That was the week that was

You can get a flavour of what interests Kilcullen people by looking back at what posts attracted most attention during a week of the Diary, writes Brian Byrne. Of course, depending on what day of the week the post was made, the stats will be slewed, but the broad snapshot has its place.

This past week there was no doubt about the main story — the locking of the gates at St Brigid's Cemetery. With immediate linking through in the 24 hours following the post, and consistent, if tapering, links along the rest of the week.

Not a long way behind was the news of the provision of a glass and cans recycling facility in Kilcullen, and if the update we posted about it being re-located within a few days is added, then it passed out the cemetery story, just about. There's obviously an interest in the environment.

Some fascination too with the arrival of the water meter installation crews, which have been working their way down from the north end of town, the distinctive orange fences making quite a splash (ouch!) on the streetscape.

The new Stardust CD featuring our local postmistress Noeleen Eston with Joe O'Neill also got its share of hits, as did almost equally the late part of the week report on the German language afternoon for the Second Year students in CPC.

After that it was the news that the new Childcare Centre build was ready for roofing, if weather permitted, that drew most attention. Closely followed by the Cecil Day Lewis Awards notice. Our Top Ten for the week filled out with Roy Thompson's musing on the difference between Garth Brooks and his own world class acts in the BAG and Cunninghams Upstairs, and finally the Lotto Draw results.

For the record, the biggest interest in the whole month was the roundup of happenings in 2013, a year that it seems a lot of people did actually want to remember.