Concluding his hugely popular 24-week series of informative and thought-provoking articles on the history of Killarney Athletic AFC, penned to mark its golden jubilee anniversary, this week long-serving club stalwart Mike O’Sullivan, who served as a player, coach, trainer, manager, chairman, administrator and historian, reflects on his own favourite memories of the good days, the… Continue Reading
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Council bought a popular sports field and turned it into a car park
To mark the golden jubilee of Killarney Athletic AFC, club officials have compiled a fascinating series of articles charting the landmark developments, successes and not so good days experienced over the past 50 years. This week the controversial decision to turn the Áras Phádraig pitch into a car park is recalled RIGHT throughout the history… Continue Reading
The day the town stood still
Fourteen years ago today, an American Airlines Boeing 767, loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel, smashed into the north tower of the World Trade Centre in New York City. 18 minutes later, a second Boeing 767 sliced the south tower open. America was under attack. Stunned by the disaster that claimed thousands of lives,… Continue Reading
Weeshie’s Weekend: How Dr Eamonn changed St Finan’s Hospital
In the latest extract from his excellent biography on the life and times of the late great Dr Eamonn O’Sullivan, award-winning sports presenter Weeshie Fogarty reflects on how the esteemed man of medicine devised novel ways to care for the 1,000-plus patients in St Finan’s Hospital, Killarney and the novel ways he raised money to… Continue Reading
Beating the ban, losing the Áras and sowing the seeds for a great future
To mark the 50th anniversary of the foundation of Killarney Athletic AFC, club members have researched and compiled a fascinating series of articles tracing major landmarks in its development, influential club personalities, great players and some of the major successes enjoyed on and off the pitch. This contribution traces the period between 1969-1975 when the… Continue Reading
