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IF you have some great photos taken around Tralee, then you might want to submit them for a photography competition being run by a local café. Entitled ‘Days Like These’, the exhibition, which will be held at Madden’s Cafe on Milk Market Lane, will showcase Tralee through the lens of […]

A NUMBER of photos taken in Kerry have won prizes in the 13th edition of the Clean Coasts Love Your Coast photography competition announced at an award ceremony in the Smock Alley Theatre, in Dublin on Thursday. For the past 13 years, the Love Your Coast photography competition has been  inviting […]

A KERRY-BASED photographer’s work has been selected to feature in an exhibition of the judges’ 20 top-rated images, as part of the inaugural ‘Reach for the Stars’ astrophotography competition run by the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. The exhibition is running online initially, on the DIAS website, www.dias.ie. An outdoor exhibition […]

A KERRY photographer has advanced to the next stage of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) ‘Reach for the Stars’ astrophotography competition. Jaro Fagan’s three photos feature in the online public vote that was launched this week by Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, during a private visit to DIAS’s Dunsink Observatory. […]

SPORTSFILE photographer and Kerry native Stephen McCarthy has today been announced as a winner in the prestigious ‘Sports, Singles’ category in the 2021 World Press Photo Contest with his image ‘Home Training’. The winning image, taken in May last year, features the then 87-year-old masters athlete Pat Naughton maintaining his […]

ASTRONOMY and photography fans from Kerry and across Ireland, have a chance to win a behind-the-scenes tour of one of Europe’s best-known observatories as part of a prize package on offer for a new astrophotography competition. The ‘Reach for the Stars’ competition is organised by the Dublin Institute for Advanced […]

THOSE of you with an interest in art and photography may be interested in two separate exhibitions taking place in town next week. The Tralee Art Group are holding their ‘Identity’ exhibition on Thursday, June 2o at 3pm in the Baile Mhuire Day Care Centre. Curated by artist, Rebecca O’Carroll, it […]

COIS Lí Camera Club Tralee have announced that they have John Bermingham of ‘All That Can Be Productions’ coming to give a talk and demonstration at the club on Tuesday, January 15 at 7.30pm at The Greyhound Bar on Pembroke Street. They promise a fun, informative,  learning experience, but numbers […]

THERE was a good turnout for the opening of a photography exhibition by a local woman at Tralee Library on Tuesday evening. Catherine Dolan from Knockmoyle took a course in photography two years ago at Coláiste Gleann Lí taught by Tara Donoghue Laing and her husband Dave. They’ve certainly proved […]

PRESENTATION Secondary Tralee first year students visited the Ardfert Camera Club’s exhibition in the nearby County Library and invited the club to display their exhibition on the corridors of Pres Tralee. The stunning photographs have drawn huge attention from all the students and staff in the school – not just the […]

IF you want to see some fantastic photos of Kerry in all its glory then a visit to Tralee Library is a must between now and Saturday, December 2. The Ardfert Camera Club members gathered at the venue on Tuesday night for the official opening of their annual photographic exhibition […]

TRALEE photographer, John Cleary, saw his book of images from Kerry life in the 1980s launched in The Imperial Hotel on Tuesday night. The Ireland v Denmark game might have affected the turnout but John was delighted to see friends and family there to wish him well with ‘T’was Only Like […]

PHOTOGRAPHY enthusiasts were in attendance in Tralee Library on Monday night for the official opening of the PPAI Photojournalism 2017 Exhibition, which will run until Wednesday, October 18. This really is a must-see for anyone with even a passing interest in photography, news, sport, nature and more as the images on […]

TRALEE Library will host this year’s Press Photographers Association of Ireland [PPAI] Photojournalism Exhibition from Monday, October 2 to Wednesday, October 18. A selection of Ireland’s best examples of press photography from Ireland and overseas will go on display at the library. Kerry photographers are well represented among the prize winning photographs on […]

