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 […]
The Book of Pottlerath
The Book of Pottlerath EAMONN KIELY A recent exhibition of excerpts from the Book of Pottlerath on display in Kilkenny Castle has generated considerable interest in the ancient Manuscript. The […]