Staff and residents at Curragh Lawn Nursing Home are the first in this HSE region, if not the first nursing home in the country, to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Produced by Brian Byrne.

In these pandemic days, it's maybe a good time to recall some of my travels, to give people ideas of where to go when travelling once again becomes part of our normal life. In this short episode, I'm reminded of a very small business that doesn't cater for the big market tourists. Produced by Brian Byrne.

On this day in 1961 it was a New Year's Eve like none before. Ireland was celebrating with the launch of our own television service. Long before 7pm, the time scheduled for the opening, the front bar in The Hideout was full. Produced by Brian Byrne.

Images from RTE Archives.

Bang! It didn't sound like a shotgun. Besides, people didn't use shotguns in the middle of villages. And fireworks were illegal. I looked at my dad. "Carbide bombs," he said with a grin. Produced by Brian Byrne.

Jack Dempsey, who became known in American boxing circles as 'The Nonpareil' because he was most of his career unbeatable, was born on 15 December 1862 in Athgarvan on the edge of The Curragh in Kildare. However, he is all but forgotten in his home county as one of the greatest boxers of his time. Produced by Brian Byrne.

It was Terry Prone who told me that she used to get her best writing ideas while ironing. And that at the time she used to scribble down those thoughts on the white worktop in her kitchen, using a washable magic marker. The image has always stuck with me. Produced by Brian Byrne.

I was talking with someone recently about Glasnevin in Dublin in the 1950s, when milk was delivered then by a farmer from a churn on his cart, residents in the new houses coming out to have jugs filled. Milk supply in Kilcullen wasn't as advanced then. We collected it in lidded tin cans with skinny wire handles. They cut welts into our small children's hands by the time we brought them home from Tom Molloy's milking shed. Produced by Brian Byrne.

Photo: Irish Farmers Journal.

An episode in the Kilcullen Diary series In Those Days. This time remembering Norman Ross, a unique man and his business on the unique Valentia Island in Kerry. Produced by Brian Byrne.

In association with a Climate Action Event organised by the Kildare Public Participation Network for the weekend beginning Friday 27 November 2020, Kilcullen Diary has produced a short series of related podcasts. This episode features the Kilcullen-based Passive Housing company owned by Matt Dooley and Mark Cooper. They talk about how the unique system based on polystyrene structural components was first introduced to Ireland, and how much it brings forward the whole concept of carbon-neutral buildings. Produced by Brian Byrne.

In association with a Climate Action Event organised by the Kildare Public Participation Network for the weekend beginning Friday 27 November 2020, Kilcullen Diary has produced a short series of related podcasts. This episode looks at the opportunity which online markets give to local food producers, especially in achieving sustainability and access to local consumers. Hannah Fox of Neighbour Food Grangecon tells how the system works and some of the producers on the site give their views on the advantages to them and to their customers. Produced by Brian Byrne.