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New Year’s Resolutions
I resolve… Hmmmm. How’s that going? Did you resolve? Did you get all fired up as the sounding of the midnight bell approached and did you rise to your feet and shout out a resolution for each of the … more →
Katharine Blake - Freelance Journalist and Editor
Kingsriver Community
Polly Donnellan wrote 5 months ago: Back to the Kingsriver Community today after the Christmas break. It’s -7 degrees outside and … more →
New Year’s Resolutions
katharineblake wrote 6 months ago: I resolve… Hmmmm. How’s that going? Did you resolve? Did you get all fired up as the sounding of th … more →
Paddy Murphy, Woodturner
katharineblake wrote 6 months ago: Phenomenal. It is a word misused and overused. It has three definitions and to save you having to c … more →
An Enchanting Scrap of Humanity
katharineblake wrote 6 months ago: Zoltan Zinn-Collis and Alicia McAuley have written a book telling the story of Zoltan Zinn-Collis’ … more →
Tractor Drive
katharineblake wrote 6 months ago: High above the road, the tractor driver makes his way at a pastoral pace, bouncing gently in his se … more →
Castle Park and the passing of the seasons
katharineblake wrote 6 months ago: There are many sights in Kilkenny which raise a smile or lift the spirit; the castle lit up at night … more →
Kilkenny’s Spanish Civil War
katharineblake wrote 8 months ago: The two churches in the village of Inistioge stand side by side in the square; St Mary’s, the Churc … more →
Myles Keogh
katharineblake wrote 8 months ago: At the end of roads, lanes and long driveways throughout Ireland lie the ruins of castles and houses … more →
Shawn Sturnick and Ivan Kelly
katharineblake wrote 8 months ago: As the government proposes legislation for Civil Partnership, what does the absence of same-sex marr … more →
Iarla O’Lionaird
katharineblake wrote 8 months ago: As a teenager, I had a crush on Iarla O’Lionaird. As I awaited his arrival for this interview, I re … more →
Horse riding
katharineblake wrote 8 months ago: Long, long ago on a beach in Co. Kerry, I joined a group of horse riders and cantered along the str … more →
Graignamanagh Brass Band
katharineblake wrote 8 months ago: It all started with an invitation from Joan Brennan and then a ‘phone call from Amanda Richards f … more →
Cricket in Kilkenny
katharineblake wrote 1 year ago: Anywhere that men were gathered on summer evenings in Kilkenny in the late 19th and early 20th centu … more →
Ballrooms of Kilkenny
katharineblake wrote 1 year ago: “The roadies hated the load-in because it was down a narrow alleyway. But it was fairly funky … more →
Waterford & Suir Valley Heritage Train
katharineblake wrote 1 year ago: With one short, one long blow on her whistle, Maria Kyte signals the departure of the Wat … more →
Ellis Island
katharineblake wrote 1 year ago: The journey begins with a visit to an airline website and minutes later the tickets have been boo … more →
Dunbrody Archers
katharineblake wrote 1 year ago: While Cupid was busy elsewhere firing little arrows at unsuspecting hostages to romance, eager arch … more →
Ken McGuire
katharineblake wrote 1 year ago: Ken McGuire might just be the busiest man in Kilkenny. Sure, there are bosses more than twice his … more →
Clontubrid National School Microsoft Award
katharineblake wrote 1 year ago: Clontubrid NS Microsoft Award The word ‘curriculum’ can raise the hackles and conjure other … more →
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