Butler Gallery is venue for Bokslag solo exhibition
Photos: Ross Kavanagh, courtesy Butler Gallery Butler Gallery is very pleased to present a solo exhibition by the Kilkenny-based Dutch-born artist Paul Bokslag. Painting, works on paper, mural and papercut art are included in this exhibition of abstract linear compositions. Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, geometric structures and abstract visual vocabularies have been timeless …
Kilkenny County Council Library Service Launches ‘Skills for Life’ Programme
Kilkenny County Council Library Service was delighted to launch Skills for Life, a new national library initiative, at Loughboy Library on Tuesday July 1st. This innovative programme marks a renewed commitment to fostering life-long learning, personal development, and community engagement through Ireland’s library network. With a focus on six key areas—digital literacy, financial literacy, media …
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Semi-Final
Best animation for Kilkenny artist Aoife Rhatigan
Aoife Rhatigan is a 22 year old artist and illustrator from Kilkenny. She has loved drawing since she was a child, inspired by her dads own penchant for drawing, along with her grandmother, Judy Rhatigan, who has been painting for years. Judy will be known to many for her publication of The Raggedy Bush Poems …
Ageing Gracefully
BY CLAIR WHITTY Healthy ageing is something that I often get asked about. Most of us, including myself, think about how our skin and hair looks. Aching joints, tiredness, changes in gut health, or sluggish memory are also reminders to us that we are ageing. So, is there anything that we can do to slow …
Kitchen Session returns to the Mayfair Library
On July 25, the Kilkenny Mayfair library will open its doors to The Kitchen Session. The event is for anyone who likes to sing a song, recite a poem, dance a jig or play a tune. The library informed The Kilkenny Observer that the invitation is open to all. So, if you have a ukulele, …
Tipp topple Cats in Croker!
Kilkenny fall to 14-man Premier County in semi battle BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE All-Ireland SHC Semi Final Tipperary 4-20 Kilkenny 0-30 Croke Park Referee: James Owens (Wexford) Where to start? In a game that ebbed and flowed between two great hurling counties, it was Tipperary that emerged victorious in Croke Park after 74 …
Recovering from pain
A gradual return to normal movement and activity helps in recovery from pain By Paul Bolger. Chartered Physiotherapist at Nano Physiotherapy, Kilkenny (www.nanophysio.ie). Astronauts have a lot to teach us about recovering from pain. After months in zero-gravity in the international space station, aches and pains are a guarantee for most astronauts when they step back …
Kelly’s heroes return to celebrate Mike’s birthday
By Ger Cody Photos: jbsphotoskilkenny Last week, at the St Canice’s Neighbourhood Hall on the Butts Green, Mike Kelly celebrated a special birthday. It was organised by a group of young men and women from the Arts sector who wanted to thank Mike for all he had done for them, both on and off stage. …
Beer, bees & the joys of barbecuing!
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran There’s nothing quite like the smell of a barbecue, nothing quite like the whiff of charcoal wafting on the balmy summer air. And that’s it as far as I’m concerned. What do I mean – that’s it? I mean I like the smell of a barbecue. End of story. Don’t ask …
