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“You’ll want more than tea and ye going to play Tipperary!”
It doesn’t fall to many people in a generation to be recognised by a short version of their name or a nickname. Internationally, the names JFK and Mother Teresa easily conjure up images. Nationally, the names Dev and Peig are also examples which inspire easy recall Edited and compiled by: Ger Cody In Kilkenny, similar …
Go skate at Kilkenny Skate Park
Go Skate Day is celebrated internationally on 21st June, and this year Kilkenny Skate Park decided to mark the occasion by hosting their very own competition in the new skate park on Sunday 27 June. All images: Danny Lahart Renamed Go Skate Day in 2004, the original event called Go Skateboarding Day, started in the …
Cat’s seek purr-fect start
BY NIALL SHERRY – SPORTS EDITOR Headquarters hosts semi-final battle All roads lead to Croke Park tomorrow for the Leinster Championship Semi-Final meeting of old foes Kilkenny and Wexford. (Throw-in 4:30pm) The Leinster Council gave the go-ahead last Monday for both semi-final’s to take place at headquarters. This will give the teams a chance to …
A bite of the Big Apple
A visit to New York is every bit as exhilarating as you would expect, discovers 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 …
Light out of darkness …
The Butler Gallery Kilkenny ahead of the opening of the Irish premiere of Richard Mosse’s two video installations Incoming and Grid (Moria) which are presented by Butler Gallery during Kilkenny Arts Festival. Pictured in deep thought is Malcolm Noonan TD, Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform Picture: Patrick Browne
For your tomorrow we gave our today!
During World War II (1939-1945) 156,000 British, US and Canadian forces invaded the coast of Normandy, in Northern France. The D – Day landings, codenamed Operation Overlord, began the invasion of Nazi occupied Europe. The fighting continued until the end of August the same year. It is accepted that the invasion, one of the largest …
Have seeds, will grow veggies…
THE Grow It Forward programme run by Kilkenny County Council Library Service has been going really well since it was launched on March 23 “This has been a hugely beneficial initiative, getting people to grow their own vegetables at home. Through sharing with neighbours and friends, communities have all gained from the experience and will …
All eyes on our John for IFTA gong and also on local Cartoon Saloon
THERE is plenty of local interest in this year’s Irish Film & Television Academy Awards. The 2021 IFTA nominations have been released, across 25 categories in Film and Drama, ahead of the virtual event which will be broadcast on Virgin Media One on Sunday July 4. Kilkenny City man John Morton’s TV series Dead Still …
Sprinter Phil is new UPMC Ambassador
IRISH international sprinter Phil Healy has been selected as a UPMC Ambassador for the next three years. Previously the sponsor of Healy as the UPMC Elite Sport Scholar for Waterford Institute of Technology, UPMC has agreed to partner with her for a further three years as a UPMC Ambassador. “The relationship between Phil Healy and …
