Castleisland Family Resource Centre has a number of events and classes coming up over the coming months. The autumn/winter programme commences with the transformative art of decoupage on September 18th. Kerry ETB tutor Breda Galwey will guide participants through the art of decoupage which involves cutting out pictures from magazines – for example – and…
A presentation of €1,600 was made to the local fundraising branch of Kerry Hospice at the weekend. Laurence Curtin recently celebrated his 50th birthday and the celebrations were held in Tom McCarthy’s on July 15th. In lieu of gifts, Laurence invited guests to donate to a collection for the Kerry Hospice Foundation. His dad Laurence…
Castleisland branch of the Kerry Hospice Foundation will hold its annual Sunflower Day collection on Friday, June 9th in conjunction with the rest of the county. Offers of support from volunteers willing to give an hour or two on the day would be welcome. “Kerry Hospice has a continuous requirement to raise funds for the critical services that…
A huge turnout on a sunny Good Friday morning has ensured that the annual hospice walk was a great success. €3,152.90 was raised from the event on April 7th which concluded with refreshments at Nana Bea’s. Local branch members send their thanks to all who participated and to those who donated but were not able to…
In an era not known for being flaithiúlach with good news, a break in the clouds this week allowed St. Mary’s Basketball Club PRO LIz Galwey to announce the return of the eternally popular five-day Christmas Blitz for December 2022. In December 2019 the club held its 50th annual blitz but due to COVID 19, both…
The Nora Geaney Memorial Cup for gents will be played for on the Maine Valley Golf Club course in Killorglin on Saturday, September 24th. with tee-off times between 8am and 10am. The competition is open to all past members of the now closed Castleisland Golf Club and guests from other clubs. Those intending to play…
Team Garvey’s St. Mary’s went down to Killester on Saturday evening. It was a home game for the Dublin side and Team Garvey’s were missing some key players. Mimi Clarke was one of the key players throughout the game for Killester and hit the first 11 points of the game for her side. Americans, Shannon…
The Castleisland branch of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul will hold church gate collections outside masses in Castleisland and Cordal this coming weekend, October 2nd and 3rd and in Scartaglen on Sunday, October 17th. Increased Fuel Bills “It is anticipated that this will be a busy winter for the society as restriction lift…
Paris McCarthy has represented her country in many of Europe’s major basketball arenas over the past few years and will do so again next week. She is the only Kerry player on the Irish squad heading to the FIBA European Challenge U-18 women’s A tournament which is due to start on July 27th. The tournament…
The Castleisland branch of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and its members are delighted to announce that the popular No. 33 Church Street shop will reopen on Monday June 15th. “The shop is the main source of income for the branch and all involved are looking forward to the return of both staff…
