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Kilkenny

 

a street in Kilkenny

Kilkenny, inland county, southeastern Ireland, in Leinster Province, bordered by Laois on the north, by Carlow and Wexford on the east, by Waterford on the south, and by Tipperary on the west. The terrain is mainly flat with a few isolated hills. The chief river is the Nore; the Barrow and Suir rivers flow along the eastern and the southern boundaries.

 

a pond

 

part of the original town wall

 

on the street

 

Mooney's window

 

Lautrec's Restaurant

 

and a Chinese restaurant

 

clock tower

 

remembering 1532

 

doorway

Few bogs are found in Kilkenny. The chief crops are oats, barley, turnips, and potatoes. Coal, iron ore, and manganese are mined, and limestone and slate are quarried. The principal manufactures are ale, whiskey, shoes, and flour. The county town is Kilkenny. Area, 2062 sq km (796 sq mi); population (1986) 73,186.

Text from Microsoft Encarta

 

 

Canices Cathedral
Church of Ireland

 

church tower

 

interior floor made of
marble from all parts of the country

 

Kyteler's Inn

(She was accused with various accomplices and brought to trial in the year 1324 where she was condemned
 to be whipped through the streets and afterward burnt at the stake.)

Through the intervention of some nobility she escaped to England and survived.

 

"The Traveler" having lunch

 

the Inn's interior

 

stone building

 

Mary's Salon

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