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We were regaled with stories, anecdotes and facts regarding what lies beneath the gravestones of St Canice’s burial groundplaceholder image

Ghosts, religious recluses and abductions - stories of what lies beneath Kilkenn... Gerry Moran

Shrieks, screeches and screams were the currency of the night PICTURE: ELG21/Pixabayplaceholder image

Please release me - the time I spent Halloween behind bars!

Kyteler's Inn, the original home of Dame Alice Kyteler, who was tried as a witch in 1324placeholder image

Alice Kyteler - Kilkenny's black magic woman!

You can never have too many books! PICTURE: Pexels/Pixabayplaceholder image

Gerry Moran: It's true - you can never have too many books!

Sunday is Kilkenny Day, a day to celebrate our city and countyplaceholder image

Fifty reasons why I love Kilkenny

Knock, knock, who's there? - Who gave us the following well-known used, and often abused, saying? Read on...placeholder image

Gerry Moran: Knock, knock who’s there - and who started that malarky?

I love a bit of culture, however, I have a problem - you see, I think I’m allergic to classical music Picture: Pexels from Pixabayplaceholder image

Itches, coughs and orchestral manoeuvres

Every so often Miss Mac came to tea in our house and always it was an occasion PICTURE: Jill Wellington from Pixabayplaceholder image

Remembering Miss Mac - Margaret McSweeney

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The elephant in my hospital room!

Has texting put the kibosh on spelling along with the English language?placeholder image

Mastering the language - tough, bough, cough and dough!

The song has become an anthem at Anfield, home of Liverpool FC PICTURE: anwo00/Pixabayplaceholder image

When you walk through a storm...

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Gerry Moran: Two men in a boat

'I learned from Martin how to boil an egg in a kettle and that tomatoes taste better with a pinch of pepper'

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The cup was as good as Olympic gold to meplaceholder image

Kilkenny memories of winning my ‘Olympic gold’

The ban on hurling originated here in Kilkenny in 1366placeholder image

Cats beware - Kilkenny hurlers are bad company!

Langton's was the venue for a dinner with an All-Ireland championplaceholder image

Dining out with All-Ireland champions in Kilkenny

We are waiting for things to return to normal (if ever) Picture: Gerd Altmann from Pixabayplaceholder image

Playing the waiting game...

Who did I bump into sipping a coffee in the Castle Park? Mike Murphy of Winning Streak fameplaceholder image

Acting the Mick in Kilkenny Castle with Mike Murphy

We were regaled with stories, anecdotes and facts regarding what lies beneath the gravestones of St Canice’s burial groundplaceholder image

Ghosts, religious recluses and abductions - stories of what lies beneath Kilkenn...

Delving into the archives of the Kilkenny People unearthed some gems, including a story on painless tooth extraction!placeholder image

Gerry Moran: Artificial teeth and an exploding calf!

There’s a by-election going on in Dublin and Leo and Young Fine Gael are out early in the Farmers Marketplaceholder image

Care for a Hawaiian Cool, Leo? Chance encounters in the capital

In recent years Martin and I bumped into each other regularly at the Design Centre, under the arch if the weather was inclement or out in the courtyard if the sun was shiningplaceholder image

Remembering Martin Flynn - my friend

All of Kilkenny society descends on The Parade on Market Dayplaceholder image

The Parade on Market Day - dinging, deadly and delicious!

I watched The Commitments again - and I loved it every bit as much as that first screening back in 1991placeholder image

The Commitments - 30 years on and still going strong! Gerry Moran

The Riordans was the staple viewing of our family on Sunday nights and was as revered as Sunday mass itself!placeholder image

Benjy, Bosco and the Boomerang Kid!

The new musical bins have been a hit on the Parade PICTURE: DYLAN VAUGHANplaceholder image

Musical musings from Kilkenny - catscandance and buskin’ bins!

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Gerry Moran - The Hedgehogs’ Honeymoon!

