The organising committee of Rás Mumhan has announced that they will not promote the event in 2021. The Easter weekend cycle race, which always took in Castleisland on its Good Friday stage since its inception in 2001, will now have to find a new organising committee in a climate likely to be in the grip…
An Riocht AC athlete and Tralee native, Conor O’Mahony has had what his club described as ‘an amazing run of recent achievements’ in events in various parts of the country. Newly elected club PRO Catherine O’Sullivan tells us that Conor finished in fourth place and just missed out on a medal in the National Novice…
St. Mary’s Basketball Club has announced details of the upcoming Ladies National League schedule for the months ahead. The first game of the season will be away when the squad will meet Portlaoise Panthers in Portlaoise on September 28th with tip of set for 7pm. Another Road Trip Another road trip beckons the following week…
The new senior soccer season for 2018/19 kicks off this weekend in the Kerry District League and, again, Castleisland will have two senior teams playing in the top two divisions of Kerry soccer. Kitted Out By Tom McCarthy’s The A team will be contesting Denny Premier A and the B team will be in Denny…
A beginners’ cycling series to encourage young people to take it up as a leisure or sporting option will start with a skills night on Monday, July 2nd. at the Library Car Park in Castleisland at 7.30pm. Currow Cycling Club These events are organized by the Currow Cycling Club and will cover basic bike handling…
The Sliabh Luachra Boxing Club’s interest in the recent Munster championships got under way with a bout in the G141kg category. Here, Shauna Riordan was in the ring with Sarah Murray of St. Coleman’s. Shauna put on a great display of boxing for her first ever contest in the ring. Back in Training However, it…
St. Mary’s Basketball Club has, after five days, wrapped up yet another successful tournament. By Liz Galwey PRO Special awards were presented to Tommy O’Mahony in recognition of his success with the Irish U-U-18 women’s team and also to Adam Donoghue and Lorraine Scanlon for their football achievements during the year. Local Derby for Premier…
Castleisland 2-0 Killarney Athletic A.F.C. The Castleisland A.F.C. A team had a fantastic win on Sunday morning against last year’s Kerry League and Cup champions, Killarney Athletic A.F.C. By: Neil O’Sullivan The game was played under good conditions, surprisingly given the recent spell of bad weather. From the kick off Castleisland took the initiative and…
St. Mary’s Progress in U-20 Cup St. Mary’s U-20 men have been successful in their preliminary round of the national cup having had a 10 point win over Killester at the weekend. By PRO, Liz Galwey The opening 10 minutes was close, Killester opened the scoring and went four points ahead before the home team…
As the 2017/18 basketball season gets underway, St. Mary’s Basketball Club has announced a new appointment to its coaching panel. Liam Culloty is to take over as head coach for the U-18 and U-20 girls and the senior ladies. “The club has made the decision not to enter the division one national league but instead…
Best wishes to Desmond’s Adam Donoghue who is involved with the Kerry minor team to play Louth in the quarter final of the All Ireland championship this coming Saturday, August 5th in Portlaoise. The throw in is at 1:15pm. Good Luck to Kerry Juniors The club sends its best wishes to Cordal’s Philip O’Connor; Brosna’s…
Athletics Gold and Silver for Roisín Congratulations to Roisín Rahilly, Maglass who performed exceptionally well at the Munster B Juvenile Athletic Championship held in Templemore on Saturday. Roisín came home with a Gold medal in the long jump with a jump of 4.32m and a Silver in the 80m both in the U-13 category. Ballymacelligott…
U-16: Finuge too Strong Cordal/Scartaglen played Finuge in Cordal on Wednesday in Round 3 of the Lee Strand County League. Unfortunately, the visitors proved too strong for the home side on the night. Cordal/Scartaglen U-14 Cordal/Scartaglen played Dr Crokes B in Scartaglen on Wednesday. The team played well and got the result they wanted. The…
St. Kieran’s players, Philip O’Connor, Cordal: James Walsh, Knocknagoshel and Eamonn Kiely from Brosna were part of the Kerry Junior Football team which qualified for its fourth All-Ireland football final in a row by defeating Leitrim at Limerick’s Gaelic Grounds on Saturday. The team is under the management of Brosna man, Jimmy Keane. Kerry 1-16…
Currow Coiste Na nOg News By P.R.O Con Enright U-16s Back in Action Currow U-16s recommence their County League campaign on Wednesday 19th July when they travel to Cahersiveen to play St Marys/Renard. Throw in is at 7:30pm. U-14s Hosted Kenmare On Monday 17th Currow played host to Kenmare Shamrocks in the final round of…
