Tá an grúpa ‘Cúpla focal agus cupán tae’ ar ais i mbliana tar éis briseadh dhá bhliain de bharr Covid. Beidh an cúrsa nua ag tosnú ar an Máirt 27 Meán Fómhair ó 7.30 – 9.00 i.n. san Áras Carnegie, an seanleabharlann, ar bharr an bhaile. Tá an leagan amach mar an gcéanna ann, an…
There are many stories about the 1916 Rising and the War of Independence and, around Castleisland, the most remarkable is the one about the Breahig Dugout. Breahig is a townland of the Cordal district where the tight knitted community worked together in tough times. By Éamonn Ó Braoin There was always a tradition of freedom…
Dysart Cemetery on the Castleisland to Farranfore Road doesn’t get a lot of attention these days in terms of funerals or ceremonies of any kind. On the most recent St. Stephen’s Day, however, a ceremony of great historical and local significance was held there. A Covid-19 restricted gathering held a ceremony to commemorate the death…
For most of us Irish finished with our schooldays with good memories and also with some bad recollections, there was an awful lot of negativity about our own language An Ghaeilge. Some people are still striving to maintain an interest and promote it as best they can with varying degrees of success. A Language of…
Details for Castleisland’s 25th annual Patrick O’Keeffe Traditional Music Festival have just been released. A comprehensive programme of activity has been put together by the committee under the chairmanship of Cormac O’Mahony for the October bank holiday weekend from Friday 27th to Monday 30th. The usual added warning that it’s subject to changes applies. The…
There may be bits of tidying up here and hardening there, but the programme for the rapidly approaching World Fiddle Day, Scartaglin is as good as settled. The following is a provisional rundown: Friday Night, May 19th. Informal gathering sessions in Castleisland and Scartaglin at 9:30pm Saturday, May 20th. At Lyons’ Bar at 12noon the…
There was a couple of wonderful shows at the Ivy leaf as part of the recent ‘Féile Drámaíochta’ for national schools. Scoil Mhuire of Cordal presented Mrs Brown and this provided a brilliant manifestation of the popular TV show. Scoil Naomh Iosaif of Castlemaine put on ‘Jimín’, which brought us back to our school days…
Beidh Caint Chiarraí ag diriú ar Oileáin Chiarraí anocht; beidh Éanonn Ó Braoin, Daniel MacCarthy, Bríd Ní Shé agus Mícheál Ó Sé beo i stiúideo Raidió Chiarraí i dTrá Lí le cheol agus comhrá den scoth óna 8i.n. Éistigí ag 96-98FM nó www.RadioKerry.ie A note from presenter Mairain O’Flaherty reminding listeners from this neck of the woods…
Tá Seachtain na Gaeilge ar siúl ó 1-17 Márta agus imeachtaí ar siúl in Éirinn agus thar lear. Tugann an fhéile deis do gach éinne an cúpla focal a úsáid a bheag nó a mhór. Tá oíche Ghaelach eagraithe ag an ngrúpa ‘Cúpla focal agus Cupán tae’ in ionad spóirt na Ríochta Dé Máirt seo…
