Macra in 1968, Athea and Dairymaster, a Kerry Success Story

A Rook

Photo: Graham Davies

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Macra na Feirme Dance in 1968

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The Giant's Garden, Athea

Athea always looks super neat and tidy thanks to the hard work off its Tidy Town Committee.

Wind turbines on the hills above Athea

This crucifix stands by the graveyard on the site of a old church.

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From little acorns........

This is a mega North Kerry success story.

Causeway is a small village in North Kerry, sixteen kms from Tralee. 

It is nestled in an area rich in dairy and agricultural enterprise.

The village has a population of 257 souls.

This number is boosted everyday with the influx of second level students to Causeway Comprehensive School.

(Photo from the internet)

But there is another complex which sees a huge influx of people into Causeway every day.

(photo from the internet)


Dairymaster in Causeway is the global headquarters of the acknowledged world leader in agricultural technology.

Dairymaster is 50 years old this year, having been set up by Edmond Harty, senior.

Dr. Edmond Harty, son of the founder,  and now CEO of Dairymaster has moved the company to the top of the dairy technology industry.

Edmond is Adjunct Full Professor in the School of Biosystems and Food Engineering at UCD College of Engineering and Architecture.  But it is not for this that he is famous.

Dairymaster harnesses all of today's internet of things, embedded sensors, wearable technology (for cows) and cloud computing to make a dairy farmers job easier.

These cows are wearing their Moomonitors which take millions of readings daily about everything about the cows health and fertility and feeds that information back to the farmer.







A modern milking parlour, photos from Dairymaster's website

And now the latest news is that Dairymaster has teamed up with IT Tralee and Science Foundation Ireland to research a millions of dollar project to improve farmers output while decreasing their work.
Dr. Ednond Harty is a world class entrepreneur and innovator. He is my nomination for Kerryman of the century.

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Down Memory Lane

I recently met up with Jean Kiely and her girlhood friend, Eileen Greaney.  Jean was on a birthday visit to The Kingdom.  She was kind enough to bring me some old photos for our Presentation Secondary 75 commemoration.

Listowel Races Ladies Day 2015 and another success for Dairymaster

Friday Sept 18 2015

 Listowel people were surprised to see these signs erected in Main Street on one of the busiest days of the year in town.

Traffic was beginning to back up as two lorry loads of hay made their way towards the stables and the racecourse.

The problem was  soon sorted by the Gardaí. Apparently the NRA were to do a survey of the road on William Street. They were expected the following week but, without consulting anyone with local knowledge, they rocked up and erected their signs and began work on Friday Sept 18.

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Later the same day

Below are some photos of some of the style on The Island on Ladies Day

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What used to Jerome Murphy's Corner of Charles St.

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More Accolades for Dairymaster

If you are at The Ploughing, drop in to the Dairymaster stand and congratulate our neighbours on another success.

"Causeway-based Dairymaster has scooped two top technology and innovation awards at the championships.

The company’s Swiftflo Commander won the innovation honour as well as the award for best agri software technology.

The device displays information about each member of the herd in the milking parlour to allow farmers deal with any problems.

Dairymaster chief executive Dr Edmond Harty welcomed the awards which were announced by Minister Richard Bruton."    (Story from Radio Kerry website) Photo is an old one from Dairymaster's website.

Listowel at night, Dairymaster and Grafton Street

More Scenes from Listowel on a December Night in 2014

William Street

East River Window

Woulfe's

Utopia

Tae Lane

Tae Lane

Elizabelle

Altered Images




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Gold medal for Innovative Causeway firm

I took these photos from the Dairymaster Facebook page

Once again Dairymaster, the mega successful local international business is in the news. This Kerry firm with a world wide reach just goes from strength to strength.

"Check out the excitement at Eurotier 2014. The event, held in Germany, is the world’s leading trade fair for animal production. The highlight of the event for us was winning the prestigious Gold Medal for Innovation for our SwiftFlo Goat Rotary. Members of the Dairymaster team were on hand to chat to thousands of farming and technology enthusiasts about our latest developments and solutions."      (Dairymaster)

Well done, guys! 

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Blessing of the Boats at Beale; 1964

(photo; Cathy Dunne)

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Living Statues

These superb actors enacting a living sculpture tableau were photographed by Jackie Goodall on Grafton Street, Dublin last week.

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Following in Johnny Sexton's footsteps

LISTOWEL U7S/U8s TRAVEL TO CAHERCIVEEN FOR MINIS RUGBY BLITZ

On Saturday 29th November 12 players from the Listowel U8s and U7s made the long journey to Caherciveen. They travelled in their own mini bus and were extremely well behaved for the whole trip. 

They played three great games of tag rugby against Tralee Rugby Club, Iveragh Rugby Club and Kenmare Rugby Club. In all three games they played great rugby. All the players have shown great improvement since the start of the season. 

The Listowel team were driven on by the twins Cathal and Fionn Byrne who helped set up lots of tries for their team. James Thompson, James Hunt , Tadhg Doran and Katie Power showed great catching and passing skills in all three matches. Niall Stack and Harry Reidy were excellent in defence by covering and tagging players from the other teams. Bryan Quilter and Thomas Breen worked hard in winning the ball back for Listowel. Daithí Keane Tyrrell and John Carmody were superb in attack as they set off on runs with the ball to score tries for their team.

The weather was perfect for a great day of rugby and fun. The blitz was brilliantly hosted by the Iveragh Rugby Club. After the match, there was great spread of food and drink provided for the players, parents and coaches. Thanks to all parents and coaches who travelled to Caherciveen. 

Roll on the next blitz which will take place at the end of January 2015 in Listowel. The U7s and U8s need to continue to train hard in order to be ready for the next blitz in January.

( from Listowel Rugby )