Passing of Luke Silles puts any Kerry league wins and losses into perspective. This is real loss.

Tragic death of Ballymac minor footballer and Tralee CBS student leaves the parish and the greater Tralee community numbed with shock and sadness

The late, sadly lamented, Luke Silles from Ballymacelligott, Co Kerry

WINNING and losing football matches never seemed less important this weekend around Tralee once confirmation came Friday that 18-year-old Luke Silles had passed away in the wake of a terrible swimming accident at Fenit beach last Saturday. 

Luke was a Leaving Cert pupil at Tralee CBS and a promising minor footballer with Ballymacelligott but above all, he was a kind, good humoured young man that any parent would be proud to call their own. A cloud of sadness, a numbness still hangs over Ballymac and Tralee. His father, Tony is a senior selector with Ballymac and their county league game was postponed for the second week in a row, this time against Kerins O’Rahillys.