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Feeling the heat: Kilkenny’s 135-year-old record could melt away today

By Colin Bartley 22nd July 2021 0

The long-standing national record temperature set in Kilkenny more than 130 years ago is under serious threat of being broken today. Bookmakers have slashed odds on today being the hottest day in Ireland’s history, at least since records began. The Irish temperature record of 33.3°C set in Kilkenny way back in 1887 is looking under […]

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Historic Kilkenny ale ad to brew up a bidding storm

By Colin Bartley 10th June 2021 0

A more than century old poster for an iconic Kilkenny brand is expected to fetch around €600 when it goes under the hammer today The iconic ‘Sullivan’s Ales’ advertising is up for auction at Sheppard’s of Durrow in neighbouring county Laois. Dating from 1910, the vintage piece measuring 39 x 49cm includes Kilkenny city’s coat […]

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Kilkenny Hollywood hopes dashed as Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to ‘shoot’ in Meath

By Colin Bartley 14th February 2020 0

Kilkenny’s hopes of Hollywood exposure have been dashed after it emerged that scenes for Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s new blockbuster will be shot in Meath. Hopes were high in Kilkenny that the Good Will Hunting and Dogma stars and Hollywood’s best buddies would land in Kilkenny to film scenes for legendary director Ridley Scott’s […]

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Kilkenny’s rich history now available on national archive database

By Kilkenny Now 17th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY County Library has joined the Digital Repository of Ireland – making Kilkenny’s rich history available to the world at the click of a button. The partnership will see the records currently held by the Kilkenny County Library, including information on the county’s history, geography, antiquities, archaeology, folklore and culture, being added

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SPONSORED: Market Cross Shopping Centre – vital part of modern city and an elegant reminder of our past

By Kilkenny Now 11th June 2019 0

KILKENNY was a boom town in the early fourteenth century. A wealthy merchant class had made it the largest inland town in Ireland. It bustled with traders and dealers and there was a brisk trade in wine, salt, wool, hides. timber, metals and all sorts of foodstuff. In 1335, the Market Cross was erected as […]

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Cartoon Saloon giving a voice to Kilkenny’s ‘forgotten’ women in history

By Kilkenny Now 18th April 2019 0

AWARD-WINNING animation studio Cartoon Saloon is helping to give a voice to Kilkenny’s ‘forgotten’ historical women. The multi-Oscar-nominated company has joined an exciting collaboration with Kilkenny Arts Office for an initiative called Herstory, which is part of a nationwide project that aims to discover and celebrate the contribution of Irish women throughout history