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Feel like making history?: Glenflesk GAA Club wellington race world record attempt

  Glenflesk GAA Club wellington race If you’re around Killarney on Sunday the 11th May and are looking for something, well, a bit different then you should head over to the Brehon Hotel and check out this wacky event Glenflesk GAA club are hosting. In order to raise proceeds for this small rural club, Glenflesk are holding a 1km wellie race with the aim of breaking the world record for the most people to take part in a wellie race. A noble intention if ever there was one. The current record ...

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History of Hurling event to be held in Muckross


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History of Hurling Are you visiting Ireland from another country and want to acquaint yourself with some Irish culture? Or are you Irish and want to learn more about the country you inhabit? Whatever the story, this day-long seminar could be just the event for you. A History of Hurling, Our National Game is being held in The Schoolhouse in Muckross on Saturday the 26th April. The aim of the event is to promote the game of Hurling and showcase it’s colourful and varied history. There will be a n ...

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Munster Championship Final 2013 – Kerry vs Cork


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It’s the big one. Munster Final. Kerry Vs Cork. In the Park. Always a highlight of any Killarney summer, Kerry taking on Cork in Fitzgerald Stadium is visual feast to behold. This is a rivalry as old as the GAA and though the introduction of a back-door system in 2001 has made provincial championships almost obsolete, this intense rivalry has endured. So far this summer, as like most summers, Kerry and Cork have both steamrolled their way through the Munster Championship. Cork demolished Limeric ...

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June Bank Holiday Weekend: Kerry Vs Waterford


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After dispatching Tipperary with ease last Sunday, Kerry will be taking on Waterford in Fitzgerald Park for a place in the Munster Senior Football Championship Final this Saturday evening. Now the game last week was a bit of a damp squib with Tipperary not putting up much of a fight and Waterford are traditionally even weaker but a championship match in Killarney with Kerry involved is always an event to savour. You see, if you really want to get a feel for Killarney, if you really want to know what m ...

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