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Kerry hoteliers mark festive season in style
By Sean Moriarty
Some of the best known faces from the Kerry hotel industry gathered on Wednesday night for their first Kerry Hotelier's Ball since before the pandemic.
Niall O'Shea (Hugh Jordans) Kate O'Shea (Dream Jobs) Melinda and Peter Guban (Dream Jobs) pictured at the Dromhall Hotel on Wednesday evening at the IHF Ball. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
The O'Donoghue family Gleneagle Hotel Group (left to right) Patrick Margaret Sinead and Eamon enjoying the IHF Ball at the Dromhall Hotel on Wednesday evening. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
Bernadette Randles (President of the Kerry Branch of the Irish Hotels Federation) pictured with Denyse Campbell (President of the Irish Hotels Federation) enjoying the IHF Ball at the Dromhall Hotel on Wednesday evening. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
Enjoying the IHF Ball on Wednesday evening at the Dromhall Hotel Marie and Pat Chawke. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
TD Michael Healy Rae Katie Carroll and David Dooley (Dooley's Seafood & Steak House Waterville) enjoying the IHF Ball at the Dromhall Hotel on Wednesday evening. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
Padraig Casey (Killarney Park Hotel) pictured with his wife Maura (Aghadoe Heights Hotel) enjoying the IHF Ball at the Dromhall Hotel on Wednesday evening. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
Sharon Dineen (Brehon Hotel) pictured with Valerie Steinbeck (Gleneagle Hotel Group) enjoying the IHF Ball at the Dromhall Hotel on Wednesday evening. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
The Dromhall Hotel Killarney host to the Irish Hotels Federation Ball on Wednesday evening. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
Vernerable Lumby pictured at the Dromhall Hotel enjoying the IHF Ball with his wife Noelleen on Wednesday evening. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
Cllr Niall Kelleher Mayor of Killarney pictured with his wife Linda enjoying the IHF Ball at the Dromhall on Wednesday evening. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
Jason Clifford The Dunloe Hotel enjoying the IHF Ball at the Dromhall Hotel with his wife Jacqui Wednesday evening. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
Paul O'Neill and Gemma Ring (O’Donoghue Ring Collection) pictured with Catriona and Mark Scally (Hayfield Family Collection) enjoying the IHF Ball at the Dromhall Hotel on Wednesday evening. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
Margaret Cahill National President of Skal International pictured with her husband Jimmy Dunne on Wednesday evening enjoying the Irish Hotels Federation Ball at the Dromhall Hotel. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
Enjoying the IHF Ball on Wednesday evening at the Dromhall Hotel were Mari Kelleher and Cllr John O'Donoghue. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
Darren Looney (Cahernane Hotel) pictured with Evan Quinn enjoying the IHF Ball at the Dromhall Hotel on Wednesday evening. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
Michelle Rosney Killeen House Hotel (left) and Katie Horgan Castlerosse Hotel (right) pictured at the Dromhall Hotel enjoying the IHF Ball on Wednesday evening. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
Niall O'Shea (Hugh Jordans) Kate O'Shea (Dream Jobs) Melinda and Peter Guban (Dream Jobs) pictured at the Dromhall Hotel on Wednesday evening at the IHF Ball. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
The O'Donoghue family Gleneagle Hotel Group (left to right) Patrick Margaret Sinead and Eamon enjoying the IHF Ball at the Dromhall Hotel on Wednesday evening. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
Bernadette Randles (President of the Kerry Branch of the Irish Hotels Federation) pictured with Denyse Campbell (President of the Irish Hotels Federation) enjoying the IHF Ball at the Dromhall Hotel on Wednesday evening. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
Enjoying the IHF Ball on Wednesday evening at the Dromhall Hotel Marie and Pat Chawke. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
TD Michael Healy Rae Katie Carroll and David Dooley (Dooley's Seafood & Steak House Waterville) enjoying the IHF Ball at the Dromhall Hotel on Wednesday evening. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
Padraig Casey (Killarney Park Hotel) pictured with his wife Maura (Aghadoe Heights Hotel) enjoying the IHF Ball at the Dromhall Hotel on Wednesday evening. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
Sharon Dineen (Brehon Hotel) pictured with Valerie Steinbeck (Gleneagle Hotel Group) enjoying the IHF Ball at the Dromhall Hotel on Wednesday evening. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
The Dromhall Hotel Killarney host to the Irish Hotels Federation Ball on Wednesday evening. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
Vernerable Lumby pictured at the Dromhall Hotel enjoying the IHF Ball with his wife Noelleen on Wednesday evening. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
Cllr Niall Kelleher Mayor of Killarney pictured with his wife Linda enjoying the IHF Ball at the Dromhall on Wednesday evening. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
Jason Clifford The Dunloe Hotel enjoying the IHF Ball at the Dromhall Hotel with his wife Jacqui Wednesday evening. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
Paul O'Neill and Gemma Ring (O’Donoghue Ring Collection) pictured with Catriona and Mark Scally (Hayfield Family Collection) enjoying the IHF Ball at the Dromhall Hotel on Wednesday evening. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
Margaret Cahill National President of Skal International pictured with her husband Jimmy Dunne on Wednesday evening enjoying the Irish Hotels Federation Ball at the Dromhall Hotel. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
Enjoying the IHF Ball on Wednesday evening at the Dromhall Hotel were Mari Kelleher and Cllr John O'Donoghue. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
Darren Looney (Cahernane Hotel) pictured with Evan Quinn enjoying the IHF Ball at the Dromhall Hotel on Wednesday evening. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
Michelle Rosney Killeen House Hotel (left) and Katie Horgan Castlerosse Hotel (right) pictured at the Dromhall Hotel enjoying the IHF Ball on Wednesday evening. Photo: Marie Carroll-O'Sullivan
Hosted by Kerry branch chair Bernadette Randles at her family-run Dromhall Hotel on the Muckross Road, over 200 people enjoyed a festive get-together to mark the season.
