Acquired Brain Injury Ireland’s new Castleisland facility was the focus of attention for a charity Christmas lighting fundraiser by neighbours in the Cahereens West community. Joan and Siobhán Horan and family did a stand-out illumination job on their house front at No.31 and turned their postbox into a collection box and asked for donations. That…
Kerry Group in partnership with North, East and West Kerry Development presented the July 2018 Community Vibrancy Certificate to the Castleisland Community Garden on Monday morning. The award was presented in recognition of its valuable contribution to the community vibrancy of the Castleisland area. Its role in Social Supports; Leadership in Community, Environment and Rural…
People availing of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Ireland Community Services at Cahereens West here in Castleisland recently completed a community music workshop with Killarney based musician, Ruti Lachs. The workshop was a collaboration between the ABI and Kerry Education and Training Board The group comprised 10 to 12 participants and community support workers. Eight Weekly…
One of the biggest gatherings in recent years heeded the invitation from Denis Brosnan and Kate McSweeney and turned up for the GOAL Mile on Christmas morning at An Riocht in spite of the incessant rain. Some took inspiration from the fact that they were in the vicinity of a centre of athletic activity and…
“The Castleisland Races is the oldest meeting of its kind in Ireland,” said committee chairman, Charlie Farrelly – with a straight face at the launch of this Sunday’s programme of events at Glebe Lodge recently. Well, there is chronicled evidence of a meeting in 1839 from a newspaper article – which appeared in ‘The Tralee…
