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Kilkenny’s rich history now available on national archive database

By Kilkenny Now 17th June 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY County Library has joined the Digital Repository of Ireland – making Kilkenny’s rich history available to the world at the click of a button. The partnership will see the records currently held by the Kilkenny County Library, including information on the county’s history, geography, antiquities, archaeology, folklore and culture, being added

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SPONSORED: Market Cross Shopping Centre – vital part of modern city and an elegant reminder of our past

By Kilkenny Now 11th June 2019 0

KILKENNY was a boom town in the early fourteenth century. A wealthy merchant class had made it the largest inland town in Ireland. It bustled with traders and dealers and there was a brisk trade in wine, salt, wool, hides. timber, metals and all sorts of foodstuff. In 1335, the Market Cross was erected as […]

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Cartoon Saloon giving a voice to Kilkenny’s ‘forgotten’ women in history

By Kilkenny Now 18th April 2019 0

AWARD-WINNING animation studio Cartoon Saloon is helping to give a voice to Kilkenny’s ‘forgotten’ historical women. The multi-Oscar-nominated company has joined an exciting collaboration with Kilkenny Arts Office for an initiative called Herstory, which is part of a nationwide project that aims to discover and celebrate the contribution of Irish women throughout history

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Kilkenny’s rich history now available on national archive database

SPONSORED: Market Cross Shopping Centre – vital part of modern city and an elegant reminder of our past

Cartoon Saloon giving a voice to Kilkenny’s ‘forgotten’ women in history

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