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DÚCHAS HERITAGE SOCIETY
A Memorial Lecture in a series dedicated to the late Walter Walsh, a valued member of Tullaherin Dúchas Society will be held in Thomastown Concert Hall on Friday 6th February at 7.30pm. Treasa Wemyss will speak on the History of Thomastown Workhouse and, in particular the Women of Thomastown Workhouse. All are welcome. Hosted by …
The Brat Bríde Project
The Brat Bríde Project in partnership with Butler Gallery celebrated Brigid the Goddess, the saint and the woman with a host of cultural and craft activities last weekend. Cllr Maria Dollard opened the Brat Bríde Exhibition – Raising the Divine Feminine, with a display of goddess inspired prayer flags and 3 bespoke Brigid’s cloaks in …
FAME
This year’s Transition Year musical production by Loreto Kilkenny & CBC Kilkenny has been an amazing success and a life changing experience for the cast and crew. With 5 Sell out shows in the Watergate Theatre audiences & students alike went home each evening buzzing with excitement. It was a phenomenal effort from the cast …
St. Mary’s of Callan: A restored gateway to the past
By John Fitzgerald Part of a County Kilkenny town’s heritage might have been lost forever but a timely intervention. St Mary’s Church, a 13th century Gothic style building in Green Street, Callan, is a major national monument in the town and among the most notable of its kind in Ireland. It dates to about the …
Natural digestive support
BY CLAIR WHITTY A healthy gut is one of the most important parts of our health that we need to look after. Thankfully it is now widely recognised as the foundation of good health. And is something that I am very happy to see being talked about. There are many things that can impact on …
Love of land results in murder, gossip, isolation and silence as Kilmoganny stage The Field
Since they were founded in 2005, Shrughawadda Players from Kilmoganny have produced some wonderful nights of theatre. The man who started the theatrical ball rolling was Michael Dowling. Celebrating their 20th anniversary, the players are now preparing to take to the stage again and will present The Field by J. B. Keane. Based in and …
Get priorities right for rural resettlement
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON If Ireland was placed on a weighing scale it would be demographically unbalanced enough to tip us off into the Irish Sea. A whopping 40% of the population are on the East Coast, with over 28% in Dublin. A minority live in smaller communities and the rest in …
Shannonside calling Cats as Lyng seeks Treaty win
Limerick up next for the black and amber BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE Allianz Hurling League Roinn 1A Round 3, TUS Gaelic Grounds Sunday Feb 8th @ 3:45pm Limerick vs Kilkenny It may only be early February, but any meeting between the Shannonsiders and Noresiders sparks interest in the hurling fraternity across the Island …
Now, our elderly are being shown the door
THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS One balmy night, in the recession-ridden 1980s, I was coming from a drinks do, walking down Dublin’s Grafton Street to the taxi rank at the then Central Bank. I came upon a man, fortyish, sitting on the ground against a railing by Trinity College, a cap in …
Davy Holohan: a true and talented artist
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran Monday 4.20pm. I have just received a text: RIP. Davy Holohan. I can’t believe it. I am shocked. I am doubly shocked as Davy’s brother Ned is being buried this coming Wednesday. My thoughts are immediately with all the family at this sad time. I met Davy [pictured]on the town a …
