The trailblazers: Spa goalkeeper Paudie O’Mahoney was the only Killarney and East Kerry player that lined out on the Kerry team for their memorable 1975 All-Ireland final clash with Dublin, a game that marked the beginning of the Golden Years from Kerry football. Back, from left, Paudie Lynch, Paudie O’Mahoney, Pat Spillane, Tim Kennelly, John… Read More…
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Holy Communion class 1970
A First Holy Communion class from the Presentation Convent National School leaving St Mary’s Cathedral after the ceremony in 1970. Included are, from bottom right, Ronán Long, Donal Horgan, Ger O’Shea, John O’Mahony, Johnny Sweetman, John and Denis Greene, Paul Murphy, Johnny Coffey, Cyril Brennan, Kieran O’Connor and Martin D’Arcy. Read More…
1975 Leaving Cert Class
The 1975 Leaving Cert class in the old Killarney Vocational School on New Street. Front, from left, Deirdre Clifford, Sheila O’Mahony, Bríd Gleeson, Margaret O’Connor, Deirdre Downey and Margaret Looney. Back, from left, Donie O’Keeffe, Roger O’Donoghue, Matthew O’Connor, Liam Courtney, Mickey Doody, Donal McCarthy, Pat O’Doherty, Tim McCarthy and Cormac Williams Read More…
Bunny & Peg
The good old days: Killarney neighbours Mary Bunny Fleming and Peg Marshall-Moloney exchange the news of the day across the garden wall at St Brendan’s Terrace in the early 1990s. Read More…
High price paid for early comebacks
Debilitating groin injuries, many of which are serious, have become one of the major problems for GAA players who regularly put themselves at risk by returning to the field of play too soon, one of the world’s top sports physicians has told a captive Killarney audience. Expert studies focusing on high-level footballers reveal a relatively… Read More…
