The Miracle on Bridge Street
By John Fitzgerald You know that summer is on the way when you pass Fennelly’s of Callan and see diners in the courtyard, its big blue wooden doors thrown open, sipping wine or sharing platters in the midday sun. But this summer is different, because the café-cum arts hub has just launched its “May Evenings”, …
Girl Auction
BY NED EGAN Part 17 Now, deep in Bilzies Wood, the two girls move silently, one each side of the phantom ‘Barker’. The Mollers now has the Four Ten shotgun at military ‘high port’ – and will unhesitatingly riddle any human – or spectral – enemy who shows up. If – and it’s a big …
Farewell to the coal market as Parliament House is demolished
The Kilkenny Observer welcomes ‘Cois Céim’ and the ‘Kilkenny Saturday Walkers Group’, where we read about The Confederation Gates and the Market Yard. This is part two Robert Shee was involved in the rebellion of 1641 and Bonnettstown was forfeited in1653. In time the house passed through many hands. In 1802 it was occupied by …
VTOS Kilkenny Woodcarving Exhibition 2023
10th Anniversary – A phenomenal success What a morning it has been for the VTOS woodcarving class of 2022/23 at MacDonagh Junction. Their annual exhibition made a welcome return after the last number of challenging years. The breath-taking exhibition was a culmination of a year of hard work, passion and dedication – thus producing some …
Kilkenny Olympians celebrated at Mayoral Reception
Photos jbs photos Kilkenny Two Kilkenny Athletes will represent Kilkenny and Ireland at this years Special Olympics World Games in Germany in June. Local athletes Gemma Haire and Margaret Turley will participate in the SO World Games due to be held in Berlin. Gemma joins the Irish Equestrian Team and Margaret will compete with the …
A cemetery with no names Callan Workhouse story
BY JOHN FITZGERALD PART TWO Callan Workhouse opened its doors in March 1842. The building had been erected on a six-acre site at Prologue, on the edge of the town. The site was purchased from Lord Clifden, the notorious absentee Landlord who lived in opulence while the local population starved or struggled to scrape a …
The Eurovision Spectacle Contest – all kinds of everything!
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran It’s Eurovision Song Contest time and I have to confess that I couldn’t care less if it never happened. And I couldn’t care less ever since it ceased to be a song contest and became an event more concerned with spectacle than song (and I blame Lordi, the Finnish rock/metal band …
Throwing in the towel on greenwashing
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR Have you heard the term ‘greenwashing’? How often when staying in a hotel for a few days have you hung up your towels to reuse instead of throwing them in the bath? You did it for the sake of the environment prompted by a little notice in the bathroom, for …
Rosalique the 3 in 1 miracle formula
BY CLAIR WHITTY Are you looking for a Miracle Formula that conceals redness, reduces sensitivity, and offers UVA and UVB protection all in the one formula? I know that sun protection might be something that you are looking for so I thought it would be a good time to talk about Rosalique, the “3 in …
When cancel culture erases our history
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON Seen in the rear-view mirror some of the fashions and mores of the past appear ridiculous or morally unacceptable. The wearing of whalebone crinolines and the child labour of Victorian times now seem outrageous. Among the sillier practices that are a thing currently, it seems to me, are shaming …
