An Ríocht AC will host the Coillte 5k Road Race Series 2022, spread over three Friday evenings in August and September! The races with take place on August 26th. September 2nd and 16th and all with 7pm starting times. The races will start on Castleisland’s Main Street and finish on the club track. The route…
A new, weekly fundraising club draw has entered the consciousness of the Castleisland area. Like many of the clubs and organisations in the town, An Ríocht Athletic Club caters for a broad hinterland and its impressive range of facilities and grounds are in constant need of maintenance and upkeep. The club carried out a widely…
Last week’s Castleisland RFC Split the Bucket winners were Ben and Leona and their envelopes were entered by their grand-dad, Joe Walsh. While collecting their cheque for €912 Joe also did the honours at Kearney’s Bar on Saturday night and pulled out Knocknagoshel man, James Moynihan’s envelope and he won €906. The next draw is…
I didn’t want to let the week slide by without remembering a day 20 years ago on which a remarkable development came to fruition in Castleisland. An Ríocht Athletic Club was officially opened on June 11th to the date but last Sunday marked the day. It was a mammoth undertaking which was in the planning…
The GOAL Mile on Christmas morning has become a well established tradition in Castleisland since its first outing here in 1999. The 2019 event will be held from 10am to 12 noon. It has also become a great occasion for people to meet old friends and neighbours while home for the holiday period. Over €2,786…
A special mass for the deceased members of An Riocht AC will be offered at the clubhouse on this Wednesday evening at 8pm. The mass will be celebrated by Castleisland PP, Fr. Mossie Brick. The following is a list of people being acknowledged and prayed for on this special occasion: Peter Rodgers, Anthony Cronin, J.J.…
This year’s Denny Kerry Community Games Finals at An Ríocht Athletic Club opened in glorious sunshine on Saturday morning. All the traditional ceremonies surrounding the colourful opening and lighting of the flame were bathed in sunlight. Athleticism, Beauty, Enthusiasm and Teaspach A palpable, young world atmosphere showered everything in sight with its athleticism, its…
The annual presentation of cheques to local charities was held An Ríocht AC recently and the proceeds of the GOAL Mile Christmas morning charity event were distributed. “Christmas is known as the time of giving and that was certainly the case in Castleisland recently as the proceeds of the annual GOAL Mile were presented to…
Imported it may have been, but the GOAL Mile idea is now an established fact in Castleisland on Christmas morning since 1999. “It was wonderful to see such a great turnout so thanks to everyone who came along and made the event a great success. €2,786.40 was raised on the day and we’re grateful to…
The English World War 1 poet Rupert Brooke wrote, in the course of his poem The Soldier: ‘That there’s some corner of a foreign field That is for ever England.’ Castleisland golfer Jason McCarthy could borrow the line and paraphrase it in immeasurably happier circumstances than those of the unfortunate Brooke (1887 – 1915) Memorable…
