VIDEO: This Stunning Footage Shows How Beautiful Kerry Truly Is

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These Swedish thrill-seekers uploaded the fantastic footage.

A SWEDISH adventurer and his friends, who were here in Kerry last month on a windsurfing trip, recently shot and uploaded a a stunning video highlighting the amazing views that we have here in the county.

Magnus Kallin and friends are the team behind it all and they were clearly so enamored with our views that they felt they had to do it it justice with their video, and by Jove they have certainly done so.

This writer has just finished watching the four-minute long clip and all he can say is wow, wow and wow.

Wow to the music, wow to the incredible cinematography and most importantly, wow to the absolutely stunning footage of Kerry, Brandon Bay, Banna and the Maharees.

Check it out for yourself below…

BRANDON BAY 2015 from Magnus Kallin on Vimeo.

VIDEO: Castleisland’s Niamh Finds Third Almost Identical Lookalike

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Castleisland’s Niamh Geaney has found a third almost identical lookalike.

A CASTLEISLAND woman, who earlier this year achieved worldwide fame after finding two almost perfectly identical doppelgangers, has now gone onto find her third ‘twin stranger’ who again bears an uncanny and almost scary resemblance to her.

The original project started as a bet between Castleisland’s Niamh Geaney and her two friends, Terence Manzanga and Harry English from Dublin City University.

Back in March of this year, the trio set themselves the challenge of seeing who could find their closest lookalike, or their ‘Twin Stranger’ as they dubbed the project, in just 28 days.

After just two weeks, the search came up trumps for Niamh after she located her first ‘twin’ in Karen Branigan, before going on to find her second doppelganger Luisa Guizzardi in Italy.

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Niamh Geaney with her first ‘twin stranger’, Karen Branigan.

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Niamh with her second ‘twin stranger’, Luisa Guizzardi.

Well, they say that good things come in ‘threes’ and this is certainly the case here after Niamh recently met up with her third lookalike, Irene Adams, who hails from Sligo.

The two woman are filmed meeting for the first time in the video below and as you will see, the resemblance between the two is almost identical.

“People who didn’t know either of us would think that we’re related,” Irene states in the video.

If you’d like to look for your ‘Twin Stranger’, head over to their website HERE.

Check out Niamh meeting her third ‘twin stranger’ in the video below…

WHAT’S ON: Santa 5km Fun Run To Be Held In Memory Of Fiona

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Organisers of the Tralee 5km Santa Fun Run pictured at the launch of last years event.

EVEN THOUGH it is still just November, it’s not too early to sign up for one the mainstay events of the local Christmas calendar, the Tralee Santa 5km Fun Run.

This will the third year of the hugely popular event which is welcoming and encouraging everyone from ‘sprinters, walkers and joggers’ to the event which will take place on Sunday December 13th at 11am.

Last years run helped to raise an amazing €8,600 for the Ronald McDonald House Charities Ireland.

The 2015 version will again be run in memory of Tralee girl Fiona Moore who who died in May 2013 at the age of 16 from Primary Pulmonary hypertension, while awaiting a lung transplant and which will raise money for the Heart Childrens Ireland charity.

A family of four is set to cost €20, an adult will cost €10, U16’s will be €5 while any festive minded pets that wish to take part will be let in for free.

To register for the event, you can head over to the registration site HERE and sign up for the worthy cause and what guarantees to be a fun day out.

The aim of this years chosen charity, Heart Childrens Ireland, is to support children who suffer from congenital heart defects, their parents and their families. The group also does their best to try and support the bereaved families whose children have died from heart related issues.

To find more about the charity, you can do so on their website HERE. 

TRALEE NEWS: Tralee Mans Mix-Up Leads To Unexpected Opportunity

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Joe Griffin’s less than stellar camera skills went viral this past week.

THE old saying goes that two wrongs don’t make a right but for one Tralee man, many continuous wrongs all of which included a GoPro camera, have somehow led to an incredible chance for him to film a promotional video of Las Vegas.

Joe Griffin, who is a Clogherbrien native but now living in Dublin, found himself at the centre of a viral internet story last week when footage from his August trip to Las Vegas was uploaded to YouTube by his son Evan.

If you haven’t seen it yet, then I’d recommend you do so below, but suffice to say that he might need to brush up on some of his camera skills.

The Las Vegas Tourist Board were clearly so enamored with Joe’s four-minute long ‘sightseeing’ trip that they contacted him and offered to fly him and his son out to film the promotional video for the famous city.

You can clearly never predict which video is going to go viral, but for Joe and his camera mishaps, he certainly found a winning formula here, just not the right camera angle.

Check out the famous footage down below…

TV NEWS: Tralee’s Tim Murphy Sees New FX Television Show Cancelled

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FX have recently cancelled the new show which starred Tralee’s Timothy V Murphy.

IN NEWS that is sure to dismay many Timothy V Murphy fans, it was confirmed today that FX has decided to cancel the Tralee mans new show after only one season.

The Oakpark born and incredibly likable actor had teamed up with his old friend and ‘Sons of Anarchy’ creator Kurt Sutter to work on the period drama, ‘The Bastard Executioner’ in which Murphy played the quiet and deadly, Father Ruskin.

It was reported that the programme was just not garnering the necessary viewing figures needed to justify the cost of filming the Wales based show.

Murphy, who starred in the recent second series of ‘True Detective’  and as Galen O’Shay in the hugely popular ‘Sons of Anarchy’ is certainly used to the incredibly demanding nature of the TV industry by now and will no doubt dust himself off from this setback.

At least he got to meet Ed Sheeran.

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KERRY NEWS: Book Of Condolences Opened For Victims Of Paris Attacks

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The Kerry County Council offices have opened a book of condolences for the victims of the Paris attacks. 

IN the wake of the tragic events that took place in Paris last Friday, the people of Kerry have been offered a chance to show their compassion and solidarity with the French people through a book of condolences.

The book has has been opened in the main lobby of the offices of the Kerry County Council in Rathass here in town, with any members of the public wishing to show their solace for the victims encouraged to pay a visit.

Over 129 people were killed in the terrorist attacks in Paris on the night of Friday November 13th with this book opening being just a small act and a show of humanity by the people of Kerry towards the victims and their families.

The council also recently held a minutes silence in remembrance of those who lost their lives.

KERRY NEWS: Hozier Announces Concert In The INEC Killarney For This December

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Hozier will play the INEC in Killarney in December.

IRISH MUSIC STAR Hozier has just tonight announced plans to play a one-off concert in the INEC in Killarney this coming December.

In news that is sure to have delighted local fans, the Bray native and hit singer of ‘Take Me To Church’, ‘Someone New’ and ‘Jackie and Wilson’ announced tonight that he will be playing the arena on December 21st.

The INEC and MCD productions confirmed the news on their twitter pages earlier tonight.

Tickets are set to go on sale at 9am on Thursday November 19th and will cost just €29.90

This will be a major coup for the Killarney arena with fans of the singer set to flock to see their favourite singer in action.

The concert comes just two days before he set to play at the 3Arena in Dublin as part of the ISPCC Xmas ball.