Ballymany Stud News Today

In "The Kidnapping," Tommy Conlon and Ronan McGreevy explore the FBI's influence on the IRA's operations in the 1980s.

As it approached 8.30pm on the cold, foggy night of February 8, 1983, three masked gunmen forced their way into the Co Kildare home of Jim Fitzgerald, the head groom at Ballymany Stud, less than two miles from Newbridge.

As it approached 8.30pm on the cold, foggy night of February 8, 1983, three masked gunmen forced their way into the Co Kildare home of Jim Fitzgerald, the head groom at Ballymany Stud, less than two miles from Newbridge.

Kildare Co Council has announced Lá Sláinte Bhríde, a festival that promises to be a fun-filled and inclusive event suitable for all ages and abilities.

June 1981. Shergar, ridden by the 19-year-old jockey Walter Swinburn, won the Epsom Derby in spectacular fashion with a record-breaking lead of ten lengths.

RAPPER Vanilla Ice could never be described as, well, vanilla.The popstar, famous for his hit Ice, Ice Baby, has reinvented himself time and time agai

Every March 17, not only do most people of Irish descent (and many who are not) pause to celebrate the life of the Emerald Isle's patron saint, St.

Who kidnapped Shergar? On Feb 8 1983, Shergar was kidnapped, held for ransom and brutally killed by his captors who haven't been identified.

Article by Sally Ann Grassick: Goffs chief executive Henry Beeby has gone back to his mid-teens to pick the race he would most like to travel back in time to watch in the flesh. And his choice is the most spectacular performance by a horse who was one of the best in Europe in the second half of the 20th century, but is sadly renowned largely for another reason entirely.

A 204-home project for the Ballymany area of Newbridge has been granted permission by An Bord Pleanala. A derelict house and two sheds will be demolished to mak...