There was colour and fun in the 2018 Arts festival in Kilkenny.
Market displays on the Parade
Art displays on the Mayor’s walk
Art displays on the Mayor’s wal
Cafes on Kieran St
Open air theatre in the Castle Park
Fantastic Arts festival 2018
Category Archives: Kilkenny City
Kilkenny Orchards get a summer brush up
Many thanks to the many Statestreet Bank Volunteers who have given our Waterford rd community orchard a summer brush up.
Keeping Kilkenny Beautiful does not happen by itself. Our City is beautiful because of the voluntary effort of many through out the year. This community orchard is also has an attractive seating area.
The fruit trees are vert suited to pollinators earlier in the year and the fruit in August /September is delicious to enjoy.
St Mauls historic Graveyard gets a summer clean up.
Many thanks to Statestreet Bank for volunteering to undertake a comprehensive summer clean with KKB of the historic St Maul’s graveyard, this including cleaning, painting trimming and digging! The grave yard is a quiet haven within a bustling city.
Kilkenny Railway Station looks fantastic!
What a nice way to come to Kilkenny City, by train! Colourful flowers and a well kept station greets you. Congratulation to Irish Rail and Kilkenny CoCo who are Keeping Kilkenny Beautiful.
Kilkenny Co Co adopts the black and amber bumble bee
A fitting county emblem which will also raise the importance of bees as pollinators. KKB works each year to improve the range of honey and bumble bee friendly planting throughout our city.
Crab apple blossom attracts!
Summer wild flowers
Sunflower attraction!
Bumble bees enjoy the summer lavender
Sub aqua clean up with KKB on river Nore
Balsam removal in Kilkenny City and environs
An extensive balsam removal scheme in the Kilkenny area river Nore and Breagagh on a phased basis has completed its 4th year. The aim is to remove plants before flowering and prevent seed being produced for the following year.
The banks all through our City have been restored to attractive riverside woodland. Balsam is an invasive weed which can push out the native species of plant leading to damage of river banks in the winter. While removing Balsam on the river bank it has been possible to see much of the river wildlife. 
River Nore clean up
Wednesday 8th August 7pm at Canal Walk slip will see Kilkenny Sub Aqua Club (KSAC); Keep Kilkenny Beautiful (KKB) & Kilkenny County Council (KCC) coming together to sweep the city section of the River Nore to clear it of as much waste items as possible. Volunteers from the three organisations are working together to make the best impact as possible. This partnership has worked well over many years and efforts will go toward KKB’s Kilkenny’s submission to the National Tidy Towns Competition 2018.
The current water levels are historically low and this may assist with material that is lodged in areas hard to reach in “normal” years flow, said Lorcan Scott PRO with KSAC. The River Nore is a Special Area of Conservation and the clean-up should enhance conditions for fish and mammals species moving along the river.
Kilkenny city is blessed to have such a recreational and visual asset and as with all urban waterways the Nore can receive waste from a range of sources from excitable party goers to the inconsiderate members of the public.
River Nore
This exercise will also have the added benefit of removing any potential hazard to divers required in any Search and Recovery activity in the Nore city section.
KSAC and KKB wish to thank Kilkenny County Council for their offer to take any resultant waste for appropriate disposal.
Kilkenny Peace Park Memorial now completed
TThe Great War commemoration memorial at the Peace Park was recently completed. It is in a peaceful location overlooking the river Nore. There is colourful planting along the river walk.
Rain again in Kilkenny
After many weeks of drought conditions it has finally rained again in Kilkenny, helping to moisten the parched earth.
The swans and signets at Lakeside were out enjoying some new grass.
