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BALLYDUFF Vintage Club are calling on tractor enthusiasts from around the county to join them on Sunday, June 26th as they host their eagerly-awaited charity Tractor Run. Three charities are to benefit from this year’s event – Recovery Haven Kerry, Ard Cúram and the Irish Air Ambulance –  with the […]

SINN Féin TD for Kerry, Pa Daly, has called for the retention of a classroom teacher in Ballyduff N.S. Deputy Daly said the day of classroom sizes with 30 plus students has to end and he is calling on Minister Norma Foley and the Department of Education to intervene in Ballyduff […]

Mike O’Halloran was at the Credit Union County Hurling League Final 2017 between Ballyduff and Kilmoyley yesterday… Ballyduff 4-12 Kilmoyley 3-12 Kilmoyley, even though understrength, powered into the lead when within a minute of the start, Maurice O’Connor blasted past Pa Enright who was deputising for PJ Gorman. Daniel O’Carroll […]

BALLYDUFF was the place to be last night as the village celebrated Kerry Senior Hurling Championship title number 25. After over 120 minutes of hurling they overcame Lixnaw in another epic battle. The two teams can be proud of their performances. Here’s some images from the game…

Mike O’Halloran watched Ballyduff and  Lixnaw play out another thriller in Tralee this afternoon with Ballyduff taking title No.25… Ballyduff 4-13 Lixnaw 1.-19 Unlike last week the replay of the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC final was an absolute cracking match with Ballyduff coming out on top after an enthralling contest. […]

Mike O’Halloran on a Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC final where both teams will have learnt a lot for the replay… Lixnaw 1-18 Ballyduff 2-15 They said it was going to be close and I had predicted a win for Lixnaw by a point or two, but it ended up all […]

A THIRD class pupil decided to do something special on Friday, when she got her long hair cut off in aid of the Little Princess Trust charity…and she raised over €800 as well! Nine-year-old Shannon Quinlan from Ballyduff decided to get the hair cut after seeing how a relative of […]

The holders are out after Ballyduff beat Kilmoyley in the Garveys SuperValu Kerry SHC semi final yesterday. Mike O’Halloran reports… Ballyduff 1-17 Kilmoyley 0-16 It was nine minutes before Ballyduff got on the scoreboard with a point from Padraigh Boyle, in the meantime Daniel Collins had three points for Kilmoyley. […]

A tense and tough game is on the cards when Ballyduff and Kilmoyley meet on Sunday in the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC semi-final. Mike O’Halloran sets the scene… Ballyduff and Kilmoyley will renew rivalry after their epic battles last year in the final, where it took over two hours to […]

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 […]

It may have been close, but in the end the champions prevailed and Kilmoyley won the Garveys Supervalu Kerry Senior Hurling Championship for 2016 deservedly says Mike O’Halloran… Kilmoyley 1-18 Ballyduff 2-13 Kilmoyley has now joined Ballyduff in winning 24 Kerry hurling Championship titles after overcoming Ballyduff in an entertaining game played in mixed conditions […]

Kilmoyley and Ballyduff have it all to do again in Saturday’s Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC final replay at Austin Stack Park (throw-in 5pm). Mike O’Halloran ponders how it will go… THE lyrics of the old Johnny Nash song go; “There are more questions than answers and the more I find out the […]

AS is customary during the half-time break on county final day, the Jubilee team of 25 years ago was honoured. This year it was the turn of the Ballyduff hurlers of 1991 who beat Kenmare in the final by 0-11 to 0-7. The huge Ballyduff contingent present especially showed their appreciation of […]

The Kerry hurling’s ‘El Clasico’ delivered at Austin Stack Park today, watched by Mike O’Halloran… Ballyduff 2-14 Kilmoyley 1-17 El Clasico Ciarrai, was in danger of being blown and washed away by elements in Austin Stack Park today, only for the great talent and skill of two great teams to […]

