Today is December 8th and the traditional start to the Christmas time of trading and gathering the makings of the season. The spiritual side of Christmas was launched in Castleisland on Friday afternoon at 2pm at the crib by the fountain. There, just a handful of people and two small dogs gathered as Fr. Seán…
The tee times for this Saturday’s Castleisland First Responder fundraising Golf Classic have been confirmed and released with an 8am start and Walsh Colour Print leading the way. “The Castleisland CFR group would like to thank the local community which has positively supported us on our first major fundraising initiative,” said PRO Oorla Casey. The…
It’s as iconically Castleisland as The Market House which provides its majestic backdrop. It’s been a meeting place, a dáil and a vital source of drinkable water since it was built in the 19th century. The blasting of the bedrock for its foundation broke panes of glass in houses in its neighbourhood and it caused…
The wonder that is the Kerry County Council Road Sweeper is coming to Castleisland this Wednesday and we are appealing to each and every resident and business to come out before then and sweep the footpath out to the channel so that the sweeper will collect the sweepings. The sweeper is not much good if…
The Castleisland AFC Player of the Week is ‘keeper, Steven Bartlett who turned in a great display for the senior team against Fenit Samphires in the FAI Cup tie including a save in the penalty shoot-out. By: Juvenile Club PRO, Mike Brosnan Club Results AI Junior Cup second Round. Castleisland AFC 1-1 Fenit Samphires. Aidan O’Callaghan…
She was, by a country mile, one of the best loved, well known and highly respected figures for a generation of Irish television viewers. Biddy White-Lennon, actress, food writer and critic R.I.P. People who didn’t have sets of their own went rambling on the Sunday night just before ‘The Riordan’s’ starting time. End of the…
Jerome Stack has been the director of the Kerry Drama Festival for the past 30 years. He’s been in the position since the revival of the festival in 1988 after it had lapsed in 1971. There’s no one in a better position than Jerome to realise how privileged local audiences have been with so many…
