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Kilcullen DiaryFrench and German students in KilcullenThe opportunity for Cross and Passion College Kilcullen students to speak in French and German with counterparts was a key part of a recent visit by student groups from Caen in Normandy and Krefeld in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was facilitated by the EU Erasmus student mobility programme, to which CPC signed up last year. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.2025-03-0904 min
Kilcullen DiaryPorter for the WorkhouseOver the years, I have covered quite a few local authority meetings with deliberations on a wide variety of issues, but I never came across a discussion on what to do with a consignment of porter. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.2025-01-0805 min
Kilcullen DiaryTime Travelling Through An ImageWhen I came across a picture in a 44-years-old Image magazine, I was transported back in telephone time. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.2024-12-3107 min
Kilcullen DiaryPerson of Interest - Gustave EiffelThe Bönickhausen Tower doesn't have the same ring to it as the Eiffel Tower, but the best known symbol of Paris could well have been just that, if its builder's family hadn't added the name of their local mountains to their surname when they emigrated from Germany. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.2024-12-2806 min
Kilcullen DiaryDownfall of a DictatorOn This Day: The president of Romania, Nicolae Ceaușescu, was overthrown on the 23rd of December 1989 after more than two decades as head of a state widely regarded as a dictatorship. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.2024-12-2307 min
Kilcullen DiaryMemoir Of A Classic RedThis memoir is in my series In Those Days, written many years ago following the death of my mother, Monica Byrne. It's about a painting of her, created by the renowned Irish artist Sean O'Sullivan. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.2024-08-1105 min
Kilcullen DiaryPlease Wait, I'll Put You ThroughTo most of my generation, Julia Buckley was a somewhat forbidding figure, as we grew up in Kilcullen. To go in to buy a stamp, or a savings certificate, from 'Miss Buckley' was something of an adventure. As did most people in responsible positions appear to us children, she was a symbol of authority, just as much as were the teachers Miss Griffin and Paddy Byrne, or Guard Bradfield. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.2024-08-0504 min
Kilcullen DiaryMaking A DifferenceCharity Muthani is the ‘face’ of Maintain Hope, an Irish-based charity supporting disadvantaged children in Kenya. She is a living example to those who support the organisation of what can happen when their money or their time is invested in a child. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.2024-07-2807 min
Kilcullen DiaryMother'Mother' is one of my short stories. This was written while I contemplated the future of humankind as we push our planet inevitably to being uninhabitable. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.2024-07-2113 min
Kilcullen DiarySeeing The LightSometimes, no matter how badly you think of yourself as a person, no matter how much guilt keeps you in nightmares, there's someone out there to bring you through to a second chance.
This podcast is in my series of short fiction, which I have been writing over many years. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.2024-05-1127 min
Kilcullen DiaryName Of A LadyThis podcast is one of a series of my short stories. It was written some time after a visit to the Chateau Cloux in Amboise, in the Loire region of France. The chateau is where the artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci spent the last years of his life. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary. Image: Leonardo da Vinci by Francesco Melzi, public domain.2024-04-0229 min
Kilcullen DiaryThe Book Of KildareWhen The Book of Kildare was recently published as part of the celebrations of Brigid 1500, it marked the end of five years of work by artist and calligrapher Josephine Hardiman. It was also something which, after a lifetime of honing her art, had always been waiting for her to create.
Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.2024-03-2433 min
Kilcullen DiaryDon't Listen To This At BreakfastIf you run the statistics, Kilcullen's canine pets are probably depositing over 74,000 kilos of poo every year, writes Brian Byrne. And if you walk around the town, actual empirical evidence shows not all of it is disposed of properly by some doggy owners.2024-01-1303 min
Kilcullen DiaryJoan Healy, Music in the MomentOver the last three years Newbridge singer-songwriter Joan Healy has moved from her first public performances as a busker outside the Whitewater Shopping Centre to now arranging her own gigs. Some of her songs have been professionally recorded and can be heard on Spotify. And she is living two tandem lives, as a teacher and a singer, both of which she loves. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.2023-12-1612 min
Kilcullen DiaryUnderstory, Making Environment ActivismAlex Konieczka is an Irish-based environmental activist and the founder of Understory, which uses workshops and talks in communities, schools and other groups to encourage others to make a positive impact on the environment, biodiversity and climate. In this podcast she talks about her background and how she came to this vocation. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary Podcasts.2023-08-2920 min
Kilcullen DiaryThe Road TripBack in the mid-1970s, people still hitched in Ireland. And those of us fortunate to be in cars frequently gave people lifts. For both parties it was something of a gamble. Of easy conversation, or not. Of possible personality clashes. Of committing to a distance or destination together that might prove to have been a mistake in as little as a minute or two into the drive. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.2023-08-0709 min
Kilcullen DiaryOrgan Donation - Have The ConversationTeam Ireland for the 2023 UK Transplant & Dialysis Games taking place on the last weekend in July in Coventry, England, gathered in Kilcullen Community Centre for the official launch of their campaign. They were addressed by longtime transplant athlete and Kilcullen businessman James Nolan, who told them they were 'ambassadors for organ donation'. The Kilcullen Diary spoke with a number of team members about their lives as recipients of transplants and the importance of transplant sports. A Rough & Ready Production by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.2023-07-1917 min
Kilcullen DiaryMary Anning, Jurassic WomanA century and a half before the movie Jurassic Park brought dinosaurs into their trendy blockbuster modern space, a woman born in poor circumstances in Dorset, England, was to become one of the foremost experts on many originals of the species. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.
Image: Portrait of Mary Anning in the Natural History Museum, London (artist unknown).2023-07-1408 min
Kilcullen DiaryThe Needle ManNext time you get an injection, for flu prevention or Covid booster, remember Dr Francis Rynd. And remember Margaret Cox who triggered his inventiveness. Even as you wince.
Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.
Image of Francis Rynd courtesy of Wellcome Trust via Wikimedia Commons.2023-07-0704 min
Kilcullen DiarySally Sticks And Bamboo BiffsAnyone born before 1977 won’t have had experience of being beaten by teachers in Ireland’s schools when corporal punishment was still part of a child's education. It took 60 years after we gained our independence before a patently barbaric practice inflicted on the children of our nation was outlawed, but such punishment was finally banned in 1982.
Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.2023-06-1913 min
Kilcullen DiaryKilcullen Medicine ManDr John E Barker passed away at his home in Liffey Bank, Kilcullen, on 6 February 1927. Retired only a few years, he had had completed almost a half-century of public service when he left that position in 1924. According to his obituary, "he gave unstinted attention to his patients, rich and poor, and was forever remarkable for fidelity to duty, both in his public and private capacity as a doctor."2023-03-2808 min
Kilcullen DiaryElle León's Musical JourneyA singer songwriter from Kilcullen, Ireland, who is steadily forging a reputation in Spain credits much of her musical development to her music and drama teachers back here in her home town. Elle León Gallagher lives in Barcelona now, but was on a trip back to Ireland before Christmas to mark the launch of her first full album — 'Elle León, The Musical'. She was accompanied by her band, a group of friends from Barcelona with whom she has been making music for some time in venues around the Catalonian capital.
Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.2023-01-2218 min
Kilcullen DiaryAndy Howard's Great Life ProjectThe kindness of humans is at the core of a trek by Dunlavin, County Wicklow, native Andy Howard as he begins an attempt to raise suicide awareness by making his way from London to Australia, without any money. As he makes his way on what he calls The Great Life Project he hopes to raise €100,000 which will be divided amongst suicide-related charities in Ireland, the UK and Australia. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.
You can follow Andy's travels on his social media links: https://linktr.ee/andyhoward
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Kilcullen DiaryPOI - Galilleo, Man Of SciencePisa in Italy is perhaps best known for its famous leaning tower, but it was also the birthplace of someone who leaned so far away from conventional wisdom in his day that he eventually was condemned by the Catholic Church to spend his last years under house arrest. A voice portrait of Galileo Galilei. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.
Images: Justus Sustermans - Portrait of Galileo Galilei, 1636; Galileo spacecraft: NASA.2023-01-1007 min
Kilcullen DiaryThe Drama Dynamics YearsWhen students of Drama Dynamics School of Speech & Drama in Kilcullen brought presents to the school's owner last week, it was something more than a Christmas present for teacher. After 17 years, it was the last Drama Dynamics class as Evelyn O'Sullivan brought the curtain down on an era during which she had helped many children in the area — and adults too — to 'find their voice'.
Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.2022-12-1910 min
Kilcullen DiaryMa Belle Nutrition & HealthA passion for good food and a pharmacy background of advising people on nutrition over 25 years were the ingredients that prompted Kilcullen woman Michelle Reddy to cook up her own nutrition and health consultancy. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.2022-11-1309 min
Kilcullen DiaryButterflies And Station MastersWhen several dozens of people joined in the recent inaugural Family Ramble organised by Two Mile House Biodiversity & Heritage Group, they were in very solid hands in terms of the speakers guiding them through their locality. Jesmond Harding of Butterfly Conservation Ireland provided an in-depth commentary of biodiversity in a landscape literally with its roots in the last Ice Age, and John O'Brien recounted the much more recent experience of the railway age in Harristown that began in the 1880s and ended in the 1950s.
Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.2022-10-3108 min
Kilcullen DiaryClimbing A Mountain For NgongA sponsored climb up Lugnaquilla Mountain in Wicklow in November will help towards supporting more families and children to live and be educated in the community of Ngong in Kenya. The climb, on November 6th, is being organised by the Maintain Hope charity founded by Kilcullen resident Gerry O'Donoghue back in 2004. It's the inaugural of what he hopes will be a yearly event in the fundraising strategy of the charity. Produced by Brian Byrne.2022-09-1107 min
Kilcullen DiaryBilly Schwer, Kilcullen Boxing LegendBilly Schwer, of Luton, England, was three times Irish Juvenile Boxing Champion when he was still a schoolboy in the mid 1950s. When he came over to the recent Picnic on the Green organised by the Old Kilcullen Area Community Association, it was special because the event was being held just beside where he had been born 80 years ago. Produced by Brian Byrne.2022-08-3017 min
Kilcullen DiaryHome Front Kilcullen, voices from 1994Some time ago I was given a tape of a radio programme produced and presented in 1994 by Majella Duane for CKR Radio. The programme was one of a series, Home Front, produced by Majella where she talked with people in towns and villages in Carlow and Kildare to give a flavour of their communities.
For the programme, Majella talked with my brother Des, Simon Doyle, Miriam's father Matt Dunlea, my Uncle Tom, and myself. Sadly I'm the only one of the five participants still around, but it has been a pleasure to hear those voices again. For having kept the...2022-08-2734 min
Kilcullen DiaryAccidental Pilgrim, The Last MassThis is the eighth and final episode in a series called The Accidental Pilgrim, recalling my thoughts during a Kilcullen Parish pilgrimage to The Holy Land, in 2007, led by Kilcullen's Parish Priest of the time, Fr Michael Murphy. In this episode, we attend the last mass of the pilgrimage, which rounded out a hectic four days in the Jerusalem area. Produced by Brian Byrne.2022-04-0404 min
Kilcullen DiaryAccidental Pilgrim, Road To JerusalemThe fifth episode in the Accidental Pilgrim series, recalling a Kilcullen Parish pilgrimage to The Holy Land, in 2007. In this episode, we move on to Jerusalem, taking a detour on the way into the desert where the bushes grew that were fashioned into punishing crowns of thorns. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.2022-03-1706 min
Kilcullen DiaryResurrecting The HallWhen Kilcullen's almost derelict cinema building became a project of the newly-formed Kilcullen Community Development Committee in November 1989, they probably didn't realise they were embarking on an endeavour that would take many years, and many headaches, to complete. Produced by Brian Byrne.2022-01-2111 min
Kilcullen DiaryKilcullen's Stinky Sewerage SagaWhen two public meetings in the autumn of 1989 discussed the future of Kilcullen, one of the main issues was the need for an upgrade to the town's sewerage system. It was an issue which had been 'on the books for a long time' one local businessman had complained. And it was still quite a way from being solved. Produced by Brian Byrne.2022-01-0905 min
Kilcullen DiaryKilcullen Students Show HSE The WayThe work of two Kilcullen Third Year students for their BT Young Scientists project could become a template for the HSE in communicating details about Covid-19, or anything else. Because their presentation on vaccine information devised by Emma Cremin and Charlotte Darby of Cross and Passion College has proved far more effective and comprehensible than those provided by the state body. Produced by Brian Byrne.2022-01-0707 min
Kilcullen DiaryAn Embryo Actor's Ode To KilcullenThe resurrection of a poem about Kilcullen published in the quarterly bulletin of Dominican College Newbridge in 1939 brought to light an eminent actor's connection with Kilcullen which most local people had never realised. The poem was written by a Third Year student in the college, Peter Dix. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-12-2107 min
Kilcullen DiaryPete Kavanagh: Culture Night in KilcullenThe annual Culture Night got back to some real live events this year and last evening in Kilcullen the sole contribution in town was organised by Dawn Behan of Woodbine Books. There was a small but very appreciative group in to hear Naas-based singer-songwriter Pete Kavanagh perform some of his songs, and talk about how they were brought to the recording studio and production. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-09-1805 min
Kilcullen DiaryLaunch of new Kilcullen Tennis Club.The official launch of the revitalised Kilcullen Tennis Club, on 10 July 2021. Produced by Brian Byrne2021-07-1007 min
Kilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: The Callow LandThe Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day on Monday the 31st of May 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Richard Lovell Edgeworth, an inventor and educator before his time. Our Feature of the Day is a conversation with Fiona Billie Lawlor about her first novel, The Callow Land. We also nod to the stories of the day in our local and national online news outlets. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-05-3114 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: "It's a holy place"The Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day on Friday the 28th of May 2021. Today's Person of Interest is the writer and producer James Plunkett, whose most famous work is the novel Strumpet City. Our Feature of the Day returns to the Marian Shrine at Knock and a final extract from my conversations with the late Monsignor James Horan. We also nod to the stories of the day in our local and national online news outlets. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-05-2810 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: "It was a horrendous time, of uncertainty and fear"The Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day on Thursday the 27th of May 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Robert Ripley, who invented the Believe it or Not cartoon series. Our Feature of the Day is on the Battle of Old Kilcullen, which was in progress during this week in 1798. We also nod to the stories of the day in our local and national online news outlets. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-05-2713 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: "To suggest that we are creating a bombsite is ludicrous language"The Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day on Wednesday the 26th of May 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Martin Luther, the German priest who started the Reformation that gave the world Protestantism. Our Feature of the Day continues the proposed Dunnstown Energy Storage project, this time with the view from the developer's side. We also nod to the stories of the day in our local and national online news outlets. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-05-2619 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: It's like bombs are going into our areaThe Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day on Tuesday the 25th of May 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Helen Blackburn, the Kerry-born woman who became a leader of women's rights in England in the latter 19th century. Our Feature of the Day is about concerns in Dunnstown over plans to locate a giant battery electricity storage system in the area. We also nod to the stories of the day in our local and national online news outlets. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-05-2516 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: Taking turns sliding across the bridgeThe Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day on Monday the 24th of May 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Lys Assia, who sang the winning song in the first Eurovision Song Contest. Our Feature of the Day is some more recollections from a conversation with the late Tommy Byrne, on hors-drawn hearses and making ice-slides on the bridge. We also nod to the stories of the day in our local and national online news outlets. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-05-2410 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: Anglers seek answers on Liffey fish declineThe Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day on Friday the 21st of May 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and a lifelong social justice campaigner. Our Feature of the Day is on concerns about the health of the River Liffey, with Simon Dann of the Kilcullen Trout and Salmon Anglers Association. We also nod to the stories of the day in our local and national online news outlets. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-05-2115 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: Speed limits proposal 'beggars belief'The Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day on Thursday the 20th of May 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Amelia Earhart, who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. Our Feature of the Day is on concerns about new speed limits proposed for the Kilcullen area, with contributions from Cllrs Tracey O'Dwyer and Chris Pender. We also nod to the stories of the day in our local and national online news outlets. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-05-2013 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: Everything on the plate we ate was from the houseThe Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day on Wednesday the 19th of May 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Anne Boleyn, who lost her head and changed religion in England. Our Feature of the Day is on the joys of growing your own food, as told by Sabina Reddy. We also nod to the stories of the day in our local and national online news outlets. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-05-1917 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: Like the Pope, I'll kiss the ground, and you'll never see me againThe Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day on Tuesday the 18th of May 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Pope John Paul II, the first pope to visit Ireland. Our Feature of the Day is the late Simon Doyle of Kilcullen, in conversation with Nuala Collins in 1996. We also nod to the stories of the day in our local and national online news outlets. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-05-1817 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: A War of Independence Timeline in KildareThe Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day on Monday the 17th of May 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Maureen O'Sullivan, a Boyle-born actor famous for her Tarzan movies. Our Feature of the Day is a talk with Mario Corrigan, co-author of 'A Timeline of the War of Independence in County Kildare, 1919-1922'. We also nod to the stories of the day in our local and national online news outlets. