A free talk on brain health will be held at Lyreacrompane Resource Centre on Tuesday, February 21st at 7.30pm. “Many people may feel that memory loss and dementia are inevitable parts of ageing. In this free brain health talk, Dr. Sabina Brennan of Trinity College, Dublin will explain that this is not necessarily the case,”… Read more…
Are you picky when it comes to your fruit and veg? Do you know exactly what you want? Laur does. Afraid of pursuing it in case you fail? Laur is. Kinda. Life is full of questions. They’re not always easy to answer. So, while you’re pondering the tough ones, you might as well accompany it… Read more…
The death of Mary Keane of Knocknagoshel and Listowel has just been announced. It’s Pattern Day in Knocknagoshel and what a day for a native to bid farewell to family and friends. For Mary O’Connor had a deep grá for Knocknagoshel and equally so for Castleisland. During my time working at The Kerryman office in… Read more…
There is a bit of good news on the event and festival scene in Castleisland this week with the announcement that the Castleisland Hospice Branch Ball is to return after a decade of absence. And that the Con Houlihan Memorial Weekend – which had an initial run in 2013 – is also back in a… Read more…
Castleisland Golf Club President, Maurice O’Connor was blessed with the first fine day we have seen in some time for his President’s Prize on Sunday. There was a full time sheet for the event, which is one of the majors on the club calendar. At the prize giving on Sunday evening great praise was given… Read more…
Children from Lyreacrompane National School recently embarked on a research project with the title Water, take your Share, That’s Fair. The pupils of fourth, fifth and sixth classes researched water issues in nine developing countries. They looked at the importance of water in each one and how water shortage is a major issue in each… Read more…
It’s a case of Let the Magic Begin in Listowel from this Wednesday evening, May 27th. Here we take a look at what’s on and a photographic trip back through a spread of ‘weeks’ in Listowel from recent years. This year’s Listowel Writers’ Week Festival, which runs from May 27th – 31st May 2015 will… Read more…
The Dan Paddy Andy Festival Press Office is happy to announce that all one hundred people who took part in the ‘Festival Bog Walk’ are all back safe and accounted for. “There was concern for a few who had overindulged in the sandwiches and tae in the bog but they have shown up on the… Read more…
For the month of August, the Rolling Wave will be celebrating the music of Sliabh Luachra and remembering two great fiddle-players from this most musical area on the Cork-Kerry border – Paddy Cronin and Denis Murphy. On the first two Sundays in August, 3rd and 10th at 10pm the programme will feature a tribute concert… Read more…
There is no shortage of talented people in this and the communities around us. An email from the Macroom based event organiser, Pat Melia might just provide the audience and the spur for the gifted among us to show-case that talent. For each of the past four years Mr. Melia has been organising a talent… Read more…
A free talk on brain health will be held at Lyreacrompane Resource Centre on Tuesday, February 21st at 7.30pm. “Many people may feel that memory loss and dementia are inevitable parts of ageing. In this free brain health talk, Dr. Sabina Brennan of Trinity College, Dublin will explain that this is not necessarily the case,”… Read more…
Are you picky when it comes to your fruit and veg? Do you know exactly what you want? Laur does. Afraid of pursuing it in case you fail? Laur is. Kinda. Life is full of questions. They’re not always easy to answer. So, while you’re pondering the tough ones, you might as well accompany it… Read more…
The death of Mary Keane of Knocknagoshel and Listowel has just been announced. It’s Pattern Day in Knocknagoshel and what a day for a native to bid farewell to family and friends. For Mary O’Connor had a deep grá for Knocknagoshel and equally so for Castleisland. During my time working at The Kerryman office in… Read more…
There is a bit of good news on the event and festival scene in Castleisland this week with the announcement that the Castleisland Hospice Branch Ball is to return after a decade of absence. And that the Con Houlihan Memorial Weekend – which had an initial run in 2013 – is also back in a… Read more…
Castleisland Golf Club President, Maurice O’Connor was blessed with the first fine day we have seen in some time for his President’s Prize on Sunday. There was a full time sheet for the event, which is one of the majors on the club calendar. At the prize giving on Sunday evening great praise was given… Read more…
Children from Lyreacrompane National School recently embarked on a research project with the title Water, take your Share, That’s Fair. The pupils of fourth, fifth and sixth classes researched water issues in nine developing countries. They looked at the importance of water in each one and how water shortage is a major issue in each… Read more…
It’s a case of Let the Magic Begin in Listowel from this Wednesday evening, May 27th. Here we take a look at what’s on and a photographic trip back through a spread of ‘weeks’ in Listowel from recent years. This year’s Listowel Writers’ Week Festival, which runs from May 27th – 31st May 2015 will… Read more…
The Dan Paddy Andy Festival Press Office is happy to announce that all one hundred people who took part in the ‘Festival Bog Walk’ are all back safe and accounted for. “There was concern for a few who had overindulged in the sandwiches and tae in the bog but they have shown up on the… Read more…
For the month of August, the Rolling Wave will be celebrating the music of Sliabh Luachra and remembering two great fiddle-players from this most musical area on the Cork-Kerry border – Paddy Cronin and Denis Murphy. On the first two Sundays in August, 3rd and 10th at 10pm the programme will feature a tribute concert… Read more…
There is no shortage of talented people in this and the communities around us. An email from the Macroom based event organiser, Pat Melia might just provide the audience and the spur for the gifted among us to show-case that talent. For each of the past four years Mr. Melia has been organising a talent… Read more…
