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When it comes to music, Charlie Parsons knows a thing or two on that topic. As a former trumpet player in the Army Band he has recently recorded the trumpet classic Il Silenzio in memory of his mother. All proceeds will go to the Carlow / Kilkenny home care team who are very close to …

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‘A Woman’s Culm’ (2021) HDV 17:30 mins by Pauline O’Connell is a single-channel film, an artistic response to the commission call-out under the ‘Local Legacies 1921/2021’ Community Strand of the Decade of Centenaries Programme in County Kilkenny. The short cine-poem, centred on the upland areas along the Castlecomer Plateaux, makes visible rural women’s day-to-day struggles …

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Another legend relates to the profanement of Kilkenny’s Market Cross by Cromwellian soldiers. This magnificent stone structure stood close to the present location of the same name. Four columns supported it and devout folk could ascend it on its four sides by flights of stone steps. From its highest point rose a sculptured figure of …

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The sudden death of Jim Carroll had a devastating effect on Kilkenny people. Affectionately known as Sag, he spent a lifetime working within the hospitality industry. A gregarious, ebullient and effervescent personality ensured that Jim forever remained well liked. Yet along with the friendliness, the companionable nature, he was a man of steely determination and …

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This week The Kilkenny Observer is delighted to introduce a short story from a Newpark resident Renowned for sporting prowess over decades, the inhabitants of Newpark regularly brought honours and titles to their beloved estate. High performances delivered accolades in hurling, courtesy of O’Loughlins and Dicksboro. Much to the chagrin of some observers, the other …

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BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR MY bank account was hacked last week! I noticed a sum of money was sent to an online delivery company to deliver from a restaurant in Dublin to an address in Dublin – a nominal amount – at 5.15 pm last Friday. I called, or should I say logged on …

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BY NED EGAN Part 2 Two lovely summer months went by. The Aussie girl was more popular than ever with most people. But the odd one had doubts. Aggie’s old poison kidded a few. A very few. Then, one day, a letter arrived for her. Registered. So the Postman said, anyway. Probably solicitors advice about …

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BY CLAIR WHITTY Bloating, constipation, or heartburn are common digestive problems that many of you may experience from time to time. But some of you might only have digestive issues when you’re away from home. This can happen because you eat food that you don’t normally eat at home, or just more food in general. …

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AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON HEIR hunting made headlines recently when Padraic Grennan of Erin Research – specialising in probate genealogy – traced the next of kin of Hilary Smith and her husband Nicholas, whose bodies were found 18 months after they died in their rural Tipperary home. Grennan’s investigators found a son of …

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By Frank Cody The Newpark housing estate, when I was a boy, was surrounded by fields. This safe environment granted freedom to frolic and play. Paddy Phelan, John ‘Sundown’ Phelan and Danny McEvoy owned these swards. The Phelan brothers used good farm husbandry to rotate crops of cereals and vegetables. This practice allowed the corncrake …

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