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Damage caused to 5,000 year old county Kilkenny burial site of global importance

By Kilkenny Now 30th September 2020 0

A unique and ancient monument nestled atop a hill in county Kilkenny appears to have been damaged in recent times, with new cracks visible and chunks of the burial stones broken off. The megalithic burial site at Knockroe, located between Windgap and Ahenny in the Lingaun Valley, dates back more than 5,000 years. It is […]

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‘Sophisticated’ cannabis operation busted on the Kilkenny border

By Kilkenny Now 23rd July 2020 0

Gardai discovered a “sophisticated cannabis grow house” and seized an amount of the drug during a planned raid in a village on the Kilkenny–Tipperary border. More than €5,000 worth of cannabis plants were recovered during the planned raid on two properties near the village of Ahenny, close to the Slate Quarries. Detectives from Carrick-on-Suir gardai […]

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Unique winter solstice experience to illuminate Kilkenny passage tomb

By Kilkenny Now 20th December 2019 0

A globally unique experience that happens in Kilkenny just once a year is set to cause wonder and amazement through its celestial magic tomorrow. Hundreds of people will gather at the millennia-old passage tomb of Caiseal in the townsland of Knockroe to see not one, but two burial passages illuminated by the sun. Knockroe’s Passage […]

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€1,011 average rents in South Kilkenny rents among highest in the country

By Kilkenny Now 18th December 2019 Post a comment

Rents in south county Kilkenny are the highest in the country outside the commuter belt of Dublin and a handful of places in Cork, Galway and Limerick. The exceptionally high average monthly rents paid in the Piltown Local Electoral Area(LEA) makes it the latest to be designated a Rent Pressure Zone (RPZ) by the Housing […]

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Tourists flock to Kilkenny Castle as it tops visitor list

By Kilkenny Now 15th July 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY Castle has topped the most visited site owned by the state list for 2018. Almost 1,000,000 people visited state-run sites around County Kilkenny last year. Almost 800,000 were drawn to the charms of Kilkenny Castle and grounds during 2018, according to figures released by the Office of Public Works (OPW) today. […]