Birthday Celebrations and Basketball Camp and Blitz for Hospice

Birthday Celebrations and Basketball Camp and Blitz for Hospice

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…

Mossie Murphy Splits the Castleisland RFC Bucket Yet Again

Mossie Murphy Splits the Castleisland RFC Bucket Yet Again

Esther Murphy collected her brother, Paddy’s winning cheque  €757 in Tom McCarthy’s  Central Bar from Ann-Marie Callaghan. Ann Marie then picked out this week’s winners and, almost incredibly, it was Paddy’s and Esther’s brother, Mossie for €763. That’s bordering on unbelievable luck for the Murphy clan as Esther, John, Paddy, the late Timmy and Mossie have all won before. This is Mossie’s third…

Anne Boyle Back in An Ríocht 50/50 Winners’ Enclosure

Anne Boyle Back in An Ríocht 50/50 Winners’ Enclosure

Anne Boyle from Scartaglen was this week’s An Ríocht 50/50 fundraising draw winner of €500 when her entry was drawn from the drum at Tom McCarthy’s Central Bar on Monday morning. Last week’s winner Eamon O’Sullivan collected his winning cheque for €432 at the draw. Anne Boyle became the draw’s first online winner and the…

An Ríocht AC 50/50 Draw Results and Couch-to-5k is Back on Track

An Ríocht AC 50/50 Draw Results and Couch-to-5k is Back on Track

Centra Castleisland Manager, Jim Healy hosted the latest gathering of the An Ríocht 50/50 Fundraising Draw for the re-surfacing development of the perimeter walk area of the town park facilities. Frank O’Sullivan from the Scart side of Dromulton emerged as the winner of the €412 prize on offer. Next week’s draw will be held at…

Brosna Winner of €940 Castleisland RFC Split the Bucket Draw

Brosna Winner of €940 Castleisland RFC Split the Bucket Draw

Last week’s Castleisland RFC Split the Bucket winner Margret Mitchell collected her €967 winnings at Tom McCarthy’s Bar on Saturday night. The presentation was made by Jack Curran who also picked out this week’s winner. Catherine Doran from Brosna won €940 after she entered her envelope in Centra. The next draw is on the coming Saturday night at around 9pm at The…

Remembering Con Houlihan in Castle Island on Saturday and Sunday

Remembering Con Houlihan in Castle Island on Saturday and Sunday

Celebrations of Con Houlihan’s life and times and the marking of the 10th anniversary of his passing have already taken place in Dublin earlier this month with a gathering at the Lower Deck in Portabello. This weekend, on August 20th and 21st in his home place of Castle Island, events over the two days will…

Tom McCarthy playing ‘Central’ Role as Pub Closure Reality Dawns

Tom McCarthy playing ‘Central’ Role as Pub Closure Reality Dawns

Did you ever think you’d see the day when the vast majority of the population of Ireland would be baying for the closure of public houses? – I didn’t. But these are strange times we’re living through and with the hope that we’ll live through them. There is no good news on the horizon either…

Kerry Charities Invited to Write to Kay for Castleisland Races Gate

Kerry Charities Invited to Write to Kay for Castleisland Races Gate

The annual general meeting of the Castleisland Races Committee will be held in the kitchen of Tom McCarthy’s Central Bar on Tuesday, March 10th at 9pm. The date for the Castleisland Races has been fixed for an earlier than usual slot on Sunday, June 7th. In the meantime, the committee is issuing its annual call…

St. Mary’s Pub Quiz at Tom McCarthy’s on Friday Night

St. Mary’s Pub Quiz at Tom McCarthy’s on Friday Night

St. Mary’s Basketball Club will hold a fundraising pub quiz tomorrow night Friday, November 2nd. The quiz will take place in Tom McCarthy’s Bar and teams of three, four or five are being invited to take part in what promises to be an evening of fun. Picture Rounds Liz Galwey will be the quiz-mistress and…