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Kilkenny Castle

castle, Kilkenny, Ireland

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Kilkenny Castle — Kilkenny Castle Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Leinster, Ireland.

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Kilkenny
Kilkenny Castle, perhaps the city’s most famous landmark, stands on an eminence of 100 feet (30 metres) overlooking the Nore. It was burned in 1175 but was rebuilt in the late 12th and early 13th century by William Marshal. In 1391 the 3rd earl of…
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Kilkenny Castle, perhaps the city’s most famous landmark, stands on an eminence of 100 feet (30 metres) overlooking the Nore. It was burned in 1175 but was rebuilt in the late 12th and early 13th century by William Marshal. In 1391 the 3rd earl of…
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