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This interesting aspect of Courthouse Square shows the Town Hall on the left and The Convent of Mercy National School in the distance. The Mercy Sisters arrived in Galway in 1840 to a house in Lombard Street. The following year they bought JoycesDistillery and Mill house and stores on St. Stephen’s Island together with the excellent dwelling house and offices in which Mrs. Joyce resided. They converted these and opened a school there and called it St. Vincent’s Academy. They were very busy during the Famine and ran three soup kitchens, one in St. Vincent’s, one in Bohermore and one in Bushypark.

This interesting aspect of Courthouse Square shows the Town Hall on the left and the Convent of Mercy National School in the distance. The Mercy Sisters arrived in Galway in 1840 to a house in Lombard Street. The following year they bought Joyce’s Distillery and Mill house and stores on St Stephen’s Island together with the excellent dwelling house and offices in which Mrs Joyce resided. They converted these and opened a school there and called it St Vincent’s Academy. They were very busy during the Famine and ran three soup kitchens, one in St Vincent’s, one in Bohermore, and one in Bushypark.

Mayor David Fitzgerald has organised a public meeting to discuss the proposed skatepark in the Closh, taking place in City Hall (The Tholsel) next Tuesday, September 27, at 8pm.

The Veterans of the Island of Ireland Association will hold a parade in Kilkenny city on Wednesday, April 10.

Kilkenny hits the big 400 this weekend as it marks four centuries of city status. Tomorrow Saturday, April 11 was the day four hundred years ago when James I, granted Kilkenny a charter conferring on it the status of a city, with the title of Mayor for its chief citizen.

Mayor Malcolm Noonan will host a coffee morning and open day at City Hall on Friday September 25 (today) from 10.30am till 1pm in aid of the Susie Long Hospice Fund.

Future Proof Kilkenny announces the third season of films and documentary screenings examining the global issues of sustainability, justice, equality and the environment.

St Mary’s Church and graveyard are to be bought by the local authorities in Kilkenny from the Church of Ireland in what is seen to be an important move for the conservation of heritage in the Marble City.