The 20th year of the Kinsale 7’s is underway and this one promises to be a great one. Look out for more details on the participating teams and players and entertainment on www.kinsalesevens.com

Ticket details:
€25 for weekend pass
€15 for day passes

Concessions: U12 are free
A Presidents Bar will be available in the clubhouse at the event. Limited tickets are available for this and can be bought for €15 on the door.

Free parking available

Some of the teams registered to date: Read more »

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The Kinsale April Fools Comedy Festival gets under way today Friday 25 of April with a great lineup of talent including Karl Spain, Jarred Christmas and many many more…

The shows will be shared by the Dalton’s, the Blue Haven, the Greyhound, the White House and the White Lady. Make sure to get out and catch the acts!

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Antarctic explorer Dr Clare O’Leary has accepted Kinsale Fairtrade invitation to come to Kinsale by the Fairtrade sign, Kilcaw, on Saturday 19th of April at 12 noon. All are welcome.

On Tuesday 18th May 2004 O’Leary, from Bandon, Co Cork became the first ever Irish woman to reach the summit of Everest. She also became the first woman to reach the South Pole. Dr O’Leary is a keen Fairtrade supporter and a great role model so please join her this Saturday.

Kinsale became Ireland’s 2nd Fairtrade town in 2005 and in October 2007 was awarded Ireland’s best Fairtrade Town. Over 25 local outlets sell fairtrade products, thus ensuring that the people of the third world receive a fairprice for what they produce.

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The Grand Opening of Muddy Maher’s part II will be upon us tomorrow Friday 18 May in their new premises at 1 Pearse St., Kinsale.

Local impresario John Maher and his staff have done an amazing job bringing the spirit and fun of the original Muddy’s to it’s new home.

The rockin’ begins anytime after 6pm with the Roaring Forties bringing the tunes from 10:30 on…

See ya there!

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The Chernobyl Childrens Project Kinsale organised a fundraising lunch and auction in the Man Friday Restaurant last Sunday.

The charity is hoping to help build a ‘Kinsale Home of Hope‘ in Belarus to foster up to 10 orphans.

Pictured are Philip and Joss Horgan owners of Man Friday.

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Gerry Ryan, Damian Clarke and Glenda Gilson will head up a list of show-stopping stars when Las Vegas comes to Kinsale tonight, Friday, April 11th.

There’ll be casino tables, Vegas Show girls and the delightful Bond Girls, to guide you through a maze of exciting and delicious options. We’ve got a choice of oyster or sushi bars or the Tattinger Champagne Bar and a roaming banquet to ensure people can keep partying and playing the tables the whole night long, with proceed from the tables going to the RNLI.

The Black Tie special is being held in association with RSVP magazine, Jolie and Magic Vacations.

Tickets are on sale in Reception in The Blue Haven or contact the Hotel on 353 (0)21 4772209 or email to info@bluehavenkinsale.com. More Information on www.bluehavencollection.com.

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The Kinsale Ladies Rugby Team, or “First Ladies” as they prefer to be known as, are the first Kinsale ladies team to play in the Heineken Kinsale Rugby 7’s tournament.

The notion that was Kinsale’s First Ladies finally came to fruition last September when the girls who were involved in different sides of Kinsale’s RFC decided that they wanted a piece of the clubs new found glory.

They are now a fully integrated part of the club training twice a week on a under the steady and capable hands of Pat O’Reagan, Daniel Kiely, Danny O’Connell and Eoin O’Callaghan, President of Kinsale RFC. The Club is delighted to have state of the art Jerseys from O’B Sports sponsored by The White House, “you can even see it we play teams and they are wearing cotton jerseys two sizes too big, we look the part”.

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Jack L and his band truly rocked Kinsale’s White Lady on Saturday night.

The gig was filled with trademark energetic dramatics, as Jack L stood on chairs, ran through the crowd mid-song and even slow danced with his own jacket. The black-clad, broody-eyed singer gave a performance so powerful his microphone seemed at times superfluous.

The White Lady niteclub is no longer just for late night dancing, but has proved itself to be the up and coming live music venue in the county.

We look forward to seeing loads more big names in live music perform there.

