Lady Desart’s Legacy 1

Lady Desart and her Legacy to Kilkenny – Part 1 Paddy Neary After William, the 4th Earl of Desart died in 1898 his widow Lady Ellen remained in residence at […]

Lady Desart’s Legacy 2

Lady Desart and Her Legacy – Part 2 Paddy Neary Three acres were set aside at Talbots Inch in 1903 for experimental cultivation of a tobacco crop, a curing barn […]

Lebanon 1978

Lebanon 1978 Eamonn Kiely The crowds were descending on Dublin Airport to see the C-5 Galaxy, then the World’s largest transporter. Irish soldiers had been through intensive training in the […]

Lt Colonel Stewart

Lt. Col. Hugh Stewart Ken Kinsella Approximately 2500 men, who were born or lived in Kilkenny, enlisted in the British armed forces at the outbreak of the First Word War […]

The Market Cross in Kilkenny

Peter McQuillan Hello, I’m Peter McQuillan. The Market Cross of Kilkenny If you mention the Market Cross in Kilkenny nowadays, most people will take it as a reference to a […]

The Murder of Thomas O’Flaherty

The Murder OfF Thomas O’Flaherty Edward J. Law (2015) On a little travelled side road in the vicinity of the chapel and round tower of Tullaherin stands Castlefield, a middling […]

Nuisances and Punishments

Nuisances and their punishment in eighteenth century Kilkenny Edward J. Law (2013) In the 1770s Kilkenny was a fashionable city, the centre of social life for the gentry of the […]

Ormonde Silver

The Ormonde Silver Eamonn Kiely In 1967 Arthur Butler, 6th Marquess of Ormonde and 24th Earl left Kilkenny Castle to a restoration committee and ultimately to the State. At the […]

Ossory Plain Battle

Battle On Ossory’s Plain Eamonn Kiely The Battle of Clontarf was fought on Good Friday – 23rd of April 1014. It is generally recorded as a great Irish victory by […]

Postal Services in Kilkenny

Postal Services In County Kilkenny Edward J. Law (2015) In England and Ireland there was no general system of postage before 1635. In that year the Royal post was opened […]