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Dancing With The Stars: Kilkenny hurling legend Aidan ‘back in the game’ as Glitterball champ John Nolan crashes out

By Kilkenny Now 2nd March 2020 0

Hurling legend Aidan Fogarty is left flying the flag for Kilkenny on TV’s Dancing with the Stars after John Nolan and his celebrity partner Mary Kennedy crashed out of the show last night. John won the coveted Glitterball last year with TV presenter Mairéad Ronan, but his DWTS journey for 2020 ended after he and […]

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Now that’s cool: Aidan and Emily warm up judges with Tango from Frozen II

By Kilkenny Now 27th January 2020 0

Kilkenny legend Aidan Fogarty is through the next round of Dancing With The Stars after some more quick-stepping on the dance floor last night. The five-times All-Ireland winner is a hot favourite to take home the Glitterball trophy after he performed a highly impressive Tango to Into the Unknown from Frozen II. Aidan and dance partner Emily Barker […]

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‘Box office gold’ – Kilkenny’s Dancing With The Stars champion and new dance partner Mary Kennedy wow judges

By Kilkenny Now 13th January 2020 0

He’s back! Fresh from winning the Glitterball on last year’s show, Kilkenny Dancing Star John Nolan returned to our screens last night with his new partner, the recently retired RTÉ presenter Mary Kennedy. And the dancing duo didn’t disappoint as they sashayed across the dancefloor and into the nation’s hearts with a “magnificent” Foxtrot to […]

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Kilkenny legend sheds half a stone to jive Dancing With The Stars off to a flying start

By Kilkenny Now 6th January 2020 0

Kilkenny hurling legend Aidan Fogarty has admitted he hasn’t trained “as hard at this in 10 years” after he got the new series of the popular TV show Dancing With The Stars off to a flying start last night. The five-times All-Ireland winner and his professional dancing partner Emily Barker get the show off to […]

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He’s back! Kilkenny’s dancing star John Nolan returns with spectacular new show

By Kilkenny Now 11th June 2019 0

KILKENNY’s Dancing With The Stars hero John Edward Nolan has joined forces with Ireland’s ‘King of Swing’ Luke Thomas for a spectacular new live show. The dance duo’s show will feature iconic songs and dance performances inspired by the golden age of Hollywood Cinema and legends such as Frank Sinatra and Fred Astaire. The new show […]

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‘I had loads of mammy guilt’ – Dancing with the Stars winner Mairéad Ronan

By Kilkenny Now 2nd April 2019 0

DANCING with the Stars winner Mairéad Ronan has revealed how she felt guilty over leaving her children for long hours for her gruelling training session with her Kilkenny dance partner John Nolan. John and the presenter raised the coveted Glitter Ball trophy in triumph after two months of live shows. But when she signed up […]

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Kilkenney dancing star John Nolan and partner Mairéad return to our TV screens

By Kilkenny Now 30th March 2019 0

THERE’LL be a distinctly Kilkenny flavour to tonight’s Ray D’Arcy Show. Fresh from their stunning victory on Dancing with the Stars, our very own superhoofer John Nolan and his celebrity partner Mairéad Ronan will be talking about taking the coveted Glitter Ball trophy home – and what’s next for the queen and king of the dance floor. […]

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EXCLUSIVE: ‘I’m on cloud nine … I can’t believe we won’ – victorious Kilkenny dancing star John Nolan

By Kilkenny Now 25th March 2019 0

DANCING With the Stars winner John Nolan today said he and celebrity partner Mairéad Ronan’s stunning triumph on last night’s finale still “hasn’t sunk in”. Speaking to KilkennyNow.ie earlier today, John (pictured above with Mairéad and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar after last night’s show) said he is on “cloud nine” after he went one better than […]

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The Glitter Ball is coming to Kilkenny!!! John Nolan and Mairéad triumph on Dancing with the Stars

By Kilkenny Now 24th March 2019 0

THE Dancing with the Stars Glitter Ball is coming to Kilkenny! Our very own dancing hero John Nolan went one better than last year after he and celebrity partner Mairéad Ronan emerged triumphant on Dancing with the Stars. The couple saw off the challenge of singer Cliona Hagan and her professional partner Robert Rowiński, and […]

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‘I’m speechless’ – Kilkenny dancing star John Nolan ‘blown away’ by support during visit to city

By Kilkenny Now 23rd March 2019 0

KILKENNY dancing star John Nolan said he and celebrity partner Mairéad Nolan were left “speechless” at the massive support the popular duo received during their visit to his home city yesterday. On the eve of the finale to this year’s Dancing with the Stars, John and Mairéad came back to Kilkenny to thank the many […]