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Mayor David attends unveiling of signage at Newpark Estate
Newpark estate officially unveiled their new limestone estate signage on Thursday last. Performing the ceremony was Mayor David Fitzgerald who was joined by local residents, Cllr Eugene McGuinness, Garda Andy Neill, and Fr Dan Carroll ,Team Leader at St Jihns Parish. The residents association also used the occasion to acknowledge the work of Kilkenny County …
Australian and New Zealand National Day of Remembrance commemorated in Kilkenny
A report from The Kilkenny Observer Newspaper at the Peace Park in Kilkenny In the early 19th century one of the accepted rules of purchase at Tea Auctions was that buyers could place bids until the level of the candle reached as far down as the pin, at which stage the pin would fall out. …
The Confederation Hall and Market Yard
The Kilkenny Observer welcomes ‘Cois Céim’ and the ‘Kilkenny Saturday Walkers Group’, where we read about The Confederation Gates and the Market Yard. This is part one of a two part article. The present day entrance to the market yard car park was once occupied by a house belonging to the Shee family. This house …
Bishop Wilkinson welcomed to Kilkenny by Mayor David Fitzgerald
Photos: Pat Shortall On Thursday 20 April, Bishop Aidrian Wlikinson , his wife Jacqui, and members of The Church of Ireland community assembled at city hall. The occasion was a reception, hosted by the Mayor of Kilkenny David Fitzgerald to welcome Adrian to the city in his role as the new bishop of the Church …
Minister for Health visits construction site of new 95 bed Community Nursing Unit in Thomastown
The Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly T.D. was in Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny on Thursday afternoon (6th of April, 2023), where he visited St. Columba’s Hospital and the adjacent construction site of a new Community Nursing Unit. The HSE entered a public private partnership (PPP) with EquiSisk Community Care Partnership Ltd in December 2022 for the …
Something wicked this way comes…
Following last year’s successful run of XIV, Barnstorm’s Kilkenny Youth Theatre return to Ionad Dara, Goresbridge with their annual production. This year they bring their version of William Shakespeare’s classic Macbeth to the stage. Macbeth tells the story of the tragic downfall of the warrior Macbeth, whose ambition causes him to abandon his morals and …
Mayoral reception at City Hall for Bishop of Ossory Niall Coll
PHOTOS: Pat Shortall “Please know that I am as surprised as you that I find myself standing before you this morning as the future bishop of Ossory. A telephone call from the apostolic nunciature on a recent Sunday evening asking me to come to Dublin for a meeting began a process that brings me here …
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 Robert Laurence Binyon, written 1914, dealing with Patriotism and Sacrifice. The …
The teacher who taught Kilkenny how to win…
BY JOHN FITZGERALD The last Christian Brother to teach in Ireland is celebrated in a new book by a Kilkenny man. Mark Townsend, a past pupil of Coláiste Éamann Rís in Callan (now a co-ed school) recounts the extraordinary life and work of Brother Damien Brennan, a gifted educator and the man who helped launch …
Diversity and commitment evident as Thomastown goes from strength to strength
All Moll photographs by Aidona Photography Kilkenny The lights have been turned off at the Ballast Presbytery. Fr Pratt is gone to greener pastures, while Moll Kettle puts Fr Brest, current PP, through his paces to become the best fundraiser in the dioceses. Fr Loran continues with the running of the nightly bingo while …
