Ireland News » Kilkenny News Ireland » Kilkenny » History: Visiting Kilkenny Castle in Ireland: Everything you need to know
Rising above the River Nore, Kilkenny Castle is one of Ireland’s most impressive and beautifully restored castles. Dating back to the 12th century, it has played a central role in Irish history for ...
News Ireland » Kilkenny » History: Kilkenny Travel Guide
The medieval Irish town of Kilkenny is on the River Nore, about a 60-mi/100-km drive southwest of Dublin. There you'll find interesting architecture, several abbeys and arguably the best pub in ...
News Ireland » Kilkenny » History: Past and future to feature in Kilkenny Archaeological Society's John Bradley weekend
The weekend begins with a reception and a keynote address in Kilkenny Castle on Friday evening by Cóilín Ó Drisceoil, with further talks from Denis Bergin, former Mayor of Kilkenny David Fitzgerald, a ...
News Ireland » Kilkenny » History: The top five tourist attractions in County Kilkenny
County Kilkenny is located in the southeast of Ireland in the province of Leinster, just an hour and a half from Dublin. The county has three major rivers running through it, known as the Three ...
News Ireland » Kilkenny » History: Victims of Ireland's great famine : the bioarchaeology of mass burials at Kilkenny Union Workhouse / Jonny Geber ; foreword by Clark Spencer Larsen
Setting the stage for a bioarchaeology of the great Irish famine -- "An entire nation of paupers": contextualizing poverty and famine in mid-nineteenth-century Ireland and Kilkenny -- A life endured ...
News Ireland » Kilkenny » History: John Haltigan - a Kilkenny Fenian born 200 years ago
Tried as part of The Fenian Conspiracy Kilkenny has never forgotten its hero who went on to be a publish a newspaper in the US, The Sunday Citizen, and remained a newspaperman with the Irish Examiner ...
News Ireland » Kilkenny » History: Medieval meets modern in charming Kilkenny, Ireland
On a sunny Friday afternoon in April, the sleepy city of Kilkenny, Ireland, began to wake up. Chattering students filled the sidewalks, their book bags slung across school uniforms, many of the boys ...
News Ireland » Kilkenny » History: Victorian gothic abbey in Kilkenny with history dating back to 1356 sells for €1.75m
With a history stretching back almost seven centuries, Knocktopher Abbey in Knocktopher Co Kilkenny has seen many owners come and go. But after being placed on the market, Knocktopher Abbey is now set ...