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The Church of Ireland at Ardrahan will hold a celebration Harvest Thanksgiving Service at 8pm tomorrow to mark the 200th anniversary of the church.

It was great in so many ways. The comedy, the atmosphere, the venues, and more than ever before the weather.

The Heritage Council headquarters became the meeting place of the members of Kilkenny Borough Council for the first time this week.

Now that most of the posters are gone and the rest are being taken down in record time, what passes for normal life has resumed in Kilkenny.

Last week saw the passing of one of the city’s oldest residents. From more than 100 years of life the world she was born into and the world she left were very different. At the great age of 101 Eileen Carr passed away. She enjoyed good health up to recent weeks, with poor hearing as her major complaint. She found the resulting social isolation rather frustrating yet she missed very little.

THE ROMAN Catholics of Northern Ireland have very little to thank British governments for, except a piece of legislation, which would help empower a generation to speak out against discrimination of Catholics in Ulster.

THIS SATURDAY at the Galway City Museum, renowned playwright and novelist John Arden will launch his new collection of short stories, Gallows and other tales of Suspicion and Obsession.

One of the many voices in our kitchen when I was growing up was Michael O’Hehir and the Sunday afternoon game. The GAA (Chumann Lúthchleas Gael) has been blessed with its RTE broadcasters. I don’t think anyone can equal the inimitable Míchéal Ó Muircheartaigh, whose all inclusive broadcasts today are a performance in themselves. I think I am the same as most people to say that I turn down the sound on the TV, and turn up the volume on the radio when Ó Muircheartaigh takes flight.

O’Donnellan and Joyce auctioneers will hold one of the largest property auctions of the year when seven properties will be put under the hammer on Friday July 24 at 3pm in the Victoria Hotel. Colm O’Donnellan of O’Donnellan and Joyce auctioneers said the auction will be one of the largest this year and will provide excellent value to the market through a wide variety of homes from the upper to lower ends of the market. O’Donnellan and Joyce in consultation with all of their clients have put extremely attractive reserve prices on each property in order to obtain sales.

Our Lady’s Shrine in Knock has some 1.6 million visitors a year. When most people think of the average age of these visitors they may well be right in thinking it’s the older generation that make up this number, however hundreds of young people flock to Knock for the annual Knock Summer Youth Festival.