A publication honouring the memory of Bob Finn, founder of the Castleisland Moonlighters will be launched by former Fine Gael politician and government Minister Jimmy Deenihan at the River Island Hotel, Castleisland on Friday, December 9th 2022 at 8pm. This is a sister booklet to the recently launched A Sketch of Rev William Casey, PP,…
The story of teenager Dan Tim O’Sullivan uprooting from his South Kerry home with the shirt on his back and a few pounds to tide him over is one that could be applied to so many others from rural Ireland. That was 50 years ago. Where Dan Tim’s story differs from so many others is…
Political forecasting is something I’ve shied away from as it’s a branch of the arts best left to those with an inside track. And even they get it wrong with great regularity. However, there’s a young Castleisland man whose course to the centre of the political world has been mapped a long time ago –…
There is now a public consultation process on the development of new Solid Fuel Regulations. The survey is available online through gov.ie or an email can be sent to the address at the end of the article here. Cllr. Fionnán Fitzgerald is encouraging everyone to have their say and express their own views on the…
A new website has been launched this week to preserve and showcase the rich and varied history of the Castleisland area and its hinterland. The need for the new site has grown from the sheer depth and scope of material left by the late Michael O’Donohoe (1936 – 2008). While his material has been digitised…
Culture Night is happening in Kerry! On this Friday, September 18th. lots of the events are online to ensure public safety while still providing arts and cultural groups the opportunity of showcasing their work to the Kerry public. Every year the Kerry Visual Artists’ Showcase is launched on Culture Night. This evening the launch will…
Culture Night is happening in Kerry and all will be revealed, with unprecedented abnormally, on Friday, September 18th with lots of the events online to ensure public safety while still providing arts and cultural groups the opportunity of showcasing their work to the general public. Virtual Showcase Launched Every year the Kerry Visual Artists’ Showcase…
While there was never a fear that it wouldn’t eventually get out there, an online tribute to the great Con Houlihan was ambushed on its first attempt by the kind of gremlins he so often mentioned in his back page or Tributaries columns in the Evening Press. The tribute was mounted by way of an…
I had it in my head to write that I had been going over the files for a client but, in my inner screen, I could see PJ Teahan smiling at me. But, it was PJ who prompted me to look at filed negatives from the 1983 Munster Senior Football Final between Cork and…
There have been Con Houlihan Memorial Concerts in Castleisland almost every year since the great man passed away in August 2012. The concerts have been performed in a variety of genres from traditional Irish to male voice choirs from the UK. There is one in the pipeline for 2019 and the planning is still ongoing…
