- xyuandbeyond.com visiting-kilkenny-castle/If you’re a lover of history, beauty, and captivating tales of the past, then Kilkenny Castle should be on your bucket list.
- britainscastles.com kilkenny-castle/Visiting Kilkenny Castle is perfect for a half day out or as part of a longer itinerary that includes the Rock of Cashel, Blarney Castle and the Black Abbey.
- wildernessireland.com blog/kilkenny-castle/Kilkenny Castle is one of the most beautiful sights to visit in Ireland and has been through many changes throughout a period of eight hundred years.
- art-facts.com kilkenny-castle-facts/Let’s take a closer look at some of the most interesting facts about Kilkenny Castle, a medieval stronghold that has been turned into a popular tourist attraction.
- britannica.com topic/Kilkenny-CastleKilkenny Castle, perhaps the city’s most famous landmark, stands on an eminence of 100 feet (30 metres) overlooking the Nore.
- shershegoes.com kilkenny-castle-ireland/In 1391, the distinguished Butler family purchased Kilkenny Castle and the various Earls, Marquesses and Dukes lived in the castle for nearly 600 years.
- inesemjphotography.com tag/kilkenny-castle/The history of Kilkenny Castle dates back to the 12th century. As my previous post was dedicated to the Vikings, let’s start from there.
- http://homepage.eircom.net ~osrai/kilkenny_castle.htmThe Butlers of Kilkenny Castle were an Anglo-Norman family who came to Ireland in 1171 in the first wave of the Norman invasion.
- archiseek.com 2010/1260-kilkenny-castle-co-…Kilkenny Castle has been an important site since Strongbow constructed the first building here, a wooden tower in the 12th century.
- avilabandbkilkenny.com kilkenny-castle/Kilkenny Castle stands proud and dramatically on a strategic height that commands a crossing on the River Nore and dominates the ‘High Town’ of Kilkenny City.