The death has occurred of Charlie Keane, Mein, Knocknagoshel, Co. Kerry. Charlie Keane died peacefully at his home surrounded by his loving family. Predeceased by his wife Peggy, his sister Eily and brothers Larry, Eamon and James. He will be sadly missed by his daughters Anne, Elaine and Charlotte, son Cathal, daughter-in-law Mary Ann, sons-in-law…
St. Kieran’s GAA Club members are extremely grateful to everyone in the Castleisland area and surroundings who took part and supported the Last Man Standing Competition. “It was a novel idea based on the football league performances of our seven clubs of: Brosna, Cordal, Scartaglen, Currow, Castleisland Desmonds, Ballymacelligott and Knocknagoshel,” said St. Kieran’s spokesman,…
Kerry received an allocation of €284,817 from the Department of Rural and Community Development under the Community Activities Fund and both Cllr. Charlie Farrelly and Cllr. Fionnán Fitzgerald expressed a welcome for the announcement. The key theme of the fund is to support groups, particularly in disadvantaged areas, with their running costs such as utility…
St. Kieran’s GAA Club like many of its kind is looking forward to a near to normal year of sport. The club is organising a tractor run on Sunday, March 6th 2022 in order to raise much needed funds to support its championship teams. These teams comprising of senior, U-20 and minor squads represent the…
It has come to my attention several times lately and it was brought to my attention more recently that Castleisland’s Main Street monument to Con Houlihan could do with a little tender loving care. The stone plinth, on which the bronze image of the Reineen born genius stands, looks like it’s well overdue a cleaning…
A well established stage school which is already running for 15 years in the Mid Kerry and South Kerry areas has revealed plans to bring its artistry, magic and skills to Castleisland Community Centre from July 26th to 30th inclusive from 10am to 1pm daily. “Fame in Castleisland will be a five-day, Monday to Friday…
The last mass mobilisation of litter picking volunteers to take to the roads and streets of the county was in April 2019. This time last year the Covid-19 crisis was getting into its stride and the event was side-lined with almost everything else like it. In the big clean-up of 2019 many of those who…
A delighted Cllr. Charlie Farrelly posted and sent a message which, as he put it, is an environmental victory and a significant blow against the outlandish behaviour of rubbish dumping in rural areas. Cllr. Farrelly highlighted three examples of outstanding ignorance and disregard for the environment on the bog-lands around Ahaneboy recently. House Repairs in…
Eileen and Thomas O’Connor of Headley’s Bridge have been setting up their near life size crib beside their home since 2012. I’ve just got a reminder that they’re doing it again this year in spite of all the uncertainties. Banishing some early doubt that it may not happen this year because all comparable events were…
Lyreacrompane and District Journal is on the shelves again – thirty years after it first appeared. This Lyre Journal is the largest yet – 108 pages packed with local history accounts and photos old and new. The articles deal with local history from the general area and also takes in stories and accounts from as…
