01/24/2026
Hello our Kilkenny’s family!! 🇮🇪❤️
It’s been a while since we’ve properly been on here, and you were definitely due an update. We kind of fell off the map for a bit, but for good reasons ✨
We made the move to Star, Idaho 🏔️ to be closer to Annie’s family — and honestly, no regrets at all. We absolutely love this area. That said, we miss our friends back in Michigan like crazy 💙, and we really miss our Kilkenny’s family. Below are some photos that remind us of the kind of love you all showed us in St. Johns and Horrocks — total chaos at times 😅, but it was the best kind, and it sure was fun.
Life has finally started to settle 🙌 We’re both settled into our jobs, we’ve bought a house 🏡, and it feels like things are coming together. Most importantly, our little lady has grown so much it’s honestly wild — she’s nearly stringing sentences together already 🥹
As for Kilkenny’s, the trailer needed a few updates, which we’ve just wrapped up 🔧🚚 It’s officially done now and just needs to be picked up.
Now it’s time to start sharing our story again 📖 — lining up vendors, building the kind of relationships we were lucky to have back in Michigan, and doing what we’ve always tried to do best: showing the love we have for this business through the food we put out 🍽️🐟🍟
In some ways, this feels like starting all over again 🔄 — but we know the grind now. We know what’s involved. We know the hustle. And we can’t wait to show the people of Idaho why we believe Kilkenny’s Irish Fish N’ Chips brings something truly special to the table 🇮🇪🔥
We hope you’ll stay along for the ride and watch Kilkenny’s grow again from the ground up 🌱
And to our Michigan family — if you ever find yourselves out here in Idaho down the road, the fish & chips are on us 🐟🍟❤️ Consider it a small thank-you for making the effort to come see us.
One more thing — I couldn’t find a photo Patrick Watts would actually approve of, but he absolutely deserves a shout-out. Patrick spent many long days with me on the fryers, keeping things moving when it was chaos, and we wouldn’t have been able to do half of what we did without him. Appreciate and miss you sir!
Cheers,
Shane, Annie & Hannah ❤️🇮🇪
