Category Archives: Castleisland

St Patrick’s Secondary School Wins Another Munster Football Championship Title

St Patrick’s Secondary School Wins Another Munster Football Championship Title

There’s huge news again this week of even more success for St Patrick’s Secondary School in Gaelic Football. On Wednesday of this week the St. Patricks’ U-16.5 team won the Corn Liam Uí hUiginn in a hard fought Munster final. The opposition on the day was from Our Lady’s Secondary School, Templemore, Co. Tipperary. St.… Read more…

Minister Foley Confirms over €400,000 in Funding for Kerry Airport

Minister Foley Confirms over €400,000 in Funding for Kerry Airport

Minister for Education and Kerry T.D Norma Foley confirms the allocation of €419,988 in funding for Kerry Airport under the Regional Airports Programme. This latest tranche of capital funding will specifically provide for enhanced maintenance work for the runway and green energy generation at Kerry Airport. Minister Foley said: “I welcome confirmation of this funding… Read more…

Hospice Foundation Fundraising Coffee Morning in Scart on Sunday

Hospice Foundation Fundraising Coffee Morning in Scart on Sunday

Mary Horan, Mark Reidy, Carol and Moya Butler are in the throes of organising a Kerry Hospice Foundation fundraising Coffee Morning in Scartaglen on the coming Sunday, April 2nd. You’ll find them in the Sliabh Luachra Heritage Centre in the village on the day between 9:30am and 1pm. Mary and a group of friends undertook… Read more…

Community College Students to Represent Kerry in National Enterprise Awards

Community College Students to Represent Kerry in National Enterprise Awards

The county final of the Kerry Student Enterprise Awards took place in MTU,Tralee on Tuesday of last week and 22 mini businesses were set up by participants. Castleisland Community College students won both the junior and senior awards and also Duais na Gaeilge. The students will now represent Kerry in the National Student Enterprise Awards… Read more…

11am Start for Good Friday Morning Hospice Walk on April 7th

11am Start for Good Friday Morning Hospice Walk on April 7th

The annual Castleisland Good Friday morning Hospice Walk will take place on Friday, April 7th. at 11am and the walkers will be joined on this occasion by former Irish rugby team captain Ciara Griffin. The walk will commence and finish at the library car park beside the entrance to Nana Bea’s.  Trisha Higgins has announced… Read more…

National Cultivate Week Celebrates Irish Farmers as Loan Applications Grow

National Cultivate Week Celebrates Irish Farmers as Loan Applications Grow

Kerry Credit Unions are proud to announce the inaugural National Cultivate Week which is a celebration of the credit unions’ commitment to the farming community. Taking place from March 27th to April 2nd, 2023, National Cultivate Week is bringing credit unions and their members together throughout the country to celebrate farmers and the contribution they… Read more…

Brosna GAA Club and Parish News Round-Up

Brosna GAA Club and Parish News Round-Up

Fr. Tim Galvin and The GAA Last Friday night saw Fr Tim Galvin’s Month’s Mind Mass take place in Brosna. It was a wonderful turnout including so many priests – past and present of the parish and home-grown talent in attendance to honour one of our own. The GAA club put together this short piece, recalling… Read more…

Oration for Volunteer Séamus Walsh at Mount Falvey on Saturday

Oration for Volunteer Séamus Walsh at Mount Falvey on Saturday

The oration for Volunteer Séamus Walsh at Mount Falvey, Scartaglen on Saturday was delivered by Kerry historian and orator, Dr. Tim Horgan and it is as follows: “They brought him here, they killed him here, they wanted to send a message to the republicans of Kerry. Today it is we who are here, it is… Read more…

Nancy Murphy is the Latest Split the Bucket Winner with a Pot for €812

Nancy Murphy is the Latest Split the Bucket Winner with a Pot for €812

Last week’s Castleisland RFC Split the Bucket winner was Stephen Sugrue from Cordal for a fantastic  764. Stephen wasn’t available for this week’s presentation at the draw and his sister Katie represented him and collected his cheque from host Jackie Reidy at his menswear and newsagents. Jackie then drew this week’s winner and it’s Nancy Murphy… Read more…

Castleisland Community College Students Liaise with Tidy Towns

Castleisland Community College Students Liaise with Tidy Towns

The open curriculum of the Transition year programme allows teachers to take on projects that appeal to them or to the school community in general. The Transition year students connected with their local Tidy Towns to improve the amenity of the river walk. They made fairy doors using wood cut offs left over from school… Read more…

