Category Archives: Farranfore

Oíche  Shamhna  Comórtas  Físeán / Phone Video Competition for Teenagers

Oíche  Shamhna  Comórtas  Físeán / Phone Video Competition for Teenagers

Sa saol sóisialta i gcomhair déagóirí tá an fón póca agus an fón cliste an-tábhachtach ar fad. Tá Dánscoil Shliabh Luachra ag eagrú comórtas físeán i gcomhair scoileanna, téama ‘Oiche Shamhna’ agus tá duaiseanna an mhaith €100 don bhuaiteoir, dara duais €75 agus an triú  duais €50. Rialacha  an simplí ar fad, físeán 5/10 nóiméad,… Read more…

Hospice Coffee Morning Volunteers Delighted with Castleisland’s €6.490.00 Response

Hospice Coffee Morning Volunteers Delighted with Castleisland’s €6.490.00 Response

A note of gratitude arrived from the Castleisland fundraising branch of the Kerry Hospice Foundation. We are now informed that the local coffee mornings in Castleisland, held on Main Street, Jack Shanahan’s and Rosemary Pender’s with a donation bucket from The Forge Market Store raised a total of €6,490.00 between them. “People were fantastic to… Read more…

Tom Pa O’Connor on Fr. Mossie’s Roll Book of Padre Pio Inspired Witnesses

Tom Pa O’Connor on Fr. Mossie’s Roll Book of Padre Pio Inspired Witnesses

The monthly Padre Pio Devotions will be held on the second Tuesday of the month, tomorrow evening October 8th. at 7.30pm. The witness will be given by Tom Pa O’Connor on the theme: The Storm of Life Blows Foul and Fair. Tom Pa O’Connor comes from North Kerry from beside and famous Saleen Pier in… Read more…

Blessing of Family Pets at Castleisland Parish Church on Saturday Evening and Sunday Morning

Blessing of Family Pets at Castleisland Parish Church on Saturday Evening and Sunday Morning

Yesterday, Friday, October 4th was the feast of Saint Francis, who is the patron Saint of animals and ecologists. In honour of the saint, all adults and children are being invited to bring their pets to be blessed this Saturday evening, October 5th after 6:15pm Mass and tomorrow Sunday, October 6th after 11:30am Mass. The… Read more…

Desmonds Ladies Well Kitted out for Sunday’s Senior Final Against Southern Gaels

Desmonds Ladies Well Kitted out for Sunday’s Senior Final Against Southern Gaels

New gear and kit bags were presented to the Castleisland Desmonds Ladies GAA Club senior team members on Friday evening at headquarters in Moanmore. The evening also marked the winding down of preparations for the team’s big showdown on Sunday afternoon. It also provided a reminder that the evenings are closing in rapidly as the… Read more…

Castleisland Community Museum Session of Singing on Thursday October 10th

Castleisland Community Museum Session of Singing on Thursday October 10th

A session of singing – and singing only – is on the menu for Castleisland Community Museum on Thursday night of next week, October 10th from 8pm to 10:15pm or so. The museum has hosted a couple of these night already since it opened a couple of months ago and they have proved popular. The… Read more…

Senior Cycle Art Students from Castleisland Schools Visit UCC’s Glucksman Gallery

Senior Cycle Art Students from Castleisland Schools Visit UCC’s Glucksman Gallery

Senior Cycle Art students from Presentation Secondary School, Castleisland along with the boys from St. Patrick’s Secondary School recently embarked on an inspiring trip to the Glucksman Gallery at University College Cork. Accompanied by their art teacher, Katie O’Reilly, the fifth and sixth year students explored three exciting exhibitions during their visit. One of the… Read more…

Tributes to the Late Mary O’Rourke, Fianna Fáil TD, Minister and Senator

Tributes to the Late Mary O’Rourke, Fianna Fáil TD, Minister and Senator

The late Mary O’Rourke, Minister for Education (third from right) on the occasion of the official opening of Gaelscoil Aogán, Oileán Chiarraí on College Road in October 1988. Included are from left: Sean Ó Ciardubháin, Mick Long, MCC; Denis Foley, TD; John Geaney, Síle Kenny, Minister O’Rourke, Margaret Brosnan and Cáitlín Uí Ghrifín.  ©Photograph: John… Read more…

River Island Hotel and Cordal Community Centre Weekly 31 Results

River Island Hotel and Cordal Community Centre Weekly 31 Results

River Island Hotel Sunday Night Weekly 31 Results The following are the results from the card game at the River Island Hotel on Sunday night. First: Maria O’Connor and Dan McCarthy, Maurice Walsh and Jeremiah Kerins, Joe and Paul Geaney. Ladies: Eileen Finnegan and Christine O’Donoghue. Gents: Jerry O’Connell and Charlie Farrelly, Moss Horan and… Read more…

Kris Kristofferson is at Rest After All the Songs and the Sunday Mornings

Kris Kristofferson is at Rest After All the Songs and the Sunday Mornings

The big news in local entertainment circles at the end of May and early June of 1996 was the appearance of Kris Kristofferson in concert at the Glen Eagle Hotel in Killarney on Saturday, June 8th of that year. The music and songs of the former US army pilot, with a deep social awareness and… Read more…

