Kerry College Announces Media Graduate Innovation

Kerry College Announces Media Graduate Innovation

Kerry College of Further Education and Training has announced an innovative Media Graduate Internship which is scheduled to run on-campus in Tralee starting on Monday, June 14th. 2021. This is an opportunity to gain hands-on experience by working as part of a media production team throughout the summer months in County Kerry. Working on Creative…

Did You See the Rings around the Moon Last Night ?

Did You See the Rings around the Moon Last Night ?

While the moon goes on its lolloping way around the sky at night – it does so relatively and mostly unnoticed – even by the most ardent lunatics and especially when it’s only at half mast as it was last night. Last night’s half moon was minding its own business and getting through the night…

Castleisland Camera Club Feature No: 8 – Joni Hartnett

Castleisland Camera Club Feature No: 8 – Joni Hartnett

Currow native, Tralee resident, Joni Hartnett is a member of Castleisland Camera Club. Joni is the eighth member of the club to be included here in our weekly feature on the work of the members. In her biography, Joni revealed that she has always had a passion for photography and an admiration for the work…

Camera Club’s First General Meeting

Camera Club’s First General Meeting

Castleisland Camera Club will hold the first of what its members plan to become an annual general meeting this week. The meeting will take place on this Thursday night January 11th at 7.30pm in the NEWKD office at the Crageens. ‘See What We’re About’ “New members are very welcome and we would encourage anyone with…

Carrauntoohil Climb – A Day of Banter and Camaraderie

Carrauntoohil Climb – A Day of Banter and Camaraderie

Breda McGaley was part of the recent Carrauntoohil Climb on Saturday August 5th as part of a fundraiser for the Ray of Sunshine Foundation. Hannah Curtin, Charlie Farrelly, Martina O’Mahony and Willie Reidy are travelling to Kenya early next spring. Breda is a keen photographer and a founder member of the Castleisland Camera Club –…

Cordal Seniors Extend Unbeated League Run to Seven

Cordal Seniors Extend Unbeated League Run to Seven

Cordal seniors began July with another Division 5 County League match. For their seventh league game they found themselves in Austin Stack’s GAA Club grounds up against the Austin Stack’s B team. After a slow first half Cordal came into their own and did the double on their opponent’s score with 1-13 to Austin Stack’s…

Donated Camera Collection on Sale at Sue Ryder

Donated Camera Collection on Sale at Sue Ryder

Keen photographers in the area might like to know about a collection of cameras which has just been donated to the Sue Ryder Charity Shop at Lower Main Street. It’s quite an eclectic collection as all the well known makers are represented. Most of the cameras are of the film variety and they look like…

New Camera Club – A First For Castleisland ?

New Camera Club – A First For Castleisland ?

Apparently there is quite a demand for an outlet for the burgeoning population of photographers in the locality in recent times. To that end a meeting will be held in the River Island Hotel here in Castleisland tonight, Thursday, March 23rd. 8pm. Advance Developments The purpose of the meeting is to form a Camera Club…

Ballymac Seniors Progress with Hard Earned Win over Cordal

Ballymac Seniors Progress with Hard Earned Win over Cordal

Ballymacelligott 0-12 Cordal 1-6 Ballymac progressed to the Premier Junior Championship with a hard earned victory over Cordal on Saturday evening in Ballymac. The teams were level after 15 minutes on 0-3 apiece with Phillip O Connor 0-2 and Niall Ó Ciardubháin 0-1 the Cordal scorers. Shane O’Reilly, Jonathon Keane and Tomas O’Connor replying for…

Filing for the Imposing Hand of Posterity

Filing for the Imposing Hand of Posterity

In this game, every once-in-a-while, photographs slip through the cracks and don’t get published at or around the time they’re taken. This was more often than not the case in years gone by. It was a regular occurance that a photograph or photographs would lie in the darkness of a box or in a drawer…