Raftis Family Eviction at Powerswood
The Raftis Family Eviction At Powerswood Thomastown Ken Kinsella The Land War, resulting from the formation of the National Irish Land League and Ladies Land League in 1879, was one […]
Rathbeagh
Rathbeagh Eamonn Kiely Rathbeagh in County Kilkenny may not be as well known, even to Kilkenny people as, Grianan Aileach or Navan Fort but it is no less ancient or […]
Slate Quarries
St Francis Abbey Brewery
Take-over of Kilkenny Barracks 1922
Takeover Kilkenny Military barracks – 7th Feb 1922 Eamonn Kiely It is said that the old Dublin City could be reconstructed by a reading of Ulysses. If so, Kilkenny is […]
The Dove – Elizabeth O’Neill
The Dove Peter McQuillan (11th May, 2012) Kilkenny City has, since the Middle Ages, had a reputation as a centre of theatrical performance. The late Peter Farrelly in his ‘600 […]
Thomas MacDonagh in Kilkenny
Thomas MacDonagh in Kilkenny Peter McQuillan In 1966, on the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising, the principal railway stations in Ireland were given the names of persons who were […]
Towns And Villages Of Barrow
The Towns & villages of the Barrow Edward J. Law (2013) In 1776 Lieutenant Colonel Charles Vallancey undertook a military survey of Ireland, which is now in the British Library. […]
Six Years in Galmoy
Six Years In Galmoy Peter McQuillan Professor Pádraig Ó Macháin, of the School of Celtic Studies, in his book of this name, published in 2004, relates the story of the […]
Walkin’s Lough
Walkins Lough Edward J. Law (2012) Walkin Street in Kilkenny is said to have been named during the 16th and 17th centuries when, with the city enclosed by stout walls, […]