Top cats in the West
Colm Dunphy from Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny receiving his first dan black belt certificate in Kickboxing from fellow Kilkenny man and 8th Dan Black Belt Master, Pete Foley. Colm, who has been living and working in Galway for over 10 years, ventured into Pete’s world famous Black Dragon Kickboxing Gym in the city of the Tribes …
Certificates received with pride
Kilkenny Employment For Youth Trainee’s took part in 8 weeks Self Defence training, delivered by Instructor’s Guy Jones, President of the European Song Moo Kwan and Dominika Mlynarska
Summer camps: just camp on the green
THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS At my supermarket checkout I hear a young woman say: “It won’t be long now ‘til the summer school break. And I have so much to organise.” I gather we’re talking summer camps or the Gaeltacht for the children. Heading home, Drivetime – with that consummate journalist …
Opportunity for bold approach to disability access
THE LAST WORD By Pat Coughlan In the heart of Kilkenny, a glaring issue casts a shadow over the city and its people, particularly people with a disability. On January 15 last, the local authority reduced the car parking benefits applicable to Blue Badge card holders. Some people raised their voices in opposition but it …
All aboard the Carlow express!
Mullally’s men face stern Cats test BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE LEINSTER GAA HURLING CHAMPIONSHIP Round 3, Netwatch Cullen Park Carlow vs Kilkenny Saturday, Throw-in 4.30pm Referee: Chris Mooney (Dublin) Derek Lyng will take his Kilkenny team on the road once again tomorrow as they look to secure a second win in this year’s …
Sports capital announcement for Kilkenny city
Sports Capital Grants Cllr Maria Dollard has warmly welcomed funding for two sports projects close to her heart. This morning Minister Catherine Martin has announced funding for Kilkenny County Council and Kilkenny Aqua Canoe Club totalling €64,795. “Through Kilkenny Special Olympics Club’s involvement with Kilkenny Aqua Canoe Club, we have found the club to be …
Celebrating 25 Years with Solo Nutrition
BY CLAIR WHITTY When it comes to buying supplements, you want to know that you are buying ones that you can trust with quality ingredients. We feel the same way and today I want to tell you about Solo Nutrition. We have stocked them from the day we opened our store over 10 years ago. …
Castlecomer Remember Legacy with Naming of New Pedestrian Bridge: ” Miner’s Bridge.”
Local Cllr Pat Fitzpatrick has paid tribute to the legacy of the workers of Deerpark coalmines by proposing to name Castlecomer’s new pedestrian bridge “ Miners Bridge” at a recent meeting of Kilkenny County Council. The local councillor said the naming of the new bridge not only pays tribute to the past but also ignites …
Interrogation at Woodstock
PART 2 BY JOHN FITZGERALD Last week, you’ll recall that I described how Callan man Jim Bolger was driven to Tan HQ in Woodstock, near Inistioge after being taken from Tom Nolan’s bus on the Kilkenny/Callan Road. As the ambush team at Friary Street was believed to have escaped on bikes, the Tans suspected Jim of possible involvement because he was …
Tom Ryan – Thomastown War of Independence internee, 1921
Towards the end of 1920, as the War of Independence was intensifying across Ireland the British authorities sanctioned the use of internment against suspected republican activists. In the first six months of 1921 over 4000 people were detained in internee camps at Spike Island and Bere Island in County Cork, The Curragh, County Kildare, Ballykinlar, …
