David Walsh

1 week ago | kildare-nationalist.ie | David Walsh

A few weeks back I wrote about Athy man Paul O’Neill and his band, The Roving Crows, who are taking the folk music circuit in the UK by storm. Not to be outdone his nephew, Joe O’Neill, is also making waves on the entertainment scene in London. Joe is a son of Kevin O’Neill of St Joseph’s Terrace and a grandson of the musician and music teacher, the legendary, Joe O’Neill.

2 weeks ago | astm.org | David Walsh

The board of directors met in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, April 22-23. Here is a summary of reports made and actions taken at those meetings. By David WalshMay 01, 2025Board ActionsThe board approved the following actions:The Minutes of the October 2024 board meeting. The consolidated financial statements and report of the independent accountants, and the annual review of the finance and audit committee charter, as presented.

2 weeks ago | kildare-nationalist.ie | David Walsh

APRIL 1915 saw two of the bloodiest battles of the First World War and by the end of that month fifteen men from the Athy area had been killed; twelve on the Western Front and three more on V Beach at Gallipoli in Turkey. On the morning of 25 April 1915, men of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers (RDF) rowed ashore, from the converted coal ship .

1 month ago | kildare-nationalist.ie | David Walsh

The May bank holiday weekend sees the return of the Greenfields festival to Athy. Greenfields is Ireland’s first summer music festival and it promises to be an even bigger event than last year’s with over 70 musical acts performing in the fully covered big top stage, including Gavin James, The Stunning, Mundy, The Whistlin Donkeys, Gerry Fish, Aslan, Michael English, Fieldsy and Tally Mor to name just a few.

1 month ago | kildare-nationalist.ie | David Walsh

Swallows, swifts and sand martins, there is nothing more heart-lifting than seeing the first swallow against an azure sky on a spring day. The poet Charlotte Smith wrote ‘The welcome guest of settled Spring, The swallow, too, has come at last; Just at sunset, when thrushes sing, I saw her dash with rapid wing, And hailed her as she passed.’ So not having seen any yet this year I contacted the man who knows all about these things Chris McKenna from Suncroft.