Reeling and rocking in Ballykeeffe
Following last weekend’s ABBAfest things take a jigs and reels turn with the visit of Stocktons Wing which will surely bring an enjoyable foot tapping and knee slapping evening. Local support act Burnchurch will get everyone in good fettle for Sunday’s big game with their especially composed record ‘It’s Coming Home’ The music programme continues …
Behind every good play is a stellar production team
Kilkenny Amateur Theatre Society (KATS) are presenting Patricia Burke-Brogans award winning Eclipsed the end of August this year and are mid-way in their rehearsal schedule as it is. However, quietly in the back ground is a fantastic team ensuring that every facet of the production works like a well oiled machine. May we introduce our …
My All Ireland escapades – with Jimmy
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran As soon as the final whistle blew and Kilkenny had defeated Clare in the All Ireland Hurling semi-final, I lifted the phone. “How are you, Jimmy?” “Good now. How are you, Gerry.” “Not a bother and you know, of course, Jimmy, what this is about?” “Tickets, I assume.” “Spot on. And …
School days: Mixed memories
BY JOHN FITZGERALD Part 1 Schooling in the 1930s and 40s was a different proposition from today’s sophisticated education system. Most children walked to school every morning, the poorer ones in their bare feet. It could be a long enough walk for the country kids, though they might be lucky and catch a lift with …
Weighing up ‘reward’ at end of working life
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR According to the oxford english dictionary a promise “is to tell somebody that you will definitely do or not do something, or that something will definitely happen”. At one time, a defined benefit pension was such a promise; after 30 or 40 years of working industriously for the company you …
Hot flushes and night sweats in the summer time
BY CLAIR WHITTY If you are having hot flushes in the summertime, you could be left feeling exhausted, irritable, or drained. They can affect your sleep and cause untold stress as you twist and turn in the night trying to cool down. A.Vogel Sage tablets is the first supplement I think of for hot flushes …
Nature and avoiding an age of extinction
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON The June full moon is known as the strawberry moon because it coincides with the strawberry season. This year the midsummer moon was a startling shade of strawberry, nothing to do with fruit solidarity though. The colouration was due to smoke from the unprecedented wild fires in Canada which …
Maureen’s ashes: Elegy in a country churchyard
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS The ominous cloud dissipates and the sun shines through, casting its summer light on the ancient, fractured gravestones in the rustic burial ground, long since not open to new residents, its church idle these decades. We are gathered to scatter her ashes. Maureen Hopkins (nee Wright). A Glaswegian …
Dignified commemoration remembers those who died at The Somme
Photos: Pat Shortall On Sunday July 2nd, over forty people assembled at the war memorial at Kilkenny’s Peace Park as a mark of respect to those who died at the Battle of The Somme. Organised by The Great War Memorial Committee, the event included Music, poetry, prayer and wreath laying. The Kilkenny Observer attended the …
