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#2672 22-12-2013 6:15pm
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Anyone else see the sulky racing on the Cork/Killarney road this morning. It was unreal and bloody dangerous. We had to drive on the hard shoulder as both lanes of the road were taken up with the followers.

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#2673 23-12-2013 11:45pm
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Anyone know of a Denture Repair practice in Killarney that might be open over Xmas to do a repair to a damaged tooth??

Or even Tralee / Killorglin/ Castleisland ???

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#2674 28-12-2013 5:48pm
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Anyone missing a trampoline?! I saw this at Flesk bridge today.

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#2675 28-12-2013 7:45pm
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I think that's belonging to the b&b across the road, same thing happened to them a couple of years back afaik. Mental weather to do that.

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#2676 29-12-2013 3:40pm
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Anyone with Internet diwn in Killarney?? Out now in my house 3 days. Eircom says problem in area.. But friends in area have no problem. Just wondering if getting runaround by Eircom

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#2677 30-12-2013 1:53am
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Masala wrote: »

Anyone with Internet diwn in Killarney?? Out now in my house 3 days. Eircom says problem in area.. But friends in area have no problem. Just wondering if getting runaround by Eircom

Haven't had any problems with eircom internet here anyway

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#2678 30-12-2013 11:12pm
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Hey guys, does anyone know if there is a Triathlon club in Killarney? The new year brings with it a resolution to do a triathlon and since I haven't ever done a triathlon before I was thinking that joining a club would be the best way forward.

Also, in relation to the above post, no internet issues for me

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#2679 02-01-2014 1:26pm
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Can trampolines not be dismantled and put away from the winter? I don't know the first thing about them so it is a genuine query.

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#2680 02-01-2014 4:31pm
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Radio5 wrote: »

Can trampolines not be dismantled and put away from the winter? I don't know the first thing about them so it is a genuine query.

Yes.

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#2681 02-01-2014 5:08pm
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has anyone got any info on cycling clubs in killarney or near enough?

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#2682 02-01-2014 5:20pm
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stop animal cruelty wrote: »

has anyone got any info on cycling clubs in killarney or near enough?

Killarney Cycling Club..............

www.killarneycyclingclub.com/

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#2683 02-01-2014 5:44pm
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Axel Lamp wrote: »

Killarney Cycling Club..............

www.killarneycyclingclub.com/

Your better off looking at their facebook page. Nobody uses the website anymore

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#2684 02-01-2014 6:14pm
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xxyyzz wrote: »

Your better off looking at their facebook page. Nobody uses the website anymore

thanks xxyyzz the websites lv come across dont seem to be up to date

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#2685 02-01-2014 9:19pm
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madrabui wrote: »

Anyone missing a trampoline?! I saw this at Flesk bridge today.

Massive thanks for posting this.

Was going over the bridge with my dad and sister in the car and thought I saw a trampoline out of the corner of my eye.

Neither my dad or sister spotted it as we were already gone past and thought I was messing, especially as when we went past the next day it was gone ( or at least underwater) and I have been taking awful abuse since, as the first day I had been after a few social drinks in relatives.

Vindication has never been so sweet !!!.

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#2686 04-01-2014 8:08pm
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is there a Taco Bell in killarney?

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#2687 04-01-2014 9:23pm
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stop animal cruelty wrote: »

is there a Taco Bell in killarney?

Don't think there's any in Ireland at all

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#2688 04-01-2014 9:24pm
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stop animal cruelty wrote: »

is there a Taco Bell in killarney?

Have you been watching The Wire?

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#2689 04-01-2014 10:15pm
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michael999999 wrote: »

Have you been watching The Wire?

no l was on a job website and their looking for people to work in killarney for them

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#2690 04-01-2014 10:30pm
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stop animal cruelty wrote: »

no l was on a job website and their looking for people to work in killarney for them

It seems like a strange time of year to be starting a business in Killarney.

Maybe there preparing for a summer opening!

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#2691 05-01-2014 10:25pm
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willit wrote: »

Hey guys, does anyone know if there is a Triathlon club in Killarney? The new year brings with it a resolution to do a triathlon and since I haven't ever done a triathlon before I was thinking that joining a club would be the best way forward.