A TRALEE photographer will have his work shown on national television after being named a runner-up in the RTE weather summer photo competition. John Ryle took a photo from a cave out in Ballybunion earlier in the summer and it grabbed the attention of the judges. His striking image will […]

PHOTOGRAPHY lovers gathered at Tralee Library last night for the annual Ardfert Camera Club Photographic Exhibition. Local publisher Justin Horgan from Ardfert, officially launched the event where nearly 50 pictures were on display featuring various themes from the members of the club from landscapes, seascapes, people, still life etc. Continued […]

A WELL-KNOWN local photographer is launching a book next week, which gives a glimpse into life in Tralee and Kerry back in the 1970s. John Cleary has been snapping away for over 50 years for different publications and has collected many of his images in ‘Through The Lens – A Photographic History […]

A NATIONAL photography competition is inviting Tralee people to get out snapping local monuments and landmarks including Blennerville Windmill and Ballyseedy Church. The world’s biggest photography competition, Wiki Loves Monuments, is initiated and run in Ireland by the Wikimedia Ireland Community. The competition aims to raise awareness of Ireland’s national monuments […]

LAST night we were treated to an incredible red, orange and purple sky at sunset. The sunset had people reaching for their camera phones all over Tralee Bay and the rest of Kerry, the images they captured are now spellbinding the county. The sky was gorgeous but it did seem […]

JUST a reminder that this Saturday and Sunday, Muckross House Research Library, Killarney, are inviting everyone to create a photographic record of the county to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising 1916. The photograph should reflect an aspect of Kerry life or Play. Here’s how it works… Step 1. Take a photo […]

TO mark the centenary of the Easter Rising 1916, Muckross House Research Library, Killarney, are inviting everyone to create a photographic record of the county on Saturday, April 23rd and Sunday April 24, 2016. The photograph should reflect an aspect of Kerry life or Play. Step 1. Take a photo on the […]

THE Tralee Library will host a photo exhibition, titled ‘The Faces of Fenit’, which will go on display from this Saturday, February 20. This is the second opportunity to catch the photographs on display, after Fenit Hall recently held a display of the photos taken by local man, Jim McCarthy […]

YESTERDAY we brought you some of the stand-out photos we took at Kerry GAA games during the year with our own cameras. Here’s the second part, featuring memorable moments of action, joy and heartbreak.            

THROUGHOUT 2015, we brought our cameras to Kerry games around the country and to see how Tralee teams fared in various competitions. We took loads of photos and here, in no particular order, is a selection of some which stood out (we’ll have more tomorrow)…  

THE three sixth classes at CBS Primary Tralee gained a brilliant insight into life as a photographer in recent weeks. Local photographer, Ciara O’Donnell visited the students to introduce them to the world of photography. She spoke to them about the basics of photography, the various types of photo and […]

THE Ardfert Camera Club met last night in Kerry County Library for the official opening of their fifth annual photography exhibition. Getting off the group in 2009, the group originally started with six members and has grown to over 30 strong in the years since. Members mainly come from from the Ardfert and Tralee […]

  KERRY photographers are being actively encouraged to enter into a photography competition in which they will need to take their best possible photo of local monuments and then upload them to the competition page for judging. The ‘Wiki Loves Monuments’ competition is an international photo competition and is scheduled […]

  WE’RE all really hoping for this mythical ‘Indian Summer’ some are predicting. After the miserable rain of the past two months we could do with some sunshine. Mind you, when the sun did come out, it tended to create a spectacular effect as the images below show. Sometime TraleeToday.ie photo contributor, […]

  A TRALEE photographer has today had two of his photos featured on national newspaper websites as part of a photography contest being held by ‘Top Oil’. Mark O’Sullivan from Caherslee, entered the photos into the ‘Life Unfiltered’ contest which is aimed at amateur photographers and saw his photos published […]

A TRALEE photographer  has a new book that will show the beauty of our county in a whole new light. Michael Diggin, who has his gallery/shop in 5 Lower Castle Street, has a new book out called ‘This Is Kerry’ which features a whole host of images capturing the beauty of the county. “This […]