IT was a picture that painted a thousand words, not one of them even remotely complimentary. Captured at quarter to eight on a dull March morning in 1982, it exposed an ugly, repulsive side to a town that, even then, locals took great pride in describing as Beauty’s Home. The Sunday morning monochrome snapshot portrayed… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Turn Back Time
Planning revelation on Killarney visit shocked Lemass
Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of the death of former Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader, Seán Lemass. In this extract from the memoirs of Kerry South TD, John O’Leary, written with author, historian and researcher Owen O’Shea (pictured), it describes how a visit by Lemass to Killarney in the early 1960s led to the introduction… Continue Reading
The day my marbles disappeared like chalk dust
As skilled in the debating chamber as he had been in the classroom, Cllr Michael Gleeson this week announced his intention to retire from active politics after a remarkable contribution to public life. And while I have been there to take notes of his wonderfully articulate contributions to so many debates, on so many occasions… Continue Reading
Charlie tipped the scales at almost 16 pounds
THIS BABY SAVED KERRY. So screamed the banner headline that certainly caught the eye of an unsuspecting Killarney public 40 years ago this week. It accompanied a monochrome snapshot of a big baby sitting on a weighing scales in a nursing home in Killarney on 26 February 1957 and the public was left to wonder… Continue Reading
Michael was bringing it all back home for gala parade
IT was the day that a little bit of Hollywood razzamatazz illuminated the St Patrick’s Day parade in Killarney but the A-list screen star at the centre of it all insisted he was just one of our own. It has been 11 years since the brilliant Michael Fassbender, then aged 32, accepted an invitation to… Continue Reading
