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GAA: Kerry learn little in victory

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:46:03 GMT

Kerry 2-17 Limerick IT 0-5
Dingle's David Geaney kicks a point for Kerry against Limerick IT in Sunday's McGrath Cup quarter-final at Austin Stack Park.

GAA: Kerry bow out as Cork IT advance

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:43:06 GMT

Cork IT 1-7 Kerry 0-6
Kerry's John Egan in action against Craig Leahy, CIT, during the Waterford Crystal Cup clash played at Austin Stack Park on Saturday.

GAA: Sheehan inspires Saints

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:42:35 GMT

St Marys 0-6 St Michaels/Foilmore 0-2
REPLAYS rarely live up to expectations and patrons at the Con Keating Memorial Park, Caherciveen on Sunday will not remember the 2010 South Kerry championship final replay as being of vintage stock when holders St Marys posted back-to-back titles against a wasteful St Michaels/Foil-more side.

GAA: Gr-eight Rebels rout shell-shocked Kerry

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:42:06 GMT

Cork 2-13 Kerry 0-3
TWO early first half goals ensured that Cork’s total dominance of the Munster vocational schools football championship continues.

GAA: O’Leary points Kilcummin to final

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:41:29 GMT

Kilcummin 2-5 Dr Crokes 0-10
COUNTY minor football champions, Kilcummin were put to the test by a very determined Dr Crokes side in a semi-final of the East Kerry minor A championship.

Basketball: Team Garveys book final place

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:41:07 GMT

Team Garveys 80 Titans 68
TEAM Garveys, Castleisland, have, for the third year in succession, booked their place in the senior men’s National Cup final.

Soccer: Rovers hit the summit

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:34:43 GMT

Lisselton Rovers 4 Inter Kenmare 2
LISSELTON Rovers moved to the top of Premier A after this deserved victory over Inter Kenmare at Mounthawk Park, Tralee on Sunday morning.

Soccer: Nagle double leaves Athletic feeling blue

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:34:10 GMT

Killarney Athletic 0 Killarney Celtic 3
LEAGUE champions Killarney Celtic enjoyed a derby day to remember on Sunday, defeating their local rivals Killarney Athletic 3-0 on their home patch.

Soccer: Boys weather the storm and advance in the cup

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:28:45 GMT

Kingdom Boys 3 Dungarvan United 0
KINGDOM Boys put in an impressive display to see them through to the last 32 of the Under-11 National Cup.

Kingdom ready to face Rebels twice in just two weeks

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:28:00 GMT

KERRY will face All-Ireland senior football champions Cork twice in the next two weeks.

Cooper in injury scare

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:27:13 GMT

DR Crokes are sweating over the fitness of ace forward Colm Cooper ahead of the Munster club senior football championship final against Nemo Rangers at the end of the month.

Kerry ready to test Rebels

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:26:57 GMT

WHILE the McGrath Cup has never taken on huge significance in either county, Sunday’s semi-final between Kerry and Cork is a perfect opportunity for Jack O’Connor and Conor Counihan to test the waters in regards to their fringe players.

O’Connor: young guns gaining confidence

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:26:42 GMT

BY any standards drawing any conclusions on how some of the new blood faired in Sunday’s one-sided McGrath Cup quarter-final clash with Limerick IT would be very foolhardy indeed, and Kerry boss Jack O’Connor was in no mood to talk any player up post-match on Sunday.

Galvin all set to return to college

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:26:12 GMT

IT appears that Paul Galvin’s career is about to take another twist as the former Footballer of the Year heads to Dublin to pursue a diploma in fashion at Dublin Institute of Technology.

Meyler: attitude and work-rate were good

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:25:33 GMT

KERRY hurling boss John Meyler is acutely aware that Saturday’s Waterford Crystal loss to CIT in atrocious conditions at Austin Stack Park, Tralee is the least of his worries, as he and his squad face a tough year.

Gone but not forgotten

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:24:49 GMT

IT’S certainly not the nicest feeling in the world. Give me a bad hangover any day. But then that’s life.

East Kerry prepares for convention

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:24:00 GMT

THE East Kerry annual convention takes place this Thursday, January 20, at the Killarney Heights Hotel.

East rewards two of the best

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:23:37 GMT

KERRY football’s past and future were honoured at the inaugural East Kerry GAA All-Stars ceremony held at the Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney on Friday night. Following a 2010 O’Donoghue Cup campaign that saw Glenflesk reach the semi-finals of the competition, before losing out to eventual winners Dr Crokes, Seamus Moynihan was named the East Kerry Senior Player of the Year.

THE KEY TO SUCCESS

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:22:34 GMT

TOP-CLASS forwards win teams the big prizes in the GAA. That was proved, beyond all doubt, in both last season’s hurling and football championships.

