Apr 26, 2024
The Side-Switcher Charleville was named in honour of Charles II who was restored to the throne as King of England, Scotland, and Ireland in 1660. The name was bestowed in 1661 by Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, Munster’s biggest landowner, who was very keen to get...
Apr 11, 2024
See here for more tales from County Kilkenny. ***** The Artist Mildred Anne Butler (1858–1941), one of the greatest painters of her time, was born in Kilmurry, near Thomastown. She learned her skill from her father, an army man who had painted in Africa as a...
Mar 26, 2024
Quaker Quarter Arguably the most influential family in Clara’s history were the Goodbodys of Charlestown. They descend from Robert Goodbody (1781-1860), an entrepreneurial Quaker and amateur doctor from Mountmellick, who arrived in Clara in 1825 and set up the...
Mar 26, 2024
An Efficacious Spa For over 200 years, Castleconnell was celebrated across Ireland for its chalybeate waters. Its therapeutic mineral waters drew vast crowds to the spa resort. They arrived on ‘common carts, traps, side-cars, back-to-backs and even donkey carts,’...
Mar 18, 2024
The Drummer’s Kitchen 60 Rosemount Avenue, Haromonstown, was the childhood home of U2’s co-founder and drummer Larry Mullen. Born in Artane in 1961, he learned how to drum with the Artane Boys Band but quit after 3 weeks when he refused to cut his long golden hair....
