As the dust is settles on a very colourful and successful Easter weekend Dornan RÁS Mumhan, the committee is in the final stages of wrapping up the post event work – which is all part of what becomes the planning for future events. The event exists because of many factors that all interact to produce… Read more…
Andrew Kelly collected his wife’s Mandy’s €600 from last week’s Castleisland RFC Split the Bucket draw. Saturday night’s draw at Fagan’s Bar saw host Jerome doing the honours and picking out the most recent draw winner, Timmy Collins, Ballymacelligott for a €563 win. This weekend’s draw is on in Eileen’s bakery on Saturday evening at… Read more…
An Ríocht 50/50 draw took place at Den Joe’s on last Friday evening. Dan O’Halloran from Abbeyfeale collected his cheque for €525 from club president Denis Brosnan. The winning ticket pulled out belonged to Bridget Jones from Glountane. Bridget won €550. Tonight’s draw will take place at Browne’s Bar around 9pm. How to Play An… Read more…
Me and my equals are always straight out of traps when it comes to spreading the news on bad weather forecasts. But we are, more often than not, reacting to requests from Kerry County Council to do our bit in getting the news out of one impending period of doom and gloom or another. However,… Read more…
Currow Rural Development in association with Killeentierna Parish Church are organising a ‘Clean-Up Day’ at St Michael’s Graveyard, Currow, on Saturday the 10th of May. This will be an all day event. “Everyone is invited to attend to help maintain and tidy up around their own family graves and adjacent pathways prior to the graveyard… Read more…
One of the most enduring of Castleisland’s big commercial occasions is the annual Browne’s Agri, Steel and Builders Merchants Open Day. The 2025 version is on today and will get underway at 11am this morning and continue up to 3pm. This is an event which draws people from all over the county and from neighbours… Read more…
Cllr. Charlie Farrelly was on to let his constituents and customers of Uisce Éireann in Castleisland know that contractors, Ward and Burke will be making a final connections to the new water mains tonight in the vicinity of Rice’s Height and the Carnegie Building on the Brosna Road. As a consequence there will an interruption… Read more…
The goal of Connect Café, a recently introduced initiative at the Willow Brooke Care Centre in Castleisland, is to unite people with similar experiences and to foster a caring community for those living with dementia. This initiative encourages the formation of new friendships and social connections, helping to alleviate the isolation that often accompanies dementia.… Read more…
The death has occurred of Kitty O’Connor, nee Sheehy, Camp East Castleisland and formerly of Duagh, Co. Kerry. Peacefully on May 2nd 2025 with her family by her side, under the wonderful care of the staff at St. Columbanus Community Hospital Killarney. Predeceased by her husband Eamon. Sadly missed by her loving family: Eamonn, Tom… Read more…
Danny Healy Rae, TD reports that he respectfully asked Taoiseach Micheál Martin to look at the decision to stop elderly people from getting a grant to replace a stove, range or oil burner that has broken down. “Since December last, this grant has no longer been available to elderly people, the people who worked to… Read more…
As the dust is settles on a very colourful and successful Easter weekend Dornan RÁS Mumhan, the committee is in the final stages of wrapping up the post event work – which is all part of what becomes the planning for future events. The event exists because of many factors that all interact to produce… Read more…
Andrew Kelly collected his wife’s Mandy’s €600 from last week’s Castleisland RFC Split the Bucket draw. Saturday night’s draw at Fagan’s Bar saw host Jerome doing the honours and picking out the most recent draw winner, Timmy Collins, Ballymacelligott for a €563 win. This weekend’s draw is on in Eileen’s bakery on Saturday evening at… Read more…
An Ríocht 50/50 draw took place at Den Joe’s on last Friday evening. Dan O’Halloran from Abbeyfeale collected his cheque for €525 from club president Denis Brosnan. The winning ticket pulled out belonged to Bridget Jones from Glountane. Bridget won €550. Tonight’s draw will take place at Browne’s Bar around 9pm. How to Play An… Read more…
Me and my equals are always straight out of traps when it comes to spreading the news on bad weather forecasts. But we are, more often than not, reacting to requests from Kerry County Council to do our bit in getting the news out of one impending period of doom and gloom or another. However,… Read more…
Currow Rural Development in association with Killeentierna Parish Church are organising a ‘Clean-Up Day’ at St Michael’s Graveyard, Currow, on Saturday the 10th of May. This will be an all day event. “Everyone is invited to attend to help maintain and tidy up around their own family graves and adjacent pathways prior to the graveyard… Read more…
One of the most enduring of Castleisland’s big commercial occasions is the annual Browne’s Agri, Steel and Builders Merchants Open Day. The 2025 version is on today and will get underway at 11am this morning and continue up to 3pm. This is an event which draws people from all over the county and from neighbours… Read more…
Cllr. Charlie Farrelly was on to let his constituents and customers of Uisce Éireann in Castleisland know that contractors, Ward and Burke will be making a final connections to the new water mains tonight in the vicinity of Rice’s Height and the Carnegie Building on the Brosna Road. As a consequence there will an interruption… Read more…
The goal of Connect Café, a recently introduced initiative at the Willow Brooke Care Centre in Castleisland, is to unite people with similar experiences and to foster a caring community for those living with dementia. This initiative encourages the formation of new friendships and social connections, helping to alleviate the isolation that often accompanies dementia.… Read more…
The death has occurred of Kitty O’Connor, nee Sheehy, Camp East Castleisland and formerly of Duagh, Co. Kerry. Peacefully on May 2nd 2025 with her family by her side, under the wonderful care of the staff at St. Columbanus Community Hospital Killarney. Predeceased by her husband Eamon. Sadly missed by her loving family: Eamonn, Tom… Read more…
Danny Healy Rae, TD reports that he respectfully asked Taoiseach Micheál Martin to look at the decision to stop elderly people from getting a grant to replace a stove, range or oil burner that has broken down. “Since December last, this grant has no longer been available to elderly people, the people who worked to… Read more…
