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Kilkenny champ’s set for Rangers test
Provincial campaign starts in Carlow BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SHERRY SAYS Quarter Final Preview AIB Leinster Club Senior Hurling Championship 2023 Mount Leinster Rangers vs O’Loughlin Gaels Sunday, 4:30pm, Netwatch Cullen Park Having dethroned All-Ireland champions Shamrocks Ballyhale in the Kilkenny County final a fortnight ago, O’Loughlin Gaels take to the provincial stage as …
Jogger registrations hit 1,000 mark so far…
241 Dacia Offers on the road from €5 per day from O’Briens Kilkenny Dacia Ireland has announced that Jogger, the innovative and game changing 7-seater has surpassed its 1,000th registration in Ireland this year! Completely unique in the family car segment, Jogger has most definitely caught the attention of the Irish customer – the versatile …
Get €7,000 back on 241 Renault Megane E-Tech 100% electric at O’Briens Kilkenny
RENAULT MATCHES SEAI GRANT FOR 241 €3,500 RENAULT ELECTRIC BONUS Ranked 4th year to date in its segment the Megane E-Tech Electric hatch, launched in Ireland just nine months ago, is Renault’s most successful electric car ever. The first of a new generation of electric vehicles built on the advanced CMF-EV platform, styled within the …
Keeping the ghosts at bay as Carlow present Sebastian Barrys powerful Steward of Christendom
Carlow Little Theatre Society are delighted to be returning to the stage of the George Bernard Shaw theatre in the coming weeks, with their production of Sebastian Barry’s ‘The Steward of Christendom’, a profoundly moving story of family, love and loss. Set in 1932 in the Baltinglass county home, Thomas Dunne, the last Chief Superintendent …
Yulefest Kilkenny 2023
Yulefest Kilkenny returns from Saturday, November 25th to December 23rd, bringing festive cheer to the city. On November 25th, Santa will make his grand entrance, and a special guest will have the honour of switching on the Christmas lights. This day also marks the commencement of the Yulefest Christmas Markets. This year’s festival promises an …
Newpark FRC serving the community
Photos by jbs photos Kilkenny Newpark Close Family Resource Centre was built in 1976 to provide services and support for families living in Newpark Close and the surrounding areas. Primarily, its remit was to address the needs of children in the area and to eliminate the sense of isolation and social exclusion that some residents …
Borris Vocational School’s impressive accolade of scholarships continues to grow
Congratulations to 2023 Borris Vocational School 6th year student Megan O’ Brien who was awarded a Maynooth University Entrance Scholarship by Professor Eeva Leinonen, the President of Maynooth University for her outstanding Leaving Certificate results. Megan is the daughter of Lance and Victoria O’Brien from of Boherkyle, Kilkenny. Megan attended primary school in St. Fiachra’s …
Heroes of the Land War
BY JOHN FITZGERALD Part 2 Continuing the story of the two Callan-based curates who championed the rights of tenants in an era of oppression and widespread cruel evictions. The previous instalment can be read on the Kilkenny Observer website). At a meeting organised in Callan Father O’Keeffe made a passionate address to the tenant farmers …
Last military casualty in 1923 to be remembered at St. Rioch’s Cemetery
Compiled by Gerry Cody. Research: Larry Scallan and Mary Ann Maher They say every day is a school day – and there is no doubt but the older you get, the more inquisitive you are, the hungrier for information and knowledge. When it comes to family and ancestors, the curiosity sensors ignite all the more. …
The Ps & Qs of those airport queues!
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran Purgatory is a place on earth. And it’s called an airport. There is no heaven on earth, this we know; we do know, however, that there is hell on earth. Look no further than Gaza. Indeed you may be going through your own personal hell at the moment in which case …
