Keep checking in on this page as we regularly publish short, blog-type posts about subjects of historic interest regarding Kilkenny City and County.
We will also add useful digital resources for those interested in studying local history.
Toll Roads and Turnpikes – John Lynch
Toll Roads and Turnpikes Jack Lynch The name turnpike or pike was commonly used for the gates on a toll road. Tolls or taxes have been collected since medieval times […]
Geoff Rose – Nixie Boran
Nixie Boran Geoff Rose The life and times of Nicholas “ Nixie” Boran by Professor Ann Boran, read by Geoff Rose. It is difficult to be objective about one’s own […]
Geoff Rose – Eugene O’Neill
Eugene O’Neill Geoff Rose “Gimme a Viskey, ginger ale on the side…and don’t be stingy baby” those words were not uttered by your favourite bar room cowboy or your friendly […]
Paddy Neary – Dan Stapleton
Dan Stapleton Paddy Neary Kilkenny won the first of its thirty six All Ireland Senior Hurling titles in 1904. As happened often in the early days of the G.A.A. the […]
Paddy Neary: A Short History of Ballyraggett
A Short History of Ballyraggett Paddy Neary Ballyragget is in Irish Beal Atha Ragat which means the Pass of Raggeds Ford. The ford was the broad and shallow part of […]
Paddy Neary: Ballyconra House & Mabel Cahill
Ballyconra House & Mabel Cahill Paddy Neary A detached seven bay two story with dormer attic dated 1724.A substantial house representing an element of the early 18th Century. Possibly having […]
OKR 2024
AuthorTitlePages Ómacháin PádraigThe Book of Pottlerath in Context7 Tierney AnnMary Jane Butler of Callan in 17th century Europe19 Breen PatrickJames Switsir Kk Businessman and Philanthropist 1741-180631 Cunningham JohnGrand opening of [...]
OKR 2023
AuthorTitlePages Nolan PatAspects of the Kilkenny Tipperary Border7 Ó Drisceoil ProinsiasThe Johnswell Gaeltacht18 Knox JohnJohn Hume and St Canice' Credit Union29 De Weck LaurentJames Bernard O'Dunne (1714 - 1794)34 Lucey [...]
OKR 2022
AuthorTitlePages Hull GrahamA Medieval Charcoal Production Pit, near Piltown12 Nolan PatKilkenny's Charitable Institutions13-22 Kennedy NedMichael Egan (1895 -1956) Playwright and Author23-33 Ó Drisceoil ProinsiasAmhlaoibh Ó Súilleabháin (1783 - 1838)34-43 O [...]
Geoff Rose – Patrick Kavanagh in Kilkenny
Patrick Kavanagh in Kilkenny Geoff Rose “This is a terrible place, Kilkenny is a terrible place, a terrible place entirely.” Not exactly the most poetic words for Ye Faire City, […]