Search Results for 'James Hoban'
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Phelan urges President Obama to visit Callan and Kilkenny city
US President, Barack Obama, has been formally invited to visit Callan where he is being encouraged to view various landmarks, chief among them the homestead of James Hoban, the architect who designed the White House.
Tony O' Malley (Part Two)
Tony O' Malley attributed to Callan a quality of inwardness. “It was a feudal town with a wall around it”, he noted, speculating that this helped create a sense of detachment.
Obama and Hoban links with Kilkenny are important says O’Brien
After national media speculation that US President Barack Obama might visit Ireland next year County Council chairman Michael O’Brien pledged to nurture the extraordinary influence which this small country has in America.
Bush, the Stones, and the World Fleadh - it’s all in a day’s work for Frankie Gavin
Frankie Gavin is to headline a major concert of Irish traditional music this weekend at The World Fleadh festival. It’s all part of what’s been a momentous 12 months for the fiddle great, from playing for George W Bush to hanging out with Keith Richards.
White House curator to attend Hoban memorial opening
The James Hoban Memorial Arbour, erected to commemorate the Kilkenny-born architect who designed and built the White House, will be officially opened on Sunday October 5.
It’s Charleston for St Patrick’s Day for council chair and manager
The chairman of Kilkenny County Council Cllr Tomas Breathnach is to travel to Charleston in South Carolina for St Patrick’s Day.
