The next meeting of the members of the Municipal District of Castleisland/Corca Dhuibhne will be held in the Area Services Centre, Castleisland on Tuesday, 17th September 2019 at 10am to consider the under mentioned items. 1. Deputation from the residents of Currans Village. Safety issues due to the opening of the nearby GAA Centre of… Read more…
Kerry County Council Arts Office has been busy co-ordinating Culture Night events again this year along with arts groups and other organisations who are happy to get involved and offer a free night of cultural events to their communities. The annual Culture Night takes place on Friday, 20 September and there are dozens of events… Read more…
The death has occurred of Junior Browne, (82) Dingle and late of Main Street, Castleisland, Co. Kerry. Peacefully, on August 6th 2019, at Dingle Community Hospital. Brother of the late John, Jean, Catherine and Mary. Sadly missed by his wife Milly, his family Niall, Laura, Sinéad, Joe, Peter and Damien, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, brothers:… Read more…
Today sees the start of the local election postering campaign in the county and members of Sinn Féin in Kerry have requested that its posters would be as environmentally friendly as possible. To this end the party has ordered paper posters and has recycled previously used ‘corriboard’ posters. Significance of Posters “We recognise the significance… Read more…
Speaking in Dáil Éireann this week during ‘Topical Issues’ Kerry Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris called for better policing of factory ships fishing off the Irish coast. 37 Factory Ships “I have been contacted by a number of fishermen over the weekend and they have brought to my attention, through the marine traffic app, that… Read more…
The Kerry Holstein Friesian Breeders Club held its annual herds competition awards night at Ó Riada’s Bar and Restaurant in Ballymacelligott recently. The competition is open to pedigree herds from all over Kerry and judging was carried out over a week during the summer by Limerick man, Michael Laffan – the herds competition judge. Set… Read more…
The Girls’ National School Hall in Dingle was buzzing with drums, dance and laughter recently during the town’s Global Rhythm Festival, Cuisle Chorca Dhuibhne. Natives and Refugees Welcoming The Stranger Collective, a dance group of Kerry locals from Dingle, Tralee and Killarney as well as migrants, asylum seekers and refugees from Afghanistan, Algeria, Zimbabwe, Malawi,… Read more…
Muire Gan Smál, Presentation Primary School, Castleisland welcomed a new school principal recently. A native of Dingle, Máire Lynch, took up her new role after the Easter holidays. She replaces Leona Twiss who is now principal in Cullina National School in Beaufort. Máire comes to Castleisland from CBS Primary, Tralee where she spent the last… Read more…
A bugle call is being issued to all Kerry musicians, bands, collectives, music groups, music organisations, schools and interested communities. An information session, on a new capital fund that will support the purchase of musical instruments, will take place in Tralee Library in Moyderwell at 5pm on Thursday, February 1st and everyone is welcome. Two… Read more…
The official launch of the 2017 Kerry Community Games Athletics Finals took place on Friday morning at An Ríocht AC in Castleisland. It was the last official engagement on the old red tartan track as the new, two-tone surfacing material was being unloaded as the launch was going on. The event, sponsored by Denny, will… Read more…
The next meeting of the members of the Municipal District of Castleisland/Corca Dhuibhne will be held in the Area Services Centre, Castleisland on Tuesday, 17th September 2019 at 10am to consider the under mentioned items. 1. Deputation from the residents of Currans Village. Safety issues due to the opening of the nearby GAA Centre of… Read more…
Kerry County Council Arts Office has been busy co-ordinating Culture Night events again this year along with arts groups and other organisations who are happy to get involved and offer a free night of cultural events to their communities. The annual Culture Night takes place on Friday, 20 September and there are dozens of events… Read more…
The death has occurred of Junior Browne, (82) Dingle and late of Main Street, Castleisland, Co. Kerry. Peacefully, on August 6th 2019, at Dingle Community Hospital. Brother of the late John, Jean, Catherine and Mary. Sadly missed by his wife Milly, his family Niall, Laura, Sinéad, Joe, Peter and Damien, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, brothers:… Read more…
Today sees the start of the local election postering campaign in the county and members of Sinn Féin in Kerry have requested that its posters would be as environmentally friendly as possible. To this end the party has ordered paper posters and has recycled previously used ‘corriboard’ posters. Significance of Posters “We recognise the significance… Read more…
Speaking in Dáil Éireann this week during ‘Topical Issues’ Kerry Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris called for better policing of factory ships fishing off the Irish coast. 37 Factory Ships “I have been contacted by a number of fishermen over the weekend and they have brought to my attention, through the marine traffic app, that… Read more…
The Kerry Holstein Friesian Breeders Club held its annual herds competition awards night at Ó Riada’s Bar and Restaurant in Ballymacelligott recently. The competition is open to pedigree herds from all over Kerry and judging was carried out over a week during the summer by Limerick man, Michael Laffan – the herds competition judge. Set… Read more…
The Girls’ National School Hall in Dingle was buzzing with drums, dance and laughter recently during the town’s Global Rhythm Festival, Cuisle Chorca Dhuibhne. Natives and Refugees Welcoming The Stranger Collective, a dance group of Kerry locals from Dingle, Tralee and Killarney as well as migrants, asylum seekers and refugees from Afghanistan, Algeria, Zimbabwe, Malawi,… Read more…
Muire Gan Smál, Presentation Primary School, Castleisland welcomed a new school principal recently. A native of Dingle, Máire Lynch, took up her new role after the Easter holidays. She replaces Leona Twiss who is now principal in Cullina National School in Beaufort. Máire comes to Castleisland from CBS Primary, Tralee where she spent the last… Read more…
A bugle call is being issued to all Kerry musicians, bands, collectives, music groups, music organisations, schools and interested communities. An information session, on a new capital fund that will support the purchase of musical instruments, will take place in Tralee Library in Moyderwell at 5pm on Thursday, February 1st and everyone is welcome. Two… Read more…
The official launch of the 2017 Kerry Community Games Athletics Finals took place on Friday morning at An Ríocht AC in Castleisland. It was the last official engagement on the old red tartan track as the new, two-tone surfacing material was being unloaded as the launch was going on. The event, sponsored by Denny, will… Read more…
