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Reports and action photos from the Kerry Club Championship ties involving Tralee area sides at the weekend… Senior Club Championship Quarter Final Ardfert 1-11 Austin Stacks 2-17 Austin Stacks gave the All-Ireland Intermediate Club champions a guard of honour as they came out onto their pitch in Ardfert on a dry […]

  THE people at Tralee Rowing Club had a busy weekend of fundraising, as club members took part in a 24-hour ‘Rowathon’. Taking place from 2pm on Saturday and right through until the same time on Sunday, the rowers had help from other crews from Portmagee, Fenit and Caherdaniel and a […]

FORMER Tralee Rugby Club (TRC) player, Ultan Dillane, was featured on TG4 during their rugby coverage at the weekend. The 21-year old Connacht player featured in a two and a half minute clip on the TG4 segment ‘Rugbai Beo’ along with his fellow player Aly Muldowney as he talked about how he is fitting into […]

  AUSTIN Stacks will begin the defence of the Bishop Moynihan Cup against St Michael’s Foilmore, while Kerins O’Rahilly’s will face Rathmore in the county championship next month. The first round draw for the Garveys Senior Football Championship 2015 was made earlier today and sees some interesting battles ahead. St […]

RUGBAÍ Chorca Dhuibhne, the most Westerly Rugby Club in Europe, has been chosen to represent Ireland in series of short video features being filmed as part of the Rugby World Cup coverage. A 12 person crew from Partizan Production Company in London will arrive in West Kerry this week to […]

  TWO Austin Stacks men were among seven Kerry players included on the Gaelic Life Magazine Gaelic Life All-Ireland Club All Stars team selection. Three members of the Ardfert team who won the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Final and one from Brosna’s  All-Ireland Junior Club winning team made the selection which was decided by a combination of public votes […]

AUSTIN STACKS GAA faithful will come together for a ‘Rockie Night at the Dogs’ in aid of the ongoing development at their Connolly Park grounds. The whole thing takes place on May 22 at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium and is expected to be a mega night of fun, surprises, local rivalry and […]

CBS The Green 1-10  P.S. Chorca Dhuibdne 0-11 A well taken goal by pocket rocket Dan Goggin half way through the first half, coupled with three superb long range points from Sean Quilter and a fantastic point blank save from Ciaran Murray, were the deciding factors in this highly entertaining […]

THE weekend saw the opening round of the club championship with all Tralee area sides taking part, except for Austin Stacks who received a bye. Scroll to the bottom for photos… Senior Club Championship Kerins O’Rahilly’s 1-13 – 1-14 Killarney Legion A very disappointing evening in Strand Road for Kerins O’Rahilly’s […]

  The 2015 swim nights are nearly upon us and we hope you have all wintered well . To this end , your club membership is now due and should be sorted out before the first swim, as we cannot guarantee registration on the night. You can give the form […]

PEOPLE of all ages involved with Tralee Imperials gathered at O’Donnell’s in Mounthawk for the club’s annual awards evening on Friday. The club has about 500 members and is making huge strides over the past few years. “It was a celebration of the year for the club, the successful teams […]

  KERRY SCHOOLBOYS TEAM OF THE WEEK ; Well done to Jamie Fitzgerald from St Brendans Park Fc U12’s who made the Kerry schoolboys and girls soccer league team of the week . RESULTS ; U12 John Murphy Cup Semi-Finals Park A 3-0 Inter Kenmare . U12 John Murphy Shield […]

Kerins O’Rahilly’s 1-13 Killarney Legion 1-14 AN injury time winner by Killarney Legion substitute Chris Davies, sent Kerins O’Rahilly’s out of the club championship in the first round for the second year in a row. A Legion side playing with the breeze in Strand Road for the second half outscored O’Rahilly’s […]

‘RUN The Kingdom’ (RTK) which is the event management company behind the Tralee Marathon, has conducted a poll to find out what competitors and visitors to the town thought of the hugely popular event. Over the last four weeks 203 people took part in the survey which threw up some interesting results. When […]

Gavin O’Connor reports from last night’s Munster Minor Championship Quarter Final tie between Kerry and Clare in Austin Stack Park last night…  Kerry 0-14 Clare 0-3 THE Kerry minors negotiated a safe passage through to the Munster semi-final when they easily dispatched of Clare in Austin Stack Park last night. In […]

