If the floor of Castleisland Community Centre was alive with EXPO energy on Friday night, there was a power surge upstairs as Michael John Kearney launched his new ventures. Guests, Minister Jimmy Deenihan and former Kerry Group MD, Denis Brosnan joined the Kearney family, former colleagues, friends and local community members at the event which…
If we, as a community, didn’t fully appreciate what we’ve been gifted with in The Master’s Legacy we got a reminder on Friday night with the visit of Minister for Diaspora Affairs, Jimmy Deenihan, TD. Minister Deenihan was in town for the launch of the Michael O’Donohoe Memorial Heritage Project website. As someone who took…
Flyleaf Press has just published a ‘Guide to Finding your Ancestors in Kerry’ by Kay Caball. Kay is a native of the county, and currently conducts research on Kerry ancestors for clients world-wide. She is also author of several articles and books on Kerry local history. The book will be formally launched by Jimmy Deenihan…
He has always had the cut of one who belongs on a big stage and there’s that something about him that convinces me ‘he’ll be heard of yet,’ – as we’re prone to saying here. With a few friends he organised a ‘Democracy Week’ at their secondary school last month and invited the likes of…
Over the last few weeks a group of students have been kept busy organising an important event at St Patrick’s Boys’ Secondary School. The organisers are hoping that Student Council Democracy Week will become an annual event at the old and high achieving college. “Our goal is to further educate students on the important concept…
Coincidence was bounding all over like a ball in an alley on a very special Tuesday in early November 1988. It was the day on which the now, late and former Taoiseach, Albert Reynolds came to town as the minister for industry and commerce to open the New Your Life / Nylerin Insurance Company offices on…
This is a portrait of a cabinet-maker in anything but typical pose. While half the nation holds its breath on whether Garth Brooks and his van with all the gear will make it to Croke Park, the politically minded, other half is gripped with anticipation on the make-up of the Burton / Kenny cobbled cabinet.…
Knocknagoshel Monument Unveiled Only Last November ! A memorial stone to one of the darkest events in the history of our country has been destroyed in an attack which has provoked a response peppered with strong language. Locals and organisers are considering offering a reward for information to find those responsible for the act of…
An historic and, probably, long overdue agreement of a cultural nature was struck over the past couple of years between border neighbours Cork and Kerry. The mutually beneficial accord was launched in Ballydesmond on Friday night. A gathering of the good and the great witnessed the arrival of The Sliabh Luachra Music Trail. The 2014 Sliabh…
In the first week of February, Bernadette O’Sullivan will be starting weekly, evening art classes for adults and children in Castleisland at the NEKD offices and at her studio in Currow. Saturday classes for children will also be available. Bernadette will travel on request to any of the surrounding towns and villages. She invites group…
