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By Sean Moriarty

There were great celebrations on the Ross Road in the early hours of Sunday morning when Kellie Harrington took gold for Ireland at the Tokyo Olympics.

Harrington become the second Irish woman, after Katie Taylor, to win an Olympic gold boxing medal, over the weekend.

The Dubliner’s first coach was a man called Paddy Osborne and his son Paddy Jr, a well-known local GAA coach and Kerry District League soccer referee who has been living in Killarney for years.

“He was just delighted,” Paddy Jr told the Killarney Advertiser. “I remember him telling me years ago about this young girl – he knew then she was going to be good. She was a kick-boxer first and she came to my dad as she wanted to be a boxer. He is the current vice-president of the Irish Amateur Boxing Association and worked with Katie Taylor and others – he gave his whole life to boxing. He told her back then that she would have to pick one or the other and she picked the boxing. She has really lifted the spirits of that area of inner city north Dublin.”

Paddy Jr has also written a book, ‘Baxter’s Boys’ based on an inner city Dublin soccer team.

“The book is based on a team my da formed during the height of the heroin pandemic in inner city Dublin. Sport means a lot to our family,” added Paddy.

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Dromhall team takes top spot at Crokes Golf Classic

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The annual Dr Crokes GAA Club Golf Classic proved to be another major success last weekend, drawing 64 teams to Killarney’s Mahony’s Point course over two days of competition.


The Dromhall Hotel team of John Brosnan, Mike Dwyer, Shane Kelly, and Ger O’Meara took first place. Second place went to the O’Carroll Engineering team of Anthony O’Mahony, John O’Driscoll, Derek McAllister, and Michael O’Sullivan.
Third place went to the Quills team (Vincent Casey, Colm O’Brien, Evy O’Brien, and Donie Buckley), while Diarmuid O’Carroll Electrical (Mark O’Carroll, Brian McCarthy, Ben Kelliher, and Luke O’Shea) finished fourth.
Rounding out the top positions were Fexco in fifth (Andrew McCarthy, Ivo O’Sullivan, Ross Brosnan, and Niall O’Shea), Money Maximising Advisors in sixth (John Lenihan, Michael Lenihan, Des McCarthy, and Peter Bellew), and The Gleneagle Hotel in seventh (Patrick O’Donoghue, Mike McAuliffe, Margaret Gill, and T Buckley).
Raffle prize winners on the night were David Cotter (1st), Eugene Browne (2nd), Donal Brosnan (3rd), and Colm Murphy (4th).
The prize presentation took place at Charlie Foley’s Bar on Friday night, with sponsor Colm Foley handing over the honours. Dr Crokes expressed thanks to all who entered teams, sponsored tee boxes, and donated prizes, as well as Colin Finlay and the team at Killarney Golf Club for the superb condition of the course.

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Let us all get behind Sarah Leahy

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The whole town is backing Sarah


Killarney Valley AC star Sarah Leahy poses for a portrait during the Athletics Ireland European Championships team day at the Sport Ireland Institute in Dublin.


The entire town of Killarney will be behind their local sprinter as she takes to the track in Birmingham next Thursday for the European Track and Field Championships.
This marks Sarah’s first time competing at the European Championships and her third major international tournament representing Ireland, following appearances at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon, and the World Relays in Botswana. Photo: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile.

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