When Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore and co were winning the World Cup for England in 1966, soccer was also taking a hold in the traditional GAA stronghold of Killarney and it was around that time that Killarney Athletic AFC was founded. This nostalgic snapshot (click on image to enlarge) shows a group of young players… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Turn Back Time
Friday Flashback: The Class of 2000 on the first day at school
SOME things never change – and the first day at school will always be an occasion filled with excitement, with tears, with nerves, with anticipation and with some of the cutest photographs of the year. While the Class of 2015 set off this week with their uniforms spic and span, their satchels on their backs and… Continue Reading
Friday Flashback: The Killarney Bar that packed them in
THIS is how downtown Killarney looked close on 100 years ago. Men in hard hats and neat suits gathered at street corners to discuss the state of the nation and many of the womenfolk, clad in shawls, guided pony and traps along the uneven, unsurfaced streets on their way to the market. This nostalgic snapshot… Continue Reading
Roy not too Keane on Athletic
To mark the 50th anniversary of the foundation of Killarney AFC, club officials have researched and compiled a fascinating and informative history of the club from the mid 1960s right through to the present day. This week looks at the 1980s which was a successful era for the club, both on and off the field… Continue Reading
Killarney as it was back then
STUNNING monochrome newsreel footage of how Killarney looked and sounded almost a century ago is going viral on social media. Historic images of the town and some of its characters have been digitised and uploaded to YouTube by the Associated Press and British Movietone from a priceless vintage collection. Entitled A Glimpse Into the Heart… Continue Reading
