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Cody & Kilkenny enjoy Belfast trip
Two from two in Leinster campaign BY NIALL SHERRY, SPORTS EDITOR SPORTSEDITOR@KILKENNYOBSERVER.IE Leinster SHC – Round 2 Antrim 2-12 Kilkenny 2-30 Corrigan Park, Belfast The Kilkenny changing room in Corrigan Park would have been an interesting place to be at halftime last Sunday afternoon with Antrim holding a one-point lead over the current provincial champions. …
New publication chronicles the stories of the community of Callan and surrounding area
What Was It Like? captures the memories from a vanished Ireland, as collected by the Transition Year students of Coláiste Abhainn Rí 2023-2024. Coláiste Abhainn Rí and Mount Carmel are excited to announce the release of What Was It Like?, a new book created through a collaborative project between Transition Year students of ColáisteAbhainn Rí, …
Conflict and redemption as ‘Owls’ present The McGowan Trilogy
Barn Owl Players are thrilled to announce their most ambitious production yet, staging The McGowan Trilogy, a thrilling series of connected plays by renowned playwright Seamus Scanlon. Directed by the esteemed Philip Hardy, this electrifying production promises to be an unforgettable experience for local theatre- goers. This production marks the group’s first foray into Thomastown, …
I Do Not Like Thee, Doctor Fell
Laois Fourth Wall Theatre Group presents Bernard Farrell’s situational comedy I Do Not Like Thee, Doctor Fell directed by David Corri. A group therapy session is led by the enigmatic and manipulative Suzy (Mary Dermody). The participants Joe Fell (John Kavanagh), Roger (Kevin Lalor-Fitzpatrick), Peter (Joe Murphy), Maureen (Alex O’Neal), and Rita (Maeve Heneghan) reveal …
All the world’s a baize, a green baize!
Furthermore By Gerry Moran Things are hotting up on the green baize in Sheffield as I write. The Snooker World Championship final is about to take place in the famous Crucible Theatre which is to snooker what Croke Park is to Gaelic games and what the CYMS Hall was to us young snooker players back …
Teaching your child about value of money
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR First Holy Communions and Confirmations are upon us again marking not only a spiritual milestone but also an opportunity to encourage financial literacy in our children. The amount of money children receive is mind-blowing, into the thousands in many cases representing their biggest financial windfall to date and providing parents …
In May it’s time not to mow the lawn!
AS I SEE IT BY MARIANNE HERON It’s that time of year again, time to go wild and think about the birds and the bees, especially the bees. In Britain No Mow May is set to silence the seasonal whirring of lawn mowers – well some of them. Here the No Mow movement has the …
Kytelers Inn hosted the Kilkenny Floodlit Soccer League’s annual Awards
Kilkenny Floodlit Soccer League’s annual Awards night took place in Kytelers Inn last Friday. The winners and runners-up received their trophies, which were presented by the league sponsor, John Dalton of Daltons Chancellor Mills. Throughout the season, which ran from October to the end of April, a total of six competitions were held. Congratulations to …
Going to America where Trump’s threats thrive
THE FACT OF THE MATTER BY PAUL HOPKINS A week may well be a long time in politics but my recent week went far too fast. The week my son and his American wife and my two granddaughters came to visit – the first time I had seen them in almost two years. Madeleine (6) …
Loreto Kilkenny International Day 2025
Photography by Mr. Tom Beirne On 8 April 2025, Loreto Secondary School Kilkenny held their annual International Day to celebrate the vast diversity of cultures and ethnicities representing the student body. The day was a huge success, with over 185 students from various ethnicities taking part in the event, and show-off their culture with pride. …
