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Golf fundraiser set to exceed expectations

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By Michelle Crean 

Good weather and 50 participating teams made for very successful charity days at Ross Golf Club on Friday and Saturday. 

RUNNERS-UP: The runner-up at the Ross Golf Charity Day from Kilcummin PO pictured with M J Casey (President Ross GC) Philip O'Connor Captain Donie Broderick Muiris Healy Eugene Kennedy Dermot O'Sullivan and John Ivory (PRO Ross GC).

WINNING TEAM: The winning team and charity representatives pictured l-r were: Ryan Leane Padraig Leane (St Frances Special School) Ger Lenihan Captain Donie Broderick Dermot Roche Mary Cronin MJ Casey President Ross GC Aidan O'Connor Breda Dyland Kerry Cancer Support Group and Rory Leane.

The final count of the proceeds and the presentations for St Francis Special School and Kerry Cancer Support Group will take place in the near future.

Captain Donie Broderick was amazed and delighted with the excellent response and wants to thank the main sponsors, Independent Irish Health Foods, Killarney Race Co and M D O'Sheas. He also wants to thank all teams and tee box sponsors and the sponsors of the prizes for the fundraising raffle.

"The big winners over these two great days are both charities who are so deserving and we are
delighted to be able to assist them," Donie said.

The winning team was made up of Aidan O'Connor, Mary Cronin, Ger Lenihan and Dermot Roche.
The runner-up team was from Kilcummin PO included Muiris Healy, Philip O'Connor, Eugene Kennedy and Dermot O'Sullivan.

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Two Mary Immaculate College students win awards

Two Killarney students were honoured at the Mary Immaculate College Awards Ceremony in Limerick this week, with Dr Crokes footballer Leah McMahon and MIC Thurles student Setanta O’Callaghan both receiving […]

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Two Killarney students were honoured at the Mary Immaculate College Awards Ceremony in Limerick this week, with Dr Crokes footballer Leah McMahon and MIC Thurles student Setanta O’Callaghan both receiving prestigious college awards.

Leah McMahon, who is in her first year studying primary teaching, was presented with an MIC GAA Bursary Award. The bursary acknowledges her performances with Dr Crokes and Kerry Ladies Football, recognising her as one of the standout young players in the college.
Setanta O’Callaghan, received the Saint Bonaventure Trust Prize Year 1, awarded for academic excellence in Theology and Religious Studies on the Bachelor of Arts in Education programme in MIC Thurles. The award is presented to students who achieve top results in Years 1–3 of the course.
Both students were among 94 award recipients across MIC’s Limerick and Thurles campuses.
Professor Dermot Nestor, President of MIC, said the awards recognise the work and commitment shown by students across all areas of college life.

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Book on handball legend to be launched at The Sem

A new book by a Killarney priest will be officially launched at St Brendan’s College on Monday, December 9. Unbeatable – Fr Tom Jones, Handball Supremo will be launched at […]

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A new book by a Killarney priest will be officially launched at St Brendan’s College on Monday, December 9.

Unbeatable – Fr Tom Jones, Handball Supremo will be launched at 6pm in the college chapel.
The book, written by Fr Tom Looney charts the life of Fr Tom Jones, a past pupil of St Brendan’s who entered the school as both a World and National Handball Champion.
Jones later served as a priest in Ulster, Yorkshire, Australia and Kerry over a 54-year ministry. The biography describes his sporting achievements and his contribution to parish life at home and abroad.
Fr Kieran O’Brien, President of the Kerry Handball Association, will host the launch
Copies of the book, priced at €15, are available in the Cathedral Office, O’Connor’s on Beech Road and the Friary Bookshop.

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