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-05-1714 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: Apparitions and Miracles at KnockThe Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day on Friday the 14th of May 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Richard Cantillon, an Irish-born banker who made a killing in the 18th century on a speculative investment 'bubble', and later disappeared. Our Feature of the Day is again with the late Canon James Horan, this time his thoughts on the apparent apparitions and miracles underpinning the Marian shrine. We also nod to the stories of the day in our local and national online news outlets. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-05-1413 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: I Came to KnockThe Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day, on Thursday the 13th of May 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Arthur Sullivan, Victorian composer and collaborator in producing the most enduring comic operas. Our Feature of the Day is the late Canon James Horan reflecting on the building of the Basilica at Knock. We also nod to the stories of the day in our local and national online news outlets. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-05-1315 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: OK, reset, let's do it again!The Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day, on Wednesday the 12th of May 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Florence Nightingale, the founder of nursing as a trained profession. Our Feature of the Day is on the Cross & Passion TY year musical presentation, Little Shop of Horrors. We also nod to the stories of the day in our local and national online news outlets. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-05-1212 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: 136 Years and Not OutThe Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day, on Tuesday the 11th of May 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Sean Lemass, described often as the father of modern Ireland. Our Feature of the Day is on Halverstown Cricket Club, celebrating 136 years in 2021. We also nod to the stories of the day in our local and national news outlets. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-05-1114 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: Eyes in the SummerThe Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day, on Monday the 10th of May 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Bert Weedon, who helped make the guitar the rock and roll weapon of choice. Our Feature of the Day is on summer eye care, with optometrist Nichola Kennedy. We also nod to the stories of the day in our local and national news outlets. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-05-1011 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: "We had to get out at Kinneagh Hill to give the van a push"The Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day, on Friday the 7th of May 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Rachel Carson, American marine biologist, author, and environmentalist. Our Feature of the Day is another extract from my 1984 conversation with my late uncle Tommy Byrne, about cars, bicycles and trains and Kilcullen in his younger days. We also briefly nod to the stories of the day in our local and national news outlets. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-05-0712 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: Mac & Norman Rally people hope to meet up againThe Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day, on Thursday the 6th of May 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Robert O'Hara Burke, an Irish explorer who didn't do so well. Our Feature of the Day is about the hopes for a resumption of the Mac & Norman Rally in August, after last year's pandemic cancellation. As usual we also briefly nod to the stories of the day in our local and national news outlets. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-05-0609 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: Magic in a small rural schoolThe Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day, on Wednesday the 5th of May 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Kate O'Brien, writer and feminist. Our Feature of the Day is about Brannoxtown Community National School's first three years, recalled by Principal Sarah Fitzpatrick. As usual we also briefly nod to the stories of the day in our local and national news outlets. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-05-0516 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: Football on the crossroadsThe Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day, on Tuesday the 4th of May 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Charles Williams, the Irish-born early war correspondent. Our Feature of the Day is on traffic and transport in Kilcullen in the 1930s, as remembered by the late Tommy Byrne. As usual we also briefly nod to the stories of the day in our local and national news outlets. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-05-0413 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: 'It's not a good idea to give people handy money'The Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day, on Friday the 30th of April 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Eva Braun, the longtime companion of the man who started WW2. Our Feature of the Day is on the early days of Kilcullen Credit Union. As usual we also briefly nod at the stories of the day in our local and national news outlets. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-04-3014 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: An Undertaker's Son, and moreThe Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day, on Thursday the 29th of April 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Paul Cullen, a Kildare man who became a major force to be reckoned with in the church in Rome and in Ireland. Our Feature of the Day is on poetry, as it is Poetry Day Ireland 2021, and we talk with Kilcullen-born Daragh Byrne, these days being published in Oz and in his native country. As usual we also briefly nod at the stories of the day in our local and national news outlets. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-04-2920 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: Love the Ivy and Dine OutsideThe Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day, on Wednesday the 28th of April 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Oskar Schindler, a Nazi businessman who is credited with saving 1,200 Jews from death. We talk to Cliona Kelliher about progress with the Kilcullen Community 4 Climate Action, and Cllr Tracey O'Dwyer tells us how the planning and costs to restaurants and cafes offering outdoor dining is getting help in this second pandemic summer. As usual we also briefly nod at the stories of the day in our local and national news outlets. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-04-2815 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: Kloset goes globalThe Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day on Tuesday the 27th of April 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Mary Ward, one of Ireland's great nature scientists. Our Feature of the Day is with Shirley Kavanagh Hallion and how video chats have brought her Secret Kloset women's clothing shop global. As usual we also briefly nod at the stories of the day in our local and national news outlets. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-04-2715 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: A Woodbine date with FionnThe Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day on Monday the 26th of April 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Duane Eddy, the twangy guitarist who influenced many of the rock and roll greats. Our Feature of the Day is with Dawn Behan of Woodbine Books, about an online launch this week of Fionn and the Fianna. We also briefly nod at the stories of the day in our local and national news outlets. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-04-2612 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: Anyone for Tennis?The Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day, on Friday the 23rd of April 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Brian Boru, the High King of Ireland who died in battle on this day in 1014. Our Feature of the Day is with Gerard Miller on Kilcullen Tennis Club, where new courts open for action next week. We also briefly nod to the stories of the day in our local and national news outlets. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-04-2313 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: Organ Donor ConversationThe Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day, on Thursday the 22nd of April 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Bernadette Devlin, Northern Ireland activist and politician, who made her maiden speech at Westminster on this day in 1969. Our Feature of the Day is with James Nolan and the effect of the pandemic on his key fundraising effort for supporting kidney patients. We continue our browse through the week's local newspapers, and take a quick check on the national stories of today. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-04-2213 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: Click off the Gambling AdsThe Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day. It's Wednesday the 21st of April 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Charlotte Bronte, novelist and poet, born on this day in 1816. Our Feature of the Day is about gambling advertising and Senator Mark Wall's hopes to ban it. We continue our usual browsing through the local newspapers, and take a quick check on the national stories of today. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-04-2114 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: A space for Peace of MindThe Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day. It's Tuesday the 20th of April 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Dan Lowery, the man credited with bringing Music Hall to Dublin. Our Feature of the Day has Rani Grennell on the value of meditation and her plans to bring it to people by Zoom. We continue our usual browsing through the local newspapers, and take a quick check on the national stories of today. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-04-2013 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: On yer Bike!The Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day. It's Monday the 19th of April 2021. Today's Person of Interest is Pierre Curie, one half of a marriage dedicated to the study of radioactivity. Our Feature of the Day has Cllr Chris Pender on the provision of cycling infrastructure in and between local towns. We continue our browsing through our local newspapers, and take a quick check on the national stories of today. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-04-1915 minKilcullen DiaryThe Daily Cast: Think Food OutdoorsThe Daily Cast on Kilcullen Diary, a podcast to start Kilcullen's day. It's Friday the 16th of April 2021. Today's Person of Interest is one Mary Isabel O'Brien, a rock and roll rose by another name. Our Feature of the Day is on Fallons of Kilcullen on a year of challenge and optimism for the future. We continue our browsing through our local newspapers, and take a quick check on the national stories of today. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-04-1615 min
Kilcullen DiaryMorning Digest on Kilcullen DiaryThe Morning Digest on Kilcullen Diary for 2 April 2021. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-04-0205 minKilcullen DiaryMorning Digest on Kilcullen DiaryThe Morning Digest on Kilcullen Diary for 1 April 2021. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-04-0105 minKilcullen DiaryMorning Digest on Kilcullen DiaryThe Morning Digest on Kilcullen Diary for 31 March 2021. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-03-3106 minKilcullen DiaryMorning Digest on Kilcullen DiaryThe Morning Digest on Kilcullen Diary for Tuesday 30 March 2021. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-03-3004 minKilcullen DiaryMorning Digest on Kilcullen DiaryThe Morning Digest on Kilcullen Diary on Monday 29 March 2021. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-03-2908 minKilcullen DiaryMorning Digest on Kilcullen DiaryThe Morning Digest on Kilcullen Diary on 26 March 2021. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-03-2606 minKilcullen DiaryMorning Digest on Kilcullen DiaryThe Morning Digest on Kilcullen Diary for 25 March 2021. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-03-2505 minKilcullen DiaryMorning Digest on Kilcullen DiaryKilcullen Diary's Morning Digest on 24 March 2021. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-03-2409 minKilcullen DiaryMorning Digest on Kilcullen DiaryThe Morning Digest from Kilcullen Diary on Tuesday 23 March 2021. Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-03-2305 min
Kilcullen DiaryThe Question - What's Kilcullen's Future?This was to be a podcast with our panel on our The Question series. Unfortunately, the recording of our conversation last evening failed, and I'm left only with my own recollections. I'll try and reconstruct some takeaways for you, so that it wasn't a total waste of our panellists' time. The question was, Where could Kilcullen be in five years' time? Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-03-1105 min
Kilcullen DiaryThe Question: Is Social Media Polarising Society?In this episode of 'The Question' series on Kilcullen Diary Podcasts, the panel gets together on Zoom to discusses the question, Is Social Media Polarising Society? Produced by Brian Byrne.2021-03-0327 min
Kilcullen DiaryNeighbour Food For ThoughtIn association with a Climate Action Event organised by the Kildare Public Participation Network for the weekend beginning Friday 27 November 2020, Kilcullen Diary has produced a short series of related podcasts. This episode looks at the opportunity which online markets give to local food producers, especially in achieving sustainability and access to local consumers. Hannah Fox of Neighbour Food Grangecon tells how the system works and some of the producers on the site give their views on the advantages to them and to their customers. Produced by Brian Byrne.2020-11-2712 min
Kilcullen DiaryRange Anxiety? Give It Range TherapyIn association with a Climate Action Event organised by the Kildare Public Participation Network for the weekend beginning Friday 27 November 2020, Kilcullen Diary has produced a short series of related podcasts. This episode features Barry McMahon and Eamon Stack talking about their Narraghmore-based social enterprise, Range Therapy, which adds an extra battery to older short-range Nissan Leafs to bring them close to the range newer versions can travel between charges. Produced by Brian Byrne.2020-11-2710 min
Kilcullen DiaryEfficient Homes - The Polystyrene BuildIn association with a Climate Action Event organised by the Kildare Public Participation Network for the weekend beginning Friday 27 November 2020, Kilcullen Diary has produced a short series of related podcasts. This episode features the Kilcullen-based Passive Housing company owned by Matt Dooley and Mark Cooper. They talk about how the unique system based on polystyrene structural components was first introduced to Ireland, and how much it brings forward the whole concept of carbon-neutral buildings. Produced by Brian Byrne.2020-11-2712 min
Kilcullen DiaryPlanning for Kilcullen's FutureA Kilcullen Community Action project to develop a Design Statement for the town will cost in excess of €20,000, the bulk of which would be paid for by a grant from the Kildare Leader Partnership. With the support of Cllr Tracey O'Dwyer, Cllr Rob Power last week committed €2,250 from his councillor's discretionary budget to cover the local contribution to the cost. He talks about planning for villages and towns like Kilcullen. Produced by Brian Byrne.2020-10-2512 min
Kilcullen DiaryBehind The WallWhen the Cross and Passion sisters first came to Kilcullen they didn't have a wall. Indeed, they started only with a small donated house. The wall came with the building of the actual convent school that was to become the second landmark building in Kilcullen. Produced by Brian Byrne.2020-10-0904 min
Kilcullen DiaryFaerly.ie — Making Life BetterA new business recently launched in Kilcullen is faerly.ie, by Kilcullen residents James Byrne and Eoin Houlihan. The concept is to make available high quality personal care and daily-used household products which are sustainably produced and eliminating as far as possible plastics and chemicals. Produced by Brian Byrne.2020-10-0609 min
Kilcullen DiaryBack To School In KilcullenFour Kilcullen area primary school principals talk about the imminent return to school for their pupils after a disrupted last term and rocky summer. Produced by Brian Byrne.2020-08-2511 min
Kilcullen DiaryBarney Byrne, Kilcullen POW In Japan“At last more or less free. Am writing this two days after we were informed of the Armistice and we ceased our work in slavery, as it might have been called.” These were the opening words in a letter my Uncle Barney began to his aunts in Kilcullen, Peg and Nora, on the 17th of August 1945. The context was the surrender of Japan after the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings in WW2. Produced by Brian Byrne.2020-08-1807 min
Kilcullen DiaryDuncan Stewart opens Kilcullen Saturday MarketThe first Kilcullen Saturday Market hosted at the Community Centre this morning was a busy affair. Lots of customers for those stalls which were kicking off what looks to have the potential of a very successful weekly event. It was opened by the presenter of Eco Eye, Duncan Stewart. Produced by Brian Byrne.2020-07-2503 min
Kilcullen DiaryThat Was The Week 21 June 2020A roundup of the main news on Kilcullen Diary for the week ending Sunday 21 June 2020. Produced and presented by Brian Byrne.
