1812 Overture at Kilkenny Castle
1812 Overture at Kilkenny Castle Eamonn Kiely Tchaikovsky’s music , accompanied for the first time in Ireland by artillery fire, was featured for the opening of Arts Week on 23rd […]
Abraham Colles
Abraham Colles, Surgeon Eamonn Kiely If you have occasion to drop in on any of those fine medical men in Patrick Street Kilkenny you will notice the name of their […]
An Interesting Person – Francis Walter Doheny
AN INTERESTING PERSON, FRANCIS WALTER DOHENY Peter McQuillan The Old Kilkenny Review, published each year by Kilkenny Achaeological Society, is a great source of interesting articles on places and people, […]
An Old Kilkenny Industry – The Merino Woollen Mill
AN OLD KILKENNY INDUSTRY – The Merino Woollen Factory Patrick Neary The Merino Woollen Factory was established by two Kilkenny men Timothy Nowlan and Thomas Shaw in 1810. The site […]
Kilkenny August 1914
KILKENNY IN AUGUST 1914 Patrick Neary The last week of July 1914, the local papers were reporting that there was nothing in the air but War and rumours of War. […]
Ballooning in Kilkenny
Ballooning in Kilkenny Edward J Law (2015) The crowds which assemble in Kilkenny’s Castle Park whenever it is the venue for the launch of gaily-coloured hot-air balloons, show the strong […]
Ballycallan Romance
Bassett’s Guide
This is Ken Kinsella talking about Bassett’s Kilkenny Guide and Directory. Bassett’s Kilkenny Guide and Directory, published in 1884, provides an interesting commentary on life in the late 19th century. […]
Denis Doyle from Cuffesgrange
Dennis Doyle From Cuffesgrange Peter McQuillan My story to-day is about a remarkable man from Cuffesgrange, Co. Kilkenny who emigrated to North America in the great wave of migration which […]
The Night of The Big Wind 1839
THE NIGHT OF THE BIG WIND IN KILKENNY 1839 PADDY NEARY On Sunday the 6th January 1839 the island of Ireland was subjected to a storm of such ferocity that […]