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A panorama of Kilkenny City in County Kilkenny, Ireland (taken from about 4km west of the town)

County Kilkenny (Irish: Contae Chill Chainnigh) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. Kilkenny County Council is the local authority for the county. At the 2022 census the population of the county was 103,685. The county was based on the historic Gaelic kingdom of Ossory (Osraighe), which was coterminous with the Diocese of Ossory. (Full article...)

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Kilkenny (Irish: Cill Chainnigh [ˌciːl̠ʲ ˈxan̠ʲəj], meaning 'church of Cainnech') is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2022 census gave the population of Kilkenny as 27,184, the thirteenth-largest urban center in Ireland.

Kilkenny is a tourist destination, and its environs include historic buildings such as Kilkenny Castle, St Canice's Cathedral and round tower, Rothe House, Shee Alms House, Black Abbey, St. Mary's Cathedral, The Tholsel, St. Francis Abbey, Grace's Castle, and St. John's Priory. Kilkenny is also known for its craft and design workshops, the Watergate Theatre, public gardens and museums. Annual events include Kilkenny Arts Festival, the Cat Laughs comedy festival and music at the Kilkenny Roots Festival.

Kilkenny began with an early 6th-century ecclesiastical foundation within the Kingdom of Ossory. Following the 12th-century Norman invasion of Ireland, Kilkenny Castle and a series of walls were built to protect the burghers of what became a Norman merchant town. William Marshall, Lord of Leinster, gave Kilkenny a charter as a town in 1207. By the late 13th century, Kilkenny was under Hiberno-Norman control. The Statutes of Kilkenny, passed at Kilkenny in 1367, aimed to curb the decline of the Hiberno-Norman Lordship of Ireland. In 1609, King James I of England granted Kilkenny a Royal Charter, giving it the status of a city. Following the Irish Rebellion of 1641, the Irish Catholic Confederation, also known as the "Confederation of Kilkenny", was based in Kilkenny and lasted until the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649. From 1840 onwards, Kilkenny has not been administered as a city under local government law, but the Local Government Reform Act 2014 provides for "the continued use of the description city". (Full article...)

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Rothe House, headquarters of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society

The Kilkenny Archaeological Society is an archaeological society in County Kilkenny, Ireland. (Full article...)

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The Church of Saint John the Evangelist, or John's Church, is a Gothic Revival style church in Kilkenny, Ireland. The Church was designed by William Hague and built from 1903 to 1908 on the site of an earlier church located in the graveyard. The grounds contain a trees and greenery. (Full article...)

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Kilkenny (Irish: Cill Chainnigh [ˌciːl̠ʲ ˈxan̠ʲəj], meaning 'church of Cainnech') is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2022 census gave the population of Kilkenny as 27,184, the thirteenth-largest urban center in Ireland. (Full article...)

Thomastown may refer to: (Full article...)

The River Nore (Irish: An Fheoir [ə ˈn̠ʲoːɾʲ]) is one of the principal rivers (along with the River Suir and River Barrow) in the South-East Region of Ireland. The 140-kilometre-long (87 mi) river drains approximately 2,530 square kilometres (977 sq mi) of Leinster and Munster, that encompasses parts of three counties (Tipperary, Laois, Kilkenny). Along with the River Suir and River Barrow, it is one of the constituent rivers of the group known as the Three Sisters. (Full article...)

Trail near Croaghaun, Blackstairs Mountains

The South Leinster Way is a long-distance trail in Ireland. It is 104 kilometres (65 miles) long and begins in Kildavin, County Carlow and runs through County Kilkenny before ending in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary. It is typically completed in five days. It is designated as a National Waymarked Trail by the National Trails Office of the Irish Sports Council and is jointly managed by Carlow County Council, Kilkenny County Council, Tipperary County Council, Carlow Local Sports Partnership, Kilkenny Trails and Coillte. It was opened on 30 November 1985 by Donal Creed, Minister of State for Sport. (Full article...)

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"Fire without smoke, Air without fog, Water without mud, Land without bog."

— Unknown, circa 17th Century

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... that Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice was the founder of two institutes of religious brothers, the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers.?
... that the Statutes of Kilkenny were a series of thirty-five acts passed at Kilkenny in 1366, aiming to curb the decline of the Hiberno-Norman Lordship of Ireland. (Full article...)

