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Busy 80th anniversary year for Carlow Little Theatre
Carlow Little Theatre Society have announced a busy autumn drama schedule to close out the year, including a One-Act Season in early October, taking a play to the All-Ireland One-Act festival circuit, performing the renowned play Gaslight in the Visual on Oct 16th to 19th, an 80th anniversary, and the launch of a long awaited …
Relic of Saint Carlo Acutis comes to St. Canice’s Catholic Church
St. Canice’s Catholic Church is honored to announce that a first-class relic of Saint Carlo Acutis will be present at the 10am mass on Sunday September 28th. Saint Carlo Acutis (3 May 1991 – 11 October 2006) was an Italian Catholic teenager known for his deep devotion to the Eucharist and his pioneering use of …
Fr. Frank to deliver lecture at St Patricks
Bishop Coll is pleased to announce Father Frank Brennan SJ will present a lecture on “From Pope Francis to Pope Leo XVI: an Australian Perspective, on Thursday, 25th September 2025 at 7.30 p.m. in St Patrick’s Parish Centre, Loughboy, Kilkenny. Fr. Frank’s great great grandmother was a native of Muckalee. Fr. Frank is residing at …
Wonderful memories as Fr Jim bids farewell to St Canice’s
Photos by Tom Beirne At Fr. Jim Murphy’s Retirement Mass in St. Canice’s Church, Kilkenny on 24th August, the congregation was addressed by Catherine Brady on behalf of the Parish Council in the unavoidable absence of its Chairperson, John Shortall, to bid farewell and pass on good wishes to Fr. Jim. Catherine spoke to a …
Graig’ Theatre workshop a success
Fresh from appearing in the National Theatre with Tommy Tiernan in ‘The Cave’, Cavan native Aaron Monaghan travelled to Graignamanagh in Co. Kilkenny on Sunday 31stAugust where he facilitated a drama workshop on script analysis and physical theatre. Aaron is the artistic director and founder of Livin’ Dred Theatre and ensemble member of Druid Theatre …
Celebrating Ukrainian Independence Day in Kilkenny
On 24 August 2025, the heart of Kilkenny was bathed in blue and yellow as more than 300 people assembled on The Parade to commemorate Ukraine’s 34th Independence Day. It was a deeply bittersweet celebration—a vibrant mix of joyful performances and heartfelt reflection that spoke of freedom, resilience, and solidarity. A spokesperson for the Ukrainian …
Kilkenny Bereavement Support: Thirty Five Years of Compassionate Care
For over three decades, Kilkenny Bereavement Support has been a quiet cornerstone of compassion and understanding in the local community and beyond. The voluntary organisation, founded in Kilkenny more than thirty years ago, offers free, confidential support to those experiencing the pain of bereavement. At the heart of the service lies a simple but profound …
The Black Abbey and the drama of religion over eight centuries
Photos by Ken McGuire PM O’Sullivan The Black Abbey, one of Kilkenny’s treasures, possesses a quiet magic. Fr Damian Polly, the current Prior, immediately noticed this quality on his arrival two years ago. “A lot of people get that sense of peacefulness,” he nods. “Even the tourists. They are sort of brought up short by the …
The Right Reverend Monsignor Kieron J. Kennedy
Monsignor Kieron J. Kennedy, Parish Priest of Freshford, Co. Kilkenny and Episcopal Vicar for Social and Family Affairs, died unexpectedly, but peacefully, at his residence on Tuesday, 10th June 2025, in his seventy-fifth year. THE EARLY YEARS Born in Dublin, where his father was a serving member of An Garda Síochána and where Daniel J. …
Unhappy Island to open at the Powerhouse, Callan
Saturio Alonso is exhibiting a selection of works at The Powerhouse, Callan, Co. Kilkenny. Using paper, leather and wood, Unhappy Island can be seen as a cabinet of curiosities, an eclectic collection of objects. As in an ethnographic museum, the objects in the exhibition were created raiding personal memories in what can, ironically, be defined …
