History And Heritage

Bishop Adrian Wilkinson with Dean of Ossory, now bishop-elect Stephen Farrell

Change for Kilkenny as Dean elected new Bishop of Meath and Kildare

At the John Bradley weekend 2026 in Kilkenny

Pictures: Kilkenny Archaeological Society honours John Bradley

A scene from a typical medieval garden, details of which will be highlighted during the forthcoming John Bradley weekend

Lineup for Kilkenny Archaeological Society's John Bradley weekend

A commemorative plaque paying tribute to the Kilkenny men of the International Brigades

!Adelante! - The Spanish Civil War, its end and legacy in Kilkenny

Launching Fado Fado in Rothe House!

Kilkenny Archaeological Society launches Fadó Fadó Sparking Memories

George Brown (second from left) with comrades on the Madrid front during the visit of British communist leader Henry Pollitt (centre)

!No pasarán! - Kilkenny and the Spanish Civil War

The tour getting underway at Talbots Tower

History of Kilkenny’s medieval walls explored during Heritage Week

Valerie Walshe and her neighbours secured funds to preserve St Catherine's Church and Graveyard at Rathbeagh in Kilkenny under the Community Monuments Fund

'Deeply personal': The Kilkenny community protecting their heritage

Pictured at the launch in Butler House were Lar Power Chief Executive, Kilkenny County Council; Deirdre Cullen, Leas-Cathaoirleach, Kilkenny County Council; Virginia Teehan, Heritage Council Chief Executive; Regina Fitzpatrick Kilkenny County Council Heritage Officer, Senator Malcolm Noonan and Fiona Deegan, Director of Services Kilkenny County Council

'Clear direction': New heritage strategy unveiled for Kilkenny

An 1906 auction for lands at Dunmore, and a 1945 auction for land at Jenkinstown

Historic Kilkenny auction posters to feature in festival exhibition

The Catalpa Flag

Historic flag to go on display in Kilkenny this week

Carnegie Library was previously earmarked as a permanent home for the Kilkenny Archives. Photo: Kilkenny County Council

Frustration mounts over uncertain future of Kilkenny Archives

Cllr Andrew McGuinness, Annette Fitzpatrick, Stan Cullen, Marie Smith, Kilkenny County Council, Cllr John Coonan, Josephine Coyne, Kilkenny County Council Library Service, Séamus Foley, Kilkenny County Council
Front Row (seated) – Guillermo Coral, MCORM, Cllr Mary Hilda Cavanagh, Tim Butler, Kilkenny County Council

Kilkenny County Council signs contract on new vision for old library

Fr Tom Norris (shown here with Pope Francis)

Renowned Kilkenny-born scholar to speak on iconic 19th Century figure

Fr Tom Norris (shown here with Pope Francis)

Renowned Kilkenny-born scholar to speak on iconic figure

Pictures: Solemn ceremony as Kilkenny remembers Anzac Day at Great War memorial

Crowds at Rothe House for the exhibition's new opening. Picture: Vicky Comerford

Editorial: With its storied legacy, Kilkenny's Rothe House marks a proud anniver...
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Lough Cullen also known as Holly Lake

Ghost hurlers at Full Moon on Kilkenny's only lake - home to legends of witchcra...

Val Atkins and Éamon Ó Cuív

Descendant of Irish political giant leads centenary event in South Kilkenny

Francis Place 1699 view of Kilkenny Castle

‘Always been a bit of a mystery’ - Discovery of lost medieval Kilkenny village m...

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QUEEN OF THE SHAMROCK: Kilkenny's Mai makes international headlines, leading New...

One of O'Mahoney's squad photos from Ipswich Town

Matt O’Mahoney: The story of Kilkenny’s first Irish football international

St Canice’s junior hurling team in the mid-1960s

'We might have been in Siberia': Was Kilkenny Christmas Eve northern final of 19...

From Kilkenny to the Khyber Pass: Lance Corporal William Ryan and the making of ...

Kilkenny All-Ireland senior hurling champions (1904). Jack Rochford is highlighted

The largely-forgotten hurler who helped 'light a hurling fire in Kilkenny which ...

Brian Gurrin speaking at the event

Virtual history roadshow visits Kilkenny library
Over 80 people were in attendance at the event last week
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Kilkenny Great War Memorial Committee members John Joe Cullen, Berni Egan, Donal Croghan with Irish Ambassador to Belgium HE Kevin Conmy

Ireland’s history: Never black and white, Kilkenny visit to Ypres hears

St Canice’s Cathedral and Round Tower. Picture: eventco

Famous Kilkenny landmark wins an award - in a novel category!

The book launches in Thomastown on November 21

Historical book launch to take place in south Kilkenny this month

LBC Townland

Virtual Treasury Roadshow to visit Kilkenny to show digital records to tell the ...

Pictured are manuscript conservator Dr John Gillis, Dean of Ossory, Rev Stephen Farrell of St Canice’s Cathedral, calligrapher Timothy O’Neill, chief librarian RCB Librarian, Dr Susan Hood

Faithful reproduction of a 14th-Century manuscript unveiled in Kilkenny

Nick O’Donnell in a Leinster jersey. This postcard photograph was issued with the compliments of the Sunday Review, a newspaper printed between 1957 and 1963

Legendary Kilkenny hurler Nick O’Donnell was ‘like Manna from Heaven’

Fr Peter Whelan

‘Angel of Andersonville’: The Kilkenny educated priest at the heart of the Ameri...

Rothe House and Gardens in Kilkenny

Appeal as Kilkenny landmark to celebrate 60 years since opening to public

A coal train in station at Castlecomer

Next railway lecture to take place at Rothe House, Kilkenny next week

Cliff at the tombstone of Robert de Sardaloue

Englishman travels to Kilkenny to visit ancient ancestor

Kilkenny Castle home of the world famous Butler Gallery of art

Here's a taste of what's on in Kilkenny for Culture Night in September

The Heritage Week event took place in Kilkenny Castle's Parade Tower

Kilkenny’s revolutionary past brought back to life at the castle

Local historian Philly Lynch with daughter-in-law Darina at the Heritage Commemoration

Heritage Walk takes place in Callan

2nd Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment, 1915

'We needed to remember these men by finding out who they were': New WW1 book she...

L to R, Mayor Tammy Holicky, Council Member Theresa Ferch, James O'Reilly, Monica O'Reilly and baby Julia and Janice Sellner

“They really want to use this twinning”: Kilkenny, Minnesota working to deepen I...

The western passage of Knockroe Passage Tomb is aligned to allow the light of the Winter Solstice to enter it on December 21 Photo: Philip Boucher Hayes

Summer solstice to be celebrated in Windgap

The 1914 'Mons' Star medal

New book on Irish WW1 soldiers to launch in Kilkenny this week

The Tholsel suffered a devastating fire in 1985

The two lost centuries of Kilkenny’s Tholsel - the historic town hall located ri...

Participants on the recent visit to Lismore, organised by the South Kilkenny Historical Society

Upcoming talk on fascinating Kilkenny connections of Bridget Aylward, 'Queen of...

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