Some of the content:
The return of the Kilcullen pump. The lighting of the bridge with candles for Pieta House. Summer camps, restaurants, sports clubs, and hairdressers reopening. The launch of Kilcullen Before our Time. Mac and Norman go virtual. Roy Thompson and another Facetime gig. The Bridge magazine resumes. The Kilcullen salute for Detective Gda Colm Harkin.2020-06-2210 min
Kilcullen DiaryKD News - It's Not Just About The BeesOne year on, Paul Leighton talks about the progress of the Pollinator Project undertaken by Kilcullen Community Action. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.2020-06-1110 min
Kilcullen DiaryKD News - Kilcullen Library Is ReopeningKilcullen Librarian Julie O'Donoghue talks about how Kilcullen Community Library will be reopening on a limited service from Tuesday next, under the Phase 2 of the easing of the Covid-19 restrictions. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.2020-06-0604 min
Kilcullen DiaryPaddy Nugent - Kilcullen in the 1930sDuring an interview in the mid-1980s, the late Paddy Nugent spoke about growing up in Kilcullen in the 1930s. Produced and presented by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.2020-05-2437 min
Kilcullen DiaryThat Was The Week, 10 May 2020A look back at the news of the week on Kilcullen Diary, on Sunday 10 May 2020. Produced and presented by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.2020-05-1006 minKilcullen DiaryKD News - That was the Week 26 April 2020Brian Byrne looks back at the week in Kilcullen ending 26 April 2020, as reported on the Kilcullen Diary.2020-04-2608 min
Kilcullen DiaryKD Feature - David Byrne, Crean's Place and Sustainable FoodDavid Byrne, co-owner with David Hogan of the Crean's Place restaurant business in Kilcullen, talks to the Kilcullen Diary about his longtime interest in food, and the mission for Crean's Place.2020-04-2307 min
Kilcullen DiaryKD News - From horse blankets to protective masksTwo Kilcullen based companies recently got together to make protective masks to help in dealing with the coronavirus crisis, writes Brian Byrne
And in the last 10 days, Tara Equestrian and Carve On have made and distributed some 3,500 masks to front-line staff in a number of hospitals around the country, and even abroad.
Reported by Brian Byrne/Kilcullen Diary.2020-04-2102 min
Kilcullen DiaryRemembering Kilcullen CapersA radio documentary produced in 1982 about the Kilcullen Capers shows of that year, which was unknowingly to be the last in a decade of such annual shows. Produced and presented by Brian Byrne/Kilcullen Diary Podcasts.2020-04-1047 min
Kilcullen DiaryKD Feature - Dawn Behan on books, bookshops and communityA talk with Dawn Behan, who established Woodbine Books in Kilcullen, Ireland, just three and a half years ago. Produced and presented by Brian Byrne/Kilcullen Diary SoundCloud.2020-04-0917 min
Kilcullen DiaryHands in the dirt is good for the soulKilcullen's Roy Thompson talks about vegetable gardens, and coronavirus. Produced and presented by Brian Byrne/Kilcullen Diary SoundCloud.2020-04-0607 min