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WHITE TWINE AND OLD SUITCASES
THE KILKENNY INVOLVEMENT CENTRE AND RECOVERY COLLEGE SOUTH EAST HAVE PRODUCED A WONDERFUL ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY AND PROSE. ‘WHITE TWINE AND OLD SUITCASES’ COMPRISES OF 128 PAGES AND 60 AUTHORS AND IS COMPLEMENTED BY SOME WONDERFUL PHOTOS AND ARTWORK BY TASK CAMERA CLUB. IT IS PRINTED BY MODERN PRINTERS. IT IS DEFINITELY RECOMMENDED READING FOR …
Stamp of approval for Kilkenny postcards at Ryans
On Culture night in Kilkenny city, Ryan’s on Friary Street will host Deltiology. A body would be forgiven for assuming that this is another band in the long list of wonderful bands hosted by proprietor Arthur Drohan in Kilkenny’s number one music venue. Deltiology is from Greek meaning “writing tablet, letter”; and is the study …
New director Rafter has major plans for Kilkenny choir
The Kilkenny Choir has appointed a new Music Director, Kilkenny native, Patrick Rafter. Patrick is regarded as one of Ireland’s most outstanding musicians, international award-winning violinist and conductor and has toured Europe, the Middle East, South America and Asia as a soloist, director, conductor, and recitalist. During his career, Patrick has studied with, and performed …
HERITAGE WEEK THE GLUE THAT BRINGS OUR HISTORY TO LIFE
The Kilkenny Arts Festival had barely pulled down the blinds on a hugely successful 2024 season, when, lo and behold, the curtain went up on Heritage week. National Heritage Week celebrates Ireland’s cultural, built and natural heritage. It brings together volunteers, community groups and heritage enthusiasts to share their experience, knowledge culture and practices. There …
Memories galore as Community Radio celebrate their 45th birthday
Photos by Pat Shortall In 1979, two courageous entrepreneurs in Kilkenny, Michael Minogue and Liam Carroll, realised their long-held ambitions of getting their beloved Kilkenny connected to the World on the airwave network. Later to be joined by Fr. Gerry Joyce and other Kilkenny businessmen it was a testing ambition from the moment they first …
WHITE TWINE AND OLD SUITCASES
THE KILKENNY INVOLVEMENT CENTRE AND RECOVERY COLLEGE SOUTH EAST HAVE PRODUCED A WONDERFUL ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY AND PROSE. ‘WHITE TWINE AND OLD SUITCASES’ COMPRISES OF 128 PAGES AND 60 AUTHORS AND IS COMPLEMENTED BY SOME WONDERFUL PHOTOS AND ARTWORK BY TASK CAMERA CLUB. IT IS PRINTED BY MODERN PRINTERS. IT IS DEFINITELY RECOMMENDED READING FOR …
History and connections made as Castleinch book launched
Photos by Pat Shortall On Friday the 23rd August, the local history book Castleinch Kilkenny: Connections Through Time was launched by Cllr David Fitzgerald at a very pleasant event. The event, at the Castleinch Venue, was very well attended with about 250 people present. Located in the heart of Castleinch, a little over two miles …
St John’s Parish Pilgrimage to Knock
On Wednesday 21st August, the 145th anniversary of the apparition at Knock, Fr. Dan Carroll led a group of ninety parishioners from St John’s parish to visit the international Marian shrine. Despite the inclement weather, all pilgrims enjoyed a day of prayer and renewal. The long journey to Knock was broken with a stop in …
O’DRISCOLL EXHIBITION LAUNCHED IN DUBLIN
The great and the good of the art world came to the opening of Kilkenny artist Eoghan O’ Driscoll’s 3rd Dublin solo exhibition, held recently in Dublin. Eoghan explained that the exhibition ‘Aghaidh’, curated by Tony Strickland comprises a year’s work in the studio, almost like a diary of his visual journey. O’Driscoll is a …
A tribute to Ned Egan…
A mighty heart stopped beating last week. By John Fitzgerald Ned Egan…author, poet, songwriter, and teller of great yarns, took his leave of a world he enriched with his dizzying range of talents and strange-than-fiction exploits. Ned’s famous copper etchings hang in walls across Ireland, America, Australia, and Western Europe, their glinting gold never failing …
