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Gavin O’Connor reports on Austin Stacks’ win over West Kerry at Austin Stack Park tonight… Austin Stacks 0-21 West Kerry 1-13 (16) AUSTIN STACKS made into the quarter-finals of the Garveys Supervalu Senior Football County Championship after an open encounter with West Kerry in Austin Stack Park on Saturday evening. […]

OVER 70 boys and girls took part in the GAA Cúl Camp in Kerins O’Rahillys over this week. Young footballers between the ages of 6 and 12 honed their skills at the camp where the kids learned the basics of the games with the standard high among many of the […]

Gavin O’Connor looks at the do or die clash between Kerins O’Rahillys and Killarney Legion in Round 3 of the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SFC  in Fitzgerald Stadium on Sunday (3.30pm)…  WHEN the draw was made for Round 3, Kerins O’Rahilly’s were pitted against the last team they might have wanted […]

THIS week the GAA’s Cúl Camp came to Connolly Park bringing with it a Kerry star. The numbers attending are up on last year with around 130 boys and girls taking part in the camp which ran all the way from Monday through to Friday. The camp provides kids with a tracksuit top, a […]

THIS afternoon it was confirmed that Colm Cooper damaged shoulder ligaments in last Sunday’s Munster Final victory over Tipperary, meaning he’s a doubt for Kerry’s All-Ireland quarter final on August bank holiday weekend. A lot will be made of the battle with time Cooper will face in the coming weeks, […]

A POPULAR international golf website has included Castlegregory Golf Club in a ’10 Underrated Golf Courses In Scotland and Ireland list’. GolfWRX is website for golf enthusiasts with over two million users and 18 million page views a month. The website compiled a list recently of overlooked courses in Scotland and Ireland and included the […]

Gavin O’Connor look at the Austin Stacks v West Kerry, Garveys Supervalu Senior Football County Championship Round 3 match at Austin Stack Park, Saturday 6:45pm AFTER a poor performance against South Kerry in the Round 2 replay in Connolly Park in May, the Round 3 draw was kind to Austin […]

    THE achievements of a young man from Tralee were recognised by Kerry County Council on Thursday with a civic reception to recognise his sporting achievements. Jockey Bryan Cooper was joined by his family at Council Chambers where he was feted for his achievement of winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Don […]

A FORMER Park FC player has signed a professional contract with an English Championship side. Shane McLoughlin joined five other young players in signing one year deals at Ipswich town at the weekend. The contract also has an option of a further 12 month stay at Portman Road. Nineteen-year-old Shane can play up front […]

A TRALEE native scored the goal to send an SSE Airtricity League side into the second qualifying round of the Europa League tonight. St Patrick’s Athletic were defending a 1-0 lead from the first leg in Dublin over in Luxembourg against Jeunesse Esch. Losing 1-0 at half-time, up stepped Tralee man Darren Dennehy […]

Mens MC 10 CC Dry Cleaners Sunday 3rd July 2016 1st Sean Carmody (17) 40 Points 2nd David Hennebery (04) 39 Points 3rd Jim O’Donovan (09) 38 Points 4th Kieran Ruttledge (18) 38 Points 5th Adrian O’Gara (17) 37 Points 6th Fegus Kelly (12) 36 Points Best Gross : Anton […]

A TEENAGER from Tralee has won a prestigious boxing title in Dublin at the weekend. Tralee Boxing Club’s Mike McCarthy from Killeen, won the Monkstown Box Cup (40kg) on Sunday in a bout against Blain Lambert of Finn Valley A.B.C. England. The Monkstown Box Cup 2016 is one of the biggest tournaments […]

THE Kerry minors made it three in a row Munster titles yesterday in a sun-drenched Fitzgerald Stadium. Six points was the difference in the end as the Kingdom beat Cork  3-14 to 3-8 with David Clifford the star of the show, netting one and setting up goals for Bryan Sweeney […]

GARDAI in Tralee unearthed a cannabis growhouse at Riverwalk, Oakpark last Thursday. A man of Eastern European extraction was arrested at the scene after cannabis plants worth €21,000 were discovered. The man is being held in custody at Cork prison and will appear at a sitting of Tralee District Court […]

Gavin O’Connor looks at some of the talking points from yesterday’s match, plus some of our action photos from the game… 1. Appetite for football is massive among Kerry fans Despite the absence of traditional rivals Cork, Kerry fans were not deterred from travelling for another sunny Munster Final in […]

