Kerry is noted for its prowess at Gaelic football but there are numerous other sports played in the county. There are some fine golf courses, two great race courses as well as hurling, basketball, soccer, rugby, athletics, tennis, fishing, cycling and much more.
See what sports are available for observation or participation in County Kerry.
Embed from Getty Images In a drama filled All Ireland Football Final at Croke Park today underdogs Kerry held the screaming hot favourites Dublin to a draw and denied them (temporarily at least) of their ambition to be the first team to achieve five All Ireland Senior Football Titles in [Read More…]
The Ring of Kerry Cycle 2018, starts and finishes in Killarney. Cyclists do th 112 miles (175 Km) around the Iveragh Peninsula passing through Killorglin, Glenbeigh, Caherciveen Waterville, Caherdaniel, Castlecove, Sneem, Kenmare and back to Killarney. Along the route they will see some of Ireland’s most spectacular scenery and encounter [Read More…]
A two day meeting at Listowel at the beginning of June. This is a more relaxed meeting than the big festival in September, with plenty of room in the stands for a more comfortable experience. Listowel Races June 2018 is another nice smaller meeting in Listowel. Day one is an [Read More…]
Dawn Dive 2018: The plan is to meet in Portmagee on Friday night with all divers , have a brief and divide every body into groups according to grade and experience. Each group will be assigned to a boat and each boat will have a Diving officer with experience of [Read More…]
Listowel Races 2017 is a full week of great horse racing and other leisure activities. Listowel Races, also known as Listowel Festival of Racing or Listowel Harvest Festival is the last festival meeting of the racing Calendar year. People come from all over Ireland and from abroad for this festival [Read More…]
Killarney Races August 2017 is another four days of great horse racing at Ireland’s most scenic racetrack. Wednesday 23rd August (Evening): Flat Racing Thursday 24th August: (Evening): Mixed Racing Friday 25th August: (Evening): National Hunt Racing Saturday 26th August: (Afternoon): Mixed Racing Saturday is also Ladies Day so fashion will [Read More…]
Dingle Regatta 2017 is two days of boat races for rowers in various classes and levels of skill for men and women. Local boat crews are joined by crews form all over the county and from other counties including Clare and Donegal for some serious competition.
Ventry Regatta is an event which has taken place annually for decades. It has grown from what was essentially Currach racing competitions to a much more varied programme of events for all the family and for all ages. The main events are still boat races with many competitions for adults [Read More…]
Dingle Races is the largest horse and pony race meeting in the country with the top ponies and horses from around Ireland and some from Britain competing. This is a very well regarded meeting and it promises all the thrills and spills of top class horse racing. The most prestigious [Read More…]