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Kilcullen Community Action recently harvested its first honey from the two community hives which have been in operation over the last two years. The project by KCA's Pollinator and Biodiversity Group was initiated in 2019. In this podcast, Paul Leighton talks where the initiative is at. Produced by Brian Byrne.
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Located in the former Customs House of Limerick there's a compact gem of a museum that is the legacy of a family who loved art, archaeology, and design. John and Gertrude Hunt left their diverse and amazing personal collection in a trust so that it could be accessible to everyone in the generations which came after them.
Produced by Brian Byrne.
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We are now a largely urban society in Ireland. But most of us are just a couple or so generations from forebears who made their living on the land, or who worked for them. At the Irish Agricultural & Folk Life Museum in Johnstown Castle, outside Wexford, this heritage is clear. Produced by Brian Byrne. A set of visuals to go with this podcast can be viewed here.
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The official launch of the revitalised Kilcullen Tennis Club took place this afternoon, in weather that also celebrated the occasion, writes Brian Byrne.
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| CEO of Tennis Ireland Richard Fahey cuts the ribbon to launch the club. |
Over the past seven years, Siobhan Murphy and her family have built up Kalbarri Cookery in Carnalway, near Kilcullen, starting as a school for cooking and evolving from there into an events location for families and their celebrations, for local corporate gigs and more.
Then, on a Friday in March of last year, they had to change direction quickly when things came to a pandemic-induced stop.
In this podcast, Siobhan talks about turning the enterprise around in the pandemic storm, finding time to step back and take stock, working with family, and looks to the future in the little distance that is possible.
Produced by Brian Byrne.
If you take the tour of the Teeling Distillery in Dublin's Liberties, you might be very lucky and have the family's patriarch, John Teeling, kick off the visit. Because when it comes to making whiskey in Ireland, there's probably no one who knows more about it.
Skunk Cabbage doesn't sound like something you'd like to have on your dinner plate ... and indeed it certainly isn't. But it is an invasive plant species that has the potential to damage river systems.
A pilot project on the Liffey by Kilcullen resident and ecologist Dr Jan Baars is working out a plan to deal with it.
A Summer Cast podcast episode, produced by Brian Byrne. 
Dr Jan Baars, right, with team members Matthew Curtis and Oscar Flynn, working in Kilcullen.
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