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‘People who didn’t fit in were branded as witches’ – service of ‘atonement’ for woman burned at the stake in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 2nd November 2024 0

A service of atonement to acknowledge that the killing of a woman who was burned at the stake in Kilkenny during the medieval witch trials was wrong will be held at St Canice’s Cathedral tomorrow. The service will mark the end of the Toil and Trouble Festival, which examined Kilkenny’s historical connection to witchcraft and […]

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Inspiring innovation: Tourism industry leaders gather in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 11th October 2024 0

More than 200 of Ireland’s top visitor attractions and visitor experience operators will gather in Kilkenny this weekend. The operators are in town for the seventh annual AVEA (Association of Visitor Experiences and Attractions) conference, under the heading ‘Innovation – Agility – Inclusion’. Global experts in the areas of innovation, agile business operations and

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Big Bang Theory: Loud noise heard in Kilkenny remains shrouded in mystery, says Reverend

By Kilkenny Now 13th August 2020 0

Mystery still surrounds the ‘Big Bang’ that was heard reverberating through Kilkenny city on Tuesday night as no evidence has yet been found to pinpoint where the bang came from. Initial reports indicated that the ‘Big Bang,’ which was heard at 10:15pm approximately Tuesday evening, emanated from the grounds of St Canice’s Cathedral. However, no […]

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Kilkenny’s ‘Big Bang’ – massive ‘explosion’ heard in city last night explained

By Kilkenny Now 12th August 2020 0

The huge bang that echoed across Kilkenny City last night that has everyone talking came from the boiler house at St Canice’s Cathedral, it emerged this morning. At precisely 10.15pm people all over the city got a huge shock when a massive bang rang out. People online agreed the epicentre of the bang seemed to […]

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Christmas joy for Kilkenny homeless charity as planning approved for 12 apartments

By Kilkenny Now 24th December 2019 0

A Kilkenny charity that works tirelessly to help the homeless and provide living spaces for them has been granted planning permission to build 12 apartments in Kilkenny city centre. The Good Shepherd Centre in Kilkenny has been given the green light by Kilkenny County Council to build the 12 new apartments for homeless families and […]

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Yulefest Kilkenny: All the fantastic festive events in the city and county this week

By Kilkenny Now 5th December 2019 Post a comment

Yulefest Kilkenny is a bumper six-week inclusive Christmas festival that welcomes visitors and locals to enjoy and participate in a range of high quality, festive events in Kilkenny City and County throughout the festive season. It has quickly emerged as a go-to Christmas festival for all the family and received a listing in Skyscanner’s Guide to […]

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Huge new development would see Kilkenny hotel more than triple in size

By Kilkenny Now 8th October 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY AN application for a huge hotel development beside the Abbey Quarter, which would see an existing hotel more than triple in size, has been received by Kilkenny County Council. Auburn Ventures is looking to dramatically expand the Kilkenny Inn Hotel on Vicars Street by adding 75 rooms to the existing building, bringing […]

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Kilkenny hosts concert to mark World Homeless Day

By Kilkenny Now 4th October 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY NEXT Thursday is World Homeless Day and a Kilkenny organisation is holding a concert to raise awareness about homelessness and raise money to help its efforts of creating accommodation. The Rafter Family and Friends of the Good Shepherd Choir are hosting two concerts in St Canice’s Cathedral to highlight homelessness and raise […]

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CULTURE NIGHT 2019: Your guide to all the best events happening around Kilkenny city and county

By Kilkenny Now 20th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY prides itself on its Culture and Arts as much as its hurling and tonight will host many amazing events throughout the city and county for Culture Night 2019 and remember all the events are free. Everything from spoken word and music to unguided tours, printing and visual design, exhibitions and archeology […]

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New musical director at St Canice’s Cathedral combines role with choral director at Kilkenny College

By Kilkenny Now 28th June 2019 0

BY COLIN BARTLEY ST CANICE’S Cathedral has announced a new Director of Music. Mr Bartosz Rafal Thiede, a Polish-born Ulster man will combine the role with Choral Director at Kilkenny College. Bartosz Thiede,  known as Bart, attended St. Colman’s College, Newry. In 2013 Bartosz was awarded the sixth form music scholarship to attend Clifton College, […]