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DAVID KITT TO PLAY INTIMATE SHOW BALLINTUBBERT HOUSE
Irish song-writing pioneer David Kitt is set to play a one-off show at Ballintubbert House, just a short spin from Kilkenny, on Saturday 14th November. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of his breakthrough album, ‘The Big Romance’, Kitt has a series of headline shows lined up in Vicar Street, Cork and Limerick this December. This is …
Graiguenamanagh wins at all Ireland IPB Pride of Place Awards 2026 with Slieverue honoured with a Runners Up prize
Graiguenamanagh Community Group was honoured at the all-Ireland Pride of Place community awards hosted on Saturday 24th October 2026 at the Dublin Convention Centre. Kilkenny County Council nominated four groups to represent County Kilkenny for the IPB Pride of Place Awards. The four community groups nominated were from Graiguenamanagh, Slieverue, Muckalee and the Kilkenny Older …
Shamrocks look to pull the strings in Leinster opener
Ken Hogan’s Harps side first up in O’Moore Park BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE AIB Leinster Club Senior Hurling Championship 2026 The Harps vs Shamrocks Ballyhale Mark Aylward will lead his beloved Shamrocks Ballyhale into a provincial campaign for the first time on Sunday, knowing that any opponent faced in Leinster, will want to …
Shaws and Sunway Holidays Team Up to Surprise One Lucky Family with a Magical €6,500 Lapland Holiday
Christmas dreams could come true for one lucky family as Shaws and Sunway Holidays join forces to give away an unforgettable trip to Lapland worth over €6,500. The prize will see a family of four (two adults and two children) enjoy Sunway Holidays’ three-day, two-night Enchanted Escape in November 2027, including return flights from Dublin, …
Barnstorm Theatre Company Celebrates 35 Years with The Ice Child at the Watergate Theatre
Barnstorm Theatre Company is celebrating its 35th anniversary with a special presentation of The Ice Child, a thought-provoking and imaginative production by acclaimed playwright Mike Kenny, running at the Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny, from 11- 21 November 2026. A moving story about growing up different, The Ice Child invites audiences into a world of fairy-folk, stolen …
Protecting Woodstock’s beauty for future generations
CHOICES SHAPE YOUR FUTURE By Judith Ashton I have visited many big cities in the world. Polluted, overpopulated, frenzied, noisy, crazy places where everything is 24-hour flashing lights and whatever your over-stimulated brain wants is just a phone-tap away. I couldn’t wait to get the hell out and return to some modicum of sanity; always …
Kilkenny County Council Library Service Welcomes An tUachtarán, Catherine Connolly to Thomastown Library
Kilkenny County Council Library Service was honoured to welcome An tUachtarán, Catherine Connolly, on Tuesday, 27 October, 2026 to visit the newly opened Thomastown Library. The presidential visit marked a very special occasion, highlighting the vital role public libraries play in supporting literacy, learning, culture and community engagement. During her visit, President Connolly met with local …
Kilkenny Science Festival is back from November 7 to 15
* Floating labs, hydro workshops and seaweed pressing events added to free programme The countdown has begun to Kilkenny Science Festival and an extended, action-packed programme of free events from this Saturday, November 7 to Sunday 15th for everyone from primary school pupils to adult and community group audiences right across the county. This year’s …
Billy Boland: Man of a Thousand Stories
By John Fitzgerald (Part two) (Continuing the story of Billy Boland of Glenmore, who himself had a thousand stories to tell. Part One from last week can be read on the Observer website) On a memorable day in his youth Billy helped to convey milk to the creamery for a neighbour who had fallen ill, but the …
Does Your Gut Have You On The Run?
BY CLAIR WHITTY When we think of diarrhoea, we might think of it more in relation to illness or to food poisoning, but most of my experience has been talking to customers at the shop where it is related to the food we eat. Many of you will have been to your GP and maybe …
