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Map of the city of Kilkenny (1708). Old city map, c.1780. The history of Kilkenny (from Irish Cill Chainnigh 'Cell or church of Cainnech/Canice') began with an early sixth-century ecclesiastical foundation, this relates to a church built in honour of St. Canice, now St. Canice's Cathedral and was a major monastic centre from at least the eighth century.
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]
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]
1780 map of Kilkenny, with Irishtown to the right (north) of the walled city. Irishtown (Irish: An Baile Gaelach [1]) is the neighborhood in Kilkenny in Ireland around St Canice's Cathedral. It was formerly a borough, also called Newcourt or St Canice's, separated by the River Breagagh from the walled town of Kilkenny to the south.
Kilkenny (Irish: Cill Chainnigh [ˌciːl̠ʲ ˈxan̠ʲəj], meaning 'church of Cainnech') [2] is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. [3] 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 ...
The barracks was occupied by a number of different units between the end of the Civil War and the start of the Emergency (as the Second World War was officially termed in Ireland). [2] This period saw a considerable expansion of the number of personnel accommodated in both the barracks and other locations in the city.
Marshall owned large estates in Ireland, England, Wales and France and managed them effectively. In 1192, he appointed Geoffrey FitzRobert as seneschal of Leinster and so began a major phase of development in Kilkenny, including the development of Kilkenny Castle. [1] The first stone castle on the site, was completed in 1260.
Tullaherin townland is the site of a number of historical archeological remains, including a round tower, an 11th-13th century ruined church and two ogham stones. Kilbline Castle, a 16th-century tower house, also lies within the civil parish.