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Plans for international karate competition next summer

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INTERNATIONAL: Members of the Kerry Shotokan Karate School attended the World Championships in Poland recently and were so impressed they now want to bring a similar tournament to Killarney.

By Sean Moriarty

Killarney will host an international karate competition next July.

Kerry Shotokan Karate School is organising the tournament in Killarney Sports Complex on the weekend of July 29-30 next year.

It will be the school’s second time hosting an international meeting following on from its Killorglin event in 2011.

However, this time around the school hopes to make it into an annual event.

Officials recently attended the World Championships in Poland.

“The world competition in Poland inspired us to host an international karate event in July next year. We are thinking of doing something similar to what they did in Poland but bigger and with cash prizes to attract delegates and professional athletes from Ireland, Europe and the rest of the world. It is guaranteed that this competition was never done before in Ireland. This in turn should bring significant revenue to the whole Killarney town both locally as well as attract more tourists from abroad,” Charles Neri the Chief Sensei with Kerry Martial Arts School, said.

“We are well capable of running an international event professionally as we did back in 2011. With the help of the national and world bodies that we are affiliated with we are hoping to run this event on a yearly basis, once it gets popular and we are hoping that it will be a national event in the coming years. This will be an amazing opportunity for our young Kerry athletes to participate in international level events instead of travelling abroad.”

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German artist to exhibit Rossbeigh Beach findings in Killarney

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German artist Markus Ehrhard will present his latest work in Killarney starting this week at an exhibition titled ‘9 Years in Glenbeigh’

The collection is based on items and materials the artist discovered on Rossbeigh Beach during his time living in the area.


The exhibition will be held in the foyer of the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport located on New Road, directly across from the Garda Station. Ehrhard, who is originally from Trier in Germany, now resides in Glenbeigh and has spent nearly a decade documenting and collecting the findings that form the basis of this display.


The official opening took place on Thursday, (January 15), at 6pm.


The show will remain open to the public until Friday, February 20.

Admission is free and all members of the community are welcome to attend the launch or visit the display during the month-long run.

The exhibition space is managed by Maurice Condon, who coordinates a rotating schedule of cultural events in the New Road building.

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Hugh O’Flaherty Centenary Exhibition extended at Library

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The Hugh O’Flaherty Centenary Exhibition at Killarney Library has been extended for an additional two weeks.


Originally scheduled to conclude this Saturday, (January 17), the display will now remain open to the public until Saturday, January 31.

The exhibition marks the 100th anniversary of the Monsignor’s ordination and covers four distinct periods of his life: his education in Ireland and early travels, his journey to the priesthood, the operations of the Rome Escape Line during World War II, and his post-war retirement and legacy.


Visitors can view several personal artefacts from his time in Rome, some of which are being publicly exhibited for the first time.

These items include one of his golf clubs, his personal Breviary and Roman Missal, and his Rome guidebook used for assisting pilgrims.


Organizers are particularly encouraging local schools and students to visit before the new closing date at the end of the month.

The exhibition highlights the humanitarian work of the “Vatican Pimpernel” and his colleagues, who provided refuge to Allied POWs, Anti-Fascist Resistance members, and Jewish people regardless of nationality or creed, following his motto: “God Has No Country.”


The exhibition is available to view during normal library opening hours at the Rock Road branch.

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