The death has occurred of Tom O’Shea, Glenlarhan, Cordal, Castleisland, Co. Kerry. Tom (59) passed away peacefully, at home, on March 30th 2024. Beloved son of the late Michael and Theresa. Sadly missed by his sisters Helen and Margaret, brothers-in-law John and Ray, his adored nephews Johnny, Shay and Connor and niece Niamh, relatives, neighbours…
Castleisland women, Eily Curtin (left) Marie Downey and Mary O’Connell selling Daffodils at Garvey’s Super-Valu in Castleisland during the March 2006 campaign. God rest them, all three are now gone to their eternal reward. ©Photograph: John Reidy 24-3-2006. The death has occurred of Eileen ‘Eily’ Curtin, Ballymacadam, Castleisland, Co. Kerry. Peacefully, on December 29th. 2023,…
The death has occurred of Mary A. Horan, nee Walsh, Alexandria, Virginia and formerly of Cordal East, Castleisland, Co. Kerry on October 3, 2023. She is predeceased by her husband Mike, her parents John and Catherine, her sisters Susan, Kitty, Norah and Grace, her brothers, Patrick, David, Thomas, Richard, George and Sean, and her nephews…
Transition Year students in St. Patrick’s Secondary School have started on their journey to become social innovators of the future. As part of their Community Care module TY students are completing a new programme called Young Social Innovators Ignite. Young Social Innovator (YSI) is a programme that the school has engaged with a number of…
I just got a message in about a lost / found visa card from Del Line Ortiz and the message is as follows: “Good morning i just want to inquire if is it okay to post something. I found a visa card on the river walk belong to Mrs. Cora L. Kelliher yesterday around 4:30…
The death has occurred of Kevin Conway, Laccabawn, Castleisland, Co. Kerry and Chicago, U.S.A. Peacefully in Chicago on August 27th 2023 in the presence of his loving family. Predeceased by his wife Marie. Sadly missed and fondly remembered by his loving family: Jimmy, Anne Marie, Brendan and Eileen, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, his adored grandchildren, sisters-in-law Mary…
The following are the results of the card games at The River Island Hotel on Sunday night. First: Dan Buckley and Tom Brennan. Second: John O’Sullivan and Maurice Walsh, Annie O’Connor and Sean Walsh. Ladies. Kathleen O’Connor and Dolly McAulliffe, Helen O’Callaghan and Noreen Reidy. Gents. Jerry O’Donoghue and Seamus McKenna. Mixed Bridget Gray and…
When my Knocknagore neighbour and friend Danny Reidy died last September an avalanche of pleasant memories over-took me. Over the following days it dawned on me how much interaction there actually was between our two families on that short stretch of the Tralee Road. Drives to school, standing in the creamery car holding on to…
The Castleisland fundraising branch of Kerry Hospice took to the streets on Friday last, June 9th for the annual Sunflower Day collection. Collections took place outside Garvey’s SuperValu, Whyte’s Centra, Aldi, Castleisland Post office and in Nana Bea’s Café. Chairperson of the local branch, Liz Galwey sends gratitude to all those who were responsible for…
The second and 2023 Castleisland version of the nationwide Darkness into Light movement is set for its usual crack-of-dawn start at 5am on this Saturday morning from The Forge carpark. The team at The Forge has outlined the 5km walk route as follows: “Starting out from the Tralee road as far as the Knocknagore roundabout,…
