What happened in Kerry this week
Finishers at this year’s Tony ‘Todds’ O’Donoghue Walk in Blennerville will have the honour of receiving their medals from no less than one legendary two-time Olympic gold winner.
Plans for 83 new homes at one of Tralee's most prestigious addresses have been approved by Kerry County Council, despite local objections.
Pupils at a Kerry primary school have written to their local councillors imploring them to ask Kerry County Council to do more to improve road safety near their school.
A lad from Killorglin is going to have his long, curly locks cut in the barber’s for the very first time after being inspired by his school teacher Louise Quill to raise money for the children in her Tanzanian orphanage.
Killorglin native Cat Mangan left the rat race in London to come home and join the pack — now a dog walker, pet sitter and host of dog-friendly events, she wants to buy some land to create a dog park for Killorglin’s four-legged-friends.
Read the full story in Kerry’s Eye Digital Edition.
TP’s hits the silver screen
The owner of one of Kerry's most renowned pubs says you have to get lost to find it - and now thousands may be on the search for Tigh TP's in Ballydavid as it becomes a movie star in its own right.
'A Proper Pint' - a short film focusing on Tigh TP’s - has already been honoured at four film festivals and will be screened twice later this month at a renowned film festival in the US, where it will receive its official world premiere.
And in an added boost for Tigh TP’s and the entire Gaeltacht area, the documentary is now also being shown on Aer Lingus in-flight entertainment systems, along with five other films in the ‘A Proper Pint’series.
Read the full story in Kerry’s Eye Digital Edition.
A fluffle of bikers deliver Easter joy
Just like a big group of Easter bunnies, a fluffle of Kerry bikers hopped on their bikes to deliver Easter eggs to two local organisations and spread some delicious chocolate-coated joy this Easter.
The Kerry bikers rode out last Sunday, led by one of it’s main groups, the Gin Palace Bar Stewards, from Tralee to Killarney on their 14th annual Easter Egg Biker Run.
They rode out with precious cargo — a jeep full to the brim of Easter Eggs, donated by their members, to be delivered direct to the Adapt Women and Children’s Refuge in Tralee and the Holy Cross Daycare Centre in Killarney.
Read the full story in Kerry’s Eye Digital Edition.
Dear Council - please stop them speeding!
PUPILS AT a Kerry primary school have written to their local councillors imploring them to ask Kerry County Council to do more to improve road safety near their school.
Sixth Class pupil Dára Flaherty, a Junior Road Safety Officer (JRSO) at Fybough National School in Keel and a member of its Green Schools Committee, penned the letter on behalf of the school, which was read out by Councillor Tommy Griffin at a meeting of Castleisland-Corca Dhuibhne Municipal District on Thursday.
In the letter, he outlined the school’s very successful Road Safety Action Day held on February 25, which attempted to slow down traffic on the very busy R561 between Castlemaine and Inch.
Read the full story in Kerry’s Eye Digital Edition.
Giving life to the story of Easter
This Easter audiences will have a chance to witness a dramatic recreation of Christ’s final hours when a local drama group deliver their compelling retelling of the crucifixion at St John's Catholic Church in Tralee.
Narrated beautifully to a mimed performance by the Parish Liturgy Drama Group, the annual Good Friday Pageant forms part of the traditional Good Friday ceremony commemorating the Passion, Crucifixion and Death of Jesus Christ.
The Good Friday pageant is now in its 24th year and continues to draw crowds eager to experience a story that remains moving and inspirational more than two millennia later.
Read the full story in Kerry’s Eye Digital Edition.
Big-hearted Ethan a real cut above
A lad from Killorglin is going to have his long, curly locks cut in the barber’s for the very first time after being inspired by his school teacher Louise Quill to raise money for the children in her Tanzanian orphanage.
Young Ethan Williams is showing that even at age 11 you can make a big impact.
Not only is Ethan raising money for the Tír na nÓg Children’s Foundation—an orphanage and school at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, run by his teacher, Tralee woman Louise Quill, he is also donating his hair to make wigs for children with cancer.
Ethan, who is a Fifth Class pupil in Scoil Mhuire primary school in Killorglin, said he has been growing his curly hair for years and when it’s straight it stretches out to a full 18 inches. And he still has another month of growth before his big haircut on April 28.
Read the full story in Kerry’s Eye Digital Edition.
Cat on lookout for paw-sible dog park sites
Killorglin native Cat Mangan left the rat race in London to come home and join the pack — now a dog walker, pet sitter and host of dog-friendly events, she wants to buy some land to create a dog park for Killorglin’s four-legged-friends.
Having worked in London as a HR Manager for 10 years, Cat needed a change, so she came home and took a leap into something completely different and started her own pet care business, CatGoesWalkies.
In starting up CatGoesWalkies, Cat wanted to build what she calls a “community-focused pet business” in her native Killorglin.
Read the full story in Kerry’s Eye Digital Edition.
