What happened in Kerry this week
Football legend Roy Keane teams up with best-selling writer Roddy Doyle for two nights in Killarney in September - and YOU can be there to take in all the action.
The latest phase of an ambitious coastal protection project aimed at safeguarding the Fenit Island tombolo got under way this week, with crews beginning the installation of a 395-metre timber palisade barrier designed to help protect one of Kerry’s most important natural coastal defences.
Last Friday proved to be a good hair day for the Irish Kidney Foundation in Killarney. It was the day when two big-hearted sisters from Milltown chopped their long locks off to raise funds for the charity.
Killorglin teen Archie Mangan has turned from busker to one man band and recording artist with the release of his debut single ‘Feel it Again’.
One Kerry mother has spoken about the difference the annual Tour de Munster charity cycle has made to her family, thanking everyone who supports the event for helping to provide vital, life-changing services for children with Down Syndrome.
A North Kerry woman who spent four decades as a nun before embarking on a new chapter through marriage is sharing her extraordinary life story in a memoir set to be launched in Listowel this weekend.
The Quinn family, from Lyreacrompane, have announced plans to make the Katie Quinn Memorial Run an annual event after presenting a cheque for €8,835 to the charity Féileacáin following this year’s hugely successful fundraiser.
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Now it's up to the Ladies!
ALL roads lead to Croke Park this Sunday and managers, coaches, club teammates, mentors, and club members are showing their support for the Kerry Ladies team ahead of their All-Ireland final against Galway in Dublin on Sunday.
A repeat of the 2024 final, after which Kerry brought the Brendan Martin Cup back to the Kingdom for the first time in 31 years, anticipation is high ahead of Sunday’s season finale as Kerry bid to win the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship for a record-extending 13th time.
Tom Daughton, chair of Finuge/St Senans Ladies Gaelic Football Club, says everyone at the club is fully behind the team and club star Niamh Carmody, who captained Kerry to All-Ireland glory two years ago.
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New bid to protect Fenit tombolo
The latest phase of an ambitious coastal protection project aimed at safeguarding the Fenit Island tombolo got under way this week, with crews beginning the installation of a 395-metre timber palisade barrier designed to help protect one of Kerry’s most important natural coastal defences.
The work, being undertaken by the Fenit Coast Conservation Group (FCC), marks the latest step in a series of nature-based measures to combat coastal erosion and reduce the threat of flooding in the Fenit and Barrow Harbour area.
John O’Mahony of the Fenit Coast Conservation Group said that the barrier consists of rows of timber stakes driven into the sand rather than a solid sea defence.
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Tralee honours. 'Spirit of Kerry women'
THE often overlooked role played by the women of Kerry during the revolutionary period in Ireland has been acknowledged and celebrated with the unveiling of a commemorative sculpture in Tralee Town Park.
‘Spioráid Ban Chiarraí’ or ‘Spirit of the Kerry Women’ by sculptor Elizabeth O’Kane is the first monument of its kind ever to be commissioned by a local authority.
The memorial follows a proposal from the then female elected members of Kerry County Council in 2023, councillors Norma Moriarty, Deirdre Ferris, Aoife Thornton, Marie Moloney and Maura Healy-Rae for a fitting to roltribute to the contribution of Kerry women during the pivotal revolutionary period between 1912 and 1923.
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Milltown sisters are a real cut above
Last Friday proved to be a good hair day for the Irish Kidney Foundation in Killarney. It was the day when two big-hearted sisters from Milltown chopped their long locks off to raise funds for the charity.
Jessica (12) and Amber (7) Donnelly were surrounded by hundreds of well-wishers at the Faha Court Bar in Killarney on Friday evening as they did so.
Explaining what inspired her daughters’ kind deed their proud mother, Sandra Flynn Donnelly told Kerry’s Eye: “Jessica cut 13 inches off her hair last year to raise money for Laura Lynn (Foundation) and donated them to the Little Princess Trust which provides wigs for children and young people who have lost their hair through cancer treatment and other conditions.”
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Making a difference for Hannah and family
One Kerry mother has spoken about the difference the annual Tour de Munster charity cycle has made to her family, thanking everyone who supports the event for helping to provide vital, life-changing services for children with Down Syndrome.
As the Tour de Munster prepares to take to the roads of Munster once again next month, Sofia Gomez, originally from Chile and now living in Duagh with her husband James and their two children, said the support they have received through Down Syndrome Ireland’s Kerry Branch has transformed their family’s journey.
The 2026 Tour de Munster takes place from Thursday, August 6 to Sunday, August 9, with more than 100 cyclists covering a 600km route across the six counties of Munster to raise much-needed funds for the Munster branches of Down Syndrome Ireland.
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Teresa’s story: from nun to newlywed
A North Kerry woman who spent four decades as a nun before embarking on a new chapter through marriage is sharing her extraordinary life story in a memoir set to be launched in Listowel this weekend.
‘Teresa: No Little Flower’, written by Teresa Kennelly Fogarty, will be launched at the Kerry Writers’ Museum this Saturday at 2pm.
The memoir traces Teresa’s journey from growing up on a farm in Rathea, Listowel, to entering the Virgin Order convent at the age of 20 after finishing boarding school. She remained a nun for 40 years before leaving shortly before her 60th birthday.
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