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March
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SPORTING heroes led the way as grand marshals of the Killarney St Patrick’s Day parade, with the All-Ireland winning senior and minor captains Fionn Fitzgerald and Kieran O’Leary and Liam Kearney taking the helm. The event was part of the very successful St Patrick’s Festival Cill Áirne 2015. Over 5,000 dancers high-kicked their way to Killarney for the 2015 An Comhdháil World Irish Dance Championships in March. Killarney was in celebratory mode as the town was named the best rated destination in Ireland for the first time in the seventh annual Travellers’ Choice awards for destinations, announced by travel site TripAdvisor. The talented performers at Killarney Musical Society dazzled as they celebrated the society’s 30th anniversary with the Irish premiere of Ghost the Musical. The fancy footwork of Kelly-Ann McSweeney and Mike Milner wowed the judges and the audience of 1600 as they won the Dr Crokes Strictly Come Dancing event at the INEC. Killarney’s Jessica Treyvaud was one of seven Kerry youngsters to feature in a new book Here I Am, in aid of Down Syndrome Ireland. March winds swept across the Gap of Dunloe as a whole host of hardy fundraisers set their sights on Strickeen Mountain in aid of Recovery Haven Kerry Cancer Support and Kerry Hospice Foundation/Palliative Care Unit, Tralee. A prompt response by Killarney Gardaí led to the recovery of a stolen collection box and its contents after the box was taken a short time earlier from the Franciscan Friary, Fairhill, Killarney. Killarney said farewell to Paddy Cronin of Aughacurreen, Killarney, who passed away unexpectedly in March.
April KILLARNEY co-driver Paul Nagle described his inaugural victory in a round of the World Rally Championship as “a dream come true.” April saw the Fossa native and his Dungannon driver Kris Meeke motor to Rally Argentina victory in their Citroen Total Abu Dhabi Citroen DS3 WRCy. He represented Kerry South as a Fianna Fáil TD for 31 years, making John O’Leary the longest-serving Dáil deputy for the constituency, and his book On the Doorsteps: Memoirs of a Long-serving TD made for a riveting read when it was launched in April. Thugs were believed to have started a number of the fires that destroyed swathes of south Kerry and damaged thousands of acres in Killarney National Park. A special team of Gardaí was set up to track down the malicious fire-starters after the blazes threatened homes and Killarney National Park. Stunning local model Mags Kelleher was snapped up by the Andrea Roche Model Agency which has on its books such household names as former Miss World Rosanna Davison. Bride and groom Aishling Duggan and Jason McElligott hit the headlines when they took time out in Killarney between their church ceremony and reception to place a bet on the Aintree Grand National. BoyleSports promptly launched a hunt for the mystery bride and groom to give the happy couple a e100 bet on Many Clouds, who won the Grand National, at 25/1. Team Kerry was led out by none other than mythic warrior Cúchulainn who kept a watchful eye over proceedings from Molls Gap at the fourth annual county clean-up facilitated by KWD Recycling which drew over 3,200 volunteers. Killarney teenager Molly O’Mahony won a creative writing competition award at Listowel Writers’ Week for the fourth year in a row. 08.01.16 Killarney Advertiser
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