Also, in relation to the above post, no internet issues for me

None in Killarney but there are clubs in both Tralee and Kenmare. Each have a website and facebook page

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#2692 06-01-2014 12:30pm
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stop animal cruelty wrote: »

no l was on a job website and their looking for people to work in killarney for them

That's for Killarney, Florida. It seems that some of the job websites have poor web scrapers that can't tell the difference.

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#2693 06-01-2014 8:50pm
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If you think the recent stroms are bad take a look at what happened back in 6/7 Jan 1839 - the night of the big wind!

"The Night of the Big Wind" by Peter Carr ISBN 1 870132 50 5 Published by White Row Press 1993

These two excerpts from the book came from the "Kerry Evening Post" for the week of Jan 5, 1839:

'KILLARNEY" County Kerry In Killarney and its neighbourhood the hurricane raged with terrible fury. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered. Mr. James Goggin's chimneys were blown into the street, and caused that gentleman and the whole neighbourhood much alarm - Mr. Michael McCarthy had a similar cause of terror, the roof of his house being laid quite bare. The windows of the Victoria Hotel were shattered to pieces and many aged tress...were laid prostrate, in every quarter and in all directions and at PALLAS in County Kerry. "The house of an opulent farmer, named John Sullivan, at Pallas, near Killarney, was blown down, and having taken fire, was totally consumed together with a valuable haggard, three cows, and twenty firkins of butter destroyed..."

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#2694 06-01-2014 9:36pm
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RevBlueJeans wrote: »

If you think the recent stroms are bad take a look at what happened back in 6/7 Jan 1839 - the night of the big wind!

"The Night of the Big Wind" by Peter Carr ISBN 1 870132 50 5 Published by White Row Press 1993

These two excerpts from the book came from the "Kerry Evening Post" for the week of Jan 5, 1839:

'KILLARNEY" County Kerry In Killarney and its neighbourhood the hurricane raged with terrible fury. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered. Mr. James Goggin's chimneys were blown into the street, and caused that gentleman and the whole neighbourhood much alarm - Mr. Michael McCarthy had a similar cause of terror, the roof of his house being laid quite bare. The windows of the Victoria Hotel were shattered to pieces and many aged tress...were laid prostrate, in every quarter and in all directions and at PALLAS in County Kerry. "The house of an opulent farmer, named John Sullivan, at Pallas, near Killarney, was blown down, and having taken fire, was totally consumed together with a valuable haggard, three cows, and twenty firkins of butter destroyed..."

A tragedy losing TWENTY firkins......

What's a firkin?, And was the "valuable haggard" ye old slang for wife?.

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#2695 06-01-2014 9:38pm
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Southern Dandy wrote: »

A tragedy losing TWENTY firkins......

What's a firkin?, And was the "valuable haggard" ye old slang for wife?.

haggard is a small field ya pup!

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#2696 06-01-2014 11:32pm
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haggard is a small field ya pup!

Ahhhh, sorry about that, I genuinely never heard of a haggard or firkin but the story seemed funnier with my version of haggard.

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#2697 07-01-2014 12:07pm
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Firkin was a small crate or casket. Used for storing butter.

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#2698 07-01-2014 12:41pm
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Can any locals tell me what the large circular feature visible on google maps, on the northeastern side of Lough Leane is? Just wondering if its modern or historic .

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#2699 07-01-2014 3:18pm
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tibruit wrote: »

Can any locals tell me what the large circular feature visible on google maps, on the northeastern side of Lough Leane is? Just wondering if its modern or historic .

Looks like a moate of something. Can't say I've come across that before.

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#2700 07-01-2014 6:21pm
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Radio5 wrote: »

Firkin was a small crate or casket. Used for storing butter.

A brewery cask, about 9 gallons. We used to handle them in shipping business, subject of many weary puns among the warehousemen.

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#2701 07-01-2014 6:42pm
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tibruit wrote: »

Can any locals tell me what the large circular feature visible on google maps, on the northeastern side of Lough Leane is? Just wondering if its modern or historic .

no idea - it isn't on the old 1840s mapping, and wasn't there in 1995 either!...
http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,495133,590099,6,5
maybe something to do with the sewage treatment plant nearby, some sort of reedbed treatment experiment? the local park NPWS will know, ask here: http://www.killarneynationalpark.ie/educentre_contact.html

🌦️ 6.7kwp, 45°, SSW, mid-Galway 🌦️

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