Sugar Babies From Castleisland, Kerry

Sugar babies are women who provide intimate relationships or simple companionships to men in exchange for monetary favors or gifts. It is a mutually beneficial arrangement that can work for both those who need companionship and those who desire nice things or money. It is a type of relationship, not a business transaction, unlike other methods of garnering companionship in exchange for money. Sugar babies are not stereotypical "gold diggers." They come in all shapes and sizes and can be any type of woman in Castleisland, Kerry.

A sugar baby may be a college student who is paying her way through college, has some spare time to commit to a sugar baby/sugar daddy relationship and enjoys nice things. She may be intelligent, self-sufficient and classy. She may also be the opposite. The thing to remember is that sugar daddies are looking for different things. Therefore, sugar babies can be any combination of those things.

Sugar babies can also be independently successful women. They may have money of their own, spend time traveling as an executive for a big company, be a business owner or be perpetrator of any number of successful business endeavors. This type of sugar baby may find excitement in this sort of relationship. She may not need anything monetary or nice gifts from her partner. She may just enjoy having a man spend money on her, despite having plenty of money of her own. Many men find success attractive in a woman. Therefore, certain sugar daddies may have exactly this type of woman in mind when they seek to initiate a relationship with a sugar baby.

Monetary success and intelligence or lack thereof are not the only things in which sugar babies differ. A sugar baby's appearance is another area that may differ in Castleisland, Kerry due to cultural expectations or simply differ by personal preference. One sugar daddy may like a classic trophy girlfriend. He may want her to be young and very attentive to her looks on a superficial level. Another sugar daddy may not care how his sugar baby dresses but wants her to be athletic. Yet another sugar daddy may not care about looks at all and simply wants a woman who is entertaining.

When one envisions a sugar baby, the image of a young woman typically comes to mind. This is not always the case. Sugar babies may be older women because older and younger sugar daddies alike may prefer older women. Older women may also seek a life of relative luxury in their later years. It is a good way to have fun, receive gifts and take a break from the hustle of life.

The diversity in sugar babies also applies to ethnicity and weight. There is no set standard for any of these things when it comes to sugar babies. Any woman can strive to be a sugar baby and find the right sugar daddy for her. She can be tattooed and pierced or girl next door sweet. She can be funny or serious. She can be a lover of the arts or a computer geek. In short, sugar baby is as diverse a word as the word woman.

Buildings of note

* The Gothic styled Church of St. Stephen and St. John was designed by Doolin. * The Carnegie Trust Library Building which was designed by R.M. Butler in 1920 was located at the eastern end of Castleisland's main street and burned to the ground in the same year. It was subsequently rebuilt on the same site. The function of town library was moved to new premises in the late Summer 2008, but the building is still used as the district court for the area.

Description

Population (2006) Castleisland (Irish: Oileán Chiarraí), pronounced "castle island", is a busy market town and commercial centre in County Kerry in south west Ireland. The town is renowned for the width of its main street—it is the second widest in Ireland and second only to the famous O'Connell Street in the capital city, Dublin. Castleisland has a population of 2,170.[1] Castleisland was described by one of its most well-known citizens, journalist Con Houlihan, as 'not so much a town as a street between two fields'.

Geography

Castleisland is often considered the Gateway to Kerry, as the main road to all towns in Western and Southern Kerry passes through here - the N21 from Limerick continues on to Tralee while the N22 goes to Killarney and other towns in Southern Kerry. The Glenaruddery mountains to the north and the Stacks to the west define the beginning of the 'Vale of Tralee', at the mouth of which Castleisland is situated. Most of the land around Castleisland is pasture for dairy stock, with bogland located at various locations around the town, particularly to the east and south.

History

Castleisland was the centre of Desmond power in Kerry. The town got its name, Castle of the Island of Kerry, from a castle built in 1226 by Geoffrey Maurice (or de Marisco), who was the Lord Justice of Ireland during the reign of King Henry III.[2] The island was created by turning the waters of the River Maine into a moat around the castle. Sometime in the 120 years after its construction the castle was taken by the forces of the Earl of Desmond. It is known that in 1345 the castle was being held for the Earl of Desmond by Sir Eustace de la Poer and other knights when it was captured by Sir Ralph Ufford, Lord Justice of Ireland. Sir Eustace and the other knights were captured and executed.[2] Little is known of the further history of the castle and few ruins are left of it today. The main ruin is de Marisco tower, located behind some private houses at the western end of the town, on the Killarney Road. The Black and Tans and the Irish Republican Army (IRA) were active in Castleisland during the Irish War of Independence in the 1920s. On 9 May 1921, two Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) men were shot by the IRA outside Castleisland Parish Church;[3] one of the men died. On 10 July in the same year, five IRA men and four British soldiers were killed during a gunfight in the town.

People

* Businessman Mike McAuliffe operates one of South West Ireland's largest and longest running transport companies McAuliffe Trucking from a depot outside the town. He is also Kerry's largest pig producer. * Mick Galway, Irish rugby international player and coach. He hails from Currow. * Con Houlihan, Irish sports journalist and columnist for the Evening Herald. * Charlie Nelligan, who was the Kerry GAA goalkeeper for many years during the 1970s and 1980s. He won All Ireland football medals playing with Kerry and has also trained the Kerry Minor Footballers in recent years. Charlie played his club football with the Castleisland Desmonds, who won the All Ireland Senior Club Championship in 1985. Charlie now runs coffee shops in Tralee and Castleisland.

Places of interest

* Crag Cave, one of the most extensive cave systems in Ireland open to the public, is located just outside Castleisland.

See also

* List of towns and villages in Ireland * Market Houses in Ireland

Sport

* Castleisland Desmonds is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club. They won the All Ireland Club Football Championship Final in 1985 beating St. Vincents of Dublin. the team was captained by William(Billy) Lyons. * Castleisland Rugby Football Club U16's was the first rugby club in Kerry, under all age groups, to win a Munster Championship title. Captained by William Casey.

Transport

Castleisland railway station opened on 30 August 1875, closed for passenger traffic on 24 February 1947 and for goods traffic on 3 November 1975, finally closing altogether on 10 January 1977.[4]

Twinning

Castleisland is twinned with the town of Bannalec in France.