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Kerry Community Awards Winners Announced

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Coiste Aiseanna na hÓige Teo were on Thursday night announced as the Kerry Community Awards Overall Winners for 2023. Representatives of the group are pictured here celebrating their big win at the Rose Hotel. Also pictured are Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council John Francis Flynn, Moira Murrell, Chief Executive of Kerry County Council and Bill Morell of The Kerry Community Awards. Photo by Tatyana McGough.

COISTE Áiseanna na hÓige Teo were announced overall winners of the 2023 Kerry Community Awards at a packed ceremony held in The Rose Hotel in Tralee last night (Thursday).

The group, based at Ard Na Gréine in Dingle, is a Family Support Centre and Early Years Facility serving West Kerry.

A number of Tralee area groups received prizes including Tralee Boxing Club, Tralee Meals on Wheels, Women’s Social Soccer (ST Brendan’s Park FC)  and Tralee Community Bridge Club (see list below).

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Kevin Hughes, Group Editor of The Kerryman, awards sponsor, said they were delighted with how the night went and how special it was to honour all finalists.

Awards Chairman Bill Morrell of Kerry PPN said the night would not be possible without the generous sponsors who continue to support the initiative.

20 community groups in total were presented with awards on the night with 10 groups receiving gold awards and 10 receiving silver.  A total of €16,500 was handed out in prize money this year.

See a full list of the winners from the night below:

• Asdee Community Development Association – Gold

• Coiste Áiseanna na hÓige Teo – Gold & Overall Winners

• Comhchiste Ghaeltacht Uibh Rathaigh – Gold

• Camp Community Council Ltd – Gold

• Dan Paddy Andy Festival – Gold

• Kerry Diocesan Youth Service (KDYS) – Gold

• Kerry Hospice Foundation – Gold

• Maharees Conservation Association – Gold

• Tralee Meals on Wheels – Gold

• Tralee Boxing Club – Gold

• Ballydonoghue Bardic Festival – Silver

• Ballyduff Family and Community Support Forum – Silver

• Comharchumann Dhún Chaoin – Silver

• Diarmuid Ó Cathain Cultural Centre Lixnaw – Silver

• Fenit Coast Conservation – Silver

• Glenbeigh Community Council – Silver

• Killarney Cardiac Response Unit – Silver

• Knocknogoshel Tidy Towns – Silver

• Tralee Community Bridge Club – Silver

• Women’s Social Soccer (ST Brendan’s Park FC) – Silver

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Kerry Community Awards 2017 Launched

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Launching the Kerry Community Awards 2017 were Sean Quinlan Chairman Kerry Community Awards, Ruth O'Connell Kerry County Council, Siobhan Griiffin Kerry Public Participation Network, Helen Switzer Community Department Kerry County Council (second row from left) Trisha Dowling NEWKD, Brendan Doran Southern Marketing Design Media, Kevin Hughes Editor The Kerryman, Bill Morrell KPPN, Maura Fitzgerald KPPN, John Spillane KPPN (back left) Sean Foley General Manager Dromhall Hotel and Mark Lee BHP Insurance at the Dromhall Hotel, Killarney on Thursday. Photo by Michelle Cooper Galvin
Launching the Kerry Community Awards 2017 were Sean Quinlan Chairman Kerry Community Awards, Ruth O’Connell Kerry County Council, Siobhan Griiffin Kerry Public Participation Network, Helen Switzer Community Department Kerry County Council (second row from left) Trisha Dowling NEWKD, Brendan Doran Southern Marketing Design Media, Kevin Hughes Editor The Kerryman, Bill Morrell KPPN, Maura Fitzgerald KPPN, John Spillane KPPN (back left) Sean Foley General Manager Dromhall Hotel and Mark Lee BHP Insurance at the Dromhall Hotel, Killarney on Thursday. Photo by Michelle Cooper Galvin

THE countdown is on to the all-new Kerry Community Awards which make a welcome return for 2017.

The awards were officially launched in The Dromhall Hotel by committee chairman Sean Quinlan who also welcomed incoming secretary Helena Switzer of Kerry County Council’s Community Department.

Mr Quinlan thanked sponsors and patrons in the commercial and semi-State sector, as well as Kerry County Council, Southern Marketing Design Media and The Kerryman who collectively founded the awards and remain a driving force behind the event.

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“We will be holding our community awards in April 2017 in The Dromhall Hotel to once again recognise and honour the Trojan work done by volunteers to improve the welfare of communities all too often with little or no funding,” Mr Quinlan said at the launch.

“These community workers and carers are among our greatest national treasures and they help bring hope, stability and confidence for the future. Their actions enhance the lifestyle of those who live in those communities and their generosity is beyond question and beyond price,” he added.

Kerry Community Awards started in 2004 when Rathmore Social Action Group collected the overall award. Kerry Community Awards has distributed over €350,000 to local community groups down through the years. There were 11 deserving annual winners – and countless category winners – before the awards took a well-earned break in 2014.

The 2017 awards will herald some changes and the application form will mirror that – for instance entrants won’t have to select a category in which to be entered – but the ethos remains the same, putting communities first. Entry forms will be available in the coming weeks.