A Heritage Audit of the Northern stretch of the River Nore (from Ballynaslee on the Laois border to the Ossory Bridge in Kilkenny City) is being undertaken on behalf of Kilkenny County Council, in partnership with the Kilkenny Heritage Forum and the Heritage Council, by Kilkenny Archaeology. The Kilkenny Archaeological Project is providing a major […]
Barrack Obama’s Kilkenny connections
Historians have found Barrack Obama’s lost Kilkenny connections in a vault at St. Canice’s Cathedral! Read all about it here.
Pictures from launch of new archaeological exhibition Rothe House, Kilkenny
Emma Devine, Curator of Rothe House museum Roisin Mc Quillan, manager Rothe House, Mayor Malcolm Noonan, Emma Devine, Joe Ledwidge and Peter McQuillan Cllr. Paul Cuddihy, Mayor Malcolm Noonan, Emma Devine, Bea Ní Dhrisceoil (age 9 months), Cllr. Seán Ó hArgáin
Heritage Week 22nd-30th August
This year’s Heritage Week in Kilkenny has something for everyone, with 39 events taking place throughout the city and county. in the city there will be guided tours of St. Canice’s cathedral, Rothe House and Kilkenny castle. Further afield there are tours of Callan, Brandon Hill, the Deerpark colliery and Knockroe passage tomb. Congratulations to […]
Serving People-Preserving Heritage presentations
Many of the presentations at the recent Historic Towns Forum conference in Kilkenny are now available online: here.