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30,000 visitors descend on city as Kilkenny goes green

By Kilkenny Now 16th March 2022 Post a comment

Festival Kilkenny is well and truly underway. Yesterday marked the beginning of six days of festival events featuring American marching bands, fireworks and fireshows, concerts, street entertainment and, of course, this year’s St Patrick’s Day Parade. A spokesperson for Kilkenny County County said the city expects to welcome 30,000 visitors over the coming

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‘We’re itching to get back’ – St Patrick’s Festival returns to streets of Kilkenny with ‘bumper programme’

By Kilkenny Now 3rd February 2022 0

St Patrick’s Festival Kilkenny is returning to our streets next month. After last year’s ‘virtual festival’, Kilkenny County Council has confirmed the real deal will return this year with a six-day programme of events. These will include the St Patrick’s Day Parade; performances by American marching bands; street entertainment including

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Gardai out in force in Kilkenny amid warning of St Patrick’s Day house parties

By Kilkenny Now 16th March 2021 0

Residents in Kilkenny city and county are being urge to stay home and stay safe this St Patrick’s Day and to avoid large gatherings and house parties. That’s the message from An Garda Siochána in Kilkenny, who despite constant and consistent public health advice, continue to find some people gathering in large groups at social […]

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Green machines: Kilkenny students cycle to celebrate St Patrick’s Day

By Kilkenny Now 9th March 2021 0

As schools begin to reopen across the county, a call has gone out to students urging them to make ‘green journeys’ to school on St Partick’s Day. Cycle Kilkenny is encouraging families to green their journey to school and, where possible, to walk, cycle or scoot school journeys next week. The initiative is being led […]

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Popular RTÉ presenter to front Kilkenny’s St Patrick’s Festival celebrations

By Kilkenny Now 4th March 2021 0

One of Kilkenny’s favourite daughters will host this year’s St Patrick’s Day celebrations in the city and county, which will be first ever virtual March 17 event. RTÉ sports and news presenter Evanne Ní Chuilinn said she is “honoured” to be the face of Kilkenny’s Lá le Pádraig. Kilkenny city’s traditional weekend of music and […]

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Snakes on the loose! St Patrick’s festival hunt for slithering serpents in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 3rd March 2021 0

Without St Patrick’s Day celebration for the last couple of years, it appears some snakes have managed to find their way back to a county Kilkenny town. A number of slithering serpents have been spotted amongst the trees and plants at Castlecomer Discovery Park recently. But there’s no need to call Samuel L Jackson just […]