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TALES of runaway teens, memories of Sam Maguire visits and adventures on the ‘field of dreams’ are recounted in a publication on the history of an Oakpark estate. Longtime resident, Sinn Féin Kerry Deputy Pa Daly and Maurice Murphy have compiled a short book to mark the 50 years of […]

A FORMER journalist with The Kerryman has just released her first book, recounting the year-long and much-publicised stand against eviction taken by a father-of-five back in 2012. Marisa Reidy, who worked as a news reporter with The Kerryman Newspaper for 17 years until 2016, is the author of ‘Seamus Sherlock […]

AUTHOR and former Republican activist, Danny Morrison, will be in Tralee on this Wednesday night to launch his book, ‘Free Statism And The Good Old IRA’. Originally produced as a pamphlet at the height of the troubles in 1985, it is now updated and published in book form. The launch […]

THIRTY Kerry GAA greats will detail the best games of their football careers in a new book released this week. ‘Kerry Game of My Life’ is a new publication from Hero Books written by Kerry’s Eye journalist David Byrne. From the 1959 All-Ireland final between Kerry and Galway to the All-Ireland Club […]

IF you’re still looking for a special present for Christmas this year, then John Cleary has a special deal for his five photography books released over the past few years. All the Tralee man’s books feature stunning images capturing life in the town and around the county in a variety […]

AIDAN O’Mahony will sign copies of his book in Tralee later this month. The former Kerry GAA star, who retired from inter-county football in January 2017 after an illustrious time in the green and gold, released his biography earlier this month and he will be in O’Mahony’s Bookshop, Castle Street […]

KERRY Library is to present sets of books to centres in Tralee, Listowel and Killarney for the benefit of children who attend Kerry Intervention and Disabilities Services. This has been made possible with Dormant Accounts funding matched with a contribution from Kerry County Council. The centres benefitting are the North […]

THE story of the excavations at some of the oldest extant monuments in Ireland is told in a new book published by Kerry County Council. The portal tombs at Killaclohane near Milltown date to around 3,700 BC at the beginning of the Neolithic Period in Ireland and are considered to […]

A NEW book on the Ballymacandy Ambush of June 1921, where a senior figure in the IRA in Tralee was the only casualty on the IRA side, has just been published by a local author and historian. Owen O’Shea’s book tells the story of the ambush which happened in mid-Kerry just […]

A NEW book exploring the fascinating history of an old church in Tralee has just been launched. ‘Recollections of the Presbyterian Church Tralee’ is an intimate portrait of the church that once stood on Edward Street on the site now occupied by the Post Office car park. Its author, the […]

A NEW book describing the remarkable discoveries that were made along the route of the Tralee bypass is now available to buy. Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) and Kerry County Council have announced the publication of In the Vale of Tralee – the archaeology of the N22 Tralee Bypass. The book […]

A NEW book which charts the long and diverse history of County Kerry, in many of its aspects, has been published by Geography Publications as part of its series of county histories. The 650-page Kerry: History and Society is number 28 of the acclaimed series which when complete, will have […]

A TRALEE author has just released their debut novel which is currently available to buy online. Kelby Guilfoyle is a 23 year old author who identifies as non-binary. Their debut novel ‘Poppy’ released July 3, takes place in Tralee and is a love letter to growing up in small town Ireland, […]

A LOCAL author will launch his book at the Action Lesotho Bookshop in the Tralee Shopping Centre on Saturday, December 21, from 1pm-3pm. Aidan Lucid’s ‘The Lost Son’ is a fantasy novel aimed at both adults and teenage readers. Aidan first began writing this novel back in 2005 while recovering from a […]

THERE was a large turnout for the launch of a new book by a local author in Tralee Library on Wednesday night. Launched by former editor of The Kerryman, Declan Malone, Billy Ryle’s new novel ‘Christian Brotherly Love’ is a fictional novel set in the 1950’s and 1960’s and is the […]

AWARD-WINNING presenter and locally-based author Anthony Garvey will launch his latest children’s book at 3pm, on Saturday, June, at Listowel Writers’ Week, in the Listowel Community Centre. Aimed at children between 8-12 years of age, ‘Gravespeakers: Louise’  is the final book in his popular six-book series. Set in Tralee, it […]

A NEW book about the story behind the original Rose of Tralee, Mary O’Connor, will be released on May 1. In the tradition of bestselling historical novels ‘Becoming Belle’, ‘The Signature of all Things’ and ‘Love is Blind’, comes ‘The First Rose of Tralee’ from Patricia O’Reilly. According to the […]

MUCKROSS House was the beautiful venue for the launch of a stunning new book ‘Still In The Dreaming’ recently. Leas-Cathaoirleach Cllr. John Joe Culloty launched the book, praising the quality of the poems and the dedication of the writers to their craft. Last June a call-out for submissions to Kerry […]

AWARD-winning presenter and author Anthony Garvey launched his new children’s book on Friday at Blennerville National School, as a pupil there stars in it! Aimed at 8-12 year olds, the Gravespeakers’ series tells the stories of six children who discover on their 12th birthday they have a special gift – […]

A RADIO Kerry journalist has published his third novel which is now on sale. Annascaul man Eamonn Hickson has released ‘Terror’, a thriller in which three people decide to commit a terror attack. The journalist says writing about this topic was not a reaction to recent terror attacks, but rather […]

WELL Tomás Ó Sé is having a busy weekend. The five-time All-Ireland medal winner was over in the Kerry GAA store in Killarney at 11am on Saturday morning, where he signed hundreds of copies of his autobiography, ‘The White Heat’. Fans queued patiently for the former Gaeltacht player, whose book has been […]

  THERE was cause for pride and celebration in one small part of town today as a highly creative 10 year old girl generously donated copies of her book ‘Bob The Bully’ to the staff of Kerry Library. Sandra Agwu is a 6th class student in the Presentation Primary School […]

A TRALEE resident is in one of 12 writers who have been selected from almost 250 applicants to participate in Novel Fair 2015, an annual Irish Writers Centre initiative which will take place on Saturday, February 21. Barbara Magee Lovric, an avid and talented writer from Knocknacuig in Tralee, has won a […]

Local writer, Anne O’Neill, gives her pick of the books for Christmas for all the family… Christmas 2014 lies tantalizingly on the horizon and the annual frenzy to find gifts for loved ones has begun. I’ve always been a great believer in gifting books at Christmas. They are, after all, the […]

THEY say talent runs in the family and this is certainly the case with Joy Agwu and her nine year old daughter Sandra. The two of them are set to release books at the same time in the County Library on June 21. Joy originally from Nigeria has been living […]