What happened in Kerry this week
Kerry Rose Caoimhe Lynch has been enjoying a whirlwind of appearances, preparations and overwhelming support in the months since she was selected to represent the Kingdom at this year’s Rose of Tralee International Festival - and she wouldn’t change a minute of it.
Nine-year-old Tralee girl Ivy Hughes has had all her princess dreams come true after being selected as a Rose Bud for this year’s festival.
Beaufort GAA’s Mothers and Others are swapping the Reeks for New York’s skyline in October when they will take part in an international ladies’ football blitz in the Big Apple.
A 16-year-old Listowel student Kristin O’Sullivan has taken top honours at the Dublin Horse Show by winning her young rider class at the RDS.
Tralee man Vincent Hayes who has lived with type 1 diabetes for seven decades has been recognised with a prestigious international award celebrating his remarkable journey.
June O’Connell was not just a force of nature, she was ‘a tornado’, as well as being an ‘amazing human being’, her husband Patrick Cooney told mourners at a packed Daniel O’Connell Memorial Church for her Funeral Mass on Monday.
Family, friends and cycling enthusiasts are preparing to saddle up and Pedal for Grace when the charity spin returns to Firies next month.
The extraordinary story of a Kerry man, Bill Fuller who was a giant in the music world - promoting big names like Johnny Cash, Billie Holiday, Patsy Cline and Willie Nelson - is finally coming home.
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Rosebud Ivy’s ready to bloom!
A nine-year-old Tralee girl has had all her princess dreams come true after being selected as a Rose Bud for this year’s festival.
Every year, the Rose of Tralee International Festival selects 32 very excited young ladies to take part in the festival events alongside the Roses.
They join 32 Rose Buddies who are also paired up with a Rose for the week, for all-star treatment, parties, parades and the live RTÉ shows.
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Mothers and Others set for Big Apple
A TEAM of women from Beaufort are swapping the Reeks for New York’s skyline in October when they will take part in an international ladies’ football blitz in the Big Apple.
Beaufort GAA’s Mothers and Others are sending a panel of 28 to the competition after being picked to take part in the New York Ladies Gaelic 4 Mothers & Others Festival of Football.
Hosted at Rocklands GAA grounds in Orangeburg, New York, the multi-day event brings together dozens of visiting LGFA-registered clubs from Ireland and local New Yor
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Vincent’s award is 70 years in the making
A Tralee man who has lived with type 1 diabetes for seven decades has been recognised with a prestigious international award celebrating his remarkable journey.
Vincent Hayes, Cloonanorig, Tralee, has received the John MacLeod 70 Years Living with Type 1 Diabetes Award from Diabetes UK, an honour presented to people who have lived with type 1 diabetes for 70 years or more.
Vincent’s award recognises his longevity and the resilience and commitment required to manage a life-long condition every day.
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Waterville community rallies to Cíalan’s cause
The community of Waterville have rallied behind the brave and inspiring cause of young Cíalan Walsh as he urgently waits for a kidney transplant by raising over €26,000 at a hugely-successful Iveragh Vintage Club field day last month.
The inspiring young Waterville boy, who suffers from chronic kidney failure, continues to undergo eight hours of dialysis every night, and will need a kidney transplant in the not too distant future.
And the local community did not let the Walsh family down as hundreds of people showed their support for the annual Iveragh Vintage Club field day on July 19 last to raise a colossal €26,326 for the nine-year-old and his family on the day to help with the costs of his journey to full health.
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‘Food is being sacrificed for other bills’
Demand for help from local community organisation Foodshare Kerry has seen an increase compared to last summer, with parents presenting who are struggling with the cost of feeding their families from week to week.
According to manager of Foodshare Kerry, Sinéad Donnelly Hickey, the organisation normally sees a “tapering off” of demand for help during the summer months. However, she said that hasn’t happened this year.
“We’re very busy. There has always been a trend where we see less of a demand during the summer months, but, in fact, it has been steady throughout the summer.
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Firies ready to Pedal for Grace
Family, friends and cycling enthusiasts are preparing to saddle up and Pedal for Grace when the charity spin returns to Firies next month.
Now in its fifth year, the Pedal for Grace cycle takes place on Saturday, September 5, bringing cyclists, walkers and supporters together in honour of local teenager Grace O’Sullivan, who lives with Stargardt disease, a rare genetic condition which causes progressive loss of vision.
The fundraiser was first established by Grace’s parents, Mary and Canice O’Sullivan, and their three daughters, after Grace was diagnosed with the condition. And what began as a local fundraiser has now grown into a major community event, with almost €90,000 raised for Vision Ireland since the very first Pedal for Grace was launched.
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