It Says in The Bridge: May 2021

An all-action restart to Kilcullen Tennis Club with its three new courts is the lead in pictures on this issue, which also has a feature inside on the redevelopment of this facility, writes Brian Byrne.

It's also celebratory with the centre main article, which looks back over 50 years since the Credit Union opened in Kilcullen, a half-century of self-help financial service.

Self-help business is also covered in this issue, with stories about investment in the new covering for the outside dining space in Fallons and also how Shirley Kavanagh Hallion kept her Secret Kloset enterprise going during lockdown.

As usual, there are some peeks through the past: Mary Orford ponders on the history of Daylight Saving Time in Ireland, John Duffey remembers old auctions and how they were operated, and there's a reprint of a 1976 Bridge profile of Julia Buckley, for a long time the Postmistress in Kilcullen. Sean Landers meantime takes a look at some of the humour in Kilcullen's history, though he admits that 'history and humour are not comfortable bedfellows', and it wasn't an easy task.

The schools pages are busy once again, as they venture out of the fog of coronavirus, and are replete with pupils' nature, veterinary, and photographic adventures, to mention but a few. In sport, the Pitch & Putt Club is back in the swing.

As always, all the regulars as well as one-off news and features which in some form or other record the continuing and busy life of Kilcullen.

In the usual outlets, still only €2. Enjoy.

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