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Greener Pastures - a poem for St Patrick's Day

Happy St Patrick's Day everyone! Here's a poem penned in honour of our patron saint.... Greener Pastures ‘Twas Paddy’s Day in Heaven And the craic was something fierce Fionn MacCumhaill was there and Granuaile James Joyce and Patrick Pearse There ...

17 Mar 2021 at 18:27

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Rekindling the flame of Black & Amber victory

Thank you, Jesus. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I’m thanking Jesus because His birthday is just around the corner and because it’s a reflex action, or thought, I suppose but really I should be thanking (and I am) our marvellous, our wonderful,...

18 Dec 2020 at 11:00

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Gerry Moran: Artificial teeth and an exploding calf!

I’ve been delving into the Kilkenny People archives recently and unearthed some tidbits that caught my attention. Let’s start with this from 1913: The Artificial Teeth Mart, Bridge Street, Callan. The above firm owing to its Truly Marvellous ...

25 Jun 2021 at 11:30

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A ‘drinking’ song for our times

A ‘drinking’ song for these unprecedented times, which I dedicate to all drinking men (and women) who are missing, not just the drink, but their locals and the company and craic therein. To the air of: ‘The Pub with No Beer’. Raise your can,...

27 Mar 2020 at 15:26

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Gerry Moran - Flake News in the city

Kilkenny City. Thursday 1st March 5.30 p.m. My wife and I are sitting at the kitchen table. We are nursing two large mugs of coffee and munching Mikados (well I am) We are looking out the window. And we are waiting. Waiting for Emma. Storm ...

23 Mar 2018 at 14:25

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Musical musings from Kilkenny - catscandance and buskin’ bins!

I love a bit of imagination. A bit of innovation. That’s why I love the musical litter bins on the Parade. Have you seen them yet? Or rather, have you heard them? Seeing them is just half the experience - hearing them completes it. Of ...

14 May 2021 at 11:30

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Twenty seven years in Lockdown

Three men who will definitely escape the Coronavirus are Chris Cassidy, Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner. Those three astronauts left planet Earth recently for the International Space Station and will remain in lockdown there until ...

22 May 2020 at 12:46

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Reflections on the coronavirus with Gerry Moran

This week, some variations on a theme, the Covid-19 theme. First off – a poem by yours truly Home Alone In Bergamo, on the News I see the coffins, row on row I see the bodies on hospital beds Listless, lifeless almost, waiting for ...

03 Apr 2020 at 12:43

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Gerry Moran This Kilkenny Life: Gexit!

Welcome, dear readers, to GEXIT! Brexit, which we’re sick to death of, hasn’t actually happened yet, Frexit (France leaving the EU) is unlikely to happen but Gexit is a done deal. As of this week. No referendum required. I’m ...

20 Jul 2017 at 16:04

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Testing times for passport applicants!

Brexit is very much in the news these days and, as you are probably aware, since Brexit was voted in by the British our Passport Office has been inundated with requests from Britain for Irish Passports. That demand for ...

11 Dec 2020 at 11:00

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

I am sitting on a bench sipping, or rather sucking (it comes with a straw), a Hawaiian Cool. A Hawaiian Cool is a concoction of pineapple, cucumber, carrot and mint or something like that. It’s cool. But if it is, so ...

18 Jun 2021 at 11:30

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Hip hip hooray for V-Day!

Wednesday, April 21 started out like any other day – crows scrabbling in the back garden for grub, finches squabbling at the bird feeder, the cat looking pleadingly at me for her breakfast. Same old, same old. But ...

30 Apr 2021 at 11:30

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