Your Mental Health: Phobias
Phobias come in all shapes and sizes and can range from the totally debilitating to the mildly upsetting. For example something like agoraphobia (literally meaning – fear of the market place) can eventually prevent someone form leaving the house whereas a fear of spiders may only be bothersome when there is a spider in the [...]
A fantastic weekend shaping up!
As we are having the most fabulous weather (this is the first OurKilcock post to be written outside in back yard!) and no doubt over next couple of days we’ll all be lighting up the barbies and grilling mountains of sausages, chops, steaks and burgers. You can’t beat a good BBQ. I’ve suggested on our [...]
Kilcock in the News: 16th May
News on Kilcock from the local papers: including “Costs prove prohibitive for Kilcock Park and Ride”, “Plan to return Kilcock as a Major Trading Centre with launch of new directory” and “Dragon Gavin Duffy tells Kilcock Businesses to ‘hang on’.”
New Road… New Again!
By all accounts New Road in Kilcock has been a disaster area for motorists, pedestrians and shop owners alike for the last 6 months as the council set about digging up Kilcock’s roads and just as we thought it was all over… digging them up all over again. Finally it seems the pipes have been [...]
Kilcock Art Gallery – Exhibition Opening
Another gorgeous exhibition is opening this Saturday at the Kilcock Art Gallery. “A series of snow paintings which began last year when we had a heavy snowfall – an unusual event down here on the Dingle Peninsula. While the mountaintops are often white in winter, to have snow down to the sea has not happened [...]
Kilcock Triathlon
The Kilcock Triathalon will take place on the 22nd of May with the first wave of swimmers starting at 1pm. There’ll be a 400m and 750m swim (super-sprint and sprint triathlon respectively) followed by a 20km cycle and a 5km run. The swim takes place straight up the Royal Kilcock Canal and despite some controversy [...]
Eimear’s our Rising Star
In case you didn’t know Kilcock is home to the very talented singer song writer Eimear Crehan. Under the pseudonym Fox.E she will be performing with artists from across the globe in the Rising Stars competition. Winners will headline at the Dublin City of Soul Festival and will also receive studio time and rehearsal space [...]
The Complete Poultry & Vegetable Show at Larchill Gardens
Larchill Gardens, Kilcock, Co Kildare – (Directions) Sat 8th May 2010. 11.00am-5.00pm, Entrance 7.00 euro. children free ( includes entrance to gardens) Synopsis of Fair A one day sale and demonstration of poultry and poultry products. Sale and exhibitions of vegetable ,fruit and herb growing, tools. Talks on poultry and self sufficiency. Irish Society of Poultry Fanciers [...]
Kilcock News – 2nd May 2010
(Many thanks to the Liffey Champion, Leinster Leader and Irishtimes.com and their reporters for providing us with these local stories) Meet the Cluckers By Sylvia Thompson (The Irish Times, May 1, 2010) The Complete Poultry and Vegetable Show will be held in Larchill Arcadian Garden, Kilcock, Co Kildare, next Saturday, May 8th, from 11am to [...]