County Kilkenny
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| County Kilkenny Contae Chill Chainnigh | ||
| Image:Kilkenny County Crest.svg | ||
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| Province: | Leinster | |
| County Town: | Kilkenny | |
| Code: | KK | |
| Area: | 2,061 km² | |
| Population (2006) | 87,394 | |
| Website: www.kilkennycoco.ie | ||
County Kilkenny (Contae Chill Chainnigh in Irish) is located in the south east of Ireland in the province of Leinster. It is named after Kilkenny, the main city in the region.
Inhabitants of Kilkenny are often referred to as "Kilkenny Cats"; the phrase is also used to describe the Kilkenny Hurling team, one of the strongest in the country.
It was formerly the Kingdom of Osraige, which existed from at least the 2nd century A.D. until the 13th century. The current Catholic ecclesiastical dioceses of that area is still known as Ossory however the original kingdom was bounded by two of the Three Sisters the rivers Barrow and Suir. The northern limit was, generally, the Slieve Bloom Mountains.
Three qualities of county Kilkenny are; ground without bog, fire without smoke, land without coast. These references are to the small amount of bogland, the anthracite coal from Castlecomer and the minimal exposure of the county to salt water.
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[edit] Villages and Townslands in Kilkenny
- Ballyhale, Ballyragget, Bennetsbridge
- Callan, Carigeen, Castlecomer, Castlewarren
- Flagmount, Freshford,
- Galmoy, Goresbridge, Gowran, Graiguenamanagh
- Inistioge
- Jenkinstown, Johnstown, Johnswell
- Kilkenny, Killinaspick, Kilmacow, Kilmoganny, Knocktopher
- Mooncoin, Mullinavat
- Paulstown, Piltown, Poulgower
- Redhouse
- Slieverue, Stoneyford
- Thomastown, Tullaroan
- Urlingford
- Windgap
[edit] Sport
Kilkenny has a successful hurling team, known as "The Cats", this name is derived from the saying "to fight like Kilkenny cats". The Kilkenny team has won the All-Ireland championships in hurling 30 times, their most recent win being the 2007 championship, where they defeated Limerick.
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Counties of Ireland | |
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| Connacht | |
| Munster | Clare · Cork (Cork City) · Kerry · Limerick (Limerick City) · Tipperary (North Tipperary • South Tipperary) · Waterford (Waterford City) |
| Leinster | Carlow · Dublin (Dublin City • Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown • Fingal • South Dublin) · Kildare · Kilkenny · Laois · Longford · Louth · Meath · Offaly · Westmeath · Wexford · Wicklow |
| Ulster | |
| Italics denote non-administrative counties · (Parentheses) denote eponymous cities or non-traditional counties | |
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