Girl Auction
BY NED EGAN Part 7 “I’ve explained to you that if father finds us out, he’ll have me locked up until he can get that Paudhaun swine married to me. If that happens, we’re both done for. Then who’d help you? And who would you have to give cheek to then – smart little Missy? …
The strong women characters created by John B Keane epitomised in Lakes Production of Moll
By Tom Dayton As a student of journalism, I felt quite chuffed when I received a call from The Kilkenny Observer to submit an article on the play Moll by JB Keane. I received a phone number for Lake Productions and I was to call the number when I arrived in Kilkenny to determine where …
The Great Kilkenny Floods
By John Fitzgerald PART FOUR The 1947 flooding of the Black Abbey, where the water reached to a staggering fifteen feet, prompted an act of clerical heroism. When Dr. Gaffney O.P. saw to his horror that the water was about to reach the level of the High Altar, he cried aloud from the boat in …
An evening whooping it up with the Berbers
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran On Avenue Hassan 11 a small, bald, beady-eyed man approaches my wife and I. “Where you from? Where you from?” We ignore him. “Francais? German?” he persists. “No,” we say, walking quickly on. “English. You English?” “No,” we reply more vehemently as we Irish do when mistaken for being British. “Actually …
Five ways to cut back on high energy costs
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR Believe it or not wholesale gas prices are falling but there’s no guarantee that energy bills will drop soon for households. Businesses are to get an average of 10% reduction on their electricity bills and an average of 15% on gas from March. In a previous column I gave an …
Natural remedies for a good night sleep
BY CLAIR WHITTY Sleep problems is a question I often get asked about at the shop. My personal favourite remedy to help you get a decent night’s sleep is A.Vogel Dormeasan. It’s a herbal tincture containing valerian and hops. Valerian is traditionally used for muscle tension, pain, and to aid relaxation. Hops is traditionally used …
Why that invisible Border shouldn’t divide us
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON If and when the Protocol gets patched up we should surely be able to breathe a sigh of relief and hope that things will return to normal in the North and that Geoffrey Donaldson and the DUP will agree to return to Stormont and do what they were elected to …
Alt-right shift commands we not be complacent
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS When prominent far-right figurehead Tommy Robinson (40) recently arrived in Ireland to ‘observe’ a refugee solidarity rally, a spokesperson told me that Gardai were maintaining a “watching brief” on him. Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley Lennon, said he had been drawn to Ireland by anti-immigration protests and praised …
Back to the Eighties and bang up to now
It will be back to the Eighties and right up to the moment as some of Ireland’s longest standing trad acts and some of the newest, rising stars make up the headline acts for this year’s 10-year anniversary running of Kilkenny Tradfest. Among the royalty of Irish trad and folk are Stockton’s Wing, Scullion and local heroes Reel to …
The Nore Vision has news!
The board of Nore Vision – Nore River Catchment Trust is delighted to announce the launch of its new website www.norevision.ie on Tuesday 21st February 2023. The new site is part of a project funded by Kilkenny Leader Partnership and the TOMAR Trust. Designer Bill Hollingsworth, OystercatcherTF was appointed to develop a new logo, website …
