Fadó, Fadó: Sparking Memories -Competition-Winners 2025 Announced
Winners have just been announced in the “Kilkenny Fadó, Fadó: Sparking Memories Competition. Launched back in October this initiative a collaboration between Kilkenny Archaeological Society, Kilkenny County Council Library Service […]
Signatures of 1000 Kilkenny Women Who Opposed Conscription in 1918
The Irish nationalist women’s organisation, Cumann na mBan (CnamB), was formed in 1914, effectively a branch of the Irish Volunteers and explicitly supporting the use of arms. Despite carrying some […]
Farming on the edge of the City in 1881
KILKENNY IN 1881 – OPPOSITION TO PROPOSALS TO EXTEND THE BOUNDARIES OF KILKENNY CITY IN 1881 – THE STRONG FARMER WHO PREFERRED TO BE THREE MILES “AWAY” FROM KILKENNY, TO […]
A forgotten agent for the Ormonde Estate – John Barwis’s Death Notice in the Gentleman’s Magazine
The Gentleman’s Magazine , March, 1844 Pages 324 and 325 [Obituary of agent to the Ormonde Estate and in effective charge of Kilkenny Castle as agent of the Butler family […]
Brehon Law and Kilkenny Archaeological Society (Lecture held on 19 Oct 2016)
There was a full attendance in the Third House at Rothe for a most interesting lecture by Professor Liam Breathnach of the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies. Professor Breathnach gave […]