First Kilkenny Baths
The First Kilkenny Baths Edward J Law (2013) The first purpose built baths in the city of Kilkenny were not the leisure, entertainment or sports facilities which we would recognise […]
Freney the Robber
Freney The Robber Peter McQuillan (11th May, 2012) Imagine the early 18th century in Ireland – 100 years before the first railways – travel was dependent on horse back or […]
Friar John Clynn
Friar John Clyn And The Great Plague Of 1348 Peter McQuillan The late Margaret Phelan, in an article in Kilkenny History and Society published in 1990, wrote of the earliest […]
Grace’s Card
Grace’s Card Eamonn Kiely Kilkenny has produced a number of distinguished military families such as the Rothes, Butlers and Shortalls. However, none are more celebrated than the Graces. They came […]
Graveyard Enquiry
The Graveyard Enquiry Patrick Neary The Kilkenny Journal edition of Dec 7th 1907 reported on a sworn inquiry ordered by the Local Government Board and held in the Council Chambers […]
The Hole in the Wall
The Hole in the Wall Edward J. Law (2013) At the end of the 18th century a small tavern in Kilkenny city was at the centre of the city’s night […]
Inistioge Barracks Attack
Failed Attack On The Auxiliary HQ At Inistioge, December 1920 Ken Kinsella When the Government of Ireland Bill passed through Parliament in December 1920, effectively creating two states, the IRA […]
James Archer
James Archer an Elizabethan Jesuit Brian Daly The Archer name appears in several place names in Kilkenny city – Archers Avenue, Archers field, etc. so who was this Archer? The […]
James Hoban – Architect of Callen, Co. Kilkenny
James Hoban Ken Kinsella James Hoban was born in a thatched cottage on the estate of the Earl of Desart at Cuffesgrange near Callan in 1758. He was the son […]
James Stephens
James Stephens Peter McQuillan James Stephens was born in Blackmill Street in Kilkenny City in 1824. He was a civil engineer by profession. He was only 24 when the failure […]