The Mad Ones from The Mad Ones transported them down from Galway; they stopped traffic on Castleisland’s Main Street this afternoon; Betty watered them; Den Joe fed them; They’re brilliant; They’re the Galway Street Club. Welcome to Castleisland, Saturday July 1st 2017. There is many a great saying about music and its hold over those…
Do you remember Siouxsie & The Banshees; Rocky De Valera & The Gravediggers and, for people who go to last mass, Big Tom and The Mainliners? Well, now we have the purely homegrown, strictly organic, Betty & The Mad Ones and there’s a theme of music and eventing running through them all. You see, Betty…
There will be a live link-up between World Fiddle Day celebrations in Bath in the UK and Scartaglin in the heart of Sliabh Luachra on Saturday. The link-up has been set up by PJ Teahan at this end and by fiddle player and band leader, Forbes Robertson on the Bath side. The two men, with…
Castleisland Desmonds GAA Club wishes to extend its sympathy to the family of the late Michael Mick Parick O’Connor Scartaglen. Three of Mick’s grandsons play with the Desmond’s club: Cian O’Connor, Connor and Tadhg O’Shea. May he Rest in Peace. Senior Men Lose to Ballydonoghue Desmonds senior men’s team travelled to play Ballydonoghue in Round…
Why not?’……When The Mad Ones contemplated hosting a red carpet party event in Kearney’s Bar in the latter days of Christmas week, the ‘Why Not Attitude’ came to the fore again. By: Kate McSweeney, Co-Founder, The Mad Ones It is this same mantra that has been evident in our many conversations and decision making processes…
Charitable causes are rarely far from the minds of good natured locals and news outlets and their gatherers are keenly aware of the fact. Every conceivable means of collecting cash for one charity or another have been brought into play here and elsewhere over the years. Management and staff at Kearney’s Bar placed a jar…
As part of his post budget speech, Deputy Danny Healy Rae highlighted areas where the government has promised an extra €500 million to be allocated to the Department of Health. In the course of his speech he emphasised that he did not want to see this money to be consumed by the HSE. Extra Home…
Congratulations to the Desmonds U-14 girls’ team that won the Kerry Co.League last Sunday in defeating Fossa. Well done to all of the players and management. By Gerdie Murphy, Club PRO Senior Ladies Lose to Gaels The senior ladies team were defeated by Southern Gaels in the semi-final of the Co.Championship last Saturday night in…
In a further boost for this weekend’s World Fiddle Day Scartaglin celebrations, RTÉ has expressed an interest in recording part of tomorrow night’s concert in the village. The national broadcaster is especially interested in capturing the unique, all fiddle concert at Scartaglin Heritage Centre. Interest in the concert and in the day as a whole…
Cordal 2-14 Castlegregory 2-15 An exhilarating contest took place on Saturday evening in picturesque Castlegregory as Cordal paired off against the sea-siders in the County Junior Football Championship. It was the home side which hit the ground running racking up four points inside the first ten minutes with Anton Kelliher hitting two. Report: Paddy Flynn…
