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Taoiseach and Tánaiste welcome An Post’s stamp marking Michael Collins centenary

Today An Post marks the centenary of the death of Michael Collins with a new stamp. The national rate stamp, designed by Ger Garland, goes on general release on Thursday August 18 and is available in selected post offices nationwide and at anpost....

17 Aug 2022 at 22:30

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Kilkenny during the Civil War autumn 1922

One hundred years ago in September 1922, Kilkenny was in the throes of the Civil War. Dramatic events including guerilla warfare, ambushes, and raids occurred regularly. These events grew increasingly commonplace across the county as autumn ...

25 Sept 2022 at 10:00

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Centenary Tales tells the untold stories of Kilkenny women in 1922

Rothe House will be transported back to 1922 this weekend with three performances of The Untold Tales of Freedom. This is show is series of monologues written specifically for the production, devised, and directed by Ita Morrissey and ...

28 Sept 2022 at 13:00

National News

100 years of An Garda Síochána to be celebrated after three month delay

One hundred years of An Garda Síochána is due to be celebrated tomorrow (Tuesday May 24). The centenary event marks the establishment of the force as a replacement for the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) after the foundation of the ...

23 May 2022 at 12:31

Kilkenny Sport

Schools star Raggett hopes to teach Scotland a lesson on St Patrick's Day

Kilkenny student Mikey Raggett will be hoping he can help teach Scotland a lesson when the Republic of Ireland schools team take on their Celtic cousins on St Patrick's Day. Raggett, a student at St Kieran's College, is part of ...

10 Mar 2022 at 11:12

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Orange Order leaders pledge to defend Northern Ireland's place in UK

Tens of thousands of people marched under the outstretched arm of Edward Carson today (Saturday May 28) as unionism celebrated the centenary of Northern Ireland. Like the famous unionist leader, the leaders of the Orange Order ...

28 May 2022 at 18:18

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Barracks Handover Centenary: The 1922 account of the handover from the Kilkenny People

The following is the account of the handover of the military barracks in Kilkenny from British Forces to Irish Forces as reported in the Kilkenny People on February 11, 1922: On Tuesday last the Kilkenny military barracks ...

14 Feb 2022 at 18:24

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Centenary of James Stephens Barracks handover to be marked in Kilkenny this weekend

This weekend, the 3rd Infantry Battalion of the Irish Defence Forces, based in James Stephens Barracks, will commemorate the centenary of the handover of the Barracks from British Forces to Irish Forces on February 7, ...

01 Feb 2022 at 17:02

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New Kilkenny radio play, The Burning of Woodstock House to air on KCLR

A new play by local playwright Gillian Grattan inspired by the burning of Woodstock House will air on KCLR on Sunday October 16. Funded under a Year of Centenaries grant, Gillian was inspired to write about the house ...

16 Oct 2022 at 10:30

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'I am to die for Ireland' - New exhibition marks 100 years since first Civil War executions

The centenary of the first executions of the Irish Civil War is being marked in a new exhibition. Four young working class men - Peter Casidy, James Fisher, John Gaffney and Richard Twohig - were executed in one of ...

17 Nov 2022 at 14:35

New film set during Irish Civil War features tragic executions in Kilkenny

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New film set during Irish Civil War of 1922 features tragic executions in Kilkenny

The new film Dear Mother, written and directed by Kevin Hughes will be showing from November 8-18 in the Butler Gallery, Kilkenny. The film is set during the Irish Civil war in 1922 and tells the tragic true story ...

12 Nov 2022 at 23:00

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The original account of the handover of the military barracks in Kilkenny

13 Dec 2022 at 19:41

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