Post Tagged with: "Irish Rugby"

Two Na Gaeil men Jack Barry and Diarmuid O'Connor interact. Photo by Dermot Crean

GAA And Rugby Games To Be Shown On Big Screen In The Square This Weekend

March 15, 2022 at 11:07 am Comments are Disabled

SPORTS fans who want to watch the big games this weekend in a family atmosphere can do so in the Square as part of the St Patricks Festival in Tralee. With glorious sunshine forecast for Saturday and Sunday, there should be a good atmosphere for the big rugby and football […]

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Ballymac Woman To Captain Ireland Again For Six Nations Campaign

Ballymac Woman To Captain Ireland Again For Six Nations Campaign

January 16, 2020 at 2:06 pm Comments are Disabled

THE 26 player Irish women’s rugby squad for the Six Nations was named this morning and Ciara Griffin from Ballymac will once again captain the team. It was more good news for local players with Tralee native Ultan Dillane being named in the 35 man Irish squad for the Six […]

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Ciara Griffin Wins Irish Women’s Rugby Player Of The Year Award

Ciara Griffin Wins Irish Women’s Rugby Player Of The Year Award

May 16, 2019 at 10:01 am Comments are Disabled

CIARA Griffin has been announced as the Women’s XVs Player of the Year at the Zurich Irish Rugby Players Awards. The Irish Women’s Rugby team’s captain, who hails from Ballymac, was named as the winner at the awards which took place on Wednesday night at the Clayton Hotel on the Burlington Road. […]

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Ultan Dillane. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.

Twitter Went Wild For Ultan Dillane Yesterday

May 29, 2016 at 10:01 am Comments are Disabled

ULTAN Dillane played a big part as Connacht beat Leinster to claim their first Rabodirect Pro 12 crown. The Tralee man’s performance came in for some praise on Twitter. Now he has the tour of South Africa with Ireland to look forward to, it should be a great summer for […]

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Ultan Dillane On The Bench For Ireland Against Italy On Saturday

Ultan Dillane On The Bench For Ireland Against Italy On Saturday

March 10, 2016 at 1:48 pm Comments are Disabled

ULTAN Dillane will have to wait a little longer for his first start in a Six Nations game as he has been named on the bench for the clash with Italy on Saturday. The 22 year old former Tralee RFC player impressed with his 15 minutes game time against the English two weeks […]

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A Lot Of People Were Impressed With Ultan Dillane Yesterday

A Lot Of People Were Impressed With Ultan Dillane Yesterday

February 28, 2016 at 11:03 am Comments are Disabled

YES, the Irish rugby team didn’t exactly set the world alight yesterday, but this year is clearly a transition period thanks to retirements and injuries, so we can write it off now and look to 2017. The future looks pretty bright in one sense as Ultan Dillane from Tralee really made an […]

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Ultan Dillane In Ireland Squad Preparing For Match Against Old Enemy

Ultan Dillane In Ireland Squad Preparing For Match Against Old Enemy

February 22, 2016 at 11:27 am Comments are Disabled

TRALEE man Ultan Dillane has been named in the Ireland squad for Round 3 of the 2016 RBS 6 Nations Championship against England in Twickenham. The former Tralee RFC player was released from the squad to allow him to play for Connaught, just days prior to the French game, but now he’s […]

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Two Tralee RFC Players Head Off On Ireland Duty This Weekend

Two Tralee RFC Players Head Off On Ireland Duty This Weekend

January 22, 2016 at 6:15 pm Comments are Disabled

TWO Tralee RFC players are heading to Wales over the weekend as part of the Irish squad for a  friendly match in anticipation of this year’s Six Nations Championship. The Ireland Women’s management team have named Tralee RFC players, Ciara Griffin and Zoe Grattage in the 26-woman squad to play against […]

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O’Halloran’s Rugby: Talk Of Ireland Winning Six Nations Is Premature

O’Halloran’s Rugby: Talk Of Ireland Winning Six Nations Is Premature

February 15, 2015 at 9:02 am Comments are Disabled

Our rugby writer, Mike O’Halloran on a fantastic win for Ireland yesterday… Johnny Sexton came back from a twelve week lay off to put in a man of the match performance when Ireland overcame a French team of “big human beings” as Joe Schmidt called them. It looked like France […]

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VIDEO: Dinny Gets A Nice Delivery From Irish Rugby Legend

VIDEO: Dinny Gets A Nice Delivery From Irish Rugby Legend

December 16, 2014 at 3:02 pm Comments are Disabled

TRALEE man Dinny Culloty got a nice early Christmas present on Wednesday last when he received tickets for the Ireland v England rugby clash next year from none other than Munster and Irish legend, Ronan O’Gara. It was all part of a ‘ThreeIreland’ campaign to deliver seasonal spontaneity to unsuspecting […]

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Seven Things To Do Around Town This Weekend

Seven Things To Do Around Town This Weekend

November 21, 2014 at 11:50 am Comments are Disabled

The weather is supposed to brighten up, so there’s no excuse for vegging in front of the telly at the weekend. There’s loads to get up to… Friday 1. Celebrate Christie There’s a fantastic festival going on today and tomorrow at the Fels Point Hotel celebrating one of our town’s […]

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