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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner(s) | Pádraig and Joan Kennelly |
| Editor | Ger Colleran |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 22 Ashe Street, Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland {Currently up for sale} |
| Circulation | 25,000(as of 2010) |
| ISSN | 1393-5682 |
| Website | Official website |
Kerry's Eye is a weekly local newspaper in County Kerry, Ireland. It is published every Thursday and, as of 2010, had a claimed circulation of approximately 25,000. [1] [2]
Husband and wife, Pádraig Kennelly and Joan Kennelly, founded the newspaper in the basement on their home on Ashe Street in Tralee in 1974. [1] Its headquarters are located in Ashe Street, Tralee. It is now the only independent newspaper in Kerry with its main competitors, The Kerryman and The Kingdom , being owned by Independent News & Media and Thomas Crosbie Holdings respectively.
Pádraig Kennelly retired as the newspaper's editor in 2010 and Kerry's Eye journalist Colin Lacey replaced him. [1] Kennelly was the longest serving editor of a regional newspaper in Ireland at the time of his retirement. [1] He continued to write a weekly newspaper column until his death on 21 May 2011. [1] As of 2017, the editor was Ger Colleran who succeeded Colin Lacey in 2017. [3] Kerry's Eye is still owned and run by the Kennelly family.
On 3 November 2022, it was announced that the owners of the Kerry's Eye newspaper are considering moving the paper's production from its current base in Tralee. [4]
Tralee is the county town of County Kerry in the south-west of Ireland. The town is on the northern side of the neck of the Dingle Peninsula, and is the largest town in County Kerry. The town's population was 26,079 as of the 2022 census, making it the 15th largest urban settlement in Ireland. Tralee is known for the Rose of Tralee International Festival, which has been held annually in August since 1959.
The Rose of Tralee International Festival is an event which is celebrated among Irish communities all over the world. The festival, held annually in the town of Tralee in County Kerry, takes its inspiration from a 19th-century ballad of the same name about a woman called Mary, who because of her beauty was called "The Rose of Tralee". The words of the song are credited to C. Mordaunt Spencer and the music to Charles William Glover, but a story circulated in connection with the festival claims that the song was written by William Pembroke Mulchinock, a wealthy Protestant, out of love for Mary O'Connor, a poor Catholic maid in service to his parents.
Kerry Airport, often called Farranfore Airport, is an international airport in Farranfore, County Kerry, Ireland. It is 7 nautical miles north off the Ring of Kerry and 8 nautical miles southeast of the county town, Tralee. Passenger services are operated by Ryanair and more recently French airline Chalair. In 2022, Kerry Airport handled 355,043 passengers; a decrease of 4% since 2019.
The Kerryman is a weekly local newspaper published in County Kerry in Ireland by Independent News & Media who are a subsidiary of Mediahuis. The newspaper was founded in 1904 by Maurice Griffin and cousins Thomas and Daniel Nolan. Independent News & Media, then known as Independent Newspapers Limited acquired The Kerryman in 1972.
The Gaelic Athletic Association-Gaelic Players' Association All Stars Awards are awarded annually to the best player in each of the 15 playing positions in Gaelic football and hurling. Additionally, one player in each code is selected as Player of the Year.
The Kerry County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), or Kerry GAA, is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland. It is responsible for Gaelic games in County Kerry, and for the Kerry county teams.
Kerry County Council is the local authority of County Kerry, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment. The council has 33 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Cathaoirleach (chairperson). The county administration is headed by a Chief Executive, Moira Murrell. The county town is Tralee.
Kieran Donaghy is an Irish Gaelic footballer and basketball player. He plays for Tralee club Austin Stacks and, formerly, at senior level for the Kerry county team. Donaghy won four All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals, eight Munster Championships and three National League titles with Kerry, and is the recipient of three All Stars Awards. He announced his retirement from inter-county football on 11 September 2018. Donaghy is also a long-time basketball player, currently playing for Tralee Warriors in the Irish Super League.
Killarney Legion are a Gaelic Athletic Association club from Killarney in County Kerry, Ireland. The club was founded on a March evening in 1929 when a group of eleven men held a meeting in the then Temperance Hall in High Street, Killarney.
Kerry County Museum is a museum located in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. The museum is based in the Ashe Memorial Hall, formerly also known as the Urban Council Chambers in the centre of Tralee. The aim of the museum is to collect, record, preserve and display the material heritage of County Kerry.
The Diocese of Kerry is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in south-western Ireland, one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel and Emly.
Gerard Colleran is an Irish journalist, the editor of the Irish Daily Star from 1999 to 2014, and since 2017 the editor of Kerry's Eye. In 2009, Village listed him as one of Ireland's 100 most influential people. He is a native of Mayo, County Mayo, grew up in Quin, County Clare, and was educated at the University of London and the University of Limerick. Prior to his work at the Daily Star he was the editor of The Kerryman from 1994 to 1999.
The 2009 All-Ireland Football Final was the 122nd event of its kind. Played between Cork and Kerry on 20 September 2009 in Croke Park, Dublin, it was the last football match of the 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.
Pádraig Kennelly was an Irish journalist, editor, photographer, cameraman and publisher, who co-founded and edited the Kerry's Eye newspaper.
Joan Kennelly was an Irish photographer, photojournalist and founder of the regional newspaper, Kerry's Eye.
The Healy-Rae family is a political and business family based in the Kilgarvan area of County Kerry in Ireland. The patriarch was Jackie Healy-Rae (1931–2014).
Jerry Kennelly is an Irish photojournalist and entrepreneur, and founder of Stockbyte and Tweak.com.
Norma Foley is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as Minister for Education since June 2020. She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for Kerry since 2020.
The Kerry county football team represents Kerry in men's Gaelic football and is governed by Kerry GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions; the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, the Munster Senior Football Championship and the National Football League.
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