Sport

WHOO-HOO! It’s back to Croker we go for this Sunday’s quarter-final with Galway. There’s nothing like match day in headquarters for the excitement and atmosphere. TraleeToday.ie will be there to capture the atmosphere with photos of Kerry fans enjoying the fun before the match in the capital. While most Kerry fans […]

Mike O’Halloran watched Causeway put in a powerful last ten minutes in the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC Round 2B clash against Crotta O’Neills… Causeway 2-18 Crotta O’Neills 0-12  The final score in this game does not tell the absolute resistance Crotta put up against all the odds. Crotta lined out […]

NA Gaeil’s Jack Barry comes back into the Kerry side to face Galway in the All Ireland Senior Football Championship Quarter Final in Croke Park on Sunday. He comes into the side in place of Anthony Maher while team captain Johnny Buckley starts his first game of the season; he is […]

FINAL preparations are being made to welcome hundreds of competitors to Fenit during the Bank Holiday weekend. The ‘Tri Kingdom Come’ event hosted by the Tralee Triathlon Club will take place on Saturday, August 5 in the scenic surrounds of Fenit. Triathletes from across Kerry can still sign up for the […]

DAVID Moran is not taking anything for granted coming into Kerry’s clash with Galway in Sunday’s All-Ireland quarter-final in Croke Park Speaking at the launch of Kerry GAA’s new sponsorship deal with Alliance Medical, the Kerry midfielder said that it’s been a good season so far but ultimately they’ll be judged […]

Ok, so let me start this column by saying that I only realised that football is a religion when I moved to Kerry ten years ago, before that I had only a mild interest in it. The reason for this is that I come from a town where hurling and […]

THERE was some great skill and talent on show at the KDL pitches in Mounthawk on Tuesday for the annual Tralee Garda Soccer Blitz. The event was organised by Tralee Community Policing and KDYS Key Service -A Kerry Garda Divisional Service Model Funded by IYJS & Supported by EU structural […]

Mike O’Halloran previews this weekend’s Garveys SuperValu Senior Hurling Championship action in Austin Stack Park… Friday 7pm Round 2B — Crotta O’Neill’s V Causeway Causeway come into this game having two games under their belt after drawing with St Brendan’s in the first round. Crotta O’Neills went down to Kilmoyley in […]

IT’S become a very popular annual event at the Oakpark club and this year is set to be no different as Na Gaeil prepares for its annual fundraising cycle. Over 100 cyclists took to the road last year and on Saturday, August 26, the club is hoping as many people […]

Results : Saturday  22nd and Sunday 23rd  July  (Presidents Prize to the men  (Des Fitzgerald) 1st : Tommy Walsh (18) 44 Points 2nd : Jim O’Donovan (9) 43 Points 3rd : Ger Hussey (12) 43 Points Best Gross: Ger Deegan (1) 41 Points 4th :Tom Moore (15)  40 Points 5th :Ger […]

SUNDAY will renew a rivalry between the Kingdom and the men from the west. There have been some memorable clashes between Kerry and Galway over the years but we’ll just take a look at some of the ties we won this time!… 1939, Yankee Stadium, New York: Kerry 2-6 Galway 0-7 […]

THREE Kerry women have been named in the Ireland squad for next month’s Women’s Rugby World Cup. Ciara Griffin, Ciara O’Connor and Ruth O’Reilly are part of Head coach Tom Tierney’s  28-strong squad that will be captained by UL Bohemians and Munster full-back Niamh Briggs. It will be a first time involvement for […]

THE GAA has announced the throw-in times for the All-Ireland football quarter finals this Sunday in Croke Park. It’ll be an early start on the road for Kerry fans as they will face Galway at 2pm on Sunday with the Mayo v Roscommon game throwing in at 4pm. Kerry will […]

JOHN Mitchels GAA grounds in Ballyseedy will be the venue for a big ladies football tournament next Saturday morning. The Sandra Keane Under 13 blitz will see 16 teams from all over the county and beyond compete for the Sandra Keane Cup and trophy competitions. The teams taking part this year […]

JACK O’Connor is to take on the role of Kerry Under 20 manager. According to Kerry GAA website, the Chairman of Coiste Chontae Chiarraí, Tim Murphy will propose him for ratification as Manager of the Kerry Under 20 Football team for a two year term at the next meeting of […]

