Issue 10. Double figures! Extra numbers & South Kerry Close Up 🔍️🔍️🔍️

Good Morning and Welcome,

To issue No. 10. Ten weeks! To those hardcore first 50 who’ve been here since the start, I salute you. To those who’ve just joined us, stick around you’re in great company. This week there’s a drenching of praise for two of South Kerry’s finest, an unusual amount of numbers, gigs and events a plenty & France.

South Kerry by the numbers:

• 87: Houses bought within the V23 Eircode area in 2023.

• 5: Of these were first time buyers.

• 30: Of these were ‘household buyer-non occupiers’ which has been impossible to find a solid definition of, but sounds pretty ominous. My guess is, holiday homers, vulture funds, and Satan himself.

• 1: In 10 within the Kenmare LEA are Ukranian as of June.

• 2: Fewer Ukranians in Kenmare LEA than reported in February.

Are you taking the horse to France?

If you are planning on it and it will fit on a plane then the job has just been made much easier. Chalair has announced weekly flights to Pau, Brest & Caen, flights all depart and arrive on Saturdays. Holiday!!

South Kerry Up Close, South Kerry Close Up?

Either way, it’s the game you’ve always loved but never knew existed. Below is a section of a local building, so

Where’s This?

Easy wasn’t it? Want to know if you are right? Click below

If it wasn’t easy enough or you have a suggestion for a better name, a better game even, just hit reply.

Fine young men from Valentia & Caherdaniel Take on Europe.

Smiles like that only come from hard work.

Meet Conall Cournane (L) Michael O’Sullivan (R) two of the most talented and committed individuals you may ever meet. They have been selected for the Ireland U18 Rugby Sevens squad to compete in the European Sevens in Strasbourg, starting today.

As we aren’t exactly a rugby heartland here in South Kerry, I thought I’d try and illustrate this achievement in a GAA context. Imagine, if every 17/18 year old, not only in the country, but part of the diaspora, was competing to be on the Kerry U18 panel. Imagine then, that said panel was only made up of 12 players. Imagine then that many of the parents of these athletes were paying thousands a year to purpose built academies in the hope their child would make these squads. Imagine then, that you belong to the club furthest away from any provincial centre, with no senior team, without even a pitch to call their own.

Imagine that’s what these lads have done, together, since U7’s. The event is being live streamed on the rugby Europe website with the first game at 1pm, be sure to tune in and cheer them on.

If you have an interest in the game and would like to help future Michaels & Conall’s on their journeys, then just drop Iveragh Eagles RFC a message. Quite simply, it’s the best rugby club in the world.

RAIN

In what has to be the most aptly titled event of the summer, the Sneem site-specific sculpture trail starts tomorrow. Quite honestly, who doesn’t need more contemporary art in their lives…

Best of the rest;

• If you are on the road tomorrow, don’t forget it’s the Ring of Kerry Cycle tomorrow. No plans? Waterville are looking for stewards and would be delighted with the help

• Art Jam Summer Sessions @ CAFÉ COIS TRA Ballinskellings.   An evening of fun, laughter, chats, creativity, prosecco and yummy pizza. 13/7 Book Here

• Louise Yoga is back with another mini-retreat on Sunday, perfect for those already seeking a bit of solace from the school holidays, book here.

• Green Blue Yoga have a bit of vinyasa flow for you in Caherdaniel Community Hall.

• BEAG have their open garden day on Sunday, 10 gardens to have a nose around. For any one even in the slightest way green digited, it’s brilliant, more here.

• Saturday Sees Mo Cusla in Mike Murts, as if you needed an excuse to go to Murts.

• The festival of Wool and Cloth continues over the weekend in Tech Amergin having kicked off last night with a fabulous talk on the history of Flax in Ireland (honestly, herself was raving about it). More here

• Ger O’Shea is in the Anchor Bar Saturday night. On Friday he’s in The Lobster. Ger features in these listings alot, for good reason, he’s class.

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Thanks

Late again. I was busy learning about the intricacies of heat recovery systems, so look forward to a bumper issue of nothing but that next week.

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Good luck, be well

Dave

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