SAM OUTLAW finishes off an extensive European tour with two shows at Kilkenny Roots Festival this weekend
Sam will have played a string of shows to sold out audiences in Spain, Norway, Sweden, The Netherlands and the UK before arriving in Kilkenny on Sunday night with his five piece American band. Sam is based in southern California. He is steeped in the music and myths of west coast country, absorbing the classic …
Savour trivia for the weekend Roots Festival!
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran If music be the food of love there’ll be fair feasting this May Bank Holiday in the Marble City thanks to The Roots Festival one of our most popular and successful events. And so, it’s music, music all the way in harmony with the rhythm of the weekend! * Donovan on …
The 23rd Kilkenny Floodlit Soccer league Awards night was held in Kytelers Inn on Friday, April 26th
Trophies in this seasons competitions were presented to winners and runners up by league sponsor John Dalton of Daltons Mills Home and Farm Shop. John spoke about the many happy years he himself had in playing in the league and wished it many more years of success. Winners of the main competition the league Championship …
HANDBALL
BY MICHAEL O’LEARY There was great success for Kilkenny Handballers recently with All-Ireland titles for both Amy Brennan and Noah Manogue, while two weeks ago The Windgap Ladies Feile Handball Team won the clubs first ever Division One title in Aughapower County Mayo. Amy Brennan from Conahy competes with Clogh Handball Club defeated Leah Minogue …
Time to break logjam that’s stopping forestry
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON One of the striking sights in a TV programme about the incredible race to restore Notre Dame cathedral was the felling of magnificent oak trees. Nearly 2,000 have been used to rebuild the beams and the spire which fell when the iconic building went ablaze in Paris five …
FUNDING FINALLY FOUND FOR THE KING’S RIVER IN CALLAN
A grant of 247,500 Euro has been made available to carry out works on the King’s River in Callan. It is hoped this money will be used to bring the river back into use and enjoyment not only for the people of Callan but also for the people of Kilkenny and Tourists. The funding is …
Vindication: the 48 who never came home
THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS After decades of unimaginable, unbearable hurt for the families of the 48 young people who never came home, the Stardust inquest jury recently returned an unanimous verdict of unlawful killing – akin to manslaughter – for each person who was snatched from under our watch that St …
Tribesmen strike late to salvage Salthill draw
Lots of positives for Cats despite key men missing BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE LEINSTER GAA HURLING SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP Round 2, Pearse Stadium Galway 2-23 Kilkenny 0-29 Kilkenny had to settle for a share of the spoils from their road trip to the west as Conor Whelan’s injury time score levelled matters in Pearse …
SYCAMORES AND AYLESBURY ESTATE CELEBRATING 50 YEARS 1974 – 2024
The Sycamores and Aylesbury Residents Association recently held a function in The Kilkenny House Hotel on the Freshford Road to celebrate 50 years since the foundation of the estate in a much sought after location in Kilkenny City. A commemorative history brochure of the estate was launched on the night by the Mayor of Kilkenny …
Making Kilkenny a great place to….
Kilkenny is a good place to work in, visit, live in, grow up in, and grow old in, but we can do more to make it better for everyone who lives here or visits us, while ensuring to keep our heritage and identity as a medieval county. My goal is “making Kilkenny a great place” …
