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Ballyhale al fresco: Joy as Billy’s Tearooms to reopen for first time in six months

By Kilkenny Now 7th September 2020 0

Award-winning community cooperative Billy’s Tearooms and Shop will reopen its doors this week for the first time in six months. The Ballyhale cafe has been much missed in south Kilkenny since it was forced to close its doors when the pandemic hit. Over the weekend the venue said it was “delighted to announce” Billy’s Tearooms […]

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Festive fare: Kilkenny star to open special Christmas Market at Billy’s Tearooms

By Kilkenny Now 14th December 2019 0

Kilkenny hurling hero TJ Reid will be on hand to help a very good cause when he officially opens the Christmas Market in his home village of Ballyhale tomorrow. Hundreds of people are expected to drop into the award-winning Billy’s Tearooms & Shop in the South Kilkenny village for the special festive event from 12pm […]

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Happy birthday Billy’s Tearooms! How Kilkenny village fought back against rural decline

By Kilkenny Now 13th July 2019 0

By SINÉAD CONNOLLY THE community of Ballyhale is celebrating the success of its popular tearooms and shop after a busy first year in business. Billy’s Tearooms and Shop has given the community a new lease of life and celebrated its first birthday this week. “On Thursday we offered free tea and coffee to all our […]

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Tiocfaidh ár Latte! Mary Lou takes a break from the campaign trail at Billy’s Tearooms

By Kilkenny Now 23rd May 2019 Post a comment

SINN Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and her election candidates breathed a sigh of relief as they took a break from the campaign trail in south Kilkenny. Mary Lou, flanked by Kilkenny TD Kathleen Funchion, Ireland South MEP Liadh Ní Riada and local election candidate David Kennedy were passing through Ballyhale on a whistle-stop tour […]

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‘The village came alive the day Billy’s Tearooms opened’ – volunteers recognised at PPN Awards

By Kilkenny Now 28th April 2019 0

VOLUNTEERS from the highly successful Ballyhale-based cooperative, Billy’s Tearooms and Shop, have been recognised for their contribution to the local community. The volunteers who have helped to breathe new life back into their community were presented with a ‘Certificate of Appreciation for Volunteerism’ at the Kilkenny Public Participation Network (PPN) awards in the

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Aussie Annie’s 15,500km mission to track down her South Kilkenny family

By Kilkenny Now 5th April 2019 0

A YOUNG Australian woman has travelled across the world in a mission to track down her relatives in South Kilkenny. Annie Moroney is trying to trace surviving relatives in the Ballyhale area, and in the process help to heal a family heartache spanning over a century. Annie’s grandmother Mary Kelly was just 19 when she […]

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Biker gang goes the whole hog for breakfast at Ballyhale’s Billy’s Tearooms

By Kilkenny Now 31st March 2019 0

A BIKER gang rolled into Ballyhale, but the locals needn’t have worried. The Coast 2 Coast Motorcycle Club weren’t in the South Kilkenny town to raise hell, they just wanted a taste of Billy’s Tearoom’s legendary ‘Full Irish’. They politely parked their hogs outside of the popular non-profit cooperative, which recently featured on RTÉ’s Nationwide, […]

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A breakfast fit for champions! Ballyhale’s hurling heroes tuck into Billy’s ‘Full Irish’

By Kilkenny Now 18th March 2019 Post a comment

IT was a breakfast fit for champions! Ballyhale’s hurling heroes – and what seemed like half the parish – crammed into Billy’s Tearooms & Shop this morning for a hearty breakfast in the aftermath of the Shamrocks’ emphatic victory in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Club Final at Croke Park yesterday. The staff and volunteers at […]

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Marty gets party started in Ballyhale ahead of All-Ireland club final showdown

By Kilkenny Now 13th March 2019 0

THE Marty Party rolled into South Kilkenny in recent days as the popular RTÉ presenter arrived in Ballyhale for filming ahead of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship this weekend. Marty was a big hit with staff an customers at Billy’s Tearooms & Shop, which has had a busy time of it over the past […]

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Ballyhale volunteers serve up a masterclass in community spirit

By Kilkenny Now 4th March 2019 0

THE people of Ballyhale have joined together to give a master-class in how a community cooperative effort should be done. This weekend the local Shamrocks hurling team were playing host to the boys of Caryduff GAA Club, so needless to say the South Kilkenny village had plenty of mouths to feed. And so the task […]