The man from the Outer Hebrides, Micheál o’ Muircheartaigh and The Stripy Men
It’s a slow summer day in Cornwall in the 1980s and Benjamin Neesham is fiddling with the medium wave dial on his radio in search of some sort of diversion. The airwaves crackle and the room he’s sitting in is suddenly filled with the mellifluous tones of Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh commentating on a hurling match …
Seamus Walsh RIP
The news of the death of Seamus Walsh spread quickly around the north Kilkenny town of Castlecomer and indeed the county of Kilkenny. A poet, tour guide, historian and promoter of The Comer mines, he was certainly one in a million. By: Gerry Cody Coal Mining runs deep in the Castlecomer Community, and there was …
We drink 1.4 billion cups of a coffee a day. That’s good!
GLOBALLY, we drink about 1.4 billion cups of coffee a day, according to the Intern national Coffee Organisation (ICO). This might explain why you rely so heavily on your cuppa every morning or why you stop at one of many coffee shops for a take-out only when out walking in these pandemic times. In our …
“If you still want to marry me after this lockdown, I know you really must love me!”
As lockdown locations go, you couldn’t really get much better than An Rinn in the heart of the beautiful Gaeltacht na nDéise, according to Ros na Rún actor, Elaine O’Hara. A proud Kilkenny woman by birth, she now finds herself living with her fiancé Cian in the beautiful Rinn Ó gCuanach, Co. Phort Láirge. Elaine …
Out and About with Danny Lahart
Our photographer Danny Lahart shares some of his local snaps. 12th March 2021
Why Portugal should be on your post-Covid holiday list
SPAIN has always been a favourite for Irish travellers — and with good reason. But part of the Iberian peninsula also belongs to Portugal, a neighbouring country often overlooked in favour of its popular Spanish popular sister. Although Portugal is slowly emerging as a holiday hotspot, you may still find parts of the country tourist-free, …
Solo travellers are more intelligent
IF you prefer traveling alone to going around with a big group, it might be because you’re smart. According to a study from the British Psychological Society, intelligent people are more likely to experience “lower life satisfaction with more frequent socialiSation with friends”. Using data from a long-term survey of 15,000 people, aged 18 to …
Let’s plan locally for your holiday
LOCAL tourism bodies are hoping to entice domestic ‘staycationers’ back to Kilkenny City and county., as the roll-out of the vaccine gains pace, despite teething problems with supply. Kilkenny Tourism has launched #More to Explore, a multi-pronged campaign highlighting Kilkenny’s many unique tourism attractions, from outdoors activities and authentic experiences to family, couple, and group …
Carers, hospitality in urgent Covid plea
PRIORITY for Covid-19 vaccines should be given to the thousands of family carers in Kilkenny, campaigners have insisted. Liz Collins is the mother and primary carer of a teenager with a debilitating skin condition whose worst nightmare came true when she and her husband Gary both tested positive for the virus. Now she is pleading …
A beacon of light, energy and humour is gone …
TRIBUTES have been pouring in for the former Ireland international Gary Halpin who has passed away suddenly at the age of 55. The Kilkenny native represented Ireland 11 times — including 10 starts — between 1990 and 1995. His Test career ended with the 1995 Rugby World Cup, and he scored a try in that …
