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The cast and crew of Deenside Pantomime Society have come together once again for their annual pantomime which is renowned for entertaining the masses for the week in Castlecomer.

Deenside players pantomime group, will present two one act plays in the Vaults Lounge, Castlecomer for two nights only on Thursday September 13 and Friday 14 at 8:30pm nightly.

A recent fashion show held in Castlecomer Estate Yard raised €1,200 for Castlecomer District Hospital.

Bet you never thought that Shrek would have any reason to have relations with Cinderella. Well, in reality you are probably right, however, when Castlecomer’s Deanside Players come together for pantomime season, everyone knows that anything is possible.

What we know as Salthill Park was originally a large field with a small lake. It was landscaped in 1907. In 1925 the Salthill Development Organisation (SDO) asked the corporation to clean up a cesspool there, but that took some years. In 1924, three councillors, Mr Bailey, Eyre Square, Martin Cooke, and John Coogan, bought an aeroplane hangar for the urban council for £400. It had been used by the RAF in Oranmore and was re-erected it in the park. It was called the Pavilion Ballroom, but everyone knew it as ‘the Hangar’.

Castlecomer will ignite in a celebration of literature, theatre, film and just general fun-for-all as the town hosts its third annual ‘Writers and Arts Festival’ this month.

I attended the official opening of the new section of the River Nore Linear Park that stretches from Riverside Drive to Talbots Inch last Monday.

Puss in Boots is bringing down the Community Hall in Castlecomer this week as the Deenside Players delight the audience with their annual pantomime.

This summer do something different and bring your visitors and friends to Rothe House for a special guided tour from Mr and Mrs Rothe themselves.

Many people living in Kilkenny may never have set foot in some of our cities most historical and beautiful buildings.