The Maine Valley Post sends its advertisers, readers and supporters everywhere its sincere wishes for A Very Happy Christmas and A Healthy and Prosperous New Year. As generations of people before us used to say, without fail, at this time of year: Go mbeirimíd beo ar an am seo arís. Or: ‘that we may be…
The Michael O’Donohoe Memorial Heritage Project contains many items of important, historical significance in its huge collection. Among these items are research notes on John Twiss of Ardmona, who was hanged in Cork County Jail on February 9th 1895 for the murder, on 21 April 1894, of James Donovan, a caretaker of an evicted farm…
Maria Galvin and her staff at No. 41 Main Street will celebrate their first five years of business in town with a unique event from 2pm to 4pm on Monday, August 22nd. On the Monday morning of July 4th 2011 Maria Galvin opened her Galvin Optometrists at No. 41 Main Street, Castleisland. The event on…
Funds generated by committee of the Castleisland Races and the Humphrey Murphy Memorial Fun Run were distributed by means of the well established cheque presentation ceremony at Tom McCarthy’s Bar on Friday night. The committee had a total of €5,590 to share out and which it had raised from both recent events. The Humphrey Murphy…
The community in Castleisland displayed the strength at its core yesterday morning when its members turned out in force for the funeral of its adopted Englishman, Paul Malpass. Tangney’s Funeral Home overflowed for the 10.15am rosary and the crowd waited on to walk the short distance with the cortege to the Church of Saints…
Don’t bring it down on my head for reminding you that there are only 140 odd shopping days left to Christmas. It was the Castleisland Christmas Craft Fair organisers who brought this on as they’re up and at a repeat of their hugely successful fair of November 2015. Though it was held in the throes…
Castleisland Vintage Run organiser, Noel O’Connor had a close call in 1999. He lost a lung to cancer that year through his chronic addiction to cigarette smoking from his teenage years. However, he survived to tell his story and to fulfill a promise he made while on the flat of his back in hospital. Since…
Castleisland Golf Club Results for Sunday 28th February 2016 Singles 18 hole Stableford: 1st. Eamon Feely 46pts. 2nd/ Brendan Hickey 38 pts. 3rd / John Lyons 38 pts. Div 1 Kevin Hanifin 37 pts. Div 2 Tom McNeice 36 pts. Div 3 Willy O’Leary 35 pts. Spring League Team D. Liam Martin 185 pts.…
As they would, the 32nd Dáil Double Brother- Act, Danny Healy Rae, TD and Michael Healy Rae, TD are currently on a thanksgiving tour of the Kerry constituency with a cavalcade of about 40 cars and growing. The political history-making brothers were full of praise, for the electorate of the area they’re now re-traipsing, as…
“Cordal GAA Club members are ever so proud of their chairman, Tom Wrenn who has been selected by the East Kerry Board as their ‘East Kerry GAA Personality of 2015’ – according to club spokesperson, Nora Fealey. Tom will be honoured by the board on this Friday night at an ‘All Stars Night’ function in…
