Maybe nostalgia is not what it used to be…
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS Not many people know this… but Alfie has let auctioneers into his attic. And dining room, study and cinema. Sir Michael Caine is downsizing with a house move, meaning that a treasure trove of memorable items from a lifetime in the film world, as well as much of …
Kilkenny County Council Decade of Centenaries Grant Scheme 2022
Applications are invited from heritage societies, local historians, communities and artists who wish to commemorate events which happened in County Kilkenny in 1922. The scheme encourages projects which recognise all of the dimensions of this period in our history – the military activity, the political context, and social, economic and cultural aspects and …
Trip to Tipp as Shamrocks quest continues
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART Connacht champs next up for Ballyhale AIB ALL-IRELAND CLUB SHC SEMI-FINAL Shamrocks Ballyhale v St Thomas’ (Galway) Sunday, January 23rd, Semple Stadium, 3.30pm (Live on TG4) St Patrick’s Day 2019. This same pairing took to the Croke Park turf in the decider, to see which …
Young guns shoot down Laois
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART Opportunity knocks for ‘new look’ cats side Walsh Cup Kilkenny 1-27 Laois 0-24 Sunday 16th January 2022, John Locke Park, Callan Kilkenny senior hurlers got their season off to a winning start with a 6-point victory over Laois at John Locke Park, Callan last Sunday. Seamus …
Coogan’s bunch are ready to bloom!
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX DANNY LAHART Mooncoin out to prove a thorn in Connacht champ’s side AIB All-Ireland JHC Semi-Final Mooncoin vs Salthill-Knocknacarra (Galway) Sunday, January 23rd, LIT Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, 1:30pm All roads lead to the LIT Gaelic Grounds in Limerick on Sunday, as Kilkenny and Leinster junior champions, Mooncoin …
Donall Mac Amhlaigh – the man behind the Irish Navy
This week, The Kilkenny Observer teams up with The Saturday Walkers group and we learn about the author of ‘An Irish Navvy-The diary of an exile’ Donall Mac Amhlaigh was born in Galway and grew up there and in Kilkenny. He left school at fifteen, and worked in various jobs before joining the Irish speaking …
When is a choice not a choice?
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR ACCORDING to Active Retirement Ireland, the country’s largest representative body for older people, Christmas – a time of supposedly peacefulness and joy – was for many older people living on the state pension a time of difficult decisions: heating or groceries, gifts for the family or taking part in Christmas …
Letting go what you can’t control
BY ANDREW MCDONALD HYPNOTHERAPIST EVENTS which are bigger than us, that we have no way of controlling, are responsible for a great deal of anxiety. Whether bad news stories, and there are plenty of those, things which are happening to loved ones over which we have no influence, or even details about our own lives …
Support for Veganaury
BY CLAIR WHITTY Have you decided to take the 31-day challenge and go vegan for the month of the January? You might be wondering if there are any supplements you should be taking. In the short term you should be OK but if you plan to stick with it for longer then you could run …
