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Intimidation: People afraid to visit graves at Kilkenny cemetery

People are in fear of visiting the graves at St Kieran’s Cemetery because of escalating anti-social behaviour according to a number of city councillors. The matter was raised by Councillor Eugene McGuinness at this month’s meeting of the Kilkenny ...

18 Jan 2023 at 09:06

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Sinead O’Connor’s final resting place is peaceful spot in cemetery

The final resting place of the singer Sinead O’Connor is a peaceful plot in south Dublin called The Garden. Pale roses adorned her grave in Deansgrange cemetery, accompanied by blue hydrangeas that had surrounded her coffin as it was driven ...

09 Aug 2023 at 17:42

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Robots examine 'suspicious object' left in Derry cemetery after Republican commemoration

A public safety operation is under way at a cemetery in Derry where an Easter Monday republican commemoration was staged, police have said. Derry’s City Cemetery was closed to visitors on Tuesday morning as officers examined the scene. The ...

11 Apr 2023 at 14:45

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'Even the dead have no peace' - fury as graves disturbed, items stolen from Kilkenny cemetery

A local councillor has said even the dead can have no peace in a Kilkenny City cemetery where some families have given up trying to maintain gravesites due to repeated theft and vandalism. Cllr Eugene McGuinness has asked Kilkenny County ...

29 Nov 2023 at 14:32

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Council to discuss draft byelaws for St Kieran’s Cemetery in Kilkenny after concerns

Draft byelaws on the regulation of burial grounds at St Kieran’s Cemetery will be discussed by members of Kilkenny County Council before going on public consultation later this year. The byelaws follow concerns raised by councillors ...

07 May 2024 at 20:01

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Kilkenny photographer's book recalls the fading days of religious parades and parish patterns

Fast-retreating memories of the 70s and 80s are brought back to life in a new book from a photographer with strong Kilkenny roots. Religious festivals, pattern Sundays and Corpus Christi processions were still a major community ...

10 Jul 2020 at 18:12

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Drug dealing at St Kieran’s Cemetery must be stopped - McGuinness

A local cemetery is being used regularly for drug dealing according to two politicians who have received numerous complaints about the issue. John and Andrew McGuinness, who have their constituency office close to the cemetery,...

14 Aug 2024 at 08:00

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'He never forgot his Kilkenny roots' - Popular priest will be laid to rest this weekend

Father Michael Fitzgerald is to due to be laid to rest in his home village of Tullaroan this weekend. Father Michael of Highfield Health Care, Whitehall, Co Dublin and formerly of Lates House, Lates, Tullaroan, Co Kilkenny ...

01 Feb 2024 at 06:00

Recent Deaths

Kilkenny deaths for Tuesday, August 20

The late Elizabeth (Lily) Clarke The death has occurred of Elizabeth (Lily) Clarke (née O'Malley), Ballycullane, Kilmallock, Limerick; Kilkenny City; Naas, Kildare and Charleville, Cork. Predeceased by her husband Sam ...

20 Aug 2019 at 10:09

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Glasnevin Cemetery – It’s on your bucket list, right?

A seemingly unlikely place to visit this summer, but Glasnevin Cemetery is a must and if it isn’t on your bucket list now, it will be! Opened in 1832, Glasnevin is a hauntingly gorgeous Victorian Garden Cemetery, ...

04 Jul 2019 at 13:17

Recent Deaths

Kilkenny death for Thursday, June 20

The late Patricia Neville The death has occurred of Patricia Neville (nee McGrath) (Norelands, Stoneyford, Co. Kilkenny R95 T3 Y8) 19th June 2019, peacefully at home in the loving care of her family, Patricia, ...

20 Jun 2019 at 11:49

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Kilkenny born veteran of World War II passes away in Philidelphia

A Kilkenny born veteran of World War II has passed away. Jack Wilson, who was 93 years of age, died in the US last week. Jack was born on Tilbury Place in the centre of Kilkenny city and emigrated to the US ...

29 May 2019 at 15:30

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