Genealogy in Kilkenny
Kilkenny (Hotels, Kilkenny, Ireland), a county of Ireland, province of Leinster bounded E by Catherlough and Wexford; W by Tipperary, N by Queen’s county, and S by Waterford, containing 510,000 acres, divided into 127 parishes. The soil is generally of a good quality, with little bog land. In the north are excellent quarries for flags; coal is produced in great abundance; in the limestone district are valuable marble quarries; and manganese, iron ore, lead ore, and some indication of copper ore, are perceived in different parts. Its chief rivers are the Suire, Barrow, and Nore. It sends 2 members to parliament. Originally 
part of the old Gaelic kingdom of Ossory (the surrounding diocese still bears the name), it was settled by the Normans at a very early stage. They were rapidly assimilated into Irish life and, in the seventeenth century, the Confederation of Kilkenny (Accommodation, Kilkenny, Ireland) brought the Catholic descendants of the Normans together with the native Irish in unsuccessful opposition to Cromwell. The medieval character of Kilkenny (Self Catering, Kilkenny, Ireland) city has been beautifully preserved. The association of the city and county with the Butler Earls of Ormond dates from the thirteenth century.
Surnames associated with the county include Brennan, Cody, Comerford, Shortall, Phelan, Lanigan and Hoban, Walsh.
The main towns in this county, in addition to Kilkenny City are: Castlecomer, Callan, Freshford, Johnstown and Thomastown. Mount Juliet, Thomastown is the venue for of Murphy\’s Irish Open Golf Competitions in recent years.
Not withstanding the loss of between 40 and 50 per cent of the 1845 potato crop and a near total loss of that of 1846, Kilkenny, the worst effects of the famine were ameliorated in Kilkenny. This was because the Guardians of the Kilkenny Poor Law Union provided out-door relief, in defiance of the Relief Commissioners, in the winter of 1846-47, and because of the response of a resident gentry who actively promoted relief schemes. Nevertheless, between 1841 and 1851, the population declined by 46,500 (21.5%) of which 12,500 may be attributed to excess deaths and 32,000 to emigration
Kilkenny (Holiday Homes, Kilkenny, Ireland) Ancestry, Rothe House, 16 Parliament Street, Kilkenny City, Ireland
Initial enquiries are usually replied to within one week. Record searches and partial searches usually take about one month and enquirers who commission Full Reports can anticipate a delay of about three months.
The main records include:
Church records - the earliest parish for which records have been computerised in County Kilkenny is 1754 onwards while the latest to commence keeping records did so in 1856.
Kilkenny (Holiday Cottages, Kilkenny, Ireland) Ancestry also holds copies of:
Indexed Pigotts and Slaters Directories
Various estate rentals
The records of Kilkenny Corporation
Files of the Kilkenny Journal newspaper
The centre holds about two million genealogical records.
