Féile na nÓg is a GAA club festival for Gaelic football and Ladies Gaelic football at Under 14 level and it involves teams from across the world-wide reach of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The Féile na nGael National tournaments will be held in Kerry, West Limerick and West Cork on the weekend of 24th –… Read more…
All-Ireland champions Kerry remain on course to make it two-in-a-row following an emphatic 12-points victory over rivals Cork in the first round of the Munster Under 16 A Ladies Championship played in Castleisland today. The final score was 3-10 to 0-7 in Kerry’s favour but, really, it could have been more as this Kerry side… Read more…
Training for Census 2016 enumerators for this area has been ongoing at the North, East & West Kerry Development buildings at The Crageens for the past few weeks and Census night is Sunday, April 24th 2016. When training is complete they will be tasked with collecting all the information about population trends and other valuable… Read more…
It took a while to get here even in this shrinking world of instant communications. A Ballymacelligott man and a former colleague of mine who now works in Strasburg kindly sent me a translated piece and a copy of the cover of an in-house magazine in which there’s a bit of an icy draught for… Read more…
A Ballymacelligott based Approved Driving Instructor can point to a 90% plus test-pass rate as one of the defining markers in the success of his business. Darragh Stack is a ‘beginner and pre test specialist’ in the ‘so much to learn’ world of the learner driver. Darragh’s Driving School provides use of a dual control… Read more…
Easter Monday Date for Carmel Linehan Memorial Run/Walk/Jog Knocknagoshel Women’s Group will hold its annual Carmel Linehan Memorial Run/Walk/Jog on Easter Monday, March 28th at 12noon. The event will start and finish at Knocknagoshel Community Centre and there will be refreshments available afterwards in the centre. This year’s event is in aid of the Knocknagoshel… Read more…
Carol Nolan TD Will Speak at Sinn Féin Commemoration in Tralee New Sinn Féin TD Carol Nolan from Offaly will be the keynote speaker at the annual Easter Rising commemoration in Tralee this Sunday. Deputy Nolan said that Sinn Féin remains committed to the realisation of the vision of 1916 and the implementation of the principles of… Read more…
The home-farm accident injured, Michael Healy Rae, TD is being released from Cork University Hospital today after being admitted on Sunday. In a short statement, the Kilgarvan politician wishes to thank all those who sent their best wishes during his period of enforced down-time. “I would like to take this opportunity to thank so much… Read more…
There was a saying that had great prevalence here a generation ago: ‘A Close Call – Said Dave Geaney’ – and it was attributed to one of our colourful vets. There were several more but the one above will do nicely for what I’m at here. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae is currently recovering in Cork University… Read more…
The 2016 Kerry Drama Festival concluded with a Saturday night performance of Noël Coward’s Blithe Spirit by Listowel Drama Group. “The performance, to a full house, was a worthy curtain closer to a week of outstanding productions. Indeed, Listowel Drama Group came second in the confined section as well as winning best actress for Imelda Dowling-Garvey,”… Read more…
Féile na nÓg is a GAA club festival for Gaelic football and Ladies Gaelic football at Under 14 level and it involves teams from across the world-wide reach of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The Féile na nGael National tournaments will be held in Kerry, West Limerick and West Cork on the weekend of 24th –… Read more…
All-Ireland champions Kerry remain on course to make it two-in-a-row following an emphatic 12-points victory over rivals Cork in the first round of the Munster Under 16 A Ladies Championship played in Castleisland today. The final score was 3-10 to 0-7 in Kerry’s favour but, really, it could have been more as this Kerry side… Read more…
Training for Census 2016 enumerators for this area has been ongoing at the North, East & West Kerry Development buildings at The Crageens for the past few weeks and Census night is Sunday, April 24th 2016. When training is complete they will be tasked with collecting all the information about population trends and other valuable… Read more…
It took a while to get here even in this shrinking world of instant communications. A Ballymacelligott man and a former colleague of mine who now works in Strasburg kindly sent me a translated piece and a copy of the cover of an in-house magazine in which there’s a bit of an icy draught for… Read more…
A Ballymacelligott based Approved Driving Instructor can point to a 90% plus test-pass rate as one of the defining markers in the success of his business. Darragh Stack is a ‘beginner and pre test specialist’ in the ‘so much to learn’ world of the learner driver. Darragh’s Driving School provides use of a dual control… Read more…
Easter Monday Date for Carmel Linehan Memorial Run/Walk/Jog Knocknagoshel Women’s Group will hold its annual Carmel Linehan Memorial Run/Walk/Jog on Easter Monday, March 28th at 12noon. The event will start and finish at Knocknagoshel Community Centre and there will be refreshments available afterwards in the centre. This year’s event is in aid of the Knocknagoshel… Read more…
Carol Nolan TD Will Speak at Sinn Féin Commemoration in Tralee New Sinn Féin TD Carol Nolan from Offaly will be the keynote speaker at the annual Easter Rising commemoration in Tralee this Sunday. Deputy Nolan said that Sinn Féin remains committed to the realisation of the vision of 1916 and the implementation of the principles of… Read more…
The home-farm accident injured, Michael Healy Rae, TD is being released from Cork University Hospital today after being admitted on Sunday. In a short statement, the Kilgarvan politician wishes to thank all those who sent their best wishes during his period of enforced down-time. “I would like to take this opportunity to thank so much… Read more…
There was a saying that had great prevalence here a generation ago: ‘A Close Call – Said Dave Geaney’ – and it was attributed to one of our colourful vets. There were several more but the one above will do nicely for what I’m at here. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae is currently recovering in Cork University… Read more…
The 2016 Kerry Drama Festival concluded with a Saturday night performance of Noël Coward’s Blithe Spirit by Listowel Drama Group. “The performance, to a full house, was a worthy curtain closer to a week of outstanding productions. Indeed, Listowel Drama Group came second in the confined section as well as winning best actress for Imelda Dowling-Garvey,”… Read more…
