A JOURNEY OF VENGEANCE, AS SHRUGHAWADDA PRESENT ‘BY THE BOG OF CATS’
Shrughawadda Players are preparing to perform Marina Carr’s great play ‘By the Bog of Cats` at The Concert Hall, Thomastown on Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th April, 2024. Having performed this play in early February in Kilmoganny to great success and large crowds each night, there were many requests to stage the show …
KILKENNY TENNIS CLUB
BY MICHAEL O’LEARY With the clocks having gone forward last weekend over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, outdoor sports and actitivies will be very busy throughout the Summer months. With the longer evenings now in situ, Kilkenny Tennis Club has plenty to look forward to in the months ahead. This week, with the school kids …
Kilkenny County Council Arts Office Career Development Programme for Emerging Musicians
Talks running: April 9th– May 1st This Spring join Kilkenny County Council Arts Office for a series of talks for new and emerging musicians. Gain valuable insights from experienced artists and professionals, practiced at navigating the often-challenging journey of music production, touring, and securing a record label. Join other Kilkenny based musicians to share knowledge, …
Twilight Cultural Hub
Twilight’s International Cultural House was rocking & rolling, for their open day on Easter Saturday with just the lift installation to be completed as the final part of the jigsaw. The concept of this Cultural Hub was devised in 2018 and was set into this progressive Kilkenny Community Group five-year plan. The hub is for …
Ambush on Friary Street
PART 2 BY JOHN FITZGERALD Continuing the story of the infamous Friary Street Ambush: If you missed part one last week you can read it on the Kilkenny Observer website… The Threecastles group was to disarm the rearguard of the military patrol outside the Friary church. The Kells men were to waylay the ass and …
Castlecomer Woman Lisa is ‘The Gem’ of Roses
Castlecomer woman Lisa O’ Rourke has been selected as Kilkenny Rose for 2024. And the judges had a difficult job on their hands, as all twenty three participants were wonderful in their own right. However, as they say, there can only be one winner. Lisa was quick out of the blocks to congratulate all her …
A no-brainer switching broadband and TV contracts
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR Price walking, also know as a loyalty penalty, is a form of price discrimination whereby longstanding, loyal customers of a service provider are charged higher prices for the same services compared to customers that have just switched to that provider. The pricing strategy was recently banned by the Central Bank …
Cleere’s Bar: the Last Ashtray – 20 years on
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran April 2005. My wife and I are sipping Bellinis in Harry’s Bar in Venice (a favourite haunt of the writer Ernest Hemmingway). We are celebrating a birthday, a big, birthday. Down the bar an American couple are chatting loudly (as Americans do); the man lights up a cigarette and immediately the …
SMITHWICK’S KILKENNY ROOTS FESTIVAL 2024
The launch of the 26th Kilkenny Roots Festival took place at the Smithwick’s Experience venue on Thursday night. The large attendance were given a rundown of the exciting lineup for the event, which takes place from 3rd to 6th May in venues throughout Kilkenny city. The exciting line-up features performers from the USA/Canada UK, and …
