Of all the years of the annual Christmas morning GOAL Mile at An Ríocht Athletic Club this year has an added poignancy. This Christmas morning the injured, homeless and orphaned children of Gaza are front and centre in the thoughts of the organisers. The children are also front and centre of the merciless onslaught on…
The fact that Kerry County Council has been granted additional money for road improvements in recent times means that there are benefits for local roads and their users. The L10985 road at Upper Main Street, Castleisland which is locally referred to, without any great imagination or thought, as the An Ríocht or Mart Road is…
An Ríocht AC athletes brought home national individual and team event honours last weekend from The Irish Runner / Athletics Ireland 10 Mile Series at the Phoenix Park in Dublin on Sunday. In the final event of the 2023 Athletics Ireland Race Series at the park, the event incorporates the National 10 Mile Championships. All…
On Christmas Day last year, the weather, Covid restrictions and the absence of the now traditional hot port all conspired against a good showing at the annual GOAL Mile charity gathering at An Ríocht AC. Even so, there was a great turnout on the morning and though donations were a bit lower than usual the…
The Castleisland based An Ríocht Athletic Club draw organisers, Joe Walsh and Tom O’Leary are urging people in the area to support their ongoing, weekly An Ríocht 50/50 Draw. On that note, they’re putting your money where their mouths are as they’ve begun the second phase of tarmacing the walk around the perimeter of the…
Centra Castleisland Manager, Jim Healy hosted the latest gathering of the An Ríocht 50/50 Fundraising Draw for the re-surfacing development of the perimeter walk area of the town park facilities. Frank O’Sullivan from the Scart side of Dromulton emerged as the winner of the €412 prize on offer. Next week’s draw will be held at…
Last week’s winner of the An Ríocht AC 50/50 fundraising draw was Katie Prendiville and this week’s was another Katie, O’Donoghue and both from the Cordal side of the parish. Katie Prendiville won €406 last week and her cheque was collected at Phil Horan’s by her mom, Marian. Draw host Catherine Horan pulled Katie O’Donoghue’s…
An Ríocht AC will host the Coillte 5k Road Race Series 2022, spread over three Friday evenings in August and September! The races with take place on August 26th. September 2nd and 16th and all with 7pm starting times. The races will start on Castleisland’s Main Street and finish on the club track. The route…
Earlier this year we had good reason to mention the progress made by American teenager and promising athletics star, Shane Brosnan. Shane, whose dad is from Cahernard here in Castleisland, keeps posting impressive indicators of the promise he holds. At the end of last January he posted a third place finish in the High School…
Work began early last April on the leveling, resurfacing and ‘tarmacing’ of part of the town park walk. The development was widely welcomed by members of the local community and, naturally, the question is when will the rest of it be done. The area on the western front of the pavilion at An Ríocht to…
