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Letter to the editor
Dear Editor, I wish to respond and say well done to Letter to Editor ‘THE TOWN I LOVE SO WELL’ I can relate to all this letter writer stated. Daily, we are being terrorised by some young individuals on High Street. Tourists and elderly having to jump out of the way of paths, streets and …
Full house at Neighbourhood Hall for Holohan launch of ‘Reflections on a Life’
Photos with thanks to Pat Shortall St Canice’s Neighbourhood hall was the venue for the launch of Davy Holohan’s art exhibition ‘Reflections on a life’. A son of Peig O’ Brien from Greenshill and of Johnstown’s Eddie Holohan, Daithi has a wide and varied CV. Having attended Kilkenny CBS primary and secondary school he made …
KILKENNY ARTS FESTIVAL – Our Arts Festival 50 years on
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – I feel blessed to live in this historic, beautiful, and cultural city of ours. I feel equally blessed that for fifty years, Kilkenny has been hosting a world class Arts Festival (originally known as Arts Week) On this the 50th anniversary of the Festival I …
Glenmore stun Shamrocks in opener!
Eoin Murphy shines at Páirc na Seamróg BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR St. Canice’s Credit Union Senior Hurling League-Championship 2023 Shamrocks Ballyhale 2-14 Glenmore 1-20 The current holders of the Tom Walsh Cup were given a stark reminder that claiming a 6th successive County title won’t be easy, going down at home by …
Author Donal Cadogan delves into the life and times of Alice Kyteler
By Annika Kilkenny “Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through”, Jonathan Swift. Kilkenny author, Donal Cadogan, takes inspiration from his roots in A little book of Alice Kyteler as he delves deep into the darkness that is tied to the unexplainable occurrences of 14th century Ireland. …
Letter to the editor
‘The Town I love So Well’ As like the summer so far, the August Bank holiday passed us by as if we were in the latter stages of Autumn. However, many families still tried to get away for a little together time before the children head back to school. Kilkenny is sold as thee place …
Learning the hard way: The stick and the leather
BY JOHN FITZGERALD Part 1 In 2001 Callan man Sean Holden recalled sitting behind his desk on a typical day at the local CBS all those years before. He listened to the teacher droning on about Irish verbs and tenses as he paced up and down the room. Sean described what happened next: “Suddenly, without …
A dose of Art-ritis and little-pinky-blues!
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran It’s that time of year again, folks, Arts Festival time. And I love it. Our Arts Festival is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this year (happy anniversary all). Read some memories of mine from those 50 years elsewhere in this paper. In the meantime here’s a light-hearted piece I penned back in …
KATS present Eclipsed a story of survival
As history and personal accounts inform us, women entered the Magdelene laundries for a variety of reasons. Pregnant women were signed in, women who were deemed too “fast” or a little bit “slow” or even those who were a burden to their families were confined within those walls. Patricia Burke Brogan, the author of the …
Our young see little option to buy a home
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR Is it any wonder that young adults are of the opinion that they may be much older before it becomes feasible to purchase their own home – or even will not be able at all in the future. This is borne out in the recent ESRI report with their findings …
