County Kilkenny - CURIOUS IRELAND

Kilkenny or ‘Church of Cainnech’ is named after a 6th century priest called St Cainneach. It is sometimes called ‘The Marble City’, its residents are referred to as ‘The Cats and is the ‘spiritual’ home of hurling. It has many artistic festivals, locally produced beers and a vibrant night life. Its highest peak is Brandon Hill 515m.

Kilmogue Portal Tomb, Mullinavat. County Kilkenny 3000BC-4000BC

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Ireland's tallest dolmen This Kilmogue Dolmen is locally known as 'Leac an Scail' meaning the 'The Stone of the Warrior'. It was constructed between c.3000BC & 4000 BC and would have been originally [...]

Kilmogue Portal Tomb, Mullinavat. County Kilkenny 3000BC-4000BC emmet2023-06-24T13:56:30+00:00

St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny City 1285

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The second longest cathedral in Ireland This was the location of a 6th-century monastery founded by St Canice Cathedral was built between 1202 and 1285 and is the second-longest and one of the [...]

St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny City 1285 emmet2023-10-07T10:24:48+00:00

Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny City. County Kilkenny c.13th-19th century

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One of Ireland's most impressive and visited castles Kilkenny Castle is located in Kilkenny City at a strategic location that commands a crossing on the River Nore. The site had previously been the [...]

Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny City. County Kilkenny c.13th-19th centuryemmet2024-10-21T21:31:23+00:00

St Moling’s Well, Mullennakill. County Kilkenny c.7th century

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A tranquil site for a popular local saint Moling is a very important saint to people in the South East of Ireland and his name is remembered in many tranquil and holy sites [...]

St Moling’s Well, Mullennakill. County Kilkenny c.7th centuryemmet2023-05-08T21:09:18+00:00

Thomastown Church & High Cross, Thomastown. County Kilkenny c.4th-19th centuries

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A church layered in 1500 years of history Thomastown was founded in the 13th century by Thomas FitzAnthony on an earlier settlement called Grennan. FitzAthony was granted these lands by the great Norman [...]

Thomastown Church & High Cross, Thomastown. County Kilkenny c.4th-19th centuriesemmet2023-08-02T15:07:40+00:00

St Mary’s Church, Gowran. County Kilkenny c.13th century

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Impressive church with some of the finest effigies in Ireland St Mary's of Gowran was established as a collegiate church in 1275. These clerics lived in a community but did not submit to [...]

St Mary’s Church, Gowran. County Kilkenny c.13th centuryemmet2023-10-11T14:45:37+00:00

Mount Juliet Estate, Thomastown. County Kilkenny 1757

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One of Ireland's premier golf estates Mount Juliet was originally an estate developed by the first Normans to arrive in Ireland and by the Butler family of Kilkenny Castle. The land was made [...]

Mount Juliet Estate, Thomastown. County Kilkenny 1757emmet2023-05-08T21:13:14+00:00

Jerpoint Abbey, Thomastown. County Kilkenny 1180

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Some of Ireland's most amusing medieval sculpture Jerpoint Abbey was founded by Donal Mac Gillapatrick, King of Ossory in 1158, and soon after it was colonized by the Cistercians from Baltinglas in 1180. [...]

Jerpoint Abbey, Thomastown. County Kilkenny 1180emmet2023-05-08T21:14:22+00:00