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The Shee family were descended from Gaelic lords Clan Ua Seaghdha in the Iveragh peninsula in County Kerry, in southwestern Ireland. [2] During the 14th century they moved to Tipperary and then on to Kilkenny where Richard Shee's grandfather Robert O'Shee rose to prominence and was recorded as being sovereign of Kilkenny city.
The Kilkenny Archaeological Society was founded in 1946. [1] An older society with the same name existed, [2] which developed into the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. [3] Rothe House in Kilkenny is owned by the Kilkenny Archaeological Society since 1962 and functions as their headquarters and local history museum. [4]
The castle was owned by the seneschal of Kilkenny Sir Gilbert De Bohun who inherited the county of Kilkenny and castle from his mother in 1270, in 1300 he was outlawed by Edward I but was reinstated in 1303, he held the castle until his death in 1381. It was not granted to his heir Joan, but seized by the crown and sold to the Butler family in ...
Kilkenny born architect William Robertson carried out works on the tower and elsewhere between 1819 and 1826. [14] He is buried in the graveyard alongside his family. There is also a memorial plaque for his nephew in the church who was a founding member of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society .
A quote from an article "The Berkeley Pavilion" by Patsy Dempsey – Bishop George Berkeley (1685–1753) was one of the great philosophers of his time. He was born near Kilkenny and lived in Dysart Castle, Thomastown. Berkeley studied at Kilkenny College (now County Hall) from 1696–1700, where Jonathan Swift was a predecessor.
According to Kilkenny: History and Society (1990), by Willian Nolan and Kevin Phelan, [12] Robert Langrishe completed the outright purchase of the fee simple of their Knocktopher lands of over 800 acres in 1757, lands that had previously been held by them on a lease of lives renewable since 1698. Although John was married five times he had only ...
Kilkenny Archaeological Society was the first historical society in Ireland, when founded originally in 1849 and has had a number of prominent members. Pages in category "Members of Kilkenny Archaeological Society"
Rothe House / ˈ r oʊ θ / is a late 16th-century merchant's townhouse complex located in the city of Kilkenny, Ireland. [1] The complex was built by John Rothe Fitz-Piers between 1594 and 1610 and is made up of three houses, three enclosed courtyards, and a large reconstructed garden with orchard. [2]