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A TRALEE boy will carry the Irish flag leading the Irish team out for their vital European Championship tie against Scotland this Saturday. Scoil Eoin pupil, Darragh O’Callaghan, from Oakpark, couldn’t believe his luck this week when he won a competition to be a flag bearer for the Republic of Ireland Soccer team at […]

A KERRY man is part of a trio playing a hole in each of 32 golf courses, in all 32 counties later this month to raise much needed funds for ‘Breast Cancer Ireland’. DJ Geaney, from Castleisland, who lost his mother to cancer in 2011, will join his two friends Michael Sheehan and […]

Gavin O’Connor looks at the County League action involving Tralee area teams which took place last weekend… County Senior Football League Division one   Milltown/Castlemaine 1-10 Austin Stacks 0-13 Austin Stacks dropped points away to Milltown Castlemaine and lost pace in Division 1. It’s never an easy task heading out to Milltown […]

KERRY will be without the services of All-Star, Paul Murphy, for the Munster Championship semi-final against Tipperary this Sunday according to media reports. The Rathmore man, picked up a shoulder injury taking part in warm weather training with the Kerry team in Portugal last week. This follows the news of […]

BALLYBUNION has been named amongst the best of the best in terms of summer getaway destinations for surfing. The area has been ranked fifth best in the country as a surfing spot by leading surf travel provider ‘surfholidays.com’ who ranked what they considered to be the best places to surf […]

Gavin O’Connor speaks to Kerry hurling captain, John ‘Tweek’ Griffin, about Saturday’s victory in the Christy Ring Cup and where Kerry hurling goes from here… IT was a special weekend for Kerry captain, John ‘Tweek’ Griffin, who along with walking up the steps of the Hogan Stand to collect the Christy […]

IT was a momentous day in Croke Park on Saturday for Kerry hurling, with the Kingdom beating Derry by 1-20 to 0-12 to collect their second ever Christy Ring Cup. From Lixnaw to the Liffey, here was the reaction on Twitter. It’s official, John ‘Tweak’ Griffin lifts the cup high at […]

WE’RE almost there folks. For many of us, the summer really starts this Sunday when Kerry begin their defence of the All-Ireland against Tipperary. The game in Thurles will be almost 40 years to the day since Kerry beat the Premier county to set in motion the greatest period in […]

Gavin O’Connor looks at the upcoming Kerry v Derry 2015 Christy Ring Cup Final, Croke Park, Saturday, 5:30pm… KERRY hurling is at a crossroads. A win over Derry in the Christy Ring Cup Final will mean a return to championship hurling and further progress. A defeat would shatter the belief that […]

THE Kerry GAA fundraising venture grossed $1,150,000, bringing the Kerry County Board close to the €6m needed to get the Centre of Excellence and training facility at Currans off the ground. The final net figure (less expenses) from the golf outings and special events in New York, Chicago and Boston hasn’t been finalised yet […]

THE life of one of the Kerry’s most storied and intriguing athletes has been told in a new book. ‘Tough as Leather’ is written by Con Dennehy on the life of runner, John Lenihan, a man forged on the slopes of Kerry mountains who went and conquered the world. John Lenihan, […]

THE ‘Dingle Way Challenge’ was held for the third year running last weekend, with St Pat’s GAA Club hosting the event, looking to raise enough funds for floodlights on their new astro turf pitch. Over 250 people chose to brave the challenging course, which this year was split into two routes […]

AFTER Tipperary’s win over Waterford in the Munster Championship over the weekend, Kerry now know their opposition for the semi-final clash on June 14. Coincidentally, that meeting this month will be almost 40 years to the day since they faced the same opposition in a game which started the ‘Golden Years’ […]

Our hurling analyst, Mike O’Halloran, was in Newbridge yesterday for Kerry’s comprehensive victory over Kildare in the Christy Ring Cup semi-final… Kerry 6-27 Kildare 0-9 Kerry strolled to the most convincing of wins ever I would guess in the history of Kerry hurling. I predicted a close game that would end […]

A GROUP of Kerry legends have been enjoying themselves in the States over the past few days and of course, they’ve got Sam with them as well. The ex-Kerry GAA stars and officials are over for the week as part of a major fundraising initiative in the US, which will culminate with […]

