Family, friends and neighbours of Cordal man Ned Flynn are rallying to his side and have set up a GoFundMe page. Ned was seriously injured in a road traffic accident on the outskirts of Castleisland on January 2nd. this year. The fundraiser is to help make Ned’s family home wheelchair accessible for when he is… Continue Reading
Benedek Hernold-Csorba, a first year student at Castleisland Community College, came second in Ireland in the Irish Mathematics Teachers’ Association Quiz. Benedek emerged from a total of 6,306 first year students competing for the top honours. This yearly event has been organised nationally since 1994. It consists of answering multiple choice brain teasers based on… Continue Reading
Castleisland Chamber Alliance Chairman Michael John Kearney, in the following article, is addressing the perception that the chamber and Kerry County Council had dropped the ball between them in terms of Castleisland’s pointed exclusion from the National Transport Authority (NTA) funding announcement at the end of March. In that windfall, the towns of Killarney, Tralee,… Continue Reading
I just got a message from a lady who lost a black ‘Guess’ purse in Castleisland yesterday. She left Lidl on the Tralee Road and drove towards town and turned towards Killarney Road around JK’s Corner. For most of this journey the purse was on the roof of her car and she went back to… Read more…
Kerry County Council has now published details of the Outdoor Dining Grant Scheme which it will administer on behalf of Fáilte Ireland. All required details can be found on the website link at the end of this article. The scheme is open to attractions, hotels, restaurants, cafes, public houses or other tourism and hospitality business… Read more…
Pupils and teachers at Muire gan Smál Primary School here in Castleisland had planned to hold a day of activity and working together towards this year’s Amber Flag status at the end of last month. However, a major water supply pipe burst up town meant that the school’s supply was cut off on the chosen… Read more…
Lotto Results and the €10,700 Jackpot Numbers drawn were 11, 22, 23 and 25. No jackpot winner. Lucky dip winners of €30 each: Joe McAuliffe, Australia; Hannah O’Keeffe, Abbeyfeale; Michael Moynihan, Knocknagoshel; Tommy Curtin, Brosna and Kay O’Connell, Castleisland. Next draw is on Saturday, May 8th for a jackpot of €10,700. Play online… Read more…
The arrival of ‘The Tech’ in Castleisland in 1935 must have given the town at the time a near incredible morale boost and a monumental lift in spirits. The 50th anniversary of the opening of the College Road based Castleisland Vocational School was marked by a great community celebration at the Ivy Leaf Art Centre… Read more…
In 2015 Castleisland native Denis Casey joined the AA Euro Group – a recruitment company founded in 2005 by Larry Ryan with home offices in Waterford, Cork and Kildare and others much further afield. The company’s focus is on the provision of trades and labour to construction projects and manufacturing facilities. Denis Casey was tasked… Read more…
The fields of Ahaneboy have, historically, contributed with abundance and generosity to the economic well-being of its neighbouring communities. For countless generations it meant ‘The Bog’ and the light and the heat and the cooking and all that carried those generations through the autumns, winters and springs of their lives. Low Lie the Fields.. Nowadays,… Read more…
An appeal from Cllr. Fionnán Fitzgerald on behalf of Ballymacelligott Community Alert for people in the broad locality to keep an eye out for an 8′ X 5′ ‘Cow Box.’ The box, with a swinging loading door, was stolen from a farmyard in the Ballydwyer area sometime last night. Its registration number is: 05 C… Read more…
Scotia Clinic, Tralee hosted the launch of ‘Your Guide to Breastfeeding’ by Anna O’Donoghue, Lactation Consultant and Practice Nurse on Thursday, April 8th. This resource provides guidance and reassurance to new mothers while nursing their babies. She has been a practice nurse for the past 17 years and has been working with the clinic for… Read more…
The death has occurred of Leila (Mary) Moloney, nee Riordan, Cahernard, Castleisland, Co Kerry and formerly of 12 O’Connell’s Terrace Killarney. Lelia passed away peacefully on the 12th April 2021 in her 95th year, at her daughter Maura’s residence in Ballyrehan, Lixnaw, Co. Kerry. Beloved wife of the late Garda John. Sadly missed and lovingly… Read more…
