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The 23rd Kilkenny Floodlit Soccer league Awards night was held in Kytelers Inn on Friday, April 26th
Trophies in this seasons competitions were presented to winners and runners up by league sponsor John Dalton of Daltons Mills Home and Farm Shop. John spoke about the many happy years he himself had in playing in the league and wished it many more years of success. Winners of the main competition the league Championship …
SYCAMORES AND AYLESBURY ESTATE CELEBRATING 50 YEARS 1974 – 2024
The Sycamores and Aylesbury Residents Association recently held a function in The Kilkenny House Hotel on the Freshford Road to celebrate 50 years since the foundation of the estate in a much sought after location in Kilkenny City. A commemorative history brochure of the estate was launched on the night by the Mayor of Kilkenny …
A short history of Talbot’s Inch
Part 1 The picturesque village of Talbot’s Inch stands on the west bank of the River Nore in the northern suburbs of Kilkenny City. Contemporary accounts described Talbot’s Inch as a ‘garden village’ but it is more accurately described as a model village Talbot’s Inch is a townland in County Kilkenny about one mile north …
John Murphy’s Country Boy to be staged at Thomastown
Fourth Wall Laois Theatre Group’s production of John Murphy’s play “The Country Boy” is a humorous but poignant love story that examines emigration, the impact of dreams on reality, and the challenges of returning home after seeking a better life abroad. That John Murphy didn’t pen a second play is a shame. The Country Boy’ …
MUSIC THE COMMON THEME AS BUSKERS TURN OUT FOR FOCUS IRELAND
The Kilkenny section of ‘The Big Busk’,a nationwide Today FM fundraiser to help Focus Ireland tackle homelessness through the powerful medium of music, art and performance took place, simultaneously, in Mac Donagh Junction Shopping Centre and Market Cross Shopping Centre on Friday 12th April. A wide variety of excellent performers from the South East ensured …
CLOGH WRITERS GROUP
IN NOVEMBER OF 2023, CLOGH WRITERS GROUP LAUNCHED ‘WHERE I AM’, A COLLECTION OF POETRY AND PROSE FROM ELEVEN DIFFERENT WRITERS. AS CO-ORDINATOR OF THE WRITERS GROUP JANE MEALLY SAID: “WHERE I AM” IS A PUBLICATION WHERE EACH WRITER COMMUNICATES THEIR PASSION TO THE READER.” Having attended the launch in Clogh, The Kilkenny Observer Newspaper was quite taken with …
IN THE NAME OF THE DOG IS PLAYWRITING COMPETITION WINNER
Carlow Little Theatre Society were delighted to announce the winners of their fourth annual International One-Act Playwriting Competition recently, which, once again attracted a large number of submissions from Ireland and all around the world. After an exhaustive shortlisting exercise and another extremely close contest this year, three independent adjudicators reviewed all of the entries …
REBECCA STORM JOINS KILKENNY MUSICAL ‘LETTERS FROM THE FRONT’ AT CARLOW
West End Superstar Rebecca Storm takes to the Carlow stage next month in the new Irish musical “Letters from the Front”. Rebecca will reprise her role as Frau Breitner in the poignant drama which has already been presented to great acclaim in both Kilkenny and Dublin. Fresh from yet another much-lauded performance in her recent …
Burnchurch wow audience as ‘Maidin’ EP is launched
Kilkenny musicians Burnchurch launched the debut EP to a hugely enthusiastic audience in the new venue, downstairs at the Pembroke Hotel. Martin Bridgeman was there for the packed event to celebrate the next stage in this young band’s career Words: Martin Bridgeman Picture Credit: Ian McDonnell of McGig Photography Sadhbh, Síofra, Éanna and Ruairí Ó’Casaide …
CLOGH WRITERS GROUP
IN NOVEMBER OF 2023, CLOGH WRITERS GROUP LAUNCHED ‘WHERE I AM’, A COLLECTION OF POETRY AND PROSE FROM ELEVEN DIFFERENT WRITERS. AS CO-ORDINATOR OF THE WRITERS GROUP JANE MEALLY SAID: “WHERE I AM” IS A PUBLICATION WHERE EACH WRITER COMMUNICATES THEIR PASSION TO THE READER.” Having attended the launch in Clogh, The Kilkenny Observer Newspaper was quite taken with not only …
