GENUKI: County Kilkenny

Ireland

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Parishes and Towns

COUNTY KILKENNY

"Kilkenny, a county of Ireland, province of Leinster, 40 m. long and 20 broad; bounded E by Catherlough and Wexford; W by Tipperary, N by Queen's county, and S by Waterford, containing 510,000 acres, divided into 127 parishes. The soil is generally of a good quality, with little bog land. In the N are excellent quarries for flags; coal is produced in great abundance; in the limestone district are valuable marble quarries; and manganese, iron ore, lead ore, and some indication of copper ore, are perceived in different parts. Chief rivers, the Suire, Barrow, and Nore. It sends 2 members to parliament. Pop. 157,096."
[From The New London Gazetteer (1826)]

Description and Travel

Here is detailed information about the various Administrative Divisions of County Kilkenny
Listing of links: Sights and Sounds of Kilkenny.
Kilkenny Craic - Guide to County Kilkenny

Directories

Kilkenny in national and local directories

Genealogy

General:

County Kilkenny Genealogy - IrelandGenWeb
From Ireland - Jane Lyons
Irish Times - Kilkenny Genealogical Resources - an excellent guide
Kilkenny - Fianna's county page

Online resources:

Other:

Published Family Histories

Heritage Centre:

Kilkenny Archaeological Society

Here is the full text of a lengthy illustrated article from the Sheffield Graduate Journal of Archaeology entitled: "Women and personal possessions: 17th-century testamentary evidence from counties Waterford and Kilkenny, Ireland".

Transcription of Samuel Lewis' description of County Kilkenny (1837).

Articles by Dennis Walsh:

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Maps

County Kilkenny Maps from WorldGenWeb:

County Kilkenny
Outline Civil Parish Map
Civil Parish Map
Catholic Parishes - with dates of earliest parish registers
Catholic Parish Map (1600's)
Catholic Parish Map (1800's)
Barony Map
Barony and Civil Parish Map
Town Map
Poor Law Union Maps
Medieval Kilkenny - with an account of the early history of the county
Major Rivers and Towns
1640 Landowner Distribution

Names, Geographical

WorldGenWeb's listings of the Baronies, Cities and Towns, Civil Parishes, and Townlands.
County Kilkenny Parish and Town web pages at Genuki.
* Volunteers are needed to host Parish pages or to contribute data.

Newspapers

Listing of Kilkenny newspapers, and where copies can be consulted.

Periodicals

Old Kilkenny Review (annual),
The Secretary, Kilkenny Archeaological Society, Rothe House, Kilkenny

Probate Records

Listing of available Will Abstracts and Indexes.

This page makes extensive use of links to information provided in the WorldGenWeb Kilkenny pages.
Edited by Dennis Walsh, last updated 24 June 2007
Send additions or corrections -- volunteer to help -- email : walshdw@ix.netcom.com with subject line of "Genuki Kilkenny Page".