Connect with us

News

County and Munster success for Killarney Cycling Club

Published

3 years ago

on

0237222_3014299661913064366039832325883060419782440n.jpg
TEAM AWARD: Conor Kissane Lorcan Daly Ewan Buckley and Sam Bolger won the team award for Killarney Cycling Club in the Munster Road Racing Championship event in Blarney last weekend. Photo: Anne Daly

By Sean Moriarty

It was an exceptionally busy – and successful – few days for Killarney Cycling Club after members competed on both the County and Munster Road Race championship races last weekend.

The club’s weekend started on Thursday night (August 25) when Conor Kissane won his fourth county title.

Promoted by Currow Cycling Club, the county race was held on identical roads used by Rás Mumhan near Knocknagoshel earlier in the summer.

The top three overall places were taken by Killarney members with Lorcan Daly and Sam Bolger finishing second and third behind Kissane.

“I was very happy with the result, it was a great team performance by Killarney," he told the Killarney Advertiser. "We were all working together, I know the course from Rás Mumhan but it was run over six laps and I was able to learn it even further.”

Adding to the Killarney Cycling Club’s medal haul, Bolger was the best junior, Daly also won the A2 class and Frank Doherty was second in A3. John Blackwell won the senior M50 race. Aaron O’Connor was third in the Under 14 Boys race.

Three days later the same crew that finished in the top three in County Championship were at the front of the Munster Road race championship in Blarney.

Kissane finished second after local rider Eoin Allen just got the better of him on the run to the line.

“It was a bit disappointing to lose it with just 50 metres to go but that is the way it goes sometimes,” he added.

Kissane will now concentrate on the Munster and National Hillclimbing championships in late September and early October.

Bolger was fourth on Sunday but was top Junior while Daly finished fifth.

Kissane was the top A1 rider in Sunday’s event, Daly was second in A2 and newcomer Ewan Buckley was 12th overall and second in A3.

Killarney Cycling Club won the team award at both events.

Related Topics:
Advertisement

News

BREAKING: Kerry ETB Awarded €2.3m to purchase Pretty Polly Site

The Kerry Education and Training Board (Kerry ETB) has been awarded €2.3 million in funding to purchase the former Pretty Polly site on Upper Park Road, Killarney. The funding, announced […]

Published

3 hours ago

on

15 October 2025

By

The Kerry Education and Training Board (Kerry ETB) has been awarded €2.3 million in funding to purchase the former Pretty Polly site on Upper Park Road, Killarney.

The funding, announced this morning by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless TD, will allow Kerry ETB to develop the site as a new Tourism Sector Training College. The proposed facility will focus on training for the hospitality and tourism industries.
Kerry TD Michael Cahill described the announcement as “a major vote of confidence in Killarney and the wider Kerry tourism industry.”
“This is immense news for the town,” said Deputy Cahill. “It will mark Killarney out officially as the tourism capital of Ireland by providing a Hospitality Sector Training College right in the heart of the county.”
Deputy Cahill said he had been advocating for such a development since entering the Dáil, adding that the investment “will be a gamechanger for the hospitality sector in Killarney and Kerry.”
He also recalled the former CERT training centre that operated at the Torc Great Southern Hotel in the 1970s, noting that this new project would revive that legacy for a new generation of tourism professionals.
The Pretty Polly site, vacant for many years, will now be transformed into a key educational and economic hub for the region once the project proceeds.

Continue Reading

News

Coffee morning being held in memory of late Kevin O’Shea

Published

4 hours ago

on

15 October 2025

By

A coffee morning will take place in the Aghadoe Heights Hotel next week in memory of the late Kevin O’Shea.


It will take place on October 18 from 11am to 1pm.


All proceeds will go to Kerry Hospice Foundation, Kerry Cancer Support Group and Recovery Haven.


For those who are unable to make it on the day, you can make a donation online by scanning the QR code on the picture.


Kevin’s family extended their heartfelt thanks to local businesses and hotels that have generously sponsored spot prizes, all to be won on the day.


They also said that any donation, big or small, is appreciated and all support is most welcome.

Attachments

Continue Reading