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Neighbourhood project highlights powerful Community history
The Kilkenny Observer takes a trip down memory lane with the Butts Community Centre Photo credits: Community hall project; Mike Kealy; Pat Shortall A question? What community in Kilkenny boasts the most All Ireland titles? It’s an interesting question and would deserve to be included as a tiebreaker in a pub quiz. One obvious answer …
Kilkenny debut for Caoimhe and Séamus Uí Flatharta
Caoimhe and Séamus Uí Flatharta’s recent performance of the lament Anach Cuan on the Late Late Show in honour of Aishling Murphy captured the mood of the nation. The siblings hail from the Gaeltacht region of Connemara in County Galway and make their Kilkenny debut on Sunday, 10th April at the stunning Medieval Mile Museum. …
Baby, you can drive my car…
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR Growing up in Ireland getting a car was a rite of passage. You got a credit union/bank loan and applied for your provisional and away you went, your own means of freedom. It was the sign you had arrived. And today Ireland continues to rely on the car as the …
Hello….is there anyone there?… hello, hello?
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON Sometimes I feel like that guy in Walter de la Mere’s spooky poem The Listeners. “Is there anyone there?” said the traveller, Knocking at the moonlit door. No one answers. A look in my sent email folder induced that kind of feeling recently. There, stretching back over weeks, were …
Look after your gut with Solo FloraFifty
BY CLAIR WHITTY Working in the natural health business is an exciting place to work as there is always something new to talk about. We love when we find something that is locally made, or a new supplement to solve a problem, especially digestive issues. Let me tell me about two of these new products. …
Why Putin may lose his propaganda war
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS In the Boer War at the battle of Spion Kop on January 23, 1900 there were three figures on that hilltop 24 miles southwest of Ladysmith who would survive the fighting and become luminaries in their own right. Louis Botha, a soldier who would become the first president …
Cork calling as Cats defeat Deise
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR ALL PIX: DANNY LAHART Semi-final battle set for Pairc Uí Chaoimh Allianz National Hurling Division 1 – Group B Kilkenny 2-21 Waterford 0-21 UPMC Nowlan Park An impressive 6-point win over the Deise, saw Kilkenny claim a semi-final berth in this year’s Allianz National Hurling League. The winning margin didn’t …
Minor crown slips as Galway make final
Wall turns attention to Leinster title Kilkenny 2-3 Galway 0-14 By Martin Quilty Kilkenny will have to wait another while to make it back-to-back All-Ireland titles since the early 2000’s, as Galway defeated the stripey women in last Sunday’s semi-final with a five point victory in Edenderry. It was a repeat of last year’s game …