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Category Archives: Farranfore

Oíche  Shamhna  Comórtas  Físeán / Phone Video Competition for Teenagers

Oíche  Shamhna  Comórtas  Físeán / Phone Video Competition for Teenagers

Sa saol sóisialta i gcomhair déagóirí tá an fón póca agus an fón cliste an-tábhachtach ar fad. Tá Dánscoil Shliabh Luachra ag eagrú comórtas físeán i gcomhair scoileanna, téama ‘Oiche Shamhna’ agus tá duaiseanna an mhaith €100 don bhuaiteoir, dara duais €75 agus an triú  duais €50. Rialacha  an simplí ar fad, físeán 5/10 nóiméad,… Read more…

Hospice Coffee Morning Volunteers Delighted with Castleisland’s €6.490.00 Response

Hospice Coffee Morning Volunteers Delighted with Castleisland’s €6.490.00 Response

A note of gratitude arrived from the Castleisland fundraising branch of the Kerry Hospice Foundation. We are now informed that the local coffee mornings in Castleisland, held on Main Street, Jack Shanahan’s and Rosemary Pender’s with a donation bucket from The Forge Market Store raised a total of €6,490.00 between them. “People were fantastic to… Read more…

Tom Pa O’Connor on Fr. Mossie’s Roll Book of Padre Pio Inspired Witnesses

Tom Pa O’Connor on Fr. Mossie’s Roll Book of Padre Pio Inspired Witnesses

The monthly Padre Pio Devotions will be held on the second Tuesday of the month, tomorrow evening October 8th. at 7.30pm. The witness will be given by Tom Pa O’Connor on the theme: The Storm of Life Blows Foul and Fair. Tom Pa O’Connor comes from North Kerry from beside and famous Saleen Pier in… Read more…

Blessing of Family Pets at Castleisland Parish Church on Saturday Evening and Sunday Morning

Blessing of Family Pets at Castleisland Parish Church on Saturday Evening and Sunday Morning

Yesterday, Friday, October 4th was the feast of Saint Francis, who is the patron Saint of animals and ecologists. In honour of the saint, all adults and children are being invited to bring their pets to be blessed this Saturday evening, October 5th after 6:15pm Mass and tomorrow Sunday, October 6th after 11:30am Mass. The… Read more…

Desmonds Ladies Well Kitted out for Sunday’s Senior Final Against Southern Gaels

Desmonds Ladies Well Kitted out for Sunday’s Senior Final Against Southern Gaels

New gear and kit bags were presented to the Castleisland Desmonds Ladies GAA Club senior team members on Friday evening at headquarters in Moanmore. The evening also marked the winding down of preparations for the team’s big showdown on Sunday afternoon. It also provided a reminder that the evenings are closing in rapidly as the… Read more…

Castleisland Community Museum Session of Singing on Thursday October 10th

Castleisland Community Museum Session of Singing on Thursday October 10th

A session of singing – and singing only – is on the menu for Castleisland Community Museum on Thursday night of next week, October 10th from 8pm to 10:15pm or so. The museum has hosted a couple of these night already since it opened a couple of months ago and they have proved popular. The… Read more…

Senior Cycle Art Students from Castleisland Schools Visit UCC’s Glucksman Gallery

Senior Cycle Art Students from Castleisland Schools Visit UCC’s Glucksman Gallery

Senior Cycle Art students from Presentation Secondary School, Castleisland along with the boys from St. Patrick’s Secondary School recently embarked on an inspiring trip to the Glucksman Gallery at University College Cork. Accompanied by their art teacher, Katie O’Reilly, the fifth and sixth year students explored three exciting exhibitions during their visit. One of the… Read more…

Tributes to the Late Mary O’Rourke, Fianna Fáil TD, Minister and Senator

Tributes to the Late Mary O’Rourke, Fianna Fáil TD, Minister and Senator

The late Mary O’Rourke, Minister for Education (third from right) on the occasion of the official opening of Gaelscoil Aogán, Oileán Chiarraí on College Road in October 1988. Included are from left: Sean Ó Ciardubháin, Mick Long, MCC; Denis Foley, TD; John Geaney, Síle Kenny, Minister O’Rourke, Margaret Brosnan and Cáitlín Uí Ghrifín.  ©Photograph: John… Read more…

River Island Hotel and Cordal Community Centre Weekly 31 Results

River Island Hotel and Cordal Community Centre Weekly 31 Results

River Island Hotel Sunday Night Weekly 31 Results The following are the results from the card game at the River Island Hotel on Sunday night. First: Maria O’Connor and Dan McCarthy, Maurice Walsh and Jeremiah Kerins, Joe and Paul Geaney. Ladies: Eileen Finnegan and Christine O’Donoghue. Gents: Jerry O’Connell and Charlie Farrelly, Moss Horan and… Read more…

Kris Kristofferson is at Rest After All the Songs and the Sunday Mornings

Kris Kristofferson is at Rest After All the Songs and the Sunday Mornings

The big news in local entertainment circles at the end of May and early June of 1996 was the appearance of Kris Kristofferson in concert at the Glen Eagle Hotel in Killarney on Saturday, June 8th of that year. The music and songs of the former US army pilot, with a deep social awareness and… Read more…

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