Tralee Boxing Club news from Donie Jack Griffin… Johnathon McCarthy (44kg weight) will box in the Cadets Championship final on Friday July 28 in the National Stadium Dublin. Tralee Boxing Club is hoping his cousin Patrick (48kg), the reigning Irish Champion, will be alongside him as he boxes next Friday, […]

Mike O’Halloran reports on Kerry’s win over Roscommon in the Liberty Premier Junior Championship at the weekend… The Kerry Camogie team had an emphatic win over Roscommon in Tralee on Saturday. The home side’s win was never in doubt from the moment Jessica Fitzell pointed after three minutes. Roscommon had all […]

Mike O’Halloran watched Abbeydorney beat Ballyheigue in the Round 2A Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC clash in Austin Stack Park yesterday… Ballyheigue 0-13 Abbeydorney 2-13 At halftime, nobody gave Ballyheigue a chance in this game as they trailed on a scoreline of 0-4 to 2-8, but they started a revival that […]

Lixnaw are in the semi-finals after convincingly beating Ballyduff yesterday in the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC Round 2B clash at Austin Stack Park yesterday… Lixnaw 3-19 Ballyduff 1-16 I had suggested in my preview of this game that Lixnaw would come out the right side of this game and so […]

Mike O’Halloran watched St Brendan’s beat Causeway in the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry Senior Hurling Championship Round 1 replay at Austin Stack Park last night… St Brendan’s 1-13 Causeway 2-7 They say goals win matches, but that didn’t prove to be the case for Causeway who scored two goals to St […]

AROUND 50 boys and girls gathered at the GAA grounds in Caherslee this week as the Tralee Parnells club held a summer camp. All were welcome to take part and learn new skills and the kids, ranging in age from six to 14, looked very talented from the games we […]

Round 4 Of our World Series took place on Tuesday night. The Swim was The Donald Walsh Memorial Swim and BBQ with 2 perpetual trophies up for grabs. All of the 20 or so volunteers were in place well before starting time setting up the BBQ and getting Kayaks and […]

Mike O’Halloran looks at the Garvey’s SuperValu Senior Hurling Championship Round 2A and 2B clashes taking place in Austin Stack Park this Sunday… Round 2B (Losers Group) Abbeydorney v Ballyheigue (1.45pm)  Ballyheigue are in a bit of bother numbers wise these days and found the going very difficult against Lixnaw […]

A FORMER All-Star goalkeeper on the Kerry panel has stepped away from the squad, according to the Irish Independent this morning. Brendan Kealy has decided to leave, but has not closed the door on a return at a later date, reports the paper. The 31 year old, who won an All-Star […]

ST Brendans’ reward for beating Firies away last night is a home tie against Dingle in the Quarter finals of the Keane’s SuperValu Killorglin Minor Football Championship next week. The draw was made this afternoon and the other three pairings are (first named having home venue): • Mid Kerry or West Kerry […]

Mike O’Halloran looks forward to the Causeway v St Brendans Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC Round 1 Replay this Saturday at Austin Stack Park (7pm)… St Brendan’s “won” the drawn game in terms of the number of scores (20 to 18 after extra time), they also had more scores at the […]

Results: Sunday 9th July MC 10 sponsored by Acorn life 1st : Darren  O’Sullivan (01) 41 Points 2nd : John F O’Carroll (12) 40 Points 3rd : Danny Leen (5) 39 Points 4th : Daniel F O’Connor (9) 39 Points 5th : Tomas Eoin Dowling (13) 39 Points 6th : Eoghan […]

TRALEE area teams are in action tonight in the Keane’s Super Valu County Minor Football Championship. St Brendan’s play Firies away, while Austin Stacks and Kerins O’Rahillys are also in action away against East Kerry (in Rathmore) and West Kerry (Lispole) respectively. All games throw in at 7.30pm. Meanwhile, a Tralee […]

Mike Culloty of Tralee International Games reflects on a great week for the Tralee team over in Lithuania, even if incidents in a soccer match where two Tralee players had to be hospitalised left a sour taste… THE Tralee International Children’s Games teams returned from Kaunas, Lithuania on Sunday evening […]

FOURTEEN organisations shared €40,000 as the 43rd Tralee Lions Club Annual Golf Classic was staged recently at Tralee Golf Club. The golf classic represents the club’s major fund raiser each year and the Lions are delighted to report that this year a sum in excess of €40,000 was raised for distribution to […]