.Youngsters taking part in the Tralee Boxing Club Summer Camp this week. Photo by Dermot Crean
TRALEE Boxing Club enjoyed two very successful weeks of summer camp this month with over 60 youngsters attending.
The club’s base at Monavalley Industrial Estate hosted the camp and Lynda McGrath, Secretary of the Club said the kids were delighted with it and had great fun.
“The kids were learning the basic skills of boxing — the stance, how to jab etc. but there were also obstacle courses, arts and crafts, a water fight and even some ice-cream,” she said.
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It wasn’t just young members of the club taking part. “We had a good few new arrivals who enjoyed it so much the first week they booked a second week,” said Lynda.
“The club is growing all the time, even the adult classes are getting bigger every week. We’ve had to add a Friday morning class at 7am. The classes are great for keeping fit and for your mental health,” said Lynda.
Youngsters taking part in the Tralee Boxing Club Summer Camp this week. Photo by Dermot Crean.Youngsters taking part in the Tralee Boxing Club Summer Camp this week. Photo by Dermot CreanYoungsters and trainers at the Tralee Boxing Club Summer Camp this week. Photo by Dermot Crean.
.Launching the Rose Cup in the Town Park earlier this month were, in front; Keelin Clifford and Isabelle Cushen. Back from left; Galway Rose, Claire Ann Irwin; Kilkenny Rose Molly Coogan; Kerry Rose Édaein O’Connell; Cork Rose Jenny Byrne; Waterford Rose Helen Geary and Wexford Rose Joy Quigley. Photo by Dermot Crean
THE Rose Cup is back for 2022 and it was launched recently at the Rose Wall in the Town Park.
Six of this year’s Rose contestants joined members of the Kerry Girls squad, their head coach Siobhan Cushen and Director of Girls Football Noel White for the launch.
The inaugural soccer Rose Cup for girls took place in 2019 when the KSBGL teamed up with the International Rose of Tralee committee to host a 13’s Girls Inter League tournament.
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The Clare Schoolboys & Girls Soccer League were the first winners and their captain Keelan Madden was presented with the Cup by the then Rose of Tralee Kirsten Mate Maher on the Denny Street stage ahead of the Rose Parade.
The big day in the Girls game will take place on August 20th with Tralee Dynamos FC as the hosts. Taking part alongside host Kerry will be League teams from the MGL (Dublin), Clare, Cork, West Cork, South Tipperary and Limerick Desmond.
The Rose Cup and Shield will be presented to the captains on the stage on Denny Street ahead of the Rose Parade that night which is another of the wonderful parts of the Festival that everyone will be delighted to see on the streets of Tralee again.
Chair of the KSBGL Aidan Murnane said the League was delighted to renew its association with the Rose of Tralee.
“Both the KSBGL and the Rose of Tralee Festival has community at its centre and we believe the association is a perfect match. We provide football for girls and boys at all ages up to and including 16’s and the 2009 Girls are an especially important age group as the players will be representing their Leagues at the SFAI Gaynor Cup in summer 2023.
“And the girls love the connection with the Roses and their visit to the 2019 Rose Cup was one of the highlights of the day and we are delighted that this happen again this year not withstanding their very busy schedule.
“We look forward to welcoming Leagues from around the country to Tralee for the second running of the Rose Cup, an event that we hope will grow year on year and become an inaugural part of the community side of the International Rose of Tralee Festival.”
.At the premiere of the film Joyride in Killarney on Wednesday night were, Grace O’Donnell (Chair Kerry International Film Festival) Siobhan O’Sullivan (Screen Kerry)Ailbhe Keogan (Writer) Charlie Reid(Actor) Aileen Garvey(Kerry international Film Festival) Aine Moriarty (CEO IFTA) attending the premiere of Joyride at Killarney Cinema. Photo: Michael G. Kenny
KERRY International Film Festival (KIFF) in association with Screen Kerry hosted a preview screening of ‘Joyride’ at Cinema Killarney on Wednesday evening.
The film, shot in locations around Kerry and starring Oscar-winning actor Olivia Colman, was showcased to a sold-out full house of cast, crew, film enthusiasts, sponsors, and supporters of film in Kerry. It included a Q&A session with key talent after the screening.
Filmed exclusively in Kerry last year, Joyride is set to be released across the UK and Ireland on July 29.
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The film was written by Tralee woman, Ailbhe Keogan, who is a KIFF Board member and graduate of Kerry College, and directed by Emmy award winning Emer Reynolds, a former winner of the KIFF Maureen O’ Hara Award.
It also stars newcomer Charlie Reid as co-star “Mully” and Lochlann O’Mearáin as Mully’s Dad “James”.
Karen O’Connor and Tim Landers attending the premiere of Joyride at Killarney Cinema. Photo: Michael G. Kenny
Both Charlie and Lochlann attended the preview screening, as well as Emer, Ailbhe and the Irish Producers, Aoife O’Sullivan and Tristan Orpen Lynch from Subotica.
