Incurable and intrepid cyclist, Tommy Sheehy has been raising funds through all of our currency changes over the years. Through it all, not to mention the blisters and the pain, he has raised tens of thousands for the charity closest to his heart, Enable Ireland. He has, however gone up a gear or two since…
Páidí Ó Sé Tournament Well done to the Milltown/Castlemaine boys who defeated Dublin side, Fingallians of Swords in the first round of the above tournament in Gallarus on Saturday. The final score was M/C: 0-12 points, Fingallians 0-8 points. However, their opponents in the semi-finals, An Ghaeltacht had the edge and after a tight tussle-…
Leas-Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann, Fine Gael Senator in Kerry Paul Coghlan, has warmly welcomed the Taoiseach’s appointment of his Kerry colleague, Brendan Griffin TD, as chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport. “Brendan has been an outstanding TD for Kerry since he was first elected in 2011. He has championed issues at…
GAA Lotto at €7,800 for Griffin’s Bar Draw on June 17th We will shortly be celebrating the 20th anniversary of our GAA Lotto. We thank you all for your unwavering support over the past years and look forward to the future with great enthusiasm. Our lotto jackpot for €7,600 was not won on Friday night.…
Mid Kerry U-14’s County Championship Well done to the boys from our club: Anthony Kelliher, Seamus Nagle and Jack Griffin who are part of the Mid Kerry team that had a brilliant win over Kenmare District. They now progress on to the semi final this evening in Listry with a 7 p.m. start. Their opponents…
Milltown / Castlemaine GAA Club News by: Deirdre O’ Sullivan, PRO Wonderful Response to Registration Evening We had a wonderful response to our registration evening. Thank you so much to all the parents/guardians of the young footballers. Here’s to a great year of Friends, Fun and Football. These are the names of the lucky winners…
On Saturday, March 19th the Handed Down series will present a new generation of traditional musicians who are currently drawing on Sliabh Luachra for their influences. Patrick O’Keeffe and Denis Murphy met in Lyons’ Bar in 1961 while Denis was home from America and the session was taped. Aidan Connolly, All-Ireland fiddle title winner and…
There’s a monument beside Ballykissane Pier outside Killorglin to the three first men to die in what was proposed at the time as the Easter Rising of 1916. It could double as a monument to the Ireland of that time. To a country where a lack of the most basic tools of communication acted like…
They came from all parts of the world, all parts of Ireland and all parts of the Maine Valley! And they got together for the Breen Family Reunion which was organised by the Irish Rambling House front-woman, Kay O’Leary. Tralee native, Kay, who lives in Lyreacrompane, has a long time interest in genealogy and decided…