Mike O’Halloran is looking forward to what promises to be a titanic battle for the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC title tomorrow in Austin Stack Park (throw-in 3.30pm)… El Clasico is the name given to the game between the giants of Spanish soccer, Real Madrid and Barcelona, but a classic of our […]

BALLYDUFF will be chomping at the bit for a go at the champions on Sunday as they bid to make it 25 county senior titles. They’re trying to stop Kilmoyley equalling their total of 24 championships at the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC Final at Austin Stack Park with a 3.30pm throw-in. They’re […]

Mike O’Halloran watched Ballyduff snuff out Abbeydorney’s challenge yesterday, to reach the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC final next month… Ballyduff  1-20 Abbeydorney 0-11 In my preview, I tipped Ballyduff to win this encounter with Abbeydorney, but I did not expect that the margin would be so wide. After the first two […]

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 […]

Our hurling writer, Mike O’Halloran, on the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC first round clash between Ballyduff and Kilmoyley this Sunday in Abbeydorney… On Sunday the championship action moves to the pristine pitch in Abbeydorney where Ballyduff take on Kilmoyley at 12 noon, this is a repeat of last year at this […]

Mike O’Halloran on the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC semi-final in Abbeydorney on Sunday evening… Kilmoyley 2-24 Ballyduff 2-12 INJURIES to a great servant of Ballyduff, David O’Grady and Kilmoyley’s Tom Murnane, held up the game twice during the first half with the second half starting late to facilitate the removal from the […]

  Our hurling writer, Mike O’Halloran, on the Garvey’s SuperValu Kerry SHC semi-final this Sunday in Abbeydorney (6pm), where Kilmoyley and St Brendan’s do battle… We are just a little over a month away from the Garvey’s SuperValu Senior Hurling Championship Final on September 27. Next weekend we will see the four semi-finalists […]

  THE Draw for the Garvey’s Supervalu Senior Hurling Championship Semi-Finalss have been made. Dates and times for fixtures have as yet to be decided. Kilmoyley v Ballyduff Lixnaw v St Brendans Last year’s finalists, Lixnaw and Kilmoyley, went into the draw seeded. Champions Lixnaw, remain the only side in […]

Mike O’Halloran reports on an exciting Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SFC clash between Ballyduff and Crotta O’Neill’s in Lixnaw last night… Ballyduff 2-20 Crotta O’Neill’s 1-17 Crotta have played nearly four hours of hurling in the 2015 championship between draws, extra time and added time. Tonight again, in Lixnaw, they lost […]

  Mike O’Halloran looks at the Garveys SuperValu Kerry senior hurling championship games on Monday and Tuesday… Abbeydorney will take on Kilmoyley at 6.30pm in Ballyduff with the winners heading to the semi-final, while on Tuesday, Ballyduff will take on fellow losers from the last round Crotta ONeills in Lixnaw also […]

Mike O’Halloran was in Kilmoyley on Sunday evening for the Garveys Supervalu Kerry Senior Hurling Championship game between Ballyduff and Causeway…  Causeway 2-12 Ballyduff 0-10 Another great welcome awaited the followers of the ancient game when we travelled to one of the most scenic hurling fields in The Kingdom. Again, the folks […]

Our hurling writer, Mike O’Halloran, looks at the feast of Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry Senior Hurling Championship hurling action on the way this Sunday… Crotta O’Neill’s v Kilmoyley, Causeway 1.30pm Kilmoyley are riding high at the top of the County Hurling League and are seeking to get over the hurdle posed […]

Mike O’Halloran was at the delayed playing of the Division 1 County Hurling League Final last night… Ballyduff 1-16 St Brendans  1-24 It is a long time since the Div 1 Hurling County League final was played in June but this was the 2014 competition final. The Kerry GAA Credit […]

A ‘Take Me Out’ fundraiser for the Ballyduff Buds Resource Centre was held at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. The organisers decided to try something new to help fund the vital service in the north Kerry village. “With all the cuts coming in, funding is essential so we said we’d […]