THE deadline of August 19 for nominations for the 2024 Kerry Person of the Year and for the 2024 Laochra Chiarrai award is rapidly approaching.
From the inaugural Kerryperson of the Year award to Dr Michael Carmody in 1979 to Katie Hannon last year, the roll of honour of previous recipients is most impressive even on a national level and demonstrates the vast array of talented Kerry people from all walks of life.
Some of the previous recipients include the late Michael O Muircheartaigh, the late John B Keane, Sr Consilio, Mick O’Connell, Dick Spring, Jimmy Deenihan, Dr Patricia Sheehan and Mick Galwey.
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Previous recipients of the Laochra Chiarrai award include Radio Kerry GAA sports broadcasters Ambrose O Donovan and Tim Moynihan, the Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle Committee and the Listowel Tidy Towns Committee.
The individual selected as Kerryperson of the Year and the group selected for the Laochra Chiarrai award must have shown leadership, brought honour to and performed charitable or other services to such an extent that could be regarded as being beyond the norm of everyday life.
Nomination forms from the Kerry Association in Dublin are available by emailing info@kerryassociation.ie.
The winners of both awards will be announced in early September. They will be formally presented with their awards at the Kerry Association’s Oiche Chiarrai gala dinner in the Louis Fitzgerald hotel, Newlands Cross, Naas Road, Dublin on Saturday, October 19.
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I nominate Donal Grady as Kerry person of the Year. He deserves credit as a Family man and honourable Kerry man to be Kerry person of the year for his and his families services to the people of Kerry going back to the 60s and
his son now carries on his work, 3 generations. He has always been dedicated to the people of Kerry and is a worthy winner,
Regards Mary.Coates.
I too would nominate Donal Grady for Kerry person of the year award. His lifelong dedication to his town of Killarney and his County Kerry makes him a very worthy recipient of an honour. His Dedication to people and place has never been slow and he has always given that help 100%. Storms. Floods missing footpaths. Always has been there with unstinting help and phone number to help people day or night. And his deep love of his town and its people is very special