Before we discuss the novelty of this Kerry SFC second round clash between Kenmare and Kenmare District, let’s first discuss its staging.

The presence of two uncontrolled dogs in an open canoe was probably a contributory factor in a fatal accident in Kenmare Bay last year, according to marine safety inspectors.

Margaret Jennings talks to former Kerry GAA player Pat Spillane about the lessons he has learned from his father’s early death and his mother’s determination to provide for her children.

The footballers of Shannon Rangers were already running behind schedule when they landed onto the Boherbee Road outside Austin Stack Park. The main entrance, though, was barely visible among the thousands of supporters attempting to make their way into the stadium. The men from North Kerry were stranded.

Great sadness has been expressed at the death of a church warden after a boat capsized on Sunday in Kenmare Bay, where two men were planning a duck shoot.

A father-of-three who drowned after a canoe capsized would have been leading a search and rescue if it had been someone else, those who knew him have said.

A severe weather alert remains in place today after torrential rain sparked localised flash flooding, leading to the cancellation or postponement of a number of sporting fixtures — most notably Listowel Races.

An end-of-summer ‘Sale Agreed’ has been posted up on the Ring of Kerry’s jewel-set Derrynane Hotel, which went to the open market in May.

Peter Dowdall is due to run a Children’s Gardening Class next Wednesday, July 29, 10.30am. Suitable for children of five and over.

Tens of thousands of garden enthusiasts will be heading to the Mallow Home and Garden Show next weekend, from June 5 to 7, at Cork Racecourse, Mallow. 

Volunteers at one of the country’s biggest inshore rescue networks have warned people to take extra care if taking to the water — and to use a new smartphone app that they say has already saved a number of lives.

This unusually converted family home started off as stables for local landlords in 1880, writes Trish Dromey.

A humble cow is making waves after swimming 5km across a turbulent sea.

The Water Margin Garden in Cappanacush East, Kenmare, will be open to the public, in aid of Cork Simon, during the August bank holiday weekend.

Football legend and television pundit Pat Spillane was on hand yesterday to see off hundreds of participants in the ninth annual Kerry Way Cancer Research Walk.

Walkers, hikers, and ramblers are being urged to come out and walk in aid of cancer research this July.

Walkers, hikers and ramblers are being urged to put on their walking boots this month in aid of cancer research.

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“I hate to paint a bleak picture,” says Diarmuid Ó Se, “but I don’t have to. It paints itself.”

One of the biggest weddings ever witnessed in Kerry saw a member of the famous Healy-Rae political dynasty tie the knot with his long-time sweetheart on Saturday.

Kerry football legend Pat Spillane will be the chairman of the new Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas, Environment Minister Phil Hogan announced yesterday.

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The second Irishman to win an Olympic medal was Harold Segerson Mahony (1867-1905).

An ambitious target of €100,000 is being set for supporters of an annual cancer research fundraiser.

FORMER Kerry star forward Mike Frank Russell scored 1-4 as Laune Rangers booked their place in the third round of the AIB Kerry SFC at the expense of Spa.

A BUYER looking to head west to graze a few animals, grow some vegetables and gaze at the scenery probably couldn’t find a more suitable property than this one at Coomnakilla near Kenmare.

IT used to have some of the most desirable real estate in the country, but Kenmare has also been hit by the downturn.

THE effects of the global downturn can be seen everywhere, and the lack of inter-county teams travelling for pre-season training in the sun is one example. But Brendan O’Brien met the man who found a silver lining in that particular cloud.

THERE’S real value to be had at Lismirrane House, the big Ring of Kerry house that could be mistaken for a golf clubhouse.

A HOLIDAY home in Kerry owned by a notorious American fraudster was yesterday sold to property developer James Long for €500,000 at an auction in Kenmare.

A KERRY house worth more than €500,000 owned by a deceased US insurance fraudster is to be auctioned next month on behalf of the Irish Criminal Assets Bureau.

GONE are the days of Irish people living in boxy bothans up the side of Irish mountains — at least they are gone in places like Kenmare and along the Ring of Kerry.

KERRY minor Jamie Doolan is very doubtful for St Brendan’s, who take on holders DLS Macroom in the opening round of the Credit Union Corn Uí Mhuirí at Rathmore tomorrow.

AS land prices in Kenmare rocket to record levels, the latest parcel of land to come on the market is expected to fetch more than €11.5 million.

A RIVER runs by this house in the wilds of South Kerry and its selling agent, Joanne Kelly, enthuses about the interior fittings of this pristine property at Bonane, Kenmare.

FIVE people, including a Co Kerry resident, who spent almost a week stranded at sea in a tiny inflatable life-raft yesterday described their terrifying ordeal after surviving storms and 30ft waves.

KERRY legend Pat Spillane, nowadays best known as a television pundit and newspaper columnist, will be profiled on TG4 in their popular Laochra Gael series.

TIPPERARY senior football manager Andy Shortall will get his first taste of competitive action with the Blue and Gold on Sunday when they line out against Clare in the McGrath Cup semi-final in Clonmel (2pm).

DARREN CLARKE and Graeme McDowell will head the field in the first European Challenge Tour event to take place in Northern Ireland when they tee up in the Northern

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Seamus Moynihan has been named at full-back for Kerry's challenge tie with Dublin at Templenoe on Saturday night.