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Category Archives: Castleisland

St Patrick’s Secondary School Wins Another Munster Football Championship Title

St Patrick’s Secondary School Wins Another Munster Football Championship Title

There’s huge news again this week of even more success for St Patrick’s Secondary School in Gaelic Football. On Wednesday of this week the St. Patricks’ U-16.5 team won the Corn Liam Uí hUiginn in a hard fought Munster final. The opposition on the day was from Our Lady’s Secondary School, Templemore, Co. Tipperary. St.… Read more…

Minister Foley Confirms over €400,000 in Funding for Kerry Airport

Minister Foley Confirms over €400,000 in Funding for Kerry Airport

Minister for Education and Kerry T.D Norma Foley confirms the allocation of €419,988 in funding for Kerry Airport under the Regional Airports Programme. This latest tranche of capital funding will specifically provide for enhanced maintenance work for the runway and green energy generation at Kerry Airport. Minister Foley said: “I welcome confirmation of this funding… Read more…

Hospice Foundation Fundraising Coffee Morning in Scart on Sunday

Hospice Foundation Fundraising Coffee Morning in Scart on Sunday

Mary Horan, Mark Reidy, Carol and Moya Butler are in the throes of organising a Kerry Hospice Foundation fundraising Coffee Morning in Scartaglen on the coming Sunday, April 2nd. You’ll find them in the Sliabh Luachra Heritage Centre in the village on the day between 9:30am and 1pm. Mary and a group of friends undertook… Read more…

Community College Students to Represent Kerry in National Enterprise Awards

Community College Students to Represent Kerry in National Enterprise Awards

The county final of the Kerry Student Enterprise Awards took place in MTU,Tralee on Tuesday of last week and 22 mini businesses were set up by participants. Castleisland Community College students won both the junior and senior awards and also Duais na Gaeilge. The students will now represent Kerry in the National Student Enterprise Awards… Read more…

11am Start for Good Friday Morning Hospice Walk on April 7th

11am Start for Good Friday Morning Hospice Walk on April 7th

The annual Castleisland Good Friday morning Hospice Walk will take place on Friday, April 7th. at 11am and the walkers will be joined on this occasion by former Irish rugby team captain Ciara Griffin. The walk will commence and finish at the library car park beside the entrance to Nana Bea’s.  Trisha Higgins has announced… Read more…

National Cultivate Week Celebrates Irish Farmers as Loan Applications Grow

National Cultivate Week Celebrates Irish Farmers as Loan Applications Grow

Kerry Credit Unions are proud to announce the inaugural National Cultivate Week which is a celebration of the credit unions’ commitment to the farming community. Taking place from March 27th to April 2nd, 2023, National Cultivate Week is bringing credit unions and their members together throughout the country to celebrate farmers and the contribution they… Read more…

Brosna GAA Club and Parish News Round-Up

Brosna GAA Club and Parish News Round-Up

Fr. Tim Galvin and The GAA Last Friday night saw Fr Tim Galvin’s Month’s Mind Mass take place in Brosna. It was a wonderful turnout including so many priests – past and present of the parish and home-grown talent in attendance to honour one of our own. The GAA club put together this short piece, recalling… Read more…

Oration for Volunteer Séamus Walsh at Mount Falvey on Saturday

Oration for Volunteer Séamus Walsh at Mount Falvey on Saturday

The oration for Volunteer Séamus Walsh at Mount Falvey, Scartaglen on Saturday was delivered by Kerry historian and orator, Dr. Tim Horgan and it is as follows: “They brought him here, they killed him here, they wanted to send a message to the republicans of Kerry. Today it is we who are here, it is… Read more…

Nancy Murphy is the Latest Split the Bucket Winner with a Pot for €812

Nancy Murphy is the Latest Split the Bucket Winner with a Pot for €812

Last week’s Castleisland RFC Split the Bucket winner was Stephen Sugrue from Cordal for a fantastic  764. Stephen wasn’t available for this week’s presentation at the draw and his sister Katie represented him and collected his cheque from host Jackie Reidy at his menswear and newsagents. Jackie then drew this week’s winner and it’s Nancy Murphy… Read more…

Castleisland Community College Students Liaise with Tidy Towns

Castleisland Community College Students Liaise with Tidy Towns

The open curriculum of the Transition year programme allows teachers to take on projects that appeal to them or to the school community in general. The Transition year students connected with their local Tidy Towns to improve the amenity of the river walk. They made fairy doors using wood cut offs left over from school… Read more…

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