The way Castleisland AFC went about its business with its Lip Sync Battle at the local community centre on Friday night is the talk of this and surrounding parishes. Almost 1,200 people packed the centre with atmosphere, colour and excitement and in anticipation of a great night’s entertainment. They got what they went for –… Read more…
Castleisland AFC will hold a major fund raising event, Lip Sync Battle Castleisland in the local community centre on Friday, March 31st. 2017 at 8pm. Based on the concept of the US Hit TV show Lip Sync Battle, the show gives performers the chance to take to the stage and perform as an iconic music… Read more…
I have sat and stood on soccer-field sidelines on several big occasions for the Castleisland club in recent years. More than once in the course of my hours there have I seen, albeit through a lens, Patrick O’Rourke slip easily into the role of club and team hero. In more recent years, as his serious… Read more…
From Gerald Wren’s field in 1973 to the launch of the Castleisland Soccer Club / Castleisland Community College All-Weather Pitch proposals on Monday evening is one hell of a journey. One local man has taken every laborious step from back there to out here. Georgie O’Callaghan is 44 years on that road and his joy… Read more…
Expect a spike of local interest and a flock of brand new followers for Ipswich Town FC as they play their way through the FA Cup over the next few months. I met Georgie O’Callaghan on Saturday evening and he told me his protege, Shane McLoughlin is edging ever closer to a starting place on… Read more…
The Kerry Diocesan Youth Service (KDYS) in partnership with the Castleisland Garda Siochana ran their annual soccer tournament at Castleisland Soccer Field, Limerick Road on Wednesday 6th. and Thursday 7th. of July. The event was a great success, with 10 teams and around 80 players taking part. This year there were three boys’ categories: Primary… Read more…
Castleisland AFC has enjoyed some great days at the home of Kerry soccer in Mounthawk Park in recent years. Yesterday wasn’t one of them. The replay of the Greyhound Bar KO Cup Final between the Islanders B side and Killarney Celtic kicked off at 3-30pm. In conditions completely opposite to those which the drawn encounter… Read more…
Coca Cola did a world-wide promotion in conjunction with Euro 2016 in which they gave consumers of their products an opportunity to win pairs of tickets to a game in the latter stages of the competition. You simply had to pick up a bottle of Coca Cola and a leaflet at a shop near you… Read more…
As the KDYS / Garda Soccer Town League is about to kick-off at Limerick Road this Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 6pm, comes the great news that a former league winning captain and player has just signed a professional contract with a cross-channel club. Ipswich Town FC signed six of their most promising young players… Read more…
The final of the 2016 Greyhound Bar KO Cup between Castleisland AFC B and Killarney Celtic was held on the magnificent, all weather surface at KDL headquarters at Mounthawk Park last evening. The kick-off was at 7-15pm and the duration of the game enjoyed the kind of sunshine we should have a right to expect… Read more…
The way Castleisland AFC went about its business with its Lip Sync Battle at the local community centre on Friday night is the talk of this and surrounding parishes. Almost 1,200 people packed the centre with atmosphere, colour and excitement and in anticipation of a great night’s entertainment. They got what they went for –… Read more…
Castleisland AFC will hold a major fund raising event, Lip Sync Battle Castleisland in the local community centre on Friday, March 31st. 2017 at 8pm. Based on the concept of the US Hit TV show Lip Sync Battle, the show gives performers the chance to take to the stage and perform as an iconic music… Read more…
I have sat and stood on soccer-field sidelines on several big occasions for the Castleisland club in recent years. More than once in the course of my hours there have I seen, albeit through a lens, Patrick O’Rourke slip easily into the role of club and team hero. In more recent years, as his serious… Read more…
From Gerald Wren’s field in 1973 to the launch of the Castleisland Soccer Club / Castleisland Community College All-Weather Pitch proposals on Monday evening is one hell of a journey. One local man has taken every laborious step from back there to out here. Georgie O’Callaghan is 44 years on that road and his joy… Read more…
Expect a spike of local interest and a flock of brand new followers for Ipswich Town FC as they play their way through the FA Cup over the next few months. I met Georgie O’Callaghan on Saturday evening and he told me his protege, Shane McLoughlin is edging ever closer to a starting place on… Read more…
The Kerry Diocesan Youth Service (KDYS) in partnership with the Castleisland Garda Siochana ran their annual soccer tournament at Castleisland Soccer Field, Limerick Road on Wednesday 6th. and Thursday 7th. of July. The event was a great success, with 10 teams and around 80 players taking part. This year there were three boys’ categories: Primary… Read more…
Castleisland AFC has enjoyed some great days at the home of Kerry soccer in Mounthawk Park in recent years. Yesterday wasn’t one of them. The replay of the Greyhound Bar KO Cup Final between the Islanders B side and Killarney Celtic kicked off at 3-30pm. In conditions completely opposite to those which the drawn encounter… Read more…
Coca Cola did a world-wide promotion in conjunction with Euro 2016 in which they gave consumers of their products an opportunity to win pairs of tickets to a game in the latter stages of the competition. You simply had to pick up a bottle of Coca Cola and a leaflet at a shop near you… Read more…
As the KDYS / Garda Soccer Town League is about to kick-off at Limerick Road this Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 6pm, comes the great news that a former league winning captain and player has just signed a professional contract with a cross-channel club. Ipswich Town FC signed six of their most promising young players… Read more…
The final of the 2016 Greyhound Bar KO Cup between Castleisland AFC B and Killarney Celtic was held on the magnificent, all weather surface at KDL headquarters at Mounthawk Park last evening. The kick-off was at 7-15pm and the duration of the game enjoyed the kind of sunshine we should have a right to expect… Read more…
