|
Dame Alice le Kyteler
Accused and convicted of witchcraft, Alice Kyteler, a wealthy and connected woman in early-14th-century Kilkenny, received a sentence of death by fire....
Rose Inn Street
The Anglo-Normans, a 1798 rebel, and weekends after hours....
To Kikenny, September 2001
At the Dublin hostel where I stayed for about a month in the summer of 2001 I befriended a couple of French girls who mentioned Kilkenny favorably. I went there and stayed for most of the next decade....
|
St. Canice's Cathedral
Saint Canice's Cathedral is a structure from the early Anglo-Norman period of Kilkenny history, built upon the site of an ancient Gaelic monastic settlement....
Complexity of ownership, and neglect
The area between Market Cross Shopping Centre and the only significant remnant of the medieval city wall is ruled by kids....
|
Vikings in Kilkenny
There is no record that Vikings plundered the Kilkenny monastery....
Kilkenny Castle
The Anglo-Normans took the high ground in 1172 and established a fortification that would become the modern castle....
|
