Castleisland Community First Responders spokesperson, Oorla Casey has issued an invitation to members of the public in the general locality to a free introduction to CPR. The class will be held at Castleisland Community Centre on election day, February 8th 2020 and all are welcome. There will be two sessions of introduction, both with limited…
Move On with Tara is back this January with a full schedule of classes catering for everyone. These classes are mainly based in Muire Gan Smál, Castleisland with Thursday’s ‘Morning Mix’ and ‘Active Seniors’ held in Castleisland Community Centre. Christmas Indulgences After the indulgences of the Christmas season many of us feel like it’s a…
St. Mary’s Basketball Club has announced that €7,712. has been handed over to the Castleisland fundraising branch of the Kerry Hospice Foundation. The funds are the proceeds of the recent Hoops 4 Hospice fundraising event which the club held in memory of the late Joanne Walmsley. Huge Numbers Attended “The club would like to thank…
Cordal Community Council spokesperson, Noreen O’Donoghue gladly tells us that Castleisland Community Centre management has decided to support their local development fundraising drive. The Castleisland centre is allocating the proceeds of a monster bingo night to the Cordal council on Tuesday, November 19th. 2019 and 8.30pm. “The funds raised will benefit our main, long term…
This Friday night, November 8th at 8pm the doors of Castleisland Community Centre will be thrown open to the bargain hunting world. This is the second successive year in which the event has taken a long stride closer to Christmas from its more associated late September / October dates up to now. Mission True to…
The old ‘bird in the hand’ analogy was wisely rolled out by the organisers of Saturday’s Hoops4Hospice – a day long basketball extravaganza in honour of the late club stalwart Joanne Walmsley. Joanne passed away on March 7th last after a long battle with cancer at only 43 years of age. Ambition and Distinction In…
St. Mary’s Basketball Club will host ‘Hoops 4 Hospice’ a 12 hour fundraising basketball marathon in memory of club member Joanne Walmsley, RIP. on Saturday October 12th from 8am at Castleisland Community Centre. Joanne, who lost her battle with cancer on March 7th this year, was well known locally and nationally as an impressive player…
St. Mary’s Basketball Club has announced details of the upcoming Ladies National League schedule for the months ahead. The first game of the season will be away when the squad will meet Portlaoise Panthers in Portlaoise on September 28th with tip of set for 7pm. Another Road Trip Another road trip beckons the following week…
Though I’m trying to keep Sunday’s free of this kind of activity I couldn’t pass on this when I stumbled upon in the files during the week. The photograph was taken on this Sunday in September 2001 and in the relative innocence of the world just two days before the awful September 11th ‘Twin Towers’…
The Kerry Diocesan Youth Service (KDYS) in partnership with An Garda Síochána is running its annual Good Friday Basketball Blitz Tournament. Organised by Helena Falvey, KDYS and Garda Liz Twomey, the event will be held in Castleisland Community Centre. Beginning at 10am Applications are invited from teams from the Castleisland area who are interested in…
