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Tickets for Kilkenny’s biggest sporting occasion of 2021 go on sale

By Colin Bartley 10th June 2021 0

The biggest sporting event of Kilkenny’s calendar edges ever closer – but if you want to be there you better act fast. The last few tickets available for the 2021 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open being held at Mount Juliet Estate in Thomastown from July 1 to July 4 go on public sale this evening. […]

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MICHAEL WOLSEY: We’ll miss RTÉ when it’s gone

By Kilkenny Now 13th November 2019 0

A lot of important GAA club matches have been played in recent weeks – county and provincial finals for both hurling and football. RTÉ radio has covered them all and RTÉ television has shown extracts from many of them. RTÉ doesn’t get much thanks for this service and that, I suppose, is fair enough. It’s […]

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Lowry lands British Open

By Kilkenny Now 21st July 2019 0

BY COLIN BARTLEY OFFALY’s Shane Lowry has won the 148th edition of golf’s British Open, the final major of the year. The hugely popular Offaly man becomes the fifth Irish man to lift the famous Claret Jug. Lowry managed to keep his head in difficult conditions in Royal Portrush, while all the challengers around him […]

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Lowry’s assault on British Open brought forward due to approaching storm

By Kilkenny Now 21st July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY One of Ireland’s most popular sporting figures begins his quest for immortality within the next hour. Offaly-man, Shane Lowry, takes a four-stroke lead into the final round of the last major of the year, the British Open in golf. DON’T miss out however, as the organisers of the tournament in Royal Portrush […]