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Image 1
Image 2St Canice's Cathedral in Kilkenny
Image 3Nave and Transept of the Black Abbey, Kilkenny
Image 4Kilkenny Castle, in Kilkenny
Image 5Brandon Hill
Image 6Photograph of the Gowran Ogham Stone was taken in St. Mary's Collegiate Church in Gowran.
Image 7flag of County Kilkenny in the Kilkenny GAA
Image 8Barrow Bridge open to allow boat upstream to New Ross (1997).
Image 9Foulksrath Castle
Image 10Jenkinstown Castle, ca 1830 in Jenkinstown Park.
Image 11Pasture at Listerlin, County Kilkenny
Image 12Church of the Sacred Heart in Moneenroe.
Image 13Duiske Abbey in Graiguenamanagh
Image 14Dunmore Cave
Image 15Plan of St Canice's Cathedral in Kilkenny
Image 16St Canice's Cathedral and round tower around which Kilkenny developed
Image 17Doors in Kilkenny
Image 18Church of Saint John the Evangelist in Kilkenny
Image 19East front of Jerpoint Abbey
Image 20Rothe House in Kilkenny.
Image 21Kilkenny Hurler circa 1923
National Library of Ireland
Image 22Kilkenny Castle
Image 23James Graves founder of Kilkenny Archaeological Society and antiquarian
Image 24Nave facing the Sanctuary in St Mary's Cathedral in Kilkenny
Image 25Brandon Hill
Image 26The Tholsel in Kilkenny.
Image 27Bennett's bridge in Bennettsbridge over the River Nore.
Image 28Leac an Scail, Kilmogue Portal Dolmen.
Image 29Kingdom of Ireland flag from Confederate Ireland.
Image 30Kilkenny city map circa 1780
Image 31Kells Priory in Kells]]
Image 32Kilkenny rooftops with St. Marys Cathedral in the distance.
Image 33Kilkenny hurling team c. 1923
Image 34Pasture at Listerlin, County Kilkenny.
Image 35Map of County Kilkenny
John Savage
Image 36Map of Ireland, circa 900, with Kingdom of Osraige indicated.
Image 37James Butler the first Earl of Ormond.
Image 38Crest of County Kilkenny

Selected biography articles

John Casey (12 May 1820, Kilbehenny, County Limerick, Ireland – 3 January 1891, Dublin) was a respected Irish geometer. He is most famous for Casey's theorem on a circle that is tangent to four other circles, an extension of Ptolemy's theorem. However, he contributed several novel proofs and perspectives on Euclidean geometry. He and Émile Lemoine are considered to be the co-founders of the modern geometry of the circle and the triangle. (Full article...)

Abraham Colles (23 July 1773 – 16 November 1843) was Professor of Anatomy, Surgery and Physiology at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and the President of RCSI in 1802 and 1830. A prestigious Colles Medal & Travelling Fellowship in Surgery is awarded competitively annually to an Irish surgical trainee embarking on higher specialist training abroad before returning to establish practice in Ireland. (Full article...)

Kathleen Marescaux (3 July 1868 – 14 April 1944), born Kathleen Louisa Rose Dennis, was an Irish artist, best known as a painter of botanical subjects and rural landscapes. (Full article...)

Hubert Marshal Butler (23 October 1900 – 5 January 1991) was an Irish essayist who wrote on a wide range of topics, from local history and archaeology to the political and religious affairs of eastern Europe before and during World War II. He also travelled to Nazi Austria on his own initiative and at his own expense and helped save Jews from being sent to concentration camps. (Full article...)

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Angela Downey-Browne (born 1957, Kilkenny) is a retired Irish sportsperson. She played camogie with her local clubs, St Paul's based in Kilkenny city and Lisdowney, and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1970-95. Downey is regarded as the greatest player in the history of the game.

In a senior inter-county career that 25 years she won twelve All-Ireland medals, thirteen Leinster medals and eight National League medals. With her two clubs St. Paul's and Lisdowney she collected 22 county titles and 6 All-Ireland club medals. (Full article...)

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v t e Places in County Kilkenny
County town: Kilkenny
Towns	Ballyragget Callan Castlecomer Gowran Graignamanagh Kilkenny Mooncoin Mullinavat Stoneyford Thomastown Urlingford
Villages	Aughamucky Ballyhale Bennettsbridge Carrigeen Castlewarren Clogh Fiddown Freshford Galmoy Goresbridge Hugginstown Inistioge Johnstown Johnswell Kells Killamery Killinaspick Kilmacow Kilmoganny Knocktopher Paulstown Piltown Redhouse Riverquarter Rosbercon The Rower Slieverue Tullahought Tullaroan Windgap
Townlands	Ballyda Ballyragget Clogh Flagmount Hoodsgrove Jeanville Lisdowney Loughcullen Sandfordscourt
List of townlands of County Kilkenny Category:Mountains and hills of County Kilkenny Category:Rivers of County Kilkenny Category:Geography of County Kilkenny