Category: People from County Kilkenny

Waterford, Kilkenny and Wexford apparently date from this time, too, as remnants of Strongbow's palatine county in Leinster.

The possibility of a similar action with regard to Waterford City has been raised in recent years, though opposition from Kilkenny has been strong.

According to genealogist Edward MacLysaght the surname Lundy is from Norman de la Lounde, a name recorded in medieval documents in counties Tipperary and Kilkenny in Ireland.

His great-grandfather, Arundel Elias Disney, had emigrated from Gowran, County Kilkenny, Ireland where he was born in 1801.

Finglas was originally the site of an Early Christian abbey, the origin of which has been associated, from early times, with the name of St. Cainnech, or Canice, the patron of Kilkenny, said to have founded it in 560 A. D.

Kilkenny was a famous brewing centre from the late seventeenth century.

The history of Kilkenny () began with an early sixth century ecclesiastical foundation, with a church built in honour of St. Canice which is now St. Canice's Cathedral, and was a major monastic centre from at least the eighth century.

Information on the history of Kilkenny can be found from newspapers, photographs, letters, drawings, manuscripts and archaeology.

Kilkenny is documented in manuscripts from the 13th century onwards and one of the most important of these is Liber Primus Kilkenniensis.

James II of England spent most of the winter months from November 1689 until January 1690 at Kilkenny, residing in the castle.

People from Kilkenny are often referred to as Cats.

One of these Irish settlers was William Byrne, who had immigrated in 1840 from County Kilkenny, Ireland to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Michael E. Comerford ( 1865 – 1939 ) was born at Heckscherville, Pennsylvania, to parents who had recently immigrated to the United States from County Kilkenny, Ireland.

The little church was named after a parish in Kilkenny, Ireland from where many of St. Kieran's parishioners originally hailed.

Category: People from Kilkenny ( city )

His paternal great-great-grandparents, Nicholas Clooney ( of County Kilkenny ) and Bridget Byron, emigrated to the United States from Ireland.

His wife and children were escorted from Kilkenny to Dublin under the order of the rebel leader Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret, another member of the Butler dynasty.

His battalion was part of the Curragh 5th Division and, from its headquarters in Carlow, its role was to patrol the county of Kilkenny.

Fearing that he would meet the same fate of the Earl of Strafford, Tuchet manage to escape with the help of a friend and fled south into the Wicklow Mountains, and from there made his way to the town of Kilkenny, which had sided with the Irish insurgency.

Smithwick's is an Irish red ale style beer from Kilkenny, Ireland.

" In the Old Kilkenny Review, year unknown, Peter Smithwick, K. M., Solicitor, wrote that the tradition of Kilkenny is that Sullivan ’ s Brewery was founded in 1702 ... Daniel Sullivan, allegedly a Protestant, bought the property in trust for Pierse Bryan of Jenkinstown, who was Catholic but prohibited by the Penal Laws from buying land ... Twenty years later a Protestant informer got a decree declaring himself the owner of the property ... The property was on the West side of High Street, " standing backward in James ’ Street.

On the other hand, smaller counties such as Carlow and Kilkenny or Laois and Offaly may be paired to form constituencies.

County Kilkenny is bordered by Laois, Carlow, Wexford, Waterford and Tipperary.

The highest point of the Culla Hills is in Laois at, but its undulating slopes spread over a considerable area of Kilkenny in the north-westerly area.

The remaining counties of the province are Kildare, Offaly, Laois, Wexford, Carlow, Wicklow, Louth, Meath, Westmeath, Longford and Kilkenny.

The route commences just south of Portlaoise, and reaches Cork via the midlands and the Golden Vale of Ireland, through Counties Laois, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Limerick and Cork.

Kilbride is one of Ireland ’ s most widely spread placenames, there are 43 Kilbrides located in 19 of Ireland ’ s 32 counties: Antrim ( 2 ), Carlow, Cavan, Down, Dublin, Galway, Kildare, Kilkenny ( 3 ), Laois, Longford, Louth, Mayo ( 5 ), Meath ( 4 ), Offaly ( 4 ), Roscommon ( 2 ), Waterford, Westmeath ( 2 ), Wexford ( 4 ), and Wicklow ( 8 ) as well as two Kilbreedy ’ s in Tipperary, Kilbreedia and Toberbreeda in Clare, Toberbreedia in Kilkenny, Brideswell Commons in Dublin, Bridestown and Templebreedy in Cork and Rathbride and Brideschurch in Kildare.

At one time he was almost royal ruler over Laois and neighboring Kilkenny.

Counties Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Tipperary South, Waterford, Wexford & Wicklow, with a combined population of 925, 000 are all within 90 minutes of Rosslare.

They can be found at Gilltown, Ummeras, Kilberry, Prosperous and Almhain North-all in Co Kildare, Coolnamona in Co Laois, Derryfadda in Galway, Coolnagun, Ballivor and Kinnegad in Westmeath, Monettia, Bellair and Killaun in Offaly, and Templetouhy on the Tipperary / Kilkenny border.

* Leinster: Antrim, Carlow, Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford

Ballinakill () is a small village in County Laois, Ireland on the R432 regional road between Abbeyleix, Ballyragget and Castlecomer, Co Kilkenny

Their coverage currently includes Dublin, Limerick, Westmeath, Mayo, Meath, Offaly, Kildare, Carlow, Kilkenny and Laois.

It then flows south-eastwards to County Laois and County Kilkenny before joining the River Barrow just north of New Ross near the Barrow Bridge.

The river passes near Durrow, County Laois then through Ballyragget, the city of Kilkenny and then the villages of Bennettsbridge and Thomastown.

Many came from County Donegal, and the Castlecomer coal fields in what is now north County Kilkenny / south County Laois.

Modern day County Kilkenny and part of west County Laois comprise the core area of what was this kingdom.

Wins over James Stephens, Kilkenny and Stradbally, Laois set up one of the most memorable Leinster club finals in recent years.

* link = R426 road ( Ireland ) – Portlaoise, County Laois – Castlecomer, County Kilkenny

* link = R432 road ( Ireland ) – Abbeyleix, County Laois – N77 in Ballyragget, County Kilkenny

* link = R435 road ( Ireland ) – Borris-in-Ossory, County Laois – south of Johnstown, County Kilkenny

The R432 road is a regional road in Ireland, which runs north-south from the N8 in Abbeyleix, County Laois to the N77 in Ballyragget, County Kilkenny.

* Leinster: Dublin, Kilkenny, Laois, Offaly, Wexford