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Kilkenny · Alexandria

Place

Kilkenny

Also known as

Canicopolis
Cathair Chill Chainnigh
Cill Chainnigh
Cill Chainnigh
Cill Chainnigh
Cill Chainnigh

Image illustrating Kilkenny — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Kilkennysee Wikimedia Commons

This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

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birthplace ofAbraham Colles1773 CE
birthplace ofCiaran Brennan2001 CE
birthplace ofConstantia Grierson1706 CE
birthplace ofJames Butler, 5th Earl of Ormond1420 CE
place of death ofJim Gibbons1924 CE
birthplace ofMaeve Kyle1928 CE
birthplace ofRichard Downey1881 CE
birthplace ofThomas Walsh1901 CE
birthplace ofW. G. Wills1828 CE

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