Best Wishes to James and the Kerry Juniors Best wishes from Knocknagoshel GAA Club to James Walsh and the Kerry Junior Football team when they play Leitrim in the All-Ireland Semi Final this weekend. €6,300 Lotto Jackpot at Walsh’s Bar The next draw for a jackpot of €6,300 will be held in Walsh’s Bar on Saturday…
Earlier on this year the huge task of resurfacing the running track at An Ríocht was getting closer by the day. It was hoped that the dream would come true well on time for the Kerry Community Games Finals in June. It did with only hours to spare as weather played its part in delaying…
With the onset of the Castleisland Day Care Centre Cycle on Sunday, September 3rd a series of practice runs will be held to get participants ready for the big occasion. The series of bike handling skill sessions started on Friday evening, July 14th at 7pm. Cyclists and instructors will meet at the car park near…
The Kerry Diocesan Youth Service (KDYS) in partnership with the Castleisland Garda Siochana ran their annual soccer tournament at Castleisland AFC Grounds at Limerick Road on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. By: Helena Falvey, KDYS The event was a great success, with 12 teams and around 110 players taking part. This year there were three categories:…
Castleisland Desmond’s Ladies’ GAA Club will be well represented on this Saturday, July 8th when the Kerry ladies play Waterford in the Munster Senior Football Championship Final in Mallow. Aisling Leonard, Eilís Lynch, Lorraine Scanlon, Andrea Murphy, and Labhaoise Walmsley are involved with the team. The throw in for this match is due at 3:15pm.…
Unveiling of the Tom Wrenn Memorial Stand Saturday, June 24th was a poignant evening for the club as the community and its friends gathered together in Cordal’s blue and gold abode to pay a lasting tribute in the memory of Tom Wrenn, former Cordal GAA Club chairman, church sacristan and an upstanding member of the…
On Friday the Currow U-14 team and their supporters left the village at 9am bidding to retain their John West Féile Peile na nÓg title in Co. Monaghan. By Con Enright PRO That evening in Ballybay we played two game against Lámh Dhearg of Antrim and Ballybay Pearse’s Brothers of Monaghan. Antrim Opposition The first…
If you were to script a race against the elements and time itself, where better to stage it than on an athletics track with a hugely important event waiting in the wings. That very scenario played itself out right here in Castleisland all during the week and will draw its final breath only later tonight.…
An American invention with a local connection has just been introduced as a sports training aid which has been brought to the Irish market, initially, by two Kerry men. James O’Connell, Laccabawn, Castleisland and Rory Kilgallen from Tralee had their product featured on the RTÉ One, Dara Ó Cinnéide fronted GAA Nua on Monday evening…
Two images from Sunday’s Denny Premier B League Final at Mounthawk Park will stay with me. One is of goalscorer, Steven McCarthy being hugged at full time by his childhood and lifelong friend and team attendant, Gary O’Sullivan. The other is of Steven, with the league cup in hand in the car-park, taking a selfie.…
Ryan Dennehy on Kerry U-14 Primary School Team The honours continue for Cordal and Cordal GAA Club in 2017. Ryan Dennehy from Ardmona, Cordal pulled on the Kerry jersey for the first time, to represent his school, Gaelscoil Aogáin and Cordal GAA Club. Ryan played in the Kerry Primary Schools’ Game at half-time in Cusack…
Friday turned out to be a Leo kind of evening. As I made my way towards the start of the annual Humphrey Murphy Memorial 5K / 10K Road Race / Walk, the cheers of Leo Varadkar supporters and the announcement of his elevation rang in my ears. I got to the Limerick Road starting point…
Incurable and intrepid cyclist, Tommy Sheehy has been raising funds through all of our currency changes over the years. Through it all, not to mention the blisters and the pain, he has raised tens of thousands for the charity closest to his heart, Enable Ireland. He has, however gone up a gear or two since…
Currow U-14 captain, David Moriarty played his part with a top-scorer total of 2-3 to his name in their County League game against Renard recently. By Con Enright On Wednesday Currow U-14s made the long journey to South Kerry to play Renard in the final round of the County League. In a close game throughout,…
In the continuing parade of victorious basketball teams over the years, one will stand out in the memories of the party which flew to Spain last month to compete in a long established tournament there. Even though weeks have passed since, there is still a feeling of ‘Did we really do That’ about the magic…
