Celebrations for title winning boxers is becoming quite the regularity at the Castleisland based Sliabh Luachra Boxing Club in recent years. Last year there were county, Munster and Irish title winners to be honoured and, in their own time, both Jamesie Casey and Mary McDonagh fought and won their way to European silver medals in…
Sliabh Luachra Boxing Club had a very successful Munster Championships which were held in Southside Boxing Club and Dungarvan Boxing Club last month. “Our boxers came away with eight Munster championship titles and four silver medals. After winning best club in Kerry last year, the success of the club is only growing and we are…
Sliabh Luachra Boxing Club members held a truly well deserved and hard earned welcome home night for their heroic European Silver Medallist Mary McDonagh in the presence of family and friends recently at their base on the Cordal Road, Castleisland. Mary has had a fantastic year and ended up with the massive achievement of winning…
On the Friday evening before she joined the almost 30 strong Irish boxing squad to fly out to the European championships in Montesilvano in Italy, Sliabh Luachra Boxing Club member and Tralee native, Mary McDonagh was one of Fr. Mossie Brick’s Padre Pio devotees at Castleisland parish church. Mary was there as a member of…
Sliabh Luachra Boxing Club (SLBC) members made names for themselves and their club recently when they fought their way through county and provincial championships and qualified to fight in the Irish finals in the National Stadium in Dublin Patrick McCarthy, (Boy 1 33kg.) won the county and Munster championships. Unfortunately Patrick was unlucky to be…
The Federation of Irish Sport, supported by EBS, announced the winners of the 2019 Volunteers in Sport Awards earlier this week. Castleisland’s Jennifer O’Sullivan-Coffey, a founder member of the Sliabh Luachra Boxing Club, was among the nationwide 32 county pool of winners to be presented with an award at Farnleigh House on Tuesday in Dublin…
After coming through their Kerry and Munster championships and qualifying bouts with some great displays of boxing, three girls from Sliabh Luachra Boxing Club were crowned Irish champions last weekend. Proud Coaches On Friday and Saturday at the National Stadium all the coaches at the club are very proud of their achievements. Ava Fitzmaurice, Katelyn…
Cllr. Bobby O’Connell has welcomed the announcement by Minister of State for Tourism & Sport, Brendan Griffin that over €600,000 in equipment grants has been allocated to 33 Kerry sports clubs and organisations – with over €35,000 coming to clubs in the Castleisland area. Political Welcome Cllr. O’Connell, in welcoming the announcement, said he was…
As students drifted back to school recently after a brilliant, sunny summer holiday period, one of the most asked questions is ‘ What did you you during the holidays.’ Teachers at Castleisland Community College discovered that one of their own students, Ava Fitzmaurice, traveled to Italy with an Irish team to a boxing camp. Two…
2008 Beijing Olympics Silver Medalist Boxer, Kenneth Egan is scheduled to pay a flying visit to the Sliabh Luachra Boxing Club in Castleisland this Friday evening. Also a European gold medalist, Mr. Egan is now a politician and he won a seat for Fine Gael in the South Dublin County Council 2014 local elections in…
