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Shooting stars: Kilkenny skies to be illuminated tonight by stunning celestial show

By Kilkenny Now 11th August 2020 0

Hundreds of shooting stars could be observed in the skies over Kilkenny tonight as the largest meteor shower of the year, the Perseids, will light up the night. The show will start shortly after dark and is a result of a comet, Swift- Tuttle, which passes the Sun roughly every 130 years. It last orbited […]

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Kilkenny early risers spot giant fireball in the frosty sky

By Kilkenny Now 18th November 2019 0

A GIANT fireball was spotted streaking over Kilkenny’s frosty sky early this morning. Some reports are saying it was a meteorite, while some claim it landed in neighbouring Carlow. At 5.20am this morning, the flashing fireball was seen by those up early for work, or those out for an early morning run. The huge fireball […]

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Mysterious green object spotted in skies above Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 29th October 2019 0

A GIANT fireball was spotted streaking over Kilkenny’s sky yesterday. Some were baffled by what they saw, while others wondered if it signaled the end of the world? The huge green fireball illuminated the early evening sky and was spotted all the way from West Cork and North Mayo, to the tip of Northern Ireland, […]

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Great balls of fire! Mysterious flying object spotted in skies above Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 5th October 2019 0

SOME called it Boris Johnson’s Brexit proposal, other screamed the apocalypse but something in the skies caught the eyes of observant Kilkenny people last night. Shortly after 9pm last night an unidentified object, in the guise of a fireball was seen whizzing across Kilkenny’s skies with sightings reported as far away as Scotland. All had […]