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Frankie Ryan RIP
News of the death of Frankie Ryan was heard of with extreme regret in the Bennettsbridge community and beyond. Frankie died on 11th February at his home in Woodlawn surrounded by his family. Born in 1937, he was one of a family of seven children of Edward and Margaret Ryan, 17, The Ring, Bennettsbridge. He …
Theatre a major part of life as Henriques prepares for Moll role
By Tom Dayton It was back in 2000 when Founding Father of Kilkenny Musical Society , Donal O’Brien was doing his traditional “go raibh mile maith agaibhs” after a captivating presentation of the Charles Strouse (Music) and Martin Chapman’s (Lyrics) Annie. A young Callan lassie had given a terrific first-time ever presentation Miss Hannigan in …
Kilkenny Castle Park Festivities at St. Patrick’s Festival Kilkenny
Kilkenny Castle Park will play host to a range of activities across St. Patrick’s week. With American Marching Bands on Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday and the new special Castle Park Festivities on St. Patrick’s Day March 17th. On the day the Castle will be hosting a whole day of family fun. Visitors can travel through …
Girl Auction
BY NED EGAN Part 8 At the bedroom door now, and looking down the gloomy stairs, Molly felt a small terror grip her, about the strange and dangerous situation she was in. All the nights in her young life had finished up with her waking in the morning in this little room, drowsy, and fairly …
The Kilquan players
COMEDY “ANYONE COULD ROB A BANK” Due to popular demand, The Kilquan Players are delighted to announce that they will be performing their play “Anyone could rob a Bank” by Thomas Coffey in Coon Hall on Saturday, 11th March, 2023 at 8 pm sharp for one night only. The play was performed for five nights …
Well done JJ
JJ Corrigan presents a cheque to the Irish Wheelchair Association and Acquired Brian Injury Ireland for €350 each. JJ attends the IWA and ABI Ireland. He spent months making Christmas logs, wreaths and topiary trees which he sold at crafts fairs in the lead up to Christmas. He raised a total of €700 and both …
Fair days in Callan
By John Fitzgerald PART ONE Callan in the early years of the twentieth century was a thriving market town-thanks mainly to its monthly fair and weekly fowl markets. The fair was on the third Wednesday of each month, and saw the town transformed into a hive of wheeling and dealing. Buyers and sellers of livestock …
Presenting the Oscars and a 12 minute standing ovation!
FURTHERMORE By Gerry Moran It’s not every day of the week that a man gets to present an Oscar, two Oscars even! But that’s exactly what yours truly did this time (ie. Oscar-time) last year. And I did it in Cleere’s pub. I presented the Oscars to two of the co-founders of the Monday night …
COMPETITION WINNER
Congratulations to Phil Hennessy Thank you to all who entered the draw to win a gift voucher for Connolly’s Red Mills Store sponsored by The Kilkenny Observer. Congratulations to Phil Hennessy, Lantern Cottage, Bennettsbridge Road, Kilkenny who was the lucky winner of the €300.00 gift voucher, a great opportunity to shop from the fabulous fashion …
Q&A: the auto-enrolment pension scheme
BY JOHN ELLIS, FINANCIAL ADVISOR There is a growing interest in the new auto-enrolment pension scheme with employers and employees requesting more information. Here are some of the common questions I have received recently. Who is it for? Everyone from 23 to 60, and earning more than €20,000 a year, will automatically be auto enrolled …
