Even if the town of Castleisland itself has slipped off its ‘Gateway to Kerry’ status in recent years, its roundabouts have taken the associated caseload and volumes of traffic. The late Garda Eugene Leonard and rugby players and Currow natives Moss Keane, RIP and Mick Galwey are all honoured at a junction each from Killarney…
Just as news of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s announcement extending the period of restrictions of movement to contain the spread of Covid-19 to Tuesday, May 5th, an Easter message arrives from the statutory agencies in the Cork and Kerry regions. Message of Thanks The Easter message is one of thanks to the people for their work…
Castleisland Tidy Towns wishes to acknowledge a grant of €1,200 from Kerry County Council under the Community Support Fund 2019. The money was used to purchase brackets, flower boxes and flowering plants for the bridges in town and also at the Mick Galwey Roundabout at Dooneen on the Limerick Road. No Town Signage “We think…
The traffic volume through the town of Castleisland will heighten for a good part of today as repair work on the central dividers and spraying of the margins on the bypass are carried out. The south bound side of the bypass between Dooneen and Tralee Road was closed from 9:30am this morning and is scheduled…
The seventh annual Paudie Fitzmaurice Memorial Tractor, Vintage Car and Motorcycle Run will take place on Sunday September 9th, 2018. It has been six years since Paudie’s untimely passing and the run was founded in his memory in the winter of 2012. St. Mary’s Beaufort to Benefit This year’s run will again benefit a very…
Transition year students from St. Patrick’s Secondary School and Presentation Secondary School, Castleisland teamed up today to lend a hand with the Cpounty Clean-Up. They worked with local Tidy Towns activists and past pupils of St Patrick’s, Andrew Kelliher and Paul Geaney. Tackled the Bypass Together, they tackled the Castleisland bypass from the Mick Galwey…
With two major, local cycling events looming on the horizon and hives of cyclists buzzing along every road around this and neighbouring parishes, the prospect of record participation in both looks real. I’m reminded by PRO, Helen O’Connell that the St. Kieran’s GAA Club Tour of the Parishes is staring us in the face and…
