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Planning for next year’s Borris Festival of Writing already underway: director

By Kilkenny Now 15th June 2019 Post a comment

THE eighth year of the Borris House Festival of Writing and Ideas was its most successful to date, welcoming up to to 1,100 every day. The festival took place last weekend on the beautiful grounds of Borris House, with over 100 speakers and musicians delighting audiences with their music, poetry and prose. Festival Director Hugo […]

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A weekend of inspiration, intrigue, music and magic awaits

By Kilkenny Now 7th June 2019 0

By SINÉAD CONNOLLY THE hugely-popular Borris House Festival of Writing and Ideas, which takes place this weekend, is now completely sold out and organisers have urged people not to travel to the event unless they have a ticket. Now in its eight year running, the festival has gained a reputation for its relaxed and intimate […]

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Kilkenny Rev takes Fintan O’Toole to task in row over controversial new film

By Kilkenny Now 6th February 2019 0

A KILKENNY cleric has tackled Irish Times columnist Fintan O’Toole after the writer dismissed criticisms of a controversial new Irish film about the killing of James Bulger as misdirected “moral opprobrium”. O’Toole wrote earlier this week that the film Detainment by director James Lambe was a “serious and moral piece of work”. Controversy has erupted […]

Planning for next year’s Borris Festival of Writing already underway: director

A weekend of inspiration, intrigue, music and magic awaits

Kilkenny Rev takes Fintan O’Toole to task in row over controversial new film

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