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5 unusual facts about County Kilkenny


Brother Edmund Rice Catholic Secondary School

Edmund Rice was born to Robert Rice and Margaret Rice (née Tierney) on the farming property of "Westcourt", in Callan, County Kilkenny.

Callanwolde Fine Arts Center

The name "Callanwolde" is based on an ancestor's home in Callan, Ireland, plus the Old English word for "woods" ("wolde").

Hervey Morres, 1st Viscount Mountmorres

Morres was the son of Francis Morris, of Castle Morres, County Kilkenny, by Catherine Evans, daughter of Sir William Evans, 1st Baronet.

St. Patrick's Higher Secondary School

In 1762 Edmund Ignatius Rice was born into an affluent farming family in Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland.

Walter Butler, 16th Earl of Ormonde

They always had large areas of land in counties Kilkenny and Tipperary, and now were able to become the largest landowners in the south-east.


Glanbia

Backed by the British dairy giant Unigate, the new federation began the construction of a new multi-purpose dairy plant in Ballyragget, County Kilkenny.

Henry Ellis, 2nd Viscount Clifden

Agar was returned to the Irish House of Commons for both Gowran and County Kilkenny in 1783, but chose to sit for the latter, a seat he held until 1789, when he succeeded his father in the Irish viscountcy and entered the Irish House of Lords.

Lady Margaret Butler

She was born at Kilkenny Castle in County Kilkenny, Ireland, the daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Butler, 7th Earl of Ormond and Anne Hankford.

Talkin Man

Since 2002, Talkin Man has been standing at Anshoon Stud near Mullinavat, County Kilkenny, in Ireland.


see also

Graigue

Graiguenamanagh or Graignamanagh, a town in County Kilkenny, Ireland is commonly referred to as Graigue.

Henry Kaulback

Ralph Gore, of Barrowmount, County Kilkenny, and of H.M.'s 33rd Regiment of Foot.

Mount Juliet

Mount Juliet Golf & Spa Hotel in Mount Juliet estate, Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland