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Ballyhale Shamrocks are Kings of Leinster again

By Kilkenny Now 1st December 2019 0

Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny) 1-21 St Mullins (Carlow) 0-15  Henry Shefflin’s Ballyhale Shamrocks are just two games away from being crowned All-Ireland club champions for a second successive season. The Kilkenny and All-Ireland kingpins are AIB Leinster club champions for a record tenth time after they showed true grit to secure back-to-back titles against a gutsy

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Kilkenny gardai hunt crime gang targeting schools and GAA clubs

By Kilkenny Now 30th August 2019 Post a comment

By COLIN BARTLEY SCHOOLS and GAA clubs in and around Kilkenny are being targeted by thieves on the lookout for high ticket maintenance and gardening equipment, gardai have warned. KilkennyNow.ie has learned more than €25,000 worth of pitch maintenance equipment has been stolen from organisations near the Kilkenny border over the past two weeks. Kilkenny […]

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‘I grew up supporting Kilkenny and Henry Shefflin’ – confessions of a Carlow hurler

By Kilkenny Now 19th April 2019 0

CARLOW hurling star Martin Kavanagh has revealed how he grew up supporting the Cats – and idolised Henry Shefflin – as he prepares to come face-to-face with Brian Cody’s Kilkenny on the pitch. Martin Kavanagh said he can’t wait to do battle with Kilkenny at the neighbouring counties prepare for their Leinster SHC clash at […]

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Kilkenny councillor welcomes decision to refuse permission for Barrow Blueway

By Kilkenny Now 11th April 2019 0

AN Bord Pleanála has refused permission for the controversial Barrow Blueway. The proposed Barrow Blueway, an initiative by Waterways Ireland, would have seen the construction of a 112km walking and cycling track connecting St Mullins (pictured above) in Carlow through Graignamanagh to Lowtown in county Kildare. The plans included the development of the old towpath, […]

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History in the remaking: get a taste of what life was like in county Kilkenny in 1830s

By Kilkenny Now 12th February 2019 0

MEMBERS of the public will this week be able to get a rare insight of what it was like to live in parts of county Kilkenny almost 200 years ago. Well-known historian and genealogist Frank Clarke from Glynn, St Mullins, is giving a talk on “everyday life in 1830s” at the library in Graiguenamanagh on […]