Back after a two year absence is the Castleisland Street Festival which includes the Humphrey Murphy Memorial 5K Fun Run on the streets of the town. The event is organised and run by the Castleisland Racing Festival Ltd – a voluntary group set up and chaired by Cllr. Charlie Farrelly. The group has raised close…
The annual general meeting of the Castleisland Racing Festival Committee was held during the week. In the course of the meeting it was revealed that this year’s races will take place on the Sunday of June 7th and this will also mark the start of a week-long mid summer festival culminating with the rescheduled St.…
Following the most recent meeting of the St Patricks Day Parade Committee and local Gardaí the following details were announced. By Pat Hartnett, Committee PRO Thanks to the Castleisland Co-Op Mart Committee the parade will assemble in the mart yard again this year after last year’s successful experiment. Please note that a one-way system will…
The street has been decorated and the permanent sound system is ready to go for the big event on Friday. The St. Patrick’s Day Parade here is set for the off at 1pm. from its regular blocks on Tralee Road. It will be led out again this year by the blood stirring strains of the…
They may have operated with reduced numbers this year, but, by any measurement, The Longest Day charity fundraiser has been a phenomenal success. The organising committee, based at Tom McCarthy’s Central Bar has raised close to €70,000 from its three grueling events to date. The Bumbleance children’s ambulance, the Jack and Jill Foundation and, this…
Great local events which are having a ripple effect on the wider charity communities don’t just happen. They are planned meticulously and for months in advance. The Longest Day Committee has been doing just that since the last one finished in June 2015. On Monday evening they launched their fully hatched plans with the date…
“We’re obviously delighted. Words, other than Thank You, escape us at a moment like that. It is the biggest single donation that Bumbleance has ever received. It means that we will be able to transport 25 children from anywhere in the country to Dublin over the next few months,” said an obviously impressed and thankful,…
“Like all good ideas, it was a dark and stormy night in January on a high stool that the notion of climbing Carrauntouhill seemed like a great one. Denny Greaney stated that he’d do it but only for a good cause.” That was how local publican, Tom McCarthy let it slip that a big fundraising…
