The second Mike Kenny Remembrance weekend will be held on Friday and Saturday August 11th and 12th 2017. A full programme of events includes: Friday night at 9:30pm in Browne’s Bar, Jonathan Roche and Friends. The night will also include the presentation of the Mike Kenny Memorial Cup to the Young Musician of the Year.…
The still developing twinning ambitions between Bannalec, in Brittany and Castleisland go back a few years beyond the decade being celebrated in Browne’s Bar here in Castleisland on this Sunday night, April 30th at 8pm. Newly appointed, Castleisland Chamber Alliance events committee member, Neil Browne has sent out invitations to the gathering. The Twinning Process…
AIB Castleisland recently hosted a banking information session for officers of the Kerry Macra na Feirme clubs throughout the area. Presentations and workshops on the night were delivered on areas including: Convenience Banking; Lending to the Agri Sector; Account Opening; Applying for a Home Loan and Financial Planning. “Many queries and questions were raised on…
On Christmas night 2005, on a ‘Late Session’ special, Peter Browne broadcast an in-depth interview he had conducted with Cordal fiddle player, Paddy Jones during the Patrick O’Keeffe Traditional Music Festival earlier that year. Because Paddy Jones received the O’Keeffe festival Dedication to the Music of Sliabh Luachra Award this year, Peter decided to rebroadcast…
On this Sunday, November 20th. Desmonds senior men’s team will play St.Senan’s in the quarter final of the North Kerry Senior Football Championship. This game will be played in Frank Sheehy Park, Listowel. Throw in at 3pm. Extra time if required. Highs and Lows in Ladies Final Desmonds ladies played in the North Kerry Ladies…
As part of his post budget speech, Deputy Danny Healy Rae highlighted areas where the government has promised an extra €500 million to be allocated to the Department of Health. In the course of his speech he emphasised that he did not want to see this money to be consumed by the HSE. Extra Home…
Young Dublin fiddler player, Aidan Connolly, has been busy in Jack Talty’s studio for the last while, recording both solo, duets and ensemble tracks for his debut album, Be Off. Among fiddle players, Aidan cites the Sliabh Luachra players, in particular Paddy Cronin, as an important influence on his fiddle playing, while also mentioning Paddy Canny, Máirtín Byrnes, Bobby Casey, Michael…
The 24th annual Patrick O’Keeffe Traditional Music Festival Castleisland, Co. Kerry, Ireland. October 28th – 31st 2016 Est. 1993. Provisional programme, subject to change. Friday, October 28th at 8.30pm. Official launch at the River Island Hotel. 10pm. Pub Trail begins with organised and impromptu sessions with Ireland’s top traditional musicians in pubs throughout the town.…
Castleisland bee-keeper Billy O’Rourke has come away from a long established, annual conference organised by the Federation of Irish Bee Keepers in Gormanston with a lecture’s certificate. This means that Mr. O’Rourke is now qualified to lecture anywhere and on all aspects of bee-keeping. The annual conference, having just completed its 70th unbroken year, is…
One of the earlies and surest signs of the success of a first-time event or festival must be that the organisers are talking about next year as the current one is just winding down. And that is the plan with the Mike Kerry Arts and Music Weekend which enjoyed its initial airing to coincide with…
