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GAA

How Austin Stacks v Mid Kerry Went Down On Twitter

Gavin O’Connor trawls through Twitter and finds out what people were saying and what photos they were posting on Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SFC Final day…

There were signs early on that we were in for a good day when Dermot Mahony spotted this rainbow over Austin Stack Park.

Eyes were watching over the border.

Banners were being erected.

Some of the more hardcore support were travelling across the country for the final.

The football was dazzling at times, but arguably the star of the day was the incredible support for Stacks.

Confusion surrounds our county championship system nationally, all we can say is, it may be complicated, but it works!

The build up is well and truly on with the stand filling up well before throw-in

The black and amber takes to the field under the gaze of the 9,000 or so attendees.

The weight of history was on Stacks.

Confirmation it did in fact end in a draw.

Sky Sports, were onto it.

The Rockie support didn’t go unnoticed either getting national attention for their antics.

Some handy Stats, from the match.

After the match there were some fantastic photos tweeted. This one is pretty good.

Not bad either…

But, this one, might be the best.

It’s official! We get to do all over again, which can’t be a bad thing.

Entertainment, News

More Old Tralee! This Time, Aerial Photos Of The Town From The 1950s

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WE received a huge response to the aerial photos of Tralee in the 1930s which we put up on the website on Wednesday (here).

Following on from that, we also came across the only other aerial shots of the town on the ‘Britain From Above’ website, this time from the mid-1950s.

Along with the full photos, we have zoomed in on a few parts of the town in particular, which have changed so much to the way they are now.

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  • BELOW: At the bottom of the image is the Strand Road area, that isolated estate on the middle left of the image is St Brendans Park.

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  • BELOW: A closer look at St Brendans Park as it was 61 years ago, with no other estates around it.

SBP 1953

  • BELOW: St Brendans Park from another angle, note the dog track in the bottom right corner.

SBP 1953.2

  • BELOW: O’Rahilly’s Villa’s and the Strand Road area. Judging by the marks on The Low Field, on the right of the image, it was seeing plenty of action at the time. It has done well to survive all the development in town over the last 60 years.

O'Rahilly's 1953

  • BELOW: A closer look of what now is the Abbey Inn area. Back then it looks to have been mainly  buildings once known as The ‘Casbah’. See, at the top right, The Square, and at the bottom centre, the back of Dominican Church.

Abbey 1953

  • BELOW: The view of the town, from Austin Stacks Park in the middle right, stretching straight across to the Ashe Memorial Hall.

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  • BELOW: Austin Stacks Park and the Mitchel’s area of town as it was.

Stacks Park

  • BELOW: Oakpark has seen a bit of change since! The Dog Track is in the bottom left hand corner. Oakpark road, goes from the bottom right corner to the top left. Racecourse Rd, is in the middle right.

Oakpark 1953

  • BELOW: A zoomed in look at Balloonagh/Caherslee area. The Balloonagh convent is in the middle right.

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  • BELOW: The centre of town. The Court House is on the top, centre.

centre 1953

  • BELOW: The Square along with the old mart at the top of the image.

Mart 1953