A Day in The Half Barrel and Back out to Sea

A Day in The Half Barrel and Back out to Sea

He may have been blown off course by the heavy gales of the weekend and early week, but a straying Manx Shearwater landed on his webbed feet in Castleisland. Local publican, Kathleen O’Connor took in a Manx Shearwater during the week after finding it cowering in an archway near The Half Barrel Bar at Upper…

Local author Charts ‘The Birds of Kerry’ from 1700s

Local author Charts ‘The Birds of Kerry’ from 1700s

For as long as he can remember, Castleisland native, Tralee resident, Ed Carty  has been interested in birds. “As  a young boy I reared Budgerigars and was fascinated by them. Travelling to see new birds appealed to me and I always kept a notebook handy to write down or sketch observations,” that’s according to the…