St. Bridget’s U-12s are County League Champions St. Bridget’s U-12 Basketball team from Currow, winners of the Kerry Division 3 County League title. They were presented with their medals at the Kerry Basketball Board Awards night at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium. Front from left: Julia Curtin, Clodagh Coffey, Ciara Casey, Cara Fleming, Mia Key and… Read more…
Cahereen Heights Childcare Facility has announced its participation in the new Community Childcare Subvention Programme 2016. This is a support scheme for community and private based, early childhood services. Its aim is to provide quality childcare at reduced rates to parents on low income or in receipt of social welfare payments. The CCS Programme operates… Read more…
The Castleisland / Sliabh Luachra Twinning Association is organising a visit to its twinned town of Bannalec this year. The visit will commence on Sunday July 31st and the party will fly from Cork to Nantes airport. “We will spend a few days in Bannalec, Brittany and the group will be hosted by families while… Read more…
The newly refurbished East 73rd fashion outlet, located on Molly’s Corner at 73 Main St, Castleisland, will re-open on Tuesday, February 23rd at 10am. “East 73rd which opened in Castleisland in late November 2015 has closed for a week while some much needed refurbishments take place. The newly refurbished store will include a new fitting… Read more…
St. John’s Hall here in Castleisland played host to a wonderful evening of entertainment on Tuesday night, December 15th. Report and Photographs by Karen O’Connor. With over seventy students from Presentation Secondary School and St. Patrick’s Secondary School combining to perform in the talent show, it is clear Castleisland certainly has the X-Factor! Led by… Read more…
Christmas is coming, and that can mean only one thing, its Panto time at the Boys’ National School. The lads have been working assiduously for the past few weeks and everything is ready, almost. This year’s production is ‘Aladdin Trouble’ and it promises to be a smash hit. More Spectacular The show is even more… Read more…
Con Houlihan loved it and it showed in the way he wrote about it; Bertie Ahern looked forward to seeing it and spoke accordingly of it; Now Mayor Bobby O’Connell is ranting about it and wants it cleaned up and given its due respect. Mayor O’Connell is on a crusade to have the ‘viewing park’… Read more…
The Castleisland Chamber Alliance Christmas Street Party which was postponed due to adverse weather conditions on Saturday has been rescheduled. It will now take place on this Friday afternoon, December 11th from 4.30pm to 6.45pm. “The postponement of the event last week left a lot of disappointed children and parents and we are expecting a… Read more…
Saturday’s Castleisland Christmas Craft Fair was an outstanding success. There’s no other way of putting it in words. Not alone was it a huge hit in its own right but it packed the town with shoppers for the day. In all parts of the town there were people in and out of shops with children… Read more…
A cluster of events at An Riocht Health and Leisure Club surrounding the second weekend in December are gelling nicely into a family festival programme with huge, crowd-drawing potential. The whole sweep of activity will begin on Thursday, December 10th and conclude on the following Sunday with the very festive and always popular Run Rudolph… Read more…
St. Bridget’s U-12s are County League Champions St. Bridget’s U-12 Basketball team from Currow, winners of the Kerry Division 3 County League title. They were presented with their medals at the Kerry Basketball Board Awards night at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium. Front from left: Julia Curtin, Clodagh Coffey, Ciara Casey, Cara Fleming, Mia Key and… Read more…
Cahereen Heights Childcare Facility has announced its participation in the new Community Childcare Subvention Programme 2016. This is a support scheme for community and private based, early childhood services. Its aim is to provide quality childcare at reduced rates to parents on low income or in receipt of social welfare payments. The CCS Programme operates… Read more…
The Castleisland / Sliabh Luachra Twinning Association is organising a visit to its twinned town of Bannalec this year. The visit will commence on Sunday July 31st and the party will fly from Cork to Nantes airport. “We will spend a few days in Bannalec, Brittany and the group will be hosted by families while… Read more…
The newly refurbished East 73rd fashion outlet, located on Molly’s Corner at 73 Main St, Castleisland, will re-open on Tuesday, February 23rd at 10am. “East 73rd which opened in Castleisland in late November 2015 has closed for a week while some much needed refurbishments take place. The newly refurbished store will include a new fitting… Read more…
St. John’s Hall here in Castleisland played host to a wonderful evening of entertainment on Tuesday night, December 15th. Report and Photographs by Karen O’Connor. With over seventy students from Presentation Secondary School and St. Patrick’s Secondary School combining to perform in the talent show, it is clear Castleisland certainly has the X-Factor! Led by… Read more…
Christmas is coming, and that can mean only one thing, its Panto time at the Boys’ National School. The lads have been working assiduously for the past few weeks and everything is ready, almost. This year’s production is ‘Aladdin Trouble’ and it promises to be a smash hit. More Spectacular The show is even more… Read more…
Con Houlihan loved it and it showed in the way he wrote about it; Bertie Ahern looked forward to seeing it and spoke accordingly of it; Now Mayor Bobby O’Connell is ranting about it and wants it cleaned up and given its due respect. Mayor O’Connell is on a crusade to have the ‘viewing park’… Read more…
The Castleisland Chamber Alliance Christmas Street Party which was postponed due to adverse weather conditions on Saturday has been rescheduled. It will now take place on this Friday afternoon, December 11th from 4.30pm to 6.45pm. “The postponement of the event last week left a lot of disappointed children and parents and we are expecting a… Read more…
Saturday’s Castleisland Christmas Craft Fair was an outstanding success. There’s no other way of putting it in words. Not alone was it a huge hit in its own right but it packed the town with shoppers for the day. In all parts of the town there were people in and out of shops with children… Read more…
A cluster of events at An Riocht Health and Leisure Club surrounding the second weekend in December are gelling nicely into a family festival programme with huge, crowd-drawing potential. The whole sweep of activity will begin on Thursday, December 10th and conclude on the following Sunday with the very festive and always popular Run Rudolph… Read more…
