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Kevin Costner is a Kilkenny man!

By Kilkenny Now 7th October 2024 0

Hollywood A-lister Kevin Costner’s ancestors hailed from county Kilkenny, it has emerged, According to a report in the US-based news site IrishCentral, the Yellowstone star’s great-grandfather Michael Costner was born in Graiguenamanagh in 1855, when the country was devastated by the Great Famine. Like an estimated one million Irish people at the time Michael

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State agency has exciting plans for historic county Kilkenny bank building

By Kilkenny Now 26th September 2024 0

The Kilkenny-based Design & Crafts Council Ireland (DCCI) has applied for permission to transform a historic bank building into a new Centre of Excellence for Ceramics. The State agency, which is headquartered at the Castle Yard in the city, has plied for a change of use at and development at the former Bank of Ireland […]

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Warning over ‘suspicious activity’ involving Irish and UK transit vans in Kilkenny town

By Kilkenny Now 3rd December 2020 Post a comment

Residents in a county Kilkenny town have been asked to be on alert after “suspicious activity” involving two transit vans was reported. A post on a local social media site said the vehicles, a navy Irish-reg Ford van and a white Irish UK-reg transit were spotted acting suspicious on the Ballyogan Road in Graiguenamanagh earlier […]

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PROPERTY OF THE WEEK: Beautiful family home in ‘Village of the Monks’ (but with all modern amenities …)

By Kilkenny Now 14th November 2019 0

The address: No. 18 Cois Na Bearu, Graignamanagh, county Kilkenny   The lowdown: Quality three-bed family home situated on the edge in one of Kilkenny’s most picturesque towns The price: €225,000 ______________________________________________ Situated on the fringes of picturesque Graiguenamanagh, the Cois na Bearu (meaning Village of the Monks) estate is a high

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Green with envy: Kilkenny town picks up €100,000 energy prize

By Kilkenny Now 10th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY CALLAN has been named Kilkenny’s Energy town for 2019. In a competition unique to Kilkenny, Callan picked up the prize worth €100,000 in supports which paves the way for creating a sustainable and energy efficient town. Callan beat off submissions from Thomastown, Castlecomer and Graignamanagh to pick up the award. Callan’s proposal […]

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Plans for new development of 35 homes in Kilkenny town

By Kilkenny Now 8th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY PLAN for a development of 35 new homes have been resubmitted to Kilkenny County Council. The Cois na Bearu development in Graiguenamanagh would create homes for more than 130 people. Corestone 4 Ltd has resubmitted the planning application to the council for the construction of the houses on the northern outskirts of […]

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Kilkenny gardai hunt crime gang targeting schools and GAA clubs

By Kilkenny Now 30th August 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY SCHOOLS and GAA clubs in and around Kilkenny are being targeted by thieves on the lookout for high ticket maintenance and gardening equipment, gardai have warned. KilkennyNow.ie has learned more than €25,000 worth of pitch maintenance equipment has been stolen from organisations near the Kilkenny border over the past two weeks. Kilkenny […]

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Hot dinners on the menu of Kilkenny school

By Kilkenny Now 16th August 2019 0

STUDENTS in a Kilkenny school will be able to avail of hot dinners in the coming year as part of a pilot project being rolled out by the Government. Graig Na Manach Buac, in Graiguenamanagh has been chosen to be part of a trial that will see 36 schools nationwide provide hot school meals to […]

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REVEALED: Kilkenny winners at Ireland’s ‘food Oscars’

By Kilkenny Now 14th May 2019 0

THREE critically-acclaimed Kilkenny foodie destinations won prestigious accolades at the 2019 Irish Restaurant Awards at a gala ceremony in Dublin last night. Truffles Restaurant and Wine Bar on William Street was named the Best Casual Diner in Leinster at the black-tie bash in the Clayton Hotel Burlington Road. Stoneyford’s Knockdrinna Farm Shop and Artisan Café […]

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Dan’s Winning Streak continues: Kilkenny pensioner wins €36,000 second time around on TV show

By Kilkenny Now 29th April 2019 0

A LUCKY Kilkenny pensioner has scooped another €36,000 after he struck it lucky on the Winning Streak TV game show for the second time in 13 years. Dan Shanahan, from Graignamanagh, made a winning return to the popular RTÉ show over the weekend. Dan outdid his previous appearance on the show back in 2006, when […]