This week, 101 years ago, the guns fell silent. The Great War or World War 1 came to an end, and like many from around Ireland, many a person from Kilkenny answered a call and either served or fought. Twenty years later fewer Irish, and Kilkenny people, signed up during World War II. It is […]
By COLIN BARTLEY A KILKENNY man who fought in and survived World War II is to be laid to rest this morning. Tom Phelan (96) passed away peacefully at the Royal Hospital Chelsea in London last week. Tom, a proud Kilkenny man, was a gunner and member of the Army Air Corp during the Second […]