Founders of the almost up and running Castleisland First Responders Unit are extremely grateful to the members of the public who supported their first fundraiser on Saturday morning. “We would like to extend a heart felt thanks to all who came to support us on Saturday,” said Neil Browne one of the people behind the…
Congratulations to Thomas Hickey Congratulations to Thomas Hickey who won an All Ireland Junior Football Championship Medal on Saturday in Ennis. He scored 0-4 as Kerry defeated Galway 2-13 to 2-11. By: Pat Hartnett, PRO Thomas has an impressive collection of medals at club, county and provincial levels as well as a Sigerson Cup medal…
The Castleisland Desmonds senior men travelled to play Spa in Killarney on Sunday and came away with convincing 5-16 to 1-12 win. This was very good overall team display and credit to all of the players and management on this result. They now travel to play St.Mary’s Caherciveen on Sunday April 30th at 2:30pm. Desmonds…
Congratulations to Labhaoise Walmsley on being selected for the 2017 Kerry Ladies minor panel. Well done also to Eilís Lynch, Lorraine Scanlon and Andrea Murphy who were part of the successful Kerry Ladies team that defeated Monaghan by 3-11 to 2-9 in Listowel on Sunday. The Desmond’s ladies senior team play Southern Gaels in the…
Desmonds senior men’s team season finished for 2016 last Sunday when they were defeated by St.Senan’s in the North Kerry Championship on the Score of 3-12 to 2-05. This came was played in Listowel in front of a large crowd on a lovely sunny afternoon. The Desmonds team was: Steven Bartlett, David Lynch, Maurice Lynch,…
Castleisland Desmonds GAA Club seniors team travelled to Fitzgerald Stadium on Sunday with the hope that it might be third time lucky in the Kerry County Intermediate Championship semi final where they faced Kenmare Shamrocks. Desmonds haven fallen in the last two semi-finals in 2014 and 2015 maybe you felt their luck might change this…
There’s a great spread of All-Ireland Junior Football medals in this and neighbouring parishes after Saturday’s clinical display by Kerry in sweeping Mayo out the gate of Croke Park on a score of: 2-18 to 0-10. In bagging a second title in a few years, and making up for last year’s disappointment, Kerry turned on…
Good news for two local clubs and for the district covered by St. Kieran’s GAA Club as a whole tonight as two players have been called up to the Kerry senior squad. Thomas Hickey of Desmonds and Philip O’Connor of Cordal are both on the bench for Kerry’s clash with Mayo in Sunday’s opening National…
There are four Kerry GAA teams out, flying the flag, in various parts of the country this weekend. We wish them all well of course. However, we have a special interest in the Kerry junior football team as they prepare to take on Cavan in the All-Ireland final in O’Moore Park in Portlaoise at 3pm…
Kerry 2-20 Sligo 0-10 EVEN though he set Kerry on their way to victory when he pointed the first score of the game, Thomas Hickey of Castleisland Desmonds was forced to leave the field injured in a relatively one-sided All-Ireland Junior Football Championship semi-final in Ennis on Saturday afternoon. Hickey, widely acknowledged as one of the…
