A very special guest at Cleere’s Monday night session
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran In the 30 years or more that I have been reciting humorous verse in Cleere’s Bar of a Monday night (the longest running session in Kilkenny). I have come across musicians [pictured]: famous, infamous and not so famous. I’ve come upon actors on the way up, actors on the way down …
Amárach Nua Exhibiting at the Alternative Kilkenny Arts Fringe Festival 2024
A word from Brian Cullen, one of the exhibitors from Amárach Nua: “We look at ourselves as accidental artists. A group of diversity and with shared experiences, working together to overcome challenges and reignite our true potential. Our exhibition is a showcase of who we are, what we can achieve, but also a reflection on …
Tourism: time for the road less travelled
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON You can have too much of a good thing. I’ll never forget my dismay on returning to Florence decades after my first visit, to find the streets congealed with crowds and queues for entrance to everything from galleries to churches. It’s the kind of experience which made me …
Masculinity, Morality, and Capitalism: KATS hold Kilkenny theatre goers by the brass balls once again
Photos: Arina Arlukova KATS, Kilkenny Amateur Theatre Society are known for bringing high end productions to the Watergate stage and this year’s production is no different. Ciarán Dunphy is back in the role as director for this all male Pulitzer prize-winning play by David Mamet. Ciarán previously held Kilkenny theatre goer’s captive with the audacious …
Paddy Grace: One of the greats of the GAA
By Liam Burke It is difficult to believe that forty years has passed since the great Paddy Grace, who was Kilkenny’s longest serving County GAA Secretary passed to his eternal reward. An inspirational figure, who was known the length and breadth of Ireland and further afield, Paddy was elected Secretary for the first time in …
Castleinch Kilkenny: Connections Through Time
A community on the outskirts of Kilkenny city have just published a book recording the history of their local area. The book entitled Castleinch Kilkenny: Connections Through Time is edited by Dr Richard Hyland and Michael O’Dwyer. It contains chapters by the editors and a fine contribution by Aideen O’Reilly on Castle Bamford and the …
Inclusivity rules: are they fair to women boxers?
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON There have been more than a few heated arguments over the women’s boxing controversy that erupted at the Olympics. How would you feel if a woman boxer was seriously injured in a contest with someone who has unfair competitive masculine attributes? – I was asked by someone looking …
Kelly’s kittens seek to rule the Rebels!
Intermediate ladies set for Cork Croker clash BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Final Kilkenny vs Cork Croke Park, Sunday, 11th August, 3pm Referee: Brian Kearney This Sunday see’s the curtain fall on the intercounty camogie season with all three finals set to take place at Croke Park this weekend. …
WHITE TWINE AND OLD SUITCASES
THE KILKENNY INVOLVEMENT CENTRE AND RECOVERY COLLEGE SOUTH EAST HAVE PRODUCED A WONDERFUL ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY AND PROSE. ‘WHITE TWINE AND OLD SUITCASES’ COMPRISES OF 128 PAGES AND 60 AUTHORS AND IS COMPLEMENTED BY SOME WONDERFUL PHOTOS AND ARTWORK BY TASK CAMERA CLUB. IT IS PRINTED BY MODERN PRINTERS. IT IS DEFINITELY RECOMMENDED READING FOR …
A wake-up call: the hidden impact of space litter
THE LAST WORD By Pat Coughlan My love for the environment did not start when I saved a forlorn bird trapped in a plastic six-pack ring, although I would have liked to claim it but one night, while stargazing with a mug of hot cocoa, I wondered: “What about up there?” Driven by curiosity, I …
