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Party Time at Fr. McGrath Centre
Photos: jbsphotoskilkenny The Fr. McGrath Centre was a hive of activity on Wednesday morning as diverse cultures gathered for the annual Failte Isteach Christmas “bash”. They came from South America, Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe, with a big gathering of our new Ukrainian community. This convivial gathering brought together men and women from all over …
‘Boro set for Sarsfields test
Palmerstown club dreaming of All-Ireland glory BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR PREVIEW All-Ireland Senior Camogie Club Championship Final Dicksboro vs Sarsfields Sunday, Croke Park, 5:15pm All pics courtesy of Inpho Dicksboro camogs will make the journey to Dublin on Sunday, knowing that they are just 60 minutes from making more history for their club. Standing …
Clogh Writers Group launch their seventh publication
Words: Ger Cody Photos: Pat Shortall Probably the most loved Irish poet is Kerryman Brendan Kennelly. Apart from his incredible improvisation on ‘that Late Late Show’ when he read his poem Begin, The Ballylongford scribe is credited with some of the best poetry in the last 100 years. And I thought of Kennelly last week …
Danny Mullins
BY MICHAEL O’LEARY A few weeks ago on Tuesday 28th November at Tramore Racecourse, Danny Mullins reached a significant milestone as he rode his 500th winner on Irish soil when partnering the Gavin Cromwell trained Leish Oscar’s Son to victory in The Doneraile Walk Beginners Steeplechase. It was a career that began 15 year ago …
Kilkenny’s Christmas Market continues to woo the crowds
The third weekend of Kilkenny’s Yulefest Christmas continues to draw the crowds to the medieval city centre as the festival enters the advent Christmas shopping season. Dozens of stalls featuring local craft, food and art producers will attract thousands of shoppers this weekend, while they will be entertained by live music on the festival bandstand …
Former Kilkenny great Eddie Keher connects with The Friday Men’s Group at Newpark
Photos by Pat Shortall A very special guest arrived at Newpark Family Resource centre recently. Eddie Keher received an enthusiastic welcome from those present and many hurling stories and matches were recounted. During his hurling career, Keher had become known as the deadliest finisher in the history of the game. He held the record for …
Tips to help prevent a hangover
BY CLAIR WHITTY This time of year, many of you will be out and about partying. Some of you may end up with a hangover the next day. Here are some tips that may help prevent this. I cannot promise anything but they are worth trying! Some common symptoms of a hangover are headaches, tiredness, …
Christmas in a thatched house
THE KILKENNY OBSERVER CHRISTMAS SHORT STORY SERIES CELEBRATING WRITERS IN OUR COMMUNITY ’23 The Kilkenny Observer Newspaper is delighted to present our ‘2023 Christmas short story series’. We have invited four writers from Kilkenny to submit a short story during the Christmas season, which we hope you will enjoy. For this, our third week, we …
Blessing of the Baby Jesus
The Kilkenny Secular Franciscan Order invites all children, the families and friends to bring the baby Jesus figures from their crib at home to be blessed in the Capuchin Friary this Sunday. The Blessing helps children and young people to prepare for Jesus. The event will be held on Sunday 17th December at 3pm to …
