What happened in Kerry this week
One of Kerry’s oldest GAA clubs is planning a new book on its heritage and history – and is urging local supporters, and history and GAA buffs to share memorabilia, old photographs and stories.
Milltown mother Kerry Hayes, who has just been named the Kerry Lidl Family Carer of the Year, has dedicated her award to all carers in Kerry.
Hundreds of mourners are expected to arrive in Tralee over the coming days to pay their respects to one of the county’s most honourable and highly-regarded public figures of the last 40 years, Jim Finucane, who passed away on Tuesday, aged 68.
Kerry Women's Centre is reclaiming the streets of Tralee to make them safer places for women and girls.
Their ambition and hard work has resulted in jobs for hundreds of people in their adopted hometown of Killarney, and now Tricel founders, husband and wife team Con and Anne Stack will receive the esteemed Order of Inisfallen for this year – the most prestigious honour the town can bestow.
Read the full story in Kerry’s Eye Digital Edition.
Peppy steps up for marathon effort
An Ardfert girl has a pep in her step after completing a massive marathon over the course of a month for Down Syndrome Ireland.y
Seventeen-year-old Peppy Fitzgerald rounded off a 42-kilometre marathon, which she completed by walking and cycling supported by her family and friends.
Peppy is the daughter of Rachel Fitzgerald, who is the manager of the 321 Down Syndrome Kerry Shop in Tralee.
Her dad, Marcus was also a huge support, while her sister Anna joined her on parts of her marathon and brother Ethan was also on hand to cheer her on.
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Kerry is the Carer of the Year
A Milltown mother is this year’s Kerry Lidl Family Carer of the Year 2025 and said the award is on behalf of all carers in Kerry.
Kerry Hayes was honoured, along with other recipients around the country, for “the remarkable commitment, compassion and strength of family carers who provide essential care to loved ones every day.”
Kerry has devoted herself completely to caring for her daughter Ruby (8), who has a rare life-limiting condition and requires round-the-clock care.
Read the full story in Kerry’s Eye Digital Edition.
Sr Stan championed disadvantaged
Hundreds of mourners are expected to attend the funeral in Dublin today (Thursday) of trailblazing nun Sr Stanislaus Kennedy - a champion of the homeless, immigrants and the disadvantaged, who lived her ministry in a literal sense.
Sr Stan, as she was affectionately known, was born in Lispole in West Kerry in 1939, and passed away at St Francis Hospice, Blanchardstown on Monday, at the age of 86.
As tributes poured in for the Focus Ireland founder and advocate, one friend told Kerry's Eye this week that Sr Stan was a woman that when you met her once, was hard to forget.
Read the full story in Kerry’s Eye Digital Edition.
Major design event for Kenmare
KENMARE is set for a major boost next week as it hosts the inaugural Design Kenmare festival, bringing with it a host of well-known names from the design industry, such as Room to Improve presenter Dermot Bannon and four-time All-Ireland winner Paul Galvin to South Kerry.
Design Kenmare is a new festival celebrating creativity and design across various disciplines from architecture and interiors to fashion, graphics, photography and product design.
Running from November 14-16th as an official curtain raiser to Irish Design Week, the new festival will feature a world-class line-up of Irish and international designers, architects, photographers and creative thinkers in an intimate programme of talks, panels and special events.
Read the full story in Kerry’s Eye Digital Edition.
Christine takes plunge for Philippines aid mission
A social care student from Tralee is diving into charity work –by taking a plunge every day this month to fund a volunteering mission to help a tribe of ‘sea gypsies’ in the Philippines.
A 24-year-old, third-year student in MTU, Christina Fitzgerald is spending November swimming in the sea every day to raise money for Embrace Bajau, a charity supporting an indigenous community in the Philippines known as the Bajau, sea nomads or sea gypsies.
Her daily dips form part of a personal challenge she calls ‘Take the Plunge’, a campaign to help her reach a total fundraising goal of €4,000 before next May.
Read the full story in Kerry’s Eye Digital Edition.
Big top festivities roll into Tralee
Tralee will welcome all the fun of the Big Top this week as the National Circus Festival of Ireland returns for its 25th year, filling the town with world-class performances, parades and the unique energy that has made it a standout event year after year on Ireland’s arts calendar.
Now recognised as Ireland’s leading celebration of contemporary circus, each year the festival transforms Tralee into a stage for some of the world’s most daring and imaginative performers.
Festival Director Con Horgan, who co-founded the event two-and-a-half decades ago, continues to hand-pick exceptional acts from across the globe, ensuring audiences in Kerry experience a mix of spectacle, skill and originality that few other festivals can match.
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