The family and friends of the late Connie Fitzgerald of Currans, who passed away after a very brief illness in January 2020, are coming together on this Sunday, May 29th in his memory. They have organised a 5K Walk around the Currans area, starting and finishing at the local hall followed by refreshments. They encourage… Read more…
The death has occurred of Justin McCarthy, Cliddaun, Farranfore, Co. Kerry, on August 22nd 2019, peacefully, in the wonderful care of the staff of St. Columbanus Home, Killarney. Sadly missed by his loving wife Maureen (nee Burke), his dear family, Margaret, James and Bernadette, brother Fr. George (U.S.A.), son-in-law Paul, his adored grandsons Matthew and… Read more…
Currow is on a major election footing as the community prepares to go to the polls in October. However, on this occasion no votes will be cast for Michael D. Higgins or the other presidential hopefuls as locals begin the process of electing a new Mayor of the Parish. By Con Dennehy This week the… Read more…
U-15s in Munster Competition By PRO Con Enright On Saturday, May 26th our U-15 team travelled to Connolly Park to participate in a Munster GAA Super Touch competition. They played three games the results were as follows: Game 1: Currow 5-6 Finuge 2-3. Game 2: Currow 2-10 Castlegregory 3-8 and Game 3: Austin Stacks 4-7… Read more…
A little bit of history will be made on Thursday, June 7th when the Bishop of Kerry Ray Browne will officially launch a book which was banned by his predecessor Dr Michael O’Brien, Bishop of Kerry 85 years ago. Bishop O’Brien took exception to a claim by curate Fr. William Ferris in his History of… Read more…
The Apprentice Chef Programme has been awarded the All Ireland Local Food Hero title at the Irish Restaurant Awards. Known in the industry as the Food Oscars, Mark Doe from Just Cooking Cookery School in Firies and IT Tralee Culinary Arts lecturer, Mark Murphy, who founded the programme together, attended a gala ball in Dublin… Read more…
U-16: Currow V Glenflesk Our U-16 team travelled to Barraduff Community Field on Monday 23rd April to play Glenflesk in the East Kerry League. By Con Enright In a good sporting contest the home side had the upper hand on our team and went on to win the game on a score line of Glenflesk… Read more…
Creating an Archive of the Culture of Sliabh Luachra. Isn’t that some task. However, and thankfully, a lot of what has gone on in the history of music making, poetry writing and the singing of songs has been well documented. The Handed Down committee has been gifted with some rare gems of recordings, scraps of… Read more…
A bugle call is being issued to all Kerry musicians, bands, collectives, music groups, music organisations, schools and interested communities. An information session, on a new capital fund that will support the purchase of musical instruments, will take place in Tralee Library in Moyderwell at 5pm on Thursday, February 1st and everyone is welcome. Two… Read more…
Proposals are being put together at present for the visit of the RTE One Nationwide team early next month. There are so many events, items and facilities that such a visit could cover that the team would want to bed in here for a week or more. It seems that the team will also be… Read more…
The family and friends of the late Connie Fitzgerald of Currans, who passed away after a very brief illness in January 2020, are coming together on this Sunday, May 29th in his memory. They have organised a 5K Walk around the Currans area, starting and finishing at the local hall followed by refreshments. They encourage… Read more…
The death has occurred of Justin McCarthy, Cliddaun, Farranfore, Co. Kerry, on August 22nd 2019, peacefully, in the wonderful care of the staff of St. Columbanus Home, Killarney. Sadly missed by his loving wife Maureen (nee Burke), his dear family, Margaret, James and Bernadette, brother Fr. George (U.S.A.), son-in-law Paul, his adored grandsons Matthew and… Read more…
Currow is on a major election footing as the community prepares to go to the polls in October. However, on this occasion no votes will be cast for Michael D. Higgins or the other presidential hopefuls as locals begin the process of electing a new Mayor of the Parish. By Con Dennehy This week the… Read more…
U-15s in Munster Competition By PRO Con Enright On Saturday, May 26th our U-15 team travelled to Connolly Park to participate in a Munster GAA Super Touch competition. They played three games the results were as follows: Game 1: Currow 5-6 Finuge 2-3. Game 2: Currow 2-10 Castlegregory 3-8 and Game 3: Austin Stacks 4-7… Read more…
A little bit of history will be made on Thursday, June 7th when the Bishop of Kerry Ray Browne will officially launch a book which was banned by his predecessor Dr Michael O’Brien, Bishop of Kerry 85 years ago. Bishop O’Brien took exception to a claim by curate Fr. William Ferris in his History of… Read more…
The Apprentice Chef Programme has been awarded the All Ireland Local Food Hero title at the Irish Restaurant Awards. Known in the industry as the Food Oscars, Mark Doe from Just Cooking Cookery School in Firies and IT Tralee Culinary Arts lecturer, Mark Murphy, who founded the programme together, attended a gala ball in Dublin… Read more…
U-16: Currow V Glenflesk Our U-16 team travelled to Barraduff Community Field on Monday 23rd April to play Glenflesk in the East Kerry League. By Con Enright In a good sporting contest the home side had the upper hand on our team and went on to win the game on a score line of Glenflesk… Read more…
Creating an Archive of the Culture of Sliabh Luachra. Isn’t that some task. However, and thankfully, a lot of what has gone on in the history of music making, poetry writing and the singing of songs has been well documented. The Handed Down committee has been gifted with some rare gems of recordings, scraps of… Read more…
A bugle call is being issued to all Kerry musicians, bands, collectives, music groups, music organisations, schools and interested communities. An information session, on a new capital fund that will support the purchase of musical instruments, will take place in Tralee Library in Moyderwell at 5pm on Thursday, February 1st and everyone is welcome. Two… Read more…
Proposals are being put together at present for the visit of the RTE One Nationwide team early next month. There are so many events, items and facilities that such a visit could cover that the team would want to bed in here for a week or more. It seems that the team will also be… Read more…
