Kilkenny Castle (Irish: Caisleán Chill Chainnighpronounced[ˈkaʃlʲaːnˠˈçiːl̪ʲˈxan̪ʲiː]) is a castle in Kilkenny, Ireland, built in 1260 to control a fording-point of the River Nore and the junction of several routeways. It was a symbol of Norman occupation, and in its original 13th-century condition, it would have formed an important element of the town's defences with four large circular corner towers and a massive ditch, part of which can still be seen today on the Parade.
In 1967, Arthur Butler, 6th Marquess of Ormonde, sold the castle for £50 to the Castle Restoration Committee for the people of Kilkenny. The castle and grounds are now managed by the Office of Public Works, and the gardens and parkland are open to the public. The Parade Tower is a conference venue. Since 2002, ceremonies for conferring awards and degrees on the graduates of the Kilkenny Campus of the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, have been held at the castle.
KilkennyCastle (Irish: Caisleán Chill Chainnigh pronounced [ˈkaʃlʲaːnˠˈçiːl̪ʲˈxan̪ʲiː]) is a castle in Kilkenny, Ireland, built in 1260 to control a fording-point...
tourist destination, and its environs include historic buildings such as KilkennyCastle, St Canice's Cathedral and round tower, Rothe House, Shee Alms House...
County Kilkenny (Irish: Contae Chill Chainnigh) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region. It is named...
Lenister, established a castle near modern-day KilkennyCastle. William Marshall began the development of the town of Kilkenny and a series of walls to...
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Foulksrath Castle (Irish: Caislean Ratha) is a 14th-century Anglo-Norman tower house located in Jenkinstown in County Kilkenny, Ireland. The castle is closely...
encircle Kilkenny. Kilkenny was a fortified town which was divided into three self-contained walled districts: High Town was next to the KilkennyCastle and...
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Henry's daughter, Elizabeth I of England. She was born at KilkennyCastle in County Kilkenny, Ireland, the daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Butler, 7th...
The Kilkenny cats are a fabled pair of cats from County Kilkenny (or Kilkenny city in particular) in Ireland, who fought each other so ferociously that...
9 °F) on 26 June 1887 at KilkennyCastle in Kilkenny, while the lowest temperature recorded was −19.1 °C (−2.4 °F) at Markree Castle in Sligo. Rainfall is...
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land in 1900. Initially, the plan was to build a castle that was to be a replica of KilkennyCastle. Castle Gould, as it came to be called, was intended to...
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ownership of the estate. It was bought by a Mr. Maher of Freshford, County Kilkenny who was primarily interested in the estate's timber reserves. Eventually...
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