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KILKENNY , a See also:city and municipal and See also:parliamentary See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough (returning one member), the See also:capital of See also:county Kilkenny, See also:Ireland, finely situated on the See also:Nore, and on the See also:Great See also:Southern and Western railway, 81 m. S.W. of See also:Dublin. Pop. (1901), 10,609. It consists of Englishtown (or Kilkenny proper) and Irishtown, which are separated by a small rivulet, but although Irishtown retains its name, it is now included in the borough of Kilkenny. The city is irregularly built, possesses several spacious streets with many See also:good houses, while its beautiful environs and imposing See also:ancient buildings give it an unusual See also:interest and picturesque See also:appearance. The Nore is crossed by two handsome See also:bridges. The See also:cathedral of St Canice, from whom the See also:town takes its name, See also:dates in its See also:present See also:form from about 1255. The see of See also:Ossory, which originated in the monastery of Aghaboe founded by St Canice in the 6th See also:century, and took its name from the See also:early See also:kingdom of Ossory, was moved to Kilkenny (according to conjecture) about the See also:year 1200. In 1835 the See also:diocese of Ferns and Leighlin was See also:united to it. With the exception of St See also:Patrick's, Dublin, the cathedral is the largest
ecclesiastical See also:building in Ireland, having a length from See also:east to See also:west of 226 ft., and a breadth along the transepts from See also:north to See also:south of 123 ft. It occupies an See also:eminence at the western extremity of Irishtown. It is a cruciform structure mainly in Early See also:English See also:style, with a See also:low massive See also:tower supported on clustered columns of the See also:black See also:marble See also:peculiar to the See also:district. The building was extensively restored in 1865. It contains many old sepulchral monuments and other ancient memorials. The north See also:transept incorporates the See also:parish See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church. The adjacent library of St Canice contains numerous ancient books of great value. A See also:short distance from the south transept is a See also:round tower too ft. high; the See also:original cap is wanting. The episcopal See also:palace near the east end of the cathedral was erected in the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of See also:Edward III. and enlarged in 1735. Besides the cathedral the See also:principal churches are the See also:Protestant church of St See also:Mary, a See also:plain cruciform structure of earlier See also:foundation than the present cathedral; that of St See also:John, including a portion of the See also:hospital of St John founded about 1220; and the See also:Roman See also:Catholic cathedral, of the diocese of Ossory, dedicated to St Mary (1843–.1857), a cruciform structure in the Early Pointed style, with a massive central tower. There are important remains of two monasteries—the Dominican See also:abbey founded in 1225, and now used as a Roman Catholic church; and the Franciscan abbey on the See also:banks of the Nore, founded about 1230. But next in importance to the cathedral is the See also:castle, the seat of the See also:marquess of See also:Ormonde, on the See also:summit of a precipice above the Nore. It was originally built by Strongbow, but rebuilt by See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Marshall after the destruction of the first castle in 1175; and many additions and restorations by members of the Ormonde See also:family have maintained it as a princely See also:residence. The Protestant See also:college of St John, originally founded by See also:Pierce See also:- BUTLER
- BUTLER (or BOTELER), SAMUEL (1612–168o)
- BUTLER (through the O. Fr. bouteillier, from the Late Lat. buticularius, buticula, a bottle)
- BUTLER, ALBAN (1710-1773)
- BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1818-1893)
- BUTLER, CHARLES (1750–1832)
- BUTLER, GEORGE (1774-1853)
- BUTLER, JOSEPH (1692-1752)
- BUTLER, NICHOLAS MURRAY (1862– )
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1774-1839)
- BUTLER, SAMUEL (1835-1902)
- BUTLER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS (1838– )
- BUTLER, WILLIAM ARCHER (1814-1848)
Butler, 8th See also:earl of Ormonde, in the 16th century, and re-endowed in 1684 by See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James, 1st See also:duke of Ormonde, stands on the banks of the See also:river opposite the castle. In it See also:Swift, See also:Farquhar, See also:Congreve and See also:Bishop See also:Berkeley received See also:part of their See also:education. On the out-skirts of the city is the Roman Catholic college of St Kyran (Kieran), a See also:Gothic building completed about 1840. The other principal buildings are the See also:modern See also:court-See also:house, the tholsel or city court (1764), the city and county See also:prison, the See also:barracks and the county infirmary. In the neighbourhood are collieries as well as See also:long-established quarries for marble, the manufactures connected with which are an important See also:industry of the town. The city also possesses See also:corn-See also:mills, breweries and tanneries. Not far from the city are the remarkable See also:limestone caverns of See also:Dunmore, which have yielded numerous human remains. The See also:corporation of Kilkenny consists of a See also:mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors.
Kilkenny proper owes its origin to an English See also:settlement in the time of Strongbow, and it received a See also:charter from William Marshall, who married Strongbow's daughter. This charter was confirmed by Edward III., and from Edward IV. Irishtown received the See also:privilege of choosing a portreeve See also:independent of Kilkenny. By See also:Elizabeth the boroughs, while retaining their distinct rights, were constituted one corporation, which in 1609 was made a See also:free borough by James I., and in the following year a free city. From James II. the citizens received a new charter, constituting the city and liberties a distinct county, to be styled the county of the city of Kilkenny, the burgesses of Irishtown continuing, however, to elect a portreeve until the passing of the Muncipal Reform See also:Act. Frequent parliaments were held at Kilkenny from the 14th to the 16th century, and so See also:late as the reign of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry VIII. it was the occasional residence of the See also:lord-See also:lieutenant. In 1642 it was the See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting-See also:place of the See also:assembly of confederate Catholics. In 1648 See also:Cromwell, in the See also:hope of obtaining See also:possession of the town by means of a See also:plot, advanced towards it, but before his arrival the plot was discovered. In 165o it was, however, compelled to surrender after a long and resolute See also:defence. At a very early See also:period Kilkenny and Irishtown returned each two members to the Irish See also:parliament, but since the See also:Union one member only has been returned to See also:Westminster for the city of Kilkenny.
The origin of the expression " to fight like Kilkenny See also:cats," which, according to the See also:legend, fought till only their tails were See also:left, hasbeen the subject of many conjectures. It is said to be an See also:allegory on the disastrous municipal quarrels of Kilkenny andlrishtown which lasted from the end of the 14th to the end of the 17th centuries (Notes and Queries, 1st See also:series, vol. ii. p. 71). It is referred also to the brutal See also:sport of some See also:Hessian soldiers, quartered in Kilkenny during the rebellions of 1798 or 1803, who tied two cats together by their tails, hung them over a See also:line and left them to fight. A soldier is said to have freed them by cutting off their tails to See also:- ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli
escape censure from the See also:officers (ibid. 3rd series, vol. v. p. 433). Lastly, it is attributed to the invention of J. P. See also:Curran. As a sarcastic protest against See also:cock-fighting in See also:England, he declared that he had witnessed in See also:Sligo (?) fights between trained cats, and that once they had fought so fiercely that only their tails were left (ibid. 7th series, vol. ii. P. 394).
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