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Kilkenny Castle River Nore Ruins of Jerpoint Abbey, near Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland.
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Kilkenny Castle
Kilkenny Castle Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland.

Kilkenny

county, Ireland
Also known as: Cill Chainnigh
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Kilkenny, county, province of Leinster, southeastern Ireland. The counties of Kilkenny and Carlow are linked for representation in the Irish Parliament, but, for local government and all administrative purposes, Kilkenny has a separate county council. The municipal borough of Kilkenny, in the centre of the county, is the county seat. County Kilkenny is bounded by Counties Laoighis (north), Carlow and Wexford (east), Waterford (south), and Tipperary (west). The principal rivers are the Barrow, Suir, and...

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