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THE former Assistant Principal at Kerry College’s Clash Campus in Tralee has been appointed the new Principal at Killorglin Community College. Killorglin Community College is one of eight post-primary schools under the patronage of Kerry Education and Training Board (Kerry ETB) and has welcomed Celia O’Shea to her new role. […]
CLOONCARRIG Park, Killorglin’s new town park, was officially opened on Friday, September 25, by Brian McCarthy, founder of Fexco, marking a significant new chapter in the history of this unique landscape and its future as a community amenity. Situated adjacent to the town, Clooncarrig represents a remarkable transformation — from […]
TOURISTS and locals alike will now be able to explore and discover over 20 specific points of historical interest in Killorglin with the addition of a Digital Heritage Trail. They can access the information on each building’s history and the people who lived there via plaques placed on the buildings. […]
A KILLORGLIN Community College student has won the Central Bank of Ireland Award at the Young Economist of the Year competition. Luke Diggin was honoured for his project which explored the impact of central banking and monetary policy on inequality. Luke was also was also recently part of the Killorglin […]
KILLORGLIN is already preparing for the influx of tens of thousands of visitors in just over a month for the annual Puck Fair. Thousands of Irish emigrants are planning a visit home this summer to coincide with the 3-day festival, which takes place from August 10-12. The 2017 festivities will […]
YOUNG people from Neighbourhood Youth Project, Killorglin and Club Óg-Ógras, Ballyheigue are calling on their local communities to help them win a national award as part of the Irish Cancer Society’s X-HALE Youth Awards. The groups have submitted films that encourage young people to be “smoke free” into the 2017 X-HALE Short Film […]
TWO young second year students from Killorglin Community College will take their place at Europe’s largest Maker Faire in Rome, Italy later this month. Jack Nagle and Eoghan McKenna have qualified, out of a field of thousands, to exhibit their medical device ‘Dreamy Baby Prop’. The two young men, who […]
IN what is a pretty unlikely occurrence, a Real Madrid player was at a Kerry County Championship match in Killorglin yesterday. Incredibly, Real Madrid right-back, Dani Carvajal, was at the home of King Puck on Sunday for a county championship double header at the Laune Rangers’ ground. It is reported […]
MANY Tralee people will make their way out to Killorglin for Puck Fair when it gets underway on Monday. A YouTube clip of the ancient fair has recently surfaced, that harks back to the good old days of ‘Paddywhackery’ implied by our friends in dear Britannia. The British Movietone, Youtube channel […]
ANIMAL Rights Action Network (ARAN) are calling for the live goat to be removed from this year’s Puck Fair in Killorglin which runs from August 10-August 12. “The puck is a wild animal who doesn’t understand the loud noise, bright lights, and thousands of people in front of him, […]
