This new film offers a unique perspective on the past, present future of faith in Ireland and it features Fr. Maurice Brick of Castleisland Parish and the late Fr. Kevin McNamara of Glenflesk Parish and later of Moyvane Parish. In a society utterly transformed over the past 40 years, a new film offers a nuanced… Read more…
Weather-wise Good Friday morning was neither enticing or inviting and not the kind you’d be inclined to go out for a walk in. A ominous looking sky promised nothing and threatened as much as it could to dissuade the rapidly growing crowd on the old railway yard / Library Car Park as the 11am mark… Read more…
The annual Good Friday basketball blitz, a collaboration between An Garda Síochána and Kerry Community Youth Service (KCYS), made a welcome return after a break since before Covid. The revival event was organised by Liz Twomey Garda Junior Liaison Officer, Castleisland Garda Station and Chris Brosnan Youth Justice worker, KEY Service KCYS. It was supported… Read more…
Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Kerry T.D Norma Foley has welcomed confirmation of a €206,532.15 grant for two projects in Kerry under the 2025 Community Monuments Fund. The successful applicants in Kerry are: Castleisland Castle to get €99,545.90 and Killagh Priory in Milltown will receive €106,986.25. Reacting to the news, Robert McGuire founder of… Read more…
The fifth and sixth class girls of Muire Gan Smál Presentation Primary School, Castleisland, recently returned from a ground-breaking Erasmus funded trip to Murcia, Spain. Led by Conor O’Mahony and accompanied by Lorraine Sheehan, Pam Costello, and Principal Seamus Moynihan, this marked the school’s first international student exchange. A Warm Send-Off and Arrival The journey… Read more…
An event worth looking forward to not to mention attending will unfold at Ó Riada’s Bar and Restaurant in Ballymacelligott on Friday, May 2nd. and the doors will open at 8pm. Then and there Eleanor Shanley and Mike Hanrahan will make a return visit to play for the gathering. They visited and played there before… Read more…
Scoil Naomh Chárthaigh / Castleisland Boys National School’s fifth and sixth class chess teams emerged victorious after outstanding performance in the recent Ficheall Masters Kerry Chess Championship finals. Both teams qualified from their first regional tournament, placing first and second, which secured their place in the finals which were held in Fossa Community Hall. Competing… Read more…
This time last year, on April 17th in fact, the people of Castleisland, surrounding parishes and far beyond were deeply saddened and shocked at the news of the sudden and unexpected death of Gerard ‘Gerdie’ Murphy. He who brightened days, for so many people in the course of his traipses throughout the town on a… Read more…
The death has occurred of Seán Moloney, Ballagh, Beaufort and formerly of No. 4 Tralee Road and Cahernard, Castleisland. Sean passed away peacefully, surrounded by his heartbroken family, in the care of the extraordinary staff of the specialist Palliative Care Unit of University Hospital Kerry. Beloved husband of Kathleen and dear father of John and… Read more…
The 2025 Munster Boxing Championships took place in Dungarvan last week, and it proved to be a golden outing for Sliabh Luachra Boxing Club as its members proudly brought home three Munster titles and one silver medal. With seven talented boxers stepping into the ring three gold and one silver was a great success. Among… Read more…
This new film offers a unique perspective on the past, present future of faith in Ireland and it features Fr. Maurice Brick of Castleisland Parish and the late Fr. Kevin McNamara of Glenflesk Parish and later of Moyvane Parish. In a society utterly transformed over the past 40 years, a new film offers a nuanced… Read more…
Weather-wise Good Friday morning was neither enticing or inviting and not the kind you’d be inclined to go out for a walk in. A ominous looking sky promised nothing and threatened as much as it could to dissuade the rapidly growing crowd on the old railway yard / Library Car Park as the 11am mark… Read more…
The annual Good Friday basketball blitz, a collaboration between An Garda Síochána and Kerry Community Youth Service (KCYS), made a welcome return after a break since before Covid. The revival event was organised by Liz Twomey Garda Junior Liaison Officer, Castleisland Garda Station and Chris Brosnan Youth Justice worker, KEY Service KCYS. It was supported… Read more…
Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Kerry T.D Norma Foley has welcomed confirmation of a €206,532.15 grant for two projects in Kerry under the 2025 Community Monuments Fund. The successful applicants in Kerry are: Castleisland Castle to get €99,545.90 and Killagh Priory in Milltown will receive €106,986.25. Reacting to the news, Robert McGuire founder of… Read more…
The fifth and sixth class girls of Muire Gan Smál Presentation Primary School, Castleisland, recently returned from a ground-breaking Erasmus funded trip to Murcia, Spain. Led by Conor O’Mahony and accompanied by Lorraine Sheehan, Pam Costello, and Principal Seamus Moynihan, this marked the school’s first international student exchange. A Warm Send-Off and Arrival The journey… Read more…
An event worth looking forward to not to mention attending will unfold at Ó Riada’s Bar and Restaurant in Ballymacelligott on Friday, May 2nd. and the doors will open at 8pm. Then and there Eleanor Shanley and Mike Hanrahan will make a return visit to play for the gathering. They visited and played there before… Read more…
Scoil Naomh Chárthaigh / Castleisland Boys National School’s fifth and sixth class chess teams emerged victorious after outstanding performance in the recent Ficheall Masters Kerry Chess Championship finals. Both teams qualified from their first regional tournament, placing first and second, which secured their place in the finals which were held in Fossa Community Hall. Competing… Read more…
This time last year, on April 17th in fact, the people of Castleisland, surrounding parishes and far beyond were deeply saddened and shocked at the news of the sudden and unexpected death of Gerard ‘Gerdie’ Murphy. He who brightened days, for so many people in the course of his traipses throughout the town on a… Read more…
The death has occurred of Seán Moloney, Ballagh, Beaufort and formerly of No. 4 Tralee Road and Cahernard, Castleisland. Sean passed away peacefully, surrounded by his heartbroken family, in the care of the extraordinary staff of the specialist Palliative Care Unit of University Hospital Kerry. Beloved husband of Kathleen and dear father of John and… Read more…
The 2025 Munster Boxing Championships took place in Dungarvan last week, and it proved to be a golden outing for Sliabh Luachra Boxing Club as its members proudly brought home three Munster titles and one silver medal. With seven talented boxers stepping into the ring three gold and one silver was a great success. Among… Read more…
