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Some spooky takes on turnip and pumpkins
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR Back in the day I remember my Granda turning a humble turnip into a lantern. The smell of that turnip burning from the inside out with a candle was something else — a smell that still sticks with me. But today, the pumpkin has stolen the show, becoming the very …
Why Irish apples are ripe for development
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON Apples have quite a juicy reputation ranging from their temptation of Eve in the Garden of Eden to their connection with immortality in Celtic mythology. Before burly pumpkins muscled in on the act, apples had a leading role in Halloween tradition: featuring apple bobbing, toffee apples and the …
The clocks go back … and time moves on
THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS Mark, the security man at my local supermarket, says: “It won’t be long now.” Mark is an affable gentleman, and sometimes the only human contact I might have in a day – he and the lovely Nichole at checkout. “Long ‘til when?” I say. “Christmas,” he says. …
Kilkenny man running 6 Ultra Marathons across 6 counties in 6 days
Gowran native bids to raise €60,000 for three local & national organisations Kilkenny man, David Carter, will undertake the Ultra 300 Challenge from 4th to 9th November 2024 which will see him run 50km every day with a total of 300km covered across routes in Kilkenny, Carlow, Kildare, Wexford, Waterford & Tipperary. David is undertaking this challenge in …
‘Town end Vegas Boys run to set up O’Loughlin’s decider
Injury to netminder Diarmuid Galway sours ‘Vat demolition BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE St Canice’s Credit Union Kilkenny SHC Semi-Final UPMC Nowlan Park Thomastown 1-27 Mullinavat 0-12 For a second consecutive year, Thomastown will contest a county final, only this time it’s the Tom Walsh Cup that will be up for grabs when they …
Coolagh Pattern -1987
BY JOHN FITZGERALD PART ONE The day started unpromisingly, with black clouds threatening to unleash a deluge, but these gradually gave way to a clear blue sky and the balm of warm sunshine- real pattern weather, as the man on the gate put it. There was excitement among pattern committee men and women. Donnacha O’ Dualin, Radio Eireann’s noted folklorist …
Village slip from top table as Glenmore secure senior status
Soul searching in store for James Stephens as relegation confirmed BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE St Canice’s Credit Union Kilkenny Senior Hurling Relegation Final Glenmore 3-17 James Stephens 3-12 Venue: Thomastown, Referee: Owen Beehan Glenmore condemned The Village to relegation and intermediate hurling with a stunning 5-point victory at a windswept Thomastown last Saturday. …
Southern man, you better keep your head…
THE LAST WORD By Pat Coughlan It was 1974. I had moved to Dublin where I had a job and got my first flat. I was getting used to Dublin, and particularly its taste for music. Being from the country I regularly got asked “What do you get when you play a country and western …
Walk, don’t walk … and the price of a pint
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran The sum of €5.60. That’s the price of my pint in my local. My ‘poison’ is a pint of Rockshore Lager. If I head out the door, walk twenty yards to my left that pint will cost me €6.10. Should I head up town, about half way up High Street, that …
Six things I am going to miss about France
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON Being asked for directions while holidaying in La Belle France was a surprise. At first, I took it as a compliment, maybe I looked like a Frenchwoman, with that chic, je ne sais quoi air. But non, what made me look like a local was the fact that …
