The death has occurred of Anthony Cronin, (70) of Lower Main Street, Castleisland, Co. Kerry and formerly Kingdom Oil Company, Castleisland, August 3rd 2017 (peacefully). Predeceased by his parents Michael and Kitty and brother Christy. Fondly cherished and sadly missed by his loving wife Teresa (Nee Davern, Cork), brother Con, sisters Mamie, Patricia and Mathilda,…
Castleisland Tidy Towns activists are pressing ahead with their annual, summertime programme of work throughout the locality. Wasn’t there an advertising campaign some years ago which went something like: ‘Say it with Flowers.’ The Tidy Towns campaign in Castleisland has adopted this very message – maybe unwittingly – but indisputably. Flowers in full bloom now…
One of Ireland’s favourite and most famous golfers, Pádraig Harrington is the patron of the Oesophageal Cancer Fund (OCF). Though its street awareness campaign fundraiser is being flagged as ‘Lollipop Day’ for today, Friday, March 3rd, tomorrow Saturday, March 4th is tagging along and they make up the two great, nationwide days for the fund. Castleisland…
Members of the community are praying for the recovery of a little boy who fell from an upstairs window here in Castleisland on Tuesday evening. The accident happened at Hogan’s Place – a small residential development off Lower Main Street. After the discovery, the little boy was taken by ambulance to University Hospital Kerry in…
The death has occurred of Philip Griffin (75) of 9 Barrack Street, Castleisland and Griffin’s Newsagents, Lower Main Street, Castleisland and late of Kilasser, Swinford, Co Mayo. On Tuesday March 8th 2016 . Sadly missed by his nephews. Don, David, Michael and John; Sister-in-law, Sheila; nieces-in-law: Geraldine and Julie and all extended family, relatives, neighbours…
Lynch’s Pharmacy in Castleisland is involved in the Lollipop fundraising and awareness days on this Friday and Saturday. The campaign is in aid of awareness and research and the proceeds will go to the Oesophageal Cancer Fund. An emailed note from Aileen Lynch expressed a wish that we could help in making people aware of…
The people of Castleisland and its hinterland have been taking the RTÉ Operation Transformation Million Pound Challenge seriously since it was announced last month. That’s probably not true at all as Christmas and the New Year and Small Christmas have all been dropping in and trampling brave efforts and good intentions into the ground. But…
Cill na Martra fiddler and now author and composer, Connie O’Connell has just released a book ‘Bóithrín Na Smaointe’ which includes a pair of CDs of tunes he has written and some of them co-written with his daughter, Áine. Friends of his are organising ‘a celebration of the book rather than a book/cd launch’ at…
On the lighter side of the kind of darkness we endured recently comes the opportunity for photography enthusiasts to do something completely different. Just for the fun of it I took off down the darkened street under the light and influence of the full moon. With the camera on manual it’s nearly all guesswork in…
