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Main pages: History of Kilkenny, History of County Kilkenny, and User:Mrchris/Timeline of County Kilkenny

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Checklist

• Provides a narrative of the settlement's history. An outline of the major events in the county's history (about 4 to 6 paragraphs, depending on complexity of history), including some detail on current events. This section should be kept to 10 paragraphs or less, preferably. Topics that can be covered include, but are not limited to;
  • the origin of the name,
  • original inhabitants,
  • original settlements,
  • occupying powers,
  • transitions of power,
  • population spikes,
  • recessions,
  • reasons for settlement/growth,
  • dominant activities,
  • events that shaped the community,
  • recent history, etc.
• A note on the Etymology. Details of the origin of the name should be placed in this section; if there is sufficient material an Etymology subsection should be created within the History section. a note on the origin of the settlement's name. If there is sufficient material to justify a subsection header, then it may be titled as etymology or Toponymy.
  • If a settlement has a name in another recognised regional or national language, this can be presented here.
• A note on the earliest known history of the area and the earliest known mentions of the area.
• original inhabitants
• original settlements
• Notable historic buildings, such as castles and monasteries,
• occupying powers, transitions of power, significant battles, etc. Consider through the ages, i.e. celt, Norman, Middle and Modern ages.
• A note on the earliest known history of the county (any Bronze Age or celt artefacts for example), and the earliest known Irish historiography of the county (e.g. as a former Kingdom).
• A note on what brought on the urban expansion within the settlement (e.g. Textile industry?)
• A note on former economic sectors.
• A note on major/notable Clan presence.
• population spikes,
• recessions,
• reasons for settlement/growth,
• dominant activities,
• events that shaped the community,
• recent history
• A note on the earliest known history of the settlement (any Bronze Age or Roman artefacts for example), and the earliest known mentions of the settlement.
• Consider prose (or subheadings) on Industrial history, Social history or Political history where appropriate.
• Avoid using headings that arrange the history of a settlement according to century or decade.
• Avoid organising prose into timelines. If these exist (or are developed), consider placing them in a [[History of _]] or [[Timeline of _]] article.

Selected History Articles

Selected history articles

Map of the city of Kilkenny (1708).

The history of Kilkenny (from Irish Cill Chainnigh 'Cell or church of Cainnech/Canice') began with an early sixth-century ecclesiastical foundation, this relates to a church built in honour of St. Canice, now St. Canice's Cathedral and was a major monastic centre from at least the eighth century. The Annals of the Four Masters recorded the first reference Cill Chainnigh in 1085. Prehistoric activity has been recorded suggesting intermittent settlement activity in the area in the Mesolithic and Bronze Age. 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.

The Kings of Ossory had residence around Cill Chainnigh. The seat of diocese of Kingdom of Osraige was moved from Aghaboe to Cill Chainnigh. Following Norman invasion of Ireland, Richard Strongbow, as Lord of Lenister, established a castle near modern-day Kilkenny Castle. William Marshall began the development of the town of Kilkenny and a series of walls to protect the burghers. By the late thirteenth century Kilkenny was under Norman-Irish control. The original ecclesiastical centre at St. Canice's Cathedral became known as Irishtown and the Anglo-Norman borough inside the wall came to be known as Hightown.

Hiberno-Norman Kilkenny presence in Kilkenny was deeply shaken by the Black Death, which arrived in Kilkenny in 1348. The Statutes of Kilkenny passed at Kilkenny in 1367, aimed to curb the decline of the Hiberno-Norman Lordship of Ireland. In 1609 King James I of England granted Kilkenny a Royal Charter giving it the status of a city. Following the Rebellion of 1641, the Irish Catholic Confederation, also known as the "Confederation of Kilkenny", and was based in Kilkenny and lasted until the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland in 1649. James II of England spent most of the winter months from November 1689 until January 1690 at Kilkenny, residing in the castle

The Kilkenny Design Workshops were opened in 1965 and in 1967 the Marquess of Ormonde presented Kilkenny Castle to the people of Kilkenny. Today, the city has a lively cultural scene, with annual events including the Kilkenny Arts Week Festival in the last two weeks of August, and the Cat Laughs Comedy Festival at the beginning of June. The city has been referred to as the Marble City. People from Kilkenny are often referred to as Cats. The seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Ossory is at St. Mary's Cathedral and the Church of Ireland Bishop of Cashel and Ossory is at St. Canice's Cathedral. (Full article...)