Standing, looking at the pitiful sight of the badly wounded body of the Fountain on Sunday, a memory of the late Anthony Cronin standing there immediately hit me with force. I remembered him standing there over a decade ago with a glass of water on the very day on which then Cllr. Danny Healy Rae…
For this year’s open day Presentation Castleisland used a hybrid model of a Virtual Information evening and an in-person tour of the school. Both events were very well attended with many parents and perspective pupils remarking on how nice it was to be able to complete the in-person tour this year. “The personal tour gives…
The death has occurred of Anne Nancy Fitzgerald, nee Butler, Cragg Farm, Farranfore, Co. Kerry and formerly of Cliggan, Moville, Co. Donegal. Peacefully, on November 11th 2021, in the presence of her husband Con, in the wonderful care of the staff at University Hospital Kerry. Sadly missed and lovingly remembered by her husband Con, her…
The National Transport Authority (NTA) is proposing an overall increase of approximately 25% in rural bus services as part of the five-year Connecting Ireland plan that was published for public consultation on Friday. The Connecting Ireland plan is a major national public transport initiative developed by the NTA with the aim of increasing public transport…
Fifty-five local schools across Tralee, Castleisland, Killorglin, Ballyduff and Causeway will each receive a set of four dyslexia-friendly children’s books about Irish wildlife, thanks to Cara Credit Union and author, Shane Casey. Dyslexia affects, on average, three children in every class of 24. However, despite a significant increase in the awareness and understanding of the…
There’s a line from the famous mid 1960s song ‘Yesterday’ by The Beatles and one with which Castleisland man Gerard ‘Gerdie’ Murphy could claim empathy – but with a positive twist. ‘I’m not half the man I used to be.’ Gerdie has been on a mission for the past 15 months to become close to…
School friends, Colm Roche and Padraig Hilliard have both been very active all their young lives, playing a wide range of sports for their local clubs in Castleisland and Currow respectively. When lock-down hit and the sports disappeared under the restrictions, the friends found they had a gap to fill so they decided to take…
Graveyard Masses 2021 will be celebrated in the churches in Castleisland, Cordal, and Scartaglen over the coming weeks for loved ones buried in the parish cemeteries on the following dates and times: This Wednesday evening, July 28th at 7.30pm there will be Mass in the Church of Saints Stephen and John for graveyards in Castleisland:…
Minister for Education and Kerry TD Norma Foley welcomes funding of €746,091 to be invested in 12 Kerry Digital Hubs under the Connected Hubs Scheme. The 12 hubs included in the scheme are based in: Killorglin, Tralee, Sneem, Killarney, Dingle, Kenmare, Cahersiveen and Castleisland. Island Point Included Included is Island Point on Tralee Road, Castleisland…
Murder Mystery and My Family, the BBC1 documentary series which revisits criminal cases to highlight historical wrongs, has rewritten Irish history for the second time in a matter of a few years. In March 2018, the 1895 case of the ill-fated John Twiss of Castleisland featured in series one of the programme, and Crown Court…
