Browse Collections (14 total)

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…

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…

The Magic of Local Lore is an exhibition of stories gathered by the 5th & 6th class students of Presentation Convent National School, Castlecomer.…

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

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

Memories and responses to the Covid 19 Pandemic in Kilkenny at both the individual and institutional level.

Images of these old postcards donated to the Library by Mick Kenny, the cards were collected by Mick Kenny and his father the late Teddy Kenny,…

Kilkenny has a wealth of industrial heritage sites; sites of past industrial activity.  Although some of this heritage extends back to prehistoric…

A collection of black and white photographs taken around Kilkenny City circa 1969/1970

Kilkenny Shopfronts is a collection of photographs of the shopfronts in each Street in central Kilkenny City covering the period between the late 20th…