Castleisland Races Committee presented a number of cheques to local charities in the wake of their activities on the weekend of June 14th to 16th. The proceeds presented came from the Humphrey Murphy Memorial 5k and 10k road races / fun run and the horse and pony races which were run, respectively, over that weekend.…
Castleisland Race Committee had great pleasure in presenting cheques to the various beneficiaries of the proceeds of the fund-raising associated with the recent race festival. Local Charities Benefit First up was Castleisland and District Social Club which received €500 toward its Christmas party for the elderly. Scoil Muire Gan Smal received €2,080 as a result…
The organising committee behind Castleisland Horse and Pony Races claim that it’s the oldest race meeting in the country and is now in its 159th year. There probably isn’t a road in this area which hasn’t hosted the ‘Castleisland Races’ in one of its fields down through all those years. Settled in Powell’s Settled in…
Castleisland Race Committee has launched details of the 158th running of the meeting. The one-day event will be held on the Powell’s Road lands of Maurice Brosnan on Sunday, June 4th from 12:30pm. There will be a card of 10 top class flat races with leading horses from Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales taking part.…
The annual general meeting of Castleisland Horse and Pony Race Committe was held on Friday night. The meeting heard of plans for the return of the two-day racing festival in June along with a raft of associated events. Some of these are at the planning stages at present and will be revealed in good time. Committee…
The Three Climbs Cycle, which is the final fundraiser by Maurice Brosnan and Tony Galwey before their Home to Rome challenge on June 19th, was launched by Mick Galwey and Elma Walsh at Adams Garage, Mile Height, Tralee recently – and it’s hour is fast approaching. This is a suicide awareness event and all participants will receive a wrist…
On this Sunday, April 13th the second fundraiser for the Home to Rome cycle will take place. Maurice Brosnan and Tony Galwey have organised a 5K run, jog or walk which takes place in Castleisland. Registration takes place at 9.30am at An Riocht Athletic Club. Entry fee is just €10 for adults, €5 for children or €25…
By: Liz Galwey On the coming June 20th thirty-two female and male cyclists will travel from their homes to Rome to raise funds for various cancer organisations all over Ireland. The cyclists, drawn from various parts of the country will carry with them a scroll on which the late Donal Walsh’s message to young people will be written…
