Winding down for Christmas

The last roundup before Christmas Day is on, and after the tour of Santa and his sleigh from Bridge Camphill this afternoon, and the traditional bell-ringing in An Tearmann tomorrow morning, it'll be the signal for most people to relax for a few days, writes Brian Byrne.

The Diary also winds down about now and we'll only be posting quite sporadically between now and New Year's Day, so your editor is taking this opportunity to say 'thank you' to all contributors, advertisers, those who invited us to their events, and most of all to you readers out there without whom there'd be no need for this little endeavour.

To all of you, we wish a very peaceful Christmas and a happy crossover into 2014, which for the Diary will begin our tenth year in existence, a milestone in itself. A special seasonal greeting for Kilcullen's Wild Geese, who are more in numbers than they used to be, and a 'welcome home' for those among them who are fortunate enough to be coming back to Kilcullen for Christmas.

Nollaig shona agus bliain nua faoi mhaise dhaoibh go leir.