A meeting of concerned families in the broad area of the old John A Wood / Roadstone quarry in Ballyegan will take place on Thursday night October 17th. at 8pm in St. Brendan’s Hall in Ballymacelligott. The hall is on the old Castleisland to Tralee Road close to the handball alley. The meeting has been… Read more…
Scoil Íde Naofa 1972-’74 Reunion in Abbeyfeale Calling all students of Inter Cert Class 1972 and Leaving Cert Class 1974, Scoil Íde Naofa, Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick. By Mairéad Moriarty, PRO We’re having a reunion on Saturday 26th October 2019 in The Winning Circle Bar, Bridge St, Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick starting from 9pm. It… Read more…
The following are the results of the card game held in the River Island Hotel on Sunday night. 1st.: Carmel Daly and Gerard Walsh. 2nd.: Betty Began and Paddy O’Mahony. Ladies: Mary Bradley and Noreen Fleming, Marie Murphy and Bridie Guerin. Gents: Moss Horan and Connie Keane, Ned O’Callaghan and Paul Geaney. Mixed: Eileen and… Read more…
The old ‘bird in the hand’ analogy was wisely rolled out by the organisers of Saturday’s Hoops4Hospice – a day long basketball extravaganza in honour of the late club stalwart Joanne Walmsley. Joanne passed away on March 7th last after a long battle with cancer at only 43 years of age. Ambition and Distinction In… Read more…
A recent funding issue stand-off between the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Animals Collectors’ Association has left parts of rural Ireland blighted with farm animal carcasses. One such case on an isolated bohereen in a townland between Currow and Castleisland is causing concern on health grounds to local residents there. Collectors… Read more…
When John Enright, basketball coach at Presentation Secondary School Castleisland, was planning the year ahead for the various teams under his guidance, he certainly hadn’t bargained for a trip to Croatia for his charges. That is until he received the wonderful news recently that, as reigning 2019 All-Ireland U-14 Schools Basketball champions his current Pres… Read more…
The death has occurred of Eileen FitzGerald, nee Horan, Church Road, Dromahane, Cork, Castleisland, Co. Kerry, Monaleen, Limerick on Thursday October 10th 2019. Peacefully, in the presence of her loving family, at the residence of her daughter Philomena and son-in-law Kieran O’Donnell, Monaleen, Limerick. Eileen, late of Church Road, Dromahane and formerly of Inch, Castleisland,… Read more…
Management and staff at Garvey’s SuperValu, Castleisland have taken an initiative where school children and older students are invited to come in from the cold and wet and stay safe during the winter months in particular. Children Safe and Warm A Facebook message from the Castleisland link of the supermarket chain reads as follows: “Dear… Read more…
Kerry-based addiction treatment centre Talbot Grove has announced that from now, the centre will be known as The Grove. New Identity To coincide with this new identity, The Grove unveiled their new logo which features a birch leaf. “We are delighted to introduce our new identity as it signifies change and progress which is critical… Read more…
In the second of our featured photographers from Castleisland Camera Club we publish the work of Pat Hartnett. The photographers are being featured in the order in which they sent in their images and cupla focal for inclusion here. We’ll include one each week up to the time of the club’s annual exhibition and sale… Read more…
A meeting of concerned families in the broad area of the old John A Wood / Roadstone quarry in Ballyegan will take place on Thursday night October 17th. at 8pm in St. Brendan’s Hall in Ballymacelligott. The hall is on the old Castleisland to Tralee Road close to the handball alley. The meeting has been… Read more…
Scoil Íde Naofa 1972-’74 Reunion in Abbeyfeale Calling all students of Inter Cert Class 1972 and Leaving Cert Class 1974, Scoil Íde Naofa, Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick. By Mairéad Moriarty, PRO We’re having a reunion on Saturday 26th October 2019 in The Winning Circle Bar, Bridge St, Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick starting from 9pm. It… Read more…
The following are the results of the card game held in the River Island Hotel on Sunday night. 1st.: Carmel Daly and Gerard Walsh. 2nd.: Betty Began and Paddy O’Mahony. Ladies: Mary Bradley and Noreen Fleming, Marie Murphy and Bridie Guerin. Gents: Moss Horan and Connie Keane, Ned O’Callaghan and Paul Geaney. Mixed: Eileen and… Read more…
The old ‘bird in the hand’ analogy was wisely rolled out by the organisers of Saturday’s Hoops4Hospice – a day long basketball extravaganza in honour of the late club stalwart Joanne Walmsley. Joanne passed away on March 7th last after a long battle with cancer at only 43 years of age. Ambition and Distinction In… Read more…
A recent funding issue stand-off between the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Animals Collectors’ Association has left parts of rural Ireland blighted with farm animal carcasses. One such case on an isolated bohereen in a townland between Currow and Castleisland is causing concern on health grounds to local residents there. Collectors… Read more…
When John Enright, basketball coach at Presentation Secondary School Castleisland, was planning the year ahead for the various teams under his guidance, he certainly hadn’t bargained for a trip to Croatia for his charges. That is until he received the wonderful news recently that, as reigning 2019 All-Ireland U-14 Schools Basketball champions his current Pres… Read more…
The death has occurred of Eileen FitzGerald, nee Horan, Church Road, Dromahane, Cork, Castleisland, Co. Kerry, Monaleen, Limerick on Thursday October 10th 2019. Peacefully, in the presence of her loving family, at the residence of her daughter Philomena and son-in-law Kieran O’Donnell, Monaleen, Limerick. Eileen, late of Church Road, Dromahane and formerly of Inch, Castleisland,… Read more…
Management and staff at Garvey’s SuperValu, Castleisland have taken an initiative where school children and older students are invited to come in from the cold and wet and stay safe during the winter months in particular. Children Safe and Warm A Facebook message from the Castleisland link of the supermarket chain reads as follows: “Dear… Read more…
Kerry-based addiction treatment centre Talbot Grove has announced that from now, the centre will be known as The Grove. New Identity To coincide with this new identity, The Grove unveiled their new logo which features a birch leaf. “We are delighted to introduce our new identity as it signifies change and progress which is critical… Read more…
In the second of our featured photographers from Castleisland Camera Club we publish the work of Pat Hartnett. The photographers are being featured in the order in which they sent in their images and cupla focal for inclusion here. We’ll include one each week up to the time of the club’s annual exhibition and sale… Read more…
