Kilkenny

Kilkenny (Irish: Cill Chainnigh) is the county seat of County Kilkenny, Ireland, with a population (including environs) of 20,735. The city is located on the River Nore and is the only city that is not tidal in the republic. It is also the only city in the republic that is not a county borough and so its administration is a "borough council" rather than "city council" as with the other cities. The city is also the only city of the republic that has neither an institute of technology nor university although National University of Ireland, Maynooth maintains an outreach center in the city. The city is famed for its history and night life.

Additional reading

• Katherine Lanigan & Gerald Tyler, Kilkenny: Its Architecture and History (Appletree P, 1987) (ISBN 0862811805)
• Robert Wyse Jackson, Story of Kilkenny (Mercier P, 1974) (ISBN 0853423911)
• Sean Kenny Every Stick and Stone That Stands Kilkenny (2003) (ISBN 0954574109)
• David Edwards, The Ormond Lordship in County Kilkenny, 1515-1642: The Rise and Fall of the Butler Family (Four Courts Press, 2000) (ISBN 1851825789)
• John Leonard, A university for Kilkenny: Plans for a royal college in the seventeenth century (St Canice's Press, 1996) (ISBN 0952807602)
• Mark Haworth-Booth, Bonnettstown: A House in Ireland (Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1989) (ISBN 0810907488)