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2016 was another good year for Kilmoyley GAA Club. But then again, any year you win the county senior hurling championship is certainly one worth celebrating – especially when you win back to back titles. And that’s just what around 200 of the club faithful did at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday […]

THERE was some craic at the Na Gaeil Club last night as the club held a very different kind of fundraiser. Around 160 people paid €20 a head to attend ‘One Wedding And A Funeral’ at the clubhouse in Killeen and they sure got their money’s worth. The rich talent […]

A SATURDAY night in January was brightened up in a big way for basketball fans last night as Garvey’s Tralee Warriors enjoyed a ten point win in the Men’s Superleague. After a good win away in Belfast last week, the home side was hoping to keep up their fine home […]

A MUCH-MISSED former Chairman of Kerins O’Rahillys GAA Club, who played a pivotal role in its development over a 30 year period, will be remembered at an event later this month. The third annual Kerins O’Rahillys 10k will be run in memory of Pat Healy who passed away almost 10 […]

THE Kerry Senior Hurling team to play Clare in the CoOpsuperstores.ie Munster Senior Hurling League in Tralee’s Austin Stack Park on Sunday next (2pm) shows six changes from the side that played Cork in Round 1 last Sunday. The Kerry management has given starting places to more players on the […]

THE Kerry team to start against Cork in the Munster Senior Football McGrath Cup on Sunday next in Mallow (2pm) will feature three Kerins O’Rahillys players, including Jack Savage at full-forward. He is joined by club mates David Moran in midfield and Barry John Keane in the corner forward position. The […]

By Club PRO Tommy Naughton Shane McLoughlin Makes The Bench , Well done to former Park Fc player Shane McLoughlin who made the Ipswich Town Fc Match Day Squad for Saturdays 3rd round FA Cup tie against Lincoln City . The game finished 2-2 so hopefully Shane might see some playing […]

THE Credit Union County League fixtures and dates have been announced for 2017 and it throws up some local derbies in the top flight. The league begins on the weekend of March 18/19, the same weekend as the Kerry v Dublin clash in Tralee with last year’s finalists Austin Stacks […]

THE Tralee International Children’s Games committee is planning on making a bid to bring the games to Kerry and Limerick in 2020. Secretary of Tralee ICG, Mike Culloty, met with the Council recently to look for support in bringing the games to the county. Tralee ICG intends to bid for […]

Hi all and welcome back, Hope everyone had a good Xmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year to all. Our Academy and training for all age is back in full swing. All enquiries to 087-9233449 Upcoming Fixtures 11/1/17 Girls U14 Div 3 Imperials v Caherciveen 19-00 John Mitchels 14/1/17 […]

With the Christmas festivities now over for another year all Kerry Badminton enthusiasts are geared up for what is undoubtedly the business end of the season. The pre Christmas programme is generally dominated by tournaments and other minor events, but once the cold chill of January hits the air the […]

Mens Results  Scotch Foursomes Sunday Jan 08th 1st : Bob Dillon (18) & Kevin Rolls (13)      29 Points 2nd : Peter Nolan (21) & Mike Galvin (18)               28 Points Fixtures: Sat 14th Jan : Casual Golf Sun 15th Jan : 12 Hole Club Singles Sat 21st Jan : […]

RESULTS Boys U14 Div 3 St. Paul’s 35 St. Brendan’s 30 Academy U12 St. Brendan’s 23 Rathmore 28 FIXTURES Wednesday 11th January Boys U18 Div 1 St. Brendan’s v St. Mary’s at 8.00pm in Moyderwell Friday 13th January Boys U14 Div 2 St. Paul’s v St. Brendan’s at 6.00pm in […]

A report from Paul Griffin on Tralee Harriers members at an event at the weekend… The first athletics event of 2017 took place in Nenagh this week, with the Munster Indoor Junior and U23 Championship and the Juvenile Pentathlons. Tralee Harriers Athletic Club had several entries over the two days […]

  THERE will be a Kerry team in the Airtricity U-17 National League for the coming 2017 season it was decided last night. After consulting with the clubs of the Kerry District League at an Emergency Meeting at Mounthawk Park Tralee on Monday night, the Management Committee of the KDL have […]

