... and cruel irony. Can it be that I'm the only one in the country who finds it deeply offensive that 84-years on from the Easter Rising that the leader of this country finds it necessary to stand on such hallowed ground and defend himself and the government ...

... the last surviving son of the O'Rahilly, the Ballylongford man who died as he led the retreat from the GPO during the Easter Rising of 1916 and he had vivid memories of that event and the years of strife which followed. Together with his brothers and ...

... Black water rises. CONFESSIONS: Visiting priests from surrounding parishes will be in St Carthages Church. this Friday evening to hear confessions for Easter. They will commence at Bpm. CARDS: 1. Hannah Hickey and Dan Fitzmaurice: Mike Dave O'Connor and ...

... wonderful campai- finer, John Lenihan, of RiOcht AC, won the the 4-mile Boherbue-Kiskean road race for the Jack O'Keeffe Cup on Easter Monday: Men over 60: 1 Willie Keenan (Millstreet) 26.34; 2 Mossie Kelliher (Star of the Laune) 39.00; 3 Dinny Connor (Gne ...

... highly successful play, Matchmake me Do! the Dawn Masses in North Kerry for Easter Sunday. In last week's column I mentioned that there would be Dawn Mass at Knockanure Hill on Easter Sunday morning, and I stressed that this was Knockanure, the village outside ...

... area helped to swell what was a huge congregation at the annual Easter Morning Mass on Knockanore (Ballybunion) last Sunday. The Mass started shortly after 5.30 am so it meant a very early rise for all who attended. BASKETBALL: This coming Thursday, Friday ...

... five sea trout on Sunday. FEALE POLLUTION: Anglers fishing the Feale during the mid-week water level rise were complaining about the filth that the rising water was carrying. What is alleged to have been a case of slurry pollution an upper region of the ...

... Three of the State Fishery in the past week. RIVER FEALE: The showery weather over the Easter weekend meant that the Feale had what was reported as 'a few dirty rises' and a few fish were caught by the few anglers who decided to chance their luck. Gerard ...

... the real push, the real momentum, hasn't even started yet. People enjoy planning ahead for Specific events, whether it's Easter, a wedding, the August Bank Holiday or whatever. With Christmas, it's toys, obviously, or maybe buying a new suite of' furniture ...

... say that the incident took place during Perhaps the summer months or over Easter. The elasticity of the period is itself an infirmity. The whole totality of factors gives rise to a number of infirmities in the case, which mean that the jury could not ...

... should be no trouble in Tralee before the arms were landed at Fenit on Easter Sunday evening. At a hastily convened meeting of the local Volunteer executive, Stack explained that the Rising was planned for Sunday and nothing should happen before it began. ...

... I had a look at what remained of the animal. The sky was soot black over the Cordal / Scartaglin direction, the river was rising and there was a nice brown flood in the making. So it looks like Mother Nature will again take a hand and do the work that ...