National Grassland Farmer of the Year Award for David O’Leary

National Grassland Farmer of the Year Award for David O’Leary

Castleisland farmer David O’Leary won the Young Farmer category of the Grassland Farmer of the Year awards. David is a new entrant to farming as well as dairying and he started milking on a 32 hectares leased farm in 2018 on an existing dairy operation and he aims to milk 80 cows this year. Grassland…

Jack Charlton: From the Market Bar in 1966 to Last Saturday

Jack Charlton: From the Market Bar in 1966 to Last Saturday

The late Con Houlihan often wrote about how he watched the 1966 World Cup Final between West Germany and England in The Market Bar or Monnie McGillicuddy’s in Castleisland’s Market Cross. He was due to be in the bog that day to draw out the turf of a neighbour who was sick for a few…

Classic Car and Honda 50 Charity Run on July 27th

Classic Car and Honda 50 Charity Run on July 27th

This year’s Kingdom Veteran Vintage & Classic Car and Honda 50 Run will leave the spacious yard of Ó Riada’s Bar and Restaurant in Ballymacelligott on Friday evening, July 27th. at 7pm. And, unlike last year when the event was hit by bad weather on its first attempt, a repeat of that misfortune is not…

Philip O’Connor Scores 2-5 as Cordal Defeats Ballyduff

Philip O’Connor Scores 2-5 as Cordal Defeats Ballyduff

Cordal V Ballyduff – Round 8 Division 5 Senior Football League Cordal travelled to Baile Dúbh for Round 8 of the Division 5 Senior Football League on Sunday for another crucial match to secure valuable league points to keep Cordal at the top-three level of the table. Report by club Pro Paddy Flynn The visitors were…

Cordal Pipped by Castlegregory in Thriller

Cordal Pipped by Castlegregory in Thriller

Cordal 2-14 Castlegregory 2-15 An exhilarating contest took place on Saturday evening in picturesque Castlegregory as Cordal paired off against the sea-siders in the County Junior Football Championship. It was the home side which hit the ground running racking up four points inside the first ten minutes with Anton Kelliher hitting two. Report: Paddy Flynn…