Major new sporting development to be launched in Gneeveguilla

| By Sean Moriarty

A major new development involving three clubs in the Gneeveguilla area will be unveiled at a special meeting in the village tonight (Friday).

Gneeveguilla Basketball Club, Gneeveguilla Athletic Club and Gneeveguilla Community Council are launching a three-way project that will result in a new basketball hall and running track being built in the East Kerry village.

Planning permission was recently granted for the project. Tonight’s meeting in the Gneeveguilla GAA Clubhouse at 8.30pm is the first step in a major fundraising drive - and drawings of the new project will be unveiled.

“This is a huge project and we need all the support we can get,” Mary O’Leary, one of the organisers, said.

“We hope all can come along to the information meeting and support this wonderful new development which will hugely benefit our community.” knew the result of the national competition for nearly two weeks they were sworn to secrecy until the awards ceremony was broadcast on television.

DRAWING: More details of the ambitious sporting facility in Gneeveguilla will be unveiled tonight (Friday).

“It was a long-kept secret but it was very exciting to finally see the film on television,” Glen told the Killarney Advertiser.

“My phone has not stopped with messages of congratulations.”

Glen is not the only Kerry award winner as 18-year-old Malachaí Ó Ciardhubháin from Dingle won Best Screenplay for his Irish language short ‘Nellie’ while Killarney’s Rachel Griffin saw her film shortlisted as a nominee for Best Art Direction.

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