Author Archives: mrjmccarthy

If you missed “The Speech” on Sunday night, it is well worth a look on the RTE player. Great to see someone overcoming their fear of public speaking and Toastmasters get a mention too. http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/10236222/

While performing for the troops in Kuwait, every Soldier suddenly stopped laughing, stood up and turned their backs on Robin Williams. See how he handled it. Happy Christmas! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QD9QAAEfQEA

We had a great night with rousing songs to start us off from Tim Ahern, Vicky McCarthy, Mike O’ Donovan and many, many more. Thank you to Alison Boardman in particular for leading the dance and for percussion instruments galore. … Continue reading →

We will be holding a Tall Tales Competition in Tralee Toastmasters on April 21st 2014. Many members have asked me for an example of a ‘tall tale’ and here is a good example of a winning entry! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UXpxxrI83Eg

Come and join us for our end of year Christmas Party at Tralee Toastmasters. It all begins at 8pm sharp in O’ Donnell’s, Mounthawk, Tralee tonight. Members and guests welcome. We will be having a short meeting – one hour … Continue reading →

Join us tonight upstairs in O’ Donnell’s, Mounthawk at 8pm sharp for what promises to be another rip-roaring Tralee Toastmasters’ meeting. Three quality speeches promised and sizzling table topics to boot. See you tonight!!!

Next Monday night we will have two new members giving their ice breaker speeches. We look forward to them beginning their public speaking journey in our club and are sure that many people will come to give their support and … Continue reading →

Fellow Toastmasters and very welcome guests Following on from the dizzying success of our backwards meeting, paying homage to the night the clocks went back, we return to normal on Monday 6th November for a regular Toastmasters meeting. Join us … Continue reading →

Winners of the Area 36 Final last night at O’Donnell’s Mounthawk. Winner of Humorous Speech contest is Vicky McCarthy and winner of the Table Topics contest is Deirdre Barrett. Both Vicky and Deirdre will be representing Area 36 (Kerry and … Continue reading →

Come join us on Monday evening (7th October) in O’ Donnells, Mounthawk at 8pm for another fun-packed evening of speeches and table topics. To get you in the mood, here’s a fine speech by Graeme Valentine, winner of the District … Continue reading →