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Endgame: exploring the Amazon on a voyage of great sporting books

Kieran Street in Kilkenny doesn’t hold the same attraction for me as it used to. No surprises there, given what has been lost over the past 12 months. At one end there’s still a Rollercoaster, but there’s no Willie Meighan therein. At the other end ...

05 Oct 2018 at 06:35

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Kilkenny music icon, the late Willie Meighan receives major award at IMROs

The late Willie Meighan from Kilkenny city was recognised last night by the Irish music fraternity. He was posthumously awarded the The IMRO Outstanding Contribution to Live Music accolade at the national awards in Dublin. The former proprietor of ...

21 Feb 2018 at 09:35

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The late Willie Meighan, Kilkenny remembered by Ipswich Town soccer club

The late Willie Meighan of Roller Coaster Records, Kieran Street, Kilkrenny was a life-long supporter of Ipswich Town soccer club in England. At a recent home game he received a lovely mention in the match day programme. The club played Reading ...

09 Jan 2018 at 10:39

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Kilkenny Roots Festival - 20 years a growing

07 Apr 2017 at 00:21

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Without Willie, it will never be the same again - Enda McEvoy

In the end everything about Willie Meighan’s final gig, in an inexcusably cold St Mary’s Cathedral last Thursday morning, was pitch-perfect. Like an opening guitar line from Johnny Marr for Morrissey to run with and embellish and wave a bunch ...

07 Dec 2017 at 13:53

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Kilkenny's Willie Meighan remembered in music

Friends and family of Willie Meighan gathered in Ryans on Friary Street last Thursday evening to remember a kind and gentle man who has left an indelible mark on the heart of Kilkenny. Just hours after his funeral his friends, many of whom ...

07 Dec 2017 at 17:29

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Funeral arrangements for the late Willie Meighan, Roller Coaster Record Shop, Kilkenny

The funeral arrangements for the late Willie Meighan, Rioch Street, Kilkenny city and formerly of Roller Coaster, Kieran Street, Kilkenny have been released. Willie Meighan, Rioch Street, Kilkenny November 28th 2017 (peacefully) at his ...

28 Nov 2017 at 13:59

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Willie Meighan - Mr Rollercoaster Kilkenny has passed away

Willie Meighan's death at 48 years of age this morning has had a profound impact on many people in Kilkenny and far beyond. The wonderful, joyous, happy-go-lucky owner of one of the country's few independent record shops, Roller ...

28 Nov 2017 at 09:47

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Kilkenny music icon Willie Meighan laid to rest

Today, over 1,000 people packed into St Mary's Cathedral, Kilkenny for the funeral Mass of the owner of the best little record shop in the world, Willie (Roller Coaster) Meighan. It was a reflection of what he meant to people ...

30 Nov 2017 at 18:57

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