Our hurling analyst, Mike O’Halloran, on the Christy Ring Cup semi-final this Saturday as Kerry travel to Kildare…  THE stated aim of the Kerry Hurling management team for the 2015 was to win The Christy Ring Cup and not be relegated in the Allianz Hurling League. Not alone were they not […]

  JAMES O’DONOGHUE has played down any notion he could miss the start of Kerry’s All-Ireland title campaign after a calf injury sidelined him at weekend. The 2014 Player of the Year, was meant to run out for Legion in their county championship opening round match against Mid Kerry, but […]

  Darkness into Light Swim We were one of 3 swimming clubs in the country to organise a Darkness into Light Swim as an alternative to the walk / run . Organised by Kevin Williams , swimmers and crew arrived in Fenit at 4.45am and got ready to swim with […]

Lotto: There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 06, 11, 16 & 25. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Ellla Egan c/o O Sullivan’s Derrymore, Cathy Hogan c/o O’Shea’s, Mary Collins Clahane, Anna Poff c/o Poff Motors and R […]

JAMES O’DONOGHUE has picked up an injury that put him out of Legion’s county championship opener, while David Moran will have his shoulder looked at today after taking a knock at the weekend. O’Donoghue was meant to start Legion’s championship opener against Mid Kerry, but had to be sidelined with […]

THE Rockie faithful enjoyed a great evening out on Friday for their annual ‘Night At The Dogs’ fundraiser. The event was in aid of the redevelopment of the ‘Nuns Field’ in Connolly Park and everyone enjoyed a super night of entertainment for all the family with a bouncy castle and face-painting for […]

Gavin O’Connor reports on the Garvey’s Super Valu Senior Football Championship Round One match at Austin Stack Park last night (action photos below)… Rathmore 2-8 Kerins O’Rahilly’s 2-5 A LATE Rathmore goal put Kerins O’Rahilly’s into the ‘losers round’ of the senior county championship last night. Minutes after David Moran […]

Gavin O’Connor reports on Saturday’s Super Valu Senior Football County Championship Round One match at Austin Stack Park (see photos below)… Austin Stacks 1-13 St Michael/Foilmore 2-6 AUSTIN STACKS got their defence of the Bishop Moynihan Cup off to a successful start when they defeated St Michael’s Foilmore by four […]

  THE Rockies go marching on but the Strand Road men will have to advance the hard way, after the Garvey’s Kerry Senior Football Championship double header at Austin Stack Park this evening. Austin Stacks got past a game St Michael’s Foilmore side who came up short in the end, 1-13 to […]

Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn are celebrating their win, for the second year in a row, at the recent Féile Peile Gael Linn held in the West Kerry Gaeltacht area of Corca Dhuibhne. In a closely fought and nailbiting final, the young Tralee footballers won out over opponents, a combined team from […]

Gavin O’Connor on Kerins O’Rahilly’s v Rathmore in the Super Valu Senior Football Championship Round 1 game at Austin Stack Park on Saturday… KERINS O’RAHILLY’s begin their quest for county championship number seven this Saturday, when they face off against Rathmore in Austin Stack Park (throw-in 7pm). The new year […]

Gavin O’Connor on the Austin Stacks v St Michaels/Foilmore, Super Valu Senior Football Championship opener this Saturday at Austin Stack Park…  DESPITE an eight-point chastening defeat at the hands of Dingle last week – and some notable absentees – Austin Stacks will be hot favourites against a struggling St Michaels/Foilmore. The […]

KERINS O’RAHILLY’S manager, Barry O’Shea, is highly critical of the decision to relegate three teams from this year’s senior county championship. Speaking to TraleeToday.ie prior to the Strand Road club’s opening round of the championship against Rathmore on Saturday, he said the new system will “demoralise the clubs which are the lifeblood of […]

THE Boylesports Race of Champions night returns to The Kingdom Greyhound Stadium this year. Taking place on Friday, June 19 at The Kingdom Greyhound Stadium in Tralee, the event is now in its 7th year and will be for the third year sponsored by BoyleSports. Dogs will battle it out for the €15,000 […]

  THE world’s number one golfer, Rory McIlroy, has lent support to Kerry GAA as they seek to complete the €5.8 million Centre of Excellence in Currans. The four-time Major champion has donated signed and mounted flags which are to be sold at a Kerry GAA fundraiser in New York on May […]