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Kilkenny woman walks 236km to honour loved ones and support COPD community
A member of COPD Support Ireland’s Kilkenny branch has gone above and beyond a nationwide walking challenge, completing an incredible 236 kilometres during the month of March. The initiative, organised by RIP.ie, encouraged participants across Ireland to walk 20 kilometres throughout March 2026 to honour loved ones, support local charities, and celebrate the strength of …
St. Canice’s Catholic Parish, Kilkenny, to Host National Vocations Sunday Televised Mass
St. Canice’s Catholic Parish in Kilkenny will host this year’s Vocations Sunday Televised Mass, broadcast live at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, April 26th. The Mass will be celebrated by Bishop Phonsie Cullinan, Chair of the Council for Vocations, and he will be assisted by Fr. Willie Purcell, National Vocations Coordinator and Parish Priest of St. …
Tairseach- standing at the mouth of the world
An Exhibition by Vicki O’Donoghue & Mary Doyle Burke This wonderful exhibition opened at the The Tea Houses last Saturday. ‘Tairseach: Standing at the Mouth of the World‘, is a new exhibition by Kilkenny-based artists Vicki O’ Donoghue and Mary Doyle Burke. In the mystical spaces between the visible and invisible, both artists explore profound …
ANZAC DAY TO BE REMEMBERED IN KILKENNY BY GREAT WAR MEMORIAL COMMITTEE
“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.” These words are from the pen of poet Laurence Binyon, written in 1914 dealing …
Community group gets top tips from Gardaí
The Eastern Environs Community Group in St John’s had a marvellous afternoon in the Parish Centre recently. Community Gardai dropped by to share loads of useful info’ on everything from passport apps to staying safe online and protecting your turf. The lively session covered passport applications, online security, safe banking, and beefing up personal and …
Kilkenny Artists Café – Gathering and Planning
Curated by Eamonn Maxwell Hosted by the Tea Houses and supported by Kilkenny Arts Office 10am, Saturday 25th April Back for a second year! The Kilkenny Artists Café is an initiative aimed at creating an informal space for artists to come together and discuss issues, discover new approaches and meet other artists, over a cuppa! …
Newly commissioned officer from Kilkenny as Minister attends Curragh ceremony
Photos Irish Defence forces The Minister for Defence, Helen McEntee, TD, attended the Commissioning Ceremony of the 101st Army Cadet Class at the Defence Forces Training Centre in the Curragh Camp, County Kildare, at which 52 Cadets were commissioned as officers of the Permanent Defence Force. Among those commissioned was Matthew Russell from Kilkenny. Lieutenant …
Large numbers turn out for Good Friday walk
Over 300 people turned out for the Annual Good Friday Walk, which is the 22nd year of the walk, and was led by Bishop Ger Nash, Apostolic Administrator of Ossory, and Fr. Willie Purcell. Each walker received a St. Francis of Assisi cross in remembrance of the walk in this year of St. Francis. “It …
The Parish Housekeeper
When ‘Fourth Wall’ theatre company take to the stage in Thomastown Concert hall, one thing is certain. The audience will have the time of their lives. Comedy will abound. As a matter of fact there will be little else, because their production of Moll by JB Keane is a laugh from beginning to end. John …
Murder mystery at Thomastown concert hall
If you like your coffee black, your femmes fatales ice-cold and your unreliable narrators on the seedy side, then The Tangled Skirt, running in Thomastown Community Hall on Thursday and Friday, April 16th and 17th, might just be the play for you. Playwright Steve Braunstein, a self-professed aficionado of the classic age of Hollywood film …
