Gold Medals Aren’t Won in Raffles Cillian Keane was awarded the Edward P Cahill prize virtually on December 17th. The prize is awarded to the student who achieves the highest overall marks in the final year of the BSc Accounting Degree in University College Cork. And, on the topic of greatness, it was wonderful to…
Mass Appeal As we exit Level 5, Mass will resume again from Saturday night and the usual safety measures are in place with mask wearing, hand sanitising and social distancing. Separately, anyone wishing to drop their Christmas dues can do so at Mass time or call to the Sacristy any Friday from 11.30am to 12.30pm.…
European Running Glory For James Doran The ultra fit James Doran has won the European Masters Half Marathon age category M35 and came in third overall in Madeira, Portugal last week. James, who is a member of An Riocht Athletic Club has achieved extraordinary success. Everyone in the Parish is delighted with your impressive win,…
The recently configured flatter course for this month’s annual An Ríocht Athletic Club 10Miler is most likely to produce new distance records for some and personal bests for many more. The 5K route for the graduates of the currently training Couch to 5K squad remains the same as in years past and runners and walkers…
Kerry athletes competed at the European Masters Indoor Athletics Championship in Madrid in the run up to the weekend from March 19th – 24th. On day one of the championships Ireland got its first gold medal courtesy of Kerry’s very own Jim O’Shea of Farranfore Maine Valley AC. Jim was competing in the M75 long…
Brosna GAA Club held its AGM with a very large crowd present on the night. By: Adam Barry The AGM saw the election of the following officers: Patron, Fr. Tim Galivn; President: Michael Cahill; Honorary Presidents: Willie McAuliffe, Timmie O Sullivan, John Murphy, Timmie Cahill. Trustees: Willie McAuliffe, Timmy O’Sullivan and John Murphy; Chairperson: John…
An Ríocht AC athlete, James Doran won the Pat the Baker Half Marathon in Longford on Sunday in a time of 01:11:44. His clubmate and fellow distance runner, Sean O’Sullivan finished third in the over 40 category on a time of 01:17:13. Larry Hickey finished third in the over 50 race in 01:31:56. Further afield,…
