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Dog attack kills cygnet from much-loved swan family in Kilkenny

Dog owners are being asked to keep their pets on a lead after a nesting family of well-known local swans suffered a dog attack at the Linear Park Weir last week. The alarm was raised when the parent swans were seen frantically flapping their wings ...

13 Sept 2023 at 10:19

Pictures & Videos

MOST WATCHED (2023): Swan family spotted on early morning march through Kilkenny City!

A family of swans including six young cygnets were spotted out and about in Kilkenny City early this morning. Footage shared publicly on social media by Pauline Clowry (see video below) captured the site, as the animals made their way towards the ...

21 Dec 2023 at 15:00

Kilkenny City

Kilkenny swan family safe and sound thanks to help from public after morning of adventure!

Earlier today, a video of a family of swans walking down Ballybough Street in Kilkenny City went viral. It has emerged that the swans, two parents and six cygnets, were making their way down from the water at the Lakeside Estate to the River ...

10 Jun 2023 at 19:40

Pictures & Videos

WATCH: Swan family spotted on early morning march through Kilkenny City!

10 Jun 2023 at 14:14

Horse Racing

Charlie Swan: 'Constitution Hill reminds me of Istabraq'

Ahead of the 2023 Cheltenham Festival, former jockey Charlie Swan was speaking to Cheltenham Betting. It’s 25 years since you won the first of Istabraq’s Champion Hurdles. What was he like to ride? The first time I sat on him was one ...

28 Feb 2023 at 16:44

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Is this a record for Kilkenny? Nine cygnets produced by swans

A pair of swans nesting somewhere on the Mount Juliet estate outside Thomastown in Kilkenny are raising nine cygnets. All are doing well and their nest is a closely guarded secret. Thanks to Jamie McHardy for the photo.

04 Jun 2019 at 16:53

Arts

Swan Lake for Kilkenny city

Ballet Ireland will present Swan Lake, one of the great love stories of classical ballet in the Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny on Thursday 21st November at 8pm. This most famous of ballets combines romantic themes, classical technique ...

25 Oct 2019 at 12:02

Recent Deaths

Kilkenny deaths for Monday, June 11

The death has occurred of Gertie Kenna (née Healy) of Smith's Road, Ballyragget, Co. Kilkenny and formally of Ballymartin House, Ballyragget and Newtown, Castlecomeron on 10th June 2018. . Peacefully at Brookhaven Nursing Home, ...

11 Jun 2018 at 09:00

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Windgap's 'Black Lady' is looking for romance - exotic swan turns up on Kilkenny lake

A rare, Black Swan - native to Australia - has turned up on a lake in Windgap. Ken Kinsella of Birdwatch Ireland took this picture of the female swan on Sunday. The exotic bird is very popular with wildfowl collectors in both ...

13 Jun 2018 at 11:20

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