Tag Archives: Tralee

Easter in Kerry


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Easter in Kerry So now that you have a fair idea of some of the events Killarney will be hosting this year, let’s move onto some events flung more further afield. Killarney isn’t the only town in Kerry with a packed Easter schedule and, if some of our events don’t whet your appetite, then we should check out what other towns have planned for this bank holiday weekend. In Kenmare this Wednesday there is a very intriguing musical show being hosted by the Carnegie Arts Centre. It is ca ...

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The Great Irish Famine – Public Talks


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The Great Irish Famine Calling all history aficionados – doing anything on Friday the 7th March? No? Great. Because on that very day in The Garden Restaurant, Muckross House there’s going to be a couple of public talks on that still oh-so prickly subject, The Great Irish Famine. Yes, you know the one. It involved potatoes, or more accurately, a great lack of potatoes. Speaking on the night will be a pair of intellectuals who are more than qualified for the task at hand. Kay Caball, a gene ...

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Rose of Tralee and Kerry Heritage Week


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The month of August is always a rambunctious month because we here in Kerry like to pack as much as we can into it before we wave goodbye to yet another summer. The 2013 edition is no different and there’s plenty to get excited about for the rest of this month. First there’s the Rose of Tralee festival. Always a favourite, the Rose of Tralee is in its 6th decade of existence and still as popular with the grannies of Ireland as it has always been. The festival kicks off this Friday with the ...

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Lovely Girls Ahoy!: Rose Of Tralee is on this week


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You probably have your own televisually constructed view of what the Rose of Tralee is. You probably think it’s a more grown-up version of the “Lovely Girls” competition in Father Ted. You probably think it’s one of the main preserves of old, rural Ireland. That its popularity is nowadays down to its novelty. And you’d be right. The Rose of Tralee pageant itself is a rather non-descript affair in Kerry. We don’t really care for it and only grannys would be will ...

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