Browse Collections (21 total)
Fadó Fadó - Sparking Memories - Kilkenny Young Researchers Competition 2026
History is alive and well in Kilkenny.
Kilkenny County Council Library Service Local Studies Department, Kilkenny Archaeological Society and Rothe…
Contributors: Kilkenny County Council Library Staff working in the Local Studies Department
Castlecomer and Penvénan Twinning 25 year celebration
This project was created in 2026 to celebrate 25 years of twinning between Castlecomer and Penvénan. This collection was created by the Castlecomer…
Contributors:
Castlecomer Twinning Committee
Lori Moriarty
Ruth Hurley
Kathleen Yeates
Irish National League Minute Book 1883-1887Ballyragget County Kilkenny
Minute book of Ballyragget Branch of Irish National League 1883-1887 detailing lists of members and issues arising at local meetings.
Contributors: Local Studies Staff
The 1831 Census and the Woodstock Estate, County Kilkenny
The 1831 Census and the Woodstock Estate, County Kilkenny
Contributors: The Local Studies Department at Kilkenny County Library Services
Charters and Civic Records of Kilkenny City - The Tholsel Collection. This project is funded by The Heritage Council and Kilkenny County Council Library Service.
Kilkenny City holds a unique place in Ireland’s civic history. With the sole exception of Dublin, it possesses the oldest continuous set of civic…
Contributors: Local Studies Staff
Fadó Fadó - Sparking Memories - Kilkenny Young Researchers Primary School Competition 2025
The competition offered primary school pupils (3rd-6th class) an opportunity to work as historians and personally engage with the local studies…
Contributors: Local Studies Staff
McCalmont Family Archives – the family albums, sketchbooks and scrapbooks of Lady Rose McCalmont of Mount Juliet, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny
Kilkenny’s social and cultural history from the 18th to the mid-20th centuries was dominated both politically, visually, socially and cultural by…
Contributors:
Kilkenny County Council Library Service
Local Studies Department Staff
Lady Rose McCalmont
Harry McCalmont
Memoir of an Irish Pauper who became an American humanitarian by John Logan Power
This is the extraordinary memoir of 20 years old John Logan Power who spent 8 years as a pauper in Callan, Co. Kilkenny, Workhouse 1842-1850. It was…
Contributors: Josephy Kennedy - Callan Heritage Society
Castlecomer Schools Folklore Collection 2004
This Castlecomer Folklore Project was collected in 2004 by four local schools – Firoda N.S., Lisnafunchin N.S., Convent of Mercy N.S. Ballyragget and…
Contributors:
Aideen O’Reilly,
Kilkenny County Library Service
Castlecomer - The Magic of Local Lore
The Magic of Local Lore is an exhibition of stories gathered by the 5th & 6th class students of Presentation Convent National School, Castlecomer.…
Contributors:
Aideen O'Reilly,
Kilkenny County Council Library Service