The death has occurred of Danny O’Connor, College Road, Castleisland, Co. Kerry and late of Dulague, Castleisland and Ballintourigh, Scartaglin. An ex employee of C.I.T. Abbeyfeale and Burlington, Tralee, Danny (70) passed peacefully on December 17th 2018 after a short illness bravely borne. Danny was surrounded by his loving family in the excellent care of…
Castleisland Family Resource Centre will host two events which focus on Mental Health this November. The first is a presentation by Jigsaw “One Good Coach” Promoting Young People’s Mental Health. This one hour presentation is aimed at One Good Adults who coach or train young people in a wide variety of sports and coaches are…
The death has occurred of Phyllis Mitchell (nee Burke) 24 St. Stephen’s Park, Castleisland, Co. Kerry and late of Main St., Castleisland and Blackrock, Co. Dublin, October 17th 2018. Peacefully at University Hospital Kerry surrounded by her loving family. Beloved wife of the late Neily and much loved mother of Neil, Mike, Margaret, John, Mary,…
The just appointed manager and committee/conference would sincerely like to thank all their loyal customers and everyone who supported the recent Fashion Show at the Church Street ‘Vincent’s’ shop. Just Appointed “We would like to thank our dedicated CE workers, our wonderful volunteers including Ann Broderick who is involved for many years,” said Grace O’Connor…
A Fashion Show venue for this very Wednesday evening is Vincent’s on Castleisland’s Church Street. The event will showcase the autumn/winter style available in store – which used to be the St. Vincent de Paul shop. Focus Remains Times and titles change but the focus remains the same. Now that we’re into the season of…
Seven children graduated in style at Bright Beginnings Pre-School on Castleisland’s Church Street this morning. The sun shone for their special event as they sang and recited poems in celebration. Performances Before Presentations Parents, grandparents, siblings and friends attended and enjoyed songs and rhymes prior to the presentation of certificates by their teachers: Susan O’Mahony,…
The Ireland South MEP, Liadh Ní Riada visited Castleisland on Tuesday in another of her regular calls to the area on constituency business. While here, she visited the Kerry Diocesan Youth Service in the Latin Quarter and got a tour of the building and its function from Justice Youth Worker, Helena Falvey. KDYS Doing Incredible…
The scheduled meeting of Castleisland’s St Patrick’s Day Parade ad-hoc committee took place in the River Island Hotel on Thursday night, February 8th. The meeting included valued safety advice from Garda Sergeant John O’Mahony and a welcome increase of members of the public and business people from the town. It was decided that this year…
Castleisland natives and Bon Secours Hospital staff members, Mag Cotter and Niamh Prendiville will hold a Sudan Appeal Bake Sale at St. John’s Hall in Castleisland tomorrow evening, Saturday, December 9th from 5pm to 8pm. The women are part of a two dozen strong party of health specialists from the Tralee based hospital preparing to…
After delving into the archives here a month or so ago and, on a particular mission, I had cause and reason to head for 1985. Anytime I do this I spend far too much time back there and it takes a good while to snap out of it. One journey, dozens of tracks and trails.…