Kerry cyclists gets ready to Rás

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:22:00 GMT

KERRY will, once again, host the first major stage race of the Irish cycle racing calendar in 2011.

Huge interest ahead of champions visit to face Killarney Cetlic

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 04:21:31 GMT

THE much-anticipated friendly game between Killarney Celtic and Airtricity league champions Killarney Celtic has been brought forward 24 hours and will now take place on Tuesday, February 1 at Celtic Park, Killarney.

Dowling’s great run continues with double

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:47:22 GMT

THESE have been tough weather times for all sports but greyhound racing, despite the diabolical weather, has managed to continue but the times returned at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium, Tralee on Friday and Saturday night is a fair indicator that the surface was barely fit for racing.

PRIME TIME

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:46:18 GMT

KILLARNEY is set to lead the way in medical innovation with the official opening next week of a new primary care centre at the state-of-the-art Reeks Gateway development.

Glamorous GAA fans have stars in their eyes

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:45:51 GMT

IT was a night when glamour and skill combined to celebrate the achievements of the greatest footballers East Kerry has to offer in the current era.

Miriam’s work pals say sad goodbyes

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:45:24 GMT

THE Killarney bank employee who died following a suspected carbon monoxide leak in a Cork hotel has been laid to rest in her native village.

20,000 people hit town at Christmas

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:43:34 GMT

THE committee behind the 2010 Christmas in Killarney festival has hailed another major success for the town, despite harsh weather conditions that dogged the crucial run-up to the festive season.

Thanks for sharing the journey with us

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:41:56 GMT

It has been a very difficult week for everybody associated with The Kingdom following the announcement that the newspaper is to close.

Proud of great role we played

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:40:41 GMT

TOM Murphy, chief executive of Thomas Crosbie Holdings said the decision to close The Kingdom was regrettable but was taken as a result of the severe economic downturn.

Binding links have now been weakened

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:02:29 GMT

Since the bombshell news broke that The Kingdom is to close, as a direct result of the economic downturn, we have been inundated with warm, genuine and greatly appreciated messages of support from the Kerry public.

Killarney’s twins pipped at the post

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:02:14 GMT

KILLARNEY’S answer to Jedward, Séamus and Tomás Connolly, put on a chartbusting performance on Sunday night’s All-Ireland Talent Show but were just pipped at the post for a spot in the semi-finals of the competition.

Rates cut is welcomed by town business body

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:01:59 GMT

KILLARNEY Chamber of Tourism and Commerce has welcomed confirmation from Killarney Town Council of a commercial rates reduction for 2011.

Prayers for Miriam as she is laid to rest in her home village

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:00:12 GMT

HUNDREDS of mourners, including her heartbroken colleagues from AIB in Killarney, attended the weekend funeral of tragic Miriam Reidy who died in a Cork hotel from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning.

Three Little Pigs will put panto in the pink

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:59:52 GMT

IT’S that time of the year in Killorglin as the town’s multi-talented pantomime group gets set to entertain audiences from the town and further afield with an annual feast of song, dance and comedy.

Kerry passengers track the changes

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:59:00 GMT

MAJOR changes to train timetables could be in place by April and train passengers on the Tralee to Cork and Dublin routes could be among the first to reap the awards.

Historian Maurice playing house with Kerry’s great past

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:58:37 GMT

AT one time Kerry was home to some of the most impressive Great Houses that Ireland had to offer but as times changed and financial pressures grew, many have disappeared from living memory – that is for all but those whose lived in them.

Bid to fill empty tourism bucket

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:52:00 GMT

TOURISM Ireland chief executive, Niall Gibbons, has issued a rallying call to Kerry by urging hotels and tourist service providers to remain optimistic for the year ahead and to do the best they can to remain in business.

Search underway for Kerry’s biggest loser

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:51:39 GMT

WITH diet programmes Operation Transformation and the Biggest Loser taking over television screens and proving hugely popular, Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre has moved to set its own challenge to Kerry people looking to lose weight.

Kelly backs teen appeal for the vote

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:51:23 GMT

AN all-Ireland children’s conference has heard calls for the voting age to be dropped to 16.

Push for more quota for Kerry fishermen

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 02:49:07 GMT

A KERRY politician has raised the need to increase the mackerel quota for boats operating out of Kerry ports.

After a 162-day break, Kingdom enjoy return to winning ways

TheKingdom.ie — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:27:51 GMT

Kerry 1-14 IT Tralee 1-13
IT was the longest enforced time-off in Jack O’Connor’s reign as trainer but after a 162-day break, Kerry returned to action, and winning ways, on Sunday.