Interrogation at Woodstock
PART 3 BY JOHN FITZGERALD Following the Friary Street ambush, the Tans stopped Tom Nolan’s bus which was returning to Callan from Kilkenny. Jim Bolger of Callan (formerly from Castlecomer) was aboard. He’d been taking driving lessons from Tom Nolan as he intended to drive a lorry and a threshing set for the Co-op in Callan. Unfortunately for him, he was wearing …
Students from Johns Senior School having a blast during Bikeweek
Pop-up Mountain Bike track at County Hall, a joint initiative from Kilkenny County Council and Cycling Ireland
Bus in the City – Kilkenny
On April 30th, students from three schools in Kilkenny took part in areas first Bus in the City event. Students from Kilkenny Model School, Kilkenny School Project and Gaelscoil Osrai boarded the bus to experience Kilkenny city first hand and learn about bus safety features, ticket types and the environmental benefits of public transport. In …
Make Kilkenny a great place to…
Grow up in, Live and invest in With a focus on greater innovation and enterprise development, Kilkenny could become a major regional city drawing skilled labour and investment from overloaded Dublin, Waterford and further afield, while still preserving our medieval heritage and identity. The key to local enterprise development is housing. Without a policy to …
Mouse strikes late to deny Cats victory
14-man Kilkenny held in Carlow BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Round 3, Netwatch Cullen Park Carlow 1-20 Kilkenny 1-20 The 2024 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship continued its unpredictable nature last weekend with Carlow stunning neighbour’s Kilkenny to register their first point of the campaign courtesy of a late equaliser by …
Looking good for summer
BY CLAIR WHITTY It’s that time of year when the weather should be warming up and we are beginning to shed the layers of winter clothes. But then we do, we notice how pale and washy we look, well at least I do, and we notice the few pounds that have piled up over the …
Odd couple kicks off a busy year for Carlow Theatre Group
Carlow Little Theatre Society are delighted to present Neil Simon’s classic and brilliant comedy ‘The Odd Couple’, in the George Bernard Shaw Theatre at the VISUAL Centre in Carlow later this month, from May 23rd to 26th. Set in 1960’s New York, Felix Ungar is thrown out by his wife and his recently divorced poker …
The bombings: I remember that summer in Dublin
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran Friday, May, 17 1974. I am sitting in my bedsit in Home Farm Road in Dublin’s Drumcondra. It’s sometime after five o’clock and I am cramming as students do when exams loom large on the horizon; cramming because I didn’t exactly haunt the library of Saint Patrick’s Training College, just down …
The power of your vote in local elections
THE LAST WORD By Pat Coughlan When it comes down to it, throwing your vote in the local elections is a massive deal. It’s not just about picking who gets to sit in the big chair; it’s about having a say in the nitty-gritty of what’s happening right in your own backyard. Across Ireland, particularly …
Minding your language … in Irish
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON A change seems to have crept in, gradually the way leaves unfold in Spring. Like the green of April, it’s a pleasant change full of promise. I am talking about the renewed enthusiasm for Irish. It seems to crop up everywhere. There’s a friend who now teaches three …
