Knocktopher Abbey
https://kilkennyarchaeologicalsociety.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Fionnuala-Lynch-Knocktopher-Abbey-and-the-Langrishe-Family-part-1.mp3 https://kilkennyarchaeologicalsociety.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Finnoula-Lynch-Knocktopher-Abbey-and-the-Langrishe-Family-part-2.mp3 Knocktopher Abbey Finnoula Lynch A tributary of the Little Arrigle River flows nearby the lush pasture lands of Knocktopher Abbey, onetime early settlement and friary of the Carmelite […]
Unwelcome Return of Auxiliary to Kilkenny
https://kilkennyarchaeologicalsociety.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Eamon-Kiely-The-unwelcome-return-of-an-Auxilary-to-Kilkenny-4.04.mp3 Unwelcome Return of Auxiliary to Kilkenny Eamon Kiely The British Auxiliaries or Auxies were a paramilitary unit of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC). They were founded in July 1920 […]
Paddy Neary: The Three Tholsels
https://kilkennyarchaeologicalsociety.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Paddy-Neary-The-Three-Tholsels.mp3 The Three Tholsels Researched and read by Paddy Neary One of the best known buildings is the Tholsel building on High Street in Kilkenny City. Regarded by many as”medieval” […]
The Winslow Boy
researched and read by Eamon Kiely The events dramatised by Terence Rattigan in his play “The Winslow Boy” are based on the true story of the ordeal of a 13 […]
OKR 2021
Jostle Stone Survey (Heritage Week 2021)
In cooperation with OpenStreetMap Ireland, KAS have agreed to hold a Heritage Week event surveying jostle stones in Co. Kilkenny (other historical societies are invited to join in, though). What […]
Old Kilkenny Review 2019/2020
Kilkenny-born playwright and author Michael Egan 1895-1956
Ned Kennedy 2020 Part 1 While walking through St. Kieran’s Cemetery earlier this year, my attention was drawn to a headstone with an unusual middle name, Boetius. Boetius was a […]
Newsletter September 2020
Dear Readers, Welcome to another edition of our newsletter. Although the Society quieter with less news than usual, we have extra items of interest from different contributors, from the gory […]
Newsletter June 2018
Dear Archaeology and History Enthusiast, Gach rath oraibh go léir. Welcome to our brand new quarterly newsletter. We will fill it with items that we hope are of interest to […]