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Beijing's Bolt of Lightning lit up the sporting landscape
December 30th, 2008As always a multitude of memories from another memorable sporting year. For me one name stands heads and shoulders above all others on the world stage. Usain Bolt. I sat transfixed in front of our television set as we ... more»
GAA let O'Mahony down badly
December 16th, 2008With Aidan O'Mahony to go before the GAA's Anti-doping Hearings Committee this week Weeshie Fogarty says that the GAA wronged the Rathmore man by making his name public. How is it that some person some where in Croke ... more»
Aidan O'Shea - Son of the Legendary Jacko
December 2nd, 2008It's the most asked question whenever football legends are discussed. Who was the greatest player of them all? Impossible to answer that query as all the greats wrote themselves into the pages of history thought-out ... more»
2008 County Final - Mid Kerry Vs Kerins O'Rahillys
November 25th, 2008Thanks be to God that I have been a neutral while attending these recent run of county championship games that we have witnessed in Fitzgerald Stadium during the past few weeks. It must have been simply agonizing for ... more»
Memories of 2008 and Terrace Talk wins a PPI award as Ireland's Best Sports Programme
November 18th, 2008As always a multitude of memories from another memorable sporting year. For me one name stands heads and shoulders above all others on the world stage. Usain Bolt. I sat transfixed in front of our television set as we ... more»
James O'Donoghue RIP
November 18th, 2008Hundreds of mourners thronged St Mary's Cathedral in Killarney to bid farewell to a well known local man whose death has been described as a light going out. James (Jameso) O'Donoghue, a stalwart of Killarney Legion ... more»
County Championship Drama - Kerins O'Rahillys Vs South Kerry
November 4th, 2008The recent Kerry County Championship semi-final between Kerins o Rahillys and South Kerry which included a drawn game, extra-time and re-play was the talk of the county and rightly so. Supporters of both sides might not ... more»
James Sheehan - The Laune Rangers man who trained Mid Kerry to victory
October 28th, 2008As the final whistle signaled the end to the recent Kerry senior county championship semi-final in Fitzgerald's Stadium manager/trainer James Sheehan had seen his Mid Kerry men score an impressive and deserved win over ... more»
Kerins O'Rahilly - A Great Club
October 20th, 2008There is something about Kerins o Rahillys. I have always had tremendous admiration for this great Tralee town club. Not I hasten to add have I anything against the other three town sides that do magnificent GAA work in ... more»
Tyrone chairman over the top
October 7th, 2008And so as is the tradition in Kerry the inquests on the recent All Ireland final defeat continue all over the county and beyond. Wherever one travels the subject of the game comes up and in my opinion Kerry supporters ... more»
Kerry fall to Tyrone in the 2008 All Ireland Final
September 23rd, 2008This past year for me will be remembered as one of Kerrys most controversial, turbulent and memorable both on and off the field. And it all culminated in anguish and despair in Croke Park last Sunday as Tyrone raced ... more»
Weeshie tuned into the heart of Kingdom football obsession
September 9th, 2008By way of explaining to Weeshie Fogarty why I was going to spend a week in the Kingdom, I said to him: "There is a fascination with Kerry football in the north." "There is a fascination with Kerry ... more»
Weeshie tuned into the heart of Kingdom football obsession
September 9th, 2008By way of explaining to Weeshie Fogarty why I was going to spend a week in the Kingdom, I said to him: "There is a fascination with Kerry football in the north." "There is a fascination with Kerry football in Kerry,'' ... more»
Kerry too good again for Cork in a replay
September 2nd, 2008Cast your minds back to Sunday August the 3rd in Croke Park. Kerry struggling against Monaghan in the championship qualifier. Well into the second half and Monaghan have just missed a golden opportunity to finish off ... more»
2008 All Ireland Semi Final - Kerry Vs Cork
August 19th, 2008The Munster final defeat by Cork some weeks ago was certainly a huge wake up call for the Kerry selectors because they had as manager Pat o Shea himself unashamedly admitted "a bad day at the office". Since ... more»
Talking with soccer Legend Liam Brady as he visits Listowel
August 12th, 2008The amount of voluntary work that continues to go into the various sporting clubs in this county never ceases to amaze me. All the news, and quite rightly so during the last month has been the participation of our three ... more»
Kerry Hurling and the Death of Former Kerry Full Back, Paud O'Donoghue
July 29th, 2008It was a bitterly disappointing end to Kerrys hurling year when they were bundled out of the Christy Ring Cup at home to Carlow recently. It finished 2-4 to 1-14. And what made the defeat harder to swallow was the fact ... more»
North Kerry mourns the death of Kerry star Paudie O'Donoghue
July 24th, 2008Kerry GAA was mourning the death of one of the county's greatest full backs, Paudie O'Donoghue, who passed away on Tuesday following a brave battle with cancer. The north Kerry native was an integral part of the Kerry ... more»
The day Marc O'Se was sent off in the wrong
June 8th, 2008"On Sunday Inchicore Emmets went to the picturesque village of Clondalkin to play the local gaels Round Towers, in a game of Gaelic football. At half past one Mr. Wolfe Abbot threw in the ball to commence the match. ... more»
The first Soccer International played in Kerry
April 8th, 2008This Thursday evening April 10th another piece of sporting history will be created in Kerry when the first ever International soccer match is played in the county. The Ireland under -16 soccer team will play Germany in ... more»
The Forgotten man from the Historic Polo Grounds Final - The Late Sean Keane
April 1st, 2008Sean Keane, Florida, USA and formerly of Strand Street, Tralee, who died on Monday, March 24, was a member of the Kerry team panel who contested the famous All- Ireland final of 1947 in the Polo Grounds, New York. It ... more»
Dan Kavanagh RIP
January 29th, 2008The GAA world is in mourning following the death of Kerry legend Dan Kavanagh who passed away at his home at the age of 86. Originally from Dún Chaoin, Dan had the rare honour of playing for two counties in an ... more»
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