Kilkenny history

Pat Nolan at his recent book launch

Toil and trouble - new book recalls Kilkenny witch trial of 1324

Rehearsing for the 1899 pony auction reenactment on August 15 on the steps of Kilkenny Courthouse are: Emma Dunne, Willie Ryan, Eddie Kennedy, Michelle O'Sullivan, Michael Somers and Kathryn Creedon

Kilkenny Pony and Trap auction from 1899 to be re-enacted in city

Census 1926 was the first time it could be filled out in Irish. Picture: National Archive of Ireland

‘An Ghaedhilg’ – Kilkenny people used Irish for the first time in Census 1926

A high speed scanner was used as part of the digitisation project of Census 1926. Picture: National Archives of IReland

The Story of Us: New book brings Census to life a century on - with lots of fasc...

The 1926 census entry of Alice Knox. Picture: National Archives of Ireland

'Single (Thank God)' - Kilkenny woman's census entry goes viral 100 years later!

What does the 1926 Census reveal for Kilkenny?

Revealed: Fascinating stories from Kilkenny of 1926 comes to life from pages of...

Wonder what life was like in Kilkenny 100 years ago? Find answers in just-publ...

A painting of Bishop Pococke by Jean-Étienne Liotard, 1740, which is held in The Louvre

International travels of Bishop Pococke subject of next KAS lecture

Beloved Kilkenny takeaway set to close after 45 years of service to the communit...

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

A memorial to the War of Independence Sinnott’s Cross Ambush was unveiled near Mooncoin in 2016.

New memorial plans in Kilkenny 'will involve the whole community in consultation...

Roman artifacts uncovered in Kilkenny

An ancient Roman burial in Kilkenny? Secrets revealed at city lecture

A memorial to the War of Independence Sinnott’s Cross Ambush was unveiled near Mooncoin in 2016.

Ómór project to honour Kilkenny’s turbulent past

LBC Townland

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

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’

Former staff at Kilkenny Railway Station including Station Master Michael Cody second from left

Journey down memory lane! Kilkenny railway history to be topic of KAS talk

REVEALED: The vivid history contained in the names of streets in Kilkenny
Walking the streets of Kilkenny evokes fascinating times that have past
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Former staff at Kilkenny Railway Station including Station Master Michael Cody second from left

Kilkenny railway history - KAS lecture

A Plan of the City of Kilkenny, by Sam Byron, c. 1781 Image: Kilkenny County Council

Kilkenny’s street names are a reminder of the city's vivid history

Ancient practice of seed saving in Kilkenny can teach us things about modern li...

Fr Martin Tobin, Rev George Cliffe and Fr Aaron Tanko at the Ecumenical Service of Remembrance in the Lower Street, Kilmacow

A 'special' event attended by huge crowd at cemetery in rural Kilkenny

The ancient graveyard at what is now the Medieval Mile Museum

Did you know? Stories from a Kilkenny city medieval graveyard

As part of National Heritage Week, Joe Doyle gave a guided tour of Thomastown: Discovering Thomastown Heritage / PICTURE: HARRY REID

Huge turnout and much learned at heritage walk in Thomastown - Kilkenny Live

Local pub celebrates 140 years - and the people of Kilkenny are invited!

Ger Henderson, a Fenians legend

'It wouldn’t happen today' - Kilkenny GAA club memories from a different era

Grants of up to €50,000 open to Kilkenny heritage buildings

Wow! Unique art design inspired by a Kilkenny town

Wow! Unique art design inspired by a Kilkenny town
Bespoke illustration work commissioned for Callan
Sian Moloughney

Pictures: Reunion for the international branches of the O’Shea family

LATEST: Major new public building on the cards in Kilkenny?

Green's Bridge in Kilkenny

Grants available as Kilkenny community groups urged to host event to celebrate W...

Mayor of Kilkenny Andrew with Bishop Niall Coll and members of the Dominican Order

Full house in Kilkenny's Black Abbey as Dominicans mark 800 years

A gathering of Hacketts! With Tommy Hackett (left) and Mayor of Kilkenny Andrew McGuinness greeting their American visitors

The Hackett clan arrive from Kilkenny, Minnesota - to meet the Hacketts from Kil...

'He is Mr Evergreen' - Club man hailed as Kilkenny side make Leinster history

The Tholsel suffered a devastating fire in 1985

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

Grangefertagh Round Tower in Johnstown

Calls made for major new public building to be built in Kilkenny

Kilkenny families needed for new documentary set to air on RTÉ

Dromahair Library has been given guardianship of a very unique map.

Help of Kilkenny farm families needed for new Land Commission documentary

Grangefertagh Round Tower in Johnstown

Kilkenny has a ‘proud history’: calls made for Kilkenny Heritage Museum

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...

Desart Court was described as one of Ireland's 'most outstanding architectural triumphs'

The storied tale of a most outstanding architectural triumph in Kilkenny

Assassinations and executions in rural Kilkenny area to be remembered

John Kelly, Amy O'Riordan, Aoife O'Carroll and Matthew Mulvey. Back row: Programme Director, Dr Elaine Callinan and Assistant Registrar, Dr Margaret Murphy (Absent: Lora O’Brien)

Kilkenny native amongst first to graduate in new degree

'Mixed Marriage' in modern Ireland set to be discussed in Co Kilkenny

Kilkenny Castle to host inclusive tours this February

Lady Desart and her husband William Cuffe , 4th Earl of Desart Photo: Kilkenny Library

Lady Desart's enduring legacy to modern Kilkenny

Desart Court was described as one of Ireland's 'most outstanding architectural triumphs'

The destruction, restoration and demolition of Desart Court in Kilkenny

A Plan of the City of Kilkenny, by Sam Byron, c. 1781 Image: Kilkenny County Council

Kilkenny’s street names are a reminder of the city's vivid history

Hazel Lavery's daughter Alice Gwynn left three portraits to Rothe House of her family: her mother Lady Hazel Lavery, her stepfather Sir John Lavery and a childhood portrait of herself

How portraits by one of Ireland's most famous painters came to be in Kilkenny

Lady Desart and her husband William Cuffe , 4th Earl of Desart Photo: Kilkenny Library

Lady Desart's enduring legacy to modern Kilkenny

Lady Desart and her husband William Cuffe , 4th Earl of Desart Photo: Kilkenny Library

Lady Desart's enduring legacy to modern Kilkenny

Lady Desart and her husband William Cuffe , 4th Earl of Desart Photo: Kilkenny Library

Lady Desart's enduring legacy to modern Kilkenny

Desart Court was described as one of Ireland's 'most outstanding architectural triumphs'

The destruction, restoration and demolition of Desart Court in Kilkenny

View of the terrace steps and retaining garden wall at Woodstock House

The burning of Woodstock House in Kilkenny

Map of Civil War fatalities in Kilkenny

Past meets Present - Mapping Kilkenny's historical sites

A Plan of the City of Kilkenny, by Sam Byron, c. 1781 Image: Kilkenny County Council

Kilkenny’s street names are a reminder of the city's vivid history

The Gardiner family home in Castlecomer Photo:| Larry Scallan

Appeal for whereabouts of Civil War grave of Kilkenny man

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