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Goals galore as Cats rip Laois apart
BY NIALL SHERRY SPORTS EDITOR Avoid defeat in Wexford and we’ll see Henry in Croker! Walsh Cup (Round 2) Rathdowney, Co. Laois Laois 2-21 Kilkenny 3-31 It’s two from two for Derek Lyng’s Kilkenny as the Cats came away with the points following a comprehensive 13-point win over Laois in Rathdowney last weekend. It sets …
The ‘can do’ attitude by women was instrumental to the survival of families and the community in Castlecomer
Mai Dormer puts pen to paper for The Kilkenny Observer this week as she reminisces about life in a coal mining community Apart from the Audio/ visual tapes at the Castlecomer Mining Museum, little is written about the role of women through the coal-mining years. Mothers, wives, daughters and sisters within mining families played a …
CBS and Presentation Kilkenny Students enjoy Leaving Cert PE Workshop at SETU Waterford
BY EOIN EVERARD Fifth and sixth year students from CBS and Presentation Kilkenny were down in Waterford last Friday to experience the first Leaving Cert PE Workshop at the South East Technological University. With PE recently becoming a leaving certificate subject it has led to some exciting but demanding challenges for schools. The PE curriculum …
Kilkenny man’s new book launch in Callan
Kilkenny native Joe Kearney will launch his new book, The Beekeeper and the River in Callan on Friday evening 27th January. Frank McKenna, retired school principal and historian, will formally launch the collection of short stories at Kevin Keogh’s pub in Mill Street Callan at 9.00pm. The book is published by Ballpoint Press and is …
Girl Auction
BY NED EGAN Part 1 It was about seventy-five years ago, sitting beside the fire in old Baurscoobe, in the County of Kilkenny, that I heard this story of ‘The Girl Auction’, or ‘Fair’. This story is laced with more truth than merriment. In this particular ‘girl auction’ story, there was only the one bidder… …
Clampdown on Sin-Swapping in Callan
By John Fitzgerald Religion was a stricter business in past times that it is today, as Callan folk were reminded yet again in May 1944 when the Rev. Dr Doyle took over as parish priest in the town. A Cuffsgrange man, Dr. Doyle was a strong believer in clerical and monetary competence. He was conscious …
Fuel for thought but the outlook is brighter
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR With inflation increases, interest rate hikes and the continuing energy crisis, 2022 was a tough year for many of our readers. Areas that affects us all are the cost of electricity/gas and petrol/diesel. Late last year the cost of energy began to fall, but the cost of gas, for example, is …
Predictions past, present and to come
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran January is not just the month for resolutions, new beginnings and sales; it is also the month for predictions — predictions for the year ahead and beyond. Old Moore’s Almanac has been making predictions for the past 259 years (and who could have predicted such longevity for such a small magazine) …
Revive and Go Immunity
BY CLAIR WHITTY Let’s spring into action and support the immune system. A healthy diet and digestive system will help, but stress, lack of sleep, a highly processed diet, and inadequate rest will put strain on it. Antioxidants like vitamin C, E, Beta Carotene, and Selenium are found naturally in food. They assist in protecting …
Still, no cure for ongoing hospital ills
AS I SEE IT MARIANNE HERON One thing that strikes me about the current screaming headlines over the crisis in the Health Service is that there is absolutely nothing new about this. The situation in our hospitals has been dysfunctional for years, particularly chaotic in emergency departments with long, distressful waits on trolleys before patients …
