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KERRY County Council have plans for developments at Blennerville Windmill. At Monday’s meeting of the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council, Labour Cllr. Terry O’Brien asked that the Council would give a report on the Windmill and future developments there. In reply the Council revealed they are progressing a […]
Read more ›A FEASIBILITY study is to be carried out shortly in relation to proposed renovations to the Blennerville Windmill Complex. Labour Cllr. Terry O’Brien sought an update on the proposed works and development to the facility at the online meeting of Tralee Municipal District on Monday. He was told that funding […]
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EXPERIMENTAL folk artist, singer and multi- instrumentalist Sam Amidon pays his first visit to Kerry for an intimate performance in the unique surrounds of Blennerville Windmill on this Tuesday night at 8pm. The Vermont-born singer/fiddler/banjoist/guitarist is known for his intuitive and often radical re-workings of secular ballads, gospel, folk songs […]
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A PHOTO of Blennerville Windmill is among the winners in the 2016 Wiki Loves Monuments Competition. The image taken by a person identified only as Boodle2000, is a striking one of the landmark at the gateway to the West Kerry Peninsula and comes in ninth place in the Top 10 list of […]
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A PLAQUE in memory of jarvey and much-loved local character, Nedeen Kelliher, will be unveiled near Blennerville windmill next week. Doing the honours will be comedian Brendan Grace, who was a fond friend of the late Nedeen when he visited the town in years gone by. Nedeen Kelliher from Annagh was a figure known to many and […]
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THE Council hopes to move towards introducing another activity at Tralee Bay Wetlands Centre this year and is looking at developing the windmill, the steam train rail line and the Wetlands as a “Lee Valley attraction”. Director of Economic Development and Community Services, Michael Scannell, was replying to Cllr Terry O’Brien’s request to inform members […]
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RESTORATION work on Blennerville windmill is almost near completion, it is hoped the sails which were taken down last November will be back up by March/April, just in time for the tourist season. The iconic windmill hasn’t looked itself over the last few months without its sails which were taken […]
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