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THE weather stayed dry in Christ The King Park in Ballymullen for a special celebration for the community in the area. The residents of Castlemorris, Ballymullen, Murphy’s Terrace and Stephen’s Terrace organised the event as they are so close-knit and have pride in their area. “We wanted to link the four […]

RESIDENTS in the Ballymullen area will be hoping the weather stays kind as they plan a summer get-together this Friday. The residents of Castlemorris, Ballymullen, Murphy’s Terrace and Stephen’s Terrace are organising the event, as they put it, “to celebrate our beautiful place.” And why not? The residents there always make […]

THERE were poignant scenes at Ballymullen on Saturday afternoon at the unveiling of two new plaques, which honour Tralee’s World War I dead, at the monument to the Munster Fusiliers. The plaques – one with the 101 names of members of the Munster Fusiliers and the other inscribed with 125 names […]

A SECTION of road at the roundabout in Ballymullen had to be closed temporarily this morning after a car was engulfed in flames. It happened at just before 9.40am just after the roundabout, adjacent to the small park with the Christ the King statue. No one was injured in the blaze and a female occupant got away […]

THE front of the Royal Munster Fusiliers Monument at Ballymullen had red paint smeared on it during the night in what one councillor described as a “disheartening” incident. The monument, which was erected in May, pays tribute to The Royal Munster Fusiliers, who were stationed in Ballymullen barracks up until Irish independence. Kerry County […]

TRALEE councillors have agreed that they would like to change the wording on the new Ballymullen monument which has caused controversy in recent weeks. A local resident raised objections that there was no public consultation with the public prior to erecting a monument to a British Army regiment, the Royal Munster […]

  IF you were passing Ballymullen recently, you may have noticed a new monument has been erected in Christ The King Park. The impressive structure is in memory of the Royal Munster Fusiliers,  who were stationed in the barracks from the 1880s up to independence. The monument was agreed to be built by […]

Click on above ad for more A LARGE crowd came to the launch of the book, ‘The History of Ballymullen Barracks’, in Tralee library on Tuesday night. The author is Kerry County Council employee, Robert Tangney, who decided to write it in his late father Denis’s honour. Denis, who hailed from the area, had said he […]