JUST under 50 of Ireland’s top dinghy sailors travelled from all over the country to take part in Tralee Bay Maritime Centre’s first Dinghy Performance Clinic in Fenit last week. Top dinghy performance coaches from all over Europe flew in to coach these young, aspiring sailors on all aspects of sailing, […]

KERRY had an easy win over Tipperary in the McGrath Cup on Sunday afternoon at Austin Stack Park. Fielding a side drawn entirely from their Under 21 squad and managed by the Under 21 management team, they beat the Premier county by 3-11 to 1-3. Tipperary had seven of the side […]

Mike O’Halloran reports on Kerry’s Munster Senior Hurling League clash with Cork yesterday in Mallow…  Kerry 0-18 Cork 1-28 Kerry travelled to Mallow on Sunday wondering what lay in store for them in 2017. Cork had put out a fairly handy side, having already played a game on Friday evening. […]

THE Kerry team to play Tipperary in Round 1 of the Munster Senior Football McGrath Cup on Sunday next in Austin Stack Park (2pm) has been named and features one starter from a Tralee club. The team is drawn entirely from the county’s Under 21 panel and will be managed by Jack […]

AUSTIN Stacks won a battle between three local clubs in a competition to sell their lotto tickets at the local post office, in what is a good start to their centenary year. Back in September, Martin and Marie Williams of the Rock Post Office  set three GAA Clubs – Stacks, […]

TRIBUTES have been paid to a former Radio Kerry journalist passed away yesterday. Glenflesk native Kevin Casey (40), who worked for Waterford radio station WLR FM, died yesterday after a short illness. He previously worked in the sports department of Radio Kerry, at The Kerryman for a short period and was PRO […]

THE Kerry senior team will be represented in the McGrath Cup on Sunday by a team drawn from the Under 21 panel. Jack O’Connor and his management team will be in charge on the sideline at Austin Stack Park with an Under 21 selection which is very much along the same lines as the […]

WHILE the footballers are taking on Tipperary in Tralee next Sunday, the Kerry hurlers will also see their first action of the new year at the same time. They face Cork in the 2017 Co-Op Superstores Munster senior hurling league in Mallow with a 2pm throw in. This will be […]

Sean Walsh Am Am Tuesday 27th December 2016 Results & Fixtures Results: 1st: 93 Points Brian O’Sullivan (9), Kieran Ruttledge(17), Brian Durran (15), Denis Murphy (15) 2nd: 93 Points Tommy Walsh (23), Barry John Walsh (28), Dave Gorman (15), John Keane (12) 3rd: 92 Points Barbara Reen (24), Denis Reen […]

IN 2016, we were out and about covering hurling and football matches in Tralee and beyond. Here’s a selection of some of the photos we took…    

NEW year, new football season. Kerry’s senior footballers return to action his coming Sunday in a game against Tipperary in the McGrath Cup with a 2pm throw-in (according to the Munster GAA website). It’s a home game in Austin Stack Park against the Munster finalists and it’ll be interesting to see how […]

IT’S been a very good week indeed for Garvey’s Tralee Warriors. On Wednesday, the Superleague outfit proved too strong for Keanes Supervalu Killorglin  in the final of the Premier Mens Final in the 47th Castleisland Christmas Blitz, beating them by 55 to 45 Last night they were in action again against […]

JUST in case you’re feeling energetic this coming Sunday morning, here’s something to tackle, literally. Tralee Dynamos are holding a charity soccer match at the Low Field billed as the ‘Legends Vs All-Stars’ at 12.30pm sharp. The event will also remember former Dynamos player Joe Flynn who passed away in January […]

Mike O’Halloran reflects on his highlights in the world of hurling and rugby in 2016… AT this period of year there is usually a time of reflection before we face into a new year. We reflect on all aspects of our life events while some of our reflections are on resolutions we made or […]

A MILD and sunny St Stephen’s Day provided perfect conditions for the annual Tralee RFC 3k & 5k Fun Runs in aid of their under age development. There were loads of families present for the event which began with some festive music followed by a warm-up with Joe O’Connor of Nisus Fitness. Then they […]