Guests of honour, under the expertise of MC Geraldine Rosney, included the Mayor of Killarney, Niall Kelleher, Deputy Mayor Cllr John O’Donoghue, Conor Hennigan Acting President of Killarney Chamber of Tourism and Commerce, Denyse Campbell who is President of the Irish Hotel Federation, Moira Murrell, Chief Executive of Kerry County Council, Order of Innisfallen inductees Donal Ring and Michael O’Donoghue, and Jenny DeSaulles of Fáilte Ireland.
Local clergy included Bishop Ray Browne, Fr Kieran O'Brien and the Venerable Simon J Lumby Rector of Killarney.
Guests were treated to a drinks reception sponsored by the West Cork Distillers and Bibendum Ireland.
Entertainment included a jazz trio, traditional music and a magician while the attendees enjoyed a five-course meal.
Fundraisers on the night raised at least €6,000 which will be divided between Kerry Mountain Rescue and Kerry Mental Health.
“It was an amazing night,” said Emer Corridon of the Cahernane Hotel. “It was wonderful to see so many colleagues and suppliers after three full years.”
Emer was a member of a committee that included, Sinead McCarthy (Brehon), Tracy Coyne (International), Michael Jacobi (Great Southern), Garrett Power (Muckross Park) and Brian Lawlor (O’Donoghue Ring Group).
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Ireland’s oldest citizen has Killarney connections
Ireland’s oldest woman met with President Michael D. Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin this week. Máirín Hughes, who turned 109 on May 22 has strong Killarney connections. The previous record […]
Ireland’s oldest woman met with President Michael D. Higgins at Áras an Uachtaráin this week.
Máirín Hughes, who turned 109 on May 22 has strong Killarney connections.
The previous record was held by 107-year-old Nancy Stewart who died on September 10 2021.
Although born in Belfast, Máirín went to school in the Mercy Convent. Her father was a customs and excise officer and the family moved around a lot eventually coming to Killarney after spells in County Down and Dublin.
Her mother came from the Rathmore area and her father was from Newmarket in County Cork.
She attended the Mercy Convent and has, in previous interviews, recalled growing up on the shores of Lough Lein.
“Neighbours who had three children were given the job of taking me to school,” she said. “They were annoyed because the children were going to school for two or three years but I was put in to the same class as them – my mother had taught me.”
In 2021 she featured in the book ‘Independence Memories: A People’s Portrait of the Early Days of the Irish Nation’, sharing stories of being kept in school in Killarney during an attack on the RIC barracks down the road.
In 1924 she started a degree in science and a diploma in education at University College Cork, before working in the pathology lab in University College Cork’s Department of Medicine for 16 years.
last year she recalled her story on the podcast: ‘Living History – Irish Life and Lore’.
During the broadcast she talked about her parents’ membership of the Gaelic League in 1910; the Spanish Flu in Ireland in 1918; The Black and Tans in Killarney in 1921; the early days of the new Free State; Eucharistic Congress in Dublin in 1932, visiting the Basket Islands in 1929; and working in the UCC medical laboratory from 1932 until 1948.
This week President Michael D. Higgins hosted an afternoon tea event to celebrate the important role that a variety of people have and can play in different communities and Máirín was among the guests of honour.
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Philip is running over 100kms for Cancer charity
Local runner and charity fundraiser Philip Kissane is set for the biggest challenge of his career as he lines up for the Cork City Marathon on Sunday. Phillip has already […]
Local runner and charity fundraiser Philip Kissane is set for the biggest challenge of his career as he lines up for the Cork City Marathon on Sunday.
Phillip has already completed four half marathons at various locations around Killarney – all in aid of Kerry Cancer Support Group – or the Cancer Bus as it popularly called.
This is the second time that Phillip has run four half marathon and an official race for the charity.
Back in 2021 he finished with 5km Run Killarney event but his finishing race this time around is over eight times the distance at 42kms.
“We are delighted with Philip’s continued fundraising support but also with his awareness raising for the charity,” Breda Dyland, Service Manager Kerry Cancer Support Trust.
“We are getting busier all the time and still get no statutory funding so are dependent on fundraisers like Philip’s to keep us on the road. We have just put our new wheelchair accessible bus on the Cork route so Philip’s funding will be going towards the operation of this vehicle.”
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