on Sunday, September 13 and continues until Saturday, September 19 and includes the €175,000 Guinness Kerry National Handicap Steeplechase (Grade […]

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Kerins O'Rahilly's, Gary O'Brien, contests a high ball. Photo by Dermot Crean.

REPORT/PHOTOS: Classy Coffey Leads O’Rahilly’s To U21 Glory

August 12, 2015 at 12:20 pm Comments are Disabled

Gavin O’Connor describes how Kerins O’Rahilly’s won last night’s Acorn Life Kerry Under 21 County Championship Final against East Kerry in Castleisland (plus loads of action photos below)… Kerins O’Rahillys 2-15 East Kerry 2-9 KERINS O’RAHILLY’s upset the odds with barnstorming performance in U21 county championship final to defeat hot favorites […]

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HURLING: St Brendan’s And Causeway In Do Or Die Battle

HURLING: St Brendan’s And Causeway In Do Or Die Battle

August 12, 2015 at 11:51 am Comments are Disabled

  Mike O’Halloran looks forward to the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC clash between St Brendan’s and Causeway in Kilmoyley this Sunday at 6.30pm… St Brendan’s will take on Causeway in the quarter final in Kilmoyley on Sunday evening. This is a game which will see the battle of the cousins […]

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VIDEO: Watch The Goals From The Kerins O’Rahillys U21 County Final Victory

VIDEO: Watch The Goals From The Kerins O’Rahillys U21 County Final Victory

August 11, 2015 at 10:58 pm Comments are Disabled

  KERINS O’Rahilly’s are celebrating tonight after beating East Kerry in the Acorn Life Kerry Under 21 Championship Final. If you weren’t there, then the people at Sideline Eye have uploaded highlights of the match to the Kerry GAA website via the Sideline Eye YouTube Channel so you can watch the […]

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PHOTOS: Electric Blues Claim First U21 County Championship For Kerins O’Rahilly’s

PHOTOS: Electric Blues Claim First U21 County Championship For Kerins O’Rahilly’s

August 11, 2015 at 9:40 pm Comments are Disabled

Gavin O’Connor was in Castleisland this evening to see Kerins O’Rahillys win the Acorn Life Kerry U21 County Championship Final… Kerins O’Rahilly’s  2-15 (21) East Kerry 2-9 (15) It was an evening to savour for the blue side of Tralee with their side putting in an incredible performance against a hotly fancied […]

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Kerins O’Rahilly’s Aiming For U21 County Title This Evening

Kerins O’Rahilly’s Aiming For U21 County Title This Evening

August 11, 2015 at 11:30 am Comments are Disabled

Gavin O’Connor looks ahead to this evening’s Acorn Life Kerry U21 County Championship, Kerins O’Rahilly’s v East Kerry, Castleisland, 6.30pm… KERINS O’RAHILLY’S will attempt to win their first U21 County Championship in the club’s long and storied history. The competition is notoriously difficult to win for club sides and it’s no […]

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Tralee Bay Swimming Club News

Tralee Bay Swimming Club News

August 10, 2015 at 4:24 pm Comments are Disabled

  What a great night in Fenit on Thursday 6th August with a packed schedule of events taking place at The Bathing Slip . First up were The Juniors from The Kingdom Swimming Club under John Edwards having their annual sea race . Some very young brave swimmers were giving […]

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Tralee Golf Club

Tralee Golf Club Results

August 10, 2015 at 4:16 pm Comments are Disabled

  Mens Results Agri Auto Parts Master ClaSSIC 14 (SUNDAY 9TH August) 1st. Richard Boyle Jnr (10) 41pts 2nd. Patrick Williams (13) 40pts 3rd. Alan Kelly (9) 40pts 4th. Donie 0’Keeffe (6) 40pts 5th. Harry Dawson (14) 40pts 6th. Brian Hennebery (8) 39pts B.G. Gerard Deegan (1) 38pts 18+. Gerard […]

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How Twitter Reacted To Kerry And Tyrone Being Matched Up Again

How Twitter Reacted To Kerry And Tyrone Being Matched Up Again

August 10, 2015 at 2:33 pm Comments are Disabled

TWO old foes will face off again in Croke Park once more to renew a once bitter rivalry. When Tyrone defeated, Monaghan, on Saturday it threw up an August 23 semi-final meeting with Kerry. Not surprisingly the rivalry that defined football in the last decade was the talk of Twitter… Kerry v […]

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Mitchels In Focus: Declan Connolly

Mitchels In Focus: Declan Connolly

August 9, 2015 at 11:10 am Comments are Disabled

  Stephen Brosnan has a Q&A session with John Mitchels Clubman, Declan Connolly, about his involvement in the club and his memories of playing… Declan Connolly Role: Manager, John Mitchel’s Under 10 Boy’s Playing Career: Juvenile Player to under 16. (Q): Which players/club personality did you look up to as a […]

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Kerry Juniors Destroy Mayo To Win All-Ireland Title

Kerry Juniors Destroy Mayo To Win All-Ireland Title

August 8, 2015 at 3:58 pm 1 comment

  A MITCHELS man captained Kerry to a 16th All-Ireland Junior title after they gave a masterclass of football in Croke Park this afternoon to beat Mayo by 2-18 to 0-10. Alan O’Donoghue, who had a stormer of a game for the Kingdom, lifted the cup to the cheers of […]

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PHOTOS: Meet The Contestants For ‘Austin Stacks Strictly Come Dancing 2015’

PHOTOS: Meet The Contestants For ‘Austin Stacks Strictly Come Dancing 2015’

August 7, 2015 at 1:00 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Dome will be rocking next month when 12 couples battle it out for the ‘Austin Stacks Strictly Come Dancing 2015’ title. The 24 fleet-footed movers gathered for a photoshoot on Thursday night at the club’s base in Connolly Park and judging by the laughter and craic there, they’re having […]

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