WELL that was unexpected. Not the result of the senior game, we’re talking about the fine weather which no doubt provided a huge boost to the attendance yesterday in Killarney. Cloud and showers were predicted, but Killarney was bathed in sunshine and they’ll be a few red heads around today among […]

BRYAN Cooper is to be honoured this Thursday with a civic reception in his hometown. Kerry County Council will host the reception at county buildings at 7pm, to acknowledge his great achievement by riding Don Cossack to victory in the Cheltenham Gold Cup back in March. The 23 year old received […]

Mike O’Halloran watched the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC First Round replay at Austin Stack Park on Sunday evening… Abbeydorney 3-13 Crotta O’Neills 0-10 AT the launch of the Garvey’s SuperValu sponsored Kerry Senior Hurling Championship a few weeks ago Abbeydorney were tipped, along with Causeway to be potential winners of the […]

HE’S on the up and up. Soccer star John Egan, son of the late Kerry GAA legend John, has made a move from Gillingham to English Championship side Brentford. The 23 year old defender had a great past season and was picked on the League One PFA Team of the […]

Gavin O’Connor says the build-up to tomorrow’s Munster Final between Kerry and Tipperary has been flat and it’s difficult to see where the fizz will come from on the field of play… IT’S hard to remember a more flat build-up for a Munster Final. In the midst of Euro 2016 action, […]

AN Oakpark native will pull on the green jersey for Ireland at the World Fastpitch Championships in Canada this month. In doing so, Grace Kearney, will be the only member of the team from Kerry and the only Munster based player to have been selected for this tournament. Fastpitch is […]

  THE Kerry Senior Football Team to play Tipperary in the Munster Senior Football Final at Fitzgerald Stadium on Sunday is unchanged from the side that started against Clare in the semi final. In the subs, Aidan O’Mahony returns after suspension and James O’Donoghue returns to the match day squad […]

THE Kerry minor team to face Cork this Sunday in the Munster Final has been announced and features two players from the Tralee area on the starting line-up. The game is the opening game of the day at at Fitzgerald Stadium at 12 noon and the team shows one change from the […]

Gavin O’Connor watched Kerry win three in a row Munster Junior football titles at Austin Stack Park last night… Kerry 0-14 Cork 0-13 THEY were made sweat a little, but a one point victory over Cork was enough to ensure three-in-a-row Munster Juinor titles for Kerry at Austin Stack Park on […]

THE Tralee Golf Club Captain’s Prize took place on Sunday with Sean O’Loughlin winning out on a score of 42pts. Here are the results with photos below… Sunday 26th June (Captains Prize to the men) Liam Nolan 1st   Sean O’Loughlin (13)    42 Points 2nd   Tony Johnson (17) 40 Points 3rd   Kelan […]

TRALEE area clubs are well represented on the Kerry Junior Football team to face Cork in the Munster Championship Final this Wednesday evening in Austin Stack Park (7.30pm). There are four changes in personnel from the side that defeated Limerick in the semi final. Na Gaeil’s Andrew Barry starts in the […]

Mike O’Halloran watched Kilmoyley easily get the better of Ballyduff in the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC first round game at Abbeydorney on Sunday… Kilmoyley 2-18 Ballyduff 0-18 I SAID in my preview that it had to be “now or not for a while” for Ballyduff and after their efforts against the […]

Ballyheigue were trounced by a rampant St Brendans side yesterday in Abbeydorney. Mike O’Halloran reports on the Kerry SHC first round clash… St Brendan’s 5-20 Ballyheigue 0-7 St Brendan’s were four points up after 50 seconds when Nicky O’Sullivan goaled from an error by the Ballyheigue keeper. Ten minutes later they […]

Mike O’Halloran watched a tough Garvey’s SuperValu Kerry SHC first round match in Kilmoyley last night… Causeway 2-8 Lixnaw 0-12 Causeway – who lined out without their star man Colum Harty, who hasn’t played since the game against Westmeath in the league – made a winning start to this years Garvey’s SuperValu Kerry […]

Mike O’Halloran was in Ballyduff for the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC first round match between Abbeydorney and Crotta O’Neills on Saturday night… Abbeydorney 2-16 Crotta O’Neills 0-22 (after extra time) Extra time was the last thing most neutrals wanted to see in this game played in Ballyduff, such was the […]