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Kilkenny is Irelands medieval city where its medieval heritage is evident in the city's treasure trove of historical buildings and landmarks.

Landmarks such as Kilkenny's majestic Castle, St.Canices Cathedral, its numerous 17th-century passageways, rows of old-fashioned shopfronts and centuries-old pubs with traditional live music. Explore Kilkenny today with KilkennyCityOnline, your #1 guide to Kilkenny City & County.

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Kilkenny have only met neighbours Carlow once in the hurling championship. That was in 1993 when Kilkenny won 5-19 to 16 points. Kilkenny have met Lancashire more times – twice(1905, 1913) .

Collectively, Kilkenny people are known as 'The Cats', most specifically in the arena of hurling

St Canice's Cathedral, also known as Kilkenny Cathedral, present building dates from the 13th century and is the second longest cathedral in Ireland. The Cathedral is named after Saint Canice, who also gave his name to the city.

The annals tell of a terrible massacre which took place in Dunmore Caves, with 1000 people killed by attacking Vikings in 928AD. Over the years there have been numerous finds of human bones, which together with finding of the Viking artifacts, seem to bear out that terrible tale.

Film star George Clooney�s great-great-grandfather was baptised Nicholas Clooney in Windgap church, Kilkenny, on July 23, 1829.

Nowadays, Kilkenny Castle is effectively three-sided. One of the four walls - and one of the great round drum towers - has disappeared over time.

Where did it go? Well, the Eastern wall and the North-Eastern tower were blown up during the 1650 Cromwellian siege of Ireland.

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02
Oct

Up to 40,000 expected to attend Savour Kilkenny

Simply delicious are the only words to describe the programme for this year�s Savour Kilkenny food festival over the October bank holiday weekend.

29
Sep

Top tour operators discover County Kilkenny

Top UK inbound tour operators have been on a fact-finding visit of Kilkenny this week, as guests of Tourism Ireland and F�ilte Ireland. They�re also attending a B2B workshop with Irish tourism enterpr

06
Sep

Kilkenny looking well in opening stage of R�s na mBan

Justifying her status as the standout sprinter on the entry list, Nina Kessler of Regio NH sprinted in ahead of a group of 39 to take the first stage of R�s na mBan 2018 in Gowran yesterday.

22
Aug

Fantastic Heritage Week at Kilkenny Castle - talks, presentations and tours

As the city�s premier historic building and tourist attraction, Kilkenny Castle has a bumper Heritage Week lineup, with more than a dozen free events, presentations and promotions.

11
Jul

BREAKING KILKENNY - Spectacular discovery of 'lost' massive 17th Century artillery fort

The forgotten fortress was bigger than Kilkenny Castle. The spectacular discovery of a massive 17th Century artillery fort has surprised archaeologists working in Castlecomer.

18
Jun

Kilkenny Arts 2018 - 9th to 19th August 2018

9th to 19th August 2018 - Now entering its 45th year. Features following art forms; Theatre & Dance, Classical Music, Music, Wired, Street, Literature, Visual Art and Craft.

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