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Sporting days and the Majorettes…
By John Fitzgerald The band’s debut appearance at Croke Park coincided with a match there involving the Kilkenny Camogie team. The girls, who scooped an All-Ireland victory, received a great morale booster from the presence of the band in Dublin. When the team returned to Kilkenny, the Camogie players formed a guard of honour with …
A pension is not only a vehicle for tax relief
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR It’s that time of year again when people are considering how much they can afford to put in their pension. For so many people the only benchmark is how much needs to be invested to get the maximum relief for the tax year. Unfortunately for many the view is if …
Gifts at Natural Health Store
BY CLAIR WHITTY At Natural Health Store, on the main street in Wexford we have opened a new department. It’s downstairs. We opened it in June but lots of people don’t know it’s there so I thought I would let you know more about it. Especially seeing as you might be looking for gift ideas. …
I’ve look at clouds from both sides now…
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON Clouds can put a damper on life can’t they? Remember the deluge they dumped on the Electric Picnic this summer? And just think of the number of times in this rainy country of ours we pray for clouds to stay away from a special event. But there is another …
Food, fashion, fetish: a city that never sleeps
THE FACT OF THE MATTER PAUL HOPKINS New York, New York. So good, they named it twice; the city that never sleeps; the Big Apple, Capital City of the World, the Centre of the Universe. We’ve heard it all before, of course, but to paraphrase Samuel Johnson, he who tires of New York, tires of …
1.. 2.. 3.. 4.. 5 – Shamrocks secure title #20
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR TJ Reid & Co. outclass The Village as Ballyhale make history! St Canice’s Credit Union (Kilkenny) Senior Hurling Championship County Final Shamrocks Ballyhale 1-21 James Stephens 2-11 UPMC Nowlan Park, 16th Ocotber 2022 History was made by Shamrocks Ballyhale last Sunday, as they claimed a first ever 5-in-a-row Kilkenny senior …
Shoulder to shoulder!
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR Star’s of the future line-out as Aviva Mini Rugby Festival comes to Kilkenny RFC There were many excited young rugby players on Sunday when the Aviva Mini Rugby Provincial Festival took place in Kilkenny Rugby Club. The Leinster Provincial Festival saw teams from across the province come together and play, …
Saint John’s Priory and Two Houses on John’s Quay
This week The Kilkenny Observer, in association with Cois Céim and The Kilkenny Saturday Walkers group, take a look at the history of Saint John’s Priory . The Priory’s history is an interesting one. By 1200 the Augustinians had a hospital at St Mauls dedicated to John the Evangelist. In1202 Bishop Felix O’Dullany granted one …
Keep Kilkenny Beautiful Annual Tidy Town Awards 2022
Speakers KKB Chairman Pat Boyd Malcolm Noonan TD Minister of State – Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage Cathaoirleach Kilkenny Co Co Mayor of Kilkenny The Entrepreneur award Kilkenny Cycle Tours Hidden Gems Antoinette Quigley, Rioch Street Ms. Gulnahar Qureshi, 37 St Kieran’s Crescent Delia Lowery, Nore Therapies, 7 William Street James Lawlor, 31 …
The worshipping of Helena
BY NED EGAN Part 3 So I took the decision to go and ask her, straight out, if there was ‘any chance.’ You think my antics were bizarre? We had a man in our village who thought he was a steam engine; another who had a bike for forty years and couldn’t ride it, a …
