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2. St Canice's Cathedral - Wikipedia

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   Harry Meehan. St Canice's Cathedral ( Irish: Ardeaglais Naomh Cainneach, pronounced [ˈaːɾˠd̪ˠˌaɡlˠəʃ n̪ˠiːw ˈkan̠ʲəx] ), also known as Kilkenny Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Kilkenny city, Ireland. It is in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin. Previously the cathedral of the Diocese of Ossory, it is ...

3. Kilkenny - Wikipedia

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   Kilkenny is situated in the Nore Valley on both banks of the River Nore, at the centre of County Kilkenny in the province of Leinster in the south-east of Ireland. It is 117 kilometres (73 mi) away the capital Dublin and 48 kilometres (30 mi) north from the nearest city Waterford. Wexford is 80 kilometres (50 mi) to the south-east and Limerick ...

4. St. Canice's Hospital - Wikipedia

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   The hospital, which was designed by George Papworth in the Elizabethan style, opened as the Kilkenny Asylum in 1852. [1] It became Kilkenny Mental Hospital in the 1920s and went on to become St. Canice's Hospital in the 1950s. [1] After the introduction of deinstitutionalisation in the late 1980s the hospital went into a period of decline [2 ...

5. History of Kilkenny - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

6. County Kilkenny - Wikipedia

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   County Kilkenny. /  52.583°N 7.250°W  / 52.583; -7.250. County Kilkenny ( Irish: Contae Chill Chainnigh) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region. It is named after the city of Kilkenny. [a] Kilkenny County Council is the local authority for the county.

7. St. Francis Abbey - Wikipedia

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   History. The Order of Friars Minor was founded by Francis of Assisi in 1209; they came to Ireland around 1226, and St Francis Abbey was founded in Kilkenny as a small rectangular chapel between 1231 and April 1234 by Richard Marshal, 3rd Earl of Pembroke. In 1245, it received a royal grant for clothing.