This was the day I would receive my first vaccination for Covid-19 PICTURE: LuAnn Hunt/Pixabayplaceholder image

Hip hip hooray for V-Day!

A flashback to the 2012 Hug Fest with then-Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan with Aoibhín Murphy, Rosemary Collier and John McGuinness TD Picture: Pat Mooreplaceholder image

Remembering the great Kilkenny Hug Fest of 2012!

Kilkenny Castle was sold to the people of Kilkenny by Arthur Butler, the 24th Earl of Ormonde, back in 1967 for the nominal sum of £50placeholder image

Cromwell’s soldiers & the Beggars’ Pit

I have seen many dogs out and about. The Castle Park looks like Crufts! Picture: Eddie Galaxy/Pexelsplaceholder image

It really is a dog's life!

So, here we all are – one hour older and nothing to show for it Picture: Mat Brown/Pexelsplaceholder image

In search of lost time!

Guess what I'm getting for my birthday? A jab! A Covid vaccine jab Picture: Nataliya Vaitkevich/Pexelsplaceholder image

Arm jabs and cut throats!

Happy St Patrick's Day! Picture: RODNAE Productions/Pexelsplaceholder image

Greener Pastures - a poem for St Patrick's Day

A chance call meant yours truly had the opportunity to appear on telly with Gay Byrneplaceholder image

How I came to be on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Don’t know if Darwin had a theory on the evolution of potholes but I do. And it’s simple - they evolve rapidly. Very rapidly!placeholder image

Peering into potholes and phoning poems!

So, spring is in the air and guess what I’ve been up to? Spring-cleaning, of course... Picture: RODNAE Productions/Pexelsplaceholder image

Spring-cleaning and Covid Circles!

Cleere's is home to theatre, literature, comedy, music, economics, art - and you can have a pint too!placeholder image

These are a few of my favourite Kilkenny buildings

The ‘Liber Primus Kilkenniensis’ (1231 – 1537) is the oldest town record, a diary of sorts, offering invaluable information on everything and anything that went on in our cityplaceholder image

Outrageous words - and a cask of wine!

While keep-fit enthusiasts are jogging in the park I am usually sitting in my kitchen waging war on an orange Picture: Susanne Jutzeler, suju-foto from Pixabayplaceholder image

Oranges - why they really pith me off!

I've given up things before - just not on New Year’s Day when the body is still infused with the hedonistic excesses of Christmasplaceholder image

The big problem with the New Year

Of all the characters in the Bible I have huge affection for Samsonplaceholder image

Samson and Delighted!

The late Sean Kenny, Ann Kenny and Pat Shortall at the 2019 Culture Night at The Heritage Centre, Kilkenny Picture: VICKY COMERFORDplaceholder image

Seán, Jack, Kenny - a tribute

It was a quiet New Year's Eve but by God but we’ll sing Auld Lang Syne come December 31, 2021placeholder image

Remembering those ‘days gone by’

Good God would we be locked out of Mass? Had we to break our tradition of 30 years? And so it came to pass that, with a degree of fear and trepidation, I phoned the Black Abbeyplaceholder image

Covid, Christmas and Mass appeal

The next morning I foolishly told the missus about our visitor who I christened - what else - Noel!placeholder image

’Twas a night before Christmas...

"Our marvellous, our wonderful, our courageous camogie stars brought such joy to our hearts last Saturday evening."placeholder image

Rekindling the flame of Black & Amber victory

Since Brexit was voted in by the British our Passport Office has been inundated with requests from Britain for Irish Passportsplaceholder image

Testing times for passport applicants!

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Gerry Moran is - Driving Ms Katie

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The nut in the White House

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Coping with Covid-walking!

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Kissing ass and ass-kissing

What shocked me, however, was the queue for the barbers! What’s this urgency with men to get their hair cut?placeholder image

Moran: The long and the short of it!

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