ROUND three of the county league took place over the weekend, with the big winners being John Mitchels – who continued their unbeaten record – and Austin Stacks. Here’s a round up of results from Tralee area teams with action shots at the end of the reports…  Division 1 Killarney […]

A MERCY Mounthawk student has designs on making it big in the NBA after winning a scholarship to a prestigious US prep school. Standing at seven feet tall, Cian Sullivan already looks the part. Now, by winning a scholarship at a $50,000 a year St Andrews prep school in Rhode Island USA, […]

  Rugbaí Chorca Dhuibhne 29 Castleisland RFC 25 ON a warm spring Sunday afternoon at O’Dowd Park Tralee, the McElligott Cup Final between Rugbaí Chorca Dhuibhne  and Castleisland RFC  was decided for 2015. History was made as the Cup last went west in 1929. The long wait is now over. This […]

Mike O’Halloran was in Dublin for a momentous day for Kerry hurling yesterday… Kerry 2-16 Antrim 1-18 The Kerry hurlers have now become one of the “big boys” of hurling when they qualified for Division 1B of the National Hurling League in Parnell Park in Dublin on Saturday. For years […]

THE Stretford End Bar in Causeway was the venue for the meet and greet on Saturday afternoon with past Man United players, Lee Sharpe and David May. The two 90’s stars were more than happy to chat with the United fans who gathered, offering them plenty of time to pick their […]

YOU know that undercurrent of rivalry that Killarney and Tralee has for each other? Well, a fight in a county final between a selection of both town’s best footballers back 100 years ago this weekend, could be the source of some of that animosity that bubbles under the surface. On April 12, […]

TWO former league title winners with Manchester United are coming to the Stretford End Bar, Causeway this Saturday. An evening with David May and Lee Sharpe promises to be great night for any United fan old or young. Lee Sharpe was part of the first great Alex Ferguson side that […]

  ONLINE registration for the Ring of Kerry Cycle will reopen once again this Saturday. Registration for the cycle opened on Tuesday afternoon, but due to unprecedented traffic on the website, it was forced to temporarily close only a few hours later. A statement for the Ring of Kerry Cycle said: […]

THANKFULLY the sun was beaming down for the Kerins O’Rahilly’s Ladies 5k Fun Run on Easter Monday. About 100 or so people of all ages made their way to the Strand Road clubhouse on Monday afternoon for what was a great opportunity to run off all the chocolate scoffed over […]

  Town League Final, Austin Stack Park Austin Stacks 0-12 Kerins O’Rahillys 1-6  AUSTIN STACKS claimed another title as they beat Kerins O’Rahillys in the Town League final in Austin Stack Park on Saturday evening. There were glorious conditions for football as these two sides matched up again. Back in January, The […]

NOT long after announcing himself back on the inter-county scene, Paul Galvin, has reportedly bagged himself a new job designing an exclusive range of clothing for Dunnes Stores. Following in the footsteps of golfer, Padraig Harrington, Paul Galvin has designed a new line of clobber for Dunnes which is expected […]

COLM Cooper made a welcome return to the Kerry team yesterday. He delivered an inch perfect pass to Kieran Donaghy to score a point against Tyrone, but his road to recovery since his cruciate ligament injury last February has been a tough one. Watch this great video by AIB GAA […]

  Tyrone 1-14 Kerry 0-17  Kerry ensured their Division One status after a great tussle with rivals Tyrone in Omagh this afternoon. Kerry were lacklustre in the first half, but came to life in the second period where Colm Cooper made a welcome return to the Kerry side, coming on […]

  Mike McCarthy brings you all the news from the Kerry darts scene…  All roads led to Causeway on Sunday for the 5th annual Declan Mulvhill memorial at the Stretford end bar. A large crowd with 24 teams saw Tom Biganne and Dave Stack recapture their crown against a gallant […]

Mike O’Halloran reports on a great victory for Kerry yesterday in the Allianz Hurling League Division 2A Hurling Final… Kerry 5-17 Westmeath 3-17 KERRY hurlers have defended their Division 2A title in style in the Gaelic Grounds Limerick in some style on Saturday. Kerry led by nine points at halftime and were […]