Walter Butler – Traitor or Hero
Walter Butler – Traitor or Hero Eamonn Kiely In a book of essays of the late Melo Lenox – Conyngham called A Life in Postcards one chapter deals with the […]
William Of Munster (William Kenealy)
William Kenealy – William of Munster (1828 -1876) Kilkenny Journalist. Eamonn Kiely If Kilkenny gave Cloyne Bishop George Berkeley, one of the World’s greatest philosophers, Cloyne returned the compliment by […]
The Kilkenny Woodworkers
THE KILKENNY WOODWORKERS PADDY NEARY In April 1905 a public meeting was held at the Tholsel for the presentation of prizes to successful pupils from the new Technical School. After […]
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 […]