Unfortunately, Olivia Colman is currently in the middle of filming, thus, she was unable to attend the event.
A vast amount of local people were involved in the production of Joyride, both as cast and crew and by providing locations, so there was great excitement in the cinema to see the finished film on the big screen.
Many local organisations who supported the film being produced in the county were also in attendance.
Padraig and Carmel McGillicuddy Ballygarry Estate with actors in Joyride Charlie Reid and Lochlann O’Mearáin attending the premiere of Joyride at Killarney Cinema. Photo: Michael G. Kenny
Overall there was a hugely positive response throughout Kerry towards the film, something that really struck Joyride screenwriter, Ailbhe Keogan.
“This premiere is a particularly special one as it feels like we’re bringing the film home. We got so much support here in the Kingdom. We were gifted with choice locations, skilled crew, generous sponsorship, high-end production infrastructure, even a plane; but we also received endless goodwill towards the production.”
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Chair of KIFF, Grace O’ Donnell, said: “It is a phenomenal film, and we are so grateful to the number of local organisations who were instrumental in bringing the production to Kerry, including Screen Kerry, Kerry College, Kerry ETB and Kerry County Council. KIFF would also like to make a special mention of thanks to our title sponsor Kerry Airport who provided an airplane for the film as well as to all our local and national sponsors and supporters.” Scroll down for photos…
John Breen and daughter Aoife attending the premiere of Joyride at Killarney Cinema. Photo: Michael G. KennyJohn Breen (KCC) Siobhan O’Sullivan (Screen Kerry) Kate Kennelly(KCC) Charlie Reid(Actor) John Mulhern(Kerry Airport)Lochlann O’Mearáin(Actor) attending the premiere of Joyride at Killarney Cinema. Photo: Michael G. KennyAileen Garvey, Marie Lenihan, Brian Harty, Nicola OSullivan and Tim O’Connor attending the premiere of Joyride at Killarney Cinema. Photo: Michael G. Kenny.Karl King (Kerry International Film Festival) Grace O’Donnell (Chair Kerry International Film Festival) Charlie Reid (Actor) Emer Reynolds (Director) Lochlann O’Mearáin (Actor) Ailbhe Keogan (Writer) Andrew Power (Kerry International Film Festival) Aileen Garvey (Kerry international Film Festival) attending the premiere of Joyride at Killarney Cinema. Photo: Michael G. KennyAttending the premiere of Joyride at Killarney Cinema. Photo: Michael G. Kenny.Attending the premiere of Joyride at Killarney Cinema. Photo: Michael G. Kenny
.The cross at Ballyseedy commemorating the death of Michael Ryle.
A CENTENARY celebration of the life of a Tralee man killed in action during the Irish Civil War will take place next week.
Michael Ryle was in the 1st Battalion, Kerry No 1 Brigade of the Irish Republican Army. On Monday, Phil Dunne (nee Ryle), niece, and Billy Ryle, nephew, are holding a centenary commemoration of the life of their uncle who died in action at Ballycarty, Ballyseedy, Tralee on August 5, 1922.
There will be a laurel wreath laying at Ballycarthy, Ballyseedy at 7.30pm on Monday, August 1, the National Flag, the Kerry Flag and the Rock Street Hurling & Football Club Flag (now Austin Stacks) will be displayed.
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The highlight of the commemoration will be a lecture on Volunteer Michael Ryle and the troubled times in which he lived and died at 7.30pm on Tuesday, August 2 at Kerry County Library, Tralee Branch by Dr Tim Horgan, Historian & Author.
On Wednesday, at 8.00am an Anniversary Mass will be held at Holy Cross Dominican Church, Tralee.
Volunteer Michael Ryle was a young Fianna Éireann activist from Tralee. Michael joined Na Fianna, the youth wing of the Irish Republican Army, at 14 years of age.
He was a native of Pembroke St., Tralee where his parents William and Ellen (nee Nolan) ran a public house and grocery shop.
He went on to become a Volunteer in the 1st Battalion, Kerry No 1 Brigade of the anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army.
He participated in the fight against the Free State Army, commanded by Brigadier Paddy O’Daly, which landed in Fenit on August 2, 1922 on board the Lady Wicklow.
Ryle was acting as a scout before a planned ambush on Free State Forces, who were advancing towards Castleisland on August 5 when he was spotted and shot dead.
A white wooden cross is positioned in his memory at Ballycarty, in the Ballyseedy area, by the Tralee-Killarney Road, south side, at the boundary wall of the Earl of Desmond Hotel.
Michael Ryle is also named on the Roll of Honour on the Ballyseedy Memorial Monument and on the Headstone at the Republican grave at Rath Cemetery, Tralee.
