The straws in the wind which blew good news the way of the development of the viewing area at Glounsharoon were hardened up considerably on Friday evening at the River Island Hotel. There, three men sat at a table and signed a contract which cleared the way for work to commence at the greatly admired…
The still developing twinning ambitions between Bannalec, in Brittany and Castleisland go back a few years beyond the decade being celebrated in Browne’s Bar here in Castleisland on this Sunday night, April 30th at 8pm. Newly appointed, Castleisland Chamber Alliance events committee member, Neil Browne has sent out invitations to the gathering. The Twinning Process…
Mayor of Kerry Cllr. Pat McCarthy recently launched a book on the disappearing legacy of Kerry’s vernacular architecture. The launch took place at the County Library in Moyderwell, Tralee and the room full of attendees included many from Castleisland. Castleisland native and former Kerry County Council Conservation Officer, Eamon Fleming is the editor of The…
Dear John I am writing in reply to your article in The Maine Valley Post in relation the grant funding approved for the Patrick O’Keeffe festival. On Tuesday September 29th I gave a short presentation on the new LEADER programme to the Castleisland Chamber Alliance formation meeting. As part of this presentation a list was…
Further meetings are to be held this week between Patrick O’Keeffe Traditional Music Festival Chairman, Cormac O’Mahony and Seán Linnane of North, East and West Kerry Development over revelations in a pair of A4 documents made public by Mr. Linnane. The documents stated that the festival committee had received support to the tune of €21,000…
Those who attended the North and East Kerry Development support meeting on Tuesday night would be forgiven the perception that the sky would fall if the company folded. That there would be a pall of sadness and sorrow bordering on grief in the wake of its demise. A procession of volunteers spoke with great passion…
