Kilkenny Castle
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Kilkenny Castle is a castle in Kilkenny, Ireland, built in 1260 to control a fording-point of the River Nore and the junction of several routeways. It was a symbol of Norman occupation, and in its ori
Kilkenny castle
Main gate, July 2024
Auction Catalogue, 1935
Kilkenny Castle
The Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland took place during the late 12th century, when Anglo-Normans and Cambro-Normans gradually conquered and acquired large swathes of land in Ireland over which the mon
Kilkenny Castle
…is a castle in Kilkenny, Ireland, built in 1260 to control a fording-point of the River Nore and the junction of several routeways. It was a symbol of Norman occupation, and in its original 13th-century condition, it would have formed an important element of the town's defences with four large circular corner towers…
The Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife (1854), by Daniel Maclise
"Henry authorizes Dermod to levy forces", from A Chronicle of England (1864) by James Doyle
"Henry at Waterford", from A Chronicle of England (1864) by James Doyle
A depiction of Raymond FitzGerald from Gerald de Barri's Expugnatio Hibernica