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On 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.

A taster from the Christmas 2024 performance in Kilcullen Parish Church by the Camphill Choir, the Naas Hospital Choir, and tenor Patrick Hyland. A Rough & Ready Production by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.

Rehearsal of Cross & Passion College Kilcullen Christmas Panto. A Rough & Ready Production by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.

A visit to the Lutyens garden and woodlands walks at Heywood House grounds, Ballinakill, Co Laois. A Rough & Ready Production by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.

A sampler of the Music for Medicine Concert organised by the Gormanstown Choir and performed in Gormanstown Church on 22 August 2024. The concert was in aid of the Atlantic Humanitarian Relief missions to the Syrian refugee camps in Jordan. Details of the missions were provided by Professor Dr Brendan O'Shea, and a short recollection of life in Aleppo in Syria before and after the war was given...

This 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.

To 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...

Charity 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.

'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.

A short amble around the Kilcullen Community Garden in July 2024. The garden is in the grounds of the Community Library and has been developed by Kilcullen Community Action in association with Kildare Library Service and maintained by KCA volunteers and community employment workers. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary. Music: Hold on a Second - John Deley and the 41 Players.

Sometimes, 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.

This 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.

When 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.

If 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.

Kilcullen Gospel Choir, Nolan's, Christmas 2023

Joan Healy, Music in the Moment

Carols by Candlelight 2023

Witchery in Kilcullen 2023

Colours in The Valley in September

Understory, Making Environment Activism

The Road Trip

An afternoon in Lafcadio Hearn Japanese Gardens

Organ Donation - Have The Conversation

Mary Anning, Jurassic Woman

The Needle Man

Ma Belle Nutrition & Health

Kilcullen welcomes Kenya Team for International Special Olympics, June 2003

In a Library Garden

Sally Sticks And Bamboo Biffs