Kilcullen Diary

The Kilcullen Diary Podcasts

Writer, photographer, broadcaster, editor of Kilcullen Diary daily updated news about Kilcullen, Co Kildare, Ireland.

  1. Duclos Fluffy Toes Dog Groomer

    20/04/2025

    Duclos Fluffy Toes Dog Groomer

    Clodie Duclos didn’t grow up around animals in her native Normandy, apart from the family dog. And she’s the only one in her family who has made a career working with animals. “But my grandfather was always interested in horses, in hunting and also going to the races,” she recalls. "He raised racing pigeons too. So maybe it came from there." She smiles at the memories. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.

    5 min
  2. Do You Know Where Your Dog Was Last Night?

    09/03/2025

    Do You Know Where Your Dog Was Last Night?

    It's a time of the year when reports of dogs worrying sheep make headlines, sometimes with very distressing photographs of animals which have been savaged. Behind such images is heartbreak for the farmers concerned, and a harrowing effect on up to 60 flocks in the Kildare West Wicklow area each year. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.

    5 min
  3. French and German students in Kilcullen

    09/03/2025

    French and German students in Kilcullen

    The opportunity for Cross and Passion College Kilcullen students to speak in French and German with counterparts was a key part of a recent visit by student groups from Caen in Normandy and Krefeld in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was facilitated by the EU Erasmus student mobility programme, to which CPC signed up last year. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.

    4 min
  4. Porter for the Workhouse

    08/01/2025

    Porter for the Workhouse

    Over the years, I have covered quite a few local authority meetings with deliberations on a wide variety of issues, but I never came across a discussion on what to do with a consignment of porter. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.

    6 min
  5. Time Travelling Through An Image

    31/12/2024

    Time Travelling Through An Image

    When I came across a picture in a 44-years-old Image magazine, I was transported back in telephone time. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.

    8 min
  6. Person of Interest - Gustave Eiffel

    28/12/2024

    Person of Interest - Gustave Eiffel

    The Bönickhausen Tower doesn't have the same ring to it as the Eiffel Tower, but the best known symbol of Paris could well have been just that, if its builder's family hadn't added the name of their local mountains to their surname when they emigrated from Germany. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.

    7 min
  7. Downfall of a Dictator

    23/12/2024

    Downfall of a Dictator

    On This Day: The president of Romania, Nicolae Ceaușescu, was overthrown on the 23rd of December 1989 after more than two decades as head of a state widely regarded as a dictatorship. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.

    7 min
  8. Memoir Of A Classic Red

    11/08/2024

    Memoir Of A Classic Red

    This memoir is in my series In Those Days, written many years ago following the death of my mother, Monica Byrne. It's about a painting of her, created by the renowned Irish artist Sean O'Sullivan. Produced by Brian Byrne for Kilcullen Diary.

    6 min
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Writer, photographer, broadcaster, editor of Kilcullen Diary daily updated news about Kilcullen, Co Kildare, Ireland.

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  • Creator
    The Kilcullen Diary Podcasts
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    260
  • Rating
    Clean
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