- Kilkenny Castle is a castle in Kilkenny, Ireland built in 1195 to control a fording-point of the River Nore and the junction of several routeways.
- It was only in 1967 that Arthur Butler, 24th Earl of Ormond, turned it over to the people of Kilkenny when he ‘sold’ it to a Castle Restoration Committee for £50.
- In 1391, the distinguished Butler family purchased Kilkenny Castle and the various Earls, Marquesses and Dukes lived in the castle for nearly 600 years.
- Kilkenny Castle has been an important site since Strongbow constructed the first building here, a wooden tower in the 12th century.
- The castle is staffed by servants, such as Bridget, and guarded by the Kilkenny castle guards and soldiers.
- Kilkenny Castle, perhaps the city’s most famous landmark, stands on an eminence of 100 feet (30 metres) overlooking the Nore.
- Architectural Digest named Kilkenny Castle as one of the “most fairytale-esque castles of the world.” ... A dramatic shot of Kilkenny Castle.
- The Butlers of Kilkenny Castle were an Anglo-Norman family who came to Ireland in 1171 in the first wave of the Norman invasion.
- Kilkenny Castle, first erected in the 12th century, was the primary residence of the Butler earls, marquesses, and dukes of Ormond for about 600 years.
- Kilkenny Castle stands dramatically on a strategic height that commands a crossing on the River Nore and dominates the ‘High Town’ of Kilkenny City.