— Niamh Prior

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Jack L brings his inimitable vocal stylings to the White Lady Niteclub this Saturday April 5th at 9pm. This is Jack’s first Kinsale appearance and promises to be a brilliant evening of music. There are a few tickets left available at the White Lady for €25 but if you want to see the show you’d better hurry…

Jack first realised his talent whilst as a trainee mechanic he would sing in the garage. He travelled to Germany with the band Serious Women where he first met the members of The Black Romantics his early backing band. He first became popular in the summer of 1995 when he and The Black Romantics took up a residence at The Da Club in Dublin. Word of mouth spread and the small venue was soon turning people away. The band played mostly covers of Jacques Brel songs, with one or two of Jack’s own, and recorded the album Wax in 1995. Jack eventually split with the Black Romantics and went solo. Read more »

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Darfur rebel leader Dr Abdullahi El-Tom will visit Kinsale to speak about the ongoing conflict in Darfur, Friday 4th April 2008, 8.00 PM at The Friary Centre, Carmelite Friary, Kinsale. Admission is free although donations are welcome.

A leading academic at the Department of Anthropology at NUI Maynooth, Abdullahi El-Tom is head of training and strategic planning for the Justice and Equality Movement – JEM in Darfur.

Dr El-Tom sits on the advisory board of Irish Aid, the Government’s overseas development division and is involved with briefing Irish Troops before their deployment to Chad as part of EUfor.

The aim of the Kinsale Peace Project is to promote peace and justice at home and overseas and to encourage Human Rights Speakers to come to Kinsale and speak about their peace-building work in conflict areas of our world.

Light Fairtrade refreshments will be served on the night

For further information please visit www.kinsalepeaceproject.com

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Local butcher and Kinsale institution John Coholan has retired after 39 years of serving the finest quality meats.

John Coholan was a traditional family butcher / victualler located in the center of Kinsale providing an excellent range of fresh meats and poultry. He also catered to the hotel and catering industry in the Kinsale area.

Popular with the locals, John Coholan would always have a story and a laugh for all who stopped by in Market Street. He will be missed in his well deserved retirement.

The shop opened St. Patrick’s Day 1969.

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The Kinsale Times would like to sincerely thank the Kinsale businesses that have sponsored a new camera for our site. This will enable us to get the shots whenever needed!

Please let us know of your special events in and around Kinsale and we’ll try our best to cover your event.

Also please forward any press releases for your business to: info@kinsaletimes.com and we will promote you on Kinsale Times.

Our special thanks go to:

Anthony Collins & Roman Minihane: of the White Lady — www.whiteladyhotelkinsale.com
Billy Crosbie: Local Music legend and philanthropist — billycrosbie.com
John Maher: of Muddy Maher’s and Swell Cardiff
Niamh Parker: of the Thai Cottage — thaicottage.ie
Conor Ryan: of the Bulman
Warren Sheehan: of the Bacchus Niteclub

Please visit their websites

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A remarkable 10 out of 10 was the result on Kinsale Rugby’s score card after a very tough league campaign.

The first team were delighted to be promoted but to do it unbeaten added an extra dimension to their delight.

Charleville provided the opposition on the day. They were in no. 2 position to Kinsale before this encounter which took place
at Snug more. Both teams are now heading to division 2 next season.

The ladies of Kinsale were busy on the day preparing a lunch for the President and Committee members, Trustees, Sponsors, and Charleville all enjoyed the hospitality.

The main event was a nail biting encounter with Charleville refusing to lie down. However Kinsale did the business on the day and are still battling hard to add more silverware before the season ends.

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Kinsale Times wishes everyone a Happy St Patrick’s Day!

The Kinsale Times is proud to introduce a new Kinsale music service, Kinsale Music.

We are presenting this site as a free Kinsale guide to all our local Musicians — and Kinsale adopted regulars. All we ask for is a link to Kinsale Times and KinsaleMusic.

Are you looking for music for your function? Just want to see what talent Kinsale offers? Well now you can, in one easy place. KinsaleMusic.com.

We will be adding new features every week or so, including music teachers, venues, etc.

Go have a look and if you can think of a band we’ve forgotten or if you have anything to add please contact us at info@kinsalemusic.com. The site is in it’s infancy so help us out!

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