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Irish National League Minute Book 1883-1887
Ballyragget
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

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Ballyragget
County Kilkenny

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

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Charters and Civic Records of Kilkenny City - The Tholsel Collection

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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

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Fadó Fadó - Sparking Memories - Kilkenny Young Researchers Primary School Competition

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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

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McCalmont Family Archives – the family albums, sketchbooks and scrapbooks of Lady Rose McCalmont of Mount Juliet, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny

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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

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Memoir of an Irish Pauper who became an American humanitarian by John Logan Power

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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

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Castlecomer Schools Folklore Collection 2004

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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

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Castlecomer - The Magic of Local Lore

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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

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Castlecomer Pantomime Down Through the Years

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This exhibit features a selection of programmes from the Deenside Players pantomimes that took place in Castlecomer from 1959 onwards....

Contributors: Aideen O'Reilly, Kilkenny County Library Service
Luke Brennan, Kilkenny County Library Service

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Decade of Centenaries - Resources

Kilkenny County Council Minutes: 1910 -1914

The objective of the State centenary commemoration programme for the years from 2019 – 2023 is to ensure that this period in our history, including…

Contributors: Declan Macauley

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