Cordal and Scartaglen Play to a Draw – A Fair Result in the Rain

Cordal and Scartaglen Play to a Draw – A Fair Result in the Rain

Cordal and near neighbours Scartaglen finished in stalemate with a final score of nine points apiece with a Brian Reidy free for Cordal leveling matters late on in the County Junior Football Championship at the weekend. By: Tim O’Donoghue, Cordal PRO Eddie Horan opened the game with a wonderful point in the second minute from 30…

Cordal Coiste Na nÓg Awarded Share of Cara’s Lauri Healy Fund

Cordal Coiste Na nÓg Awarded Share of Cara’s Lauri Healy Fund

Four community groups have received funds from Cara Credit Union’s Lauri Healy Community Sponsorship Awards and Cordal Coiste Na nÓg is among the beneficiaries. The other community projects which received the funds are: Tralee Musical Society; Kingdom Swimming Club and the Irish League of Credit Unions Development Foundation Ltd. Reward for Loyalty and Trust “Cara…

Philip O’Connor to be Honoured at Cordal GAA Club’s Celebration Night

Philip O’Connor to be Honoured at Cordal GAA Club’s Celebration Night

Cordal GAA Club members are organising a Celebration Night in The Pavilion at Ballygarry House Hotel on Saturday, February 15th. at 7.15pm. By Tim O’Donoghue, PRO This year we are honoring our five-in-a-row All-Ireland Junior Football Championship winning captain, Philip O’Connor who had the privilege to captain the winning Kerry junior team in 2019. The…

Cork Imposes Fiery Baptism on Kerry Senior Team Aspirants in McGrath Cup

Cork Imposes Fiery Baptism on Kerry Senior Team Aspirants in McGrath Cup

Castleisland Desmonds duo Adam Donoghue and Luka Brosnan, along with livewire Brosna attacker Paul Walsh, played key roles for Kerry in their McGrath Cup opener at Austin Stack Park, Tralee on Sunday. By John O’Mahony, killarneytoday.com The Kingdom, without the entire first team county squad – they are enjoying the sun and fun in Thailand…

Ferris Welcomes 2019 Sports Capital Announcement

Ferris Welcomes 2019 Sports Capital Announcement

Kerry Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris has welcomed the announcement of the 2019 Sports Capital Equipment Grants for the county. “I want to congratulate all those organisations that were successful in their applications for sports capitation grants,” said Deputy Ferris. “The number of applications from Kerry show the vision of the people involved in our…

Kilmurry NS in Allianz Cumann na mBunscol Final

Kilmurry NS in Allianz Cumann na mBunscol Final

Excitement is mounting all this week for all involved with Kilmurry National School as they prepare for the final of the 4/5 teacher Allianz Cumann na mBunscol football competition which will take place on this Thursday evening, November 14th. at 6:15pm. The final will be played in Austin Stack Park, Tralee against Scoil Iognáid Rís,…

Cordal Coiste Na nÓg Pitch Dedicated to the Memory of Jimmy Roche

Cordal Coiste Na nÓg Pitch Dedicated to the Memory of Jimmy Roche

Cordal GAA Club welcomed U-12 football teams from clubs including: Ballinorig, Co Cork; St Peters Rockchapel, Co Cork; Adare, Co. Limerick; Legion Killarney and Scartaglen to take part in a tournament dedicated to the memory of the late Jimmy Roche on Saturday, October 5th. 2019. Jimmy’s Many Club Roles Jimmy Roche served Cordal GAA Club…

Tomorrow is a Big Day for Cordal Coiste Na nÓg

Tomorrow is a Big Day for Cordal Coiste Na nÓg

All Roads lead to Cordal GAA Grounds this Saturday, October 5th.where Cordal Senior GAA Club in conjunction with Cordal Coiste na nÓg will host the first ever Jimmy Roche Memorial U-12 Football Tournament. The event will be held to celebrate the official opening and naming of the club’s newly developed juvenile pitch. A Wonderful Clubman…

Maurice Steps up with Poem for Philip

Maurice Steps up with Poem for Philip

Do you remember the controversy of a couple of weeks ago when an unfortunate clash of serious events to those in Cordal GAA Club land meant that they had to choose one important road over another. In the words in the poet, Robert Frost, they chose the road less travelled. They decided to forfeit a…

Cordal GAA Club Stands by its Man

Cordal GAA Club Stands by its Man

Cordal GAA Club executive committee and senior team management have agreed a joint decision to stand by one of their star players on one of the biggest events of his footballing life. Philip O’Connor will captain the Kerry Junior Football team tomorrow afternoon in Portlaoise as they attempt to win the All-Ireland title in a…