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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 ...
[7] [8] In 1813, the castle was leased to a Dr. Phillip Parry Price Middleton, who attempted to renovate it into a mental asylum in 1814. [9] The castle was demolished after a partial collapse caused by an explosion and abandoned until 1996 when the castle was given into the care of the Office of Public Works. [10] [11] Huntington Castle
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Much of that original building was replaced over time though the family continued to use it as a private town residence until the building was leased to the State by the Constable of Kilkenny and owner James Grace in 1566. From that time, it began to be used as a gaol and by 1691 the building was in use as the County Gaol. [4] [5]
Kells Priory Kells Priory from above. Kells Priory (Irish: Prióireacht Cheanannais) is one of the largest medieval monuments in Ireland.The Augustine priory is situated alongside King's River beside the village of Kells in the townland of Rathduff (Madden), about 15 km south of the medieval city of Kilkenny.
After the Norman invasion of Ireland, the Anglo-Normans built Kilkenny Castle near by as the seat of the new County of Kilkenny, which had largely the same extent as the Kingdom of Ossory. Two separate boroughs were recognised: the "English Town" or "High Town" of the colonists around the Castle, and the Gaelic "Irish Town" around the Cathedral ...