Last year’s captain, Donie Broderick produced the performance of the day to win John Ivory’s captain’s prize at Ross Golf Club with a score of 69, playing off 16. The event, on Sunday, was a great success with good weather, a large field of golfers and some very tight scores being recorded. The course was in… Read More…
A major sporting challenge to raise funds for two charity organisations which provided great care and support to a Killarney child is being planned for Saturday, September 16. All proceeds from Lily’s Pink Challenge will go to the Heart Centre in Crumlin Children’s Hospital and the Ronald McDonald House, also in Dublin. Both recipients help… Read More…
Kerry 2-6 Sligo 1-6 Report: Liam Maloney First-half goals from Amy Curtin and Julia Curtin were the key scores for Kerry in their three-point triumph over a gutsy Sligo side in a thrilling All-Ireland Under 18 B final at MacDonagh Park in Nenagh. This B decider was a first for both Sligo and Kerry, although… Read More…
Kerry has received a boost ahead of their TG4 All-Ireland senior final clash against Dublin with confirmation that ace attacker Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh has been honoured with the Croke Park/LGFA Player of the Month award for July. The 32-year-old forward, from the Corca Dhuibhne club, has been in stunning form this season and she played… Read More…
Captains from the six competing teams – including Kerry’s Róisin Rahilly – have at Croke Park ahead of Saturday’s 2023 All-Ireland Minor Championship finals. With the countdown well underway to what promise to be three cracking games, the respective team captains and joining Ballymac star Róisin for a pre-finals photocall at headquarters were Aoibhinn… Read More…
A Killarney kidney transplant recipient with a passion for competitive cycling has won a remarkable three gold medals at the British Transplant Games in Coventry. Patrick O’Connor powered his way to superb wins in the 5K time trial and the road race in his first ever transplant games and, if that wasn’t enough, he also… Read More…
This year’s Tour de Munster, which will raise funds for Down Syndrome Ireland’s Munster branches, will zip into and around Kerry on three of the four days of the 600km charity cycle. It runs from August 10 to 13, commencing at the English Market on Grand Parade in Cork on Thursday, August 10 and taking in Midleton,… Read More…
No Killarney sports club has benefited but a soccer club in Tralee has been announced as one of 25 recipients chosen to receive €5,000 in funding under this year’s Texaco Support for Sport initiative. In its third year, the scheme is hosted and organised by Valero Energy Limited, the company that markets fuel in Ireland… Read More…
We need to talk about David. Clifford that it, as opposed to Gough. Just who should be the player of the year has been the dominant question on so many lips since the moment the the final whistle sounded – while Kerry were mounting one last gasp attack – at a rain-drenched Croke Park last… Read More…
Jason O’Connor reports Before the disappointment in Croke Park later in the day, Kerry Pitch and Putt was savouring a historic achievement at the national under 16 boys’ matchplay events in Lakeside, Templemore, Co Tipperary. The county had two players from the county contest a national final for the first time ever on a day… Read More…
A Killarney athlete has finished in 11th place overall at the European Youth Olympics in Slovenia. Óisin Lynch, who runs with from Killarney Valley AC, competed in the 800m on the track and he had finished in a commendable fourth place, with a very fast time of in 1.54, in the semi-final. Oisin holds a… Read More…
The Kerry GAA has issued a statement wishing Tony Brosnan a speedy recovery and acknowledging his contribution to the squad this season. The Dr Crokes attacker has suffered the heartbreak of being ruled out of Sunday’s All-Ireland final due to a recurring respiratory issue. The Kerry County Board this evening confirmed his unavailability and said… Read More…
Fancy getting your hands on the jersey David Clifford wore when he knocked back that audacious sideline pass to Tony Brosnan that lead to Seanie O’Shea’s goal in the All-Ireland quarter-final against Tyrone? Or the number 13 shirt his brother Paudie wore in the same game, with both signed by the star footballing brothers from… Read More…
Tony Brosnan has suffered the heartbreak of missing out in Sunday’s All-Ireland senior football championship final. The talented Dr Crokes attacker has been sidelined by the recurrence of a respiratory condition that previously impacted on him three seasons ago. The Dr Crokes corner forward has no option but to sit it out for the big… Read More…
Tonight’s the night that soccer supporters throughout Kerry and beyond have been looking forward to as reigning league and cup champions Killarney Celtic test their prowess against League of Ireland side Kerry FC in a charity game that promises to be a cracker. Several of the marquee names in Kerry soccer will take to the… Read More…
Killarney Municipal District Council today gave the green light to plans for a new sports facility at Derreen, Killarney which will be located on council owned land between Killarney Legion GAA Club and the Killarney Celtic FC grounds. The facility will connect to the Kilcummin road on the eastern side, via a railway underbridge, and… Read More…
Two Kerry athletes will participate in the British Transplant Games to be held in Coventry at the end of July. Along with fellow members of Transplant Sport Ireland, Alan Gleeson and Patrick O’Connor will compete in the four-day sports competition alongside heart, lung, liver, kidney, pancreas and bone marrow transplant recipients and kidney dialysis patients… Read More…
Siobhan Murphy from Rathmore is Killarney’s 2023 Queen of Fashion. She won the style stakes in the Lee Strand best dressed competition at the fifth and final day of the JulyFest this Friday. Siobhan, a teacher in Ballincollig, Co Cork, was wearing a striking off-the-shoulder cerise pink dress, with a cerise and lime green fascinator,… Read More…
The ladies have already set heads turning in Killarney after laying on the style for the big day at the races. This Friday is the concluding day of the five-day JulyFest but, more importantly, it is also ladies’ day with super prizes of trips to Paris and Milan up for grabs for the best dressed… Read More…
The late Dermot Ivo O’Sullivan, the well-known retired Killarney dentist who passed away last April, was remembered on Thursday evening at Killarney Races which was an event he was closely associated with. Ivo was involved in Killarney Race Company for over 50 years and served as a very dynamic board member and chairman. He later… Read More…
