‘Old Gits’ raise huge sum for Kilkenny Alzheimer Society Day Centre
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Michael Grogan (Old Gits), Mike O’Shaughnessy (Old Gits), Niamh O’Shaughnessy (Organiser), Kilkenny Day Centre Manager Samantha Maher and Alzheimer Society of Ireland CEO Pat McLoughlin );
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Old Gits Running Club recently organised a virtual 5km/10km fun run for the Kilkenny Alzheimer Day Care Centre and exceeded all expectations by raising over €3000!
The ‘Old Gits’ are a loose collection of like-minded runners from the Kilkenny city area who enjoy running and celebrating their successes, most notably their annual trips to the Ballycotton 10, the Trim 10 Miler and the Kilkenny and Dublin Race Series.
Liam White, Durrow and London, never forgot his roots
Internationally renowned photographer who made the world his home but never forgot his roots
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Liam White on assignment at the Diane Fossey gorilla study project in Rwanda in the early 1980s );
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Liam White, who has died in London at the age of 88, was a member of a well-known Durrow family with strong Kilkenny connections.
Liam was an internationally-renowned photographer and photojournalist who covered major events and issues worldwide for several overseas publications as well as contributing to Irish media, particularly in the tourism sector. Known more familiarly as Willie, he was born to William and Bridget White on November 26, 1932, the youngest son in a family of three boys and two girls. His father was a native of Errill and a member of the supervisory staff of Laois County Council. His mother, a native of West Waterford, had come to Laois in the early 1920s to manage a busi
Liam White was an internationally renowned photographer from a well known Laois family
Liam White, London and Durrow, 1932- 2021
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Liam White, who has died in London at the age of 88, was a member of a well-known Laois family with strong Kilkenny connections.
He was also an internationally-renowned photographer and photo-journalist who covered major events and issues worldwide for several overseas publications, as well as contributing to Irish media, particularly in the tourism sector.
Known familiarly as Willie, he was born to William and Bridget White on 26th November 1932, the youngest son in a family of three boys and two girls.