1225 – The Black Abbey, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
Founded by William Marshall the Younger, for the Dominican Friars in 1225,
Founded by William Marshall the Younger, for the Dominican Friars in 1225,
The Franciscans came to Ireland in around 1226, and St Francis’s Abbey was founded sometime between 1231 April 1234.
The cathedral was built between 1202 and 1285 in an early English Gothic style out of the local limestone.
From the Transactions of the Kilkenny Archaeological Society, 1843: “This interesting monument,
The Shees were a wealthy merchant family in Kilkenny in the sixteenth century,
In 1594 a wealthy merchant called John Rothe built this magnificent Tudor mansion.
The name “Tholsel” is derived from two old English words: “toll”,
John’s Bridge, which connects John’s Street with the rest of the city,
A long established school, opened in 1667 under the auspices of James Ormonde,
Kilkenny Court House formerly known as Grace’s Castle was originally a town house of the wealthy Grace family who leased the building to the crown in 1566.