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Alice Kyteler - Kilkenny's black magic woman!

Almost 700 years ago, a young woman was dragged through the streets of Kilkenny, publicly flogged, tied to a stake and burned to death. The year was 1324 and it was the first ever burning of a ‘witch’ in Ireland. But there was a problem. The wrong ...

22 Oct 2021 at 11:31

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

There’s a framed postcard perched on a bookshelf in ‘my study’ which reads You Can Never Have Too Many Books. My wife might not agree. Not that she has anything against books - far from it. My wife is a great reader. Reads 10 books to my one. She ...

15 Oct 2021 at 11:30

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Fifty reasons why I love Kilkenny

Sunday is Kilkenny Day, a day to celebrate our city and county; a day to celebrate our heritage, our music, and our craft. I feel blessed that I live in Kilkenny, the Medieval Capital of Ireland, steeped in history and brimming with amenities: ...

08 Oct 2021 at 11:30

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Itches, coughs and orchestral manoeuvres

So, Culture Night has come and gone and it was, despite the menacing shadow of Covid, a wonderful success. Bravo to all concerned. I love a bit of culture, however, I have a problem - you see, I think I’m allergic to classical music. Allergic ...

24 Sept 2021 at 11:57

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

So, where did that famous, or rather infamous, line 'Knock, Knock' come from? And who started it? And while you’re pondering that who gave us the following well-known used, and often abused, sayings? And here’s a clue, they came from one ...

01 Oct 2021 at 11:30

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Remembering Miss Mac - Margaret McSweeney

I regularly visit the resting place of my parents, Jim and Brigid Moran, and my dear departed sister, Eadie, all of whom lie together in Foulkstown Cemetery. I stand at their graves and say a silent prayer that they may be at peace. ...

17 Sept 2021 at 11:30

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Dining out with All-Ireland champions

And who did I dine out with (literally) a few nights ago? An All-Ireland champion if you don’t mind. Not a hurler by the way. And when I say All-Ireland I mean ALL of Ireland - a champion of all 32 counties. The champion and myself ...

23 Jul 2021 at 11:30

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Gerry Moran: Two men in a boat

Two Men in a Boat featured in a live, RTE, Sunday Miscellany, broadcast from the Watergate Theatre in August 2011 celebrating ‘The Year of Craft’ and as part of Kilkenny’s Arts Festival. The programme was repeated last Sunday, ...

13 Aug 2021 at 23:00

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The elephant in my hospital room!

I am lying in a hospital bed. I am lying in a hospital bed catching up on my reading: newspapers, magazines etc. that I didn’t get round to. I am lying in a hospital bed but I am not sick. Thank God. A hospital bed is not the ...

10 Sept 2021 at 11:30

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Playing the waiting game...

The one thing that we are all doing right now is – waiting. We are waiting for Lockdown to end. To really end. To fully end. We are waiting for Covid to end. To curl up in a withered, spent ball, roll into the sunset and out ...

16 Jul 2021 at 11:30

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Ghosts, religious recluses and abductions - stories of what lies beneath Kilkenny!

She is walking slowly along Rose Inn Street. Pale, petite and dressed all in black. From head to toe – black. Witch came to mind but she is not wearing a witch’s classical cone-shaped hat. A black hat, yes, and a black ...

31 Oct 2022 at 13:32

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‘Out damned spot’. Out damned dot!

Every now and again I receive an email that brings a smile of positivity to my face and to my being! And although I am by no means a negative person (my better half might not always agree) like many of us, I can do ...

10 Sept 2020 at 18:55

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